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[Card from Rachel Holmes to Mrs. Kempner]

Description: Illustrated card from Rachel Holmes to Mrs. Kempner, thanking her for giving a good account of Miss Holmes's efforts in a clothes drive, and praising Mrs. Kempner for her character and example. The card has a bright illustration of a bouquet of flowers on the front.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Holmes, Rachel
Partner: Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund

[Child's Writing]

Description: A wrinkled piece of paper with a child's large handwriting on it. At the top of the page are lines and symbols that might be an attempt at writing sheet music.
Date: 19XX
Partner: Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund

[Resolution]

Description: Document signed by Frances A. Lynch and children discussing the fate of the Kempner family businesses, whether to sell them or retain them. Frances concludes that a committee should be appointed to analyze and appraise the businesses and provide interest holders with more information. There are notes on addressed to "Aunt Jeane Kempner" on each page, handwritten in blue ink.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Lynch, Frances A.
Partner: Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund

[Kempner Business Envelope]

Description: Envelope with a return address pre-printed in the upper-left corner with the text: "H. Hempner, U. S. National Bank Bldg., Galveston, Texas."
Date: 19XX
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Receipt from Depositary's Office]

Description: Receipt from Confederate States of America, Depositary's Office to H. Kempner for One-Thousand Dollars about earning interest of four percent which was approved on February 17, 1864 in Registered Bonds of the Confederate States of America. This document is to show receivables for taxes due in 1864.
Date: June 29, 1864
Creator: Confederate States of America, Depositary's Office
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Document from Department of State about Dan Kempner]

Description: Document from Department of State about Dan Kempner displaying physical description of hum including height, forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, chin, hair, complexion, face. It documents to provide Dan Kempner all lawful aid and protection in time of need.
Date: March 17, 1899
Creator: Day, William R.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Resolution Regarding the Death of Harris Kempner]

Description: Statement drafted on letterhead for "Camp Magruder, U. C. V. , No. 105" outlining the resolutions to be adopted by the Texas division of the United Confederate Veterans to honor the service of Harris Kempner upon his death (April 13, 1894), and to convey condolences to his family.
Date: May 9, 1894
Creator: United Confederate Veterans. Texas Division.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Kempner Family Tree

Description: Family tree documenting members of the Kempner family including names as well as known birth, death, and marriage dates, organized to show familiar relationships.
Date: 2009
Creator: Sheffield, Ella E. Lee & Fosdick, David R.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Election Ticket]

Description: Election ticket displaying names of various offices including president, vice-president, treasurer, for directors.
Date: 19XX
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Death Resolution of Harris Kempner]

Description: A death resolution from David Schwarz at Congregation Bnai Israel discussing the resolution of Harris Kempner and a copy of it transmitted to his family.
Date: May 1894
Creator: Congregation Bnai Israel
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Check for Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars]

Description: Check from Marx and Kempner to H. Rose for twenty-five hundred dollars written on October 16, 1877 through the Texas Banking and Insurance Company.
Date: October 16, 1877
Creator: Kempner, Harris, 1837-1894 & Marx, Marx
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Suggested Letter

Description: Document with text of suggested letter to a Senator or Congressman requesting a Congressional Charter for the American Women's Voluntary Services.
Date: 19XX
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from the American Women's Voluntary Services, April 17, 1944]

Description: A letter from the American Women's Voluntary Services providing notice of their annual meeting in order to elect a Board of Directors and take care of any other business that may come up beforehand.
Date: April 17, 1944
Creator: American Women's Voluntary Services, Inc.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Meeting Agenda: American Women's Voluntary Services, March 28, 1944]

Description: Agenda of the American Women's Voluntary Services, Inc. Board of Directors meeting to be held on March 28, 1944, including calling the meeting to order, roll call, certificate of mailing, minutes of the previous meeting, board member and committee reports, and new business.
Date: March 28, 1944
Creator: American Women's Voluntary Services
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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