Religion
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
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
Dennis Halpin collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0861
Overview
The Dennis Halpin collection contains materials related to Dennis Halpin and—through his association—the United Orthodox Synagogue and Cantor Dean Irving, who served as a music teacher there for over 50 years. The materials showcase the events held by the synagogue and their wide-reaching impact on the Houston Jewish Community.
Dates:
2000 - 2010
Dolores Wilkenfeld papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0797
Overview
The collection contains one box of speeches, event programs and media, newsclippings, and bulletins which document some of Dolores Wilkenfeld's interests and activities within the Reform Jewish Community in Houston and around the world from 1973 to 2017, with a focus on assisting Russian Jewry.
Dates:
1973 - 2017
Fisher family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0819
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
Friedman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0832
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
Harris Masterson, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0469
Overview
These papers cover Houston born chaplain and educator Harris Masterson, Jr.'s life from his schooling through his career with the YMCA. Highlights include correspondence with family members, photographs, school materials and his career.
Dates:
1894-1920
Jain religious artifacts collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0710
Overview
Prayer and worship items of the Jain religion, including embroidered textiles, wooden folding cradle for sacred text, framed mantra text with deity sculpture, red painted metal tray with accompanying red box with red vessel inside, and more.
Dates:
2017
Jeffrey J. Kripal Academic Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 383
Overview
The Jeffrey J. Kripal Papers mostly covers Kripal’s tenure at Rice University up to 2015 (and will eventually cover at least up to 2019) but also reaches as far back as 1970. It includes correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, course materials, and on-going research.
Dates:
1970 - 2015
Jerry Cohen Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0925
Overview
The collection, spanning from 1973 to 1987, consists of one folder containing correspondence, speeches, a newsclipping, a photograph, and an invitation.
Dates:
1973 - 1987
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