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[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Mr. Oakleigh L. Thorne, December 8, 1951]

Description: Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne providing his opinions on the current state of United States national political matters, foreign relations, and corruption in the government. He also discusses a canceled trip to Mexico that was to investigate moving some portion of H. Kempner cotton operations there, a recent Texas-A&M football game and barbecue the family hosted, as well as his grandson, Daniel. The text of this item contains a racial slur.
Date: December 8, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 6, 1952]

Description: Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing current tenants on properties, advances in Brownsville, and cotton companies that will not survive much longer. Blackshear also mentions his meeting with a Mexican attorney where they discussed brining suit to Mr. Ricoy and Mr. Garcia.
Date: August 6, 1952
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to David F. Weston and Dan Oppenheimer, July 7, 1953]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to David F. Weston and Dan Oppenheimer discussing about the Pan American Exploration Company and the geophysical pictures that it took for the submerged tidelands in the Gulf of Mexico off of the U. S. coast. And he talks about the possibility of buying one of these unsold pictures with all the eight families interests through H. Kempner and the costs that each would incur. Finally, does talk about his upcoming trip and tells the families that any inquiries or decision… more
Date: July 7, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Location: None
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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