Jones Family News Clippings, 1949 - 2013

The Steven Fenberg Papers include correspondence, documents, newsprint, books, photographs, annual reports, magazines and scrapbooks related to Steven Fenberg and his life in Houston, Texas and the Netherlands; Jesse H. Jones and Houston Endowment; the Fenberg family’s impact on the commercial, religious and recreational development of greater Houston; and the Fenberg and Berkowitz family homes in Detroit, Michigan, Brooklyn, New York and Miami Beach, Florida. All of the materials are in good condition and range in date from 1898 to 2022, with most of the material from 1926 to 2019. The materials in this collection are useful for research about Jesse H. Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) during the Great Depression and World War II; greater Houston’s commercial, religious, social, environmental and recreational development; nonprofit and religious organizations such as Houston Endowment, AIDS Foundation Houston and Congregation Emanu El; and notable local and national figures.

Forms part of the South Texas Jewish Archives.