Descriptive Summary
Fuchs,
Adolf
Adolf Fuchs Family
Papers
1805-1969
1 volume.
Center for
American History, The University of Texas at
Austin
English
Biographical NoteAdolf Fuchs came to Texas from Koelzow,
Germany, in 1845, first settling in Austin County and then moving to Burnet
County in 1853. He was a pastor and composer.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, sheet music, a ledger, personal narratives, poems,
pictorial materials and a sermon document the Fuchs family of German-born
Texans. Included are records of the Fuchs farm (1882-1885); a diary (1881-1882)
of Adolf Fuch's daughter-in-law, Caroline Romberg Fuchs; and Adolf Fuchs'
musical compositions. Correspondence relates to personal matters and Texas
politics.
Cite as:
Adolf Fuchs Family Papers, 1845-1846, 1882-1885, 1906-1942, 1969, Center
for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Use RestrictionsPortions of this collection are restricted.
Consult reference staff for further information.
Index Terms
Persons:
Fuchs, Adolf,
1805-1855--Archives.
Fuchs, Adolf,
1805-1885--Pictoral works.
Fuchs, Caroline
Romberg--Diaries.
Fuchs family--Pictoral
works.
Places:
Texas--History--1845-1950--Sources.
Subjects:
Clergy--Texas--History--Sources.
Composers--Texas--History--Sources.
Farms--Texas--History--Sources.
German
Americans--Texas.
Immigrants' writings,
German--Texas.
Inventory
2E367
Adolf Fuchs:
2E367
"Farewell to the Old World," farewell sermon of Pastor
Adolf Fuchs delivered at Koclzow, Meklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, on the
twentieth Sunday after the Trinity,
1845
2E367
Correspondence,
February 27, 1846
2E367
Song lyrics,
undated
2E367
Songbook table of contents [typescript]
2E367
Songbook,
undated [original]
2E367
Songbook,
undatedphotostats
3H13
Robert von Adolf Fuchs,
(1842) (CD-ROM)
3E367
Ottilie Fuchs Goeth, Memoir of a Texas Pioneer
Grandmother,
1969
3E367
Conrad A. Goeth, correspondence,
March 31, 1906 - July 21, 1942
3E367
Ledger:
3E367
Caroline Romberg Fuchs, diary,
January 1, 1881 - January 7, 1882
3E367
Fuchs farm:
3E367
Plan for orchard,
1884
3E367
Cattle book,
1888
3E367
Accounts and notes,
1882-1885
3E367
Fuchs family history material:
3E367
"Mothers of the Nineteenth Century," by Frieda H. Fuchs,
June 7, 1936
3E367
"Seeds of Freedom," by Paula Weston,
undated
3E367
"At Grandfather's," by Helene Romberg McKensen
3E367
"On Emigration from the Rural Areas in Mecklenburg in
the Previous Century" by Dr. Ali Suleiman (copy)
3E367
"Mail from Texas: Descendants of Adolf Fuchs, Reported
in Rostock." by Werner Pade, Rostock and translated by Kenneth W. Fuchs (copy)
3E367
"Mecklenburg-Magazine,"
Friday, September 6, 2002 (copy of a
translation)
3E367
Kenneth W. Fuchs, letter to Dr. Werner Pade,
March 14, 2003 (copy)
3E367
3S41
Photographs:
3S41
Adolf Fuchs
3S41
Fuchs family
3S41
Fuchs family home
3S41
Unidentified
3S134
Oversized pictorial material
3Y129
Restricted
3Y129
Photographic negatives