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Karte des Staates Texas (aufgenommen in die Union 1846) nach der neuesten Eintheilung 1849

Map of Texas. Relief shown by hachures. Insets: Plan von Neu-Braunfels und Comalstadt -- Plan von Castroville. From the Virginia Garrett Cartographic Collections.
Date: 1849
Creator: Koenen, Fr.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

New Map of Texas Prepared and Published for the Bureau of Immigration of the State of Texas

New Map of Texas Prepared and Published for the Bureau of Immigration of the State of Texas.
Date: 1874
Creator: Roessler, A. R.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plat of Lands in the Northern Portion of San Antonio, Texas]

Plat of Lands in the Northern Portion of San Antonio surrounding the Public Square, bounded on the west by San Pedro Creek and on the South and East by the upper Labor Ditch. The city surrounds the Public Square, bounded on the west by San Pedro Creek and on the South and East by the upper Labor Ditch.
Date: October 12, 1875
Creator: Freisleben, Gustave
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Northwestern Part of Texas Received from the General Land Office in 1845

Map of Texas from the book, Texas. Geschildert in Beziehung auf seine Geographischen, Socialen and Übrigen Verhältnisse mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Deutsche Colonisation. Ein Handbuch für Auswanderer nach Texas...
Date: 1846
Creator: Solms-Braunfels, Carl
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instruction für Deutsche Auswanderer nach Texas (open access)

Instruction für Deutsche Auswanderer nach Texas

Pamphlet offering guidance for Germans coming to Texas. The Instruction includes a question and answer section for German immigrants. Cover title. "Gobann einer Special-Karte uber den vermessenen Theil des Grant-Gebiets des Texas-vereines und einzelnen Planen der von demselben gegrundeten Stadte New-Braunfels, Friedrichsburg und Indianola." The portfolio includes, in addition to the Instruction (26 p.), the Comite- Bericht des Vereines zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas (47 p.), 6 maps and two broadsides. Six maps on 3 folded leaves have been removed from this book and are housed in the Special Collections Map Room in Drawers 77/13 and 27/8 with the numbers: 310104, 310105, and 310106.
Date: 1851
Creator: Verein zum Schütze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas nach den besten Quellen

Map of Texas in the German language. Texas / nach den besten Quellen entw. u. gez. vom Hauptm. Radefeld ; Stich, Druck und Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts zu Hildburghausen. Relief shown by hachures. Shows routes of exploring expeditions and lands apportioned to Indian tribes. Prime meridians: Greenwich, Paris, Ferro, and Washington. In upper left margin: Meyer's Handatlas. In upper right margin: No. 103. Appears in Meyer's Handatlas.
Date: 1846
Creator: Radefeld, Carl Christian Franz
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Manuscript Map and Deed, German Emigration Company to F. T. Arnold]

Manuscript Map and Deed, German Emigration Company to F. T. Arnold in Comal County. Signed by the Chief Surveyor, H. Wilke, Th. Herzing, and ?, a Trustee of the German Emigration Colony. Has Adelsverein stamp.
Date: 1846
Creator: Adelsverein (Verein zum Schütze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Da es Ew. . . (open access)

Da es Ew. . .

Single sheet of text that is part of the portfolio for Instruction für Deutsche Auswanderer nach Texas, which was published by the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas.
Date: 1851
Creator: Comite des Vereines
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comite-Bericht des Vereines (open access)

Comite-Bericht des Vereines

Pamphlet offering guidance for Germans coming to Texas. Cover title. "Gobann einer Special-Karte uber den vermessenen Theil des Grant-Gebiets des Texas-vereines und einzelnen Planen der von demselben gegrundeten Stadte New-Braunfels, Friedrichsburg und Indianola." Includes, in addition to the Instruction (26 p.), the Comite- Bericht des Vereines zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas (47 p.), 6 maps and two broadsides. Six maps on 3 folded leaves have been removed from this book and are housed in the Special Collections Map Room in Drawers 77/13 and 27/8 with the numbers: 310104, 310105, and 310106.
Date: 1851
Creator: Verein zum Schütze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Karte von Texas entworfen nach den Vermessungen welche in den Acten der General-Land-Office der Republic Liegen bis zum Jahr 1839...

Map that accompanies the book Entstehungsgeschichte und Gegenwärtige Zustand.
Date: 1841
Creator: Stempfle, G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Men's German Chorus Ensemble

Photograph of a 26 member men's chorus ensemble and their director posing for the camera outside a Lodge No. 2 in Fort Worth, Texas in 1900. The sign above them says "Teutonia."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Turnverein Clubhouse and Grounds, Houston, Texas

Color postcard depicting the Turnverein Clubhouse and grounds in Houston, Texas. Park benches and a gazebo sit outside the buildings of the clubhouse. Correspondence on the back reads, "Hello! Little Girl, After many adventures I arrived here. It is a beautiful place. But have been sleepy most of the time. Write me little girl, Maude" It is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 517 High St., Oklahoma City, Okla. Postmark is from Houston, Texas on Jul 15, 1909.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marriage certificate in German (open access)

Marriage certificate in German

German certificate of marriage for Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Zchappel and Louise Elisabeth Zeiss. The certificate is illustrated with various scenes including a ship, a church, and a family sitting in a garden. It is signed by Ida Zeiss, Alma Amsler, Otto L. Schroeder, and Rudolph Johnke.
Date: November 30, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of the German Element in Texas from 1820-1850, and Historical Sketches of the German Texas Singers' League and Houston Turnverein from 1853-1913 (open access)

History of the German Element in Texas from 1820-1850, and Historical Sketches of the German Texas Singers' League and Houston Turnverein from 1853-1913

This volume covers the German Element in Texas, 1820-1850; an historical sketch of the Texas German Singers' League (Texas Staats Saengerbund), 1853-1913; an historical sketch of the Houston Turnverein, 1854-1913; German Day celebrations in Houston, 1889-1910; and an appendices.
Date: 1913
Creator: Tiling, Moritz, 1851-1916
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map showing route of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway]

Hand drawn map showing routes of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway including Texas counties and cities, rivers and topography of part of Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Arkansas. On the back of the map is text in German encouraging German Catholic colonization to Pilot Point.
Date: 1891
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History