Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph of a train passing between mountains near a lake. Characterized as one of the most fantastic scenes on any railroad - this is the Pennsylvania's Horseshoe Curve shortly after sunrise on a spring morning in 1954. This was the centennial year of Horse Shoe Curve, which was built in 1854. The Mountain in the background in the center of the Curve is Kittaning Mountain.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Among the many contestants on hand for the state trapshoot now in progress at the Capitol City Gun club is this foursome. At Left is W.C. Powley who came all the way from Mifflinton,Pa."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A NATIONAL "figure juggler" who was instrumental in bringing about the reduction of excise taxes on movie tickets will begin a survey of Oklahoma movie-going habits soon."

Report discussing a study of samples taken from "commercially important coal beds and associated rocks in the Pottsville, Allegheny, and Monongahela series of the Pennsylvanian system". The report contains sections on the scope of the investigation, stratigraphy, radioactivity and uranium content of the coal beds and carbonaceous shale, and descriptions of the rock exposures examined.

Letter from Geoffrey S. Smith to Harris L. Kempner discussing family in Texas and the Kempner's trip to Europe.

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Pittman & Davis requesting that grapefruit be sent to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bachman in Pennsylvania and Cecile Kempner in New York.

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Frank H. Bachman thanking him for sending him pears, and discussing air conditioning and the latter's recent return from a trip to Lake Placid.

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."

From Scope of Report: "The report covers the following: (a) A brief description of the proposed Conowingo tunnel system, which will drain the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania into the Susquehanna River at Conowingo. Md.; (b) economic development of the Northern field and the improvements desired; (c) geology and hydrology of the Northern field; (d) the basic problem, plans, and costs of Project No.1 (Lackawanna) ; (e) economic analysis and justification of the project; and (f) final recommendations, including financing and cooperation of local interests."

From Introduction: "The purpose of this report is to furnish factual data on barrier pillars that enter into the water problem of the Wyoming Basin; these data will, in turn, be helpful in solving the anthracite-mine-water problem of the Northern field."

Scope of Report: "This report summarizes the engineering study conducted during 1953 by engineers of the Federal Bureau of Mines on seepage of surface water into mine workings underlying the Southern field drainage area."

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Geoffrey S. Smith discussing a recent article about Smith's statement as well as some personal news.

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. William H. Barrett, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This order includes a bronze cast of a small baby's head.

Letter from The American Council for Judaism Henry Cohen Chapter discussing an upcoming dinner meeting for the Henry Cohen Chapter.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Peter K. Thompson discussing an enclosed clipping from the Galveston News of a sports game win, how little Thompson writes, the value of education, and the serious condition of Uncle Pat.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Peter K. Thompson discussing his appreciation for good wishes on his birthday and the family dinner he had to celebrate while giving advice to Peter while he is in college.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Hotel Harrisburger reserving two air conditioned bed rooms with single occupancy for Mrs. Kempner and Miss Kempner.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Hotel Harrisburger reserving two connecting bedrooms each with a bath and single occupancy for Mrs. D. W. Kempner.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Henry A. Dreer, Inc. requesting for a new catalog.

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Ernst Freund sending a receipt regarding Rosa Anspach's room change.

Letter from Gwilym A. Price to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner's disagreement with Westinghouse Electric Corporation's viewpoint on the control of government purchases of foreign made electrical equipment.