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Congregation Beth Israel collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 711

Overview 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

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Congregation Beth Jacob, Galveston [TX] records

Collection

Identifier: MS 0794

Overview The Congregation Beth Jacob, Galveston [TX] records is made up of letters, invitations, programs, bulletins, directories, legal documents, and a DVD recording the history of this small, vibrant congregation on Texas’ southern coast. Formed from two smaller communities--Russian and Austro-Hungarian--the congregation has a rich history of tradition.

Dates: 1947 - 2011

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Congregation Beth Yeshurun of Houston records

Collection

Identifier: MS 722

Overview 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

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Congregation Emanu El Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0726

Overview This collection is made up of six boxes containing administrative materials, bulletins, correspondence, event materials, organization/committee materials, photographs, publications, and transcripts of TV broadcasts from Congregation Emanu El, spanning the years 1943-2022.

Dates: 1943 - 2022

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston records

Collection

Identifier: MS 0690

Overview The majority of these records document the rich exhibition history of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, via the curatorial department and registrar's department files, as well as photographs and catalogs. Administrative records such as Board of Trustees minutes and the Director's correspondence show the mission and vision of the museum over time. Other formats include education department records, special event materials, organizational bylaws and charter, correspondence, policies,...

Dates: 1948 - 2018

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Cooper K. Ragan correspondence with Andrew F. Muir

Collection

Identifier: MS 0036

Abstract: Material consists of correspondence between Cooper K. Ragan and Rice University historian Andrew F. Muir. They relate primarily to Muir’s published works, historical information and criticisms of others' works.

Dates: 1955 - 1962; Majority of material found within 1959 - 1962

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Correspondence to Dr. Ernst Mayr from Sir Julian and Lady Juliette Huxley

Collection

Identifier: MS 0515

Overview This collection contains one handwritten letter from Sir Julian Huxley to Dr. Ernst Mayr, and three typed letters from Lady Juliette Huxley to Mayr. Lady Huxley’s letters were written after Sir Julian’s death, and they express her wishes to memorialize her husband.

Dates: 1974-1975

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Croft/Wunsch family papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 752

Overview 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

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

C.Y. Chu Chinese American photographs, and trade and immigration documents

Collection

Identifier: MS 0683

Overview Financial records documenting the career and activities of C. Y. Chu. Also included are C. Y. Chu's 1917 middle school diploma, a 1926 U.S. Dept. of Labor return permit, and more.

Photographs of family events and business gatherings.

Dates: 1917 - 1971

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Daily / Hart Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 893

Overview 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

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Congregation Beth Israel collection

Congregation Beth Jacob, Galveston [TX] records

Congregation Beth Yeshurun of Houston records

Congregation Emanu El Collection

Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston records

Cooper K. Ragan correspondence with Andrew F. Muir

Correspondence to Dr. Ernst Mayr from Sir Julian and Lady Juliette Huxley

Croft/Wunsch family papers

C.Y. Chu Chinese American photographs, and trade and immigration documents

Daily / Hart Family Papers

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