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Aerodrome

Description: Patent for an aerodrome which is a heavier than air flying machine powered by motorized propellers
Date: August 24, 1909
Creator: Sinclair, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Balch Springs]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 24, 1995, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: DISD Follow-up]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 24, 1996, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Chicken-Coop.

Description: Patent for improvements in coops for fowls and other birds by using a combination of a cage with a door having a depending leg, a post and a lever for raising and lowering the cage; the cage door is “automatically opened when lowered and closed as it is raised,” (lines 75-76) "so that the young will be out of danger from attacks of rodents, collecting water, &c...," (lines 22-23) includes illustration.
Date: March 24, 1891
Creator: Harp, Charles A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cartridge for Guns.

Description: Patent for "a projectile having an elliptical cross-section and slight longitadinal twist for use in guns provided with a corresponding bore." (lines 8-11), including description and illustrations.
Date: September 24, 1901
Creator: Cole, William F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn. This design "relates to improvements in rotary churns; and it consists in the combination of the dasher-staff made screw-threaded at its upper end, and having a dasher secured to its lower one; a pinion which is applied to the screw-threaded part of the shaft, and which has a rising and falling movement thereon; the driving-wheel which operates the two pinions, and through them the two dashers, and the sleeve, which is connected to the lower pinion and one o… more
Date: March 24, 1885
Creator: Wilson, Homer Tony & Sanders, Bleuford Bradford
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. Martin Towler, April 24, 1957]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. Martin Towler urging support for a city charter amendment to increase funding for indigent care at John Sealy Hospital from $75,000 to $200,000 annually. Kempner highlights the hospital's importance to Galveston and requests the club's help in promoting the amendment for the May 14th vote, emphasizing that it will benefit the city's future.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. Hernandez, April 24, 1957]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. Hernandez urging support for a city charter amendment to increase funding for indigent care at John Sealy Hospital from $75,000 to $200,000 annually. Kempner highlights the hospital's importance to Galveston and requests the club's help in promoting the amendment for the May 14th vote, emphasizing that it will benefit the city's future.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to J. H. Hubert, April 24, 1957]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to J. H. Hubert urging support for a city charter amendment to increase funding for indigent care at John Sealy Hospital from $75,000 to $200,000 annually. Kempner highlights the hospital's importance to Galveston and requests the club's help in promoting the amendment for the May 14th vote, emphasizing that it will benefit the city's future.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. Robert Oldfield, April 24, 1957]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. Robert Oldfield urging support for a city charter amendment to increase funding for indigent care at John Sealy Hospital from $75,000 to $200,000 annually. Kempner highlights the hospital's importance to Galveston and requests the club's help in promoting the amendment for the May 14th vote, emphasizing that it will benefit the city's future.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Wick Fowler, April 24, 1957]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to Wick Fowler discussing an unsolicited letter from Mr. Louviere of Imperial Sugar Company regarding a film called "Texas College Travelogue." The film, available at Kempner's office or the Texas Prudential Building, aims to attract various audiences, including organizations and individuals. He mentions the film's appeal to several groups and suggests brief speeches before or after the screening to enhance engagement.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Copy of letter from The Interested Citizens Committee, May 24, 1969]

Description: Letter from Interested Citizens Committee to Judge Ray Holbrook requesting that Mrs. Doris Ros be reinstated at her position cleaning the courthouse and be paid for lost wages. He states that is unfair to have still not hired her for the position at the hospital after she was promised the role. He mentions that an injustice for one Black person jeopardizes the rights of all Black people in America.
Date: May 24, 1969
Creator: Interested Citizens Committee; McDonald, A. W.; Henderson, Theasel; Stanton, Mrs. R. H., Jr.; Broussard, Calvin & Johnson, Jesse J.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from A. W. McDonald and T. W. Barker to Galveston County Commissioners Court, April 24, 1969]

Description: Letter from A. W. McDonald and T. W. Barker to Galveston County Commissioners Court discussing an incident that occurred with Mrs. Dorris Rose. She was issued a letter of dismissal from her position as a cleaner at the Galveston County Courthouse. She filed a complaint, and it was found that her conduct did not warrant dismissal. McDonald and Barker suggest that she keep her position but be assigned a new boss.
Date: April 24, 1969
Creator: McDonald, A. W. & Barker, T. W.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to J. F. Hamilton, April 24, 1957]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to J. F. Hamilton discussing an unsolicited positive review from Senator Johnson about the film "Texas College Travelogue." He plans to make the film available at his office and suggests it could attract various audiences, including organizations like the Parent-Teachers Association and the League of Women Voters. The 29-minute film is intended to generate interest, with brief speeches suggested before or after the screening.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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