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Allan Raymond Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31559
- Collection
- Allan Raymond Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 16 linear metres of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1034
- Scope and Content
- Consists of numerous series and sub-series from individuals, families, organizations and businesses from within the Jewish community of Montreal. Includes various forms of records such as correspondence, photographs, artefacts and ledgers.
- Collection
- Allan Raymond Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 16 linear metres of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Consists of numerous series and sub-series from individuals, families, organizations and businesses from within the Jewish community of Montreal. Includes various forms of records such as correspondence, photographs, artefacts and ledgers.
- Fonds No.
- 1034
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Allan Raymond (1922- ) was born in Lithuania and came to Montreal in 1928. He is a researcher and lecturer of Canadian Jewish history and an avid collector of Canadian Judaica. Raymond also considered himself a romantic poet. He had a successful career as an insurance broker in Montreal and during World War II served overseas with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Amongst his varied community activities he served as public relations director of the Westmount Historical Association, Montreal Jewish Historical Society, St. James Literary Society, One Parent Families Association, Parents Without Partners Association, the YMHA Chaverim Group, Avant Garde Singles Group and S-Group. Mr. Raymond conducted research for the Montreal Gazette's "Great Montreal Walks" as well as for the television documentary "Six Decades." Many of his historical documents and photographs were exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Universite de Montreal, Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Shaar Hashomayim Congregation and the Jewish Public Library. He has delivered a series of illustrated lectures dealing with Canadian Judaica at the former Saidye Bronfman Centre among other institutions. This collection was accumulated by Allan Raymond over a period of thirty-five years. Most of the collection held at the Jewish Public Library was donated in 1993 and again in 1999. Mr. Raymond continues in his collecting as well as donations of material to the Jewish Public Library Archives to this day.
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- French
- Hebrew
- Custodial History
- Received by the Jewish Public Library by Allan Raymond in 1993 and 1999.
- Arrangement
- Each series arranged individual to the specific family, person, institution, business or organization. Also includes materials arranged based on format such as "artefacts."
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions may apply due to Privacy legislation.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some restrictions may apply due to Copyright legislation.
- Finding Aid
- Original finding aid available in JPL-A.
- Subjects
- Abramowitz, Herman
- Abramowitz, Tess (nee Bokar)
- Montreal (Quebec) - Buildings, structures, etc.
- Montreal (Quebec) - Street scenes
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Camp Kindervelt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78146
- Collection
- Camp Kindervelt/Camp Unzer Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 film reel : col.
- Fonds No.
- 1357; 1357_001
- Date
- 1949-1954
- Collection
- Camp Kindervelt/Camp Unzer Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 film reel : col.
- Date
- 1949-1954
- Fonds No.
- 1357
- Item No.
- 1357_001
- Storage Location
- 8-5A
- Notes
- Film capturing daily activities at Camp Kindervelt and Camp Unzer, between 1949-1954.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
YouTube
Camp Kindervelt
https://www.youtube.com/embed/VeTryjsBiDUComunitea Evreilor din Bucuresti
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78150
- Collection
- Comunitea Evreilor din Bucuresti
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 album : 50 x 35cm ; 57 photographs
- Fonds No.
- 1350
- Date
- c. 1938
- Scope and Content
- Consists of one album with 57 black and white photographs depicting Jewish life in Bucharest, ca. 1938. Created by the Bucharest Jewish Community Religious, Cultural and Social Assistance Institutions.
- Collection
- Comunitea Evreilor din Bucuresti
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 album : 50 x 35cm ; 57 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Consists of one album with 57 black and white photographs depicting Jewish life in Bucharest, ca. 1938. Created by the Bucharest Jewish Community Religious, Cultural and Social Assistance Institutions.
- Parallel Title
- [Bucharest Jewish Community]
- Date
- c. 1938
- Fonds No.
- 1350
- Storage Location
- 1-2D
- JPL
- Physical Condition
- Excellent.
- Language
- Romanian
- Notes
- Full text of photograph headings translated from Romanian to English.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Images
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn34043
- Collection
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 8cm of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1199
- Date
- 1945-1953
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of 11 files of records relating to the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Fonds. Included are political platforms, notices of public events, financial statements, correspondence, reports on elections, publications on the CCF in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec.
- Collection
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 8cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of 11 files of records relating to the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Fonds. Included are political platforms, notices of public events, financial statements, correspondence, reports on elections, publications on the CCF in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec.
- Date
- 1945-1953
- Fonds No.
