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:
Josephine Jue Chinese-American photographs collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 724
Overview
Family photograph of Hinhun Jow, Mee Oy Jow, Josephine Jue, Mylew High, Vance Jow, Sonny Jow, and Houston Jow in 1947.
Photograph of the Chinese Baptist Church of Houston charter members, circa 1985.
Dates:
1947 - 1986
Jules H. Borger collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 810
Overview
The Jules H. Borger collection offers a glimpse into the Houston Jewish community from the 1910 to 2015. Containing a number of materials such as bulletins, postcards, photographs, programs, magazines, and news clippings, the collection illuminates the day-to-day existence of some of Houston’s more prominent Jewish points of interest.
Dates:
1910 - 2015
Kaufman/Eskowitz Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0788
Overview
The collection consists of six boxes containing immigration materials, correspondence, marriage records, directories, programs, newsletters, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia spanning the years 1896 to 2008.
Dates:
1896 - 2008
Kenneth Horwitz Beaumont [TX] Jewish congregation materials
Collection
Identifier: MS 0801
Overview
The collection consists of one box of event materials, a booklet about the history of Beaumont Texas, and four photographs.
Dates:
1952 - 1987
Kiwanis Club of Houston records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0619
Abstract
This collection comprises records of the Kiwanis Club of Houston’s board of directors, committees, projects, finances, conventions, and retired members, as well as records from the Kiwanis Foundation of Houston, the Kiwanis Texas-Oklahoma District, and Kiwanis International.
Dates:
1919 - 2017
Lynette S. Autrey papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0051
Abstract:
This collection of materials relates generally to the personal life of Lynette S. Autrey and her family. The Autreys were Houston entrepreneurs and philanthropists, contributing significant gifts of land and funds to Rice University, among other institutions, in support of the humanities, social sciences, and business.
Dates:
1913 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1978
MacDonald Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0361
Abstract:
Letters from Alexander MacDonald to his wife, Margaret MacDonald, including information concerning land disputes and importation of goods to Texas; letters from James MacDonald, serving with a Texas regiment during the Civil War, to his mother, Margaret MacDonald; letters of condolence to Margaret MacDonald after James's death during the war; letters from other family members; wills; maps; and documents.
Dates:
1834 - 1953
Margarett Root Brown College Masters' Records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0345
Abstract
This collection consists of materials collected by former Masters of Brown College, Rice University.
Dates:
1965 - 2004
Martin Nathan collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0784
Overview
The Martin Nathan Collection contains photographs and scrapbook pages depicting Martin Nathan over the course of his life, with a focus on his Bar Mitzvah. The detailed identification of attendees and extensive gift list offer a clear depiction of the ceremony.
Dates:
1944 - 1963
Mary Fosselman Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 0318
Abstract
This collection consists of the personal and academic papers of Mary Fosselman.
Dates:
1931 - 1941