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Description of Series
Material at HMRC
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Congregation Beth Israel:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Houston Metropolitan
Research Center, Houston Public Library
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| Creator | Congregation Beth
Israel |
| Title | Congregation Beth
Israel |
| Date | 1861-1976 |
| Identification: | RG I 003 |
| Extent | 5 boxes |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Houston Metropolitan Research Center,
Houston Public Library |
The records of Congregation Beth Israel are in two locations; the
earliest are at HMRC while the more recent are located in the Congregation's
archive. The earliest records were placed with HMRC on permanent loan and
consist of all extant items from its nineteenth century origins generally
through World War I. Beth Israel, formed in 1854, is the oldest Jewish
Congregation in Texas. The earliest material, however, dates from the 1860's.
The material at HMRC consists mainly of minute and financial ledgers of the
assembly, its cemetery, its Board of Trustees, early B'nai B'rith Lodges and
Sisterhood, various publications, clippings, cemetery plat map, and
correspondence relative to the congregation. These records provide insight into
Houston's social, economic, and religious history as well as serving as a basis
for the study of Houston's Jewish community in the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. The other section of the congregational records remains in
the Temple's archive. This material dates from the 1920's to the present.
The Board of Trustees of Congregation Beth Israel transferred the
nineteenth and early twentieth century records to HMRC in August, 1977.
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Arrangement
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| The first six pages of the inventory list the material at HMRC. The
ledgers as well as the material in folders in Box 5 are arranged
chronologically by topic. The material in Box 5 generally had been loose
between the pages of the ledgers. It was removed and placed in folders for
better preservation. When appropriate, the ledger is indicated from which the
folder material came. |
| The remainder of the inventory lists and briefly describes the
material still in Beth Israel's archive. This part is generally arranged
chronologically by topic. Arrangements for examination of this material must be
made through HMRC. |
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Access Restrictions
Arrangements for use of materials still in Beth Israel's archive must
be made through HMRC.
Use Restrictions
None.
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| Subjects |
| | Cemeteries--Texas--Houston |
| | Jewish religious
schools--Texas-Houston |
| | Jewish
soldiers--Texas--Houston |
| | Jewish
women--Texas--Houston--Societies, etc. |
| | Jews--Texas--Houston |
| | Orphanages--Texas--Houston |
| | Rabbis--Texas--Houston |
| | Zionism--Texas--Houston |
| Organizations |
| | Bayland Orphans'
Home |
| | B'nai B'rith. Houston
Lodge No. 434 (Houston, Tex.) |
| | B'nai B'rith. Lone Star
Lodge No. 210 (Houston, Tex.) |
| | Boy Scouts of America.
Sam Houston Area Council |
| | Congregation Beth Israel
(Houston, Tex.) |
| | Congregation Beth Israel
(Houston, Tex.). Sisterhood |
| Other Names |
| | Barnston,
Henry |
| | Lazarus,
Abraham |
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Congregation Beth Israel. Houston Metropolitan Research Center,
Houston Public Library
Processed by Thomas H. Kreneck and Doris Glasser, Jan. 12, 1978
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Material at HMRC
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| Box | Volume |
| 1 | 1 | | "Settlement Book No. 1 Hebr. Congr. Beth Israel",
(August,
1869-January, 1892).
8″×12½″×1× ledger |
| | Includes members, male heads of households, dues, seat-rents,
fines, holiday offerings, expenses of congregation, burials, and marriages. Not
Indexed. Fair condition. |
| 2 | | [No Title] Coverless "Settlement Book" continuation.
(Aug.,
1892-April, 1903)
8″×12½″×3/4″ ledger |
| | Includes members, dues, cemetery fund, offering, marriages,
burials, lodges, storm relief (1901), Young Men's Hebrew Society. Not Indexed.
Fair condition. 268 p. |
| 3 | | [No Title] Financial Records of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1868-1872),
8½″×13″×1″ ledger |
| | Includes members, contributions, Treasurers' Accounts, itemized
expenses and income, non-members and offerings, marriages and deaths. Indexed.