- 1199
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Physical Condition
- Varying condition among documents, some brittle.
- Language
- English
- French
- Yiddish
- Subjects
- Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
- Caldwell, M.J.
- Klein, A. M. (Abraham Moses), 1909-1972.
- Political elections
- Politics and government
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Diana Rosenbaum Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44051
- Collection
- Diana Rosenbaum Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs + 1 book
- Fonds No.
- 1273
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of one oversized composite portrait of the 1951 female graduating class of Baron Byng High School as well as their teachers. Also includes a group portrait of 1951 graduating class members at a reunion in 1987 and a commemorative book from the 50th reunion in 2001.
- Collection
- Diana Rosenbaum Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs + 1 book
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of one oversized composite portrait of the 1951 female graduating class of Baron Byng High School as well as their teachers. Also includes a group portrait of 1951 graduating class members at a reunion in 1987 and a commemorative book from the 50th reunion in 2001.
- Fonds No.
- 1273
- Storage Location
- JPL
- 8-3B
- Language
- English
- Accession No.
- 10-013
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Dreyfus Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75976
- Collection
- Dreyfus Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- Textual material ; 144 postcards ; 66 photographs ; 17 prints
- Fonds No.
- 1318
- Date
- 1989-1914 [predominant 1903-1908]
- Scope and Content
- The Dreyfus Collection contains material related to the Dreyfus Affair, specifically the publicity and commentary surrounding the trial. It consists of a collection of editorial cartoons, newpaper clippings, broadsides, photographs and drawings. The content represents both positions in support and …
- Collection
- Dreyfus Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- Textual material ; 144 postcards ; 66 photographs ; 17 prints
- Scope and Content
- The Dreyfus Collection contains material related to the Dreyfus Affair, specifically the publicity and commentary surrounding the trial. It consists of a collection of editorial cartoons, newpaper clippings, broadsides, photographs and drawings. The content represents both positions in support and against Alfred Dreyfus, some of which are explicitly anti-semitic. The collection of postcards contains political cartoons and caricatures that were circulating at the time. Similarly, some of the posters represent the trial in a political manner. Newspaper clippings from the period are also included within the collection.
- Date
- 1989-1914 [predominant 1903-1908]
- Fonds No.
- 1318
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- The trials of Captain Alfred Dreyfus took place in the last decade of the 19th century and first decade of the 20th century. Dreyfus, an officer of the French general staff, was falsely accused of passing state secrets to the German military, tried and twice convicted (1895,1899) of treason before finally being exonerated in 1906. The effects of the decade-long controversy were felt both within France and abroad for decades after the case proper was settled. The media that surrounded the trial and its aftermath created a flurry of public commentary on the topic and is an aspect that is well reflected within this collection. Postcards in particular were a new and inexpensive format that propelled the scale of popular opinion expressed through their mass-circulation and often time provocative, anti-semitic imagery. Dreyfus counted among his defenders such illustrious figures as the future French prime minister Georges Clemenceau, the celebrated novelist Emile Zola, and the social thinker Bernard Lazare. Theodore Herzl, serving as Paris correspondent for the Viennese newspaper Die Welt, was disturbed enough by the anti-semitic implications of the Dreyfus Affair to turn his thoughts and energies to political Zionism, the movement which he founded.
- Language
- French
- English
- Yiddish
- Custodial History
- Provenance for this collection remains unknown.
- Notes
- A portion of material was removed from the collection's two albums. For each of these items a note has been created that indicates its initial page number and position in which it was originally placed.
- Subjects
- Dreyfus Affair (1984-1906)
- Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935
- Zola, Emile, 1840-1902
- France
- France - Jews
- Antisemitism
- Media
- Cartoon
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Franz Kafka Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn92924
- Collection
- Franz Kafka Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.2m multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1445; 1
- Date
- 1994
- Scope and Content
- The collection consists of approximately 97 photographs within 18 folders as well as the corresponding panel text used in the exhibit. The collection consists of photographs of Prague, Franz Kafka, his family, his friends, books covers, and drawings.
- Collection
- Franz Kafka Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.2m multiple media
- Scope and Content
- The collection consists of approximately 97 photographs within 18 folders as well as the corresponding panel text used in the exhibit. The collection consists of photographs of Prague, Franz Kafka, his family, his friends, books covers, and drawings.
- Date
- 1994
- Fonds No.
- 1445
- Series No.
