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"63"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44846

Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records.

Fonds No.: 1058; 1; 00141

Date: 1976

Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records.

Date: 1976

Fonds No.: 1058

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00141

Storage Location: JPL; Bay 5; Ctn. 006

Creator: Aviva Ravel

Language: English; French

Notes: File contains the English translation of "63" by Robert Gurilk.

Subjects: Plays; Writing - Fiction; Theatre

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

"A Depressing Solution"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44845

Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records.

Fonds No.: 1058; 1; 00140

Date: 1974

Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records.

Date: 1974

Fonds No.: 1058

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00140

Storage Location: JPL; Bay 5; Ctn. 006

Creator: Aviva Ravel

Language: English; French

Notes: File contains the English translation of "L'affaire Décourageante" by Félix Leclerc.

Subjects: Plays; Writing - Fiction; Theatre

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

"A Family Seder"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44971

Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records.

Fonds No.: 1058; 3; 00283

Date: 1998

Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records.

Date: 1998

Fonds No.: 1058

Series No.: 3

File No.: 00283

Storage Location: JPL; Bay 5; Ctn. 011

Creator: Aviva Ravel

Language: English

Subjects: Theatre; Plays; Writing - Fiction

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

"A Leather Bound Book"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44975

Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records.

Fonds No.: 1058; 3; 00287

Date: [19--]

Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records.

Date: [19--]

Fonds No.: 1058

Series No.: 3

File No.: 00287

Storage Location: JPL; Bay 5; Ctn. 011

Creator: Aviva Ravel

Language: English

Subjects: Theatre; Plays; Writing - Fiction

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

ALTER FAMILY = Shanghai Jewish Community.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn303

Collection: ALTER FAMILY = Shanghai Jewish Community.

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - Env. 438 photographs.

Fonds No.: P0203

Date: 1920-1975c.

Scope and Content: This collection has rare images of the Jewish population of Shanghai during and after World War II, as well as immigration documents of visual and historical interest, and also documents from various Montreal Protestant Schools & Jewish neighborhoods. It consists primarily of photographs of a Russi…

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Collection: ALTER FAMILY = Shanghai Jewish Community.

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - Env. 438 photographs.

Scope and Content: This collection has rare images of the Jewish population of Shanghai during and after World War II, as well as immigration documents of visual and historical interest, and also documents from various Montreal Protestant Schools & Jewish neighborhoods. It consists primarily of photographs of a Russian Jewish family and their friends, mostly other refugee Jews in China, between 1938-1952. There are also photos taken in France before the war and in Montreal and USA after the family's immigration to Canada. Most of the Shanghai photos are in albums. The identity documents include a passport, and school documents for the father in Lille, France, and the daughter Isabelle in Shanghai & Montreal.

Date: 1920-1975c.

Fonds No.: P0203

History / Biographical: Isabelle Alter was born in Shanghai in 1940, the only daughter of Isaac and Maria (nee Gloos) Alter. The Alters left Russia for Shanghai c.1938 after Isaac had studied chemistry and tanning in France. He taught science in China. Isabelle came to Montreal in 1952, later studied physiological psychology. She moved to New York to complete her studies and eventually became a Freudian analyst. She died in 1995. Her mother was a dress designer in China. The family came to Canada after the revolution had made life in Shanghai too risky. Maria Alter became Maria Levitan after her second marriage. Isaac Alter died in (circa) 1954 and Maria in (circa) 1994.

Custodial History: The collection was donated on July 13, 2005 by Ruth Portner, a close friend of Isabelle Alter

Notes: Physical condition :Some documents are in fragile condition. One photo album was disassembled due to water damage.Alpha-numeric designations :P05/10.Language :Mostly English, with some Russian, Yiddish, and Chinese.Related groups of records :Mrs. Portner donated poems and other writings by Isabelle Alter at McGill University to McGill's Rare Book Department. She donated architectual drawings by Bruno Levitan, Isabelle's stepfather's family, to the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.