Fair condition. |
| 4 | | "Ledger A", Financial Records of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1872-1884),
9″×14″×1½″ ledger |
| | Includes members and contributions, Treasurers' Accounts,
itemized income and expenses of Congregation, non-members and offerings,
marriages, deaths, and burials. Indexed. Fair condition. |
| Box |
| (on shelf) | | | "Ledger B", Financial Records of Congregation Beth
Israel.
(1884-1894),
10½″×16″×1 3/4″ ledger |
| | Includes members, dues, subscriptions, suspensions,
resignations, cemetery funds, Treasurers' Accounts, deaths and burial locations
in some cases. Indexed. Fair condition. |
| | | [No Title] Fragment of Financial records of Congr. Beth
Israel, pp. 205-228.
(1896-1903)
10″×16″×¼″ ledger |
| | Includes membership, Treasurers' Accounts, expenditures, and
receipts. Not Indexed. Fair condition. |
| | | [No Title] Financial Records of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1902-1907),
10″×16″×1½″ ledger, |
| | Includes members, dues, offerings, seat rent, suspensions,
resignations, Treasurers' Accounts, cemetery funds, and offerings. Indexed.
Fair condition. |
| | | "Ledger", Financial records of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1907-1911),
11″×16″×2″ ledger |
| | Includes members, Collectors' reports, dues, seat rent, cemetery
lot payments, Treasurers' Reports, offerings, resignations, suspensions, and
deaths. Indexed. Fair condition. |
| | | [No Title] Financial records of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1910-1919),
11″×16″×2″ ledger |
| | Includes members, collection reports, marriage permits,
offerings (in whose honor), religious school fund, Treasurers' Accounts,
resignations, suspensions, and non-members. Indexed. Fair condition. |
| | | [No Title] Financial records of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1919-1923),
12″×16″×2½″ ledger |
| | Includes members, dues collection, Victory Bonds, Tornado
Insurance owned by, Religious school, offerings, marriage permits. Indexed.
Poor condition. |
| Box | Volume |
| 2 | 1 | | "Records" Minutes of Regular and Annual Meetings of
Congr. Beth Israel.
(1861-1889),
8½″×13″×1 3/4″ ledger |
| | Includes Congr. activities, procedures, membership, properties,
by-laws, Ladies seats, immigration information, Secretaries' receipts and
disbursements. Indexed. Good condition. 496pp. |
| 2 | | [No Title] Minutes and Reports of Annual and Regular
Meetings of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1890-1907),
9″×14″×1½″ ledger |
| | Includes Presidential addresses, membership, activities,
procedures, clippings, and information on Rabbis. Not Indexed. Fair condition.
132pp. |
| 3 | | [No Title] Coverless, Minutes of Regular meetings of
Board of Trustees of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1866-1884)
8½″×14″×3/4″ ledger |
| | Includes meeting procedures, congregational activities, members,
committee work, social events, various publications, and finances. Not Indexed.
Fair condition. 282pp. |
| Box |
| (on shelf) | | | Minutes of Annual Assemblies and Regular Board Meetings
of Congr. Beth Israel.
1907-1922
10″×16″×1 3/4″ ledger |
| | Includes material regarding Congr. procedures, financial,
Presidential messages, committee work, officers, membership lists, resolutions,
buildings, memorials, deaths, cemetery, schools, social organizations and
social events. Not Indexed. Good condition. 288pp. |
| | | [No Title] Minutes of Regular and Special Meetings of
the Board of Trustees of the Congr. Beth Israel.
(1884-1907)
10″×15½″×1½″ ledger |
| | Includes material regarding activities of the Congr.,
membership, meeting procedures, important correspondence by and to
Congregation, and various publications. Not Indexed. Good condition. 364pp. |
| | | [No Title] Minutes of Meetings of the Board of Trustees
of Congr. Beth Israel.
(Dec. 1920-Dec.
1921),
8″×13″×½″ ledger |
| | Includes material regarding activities of Congregation. Sketchy.
Not Indexed. Good condition. 7pp. |
| | | "Endowment Book, Lone Star Lodge No. 210, I.O.B.B.,
Houston, Texas" (19th century?)
