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106 Ranchland
San Antonio, Texas 78213-2305
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General Works on German Texan History
Benjamin, Gilbert Giddings. The Germans in Texas: A Study in Immigration Austin: Jenkins, 1910, 1974.
Biesele, Rudolph Leopold, The History of the German Settlements in Texas, 1831-1861. 1930, 1964. Reprint, San Marcos: German-Texan Heritage Society, 1987.
Foik, Paul Joseph. Early Plans for the German Catholic Colonization in Texas, 1820-1860. Austin: Texas Catholic Historical Society, 1934.
German Texans, The. San Antonio: University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio, 1970, 1987. (Pamphlet in the "Texians and Texans" series)
Geue, Chester W. and Ethel H. Geue. A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas 1844-1847. 1966; new and enlarged edition, Waco: Texian Press, 1972.
Geue, Ethel Hander. New Homes in a New Land: German Immigration to texas, 1847-1861. 1970; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982.
Gish, Theodore and Richard Spuler, eds. Eagle in the New World: German Immigration to Texas and America. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1986.
Jordan, Terry G. German Seed in Texas Soil: Immigrant Farmers in Nineteenth-Century Texas. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1966, 1975, etc.
Jordan, Terry G. "The German Settlement of Texas after 1865." Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Vol. 73, No. 2, Oct. 1969, pp. 193-212.
Lich, Glenn E. The German Texans. San Antonio: The University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio, 1981; revised, 1996.
Lich, Glenn E. and Dona B. Reeves. German Culture in Texas: A Free Earth; Essays from the 1978 Symposium. Boston: Twayne, 1980. (Also folklore and culture)
Reeves, Dona R. and Glen E. Lich. Retrospect and Retrieval: The German Element in Review. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1978. (also folklore and culture)
Struve, Walter. Germans & Texans: Commerce, Migration, and Culture in the Days of the Lone Star Republic. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996.
Tiling, Moritz. History of the German Element in Texas from 1820-1850 and Historical Sketches of the German Singers' League and Houston Turnverein from 1853-1913. Houston: The Author, 1913. (not reprinted)
Von-Maszewski, W. M., ed. Handbook and Registry of German-Texan Heritage. San Marcos: German-Texan Heritage Society, 1989.
German-Texan Culture and Folklore
Greer, Georgeanna H. and Harding Black. The Meyer Family: Master Potters of Texas. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1971.
Hale, Leon. "A Lesson on Playing Muhle." in Francis Edward Abernathy, ed. Some Still Do: Essays on Texas Customs. Austin: Encino, 1975.
Jordan, Gilbert. German Texana: A Bilingual Collection of Traditional Materials. Burnet: Eakin, 1980.
Jordan, Gilbert. Yesterday in the Texas Hill Country. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1979. (Also autobiographical)
Jordan, Terry G. Texas Graveyards: A Cultural Legacy. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982.
Jordan, Terry G. Texas Log Buildings; A Folk Architecture. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1978.
Lich, Glenn E. and Dona B. Reeves. German Culture in Texas: A Free Earth; Essays from the 1978 Symposium. Boston: Twayne, 1980. (Also German-Texan history)
Martinello, Marian L. The Search for Emma's Story: A Model for Humanities Detective Work. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1987.
Reeves, Dona R. and Glen E. Lich. Retrospect and Retrieval: The German Element in Review. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1978. (also German-Texan history)
Schmidt, Curt E. Oma & Opa: German Texan Pioneers. New Braunfels: Folkways Publishing Co., 1975.
Seele, Hermann. The Cypress and Other Writings of a German Pioneer in Texas. Translated by Edward C. Breitenkamp. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979.
Stover, Donald L. Tischlermeister Jahn. San Antonio: San Antonio Museum Association, 1978. (also, biography)
Travelers' Reports
Bracht, Viktor. Texas in 1848. Translated by Charles Frank Schmidt. San Antonio: Naylor, 1931; reprint, San Marcos: German-Texan Heritage Society, 1991.
Freund, Max, trans. and ed. Gustav Dresel's Houston Journal: Adventures in North America and Texas, 1837-1841. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1954.
Olmstead, Frederick Law. A Journey Through Texas Or, a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern frontier. New York: Dix, Edwards, 1857; reprint, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1978.
