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[Business Card for K. Nakazama]

Business card for K. Nakazama, Business Director of Kamasaki Steamship Company, providing the location.

Date: 1952

Creator: Kamasaki Steamship Company

Item Type: Text

[Copy of a letter from Lamar Fleming, Jr. to Mr. Harris L. Kempner, November 12, 1956]

Copy of a letter from Lamar Fleming, Jr. to Harris L. Kempner discussing Robert L. Garner's upcoming visit to Houston and inviting Harris to have lunch with him, discussing details of the International Finance Corporation and enclosing an envelope, requesting it be returned. An attached piece of paper outlines details for a meeting at the house of Dr. Patrick Romanell with Dr. C. M. Pomerat as speaker.

Date: November 12, 1956

Creator: Fleming, Lamar, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

[Copy of Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to D. W. Kempner, June 4, 1948]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Daniel W. Kempner discussing problems with business in Europe and the possibility of hiring a continental agent. He also proposes shipping the GIRC 1,000 bales of 1-1/32 cotton with certain stipulations.

Date: June 4, 1948

Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence Between A. H. Blackshear, Jr. And I. H. Kempner, April 27 - April 29, 1954]

Correspondence between A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing the Farghaly Cotton Investment Company and the sale of cotton in Osaka, Japan by a Mr. Lacerda.

Date: April 27, 1954

Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.

Item Type: Letter

[Cotton Credit Agreement, October 14, 1955]

Credit Agreement from the Bank of Washington for the Bank of Japan discussing cotton credit terms written by Frank A. Richards of Chase Manhattan Bank.

Date: October 14, 1955

Creator: Bank of Washington

Item Type: Text

[Draft of Telegram from H. Kempner to S. Frieder and Sons, March 9, 1954]

Draft of telegram sent by H. Kempner to S. Frieder and Sons expressing regret that the qualities they want are not in stock and cannot be offered. The draft is written on a torn New Years greeting card from Technical Precision Corporation.

Date: March 9, 1954

Creator: H. Kempner (Firm)

Item Type: Letter

Foreign Policy Briefs, Vol. 16, No. 25, May 22, 1967

Bi-weekly newsletter from the United States Department of State compiling articles regarding international activities of the Department excerpted from government statements reports and documents "as an aid to wider public understanding" (p. iii).

Date: May 22, 1967

Creator: United States. Department of State. Office of Public Affairs

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

[Handwritten Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to I. H. Kempner, June 11, 1954]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Issac Herbert Kempner discussing his trip to Japan and business issues.

Date: June 11, 1954

Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon

Item Type: Letter

[Herman Lurie's Weekly Report, October 23, 1953]

Weekly report discussing the state of the raw sugar market, including details for prices and market fluctuations related to weights in tons, regions, distribution, years, and figures.

Date: October 23, 1953

Creator: Lurie, Herman

Item Type: Report

[Imperial Sugar Company, Automobile Exportation Statement, August 16, 1954]

Imperial Sugar Company automobile exportation statement. It features requirements for the automobile and financial details about the Lykes Brothers.

Date: August 16, 1954

Creator: Mantzel, Ernest A.

Item Type: Text

[Invitation for Dinner With Kotaro Watanabe, January 28, 1965]

Invitation from Kotaro Watanabe offering an invitation to a reception and dinner at the Hotel Galvez in Galveston.

Date: 1965

Creator: Watanabe, Kotaro

Item Type: Letter

[Invitation from Francis K. Leung to Mr. and Mrs. Harris Kempner]

Invitation from Francis K. Leung to Harris Leon and Ruth Alma Kempner inviting them to dinner at Changsha, Yu Lou Tung Restaurant on May 26.

Date: 1959

Creator: Leung, Francis K.

Item Type: Letter

[Invitation From the Philippine Consul General to Mr. and Mrs. Harris L. Kempner]

Invitation from the Philippine Council General and Mrs. Pelayo F. Llamas to Mr. and Mrs. Harris L. Kempner to celebrate Philippine Independence Day.

