CA. 1827; 1863-1880; 1908-1946; 1962-1963
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Dallas Municipal Archives, City of Dallas, 1500 Marilla St. Dallas, TX 75201 |
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Grauwyler Park |
| Title: |
Grauwyler Park and John and Emma Grauwyler |
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1908 - 1946 |
| Quantity: |
1.5 linear |
| Abstract: |
Collection documents the acquisition and development of Grauwyler Park and contains documentation and personal papers of the
park's namesake, John Grauwyler.
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| Identification: |
95-047 |
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The records are in English.
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John H. Grauwyler, a farmer of Dallas county, Texas was born Jacob Graviller in Switzerland in 1837 and reared in the city
of Basel. In 1854 he immigrated to Rochester, New York, where he remained until coming to Texas. In April, 1861, in Rochester,
he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-eighth New York Infantry, for three months, and was in the American Civil War Battle of Bull
Run. He came to Dallas county, Texas in 1883 and operated a farm of 365 acres until his death in 1909. [Adapted from A Memorial
and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas, 1892,p. 421.]
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Collection documents the acquisition and development of Grauwyler Park and contains documentation and personal papers of the
park's namesake, John Grauwyler. Grauwyler Memorial Park, located at the 7500 Block of Harry Hines Boulevard in Dallas, Texas,
was bequeathed to the City of Dallas in 1924 by Emma H. Grauwyler in memory of her husband John Grauwyler. The initial bequest
totaled 25 acres and was augmented over time. Collection contains correspondence and memoranda, land transfer documents, legal
documents, and printed materials pertaining to the estate of John H. Grauwyler and Emma Grauwyler and the establishment and
maintenance of Grauwyler Park, Dallas, Texas. John Grauwyler personal materials of note include his discharge form from the
United State Army, 1863; an Army pension for John Grauwyler, awarded to Emma Grauwyler; a business ledger belonging to John
Grauwyler (entries from 1827, 1863-1880s); and the Grauwyler family bible.
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Two series: manuscript material and printed material. Correspondence and memoranda in chronological order
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Grauwyler Park and John and Emma Grauwyler, 1908 - 1946, Dallas Municipal Archives, Office of the City Secretary, Dallas,
TX.
Transferred from creating department
The collection was described by John Slate, City Archivist
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Parks -- Texas -- History |
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Park facilities -- Texas -- History |
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Texas -- History |
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Texas -- Description and travel |
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Will of Estate of Emma Grauwyler, June 18, 1923 |
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Abstract of title-part of Eli Chandler survey for O.P. Bowser, August 12, 1909 |
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Abstract of title-part of Miles Bennett survey, November 7, 1913 |
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Brief preliminary statement to members of the Park Board re: Emma and John Grauwyler, July 5, 1923 |
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Letter to Park Board from Emil Fretz opposing acceptance of Grauwyler will, July 20, 1923 |
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Contest to the will of Emma Grauwyler, statement to Park Board, October 18, 1923 |
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Statement of facts under oath for Mayor, Park Board, and City Commission of Dallas-concerning Emma and John Grauwyler, November 22, 1923 |
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Resolution accepting the Grauwyler property, December 21, 1926 |
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Park Board resolution accepting Grauwyler bequest, December 21, 1926 |
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Emma Grauwyler-will and contest by James T. Shaw, et al, 1923-1925 |
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Donalson and Bullard, attorneys to Park Board re: the will of Emma H. Grauwyler, 1923 |
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Newspaper clipping, undated, "Heirs drop contest of Emma Grauwyler will", Undated |
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Letter to City Attorney from Tochstone, Wight, Gormley, and Price re: Texas and Pacific Railway Company vs. Deck Martin, et
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Sale of property to Mrs. Ida Ford, March 12, 1946 |
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Sale of Grauwyler lot in West Dallas, 1944-1946 |
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Memorandum in reference to possible conveyance of Grauwyler Park land, July 12, 1962 |
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Disposition of Grauwyler Park land, 1962-1963 |
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Purchase by E. H. Grauwyler from Annie Caruth, 1910 |
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Estate of George Peck suing Emma Grauwyler for legal services provided by George Peck, 1912 |
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Quit claim deed-Rose Graviller and Emma H. Grauwyler, December 18, 1912 |
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Oakland Cemetery-plot for John J. Grauwyler, November 6, 1908 |
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Discharge record-John Graviller, New York State Volunteers, June 2, 1863 |
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Pension record for John Graviller, February 1, 1909 |
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Map section, Singleton Boulevard at Crossman, Patrick at Second-Grauwyler lot, undated |
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Business account ledger, 1827, 1863-1880s |
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Thomas-Shaw-Grauwyler Families bible Undated |