More like 'genealogy104106'

387 records – page 1 of 20.

ABBEY, Monroe.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn109
Collection
ABBEY, Monroe.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.1 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0001
Date
1942-1989.
Scope and Content
Press clippings. Minutes. Press releases on his activities concerning Canadian Jewish Congress. Biographical information and testaments. Short history of Krystalnacht
Collection
ABBEY, Monroe.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.1 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Press clippings. Minutes. Press releases on his activities concerning Canadian Jewish Congress. Biographical information and testaments. Short history of Krystalnacht
Date
1942-1989.
Fonds No.
P0001
History / Biographical
Born in 1904, Monroe Abbey was a barrister/solicitor by profession. He was honourary president of Canadian Jewish Congress, Combined Jewish Appeal, Baron de Hirsch Institute as well as being governor, director or member of many Canadian Jewish and non-Jewish organizations (Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, Zionist Organization of Canada, United Jewish Refugee and World Relief Agencies). He died in 1993.
Notes
Canadian Jewish Congress photos and documents; other Jewish organizations.The fonds consists mostly of press clippings and copies.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ABELLA, Irving.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn110
Collection
ABELLA, Irving.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.1 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0002
Date
1969-1991.
Scope and Content
The fonds contains articles by Abella on Anti-Semitism, the Canadian labour movement, Israel, Canadian Jewish history, refugees, None is Too Many. Typescript A Coat of Many Colours. Typescript The Line Must be Drawn Somewhere - Canada and Jewish Refugees, 1933-1939. C.V. contains bibliography 1969-…
Collection
ABELLA, Irving.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.1 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
The fonds contains articles by Abella on Anti-Semitism, the Canadian labour movement, Israel, Canadian Jewish history, refugees, None is Too Many. Typescript A Coat of Many Colours. Typescript The Line Must be Drawn Somewhere - Canada and Jewish Refugees, 1933-1939. C.V. contains bibliography 1969-1981.
Date
1969-1991.
Fonds No.
P0002
History / Biographical
Born in 1940, Dr. Irving Abella is a professor in the Department of History at York University, a labour historian, director of the New Israel Fund, and editor of Middle East Focus. He was the chairman of the Holocaust Documentation Project as well as of the Canadian Jewish Congress International Affairs Committee; past chairman of Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives Committee (1980-1992); CJC president 1992-1995. Holder of numerous academic honours and fellowships.
Notes
Archives Dept. Records DA 11.2.Fonds consists mostly press clippings and copies.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ABEL, Solomon = immigration and family documents.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn278
Collection
ABEL, Solomon = immigration and family documents.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
7 textual records.
Fonds No.
P0176
Date
1904-1940, 2000.
Scope and Content
6 documents and cards. U.S. Circuit Court certificate, 1904. Circuit Court Montreal, 1914. Naturalization, 1918, affidavit with photo and bio. Annie Abel Protestant school documents, 1909, 1914, vote card 1940. 1 delegate card for the Prime Minister's delegation to Jerusalem, 2000.
Collection
ABEL, Solomon = immigration and family documents.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
7 textual records.
Scope and Content
6 documents and cards. U.S. Circuit Court certificate, 1904. Circuit Court Montreal, 1914. Naturalization, 1918, affidavit with photo and bio. Annie Abel Protestant school documents, 1909, 1914, vote card 1940. 1 delegate card for the Prime Minister's delegation to Jerusalem, 2000.
Date
1904-1940, 2000.
Fonds No.
P0176
History / Biographical
Solomon Abel came to Canada from Russia via the United States, entering Canada in 1907. His six children (as of 1914) included daughter Annie, whose school documents are in this collection. Another daughter was the mother of Jack Silverstone, the donor. Mr Silverstone was the Executive Vice-President of Canadian Jewish Congress. These early immigration and school documents, all originals, are important for their display potential - one includes a photo and describes the subject's profession and Hebrew marriage.
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Mr. Jack Silverstone.
Notes
P00/07.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ABER, Ita

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn285
Collection
ABER, Ita
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
object
moving images
sound recording
textual record
Physical Description
13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0184
Date
[ca. 1930]-2015.
