26. South Texas Jewish Archives

This collection contains the materials related to Howard Porper's musical career.

This collection is made up of eight boxes containing brochures, realia, school records, documents, art projects, photographs, books, correspondence, certificates, news clippings, awards, scrabooks, and a Cliffwood School banner, spanning from 1943-2005.

Five boxes containing two Hadassah ledgers (1920s-1940s), five parochet, three photographs, 1908 prayer book and Judaism instruction book, and a wooden replica of the ten commandments document activities that took place in the Wharton County Jewish community from 1868 to 1988.

This is a born-digital collection made up of materials collected from synagogues, businesses, organizations, and individuals documenting shifts made in the daily lives of members of Houston's Jewish community in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2021.

This collection consists of a three-page manuscript explaining the early history of Jewish people in Houston.

A portion of the book of David Robinson's family tree (roughly 35 pages) prepared by Laura Nicholson for her brother, covering the relatives and descendants of his great-grandmother Adele Levy Heyman from 1777-1948. The family tree also includes photographs and biographical information of family members.

Event materials, a certificate, and a preschool roster document some activities at Congregation Beth El in Missouri City, Texas, from 2017 to 2024.

The Congregation Beth Israel Collection offers a glimpse into the day-to-day goings-on of Congregation Beth Israel, with documents spanning a century of the Jewish temple’s existence. Books, memorabilia, directories, programs, sermons, and church bulletins from different decades show the similarities and changes at Beth Israel as it continues to grow with the rest of Houston’s Jewish Community.

This collection is made up of eight boxes containing books, bulletins, correspondence, event materials, financial records, flyers, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, plaques, programs, scrapbooks, videos, and yearbooks from United Orthodox Synagogues spanning from 1935 to 2023.

The collection contains twelve boxes of correspondence, event materials, media, minutes, photographs, a scrapbook, newsletters and other printed materials spanning the years 1935 to 2020.