Jews and Jewish life

This collection is made up of one box containing correspondence, photographs, news clippings, certificates, newsletters, and programs from the Schlanger Family, spanning from 1937-1985.

This collection consists of two boxes containing administrative records, cookbooks, correspondences, journals, memorabilia, photos, programs, and publications from Harry and Riva Schneider during their involvement in the United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston, United Orthodox Synagogues Men's Club, and the United Orthodox Synagogues Sisterhood, spanning 1975-2016.

This collection consists of one folder containing a newspaper clipping on the death of one of Adath Israel's founders, a military pin, Israel Schuleman's graduation invitations from San Jacinto High School and the University of Texas Med School, and materials from his time in the U.S. Army (1946-1947; 1953) including, a photograph, a memorial certificate, dog tags, and military discharge papers.

The collection contains news clippings, certificates, photographs, media, and San Jacinto High School and University of Texas materials, including an El Oroso signed by Walter Cronkite, which document the lives of some of the Schuleman family from 1911 to 2018.

The collection contains correspondence, photographs, news clippings, citizenship paperwork, a confirmation certificate, a book on the history of Temple Israel, guides to Jewish cemeteries in the area, and an oral history interview with Paula Schwartz Stein which document part of the lives of members of the Schwartz and Stein families within the Schulenburg Jewish community and events at Temple Israel from 1925-2020.

Two boxes containing Emery-Weiner school materials ( yearbooks, directories, school photos. ID card), River Oaks Elementry materials (report card, programs), ID card from school in Israel, Bar Mitzvah photo album and practice materials, BBYO materials (books, panoramic photos), invitations, certificates from 2001-2017.

The Seven Acres Records contain newsletters, news clippings, event materials, promotional materials, DVDs, and reports showcasing programs, events and administrative materials from the Seven Acres eldery home, offering a glimpse of elderly care in the Houston Jewish community.

The collection contains six boxes of correspondence, event materials (including programs, correspondence, and memorabilia), newsletters, bulletins, news clippings, books, photographs, financial documents, sermons, and video and audio material of events that document the history of Shearith Israel Congregation in Wharton, Texas, from 1921 to 2002.

The Shelby D. Goodman collection contains concept sketches and photographs of two of Goodman’s most influential buildings--the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston Building and the Kaplan Museum of Judaica. In addition, the collection has several religious group photographs, and six sound recordings of Jewish religious music, offering a rich insight into Jewish spaces and traditions in the community.

The collection consists of one box containing primary school certificates, Bar Mitzvah materials, a letter of intent to play baseball for Rice University on a scholarship, news clippings, admissions paperwork, correspondence, Rice team schedules, an award, and two scrapbooks that documents Sheldon Kaufman's time spent as a youth at Adath Emeth primary school and his baseball career from Little League through his time at Rice University spanning the years 1956 to 2004.