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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
Information File, Theodore Bikel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31420
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1055; 1; 00039
- Date
- 4/07/1963
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 4/07/1963
- Fonds No.
- 1055
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00039
- Storage Location
- 3-3B
- CTN 001
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
- Subjects
- Bikel, Theodore. 1924-
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Production File - An Evening of Canadian Folklore
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31387
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1055; 1; 00005
- Date
- [ca. 1956-1957]
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Parallel Title
- Une Soirée de Folklore Canadien
- Date
- [ca. 1956-1957]
- Fonds No.
- 1055
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00005
- Storage Location
- 3-3B
- CTN 001
- Creator
- Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
- Language
- English
- French
- Notes
- This file contains production information for “An Evening of Canadian Folklore” and its performers but also contains general brochures for Sam Gesser’s 1956-1957 Season.
- Name Access
- Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
- Subjects
- Folklore - Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Images
Production File, Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31393
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual and photographic records
- Fonds No.
- 1055; 1; 00011
- Date
- 10/17/1959
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual and photographic records
- Date
- 10/17/1959
- Fonds No.
- 1055
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00011
- Storage Location
- 3-3B
- CTN 001
- Creator
- Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
- Language
- English
- Notes
- This file contains an ad mat and promotional photographs for the concert. Also contains photocopied resource material.
- Name Access
- Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
- Subjects
- MacColl, Ewan
- Seeger, Peggy, 1935-
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Images
Production File, Joan Baez
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn32042
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1055; 1; 00085
- Date
- 04/02/1965
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 04/02/1965
- Fonds No.
- 1055
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00085
- Storage Location
- 3-3C
- CTN 002
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Includes handbill with original Joan Baez signature.
- Name Access
- Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
- Subjects
- Baez, Joan, 1913-
- Handbills
- Autographs
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Images
Production File, New Christy Minstrels
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31427
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1055; 1; 00046
- Date
- 02/15/1964
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 02/15/1964
- Fonds No.
- 1055
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00046
- Storage Location
- 3-3B
- CTN 001
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Contains original contract between Sam Gesser and the New Christy Minstrels. Also contains newspaper clippings.
- Name Access
- Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Publicity, YMHA Campaign
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38115
- Collection
- Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of texual records
- Fonds No.
- 1256; 3; 00142
- Date
- 1923-1939
- Scope and Content
- File includes correspondence from 1924, 1932 and 1935 (regarding campaigns, refers to “trying period”), motion picture schedule, campaign drawings, financial documents, membership recruitment posters, Beacon mock-up, handwritten notes on graph paper, campaign tag line ideas, and drawing…
- Collection
- Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of texual records
- Scope and Content
- File includes correspondence from 1924, 1932 and 1935 (regarding campaigns, refers to “trying period”), motion picture schedule, campaign drawings, financial documents, membership recruitment posters, Beacon mock-up, handwritten notes on graph paper, campaign tag line ideas, and drawings, transcribed radio addresses, and membership forms.
- Date
- 1923-1939
- Fonds No.
- 1256
- Series No.
- 3
- File No.
- 00142
- Storage Location
- 4-3F
- CTN. 006
- Conservation
- File contains fragile documents, should be handled with care.
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Selection of contents digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.
- Access Restrictions
- Some privacy restrictions may apply.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some copyright restrictions may apply.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
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
Images
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