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Temple Freda [Bryan, TX] collection

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Identifier: MS 811
Overview The Temple Freda collection is made up of documents, photographs, and news clippings concerning one of the oldest religious buildings in Bryan, Texas. Though used for different things over the years, Temple Freda remains stalwart in its support for the Jewish community in Bryan, interacting with both congregation Beth Shalom, and the A&M Hillel in College Station.
Dates: 1912 - 2006
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Terri Bamberger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 952
Overview A Pleasantville brochure, a Jewish-Herald Voice Rosh Hashanah magazine, a B'nai B'rith Reflections Book, a photograph of Beth Jacob/Turnberry Circle, and Joske's and Weingarten employee pins document some activities that Terri Bamberger was involved in from 1951 to 2001.
Dates: 1951 - 2001
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Texas City disaster records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 529
Overview The Texas City disaster records were created and / or maintained by survivor Robert M. Morris, of Texas City, TX. The reports, statements, images and notes describe the events of the April 16, 1947 when a French ship carrying fertilizer on Galveston Bay caught fire and exploded, causing disaster on shore at the nearby Monsanto styrene plant and other petroleum refineries, homes, warehouses, ships and buildings. At least 576 were killed and 4,000 injured, with the town being almost completely...
Dates: 1947-2003; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Texas Governors Letters collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 142
Abstract: This collection contains three letters: two from Governor James Allred of Texas to Emil Hurja of the Democratic National Committee in Washington D.C. (1935-36), and one from Gov. Lawrence Sullivan Ross of Texas to General M. Cist of Cincinnati, Ohio (1889). Subjects include thanks for gifts sent and requests for reading materials, and do not relate specifically to Texas politics.
Dates: 1889; 1935 - 1936
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Texas Human Rights Foundation records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 659
Overview This collection comprises records and materials related to the Texas Human Rights Foundation, from 1978 to the mid 1990s.
Dates: 1978 - 1995
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Texas Jewish Historical Society Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1041
Overview Two boxes containing Texas Jewish Historical Society Newsletters, membership directories, and a brochure document some events and activities undertaken by the Texas Jewish Historical Society from 1999 to present.
Dates: 1999 - 2022
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Texas Mexico Border Campaign at Camp Stewart photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS 085
Overview The collection consists of photographs of Camp Stewart at El Paso, Texas, and the infantry- and cavalry-men stationed there in 1916 for the Pershing Expedition in pursuit of Pancho Villa. There are two large framed panoramic views of the camp layout and a scrapbook of 148 mostly sepia snapshots.
Dates: 1916 - 1917
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Texas railroad history collection

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Identifier: MS 640
Overview Pamphlets and documents documenting the history of Texas railroad lines such as Houston & Texas Central Railroad Co., Texas & Pacific Railway Co., Texas & New Orleans Railroad Co., Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.
Dates: 1867 - 1935
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Thaddeus K. Oglesby, The Case of the South Against Britannica

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Identifier: MS 382
Abstract: The collection consists of a revised manuscript of The Case of the South Against the Encyclopaedia Britannica and other Maligners and contains approximately 140 loose sheets of various sizes, consisting of printed material pasted on with handwritten notations and revisions.
Dates: circa 1903
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

The Banded Geckos collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 681
Overview This collection consists of photographs, news clippings, promotional materials, and audio.
Dates: 1980 - 2017; Majority of material found within 1980-2000
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Congregation Adath Emeth (Houston, Tex.) 2
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DePelchin Children's Center 2
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