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Wharton Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1977
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: 29.31 -96.06
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-668

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Wharton County may cease to operate its county hospital.
Date: August 19, 1975
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Soil Survey of Wharton County, Texas

Description: Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Wharton County, Texas.
Date: March 1974
Creator: McEwen, Harry F. & Crout, Jack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

General Soil Map, Wharton County, Texas

Description: Map displays soil types along with creeks, towns, schools, churches, power transmission lines, oil and gas pipelines, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols. Scale 1:316,800.
Date: 1972
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

U. S. Post Office at Danevang

Description: Copy negative print of a United States Postal Service branch in Danevang, Texas. Taken from a street running parallel to the store, the photograph captures the front and side view of a single-story structure with light-colored walls and an overhang over the front entrance. An American flag is blowing in the wind in the far right . The back of the building has a steep, inclined roof that is partially hidden from view by the tiered, rectangular wall that towers over the front facade. A white stic… more
Date: 1970~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Group of Men and Women in Mexico]

Description: Photograph of a group of men and women at a Christmas celebration in Mexico. They are seated at a table in a crowded restaurant. They are all holding beverages, and have several empty and half-full bottles and glasses on the table already. From left to right, they have been identified as Sibyle Wind, Ruth Brodsgaard, Julia Knudsen, Henry Knudsen, Chris Brodsgaard, and Iver (Jack) Wind.
Date: 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Church Monument - 1976

Description: Photograph of granite monument in front of the Danevang Lutheran Church. The church has white siding and dark-colored roofing. A bell tower rises over the entrance, where the actual bell has been placed in an alcove underneath the shingled roofing of the tapering steeple. The granite monument, according to accompanying information, was erected in 1976 to commemorate historical events in Danevang. A paved walkway leads up to both the church and the monument, and both have small bushes flanking t… more
Date: 1976
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Danevang Service Station Aerial View

Description: Copy negative of an aerial view of the Danevang Service Station in Danevang, Texas, which is located in Wharton County. The service station is visible in the center of the image, and there is a car parked in front of it. There are two men standing to the left of the service station, waving at the camera. There is a house behind the service station, and there is a garage to the right of it. There is a trailer parked to the right of the garage.
Date: 1974
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Last Danish Ladies Aid Meeting

Description: Photograph of a group of people seated around a room during the last meeting of the Danish Ladies Aid organization. According to accompanying information, they held the meetings at the Danevang Lutheran Church though the last meeting took place at the home of Marius and Helga Thyssen. A list of names is supplied as well, but they have not been applied specifically to any one person. The group largely consists of older men and women. The women are dressed conservatively in dresses and pearls, wh… more
Date: 1970~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Danevang Historical Marker

Description: Photograph of a commemorative historical marker on a dirt plot of land that has been tilled. In the background, there appears to be a church, judging by the spire structure that sits on top of the roof, and the hollow space just beneath it that seems to hold a church bell. This structure is bordered by a small line of bushes. The text of the marker reads: "Danevang ('Danish Meadow') The first successful Danish community in Texas. Established in 1894 on a portion of 25,000 acres secured throug… more
Date: 1970
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Annette Miksik

Description: Studio portrait photograph of a young woman identified as Annette Miksik. She is in front of a backdrop in a well-lit space looking to the left. She wears her hair in loose curls. A white ribbon hangs from the top. She has on a pink blouse and a small chain necklace. Accompanying information states: "Annette Miksik Marek, daughter of Wesley and Darlene Miksik and the wife of Bennie Marek is a native of Danevang. She served as organist in the early 1970's, frequently substituting for the organis… more
Date: 1975
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Family Photo

Description: Photograph of a group of older man and women standing in front of a small stage and closed red curtains. They are all dressed in formal attire. The men wear suits and the woman wear knee-length dresses of various colors and cuts. Although names have been provided, they have not been matched properly to the positions of the individuals pictured. Hand-written text on the back of the photograph repeats names.
Date: November 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Church Exterior and Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of an unspecified church exterior surrounded by a cemetery. A number of tombstones of different designs have been dispersed all along the left side of the church complex. To the right, there is an adjacent building smaller in size that seems to be closest to the street. The church itself lies on a central axis. A tapering pyramidal structure incorporated to the entrance has a four-sided opening that reveals what appears to be an enclosure for a church bell. Gold text embossed on the … more
Date: March 1975
Creator: Wiginton, Patsy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Fred & Marie Swendsen Home

Description: Photograph of a single-story brick home in Danevang, Texas, belonging to Fred and Marie Swendsen. Photograph appears to have been taken from the right side of the front lawn, at a low angle, capturing neatly-trimmed grasses interrupted by a paved walkway that rounds a left corner to the front door. Two large trees tower over the house, and a third, mostly cropped out of the photograph, is seen on the rightmost side of the image. The house has several windows, different types of plants and flowe… more
Date: May 1974
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

H. J. Berndt Home

Description: Photograph of a two-story wooden structure and accompanying outbuildings in Danevang, Texas, belonging to Helvig Jensen Berndt. The main home has a shingled intersecting gable roof and an overhang supported by four columns. There also appears to be a second overhang in the back patio along with several strewn objects on the grass. Accompanying information states that across a time-span of 30 days, Helvig moved the home two and a half miles into a dug hole by wrapping a rope around a post and dr… more
Date: January 1970
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Kenneth & Anita Christensen Home

Description: Photograph of a single-story brick home belonging to Kenneth and Anita Christensen in Danevang, Texas. Photograph was taken a short distance away, capturing a dirt road that runs in front of the home and a lawn with short grass. There is a large tree near the left corner of the home. The house has a hip roof that projects downwards to the patio, creating a sloping overhang supported by slender columns. On the right wall, there appears to be an entryway. Three windows are also visible on this si… more
Date: 1970/2011
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Danevang Fire House

Description: Copy negative of the Danevang Fire Department, which is located in Wharton County, Texas. In the image, there is a large one-story building with three garage doors, and there is a white sign above the building that reads, "Danevang Vol. Fire Dept."
Date: 1972
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Rhonda Allenson

Description: Photograph of a young woman, identified as Rhonda Allenson Ashcraft, seated outdoors on a wooden bench. There is a tree to the left with large red flowering plants around it. Rhonda wears a striped polo, white shorts, and white sandals. In the background, there is a wire fence that encloses a house with lime green siding. Accompanying information states: "Rhonda Allenson Ashcraft, daughter of Leo and Johanna Allenson, and wife of Bruce Ashcraft is a native of Danevang. She served Danevang Luthe… more
Date: 1970/1975
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Wharton County in Wharton, TX]

Description: Photograph of Wharton County in Wharton, TX. A green lawn occupied by large bushes and tall trees leads up from a sidewalk to the white walls of the courthouse, which faces towards the left edge of the image. The building has a short section a taller portion rising above it, both made of white concrete. The entrance to the courthouse is in the shorter section and appears in the left side of the photo with a small set of stairs leading up to its glass doors. "Wharton County Courthouse" is writte… more
Date: October 1970
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cotton Gin]

Description: Photograph of the cotton gin at Danevang Farmer's Co-op. Several cars and a loading truck are parked behind the Danevang Farmer's Co-op.
Date: 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[News Script: Marriage license]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a county attorney investigating the validity of a marriage license of two men.
Date: October 6, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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