urn:taro:utexas.cah.02191 A Guide to the Carl Gustaf Holmstrom Family Papers, 1882-1918 Original EAD encoding by Bethany Anderson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. January 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Holmstrom, Carl Gustaf, 1869-1949 Holmstrom, Carl Gustaf, Family Papers 1882-1918 Materials are written in Swedish and English. 99-178 1 ft. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Consisting of correspondence, financial records, printed materials, and photographs, the Carl Gustaf Holmstrom Family Papers, 1882-1918, document the experiences of Swedish immigrants Carl Gustaf Holmstrom, his wife Anna Fröjd, his daughter Frances Holmstrom Brown, and his son-in-law Forrest F. Brown in Williamson and Travis counties, Texas. Biographical Note

Born in Jönköping, Sweden, Carl Gustaf Holmstrom (1869-1949) emigrated to Decker, Texas in 1888. A farmer and miller by profession, Holmstrom spent two years in Austin working as a farm laborer before moving to Williamson County, where he worked as a tenant farmer for twelve years. In 1905, he bought a farm in Jonah on the San Gabriel River. Holmstrom and his wife, Anna Sofia Fröjd (1872-1940), whom he married in 1894, had six children born in Texas.

Source:

Carl Gustaf Holmstrom. Swedish America Heritage Online. Accessed January 4, 2011. http://www.swedesintexas.com/getperson.php?personID=I3920&tree=sit0001

 Scope and Contents

Consisting of correspondence, financial records, printed materials, and photographs, the Carl Gustaf Holmstrom Family Papers, 1882-1918, document the experiences of Swedish immigrants Carl Gustaf Holmstrom, his wife Anna Fröjd, his daughter Frances Holmstrom Brown, and his son-in-law Forrest F. Brown in Williamson and Travis counties, Texas. The majority of the papers are in Swedish, including correspondence and financial documents. Correspondence is between family and friends in Texas and Sweden, while receipts and money orders comprise the financial papers. Printed materials consist of a songbook and poem in English, postcards, and a biblical treatise in Swedish.

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Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Brown, Forrest F. Brown, Frances Holmstrom Holmstrom, Anna Fröjd, 1872-1940 Holmstrom, Carl Gustaf, 1869-1949 -- Archives Subjects Immigration & society -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Swedes -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Places Austin (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century Georgetown (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century Sweden -- History -- 19th century Travis County (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century Williamson County (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century Preferred Citation

Carl Gustaf Holmstrom Family Papers, 1882-1918, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Separated Material

Some material has been separated to the Artifact Collection.

 Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2B49 Correspondence, financial records, and printed materials, 1882-1909 2AA2a Photographs 2W73 Election ticket, Jernsvagsturer, Sveriges Kommunikationer, diplomas, Frances Holmstrom certificate 1888-1923