Haas, Oscar Papers 1844-1955

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Haas, Oscar Papers 1844-1955

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Correspondence, military records,business records, newspaper clippings, photographs, church history, singing-societyhistory, biographical sketches, brochures, pamphlets, and booklets of Oscar Haas,historical and newspaper correspondent for the New Braunfels . Herald

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Haas, Oscar

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Oscar Haas (1885-1981) was an historian of New Braunfels and Comal County and a descendent of German New Braunfels settlers. Haas married Clara Amelia Conring in June 1918, and they eventually started working together translating and annotating German materials. Early in his adult life, Haas was employed as a men's-wear salesman. In 1934 he was elected Comal county treasurer, a position he held for twenty-eight years. As a hobby, Haas began to collect and translate material on old N...