Scope and Content
Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organiza…
Collection
ABER, Ita
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
object
moving images
sound recording
textual record
Physical Description
13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organization of Canada 1949-1950. Material on the Jewish Child's Day Appeal. Clippings and ephemera re: Zionism, Child's Day, and actor William Shatner, a former Montrealer. 9 Photos of Montreal scenes. Material about Montreal's Talmud Torah, Jewish Artists at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Additions 2001: 2 photos (snapshots) of Camp Hashomer Hadati in Bronte, Ontario, Hebrew textbook and prayer book dated 1979, photo of a 9th-grade class of Baron Byng High School including Ita Aber, Clippings, 2 Videos. Additions post 2001 (passim): Articles written by Ita Aber, information about her artwork and recent exhibitions. Addition 2015: Autobiographical audio interview of Ita Herscovitch Aber recorded in New York January 9, 2015 by Renata Stein; WAV file, 56 minutes, provided on CD. Transcript of interview, done by her daughter Mindy Aber Barad via email correspondence from Israel, 30 pages. Themes covered in the interview include her early life in Montreal, art education at Baron Byng high school with teacher Ann Savage, religious background, mother's involvement in charitable efforts such as the Milk Fund, help given to a German Jewish internee and a Jewish refugee, Ita Aber's work for the Israeli consulate in Montreal in the early 1950s, her establishment in New York circa 1953, her career as a textile artist, encounters with Martin Luther King, and Judy Chicago, art groups such as the Pomegranate Guild, Jewish motifs in artwork.
Date
[ca. 1930]-2015.
Fonds No.
P0184
History / Biographical
Ita Aber was born in Montreal, in 1932 and grew up in a family dedicated to Zionist and charitable causes. She later moved to New York, where she made her name as an artist. As described in a 2001 article; "Ita Aber is an artist who delights in unconventional formats that provide unique and startling insights into Jewish Life. Her work is found in almost every major Jewish museum throughout the world. She is a master of the fabric arts, which is by its very nature, an interdisciplinary field. As practiced by Ita Aber, the fabric arts explode in scale to include the diverse skills of embroidering, beadwork, sewing, appliqué, silkscreen, jewelry design, weaving, painting, sculpture, and assemblage. The stunning range of her talents is reflected in the vast array of work and Judaic objects she has produced, from wall hangings, jewelry, and sculpture to Torah covers, etrog boxes, and Purim masks." Ita Aber is also known as a conservator of textiles, an art historian, a curator, teacher, and the author of The Art of Judaic Needlework: Traditional and Contemporary designs (Scribner 1979).
Custodial History
This collection was donated by Mrs. Ita Aber.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P01/12, P93/08, and subsequent additions (ongoing to P15/04.). Associated material: Clippings by and about Canadian-born journalist Sam Orbaum (1956-2002), a Jerusalem Post humour columnist (donated by Ita Aber and filed under his name.) General note: The biography is from an article published in The Artists Proof, Spring 2001.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ADATH ISRAEL CONGREGATION

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn3
Collection
ADATH ISRAEL CONGREGATION
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.125 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
I0001
Date
1935-1987.
Scope and Content
Minutes (1971). Documents about the sale of the building (1976). Agreement with Young Israel. Arbitration hearings documents. Correspondence. Notes. Report to Canadian Jewish Congress and other related documents (1977-1979). Financial reports (1947, 1957, 1966, 1968-1979). Money raised and owed (19…
Collection
ADATH ISRAEL CONGREGATION
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.125 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Minutes (1971). Documents about the sale of the building (1976). Agreement with Young Israel. Arbitration hearings documents. Correspondence. Notes. Report to Canadian Jewish Congress and other related documents (1977-1979). Financial reports (1947, 1957, 1966, 1968-1979). Money raised and owed (1963). Members lists (1957). Outremont documents (1974-1978). Building recommendations (1977). Press releases. Correspondence (1935-1936, 1944, 1978-1979). Bulletins (1941-1944, 1947, 1952-1972, 1978). School statistics (Canadian Jewish Congress 1948). Graduation booklet (1948). Dedication/ anniversary booklets (1947, 1965, 1980). Fundraising information (1953-1957). Model Seder report (1977). Proposed architectural plans (not used. c.1938). Flyers. Invitations. Clippings (1939-1940, 1944-1956, 1966, 1981, 1986-1987). Added in 2022: Charter and By-Laws booklet for Young Israel Congregation and Community Centre of Outremont, 1953, including congregational history, building photographs, and names of contributors to the Building Fund. The booklet is accompanied by a letter from its donor Phyllis Robinson describing her family's involvement with the synagogue.
