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B'nai B'rith Ottawa Lodges Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101189
- Collection
- B'nai B'rith Ottawa Lodges Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual records, 205 B&W, 2 colour photographs, 2 framed charter documents, 6 framed panoramics, 1 small book, 1 textile uniform
- Fonds No.
- O0005
- Date
- 1887 – 2000
- Scope and Content
- -1. One sole box remains in the collection: The Covenant: The Covenant is the official newspaper of B'nai B'rith. Articles contain mentions of Emergency Fund, Board of Governors, J. Horowitz, Board Committee, Ottawa Lodge News, M. Kapinsky, Parliament Lodge, E. Cohen, New Members, Herb S. Gray - 1…
- Collection
- B'nai B'rith Ottawa Lodges Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual records, 205 B&W, 2 colour photographs, 2 framed charter documents, 6 framed panoramics, 1 small book, 1 textile uniform
- Scope and Content
- -1. One sole box remains in the collection: The Covenant: The Covenant is the official newspaper of B'nai B'rith. Articles contain mentions of Emergency Fund, Board of Governors, J. Horowitz, Board Committee, Ottawa Lodge News, M. Kapinsky, Parliament Lodge, E. Cohen, New Members, Herb S. Gray - 1967-1972; Minutes - April 1924- January 1927; Book of records of B'nai B’rith's Officer's meeting activities and minutes. Book contains descriptions, invitations, and letters, from the general meetings, events, and activities performed by B'nai B'rith - 1946-1949; Executive and General Meetings Minutes – handwritten - May 1978 - May 1979; Minutes/Reports presented at B’nai B’rith conferences - 1928 – 1933, 1938-1943; B'nai B'rith Members Manuals: Manuals contain information related to the structure of the organization, the programs involved, and the required rituals and procedures - 1996, 2003; Folder on Abe Bookman: Contains Article and Photograph of Abe Bookman. Article from 2010 was published in 55+ Magazine- 1982, 2010; Readings from the Holy scriptures for Jewish sailors, soldiers, and airmen- 1943; Folder on Herbert Wolf: Contains Wolf's letters home during his training as well as newspaper articles related to his service as a pilot and his death and burial. Articles clipped from The Shofar and The Evening Citizen - 1941, 1942; "The Facts"- A booklet on Anti-Semitism in Canada. Discusses the history, the contributing factors, and the types of discrimination related to Anti-Semitism of The Jewish people in Canada - 1949; Lodge Rules and Guidelines, Constitutions, and by-laws- 1887, 1946, 1962, 1979, 1996; Ottawa Lodge No. 885 Stationary. Contains lists of members of B'nai B'rith as well as custom B'nai B'rith letterhead - 1954, 1988; Ottawa Lodge No. 885 – Program – 1930; Ottawa Lodge No. 885 Membership Lists and Lodge Rosters - 1945, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1990; Ottawa Lodge No.885 Program listing the officers of the organization and members of the committee 1930; Ottawa Lodge No.885 Ephemera Bulletins. Contains invitations and letters related to organization meetings, gatherings, and dinners - 1946-2000; Ottawa Lodge Correspondence letters - 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1971 Ottawa Lodge No.885 Cult Information. Contains information, documents, and pamphlets related to cults - 1979-1984; Ottawa Lodge No.885 History. Includes cassette tape - ca. 1970, 1982, 1986; B'nai B’rith Buttons, House of Commons Button - 1987, ?; Newspaper Articles – 2010; Miscellaneous – n.d. Fonds consists of various Series: 1. Ottawa Lodge Material, (1887, 1945 - 2000) 2. Parliament Lodge, (1962, 1982 - 1984) 3. Bytown Lodge, (1985 - 1987) 4. Confederation Lodge, (1963 - 1969) 5. Camp B’nai B’rith, (1947 - 1964, 1985, 1990) 6. Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA), (1939, 1940, 1961) 7. B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (B.B.Y.O.), (1947) 8. Women’s Auxiliary, (1943 - 1955, 1967) 9. B’nai B’rith Foundation, (1985 - 1989) 10. Jewish Students’ Union, (1986 - 1990) 11. League for Human Rights, (1987, 1988) 12. B'nai B'rith Canada - Invoices - 1995 13. Lodge Rules and Guidelines (1887 - 1996) 14. Conferences and Conventions, (1955, 1962, 1982) 15. Certificates, (1952 - 1963, 1971 - 1988) 16. B’nai B’rith Publications, (1937, 1940, 1960 - 1996) 17. B'nai B'rith: Articles and Publications about B’nai B’rith (1936, 1951, 1970, 1977 - 1987) 18. Tributes and Awards, (1946, 1967 - 1983, 1987 - 2000) 19. Scrapbooks, (1928 - 1932, 1950 - 1954) 20. Memorabilia (1943 - 1994) 21. Photographs: 2 colour. photographs of the Barney Weiss trophy and 95 B&W photographs, primarily of the Jewish Boy Scout camp. BOX LIST 1. Ottawa Lodge No. 885: Boxes 1, 2 B'nai B'rith Ottawa Lodge Charter – January 29, 1921 (Stored on the wrapped items shelf - see 4-729). Membership lists and lodge rosters - 1945, 1972 - 1976, 1980 - 1981 Correspondence - 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1971 Ephemera - 1946 - 2000 Minute book - 1946 - 1949 Stationery - 1954, 1988 History – c.1970, 1986 Membership cards – 1972 - 1995 Activities and fund raising - 1974, 1981 Lodge Line: newsletter - January 1976 - October 1977, 1979, 1986 - 1990 Notice of general meeting – 1977 Cult information – 1979 - 1984 Balance sheets - 1980 Minutes – 1981 Thank you letters – 1990 – 1993 Blank certificates – no date 2. Parliament Lodge No. 2519: Box 3 Charter – November 23, 1957 Presentation of charter - November 23, 1957 Correspondence - 1962, 1983, 1989 - 1995 Minutes -1983, 1994, 1995 Parliament Bulletin - 1983, 1991 - 1992 Notices and invoices - 1984 Passover baskets – 1993 - 1995 Membership list- no date, 1984 Gavel, Parliament Lodge, #2159 3. Bytown Lodge No. 3061: Box 3 Talk of the Bytown: newsletter - 1985 – 1988 Members list – 1987 – 1990 Foundation – 1987 - 1989 Correspondence – 1988 – 1989 4. Confederation Lodge No. 2429: Box 3 Charter – June 26, 1963 (see Photographic Database - 4-727). Minutes of the executive meeting – 1963 – 1967 News bulletin – November 1966 Balance sheets – 1969 Blue felt banner - "Confederation Lodge No. 2429 B'nai B'rith" (see Photographic Database). 