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[Telegram and Letter from B. W. Middlebrook of Dixie Paper Shell Pecan Exchange to National Broadcast Company, September 9, 1957] (open access)

[Telegram and Letter from B. W. Middlebrook of Dixie Paper Shell Pecan Exchange to National Broadcast Company, September 9, 1957]

Copy of telegram sent by B. W. Middlebrook of Dixie Paper Shell Pecan Exchange to the National Broadcasting Company discussing what in their opinion was a biased broadcast specific to North and South cultures. Middlebrook mentions statistics without a specific citation and problems based on personal observations with the Supreme Court ruling of May 17, 1954 (Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka), Middlebrook expresses opinions in favor of racial segregation in education and states their opinions regarding what they judged to be a poorly informed broadcast and how it painted a false picture of the South in an additional letter addressed to customers.
Date: September 9, 1957
Creator: Middlebrook, Benjamin Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. M. Sutton to I. H. Kempner, November 3, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from J. M. Sutton to I. H. Kempner, November 3, 1955]

Letter from J. M. Sutton to I. H. Kempner discussing the itinerary of William H. Louviere.
Date: November 3, 1955
Creator: Sutton, J. Margaret
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Richard Rich, July 20, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Richard Rich, July 20, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Richard Rich discussing Rich opening a new Knoxville store and asking if he might be interested in a lease arrangement for the business. Kempner then explains if Rich is interested then he needs to contact either D. W. Kempner or R. Lee Kempner to start the arrangements.
Date: July 20, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George W. Woodruff to I. H. Kempner, January 10, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from George W. Woodruff to I. H. Kempner, January 10, 1955]

Letter from George W. Woodruff to I. H. Kempner discussing construction of a cotton warehouse.
Date: January 10, 1955
Creator: Woodruff, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere, March 27, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere, March 27, 1953]

Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere discussing the ten heaviest sugar volume states and the U. S. A. deliveries since 1949. The total deliveries are listed for each year for multiple states.
Date: March 27, 1953
Creator: Armstrong, Robert Markle
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, March 20, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, March 20, 1949]

Letter to Cecile from her father about Truman and the Dixiecrats, Asian immigration, discrimination in Georgia, and dissagreemment with certain laws.
Date: March 20, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, January 19, 1947] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, January 19, 1947]

Letter to Cecile from her father about the US military
Date: January 19, 1947
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
System: The Portal to Texas History