- 1
- Storage Location
- JPL Stacks
- History / Biographical
- The Franz Kafka collection was created to make available the series of photographs used for the March 1994 exhibit entitled "Franz Kafka and his Prague." The exhibit commemorated the seventieth anniversary of Czech writer Franz Kafka's death. The exhibit calls attention to Kafka's relationship with his native city, Prague, city of "strange men and visionaries the impatient heart of Central Europe."
- Language
- English French
- Custodial History
- The photographs were donated for the March 1994 exhibit "Franz Kafka and his Prague" by The Comenius Institute Montreal and Dr. Vlasta J. Vrana with support of the Thomas Hecht Family.
- Arrangement
- The exhibit consisted of 18 series each with a set of photographs. Each folder within the collection corresponds to the original series.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reproduction restrictions may apply
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Images
Ida Maze Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44542
- Collection
- Ida Maze Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1.86 linear metres
- Fonds No.
- 1090
- Date
- 1927-c1962
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of three series: literary work, biographical materials and correspondence. The latter being the most significant section of the fonds, arranged alphabetically by author and consisting mainly of in-coming correspondence to Maze.
- Collection
- Ida Maze Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1.86 linear metres
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of three series: literary work, biographical materials and correspondence. The latter being the most significant section of the fonds, arranged alphabetically by author and consisting mainly of in-coming correspondence to Maze.
- Date
- 1927-c1962
- Fonds No.
- 1090
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Ida (nee Zhukovsky) Maze was born in Olgi, near Minsk, White Russia on July 9, 1893. Her family first immigrated in 1907 to the United States, moving next to Toronto and finally settling in Montreal in 1908. There Maze met and married her true love, Alexander Massey, whose name had been anglicized from Maze upon his own immigration. Maze began her literary activities with the writing of lyric poems. The majority of her poetry was written for children. Maze was also a writer of essays and stories that appeared in many journals and newspapers all over the world. Her book "A Mame" was published in 1931, followed by "Lieder far Kinder" (1936), "Naye Lieder" (1941), and "Vaksn Mine Kinderlekh" (1954). The book "Dina" appeared in Montreal in 1970. Maze was active in various cultural activities and was a leader of the vibrant Yiddish cultural activities in Montreal. She was often found in the Jewish Public Library during literary events. Maze also devoted Saturday to presenting a story time to the children of that same Library. Maze is best remembered, however, for the kind sustaining encouragement she provided at her "salons." Struggling poets, authors, and artists as well as already-established names of the Yiddish literary world were found with regularity at Maze's literary salons. In her apartment, situated on Esplanade Avenue, Maze and her guests would critique and discuss each other's work and the state of literature. This kindness also extended to assistance in finding jobs and homes for immigrant poets. Her approachability and strength shown to other earned her the name, "Mother to Yiddish Poets".
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- Finding Aid
- Complete finding aid available, please contact the Jewish Public Library Archives directly for more information.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn30236
- Collection
- Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 2.1m of textual material and other material
- Fonds No.
- 1022
- Date
- 1926-1984
- Scope and Content
- This collection consists of office records pertaining to Jewish Junior Welfare League activities, correspondence and material related to these activities, material published or collected by the JJWL, certificates and awards they have received and multiple media material.
- Collection
- Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 2.1m of textual material and other material
- Scope and Content
- This collection consists of office records pertaining to Jewish Junior Welfare League activities, correspondence and material related to these activities, material published or collected by the JJWL, certificates and awards they have received and multiple media material.
- Date
- 1926-1984
- Fonds No.
- 1022
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Jewish Junior Welfare League
- History / Biographical
- The Jewish Junior Welfare League was founded in 1926 by 26 young ladies who were dedicated to the ideal of community service. The league's objective from the start were: A. To train and educate its members as able volunteers. B. To sustain by means of volunteer service and financial assistance a number of worthy projects eeded by the community. C. To keep members enlightened on all issues within the scope of the social, economic and cultural welfare of the community. Projects over the years included volunteering in hospitals, schools & developing recreational programs for young and old, healthy and sick. The league reached its zenith in the 1960s with a membership of 300. By the mid 1970s problems began to beset them, however. Their ranks became depleted as more and more women chose to go to work, and many of the needs they were filling were taken over by government agencies. June 19, 1984 at the annual meeting the decision to disband was taken.
- Language
- English
- Custodial History
- Transferred from the Jewish Junior Welfare League.
- Notes
- The fonds also includes objects. Title based on the content of the collection.
- Access Restrictions
- Some privacy restrictions may apply.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some copyright restrictions may apply.
- Accession No.