Date
1935-1987.
Fonds No.
I0001
History / Biographical
The Adath Israel Congregation first met in a rented hall in 1930. In 1936, land was bought in Outremont; in 1938 the synagogue was incorporated; by 1940 the building was completed. The Adath Israel, an Orthodox synagogue, also ran the first congregational day school in Canada in the synagogue building; a school was built in 1947. A Hebrew high school, the Adath Israel Academy, was begun in 1952, also with its own building. It was later called Hebrew Academy, and both schools amalgamated with Young Israel Synagogue's schools in 1965. The Adath Israel has its own cemetery. It also ran an afternoon school and developed a separate Sephardi service (Adat Yisrael S'faradi). Eventually, due to the shifting Jewish population, the Outremont buildings were sold and the congregation moved to a newly built synagogue in Hampstead in 1980. The Adath Israel had one of the first "contemporary" synagogue designs and was the first large, new synagogue built in the post-Depression era in Montreal.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P22/12 (re: 1953 By-Laws).
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ALLIED JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES (AJCS) = Federation CJA : Slide presentation.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn95
Collection
ALLIED JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES (AJCS) = Federation CJA : Slide presentation.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
128 other fixed images.
Fonds No.
I0093
Date
1980c.
Scope and Content
128 kept out of 160 numbered slides (in 2 carousels when received, non-re-useable slides discarded) depicting seniors at activities, children in classes, counseling sessions, community buildings, and hand-drawn illustrations (discarded). May have been used to illustrate a talk about social services…
Collection
ALLIED JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES (AJCS) = Federation CJA : Slide presentation.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
128 other fixed images.
Scope and Content
128 kept out of 160 numbered slides (in 2 carousels when received, non-re-useable slides discarded) depicting seniors at activities, children in classes, counseling sessions, community buildings, and hand-drawn illustrations (discarded). May have been used to illustrate a talk about social services available through the Jewish community. Produced by AJCS, about services in the Montreal Jewish community
Date
1980c.
Fonds No.
I0093
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Media Centre, Ontario Jewish Federation on Nov. 13, 2006.
Notes
PCAT, P06/10.Useful for sociologists and social workers, depicts the community at a particular time period.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Less detail

ALTER FAMILY = Shanghai Jewish Community.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn303
Collection
ALTER FAMILY = Shanghai Jewish Community.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - Env. 438 photographs.
Fonds No.
P0203
Date
1920-1975c.
Scope and Content
This collection has rare images of the Jewish population of Shanghai during and after World War II, as well as immigration documents of visual and historical interest, and also documents from various Montreal Protestant Schools & Jewish neighborhoods. It consists primarily of photographs of a Russi…
Collection
ALTER FAMILY = Shanghai Jewish Community.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - Env. 438 photographs.
Scope and Content
This collection has rare images of the Jewish population of Shanghai during and after World War II, as well as immigration documents of visual and historical interest, and also documents from various Montreal Protestant Schools & Jewish neighborhoods. It consists primarily of photographs of a Russian Jewish family and their friends, mostly other refugee Jews in China, between 1938-1952. There are also photos taken in France before the war and in Montreal and USA after the family's immigration to Canada. Most of the Shanghai photos are in albums. The identity documents include a passport, and school documents for the father in Lille, France, and the daughter Isabelle in Shanghai & Montreal.
Date
1920-1975c.
Fonds No.
P0203
History / Biographical
Isabelle Alter was born in Shanghai in 1940, the only daughter of Isaac and Maria (nee Gloos) Alter. The Alters left Russia for Shanghai c.1938 after Isaac had studied chemistry and tanning in France. He taught science in China. Isabelle came to Montreal in 1952, later studied physiological psychology. She moved to New York to complete her studies and eventually became a Freudian analyst. She died in 1995. Her mother was a dress designer in China. The family came to Canada after the revolution had made life in Shanghai too risky. Maria Alter became Maria Levitan after her second marriage. Isaac Alter died in (circa) 1954 and Maria in (circa) 1994.
Custodial History
The collection was donated on July 13, 2005 by Ruth Portner, a close friend of Isabelle Alter
Notes
Physical condition :Some documents are in fragile condition. One photo album was disassembled due to water damage.Alpha-numeric designations :P05/10.Language :Mostly English, with some Russian, Yiddish, and Chinese.Related groups of records :Mrs. Portner donated poems and other writings by Isabelle Alter at McGill University to McGill's Rare Book Department. She donated architectual drawings by Bruno Levitan, Isabelle's stepfather's family, to the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

AMBER, Phyllis

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90031
Collection
AMBER, Phyllis
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Env. 0.08 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0258
Date
1970-1985.
