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[News Script: News roundup]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a need for anti-cholera vaccine, joint space shots, German negotiations, and military spending.
Date: October 9, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Document regarding the founding of Castroville]

Description: Document regarding the founding of Castroville on the banks of the Medina in the province of San Antonio de Bexar. Gives potential emigrants information about price of passage, cost of farm animals in Texas, and lists items emigrating families should bring with them, including kitchen utensils, farming implements, seeds and other items.
Date: 1845
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Denkschrift

Description: Memorandum discussing the state of things in Texas including obstacles they had overcome as well as the promise of future immigration.
Date: May 12, 1851
Creator: Hermann, Prince of Wied
Partner: Southwestern University

Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas

Description: Promotional pamphlet discussing promises of Texas as a new land to settle Germans in and the logistical requirements for a prospective emigrant to move there with the Adelsverein. The pamphlet also details exactly what support the society will give immigrants in travel and supplies.
Date: February 7, 1846
Creator: Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Partner: Southwestern University
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[News Clip: PATCO Anniversary]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story that aired at 10 PM.
Date: August 3, 1982
Duration: 1 minute 58 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman of the United Jewish Appeal, January 12, 1956]

Description: Letter from Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman of the United Jewish Appeal. He discusses the potentially brewing war between Egypt and Israel, the continued Jewish emigration from Morocco and Tunisia, and how the cost of re-armament will prevent the Israeli government from covering the cost of emigration. He requests donations so the United Jewish Appeal can cover that cost instead.
Date: January 12, 1956
Creator: Friedman, Herbert A.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Ela Marie Oesterreicherrova to D. W. Kempner, July 25, 1949]

Description: Letter from Ela Marie Oesterreicherrova to I. H. Kempner discussing the Quota number has been reached and that she would be obliged if he answers Joint's inquiry in D. W. Kempner's absence. The letter also has a handwritten note from I. H. Kempner to D. W. Kempner. The letter also includes a copy of letter from Ela Marie to I. H. Kempner expressing deep gratitude to Mr. Kempner and discusses the difficulties and bureaucratic challenges involved in immigration, referencing interactions with the … more
Date: July 25, 1949
Creator: Oesterreicherrova, Ela Marie
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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