5. Camp B’nai B’rith: Box 3 Jewish Theatre Guild program - 1937 Financial receipts and bills - 1947 - 1961, 1964 Financial statements - 1949 - 1963 Handbook and promotional material - 1949, 1953, 1959, 1985, 1990 Newspaper clippings - 1953, 1954, 2010. (2010 articles stored in onsite box in vault) Miscellaneous.- Report of Camp B'nai B'rith. Provides overview of camp and short history. Written by Steven Victor, trustee of Parliament and member of board of directors of camp - 1971; Architectural drawing of the layout of the camp, map based on original drawing by H.A. Reitapple. Includes architectural stamp by the firm Hazelgrove, Lithwick and Lambert - 1960; (Miscellaneous items stored in a folder in the onsite B'nai B'rith box in vault);1 blue baseball uniform owned by Joey Kruger consisting of a shirt, a set of blue socks, and a pair of pants. B’nai B’rith Agencies and Chapters: 6. Aleph Zadik Aleph – Moved to separate box. See Series Level Description for A.Z.A. 7. B’nai B’rith Youth Organization – Membership list - 1947: Box 3 Newspaper clippings - 1990, 1991 Statement of relationships between Jewish Community Centre and B.B.Y.O.- no date. A large charter for B'nai B'rith Girls Youth Organization (charter is stored in Oversized Certificates Box 1 within the special collections area of the vault). 8. Women’s Auxiliary – Correspondence, 1943: Box 3 Newsletters - 1946 – 1948 Newspaper clippings - 1951 - 1953 Invitations - 1952, 1955 Meeting notes - 1967 9. B’nai B’rith Foundation- Fund raising campaign - 1985, 1988 – 1990: Box 3 Holocaust and Hope fund raiser - 1988, 1989 10. Jewish Students’ Union – Correspondence - 1986, 1990: Box 4 Jewish Student Union Newsletter- 1986, 1987, 1989 Review of Jewish Student Union mandate and programming - 1990 Resumes and job applications - 1990 Interview questions - 1990 Potential programs - 1990 11. League for Human Rights – Holocaust lecture invitation - 1987 Box 3 Correspondence - 1987, 1988 Charles Goldlust Centre promotional materia l- no date Raoul Wallenberg article - no date Donation request form - no date Holocaust lecture invitation - 1987 Correspondence - 1987, 1988 Museum of History of Jews in Poland event - 2008 12. B’nai B’rith Canada - Invoices - 1995: Box 4 Emperor of Atlantis theatre program - 1996 Insurance coverage - no date 13. Lodge Rules and Guidelines: Box 4 Constitution and bylaws – 1887, 1946, 1962, 1979, 1996 Bulletin chairman and publicity chairman syllabus – 1981 Community volunteer service chairman syllabus – 1984 Financial secretaries syllabus – 1984 A Guide to accounting terminology - no date How to create and maintain bulletin syllabus – 1964, 1965, no date Induction of new members syllabus – no date Lodge leadership syllabus – no date Operating and closing of meetings syllabus - no date President’s syllabus – no date Programming syllabus – no date Program chairman syllabus – no date Treasurer and trustees syllabus – no date 14. Conferences and Conventions: Box 4 Eastern Canadian Council conference in Ottawa – 1950, 1955, 1962 Eastern Canadian Council conference in Hamilton - 1956 International convention in Toronto - 1982 15. Certificates: Box 4 Gift of love in honour of Greta Cohen to the Women’s Children’s Home - 1971, 1972 25 year membership certificates - 1976 - 1978 Centenary certificate for B’nai B’rith Canada - 1991 50 year membership certificates (blank) – no date 16. B’nai B’rith Writings and Publications from Ottawa: Box 4 The Reporter ( Ottawa Jewish Youth Paper) - number 5, January 1 c. 1940s Speeches and addresses - 1960, 1964 Carnival show script - 1968 The Jewish Star - 1989 B’nai B’rith Writings and Publications from Outside Ottawa: Box 4 History of B’nai B’rith in Eastern Canada/ Abel Selick, ed. Toronto, District Grand Lodge No. 22, 1964. The Gazette (Montreal) - April 1964 The National Jewish Monthly (Washington) - September 1967 The Reporter: League for Human Rights (Downsview) - vol. 1 no.2, January 1981 The Review of Anti-Semitism in Canada/ Frank Chalk, ed. Vol IV, No. 5 Anti-Semitism in Canada May 1949 of "The Facts" Reported monthly by the Civil Rights Division, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. Downsview, The League for Human Rights, 1987. The B’nai B’rith Covenant (Downsview) - vol.19 no. 4, September 1, 1988 The Covenant - The Official Organ of District Grand Lodge No. 22 (Montreal) 1967 - 1972 (with gaps). Issues contain Ottawa info. Foundation News - September 1988 The Hillel Star (Montreal) - 1989 17. Articles and Publications about B’nai B’rith: Boxes 4, 5 Newspaper clippings - 1936, 1951 - 1956, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1992 Ottawa Jewish Bulletin - 1955, 1970, 1977 B’nai B’rith The Story of a Covenant/ Edward E. Grusd. New York, Appleton-Century, 1966. 