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11. Jewish community

 Record Group
Identifier: 11
Materials from the Jewish communities in and around Houston, Texas

Found in 162 Collections and/or Records:

Robert M. Beren Academy records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0821
Abstract

This collection consists of one box containing invitations, journals, parent handbooks, marketing pamphlets, news clippings, newsletters, photographs and negatives, a scrapbook and yearbook, and meeting materials that include minutes, correspondence, and budget information which documents part of the history of the Robert M. Beren Academy from 1969 to 2010 and two class photos of unknown origin from 1960.

Dates: 1960 - 2010

Robert Levy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0831
Abstract

As part of the Los Angeles Jewish community, Robert Levy interacts with a number of its organizations and institutions. Mostly dated in the early 1930s, Robert Levy’s family papers offer a glimpse of Jewish life in Los Angeles nearly a century ago.

Dates: 1929 - 1993

Friedman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0832
Abstract

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

Kristal Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0834
Abstract

The collection consists of one box of correspondence to members of the Kristal family from 1921 to 1925, including two wedding invitations, and one news clipping. The majority of the correspondence is in Yiddish and much of it is from relatives in the Poland.

Dates: 1921 - 1925

Dattle Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0835
Abstract

The Dattle Family papers are made up of certificates, records, and a photo recording the marriage and military service of Phillip Dattle.

Dates: 1939 - 1946

Yellen Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0838
Abstract

The Yellen Family papers are comprised of photographs and memorabilia related to Milton Yellen’s time practicing dentistry in New Guinea for the army during World War II, and photographs and newsclippings of his wife Florence Kless Yellen throughout her life. The collection also contains religious and army certificates, publications, and correspondence depicting the Yellen family’s connections to the Jewish community.

Dates: 1935 - 1998

Phyllis Kaufman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0840
Abstract This collection contains materials from a large scrapbook created, primarily, by Phyllis Kaufman's father, Norman Belasco, which documents some of his twenty year career with NASA from 1963 to 1983, including correspondence, certificates, awards, diplomas, news clips, patents, and photographs. The collection also includes ten photographs from Phyllis's time as an instructor at I. Weiner Secondary School in Houston, including a panoramic photograph of a group of students on a trip to...
Dates: 1954 - 2005

Tania Brown Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0842
Abstract

The Tania Brown Family Papers feature the wartime record of Frank Brown, shown through correspondence and documents, and Rachel Mayer Brown’s involvement in the Texas Southern Region’s Hadassah Organization through a photo album memorializing her experiences and connections to the larger Jewish Community.

Dates: 1940 - 1997

Morton and Jean Levy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0845
Abstract The collection consists of one box containing a scrapbook of, primarily, Morton Levy's architectural drawings of the proposed renovation to Congregation Brith Shalom's interior, correspondence, newsclippings, and photographs of the congregation's interior from 1986-1996. In addition to the drawings in the scrapbook there are ten prints from Levy's portfolio (1997) of a number of synagogues that he worked on. The rest of the material -- two Congregation Beth Israel bulletins, newsclippings,...
Dates: 1948 - 1997

Daum/Gersh Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0850
Abstract

The collection consists of a binder of the Houston Hadassah chapter's Business and Professional committee's meeting minutes and other Hadassah materials, yearbooks, directories, recipes and newspaper clippings ranging from 1937 to 2012.

Dates: 1937 - 2012