Rice University: Woodson Research Center

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Rice University's Woodson Research Center, part of the Fondren Library, has contributed digital copies of the Thresher, Rice's student newspaper, a Chinese newspaper representing Houston and Texan Chinese-Americans, and manuscript materials related to the Osterhout family (19th century Texas). The Woodson Research Center offers access to rare books, manuscripts, photographs, maps and more about Houston and Texas history, U.S. Civil War and higher education in Texas through the lens of university archives.

Contact

Amanda Focke

713-348-2586

afocke@rice.edu

Address

Rice University
Fondren Library
MS-44
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251

URL

https://library.rice.edu/woodson

At a Glance

Basic statistics about this partner.
10,799
Items
17
Types
71
Titles
12
collections
20
Decades
8
Languages
40
Counties
17
States
9
Countries
503,103
Usage
12 years, 10 months ago
Partner Added
3 months ago
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[Letter from M. Robert Hecht to the Jewish Community Council of Houston Board of Trustees - March 11, 1974]
Jewish Community Council Minutes: April 29, 1936
[Letter from J. L. Zuber to Max Nathan - May 12, 1936]
Report on United Jewish Campaign and Israel Emergency Fund: 1973
Jewish Community Council Minutes: April 28, 1936
[Letter from George W. Rabinoff to Max Nathan - May 8, 1936]
Jewish Community Council Annual Meeting Minutes: May 21, 1972
United Jewish Campaign of Houston Financial Report: February 21, 1975
United Jewish Campaign of Houston Financial Report: January 31, 1975
United Jewish Campaign of Houston Financial Report: December 15, 1975
United Jewish Campaign of Houston Financial Report: September 26, 1973
United Jewish Campaign of Houston Financial Report: August 29, 1973

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Rice University: Woodson Research Center, partner contributing to The Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries. https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/RICE/ accessed March 24, 2025.

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Collections

Texas Digital Newspaper Program
4,609
Hidden Selections of Houston’s African American and Jewish Heritage
4,475
The Rice Thresher
2,955
African American Newspapers
1,141
The Houston Informer
1,141
Jewish Community Center of Houston Records
978
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston Records
554
Houston Age
310
Osterhout Papers
183
Southwest Chinese Journal
115
Public News
88
Texas History Collection
1

Resource Types

Newspaper
4,609
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
3,480
Text
858
Pamphlet
815
Letter
638
Photograph
150
Book
76
Legal Document
55
Postcard
32
Script
30
Report
22
Paper
19
Clipping
11
Image
1
Poster
1
Legislative Document
1
Poem
1

Languages

English
10,725
Chinese
116
No Language
73
Hebrew
3
Spanish
3
German
1
Korean
1
Vietnamese
1

Decades

2020-2029
1
2010-2019
189
2000-2009
822
1990-1999
1,418
1980-1989
1,508
1970-1979
1,450
1960-1969
929
1950-1959
614
1940-1949
993
1930-1939
1,053
1920-1929
608
1910-1919
86
1900-1909
23
1890-1899
9
1880-1889
68
1870-1879
314
1860-1869
265
1850-1859
29
1840-1849
7
1830-1839
4

Countries

United States
10,778
Israel
4
Germany
2
Mexico
2
Canada
1
France
1
Nigeria
1
Panama
1
Poland
1

States (expand list)

Texas
10,743
New York
12
Georgia
5
Louisiana
4
Mississippi
3
North Carolina
3
Alabama
2
Arkansas
2
California
2
Oregon
2
Pennsylvania
2
Tennessee
2
Connecticut
1
Florida
1
Massachusetts
1
South Carolina
1
Virginia
1

Counties (expand list)