18. Tributes and Awards: Boxes 5, 6 25th anniversary booklet (3 copies) - 1946 Citizen of the year newspaper articles - 1958 - 1960 Samuel Mirsky citation award dinner - 1967 Noel Kerr citation award dinner (3 copies) - 1973 Alex Dayton citation award dinner - 1974 Mervin Mirsky citation award dinner (3 copies) - 1975 Earl Bullis sportsman of the year award - 1976 William J. Sparks Citizen of the year 1976 Mayor Lorry Greenberg citation award dinner (2 copies) - 1977 Reverend Norman Johnston citation award dinner - 1978 60th anniversary booklets (4 copies) - 1981 Ottawa Negev dinner - 1983 Jean Pigott award of merit - 1987 Gord Atkinson Citation Award Dinner, 1987 Norman Zagerman citizen of the year award - 1988 Gordon Henderson award of merit - 1988 Gordon Henderson dinner video cassette - March 1988 Allan Gotlieb award of merit dinner (organizational planner) - 1989 James Durrell and Michel Gauener award of merit - 1990 William Grossman citizen of the year - 1993 John P. Ne;;ogan Award of Merit, 1998 John and Shirley Westeinde award of merit - 2000 19. Scrapbooks: Box 6 Nap Kapinksy – 1928 – 1932, 1950 – 1952, 1957, 1968 Ottawa Lodge – 1952 – 1954 20. Memorabilia: Trophy – 1943 - 1944 Plaques – 1981 – 1994 Stamp - no date A small pocketbook titled, "Readings from the Holy Scriptures for Jewish Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen." - Printed in 1943 in New York (see 9-030 for more information) 21. Photographs - See Database 22. Women's Parliament Lodge: White silken banner belonging to the Women's Parliament Lodge No. 1041. Various patches are sewn onto the banner with the dates ranging from 1963 - 1976. (See database) Various panoramics of the campers from Camp B'nai B'rith (see 4-733-01 to 07). 1954, 1955, July 1956, August 1956, July 1957, 1979. B&W photograph of the B'nai B'rith Ottawa Lodge sports dinner. Left to right: Sam Koffman, Jack K. Willknow, Bill Westwiick, Tony Golab, Bob Edelson, ..., Tom Shields, Jack Koffman, Jim McCaffrey. At the table: Al Bloom (with glasses), Max Koffman. Date unknown (see 4-248). Box Photographs: B'nai B'rith Meeting and Dance - [1970's]; B'nai B'rith Meeting, Irving Rivers, Isla Rivers - 1973; B'nai B'rith Special Olympics - 1977-1978; B'nai B'rith, UJA Mission to Israel, Hy Hochberg, Bill Shinkman - [1980s]; Camp B'nai B'rith - 1987; B'nai B'rith BBQ Lou Hanignan House - 1990; AZAA Basketball, Beauhert ball, Conclave - 1994; B'nai B'rith Youth - 1995-1996; B'nai B'rith Youth Conclave - 1998; B'nai B'rith Meeting and Award Presentation - [undated]; Unidentified individual - [undated]; Robert Edelstein - [undated]; Maxwell Yalden - [undated]; Class on Steps of Talmud Torah - 1932-1933; Aleph Zedex Aleph - 1939; Installation of War Veterns to B'nai B'rith by J.C Horotwitz - 1945-1946; B'nai B'rith Ottawa Meeting - [1950's]; B'nai B'rith Ottawa Lodge 26th Annual Convention, eastern Canadian Council - May 1950; B'nai B'rith for Bonds - 1955; Unidentified Awards, Binder 2 - [undated]; Unidetified, Binder 1 - [undated];
- Date
- 1887 – 2000
- Fonds No.
- O0005
- Storage Location
- The Jewish Star issue located in OS Mixed Box 14; Uniform in Mixed Box 2
- History / Biographical
- Ottawa Lodge 885 was officially founded in February 1921 with 25 members. It was the third Lodge formed in Canada after the rejuvenation of B'nai B'rith in Eastern Canada. The first presidents were Dr. Harry Dover, J. J. Marks and Benjamin Goldfield. It was also the first Lodge to sponsor a ladies’ auxiliary in Canada in about 1925. A local chapter of AZA was formed in 1932. The Ottawa Lodge also supported a Jewish Boy Scouts camp which was first located at Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario. It evolved into the first Ottawa B’nai B’rith summer camp for Jewish youth. Children who could not afford the camp fees were sponsored by the Lodge. In 1938 it was located at Dunrobin, Ontario and moved to Quyon, Quebec after WWII. The scout camp was sponsored by the Ottawa Lodge of B'nai B'rith but was run under the strict supervision of the District Boy Scouts Association. By the mid 1920's the Lodge established a Free Loan Association and was contributing annually to the support of an orphanage in Turkey. In the 1940's Ottawa Lodge put their full support behind the war effort. During World War II, every eligible AZA member went on active duty. This accomplishment was noted in the government folder “Canadians All”. After the war it set up a citizenship committee to help veterans reintegrate themselves into society. The Ottawa Lodge was also active in fundraising and charity. It offered scholarships at Carleton and Ottawa Universities. It also provided buses for outings for seniors and disadvantaged children. The Lodge gave tributes and awards to individuals who had played a significant role in shaping Canadian society. Past recipients include James Durrell, Allan E. Gotlieb and Gordon Henderson. Parliament Lodge 2159 was founded in November 1957, mainly by former AZA members (see 4-730). Confederation Lodge 2429 was organized in 1963. Its membership was comprised mainly of civil and public servants. It merged with Ottawa Lodge in 1968. Bytown Lodge 3061was formed in May 1977.
