Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search results

Box 1

 Container

Contains 18 Collections and/or Records:

Family Members (4), 1919; 1930; 1988

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains four boxes of photographs, clippings, correspondence, and newsletters related to members of the Geller and Leff families spanning 1896 to 2022.
Dates: Majority of material found in 1919; 1930; 1988
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / MS 0768, Geller and allied families papers / Series I: Harriet Katzeff - Geller Family Materials

Rabbi Max Geller Photos (4), 1953 - 1955

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains four boxes of photographs, clippings, correspondence, and newsletters related to members of the Geller and Leff families spanning 1896 to 2022.
Dates: 1953 - 1955
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / MS 0768, Geller and allied families papers / Series I: Harriet Katzeff - Geller Family Materials

Jewish Women in Houston Photograph, 1910

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains four boxes of photographs, clippings, correspondence, and newsletters related to members of the Geller and Leff families spanning 1896 to 2022.
Dates: 1910
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / MS 0768, Geller and allied families papers / Series V: Geller/Leff Family

B'nai B'rith Youth Baseball & Basketball Team Photos (2), 1947 - 1948

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains four boxes of photographs, clippings, correspondence, and newsletters related to members of the Geller and Leff families spanning 1896 to 2022.
Dates: 1947 - 1948
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / MS 0768, Geller and allied families papers / Series V: Geller/Leff Family

Party at Beth Jacob? Photograph, ca. early 1980s

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains four boxes of photographs, clippings, correspondence, and newsletters related to members of the Geller and Leff families spanning 1896 to 2022.
Dates: Majority of material found within ca. early 1980s
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / MS 0768, Geller and allied families papers / Series V: Geller/Leff Family

Group photograph of Isaac Meyer Geller (b. 1905), Shifra Ben-Zvi Geller (b. 1914), Leah Ramati Geller (b.1907), and Sara Wittes Geller, ca. October 1918

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Jay Geller family papers contain black-and-white photographs of family members related to Jay Geller, including his father Isaac Meyer, aunts Leah Ramati and Shifra Ben-Zvi, great-uncles Rabbi Max Geller and Sam Geller (the latter married to Rose Geller) , and his great-great-grandfather Rabbi Jacob Geller. A family tree depicting the relationships between family members in the collection can be found in the control folder.

Dates: ca. October 1918
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / MS 0768, Geller and allied families papers / Series II: Jay Geller materials

Portrait of Leah Geller, ca. 1925

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Jay Geller family papers contain black-and-white photographs of family members related to Jay Geller, including his father Isaac Meyer, aunts Leah Ramati and Shifra Ben-Zvi, great-uncles Rabbi Max Geller and Sam Geller (the latter married to Rose Geller) , and his great-great-grandfather Rabbi Jacob Geller. A family tree depicting the relationships between family members in the collection can be found in the control folder.

Dates: ca. 1925
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / MS 0768, Geller and allied families papers / Series II: Jay Geller materials

Portrait of Shifra Ben-Zvi Geller, addressed "To Uncle Sam and Aunt Rose with love from Shifra", June, 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Jay Geller family papers contain black-and-white photographs of family members related to Jay Geller, including his father Isaac Meyer, aunts Leah Ramati and Shifra Ben-Zvi, great-uncles Rabbi Max Geller and Sam Geller (the latter married to Rose Geller) , and his great-great-grandfather Rabbi Jacob Geller. A family tree depicting the relationships between family members in the collection can be found in the control folder.

Dates: June, 1929
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / MS 0768, Geller and allied families papers / Series II: Jay Geller materials

Group photograph of Harry Geller and Rabbi Max Geller in New York, July 4th, 1932

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Jay Geller family papers contain black-and-white photographs of family members related to Jay Geller, including his father Isaac Meyer, aunts Leah Ramati and Shifra Ben-Zvi, great-uncles Rabbi Max Geller and Sam Geller (the latter married to Rose Geller) , and his great-great-grandfather Rabbi Jacob Geller. A family tree depicting the relationships between family members in the collection can be found in the control folder.

Dates: July 4th, 1932
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / MS 0768, Geller and allied families papers / Series II: Jay Geller materials

Photo of Harry Geller, n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Jay Geller family papers contain black-and-white photographs of family members related to Jay Geller, including his father Isaac Meyer, aunts Leah Ramati and Shifra Ben-Zvi, great-uncles Rabbi Max Geller and Sam Geller (the latter married to Rose Geller) , and his great-great-grandfather Rabbi Jacob Geller. A family tree depicting the relationships between family members in the collection can be found in the control folder.

Dates: 1918 - 1935
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas / MS 0768, Geller and allied families papers / Series II: Jay Geller materials

Broaden your search:
Texas Archival Resources Online - statewide search of archival finding aids
ArchiveGrid - international search of archival finding aids
Scholarship.rice.edu - Rice University digital content

Harmful Content Statement
© 2023 Woodson Research Center
Fondren Library, Rice University
Physical Address: 6100 Main, Houston, Texas 77005-1827
Mailing Address: MS-44, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892