Date: 1965

Creator: Philippine Consul General & Llamas, Pelayo F.

Item Type: Letter

[Invoice for Services Rendered to J. L. Brett & Co., March 1966]

Invoice from Merchants & Planters Compress & Warehouse Co. to J. L. Brett & Co. for services rendered including fees for storage, loading to cars, ship marking, totaling $28.35.

Date: March 11, 1966

Creator: Merchants & Planters Compress & Warehouse Company

Item Type: Text

[Kempner Scrapbook 1945-1948]

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.

Date: 1945/1948

Item Type: Book

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 4, 1950]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing an agreement to compress 5,000 bales of cotton for Cook and Company, the hiring of Frank Mendel, a previous letter from William B. Keyser about motor numbers on two trucks purchased, and the amount of cotton purchased and sold since Kempner has left.

Date: August 4, 1950

Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 4, 1950]

Date: August 4, 1950

Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 11, 1950]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing a mix-up regarding instructions given to Ed Hamilton about his pay and vacation, mentioning their attempts to obtain a lease a property in Plantersville with 440 acres of land that has been divided between four heirs, and providing information on 7,000 bales of cotton that will be shipped to China.

Date: August 11, 1950

Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 11, 1950]

Date: August 11, 1950

Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 24, 1950]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner providing updates about the night watchmen on Kempner's estate, cotton gin reports, correspondence from Bill Keyser, a meeting with John Harris about the Galveston Orphans' Home, cotton sold to Japan, seed prices, and notice that he is leaving for Paragould.

Date: August 24, 1950

Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Lyda Quinn, August 24, 1956]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Lyda Quinn informing about enclosing duplicate deposit slip to the A. W. Distributing Company.

Date: August 24, 1956

Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear to D. W. Kempner, September 23, 1950]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner enclosing position reports and discussing payments from China, rent for leasing property, cotton production, and the opinions of their business associates.

Date: September 23, 1950

Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Albert Lyman to Harris Leon Kempner, September 3, 1959]

Letter from Albert Lyman to Harris Leon Kempner acknowledging the previous letter and accepting to guide Mr. and Mrs. Harris Weston on their trip to Bangkok.

Date: September 3, 1959

Creator: Lyman, Albert

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Lyda K. Quinn, December 20, 1962]

Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Lyda K. Quinn requesting for check to close the statement for the year and informing about enclosing a form for signatures.

Date: December 20, 1962

Creator: Alpert, Arthur M.

Item Type: Letter

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[Business Card for K. Nakazama]

[Copy of a letter from Lamar Fleming, Jr. to Mr. Harris L. Kempner, November 12, 1956]

[Copy of Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to D. W. Kempner, June 4, 1948]

[Correspondence Between A. H. Blackshear, Jr. And I. H. Kempner, April 27 - April 29, 1954]

[Cotton Credit Agreement, October 14, 1955]

[Draft of Telegram from H. Kempner to S. Frieder and Sons, March 9, 1954]

Foreign Policy Briefs, Vol. 16, No. 25, May 22, 1967

[Handwritten Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to I. H. Kempner, June 11, 1954]

[Herman Lurie's Weekly Report, October 23, 1953]

[Imperial Sugar Company, Automobile Exportation Statement, August 16, 1954]

[Invitation for Dinner With Kotaro Watanabe, January 28, 1965]

[Invitation from Francis K. Leung to Mr. and Mrs. Harris Kempner]

[Invitation From the Philippine Consul General to Mr. and Mrs. Harris L. Kempner]

[Invoice for Services Rendered to J. L. Brett & Co., March 1966]

[Kempner Scrapbook 1945-1948]

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 4, 1950]

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 4, 1950]

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 11, 1950]

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 11, 1950]

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 24, 1950]

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Lyda Quinn, August 24, 1956]

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear to D. W. Kempner, September 23, 1950]

[Letter from Albert Lyman to Harris Leon Kempner, September 3, 1959]

[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Lyda K. Quinn, December 20, 1962]