Social life and customs
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms || Use For: Manners and customs
Found in 135 Collections and/or Records:
George Cohen family silver collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0671
Overview
This collection includes the pieces of a sterling silver dinner service, Kensington pattern by International Silver Co., including accompanying porcelain cups and bowls used by George and Esther Meyer Cohen and family starting in the 1920s. Following his death in 1971 and Esther's in 1978, the service was auctioned and purchased by the donors.
Dates:
1920s
George Cruikshank letters to Angus B. Reach and Captain Hurley
Collection
Identifier: MS 0297
Abstract:
Two autographed letters by George Cruikshank, one addressed to Angus B. Reach, 1845, the other addressed to Captain [Edwin] Hurley, 1868.
Dates:
1845; 1868
George Gee personal papers and photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS 0721
Overview
Photographs, certificates, awards and more, documenting the financial and insurance services career of George Gee, who was a member of long time member of the Asian American community in Houston, Texas. George Gee family members and various politicians are pictured.
Dates:
1961-2008
Rice University Center for Civic Leadership records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0367
Overview
This collection consists of materials from the Center for Civic Leadership offices. It includes office files and journals and scrapbooks created by students.
Dates:
1990 - 2015
Harry Croft's Bar Mitvah Audio Recording
Collection
Identifier: MS 921
Overview
This collection contains an audio recording of Shabbat services at Congregation Beth Yeshurun in 1956 - Rabbi William Malev, Cantor George Wagner, and Harry Croft's Bar Mitzvah.
Dates:
1956
History of Student Life at Rice Oral Histories project
Collection
Identifier: UA 282
Overview
Audio cassette tapes and subject index of oral histories given by Rice students and alumni regarding student life, created within a university course as a contribution to the charter centennial celebration in 1991. It also includes a copy of the published work, The History of Student Life at Rice University: A Series of Papers, which resulted from these interviews.
Dates:
1989 - 1990
Houston ARCH (Houston Area Rainbow Collective History) Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 569
Abstract
The collection contains oral history interviews documenting the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Houston, Texas. It contains DVDs of the interviews, written and electronic transcripts, and research materials and bibliographies used for the project.
Dates:
1981 - 2020
Houston Folklore and Music Society records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0668
Overview
These records mainly consist of news clippings and newsletters of the Houston Folklore and Music Society.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1967 - 2016; 1951 - 2016
Houston Hillel Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS 732
Overview
The collection consists of scrapbooks documenting the events and programs of Houston Hillel from 1975-2008, featuring photographs, event flyers, calendar, newsletters, news clippings, invitations, and other ephemera.
Dates:
1975 - 2008
Huffington and allied families' papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0883
Abstract
This collection includes biographical sketches, legal documents, books, correspondence, and news clippings about individuals related to the Huffington, Coulbourn, Michel, Gough, Brown, Carrington families, and along with other collateral families. The bulk of the collection pertains to Phyllis Gough Huffington’s research into collateral family lines and focuses from the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century.
Dates:
1650 - 1955