Notebook including handwritten notes by Harris Leon Kempner, Jr., for a business class.

Scrapbook documenting Kempner family, starting with an envelope containing Daniel Kempner Thorne's baby's hair from his first haircut. It includes newspaper clippings, letterheads, passage tickets, memos, and other ephemera.

Scrapbook documenting Kempner family starting with newspaper clipping of the death of Mrs. H. Kempner. It includes newspaper clippings, detail wedding lists, letterhead, and other ephemera.

Scrapbook documenting the Kempner family including newspaper clippings, letterhead, invitations, images, and other ephemera.

Scrapbook documenting the Kempner family and businesses, including newspaper clippings, invitations, letterhead, telegrams and correspondence, images, and other ephemera.

Scrapbook documenting the Kempner family and businesses, including newspaper clippings, invitations, letterhead, correspondence, images, and other ephemera.

Scrapbook documenting Kempner family starting with a newspaper article on "Galveston Orphan's Home Seeks Subscriptions From Citizens." It includes newspaper clippings, photographs, letterhead, resolutions, and other ephemera.

Scrapbook documenting the Kempner family and businesses, starting with the death of Harris Kempner in 1894. It includes newspaper clippings, invitations, letterhead, telegrams and correspondence, images, and other ephemera.

Accounts book detailing itemized travel expenses for members of the Kempner family for European trips from the years 1933 to 1938.

Ledger detailing daily automobile and other transportation-related expenses incurred during the Kempner family European trip from August to October 1955. Expenses listed include chauffeur salary, gas, repairs, cleaning maintenance, and parking garage fees.

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the full address of all the householders, white & colored, from Sixth Street, two blocks east from the city hospital to Magnolia Grove Cemetery in the west, and from Avenue A, or Water Street, in the north, to the beach; also a classified business directory, the officers and directors of banks, companies, etc; the names, places, and time of meeting of all societies, military and fire companies, courts, churches, etc."

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the address of all white persons, in and out of the city limits, with a classified business directory, post offices and counties in this state, money-order offices, &c."

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the early history of Galveston, the officers of the existing city government, together with full details of all public improvements, institutions and associations, public enterprises, etc."

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a complete and reliable business and residence directory."

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a brief history of the island, prior to the foundation of the city. The successive mayoralties and councils of the city to the present time - provisions of the present charter and ordinances now in force. Also, some account of the various public institutions, improvements, commerce, &c., of the city."

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a complete business directory and street guide."

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the names, occupations, numbers of business places and residences of all residing within the limits of the city; also, postal rules, license notice, street guide, house number explanation, advertisers' index, &c."

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a general directory, (places of business and residences combined,) with the officers, place and time of meeting of all associations, societies, fire department, city and county officers, etc."

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the names and localities of all residing within the city limits; with a complete business directory. Also, the places and times of meeting of the churches, societies, etc., and other useful information."

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it gives "the names of the householders - the adult male population of the city - the business classified under proper headings - incorporated companies - societies and associations - a catalogue of the city government, since 1839, the date of its incorporation - together with a descriptive and historical sketch of the city and island."

Ledger detailing daily automobile and other transportation-related expenses incurred during a Kempner family European tour during the month of October. Expenses listed include chauffeur salary, gas, cleaning maintenance, and parking garage fees. The final page of expense records is signed "S. Litvin" and mentions an advance in francs from Gladys Kempner.

Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "A Miscellaneous Directory of State, County and City Governments, A Postoffice Directory, Educational Institutions, Churches, Banks, Postoffices in Texas, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., Etc., A Street Guide and Householders Directory, an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens Giving Full Name, Occupation or Pursuit and Address, Also a Complete Classified Business Directory."

Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "A Miscellaneous Directory of State, County and City Governments, Postoffices in Texas, Educational Institutions, Churches, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., A Street Guide and Householder's Directory, An Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, Giving Full Names, Occupation or Pursuit and Address, Also a Complete Classified Business Directory."

Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "the Present State, County and City Governments, County Officials of Texas, Giving Date of Organization of Each County as also County Seat; List of Counties, Judicial Districts, District Judges and Clerks, and Time of Holding Courts in all Counties in Texas; Representative, Senatorial, Congressional and Supreme Judicial Districts; Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, U. S. Judicial District and U. S. Circuit Courts, where Returnable; a Complete List of all Post-offices and Money Order Offices in Texas; also an Index of Societies, Associations, Churches, Corporations, Educational Institutes; Full name and Address of all Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory, also a Valuable Street Guide and Householder's Directory, numerically arranged."