Resource Type

From Hell to Breakfast (open access)

From Hell to Breakfast

Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date: 1944
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner, December 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner, December 27, 1944]

Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner summarizing the campaign's earnings, discussing the Founders Club and requesting to hold a meeting with Kempner in Houston in January.
Date: December 27, 1944
Creator: Friedman, Newton J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Roy Miller, August 17, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Roy Miller, August 17, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Roy Miller discussing the campaign advertisements of Judge Mansfield and discussing Kempner's meeting with George Maercky while staying in Houston.
Date: August 17, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Roy Miller, July 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Roy Miller, July 27, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Roy Miller discussing Woodul and Kempner's views on Judge Mansfield gaining favor in Houston for his campaign and discussing Kempner's meeting with Judge Mansfield and Grady McCarter where they decided to make advertisements and put them in the weekly papers of several counties.
Date: July 27, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Roy Miller, July 29, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Roy Miller, July 29, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Roy Miller discussing where the meeting between Judge Mansfield, Walter Woodul, Miller, and Kempner will take place with Kempner leaning towards meeting in Sugar Land. The letter also discusses gaining voters for Judge Mansfield in Houston through the banking business.
Date: July 29, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Roy Miller to George E. Cole, July 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Roy Miller to George E. Cole, July 20, 1944]

Letter from Roy Miller to George E. Cole discussing Cole being a great asset to Judge Mansfield and asking Cole to get in touch with Mr. Grady McCarter and Mr. I. H. Kempner to help with Mansfield's campaigns.
Date: July 20, 1944
Creator: Miller, Roy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Roy Miller to I. H. Kempner, July 30, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Roy Miller to I. H. Kempner, July 30, 1944]

Letter from Roy Miller to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner's idea to meet up in Sugar Land to discuss the campaign of Judge Mansfield and Judge Mansfield's optimism regarding his campaign.
Date: July 30, 1944
Creator: Miller, Roy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Roy Miller to Walter F. Woodul, July 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Roy Miller to Walter F. Woodul, July 27, 1944]

Letter from Roy Miller to Walter F. Woodul discussing Miller's belief that Judge Mansfield's campaign opponent will drop out of the election due to a lack of voters and Miller informing Woodul that he would like to meet up with him and others and discussing potential meet up areas.
Date: July 27, 1944
Creator: Miller, Roy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence Between Ed Salaun to Alex Bradford - March-April 1944] (open access)

[Correspondence Between Ed Salaun to Alex Bradford - March-April 1944]

Correspondence between Alex Bradford and E. D. Salaun discussing a variety of factors affecting both men. In the March 29 letter, Mr. Bradford mentions that he has been overseas in Asia and Africa. As such he would no longer need to have his name attached to the A. M. Lockett & Company files. The April 4 letter from Ed Salaun to Alex Bradford states he has just returned from Corpus Christi and to reach out to him when he is back in Houston, Texas.
Date: 1944-03-29/1944-04-04
Creator: Salaun, E. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History