[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mary Jean Kempner, May 18, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mary Jean Kempner, May 18, 1944]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mary Jean Kempner discussing how Mr. Kempner is worried about getting Mary Jean a place on the train.
Date: May 18, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. V. Cooley to H. Block, May 17, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from J. V. Cooley to H. Block, May 17, 1944]

Letter from J. V. Cooley to H. Block discussing how there is no nothing available currently for Mary Jean for a train ride, but they will give her the spot of the first cancellation.
Date: May 17, 1944
Creator: Cooley, J. V.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck for Railway-Carriages. (open access)

Truck for Railway-Carriages.

Patent for an improved truck for railway carriages that is meant "to construct surface-rollers which have their center of bearing above the center of the traction of surface roller, and which have traction rollers bearing upon the upper portion of the main surface-roller, and upon which the load is supported equally upon two points of the surface or traction roller" (lines 17-23).
Date: June 27, 1893
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lantern. (open access)

Signal-Lantern.

Patent for a gas-burner signal lantern, instead of an oil-burner signal lantern, that indicates whether or not the track is all clear of trains; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to A. C. Ater, July 27, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to A. C. Ater, July 27, 1951]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to A. C. Ater sending his list of requests to be arranged for his trip.
Date: July 27, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Guide map of the city of St. Louis [Accompanying Text].

Explanation and supporting information related to map that shows mid-nineteenth century Saint Louis, Missouri street names, railroads, public institutions, parks, structure locations, cemeteries, military facilities, and points of interest.
Date: 1867
Creator: Fay, Theodore S. (Theodore Sedgwick), 1807-1898
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 83, July 1979 - April, 1980 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 83, July 1979 - April, 1980

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 437.
Date: 1979/1980
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comparative Tests of Run-of-Mine and Briquetted Coal on Locomotives (open access)

Comparative Tests of Run-of-Mine and Briquetted Coal on Locomotives

From Introduction: "For purpose of procuring data that could be using in estimating the value of the briquetting process as applied to American fuels, the United States Geological Survey, in cooperation with other interests, began in 1904, at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, certain experiments involving the production and use of bituminous-coal briquets."
Date: 1911
Creator: Goss, W. F. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Missouri (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Missouri

Report documenting the suitability of Missouri for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: June 8, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement (open access)

City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 33, July 1929 - April, 1930 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 33, July 1929 - April, 1930

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 327.
Date: 1930
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lower Mississippi Valley Ecological Inventory: User's Guide and Information Base (open access)

Lower Mississippi Valley Ecological Inventory: User's Guide and Information Base

"The objective [of this report] is to produce an inventory of those important ecological along the lower Mississippi River on which siting of major industrial facilities and land clearing operations could have an impact."
Date: May 1983
Creator: Beccasio, Angelo D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kansas City Observer. (Kansas City, Mo.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900 (open access)

Kansas City Observer. (Kansas City, Mo.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Kansas City, Missouri that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 27, 1900
Creator: Williams, L. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kansas City Observer. (Kansas City, Mo.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900 (open access)

Kansas City Observer. (Kansas City, Mo.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Kansas City, Missouri that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 27, 1900
Creator: Williams, L. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Moberly Quadrangle, Missouri: Final Report (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Moberly Quadrangle, Missouri: Final Report

Final report analyzing aerial gamma ray and magnetic data in the Moberly quadrangle, including a detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, reduced scale copies of all maps and profiles, histograms, and statistical tables for the quadrangle.
Date: November 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Kansas City Quadrangle, Kansas/Missouri (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Kansas City Quadrangle, Kansas/Missouri

Final report analyzing aerial gamma ray and magnetic data in the Kansas City quadrangle, including a detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, reduced scale copies of all maps and profiles, histograms, and statistical tables for the quadrangle.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Jefferson City Quadrangle, Missouri (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Jefferson City Quadrangle, Missouri

Final report analyzing aerial gamma ray and magnetic data in the Jefferson City quadrangle, including a detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, reduced scale copies of all maps and profiles, histograms, and statistical tables for the quadrangle.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Lawrence Quadrangle, Kansas/Missouri (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Lawrence Quadrangle, Kansas/Missouri

Final report analyzing aerial gamma ray and magnetic data in the Lawrence quadrangle, including a detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, reduced scale copies of all maps and profiles, histograms, and statistical tables for the quadrangle.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Memphis Quadrangle, Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Memphis Quadrangle, Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee

The following report analyzes the aerial gamma ray and magnetic data taken from the Memphis quadrangle in Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee that was compiled in 1980. This report contains a detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, reduced scale copies of all maps and profiles, histograms, and statistical tables for the quadrangle.
Date: August 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Washing and Coking Tests of Coal at the Fuel-Testing Plant at the Fuel Testing Plant, Denver, Colo., July 1, 1908, to June 30, 1909 (open access)

Washing and Coking Tests of Coal at the Fuel-Testing Plant at the Fuel Testing Plant, Denver, Colo., July 1, 1908, to June 30, 1909

From Introduction: "This bulletin deals with washing and coking tests of coal made at the Government fuel-testing plant in Denver, Colo., between July 1, 1908, and June 30, 1909."
Date: 1912
Creator: Belden, A. W.; Delamater, G. R.; Groves, J. W. & Way, K. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mining and Milling of Lead and Zinc Ores in the Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma Zinc District (open access)

Mining and Milling of Lead and Zinc Ores in the Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma Zinc District

From Introduction: "This report of investigations carried on by the Bureau of Mines gives the methods used in mining and milling and indicates in some detail the conditions that affect the efficiency of those methods; it does not attempt to discuss the geology of the district, except incidentally, as this has been described in numerous reports by several geologists."
Date: 1918
Creator: Wright, Clarence A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mississippi and Florida Airborne Survey, Final Report: Blytheville Quadrangle, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, and Missouri (open access)

Mississippi and Florida Airborne Survey, Final Report: Blytheville Quadrangle, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, and Missouri

Final report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne gamma ray and magnetic survey of the Blytheville quadrangle including an analysis of the geology and interpretation of geophysical data.
Date: September 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Centerville Quadrangle, Iowa and Missouri: Final Report (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Centerville Quadrangle, Iowa and Missouri: Final Report

A report regarding an aerial gamma-ray and magnetic survey of the Centerville Quadrangle, Iowa and Missouri
Date: November 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library