Houston Hillel Scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: MS 0732

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Forms part of the Houston Jewish History Archive. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Content Description

Scrapbooks document the events and programs of Houston Hillel from 1975-2008, featuring photographs, event flyers, calendar, newsletters, news clippings, invitations, and other ephemera.

Dates

Creation: 1975 - 2008

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Houston Hillel Scrapbooks must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations.

Biographical / Historical

Houston Hillel is a multi-campus Hillel Foundation which welcomes Jewish students and young professionals all over the greater Houston area. As the only inclusive and pluralistic Jewish campus organization, Houston Hillel welcomes LGBTQI students, those from interfaith backgrounds, and everyone's Jew-adjacent friends. Houston Hillel, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, is a partner agency of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston. Their mission is to enrich "the lives of Jewish undergraduate students, graduate students and young professionals so that they may enrich the Houston Jewish community, the Jewish people and the world."

Source: http://www.houstonhillel.org/, accessed Dec. 5, 2018.

Extent

9 Linear Feet (10 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection consists of scrapbooks documenting the events and programs of Houston Hillel from 1975-2008, featuring photographs, event flyers, calendar, newsletters, news clippings, invitations, and other ephemera.