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A Guide to the Adolf Fuchs Family Papers, 1845-1846,
1882-1885, 1906-1942, 1969
Adolf 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.
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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.
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Use Restrictions
Portions of this collection are restricted.
Consult reference staff for further information.
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Persons: |
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Fuchs, Adolf,
1805-1855--Archives. |
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Fuchs, Adolf,
1805-1885--Pictoral works. |
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Fuchs, Caroline
Romberg--Diaries. |
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Fuchs family--Pictoral
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Texas--History--1845-1950--Sources. |
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Subjects: |
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Clergy--Texas--History--Sources. |
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Composers--Texas--History--Sources. |
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Farms--Texas--History--Sources. |
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German
Americans--Texas. |
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Immigrants' writings,
German--Texas. |
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Adolf Fuchs Family Papers, 1845-1846, 1882-1885, 1906-1942, 1969, Center
for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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Adolf Fuchs: |
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"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 |
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Correspondence, February 27, 1846 |
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Song lyrics, undated |
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Songbook table of contents [typescript] |
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Songbook,
[original] undated |
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Songbook,
photostats undated |
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Robert von Adolf Fuchs,
(CD-ROM) (1842) |
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Ottilie Fuchs Goeth, Memoir of a Texas Pioneer
Grandmother,
1969 |
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Conrad A. Goeth, correspondence,
March 31, 1906 - July 21, 1942 |
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Ledger:
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Caroline Romberg Fuchs, diary,
January 1, 1881 - January 7, 1882 |
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Fuchs farm:
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Plan for orchard,
1884 |
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Cattle book,
1888 |
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Accounts and notes,
1882-1885 |
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Fuchs family history material:
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"Mothers of the Nineteenth Century," by Frieda H. Fuchs,
June 7, 1936 |
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"Seeds of Freedom," by Paula Weston,
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"At Grandfather's," by Helene Romberg McKensen
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"On Emigration from the Rural Areas in Mecklenburg in
the Previous Century" by Dr. Ali Suleiman (copy)
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"Mail from Texas: Descendants of Adolf Fuchs, Reported
in Rostock." by Werner Pade, Rostock and translated by Kenneth W. Fuchs (copy)
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"Mecklenburg-Magazine,"
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translation) Friday, September 6, 2002 |
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Kenneth W. Fuchs, letter to Dr. Werner Pade,
(copy) March 14, 2003 |
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Photographs:
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Adolf Fuchs
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Fuchs family
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Fuchs family home
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Unidentified
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Oversized pictorial material
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Photographic negatives |
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