[WWH: Railroad History] (open access)

[WWH: Railroad History]

Text about railroad museums across Texas that was published in the "When..." section of a May 1994 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 1994-05~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Railroad terminal] (open access)

[News Script: Railroad terminal]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a broadcast news story.
Date: July 18, 1963
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas's railroad strike] (open access)

[News Script: Texas's railroad strike]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 10, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Commodity Rates and Charges] (open access)

[Commodity Rates and Charges]

Rates and charges for various commodities listed by the Texas Railroad Commission.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Texas Railroad Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Girl is Flown to Galveston Hospital] captions transcript

[News Clip: Girl is Flown to Galveston Hospital]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Alice Oller, a nine-year-old mentally handicapped girl who was abandoned with her little sister at a Fort Worth railroad station by their mother. After being taken in by the Lena Pope Home, Alice set herself on fire, believing that no one cared about her. She is being flown to Galveston to receive treatment for her burns.
Date: February 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Girl is Flown to Galveston Hospital] (open access)

[News Script: Girl is Flown to Galveston Hospital]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Alice Oller, a nine-year-old mentally handicapped girl who was abandoned with her little sister at a Fort Worth railroad station by their mother. After being taken in by the Lena Pope Home, Alice set herself on fire, believing that no one cared about her. She is being flown to Galveston to receive treatment for her burns.
Date: February 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to the City Ticket Office, April 27, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to the City Ticket Office, April 27, 1945]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to the city ticket office requesting a refund for some train tickets he did not use.
Date: April 27, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank O'Kane to Mr. I. H. Kempner, May 1, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Frank O'Kane to Mr. I. H. Kempner, May 1, 1951]

Letter from Frank O'Kane to Mr. I. H. Kempner discussing his regrets for not having the opportunity to visit during a past trip to Galveston.
Date: May 1, 1951
Creator: O'Kane, Frank
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to R. Wright Armstrong, January 4, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to R. Wright Armstrong, January 4, 1962]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to R. Wright Armstrong mentioning that he received the railroad pass for Mrs. Kempner and himself for the years 1962 and 1963 through the courtesy of Mr. Rich.
Date: January 4, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to R. Wright Armstrong, January 12, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to R. Wright Armstrong, January 12, 1952]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to R. Wright Armstrong thanking Armstrong for the extended annual passes from Burlington Railroad Lines.
Date: January 12, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Howard Brooks, June 20, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Howard Brooks, June 20, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Howard Brooks discussing annual passes for Burlington-Rock Island and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and discussing Brooks visiting Galveston and meeting up with Kempner.
Date: June 20, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 9, Number 5, March 1949 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 9, Number 5, March 1949

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: March 1949
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1902-1903 (open access)

Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1902-1903

Directory for Fort Worth, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "the Present State, County and City Governments, County Officials of Texas, Giving Date of Organization of Each County, as also County Seat; List of Counties, Judicial Districts, District Judges and Clerks, and Time of Holding Courts in all Counties in Texas; Representative, Senatorial, Congressional and Supreme District and U. S[.] Circuit Courts, where Returnable; a Complete List of all Postoffices and Money Order Offices in Texas; also an Index of Societies, Associations, Churches, Corporations, Educational Institutes; Full Name and Address of all Residents, Their Occupations of Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory, also a Valuable Street and Avenue Guide." Table of Contents is on page 3; Index to Advertisements is on page 4.
Date: 1902
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to R. Wright Armstrong, December 26, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to R. Wright Armstrong, December 26, 1951]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to R. Wright Armstrong thanking him for his card and expressing his desire to thank him in person.
Date: December 26, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Howard Brooks to Isaac H. Kempner, December 18, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Howard Brooks to Isaac H. Kempner, December 18, 1948]

Letter from Howard Brooks to Isaac H. Kempner wishing him a good New Year and Christmas.
Date: December 18, 1948
Creator: Brooks, Howard
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1899-1900. (open access)

Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1899-1900.

Directory to the city of Fort Worth, Texas includes lists of important institutions and locations as well as address listings for businesses and individuals. Index to Advertisements is on page 7; Table of Contents is on page 8.
Date: 1899
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Howard Brooks to I. H. Kempner, June 26, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Howard Brooks to I. H. Kempner, June 26, 1945]

Letter from Howard Brooks to I. H. Kempner discussing a booklet distributed by the Association of American Railways, the Bulwinkle Bill, and the contents and outline of the bill.
Date: June 26, 1945
Creator: Brooks, Howard
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Brenda Sanders-Wise, March 20, 2014

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Brenda Sanders-Wise, a former student of I. M. Terrell High School from Fort Worth, Texas. Sanders-Wise discusses her average daily routine at the school, integration, her family history, Juneteenth and black culture in Fort Worth, church life, experiences of segregation and discrimination, and contemporary racism. In appendix is a photo of a public art installation commemorating black railroad employees at the TRE Station in Fort Worth.
Date: March 20, 2014
Creator: Williams, Tessa & Sanders-Wise, Brenda
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1905-06. (open access)

Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1905-06.

Directory to the city of Fort Worth, Texas includes lists of important institutions and locations as well as address listings for businesses and individuals. Index to Advertisements is on page 5; Table of Contents is on page 8.
Date: 1905
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 9, Number 6, May 1949 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 9, Number 6, May 1949

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: May 1949
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 9, Number 3, December 1948 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 9, Number 3, December 1948

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: December 1948
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas Leroy James to Isaac Herbert Kempner, July 28, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from Thomas Leroy James to Isaac Herbert Kempner, July 28, 1960]

Letter from Thomas Leroy James to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing feed department operations.
Date: July 28, 1960
Creator: James, Thomas Leroy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 13, Number 4, January 1953 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 13, Number 4, January 1953

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History