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[Letter from Satfilage S. A. to Harris L. Kempner, March 1, 1965]
Letter from the president of the Satfilage company to Harris L. Kempner clearing up some miscommunications regarding the buying and selling of cotton overseas.
Date:
March 1, 1965
Creator:
Satfilage
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Christian Clerc, May 30, 1962]
Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Christian Clerc introducing him his nephew, James C. Kempner who's now in naval service. And he's leaving for his post in Morocco and he might pass through Paris and Kempner has told him to get in touch with Christian if Jim ever needs help. And he might do that same thing at the end of the year after getting married and taking his wife back to Morocco with him.
Date:
May 30, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. Monnier to Harris Leon Kempner, June 6, 1962]
Letter from G. Monnier to Harris Leon Kempner mentioning that it's pleasure to know that his nephew is going to live in Port Lyautey, and he'd be happy to meet him sometime.
Date:
June 2, 1962
Creator:
Monnier, G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to John Ferguson, July 18, 1962]
Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to John Ferguson congratulating him for his appointment as Ambassador to Morocco. He mentions that they'll miss seeing him in Paris because of this. Kempner also mentions about Herb's son, James C. Kempner who's in the Supply Corps as his eyesight didn't allow him to pass for anything else.
Date:
July 18, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Libby and Jim, October 5, 1962]
Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Libby and Jim congratulating them for the 'big event'. He's enclosing a check so they could buy whatever they need as their wedding present. He then asks how things are in Morocco and if Mrs. John Ferguson reached out yet, as they're their old friends and if not she might eventually contact.
Date:
October 5, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Hiliary Swann, November 19, 1964]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Hiliary Swann enclosing an envelope from Casablanca, Morocco.
Date:
November 19, 1964
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Hiliary Swann, December 7, 1964]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Hiliary Swann offering her some more Moroccan stamps.
Date:
December 7, 1964
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Donald Maclean, February 21, 1964]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Donald Maclean asking him to write a letter of recommendation for his nephew Jim Kempner to the schools he is applying to, including Harvard and Stanford.
Date:
February 21, 1964
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. J. Sheridan to D. W. Kempner, April 21, 1955]
Letter from W. J. Sheridan to D. W. Kempner discussing the delivery of documents pertaining to the shipment of Kempner's car abroad, including an application for customs and police documents, a pamphlet entitled "Facts about Shipping your Car Abroad," and a White Cross European Insurance brochure.
Date:
April 21, 1955
Creator:
Sheridan, W. J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. J. Sheridan to D. W. Kempner, February 27, 1956]
Letter from W. J. Sheridan to D. W. Kempner discussing the delivery of documents pertaining to the shipment of Kempner's car abroad, including an application for customs and police documents, a pamphlet entitled "Facts about Shipping your Car Abroad," and a White Cross European Insurance brochure.
Date:
February 27, 1956
Creator:
Sheridan, W. J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Letter from Sabine Chardine to Jeane Kempner, September 29, 1948]
Letter from Sabine Chardine to Jeane Kempner discussing how Nicole is now engaged to a man, how they are golfing with the nice weather, and thanking Jeane for the sheets she sent her.
Date:
September 29, 1948
Creator:
Chardine, Sabine
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from H. Kempner, December 22, 1966]
Telegram sent by H. Kempner to their business partners wishing them seasons greetings.
Date:
December 22, 1966
Creator:
H. Kempner (Firm)
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Travis Womack, Jr., May 10, 2002
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Travis Womack Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Marshall, Texas, who served with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. Womack discusses his family, education, basic and airborne training, deployment to Morocco and movement through North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the Battle of San Pietro, the Anzio campaign, going to England, marrying, fighting in Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge, disguised German troops, and the end of the war. In appendix is a detailed account of the Italian campaign written by Womack.
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Womack Jr., Travis
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hassan]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Morocco's King Hassan II surviving an attempted assassination by rebel members of his Air Force.
Date:
August 16, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane crash]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
June 3, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971
Interview with Arthur B. Dodge, Jr., a US Army WWII veteran from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dodge recounts his service in M Company, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, which landed in Morocco and moved through Algeria in late-1943, before landing in Italy, where his unit took up position on the Cassino-Rapido-Garigliano front in March, 1944. Dodge describes prolonged skirmishing with German forces near Tremesuoli, Lazio, the breakout from Cassino, advancing into northern Italy, and finishing the war in the Po Valley.
Date:
January 8, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Dodge Jr., Arthur B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Wartime Diary of Sigismund Koperniak
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The personal diary of Sigismund Koperniak, a Navy veteran, detailing his experiences aboard the destroyer USS Spence during World War II. Launching of the Spence and sea trials off Portland, Maine, January, 1943; shakedown cruise to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February, 1943; escort duty in the Atlantic and Caribbean, March, 1943; convoy duty in the Casablanca, French Morocco, area, April-May, 1943; passage through the Panama Canal, June, 1943; escort duty for the carriers Princeton and Belleau Wood en route to Baker Island, September, 1943; attachment to Destroyer Division 23 in the Solomon Islands, September, 1943; patrols off Kolombangara and Vella Lavella Islands; interdiction of Japanese shipping and the Spence's role in sinking of twenty barges off of Vella Lavella; bombardment of Buka-Bonis airfields, November 1, 1943; Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, November 2, 1943; support for landings on Bougainville, November 3, 1943; capture of a Japanese sailor; continued attacks by Japanese aircraft; gun battles with Japanese cruisers and destroyers in the Buka-Rabaul route, November 24, 1943; shore bombardments of Tiaraka, Bougainville, Kavieng, and New Ireland, January-February, 1944; shore bombardment of Emirau, Aitape, Humboldt Bay, and Caroline Islands, March 1-24, 1944; shore bombardment during the invasions of the Marianas Islands, June 19-27, …
Date:
2002
Creator:
Koperniak, Sigismund
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mideast peace settlement]
Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
1971-07-26T24:00:00
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Overthrowing King Hassan]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
July 12, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Overthrowers executed]
Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
July 13, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Morocco]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
July 24, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Morocco]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
July 10, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Morocco]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
July 12, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Travel]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
October 10, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library