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Jewish Organizations and Businesses

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Janice Rubin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0751
Abstract

The collection consists of five boxes of correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, photographic material, and media (digital oral history, VHS, audio cassettes, and CDs) that document some of Janice Rubin's activities as a teacher, musician, and photographer within the Houston Jewish community from 1941 to 2023. Also included is a packet of materials provided to Jewish service members during World War II.

Dates: 1941 - 2023

Jerry Wische JCC Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0931
Abstract

This collection is made up of one box containing administrative records, event materials, newsletters and news clippings, correspondence, and media from Jerry Wische's personal collection of Houston Jewish Community Center materials spanning from 1936-2021.

Dates: 1936 - 2021

Jewish Family Service records [Houston]

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0785
Abstract

This collection contains programs, pamphlets, photographs, speeches, correspondence, compact discs, administrative records, and newsletters that document part of the history of Jewish Family Service - Houston from 1947 to 2015, including oral history interviews conducted with former staff and board members.

Dates: 2008-2015

Jewish Federation of Greater Houston records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0714
Abstract

This collection which spans 1939 to 2018 includes a 1939-1943 notebook from the Refugee Services Committee which assisted Jews fleeing the Nazi regime in WWII, as well as a variety of photographs of people and events from the Federation's activities in the 1980s. The addendum includes event programs, guides, and one VHS recording.

Dates: 1939 - 2018

Jewish Herald-Voice Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0781
Abstract

This collection contains issues of the Jewish Herald-Voice, as well as related correspondence, newsprint and articles, photographs, and a Directory of Jewish Organizations showcasing different aspects of the Jewish community and smaller groups that make it up. "Representing the great and powerful diversity of [the Houston and Texas Gulf Coast Jewish communities,] the Herald unites many thoughts in its weekly pages" (Newspaper owners Samuels and Levy).

Dates: 1928 - 2008

Jewish Institute for Medical Research Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0922
Abstract

This collection consists of one box containing correspondence, meeting materials, photographs, news clippings, etc. pertaining to the history and operations of the Jewish Institute for Medical Research from 1959-2019.

Dates: 1959 - 2019

Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0874
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, publicity materials, a statement about the founding of the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives, formerly known as the Houston Jewish History Archive (HJHA), meeting materials, newsletters, and news clippings that feature the work the STJA is doing to preserve materials belonging to individuals and synagogues in the Houston Jewish community following the damage wrought by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

Dates: 2017 - 2023

Judith Goldman Soviet Jewry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0967
Abstract

One box containing the Action Newsletter produced by Judith Goldman, correspondence, photographs, news clippings, and speeches documents some of Judith Goldman's time as president of Houston Action for Soviet Jewry from 1983 to 2020.

Dates: 1983 - 2020

Kornblit-Rosenberg Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1074
Abstract

This collection is made up of 11 boxes containing clothing, convention materials, calr documents, projects, calendars, publications, and photographs from the Kornblit Rosenberg Family, spanning from 1963-2005.

Dates: 1963 - 2005

Lenard Gabert, Sr. architectural records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0695
Abstract The Lenard Gabert, Sr. Architectural Records, 1930-2002 contains over 250 drawings on a variety of paper types and sizes, reflecting the architectural style of the time. Older drawings are often on brown tracing paper, moving to sheaves of pre-marked white planning paper, with the more modern ones printed in bound packets. Some of the drawings have complete plans with indexes (Arranged by category: Constructive, Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing), and many...
Dates: 1930s-2002