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[News Clip: McKissack] captions transcript

[News Clip: McKissack]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the trial of former Dallas county deputy constable Sid McKissack, accused of shooting a mechanic while serving a summons.
Date: January 25, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Claude A. Nussbaum to I. H. Kempner, August 19, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Claude A. Nussbaum to I. H. Kempner, August 19, 1955]

Letter from Claude A. Nussbaum to I. H. Kempner discussing an article in an issue of Humble Oil Company's "Farm Friendly". He hopes Kempner has continued success, and mentions the farm he owns and operates, the previous Williams Farm.
Date: August 19, 1955
Creator: Nussbaum, Claude A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Claude Nussbaum, September 1, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Claude Nussbaum, September 1, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Claude Nussbaum discussing a previous he just received in his absence, and hopes that Kempner will visit whenever convenient for him.
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Sadie Nussbaum, May 21, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Sadie Nussbaum, May 21, 1954]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Sadie Nussbaum sending his condolences over the loss of her husband Lester Nussbaum.
Date: May 21, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: (No title)] captions transcript

[News Clip: (No title)]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about law enforcement officers attempting to apprehend a farmer barricaded in his home near Groesbeck after he shot and killed a county sheriff. The farmer is wounded and arrested after a long standoff.
Date: May 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postal Card from Loman Cox Orchard to Isaac Herbert Kempner, July 3, 1951]

Card with letter from Loman Cox Orchard to Isaac Herbert Kempner about his inquiry to Mr. Nussbaum about the peaches. He mentions about Hale Haven, and Frank, two types of peaches. But also adds that the express service in the town has been poor since the last two years, but hopes to fulfil his needs.
Date: July 3, 1951
Creator: Orchard, Loman Cox
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Loman Cox Orchard, July 6, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Loman Cox Orchard, July 6, 1951]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Loman Cox Orchard discussing the poor post service to Mexia Texas and deciding that he will probably not buy any peaches from Mexia because of that.
Date: July 6, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Emile Nussbaum, June 21, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Emile Nussbaum, June 21, 1951]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Emile Nussbaum discussing the possible security of bushel shipments of peach crop around Mexia for members of the Kempner family.
Date: June 21, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Indians, whites at Parker reunion] captions transcript

[News Clip: Indians, whites at Parker reunion]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a reunion of white and Comanche descendants of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white girl kidnapped and raised by the tribe 100 years prior, at Fort Parker.
Date: July 5, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: McKissack] (open access)

[News Script: McKissack]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of former Dallas county deputy constable Sid McKissack, accused of shooting a mechanic while serving a summons.
Date: January 25, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Fort Parker Restoration]

Photograph of the Fort Parker Restoration in Limestone County, Texas.
Date: October 27, 1958
Creator: Utley, Robert M.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Parker Restoration]

Photograph of the Fort Parker Restoration in Limestone County, Texas.
Date: October 27, 1958
Creator: Utley, Robert M.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: (No title)] (open access)

[News Script: (No title)]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about law enforcement officers attempting to apprehend a farmer barricaded in his home near Groesbeck after he shot and killed a county sheriff. The farmer is wounded and arrested after a long standoff.
Date: May 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Indians, whites at Parker reunion] (open access)

[News Script: Indians, whites at Parker reunion]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a reunion of white and Comanche descendants of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white girl kidnapped and raised by the tribe 100 years prior, at Fort Parker.
Date: July 5, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ex-Convict Admits Loan Firm Holdups] (open access)

[News Script: Ex-Convict Admits Loan Firm Holdups]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of ex-convict Malcomb Kenneth James for the robbery of four finance companies in Dallas.
Date: June 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Otto Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Waco

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1955
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hubbard Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1956
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mart Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Prairie Hill Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1957
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hubbard Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1957
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Prairie Hill Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1957
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Groesbeck Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1957
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Booming Mexia in the Roaring 20's (open access)

Booming Mexia in the Roaring 20's

Compilation of articles published during 1955 in The Waco-Times Herald, written by Nanine Simmons about the history of Mexia, Texas and focusing on the oil boom in the 1920s. The author includes a preface regarding the sources of her information and editorial notes for some of the articles to provide more context.
Date: March 1955
Creator: Simmons, Nanine
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History