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[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his Brother, January 18, 1857]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his brother regarding his time in Bellville, Texas. He was appreciative of his brother sending him news from home and told him about a real estate sale that had happened recently. People from the U.S., Germany, and Bohemia were in attendance and alcohol was passed around. Money has been short in Bellville because of the cotton and corn crops failing. John needed to borrow money and requested a loan from his brother or anyone else in the family. He request… more
Date: January 18, 1857
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Partner: Austin College

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig, April 18, 1950]

Description: Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig discussing Mr. Bertig's recent sickness and hospital visit. Mr. Kempner tells him not to worry about work and to focus on recovering. He then informs Mr. Bertig that Mrs. Kempner and he will in Plantersville until Monday.
Date: April 18, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[News Script: High cotton]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Bill Hancock, a cotton grower in Dallas.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Galveston fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a massive fire at the port of Galveston which has destroyed an estimate three and a third million dollars worth of cotton and rice piers.
Date: June 18, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: APB 127]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a massive fire that destroyed cotton, rice and fertilizer at the port of Galveston.
Date: June 18, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Houston]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about firemen in Galveston who continue to keep a close watch on a smoldering warehouse complex.
Date: June 18, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Galveston pier]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about fire officials at Galveston who say that one un- attended smoldering cotton bale may have caused the 5 to 10 million dollar fire at a two square block pier at the Galveston Wharves overnight.
Date: June 18, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from T. L. James to D. W. Kempner, July 18, 1951]

Description: Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing gin operators for a cotton gin in Plantersville, Texas. James explains that the previous operator, Mr. Phillips, stopped working recently, and that a previously recommended operator would not be available to work. He also offers to locate a new operator for Kempner.
Date: July 18, 1951
Creator: James, Thomas Leroy
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of Cotton Bales on Wagons]

Description: Copy negative of early twentieth century wagons stacked with cotton bales. In the foreground, two wagons are hitched to a team of mules and a man is sitting on the bales in the front of the wagon, driving; behind them, a man is standing on the bales in a third wagon, also hitched to a partially-visible animal.
Date: March 18, 1974
Partner: Dublin Historical Museum

[Letter from Edward L. Bacher to Harris Leon Kempner, October 18, 1960]

Description: Letter from Edward L. Bacher to Harris Leon Kempner regarding the $100 check that Kempner sent in support for the work of the Republican National Committee. As he received the check on H. Kempner Cotton Company name, he wants to make sure if the company is incorporated so that he could check if it's lawfully acceptable.
Date: October 18, 1960
Creator: Bacher, Edward L.
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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