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Grauwyler Park and John and Emma Grauwyler,
1827-1963

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Collection 1995-047

Overview

Repository	Dallas Municipal Archives Office of the City Secretary 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201
Creator	City of Dallas
Title	Grauwyler Park and John and Emma Grauwyler
Dates	1827-1963
Quantity	1 foot, 3 inches linear
Abstract	Collection documents the acquisition and development of Grauwyler Park and contains documentation and personal papers of the park's namesake, John Grauwyler.
Identification	1995-047
Language	Records are in English

Scope and Contents

John J. Grauwyler, a farmer of Dallas county, Texas, was born Johann Jacob Graviller in Switzerland November 28, 1837, and reared in the city of Basel. In 1854, he immigrated to Rochester, New York. 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.]

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 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.

Organization

The collection is arranged in two series, manuscript material and printed material. Correspondence and memoranda in chronological order.

Access

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

Citation

Grauwyler Park and John and Emma Grauwyler, 1827-1963 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

Related Material

None

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History

Dallas (Tex.). Park and Recreation Department

Grauwyler, Emma H 1841-1923

Grauwyler, Johann Jacob 1833-1908

Parks -- Texas -- Dallas

Container List

Box	Folder	File Name, Date
1	1	Will of Estate of Emma Grauwyler, June 18, 1923
	2	Abstract of title-part of Eli Chandler survey for O.P. Bowser, August 12, 1909
	3	Abstract of title-part of Miles Bennett survey, November 7, 1913
	4	Brief preliminary statement to members of the Park Board re: Emma and John Grauwyler, July 5, 1923
	5	Letter to Park Board from Emil Fretz opposing acceptance of Grauwyler will, July 20, 1923
	6	Contest to the will of Emma Grauwyler, statement to Park Board, October 18, 1923
	7	Statement of facts under oath for Mayor, Park Board, and City Commission of Dallas-concerning Emma and John Grauwyler, November 22, 1923
	8	Resolution accepting the Grauwyler property, December 21, 1926
	9	Park Board resolution accepting Grauwyler bequest, December 21, 1926
	10	Emma Grauwyler-will and contest by James T. Shaw, et al, 1923-1925
	11	Donalson and Bullard, attorneys to Park Board re: the will of Emma H. Grauwyler, 1923
	12	Newspaper clipping, undated, "Heirs drop contest of Emma Grauwyler will", undated
	13	Letter to City Attorney from Tochstone, Wight, Gormley, and Price re: Texas and Pacific Railway Company vs. Deck Martin, et al., 1933
	14	Sale of property to Ida Ford, March 12, 1946
	15	Sale of Grauwyler lot in West Dallas, 1944-1946
	16	Memorandum in reference to possible conveyance of Grauwyler Park land, July 12, 1962
	17	Disposition of Grauwyler Park land, 1962-1963
	18	Purchase by E. H. Grauwyler from Annie Caruth, 1910
	19	Estate of George Peck suing Emma Grauwyler for legal services provided by George Peck, 1912
	20	Quit claim deed-Rose Graviller and Emma H. Grauwyler, December 18, 1912
	21	Oakland Cemetery-plot for John J. Grauwyler, November 6, 1908
	22	Discharge record-John Graviller, New York State Volunteers, June 2, 1863
	23	Pension record for John Graviller, February 1, 1909
	24	Map section, Singleton Boulevard at Crossman, Patrick at Second-Grauwyler lot, undated
2		Business account ledger, 1827, 1863-1880s
3		Thomas-Shaw-Grauwyler Families bible, undated