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[Letter from Mary Birsh to Cecelia McKie - May 21, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Mary Birsh to Cecelia McKie - May 21, 1943]

Letter sent from Mary Birsh (Mrs. A. S. Birsh) to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message from her husband's brother and stating that Mrs. Cole, McKie's cousin, would like to hear from Cecelia. Envelope addressed to Mrs. William L. McKie, Sacramento, California from A. S. Birsh, Mount Vernon, New York.
Date: May 21, 1943
Creator: Birsh, Mary
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox - April 5, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox - April 5, 1944]

Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox discussing Mr. Bradford's recent encounters with mutual friends that knew of Mr. Fox.
Date: April 5, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox - January 12 ,1945] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox - January 12 ,1945]

Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox discussing twenty (20) separate individuals with brief biographical descriptions.
Date: January 12, 1945
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life, business and travel, 1961-1965] (open access)

[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life, business and travel, 1961-1965]

Scrapbook documenting the life and travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1961 and 1965, including photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, tickets, maps, illustrations, and various other documents. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date: [1961..1965]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Invoice for a Charge from Burnham Corporation, April 30, 1953] (open access)

[Invoice for a Charge from Burnham Corporation, April 30, 1953]

Invoice for a $113.54 charge made to Daniel W. Kempner by Burnham Corporation.
Date: April 30, 1953
Creator: Burnham Corporation
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for a Charge from Burnham Corporation, June 30, 1953] (open access)

[Invoice for a Charge from Burnham Corporation, June 30, 1953]

Invoice for a charge made to Daniel W. Kempner by Burnham Corporation. The final charge was $100.08, after a $13.46 credit was added on the 30th of June, 1953. The invoice was marked paid by check on the 14th of July, 1953.
Date: June 30, 1953
Creator: Burnham Corporation
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Aluminum Bar Caps, April 13, 1953] (open access)

[Invoice for Aluminum Bar Caps, April 13, 1953]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by Burnham Corporation, including 15 pieces of twenty-six-inch aluminum bar caps and 12 pieces of curved aluminum bar caps. Shipped via Parcel Post on the 6th of April, 1953.
Date: April 13, 1953
Creator: Burnham Corporation
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Items from Burnham Corporation, April 13, 1953] (open access)

[Invoice for Items from Burnham Corporation, April 13, 1953]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by Burnham Corporation, including aluminum bar caps, aluminum screws, special glazing compounds, and scaffold brackets for $113.54.
Date: April 13, 1953
Creator: Burnham Corporation
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. E. Davis to Henrietta Leonora Kempner, December 18, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from F. E. Davis to Henrietta Leonora Kempner, December 18, 1948]

Letter from F. E. Davis to Henrietta Leonora Kempner thanking Kempner for her continuous support of the company and blind community but informing Kempner that the staff is not currently adequate enough to make the proper checks for the company's list of friends so Kempner might receive multiple appeals.
Date: December 18, 1948
Creator: Davis, F. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's map of the county of Westchester.

Map shows township boundaries, roads, existing and proposed railroads, aqueducts, and town layouts. Includes notes. Scale [ca. 1:108,000].
Date: 1892
Creator: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0696]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This is the wreckage of the Eastern Airlines propeller driven Constellation that crashed in air with a TWA jetliner near North Salem, N.Y, yesterday."
Date: December 5, 1965
Creator: Harris, Harry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Map of the Estate of the late Genl. Pierre Van Cortlandt, Cortlandt Town Westchester County, near Peekskill on the Hudson River : to be sold at auction by Jas. M. Miller & Co. at the mansion on the premises on Wednesday 14th August 1850 at 12 o'clock.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century acreage, tract numbers and dimensions, structures, landowners, roads, water sources, and vegetation; existing and proposed dams in Cortlandt, New York. Insets: "Section of Sprout Brook," and "Section of Peckskill River" [profile diagrams of existing and proposed dam construction]. Relief shown by hachures and by profile on insets. Scale not given.
Date: 1850
Creator: Hart, Henry, civil engineer
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Envelope of Quik Splice Tapes]

Envelope for HPI quik splice super 8mm splicing tapes. There are some tapes left inside.
Date: 1965
Creator: Hudson Photographic Industries Incorporated
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wedding Announcement from Mr. and Mrs. Edwin John Hughes, 1950] (open access)

[Wedding Announcement from Mr. and Mrs. Edwin John Hughes, 1950]

Wedding announcement from Mr. and Mrs. Edwin John Hughes for the marriage of their daughter, Ann Elizabeth, to George Herbert Butler.
Date: 1950
Creator: Hughes, Edwin John & Hughes, Mrs. Edwin John
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Yerkes, October 14, 1947]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing her stay at Kenmore Hall and visits with friends in Rye, NY, and Greenwich, CT. The postcard features the Hotel Annapolis in Washington, D. C.
Date: October 14, 1947
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecile Kempner to Arthur Alpert, 1964~] (open access)

[Letter from Cecile Kempner to Arthur Alpert, 1964~]

Handwritten letter from Cecile Kempner to Arthur Alpert enclosing checks to be put in a checking account.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Kempner, Cecile Blum
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecile Kempner to Arthur Alpert, 1964~, #2] (open access)

[Letter from Cecile Kempner to Arthur Alpert, 1964~, #2]

Handwritten letter from Cecile Kempner to Arthur Alpert thanking for help with checks.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Kempner, Cecile Blum
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to M. J. Sullivan, June 3, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to M. J. Sullivan, June 3, 1953]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to M. J. Sullivan placing an order for a ceiling fan.
Date: June 3, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Reader's Digest Association, July 20, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Reader's Digest Association, July 20, 1953]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Reader's Digest Association renewing magazine subscription.
Date: July 20, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Roland C. Irvine, November 21, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Roland C. Irvine, November 21, 1950]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Roland C. Irvine discussing an early Christmas gift basket of Texas Red Grapefruit Kempner is sending to Irvine and recommending an article from The Saturday Evening Post.
Date: November 21, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Herbert Miller, January 17, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Herbert Miller, January 17, 1948]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Herbert Miller offering a job as his grounds keeper in Galveston, Texas.
Date: January 17, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Reader's Digest, February 13, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Reader's Digest, February 13, 1956]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Reader's Digest requesting they check that his subscription has been renewed after receiving a card stating it has expired.
Date: February 13, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Reader's Digest Association, January 3, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Reader's Digest Association, January 3, 1949]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Reader's Digest Association discussing a potential entry to the magazine and requesting that if it is published his full name is not used.
Date: January 3, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to The Readers Digest, November 18, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to The Readers Digest, November 18, 1953]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to The Reader's Digest informing that they spelt Gosset wrong and request for a fix.
Date: November 18, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History