Scope and Content
Two files of planning studies done by Phyllis Amber in 1984-1985 while working as a consultant for the Mount Sinai Hospital Center before their move to Montreal. One file about work as Interim Director of the Women's Division of AJCS in the late 1970s. One file about work done as the staff person f…
Collection
AMBER, Phyllis
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Env. 0.08 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Two files of planning studies done by Phyllis Amber in 1984-1985 while working as a consultant for the Mount Sinai Hospital Center before their move to Montreal. One file about work as Interim Director of the Women's Division of AJCS in the late 1970s. One file about work done as the staff person for the Fait français committee of AJCS from 1970 to 1982. Includes news clippings about the committee and about ethnic leadership in Quebec as of 1982. The committee documents include minutes, programs, reports on programs, evaluation questionnaires, and other papers. Added a week later: 5 more files of studies done for the Mount Sinai Hospital, and one file about Rencontre '71 (cultural programming in French associated with the Fait Francais committee). Also Phyllis Amber's thesis written with Irene Lipper for their MSW (Master's of Social Work) from McGill Unviersity, titled "Towards an Understanding of Moroccan Jewish Family Life. (1968).
Date
1970-1985.
Fonds No.
P0258
History / Biographical
A native of Montreal, Phyllis Amber obtained her B.A. from Sir George Williams University in 1966 and her Masters of Social Work (MSW) from McGill University in 1968, specializing in Community Organization and Planning. She worked as a Planning Associate for Allied Jewish Community Services (now Federation CJA) from 1968-1982, where the Planning Department studied and researched changing needs, lacks and gaps in the community to determine where services should be developed and funded. In this position she staffed various lay committees and commissions according to priorities established by the Planning Committee, among them the Fait français committee, which was created in response to the rise in Quebec nationalism starting from the Quiet Revolution of 1968 and continuing through the election of the Parti québéois in 1976. After leaving AJCS, she served as Planning Consultant to the Mount Sinai Hospital Center through the 1980s, where she developed position papers and proposals for planned new missions and programs related to the move from the Laurentians to Montreal. Phyllis Amber died on February 12, 2023
Custodial History
The collection was donated on Dec. 16 and 22, 2015 by Phyllis Amber.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P15/29.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Less detail

Anchel, Gotlieb, and Gilbert families = Montreal Jewish leisure and school activities

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn98539
Collection
Anchel, Gotlieb, and Gilbert families = Montreal Jewish leisure and school activities
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
Env. 0.07 metres of textual records. - 34 photographs. - 2 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0290
Date
1929-2005.
Scope and Content
The initial portion of this collection is comprised of documents relating to, and photos of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel's involvement with the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal. It includes such documents as programs and photographs from various YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith events, documents relatin…
Collection
Anchel, Gotlieb, and Gilbert families = Montreal Jewish leisure and school activities
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
Env. 0.07 metres of textual records. - 34 photographs. - 2 artefacts.
Scope and Content
The initial portion of this collection is comprised of documents relating to, and photos of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel's involvement with the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal. It includes such documents as programs and photographs from various YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith events, documents relating to issues at the 'Y' between 1929-1966, as well as ephemera from various sporting events from the 1920s to 1970s. In addition there are a number of documents relating to Gotlieb's involvement in Minstrel shows at the Y in the 1930s and 1940s. Added in June 2022: additional documents and photos from Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel concerning involvement in the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal as well as with regard to attendance in Montreal schools and after-school activities. The documents consist of two ephemeral items from 1944: a YMHA swimming test result and a B'nai Brith 'Showboat' notice, plus a few news clippings from the 1980s about the history of the YMHA. The 15 images are: 7 pictures of Baron Byng High school students and events donated by former student Joseph Gilbert, including two of the 1957 graduating Prom, plus a program for the Baron Byng High School reunion of 2007; 1 image 8" x 10" of a YMHA Minstrel show group probably late 1930s, including Rose Gotlieb, mother of the donor, and and two very large framed images of YMHA Minstrel performers, both including players in blackface (one large image is a duplicate of the smaller one), circa 1940. Protestant school images from Gloria Anchel Gilbert consist of one from Fairmount elementary school circa 1953 and one from Northmount High School circa 1956. There are two oversized group photos from Pripstein's Camp Mishmar in St-Adolphe de Howard, Quebec, one dated 1956 and one undated - both are damaged, cut into three sections each. There are 2 images of the Jewish People's School afternoon section, also 1956, and one of a Westmount ballet class including a 3 year old Gloria Anchel, 1948. Artifacts donated along with the collection consist of 2 trophies from the B'nai Brith Bowling Association, for Hy Anchel 1972-1973 and 1976.
