photographs

This collection offers a glimpse into early Houston through cartes de viste-photographs of mid-19th century Houstonians, letters, documents, books and diary and journal, as well as the research conducted on many early families.

News clippings, newsletters, programs, photographs, published materials, and correspondence document the life and interests of Gertrude Denn from 1937 to 2023.

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.

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

Materials documenting the history of the Meyers, Robinson, Rosenfield, Bishkin, and Bass families of El Campo and Wharton, Texas. Includes family records and family histories as well as collected materials on the histories of El Campo and Congregation Shearith Israel in Wharton.

One box of photographs, citizenship documentation, marriage and death records, correspondence, biographical information, education records, military paperwork, and family history and genealogy materials document the lives of some of the Miron / Berman family from 1924 to 1982.

The collection consists of a photo album containing 45 black and white photos of the interior and exterior of the Niels Esperson Building in Houston, Texas, ca. 1927.

One box containing Adath Yeshurun consecration service program and photograph, photographs of Jim Novy with David Ben-Gurion, a Rice University Semi-centennial Plaque, family history books, and Houston Chronicle news clipping, all from the Paine family from 1941 to 1992.

Two boxes containing correspondence, photographs, news clippings, awards, letters and postcards, documents some activities that the Rauch family was involved in from 1939 to 2012.

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.