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[Agreement from Mark Marx and Harris Kempner, April 16, 1884]

Agreement from Mark Marx and Harris Kempner certifying they have paid a sum of $1,000 to Fancher and Priest for a property, but withheld $200 for the purposes of paying taxes on the property and agreeing to pay the remaining $200 once the taxes on the land have been paid.

Date: April 16, 1884

Creator: Marx, Mark; Kempner, Harris, 1837-1894 & Edmundson, J. W.

Item Type: Legal Document

[Appointment of I. H. Kempner to the Galveston Board of Commissioners]

Document signed by Governor Joseph D. Sayers appointing I. H. Kempner to the "Board of Commissioners of the City of Galveston;" it references the original city charter which was approved on April 18, 1901.

Date: September 16, 1901

Creator: Sayers, Joseph D.

Item Type: Legal Document

[Atlantic Union - The Road to Peace in an Atomic World]

Address by W. L. Clayton, Vice President of the Atlantic Union Committee, expressing his concerns about communism and the importance of an Atlantic Union to combat it.

Date: December 16, 1949

Creator: Clayton, W. L.

Item Type: Text

[Authorization for Club Charges, September 16, 1953]

Statement initialed by H. L. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: 1 Charges to my account."

Date: September 16, 1953

Item Type: Text

[Authorization for Club Charges, September 16, 1953]

Statement initialed by H. L. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: 1 Charges to my account."

Date: September 16, 1953

Item Type: Text

[Authorization for Club Charges, September 16, 1953]

Statement initialed by H. L. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: 1 Charges to my account."

Date: September 16, 1953

Item Type: Text

[Authorization for Club Charges, September 16, 1953]

Statement initialed by H. L. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: 1 Charges to my account."

Date: September 16, 1953

Item Type: Text

[Authorization for Club Charges, September 16, 1953]

Statement initialed by H. L. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: 1 Charges to my account."

Date: September 16, 1953

Item Type: Text

[Authorization for Club Charges, September 16, 1953]

Statement initialed by H. L. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: 1 Charges to my account."

Date: September 16, 1953

Item Type: Text

[The Bank of New York Check Stub No. 2- 371]

Check stub via The Bank of New York for a purchase of two tickets to the Harvard-Yale football game on November 21, 1959 totaling $15.25, paid to the order of Harvard University, Department of Athletics.

Date: September 16, 1959

Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon

Item Type: Text

[Bill from the Restaurant de la Tour D'Argent to Mr. Kempner, June 16, 1948]

Handwritten bill for a meal at the Restaurant de la Tour D'Argent.

Date: June 16, 1948

Creator: Restaurant de la Tour D'Argent

Item Type: Text

Location: 48.849951 2.354668

[Broker Invoice from Marx & Co., September 22, 1954]

Broker invoice prepared by Marx & Co. for the account of Cecile Kempner regarding the sale of 200 Fearn Foods shares in September 1954.

Date: September 16, 1954

Creator: Marx & Company

Item Type: Text

[Broker Invoice from Marx & Co., September 1954]

Broker invoice prepared by Marx & Co. for the account of Cecile Kempner regarding the sale of 78 Bower Roller Bearing shares in September 1954.

Date: September 16, 1954

Creator: Marx & Company

Item Type: Text

[Card from O. P. Jackson Seed Co. to Jeane Bertig Kempner, February 16, 1955]

Card from O. P. Jackson Seed Co. to Jeane Bertig Kempner informing her of the types of plants they have available.

Date: February 16, 1955

Creator: O. P. Jackson Seed Co. Inc.

Item Type: Postcard

[Check for Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars]

Check from Marx and Kempner to H. Rose for twenty-five hundred dollars written on October 16, 1877 through the Texas Banking and Insurance Company.

Date: October 16, 1877

Creator: Kempner, Harris, 1837-1894 & Marx, Marx

Item Type: Text

[Check from Henrietta Leonora Blum Kempner to Straus Frank Co., August 16, 1948]

Check from Henrietta Leonora Blum Kempner to Straus Frank Co. for $72 through The United States National Bank of Galveston.

Date: August 16, 1948

Creator: Kempner, Henrietta Leonora Blum

Item Type: Text

[Clipping: Brazoria Boom Buds]

Photocopy of a clipping from The Houston Post of an article describing land purchases near Highway 288 in Houston. Construction plans for the highway and Loop 610 are to be completed in the late 1970s. A list of prospective properties and the owners are provided.

Date: September 16, 1973

Creator: Hooper, Carl

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: Economics and Finance on the Debasement of Economic Theory]

Clipping from the New York Times arguing against the Congress of Industrial Organizations push for wage increases on the basis of purchasing power.

Date: December 16, 1946

Creator: New York Times

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: House Okays Hike In Med School Funds]

Clipping from the Galveston News describing the earmarks within the House of Representatives budget for the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Date: March 16, 1967

Creator: The Galveston News

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: How Area Agencies Fare in New Budget]

Clipping from the Chronicle Austin Bureau describing how state schools and other agencies in Houston and the Gulf Coast area would fare under Governor Daniel's budget recommendations.

Date: December 16, 1960

Creator: Chronicle Austin Bureau

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: Interest in Robertson Distribution Is Sought By Foreign Concern]

Copy of a clipping from the Wall Street Journal describing the negotiations of a foreign corporation to buy one-third of the outstanding stock of Robertson Distribution Systems, Inc.

Date: September 16, 1975

Creator: Wall Street Journal

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: Morale Builder]

Clipping describing a proposal that would improve the appearance of Galveston while providing employment postwar.

Date: September 16, 1944

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: Need of University for Public Support Cited as Donors Honored]

Clipping from the Houston Chronicle describing the need for financial support for the University of Houston by James H. Pipkin.

Date: March 16, 1957

Creator: The Houston Chronicle

Item Type: Clipping

[Copy of a Letter from D. W. Kempner to E. M. Norton, November 16, 1954]

Copy of a Letter from D. W. Kempner to E. M. Norton requesting the immediate pickup and repair of a power mower. He asks for an estimate of repair costs before any work is done due to concerns about previous inefficient work and potential misplaced parts. The letter notes that all previous bills for repair have been canceled.

Date: November 16, 1954

Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956

Item Type: Letter

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