urn:taro:utexas.cah.00900 A Guide to the William Gerhard Bartels Papers, 1826-1883 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. April 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Bartels, William Gerhard William Gerhard Bartels Papers 1826-1883 Materials are written in German and English. 1 inch Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Papers of Bartels (1806-1885), who emigrated from the Duchy of Oldenburg, Germany, to Austin's Colony in 1834 and established a farm near Industry in Austin County include German-language letters, contracts, wills, receipts, and birth certificate and passport. Scope and Contents

Papers of Bartels (1806-1885), who emigrated from the Duchy of Oldenburg, Germany, to Austin's Colony in 1834 and established a farm near Industry in Austin County include German-language letters, contracts, wills, receipts, and birth certificate and passport.

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 Index Terms Subjects Bartels, William Gerhard. Industry, Mill Creek, Texas. Germany. Germans in Texas. Preferred Citation

William Gerhard Bartels Papers, 1826-1883, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2N399 William G. Bartels Letters, 1816-1885 (German) 3S178 Passport, 1834