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[Broker Invoice from Marx & Co., September 22, 1954] (open access)

[Broker Invoice from Marx & Co., September 22, 1954]

Broker invoice prepared by Marx & Co. for the account of Cecile Kempner regarding the sale of 200 Fearn Foods shares in September 1954.
Date: September 16, 1954
Creator: Marx & Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Broker Invoice from Marx & Co., September 1954] (open access)

[Broker Invoice from Marx & Co., September 1954]

Broker invoice prepared by Marx & Co. for the account of Cecile Kempner regarding the sale of 78 Bower Roller Bearing shares in September 1954.
Date: September 16, 1954
Creator: Marx & Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chattanooga Shale Investigations Along the Sequatchie Anticline of Tennessee and Alabama (open access)

Chattanooga Shale Investigations Along the Sequatchie Anticline of Tennessee and Alabama

From abstract: "In 1953 the Chattanooga shale in the Sequatchie anticline was tested for its uranium content by seven diamond drill cores. Concurrent with the drilling, geologic field work was done to determine the distribution, thickness, and structural setting of the shale." The report contains information regarding location and drainage, geology, the drilling program, subdivisions of the Sequatchie anticline, and unpublished reports.
Date: September 1954
Creator: Glover, Lynn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chattanooga shale investigations along the Sequatchie anticline of Tennessee and Alabama (open access)

Chattanooga shale investigations along the Sequatchie anticline of Tennessee and Alabama

"The results of an investigation of the Chattanooga shale along the Sequatchie anticline of Tennessee and Alabama are summarized in this report. The project was of an exploratory nature designed to 1) obtain fresh core samples from areas where analyses of outcrop samples showed uranium contents as high or higher than those of the Youngs Bend area in DeKalb County, Tenn.; 2) learn more about the distribution and thickness of the shale in those areas and, if necessary, do some geologic mapping; 3) observe general topographic, drainage, and geologic conditions that would affect the mining of shale."
Date: September 1954
Creator: Glover, Lynn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 154, July 21, 1954 (open access)

Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 154, July 21, 1954

Weekly newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: July 21, 1954
Creator: Esenwein, August C.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Humming Bird"]

"The Humming Bird" train No. 5, southbound, at depot in Birmingham, Alabama, enroute from Cincinnati to New Orleans, July 1954. Nashville-Montgomery mainline (Birmingham Division) trackage is in the foreground. Diesel locomotive No. 793 and second unit are E-7 type 2000 Horsepower EMD passenger locomotives purchased by Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1946.
Date: July 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Injury Experience in the Coking Industry, 1951 (open access)

Injury Experience in the Coking Industry, 1951

From Introduction and Summary: "Reports from operating companies showed that 25,715 men worked at coke ovens in 1951, about 6 percent more than were employed in 1950 and, except in 1943, the largest work force since 1930, when 28,139 men were employed. The work time for all employees was 70,190,493 man-hours. The returns indicated an average of 344 work days per man as compared with 341 days in the previous year. Accidents at the ovens resulted in the death of 10 and injury to 768 workers, both of these figures representing fewer injuries than in 1950."
Date: 1954
Creator: Reese, Seth T.; Kearney, Naomi W. & Miller, Elizabeth A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Invoice for Indianapolis Red Poinsettias] (open access)

[Invoice for Indianapolis Red Poinsettias]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by Fraser Nurseries, including 50 Indianapolis Red Poinsettias for $11.25.
Date: June 19, 1954
Creator: Fraser Nurseries
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Fraser Nurseries, Inc., June 17, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Fraser Nurseries, Inc., June 17, 1954]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Fraser Nurseries, Inc. requesting for an express delivery of 50 Indianapolis Red Poinsettias by August 15.
Date: June 17, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Nathan Rosenfield to Mr. Harris Kempner, August 2, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Nathan Rosenfield to Mr. Harris Kempner, August 2, 1954]

Letter from Nathan Rosenfield to Harris L. Kempner enclosing a photo of Harris during a trip to Japan and offering to send more photos.
Date: August 2, 1954
Creator: Rosenfield, Nathan
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from O. B. Ellis to Truett Latimer, April 20, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from O. B. Ellis to Truett Latimer, April 20, 1954]

Letter from O. B. Ellis to Truett Latimer thanking him for support provided on a project for Eastham Prison.
Date: April 20, 1954
Creator: Ellis, O. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0875.0430]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The bars went on in a hurry when 1st Lieut. William E. Martin, Oklahoma City, center, was promoted at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Ala., by Brig. Gen. Thomas K. Vincent, arsenal commander, left. His wife, Mrs. Mary Martin, is at right. The Martins are OKC natives, and he is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma."
Date: February 6, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Texas HSR 116 Honoring Judge E. T. Brooks] (open access)

[Texas HSR 116 Honoring Judge E. T. Brooks]

Texas House Simple Resolution 116 written by Truett Latimer honoring the life and career of Judge E. T. Brooks.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History