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[Telegram and Letter from B. W. Middlebrook of Dixie Paper Shell Pecan Exchange to National Broadcast Company, September 9, 1957] (open access)

[Telegram and Letter from B. W. Middlebrook of Dixie Paper Shell Pecan Exchange to National Broadcast Company, September 9, 1957]

Copy of telegram sent by B. W. Middlebrook of Dixie Paper Shell Pecan Exchange to the National Broadcasting Company discussing what in their opinion was a biased broadcast specific to North and South cultures. Middlebrook mentions statistics without a specific citation and problems based on personal observations with the Supreme Court ruling of May 17, 1954 (Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka), Middlebrook expresses opinions in favor of racial segregation in education and states their opinions regarding what they judged to be a poorly informed broadcast and how it painted a false picture of the South in an additional letter addressed to customers.
Date: September 9, 1957
Creator: Middlebrook, Benjamin Washington
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. James A. Lindsay, September 26, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. James A. Lindsay, September 26, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. James A. Lindsay discussing inability to visit the Berry Schools, appreciating their thought of him.
Date: September 26, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Armour Lindsay to Mr. I. H. Kempner, September 24, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from James Armour Lindsay to Mr. I. H. Kempner, September 24, 1949]

Letter from James Armour Lindsay to Mr. I. H. Kempner discussing their hopes Kempner will visit the schools on his trip through the Southeast.
Date: September 24, 1949
Creator: Lindsay, James Armour
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Disease] (open access)

[News Script: Disease]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of doctor David Spencer who said that an organism isolated from a man, who tool ill is similar to that of Cholera.
Date: September 2, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Houston Killings] (open access)

[News Script: Houston Killings]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of authorities in Houston who say that two victims of the Houston Mass Murders have been mistakenly identified and buried in Georgia.
Date: September 8, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Meany] (open access)

[News Script: Meany]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of ALF-CIO Chief George Meany, who has put he blame squarely on President Nixon for what Meany calls the sorry economic mess.
Date: September 7, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Body Mix Up] (open access)

[News Script: Body Mix Up]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a mix-up in the identification of 2 bodies recovered in the Houston mass murder case.
Date: September 7, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Baseball] (open access)

[News Script: Baseball]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Muhammad Ali who won a split decision over Ken Norton in a 12 round fight at Inglewood, California.
Date: 1973-09-10T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: FBI] (open access)

[News Script: FBI]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of federal kidnapping charges which have been filed against 3 men in connection with the weekend abduction of a Georgia stock broker and his subsequent wounding at Tyler.
Date: September 10, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Harris Grand Jury] (open access)

[News Script: Harris Grand Jury]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story a Harris County grand jury heard testimony from 20-year old Timothy Kerley who is said to have been present the night Dean Corll was shot to death.
Date: September 12, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bodies to be Disinterred] (open access)

[News Script: Bodies to be Disinterred]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the bodies of 2 young victim in the Houston mass murder case, which were mistakenly identified as those of 2 missing brothers from Georgia.
Date: September 12, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Carl C. Brigham, September 27, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Carl C. Brigham, September 27, 1963]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Carl C. Brigham regarding his interest in knowing more information of the experience of the Texas Prudential Company with Mr. Robert Bagot.
Date: September 27, 1963
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Nation (Atlanta, Ga.), September 14, 1964, [#2] (open access)

The Nation (Atlanta, Ga.), September 14, 1964, [#2]

Periodical published by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The article is entitled "The Cat and Mouse Game" and is about the investigation of the shooting of an African American in Mississippi. Opinions on the topic and how the shooting occurred are mentioned as well.
Date: September 14, 1964
Creator: Sutherland, Elizabeth
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Nation (Atlanta, Ga.), September 14, 1964 (open access)

The Nation (Atlanta, Ga.), September 14, 1964

Periodical published by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The article is entitled "Freedom Moves in to Stay." It is about the progress of a summer project for the civil rights of African Americans in Mississippi.
Date: September 14, 1964
Creator: DeMuth, Jerry
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Nation (Atlanta, Ga.), September 1964 (open access)

