urn:taro:utexas.cah.01125 A Guide to the Bluntzer Family Collection, 1849-1946 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. October 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Bluntzer, Robert. Bluntzer Family Collection 1849-1946 Materials are written in English. 64-118; 65-098 1 ft., 2 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Correspondence, legal records, financial records, photographs and drawings, and scrapbooks from Nicholas and Robert Bluntzer make up the Bluntzer Family Collection, 1849-1946. Scope and Contents

Correspondence, legal records, financial records, photographs and drawings, and scrapbooks from Nicholas Bluntzer Family and Robert Bluntzer make up the Bluntzer Family Collection, 1849-1946. Also included are photographs of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Round Robin letters to and from Texas servicemen in World War II, scrapbooks on the Bluntzer and Sullivan families containing biographical sketches, pictures, poems, obituaries, family stories, genealogy.

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Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Bluntzer Family -- Archives. Bluntzer, Nicholas -- Archives. Bluntzer, Robert -- Archives. Subjects World War, 1939-1945 -- Texas. Soldiers -- Texas. Places Texas -- History -- Sources. Preferred Citation

Bluntzer Family Collection, 1849-1946, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Detailed Description of the Papers Nicholas Bluntzer Collection: 2L299 Land papers: Releases, 1877, 1899-1905 Transfer of title, 1903 Deeds, 1849, 1868-1911, 1928 Leases, 1890, 1898, 1908, 1918 Field notes, 1850, 1872, 1904-1907, undated Abstract title, 1888 Legal papers: Court suits, 1901-1904 Power of attorney, 1896-1901 Judgment, 1900 Affidavits, 1891, 1904, 1906 Probated will, 1898 Citations, 1900, 1901 Financial papers: Receipts, 1888, 1905, 1910 Promissory note, 1901 List of assets Stock certificates, 1895-1900 Ledger 3Y582 Photograph of Chester W. Nimitz in cowboy hat Robert Bluntzer Collection: 2L300 Nineteenth century letters Round Robin letters: September 1942 - March 1946 undated Fragments Lists of names and addresses Biographical sketches 2L301 Copies, 1932-1934 undated Fragments Poems Photographs 2L150 Round Robin newsletters, 1943-1945, undated Microfilm 802.43 Scrapbooks: Sullivan family Bluntzer family Family stories 3Y582 Photographs: Nimitz signing terms of surrender of Japan, September 2, 1945 Portrait of Major Tarlton Stafford 3S205 Color print of Cimetiere National de Douaumont la nuit