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[Letter from I. H. Kempner to G. E. Anderson, April 36, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to G. E. Anderson, April 36, 1951]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to G. E. Anderson explaining that Mr. and Mrs. Kempner will not be able to visit the ranch of Mrs. Runnels near Pierce, Texas.
Date: April 26, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to T. W. "Buckshot" Lane - 1952-04-08] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to T. W. "Buckshot" Lane - 1952-04-08]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera pledging his support to Sheriff T. W. "Buckshot" Lane and apologizing for being unable to attend the start of Lane's campaign. Herrera mentions an out-of-work Able Cisneros, whom Herrera thinks could be a help to Lane's campaign, and Herrera asks if Lane can find anything to help Cisneros.
Date: April 8, 1952
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Blazing Gas Well is Blasted Out] captions transcript

[News Clip: Blazing Gas Well is Blasted Out]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a gas well fire near Houston extinguished by firefighting specialists after burning for a day.
Date: April 12, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Lee Roy Moreno - 1953-04-29] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Lee Roy Moreno - 1953-04-29]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera the LULAC National President, to Lee Roy Moreno of El Campo, Texas, dated April 29, 1953. This letter discusses the candidates for LULAC National President at the upcoming convention, along with travel details for the trip to the convention in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Date: April 29, 1953
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T.W. Buckshot Lane to John J. Herrera - 1954-04-04] (open access)

[Letter from T.W. Buckshot Lane to John J. Herrera - 1954-04-04]

Letter to John J. Herrera from T.W. Buckshot Lane. Lane addresses Herrera as his "Friend Johnny" and asks Herrera to once again join the race to run for the office of Harris County Representative. Lane expresses his confidence in being elected if his name is on the ballot to run for the position of Representative of Wharton County, which he confides in Herrera that he is considering. "If you have plans for another race then in the event the two of us are lucky I think there is no doubt about it, we can together gets things done, your legal training and brains, my guts and big mouth, we should do things."
Date: April 4, 1954
Creator: Lane, T.W. Buckshot
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History