[Freight Bill from Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company, February 1948] (open access)

[Freight Bill from Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company, February 1948]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel Webster Kempner by Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad Company, including information on three different packages.
Date: February 3, 1948
Creator: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Albert Einstein to Harris Kempner] (open access)

[Telegram from Albert Einstein to Harris Kempner]

Telegram sent by Albert Einstein to Harris Kempner discussing his request for their support of scientists, specifically the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, and explains the crisis of humanity that they face.
Date: 1946-06~
Creator: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Mary Jean Kempner to Lieutenant Kempner, 1946] (open access)

[Telegram from Mary Jean Kempner to Lieutenant Kempner, 1946]

Telegram sent by Mary Jean Kempner to Lt. Kemper asking to inform Fate Kempner that Bill is leaving on the seventh to Europe throughout the month.
Date: 1946
Creator: Kempner, Mary Jean
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Daniel W. Kempner to Daniel K. Thorne, July 24, 1955] (open access)

[Telegram from Daniel W. Kempner to Daniel K. Thorne, July 24, 1955]

Telegram sent by Daniel W. Kempner to Daniel Kempner Thorne wishing him a happy birthday.
Date: July 24, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Looking Back, by Elizabeth Scott Scrivner Dickson (open access)

Looking Back, by Elizabeth Scott Scrivner Dickson

The personal narrative of Elizabeth Scott Scrivner Dickson of Paris. Includes family stories from the Paris Fire of 1916.
Date: 1997
Creator: Dickson, Elizabeth Scott Scrivner
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History