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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Henry Cohen, Lectures and Addresses About Prisons |
| Author | Cohen, Henry (1863-1952) |
| Date | 1930-1947 |
| Document Type | Personal Account |
| Reference | 3M326, Box 1 |
| Library / Archive | Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin |
| Collection Name | Cohen (Henry) Papers, 1850, 1881-1951 |
| Description | Various papers recording the character of, and Cohen's involvement in, the Texas Prison, Prison Labour Committee and Texas Prison Board. He describes conditions in which convicts were kept, crimes for which they were tried and the reformatory stages such as after care. |
| Series Description | Papers concern Cohen's career and those of members of his family; his social welfare activities, especially in the fields of prison reform, hospitals, schools and immigration. |
| Biographical Note / History | Henry Cohen was born April 7, 1863 in London England. In 1884 he was ordained a rabbi and led congregations in Kingston, Jamaica (1884-1885) and Woodville, Mississippi (1885-1888) before transferring to Galveston, Texas where he led the Temple B'nai Israel from 1888 to 1949. Cohen was influential in religious and social welfare activities in Texas; he was especially well-known for his work on hospitals, schools and immigration issues. A noted prison reformer, Cohen served on the Texas Prison Board. An authority on the Talmud, Cohen published a number of essays. He married Mollie Levy of Galveston and the couple had two children. |
| Theme(s) | Politics, Legislation and Governance |
| Places | San Quentin, San Francisco, California, Galveston, Texas, Chicago, United States; LA Fonda, Sante Fe, Mexico |
| Nationality | American; Jewish |
| People | Cohen, Henry (1863-1952); Mooney, Tom; Griffin, Franklin A; Billings, Warren K; Alfred, James V; Dannenbaum, Henry J; Waverley Briggs, George |
| Keywords | prison, economics, law, punishment, employment, newspaper, Jewish, court, children, prison, education, family, religion, crime, citizenship, legislation, disease, clothing, philanthropy, finance, morality, women, family, army, navy, relief, societies, commerce, agriculture, labour |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin catalogue. |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin |
