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The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 59, July 1955 - April, 1956 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 59, July 1955 - April, 1956

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 547.
Date: 1956
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

General highway map Waller County Texas

Map shows city boundaries, highways and roads, railroads, oil and gas fields, and structures. Includes legend and key to counties, population statistics. Scale not given.
Date: 1958
Creator: Texas. Highway Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. R. Means to A. W. Schild - 1951-08-10] (open access)

[Letter from J. R. Means to A. W. Schild - 1951-08-10]

Letter from J. R. Means, Manager of Texas Employment Commission in Brenham, Texas, to A. W. Schild of Waller, Texas, dated August 10, 1951. Notification that Schild's request for "Mexican Nationals" has been approved by the Bureau of Employment Security in Washington.
Date: August 10, 1951
Creator: Means, J. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, September 9, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, September 9, 1953]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James discussing land values and Kempner's lack of desire to purchase anything.
Date: September 9, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Westerfield Kimble to I. H. Kempner, September 7, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Westerfield Kimble to I. H. Kempner, September 7, 1955]

Letter from Westerfield Kimble to I. H. Kempner requesting information about a list of men for the purpose of writing a historical novel.
Date: September 7, 1955
Creator: Kimble, Westerfield
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Westerfield Kimble, September 14, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Westerfield Kimble, September 14, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Westerfield Kimble discussing further needed information about contributions to a sugar mill.
Date: September 14, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. B. Evans to W. H. Louviere, December 6, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from E. B. Evans to W. H. Louviere, December 6, 1955]

Letter from E. B. Evans to W. H. Louviere discussing a Prairie View scholarship.
Date: December 6, 1955
Creator: Evans, E. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Westerfield Kimble, October 19, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Westerfield Kimble, October 19, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Westerfield Kimble discussing information pertaining to the creation of an autobiography.
Date: October 19, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Westerfield Kimble to I. H. Kempner, October 17, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Westerfield Kimble to I. H. Kempner, October 17, 1955]

Letter from Westerfield Kimble to I. H. Kempner discussing needed information about the contributions that Kempner and his son have made to a sugar mill.
Date: October 17, 1955
Creator: Kimble, Westerfield
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Westerfield Kimble, November 12, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Westerfield Kimble, November 12, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Westerfield Kimble discussing an enclosed clipping.
Date: November 12, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. B. Evans to W. H. Louviere, December 6, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from E. B. Evans to W. H. Louviere, December 6, 1955]

Letter from E. B. Evans to W. H. Louviere discussing a five hundred dollar scholarship directed to a recipient at M. R. Wood High School.
Date: December 6, 1955
Creator: Evans, E. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, September 9, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, September 9, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James requesting information on Westerfield Kimble's request from a letter.
Date: September 9, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Westerfield Kimble, November 10, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Westerfield Kimble, November 10, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Westerfield Kimble discussing the status of company leadership.
Date: November 10, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Westerfield Kimble to I. H. Kempner, October 29, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Westerfield Kimble to I. H. Kempner, October 29, 1955]

Letter from Westerfield Kimble to I. H. Kempner thanking Kempner for information that he sent Kimble about an autobiography.
Date: October 29, 1955
Creator: Kimble, Westerfield
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. H. Louviere, December 8, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. H. Louviere, December 8, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. H. Louviere discussing an enclosed letter pertaining to a Prairie View scholarship.
Date: December 8, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Westerfield Kimble to I. H. Kempner, September 7, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Westerfield Kimble to I. H. Kempner, September 7, 1955]

Letter from Mrs. Westerfield Kimble to I. H. Kempner asking a variety of research questions for a historical novel she is writing around the sugar mill in Sugar Land.
Date: September 7, 1955
Creator: Kimble, Westerfield
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brookshire Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1957
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sugar Land History] (open access)

[Sugar Land History]

Research, obtained by D. W. Kempner, on the history of Sugar Land in the early 1900s regarding the investment and interest of land.
Date: 1951~
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Pistol Packin' Lillie Retires] captions transcript

[News Clip: Pistol Packin' Lillie Retires]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 17, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: One Still Missing in Bridge Collapse] (open access)

[News Script: One Still Missing in Bridge Collapse]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a collapsed bridge over the Brazos River, which resulted in five men falling to their deaths.
Date: January 22, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Houston

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1953
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Richmond Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Seguin

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wallis Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History