Roemer, Dr. Ferdinand. Texas; With Particular Reference to German Immigration and the Physical Appearance of the Country. Translated by Oswald Mueller. San Antonio: Standard, 1935; reprint, n.p.: German-Texan Heritage Society, 1983. Austin: Eakin, 1985.
Tetzlaff, Otto W., trans, and ed. The Emigrant to Texas: A Handbook and Guide. Burnet: Eakin, 1979.
Von-Maszewski, W. M., ed. and trans. A Sojourn in Texas, 1846-47: Alwin H. Sörgel's Texas Writings. San Marcos: German-Texan Heritage Society, 1992.
von Wrede, Friedrich W. Sketches of Life in the United States of North America and Texas (1844). Translated by Chester W. Geue. Waco: Texian Press, 1970.
Biography/Autobiography/Memoirs
Cutrer, Emily Fourmy. The Art of the Woman: The Life and Work of Elisabet Ney. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988.
Driskill, Frank A. and Dede W. Casad. Chester W. Nimitz: Admiral of the Hills. Austin: Eakin, 1983.
Flach, Vera. A Yankee in German-America, Texas Hill Country. San Antonio: Naylor, 1973.
Gillespie County Historical Society. Pioneers in God's Hills: A History of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County People and Events. Two Volumes. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1960, 1974. (also, community history)
Goar, Marjory. Marble Dust: The Life of Elisabet Ney: An Interpretation. Austin: Eakin, 1984.
Goeth, Ottilie Fuchs. Memoirs of a Texas Pioneer Grandmother (Was Grossmutter Erzaehlt, 1805-1915). Translation, research and additions by Irma Goeth Guenther. Burnet: Eakin, 1982.
Goyne, Minetta Altgelt. Lone Star and Double Eagle: Civil War Letters of a German-Texas Family. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1982.
Hutson, Alice. From Chalk to Bronze: A Biography of Waldine Tauch. Austin: Shoal Creek, 1978.
Jordan, Gilbert. Yesterday in the Texas Hill Country. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1979. (Also folklore)
King, Irene Marschall. John O. Meusebach: German Colonizer in Texas. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1967.
Krueger, Max Amadeus Paulus. Second Fatherland: The Life and Fortunes of a German Immigrant. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1976.
McDonald, Archie P., ed. Hurrah for Texas! The Diary of Adolphus Sterne, 1836-1851. Austin: Eakin, 1986.
McGuire, James Patrick. Hermann Lungkwitz: Romantic Landscapist on the Texas Frontier. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1983.
McGuire, James Patrick. Iwonski in Texas: Painter and Citizen. San Antonio: San Antonio Museum Association, 1976.
McGuire, James Patrick. Julius Stockfleth: Gulf Coast Marine and Landscape Painter. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1976.
Newcomb, Jr., William W. German Artist on the Texas Frontier: Friedrich Richard Petri. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1978.
Ragsdale, Crystal Sasse. The Golden Free Land: The Reminiscences and Letters of Women on an American Frontier. Austin: Landmark Press, 1976.
Santleben, August. A Texas Pioneer: Early Staging and Overland Freighting Days on the Frontiers of Texas and Mexico. Edited by I. D. Affleck. New York: Neale, 1910; reprint Castroville: Castro Colonies Heritage Society, 1994.
Seele, Hermann. The Diary of Hermann Seele and Seele's Sketches from Texas: Pioneer, Civic and Cultural Leader, German-Texan Writer. Trans. by Theodore Gish. Austin: German-Texan Heritage Society, 1995.
Stover, Donald L. Tischlermeister Jahn. San Antonio: San Antonio Museum Association, 1978. (also, culture and folklore)
Urbantke, Carl. Texas Is the Place for Me: The Autobiography of a German Immigrant Youth, Carl Urbantke, Founder of Blinn College. Translated by Ella Urbantke Fischer. Austin: Pemberton, 1970.
Specific German-Texan Communities
(County and church histories omitted)
Biggers, Don H. German Pioneers in Texas: A Brief History of Their Hardships, Struggles and Achievements. Fredericksburg: Fredericksburg Publishing Co., 1925; reprint, Austin: Eakin, 1983.
