Abstract:

            Conrad Meuly von Blucher was born in Corpus Christi on June 20, 1885 to C. F. H. von Blucher and Mary E. (Meuly) Blucher. He married Zula E. Hill on October 1, 1938. He is the descendent of two men who figure in Texas history, Conrad Meuly, a member of the Texan Santa Fe expedition of 1841 and Anton Felix Hans Hellmuth von Blucher, who was the interpreter for John O. Meusebach's Comanche treaty and later for General Winfield Scott in South Texas and an important surveyor in South Texas. Conrad M. Blucher attained a Civil Engineering degree in 1906 and worked for his father in the Blucher Engineering Company of Corpus Christi until he became the owner of the company in 1928. He was elected to the position of Nueces County Surveyor from 1934 until 1946, a position his father previously held for more than fifty years. Conrad M. Blucher was a member of local and national professional and service organizations and a veteran of World War I. Conrad M. Blucher died at the age of 92 years in 1977. 

            The Conrad M. Blucher Collection totals approximately 17 cubic feet of material. The bulk of the material, about 12 cubic feet, is split between personal and business correspondence ranging from 1880's to the 1960's and financial records from approximately 1906 to 1969 mostly in the form of ledgers. There are diaries that span from 1905 to 1954 and describe in detail personal and business related events. The maps and blueprints in the collection date from 1896 through the 1950's, with one or two undated maps possibly being from as early as the 1860's or 1870's. There are also books, printed materials and newspaper clipping related to the surveying work done by Blucher.

Access Restrictions

All materials are accessible subject to a reference interview.

Acquisition Information

The Conrad M. Blucher Collection is comprised of three donations of materials. All three were donated by Mrs. Claudia Harrel.

A1985-040
A1990-022
A1998-008

Preferred Citation

(Item Description), (Folder Number), (Title and Accession Number).
South Texas Archives
James C. Jernigan Library
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, TX 78363

Organization of Materials

The Conrad M. Blucher Collection is arranged into ten series.

I. Correspondence
II. Diaries
III. Financial Documents
VI. Legal Documents
V. Maps
VI. Blueprints
VII. Photographs
VIII. Books
IX. Printed Materials
X. Newspaper Clippings

Descriptive Identification

Series I

1985-040

Box 387A ------------------------------------------------

.005 Correspondence, personal travel.

.006 Medical Records, lab results, correspondence.

.009 Invitations, personal and professional.

Box 387C --------------------------------------------------

.017 Correspondence, personal and professional - 1937 (13 leaves)

.018 Correspondence, personal and professional - 1936 (2 leaves)

.019 Correspondence, personal and professional - 1938

.020 Correspondence, personal and professional - 1939 (2 leaves)

.023 Correspondence, personal and professional, includes letter and newsletter about Camp John Paul Jones, a U.S. Junior Naval Reserve Camp in Corpus Christi, Texas (1916)

Box 388A --------------------------------------------------

.025 Correspondence, personal, Mrs. J. A. Hill, Mary Merle Hill

.026 Correspondence, personal, Mrs. J. A. Hill, Mary Merle Hill

.027 Correspondence, personal, Willmot Hill.

.028 Correspondence, personal, Willmot Hill.

.029 Correspondence, personal, Willmot Hill.

.030 Correspondence, personal, Willmot Hill.

.031 Correspondence, personal, Willmot Hill, including a Teacher's Temporary certificate for 1st grade for Mary Merle Hill from Baylor.

Box 388B ----------------------------------------------------

.032 Correspondence, personal, includes trip to Mexico.

.035 Correspondence, personal, includes cards and telegrams for condolences of the death of Mary Merle Hill.

.036 Correspondence, personal.

.037 Correspondence, personal, cards.

.038 Correspondence, personal, cards.

.039 Correspondence, personal, cards.

Box 389 --------------------------------------------------

.042 Correspondence, mixed, personal and business.

Box 390A ------------------------------------------------

.044 Correspondence, personal, cards, notes, invitations, Zula Hill.

.045 Correspondence, personal, cards, notes.

.046 Correspondence, personal and professional, Conrad M. Blucher.

Box 390C ------------------------------------------------

.054 Correspondence, personal, Hill family.

.055 Correspondence, personal cards.

.056 Correspondence, personal, Hill family.

.057 Correspondence, personal, Hill family.

Box 391A ----------------------------------------------

.058 Correspondence, personal and financial (tax), Conrad M. Blucher.

Box 391B -----------------------------------------------

.064 correspondence, personal Willmot Hill, and newspaper clippings, including article recognizing C. F. H. von Blucher as Nueces County Surveyor for Fifty Years.

.065 Correspondence, personal, Hill Family, and newspaper clippings including article recognizing C. F. H. von Blucher's Retirement After Fifty-two Years as Nueces County Surveyor And His Son Conrad M. Blucher Replacing Him In That Role.

.066 Correspondence, personal, cards, Hill family and some newspaper clippings.

.067 Correspondence, personal, Hill family.

Box 391C -----------------------------------------------

.068 Correspondence, personal, Hill family.

.071 Correspondence, personal, Willmot Hill.

.072 Correspondence, personal, Zula Blucher, includes cards.

.073 Correspondence, personal and business, Conrad M. Blucher.

Box 392--------------------------------------------------

.078 Correspondence, personal (in German) and some business.