Date
1929-2005.
Fonds No.
P0290
History / Biographical
Hyman Anchel (1914-1983) and Rose Gotlieb (1912-1987) were born in Montreal to immigrants from Romania and Russia. Hyman Anchel was active in B'nai Brith as the social service chairman for many years. A wrestling champion at the YMHA, Hy also was one of the three members to open the Y pool in 1929. In 1953, he 'swam' out of the Y with his children Gloria and Stanley and opened the new Snowden Y pool. Rose Gotlieb was a member of the Y Minstrels, which entertained Canada's troops during World War II. Their daughter Gloria Anchel Gilbert married Joseph Gilbert, also of Montreal in 1965 and re-located to London, Ontario. Joseph is the son of Morris Gilbert and Silvia Schwam who immigrated from Dobzyn on the Vistula, Poland in 1935 and 1930 respectively.
Custodial History
This collection was given by Gloria Anchel Gilbert, daughter of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel, in November of 2021. The additions were donated in June 2022 by Gloria Anchel Gilbert and Joseph Gilbert.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P21/07.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ANCTIL, Pierre.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111
Collection
ANCTIL, Pierre.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
5.97 metres of textual records. - 7 videos. - 11 sound elements. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM).
Fonds No.
P0003
Date
1983-2009.
Scope and Content
Selected typescripts from his works on French-Canadian-Jewish relations. Clippings of book reviews and ecumenism. C.V. contains bibliography to 2000. Complete typescript of Le Rendez-vous Manqué. Predominant language of material is French.Added in 1998: Video of Silent Witness. Centre justice et fo…
Collection
ANCTIL, Pierre.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
5.97 metres of textual records. - 7 videos. - 11 sound elements. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM).
Scope and Content
Selected typescripts from his works on French-Canadian-Jewish relations. Clippings of book reviews and ecumenism. C.V. contains bibliography to 2000. Complete typescript of Le Rendez-vous Manqué. Predominant language of material is French.Added in 1998: Video of Silent Witness. Centre justice et foi: Soirée Relations du 20/11/95 Rapport Comm. à la Soc. Québécoise (video). 2 tapes of interview with Sylvia Segal Lustgarten (1988). The Family in Canada; Yiddish du Mein (tape, e/y, 1986). Dialogue Qc (2 tapes, part II & III). Dialogue St-Urbain (2 tapes, Sept. 1989 & June 1998). "Simply Speaking" interview with P. Anctil (1998). "Radio Noon" interview with Jack Wolofsky & P. Anctil (1998). "L'oiseau de Minerve" interview with P. Anctil (1998, f). Interview with Sholem Shtern (1988). Manuscript of Tur Malka; Flâneries sur les cimes de l'histoire juive Montréalaise (1997, f). Correspondence about the publication of Tur Malka. Manuscript of Le mouvement ouvrier juif au Canada; 1904-1920 translation of S. Belkin's book on labour movement in Canada (1997, f). Manuscript of Shulamis; Une enfance juive à Montréal translation of Shulamis Yelin's book about her youth in Montreal (1998, f). CD-ROM of interview for Labour Zionist Alliance (circa 1998). Manuscript of Le Montréal juif d'autrefois/ translation of I. Medresh's memoir (1997, f)Added in 2000: Papers related to the book Le Rendez-vous Manqué. Notes on classes given on Jewish Montreal at McGill, 1988-1991. Personal papers (newspapers clipping, research papers, correspondence, etc.), 1982-1988. Manuscript of H. Wolofsky Mayne Lebns Rayze (2000, f)Added in 2001: 1 box of documents pertaining to Dialogue St-Urbain (PA was co-president.) Also 5 videotapes, mostly interviews with Pierre Anctil on Jewish cultural topics/ Rendez-vous Théatral/ Theatrical Encounter, 1992, Michel Tremblay & Dora Wasserman; Pierre au Point sur L'antisémitisme; 50ième anniversaire de la liberation de Auschwitz, Pierre Anctil interview à RDI, 1995; Steinberg, émission sur les Juifs Hassidiques, Fev. 1998; Entreview de Pierre avec Louise-Josée Mondoux, 1990. Manuscript of the translation of Elberg. 1 book signe by Sam Bronfman, 1941. Manuscript of the second volume of Medresh.Added in 2004: 2 binders of annotated typescript of translation to French of Fuks Lexicon of Canadian Jewish Writers, 1981. Also introduction to translated volume.Added in 2008: Notes pertaining to the translation various books from Yiddish to French: Medresh, Claim Leib Fuks, Wolofsky. Material pertaining to book promotions, Christian-Jewish dialogue, intercultural programs. Research notes and correspondence relating to publications and articles.Addition 2009: 2 course sylabbi from University of Ottawa Canadian Jewish studies courses taught by P.A., one file on the dissolution of Dialogue St-Urbain and one file on the Association of Canadian Jewish Studies, in which P.A. is a board member. 8 additional files totalling 8 cm. added July 18, re: publishing project with Ghitta Caiserman, Sholem Shtern translations, Harry Joshua Stern, and Belkin archives.
