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Neiman Marcus Collection Scrapbook: Volume 2, 1948-1952 (open access)

Neiman Marcus Collection Scrapbook: Volume 2, 1948-1952

Album containing catalog entries for items in the Texas Fashion Collection including a photograph of the item and text describing information known about the designer and manufacture date, provenance, and physical descriptions of the items.
Date: 1948/1952
Creator: Texas Fashion Collection
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Striped vest

Vest of red, white, blue, yellow and gray silk grosgrain ribbon. Retailer's label at inside back collar: "Made in Italy Exclusively for / Neiman-Marcus"
Date: 1948/1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tailored coat

Tailored white serge coat, double-breasted with novelty enamel buttons, brass studded. Cut full in back and gathered into folds by adjustable belt. Separate side belts, wide notched collar, long sleeves, cuffed, pockets w/flaps. Size 10 Neiman-Marcus "Pietro" label
Date: 1948
Creator: Pietro
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wool coat

White tailored coat of serge wool. From card: Tailored white serge coat, double-breasted with novelty enamel buttons, brass studded. Cut full in back and gathered into folds by adjustable belt. Separate side belts, wide notched collar, long sleeves, cuffed, pockets w/flaps. Size 10 Neiman-Marcus "Pietro" label
Date: 1948
Creator: Pietro
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Beneficial Standard Life Insurance Company, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Beneficial Standard Life Insurance Company, 1948]

Letter from Beneficial Standard Life Insurance Company requesting that people be recommended to be represented by their agents.
Date: 1948
Creator: Beneficial Standard Life Insurance Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Morning News Building Scrapbook] (open access)

[Dallas Morning News Building Scrapbook]

Scrapbook documenting the construction of a new Dallas Morning News building, located at 508 Young street, in downtown Dallas. Includes photographs and newspaper clippings, from before construction up to installation and first run of the newspaper presses.
Date: 1948~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. L. Soelter to I. H. Kempner, April 9, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from G. L. Soelter to I. H. Kempner, April 9, 1948]

Letter from G. L. Soelter to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner having to pay his premiums by sending payments directly to the insurance company as paying through the U. S. National Bank is no longer plausible.
Date: April 9, 1948
Creator: Soelter, G. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. L. Soelter, April 15, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from G. L. Soelter, April 15, 1948]

Letter from G. L. Soelter discussing the Southwestern Life Insurance Company declaring a quarterly dividend of 40 cents per share of capital stock of the company.
Date: April 15, 1948
Creator: Southwestern Life Insurance Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Liberty Mutual, September 7, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Liberty Mutual, September 7, 1948]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Liberty Mutual discussing an enclosed check covering the premium dues of Mrs. I. H. Kempner.
Date: September 7, 1948
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. H. Hodges to Mrs. I. H. Kempner, July 13, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from L. H. Hodges to Mrs. I. H. Kempner, July 13, 1948]

Letter from L. H. Hodges to Mrs. I. H. Kempner discussing the Dividend Kempner earned on her Automobile Insurance Policy and explaining what to do with the Dividend Coupon.
Date: July 13, 1948
Creator: Hodges, L. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Blue Cross Hospital Service, November 16, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Blue Cross Hospital Service, November 16, 1948]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Blue Cross Hospital Service discussing I. H. Kempner's invoice account for his dues at the Houston Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital and his medical policy number.
Date: November 16, 1948
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Group Hospital Service, December 3, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Group Hospital Service, December 3, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Group Hospital Service discussing Kempner's criticism on the policies of the Group Hospital Services regarding how much a private room is covered and insisting on higher coverage on medical fees particularly when surgery is involved.
Date: December 3, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. R. McBee to I. H. Kempner, December 1, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from W. R. McBee to I. H. Kempner, December 1, 1948]

Letter from W. R. McBee to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner using the Blue Cross for hospital care and asking Kempner for suggestions and criticism about the Blue Cross and their hospitals and plans.
Date: December 1, 1948
Creator: McBee, W. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rosser Coke, August 20, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rosser Coke, August 20, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rosser Coke asking about Coke's subscription to the book "Men of Achievement in Texas" and for information regarding the books.
Date: August 20, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Evelyn Miller Crowell, September 15, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Evelyn Miller Crowell, September 15, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Evelyn Miller Crowell explaining that he wasn't able to elicit any replies from contributors from either Houston or Dallas.
Date: September 15, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to John W. Carpenter, August 27, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to John W. Carpenter, August 27, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to John W. Carpenter asking for information on the books "Men of Achievement in Texas."
Date: August 27, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Evelyn Miller Crowell, September 28, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Evelyn Miller Crowell, September 28, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Evelyn Miller Crowell discussing Rabbi Cohen's being awarded an honorary degree by Texas Christian University and Cohen's reluctance to pay for the publication of his own biography.
Date: September 28, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to Milton F. Brown, August 20, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to Milton F. Brown, August 20, 1948]

Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to Milton F. Brown discussing Brown's subscription to the book, "Men of Achievement in Texas" and asking for more information about the book.
Date: August 20, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Robert Lee
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to N. Billo, October 20, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to N. Billo, October 20, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to N. Billo discussing Billo's business connections and the Galveston Cotton Company.
Date: October 20, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to W. Wright Armstrong, January 7, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to W. Wright Armstrong, January 7, 1948]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to W. Wright Armstrong thanking him for his Christmas card, discussing the reasons he decided to not send any, and annual passes issued by the Burlington.
Date: January 7, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to D. A. Hulcy, August 27, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to D. A. Hulcy, August 27, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to D. A. Hulcy asking for information about John Moranz's "Men of Achievement in Texas".
Date: August 27, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Karl Hoblitzelle, August 20, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Karl Hoblitzelle, August 20, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Karl Hoblitzelle asking for information about a subscription to "Men of Achievement in Texas" and why he had subscribed to it.
Date: August 20, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Clark Davis, August 19, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Clark Davis, August 19, 1948]

Letter from Clark Davis confirming a meeting in the Directors Room of the Galveston Chamber of Commerce on August 24, 1948 at 10:30 a.m. to discuss California cotton.
Date: August 19, 1948
Creator: Davis, Clark
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to R. R. Gilbert, September 2, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to R. R. Gilbert, September 2, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to R. R. Gilbert discussing the announcement of Harry A. Shuford as Counsel for the Federal Reserve Bank and discussing Kempner's relationship with Shuford's father, H. D. Shuford.
Date: September 2, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History