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #2

Unit Title: Business Correspondence

Container: 387A/B/C, 388B, 389B, 390, 391A, 392, 398A

A1985-040

Box 387A -----------------------------------------------------

.001 Correspondence, business, includes work history of Maj. Albert G. Brown. 1929-1964

.002 Correspondence, American Society of Civil Engineers, includes publications, dues and rankings. 1930-1939

.003 Correspondence, business, includes opposition to "A Proposed Bill to be Entitled: The Registered Public Surveyors Act of 1955, Surveyors Bill of 1955.

.004 Correspondence, business and personal, while Nueces County Surveyor, Newspaper Clippings, Old Ft. Davis Newspaper.

Box  387B ------------------------------------------------------

.010 Business Papers, financial correspondence and receipts.

.011 Business Papers, correspondence, blueprints and notes.

.012 Business Papers, financial correspondence, receipts.

.013 Correspondence, business, James A. Hill (Supervisor, 14th District-Texas, Bureau of the Census), correspondence, descriptions of enumeration districts. 1924-1925

.014 Correspondence, business, James A. Hill (Supervisor, 14th District-Texas, Bureau of the Census), telegrams. 1924-1925

Box 387C -------------------------------------------------------

.015 Business Papers, correspondence and receipts.

.016 Business Papers, correspondence and receipts.

.021 Correspondence, business, La Gloria Corporation, well log. (1 leaf, 2 items)

.022 Letterhead, Nueces County, Office of Conrad M. Blucher (9 leaves)

.024 Correspondence, American Society of Civil Engineers, includes the Corpus Christi branch Constitution, brochure of national and local events.

Box 388B -------------------------------------------------------

.033 Correspondence, business, Carl F. H. von Blucher.

.034 Correspondence, personal, American Society of Civil Engineers Convention in Mexico.

Box 389--------------------------------------------------

.041 Correspondence, mixed, business and financial.

.043 Index, alphabetical, Insurance holders, amount of insurance, holdings, notes, family.

Box 390B --------------------------------------------------

.048 Correspondence, business and legal.

.049 Correspondence, business and legal.

.050 Correspondence, business, indexed alphabetically, A-G.

.051 Correspondence, business, indexed alphabetically, H-Q.

.052 Correspondence, business, indexed alphabetically, R-Z.

.053 Correspondence, business.

Box 391A --------------------------------------------------

.059 Correspondence, business, Conrad M. Blucher.

.060 Correspondence, business, Conrad M. Blucher.

.061 Correspondence, business, Conrad M. Blucher.

.062 Correspondence, business, Conrad M. Blucher.

Box 392--------------------------------------------------

.074 Correspondence, business and personal, Insurance papers, receipts.

Box 398A --------------------------------------------------

.124 Correspondence, business, County Surveyor Papers, applications of surveys, 1896-1915.

.125 Correspondence, business, County Surveyor Papers, applications of surveys, 1896-1915.

Descriptive Identification

Sub Series #3

Unit Title: Postcards

Container: 405A

To view a listing of the postcards in the Conrad M. Blucher Collection activate the following link: Conrad M. Blucher Collection - Postcards

A1990-022

Box 405A -------------------------------------------------------

.38 Postcards (63) of humor and miscellaneous interest.

Descriptive Identification

Series II

Unit Title: Diaries

Container: 649, 396A, 403

A1998-008

Box 649 ---------------------------------------------------------

.1 Diary, ledger of income and expenses, 1905.

.2 Diary, ledger, lists of names, activities, cover says E. S. Levy & Co., 1905-06.

.3 Diary, names and addresses, committees, ledger, [little, six ring loose-leaf notebook], 1911-53.

.4 Diary, daily activities and observations, ledger, automobile records, 1920.

.5 Diary, daily activities and observations, ledger, 1921.

.6 Diary, daily activities and observations, ledger, recipes, 1922.

.7 Diary, daily activities and observations, cotton receipts, taxes, 1923.

.8 Diary, daily activities and observations, lists of names, mostly empty, [in a 1923 diary], 1924.

.9 Diary, daily activities and observations, 1924.

.10 Diary, daily activities and observations, taxes, 1925.

.11 Diary, daily activities and observations, 1926.

.12 Diary, daily activities and observations, 1927.

.13 Diary, daily activities and observations, 1928.

.14 Diary, daily activities and observations, 1929.

.15 Diary, daily activities and observations, 1930.

.16 Diary, daily activities and observations, 1931.

.17 Diary, daily activities and observations, taxes, 1932.

.18 Diary, daily activities and observations, recipe for egg nog, 1933.

.19 Diary, daily activities and observations, taxes, 1934.

.20 Diary, daily activities and observations, 1935.

.21 Diary, daily activities and observations, 1936.

.22 Diary, daily activities and observations, 1937.

.23 Engagement Calendar, 1907-08.

.24 Engagement Calendar, 1908-09.

.25 Engagement Calendar, 1909-10.

.26 Engagement Calendar, 1910-11.

.27 Engagement Calendar, 1911-12

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Box 396A -------------------------------------------------

.098 Diary, 1945.

.099 Diary, 1947.

.100 Diary, 1948.

Box 403 --------------------------------------------------

.305 Daily Reminder, 1944, (red).

.306 Daily Reminder, 1945, (red).

.307 Daily Reminder, 1949, (red).

.308 Daily Reminder, 1946, (black).

.309 Address Book, (Zula Hill), (cloth cover).

.310 Address Book, (brown).

.311 Address Book, (Mary Estelle Hill), (black).

