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Rosenberg Library
33
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
29
St. Edward’s University
29
UNT Libraries Special Collections
21
UNT Oral History Program
21
UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
3
National WASP WWII Museum
2
Abilene Christian University Library
1
Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum
1
Moody Medical Library, UT
1
3 More
Collection
Harris and Eliza Kempner
33
Our China Stories
29
National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
29
Rescuing Texas History, 2018
29
Texas Oral History Collection
24
KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection
21
UNT Oral Histories
21
World War Two Collection
21
National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
11
Abilene Library Consortium
3
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Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
33
Chester W. Nimitz Personal Letters, 1893-1911
18
NBC News Clips
11
NBC News Scripts
9
Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
2
World War II Pacific Theater (Submarine Service) Oral History Project
2
World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project
2
Caltex Oral History Project
1
General Curtis LeMay Oral History Project
1
Gifted Child Today
1
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Month
Language
[Interview with Greta Wohlfeld]
Interview with Greta Wohlfeld regarding her adoption from Jiangxi Province, China. She speaks about her involvement in Chinese cultural activities and shares what she knows about her adoption.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Wohlfeld, Greta
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History With Vonna Purtell]
Oral History with Vonna Purtell regarding the adoptions of Grace, Zoe, and Kai from Guangdong Province (Grace and Zoe) and Yunnan Province (Kai), China. She speaks about her and her husband's decision to adopt from China, the decision to adopt twice, and the adoption process for all their children. She also discusses Kai's cleft palate surgeries and the cultural differences between the United States and China regarding physical differences.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Purtell, Vonna
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview With Delaney Isley]
Narrative history of Delaney Isley regarding her adoption Chongqing, China, discussing her school and life in Texas. She speaks about the annoying questions she receives about her family and adoption, and how she deals with the comments about her ethnicity or family. She also shares her thoughts on visiting China and her birth parents.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Isley, Delaney
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nursing Alumnae Association Scrapbook, 1895-1964
Scrapbook documenting the history of the John Sealy Hospital Training School for Nurses, which was established in 1890. It includes portraits and lists of names for classes of nurses and administrators, images and information related to the classes and hospital work, and class reunions.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to E. R. Hill, February 26, 1949]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to E. R. Hill discussing about his recent trip through Suez Canal and involvement with Nanyang cotton mills. He also expresses interest in conducting business and offers to supply up to 2000 bales of cotton monthly with payment terms via sight draft New York.
Date:
February 26, 1949
Creator:
Hill, E. R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to D. W. Kempner, February 1, 1949]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to D. W. Kempner discussing agricultural updates including weather impacts on crops and cattle, business matters with Chase National Bank and cotton sales details, with a shipment to Moscow pending credit openings.
Date:
February 1, 1949
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to H. Kempner, October 6, 1950]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to H. Kempner responding to a variety of financial, political, and family events that he has been informed of while in Paris and away from his office in Galveston, including his attempts to navigate the Italian cotton market.
Date:
October 6, 1950
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to D. W. Kempner, September 30, 1950]
Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to D. W. Kempner discussing the "Italian situation" and the Mexican cotton they are selling, as well as the remittance they received from China. He also mentions the repayment of a loan by Messrs. Figueroa.
Date:
September 30, 1950
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear to D. W. Kempner, September 23, 1950]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner enclosing position reports and discussing payments from China, rent for leasing property, cotton production, and the opinions of their business associates.
Date:
September 23, 1950
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 11, 1950]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing a mix-up regarding instructions given to Ed Hamilton about his pay and vacation, mentioning their attempts to obtain a lease a property in Plantersville with 440 acres of land that has been divided between four heirs, and providing information on 7,000 bales of cotton that will be shipped to China.
Date:
August 11, 1950
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 11, 1950]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing a mix-up regarding instructions given to Ed Hamilton about his pay and vacation, mentioning their attempts to obtain a lease a property in Plantersville with 440 acres of land that has been divided between four heirs, and providing information on 7,000 bales of cotton that will be shipped to China.
Date:
August 11, 1950
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. John Ferguson, December 4, 1945]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner to John Ferguson discussing general points of interest, such as a cable from a Shanghai agent and their lack of knowledge regarding the Hurley explosion.
Date:
December 4, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ferg to Mr. Harris Kempner, November 28, 1945]
Letter from John Ferguson to Harris Kempner discussing efforts to try and find agents in Shanghai.
Date:
November 28, 1945
Creator:
Ferguson, John
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. John Ferguson, November 6, 1945]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner to John Ferguson thanking him for forwarding a diplomatic list and discussing how delighted he and Ruth are that diplomatic relations will re-open and requesting that some of Peggy's people help him location agents in Shanghai.
Date:
November 6, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Tsung O. Cheng to Harris Leon Kempner, September 11, 1961]
Letter from Tsung O. Cheng to Harris Leon Kempner letting him know that they just moved to Flushing and also provided his new address. He then mention about the food problem in China and was hoping Kempner would contribute for such a case.
Date:
September 11, 1961
Creator:
Cheng, Tsung O.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Brown Booth of Houston Committee on Foreign Relations to the members, April 4, 1963]
Letter from Brown Booth of Houston Committee on Foreign Relations to the members regarding the next meeting that is going to happen on April 17, 1963. He also provides a little information on what to expect from the meeting and requests members to indicated whether hey can attend or not on the enclosed card.
Date:
April 4, 1963
Creator:
Booth, Brown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Anderson]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about central Texas authorities who have charged 33 year old Charles Wayne Anderson with killing his wife and trying to take the lives of their 12 year old son and a brother- in- law.
Date:
June 21, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: APO 91]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about five hundred bales of cotton which bound for china have been destroyed in Galveston in the fourth of a series of unexplained fires in the Port city.
Date:
June 26, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Kingsville Jailbreak]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of officers who are searching for one of the four men who escaped from Kleberg County Jail at Kingsville.
Date:
December 27, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Brainwashed Padre]
Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Houston stop of a lecture tour by Catholic priest Robert W. Greene. Father Greene's lecture describes his trial, imprisonment and eventual banishment from Communist China amid allegations of being an American spy.
Date:
January 19, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from J. Spunt & Company to I. H. Kempner, February 22, 1949]
Letter from J. Spunt & Company to I. H. Kempner reassuring him that they will continue to look for his desired size of carpet.
Date:
February 22, 1949
Creator:
J. Spunt and Company
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Chinese]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a refugee from Chinese mainland said that the Red China still is bent on world revolution.
Date:
February 14, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Grady Hazelwood, April 19, 1949]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Grady Hazelwood discussing the importance of securing federal grants for medical education in Texas. He urges Senator Hazelwood to support legislation that would increase funding to medical schools and hospitals, highlighting the need for high-quality teaching staff and facilities. Additionally, the letter references a circular about supporting medical aid in China, emphasizing the global and local importance of robust healthcare support systems.
Date:
April 19, 1949
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert O. Andrews, September 20, 2003
Interview with Robert O. Andrews, a businessman and United States Army Air Force veteran from Jean, Texas, regarding his experience in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Andrews discusses enlistment, training, assignments including his overseas assignments in India and Burma, reaction to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and his postwar career.
Date:
September 20, 2003
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Andrews, Robert O.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library