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Map of the Estate of the late Genl. Pierre Van Cortlandt, Cortlandt Town Westchester County, near Peekskill on the Hudson River : to be sold at auction by Jas. M. Miller & Co. at the mansion on the premises on Wednesday 14th August 1850 at 12 o'clock.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century acreage, tract numbers and dimensions, structures, landowners, roads, water sources, and vegetation; existing and proposed dams in Cortlandt, New York. Insets: "Section of Sprout Brook," and "Section of Peckskill River" [profile diagrams of existing and proposed dam construction]. Relief shown by hachures and by profile on insets. Scale not given.
Date: 1850
Creator: Hart, Henry, civil engineer
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's map of the county of Westchester.

Map shows township boundaries, roads, existing and proposed railroads, aqueducts, and town layouts. Includes notes. Scale [ca. 1:108,000].
Date: 1892
Creator: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Feldspars of the New England and North Appalachian States (open access)

The Feldspars of the New England and North Appalachian States

From Introduction: "The investigations presented in this bulletin have been undertaken by the bureau with a view to a better understanding of the conditions which confront the producer of commercial feldspar and also with the object of determining wherein the various deposits of feldspar differ."
Date: 1916
Creator: Watts, A. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0289.0130]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dorothy Dalton, star of the silent screen and wife of the late producer Arthur Hammerstein, died Friday at her home in Scarsdale, N.Y. she was 78."
Date: April 15, 1929
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0289.0131]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dorothy Dalton, star of the silent screen and wife of the late producer Arthur Hammerstein, died Friday at her home in Scarsdale, N.Y. she was 78."
Date: April 15, 1929
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Client Card: Mrs. George Biddle] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. George Biddle]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. George Biddle, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze portrait head, a bronze cast of a kneeling figure, and a bronze cast "Cook."
Date: 1936-09/1939-08
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Arthur Bradbury] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Arthur Bradbury]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Arthur Bradbury, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Bronze cast portrait relief" (19.5" x 22").
Date: April 1937
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. G. Forrest Butterworth, Jr.] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. G. Forrest Butterworth, Jr.]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. G. Forrest Butterworth, Jr., including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Allegorical Statuette".
Date: February 1941
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0124.0216]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Patricia Brooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Atwood Brooks, 3803 North McKinley Avenue, Oklahoma City, who will receive her diploma June 7th at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, N. Y. for the completion of two years' work."
Date: June 5, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Abraham H. Birsh - May 2, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Abraham H. Birsh - May 2, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mr. Abraham H. Birsh' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Charles Birsh'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to brother from internee on Radio Tokyo. McKie mentions she had a cousin who lived in Mount Vernon, New York (whose husband's name is Clarence Cole) and asks Mr. Birsh to say hello to her cousin, as they have not been in contact for many years.
Date: May 2, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Birsh to Cecelia McKie - May 21, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Mary Birsh to Cecelia McKie - May 21, 1943]

Letter sent from Mary Birsh (Mrs. A. S. Birsh) to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message from her husband's brother and stating that Mrs. Cole, McKie's cousin, would like to hear from Cecelia. Envelope addressed to Mrs. William L. McKie, Sacramento, California from A. S. Birsh, Mount Vernon, New York.
Date: May 21, 1943
Creator: Birsh, Mary
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Postal Card from Mary Shirley to Cecelia McKie - May 31, 1943] (open access)

[Postal Card from Mary Shirley to Cecelia McKie - May 31, 1943]

Postcard sent from Mary Shirley to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message. Postcard is postmarked Yorktown Heights, New York.
Date: May 31, 1943
Creator: Shirley, Mary
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Florence R. Cole - June 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Florence R. Cole - June 5, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Florence R. Cole. McKie states that she has been listening to shortwave radio messages for four months and sending letters to families of P.O.W.s. McKie estimates she has already sent over 500 letters and has filled four scrapbooks. McKie also mentions family news and talks about life in California.
Date: June 5, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from The Reader's Digest to D. W. Kempner] (open access)

[Letter from The Reader's Digest to D. W. Kempner]

Letter from The Reader's Digest to D. W. Kempner advertising their gift subscriptions for the Christmas season.
Date: 1944
Creator: Reader's Digest
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox - April 5, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox - April 5, 1944]

Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox discussing Mr. Bradford's recent encounters with mutual friends that knew of Mr. Fox.
Date: April 5, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox - January 12 ,1945] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox - January 12 ,1945]

Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox discussing twenty (20) separate individuals with brief biographical descriptions.
Date: January 12, 1945
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Oskar Klipstein, April 5, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Oskar Klipstein, April 5, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Oskar Klipstein discussing Mr. and Mrs. Goldberger's attempts to immigrate to the United States and informing Klipstein that the couple claimed they were related to him, and a doctor named Pete Cholodray.
Date: April 5, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oskar Klipstein to I. H. Kempner, April 15, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Oskar Klipstein to I. H. Kempner, April 15, 1945]

Letter from Oskar Klipstein to I. H. Kempner informing Kempner that he is not related to anybody with the last name Goldberger and asking for more information about the man that said they were related.
Date: April 15, 1945
Creator: Klipstein, Oskar
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mrs. Bradford Durfee, December 12, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mrs. Bradford Durfee, December 12, 1945]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Rhoda Durfee enclosing a check for gifts for the girls and discussing a christening and an Artillery Ball.
Date: December 12, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wedding Invitation from Mr. and Mrs. William Loughborough Logan to Mr. and Mrs. H Thomas Douglas, January 11, 1946] (open access)

[Wedding Invitation from Mr. and Mrs. William Loughborough Logan to Mr. and Mrs. H Thomas Douglas, January 11, 1946]

Wedding invitation from Mr. and Mrs. William Loughborough Logan to Mr. and Mrs. H. Thomas Douglass announcing the marriage of Mary Anna Logan to William Leslie Rogers on Saturday, January 26, 1946. A separate, smaller card is included, discussing the plans for the reception.
Date: January 11, 1946
Creator: Logan, William Loughborough
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mrs. B. C. Durfee, June 18, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mrs. B. C. Durfee, June 18, 1946]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Rhoda Thompson Durfee offering to introduce them to a man in Greece looking to buy leather and discussing what kind of leather he'd like and how to send it.
Date: June 18, 1946
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mrs. Bradford Durfee, December 21, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mrs. Bradford Durfee, December 21, 1946]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Rhoda Durfee enclosing a check as a Christmas gift for the girls and discussing their general condition during the holidays.
Date: December 21, 1946
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Louis Wagner to George J. Beto, May 12, 1947] (open access)

[Letter from Louis Wagner to George J. Beto, May 12, 1947]

Letter from Louis Wagner to George J. Beto, including a cover letter and a summary of comparative costs of colleges supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
Date: May 12, 1947
Creator: Wagner, Louis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Yerkes, October 14, 1947]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing her stay at Kenmore Hall and visits with friends in Rye, NY, and Greenwich, CT. The postcard features the Hotel Annapolis in Washington, D. C.
Date: October 14, 1947
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History