.312 Attendance Book, people at events and functions, (black).

.313 Guest Book, James A. Hill, 1861-1948, (red).

.315 Record Book, Diary, 1939-1943.

.316 NoteBook, Diary, 1938-1945.

.317 NoteBook, Diary, 1951-1954.

.318 Notebook, lists of names and events attended, n.d.

.319 Composition Book, Addresses.

.320 Boy Scouts - NoteBook, Diary, J. A. Hill.

.321 Five Year Diary, Mary Merle Hill, entries - 1935-1937, (green).

Descriptive Identification

Series III

Unit Title: Financial Documents

Container: 387A, 389, 392, 393 A/B/C, 394 A/B/C, 395, 396 A/B/C, 398 A/B, 399 A/B/C, 400, 403

A1985-040

Box 387A ----------------------------------------------

.007 Personal Papers, receipts.

.008 Business Papers, financial records.

Box 389--------------------------------------------------

.040 Financial and Legal reports.

Box 392--------------------------------------------------

.075 Financial, ledger, map of Bluntzer area, royalty papers, royalty deeds, and legal acts pending.

.076 Financial, receipts, bills, and life insurance.

.079 Financial, includes a warranty deed.

Box 393A --------------------------------------------------

.080 Financial, taxes for employees.

.081 Financial, taxes for employees.

.082 Financial, taxes for employees.

.083 Financial and legal, daily logs, ledger and title abstract.

Box 393B ---------------------------------------------------

.084 Financial, daily log.

.086 Financial and legal, property lists and property taxes, Blucher.

.087 Financial and legal papers.

Box 393C ---------------------------------------------------

.088 Financial, personal, bills, receipts.

.090 Financial, ledger sheets, receipts, record book.

.091 Financial, ledger sheets and receipts.

.092 Financial, receipts, statements.

.093 Financial, ledger sheets, statements of balances owed.

Box 394 A/B/C --------------------------------------------------

.094 Financial, check stub booklets, ledgers.

- Blucher Engineering Company, 43 booklets, 1/8/1938 through 7/3/1954 complete.

- Conrad M. Blucher, 3 booklets, 1939, 40, 41.

- business ledgers, alphabetically indexed, 7 ledgers, 1/26/1908 through 6/15/1939 complete.

Box 395--------------------------------------------------

.095 Financial, receipts, notes, timesheets.

.096 Financial, ledger sheets, order forms.

.097 Financial, ledger sheets also includes a Corpus Christi Public Works Proposal and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 11/20/1955, Wesley E. Seale Dam Ceremony edition.

Box 396A --------------------------------------------------

.101 Financial, ledger, 1927-1937

.102 Financial, journal, 1930-1933

.103 Financial, Income Tax, worksheets in a binder, 1943.

.104 Financial, Income Tax, worksheets in a binder, 1945.

Box 396B --------------------------------------------------------------

.105 Financial, Income Tax, worksheets in a binder, 1946.

.106 Financial, Income Tax, worksheets in a binder, 1950.

.107 Financial, Income Tax, worksheets in a binder, 1951.

.108 Financial, Income Tax, worksheets in a binder, 1952.

Box 396C -------------------------------------------------------------

.109 Financial, Income Tax, worksheets in a binder, 1965.

.110 Financial, Income Tax, worksheets in a binder, 1966.

.111 Financial, Income Tax, worksheets in a binder, 1967.

.112 Financial, correspondence and working papers, (Mr. Haldeman at Texas Gulf Coast Company).

.113 Financial, oil royalties.

.115 Financial, job sheets, worksheets and check stubs.

Box 398A ---------------------------------------------------------

.122 Financial, job sheets.

.123 Financial, job sheets.

Box 398B --------------------------------------------------------

.132 Financial, installment note, royalty contract, ledger sheets.

Box 399A --------------------------------------------------------

.133 Financial, taxes, state and federal, Nueces.

.134 Financial, taxes, state and federal, San Patricio.

.135 Financial, checking statements, 1947-1949.

.136 Financial, receipts.

Box 399B ---------------------------------------------------------

.137 Financial, Burton and Danforth Accounts, Falfurrias, Texas 1910.

.138 Financial, Income Tax Report, 1953.

.139 Financial, order book, 1937-38.

.140 Financial, order book, 1938-39.

.141 Financial, order book, 1944-47.

.142 Financial, ledger, 1938-42.

.143 Financial, cash book, 1945.

.144 Financial, order book, 1945.

.145 Financial, account book, 1946.

.146 Financial, order book, 1947.

.147 Financial, ledger, 1947.

.148A Financial, order book, 1948.

.148B Financial, order book, 1948.

.148C Financial, order book, 1948.

Box 399C -------------------------------------------------------------

.149 Financial, ledger, 1949.

.150 Financial, journal, 1950.

.151 Financial, order book, 1951.

.152 Financial, cash book, 1951.

.153 Financial, ledger, 1952.

.154 Financial, journal, 1951.

.155 Financial, cash book, 1952.

.156 Financial, ledger, 1953.

.157 Financial, ledger, 1954.

.158 Financial, ledger, 1938-40.

.159 Financial, ledger, 1945-48.

.160 Financial, cash book, 1933-37.

.161 Financial, ledger, 1937-40.

Box 400A --------------------------------------------------

.162 Financial, expenses, bid summaries, bills, ledger sheets.

Box 400B ---------------------------------------------------

.187 Financial, investment brokers.

.188 Financial, bills.

