Estelle Kestenberg Singer Collection
Content Description
One folder containing an Emanu El bulletin, a small Rice pennant, a Rice freshman beanie with "59" on front documents some activities Estelle Destenberg Singer participated in from 1953 to 1959.
Forms part of the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives.
Dates
- Creation: 1953 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access
The material is open for research.
Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from the Estelle Kestenberg Singer Collection 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
Estelle Kestenberg was born in 1937 in Houston, Texas, to Louis and Frieda Miron Kestenberg. Estelle married Don Singer on August 6, 1958.
She matriculated at Rice Institute in 1955. While at Rice, she was a member of the Sarah Lane Literary Society, served as an officer with Hillel, and covered Society for The Thresher. She graduated from Rice Institute in 1959 with a BA in English.
Extent
.10 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection containing an Emanu El bulletin, a small Rice pennant, and a Rice freshman beanie with "59" on front documents some activities Estelle Kestenberg Singer participated in from 1953 to 1959.
Arrangement
The materials in this collection have been arranged in one series as follows:
Series I: General
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Franklin Singer in December 2021
Source
- Singer , Franklin (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Estelle Kestenberg Singer Collection, 1953-1959
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Traci Patterson
- Date
- 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu
