Edward Stone Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 1054

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Forms part of the 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

One box containing primarily BBYO materials, including correspondence, photographs, news clippings, membership cards, lapel pins and other memorabilia, a certificate, Model Convention materials, and event programs documents activities Edward Stone was involved in from 1956 to 1989.

Forms part of the South Texas Jewish Archives.

Dates

Creation: 1956 - 1989

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 Edward Stone 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 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

Edward Stone was born in 1941 in Houston, Texas. His father ran a wholesale grocery business and sold to grocers in Southeast Texas. In his youth, Edward was active in Jewish life, particularly in the local Houston chapter of BBYO. He attended Bellaire High School and the University of Texas at Austin. In his freshman year at UT, he met his wife, Barbara, and they were married a year after graduation. Barbara, Edward, and their children spent several years living in Canada, San Francisco, and Boston, while Edward served as the Manager of the Toronto Operations of the Clorox Company of Canada. Eventually the family moved to Dallas, Texas, in the summer of 1975. Edward worked as the Product manager of Frito-Lay for about a year and a half until he founded the Dallas Marketing Group in July 1976. He retired in December 2006. Edward served as a board member at Temple Emanu El in Dallas for over 12 years and currently serves as a Board Member of the Literacy Instruction for Texas (LIFT). He remains highly active in the Dallas Jewish community.

Extent

3.50 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 map-drawer)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains primarily BBYO materials, including correspondence, photographs, news clippings, membership cards, lapel pins and other memorabilia, a certificate, Model Convention materials, and event programs spanning the years 1956 to 1989.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection have been arranged into six series as follows: Series I: Photographs; Series II: Correspondence; Series III: BBYO Booklets/Newsletters; Series IV: AZA Member Materials; Series V: Newspaper Clippings; Series VI: AZA Memorabilia