85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2803, Chapter 869 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2803, Chapter 869

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including conforming amendments.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Account Statement for Blue Cross Hospital Service, February 1955] (open access)

[Account Statement for Blue Cross Hospital Service, February 1955]

Account statement from Blue Cross Hospital Service of Texas for charges related a hospital at stay St. Mary's Infirmary sent to Isaac Herbert Kempner, including medicines, laboratory services, surgical dressings, Oxygen, Electro-Cardiograms, and miscellaneous items.
Date: February 15, 1955
Creator: Blue Cross Hospital Service
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Account Statement for Blue Cross Hospital Service, June 1,1956] (open access)

[Account Statement for Blue Cross Hospital Service, June 1,1956]

Account statement from Blue Cross Hospital Service for charges related a hospital at stay of St. Mary's Infirmary sent to Marion Lee Kempner, including operating room, medicine, laboratory services, and surgical dressings costs.
Date: June 1, 1956
Creator: Blue Cross Hospital Service
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Account Statements for Blue Cross and St. Mary's Infirmary, Sep-Oct. 1961] (open access)

[Account Statements for Blue Cross and St. Mary's Infirmary, Sep-Oct. 1961]

Account statement prepared for Henrietta Leonora Blum Kempner by Blue Cross of Texas listing itemized charges, Blue Cross' share, patient's share, total charge, and total shares of Blue Cross and the patient. Receipt prepared for Isaac H. Kempner by St. Mary's Infirmary for a payment of of $74.00 for Henrietta Leonora Blum Kempner's hospital stay. Account statement prepared for Henrietta Leonora Blum Kempner by St. Mary's Infirmary listing itemized charges, amount paid by Blue Cross, and remaining balance due. Invoice prepared for Henrietta Leonora Blum Kempner by St. Mary's Infirmary for an x-ray performed for $35.00.
Date: 1961-10~
Creator: Blue Cross of Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Account Statements for St. Mary's Hospital and Blue Cross, July 1965] (open access)

[Account Statements for St. Mary's Hospital and Blue Cross, July 1965]

Account statement prepared for Harris Leon Kempner by St. Mary's Hospital listing itemized charges, credits, and balance due. Account statement for the same hospital stay prepared for Harris Leon Kempner by Blue Cross of Texas listing itemized charges, Blue Cross' share, patient's share, total charges, and total shares for Blue Cross and the patient.
Date: 1965-08~
Creator: St. Mary's Hospital
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for Health Insurance: April 1949] (open access)

[Bill for Health Insurance: April 1949]

Bill for company health insurance through Blue Cross-Blue Shield, listing individual employees, insurance premium costs, and other information, with total amount due.
Date: April 1949
Creator: Group Hospital Service, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for Health Insurance: August 1949] (open access)

[Bill for Health Insurance: August 1949]

Bill for company health insurance through Blue Cross-Blue Shield, listing individual employees, insurance premium costs, and other information, with total amount due. Stamped "Paid, H. Kempner, Aug 5 1949."
Date: August 1949
Creator: Group Hospital Service, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for Health Insurance: December 1949] (open access)

[Bill for Health Insurance: December 1949]

Bill for company health insurance through Blue Cross-Blue Shield, listing individual employees, insurance premium costs, and other information, with total amount due. Stamped "Paid, H. Kempner, Dec 7 1949."
Date: December 1949
Creator: Group Hospital Service, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for Health Insurance: July 1949] (open access)

[Bill for Health Insurance: July 1949]

Bill for company health insurance through Blue Cross-Blue Shield, listing individual employees, insurance premium costs, and other information, with total amount due. Stamped "Paid, H. Kempner, Jul 6 1949."
Date: July 1949
Creator: Group Hospital Service, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for Health Insurance: June 1949] (open access)

[Bill for Health Insurance: June 1949]

Bill for company health insurance through Blue Cross-Blue Shield, listing individual employees, insurance premium costs, and other information, with total amount due. Stamped "Paid, H. Kempner, Jun 4 1949."
Date: June 1949
Creator: Group Hospital Service, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for Health Insurance: May 1949] (open access)

[Bill for Health Insurance: May 1949]

