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[Houston Property Descriptions and Correspondence Extracts]
Document summarizing the legal standing of property held in Houston. At the request of I. H. Kempner descriptions of Houston properties (Blocks 7, 8, 53, and 54) and correspondence related to their value are compiled and enclosed with the document.
Date:
October 18, 1925
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation from Radcliffe Club of Houston and the Harvard Club of Houston]
Invitation from the Radcliffe Club of Houston and the Harvard Club of Houston to a reception and dinner in honor of the President of President Radcliffe College, Mary Bunting, on January 13 at the Sheraton Lincoln hotel.
Date:
1963-01~
Creator:
Radcliffe Club of Houston
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Town that Sugar Built]
Clipping, written by Anne Pashkoff, from the Houston Chronicle describing the history of Sugar Land, Texas, and the Imperial Sugar Company.
Date:
September 15, 1971
Creator:
The Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Rupley Buys Large Tract]
Clipping containing an article that describes a recent purchase of a 365-acre tract for $182,500 by Ralph Rupley.
Date:
August 31, 1951
Creator:
The Houston Post
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Buffalo Bills' Find Heavy Demand for Bison]
Newspaper clipping of Houston Chronicle discussing modern 'buffalo bills', buffalo farmers trying to keep up with high demand of bison.
Date:
1951
Creator:
The Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Homes]
Clipping from The Houston Chronicle describing homes available in the Venetian Estates. The article also describes the opportunity to win a vacation in Acapulco.
Date:
1960
Creator:
The Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Hospital to Be Begun at Last, But Soon Will Be Inadequate]
Clipping from the Houston Chronicle describing the approval of plans for a new city-county hospital, however it will not nearly be enough to supply demand.
Date:
March 6, 1960
Creator:
The Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Medical School Relocation]
Clipping from the Houston Post summarizing the proposed plan to relocate the University of Texas Medical Branch to Austin, and recent developments countering that plan.
Date:
March 10, 1945
Creator:
The Houston Post
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Medical Graduates Needed]
Clipping from the Houston Post describing the government forecast of more demand for medical graduates.
Date:
January 23, 1949
Creator:
The Houston Post
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Galveston Man Honored]
Clipping from the Houston Chronicle describing a photo of I. H. Kempner receiving a silver bowl with Richard Wagner, honoring him for the part he played in founding the Chamber of Commerce in the United States.
Date:
May 6, 1962
Creator:
The Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Need of University for Public Support Cited as Donors Honored]
Clipping from the Houston Chronicle describing the need for financial support for the University of Houston by James H. Pipkin.
Date:
March 16, 1957
Creator:
The Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Bishop Tract Rezoning Hearing Set for Nov 25]
Clipping from the Houston Post describing a public hearing on the proposed rezoning from the first dwelling to heavy industrial.
Date:
November 5, 1963
Creator:
The Houston Post
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Hospital Projects Will Add Over 1200 Much-Needed Beds]
Clipping from the Houston Chronicle describing various hospital expansion problems that adds an increased capacity for patients within the Houston metro.
Date:
April 6, 1959
Creator:
The Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Daniel Administration Theme To Be Progress With Economy]
Clipping from the Houston Chronicle describing the various economic proposals by the incoming governor, Price Daniel, including the budget, welfare improvements, and etc.
Date:
January 13, 1957
Creator:
The Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: University Permanent Fund Soars Past $250,000,000]
Clipping from the Houston Chronicle describing the increase of funds in the permanent school fund, which is paid by oil and gas leases on public domain.
Date:
June 28, 1956
Creator:
The Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Sugar Mill Started Production in 1843]
Clipping describing the Imperial Sugar Refinery in Houston and the history of Sugarland.
Date:
August 15, 1954
Creator:
The Houston Post
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Nazis Forced Back at Both Ends of Western Front, Destroy Approaches to Holland's Arnhem Bridge]
Clipping from the Houston Post describing headlines on September 30, 1944 including World War 2 news.
Date:
September 30, 1944
Creator:
The Houston Post
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: State's Fiscal Condition Good As Price Daniel Takes Over]
Clipping from The Houston Chronicle describing Texas's fiscal condition as Price Daniel is about to become Governor.
Date:
January 14, 1957
Creator:
The Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Houston Chronicle]
Classified advertising rates printed in The Houston Chronicle. The pamphlet gives details on price rates for advertisements based on the number of words in them, as well as price rates for the amount of space the advertisements take on the page.
Date:
September 1, 1948
Creator:
The Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Tariff Study Will Start Next Week]
Clipping from The Houston Post describing a conversation to be had between a committee headed by Clarence B. Randall and President Eisenhower about trade and tariff policy. The main points of the committee's agenda are discussed.
Date:
September 21, 1953
Creator:
The Houston Post
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Offers to Drop Bond Issue For Tax Hike]
Clipping from The Houston Chronicle describing a proposal from Police and Fire Commissioner Walter Johnston to withdraw a $475000 fire department bond on the may ballot in exchange for an allocation of $75000, used for indigent sick, to the fire department.
Date:
1957
Creator:
The Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Mental Hospital Here Would Train Vitally-Needed Workers]
Clipping from The Houston Post describing the need for a proposed mental hospital in the Texas Medical Center.
Date:
May 6, 1957
Creator:
The Houston Post
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Houston Chronicle to Lorraine H. Haglund, November 1, 1952]
Letter from the Houston Chronicle to Lorraine H. Haglund telling her to write the Houston Chronicle asking that Mr. Daniel W. Kempner be added to the mailing list.
Date:
November 1, 1952
Creator:
Houston Chronicle
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Houston Lighting & Power Co. Monthly Statement: October 1952]
Monthly electric bill sent to D. W. Kempner at 2504 Avenue O listing power usage at the address and amount due for October. A stamp says "Paid Oct 14 1952."
Date:
October 1952
Creator:
Houston Lighting & Power Company. Galveston Division.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History