Burkholder, Mary V. Down the Acequia Madre in the King William Historic District. Privately Printed, 1976.
Burkholder, Mary V. The King William Area: A History and Guide to the Houses. San Antonio: King William Association, 1973.
Cat Spring Agricultural Society. Century of Agricultural Progress, 1856-1956 (minutes of the Society). Cat Spring: Cat Spring Agricultural Society, 1956.
Cat Spring Agricultural Society. The Cat Spring Story. San Antonio: Lone Star Printing Co., 1956.
Fey, Everett Anthony. New Braunfels: The First Founders. Two Volumes. Austin: Eakin, 1994. (also, Family History)
"Germans," Part III in Frederick C. Chabot, With the Makers of San Antonio: Genealogies of the Early Latin, Anglo-American, and German Families with Occasional Biographies, Each Group Being Prefaced with a Brief Historical Sketch and Illustrations. Privately Published, 1937. (also, family history)
Gillespie County Historical Society. Pioneers in God's Hills: A History of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County People and Events. Two Volumes. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1960, 1974. (also, biography)
Gish, Theodore G. "Germans" in The Ethnic Groups of Houston edited by Fred R. von der Mehden. Houston: Rice University Studies, 1984.
Haas, Oscar. History of New Braunfels and Comal County, Texas, 1844-1946. Austin: Hart Graphics, 1968.
Hinton, Mrs. T. E. (Mary). Weimar, Texas, First 100 Years, 1873-1973. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1973.
Knapik, Jane. Schulenburg: 100 Years on the Road, 1873-1973. N.P.: Offset Publications, Inc., 1973.
Kowert, Elise. Historic Homes in and Around Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg: Fredericksburg Publishing Co., 1980.
Kowert, Elise, Old Homes and Buildings of Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg: Fredericksburg Publishing Co., 1977.
Lindemann, Ann, James Lindemann and William Richter, eds. Historical Accounts of Industry, Texas, 1831-1986. New Ulm; New Ulm Enterprise Print, 1986.
Malsch, Brownson. Indianola: The Mother of Western Texas. Austin: Shoal Creek, 1977.
Martinek, Ruby E. Ellinger, Yesterday and Today. La Grange: Hengst, 1987.
Nuhn, Roger, ed. New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas: A Pictorial History. New Braunfels: Sophienburg Museum and Archives, 1993.
100th Anniversary of Pioneer Flour Mills, San Antonio, Texas, 1851-1951. San Antonio: Naylor, [1951].
Pennington, Mrs. R. E. The History of Brenham and Washington County. Houston: Standard Printing, 1915.
Ransleben, Guido E. A Hundred Years of Comfort in Texas: A Centennial History. San Antonio: Naylor, 1954, 1974.
Thurmond, Rev. Benton A., ed., High Hill: Mother of Schulenburg, 1960-1960. Schulenburg: Schulenburg Sticker, 1960.
Wissemann, Sr., Charles L. trans. Fredericksburg, Texas, The First Fifty Years. Fredericksburg: Fredericksburg Publishing Co., Inc., 1971. Translation and reprint of Penninger's 50th Anniversary Festival Edition.
Zoch, Alfred et al. Giddings: 100th Geburtstag, 1871-1971, Souvenir Book. N.P. [1971].
Selected German-Texan Family Histories
Carter, Wanda Bassett. Elmendorf and Related Families; Including Tolle, Engelke, Kampmann, Dreiss, Jenull, Carter, Braun, Mueller, Boerner, Schmidt, Gloetzel, Kalteyer, Wefing, Hernandez, Rossy, Scrivener, Leighton, Lieck, Meyer, Irwin, Robertson and Others. Luling: June Publications, 1990.
De Vos, Ruby E. and Julius E. Look Unto the Hills: The Leifeste Family in the United States Privately Printed, 1985.
Fey, Everett Anthony. New Braunfels: The First Founders. Two Volumes. Austin: Eakin, 1994. (also, Community History)
"Germans," Part III in Frederick C. Chabot, With the Makers of San Antonio: Genealogies of the Early Latin, Anglo-American, and German Families with Occasional Biographies, Each Group Being Prefaced with a Brief Historical Sketch and Illustrations. Privately Published, 1937. (also, community history)
Gold, Theresa Gros and Donald T. Hoelscher, comp. The Hoelscher Family of Texas: History and Genealogy of Anton and Mary Katherine Hoelscher, Eight Generations. Family histories by Jackie Wooley Lipski. Privately Printed, 1978.
