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Boll/Peak/Beilharz Collection
Overview of the Collection |
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| Accession No.: | MA85-7 |
| Repository: | Texas/Dallas History & Archives, Dallas Public Library 1515 Young St Dallas, TX 75201 |
| Creator: | Boll/Peak/Beilharz Families |
| Title: | Boll/Peak/Beilharz Collection |
| Quantity: | 2 Boxes |
| Language: | The records are in english. |
Scope and Contents
Archival collection MA85.7, the Boll/Peak/Beilharz Collection, contains no original documents, only photocopies, copy photographs, and some original photographs donated later.
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Related Material
MA99-2 Beilharz Family Collection
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Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Family Names:
Beilharz
Boll
Peak
Places:
Dallas (Tex.)
Subjects:
Family History
Titles:
Boll/Peak/Beilharz Collection
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
MA85-7 Boll/Peak/Beilharz Collection, Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library
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Detailed Description of the Collection
| Copy Photographs | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Photograph of Portrait of Jacob Boll and Henrietta Humbel Boll, c.1845-1850 (note indicates that portrait was done in Switzerland) | |||||||||
| 2 | Photograph of Henrietta Boll Beilharz, c.1880 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Photograph of Henry Boll, c. 1880 | ||||||||||
| Photocopies and Typescripts | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Typescript translation of letter dated June 19, 1874 from Jacob Boll to his children describing his arrival in Dallas, plans to build a house, and study of insects. He also conveys greetings to family and friends. | |||||||||
| 2 | Photocopy of letter dated May 3, 1872 from Jacob Boll to his brother describing wife's medical condition (also have typescript translation of letter) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Typescript translation of note dated October 16, 1880 (Dallas, Texas) from Jacob Boll's children describing the circumstances of his death on September 29, 1880 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Color photocopies of two German baptismal certificates/documents for Jacob Boll dated September 27, 1857 (translator's note suggest that these may have been for a son of Henrietta and Jacob Boll who died in infancy since Boll himself would have been almost 30 years old in 1857). | ||||||||||
| 5 | Photocopy of a newspaper article dated January 10, 1878 entitled "Jacob Boll Dead, he was a native of Switzerland and an old citizen of Dallas" | ||||||||||
| 6 | Photocopies of four 11x14 pages from "Miss Peak's Scrapbook" containing the following newspaper clippings relating to Boll: | ||||||||||
| "Artesian wells and coal deposits in Texas" by Jacob Boll (no date; no publication information) | |||||||||||
| "Death of Prof. Jacob Boll" by J.H.B. | |||||||||||
| "Prof. Jacob Boll, tribute to the memory of the geologist by a brother scientist" by N.A.T., dated October 8, 1880 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Reprint of January 30, 1984 Dallas Morning News Article entitled "The Way it was..." by Kenneth Force (describes Henri Boll's trip to Texas and his marriage to Elizabeth) | |||||||||
| 8 | Photocopies of 2 page transcript list "From Aunt Henrietta's birthday book (Henrietta Boll Peak)" lsiting family members' birthdays | ||||||||||
| Photographs - original | |||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Meisterham Family | |||||||||
| 2 | Michel, Mr. and Mrs. | ||||||||||
| 3 | Wilson, Lawrence and Fred | ||||||||||
| 4 | Ferchert, Louise | ||||||||||
| 5 | Boll/Peak Family | ||||||||||
| 6 | Fretz Family | ||||||||||
| 7 | 3 unmarked | ||||||||||
| 8 | Wagner, Louis and Lehman, Edward | ||||||||||
| 9 | Meyer, Simon and Hess, John | ||||||||||
| 10 | Frick, Adolf and Mother | ||||||||||
| 11 | 2 unmarked - Young Lady | ||||||||||
| 12 | 2 unmarked - Young Children | ||||||||||
| 13 | 2 unmarked | ||||||||||
| 14 | 2 unmarked - Young Ladies | ||||||||||