- 00-126
- Name Access
- Jewish Junior Welfare League
- Subjects
- Volunteers
- Women's organizations
- Philanthropy
- Places
- Montreal (Quebec)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Lea Roback Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31359
- Collection
- Lea Roback Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 4.8m of textual records. -- 1013 photographs.
- Fonds No.
- 1243
- Date
- 1901-1998 ; predominant 1930-1998
- Scope and Content
- The Fonds contains material reflecting Lea Roback's activity in politics, union organization and activism in addition to personal records that document her relationship with family. Records from her political and activist work include radio addresses, correspondence, fliers, reports, and periodical…
- Collection
- Lea Roback Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 4.8m of textual records. -- 1013 photographs.
- Scope and Content
- The Fonds contains material reflecting Lea Roback's activity in politics, union organization and activism in addition to personal records that document her relationship with family. Records from her political and activist work include radio addresses, correspondence, fliers, reports, and periodicals. Personal records include correspondence wit her family members, the narrative of the Roback family written in prose, and various pieces of memorabilia belonging to Roback. The majority of the photographs in the collection are of Lea and her family from their time in Montreal, Beauport (QC) as well as Lea's travels in Europe. The series included within the Lea Roback Fonds are the following:
- Series 1 -- Professional activity
- Series 2 -- Biographical and personal material
- Series 3 -- Correspondence
- Series 4 -- Bibliographic reference publications
- Series 5 -- Videos
- Series 6 -- Photographs
- Series 7 -- Graphic material
- Date
- 1901-1998 ; predominant 1930-1998
- Fonds No.
- 1243
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Activist and organizer, Lea Roback was born on November 3rd, 1903 in Montreal. She was the second of nine children of Fanny (1885-1973) and Moses (1870-1935) Roback, both of whom immigrated from Poland. She spent her childhood in Beauport, Quebec where her parents ran a general store. The Robacks spoke Yiddish at home; outside it was French or English. Léa was able to switch freely between languages, a skill that became useful in work with labour organizations. When Léa was fourteen the family returned to Montreal where, two years later, she began working in the city's factories. It was at this point that she became accutely aware of the inequality between Montreal's affluent English-speaking families and the mostly French and Jewish working class. In the mid-1920s, Léa spent a two years at the University of Grenoble in France, supporting herself by privately teaching English to students. In 1928, Léa joined her older brother Harry in Berlin where he was studying medicine. She enrolled at the University of Berlin studying Sociology and German. Léa became involved with leftwing student groups and eventually joined the Communist Party. In 1932 Lea returned to Montreal, finding work as a youth group director at the Young Women’s Hebrew Association, where her mentor was Saidye Bronfman, wife of Sam Bronfman. In 1935 she managed the Modern Bookshop on Bleury Street, the first Marxist bookstore in Quebec, which became a gathering place for local radicals. That same year Lea coordinated Fred Rose's bid for election. Eight years following this campaign, Rose became the first communist elected to the House of Commons. In 1936 she was recruited by Thérèse Casgrain, legendary women’s suffrage leader, to assist in her work to obtain the vote for women in Quebec. Léa also became involved with the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) during their attempts to improve conditions in the garment industry. In 1937, Léa was a leader – along with organizers such as Rose Pesotta and Bernard Shane – in organizing over 5,000 women who walked off the job from the garment industry factories of Montreal. During the war years, Lea began working for the Radio Corporation of America (R.C.A.) and became an organizer for the United Electrical Workers, where she was a business agent for the 3,000 R.C.A. workers in Montreal. Lea was an active advocate for social justice and human rights for the majority of her life. She was affliated with numerous organizations in Montreal including the Québec Aid to the Partially Sighted, the Voice of Women, as well as anti-nuclear and anti-war groups. Lea was a continual presence within the ranks passing out leaflets, demonstrationing, providing support and lending her respected voice to so many causes.
- Language
- English
- French
- Yiddish
- Spanish
- Acquisition Source
- Lea Roback
- Custodial History
- This material was donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives by Lea Roback in 1998. The material of the Fonds was in the possession of Ms. Roback until the date of the transfer.
- Arrangement
- The arrangement of the Lea Roback fonds maintained the order in which it was donated to the archives with the exception of Series 3. In the correspondence series, letters were grouped by sender and when without date or an identifiable author, were grouped together. In 2015, as a result of entering unprocessed material into the database, the intellectual arrangement of this fonds was also updated. To consult the original finding aid please contact the JPL-A directly.