Box 403--------------------------------------------------

.314 Financial, Account Book, company accounts, (green).

Descriptive Identification

Series IV

Unit Title: Legal Documents

Container: 390A, 392, 393B, 397, 398 A/B, 400B

A1985-040

Box 390A -------------------------------------------------------------

.047 Correspondence, legal.

Box 392--------------------------------------------------

.077 Legal, oil and gas leases, correspondence and maps.

Box 393B --------------------------------------------------

.085 Legal, insurance for jobs and accident reports.

.089 Legal, mortgage and titles.

Box 397--------------------------------------------------

.114 Legal, leases and contracts for land and oil.

.116 Legal, Civil Action vs. Standard Oil.

.117 Legal, right-of-way, land appraisals, deeds, correspondence and receipts.

.118 Legal, leases, deeds and receipts also correspondence, personal concerning show chicken pedigrees.

.119 Legal, correspondence, deeds, titles and maps to land in San Patricio and Aransas Counties.

Box 398A --------------------------------------------------

.120 Legal, Notice of Bids.

.121 Legal, Notice of Bids.

Box 398B ---------------------------------------------------

.126 Legal, zoning, deeds, maps and correspondence.

.127 Legal, warranty deeds and contracts.

.128 Legal, survey and easement for right-of-way at Scott & Hooper Tepeguaje Ranch.

.129 Legal, contract for maps and certificates.

.130 Legal, Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, oath of office, notices of appointment.

.131 Legal, deeds, titles and personal property.

Box 400B --------------------------------------------------

.285 Legal, Survey field notes, copies, maps, right of way, correspondence.

Descriptive Identification

Series V

Unit Title: Maps

Container: 401, 402

A1985-040

Box 401 --------------------------------------------------------------

.189-A Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #1.

.189-B Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #2.

.189-C Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #3.

.189-D Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #4.

.189-E Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #5.

.189-F Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #6.

.189-G Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #7.

.189-H Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #8.

.189-I Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #9.

.189-J Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #10.

.189-K Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #11.

.189-L Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #12.

.189-M Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #13.

.189-N Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #14.

.189-O Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #15.

.189-P Map, Schlumberger Well Survey Maps, von Blucher Well #17.

.190 Map, Mary E. von Blucher, Puentecitas Tract, Northern Boundary. (A-D, pt. 1; E-H, pt. 2.)

.192 Data referring to "Las Animas" Grant collected by Carl (Charles) A. Meuly, Parts A-F.

.192-A Map, ink, 12"x27".

.192-B Map, pencil, 14"x19.5".

.192-C Map, ink (copied from French's map, 1/6/14),(Noricitas), 14"x15".

.192-D Map, pencil, 10.75"x14.75".

.192-E Map, pencil, 9.75"x14.5". Part of A.

.192-F Map, ink and pencil, 14"x24". Near Banquette.

.193 Map, Corpus Christi Street Plat, (Melrose to Louisiana, E-W), (Corpus Christi Bay to Santa Fe, N-S), 14.5"x17".

.197 Map, Sinclair Prairie Oil Well #1, Lamar Field, 8.75"x13.5".

.198-A Map, Tide lines in front of Block 8, Brooklyn and Vichy, 13"x41". (blueline)

.198-B Map, Tide lines in front of Block 8, Brooklyn and Vichy, 13"x41". (sketch)

.199 Map, Mustang Island, 51"x13.75".

.201-A Map, South 4.73 acres of Lot #4, J. R. Connell Farm Lots, 12"x16.5". (blueline)

.201-B Map, South 4.73 acres of Lot #4, J. R. Connell Farm Lots, 12"x16.5". (blueline)

.201-C Map, South 4.73 acres of Lot #4, J. R. Connell Farm Lots, 12"x16.5". (blueline)

.202 Map, Central Blvd, 8.75"x22.5".

.203 Map, Sample Blueline Print by C. F. Pease Co., 23"x9"

.204-A Map, Centennial Edition of the Official Highway Map of Texas, 1936, 32.75"x26.75".

.204-B Map, Centennial Edition of the Official Highway Map of Texas, 1936, 32.75"x26.75".

.205 Map, Highway Map and Guide to Texas, Mid-West Map Co., MO, 28"x17".

.206 Map, East Texas-Oklahoma with New Mexico-West Texas, Texaco, 23"x32".

.207 Map, Texas, Humble Oil, 23"x32".

.208 Map, Official Highway Travel Map, 1955, Texas, 28"x36".

.209 Map, Spring Edition Texas Official Highway Map, 25.5"x41".

.210 Map, Texas Official Highway Travel Map, 1953, Texas, 28"x36".

.211 Map, Spring Edition Texas Official Highway Map, 25.5"x41".

.212 Map, Map of the Vicinity of Corpus Christi, Texas, 1896, 33"x25". (*)

Box 402 --------------------------------------------------

.214 Map, Original sketch of Corpus Christi, Texas and Vicinity by Felix A. von Blucher. (*)

.215-A Map, Townsite of Seadrift, Texas, 19"x25". (*)

.215-B Map, Townsite of Seadrift, Texas, 19"x25". (*)

.226 Map, Plat, Harbor City and Ingleside, 17"x22". (*)

.227 Map, Plat, Rio Hondo Park Townsite, reverse - Broadside about the area by San Benito Light, San Benito, Texas. (*)

.228-A Map, Blucher's Directory Map of Corpus Christi and Roadmap of Nueces County Texas, 1950, Blucher Engineering. (*)

.228-B Map, Blucher's Directory Map of Corpus Christi and Roadmap of Nueces County Texas, 1950, Blucher Engineering. (*)

.229 Map, Nueces County, Land Grantees, [pre King Ranch era], cloth and ink, 4000 varas to inch. (*)

.232 Map and Broadside, "Gulf Coast Lands South Texas", for sale by the International Land and Investment Company, Omaha, Nebraska and Corpus Christi, Texas, 1908. (*)

.233 Map, The Mexican Central Railway, [pre-1904], 27"x22". (*)

.234 Map, Mexico, Info-Map, Gulf, 36"x18".

