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Berkowitz Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1055
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

Two boxes containing Hebrew/Beren Academy promotional materials, as well as United Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) and Chabad of Houston materials, newsletters, directories, yearbook, a PTO cookbook, event programs and booklets; and t-shirts from the JCC and Beren Academy events, among others, document activities the Berkowitz family were involved in from 1989-2013.

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

Dates

  • Creation: 1992 - 2013

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Materials 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 Berkowitz Family 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

Little is known about the family at this time.

Extent

1.50 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of two boxes containing promotional materials, programs, and t-shirts, primarily from various schools and groups that members of the Berkowitz family attended from 1989-2013.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection have been arranged alphabetically in two series as follows:

Series I: General; Series II: T-Shirts

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials donated by Sally Berkowitz in November 2021.

Title
Guide to the Berkowitz Family Papers, 1992-2013.
Status
Completed
Author
Grace Stewart
Date
2023
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

Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586