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11. Jewish community

 Record Group
Identifier: 11
Materials from the Jewish communities in and around Houston, Texas

Found in 162 Collections and/or Records:

Isaacs/Hofeller Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0903
Abstract

The collection consists of one box containing correspondence; books; event materials, including dance programs and wedding invitations; bulletins; newsletters and news clippings; a photograph; and a VHS cassette featuring an interview with 104 year old Lorraine Isaacs Hofeller regarding the 1900 Galveston storm. Materials in the collection range from 1919 to 2002.

Dates: 1919 - 2002

Meyerland Plaza development photographs and newsclippings collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0115
Abstract

This collections consists of photographic views of construction of Meyerland Plaza, and of its tenant businesses. Included also is a series of press clippings detailing the court conflict between a group headed by T.A. Robinson and another by Harris McAshan and Associates to charter a single bank in Meyerland Plaza.

Dates: 1950 - 1984

Levy-Cohen Family papers/memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0758
Abstract

A school yearbook and memory book, diplomas and certificates, news clippings, event programs, business materials, and photographs document the lives and careers of members of the Levy and Cohen families from 1918 to 2003.

Dates: 1918 - 2003

Fink Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0759
Abstract

The Fink family Papers are comprised of photographs of the Fink family, the Purple Heart medal awarded to Harold Fink for his wartime service, and various papers related to the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization and Echo Hill Ranch---both organizations that nurture and encourage the growth of Jewish Teens.

Dates: 1930 - 1987

S.L. Wisenberg family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0763
Abstract

This collections is made up of congregation Beth Yeshurun Anniversary/Dedication books and two scrapbooks containing photographs, school report cards, programs, newspaper clippings, agendas, and correspondence document the interests and activities of S.L. Wisenberg as a child between 1961 and 2001.

Dates: 1961 - 2001

Gertrude Estelle Denn papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0765
Abstract

News clippings, a dance card, reunion and senior class night programs, a high school yearbook, and photographs record events in Gertrude Denn's life - predominantly in the 1940s.

Dates: 1938 - 2002

Carol Liberman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0767
Abstract

This collection includes books, correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, photographs, and a speech given by Liberman that document some of her forty-plus- years of teaching.

Dates: 1983 - 2014

Geller and allied families papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0768
Abstract

This collection contains photographs, clippings, correspondence, and newsletters related to members of the Geller and Leff families from 1896 to 2022.

Dates: 1896 - 2022

Kaufman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0769
Abstract

The collection includes certificates, correspondence, family photos, publications, a Bellaire High School commencement program, speeches, a scrapbook, an oral history, and memorabilia from the 1960 Democratic National Convention that document the activities of Stephen Kaufman, primarily, and to a lesser extent his wife, Ann, and both of their families.

Dates: 1900 - 2021

Houston Hadassah collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0775
Abstract

This collection consists of twenty-seven boxes containing administrative materials, awards and certificates, bulletins, correspondence, directories, event materials, news clippings, photographs, radio and television materials, scrapbooks, and yearbooks from Houston Hadassah, spanning 1934-2022.

Dates: 1934 - 2022