- Custodial History
- NOTE*** - Most textual material moved to off-site Storage in August 2009. Parliament Lodge Membership Roster 1984 donated by Sam Ages September, 2010.
- Notes
- 1. Organizational history taken from History of B’nai B’rith in Eastern Canada, by Abel Selick ed., 1964 and The Jew in Canada 1926. 2. Material donated by Irving Rivers, Jacqui Vital, Nap Kapinsky and David Freedman. 3. Further accrual of 1970-1973 Camp B’nai B'rith photograph donated by Laura Greenberg. 4. Framed charters are stored in the framed and wrapped items shelf within the vault. 5. Most material from the B'nai B'rith fonds has been moved to offsite storage. There is one box remaining in the vault as of March, 2013. 6. Baseball uniform donated in 2022 by Donna Kruger. It was worn and owned by her husband Joey Kruger. Located in Mixed box 2 7. Gavel donate by Norma Freeman. Ownd by her husband who was at one time, President of BB. Locate in Accurals box. Sept. 2023
- Related Material
- See Robert and Blanche Edelstein fonds for related material.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Portrait of A. J. Freiman (Archibald J. Freiman).
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107412
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Sepia
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-1153
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Sepia
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1153
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Pittaway
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Hand-written letters, one in Hebrew and three in English, possibly pertaining to the building of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106158
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-03
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-03
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Hand-written letters, one in Hebrew and three in English, possibly pertaining to the building of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106159
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-04
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-04
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Hand-written letters, one in Hebrew and three in English, possibly pertaining to the building of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106160
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-05
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-05
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Hand-written letters, one in Hebrew and three in English, possibly pertaining to the building of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106161
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-06
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-06
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101173
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 9 boxes, multiple media
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Date
- 1903 - 1996
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of news clippings, commemorative booklets and programs for Lillian, Archibald and their son, Lawrence Freiman; Book, Lillian and Archibald Freiman: Biographies by Bernard Figler, 1962; Book, Don’t Fall off the rocking horse: an autobiography by Lawrence Freiman, 1978; Several books f…
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 9 boxes, multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of news clippings, commemorative booklets and programs for Lillian, Archibald and their son, Lawrence Freiman; Book, Lillian and Archibald Freiman: Biographies by Bernard Figler, 1962; Book, Don’t Fall off the rocking horse: an autobiography by Lawrence Freiman, 1978; Several books from Bernard Alexandor's library (husbabd of Dorothy Freiman) and presentation books to Lillian and Archibald Freiman; 7 Lillian Freiman scrapbooks, family photographs, 1 Jewish National Fund certificate (See 1-942), 1923 Canadian Zionist National Executive Certificate to Jewish National Fund (see 1-963). Another Jewish National Fund Certificate issued in commemoration of Archibald's and Lillian's silver wedding anniversary in 1928 (see 4-715). Box 1 - File 1 - 18th Zionist Convention: Contains newspaper advertisements for the convention held in Ottawa- 1922 - File 2 - 18th Zionist Convention: News clippings regarding the convention held in Ottawa July 1-4, 1922 - File 3 - Newspaper Clippings from a Scrapbook: Violence in Palestine, etc - 1922, 1930-1931; - File 4 - Correspondence from Scrapbooks: A handwritten letter to a Marcus Sperber from A.J Freiman (he signs as "Archie"), a letter from the South African Zionsit Federation to A.J Freiman, a letter from Marcus Sperber to A.J Freiman - 1940; - File 5 - A File of Obituaries for Lillian Freiman: Newspaper clippings - 1940; - File 6 – AJ and Lillian Memorial Tributes: A two page memorial speech by Paulina Freiman outlining some of Lillian Freiman's works, Two speeches by Rabbi Oscar Fasman - one discussing Lillian's life and work and unveiling a stained glass window in her memory - March 4, 1942, and one discussing Adath Jeshurun and the strength of its congregation over the years - March 22, 1942, a copy of the Lillian Freiman memorial edition of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin - November 13, 1940, a tribute booklet to Lillian from Hadassah; - File 7 - News clippings: A file of different memorial material for A. J. Freiman; - File 8- News clippings: Various clippings, A "Helping