Letter from D. W. Kempner to A. H. Blackshear discussing personal matters he would like Blackshear to attend to for him while he is in Paris, including giving money to his chauffeur, V. L. Mackey, to travel to New York to pick him up when he docks, phoning the house to have everything ready for when he gets home, writing William B. Keyser to have his two cows in Galveston on the 25th, and obtaining a record of the salaries and bonuses paid each year to "higher-paid" employees at the Bertig Company, H. Kempner, and the American Securities Corporation.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to H. Kempner responding to a variety of financial, political, and family events that he has been informed of while in Paris and away from his office in Galveston, including his attempts to navigate the Italian cotton market.

Letter from Charles L. Sasportas to D. W. Kempner hoping to see the Kempner's as soon as Kempner comes home from abroad.

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.