8½″×13½ front cover of ledger. |
| | | [No Title] Financial records of Lone Star Lodge #210,
I.0.B.B. of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1974-1889)
8″×9½″×1 3/4″ ledger |
| | Includes members, dues, Treasurers' Accounts, Reserve Funds,
Deaths, widows' and orphans' Funds, funeral notices, fines, and secretaries'
accounts. Indexed. Good condition. 407 pp. |
| | | [No Title] Minutes of Regular and Quarterly Meetings of
Lone Star Lodge No. 210, I.O.B.B. of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1884-1909)
10″×15″×1½″ ledger |
| | Includes funeral notices, members, wives, memoriums, Lodge
activities, and misc. newsclippings. Not Indexed. Fair condition. 378 pp. |
| | | [No Title] Financial records of Lone Star Lodge #210,
I.O.B.B. of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1890-1902)
9″×14″×1″ ledger |
| | Includes members, dues, funeral notices, suspensions, clippings,
secretaries' Accounts, and Treasurers' Accounts. Indexed. Good condition. 269
pp. |
| | | [No Title] Financial records and Minutes of meetings of
Lone Star Lodge #434, I.O.B.B. of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1893-1900)
12″×17″×2½″ ledger |
| | Includes members, dues, and activities and organization of the
Lodge. Indexed. Fair condition. 470 pp. |
| | | "Ledger," Financial records of Lone Star Lodge #434,
I.O.B.B.
(1903-1906)
9″×14″×1″ ledger |
| | Includes members, Treasurers' Accounts, suspensions,
resignations, and deaths. Not Indexed. Fair condition. 137 pp. |
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| 3 | 1 | | [No Title] Minutes of the Meetings of the sisterhood of
Congr. Beth Israel.
(1926-1931)
8″×10″×1″ ledger |
| | Includes members, officers, committees, and activities in
community. Not Indexed. Good condition. 264 pp. |
| 2 | | [No Title] Record of finances and supplies of the
sisterhood of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1936)
7½″×12″×½″ ledger |
| | Not Indexed. Good condition. 88 pp. |
| 3 | | [No Title] Financial records of sisterhood of Congr.
Beth Israel.
(1938-1939)
10″×12½″×3/4″ ledger |
| | Includes members, receipts, donations, and expenses. Not
Indexed. Good condition. 58 pp. |
| 4 | | "Levy Memorial Hall,
1924" Record of all activities and
dates of activities in Levy Hall.
(1924-1933)
8″×13″×3/4″ Ledger |
| | Includes material regarding community activity. Not Indexed.
Good condition. 177 pp. |
| 5 | | "Record Book,
May 1933 to
May 1934". Record of all activities
in Levy Memorial Hall for these years.
(1933-1935)
7½″×12″×½″ ledger |
| | Includes material regarding community activity. Not Indexed.
Good condition. 100 pp. |
| Box | Volume |
| 4 | 1 | | [No Title] Death Record of Congr. Beth Israel.
(1898-1900)
9″×14″×½″ ledger |
| | Includes nearest Kin in many cases. Indexed. Fair condition. 152
pp. |
| 2 | | [No Title] Record of marriages, Births, Deaths, and
Confirmations.
(1900-1903)
9″×14″×½″ ledger |
| | Includes Rabbis involved. Indexed. Good condition. 10 pp. |
| 3 | | "Ledger" Cemetery Record Book.
(19th Cent. -
1930's).
8″×12″×1½″ ledger |
| | Lists persons in lots by number, birth date, and death date.
Indexed. Good condition. 100 pp. |
| Box |
| (on shelf) | | | "Register of Burials in Graves, For Burial in Lots See
Ledger." Lists date of death.
(late 19th cent. - Early 20th
cent.)
9½″×15½″×¼″ ledger |
| | Indexed. Good condition. 30 pp. |
| | | "Plat of Congregation Beth Israel Cemetery" (Linen).
Cemetery bordered by Saulnier and San Felipe streets.
(Not Dated).
36″×45″ |
| | Good condition. |
| Box | Folder |
| 5 | 1 | | Barnston, Rabbi Henry, "The Jews of Houston,"
[191?] and Letter of
Resignation,
April 21,
1920. |
| 2 | | Board of Trustees: Misc. Documents and Dues
Correspondence,
1884-1907 (From
[No Title] Minutes of Regular and Special Meetings of the Board.)
