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[Letter from J. P. Abbot to Daniel W, Kempner, November 16, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from J. P. Abbot to Daniel W, Kempner, November 16, 1953]

Letter from J. P. Abbott to Daniel W. Kempner thanking him for the invitation to the annual Kempner family barbecue and apologizing for being unable to attend.
Date: November 16, 1953
Creator: Abbott, J. P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0302.0208]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Of Caroline Nixon, right, of Anadarko, at the mid-winter Methodist Youth Fellowship conference are Dr. Harry Denman, executive secretary of the general board of evangelism of the Methodist church, left, and Rev. Elwyn Thurston, (Pryor,) conference youth director."
Date: December 2, 1955
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0420.0078]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ed McCabe, Nashville, Tenn."
Date: April 3, 1953
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Edward Randall Thompson, Jr., November 24, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Edward Randall Thompson, Jr., November 24, 1959]

Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Edward Randall Thompson, Jr. informing Mr. W. L. Murdoch's invitation to report to school at 8 AM on January 4th.
Date: November 24, 1959
Creator: Alpert, Arthur M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southwest Retort, Volume 9, Number [3], November 1956 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 9, Number [3], November 1956

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes program information for the regional meeting in Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: November 1956
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Ben Bass to Daniel W. Kempner, September 25, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Ben Bass to Daniel W. Kempner, September 25, 1951]

Letter from Ben Bass to Daniel W. Kempner confirming the reservations made for his wife and her friend.
Date: September 25, 1951
Creator: Bass, Ben
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bill Minkus to D. W. Kempner, January 26, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Bill Minkus to D. W. Kempner, January 26, 1953]

Letter from Bill Minkus to D. W. Kempner about meeting Mr. D. W. Kempner on his arrival.
Date: January 26, 1953
Creator: Bertig Cotton Co.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bill Minkus to Daniel W. Kempner, May 25, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Bill Minkus to Daniel W. Kempner, May 25, 1956]

Letter from the Bertig Cotton Co. to Daniel W. Kempner informing him that they have no photography prints by Mr. B. H. Haynes, Jr.
Date: May 25, 1956
Creator: Bertig Cotton Co.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bertig Cotton Company to Daniel W. Kempner, February 28, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Bertig Cotton Company to Daniel W. Kempner, February 28, 1951]

Letter from Bertig Cotton Company to Daniel W. Kempner discussing Mr. Joe Bertig's agreement to Mr. Kempner's proposed meeting day and setting the meeting place at the Peabody Hotel.
Date: February 28, 1951
Creator: Bertig Cotton Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane Bertig Kempner, July 5, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane Bertig Kempner, July 5, 1950]

Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane Bertig Kempner discussing Mrs. Kempner's upcoming trip to Plantersville and telling her not to expect him as he is too sick, but that Bill would meet her in St. Louis or Memphis. Bertig then comments on tensions between Russia and the United States saying that it must be settled whether that be by World War III or otherwise. Mr. Bertig then says there has been good growing weather, but they could use a little rain. Finally, he mentions that Mary Jean Kempner sent him a letter from Canada alerting him that she was sending a shipment of Salmon.
Date: July 5, 1950
Creator: Bertig, Joseph R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Harvey Travel Bureau, August 2, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Harvey Travel Bureau, August 2, 1951]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Harvey Travel Bureau enclosing a check for $74.52 covering the airplane ticket to Memphis and back for Mr. D. W. Kempner.
Date: August 2, 1951
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Preliminary Survey of Radioactive Constituents in Rainwater at ORNL (open access)

A Preliminary Survey of Radioactive Constituents in Rainwater at ORNL

Technical report surveying radio-chemical analyses by ORNL's Analytical Chemistry Division and Health-Physics Division of large volumes of rainwater for plutonium, uranium, and fission products. Overall, carrying efficiencies for Al(OH)3 scavenging of rainwater were determined for these elements, as well as for Pu and U. [From Abstract, Introduction]
Date: December 4, 1950
Creator: Booksbank, W. A., Jr.; Emmons, A. H.; Gost, J. W. & Reynolds, S. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Eastern Oil Shale Drilling (open access)

