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[Historic Marker Application: Pitt House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Pitt House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Pitt House, in Brownsville, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: October 5, 2012
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
City of La Feria Flood Protection Plan (open access)

City of La Feria Flood Protection Plan

The purpose of this report was to develop a comprehensive set of models for the City's main drainage-way system, to be utilized in developing flood protection alternatives, both structural and non-structural.
Date: July 5, 2011
Creator: Espey Consultants, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Our Lady of Visitation Catholic Church] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Our Lady of Visitation Catholic Church]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Our Lady of Visitation Catholic Church, in Santa Maria, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, maps, and photographs.
Date: May 5, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: APB 115] (open access)

[News Script: APB 115]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about another light freeze which nipped the Panhandle of Texas as cool, dry air continues to cover the state.
Date: April 5, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas weather new top] (open access)

[News Script: Texas weather new top]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: October 5, 1971, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Deputy] (open access)

[News Script: Deputy]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 5, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nudes] (open access)

[News Script: Nudes]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. This story aired at 6:00pm.
Date: April 5, 1969, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-310 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-310

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether property of the Housing Authority of the City of Harlingen would be subject to ad valorem taxes in view of the fact that a small portion of said property will be let to concessionaires who would operate the facilities to serve the residents.
Date: December 5, 1968
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to the Manager of the El Gardin Hotel - 1968-01-05] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to the Manager of the El Gardin Hotel - 1968-01-05]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera following up on the retrieval of a gun he had forgotten in the room at the El Gardin Hotel in Brownsville in November, 1967.
Date: January 5, 1968
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Harris Kempner  Oppenheimer, April 5, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Harris Kempner Oppenheimer, April 5, 1962]

Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Harris Kempner Oppenheimer regarding the memo and mentions that he couldn't find the chart of the canal from Houston to Brownsville, but he found the one from Port Arthur to Brownsville so he included that under a different cover which is a total of one dollar.
Date: April 5, 1962
Creator: Alpert, Arthur M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Benito Longoria, Jr., December 5, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Benito Longoria, Jr., December 5, 1957]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Benito Longoria, Jr. informing that they need a reference to quail for a family christmas dinner Party.
Date: December 5, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J.R. Lujan to John J. Herrera - 1955-03-05] (open access)

[Letter from J.R. Lujan to John J. Herrera - 1955-03-05]

Letter from J.R. Lujan to John J. Herrera. Lujan invites John J. Herrera, along with his wife Olivia, as guests of honor to the League of United Latin American Citizens Charter Installation of Officers Banquet. Lujan states that he has lined up Frank M. Pinedo, Rogers Kelley and Joe Kilgore as speakers.
Date: March 5, 1955
Creator: Lujan, J. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Pittman & Davis, November 5, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Pittman & Davis, November 5, 1954]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Pittman & Davis requesting that grapefruit be sent to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bachman in Pennsylvania and Cecile Kempner in New York.
Date: November 5, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George I. Sánchez to Alonso S. Perales - December 5, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from George I. Sánchez to Alonso S. Perales - December 5, 1951]

Letter from George I. Sánchez to Alonso S. Perales, refuting Perales's views on the article "The Wetback in the Lower Rio Grand Valley of Texas".
Date: December 5, 1951
Creator: Sánchez, George Isidore, 1906-1972
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert M. Harriss to Mr. I. H. Kempner, October 5, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Robert M. Harriss to Mr. I. H. Kempner, October 5, 1951]

Letter from Robert M. Harriss to Mr. I. H. Kempner discussing the purchase of land in Cameron County, Texas.
Date: October 5, 1951
Creator: Harriss, Robert M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Palo Verde Groves]

Postcard of a photo of Tex-Grove Fruit Co.'s Palo Verde Groves in Brownsville, Texas. The photo is taken from an aerial view and shows hundreds of trees near a river and a road. There is also a small white building at the center of the image. On the reverse is a form from Tex-Grove Fruit Co. to Isaac H. Kempner stating his order has been received and will be shipped on November 25.
Date: November 5, 1948
Creator: Tex-Grove Fruit Co.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner, October 5, 1948] (open access)

[Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner, October 5, 1948]

Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner asking when they will be shopping for pink grapefruit.
Date: October 5, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 5, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 5, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing news about her uncle's health, her busy schedule, pursuit school, exercise, getting ready to fly the P-47, recent correspondence, future plans, and food. Typed on Hotel Frances (Monroe, LA) stationary.
Date: April 5, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 5, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 5, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling, getting camellias from the letter's recipient, flight schools, staying in Texas, and her future station. Typed on Kemp Hotel (Wichita Falls) stationary.
Date: 1944-03-05?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 154, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1940 (open access)

The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 154, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1940

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 154, Ed. 2 Thursday, December 5, 1940 (open access)

The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 154, Ed. 2 Thursday, December 5, 1940

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Heraldo De Brownsville (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 154, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1940 (open access)

El Heraldo De Brownsville (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 154, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1940

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 124, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 5, 1940 (open access)

The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 124, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 5, 1940

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 5, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 124, Ed. 2 Tuesday, November 5, 1940 (open access)

The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 124, Ed. 2 Tuesday, November 5, 1940

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 5, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History