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Unsigned Contract of Option to Purchase Land for the B'nai B'rith Hillel Building in Austin, Texas (open access)

Unsigned Contract of Option to Purchase Land for the B'nai B'rith Hillel Building in Austin, Texas

This unsigned contract between Mrs. Charles Stephenson, seller, and B'nai B'rith Hillel Building Fund, buyer, gives the Hillel Building Fund the option to purchase this land if Stephenson furnishes the proper documents.
Date: February 1945
Creator: B'nai B'rith Hillel Building Fund
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sugarland Industries Company Report] (open access)

[Sugarland Industries Company Report]

Sugarland Industries company report.
Date: December 20, 1952
Creator: Corman, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Stipulation of Facts for Civil Action No. 1454] (open access)

[Stipulation of Facts for Civil Action No. 1454]

District Court of the United States, case number 1454. Imperial Sugar Company vs. United States of America including a stipulation of facts for the case.
Date: 1953~
Creator: District Court of the United States
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Proposed Bill, 1955] (open access)

[Proposed Bill, 1955]

Proposed bill for the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Supply District.
Date: 1955
Creator: Fort Bend Utilities Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Proposed Bill, 1955] (open access)

[Proposed Bill, 1955]

Proposed bill for the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Supply District.
Date: 1955
Creator: Fort Bend Utilities Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Amendment to Charter Report, February 21, 1955] (open access)

[Amendment to Charter Report, February 21, 1955]

Legal document for the stock shares of the Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company.
Date: February 21, 1955
Creator: Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company, Balance Sheet, December 31, 1954] (open access)

[Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company, Balance Sheet, December 31, 1954]

Balance sheet for the Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company.
Date: December 31, 1954
Creator: Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Stock Distribution Report, 1955] (open access)

[Stock Distribution Report, 1955]

Legal document for the stock shares of the Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company.
Date: 1955
Creator: Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Stock Distribution Report, 1955] (open access)

[Stock Distribution Report, 1955]

Legal document for the stock shares of the Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company.
Date: 1955
Creator: Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Stock Distribution Report, 1955] (open access)

[Stock Distribution Report, 1955]

Legal document for the stock shares of the Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company.
Date: 1955
Creator: Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Stock Share Report, February 21, 1955] (open access)

[Stock Share Report, February 21, 1955]

Legal Document for the stock shares of the Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company.
Date: February 21, 1955
Creator: Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Stock Share Report Template, 1955] (open access)

[Stock Share Report Template, 1955]

Legal document for the stock shares of the Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company.
Date: 1955
Creator: Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Imperial Sugar Company, Civil Action Memorandum, 1954] (open access)

[Imperial Sugar Company, Civil Action Memorandum, 1954]

Imperial Sugar Company civil action memorandum. It indicates that the civil action will be dismissed.
Date: 1954
Creator: Imperial Sugar Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Proxy Template, 1953] (open access)

[Proxy Template, 1953]

Template for a proxy applying to appointments within Imperial Sugar Company.
Date: 1953
Creator: Imperial Sugar Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Last Will and Testament of Daniel Webster Kempner] (open access)

[Last Will and Testament of Daniel Webster Kempner]

Last will and testament of Daniel Webster Kempner. He instructs the executors of his will to sell a number of his shares in the H. Kempner trust, in order to pay for incidentals and debts that might occur as a result of his death; to give a number of shares in three trusts/companies to his daughter Mary Jeane Kempner, to help pay for her son, Daniel Kempner Thorne's education; to not hold his daughter accountable for any sums of money he loaned her during his life; to give his shares in Sugarland Industries and the Imperial Sugar Company to the Harris and Eliza Kempner Trust; and the rest of his estate to his wife and daughter.
Date: February 1, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Will of I. H. Kempner] (open access)

[Will of I. H. Kempner]

Will of I. H. Kempner documenting his last will and testament which this will revokes former wills in the past.
Date: February 1894
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agency Agreement between Jeane Bertig Kempner and the US National Bank of Galveston, Texas] (open access)

[Agency Agreement between Jeane Bertig Kempner and the US National Bank of Galveston, Texas]

Agency agreement between Jeane Bertig Kempner and the United States National Bank of Galveston, Texas, authorizing the institution to handle $40,000 in funds for investment, and the conditions and guidelines associated.
Date: March 1960
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inventory, Appraisement and List of Claims, 1954] (open access)

[Inventory, Appraisement and List of Claims, 1954]

Report of inventory, appraisement, and list of claims relative to I. H. Kempner, Jr.'s estate. Sections include separate property, personal property, stocks and bonds, community property of decedent, real property, and list of claims owning to decedent.
Date: 1954
Creator: Kempner, Mary Josephine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Imperial Sugar Company vs Texas Railroads] (open access)

[Imperial Sugar Company vs Texas Railroads]

Imperial Sugar Company versus Texas Railroads law suit. Various allegations and details are listed.
Date: January 26, 1953
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition In Intervention] (open access)

[Petition In Intervention]

Petition in intervention filed by C. K. Richards to the District Court of Travis County, Texas. The petition pertains to the court law suit of Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company versus the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Date: 195X
Creator: Richards, C. K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Appointment of I. H. Kempner to the Galveston Board of Commissioners] (open access)

[Appointment of I. H. Kempner to the Galveston Board of Commissioners]

Document signed by Governor Joseph D. Sayers appointing I. H. Kempner to the "Board of Commissioners of the City of Galveston;" it references the original city charter which was approved on April 18, 1901.
Date: September 16, 1901
Creator: Sayers, Joseph D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oil Lease Report, January 1955] (open access)

[Oil Lease Report, January 1955]

Oil lease report covering Sam F. Bashara's land lease.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Sugarland Industries
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Stock Report Draft, 1955] (open access)

[Stock Report Draft, 1955]

Legal document for the stock shares of the Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company.
Date: 1955
Creator: Sugarland Industries
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Stock Share Report, 1955] (open access)

[Stock Share Report, 1955]

Legal document for the stock shares of the Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company.
Date: 1955
Creator: Sugarland Industries
System: The Portal to Texas History