Hand Fund Campaign" certificate - 1919; - File 9- Descendants of Lillian and A.J. Freiman: A small Bilsky family tree, Newspaper articles on Margo Roston's (nee Margo Freiman) marriage to Gordon Roston - 1961, correspondence from the Canadian Jewish Congress to the Archives Committee in Ottawa regarding material on the Freiman's - 1974, A computer printout of a photo of Jennifer Rigal (Jennifer Marcus) and Ruth Alexandor at Nahalal, Israel (un-scanned), A newspaper article on the wedding of Betsy Alexandor to Wynne Rigal - 1961, Various other correspondence; - File 10 - News clippings: A file of different memorial material for Lillian Freiman; - File 11 - News clippings: Margo Roston. She wrote a column for the Ottawa Citizen. One article is about her marriage to Gordon Roston - 1961, and the other is an article she wrote on growing up in Freiman's Department store run by her father, Lawrence Freiman - 1995; - File 12 - Lawrence Freiman Articles - assorted newspaper clippings, articles, and advertisements; - File 13 - Freiman Silver Wedding Anniversary Programs and Painting Reproduction, Two Small Mounted Photos of Lillian and A. J. - 1928; - File 14 - Lillian Freiman 50th Birthday: Two programs - 1935, A hand-written letter from Lillian Freiman to Mr. Goldman of the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa conveying thanks for the well-wishes on her 50th birthday. Witten from her Meach Lake stationary; - File 15 - A File of Photocopied Articles on Lillian Freiman: Includes her induction into the Legion - 1934, Memorial articles and her work with the Ukrainian Orphans; - File 16 - The Freiman Family Home: A small file of information on the Patee / Freiman House at 149 Somerset Street, compiled by Hagit Hadaya; - File 17- Two Yiddish Essays with Translations - One on Lillian - 1929, One on A. J. Freiman and Lillian giving history and discussing their works - 1984; - File 18 - News clippings: Obituaries for Audrey Freiman (wife of Lawrence Freiman), An article on Eleanor Freiman (daughter of Lawrence and Audrey) - 2005, An article on the dedication of Lawrence Freiman Lane, Memorial articles for Lawrence Freiman, A media release for the opening of the Freiman Mall - 1983, An article about Lawrence Freiman discussing the Stock Market Crash of 1929 - 1979, An article on the marriage of Paula Freiman (Paula Freiman Luxenberg) and Leon Root - 1961, and more; - File 19 - A.J. and Ruth Freiman (this is a descendent of the original A.J.) Visit: A very nice booklet produced by Ruppin Academic Centre in Israel on the Freiman Family - 2008; - File 20 - Correspondence from Lillian to Lawrence Bilsky: Photocopies - 1937; - File 21 - Miscellaneous Folder: Program for Negev Dinner in honor of Lawrence Freiman - 1964; - File 22 - Various: A poppy from the poppy campaign - 1989, An A. J. Freiman Ltd. price sticker, An A. J. Freiman receipt noting the purchase of candy boxes for Moses Loeb - 1921, A Freiman Department Store receipt - 1943; Box 2 - Correspondence of Lillian Freiman (Document in box outlines specifics of correspondence) - File 1: 1916 - 1926 - File 2: January - April 1927 - File 3: May - July 1927 - File 4: August - September 1927 - File 5: October - December 1927 - Fiel 6: January - April 1928 - File 7: May - December 1928 - File 8: January - April 1929 - File 9: May - July 1929 - File 10: August - December 1929 - File 11: January - September 1930 - File 12: October - December 1930 - File 13: January - March 1931 - File 14: April - August 1931 - File 15: September - December 1931 - File 16: January - March 1932 - File 17: April - December 1932 - File 18: 1933 - File 19: 1934 - File 20: 1935 Box 3 - File 1: Minutes: Ottawa Hebrew Benevolent Society - File 2: Hadassah - File 3: Poppy Day certificate and clippings - File 4: Invitations - File 5: Hadassah Correspondence - File 6: OBE Correspondence - File 7: Mrs. Dorothy Alexandor - File 8: Telegrams and news clippings regarding marriage of Freimans - File 9: Mrs. Freiman 50th Birthday - File 10: King's Silver Jubilee, May 1935 - File 11: Associated Country Women of the World Conference, (Dorothy Alexandor) June 1936 - File 12: Lillian Freiman - Private Correspondence - File 13: AJ Freiman - Private Correspondence - File 14: Mrs. Q. Luxemberg - Private Correspondence - File 15: AJ Freiman Sionist Convention Speeches 1927, 1930, 1937 - File 16: Avraham Menadem Ussishkin 1863 - 1941 - File 17: Scapbook of press clippings of the death of Moses Bilsky, 1923 - File 18: Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) - File 19: Mrs. Freiman 50th birthday telegrams - File 20: Misc. news clippings - File 21: Lillian and AJ Freiman passports - File 22: Correspondence re. Lillian Freiman's 50th Birthday - File 23: Telegrams to Mrs. Freiman on being created an OBE - File 24: Letters of condolences to D. Alexandor, 1940 - File 25: Programs and clippings re. Zionism - File 26: Misc. documents re. the death of Lillian Freiman - File 27: Misc. documents Box 4 - Correspondence and condolences - File 1: Correspondence - Letters of condolences for AJ Freiman, 1944 - File 2: Lists of Floral Tributes for AJ Freiman, 1944 - File 3: Correspondence - Letters of condolences to Freiman family - File 4: Cards and letters of condolences, 1944 - File 5: Letters of condolences to Mrs. Queenie Luxemburg, 1944 - File 6: Letters of condolences to Mrs. Queenie Luxemburg, 1944 cont'd - File 7: Ephemera - Calling cards - File 8: Telegrams (156), June 5, 1944 - File 9: Telegrams (103), June 6, 1944 - File 10: Telegrams (41), June 7 - 26, 1944 - File 11: Telegrams (66), June 4 & 5, 1944 - File 12: Tags from floral arrangements for MR. AJ Freiman's funeral Box 5 - Misc. Ephemera Box consists of 1 poem written after Lilliam Freiman's death; a 50th birthday tribute book to Lillian Freiman from the Hadassah-WIZO; a Freiman's Department Store bag; a Freiman's Department store box. Box 6 - Candian Legion Beret This box contains a single beret given to Lillian Freiman by Frank Potts, the Executive Secretary for the Royal Canadian Legion. There is an accompanying letter which states that the style of beret was made specifically for Ottawa servicemen in honour of a visit from the King of England. Frank wanted to send one to Lillian because he didn't "know of a better and more deserving soldier" than Lillian - 1939. OS Box 1 - Misc. Ephemera Box consists of a Lillian Freiman printing plate; 4 souvenir booklets (Silver anniversary President of Adath Jeshurun, Silver Wedding, Memory of AJ Freiman, and AJ Freiman inaugural Chair); a 1931 "The Jewish Who's Who" book with Lillia Freiman; "The Widening Sphere: Women in Canada 1870-1940" book; a framed notice from the King of England to AJ Freiman; a framed caricature of Lillian Freiman on a Palestine Relief ship. OS Box 2 - Jewish War Orphans Box consists of an Exerpt from "The Jew in Canada, 1926" on the Jewish War Orphans Committee; the photograph album from Lillian Freiman's trip to the Ukraine to bring home Jewish orphans 1920-1921. OS Box 3 - Scrapbooks Box consists of one photogrpahic scrapbook covering a visit to Kupat Cholim at Patach Tikvah (hospital) in Tel-Aviv, Palestine and one scrapbook presented to Lillian Freiman on the occasion of her 50th Birthday by the Candian Hadassah Girls Agricultural School at Nahalal (Tel-Aviv, Israel, June 1935). OS Box 4 - Scrapbook Box consists of one scrapbook of Lillian Freiman OBE in memoriam press clippings. OS Box 5 - Scrapbook Box consists of one scrapbook of newsclippings on Jews and Zionism. OS Box 6 - Zionism Scrapbook Box consists of one scrapbook of newsclippings on Zionism. 1 B&W photograph, several books (books are now in long term storage). In 2009, Anna Bilsky (great niece of L. Freiman) donated two photocopied letters written to her father Lawrence Bilsky by Lillian Freiman in 1937 while he was away at University in Kingston. The originals remain with donor. Also present is a large bound book presented to Lillian Freiman in 1935, in commemoration of her 50th birthday and stored in a custom-made, carved wooden box with the Hebrew letters "lamed" and "fey" (for Lillian Freiman) set within a Magen David (Star of David) in the centre. The book's every page is hand painted with water colour and contains the handwritten names of almost every member of Hadassah groups within Canada. Some names are the person's own signature while others are written out for them. There even includes pages with the signatures of children. The book is organized into provinces (moving from East to West) with the towns and cities in alphabetical order. See detail photos within the Photographic Database at 1-944-01 to 08. One framed set of five B&W photographs/post cards. From left to right: Dr. Max Nordau, Eliezer Ben Yehudah, Sir Herbert Samuel, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Theodore Herzl (see 1-957). A large framed document given to Mrs. Freiman on the occasion of the King bestowing the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) upon her, a thank you from the ex-servicemen staying within the Legion Shelter on Wellington St., Ottawa, and signed by those men - 1934 (see 1-971). A certificate on parchment declaring Archibald a Grand Masters Mason - 1904 (see 1-975). Mason's certificate is stored in Oversized Documents Box 1 in the vault. A Jewish National Fund certificate given on the occasion of the marriage between Dorothy Freiman and Bernard Alexandor (see 1-976). Panoramic of the 6th Annual Hadassah Convention - Ottawa, Sept 7, 1930 - Held at Meech Lake, Quebec (see 1-911a to d). An exquisitely decorated parchment document presented to Mr. and Mrs. Freiman on their silver wedding anniversary by the Ukrainian War Orphans - 1928 (see 1-977-01). A decorated document presented to Mr. and Mrs. Freiman upon their founding of the Ottawa Talmud Torah school and signed by its president - 1924 (see 1-977-02). A zinc (?) token from A. J. Freiman's Department Store, given out on the occasion of their 22nd birthday sale - 1922; *De-accessioned Items from Library and Archives: MG 28, V.16* 1. Montreal Yiddish newspaper - "The Eagle" - June, 1912 (see 1-980-01/02). 2. Hand-written letters, one in Hebrew and three in English, possibly pertaining to the building of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue - July 4, 1895. Letters are very faded and difficult to read, could use transcription as of September, 2011 (see 1-980-03 to 06) 3. Sheet from The Daily Eagle, Yiddish newspaper printed in Montreal -June 30, 1912 (see 1-980-07/08). 4. A sheet from "The Jewish Standard" - January 5, 1934. Contains an article on Lillian Freiman titled, "Lillian Freiman, O.B.E. - An Intimate Account of the Work of One of the Greatest Women Canada has Known," as well as an article on the back titled, "The Congress Ideal - An Analysis of the Purpose and Significance of the Canadian Jewish Congress." (see 1-980-09/10). 5. A birth certificate for an unknown individual written in possibly a mix of German and Polish - Ca. 1898 - translation needed as of September, 2011 (see 1-980-11). 6. A marriage certificate written possibly in a mix of German and Polish - Ca. 1898 - translation needed as of September, 2011 (see 1-980-12). A full newspaper advert for Freiman's Department Store - July, 1925 Fonds also contains a trophy awarded to Lillian freiman from the board of trustees and the ladies auxiliary of the Ottawa Hebrew School, 1927