Date
1983-2009.
Fonds No.
P0003
History / Biographical
Born in Quebec City in 1952, Pierre Anctil is an anthropologist by profession as well as being a Yiddish scholar, translator of J.I. Segal's poetry and several Yiddish memorialists published in Montreal; authority on Canadian ethnic minorities, and author of several books about Jews in Quebec. He was on staff of l'Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture (1980-1988). As well, he was a lecturer on Quebec Jewish history at McGill University, and was on staff of McGill University French-Canada Studies Program (1988-1991) and Dept. of Jewish Studies (1988-1991). He was on staff of the Ministère de l'Education (1991-1993) and Ministère des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'Immigration (1993-2004). He was then attached to the Musee Pointe-à-Callière (1999-2000) and he was the Director of the Institute of Canadian Studies at the University of Ottawa (2004-2008.) He is currently on a Killam Fellowship for a research project on Montreal Yiddish poet Jacob-Isaac Segal (2008-2010).
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Pierre Anctil on Feb. 23, 1988. Addtions were made to the collection in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008 and 2009.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations :P88/14, P88/30, P99/02, P00/02, P01/05, P01/07, P04/14, P08/12, P08/18, and P09/03.Language :French, English and Yiddish.Restrictions :Correspondence file.Related groups of records :Taped interviews.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ANSELL, David Abraham.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn112
Collection
ANSELL, David Abraham.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.1 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0004
Date
1877-1940.
Scope and Content
Correspondence from prominent Canadians including several expressing sympathy for Jews massacred in Russia as well as immigration. Notes for speeches on finance, Jews and Conservatism. Press clippings relating to politics, various Jewish causes, religion, finance and trade with Mexico. Biographical…
Collection
ANSELL, David Abraham.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.1 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Correspondence from prominent Canadians including several expressing sympathy for Jews massacred in Russia as well as immigration. Notes for speeches on finance, Jews and Conservatism. Press clippings relating to politics, various Jewish causes, religion, finance and trade with Mexico. Biographical articles in Yiddish.
Date
1877-1940.
Fonds No.
P0004
History / Biographical
Born in London in 1834, Mr. Ansell was educated in England and Germany. He came to Canada in 1860. He was an ardent British imperialist, and was acquainted with John A. MacDonald and George-Etienne Cartier from pre-Confederation times. In his "Welding the Lines of Union" he unfolded a scheme similar to the one later advocated by Joseph Chamberlain. Appointed Consul-General for Mexico in Canada, he resigned in 1913 due to age. He was deeply involved in Jewish educational and philanthropic work, and was the first chairman of the Canadian Committee of Jewish Colonization Association. He was a charter member and for 17 years president of Baron de Hirsch Institute and was instrumental in passing of legislation giving equal rights to Jewish children in public schools in Montreal. He died in Montreal in 1914.
Notes
English and Yiddish.Fonds consists of mostly originals.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

APEX PANTS COMPANY.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn4
Collection
APEX PANTS COMPANY.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.33 metres of textual records. - 1 photograph.
Fonds No.
