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[Photograph 2012.201.B0119A.0048]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "COLORADO punishment was detailed at the NCAA meeting in New Orleans.."
Date: April 28, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 65, July 1961 - April, 1962 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 65, July 1961 - April, 1962

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 619.
Date: 1962
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: 49th] (open access)

[News Script: 49th]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the departure ceremony of the Texas National Guard 49th Armored Division.
Date: July 24, 1962
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Distribution of Soils Bordering the Mississippi River from Donaldsonville to Head of Passes (open access)

Distribution of Soils Bordering the Mississippi River from Donaldsonville to Head of Passes

Summary: "This report maps the distribution of soils which border the Mississippi between river mile 189 and Head of Passes in southeast Louisiana with special regard to their engineering significance. The subsurface disposition of depositional environments and their associated soil types are shown on 34 subsurface profiles. The text describes the physiographic and geologic development of the area studied, summarizes physical and engineering characteristics of the engineering soil types mapped, and discusses some of the effects of geologic factors on river migration" (p. vii).
Date: June 1962
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Train in a Louisiana Yard]

Photograph of a running train engine attached to a car, pulled up to a small building in a train yard. Trees and heaps of gravel are visible in the background. A handwritten note below the image says "La. Eastern #23 working the yards at Shiloh La 1962 (ex T&P #478) later La.E. #8 and at end #23."
Date: 1962
Creator: Golson, Wilbur T.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engineering Study of Water Injection in 14 Oil Reservoirs of North Louisiana (open access)

Engineering Study of Water Injection in 14 Oil Reservoirs of North Louisiana

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over engineering studies of water injections in Louisiana oil reservoirs. As stated in the introduction, "this Bureau of Mines report presents operating practices and results of pressure maintenance and secondary recovery by water injection or by water injection supplemented by gas injection" (p. 1). This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: 1962
Creator: Meadows, Paul; Hawkins, Murphy E.; Weaver, L. K. & Jones, O. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Gus A. Stirl, January 23, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Gus A. Stirl, January 23, 1962]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Gus A. Stirl discussing fig gift packages.
Date: January 23, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mcleod Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas and of Louisiana from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1962
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

West of Johnson Bayou 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: 1962
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corrosion of Steel Pilings in Soils (open access)

Corrosion of Steel Pilings in Soils

From Introduction: "In this paper are presented the results obtained to date from the inspections of steel pilings. The investigation will be continued by additional inspections of pilings in other parts if the country in order to cover a wider range of soil environments."
Date: October 24, 1962
Creator: Romanoff, Melvin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Exposure Site on Weather Resistance of Porcelain Enamels Exposed for Three Years (open access)

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
The Golden Log (open access)

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

[Photograph 2012.201.B0957.0092]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Launched from the New Orleans, La., docks into the Mississippi river, just one of the massive lower hull footings of Kerr-McGee's Rig 54 makes a mighty splash."
Date: March 25, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter to Lee Harvey Oswald from Louis Weinstock, December 19, 1962] (open access)

[Letter to Lee Harvey Oswald from Louis Weinstock, December 19, 1962]

Letter addressed to Lee Harvey Oswald. The letter, which was written by Louis Weinstock of The Worker, regards Oswald's production of blowup reproductions.
Date: December 19, 1962
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Negreet 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: 1962
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wiergate 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: 1962
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Claude W. Fant, November 30, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Claude W. Fant, November 30, 1962]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Claude W. Fant thanking him for the gift from the New Braunfels Smokehouse.
Date: November 30, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eli W. Tullis to Harris Leon Kempner, January 23, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Eli W. Tullis to Harris Leon Kempner, January 23, 1962]

Letter from Eli W. Tullis to Harris Leon Kempner enclosing the confirmation of his reservation at the Prince Conti Motor Hotel.
Date: January 23, 1962
Creator: Tullis, Eli W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Harris K. Weston, June 25, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Harris K. Weston, June 25, 1962]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Harris K. Weston discussing about two clippings attached, one regarding Imperial's contract and another on the sugar bill.
Date: June 25, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to G. Abaunza, Jr., October 16, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to G. Abaunza, Jr., October 16, 1962]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to G. Abaunza, Jr. regarding his writing down of the Chinese characters for Ruth's special dish. Kempner mentions that she's taking it with her to her trip to San Francisco.
Date: October 16, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Messrs. Roosevelt Hotel, January 12, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Messrs. Roosevelt Hotel, January 12, 1962]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Messrs. Roosevelt Hotel requesting them to cancel the reservations he made for himself and Mrs. Kempner, for a double bedroom for January 26-29.
Date: January 12, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Al Bourgeois to Harris Leon Kempner, January 16, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Al Bourgeois to Harris Leon Kempner, January 16, 1962]

Letter from Al Bourgeois to Harris Leon Kempner regarding the cancellation of their reservations beginning January 26 as they can't attend the meeting. He mentions that he hopes to see Mr. and Mrs. Kempner some other time soon.
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bourgeois, Al
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub, January 29, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub, January 29, 1962]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub enclosing a postcard. He mentions that their trip to New Orleans has been cancelled due to the weather, and weather has been magnificent yesterday and today so they went to sailing. And as Shrub has the typewriter now, Harris suggests him to use it to write letters though the phone was great, they'd like to hear more.
Date: January 29, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Sandy, January 29, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Sandy, January 29, 1962]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Sandy about their trip to New Orleans which got cancelled because of the foggy weather. He mentions that weather has been better yesterday and today, and that they were able to go sailing for first time in almost a month. He mentions that Shrub has sent him the old typewriter and if he doesn't receive it in few days he should let Shrub know.
Date: January 29, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History