[Letter from Ellen Garwood to Jeane Kempner, February 16, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Ellen Garwood to Jeane Kempner, February 16, 1966]

Letter from Ellen Garwood to Jeane Kempner discussing Ellen's father's death.
Date: February 16, 1966
Creator: Garwood, Ellen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston Army Air Base Pass, February 11, 1943] (open access)

[Galveston Army Air Base Pass, February 11, 1943]

Special pass signed by the provost marshal granting Mrs. Jeane B. Kempner access to the Galveston Army Air Base.
Date: February 11, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clippings: Kempner Family] (open access)

[Newspaper Clippings: Kempner Family]

Three newspaper clippings mentioning or containing pictures of the Kempner. The first clipping discusses marriage and relationship gossip, including the marriage of Mary Jeane Kempner to Mr. Oakleigh Thorne Lewis, the second clipping mentions H. Kempner's appointment as a director for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co., and the last clipping contains a partial photograph of a young woman in a fancy dress sitting down next to a man.
Date: 1949-03-02~
Creator: New York American
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Francis D. Moore to Mrs. Daniel Webster Kempner, November 16, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Francis D. Moore to Mrs. Daniel Webster Kempner, November 16, 1965]

Letter from Dr. Francis D. Moore to Mrs. Daniel W. Kempner thanking her for a nice dinner party at her home in Galveston and complimenting her on her hospitality.
Date: November 16, 1965
Creator: Moore, Francis D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. St. John Garwood to Jeane Kempner, April 19, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. St. John Garwood to Jeane Kempner, April 19, 1957]

Part of a letter from Mrs. St. John Garwood to Jeane Kempner discussing Jeane's husband's death and sending her condolences. She mentions that she and Mr. Garwood had been in Spain and France right before they heard of Jeane's loss.
Date: April 19, 1957
Creator: Garwood, Mrs. St. John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Eliza Sinsheimer, February 6, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Eliza Sinsheimer, February 6, 1898]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his mother Eliza Seinsheimer discussing all the letters he received upon arriving in Italy, and the news she included in her letter, as well as details of his trip so far.
Date: February 6, 1898
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, September, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, September, 1898]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing his stay in Berlin.
Date: September 1898
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agency Agreement between Jeane Bertig Kempner and the US National Bank of Galveston, Texas] (open access)

[Agency Agreement between Jeane Bertig Kempner and the US National Bank of Galveston, Texas]

Agency agreement between Jeane Bertig Kempner and the United States National Bank of Galveston, Texas, authorizing the institution to handle $40,000 in funds for investment, and the conditions and guidelines associated.
Date: March 1960
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Homemade Christmas Card from Mary Jeane Kempner to Her Parents] (open access)

[Homemade Christmas Card from Mary Jeane Kempner to Her Parents]

Homemade Christmas card written and illustrated by Mary Jeane Kempner, to her parents, Jeane Bertig Kempner and Daniel Webster Kempner.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Kempner, Mary Jean & Kempner, Mary Jean
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Last Will and Testament of Daniel Webster Kempner] (open access)

[Last Will and Testament of Daniel Webster Kempner]

Last will and testament of Daniel Webster Kempner. He instructs the executors of his will to sell a number of his shares in the H. Kempner trust, in order to pay for incidentals and debts that might occur as a result of his death; to give a number of shares in three trusts/companies to his daughter Mary Jeane Kempner, to help pay for her son, Daniel Kempner Thorne's education; to not hold his daughter accountable for any sums of money he loaned her during his life; to give his shares in Sugarland Industries and the Imperial Sugar Company to the Harris and Eliza Kempner Trust; and the rest of his estate to his wife and daughter.
Date: February 1, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook: Mary Jean Kempner, Year 1934 To Year 1946] (open access)

[Scrapbook: Mary Jean Kempner, Year 1934 To Year 1946]

Mary Jean Kempner's personal scrapbook, covering the years 1934-1946, with the items glued to or placed between the pages. Included are letters, cards, and telegrams addressed to Ms. Kempner; newspaper clippings and news releases about her; scripts from radios shows; paraphernalia related to her time as a war correspondent; illustrated magazine pages related to World War II; original copies and negative copies of checks and receipts; and photographs of Ms. Kempner. There is a large group of blank pages in the middle of the book.
Date: 1934/1946
Creator: Kempner, Mary Jean
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lord Alfred Bossom to Mrs. Dan Kempner, July 3, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Lord Alfred Bossom to Mrs. Dan Kempner, July 3, 1962]

Letter from Lord Alfred Bossom of Maidstone to Mrs. Dan Kempner discussing a letter Mrs. Kempner sent him, and the possibility of coming to see her in Paris.
Date: July 3, 1962
Creator: Bossom, Alfred
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution] (open access)

[Resolution]

Document signed by Frances A. Lynch and children discussing the fate of the Kempner family businesses, whether to sell them or retain them. Frances concludes that a committee should be appointed to analyze and appraise the businesses and provide interest holders with more information. There are notes on addressed to "Aunt Jeane Kempner" on each page, handwritten in blue ink.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Lynch, Frances A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History