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A Biography of a McCullough [sic] Co. Pioneer

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission

Biography of Nelin + Johnson Families

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission

C. J. Nelin Farm History

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission

[Conference Program for the Infantry School in Fort Benning, Georgia]

Description: Program given to those in attendance at a military conference at Fort Benning, Georgia; the subject of the conference was the "Principles of War." The document starts with instructions for the students, and then gives an outline of what is to come followed by the bulk of the program containing the different discussion sections: "Introduction, The Principles of War, Objective, Offensive, Maneuver, Mass, Economy of Force, Unity of Command, Simplicity, Surprise, Security, Summary."
Date: March 23, 1956
Creator: United States. Army.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Presentation
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

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

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission

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

Description: 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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission

[Grapevine Telephone Directory, 1953]

Description: Telephone directory for Grapevine, Texas in December 1953 including a page for emergency and service numbers; pages 3 through 8 contain names and phone numbers for those in the town who have subscribed to the directory. The last nine pages contain advertisements for various businesses and restaurants nearby.
Date: December 1953
Creator: The Southwestern States Telephone Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: City of Grapevine

[Grapevine Telephone Directory, 1955]

Description: Telephone directory for Grapevine, Texas for January 1955 and contains the names, and phone numbers of telephone subscribers in the town. The majority of the pages contain advertisements for local businesses and restaurants. The note on the front cover of the book says that they should not use it "Until After December 30 Since All Grapevine Telephone Numbers Will Be Changed..."
Date: January 1955
Creator: The Southwestern States Telephone Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: City of Grapevine

"The History of East Sweden" - By Diane Johnson

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission

Indoor Sport for Young Surgeons

Description: Address given by Edward White before the Texas Surgical Society as its president, about his experiences in the field of medicine as well as some advice to young professionals.
Date: October 2, 1951
Creator: White, Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT
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