This collection contains audio and video oral histories and transcripts conducted by staff of the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives (STJA- formerly the Houston Jewish History Archive), and documents the lives and activities of the Jewish community in Texas.
Founded in 2017 in the wake of Hurricane Harvey as the Houston Jewish History Archive, the name of the archive changed in January 2023 to the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives (STJA). STJA is dedicated to the study and preservation of Jewish life in South Texas by collecting artifacts from all facets of Jewish life, and making the archival records available to the public for research, learning, and enjoyment.
The original materials are held by the Woodson Research Center in Fondren Library. Search the finding aid/inventory for the South Texas Jewish Archives oral histories, MS 976.
"The real record of history is found in the lives of ordinary people who lived it."
Do you have a story to tell about Jewish life in Houston and South Texas?
Oral History Inquiry Form-
To be contacted by the curator of STJA about an oral history, please complete the form HERE