Leah and Julius Gensberg Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 1063

Staff Only

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

Content Description

Two boxes containing day planners and one scrapbook that includes news clippings, correspondence, cards, and event material document the lives of Leah and Julius Gensberg from 1945 to 1959.

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

Dates

Creation: 1945 - 1959

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 Leah and Julius Gensberg 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

Leah Frank was born August 26, 1911, in Washington, New Jersey, to Jacob and Rebecca Davidoff Frank. She moved with her family to Los Angeles, California, when she was nine years old. She worked as a public school librarian for 15 years in the Los Angeles Independent School District.

Julius Gensberg was born September 5, 1904, in New York City to Lewis and Lena Gensberg. He was a public school teacher and tennis coach, who later became Wharton Independent School District Superintendent.

Leah was introduced to Julius Gensberg by her best friend. The couple were married February 11, 1945, in Wharton, Texas. Leah worked as a librarian for Wharton County Junior College and volunteered with Lighthouse of Houston to transcribe Braille textbooks for blind children. They were members of Shearith Israel in Wharton and later Leah was a member of Temple Beth Israel in Harlingen.

Julius Gensberg died December 29, 1984 in Wharton. Leah Frank Gensberg died October 23, 2013 in Harlingen, Texas. Both are interred at Shearith Israel Cemetery in Wharton.

Extent

1.25 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Two boxes containing day planners and one scrapbook that includes news clippings, correspondence, cards, and event material document the lives of Leah and Julius Gensberg from 1945 to 1959.