10″×15½″×1½″ ledger |
| 3 | | Board of Trustees: Misc. Documents and Dues
Correspondence,
1920's (From [No Title]
Minutes of Regular and Special
meetings of the Board.) 1884-1907,
10″×15½″×1½″ ledger |
| 4 | | Cemetery: Reports and Financial Statements,
1913-1917. |
| 5 | | Cemetery: Misc. Documents,
1920's (From [No
Title] 12″×16″×2½″ Ledger,
1919-1923,
Financial Records and "Ledger",
19th cent. - 1930's, cemetery Record
Book.)
8″×12″×1½″ Ledger |
| 6 | | General Assembly of Congr. Beth Israel: Misc. Documents,
1890's-1922.
(From [No Title] 9″×14″×1½″ Ledger,
1890-1907;
"Minutes,
1907-1922,
"10″×16″×1 3/4″ Ledger; and "Ledger," 11″×16″×2″ Ledger,
1907-1911,
Financial Records of Congr. Beth Israel.) |
| 7 | | General Assembly of Congr. Beth Israel: Disarmament
Resolution,
July 1921. |
| 8 | | Lone Star Lodge #210, I.O.B.B.: Misc. Dues
Correspondence,
1880's (From [No
Title]
1874-1889,
Financial Records of Lone Star Lodge #210.)
8″×9½″×1 3/4″ Ledger |
| 9 | | Lone Star Lodge #210, I.O.B.B.: Dues Correspondence and
Funeral Notice,
1890-1891 (From
[No Title]
1890-1902,
Financial Records of Lone Star Lodge #210)
9″×14″×1″ Ledger |
| 10 | | Lone Star Lodge #210: Biographical Obituary clipping on
Leo N. Levi,
1890's and Rabbi
Abraham Lazarus,
1890's; Death
Notice on Louis M. Rich,
1908 (From [No Title]
1884-1909,
Minutes of Meetings of Lone Star Lodge #210.)
10″×15″×1½″ Ledger |
| 11 | | Lone Star Lodge #210, I.O.B.B.: Golden Jubilee,
1843-1893
I.O.B.B. Letterhead (From [No Title]
1884-1909,
Minutes of Meetings of Lone Star Lodge #210, p. 203.)
10″×15″×1½″ Ledger |
| 12 | | Lone Star Lodge #210, I.O.B.B.: Clipping and Letter
regarding Celebration of Hannuakkah,
1898. (From [No Title]
1884-1909,
Minutes of Meetings of Lone Star Lodge #210.)
10″×15″×1½″ Ledger |
| 13 | | Lone Star Lodge #210, I.O.B.B.: Annual Report of Lodge,
1906 (from [No Title]
1874-1889,
Financial Records of Lone Star Lodge #210.)
8″×9½″ ×1 3/4″ Ledger |
| 14 | | Lone Star Lodge. #434, I.O.B.B. Biographical Death
Notices, Obituary, and Memoriums,
1890's. (From
[No Title]
1893-1900,
Financial Records and Minutes of Meetings of Lone Star Lodge #434.)
12″×17″×2½″ Ledger |
| 15 | | Lone Star Lodge #434, I.O.B.B.: Organizational
Documents, Correspondence, and Membership Lists,
1893-1900 (From
[No Title]
1893-1900,
Financial Records and Minutes of Meetings of Lone Star Lodge #434.)
12″×17″×2½″ Ledger |
| 16 | | Lone Star Lodge #434. I.O.B.B.: Membership Lists and
Invoices,
1890's-1904
(From [Title]
1893-1900,
Financial Records, and Minutes of Meetings of Lone Star Lodge
#434.)
12″× 17″× 2½″ Ledger |
| 17 | | Officers' Roll,
1879-1907 (18
pp. listing all officers for each year, and sick committee Roll.) |
| 18 | | Religious School, Congr. Beth Israel: Application Form,
1890's. |
| 19 | | Sisterhood of Congr. Beth Israel: Office Reports,
1938-1939. |
| 20 | | Sisterhood of Congr. Beth Israel: Receipts,
1938-1939. |
| 21 | | Sisterhood of Congr. Beth Israel: Reports and
Correspondence
1930's. |
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