Decree from the Marques de Croix prohibiting, without royal permit, the manufacturing or sale of gunpowder. Also included are the penalties to be administered for those guilty of dealing in its contraband. This decree includes both printed text and pieces of paper with tape around the edges containing hand written text.

Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Lyda Quinn listing down the tax assessments and requesting for signatures.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer discussing about the hospitalization insurance cards that need to be signed and was concerned about their safety due to excessive rains.

Letter from Frank T. Wall of the Mexico Irrigated Land Company to C. C. Cox advertising the sale of farming property in Chihuahua, Mexico, complete with a set of photographs pf the kind of land for sale. The envelope is included.

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Jose Martinez discussing availability and the possibility of a ten day stay. The letter also includes a section to Eddy Marcus referring to the first typed section and requesting advice on travel and getting a room.

Letter to Cecile from her father about past travel to Cuba, Guatemala, and Mexico, and experiences in those countries as well as their government, society, politics, religion, economics, and history. He also writes about Mexican art and future plans to return to Havana or Mexico City.

Letter from Iva Pond to I. H. Kempner informing Kempner that Colonel Harry E. Stewart is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Axel Wenner Gren and won't be back in Mexico until mid-May but assures Kempner that the letter he sent will be given to Stewart upon his return.

Letter from John J. Herrera to Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico, March 27, 1965. Herrera discusses former President JOhn F. Kennedy and current President Lyndon B. Johnson, as well as other Texas politicians.

Letter from R. K. Phillips to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing the Sugarland Industries gin properties in Mexico.

Letter from Thomas L. James to Benito Longoria, Jr. discussing planting seed in Mexico.

Letter from Thomas Leroy James to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing the Sugarland Industries gin properties in Mexico.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a former Naval pilot, George Williams, attempting to circumnavigate the globe in 8 days.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Dallas Negro Chamber of Commerce who has served the interest of black business in Big D.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Dallas police who are looking for the two men who impersonated officers to rob a group of visiting Mexicans if 10,000 dollars at a Dallas motel.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a former Naval pilot, George Williams, attempting to circumnavigate the globe in 8 days.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Texas Offshore Terminal Commission who meets to consider a proposal that the state builds a 400-million dollar superport for oil tankers in Gulf of Mexico off Freeport.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of district court judge says that Texas must reimburse Platoro Limited of Indiana for its work in recovering relics from a sunken Spanish treasure ship off the Texas Coast.

Interview with Ivan Arteaga, Mexican national and immigrant to Princeton, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Arteaga's personal experiences of childhood and education in Mexico City. Arteaga also talks about his family's decision to immigrate to Provo, Utah, his first impressions of the U.S., marriage, deciding to relocate to Texas, opinions regarding anti-immigrant feelings prevalent in American culture and regarding the U.S. immigration bureaucracy, as well as his feelings about his two children's U.S. citizenship.

Printed circular from Governor Fernandez to the Laredo ayuntamiento, informing it that Pablo Valdés has been made secretary of state.

Printed circular from Governor Fernandez to the Laredo ayuntamiento, announcing that the headquarters of the Northern Department has been reinstated in Matamoros.

Printed circular from Governor Fernandez to the Laredo ayuntamiento concerning military matters. The circular expresses the need for 100 more soldiers, and that conscription is necessary.

Printed circular from Governor Fernández to the Laredo ayuntamiento, saying the Ministry of the Interior should be advised of counterfeiters.

Copy of transcript for a certified copy of Stephen F. Austin's agreement to the empresario contract approved by the Governor of Coahuila y Tejas. The Governor's Secretary, Juan Antonio Padilla, makes note to file the document in the appropriate place and supply Austin with a company for his security.