Video interview with Aaron Farfel

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Aaron Farfel Interview

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

University of Houston Board of Regents records along with business records and family papers, which include correspondence, photographs, awards, news clippings, contracts, and financial records document some of the Farfel family's business, philanthropic, and recreational activities within the city of Houston and the city's Jewish community from the 1950s to 1980s.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1927 - 1988

Creator

From the Collection: Unknown (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The Aaron Farfel interview is available in one file (approx. 7 hours long) or in 7 separate parts, topics discussed in each part is listed below. When the interview is requested, please let us know if you would like the complete video or certain parts.

Disc 1: Grandparents, Russia, born 3-15-06, 54 W. 116th St. NYC, childhood, parents, charity pocket, Hebrew education, Ike, NYU, Times Square (approx. 70 minutes) Disc 2: Louie, immigration, Sara, The Village, Peat Marwick Mitchell, David Birdon, assignments, Mac Segal, Dallas TX, investments, Esther, marriage 10-25-36, 4720 LaBranch (approx. 70 minutes) Disc 3: Esther's parents, honeymoon, Houston, Gail 4-24-40, Lois 2-12-43, 18 West Lane, Goldstein, Adolph and Celia Klein, Freedman, Schlumberger, Jesse Jones (approx. 70 minutes) Disc 4: WWII, Salary Stabilization Unit, A.J. Farfel & Co, merger, Forest Park Cemetery, Columbia, acquisitions (approx. 70 minutes) Disc 5: Morris Solinsky, Spalding, AMF, Jimmy Gray, Used Tools Company, Howard Hughes, Williamsport TV, Funds Inc., Milton Underwood, savings associations, Channel 13 (approx. 70 minutes) Disc 6: John T. Jones, St. Louis Cardinals, Ray Hoffeinz, Bob Smith, Houston Sports Association, Astrodome, de Menils, H.R. Cullen, U of H (approx. 76 minutes) Disc 7: U of H, Arthur Young, $17M adjustment South Texas College, Urban League, Rice Design Alliance, Houston Research Institute, summary statement, photographs (approx. 36 minutes)