Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig discussing an issue with overgrown evergreens at a cemetery and Mr. Kempner reminds Mr. Bertig that they already came up with a solution to take a few out instead of cutting or moving all of them.

Letter from Sam Graber to Joe Bertig discussing his daughter Carol's ambition to enroll at the University of Texas in Austin in the Scottish Rite Dormitory. Mr. Graber has been informed that admission to that dormitory would be easier if his daughter had a 32nd Degree Mason she was related to in the state of Texas. Mr. Graber then asks Mr. Bertig to help him find someone to put in a good word for Carol.

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Arkansas capture of four Californian musicians accused of shooting two Dallas police officers during a chase.

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig discussing Mary Jean Kempner's article and cotton.

Handwritten Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane Bertig Kempner discussing cotton, his bout of sickness at the market, confirming Mary Jean's birthday and complimenting the article she wrote about Germany.