Notes on Eastern Oil Shale Drilling

Purpose: The primary objective of the eastern oil shale drilling was to obtain cores of the Chattanooga shale, from considerable depths and at long distances from its outcrops. Correlation of the cores with outcrop samples showed the effect of weathering on the shale, as well as changes in the stratigraphy. Of secondary interest was acquisition of information on the stratigraphy of the overlying rocks.
Date: January 1952
Creator: Brown, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Tennessee Ernie Ford]

Photograph of singer Tennessee Ernie Ford, standing in front of a microphone with his hands clasped together and looking up.
Date: [1955..1991]
Creator: Clark, Bernice & Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Tennessee Ernie Ford #2]

Photograph of singer Tennessee Ernie Ford, standing in front of a microphone with his hands clasped together and looking out.
Date: [1955..1991]
Creator: Clark, Bernice & Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Armed Moonshiners Pause for a Drink in Woods]

Photograph of four moonshiners standing in a wooded area, somewhere near Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during the 1950's. One man holds a gun, and another drinks from a jug. Junebug Clark narrative: Story was that moonshine was so potent and strong that the moonshiners would take turns holding a gun on each other to force them to take a drink. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 0013-57
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Armed Moonshiners Pause for a Drink in Woods (2)]

Photograph of four moonshiners standing in a wooded area, somewhere near Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during the 1950's. One man holds a gun, and another drinks from a jug. Junebug Clark narrative: Story was that moonshine was so potent and strong that the moonshiners would take turns holding a gun on each other to force them to take a drink. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 0013-57
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Baptising in Olde Towne Creek]

Photograph of the baptism of Ivana Wright, who is standing a creek next to Preacher Hugh Vancel; Vancel is facing the bank and raising one of his hands toward the crowd standing on the bank. Immediately behind them, Hester Welch, Minnie Hicks, Cleo McCurey, Lilian Hicks, and Lenore Treece are also in the creek, standing in line. The baptisms took place in the Olde Towne Creek outside John Owen's home in Red Hill, Tennessee.
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Blacksmith Shop]

Photograph of a group of people, including a boy, working in a blacksmith shop in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The men work on constructing wooden wheels. Narrative by Junebug Clark: There is a lot of information and photos to be found here on Alex and Wade Cline's Village Blacksmith. Search Joe Clark's Life In Tennessee Scrapbook (available as a searchable pdf) for stories from the day as well as National Geographic December 1943 (also in the scrapbook. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 0005-10
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Blacksmith Shop]

Photograph of a group of people, including a boy, working in a blacksmith shop in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The men appear to work on building three wagon wheels, and many others lie on the ground. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Joe always referred to this photo taken at Alex Cline's Blacksmith Shop as, "Assembly Line Country Style" Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Boy Fishing with Accompanying Poem "Education"]

Photograph of a boy named Gene fishing in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee in the 1950's. He stands on a plank over the water, using a sapling as a fishing pole. Below the image is a poem titled "Education." Nature’s simple secrets Can hide in quiet pools And Life’s greatest lessons Are not all learned in schools. hbss Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Boy on Farm]

Photograph of an unidentified boy working on a farm in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during the 1950's. He holds a pile of sorguhm cane, and a horse stands behind him. Here he is running sorgum cane through a press to extract the juice to be boiled down at the Mollassess Stir-off. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Boy Plowing Ground with Accompanying Poem]

Photograph of a boy plowing the ground with two mules in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during the 1950's. A poem titled "Country Boy" by Joe Clark HBSS is typed beneath the image on the mat. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Boy walking toward a Spring House]

Photograph of an unidentified boy walking toward a small spring house in a wooded area in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during the 1950's. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library