Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Texas A&M Hillel Articles and Photographs Collection
Date(s)
- 1940-1960 (Creation)
Extent
2 boxes
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Hillel Articles and Photographs Collection contains photocopies of newspaper clippings, photographs of social events, and a guest book ledger related to the Jewish student organization at Texas A&M University. The collection date range is from 1940 to the 1960’s. The collection contains information about Hillel’s involvement with the World War II effort, including highlights of Jewish Aggie veterans of World War II. Photographs, articles, ceremonies, and building information for the Texas A&M Ike and Fannie Sablosky B'Nai and B'Rith Hillel Building are included within the collection. Other information within the collection contain highlights of Hillel Club organized social dance, including photographs and a guest book ledger.
System of arrangement
Collection arranged by date and original order of the materials as presented in scrapbooks.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted.
Physical access
Scrapbook and guestbook ledger are fragile and require special handling.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Languages of the material
- English
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Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Donation, of five Scrapbooks of the Texas A&M Hillel Foundation covering the dates 1937-1958.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Sources used
Archivist's note
Finding Aid Authors: Jennifer Reibenspies.
Archivist's note
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