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[News Script: El Grotto] (open access)

[News Script: El Grotto]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth parade of El Grotto, a social club of Master Masons, as part of the Masonic Order's Southwest convention at Hotel Texas.
Date: September 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Baseball] (open access)

[News Script: Baseball]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a dinner honoring two Texas League baseball players who set and broke the home run record.
Date: August 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Baylor Bears Fly to New Orleans] (open access)

[News Script: Baylor Bears Fly to New Orleans]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Baylor Bears, college football team, flying into New Orleans, Louisiana, for the Sugar Bowl.
Date: December 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Vicksburg

Topographic quadrangle map of Vicksburg, Mississippi, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours, spot heights, and colors, with heights in meters and includes reliability diagram, index to adjoining sheets, index to boundaries, and graded tints in meters and feet. Scale 1:1,000,000
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Salt at Shallow Depths in the Coastal Plain of Texas and Louisiana (open access)

Salt at Shallow Depths in the Coastal Plain of Texas and Louisiana

From introduction: Salt occurs at depths less than 500 feet in six salt domes in Texas and Louisiana. Underground mining operations are being carried out in each of these domes. The following notes have been prepared in an effort to furnish data regarding chemical composition and structure of the rock salt in the shallow deposits.
Date: April 1959
Creator: Read, Charles B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Roy Rogers off on Red River jaunt] (open access)

[News Script: Roy Rogers off on Red River jaunt]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Roy Rogers going on a week-long trip down the Red River and Mississippi to New Orleans.
Date: May 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, July 1958 - April, 1959 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, July 1958 - April, 1959

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 571.
Date: 1959
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 58, July 1954 - April, 1955 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 58, July 1954 - April, 1955

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 587.
Date: 1955
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
[News Script: TCU LSU] (open access)

[News Script: TCU LSU]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Louisiana State Tigers.
Date: September 27, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from J. P. Sanders to Classmates of 1926, April 16, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from J. P. Sanders to Classmates of 1926, April 16, 1956]

Letter from Dr. J. P. Sanders to his classmates of 1926, telling of those that he knows will not be able to make it to the annual meeting in Galveston.
Date: April 16, 1956
Creator: Sanders, J. P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. P. Sanders to the Graduates of 1926, March 16, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from J. P. Sanders to the Graduates of 1926, March 16, 1956]

Letter from J. P. Sanders to classmates of 1926 announcing the date for their annual meeting in 1956. Sanders hopes that all will attend though he knows that some have passed, and that over time they will slowly lose contact with one another.
Date: March 16, 1956
Creator: Sanders, J. P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas Lawrence to T. N. Carswell - November 30, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Thomas Lawrence to T. N. Carswell - November 30, 1952]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Thomas Lawrence, Manager Hotel De Soto, New Orleans, LA, dated November 30, 1952. Confirmation of room reservation.
Date: November 30, 1952
Creator: Lawrence, Thomas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. H. Louviere, February 20, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. H. Louviere, February 20, 1954]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. H. Louviere discussing scheduling for an impending visit to Sugar Land, Texas. Further communication is planned.
Date: February 20, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. H. Louviere, February 25, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. H. Louviere, February 25, 1953]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. H. Louviere & Hugh Williams discussing a clipping from the Times Picayune of New Orleans, Herbert's operation, and communication with company officers.
Date: February 25, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Herman Lurie's Weekly Report, December 18, 1953] (open access)

[Herman Lurie's Weekly Report, December 18, 1953]

Weekly report discussing the state of the raw sugar market, including details for prices and market fluctuations related to weights in tons, regions, distribution, years, and figures.
Date: December 18, 1953
Creator: Lurie, Herman
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to E. O. Wood, January 23, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to E. O. Wood, January 23, 1953]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to E. O. Wood discussing freight absorption rate numbers in various columns of a report by I. H. Kempner, Jr.
Date: January 23, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, February 26, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, February 26, 1953]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James discussing Kempner's trip to a Santa Fe meeting and Sugar Land.
Date: February 26, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles F. Gibbins to Hugh L. Williams, July 23, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Charles F. Gibbins to Hugh L. Williams, July 23, 1953]

Letter from Charles F. Gibbins to Hugh L. Williams discussing information pertaining to a sugar contract that is being analyzed for a court hearing.
Date: July 23, 1953
Creator: Gibbins, Charles F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959] captions transcript

[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959]

This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour and performing in Texas and the Southern United States in 1952 - 1959. Footage includes performers at the Bob Wills Ranch House in Dallas, Texas on November 27, 1951 (3 min., 06 sec.); a performance in Houston, Texas on June 25, 1952 that includes actors Tim Holt and Preston Foster (6 min, 44 sec.); a visit with actor Noah Beery, Jr. on September 30, 1952 in Little Rock, Arkansas (8 min, 07 sec.); a trip to historic sites in Vicksburg, Mississippi (8 min., 58 sec.); the exterior of the WFAA studio (11 min., 48 sec.); pianist Knocky Parker and guitarist Zeke Campbell playing together in 1954 (12 min, 07 sec.); a trip to the Port of Beaumont (12 min., 36 sec.); a stop in Lubbock for a parade and performance with Jack Perry at the ABC Rodeo (13 min., 40 sec); the LCD in Cedar Ridge recording studio (15 min., 48 sec.); the LCD and other performers filming a television show at Cross Road Store in May 1957 (16 min., 24 sec.); another performance at the ABC Rodeo in Lubbock in May 1957 (17 min., 47 sec.); the LCD …
Date: 1952/1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George Andre to I. H. Kempner, November 24, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from George Andre to I. H. Kempner, November 24, 1953]

Letter from George Andre to I. H. Kempner discussing sales numbers and returns for November.
Date: November 24, 1953
Creator: Andre, George L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Robert Markle Armstrong, February 2, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Robert Markle Armstrong, February 2, 1953]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Robert Markle Armstrong discussing the use of payments of import duties in Armstrong's sales program. Details of different contribution areas are discussed.
Date: February 2, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Walter Godchaux, Jr. to Hugh Williams, April 21, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Walter Godchaux, Jr. to Hugh Williams, April 21, 1953]

Letter from Walter Godchaux, Jr. to Hugh Williams discussing insurance and expense numbers in relation to a Parks policy decision. An attached copy of insurance details is included.
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Godchaux, Walter, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. to Isaac Herbert Kempner, June 18, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. to Isaac Herbert Kempner, June 18, 1953]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing a letter from Tom Oxnard.
Date: June 18, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac Herbert, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History