Jordan, Gilbert J. and Terry G . Jordan. Ernst and Lisette Jordan: German Pioneers in Texas. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1971.
Justman, Dorothy W. German Colonists and Their Descendants in Houston, Including Usener and Allied Families. Quanah: Nortex, 1974.
Robinson-Zwahr, Robert R. Die Bremerverwandschaft in Deutschland und in Texas (The Bremers and Their Kin in Germany and in Texas). Two Volumes. Burnet; Nortex, 1979.
Fictional Accounts
Kramer, Ursula. Monika: A German Immigrant to Texas, 1845. N.P.: Nortex, 1992.
Sealsfield, Charles. The Cabin Book, or National Characteristics. Trans. by Sarah Powell. New York: St. John & Coffin, 1871; rpt. Austin: Eakin, 1985. (novel of 1830s Texas)
Seele, Hermann. Texas Fahrten: Travels in Texas. Trans. by Theodore Gish. Austin: Nortex, 1985. (musical drama)
Weber, Paula. The Brewer's Star. Reston VA: Bavaria Books, 1993. (Novel set in San Antonio)
For Young Readers
Von Rosenberg, Marjorie. German Artists of Early Texas: Hermann Lungkwitz and Richard Petri. Austin: Eakin, 1982.
Von Rosenberg, Marjorie. Elisabet Ney: Sculptor of American Heroes. Austin: Eakin, 1990.
Von Rosenberg, Marjorie. Max and Martha: The Twins of Fredericksburg/Max und Martha: Die Zwillings aus Fredericksburg. Austin: Eakin, 1986. (fictionalized, bilingual)
Gurasich, Marj. Letters to Oma: A Young German Girl's Account of Her First Year in Texas, 1847. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1989.
Gurasich, Marj. A House Divided. Fort Worth; Texas Christian University Press, 1994. (fiction, Civil War era, continues Letters to Oma)
Martinello, Marian. Cedar Fever. San Antonio: Corona, 1992. (fiction, World War I)
Alexander, Frances. Orphans on the Guadalupe. Quanah: Nortex, 1971. (fiction, New Braunfels pioneers)
King, Irene Marschall. Comanches on the Peace-Path. Waco: Texian, 1970. (from the Council House Fight to the Easter Fires)
Teltschick, Jonnie. The Grass Jungle. Burnet: Eakin, 1981. (fiction, German settlers of Lavaca County)
Shefelman, Janice Jordan. A Paradise Called Texas. Austin: Eakin, 1983. (fiction, young German girl's early days in Texas)
Shefelman, Janice Jordan. Willow Creek Home. Austin: Eakin, 1985. (story continued, Hill Country)
Shefelman, Janice Jordan. Spirit of Iron. Austin: Eakin, 1987. (story continued, Indians!)
Hoff, Carol. Johnny Texas. Chicago: Follett, 1950.
German Americans
Barrick, Marc E., comp. and ed. German-American Folklore. Little Rock: August House, 1987.
Conzen, Kathleen Neils. "Germans." in Harvard Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups. ed. by Steven Thernstrom.. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1980.
Gilbert, Glenn G. ed., The German Language in America: A Symposium. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1971.
Haller, Charles R. Across the Atlantic and Beyond: The Migration of German and Swiss Immigrants to America. Bowie MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1992.
Haller, Charles R. Distinguished German-Americans. Bowie MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1995.
Hawgood, John Arkas. The Tragedy of German-America. New York: Arno Press, 1970.
Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas. The German American Family Album. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Pochmann, Henry A. comp., and Arthur R. Schultz, ed. Bibliography of German Culture in America to 1940. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1954.
Rippley La Verne. The German Americans. Boston: Twayne, 1976.
Tolzmann, Don Heinrich. German Americana: A Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1975.
Trommler, Frank and Joseph McVeigh, eds. America and the Germans: A Three-Hundred-Year History. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985.
Walker, Mack. Germany and the Emigration, 1816-1885. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964.