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[Letter from I. H. Kempner to E. O. Wood, June 11, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to E. O. Wood, June 11, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to E. O. Wood discussing railroad rates.
Date: June 11, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Galveston Chamber of Commerce to H. Kempner, December 28, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from the Galveston Chamber of Commerce to H. Kempner, December 28, 1951]

Letter from the Galveston Chamber of Commerce to H. Kempner discussing the carload rates that have been authorized by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Date: December 28, 1951
Creator: Galveston Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe G. Fender to E. Odell Wood, September 15, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Joe G. Fender to E. Odell Wood, September 15, 1953]

Letter from Joe G. Fender to E. Odell Wood discussing freight rate costs.
Date: September 15, 1953
Creator: Fender, Joe G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Railroad] (open access)

[News Script: Railroad]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new main-line railroad being under construction for the first time in almost a quarter century.
Date: September 2, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Joe G. Fender to Mert Starnes, August 5, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Joe G. Fender to Mert Starnes, August 5, 1955]

Letter from Joe G. Fender to Mert Starnes discussing a court case between railroad commissions.
Date: August 5, 1955
Creator: Fender, Joe G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement for Railroad Tickets to Houston] (open access)

[Statement for Railroad Tickets to Houston]

Statement for railroad tickets to Houston sold to I. H. Kempner by Hotel St. Regis totaling $315.27.
Date: September 1, 1954
Creator: Hotel St. Regis
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to the Rock Island Railroad Company, June 2, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to the Rock Island Railroad Company, June 2, 1954]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to the Rock Island Railroad Company requesting a refund for a train ticket issued to Mrs. A. W. Quinn.
Date: June 2, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Santa Fe Railroad Company, August 8, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Santa Fe Railroad Company, August 8, 1955]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Santa Fe Railroad Company returning a set of tickets the Kempners no longer plan to use.
Date: August 8, 1955
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. O. Wood to I. H. Kempner, June 13, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from E. O. Wood to I. H. Kempner, June 13, 1955]

Letter from E. O. Wood to I. H. Kempner discussing railroad rates.
Date: June 13, 1955
Creator: Wood, E. Odell
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Isle, Volume 4, Number 9, March 1951 (open access)

Galveston Isle, Volume 4, Number 9, March 1951

Monthly magazine about Galveston, Texas providing information about people, events, and other news with features regarding entertainment and history in the area.
Date: March 1951
Creator: Maceo, Sam & Llewellyn, Edwin E.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to International - Great Northern Railroad Co., July 11, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to International - Great Northern Railroad Co., July 11, 1952]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to International - Great Northern Railroad Co. returning the portion of ticket No. 42288 purchased on July 8th to Memphis, Tennessee. He's requesting them to return and refund for which he hasn't used in returning to Galveston as he came back by airplane.
Date: July 11, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr., September 9, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr., September 9, 1953]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. discussing freight rate costs.
Date: September 9, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Isle, Volume 4, Number 4-5, October-November 1950 (open access)

Galveston Isle, Volume 4, Number 4-5, October-November 1950

Monthly magazine about Galveston, Texas providing information about people, events, and other news with features regarding entertainment and history in the area.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Maceo, Sam & Llewellyn, Edwin E.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Isle, Volume 4, Numbers 7-8, January-February 1951 (open access)

Galveston Isle, Volume 4, Numbers 7-8, January-February 1951

Monthly magazine about Galveston, Texas providing information about people, events, and other news with features regarding entertainment and history in the area.
Date: January 1951
Creator: Maceo, Sam & Llewellyn, Edwin E.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, Jr., November 24, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, Jr., November 24, 1951]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, Jr., discussing train travel arrangements fro Cecile.
Date: November 24, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Olin Culberson to I. H. Kempner, February 8, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Olin Culberson to I. H. Kempner, February 8, 1952]

Letter from Olin Culberson to I. H. Kempner requesting for support by casting a vote in the Railroad Commissioner re-elections.
Date: February 8, 1952
Creator: Culberson, Olin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Meeting Minutes from Galveston Chamber of Commerce, December 15, 1950] (open access)

[Meeting Minutes from Galveston Chamber of Commerce, December 15, 1950]

Meeting Minutes from Galveston Chamber of Commerce discussing memberships within the Chamber and upcoming events in the city. The minutes also discuss the railroad switchmen's strike.
Date: December 15, 1950
Creator: Galveston Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hill Family Films, No. 6 - Vacation in Galveston] captions transcript

[Hill Family Films, No. 6 - Vacation in Galveston]

This home movie documents the Roy E. Hill family vacationing in Galveston and at Lake Texoma in the summer of 1956. The road trip begins with title cards that read "R.E. Hill Presents," "1956," "Filmed and Edited by Roy E. Hill," and "Helen, Art, and Bonita." This first segment begins with footage shot from their moving car as they pass through Houston and Texas City on their way to Galveston. Footage includes the Texas Heroes Monument, exteriors of homes, boats on the water, businesses including the Omar Khayyam Club (04:28), and docked tourists boats the "Yacht Garmencita" and "Miss Texas" (04:29). The family visits Fort Crockett (04:44), plays on the beach and in the ocean, observes boats on the water, and swims at the hotel pool. This segment concludes with the title card "The End" (11:17). In the next segment, there is a shot of the Dave Hicks Company, Inc., a woman picking up a child at the Young Texan School (12:06), a small airplane being worked on in a driveway (12:06-12:58), children riding bicycles (12:58-13:30) and family visiting the zoo (13:30-15:16). The film concludes with a family trip to Denison Dam and Lake Texoma with the family driving to …
Date: July 1956
Creator: Hill, Roy E.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Thomas Leroy James, September 10, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Thomas Leroy James, September 10, 1954]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Thomas Leroy James discussing the Missouri Pacific Railroad bond.
Date: September 10, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
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
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Thomas Leroy James, September 8, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Thomas Leroy James, September 8, 1954]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Thomas Leroy James discussing the Missouri Pacific Railroad bond.
Date: September 8, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas Leroy James to Isaac Herbert Kempner, September 7, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Thomas Leroy James to Isaac Herbert Kempner, September 7, 1954]

Letter from Thomas Leroy James to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing the trustees of the Missouri Pacific Railroad bond.
Date: September 7, 1954
Creator: James, Thomas Leroy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroads of the South Before 1860 (open access)

Railroads of the South Before 1860

The purpose of this paper is to give a historical account of the railroad systems in the southern states prior to 1860.
Date: June 1950
Creator: Carter, James D.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Joe G. Fender to Odell Wood, August 16, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Joe G. Fender to Odell Wood, August 16, 1955]

Letter from Joe G. Fender to Odell Wood discussing a court case.
Date: August 16, 1955
Creator: Fender, Joe G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History