Bernice Kaufman Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 1010

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Forms part of the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives. 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

Two boxes containing photos, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, bulletins, booklets, and invitations document Bernice Kaufman's involvement with the National Council of Jewish Women from 1975 to 2005.

Forms part of the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives.

Dates

Creation: 1975 - 2005

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research without restriction.

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 Bernice Kaufman Papers 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 archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kins 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

Bernice Kaufman's parents Polly Resnick and George Kaufman emigrated from Russia around 1908. Bernice was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1925 and she graduated from Boston University. Her husband, Paul Kaufman, was a colonel in the US Army. The family moved around a lot, living at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, from 1958 to 1963 and Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, from 1968 to 1971. When Paul retired from the military in 1973, the Kaufman family moved to Houston to be better situated for his job as a hospital administrator at Hermann Hospital. Bernice has four children, Lisa Griffith, Carol Kaufman, Mark Kaufman and Sandy Bennet. When her children moved out of their Houston home, Bernice worked in the insurance industry until she retired.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Two boxes containing photos, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, bulletins, booklets, and invitations document Bernice Kaufman's involvement with the National Council of Jewish Women from 1975 to 2005.