urn:taro:utexas.cah.02816 A Guide to the Carl Hilmar Guenther Letter, 1855 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. June 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Guenther, Carl Hilmer, 1826-1902 Guenther, Carl Hilmar, letter 1855 Materials are written in German. 1931 1 item Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin A typescript copy of a July 14th letter from Guenther to his parents, Carl and Johanne Guenther, composes the Carl Hilmer Guenther Letter, 1855, which discusses his flourmill, a Fourth of July celebration, his butterfly collection, and his social life in Fredericksburg, Texas. Biographical Note

Born to Carl Gottfried and Johanne Rosina (Koerner) Guenther in Weissenfels, Germany, Carl Hilmar Guenther (1826-1902) immigrated to the United States in 1848. Settling near Fredericksburg, Texas, in 1851, he established a gristmill and flourmill. In 1855, Guenther married Dorothea Wilhelmine Henriette Pape, with whom he had seven children, including Fritz, Arthur, and Erhard. In 1859, the family moved to San Antonio, where Guenther built the Southern Ice Company and another flourmill, which later became G. H. Guenther & Son, Inc.

Sources:

Gideon, Margaret Guenther. Guenther, Carl Hilmar. Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed June 2, 2011. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fgu02.

History. C. H. Guenther & Son, Inc. Accessed June 2, 2011. http://www.chguenther.com/AboutUs/History.aspx.

 Scope and Contents

A typescript copy of a July 14th letter from Guenther to his parents, Carl and Johanne Guenther, composes the Carl Hilmer Guenther Letter, 1855, which discusses his flourmill, a Fourth of July celebration, his butterfly collection, and his social life in Fredericksburg, Texas.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Guenther, Carl Hilmer, 1826-1902 – Archives. Guenther family. Subjects Flour mills -- Texas -- Fredericksburg. Fourth of July celebrations -- Texas -- Fredericksburg. Places Fredericksburg (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Preferred Citation

Carl Hilmar Guenther Letter, 1855, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 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 2D256 Carl Hilmar Guenther Letter, July 14, 1855