.235 Map, Monterrey Mexico the City of Mountains and Sunshine, Hotel Ancira, 18"x10".

.236 Map, Shirley's Guide to Mexico City and Environs, 1941, 18"x28".

.237 Map, Travel Map of Mexico, Enco, 26"x24".

.238-A Map, Chart map, Rockport Harbor, 4/1910, Pervival and Sons, 8.5"x11.5".

.238-B Map, Chart map, Rockport Harbor, 4/1910, Pervival and Sons, 8.5"x11.5".

.239 Map, Monte Vista Lands, 4/1907, W. W. Barker, 14"x15".

.240 Map, Official Zoning Map of Corpus Christi, Texas, 1939, 30"x28". (*)

.242 Map, U.S./Texas, LA and AR, Gallup Map, 28"x34".

.243 Map, Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado, 1/1953, 23.5"x18.5".

.244 Map, Estes Park, Colorado, 11.25"x16.25".

.245 Map, Official Indiana Highway Map, 1941, 22"x31".

.246 Map, Highland Lakes of Central Texas, Lower Colorado River Authority, 1951, 18"x24".

.247 Map, Street Guide and Map of the Business Section of Corpus Christi, Texas, Commercial Club of Corpus Christi, 8.5"x11".

.248 Map, Downtown Business District, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1956, 6"x4".

.250 Map, Visitors Map, Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, 16"x11".

.251 Map, A Map Guide to the Best Fishing Spots, Corpus Christi, Texas, C. E. Haberer Jr., 20.5"x31".

.252 Map, Lower Nueces River Water Supply District, 1/1967, 11"x17".

.253 Map, Corpus Christi Details of the central City Plan Preliminary, 11/1966, 11"x17".

.254 Map, Clarkson's City Map of Corpus Christi, 37"x24".

.255-A Map, Ashburn's Corpus Christi Map, 1948, 34"x22".

.255-B Map, Ashburn's Corpus Christi Map, 1949-50, 34"x22".

.255-C Map, Ashburn's Corpus Christi Map, 1949-50, 34"x22".

.255-D Map, Ashburn's Corpus Christi Map, 1966, 34"x22".

.256 Map, Center Corpus Christi City Map, Corpus Christi State National Bank, 1956, 17"x22.5".

.257 Map, Corpus Christi, Nueces Transportation Co., 2/1/1946, 20"x23". (damaged)

.258 Map, Texas Official Highway Map, 1942, 38"x22.5".

.259 Map, Texas Official Highway Map, 1947, 38"x22.5".

.260 Map, Texas Official Highway Map, 1948, 38"x22.5".

.261-A Map, Texas Official Highway Map, 1950, 38"x22.5".

.261-B Map, Texas Official Highway Map, 1950, 38"x22.5".

.262-A Map, Texas Official Highway Map, 1953, 27.75"x28".

.262-B Map, Texas Official Highway Map, 1953, 27.75"x28".

.268-A Map, Texas Official Highway Map, 1956, 27.75"x28".

.268-B Map, Texas Official Highway Map, 1956, 27.75"x28".

.269 Map, Texas Official Highway Map, 1955, 27.75"x28".

.270 Map, Texas Roadway with Pictorial Guide, Humble Oil, 1950, 22"x28".

.271 Map, Texas highway Department, 1945, 25.5"x27".

.272 Map, Highway Map and Guide of Texas, Mid-West Map Co., [1930s].

.273 Map, Texas Official Highway Map, 1941, 38"x22.5".

.274 Map, Texas/Oklahoma/New Mexico/Mexico, Sinclair Gasoline, 27"x28".

.275 Map, Texas Highway Department, 1947, 35"x36".

.276 Map, Index to topographic and Geologic Folios, 22"x24".

.277-A Map, A Proposed 6" Oil Line on von Blucher Property, 1/20/1948, original draft, 23"x11".

.277-B Map, A Proposed 6" Oil Line on von Blucher Property, 1/20/1948, blueprint, 23"x11".

.277-C Map, A Proposed 6" Oil Line on von Blucher Property, 1/20/1948, blueprint, 23"x11".

.278 Map, Corpus Christi, Texas, Blucher Engineering Co., 1938, 27"x37.5".

.279 Map, Roberts County Highways, 1940, 11"x14".

.281 Map, Shreveport, LA, street map, 34"x21".

.286 Map, Index Sheet, 8th Corps Area Maps, 5/25/1935, 34.5"x30".

.287 Map, Portion of Laguna Madre in Nueces and kleberg Counties, 6/1937, General Land Office, Texas, 29"x36.5".

.289 Map, Baffin Bay, Alazan Bay and Cayo Infiernillo in Kleberg and Kenedy Counties, 8/1937, 39"x40".

.290 Map, Copano, St. Charles, Aransas and Red Fish Bay in Aransas and Nueces Counties, 3/1937, 33"x34.5".