The Nation (Atlanta, Ga.), September 1964

Periodical published by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Each of the pages are blue and the words are typed in small print. The article has a picture of Mississippi and is about the updates of a summer project for the rights of African Americans.
Date: September 1964
Creator: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Invoice from Davis Brothers Florists to Ralph Jackson - September 28, 1965] (open access)

[Invoice from Davis Brothers Florists to Ralph Jackson - September 28, 1965]

An invoice addressed to Mr. Ralph Jackson, Waycross, Ga. from Davis Brothers Florists, Waycross, Georgia, dated September 28, 1965. The reverse side includes hand drawn map of Camellia and East Cherokee streets in Waycross, Georgia.
Date: September 28, 1965
Creator: Davis Brothers Florists
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Wallace L. Jernigan to T. N. Carswell - September 5, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Wallace L. Jernigan to T. N. Carswell - September 5, 1962]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Wallace L. Jernigan, Candidate for Congress Eighth District, Homerville City Hall Bldg., dated September 5, 1962. Jernigan expresses his appreciation for the campaign contribution and requests continued help, advice, and suggestions from Carswell.
Date: September 5, 1962
Creator: Jernigan, Wallace L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Allen Carswell - September 5, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Allen Carswell - September 5, 1957]

LeA lter written to Allen N. Carswell from his brother Norwood [T. N. Carswell], dated September 5, 1957. T. N. Carswell requests that Allen Carswell destroy this letter after reading whether or not he sees fit to use the suggestion in whole or in part. T. N. expresses his enjoyment of their last visit confiding that he felt they were more like brothers than ever before. He offers options for Allen regarding the land handed down to Allen from their mother.
Date: September 5, 1957
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History Interview with Eva McMillan and Ernest McMillan (open access)

[Oral History Interview with Eva McMillan and Ernest McMillan

Interview with Eva McMillan and her son, Ernest McMillan, civil rights activists in Dallas. Mrs. McMillan discusses her upbringing, home life, her affiliation with the Dallas Progressive Voters League and SNCC and her activism in Dallas. Mr. McMillan discusses his upbringing, activism, prison sentence, and affiliations with SNCC and other civil rights organizations.
Date: September 2, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Oral History Interview with Wright L. Lassiter, Jr.] (open access)

[Oral History Interview with Wright L. Lassiter, Jr.]

Interview with Dr. Wright L. Lassiter, Jr., who held positions as the President of Schenectady County Community College, President of Bishop College (in Dallas, Texas), Chancellor of Dallas County Community College, and President of El Centro College. Lassiter discusses his upbringing, his education, his "civil rights experiences" on the Tuskegee University campus, his career, his commitment to community service (including appointments to national committees and boards), his unsuccessful fight to save Bishop College, his involvement with the African American Museum of Dallas, his experience integrating a hotel in Georgia, his belief in needing to help others get ahead in life, and racism.
Date: September 30, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner, September 16, 1948] (open access)

[Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner, September 16, 1948]

Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner asking for samples and Stewart Pecans with prices.
Date: September 16, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 13, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 13, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing being grounded in Atlanta by bad weather. Written on Hotel William Penn stationary.
Date: September 13, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. War Department General Court-Martial Orders 198] (open access)

[U.S. War Department General Court-Martial Orders 198]

Document outlining the trial of Second Lieutenant John J. Grimes on charges of absence and drunkenness, including the final verdict and sentence, and a presidential commutation.
Date: September 18, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. War Department General Court-Martial Orders 208] (open access)

[U.S. War Department General Court-Martial Orders 208]

Document outlining the trial of First Lieutenant Robert J. Redding on charges of repeat absences, drawing bad checks, and failing to repay loans, including the final verdict and sentence, and a presidential dismissal.
Date: September 28, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History