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Southwest Retort, Volume 12, Number 3, November 1959 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 12, Number 3, November 1959

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes program information for the regional meeting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Date: November 1959
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 12, Number 5, January 1960 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 12, Number 5, January 1960

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes pictures from the Baton Rouge, Louisiana meet.
Date: January 1960
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with George and Wanda Holcombe, January 2, 2017

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with George Holcombe, a Methodist pastor and civil rights activist from Houston, Texas, and his wife and associate Wanda, from Sims, Texas. The Holcombes discuss their family origins, initial exposure to racial problems and civil rights, their respective educations, pastoral work in Baton Rouge and Chicago, the Ku Klux Klan and dangers encountered, work with the Ecumenical Institute of Chicago and empowering black communities, the 1968 Chicago riots, Fifth City, and similar work in Australia and the Philippines.
Date: January 2, 2017
Creator: Czap, Joseph; Holcombe, George & Holcombe, Wanda
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey Eleanor, January 13, 1943]

Postcard from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon about aviation and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Date: January 12, 1943
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, January 4, 1943]

Postcard from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing the "Creeping J" and telling her to write back if she doesn't remember him.
Date: January 4, 1943
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Duncan Ferguson] (open access)

[Letter from Duncan Ferguson]

A letter from Duncan Ferguson to Carl B. Compton regarding a teaching position at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Date: March 26, 1941
Creator: Ferguson, Duncan
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Abortion Clinic] captions transcript

[News Clip: Abortion Clinic]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5 P.M.
Date: November 5, 1992
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Arthur G. Keller to I. H. Kempner, Jr., August 31, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Arthur G. Keller to I. H. Kempner, Jr., August 31, 1946]

Letter from Arthur G. Keller to I. H. Kempner, Jr. discussing finding two new chemical engineers for Imperial Sugar Company.
Date: August 31, 1946
Creator: Keller, Arthur G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Arthur G. Keller to I. H. Kempner, Jr., May 31, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Arthur G. Keller to I. H. Kempner, Jr., May 31, 1946]

Letter from Arthur G. Keller to I. H. Kempner, Jr. discussing graduates available for employment.
Date: May 31, 1946
Creator: Keller, Arthur G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dave Nathan, October 19, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dave Nathan, October 19, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dave Nathan informing Nathan that Lewis Gottlieb wrote a letter upon Nathan's request and explaining Gottlieb knows little about the subject that Nathan asked about.
Date: October 19, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Heidelberg Hotel, May 28, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Heidelberg Hotel, May 28, 1957]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Heidelberg Hotel discussing his travel plans to Baton Rouge on June 1st, including requests for twin and single rooms, and board for his chauffeur, and confirms their arrival time.
Date: May 28, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Louis Gottlieb, 1948~] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Louis Gottlieb, 1948~]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Louis Gottlieb discussing the shared issues Jewish people face in both Baton Rouge and Galveston and asking Gottlieb to champion the work of the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.
Date: 1948~
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Louis Gottlieb, September 28, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Louis Gottlieb, September 28, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Louis Gottlieb discussing the shared issues Jewish people in Galveston and Baton Rouge face and insisting that Gottlieb continues to champion organizations like the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith to help combat anti-Semitism.
Date: September 28, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Edward R. Thompson, Jr., April 15, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Edward R. Thompson, Jr., April 15, 1954]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Edward R. Thompson, Jr. discussing how little he writes, an enclosed copy of "Trends" issued weekly by the United States National Bank, the arrival of Lyda Ann, and plans to establish a scholarship for students at Sugarland High School to take the course in sugar engineering at Louisiana State University.
Date: April 15, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. H. Louviere, February 20, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. H. Louviere, February 20, 1954]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. H. Louviere discussing scheduling for an impending visit to Sugar Land, Texas. Further communication is planned.
Date: February 20, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Jerusha Middleton, June 22, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Jerusha Middleton, June 22, 1957]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Jerusha Middleton discussing sending her a pamphlet called "Historic Galveston Homes".
Date: June 22, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to William H. Louviere, April 23, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to William H. Louviere, April 23, 1954]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to William H. Louviere discussing viewing a Tate & Lyle Film and arranging a scholarship for Louisiana State University on Isaac Herbert Kempner's next visit to Sugar Land.
Date: April 22, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to William H. Louviere, May 11, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to William H. Louviere, May 11, 1954]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to William H. Louviere discussing the scholarship at Lousiana State University and the president of the university.
Date: May 11, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr. to Arthur G. Keller, August 26, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr. to Arthur G. Keller, August 26, 1946]

Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr. to Arthur G. Keller discussing the employment of graduate sugar chemists.
Date: August 26, 1946
Creator: Kempner, Isaac Herbert, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr. to the Dean of Sugar School, May 27, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr. to the Dean of Sugar School, May 27, 1946]

Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr. to the Dean of the Sugar School at Louisiana State University inquiring about securing the services of a couple of their graduates for work in the Imperial Sugar Company laboratory.
Date: May 27, 1946
Creator: Kempner, Isaac Herbert, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Julia Brogdan Purnell to Links - December 1978] (open access)

[Letter from Julia Brogdan Purnell to Links - December 1978]

Letter from Julia Brogdan Purnell to members of The Links, Inc. Purnell is thankful for members' contributions, and, in that vein, she is sharing a brief article from The Morning Advocate, a Baton Rouge newspaper, about the recent philanthropic activities of Links. Also includes a photocopy of the article.
Date: December 1978
Creator: Links, Inc.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Letter from George Andre to William H. Louviere, May 3, 1954] (open access)

[Inter-Office Letter from George Andre to William H. Louviere, May 3, 1954]

Inter-office letter from William H. Louviere to George Andre discussing the agreement of the I. H. Kempner Jr. Scholarship for Louisiana State University.
Date: May 3, 1954
Creator: Louviere, William H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alexander Masley] (open access)

[Letter from Alexander Masley]

A letter from Alexander Masley to Carl B. Compton regarding tips about teaching art techniques.
Date: June 12, 1944
Creator: Masley, Alexander
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Miss Shirley Miller to I. H. Kempner, May 27, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Miss Shirley Miller to I. H. Kempner, May 27, 1957]

Letter from Miss Shirley Miller to I. H. Kempner discussing confirmation for a reservation for June 1st for his family.
Date: May 27, 1957
Creator: Miller, Shirley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History