Jewish-community. Jewish community
Record Group
Identifier: Jewish-community
Materials from the Jewish communities in and around Houston, Texas
Found in 145 Collections and/or Records:
Eisenberg Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 818
Overview
This collection consists of one folder containing newsclippings, a marriage certificate, photographs of Adath Yeshurun and Beth Yeshurun, an Adath Yeshurun newsletter, and a list of San Jacinto High School class of 1949 graduates.
Dates:
1937 - 1999
Ellen Orseck Art Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0999
Overview
This collection is made up of two boxes containing correspondence, drawings, and photographs from Ellen Orseck, spanning from 1991-2019.
Dates:
1991 - 2019
Emery-Weiner School collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 731
Overview
The collection consists of publications for a variety of purposes: student recruitment; fund-raising; periodic reporting, particularly to parents; and recording of community guidelines. Also included are student publications and an I. Weiner School yearbook. There are a few programs from student theater productions. Newsclippings and correspondence are also included.
Dates:
1978 - 2003
Epstein Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 865
Overview
This collection is made up of one box containing bulletins, certificates, correspondence, event materials, photographs, programs, and scrapbooks from the Epstein Family, spanning from 1939-1999.
Dates:
1891 - 2016
Farfel Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 879
Overview
The collection consists of twenty four boxes containing correspondence, photographs, awards, news clippings, University of Houston Board of Regents records, contracts, financial documents and business records ranging from the 1920s to the 1980s.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1927 - 1988
Fink Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 759
Overview
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
Fisher family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 819
Overview
The Fisher Family papers include materials related to Rabbi Henry Cohen and his tenure at congregation B’nai Israel. A writer as a well as a scholar and community activist, Cohen’s knowledge of Jewry in Texas survives in the writings he left behind.
Dates:
1932 - 1941
Freed/Fisherman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0974
Overview
The collection is made up of three boxes and one map-drawer containing awards and certificates, correspondence, event materials, photographs, posters, and publications from the Freed/Fisherman family, spanning 1915 to 2011.
Dates:
1915 - 2011
Friedman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 832
Overview
Made up of mostly class photos from Beth Yeshurun Day school, the Friedman Family papers show David and Rachel Friedman growing up in the tight-knit community formed by Beth Yeshurun’s outreach to Houston Jews.
Dates:
1970 - 2013
Gaber / Kline Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 854
Overview
This collection is made up of four boxes containing certificates, correspondence, event materials, memorabilia, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and publications from the Gaber/Kline Family, spanning from 1916 to 2017.
Dates:
1916 - 2017