Bill for company health insurance through Blue Cross-Blue Shield, listing individual employees, insurance premium costs, and other information, with total amount due. Stamped "Paid, H. Kempner, May 6 1949."
Date: May 1949
Creator: Group Hospital Service, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for Health Insurance: November 1949] (open access)

[Bill for Health Insurance: November 1949]

Bill for company health insurance through Blue Cross-Blue Shield, listing individual employees, insurance premium costs, and other information, with total amount due. Stamped "Paid, H. Kempner, Nov 5 1949."
Date: November 1949
Creator: Group Hospital Service, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for Health Insurance: September 1949] (open access)

[Bill for Health Insurance: September 1949]

Bill for company health insurance through Blue Cross-Blue Shield, listing individual employees, insurance premium costs, and other information, with total amount due. Stamped "Paid, H. Kempner, Sep 7 1949."
Date: September 1949
Creator: Group Hospital Service, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Braniff International Airways Newsletter, July 10, 1950] (open access)

[Braniff International Airways Newsletter, July 10, 1950]

Letter from Duke files District Traffic Manager of the Braniff International Airways regarding new flight schedules, a flight design specifically for businessmen who need to sleep on flights, new hours for their Ticket and Reservation Office and available flights to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Date: July 10, 1950
Creator: Braniff International Airways
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Prohibition, Senate Votes Hike State Poll Tax Total] (open access)

[Clipping: Prohibition, Senate Votes Hike State Poll Tax Total]

Newspaper clipping about the poll tax payments in some Texas counties such as Dallas, Galveston, Orange, Harris, and Tom Green.
Date: 1956~
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Commodity Rates and Charges] (open access)

[Commodity Rates and Charges]

Rates and charges for various commodities listed by the Texas Railroad Commission.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Texas Railroad Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Commodity Rates and Charges] (open access)

[Commodity Rates and Charges]

Rates and charges for various commodities listed by the Texas Railroad Commission.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Texas Railroad Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaning Apparatus. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaning Apparatus.

Patent for a cotton-cleaning apparatus made up of "a stationary foraminous case or drum having an inlet-opening in the upper side of its small end, a rotary shaft extending centrally through the case or drum and having a plurality of spirally-arranged at the large end of the foraminous case and having a discharge-pipe for conveying the cotton to the point where it is to be deposited or discharged - as, for instance, into gins or gin-feeders" (lines 9-19). The cotton goes in one end, the cotton is elevated, beater-arms move the cotton along, and fans drive the cotton to the gins.
Date: October 8, 1895
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors, November 2, 2004] (open access)

[Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors, November 2, 2004]

Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors discussing recent committee appointments, the group's letterhead, proposed changes to the newsletter's content and mailing schedule, and upcoming events honoring the WASP.
Date: November 2, 2004
Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Jean McCreery to Eleanor Brown, October 22, 2004] (open access)

[Email from Jean McCreery to Eleanor Brown, October 22, 2004]

Email from Jean McCreery to Eleanor Brown discussing Brown's Region 2 report for the WASP newsletter.
Date: October 22, 2004
Creator: McCreery, Jean T.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Folklore of Texan Cultures (open access)

The Folklore of Texan Cultures

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of various ethnic and religious groups residing in Texas, including songs, myths, legends, and other essays. The index begins on page 363.
Date: 1974
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Folklore of Texan Cultures (open access)

The Folklore of Texan Cultures

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of various ethnic and religious groups residing in Texas, including songs, myths, legends, and other essays. The index begins on page 363.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Imperial Sugar Company, Sugar Stock and Sales Report, February 25, 1954] (open access)

[Imperial Sugar Company, Sugar Stock and Sales Report, February 25, 1954]

Imperial Sugar Company sugar stock and sales report featuring sections for warehouses and sugar in transit.
Date: February 25, 1954
Creator: Imperial Sugar Company
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Letter from G. D. Ulrich to D. W. Kempner, February 07, 1944] (open access)

[Inter-Office Letter from G. D. Ulrich to D. W. Kempner, February 07, 1944]

Inter-Office Letter from G. D. Ulrich to D. W. Kempner discussing how a shipment of the stove Kempner ordered should arrive either the day of this letter or the day after.
Date: February 7, 1944
Creator: Ulrich, Gus D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History