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Nancy Freed Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 986
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Content Description

One box and one map-drawer of newspaper clippings, event programs, newsletters, membership directories, service packets, magazines, photographs, and posters documents activities the Freed family was involved in from 1982 to 2020.

This collection forms part of the South Texas Jewish Archive.

Dates

  • 1982 - 2020

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Nancy Freed Papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library. The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations.

Biographical / Historical

Nancy Winters Freed was born on September 19,1950, in Hackensack, New Jersey. In her early adulthood, she began work as a teacher, and put her husband, Richard Freed, through law school at Duke University. In 1974, at the age of 23, Nancy moved to Houston with her husband, so that he could join the law firm of Vinson & Elkins. In Houston, Nancy taught at the Hebrew Academy and then founded her own tutoring business, with a specialty in Spanish and ESL. Today, Nancy and Richard are proud members of Congregation Brith Shalom. They have 3 chidlren and 8 grandchildren.

Extent

2.50 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 map-drawer)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

One box and one map-drawer of newspaper clippings, event programs, newsletters, membership directories, service packets, magazines, photographs, and posters documents activities the Freed family was involved in from 1982 to 2020.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection have been arranged into five series as follows: Series I: Newspaper Clippings; Series II: Brith Shalom Materials; Series III: Holocaust Education and Remembrance; Series IV: Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Living Materials; and Series V: General

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Nancy Freed donated the papers in September of 2020.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Nancy Freed Papers, 1982-2020
Status
Completed
Author
Sarah Davidson
Date
2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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