- Notes
- In addition to textual and photographic material, the Lea Roback Fonds contains sound recordings (10 audio cassettes) and graphic material (2 prints, 7 posters)
- Access Restrictions
- Some privacy restrictions apply to material within the Léa Roback Fonds. Please contact the JPL-A directly for further information.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some Copyright restrictions may apply
- Finding Aid
- Detailed finding aid available; file level control.
- Accession No.
- 09-002
- Name Access
- Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
- Subjects
- Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
- Labour movement
- Labour unions
- Women Workers
- Women in the labour movement - Canada
- Working Class
- Feminism
- Social justice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Ludwig Frank Wood Art
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45034
- Collection
- Ludwig Frank Wood Art
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Wood inlay art ; 30.5cm x 46.25cm ; stain and texture
- Fonds No.
- 1281
- Date
- ca1942-1944
- Collection
- Ludwig Frank Wood Art
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Wood inlay art ; 30.5cm x 46.25cm ; stain and texture
- Date
- ca1942-1944
- Fonds No.
- 1281
- Storage Location
- JPL-A
- 7-3B
- Creator
- Ludwig Adolf Frank
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History / Biographical
- Ludwig Adolf Frank was born February 22, 1907 in Worstadt, Germany. Little is known of his life except that he was a cabinet maker by trade. Frank was interned by British authorities during World War II as an enemy alien. He was shipped to Canada with other internees and spent his time there at Fort Lennox, Ile-aux-Noix, Quebec. His British address in official documents was listed as Low Fell. In 1943, Frank returned to England. While at Fort Lennox, Frank befriended one of the Veteran Guards, Major Angus P. Cameron (1885-1952). Cameron was a volunteer in the Fort Garry Horse in 1914 and later joined the Winnipeg Rifles in France. He was injured in the trenches and was joined to the Canadian Army Pay Corp. Frank presented Cameron with a handmade wooden inlay art piece of a sailing ship, created by Frank during his time at Fort Lennox.
- Name Access
- Frank, Ludwig Adolf, 1907-
- Subjects
- Internment camps
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 - Veterans
- Ile-aux-Noix (Quebec)
- Fort Lennox (Quebec)
- Cameron, Angus, 1885-1952
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45523
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Fonds No.
- MHMC-01
- Date
- [1700-2008].
- Scope and Content
- The MHMC acquires and preserves artefacts, documents and testimonies of Holocaust witnesses for study, reference, and presentation to the public, together with information about them. The Museum collection holds more than 9,700 items consisting of over 4,800 textual records (including 2,000 items o…
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Scope and Content
- The MHMC acquires and preserves artefacts, documents and testimonies of Holocaust witnesses for study, reference, and presentation to the public, together with information about them. The Museum collection holds more than 9,700 items consisting of over 4,800 textual records (including 2,000 items of correspondence), 3,400 graphic material items (including 3,000 photographs) and 1,500 objects related to the history of the Holocaust. Among the objects collected are personal objects, household items, ceremonial artefacts, currency and artworks created before and during the Second World War. The majority of these objects is directly linked to personal stories and therefore has a unique value. The items in collection originate from over 60 different countries and are written in 30 different languages. The collection also comprises over 3,000 hours of video interviews representing the life stories of 500 Holocaust survivors interviewed by the MHMC. Materials in the MHMC Collection illustrate and document the prewar life of communities that were persecuted by the Nazi party (National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP) regime; the crimes of the NSDAP regime and its collaborators; the world's response to the NSDAP regime and its occupation of Europe and the experience of Holocaust victims including resistance, rescue, and life in hiding. The Collection also holds items recording the experience of Holocaust survivors after Liberation, such as the postwar resettlement experience (Displaced Persons' camp), the re-emergence of Jewish life after the war and immigration of Holocaust survivors to Canada directly after the war and the pursuit of justice through war crimes trials.
- Date
- [1700-2008].
- Fonds No.
