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[Handwritten letter from Lester B. Noble to Daniel W. Kempner, December 5, 1955] (open access)

[Handwritten letter from Lester B. Noble to Daniel W. Kempner, December 5, 1955]

Handwritten letter from Lester B. Noble to Daniel W. Kempner applying for a job as a private gardener he listed in the Florist Review magazine.
Date: December 5, 1955
Creator: Noble, Lester B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Ross Nobles, December 7, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Ross Nobles, December 7, 1955]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Ross Nobles stating that Mr. Ross's wage requirements are higher and hence declining to employ Mr. Ross.
Date: December 7, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Lester B. Noble, December 7, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Lester B. Noble, December 7, 1955]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Lester B. Noble requesting information regarding the job listing.
Date: December 7, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Tom Green, December 7, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Tom Green, December 7, 1955]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Tom Green informing that Lester B. Noble is applying to be a gardner. He also mentions to reply at his earliest convenience.
Date: December 7, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ross Nobles to Daniel W. Kempner, December 5, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Ross Nobles to Daniel W. Kempner, December 5, 1955]

Letter from Ross Nobles to Daniel W. Kempner responding to an advertisement Mr. Kempner placed in the Florist Review looking for a new gardener.
Date: December 5, 1955
Creator: Nobles, Ross
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. O. Green to Daniel W. Kempner, December 9, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from T. O. Green to Daniel W. Kempner, December 9, 1955]

Letter from T. O. Green to Daniel W. Kempner discussing Mr. Lester B. Noble, who has applied for a job with Mr. Kempner, and assuring that he is a hardworking employee who would make a good gardener.
Date: December 9, 1955
Creator: Green, T. O.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959] captions transcript

[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959]

This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour and performing in Texas and the Southern United States in 1952 - 1959. Footage includes performers at the Bob Wills Ranch House in Dallas, Texas on November 27, 1951 (3 min., 06 sec.); a performance in Houston, Texas on June 25, 1952 that includes actors Tim Holt and Preston Foster (6 min, 44 sec.); a visit with actor Noah Beery, Jr. on September 30, 1952 in Little Rock, Arkansas (8 min, 07 sec.); a trip to historic sites in Vicksburg, Mississippi (8 min., 58 sec.); the exterior of the WFAA studio (11 min., 48 sec.); pianist Knocky Parker and guitarist Zeke Campbell playing together in 1954 (12 min, 07 sec.); a trip to the Port of Beaumont (12 min., 36 sec.); a stop in Lubbock for a parade and performance with Jack Perry at the ABC Rodeo (13 min., 40 sec); the LCD in Cedar Ridge recording studio (15 min., 48 sec.); the LCD and other performers filming a television show at Cross Road Store in May 1957 (16 min., 24 sec.); another performance at the ABC Rodeo in Lubbock in May 1957 (17 min., 47 sec.); the LCD …
Date: 1952/1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1404.0039]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Visiting in the city are Mr. and Mrs. James R. West, Jackson, Miss., and their son James Lee West, 4 months."
Date: August 22, 1956
Creator: Gumm, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History