I0002
Date
1900-1968.
Scope and Content
Journal of pants sales (1942-1959). Ledger (1959-1964). Accounts receivable binder (1961-1968). Payroll sheet (1962). Photo of Harry Hertz (early 1900s)
Collection
APEX PANTS COMPANY.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.33 metres of textual records. - 1 photograph.
Scope and Content
Journal of pants sales (1942-1959). Ledger (1959-1964). Accounts receivable binder (1961-1968). Payroll sheet (1962). Photo of Harry Hertz (early 1900s)
Date
1900-1968.
Fonds No.
I0002
History / Biographical
There is very little information on the Apex Pants Company, other than that it was one of many businesses in the textile industry. It manufactured pants, probably in Montreal, and sold them all over Eastern Canada. It is no longer in existence
Notes
P90/02.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ARCAND, Adrien (collection).

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113
Collection
ARCAND, Adrien (collection).
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.54 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0005
Date
1931-1986.
Scope and Content
Fascist newspapers, pamphlets and newsletters. Press clippings by and about Arcand. Canadian Jewish Congress correspondence relating to Arcand and anti-Semitism
Collection
ARCAND, Adrien (collection).
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.54 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Fascist newspapers, pamphlets and newsletters. Press clippings by and about Arcand. Canadian Jewish Congress correspondence relating to Arcand and anti-Semitism
Date
1931-1986.
Fonds No.
P0005
History / Biographical
Born in 1899, Adrien Arcand was the leader of a French-Canadian antisemitic movement in the 1930s, the Parti National Social Chrétien (National Social Christian Party), which, under his leadership, later merged with other fascist groups to form the National Unity Party. He published and/or wrote for numerous antisemitic publications such as Le Miroir, Le Goglu, Le Fasciste Canadien, L'Unité Nationale, and Serviam. He fought against Jewish rights in education and was interned by the Canadian government during WWII, from 1940-1945. After his release he continued his antisemitic and political activities. He died in 1967.
Custodial History
This material was collected by CJC staff and concerned persons in the Jewish community.
Notes
12 cm., mainly correspondance.Photographs file PC1-3-77.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ARNOLD, Abraham, J.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn114
Collection
ARNOLD, Abraham, J.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 1.4 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0006
Date
1957-1997.
Scope and Content
Published articles and press clippings on the history of Jewish immigration to Canada with emphasis on the western provinces. Finding Aid (1993) to Arnold papers at the Provincial Archives of Manitoba (includes some CJC Western Region material)Addition 2003: 4 boxes, transferred from the Provincial…
Collection
ARNOLD, Abraham, J.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 1.4 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Published articles and press clippings on the history of Jewish immigration to Canada with emphasis on the western provinces. Finding Aid (1993) to Arnold papers at the Provincial Archives of Manitoba (includes some CJC Western Region material)Addition 2003: 4 boxes, transferred from the Provincial Archives of Manitoba. Research notes, Jews in Quebec, Western settlements, Baron de Hirsch Institute, Montreal, etc. Typescripts of articles includings Baron de Hirsch.
Date
1957-1997.
Fonds No.
P0006
History / Biographical
Born in 1922, Abraham Arnold was a writer and journalist. He was editor and publisher of the Jewish Western Bulletin in Vancouver. He was public relations director of the Federation of Jewish Community Services and Combined Jewish Appeal in Montreal. He was Western regional director of Canadian Jewish Congress and was the author of numerous articles on the history of Canadian Jews. Abe Arold died in Winnipeg at the end of January, 2011.
Notes
P93/10, P03/03, etc.Canadian Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada, Canadian Jewish Historical Society (A. Arnold President 1990-1992).Fonds consists of mostly press clippings and copies of articles.Addition 2003: the addition contains background material assembled from sources not easily accessed by students in Montreal (1.3 m).
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ASPLER, Minna = Holocaust memoirs, Poland.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn290
Collection
ASPLER, Minna = Holocaust memoirs, Poland.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
14 sound elements.
Fonds No.
P0189
Date
1981.
Scope and Content
14 cassette tapes copied from Minna Aspler of interviews done by her son in 1981, with accompanying notes. Autobiographical recollections and Holocaust testimony. Warsaw Ghetto, Poland, and German camp. Life in hiding as Christian during the war.
Collection
ASPLER, Minna = Holocaust memoirs, Poland.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
14 sound elements.