- MHMC-01
- History / Biographical
- The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre was founded in 1979 by a group of Holocaust survivors and other members of the Montreal Jewish community. The first objects, documents and photographs which were to form the basis of the collection were donated by Holocaust survivors living in Montreal. The MHMC museum was opened in 1979 to the public in the Federation CJA building on Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road and soon reached schools and other groups with temporary exhibitions and survivor testimony. In 1991, the Centre was incorporated under federal jurisdiction. In 2001, the Quebec Minister of Culture and Communications recognized the Centre as a museum institution. In June 2003, following a period of renovations and extension, the new permanent exhibition of the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum was inaugurated by Canada's Prime Minister and the Premier of Quebec. The MHMC Museum is open to the public year-round and presents over 380 artefacts in its permanent exhibition. The Museum now reaches over 15,500 visitors each year, as well as many thousands other participants through educational events and pedagogical tools. The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre educates people of all ages and backgrounds about the Holocaust, while sensitizing the public to the universal perils of antisemitism, racism, hate and indifference. Through its Museum, its commemorative programs and educational initiatives, the Centre promotes respect for diversity and the sanctity of human life.
- Notes
- General note :The Collection is documented according to the Info-Muse Network documentation system based on standards proposed by the Canadian Heritage Information Network.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Noah Gotlib Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44544
- Collection
- Noah Gotlib Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1081
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of four series: literary work, critical pieces on Gotlib's work, biographical material and correspondence.
- Collection
- Noah Gotlib Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of four series: literary work, critical pieces on Gotlib's work, biographical material and correspondence.
- Fonds No.
- 1081
- History / Biographical
- Born in 1901 in Kovno, Lithuania, Noah Gotlib is remembered as a talented poet, writer and journalist, an individual who spoke to many through his multitude of work. Gotlib, whose father was the head of a Hassidic yeshiva, was educated in both traditional Jewish and secular schools. Gotlib also studied for and received his teaching diploma from a Soviet Normal School. Gotlib's earliest poetry was in Hebrew but he soon took to writing in Yiddish. This writing included lyric poetry and prose, essays, literary criticism and articles. His immigration to Montreal in 1930 was helped in part by the sponsorship of a man he had never met but who admired Gotlib's poetry: the poet and brother of Yaakov Zipper, Sholem Shtern. Gotlib was quickly engrossed in the booming literary world of Yiddish Montreal by becoming a regular contributor to the Keneder Adler. The newspaper printed his articles as well as a semi-daily journal published under the pseudonym "H. Yudelevitch". His first collection of poetry was published in 1931 in Montreal and thereafter Gotlib published books of poetry almost continuously until his death in 1967. Gotlib is the author of twelve volumes of poetry, prose and essays. He contributed over 2,000 short stories to the Keneder Adler and wrote hundreds of articles on literature and Jewish and Hebrew culture in various journals. He was associated with the Keneder Adler for 35 years, was a leader in the Halutzim movement in Lithuania, secretary of the Jewish Writers Association in Montreal, and secretary of the Lithuanian Farband until his death on August 8, 1967.
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- Finding Aid
- Complete finding aid available. Please contact the Jewish Public Library Archives directly for access.
- Subjects
- Gotlib, Noah Itzchak, 1903-1967.
- Writers, Hebrew
- Writers, Yiddish
- Journalists
- Keneder Adler
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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The Organizer
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38373
- Collection
- Organizer Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 9 p.
- Fonds No.
- 1266
- Collection
- Organizer Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 9 p.
- Parallel Title
- L'Organisation
- Publication
- Montreal, QC : Joint Council Cloak and Dressmakers Union
- Fonds No.
- 1266
- Storage Location
- SC3
- Language
- English
- French
- Acquisition Source
- Urian Family
- Related Material
- Lea Roback Collection
- Accession No.
- 10-009
- Subjects
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
- Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
- Labour movement
- Labour unions
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
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Richard Dobie Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38584
- Collection
- Richard Dobie Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 document
- Fonds No.
- 1268
- Date
- April 17, 1775
- Collection
- Richard Dobie Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 document
- Date
- April 17, 1775
- Fonds No.
- 1268
- Storage Location
- 7-1B
- JPLA
- Creator
- Richard Dobie
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Conservation
- Encapsulated for protection
- History / Biographical
- Richard Dobie (b. c. 1731 in Liberton, Scotland; d. 23 March 1803 in Montreal, Lower Canada) was a Montreal fur trader and also dry goods merchant. He at times partnered with other traders such as Benjamin Frobisher or participated in various companies or as an outfitter and financial backer in fur trade endeavours. Dobie was highly influential in the developing business society of Lower Canada and Montreal. For further information: see the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, online (www.biographi.ca). This letter mentions not being able to do business with the "Israelite[s]" during Passover, an indication of Jewish presence in Montreal's developing economy.
