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Harris and Eliza Kempner
54
Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection
32
Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic Treasures
7
Technical Report Archive and Image Library
7
John J. Herrera Papers
2
Roman Bronze Works Archive
2
Rescuing Texas History, 2014
2
Texas Cultures Online
2
Abilene Library Consortium
1
T. N. Carswell Collection
1
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Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
53
United States Bureau of Mines Reports
3
Roman Bronze Works Client Card Index
2
Civil Effects Test Operations Reports
1
Coast and Geodetic Survey Reports
1
Health and Safety Laboratory Reports
1
Kempner Family Papers and Business Records (MS 86-0008)
1
NBS monograph
1
National Bureau of Standards Reports
1
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
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B-58 Arrives at Los Angeles at end of Trophy Flight
This Convair B-58, the Cowtown Hustler, arrives at Los Angeles at the end of its Bendix Trophy winning flight on 3-5-1962.
Date:
March 5, 1962
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bendix Trophy Flight Arrival at Los Angeles
A crowd of press and spectators are gathered around the Bendix Trophy winning Convair B-58 plane and its crew as they are greeted by another officer upon their arrival at Los Angeles, California on 3-5-62.
Date:
March 5, 1962
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bendix Trophy Winners
The Bendix Trophy Winners greet a senior officer while standing front of the Bendix Trophy. R to L: Capt. Robert G. Sowers, Capt. Robert McDonald, Capt. John T. Walton, with Gen. Thomas Power, Commander In Chief of the Strategic Air Command.
Date:
March 5, 1962
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bendix Trophy Winners
The press photographs of the Bendix Trophy Winners as they shake hands with a four star general. From L to R: Capt. Robert Gray Sowers, Capt. Robert MacDonald, Capt. John T. Walton and Gen. Thomas Power, Commander In Chief of the Strategic Air Command
Date:
March 5, 1962
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bendix Trophy Winners
The press and spectators view the Bendix Trophy Winners as they greet a senior officer upon their arrive in Los Angeles, California after their trophy flight. L to R: Robert G. Sowers, Robert MacDonald, John T. Walton, and Gen. Thomas Power, Commander In Chief of the Strategic Air Command, on podium.
Date:
March 5, 1962
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Miss Marian Brackenridge]
Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Miss Marian Brackenridge, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces include "Portrait Relief of Francis Scott Key" (23.75" x 19.25") and "Portrait Bust" (18.75" x 13" at the shoulders).
Date:
1962-08/1962-10
Creator:
Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Joseph Bolker]
Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Joseph Bolker, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Woman with Four Children" (large figure 72", 2 figures 42", 2 figures 36"; base 72" x 29" x 3"), "Woman with Four Children" (2 copies; 24" x 26" x 9"), "Small Orpheus and the Muse" (2 copies), and "Large Orpheus and the Muse".
Date:
1962-02/1963-08
Creator:
Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Edward J. Murray Climbing from Ejection Capsule.
Edward J. Murray climbs from a capsule at Edwards Air Force Base after the first manned ejection test from a Convair B-58 on 2-28-1962.
Date:
February 28, 1962
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Effect of Exposure Site on Weather Resistance of Porcelain Enamels Exposed for Three Years
From Introduction: "The present report describes the condition of all of the porcelain enamels after exposure for 3 yr."
Date:
April 10, 1962
Creator:
Moore, Dwight G. & Potter, Alan
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
General Thomas Power Greeting B-58 Crew
General Thomas S. Powers greets the crew of Convair B-58 at the end of their Bendix Trophy Flight at Los Angeles, California, 3-5-1962.
Date:
March 5, 1962
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Golden Log
This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular Texas folklore, including information about unusual Texas place names, folktales about spiders, folktales about witchcraft, ghosts and superstitions, and information about early petroleum geologists. The index begins on page 167.
Date:
1962
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Sandy, November 23, 1962]
Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Sandy mentioning that Harris Kempner asked him to send Sandy $200.00 but he realized that he got $300.00 from the bookkeeping department. So, he's holding that $200.00 until further word from Sandy. He mentions that Harris asked him to remind Sandy that his mother's birthday is the 26th, and that they'll be at Fairmont in San Francisco.
Date:
November 23, 1962
Creator:
Alpert, Arthur M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Shrub, February 14, 1962]
Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Shrub attaching a safety sticker, which shows the fact that Shrub's car has been inspected.
Date:
February 14, 1962
Creator:
Alpert, Arthur M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Clyde C. Dawson to Harris L. Kempner, October 1, 1962]
Letter from Clyde C. Dawson to Harris L. Kempner discussing the death of Bun Hansen.
Date:
October 1, 1962
Creator:
Dawson, Cylde C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Colonel Allen Kimberly to I. H. Kempner, 1962~]
Letter from Colonel Allen Kimberly to I. H. Kempner discussing Kimberly selling his house and moving to avoid having to pay alimony to his wife. Kimberly further discusses his divorce and describes his idea to travel with Galveston being his first stop.
Date:
1962~
Creator:
Kimberly, Allen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Donald Maclean to Harris Leon Kempner, October 23, 1962]
Letter from Donald Maclean to Harris Leon Kempner mentioning that he's sorry for not getting a suite at Fairmont though he could reserve a small suite for Kempner in the old building on one of the higher floors. It's because there's a National League of Insured Savings Association convention and Big game that week. He mentions that Marie and himself would be delighted to have dinner with him on the 20th and that they're looking forward to seeing himn.
Date:
October 23, 1962
Creator:
Maclean, Donald
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Donald Maclean to W. H. Louviere, March 14, 1962]
Letter from Donald Maclean to W. H. Louviere discussing an agreement made between the California & Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corporation and Imperial Sugar Company.
Date:
March 14, 1962
Creator:
Maclean, Donald
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Glen McDaniel, November 5, 1962]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Glen McDaniel discussing Litton Industries, NASA, and how his family is doing.
Date:
November 5, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to the Westfal-Larsen Company, December 27, 1962]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner to the Westfal-Larsen Company thanking them for the cheeses they sent.
Date:
December 27, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner, Jr., to Francois Carette, July 1962]
Letter from Harris Leon Kempner, Jr., to Francois Carette mentioning that he wouldn't be disturbing any of his projects if he comes to visit America. In fact making his stay as pleasant as possible would be the only project. He mentions that he's currently working with his father now and attending Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, in California.
Date:
July 6, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner, Jr. to Harvard College Library, December 28, 1962]
Letter from Harris Leon Kempner, Jr. to Harvard College Library enclosing a copy of The Cultural Revolution of the Seventeenth Century by S. L. Bethell, regarding which they've wrote him many times. He mentions that all those letters were addressed to his father and had to be forwarded to him in California. And he didn't have the book with him in California and he found it when he went home for Christmas holidays.
Date:
December 28, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner, Jr. to Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Kempner, 1962~]
Letter from Harris Leon Kempner, Jr. to Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Kempner discussing Harris vacation coming to an end and Harris reflecting on potentially transferring from Stanford University to Harvard University due to Standford's unsatisfactory educational practices.
Date:
1962~
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Donald Maclean, December 27, 1962]
Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Donald Maclean thanki8ng him for remembering them with " Paradise of the Pacific " and he conveys his best wishes for the new year.
Date:
December 27, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Donald Maclean, November 13, 1962]
Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Donald Maclean writing as he didn't receive any note from the Fairmont about their reservations for the 20th. So, he mentions that they'll arrive on the 17th and go down to Palo Alto and will leave there on 20th sometime to be in San Francisco. So, he says that they'll have plenty of time to have dinner with them that night.
Date:
November 13, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History