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Asher & Adams' Maine and part of Quebec.

Map shows county boundaries, railroads, canals, lakes, rivers, cities, and towns in Maine and parts of Vermont, New Hampshire, Quebec, and New York. Includes distances between points on railroad routes. Scale [ca. 1:1,267,200].
Date: 1871
Creator: Asher & Adams
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Asher & Adams' New York and part of Ontario.

Map shows late nineteenth century New York and Ontario railroads, canals, counties, cities and towns. Scale [ca. 1:1,267,000].
Date: 1871
Creator: Asher & Adams
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. L. Bohannan to I. H. Kempner, Jr., May 31, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from C. L. Bohannan to I. H. Kempner, Jr., May 31, 1946]

Letter from C. L. Bohannan to I. H. Kempner, Jr. discussing an ad placed in Sugar and becoming associated with the Imperial Sugar Company.
Date: May 31, 1946
Creator: Bohannan, C. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 7, July 15, 1913 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 7, July 15, 1913

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to William J. Moses - February 4, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to William J. Moses - February 4, 1944]

Letter from Alex Bradford to William J. Moses discussing his recent updates to his locations and his activities. Mr. Bradford has included a clipping pertaining to a General McNaughton. Finally, Mr. Bradford touches upon his recent support of pro-Russian sentiments.
Date: February 4, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to William J. Moses - November 15, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to William J. Moses - November 15, 1943]

Letter from Alex Bradford to William J. Moses acknowledging the receipt of Mr. Moses' previous letters and apologizing for the delayed response due to the constant traveling throughout Asia and Africa. Mr. Bradford provides a brief update on his family and their locations. Finally, after giving a brief update on his current appointed position asks about Mr. Moses' life.
Date: November 15, 1943
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life, business and travel, 1961-1965] (open access)

[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life, business and travel, 1961-1965]

Scrapbook documenting the life and travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1961 and 1965, including photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, tickets, maps, illustrations, and various other documents. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date: [1961..1965]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Alan Paulson Voluntary Blood Donor Service Enrollment Book] (open access)

[Alan Paulson Voluntary Blood Donor Service Enrollment Book]

Voluntary Blood Donor Service Enrollment Book from the Canadian Red Cross Society belonging to Alan Paulson. The booklet provides recommendations on how to prepare for blood donation and includes a blood donor record.
Date: 1944
Creator: Canadian Red Cross Society
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's railroad & township map of the state of New York : with parts of the adjoining states & Canada.

Map shows late nineteenth century New York existing and proposed railroads, counties, township boundaries, roads, cities, towns, and notable physical features for New York state and adjacent areas. Includes explanation and table of "statistics of population, etc." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,000,000].
Date: 1868
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's railroad & township map of the State of New York: with parts of the adjoining states & Canada

Map shows existing and proposed railroads, counties, roads, cities and towns for New York state and adjacent areas. Includes explanation and table of "statistics of population, etc." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:975,000].
Date: 1878
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's railroad & township map of the state of New York : with parts of the adjoining states & Canada.

Map shows late nineteenth century New York existing and proposed railroads, counties, township boundaries, roads, cities, towns, and notable physical features for New York state and adjacent areas. Includes explanation and table of "statistics of population, etc." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:975,000].
Date: 1877
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank E. Dawson to D. W. Kempner, August 2, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Frank E. Dawson to D. W. Kempner, August 2, 1949]

Letter from Frank E. Dawson to D. W. Kempner discussing travel routings and addresses the topic of traveling with small pet dog into Canada, including the need for veterinarian's certificate and information about hotels that accept pets. He also provides recommendations for garages in New York for car service where guests can also be accommodated.
Date: August 2, 1949
Creator: Dawson, Frank E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank E. Dawson to D. W. Kempner, August 24, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Frank E. Dawson to D. W. Kempner, August 24, 1949]

Letter from Frank E. Dawson to D. W. Kempner discussing a second planned itinerary for the trip through New York to Quebec and then along Great lakes, with hotel accommodations and notes for the chauffer. He also offers assistance with car service reservations in New York.
Date: August 24, 1949
Creator: Dawson, Frank E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters from George F. Eliot to Tex Bradford - May 2, 1940] (open access)

[Letters from George F. Eliot to Tex Bradford - May 2, 1940]

Correspondence between George F. Eliot and Tex Bradford discussing military sentiments and qualifications. In the first letter, George F. Elliot writes about a meeting between himself and C. Hartley Grattan. In the second letter George F. Eliot advises Mr. Bradford on applying for a military position in Ontario, Canada.
Date: May 2, 1940
Creator: Eliot, George Fielding
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls : from actual surveys by Samuel Geil.