.291 Map, Trespalacios River and Bay in Matagorda County, 3/1937, 37"x28.5".

.292 Map, Matagorda and Carancawa Bay in Jackson, Callhoun and Matagorda Counties, 8/1937, 35"x24.5".

.293 Map, Permanent Lakes and Marshes in Calhoun, Victoria and Jackson counties, 3/1937, 35.5"x30".

Descriptive Identification

Series VI

Unit Title: Blueprints

Container: 401, 402, 404

A1985-040

Box 401 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

.191 Blueprint of a house.

.194 Blueprint, front of a house.

.195-A Architectural Drawing - house, 2nd floor, 14.5"x18.75".

.195-B Architectural Drawing - house, 1st floor, 14.5"x18.75".

.195-C Architectural Drawing - house, front view, 14.5"x18.75".

.196-A Draft and Blueprint, SE 100ft. of Block 8, Port Aransas Cliffs, 9.75"x22".

.196-B Draft and Blueprint, NW portion of Blocks 11 and 12, Besser Park, 9.75"x22".

.200 Blueprint, One story dwelling for Mr. & Mrs. T. R. Cowell, 4 pages, 30.5"x17.75".

.213 Blueprint of two story house on Rosebud, 3 pages, 20"x31".

Box 402 ------------------------------------------------------------

.280 Blueprint, South Bluff Heights, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1911, 34"x22".

Box 404 --------------------------------------------------------------

.334-(1 to 9) Blueprints, for residence of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad M. Blucher, 2800 Block Ocean Drive, Robt. L. Vogler and Gerald G. Deter, 20"x27", n.d.

.334-10 Landscape Planting Plan, for residence of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad M. Blucher, 2800 Block Ocean Drive, H. Durward Thompson landscape Architect, 32"x32", n.d.

.334-24 Blueprint, electrical service for residence of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad M. Blucher, 39"x33".

.334-25 Blueprint, electrical service for residence of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad M. Blucher, 39"x33".

Descriptive Identification

SeriesVII

Unit Title: Photographs

Container: 649

To view a listing of the photographs in the Conrad M. Blucher Collection activate the following link: Conrad M. Blucher Collection - Photographs

A1998-008

Box 649 -----------------------------------------------------------

- Small metal box containing 150 slides of Alaska.

- Small box containing 204 slides of South America.

Descriptive Identification

Series VIII

Unit Title: Books

Container: 405A, 

A1990-022

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.64 Serenata: Border Poets, 1937. -- Dallas: Tardy Pub. Co., c1937. 63 p. 15 1/2 x 23 cm. Includes poems by J. R. Truessell, Jr., Isabel Scarborough, Sarah Lois Grime, and Van Chandler, among others. (PS558 .T4 B588)

.65 Gramatica de la Lingua Castellan: Segun Ahora Se Habla / by Salva, Vicente. -- Mejico : Libreria de D. Jose Maria Andrade, 471 p. 17 1/2 x 11, Fragile Condition. (PC4105 .S3 1852)

.66 Terry's Guide to Mexico: The New Standard Guide to the Mexican Republic / Terry T. Philip. -- Rev. ed. -- Hingham, Mass.: Rapid Service Press, 1947. 932 p. 5 maps, 20 plans; 11 1/2 x 17. Includes chapters on railways, airways, bus lines, ocean routes and automobile roads in the Republic. (F1209 T336 1947)

.67 Nuevo Testamento de Nuestro Senoir y Salvador Jesuchristo: Version de Cipriano de Valera. Revisada y Corregida. -- Nueva York: Sociedad Americana de la Biblia, 1869. 264 p; 12 x 18 3/4 cm. (BS2199 1869)

.68 Crowell, Evelyn Miller. Texas Child-hood Days. -- Dallas, Kaleidograph Press, c1941. 91 p.; 13 1/2 x 20 cm. (PS3505 .R9453 T4 1941)

.69 Texas Is My Home / Melissa Gatewood Jones and Mattye Gatewood Ennes. -- Corpus Christi: Port Printing Co., 1961. 28 p.; 20 x 13 cm. (PS3519 .O456 T4)

.70 Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail / by Theodore Roosevelt. -- New York: The Century Co., 1907. Illus. by Frederick Remington. 186 p. : illus.; 18 1/2 x 27 cm. (F595 .R778)

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.71 Columbia College Song Book / by Balloy Willand Donnell and Walter John Walker, Jr. -- Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1895. 91 p. of music; 27 x 20 cm.

.72 College Songs: with new and valuable additions: a collection of new and popular songs of the American Colleges / compiled by Henry Randall Waite, ed. -- Boston: Oliver Ditson , Co.; c1890. 101 p. of music; 17 1/2 x 25 1/2 cm.

.73 The Yale Song Book / compiled from "Yale Songs, " "Yale Glees" and "Yale Melodies". New York: G. Schrirmer, 1906. 129 p. of music; 17 x 25 1/2 cm. Includes index of titles.

.74 College Songs: a collection of new and popular songs of the colleges of America / compiled by Henry Randall Waite, ed. -- New and enlarged ed. -- Boston: Oliver Ditson , Co.; c1890. 128 p. of music; 17 x 25 1/2 cm. Index.

.75 Hail Messiah! A Christmas Cantata for choirs of mixed voices / text by Edith Sanford Tillotson; music by Ira B. Wilson. -- New Your: Lorenz Pub. Co.; c1930. 61 p. of music, 2 p. of text; 18 x 26 1/2.