- Date
- 1903 - 1996
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Storage Location
- 3 boxes in OS Jewish National Fund certificate, silver anniversary parchment, Talmud Torah school document, and 1925 newspaper ad located in OS Mixed box 12
- History / Biographical
- Lillian (Bilsky) Freiman (b. June 6, 1885, Mattawa, Ontario – d. November 2, 1940, Ottawa) was the fifth of eleven children born to Pauline (Reich) and Moses Bilsky, a local merchant and community leader. At the age of eighteen, Lillian attended her first Zionist Convention in Montreal in 1903 and began what would be a life-long commitment to Zionism, philanthropy, and community involvement. Lillian Bilsky married Archibald J. Freiman on August 18, 1903 in Ottawa. Archibald Jacob (Aharon Yaacov) Frieman (b. June 6, 1880, Wirballen, Lithuania - d. June 4, 1944, Ottawa) came to Canada with his parents Harris (Hersh) and Hanna Freiman in 1893. Archie or A.J. as he was colloquially known, attended public school and Business College in Hamilton, Ontario. At the age of 19, he joined his father’s business, the Canadian House Furnishing Company of Kingston, Ontario and in 1902 they moved the business to Ottawa. In 1910, A. J. Freiman & Co. was still a modest business but under his guidance it grew into one of the largest department stores in Canada. Lillian and Archie had three children: Dorothy (b. 1906 - d. 1986), Lawrence (b. 1909 - d. 1986), and Queen Esther (b. 1912 - d. 1997) and adopted a fourth child, Gladys Rozovsky, in 1921. In 1913 Lillian and Archie moved to 149 Somerset Set, which became the meeting place for many of Lillian's charitable groups. Both Lillian and A.J Freiman led remarkable lives as community and Zionist leaders. During the First World War, Lillian Freiman hosted a Red Cross Sewing Circle in her home which became the Disraeli Chapter of the Daughters of Empire. Lillian worked tirelessly throughout the war providing relief and established the Great War Veterans Association that later became the Royal Canadian Legion. In 1917, Lillian was asked by the Mayor of Ottawa to organize local relief efforts to confront the influenza epidemic which resulted in her organization of a centralized information book and continual release of progress reports to keep the public informed. In 1919, Mrs. Freiman, then President and founder of Canadian Hadassah, toured Canada on behalf of Hadassah and organized chapters in every province. Lillian Freiman remained the head of Canadian Hadassah-Wizo from 1919 until her death in 1940. One of Mrs. Freiman’s many outstanding accomplishments was the organization of the Jewish War Veterans’ Committee in 1920. Subsequently, in 1921 she went to Europe and brought over between 146 and 151 Jewish war orphans from the Ukraine. Lillian Freiman's charitable and philanthropic work continued after the war, and it is widely accepted that the first Canadian poppies were produced in her living room at 146 Somerset Street. Lillian's involvement with the National Poppy Advisory Committee and as the Chair of Ottawa's annual Poppy campaign earned her the nickname "The Poppy Lady." In Ottawa she was for many years President of the Ottawa Ladies’ Hebrew Benevolent Association and active in the Perley Home, the Girl Guides Association and in many other societies, both Jewish and non-sectarian. She also chaired the United Palestinian Appeal in 1934. In recognition of her work, Lillian was dubbed "the Mother of Jewish People in Canada" by the publication Women of Candia. For her welfare work for war veterans she received the rare distinction of a life membership in the Royal Canadian Legion, making her the first woman to be awarded life membership. In 1934 she was awarded the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) for “leadership in Jewish charitable organizations” and became the first Jewish-Canadian to receive the distinction. Like his wife Lillian, A.J. began his remarkable career as a Zionist leader during his teenage years. Commencing in the Ottawa Zionist organization, he rose to occupy a position on the World Zionist Organization’s Actions Committee. In 1919 he was elected as the Dominion Executive President of the Million Dollar Relief Campaign responsible for the organization of aid for Jews in Eastern Europe. In 1920, he was elected President of the Zionist Organization of Canada. Between 1905 and 1930, A.J. Freiman was president of the Adath Jeshurun Congregation. In 1934 he became the first President of the Ottawa Vaad Ha’Ir and continued in that capacity until his death in 1944. Lawrence Freiman, son of Lillian and A.J., assumed the presidency of A. J. Freiman Ltd. in 1931, and like his parents lead a very active life within Jewish Community Organizations, serving as President of the Zionist Organization of Canada from 1958 - 1962.
- Notes
- 1. Finding aid available. 2. Scrapbooks donated by Betsy Rigal, October 1999. 3. Photograph donated by Betsy Rigal, February 2000. 4. Freiman family fonds at Library and Archives Canada MG30, A82
- Access Restrictions
- Scrapbooks must be handled with extreme care and no photocopying is permitted.
