24 Matching Results

Search Results

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James, June 25, 1953]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thomas L. James discussing general updates for Sugarland Industries. Details include a statement, radio and television, maintenance, the John Deere Company, the Cooper matter, Texas Prudential Insurance Company, Texas Filling Station, Alkire Lake, Oyster Creek, a lease in Starr County, the Alvin incident, inventories, and agricultural concerns.
Date: June 25, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[News Script: Benson arrives to study drought]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival in Fort Worth of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson, touring the drought-afflicted Southwest to determine the allocation of federal relief funds.
Date: June 26, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
captions transcript

[News Clip: Benson arrives to study drought]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the arrival in Fort Worth of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson, touring the drought-afflicted Southwest to determine the allocation of federal relief funds.
Date: June 26, 1953
Duration: 2 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Texas Almanac, 1954-1955

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, weather, "resources, industries, commerce, history, government, population and all other subjects relating to the political, civic and economic development" of the time. A general index is on page 637.
Date: 1953
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[News Script: Model farm on one acre]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a model farm on one acre in Fort Worth owned by a policeman who considers farming a hobby.
Date: June 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Texan invents farm machinery]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Frank W. McLarty, who invented a tractor with adjustable attachments to limit the amount of farm equipment a small farmer might have to purchase.
Date: September 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Soil awards]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the "Save the Soil and Save Texas" agricultural awards banquet in Fort Worth, celebrating achievements in soil conservation and modern scientific farming.
Date: May 3, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Benson inspects drouth areas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson visiting Reese Air Force Base near Lubbock to inspect drought-stricken areas of the Southwest.
Date: November 13, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
captions transcript

[News Clip: Weed]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an Irving man arrested after police caught him watering a large field of marijuana.
Date: June 18, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to D. W. Kempner, October 22, 1953]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to D. W. Kempner discussing both professional and personal matters with H. Kempner. Professionally, it touches on salary adjustments and promotions at their company, indicating satisfaction among the executives with the recent changes. It also mentions an unresolved investigation concerning misconduct at the Wharf Company. Personally, the letter details the peaceful passing of a family member named Herb, describing his final days and the family's grief management.
Date: October 22, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library
Back to Top of Screen