Jews and Jewish life
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms
Found in 162 Collections and/or Records:
Fisher family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 819
Overview
The Fisher Family papers include materials related to Rabbi Henry Cohen and his tenure at congregation B’nai Israel. A writer as a well as a scholar and community activist, Cohen’s knowledge of Jewry in Texas survives in the writings he left behind.
Dates:
1932 - 1941
Freed/Fisherman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0974
Overview
The collection is made up of three boxes and one map-drawer containing awards and certificates, correspondence, event materials, photographs, posters, and publications from the Freed/Fisherman family, spanning 1915 to 2011.
Dates:
1915 - 2011
Friedman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 832
Overview
Made up of mostly class photos from Beth Yeshurun Day school, the Friedman Family papers show David and Rachel Friedman growing up in the tight-knit community formed by Beth Yeshurun’s outreach to Houston Jews.
Dates:
1970 - 2013
Gaber / Kline Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 854
Overview
This collection is made up of four boxes containing certificates, correspondence, event materials, memorabilia, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and publications from the Gaber/Kline Family, spanning from 1916 to 2017.
Dates:
1916 - 2017
Geller and allied families papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0768
Overview
This collection contains photographs, clippings, correspondence, and newsletters related to members of the Geller and Leff families from 1896 to 2022.
Dates:
1896 - 2022
George Meyer Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 774
Overview
The George Meyer Family Collection contains family photos, photos of the Loraine and George B. Meyer house on Holcombe Blvd. in Houston, a catalog of the company business, and a resolution on the death of Joseph F. Meyer.
Dates:
1916 - 1971
Gigi Yellen-Kohn Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 856
Overview
The Gigi Yellen-Kohn family papers are comprised of documents, news-clippings, photographs, and memorabilia from the Yellen-Kohn family. A family tree of the Yellen-Kohn family can be found in the control folder.
Dates:
1913 - 1973
Greenfield Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 860
Overview
The collection consists of one box containing nine letters in Yiddish from Morris Greenfield to his future wife, Bessie Peters (Polycov), in 1915 and one large family photograph with three generation of Greenfields from 1918.
Dates:
1915 - 1918
Gus Buck BBG banners
Collection
Identifier: MS 859
Overview
A gift to the Gus Buck Chapter of the B’nai B’rith Girls, the Gus Buck BBG Banner serves as a lasting reminder of the organizations tying the Jewish community together around the world.
Dates:
1966
Happy Katz Adath Israel Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 889
Overview
This collection is made up of one box containing legal and financial documents of incorporation for the Adath Israel Congregation and miscellaneous materials from the Adath Israel Congregation, spanning from 1905-1966.
Dates:
1905 - 1966