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[Chinese Ship with Torn Sails]

Photograph of a Chinese Ship on the Yangtze River with two badly torn sails and a man standing on the deck. There is an anchor visible by the bow, and a smaller boat being pulled from the stern. In the background a strip of land is visible.

Date: 1933/1934

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, May 9, 1942]

Letter to Cecile from her father, wishing her a happy birthday and discussing the conflict between China and Russia. He writes about Herbert, a relative in the military, who is expected to come back from overseas and Bell Kirkland, a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy as well as Browne Baker, a civilian working for the Navy in Washington. He also says that he plans to be in New York soon.

Date: May 9, 1942

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I.H. to Cecile Kempner, April 8, 1945]

Letter to Cecile from her father discussing international relations and politics.

Date: April 8, 1945

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, July 29, 1945]

Letter to Cecile from her father mentioning her mother's health, international relations, Winston Churchill, and the war.

Date: July 29, 1945

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, September 7, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on September 7, 1945, celebrating the announcement of V-J Day and the lifting of censorship. He complains about China and the black market.

Date: September 7, 1945

Creator: Fielder, Park B.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, October 4, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on October 4, 1945. He talks about living in China while the Chinese people wage a revolution.

Date: October 4, 1945

Creator: Fielder, Park B.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, October 13, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on October 13, 1945. He discusses his settling in at Shanghai, getting caught up in a dragon parade, and the rate of exchange.

Date: October 13, 1945

Creator: Fielder, Park B.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Letter from Ferg to Mr. Harris Kempner, November 28, 1945]

Letter from John Ferguson to Harris Kempner discussing efforts to try and find agents in Shanghai.

Date: November 28, 1945

Creator: Ferguson, John

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Counter at Lung's Chinese Kitchen]

Photograph of two women standing behind the counter at Lung's Chinese Kitchen. They are both wearing light-colored clothing, and visible from the waist up. There is a person sitting at a table on the left, and items in a display case inside the counter.

Date: July 18, 1947

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.278368 -97.733014

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Patio of Lung's Chinese Kitchen]

Photograph of the patio of Lung's Chinese Kitchen. There are people sitting at the tables, and four workers standing on the right side of the photograph. Lanterns hang from the roof.

Date: July 18, 1947

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.278310 -97.732783

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, February 14, 1949]

Letter to Cecile from her father about stocks, her mother getting a tooth extraction, President Truman's decisions, and economics.

Date: February 14, 1949

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, March 20, 1949]

Letter to Cecile from her father about Truman and the Dixiecrats, Asian immigration, discrimination in Georgia, and dissagreemment with certain laws.

Date: March 20, 1949

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Sidney J. Jackson to I. H. Kempner, December 22, 1949]

Letter from Sidney J. Jackson to I. H. Kempner describing to Kempner the types of things that Jackson had witnessed while in Hong Kong visiting family. Jackson provides his opinions on the Chinese Communist Party and the urban developments he's witnessed, but also speaks on his predictions for U.S. international relations with Soviet Russia.

Date: December 22, 1949

Creator: Jackson, Sidney J.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Oakleigh L. Thorne to Daniel W. Kempner, November 6, 1950]

Letter from Oakleigh L. Thorne to Daniel W. Kempner discussing a meeting Mr. Throne had with a Mr. Delafield, a potential tax loophole, theorizing about the U.S. going to war with China and Russia, and a joke about three blind Englishmen on a train.

Date: November 6, 1950

Creator: Thorne, Oakleigh L.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Oakleigh L. Thorne to Daniel W. Kempner, January 16, 1951]

Letter from Oakleigh L. Thorne to Daniel W. Kempner discussing the ongoing Korean War and the happenings in his business.

Date: January 16, 1951

Creator: Thorne, Oakleigh L.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

Five Centuries of Chinese Painting: Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties

Catalog from the exhibition, "Five Centuries of Chinese Painting," June 27–August 8, 1954, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Includes: essay, list of artists and artworks, selected images.

Date: 1954

Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Dallas Museum of Art

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[News Clip: Chinese Cop Visits Dallas]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Chinese Police Chief Ching-Li Liu visiting Dallas as part of a tour of American law enforcement and prison systems.

Date: April 2, 1954

Duration: 1 minute 28 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Formosan Senator Urges Invasion]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Formosan Senator Jen-Chow Shieh making a stop in Fort Worth on his way to Washington. Shieh was in favor of Formosa invading the Chinese mainland.

Date: April 6, 1954

Duration: 2 minutes 16 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Formosan senator urges invasion]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Formosan Senator Jen-Chow Shieh making a stop in Fort Worth on his way to Washington. Shieh was in favor of Formosa invading the Chinese mainland.

Date: April 6, 1954

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: News briefs - Gooks]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about three Chinese Nationalist generals stopping by Dallas after a 30-day tour of the U.S. War College.

Date: July 23, 1954

Duration: 37 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car accident in Fort Worth involving a truck, two pick-up trucks, a fireplug, and a cafe; also covered, three Chinese Nationalist generals stopping by Dallas after a 30-day tour of the U.S. War College.

Date: July 23, 1954

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Chinese cagers and Hopi Indian runner]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of a Chinese basketball team at Love Field in Dallas, en route to a game in Houston. The script goes on to describe a stop at Fort Worth's Carter Field by elderly Hopi Indian marathon running champion Louis Tewania, on his way home to Arizona after attending a dinner for Olympians in New York.

Date: October 14, 1954

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Banker tells of life in red China]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a stop in Fort Worth by Dutch banker Peter Huizer, who discusses his life as head of the Shanghai Bank of America during the communist Chinese regime.

Date: March 4, 1956

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Rigney]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Fort Worth by Catholic missionary Father H. W. Rigney, formerly a prisoner in communist China.

Date: February 18, 1957

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections