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Weinstein Family papers

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Identifier: MS 857
Overview The Weinstein Family papers showcase Irving and Lily Weinstein, and their ties to the broader Houston Jewish community. Irving’s service in World War II and Lily’s civic engagement with both San Jacinto High School and Congregation Beth Israel are preserved in the letters they exchanged while Irving was overseas. Featuring photographs, news clippings, and a plethora of military correspondence and documentation, the Weinstein Family papers offer insight into a century of Jewish History.
Dates: 1912 - 2012
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Westheimer/Simon Family Papers

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Identifier: MS 876
Overview The Westheimer/Simon family papers span several generations of the family living in Houston, and making their mark on the Houston Jewish community. With a variety of materials ranging from correspondence to photographs, sermons to yearbooks, the Westheimer/Simon family papers are a rich trove for any researcher interested in the history of one of Houston’s more influential families.
Dates: 1920 - 2012
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

W.G. Jameson letter

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Identifier: MS 197
Overview A letter between two medical doctors in Galveston, Texas, regarding an unnamed patient’s medical condition, 1905.
Dates: 1905
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Wheatfield and St. Elmo's Fire collection

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Identifier: MS 645
Overview This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, schedules, and other items chronicling the musical history of Wheatfield and St. Elmo's Fire.
Dates: 1970-2014
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Wilfred S. Dowden "Letters of Thomas Moore" typescript

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Identifier: MS 349
Overview The contents of the typescript are the letters of Thomas Moore 1779-1852, edited by Dr. Dowden. The book entitled The Letters of Thomas Moore is catalogued PR 5056 .A58.
Dates: 1964
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Addison McElroy family collection

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Identifier: MS 428
Overview Family records of the McElroy family of Houston, Texas.
Dates: 1877-1994, bulk 1900-1945
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Allen Haynes papers

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Identifier: MS 268
Abstract: Over one half of the collection documents cattle ranching, oil prospecting, and banking in Texas, as well as personal and family life during the Great Depression. The William Allen Haynes collection offers a view of living conditions of a prosperous Central Texas rancher and entrepreneur as well as providing information on conditions in Texas in the first part of the 19th century.
Dates: 1901 - 1953
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William B. Tragsdorf, Sr. Panama Canal Zone photographs and scrapbook

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Identifier: MS 067
Overview This collection consists of photographs and printed materials concerning the Panama Canal and the Isthmus of Panama, collected by William E. Tragsdorf, an early U.S. civil service employee stationed at the Isthmus of Panama. Dates of materials range from 1905-1934, bulk 1905-1906.
Dates: 1905-1934; Majority of material found within 1905 - 1906
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William "Bill" Camfield academic papers

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Identifier: UA 444
Overview The collection contains class lecture notes and research materials on art, artists, and theory from Dr. Camfield's time as a professor at Rice University from the 1960s to 2000s.
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William “Bill” Camfield papers

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Identifier: MS 495
Overview The papers of art historian William Camfield include correspondence concerning Rice University Cullinan Visiting Professors, gift of Mrs. George R. Brown for sculpture for Rice University Campus, photographs and slides, newspaper clippings and brochures of Rice exhibits and sculpture. Also included is material concerning the Rice Institute for the Arts. There are also tapes of lectures by Robert Irwin, Cullinan Lecturer.
Dates: 1925-1997; Majority of material found within 1982 - 1990
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983 2
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Congregation Adath Emeth (Houston, Tex.) 2
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Congregation Emanu El (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Shearith Israel (Wharton, Tex) 2
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DePelchin Children's Center 2
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