Photograph of a small boy selling pastries on the street in Mexico City. A woman holding her son offers him a pastry. The boy selling pastries stands next to a row of cars parked on the street.

Photograph of many Brahman cattle with large horns. In the background are tall trees and corrals.

Photograph of many Brahman cattle. In the background is a tree and a hut.

Photograph of a harnessed Brahman cow and two Mexican men in button-up shirts, wide leg pants and cowboy hats. In the background is a fence.

Photograph of several corrals including one filled with Brahman cattle. In the background is a mountain and telephone poles.

Photograph of many cattle walking up the tall bank of a large river towards a corral. The river and a boat are in the foreground.

Photograph of of four cowboys on horses herding several heads of cattle in a corral. In the background is flat land covered in brush.

From abstract: Paricutin is 320 kilometers west of Mexico City and is reached by air, rail, or paved highway to Uruapan, Michoacan, and thence by 37 kilometers of paved and dirt road to lava-destroyed San Juan Parangaricutiro, 5 kilometers north of the cone.

Photograph of a large series of buildings and compounds, with corrals in the center of the image. A stone and brick corral on the right side of the image contains goats; wooden fencing seem to separate several pens leading down to a larger area holding additional goats or cattle. Multi-story warehouse or office-type buildings are visible behind the pens, with trees and hills visible in the far background. Loose stones, barbed wire, and metal siding are visible in the foreground, in front of the corrals.

Photograph of Hester Beck, second from the right, and her friends Beverely Hecks and Nancy Haurse sitting on steps leading up to a pyramid in Mexico. They have four Mexican children with them.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig expressing pleasure at receiving his letter and clarifying a misunderstanding about correspondence during a trip. He apologizes for any missed letters, especially one to the Grand Hotel. He also mention poor reports of the cotton crop in his area and the impact on business in Galveston. He is pleased that Mr. Bertig has a television set and shares their travel experiences in Europe. .

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Rosa Anspach discussing considerations about entering a home that is under construction, the potential need to share a room, and mentions about Mrs. Freud currently in Guatemala. He also expresses delight about a marriage in Rosa's family and promises to write again in about a week.

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Harold G. Aron discussing problems with making investments in Mexico.

Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr., to Harris Kempner, requesting if he knows of a Sadik Abdou Dahaby that he has been corresponding with before declining his offer.

Letter to Cecile from her father about his concern about the future of the US, the death of Boyd Reading, and travel in Mexico and Guatemala.

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 to Cecile from her father about international relations, politics, a future visit to friends in Mexico, possibly Havana, and Judy getting married again.

Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing current events happening at Sugarland Industries while Kempner is in France.

Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing current events happening at Sugarland Industries while Kempner is in France.

Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing current events happening at Sugarland Industries while Kempner is in France.

Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing current events happening at Sugarland Industries while Kempner is in France.

Katherine Mc Gowen (left), unidentified woman with burro (middle), and Lewis Randolph Bryan, II (right) in Mexico on stone street with city in the background. Exterior shot.

Photograph of a smiling man wearing a poncho and hat.

Photograph of a market in Mexico City, taken in 1950. Vegetables are housed under an awning, and many people stand near them. A lamppost can be seen to the far left.