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Charlotte and Maximilian Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0356
Abstract Original letters from Charlotte of Belgium, chiefly as Carlota, Empress of Mexico; papers of Felix Eloin, Maximilian’s chef du cainet civil; photographs, engravings, and drawings of Charlotte, of Mexico City, and of members of the Mexican military. Mexican sheet music from 1859-1908 and newsclippings also reflect the colection' s main subjects of political and military matters in Mexico during the reign of Emperor Maxilimilian, the role of Juan Benitez and other political figures of the...
Dates: 1846 - 1927

Chaskin/Hecht Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0919
Abstract

Two boxes consisting of photographs, news clippings, school materials, certificates and diploma, programs/booklets, correspondence, speeches, and invitations, document part of the lives of members of the Chaskin / Hecht family from 1917 to 1995.

Dates: 1917 - 1995

Congregation Beth Israel collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0711
Abstract

The Congregation Beth Israel Collection offers a glimpse into the day-to-day goings-on of Congregation Beth Israel, with documents spanning a century of the Jewish temple’s existence. Books, memorabilia, directories, programs, sermons, and church bulletins from different decades show the similarities and changes at Beth Israel as it continues to grow with the rest of Houston’s Jewish Community.

Dates: 1854 - 2012

Congregation Beth Yeshurun of Houston records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0722
Abstract

This collection is made up of 51 boxes and includes materials from Congregation Adath Yeshurun, Congregation Beth El, and Congregation Beth Yeshurun; the Schwartz Family Library; materials from the congregations' merger; Shearith Israel Congregation in Wharton, Texas and a few other congregations from the years 1891-2021.

Dates: 1891 - 2021

Congregation K'nesseth Israel [Baytown] Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0924
Abstract

This collection consists of two boxes containing news clippings, newsletters, programs, photographs, scrapbooks, video tapes, and yearbooks documenting the history of Congregation K'nesseth Israel in Baytown, Texas, from 1931-2019.

Dates: 1931 - 2019

Croft/Wunsch family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0752
Abstract

The Croft/Wunsch family papers include correspondence, awards and citations, photographs, scrapbooks, news clippings, newsletters, meeting minutes, and marketing and event materials that document, primarily, the lives of the Croft and Kaplan families, and to a lesser degree, members of the Wunsch family.

Dates: 1931 - 2018

Daily / Hart Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0893
Abstract

The collection consists of four boxes containing family materials and synagogue/organization materials from Congregations Beth Israel, Emanu El and B'nail B'rith, including certificates, contracts, correspondence, school materials, reports, photographs, scrapbooks and memory books, and memorabilia spanning the years 1911 to 2015.

Dates: 1911 - 2015

Dan & Ellen Trachtenberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0756
Abstract

The collection contains news clippings, newsletters, event programs, photographs, and slides that document a small part of Ellen and Dan Trachtenberg's activism to improve conditions for Soviet Jews.

Dates: 1977 - 1989

Daum/Gersh Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0850
Abstract

The collection consists of a binder of the Houston Hadassah chapter's Business and Professional committee's meeting minutes and other Hadassah materials, yearbooks, directories, recipes and newspaper clippings ranging from 1937 to 2012.

Dates: 1937 - 2012

David Bell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0868
Abstract

BBYO yearbooks, an oral history interview, speeches given by Bell, and programs and booklets from Congregations Adath Emeth and Beth Yeshurun events document some of the activities David Bell participated in from 1941 to 2023.

Dates: 1941 - 2023

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