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[Homemade Christmas Card from Mary Jeane Kempner to Her Parents] (open access)

[Homemade Christmas Card from Mary Jeane Kempner to Her Parents]

Homemade Christmas card written and illustrated by Mary Jeane Kempner, to her parents, Jeane Bertig Kempner and Daniel Webster Kempner.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Kempner, Mary Jean & Kempner, Mary Jean
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Last Will and Testament of Daniel Webster Kempner] (open access)

[Last Will and Testament of Daniel Webster Kempner]

Last will and testament of Daniel Webster Kempner. He instructs the executors of his will to sell a number of his shares in the H. Kempner trust, in order to pay for incidentals and debts that might occur as a result of his death; to give a number of shares in three trusts/companies to his daughter Mary Jeane Kempner, to help pay for her son, Daniel Kempner Thorne's education; to not hold his daughter accountable for any sums of money he loaned her during his life; to give his shares in Sugarland Industries and the Imperial Sugar Company to the Harris and Eliza Kempner Trust; and the rest of his estate to his wife and daughter.
Date: February 1, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Child's Writing] (open access)

[Child's Writing]

A wrinkled piece of paper with a child's large handwriting on it. At the top of the page are lines and symbols that might be an attempt at writing sheet music.
Date: 19XX
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to John, October 15, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to John, October 15, 1898]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to John discussing Kempner's plans for his trip, including which places in Europe he will travel to on which dates.
Date: October 15, 1898
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Eliza Seinsheimer, August 16-21, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Eliza Seinsheimer, August 16-21, 1898]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his mother Eliza Seinsheimer discussing his stay in Germany. He chronicles what happens each day from August 16-21, in 1898.
Date: 1898-08-16/1898-08-21
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook: Mary Jean Kempner, Year 1934 To Year 1946] (open access)

[Scrapbook: Mary Jean Kempner, Year 1934 To Year 1946]

Mary Jean Kempner's personal scrapbook, covering the years 1934-1946, with the items glued to or placed between the pages. Included are letters, cards, and telegrams addressed to Ms. Kempner; newspaper clippings and news releases about her; scripts from radios shows; paraphernalia related to her time as a war correspondent; illustrated magazine pages related to World War II; original copies and negative copies of checks and receipts; and photographs of Ms. Kempner. There is a large group of blank pages in the middle of the book.
Date: 1934/1946
Creator: Kempner, Mary Jean
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner and Eliza Seinsheimer, March 31, 1899] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner and Eliza Seinsheimer, March 31, 1899]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his mother, Eliza Seinsheimer, and his brother, Isaac Herbert Kempner, discussing his travels through Europe, European current events, European history, and some of his experiences on his trip, including riding a horse. The letter is written on Chapman's Family Hotel stationary.
Date: March 31, 1899
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lord Alfred Bossom to Mrs. Dan Kempner, July 3, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Lord Alfred Bossom to Mrs. Dan Kempner, July 3, 1962]

Letter from Lord Alfred Bossom of Maidstone to Mrs. Dan Kempner discussing a letter Mrs. Kempner sent him, and the possibility of coming to see her in Paris.
Date: July 3, 1962
Creator: Bossom, Alfred
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution] (open access)

[Resolution]

Document signed by Frances A. Lynch and children discussing the fate of the Kempner family businesses, whether to sell them or retain them. Frances concludes that a committee should be appointed to analyze and appraise the businesses and provide interest holders with more information. There are notes on addressed to "Aunt Jeane Kempner" on each page, handwritten in blue ink.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Lynch, Frances A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas Card Sent to Daniel Kempner] (open access)

[Christmas Card Sent to Daniel Kempner]

A Christmas greeting card from Mary Jean Kempner to her father, Daniel Webster Kempner. The card has a colorful illustration of a fireplace and a red bow on the front, and inside the card is a Christmas-themed poem. On the outside of the card's envelope is a handwritten note from Mary Jeane to her father.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Kempner, Mary Jean
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History