Harris County, TX
9,906
Fort Bend County, TX
88
Bell County, TX
57
Wharton County, TX
53
Washington County, TX
45
Travis County, TX
23
Tom Green County, TX
11
Bexar County, TX
10
Austin County, TX
7
Houston County, TX
7
Bastrop County, TX
6
Brazoria County, TX
6
Fulton County, GA
4
Grimes County, TX
3
Jefferson County, TX
3
Dallas County, TX
2
Fayette County, TX
2
Hamilton County, TX
2
Kings County, NY
2
Multnomah County, OR
2
Orleans Parish, LA
2
Walker County, TX
2
Brazos County, TX
1
Caddo Parish, LA
1
Comanche County, TX
1
Cooke County, TX
1
Erath County, TX
1
Galveston County, TX
1
Guilford County, NC
1
Lawrence County, TN
1
Mills County, TX
1
Montgomery County, TX
1
New Haven County, CT
1
Nueces County, TX
1
Philadelphia County, PA
1
San Jacinto County, TX
1
Suffolk County, MA
1
Tarrant County, TX
1
Waller County, TX
1
Williamson County, TX
1

Titles (expand list)

The Rice Thresher
2,955
Congregation Beth Yeshurun of Houston records (MS 722)
1,894
The Message
1,542
The Center News
917
United Orthodox Synagogues records (MS 712)
699
United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston [Bulletin]
640
Rev. William A. Lawson papers (MS 532)
586
Heritage Society (Houston)
495
The Informer
348
The Houston Informer
346
The Age
309
The Informer and Texas Freeman
262
Community Artists' Collective records (MS 620)
222
Jewish Community Council Executive Committee Minutes
215
Congregation Beth Israel Bulletin
194
The Houston Informer and the Texas Freeman
185
Southwest Chinese Journal
115
Rockefeller's business records (MS 655)
99
Public News
88
Jewish Community Council Board of Trustees Minutes
73
Jewish Community Council Budget Committee Minutes
71
Lee P. Brown professional papers (MS 509)
70
Reginald Moore Sugar Land Convict Leasing System research collection (MS 636)
70
Adath Emeth Bulletin
65
Jewish Community Center of Houston Program Guide
59
Shearith Israel Congregation collection (MS 738)
54
Jewish Community Council Annual Meeting Minutes
49
Congregation Beth Israel collection (MS 711)
42
Ensemble Theatre records (MS 533)
42
The Israelite
41
Jewish Community Council Minutes
39
Judge Harris Masterson I Papers (MS 468)
39
Walker family Fort Bend County farming diaries (MS 1013)
32
Jewish Community Council Steering Committee Minutes
31
Communications
24
Congregation Beth Am (Or Ami) Records (MS 733)
24
Jewish Community Council Delegate Committee Minutes
24
Big Walter "The Thunderbird" Price collection (MS 870)
23
Àshe
22
Croft/Wunsch family papers (MS 752)
15
The University Jewish Voice
15
Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) records (MS 1034)
13
United Jewish Campaign of Houston Financial Report
12
Judge Clarease Yates papers (MS 123)
9
Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Union Baptist Association
9
Jewish Community Council Social Planning Committee Minutes
8
Jewish Community Council Allocations Committee Minutes
6
Jewish Community Council Community Relations Committee Minutes
4
Jewish Community Council Constitution
4
Shearith Israel News
4
Campaign News
2
J Connect Magazine
2
Jewish Community Council Campaign Planning Committee Minutes
2
Kenneth Horwitz Beaumont [TX] Jewish congregation materials (MS 801)
2
South Texas Jewish Archives vertical file (MS 772)
2
Annual Report of the Mission Board of the Baptist General Association of Texas
1
Baylor College Record
1
Calendar Year 1943
1
Fisher family papers (MS 819)
1
Heartbeat
1
Houston Age
1
Jewish Community Center of Houston records (MS 713)
1
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston (MS 714)
1
Judge Peter W. Gray papers (MS 417)
1
Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Leon River Baptist Association
1
Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Salado Baptist Association
1
Minutes of the Annual Session of the Baptist State Convention of Texas
1
Rice University "R" Association records (UA 089)
1
Rice University scrapbook collection (UA 230)
1
Sol Schwartz family collection (MS 806)
1
The Scroll
1

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