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C. J. Christensen Wedding

Copy print of a newlywed couple posing for the camera inside an empty room. The man, identified as Christian Jepsen Christensen, is seated in an elaborately designed wicker chair and wearing a suit and bow tie. The woman, identified as Marie Magdalene Jensen, is standing next to him on the right with her right hand resting on the chair's back. She is wearing a long-sleeved wedding dress and veil that has been adorned at the top with small flowers.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Antomine Andersen Christensen and Spinning Wheel]

Copy print of an older woman, identified as Antomine Andersen Christensen, seated in a chair behind a spinning wheel. She wears a long-sleeve dress and glasses. She is outdoors, and in the distance, several trees can be seen. Accompanying information indicates that she was 90 years old at the time the picture was taken. Her daughter, Marie Christensen, married Chris Christensen and moved to Danevang, Texas.
Date: 1900/1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Andrew Berndt

Copy negative of Andrew Berndt reading a book at the Nysted Folk School in Nebraska. Andrew is seated next to a desk, and is wearing a suit and tie. Behind him, a shelf where several ties are hanging, a clock, hat, books, and several photographs are either hanging on the wall or sitting on the desk.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mads Anderson and wife Maren Marie Knudsen

Copy negative of Mads Anderson and his wife Maren Marie Knudsen in Dakota City, Nebraska. Mads is sitting in a chair, and Maren is standing on his right side with her hand resting on his shoulder. Mads is wearing a vest and suit jacket, and Maren is wearing a dress with a bustle, ruffled sleeves, a buttoned bodice with striped trim, a floral pin, and a long necklace.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hall, Gentry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Ruben Bonilla, Jr. - 1979-07-23] (open access)

[Memorandum from Ruben Bonilla, Jr. - 1979-07-23]

Copy of a memorandum from Ruben Bonilla, Jr., League of United Latin American Citizens National President, to members of the LULAC National Executive Board, written on LULAC letterhead and dated July 23, 1979. The memo addresses a new Nebraska Chapter of LULAC and refers to an attached mailgram from Robert Ornelas.
Date: July 23, 1979
Creator: Bonilla, Ruben, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ruben Bonilla, Jr., to Asencion Hernandez - 1979-07-23] (open access)

[Letter from Ruben Bonilla, Jr., to Asencion Hernandez - 1979-07-23]

Copy of letter from Ruben Bonilla, Jr., League of United Latin American Citizens National Presdient, to Asencion Hernandez, LULAC johnson City Council, written on LULAC letterhead and dated July 23, 1979. The letter indicates that the proposal for a Nebraska Chapter of LULAC has been sent to the National Board for approval.
Date: July 23, 1979
Creator: Bonilla, Rubén, 1946-
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Greeting Card from Louis Leroy to Sterling Houston - May 9, 1995]

Greeting card from Louis Leroy, founder of The Association of American Cultures (TAAC), to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. Inside the card, Louis has written a personal note thanking Sterling for being the report editor for "Theaters of Color: Conversations on American Pluralism and Identity," a project by TAAC.
Date: May 9, 1995
Creator: Leroy, Louis
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History