Sound recording of Betty Balanoff giving a talk titled "Chicago Labor History" under the topic of "Working People and Workers' Unions" during the 14th National Workshop of Oral History at the University of Michigan. Commentary during the talk is provided by Bob Repas, and Joyce Kornbluth is the moderator.

Letter from S. E. Skinner to L. C. Goad confirming Harris Kempner's order for a four-door Sedan and discussing a previous order.

Patent for "improvements in disk plows and similar implements, and especially to means employed for raising and lowering the frames of said plows in order to regulate the depth of the furrow" (lines 9-13).

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Walter Bros. sending a check for $4.00 for 50 cinerarias.

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Walter Bros., Florists handing a check for $2.00 and requests him to send him 25 of their Cinerarias mixed, as put in Florists' review.

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Committee on Americanism, Parramore Post No. 57, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Murray D. Van Wagoner, Governor, State of Michigan, dated December 12, 1941. Governor Van Wagoner defines Americanism.

Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. of H. Kempner Cotton Company to Mordechai Kreinin regretfully informing him that H. Kempner's overseas operations are not applicable to Kreinin's survey and explaining why.

Letter from Mordechai Kreinin to H. Kempner Cotton Company asking them to fill out a questionnaire to help him collect data for a research project about "comparative labor efficiency in the United States and abroad". He says that he is looking exclusively at "innate qualities of the labor force". An "Intent of Inquiry" and the questionnaire mentioned in the letter are attached.

Letter from Alex Bradford to Chuck Boyce discussing various topics including his experiences abroad and at home. The first letter Mr. Bradford hurriedly describes his experience with the British Army and Canadian Army. Additionally, he mentions that a transfer from the British Army to the U.S. Army or Air Force is expected to be in the works. The second letter, Mr. Bradford mentions that he is still living in Washington at the address attached to the letter. The majority of this letter, Mr. Bradford speaks about his experiences with Mack and Bean firefighting trucks in both America and Italy.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 P.M.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Interview with Gilberto S. Trevino, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He attended Texas A&M before serving in the Marine Corps. He was in the 28th Replacement Battalion when he was assigned to the 3d Marine Division and deployed to Iwo Jima. He discusses his first impressions of landing on the island. He describes the constructed Japanese defenses on the island and the use of Japanese Nisei interpreters to convince defenders to surrender. He returned to Texas A&M where he was in the Corps of Cadets (ROTC) and accepted his commission in the Army in time to serve in Korea. He eventually earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Texas A&M and a doctorate degree in pathology from Michigan State University. He retired from service in 1976 with the rank of colonel.

Interview with Henry Retzloff, Jr. regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.

Interview with Vaughn Bercaw, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force from East Lansing, Michigan who served in Germany during the Cold War and Thailand in the early days of the Vietnam War. Bercaw describes his training in basic aircraft weapon systems and experiences on various missions in both wars, including life upon returning to the United States.

Interview with Vaughn Bercaw, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force from East Lansing, Michigan who served in Germany during the Cold War and Thailand in the early days of the Vietnam War. Bercaw describes his training in basic aircraft weapon systems and experiences on various missions in both wars, including life upon returning to the United States.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "G. R. Jones (center) Oldsmobile general sales maneger, talks shop with Henry F. Coffeen (left) of Coffeen Oldsmobile Co., Inc., Oklahoma City, and Carl G Peterson, of Peterson Motor Co. Storm lake, Iowa, at the meeting of the seventeenth Oldsmobile Dealer Council in Lansing Michigan."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Heathcote, Jud / Michigan State Basketball coach."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Coach Jud Heathcote / Michigan State Basketball."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote is looking for balance out of his north squad."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.