.76 The Messiah / G. F. Handel; ed. by T. Tertius Noble; revised according to Handel's original score by Max Spicker. -- New Your: G. Schirmer, Inc., c 1912. xi introductory note; 249 p. of music; 17 1/4 x 26 1/4 cm.

.77 Engineer Field Manual, Parts I-VII / prepared under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army. -- 5th (rev.) ed. correct to Dec. 31, 1917. -- Washington : Government Printing Office, 1918. 541 p.: ill.; 4 x 6 3/4. Index.

.78 Infantry Drill regulations: United States Army / Leonard Wood. -- Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917. 524 p.: illus., 11 x 15 cm. Corrected to April 15, 1917. Changes Nos. 1 to 19.

.79 Infantry Soldier's Handbook / by William H. Waldron. -- New York: George U. Harvey, Inc., c1917. 245 p, : illus., 11 x 15 1/2 cm. Includes index. Haevey Military Series.

.80 Bayonet Training Manual / prepared at the School of Arms. -- Fort Sill, Okla.: Army War College, 1918. 40 p.: illus.; 11 1/4 x 14 cm. "For Official Use Only"

.81 Soldier's Handbook of the Rifle and Score Book for Special Course C arranged for the United Stated Rifle Model 1917 / prepared under the direction of the General Staff, United States Army. -- Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918. 131 p. : illus., 11 1/2 x 16.

.82 Musketry / War Department The Adjutant General's Office. -- Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917. 255 p.: illus., 12 1/2 x 19.

.83 Manual of Physical Training / by board of officers from War Department.: Office of the Chief of Staff. -- Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914. 335 p.: illus.; 11 x 15 cm.

.84 Excerpts from Manual of Physical Training for use in the United States Army / prepared by board of officers from War Department.: Office of the Chief of Staff. -- Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914. 335 p.: illus.; 11 x 14 1/2 cm.

.85 Hammond's Handy Atlas of the World with 1910 Census. New York: C. S. Hammond and Co., 1911. 98 p.: maps, 15 x 21.

.86 Home Reading Course for Citizen-Soldiers, No. 9 / prepared by the War Department. -- Washington D. C.: Committee on Public Information, 1917. 61 p.; 15 x 23.

.87 - .91 U. S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau. Flash Cards, 1905.

.92 - .93 Monthly and Annual Temperatures and Precipitation of Corpus Christi, Texas / U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. -- 1 broadside. (2 copies); 1913.

.94 Explanation of the Weather Map / U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. -- 1 pamphlet (4 p.)

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.95 A Treatise on the Law of Surveying and Boundaries / by Frank Emerson Clark; 3rd ed. by John S. Grimes. -- Indianapolis, Ind.: The New Bobbs-Merril Co., Inc., c1959. 1029 p.: illus.; 14 1/2 x 28 cm. Includes Index. (KF683 .C55 1959)

.96 Reinforced Concrete: A Manual of Practice / by Ernest McCullough. Chicago: The Myron G. Clark Pub. Co., 1908. 128 p.: illus.; 12 1/2 x 20 cm. Includes Index. (TA683 .M18)

.97 A Practical Thesis on Hydraulic and Water-Supply Engineering: Relating to the Hydrology, Hydrodynamics and Practical Construction of Water-Works, in North America / by J. T. Fanning. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1886. 644 p.: illus.; 6 x 9 1/4 cm. Index Included. (TD 345 .F3 1886)

.98 The Cactus / University of Texas Student Association, Yearbook. (LD 5338 .C3 1903)

.99 The Cactus / University of Texas Student Association, Yearbook. (LD 5338 .C3 1904)

.100 The Cactus / University of Texas Student Association, Yearbook. (LD 5338 .C3 1905)

.101 The Cactus / University of Texas Student Association, Yearbook. (LD 5338 .C3 1906)

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.294 The Cactus, 1906, University of Texas Annual.

.295 The Cactus, 1904, University of Texas Annual.

.296 The Cactus, 1907, University of Texas Annual.

.297 Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company, Rules and Instructions, Maintenance of Way Department, rev. 9/1902.

.298 Typical Specifications for the Fabrication and Erection of Steel Highway Bridges, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Public Roads, circ. #100, Logan Wallace Page - Director, Washington D. C., GPO, 1913.

.299 Surveying Practice with Modern Instruments by H. S. Lahlen, San Mateo, CA, n.d.

.300 Texas Cacti; a popular and scientific account of the cacti native of Texas by Ellen D. Schulz (Mrs. Roy W. Quillin) and Robert Runyon, 1930. (QK495.C11 S3)

.301 Pecan Growing in Texas by J. S. Woodard, Chief - Division of Edible Nuts, Texas Department of Agriculture, bulletin #95, 9/1930.

.302 15th Specimen Book, Printing Types by MacKellar, Smiths and Jordan, 1884, Philadelphia, PA. .303 American Textbook for Letters by N. S. Dearborn, Boston, Mass, 1858.

.304 Set of Alphabets by Fredk. S. Copley, n.d.

.326 Handbook and Illustrated catalogue of Engineer's and Surveyor's Instruments, Buff and Berger, Boston, MA, n.d.

.327 Catalog of Keuffel and Esser Co. Hoboken, NJ, 1913.

.329 Instruments and Supplies for Civil Engineers, Architects, and Surveyors, A. S. Aloe Co., St. Louis, MO, n.d.