- Related Material
- Related material in Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo fonds, Carole Anders fonds.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
A. J. and Lillian Freiman with Lucy and Eva Bilsky.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105811
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- electronic record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-925
- Date
- [ca. 1903]
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- electronic record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1903]
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-925
- Storage Location
- vault
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
A certificate on parchment declaring Archibald J. Freiman a Grand Masters Mason.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106141
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-975
- Date
- 1904
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- 1904
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-975
- Storage Location
- Located in OS Mixed Box 15
- Physical Condition
- 1. Very cockled.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Montreal Yiddish newspaper, one page.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106156
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-01
- Date
- June, 1912
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- June, 1912
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-01
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Montreal Yiddish newspaper, one page - Back of page.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106157
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-02
- Date
- June, 1912
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- June, 1912
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-02
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Sheet from The Daily Eagle, Yiddish newspaper printed in Montreal - Back page.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106162
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-07
- Date
- June 30, 1912
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- June 30, 1912
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-07
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Sheet from The Daily Eagle, Yiddish newspaper printed in Montreal - Front page.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106163
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-08
- Date
- June 30, 1912
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- June 30, 1912
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-08
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Portrait of Lillian Freiman.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102765
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-005
- Date
- before 1923
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- before 1923
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-005
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Topley, Ottawa
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Framed portraits of five Zionist leaders.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106048
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-957
- Date
- ca. 1930
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w
- Date
- ca. 1930
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-957
- Notes
- L-R: Dr. Max Nordau, Eliezer Ben Yehudah, Sir Herbert Samuel, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Theodore Herzl.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Photographs of Jewish Pogrom Orphans of Ukrania, saved and brought to Canada in year 1920-21 through the efforts of Mrs. A.J. Freiman.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107668
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album ; 130 photographs : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0021; 1-1224
- Date
- 1920-1921
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album ; 130 photographs : b&w
- Parallel Title
- Jewish War Orphans of Ukraine Album
- Date
- 1920-1921
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- 1-1224
- Physical Condition
- Album is fragile, please refer to the album's digital surogate.
- Notes
- This 77 page photograph album was a gift to Mrs. Freiman's son, Lawrence Freiman, on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah by Mr. Harry Hershman. In 1920 a campaign was launched in Montreal to bring immigrant orphans from the Ukraine to Canada. These were children who had lost their parents in the bloody pogroms of 1919. Ottawa's Lillian Freiman took charge of this project. She convened a conference of the city's Jewish community leaders where it was decided to bring over as many orphans as possible, she then traveled to cities across Canada to make an appeal on the orphans behalf. During this time she also worked to plan the campaign with Montreal's Harry Hershman, a representative of the People's Relief Committee and a prominent member of the Jewish War Orphans' Committee of Canada. Together, with the support of the committees, they succeeded in settling 146 Ukrainian war orphans in Canadian homes in 1921. That this was done through the offices of a few dedicated Jews, and by agency of an ethnic constituency held at arm’s length from the Canadian community at large, presents a revealing dimension of Canada’s immigration and social history — a dimension that has yet to be acknowledged outside ethnic circles.
- Subjects
- orphan
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Nellie Pierce (left) and Mrs. Lillian Freiman (right) on board ship to sail for Antwerp, Belgium to bring Ukrainian war orphans to Canada.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105543
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 4-019
- Date
- 1921
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1921
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 4-019
- Physical Condition
- Matted. Faded with some scratches and marks on photograph
- Acquisition Source
- Sidney Pierce
- Notes
- 1. Also numbered 1-184. 2. Lillian Freiman organized the Jewish War Veterans' Committee and went to Europe and brought over war orphans to Canada for adoption. 3. There were more than 137,000 Jewish children in the Ukraine who were orphaned during WWI. News of their living conditions and suffereing was brought to North American Jewry's attention by visiting professor Elie Heifetz who gave a tragic description. 4. Nellie Pierce (married to Asher Pierce of Montreal) was the cousin of Lillian. Nellie was also a member of the Executive Committee tasked with bringing the orphans over. She too applied to adopt a child. 5. The two women traveled at their own expense.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Group photograph with one of the Ukrainian orphans upon their arrival in Quebec City.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107411
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Sepia
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-1152
- Date
- August, 1921
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Sepia
- Date
- August, 1921
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1152
- Storage Location
- vault
- Notes
- 1. L-R: Lillian Freiman, William Shapiro?, William's brother?, Unknown (Possibly an adoptive mother), Nellie Pierce (of Montreal). 2. Nellie went on the ship to Belgium with Lillian and was also very involved with the drive to bring the children over. The elder boy is most likely William Shapiro (as opposed to the younger one), who sent the photo to Lillian at the end of her life with a beautiful and moving letter that stated that the photo was one of his “greatest treasures” and he was sending it to Lillian as “a remembrance of that day.” She got the letter in late August/early September and she passed away a short while later on November 2. 3. The woman holding the younger boy is most likely their new adoptive mother, though it's not entirely certain. The accompanying letter implies that the young boy is William’s brother. 4. He wrote the letter in 1940 and if he was 11 or 12 as he looks in the photo, he would have been about 30 or 31 at that time. 5. The letter and the photograph and the envelope is contained in BOX 1 of the Archibald and Lillian Freiman Family fonds.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Cherter of B'nai B'rith Ottawa Lodge No. 885.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106122
- Collection
- B'nai B'rith Ottawa Lodges Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 charter
- Fonds No.
- O0005; OJA 4-729
- Date
- January 29, 1921
- Collection
- B'nai B'rith Ottawa Lodges Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 charter
- Date
- January 29, 1921
- Fonds No.
- O0005
- Item No.
- OJA 4-729
- Physical Condition
- Charter is stored in the framed and wrapped items shelf within the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
A token given out by the A. J. Freiman's Department store in celebration of their 22nd birthday.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107331
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 2-320
- Date
- 1922
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- 1922
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 2-320
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Michael Curry
- Notes
- 1. The tokens could be redeemed for prizes during the birthday sales. 2. Token is stored in a little plastic sleeve in the Freiman individual fonds boxes. 3. Photograph shows both the front and the back. 4. The token might be made of zinc?
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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