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Text of letter: "Montreal 17th April 1775 Sir, I am favord with your’s of the 13th and inconformity I waited on the Israelite, his answer was he had not one bushel belonging to Rachel’s maid’s son the Farquesite, and in case the Israelite had wheat, none of the sons of Christ, could expect it at present, as it is against the Law of Moses to do Business during the time of the Passover and circumcision_Aaron’s son Hay is now incamping and boating up on the South Side I am told under your Standard – I remain – Sir Your most humble servant Richard Dobie"
- Name Access
- Dobie, Richard (1731-1803)
- Subjects
- Montreal (Quebec) - Jews
- Fur trade
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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Rita Briansky Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67779
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1.0m of textual documents ; 54 sketchbooks ; 1623 photographs ; 3 audio cassettes
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Date
- 1910 - 2011 [predominant 1950 to 2000]
- Scope and Content
- The fonds contains documentation, professional and working materials of Rita Briansky’s many projects and works. The fonds consists of textual records, including correspondence, selections of the artist’s writing; graphic material, including sketchbooks and photographic documentation of…
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1.0m of textual documents ; 54 sketchbooks ; 1623 photographs ; 3 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- The fonds contains documentation, professional and working materials of Rita Briansky’s many projects and works. The fonds consists of textual records, including correspondence, selections of the artist’s writing; graphic material, including sketchbooks and photographic documentation of her work; audio recordings of Rita Briansky’s interviews and reviews; newspaper clippings, bibliographic reference publications and articles citing the artist’s work.
- Date
- 1910 - 2011 [predominant 1950 to 2000]
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Rita Briansky
- History / Biographical
- Rita Briansky, painter, printmaker-etcher and teacher, was born in 1925 in Grajewo, Poland. Together with her mother and two sisters, Bella and Becky, the family moved to Ansonville, Ontario in 1929. Here, they joined Briansky’s father and uncle, Jake Perlmutter, and his family in Ansonville, which at the time had a small Jewish community. In 1939, the family moved to Val d’Or, Quebec and finally to Montreal in 1941. Then in her mid-teens, Rita Briansky was a keen student who nourished a continued interest in art. With the move to Montreal, the Briansky Family struggled financially and was unable to afford the fee for Rita’s high school education. It was the Yiddish poet Ida Massey who found Rita a job so she would be able to pay for her schooling. This encouragement served as the beginning of a valuable friendship, as well as helping foster Briansky’s artistic career. Massey later introduced Rita to Alexander Berkowitz who at the time was giving art classes at the St. Urbain Street ‘Y’. Her training and experience quickly expanded, taking the young artist through Montreal’s Ecole des Beaux-Arts and New York’s Arts Student League. In 1949, Rita married fellow painter, Joseph Prezament.The couple had two children together, Anna and Wendy. Briansky’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions both in Canada and internationally. Her body of work is diverse in both theme and subject matter, reflecting her interests in fields such as astronomy and the natural world, while remaining deeply rooted in her own experiences. Following her travels to her birth place and memorial sites in Poland in 1995, Briansky produced the ‘Kaddish series’ as her reflection on the trauma of the Holocaust. Other series have broadly used landscape, portraiture and still lifes as a passionate response to the world around her and that speak fundamentally to the human condition. Briansky has participated in multiple collaborative projects, for example the children's book “On Stage, Please” with dancer/ choreographer Veronica Tennant. Briansky is long-established within Montreal’s art community working and living alongside a tight-knit group of artists. In addition, she has worked as teacher, both of art history and studio arts. Briansky’s artistic practice has won her multiple awards and her work is included in the permanent collections of institutions such as the National Gallery in Ottawa, the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
- Language
- English
- French
- Yiddish
- Custodial History
- The material was donated by Rita Briansky in August 2012.
- Arrangement
- Textual material in Series 2 through 4 was given an imposed order as no discernable original order could be identified. The graphic material in Series 3, 6 and 7 were vetted for duplicates, though otherwise maintain the order given by the artist.
- Notes
- Selected images from Series 1,6 and 7 have been digitized and are available to researchers upon request.
- Access Restrictions
- Privacy restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply. For queries please contact Head of Archives, Shannon Hodge: shannon.hodge@jplmontreal.org
- Finding Aid
- Detailed finding aid available, file level control
- Accession No.
