Collection
Serial/Series Title
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
52,056
Kempner Family Papers and Business Records (MS 86-0008)
1,082
Business Papers (MS 80-0003)
364
Imperial Sugar Company Estimated Daily Cash Balance
131
Galveston Water Works Monthly Statement
85
Merchants & Planters Compress & Warehouse Co. Statements
82
Imperial Sugar Company Actual and Projected Operations
74
Imperial Sugar Company Sugar Stock and Sales Report
66
Lurie's Weekly Report
45
Southern Union Gas Company Monthly Statement
32
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[Letter from Jean E. Vesco to Daniel Webster Kempner, February 2, 1940]
Letter from Jean E. Vesco to Daniel Webster Kempner answering his letter of February 1st. And he mentions that they will transfer him to the Liberte as soon as he knows the exact sailing dates.
Date:
February 2, 1940
Creator:
Vesco, Jean E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Monthly Statement from Galveston Bookbinding Company: February, 1940]
Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner by Galveston Bookbinding Company during the month of February, 1940.
Date:
February 1, 1940
Creator:
Galveston Bookbinding Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Cotton Industries Capital-Stock Tax Return: 1940]
Capital stock tax return of 1940 for Texas Cotton Industries. The return includes all necessary schedules. The corporation income, declared value excess-profits, and defense tax return is also attached with its respective schedules.
Date:
January 31, 1940
Creator:
Texas Cotton Industries
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Cotton Industries Corporate Income and Excess-Profits Tax Return: 1939]
Corporate income and excess-profits tax return of 1939 for Texas Cotton Industries. The return includes all necessary schedules. The capital stock tax return are also attached with its respective schedules and financial statements.
Date:
January 31, 1940
Creator:
Texas Cotton Industries
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Well-made bamboo blinds for indoors, and outdoors!]
Clipping describing bamboo blinds for sale at Bloomingdale's.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Comparative Crop Report, 1940]
Comparative crop records showing cotton and corn production in multiple locations.
Date:
1940~
Creator:
Sugarland Industries
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postal Card from American Women's Voluntary Service, Unknown Date]
Postal card with blank form from American Women's Voluntary Services.
Date:
1940/1945?
Creator:
American Women's Voluntary Services, Incorporated
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Bloomingdale's to D.W. Kempner]
Postcard from Bloomingdale's to D. W. Kempner informing him that they are unable to complete part of his order because they did not have ready-made blinds in the width he requested. They assure him that the rest of his order has been filled.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Bloomingdale's
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sales Receipt for Capital Assets]
Receipt showing the sale of a power unit and a pulley.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. Foster to H. Kempner Inc., November 23, 1939]
Letter from J. Foster to H. Kempner Inc. discussing how they are unable to make the sizes Kempner desired nor do they carry printing paper and developers.
Date:
November 23, 1939
Creator:
Foster, J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. D. Ulrich to D. W. Kempner, November 10, 1939]
Letter from G. D. Ulrich to D. W. Kempner discussing that Ulrich acknowledges Kempner's letter and that they have already ordered the requested supplies.
Date:
November 10, 1939
Creator:
Ulrich, Gus D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Execution of mortgage indenture]
Form requiring the signatures of representatives from Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company and Victoria Bank & Trust Company to execute their mortgage indenture agreement.
Date:
November 1, 1939
Creator:
Fort Bend County
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mortgage Indenture]
Indenture of mortgage discussing a mortgage agreement between Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company and Victoria Bank & Trust Company. The indenture discusses the borrowing of funds from Victoria and outlines the details of the agreement.
Date:
November 1, 1939
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. D. Ulrich to Home L. Bruce, October 24, 1939]
Letter from G. D. Ulrich to Homer L. Bruce stating that, per I. H. Kempner, no cash dividends are to be declared while the Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company bonds are outstanding. Dividends in other forms are able to be declared.
Date:
October 24, 1939
Creator:
Ulrich, Gus D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Taxes Paid, October 1939]
Receipt for taxes paid to Cameron County Water improvement District Number One, including amount of $2.35 for property worth $234.5.
Date:
October 24, 1939
Creator:
Cameron County Water Improvement District Number One
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. D. Ulrich to I. H. Kempner, October 23, 1939]
Letter from G. D. Ulrich to I. H. Kempner discussing Harris and Ft. Bend Telephone bonds and their dividends. Ulrich also mentions that these dividends may have an effect with the undistributed profits tax.
Date:
October 23, 1939
Creator:
Ulrich, Gus D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Homer L. Bruce to G. D. Ulrich, October 21, 1939]
Letter from Home L. Bruce to G. D. Ulrich discussing bonds and cash dividends that will not be paid so long as said bonds are still outstanding. Bruce also doubts that the undistributed profits tax will come back in effect.
Date:
October 21, 1939
Creator:
Bruce, Homer L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. D. Ulrich to Homer L. Bruce, October 19, 1939]
Letter from G. D. Ulrich to Homer L. Bruce discussing an omission in the mortgage indenture from the Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company.
Date:
October 19, 1939
Creator:
Ulrich, Gus D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Homer L. Bruce to Moroney & Company, October 19, 1939]
Letter from Homer L. Bruce to Moroney & Company discussing amendments to a deed of trust sent to Moroney & Company.
Date:
October 19, 1939
Creator:
Bruce, Homer L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Homer L. Bruce to G. D. Ulrich, October 17, 1939]
Letter from Homer L. Bruce to G. D. Ulrich discussing a mortgage indenture to secure Harris-Fort Bend Telephone Company bonds.
Date:
October 17, 1939
Creator:
Bruce, Homer L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for State and County Tax, October 1939]
Receipt for state and county taxes for the year 1939 on personal property worth $300, including tax of $7.66 paid by Southwest Investment & Loan Co.
Date:
October 12, 1939
Creator:
Agar, Paysh J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Gus D. Ulrich, November 9, 1939]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Gus. D. Ulrich requesting for him to order a Panatomic X Films 24x36 m/m, 100-foot Kodachrome Regular Movie 16 m/m Film, and 100-foot Kodachrome Type "A" Movie 16 m/m Film.
Date:
October 9, 1939
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Bass to D. W. Kempner, September 20, 1939]
Letter from A. H. Bass to D. W. Kempner discussing different supplies Kempner desired and the prices of them.
Date:
September 20, 1939
Creator:
Bass, A. H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Bass Camera Company, September 18, 1939]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to Bass Camera Company discussing how Kempner has received a new camera similar to the one he already owns and wants to inquire how much he could sell it for seeing it is relatively new condition.
Date:
September 18, 1939
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History