Map shows roads, railroads, landowners, tract numbers, marshes, vegetation, towns, and settlements around mid-nineteenth century Niagara Falls. Includes historic notes and illustrations. Insets: "View from Point View, American side," "Horse Show Fall," "Rail road suspension bridge at Belle Vue," "Observatories Lundys Lane," "View from the Ferry, American side," [untitled], "Oliver T. Mackleins Chippewa Foundry, Stove Work, etc.," "Brock's monument," "View from Hogs Back," "The Brock Monument," "Lewiston suspension bridge," "View of the whirlpool from the Canada side," and "View from Victoria Point, Canada side." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1853
Creator: Geil, Samuel
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls : from actual surveys by Samuel Geil.

Map shows roads, railroads, landowners, tract numbers, marshes, vegetation, towns, and settlements. Insets: "View from Point View, American side," "Horse Show Fall," "Rail road suspension bridge at Belle Vue," Observatories Lundys Lane," "View from the Ferry, American side," [untitled], "Oliver T. Mackleins Chippewa Foundry, Stove Work, etc.," "Brock's monument," "View from Hogs Back," "The Brock Monument," "Lewiston suspension bridge," "View of the whirlpool from the Canada side," and "View from Victoria Point, Canada side." Includes historic notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1853
Creator: Geil, Samuel
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs) (open access)

Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs)

United States customs form endorsed to clear Royal Air Force officer, Paul A. Hill, to depart from La Guardia Airport in New York, bound for Montreal, Canada.
Date: June 3, 1944
Creator: Hill, Paul A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thos. L. James to I. H. Kempner, August 19, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Thos. L. James to I. H. Kempner, August 19, 1949]

Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing news on the happenings in and around Sugar Land.
Date: August 19, 1949
Creator: James, Thomas Leroy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979

Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, co-founder of Tex-Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. The interview includes Rosenzweig's personal experiences about her education in New York, and having a teaching career. Rosenzweig talks about her family background, her knowledge of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, his technical training, work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing Nazis and migrating to Greece, the Jewish underground in Central Europe, fleeing to Egypt, Palestine, and his migration to the U.S. Additionally, Rosenzweig talks about their meeting and marriage, work in Canada and Mexico, opening a glass factory in Athens, Texas, moving to Decatur, employee relations, products and the production process, the distribution system, financing methods, her managing the business, sale of the business, and reparations from the Austrian government.
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mr. Oakleigh L. Thorne, June 3, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mr. Oakleigh L. Thorne, June 3, 1949]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mr. Oakleigh L. Thorne discussing about colonizing some Texas farm lands and requesting for information about New York organizations handling displaced persons of other countries.
Date: June 3, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Philip F. Hambsch, February 20, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Philip F. Hambsch, February 20, 1948]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Philip F. Hambsch discussing Kempner's family's lifes including what Mary Jean is up to and what he and Jeane have been doing.
Date: February 20, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D.W. Kempner to William Sealy, September 14, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from D.W. Kempner to William Sealy, September 14, 1949]

Letter from D.W. Kempner to William Sealy expressing happiness at receiving correspondence from Sealy after a long time and discusses personal updates and the plans of mutual acquaintances. Notably, the letter mentions a bequest of $5,000 to an orphan home from George Law’s will, though the money has not been received yet.
Date: September 14, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Morris J. Fellner, December 10, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Morris J. Fellner, December 10, 1954]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Morris J. Fellner discussing the ongoing visa application process for Mrs. Helene Kanzelefska.
Date: December 10, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Mary Jean Kempner, May 29, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Mary Jean Kempner, May 29, 1952]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Mary Jean Kempner mentioning that mother asked him to check off with her immediately so that she could pay before she leaves for Canada.
Date: May 29, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History