Jewish Organizations and Businesses

Artifacts, marketing materials, newsletters, and organizational materials document activities, events, news, and operations of Camp Young Judaea in Texas and the surrounding region from 1949-2012.

The Chabad of Houston collection contains materials related to the institution’s many programs, its history, and especially the galas and events celebrating the impact the Chabad has had on the Houston Jewish community.

The collection contains one box of speeches, event programs and media, newsclippings, and bulletins which document some of Dolores Wilkenfeld's interests and activities within the Reform Jewish Community in Houston and around the world from 1973 to 2017, with a focus on assisting Russian Jewry.

This collection is made up of two boxes containing correspondence, drawings, and photographs from Ellen Orseck, spanning from 1991-2019.

The collection consists of publications for a variety of purposes: student recruitment; fund-raising; periodic reporting, particularly to parents; and recording of community guidelines. Also included are student publications and an I. Weiner School yearbook. There are a few programs from student theater productions. Newsclippings and correspondence are also included.

A gift to the Gus Buck Chapter of the B’nai B’rith Girls, the Gus Buck BBG Banner serves as a lasting reminder of the organizations tying the Jewish community together around the world.

Photographs used in the Houston Chronicle and/or taken by Chronicle photographers document activities within the Houston Jewish community between the 1940s and 2000s.

This collection consists of twenty-seven boxes containing administrative materials, awards and certificates, bulletins, correspondence, directories, event materials, news clippings, photographs, radio and television materials, scrapbooks, and yearbooks from Houston Hadassah, spanning 1934-2022.

The collection consists of scrapbooks documenting the events and programs of Houston Hillel from 1975-2008, featuring photographs, event flyers, calendar, newsletters, news clippings, invitations, and other ephemera.

Photographs used in the Houston Post and/or taken by Post photographers document activities within the Houston Jewish community between the 1950s and 1990s.