My Life of Eighty Years (open access)

My Life of Eighty Years

Bound autobiographical manuscript written by Mary Stanton outlining her early life in Georgia, her education, and working as a teacher and administrator in El Paso before retiring in 1925. She also briefly discusses travel and personal thoughts about teaching, with an addendum regarding the early organization of the El Paso Public Library.
Date: July 25, 1943
Creator: Stanton, Mary I.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, July 5, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, July 5, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman discussing the possibility of getting a campaign manager because there is a need to reach some of the smaller towns in Texas to raise funds for the Hillel Building campaign.
Date: July 5, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History