A Biography of a McCullough [sic] Co. Pioneer (open access)

A Biography of a McCullough [sic] Co. Pioneer

Biography of Charles Oscar Steelhammer that includes anecdotes, and stories of his travels from Sweden to the United States. This document contains spelling errors, and grammatical errors throughout the seven pages.
Date: 1950~
Creator: Willis, Joe Charles
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"The History of East Sweden" - By Diane Johnson (open access)

"The History of East Sweden" - By Diane Johnson

Copy of an essay written by Diane Johnson, depicting the journey of Swedish immigrants, Charles Conard and Mina (Gustafson) Johnson, to the East Sweden area in 1887, where they, and other Swedish immigrants, played important roles in the development of a thriving community.
Date: 1950
Creator: Johnson, Diane
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Virgil and Lillie Dahlberg]

Photograph of Virgil and Lillie Dahlberg before leaving for church at O. G. Dahlberg's West Sweden home with their automobile behind them.
Date: August 6, 1950
Creator: Dahlberg, David W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope addressed to David Dahlberg, December 24, 1950] (open access)

[Envelope addressed to David Dahlberg, December 24, 1950]

Enveloped addressed to "Pvt. David W. Dahlberg" at "Lackland A.F.B." with a letter written the morning of Christmas Eve, 1950, from father O. G. Dahlberg which expresses his pride in his son David and sends good wishes for the holidays; and David Dahlberg in Air Force uniform while serving as a radio operator in Germany during the Korean "Conflict" in 1951.
Date: December 24, 1950
Creator: Dahlberg, O. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of David Dahlberg]

Photograph of David Dahlberg in Air Force uniform while serving as a radio operator in Germany during the Korean "Conflict" in 1951. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "me and some of the 'junk'."
Date: 1951
Creator: Dahlberg, David W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Article of a Wedding Anniversary, 1951] (open access)

[News Article of a Wedding Anniversary, 1951]

Photocopy of a Brady Standard Herald news article reporting the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. August Young (including the names of their children) and tracing the couple's experiences in traveling from Sweden to America and McCulloch County and also noting changes in the county and Brady observed by them during the years of their residence.
Date: January 8, 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of O. G. and Judith Dahlberg]

Photograph of O. G. and Judith Dahlberg, standing on the front porch of their Brady home, with Judith holding a large potted hydrangea.
Date: March 1951
Creator: Dahlberg, David W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Dahlberg Family]

Photograph of O. G. Dahlberg with daughter Alice and son David, standing on the front porch of O. G. Dahlberg's Brady home.
Date: August 1951
Creator: Dahlberg, David W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brady Standard, Volume 46, Number 28, June, 1954 (open access)

The Brady Standard, Volume 46, Number 28, June, 1954

Bi-weekly news publication for McCulloch County, Texas. This volume's front page article highlights the newly built Methodist Church in Brady, Texas. The back of the page shows advertisements for area businesses.
Date: June 25, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of O. G. Dahlberg's Will] (open access)

[Copy of O. G. Dahlberg's Will]

Official copy of O. G. Dahlberg's will with a note from Sam McCollum addressed to his wife and children. Also included is a strip of paper with a series of numbers and the envelope that this document was delivered in.
Date: March 9, 1956
Creator: McCollum, Sam
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biography of Nelin + Johnson Families (open access)

Biography of Nelin + Johnson Families

Biographical accounts about Carl John Nelin and P. N. Johnson by Dalmer E. Nelin, Carl John Nelin's widow and P. N. Johnson's daughter, who, during her 83rd year, observes that both men had come to America expecting to find a "pot of gold" in a "land of milk and honey."
Date: [1958..2000]
Creator: Marcott, Ruth Nelin
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
C. J. Nelin Farm History (open access)

C. J. Nelin Farm History

A history of the ownership of the C. J. Nelin farm from 1882-04-24 when it was purchased by Peter Getziller until 2000-03-?? when it was sold to Bobye Hurd.
Date: [1958..2000]
Creator: Marcott, Ruth Nelin
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dalmer E. Nelin's Death Certificate] (open access)

[Dalmer E. Nelin's Death Certificate]

Death Certificate of Dalmer Elizabeth Nelin, stating that she died in McCulloch County, Texas, on 1959-01-22 of "Coronary Thrombosis" as a result of a fractured left hip.
Date: February 6, 1959
Creator: Marcott, Ruth Nelin
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History