.330 Manufacturers of Instruments for Engineers, Surveyors and Builders, David White Co., Milwaukee, WI, n.d.

.331 Surveyor Equipment, Dietzger Co. 1949, Chicago, IL.

.332 Wild Geodetic and Topographic Instruments, Heerbrugg, Switzerland.

Descriptive Identification

Series IX

Unit Title: Printed Materials

Container: 391C, 400A/B, 402, 404

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.069 Club Handbooks, Woman's Monday Club, (Course of Study), 1914-15, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1938-39. Shakespeare Club, 1907-08.

.070 Club Handbooks, Woman's Monday Club, (Course of Study), 1920-21, 1922-23, 1940-41. Correspondence, Hill and Wade families.

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.163 Printed Material, programs of local events.

.164 Printed Material, Bulletin of the Natural Gas and Oil Resources Committee.

.165 Printed Material, assorted government publications.

.166 Printed Material, Babson's Washington Forecast.

.167 Printed Material, Memorial Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas.

.168 Printed Material, The Kiplinger Washington Letter.

.169 Printed Material, Things to Watch and Watch For.

.171 Printed Material, Trends, Victoria Bank monthly.

.172 Printed Material, Tex-Mex Institute Brochure.

.173 Printed Material, Texas Academy of Science, 1950 membership.

.174 Printed Material, Texas Oil and Gas.

.175 Printed Material, Construction Features of Pelican Island Causeway by Arthur M. Alpert.

.176 Printed Material, Corpus Christi - Progress.

.177 Printed Material, Corpus Christi - Industry.

.178 Printed Material, Texas Society of Professional Engineers, 1953, 1954, 1956.

.180 Printed Material, catalogs.

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.181 Printed Material, "For You" by Mrs. E. W. Raymond, 1873.

.182 Printed Material, First Presbyterian Church, Corpus Christi, Texas.

.183 Printed Material, booklets.

- "An Ordinance" Driving in the City of Corpus Christi, 1925.

- Nueces County School Annual, 1916-1917, Dept. of Education, Corpus Christi.

- Road Location, Drainage and Construction, National Good Roads Conv., Topeka, KS, 1909.

- Conversion Tables [varas], General Land Office, Austin, Texas.

- Doyle-Bidger Optical Company, Eye Chart, San Antonio, Texas.

.184 Printed Material, Corpus Christi cultural events.

.185 Printed Material, hotel and travel guides for Mexico.

.186 Printed Material, mail order business instructions.

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.216 Booklet about "Seadrift, Texas"

.217 Booklet, "Aransas Pass, the New Government Seaport of the Coast of Texas, Aransas pass Commercial Club, 11/1911.

.218 Booklet, G. K. Page Real Estate Listings, "Cool Corpus Christi".

.219 The Island News, Tourist Guide, 1/1952.

.220 Booklet, "Corpus Christi, Texas, Sea, Sunshine, Soil", Corpus Christi Commercial Club.

.221 Booklet, "The Riviera Tract", with map, Theo. F. Koch & Co., 1909.

.222 Booklet, " Corpus Christi and Nueces County".

.223 Booklet, "Land Where Money Grows, Under Texas Skies", near Alice, Texas - The Hub, L. G. Collins, 1905.

.224 Booklet, "Organization, Charter and By-Laws of the Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company", Rockport, Texas, 1881.

.225 Booklet, "San Patricio County, Gulf Coast Lands, Odem, The Coming Country", San Patricio County, Texas.

.230 Broadside, Ingleside, Burton and Danforth, San Antonio, Texas, 1911

.231 Booklet, "Unvarnished Facts and Views", San Benito, Texas, The Winter Garden of the U. S., J. A. Graham, 12/1910.

.241 Booklet, Monthly Bulletin of the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, vol. 2, #5, 2/1944.

.249 Booklet, Tour of Historic Downtown Corpus Christi, Texas.

.282 Broadside, List of School Lands Coming on the Market, 9/1/1930, General Land Office, Texas, (8 copies).

.283 Broadside, The State of Texas Submerged Oil and Gas Areas, 1930, General land Office, Texas, (16 copies).

.284 Map, Broadside, The State of Texas Submerged Oil and Gas Areas, 1925, General land Office, Texas, (1 copy).

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.322 Official Building Code City of Corpus Christi, Texas, 9/10/1929, Corpus Christi Printing Company.

.323 Shelter Problems, a Report to the Planning Commission by the Corpus Christi Housing Authority, [1942].

.324 Sketch Plan, for the Development of Metro Corpus Christi by A. C. Walker and R. S. Colley, 5/1943.

.325 Corpus Christi Nueces County Health Agency Annual Report, 1942, E. W. Prothro.

.328 Price List of Civil Engineer and Surveyor Instruments, 1913, W. and L. E. Gurley, Troy, NY.

.333-A Kern and Company, Surveyor Equipment.

.333-B Kern and Company, Leveling Instruments.

.333-C Kern and Company, Theodolites.

Descriptive Identification

Series X

Unit Title: Newspaper Clippings

Container: 405A, 391A, 400A

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.103 The Texan, The University of Texas Student Newspaper, Austin, Texas, vol. VI, #3, 1/12/1906.

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.063 Newspaper Clippings, includes article about Mr. and Mrs. C. F. H. von Blucher's Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary.

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.170 Newspaper Clippings, radio show and movie schedules.

.179 Newspaper Clippings, science and medicine related articles.