- 12-015
- Name Access
- Briansky, Rita
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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Sara and Abram Barac Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn92955
- Collection
- Sara and Abram Barac Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1446
- Date
- 1947 - 1949
- Scope and Content
- These seven records document Sara and Abram Barac's transition from Germany to Canada after the Second World War. The documents and issuing authorities included are as follows:
- Collection
- Sara and Abram Barac Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Scope and Content
- These seven records document Sara and Abram Barac's transition from Germany to Canada after the Second World War. The documents and issuing authorities included are as follows:
- Two Certificates of Identity for the Purpose of Immigration [to Canada] issued by The International Refugee Organization (U.S. Zone of Germany)
- One Provisional Marriage Certificate and two Birth Certificates issued by the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American Occupation Zone in Germany
- A Certificate for Professional Qualification [as an electrician] issued by the International Refugee Organization (I.R.O) Displaced Persons Professional Testing Board
- One Certificate from the Jewish religious congregation of Bytom, Poland, attesting to the identity of Abram Barac and his role in the congregation as the head of the ritual bath
- Date
- 1947 - 1949
- Fonds No.
- 1446
- Storage Location
- JPL Stacks
- Language
- English
- Polish
- Acquisition Source
- Donated by Aline Bank, August 2021
- Custodial History
- Stacey Bank was a close friend and the Executor of Sara and Abram Barac's estate. After Sara and Abram passed away, Stacey retained their documents (the family had declined them). When Stacey Bank passed away, he entrusted these documents to his wife, Aline Bank, who reached out to the JPL Archives in the Summer of 2021 to donate the materials.
- Accession No.
- 21-009
- Name Access
- Barac, Abram.
- Barac, Sara (nee Baum).
- Subjects
- Immigrants
- Immigrants, Polish - Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
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Simon Glazer Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16726
- Collection
- Simon Glazer Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual material ; 4 photographs : b&w
- Fonds No.
- 1231
- Date
- 1917
- Scope and Content
- Consists of photographs and biographical documents related to Simon Glazer.
- Collection
- Simon Glazer Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual material ; 4 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Consists of photographs and biographical documents related to Simon Glazer.
- Date
- 1917
- Fonds No.
- 1231
- Storage Location
- 7-3C, SC3
- History / Biographical
- Orthodox rabbi and author, Simon Glazer was chief rabbi of the United Synagogues of Montreal and Quebec City before moving to the United States.
- Custodial History
- Donated to the JPL-A by Warren Grover, grandson of Rabbi Glazer.
- Notes
- Stored in Small Collections Box#3 (SC3)
- Subjects
- Glazer, Simon, 1876-1938
- Rabbis
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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Victor and Schubert
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38718
- Collection
- Victor and Schubert
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.19 m of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1182
- Date
- 1921-1986 ; predominant 1940-1960
- Scope and Content
- Fonds contains paper records related mostly to the political careers of Joseph Schubert and William V. Victoria, including business correspondence, invitations, newspaper clippings, elections information, and handwritten notes. Also included are documents related to both men's involvements with com…
- Collection
- Victor and Schubert
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.19 m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds contains paper records related mostly to the political careers of Joseph Schubert and William V. Victoria, including business correspondence, invitations, newspaper clippings, elections information, and handwritten notes. Also included are documents related to both men's involvements with community and professional organizations, and one file belonging to Laura Victor (nee Schubert).
- Date
- 1921-1986 ; predominant 1940-1960
- Fonds No.
- 1182
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Joseph Schubert (1989-1952), municipal politician, civil rights activist and labour leader, was born in Rumania and immigrated to Canada in 1903. He served as a city councilor for the St-Louis ward in Montreal for 17 years, beginning in 1924, during which time he was the only City Councillor from the Labour Party. Schubert was active in the Trades and Labour Congress for many years, serving as Vice President from 1924-1925. He was secretary-treasurer of the Joint Board of International Ladies Garment Workers Union from 1916-1926. He was also a member of the Montreal Metropolitan Commission, director of the Jewish general hospital, and member of B’nai Brith, Workmen’s Circle, King Edward’s Association, and other community organizations. He was married to Esther Herschorn Schubert, with whom he had two children. William V. Victor (?-1998) was the son-in-law of Joseph Schubert, by marriage to his daughter Laura. He was a chartered accountant who served, like his father-in-law, as a Montreal City Councillor (Category A, District no. 5) for several terms between 1940 and 1960. He also served as president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Quebec and as a Heritage Governor for the United Talmud Torahs of Montreal.
- Language
- English
- French
- Yiddish
- Custodial History
- Unknown
- Notes
- The fonds may have been assembled by Laura Victor.
- Access Restrictions
- Some privacy restrictions may apply.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some Copyright restrictions may apply.
- Name Access
- Schubert, Joseph, 1889-1952
- Victor, William V.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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