Scope and Content
14 cassette tapes copied from Minna Aspler of interviews done by her son in 1981, with accompanying notes. Autobiographical recollections and Holocaust testimony. Warsaw Ghetto, Poland, and German camp. Life in hiding as Christian during the war.
Date
1981.
Fonds No.
P0189
History / Biographical
Minna Aspler was born in Russia circa 1911 or 1914 and moved to Warsaw with her family at the age of 9 or 12. She was in the Warsaw Ghetto and escaped to go into hiding as a Christian. She came to Canada after surviving World War II.
Custodial History
Donated by Minna Aspler in May 2003.
Notes
P03/07.3 interview cassettes with Minna Aspler, done in the late 1980s by Eiran Harris.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES, Montreal Chapter.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn5
Collection
ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES, Montreal Chapter.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.13 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs.
Fonds No.
I0003
Date
1986-2006.
Scope and Content
Constitution and by-laws of AJL, and Montreal chapter's version. AJL meeting minutes and other member information (USA). Montreal membership lists. Correspondence (1986). Conference information and handouts. Flyers advertising lectures. Publicity . Stationery. Clippings Addition 2007: Minutes. News…
Collection
ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES, Montreal Chapter.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.13 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs.
Scope and Content
Constitution and by-laws of AJL, and Montreal chapter's version. AJL meeting minutes and other member information (USA). Montreal membership lists. Correspondence (1986). Conference information and handouts. Flyers advertising lectures. Publicity . Stationery. Clippings Addition 2007: Minutes. Newsletter. Correspondence. Membership lists. Membership registration forms. 1 photo and 1 contact sheet for an event with Sol Katz and Marsha Lustigman. Administrative, programming and financial records, 1990s to 2006.
Date
1986-2006.
Fonds No.
I0003
History / Biographical
After Montreal hosted the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) convention in 1986, the impetus was gained to form a Montreal chapter, which occurred in 1987. (The AJL was founded in the United States in 1965). Its goals include the promoting of Jewish library services and librarianship through education, establishing Judaic library collections, and providing technical assistance to these collections. The members also act as liaisons between Judaic and general libraries, and promote awareness of Judaic collections and their resource people
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Carol Katz for the Association of Jewish Libraries, Montreal Chapter, on February 27, 1997. Addition 2007 was donated by Sol Katz, Tresurer for the association, on March 22, 2007.
Notes
P97/03, P07/09.CJCCCNA was a founding member of this organization, or which the Archives Director is still currently co-president. These records add to the existing collection here.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ASSOCIATION OF SURVIVORS OF NAZI OPPRESSION.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn92
Collection
ASSOCIATION OF SURVIVORS OF NAZI OPPRESSION.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.3 metres of textual records. - 8 artefacts.
Fonds No.
I0090
Date
1960s-2004.
Scope and Content
The earliest of these records date back to the founding of this association. Only a quarter of the original donation was retained, due to the deteriorated condition of the records. Much of the discarded information pertained to membership dues and other financial documentation. The retained records…
Collection
ASSOCIATION OF SURVIVORS OF NAZI OPPRESSION.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.3 metres of textual records. - 8 artefacts.
Scope and Content
The earliest of these records date back to the founding of this association. Only a quarter of the original donation was retained, due to the deteriorated condition of the records. Much of the discarded information pertained to membership dues and other financial documentation. The retained records consist of one box of documents which includes the constitution, some minutes, selected membership forms, clippings, posters, and publications (including information on USA Neo-Nazis). Also donated: 5 replicas of concentration camp uniform jackets and 3 concentration camp style hats, made circa 1961 for use in commemorative events.
Date
1960s-2004.
Fonds No.
I0090
History / Biographical
The Association was founded circa 1960 in Montreal. It was an active organization typical of several founded by post-war Jewish immigrants in order to memorialize the losses sustained by Jews during the Holocaust. Their collection includes copies of striped prison uniform jackets which are still worn in demonstrations and are potential display items. The Association ceased operations in 2004. Some of its former members now operate through the Association of Romanian Survivors.
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Issie Weisfeld and Lou Zablow on April 25, 2005. The collection had been stored in the house of Mr. Zablow, the organization's President. At the time of donation the collection contained 4 large boxes (approximately 1.6m). With the help of Mr. Weisfeld the boxes were sorted and stringently weeded, as many records were moldy and had to be discarded. In some cases photocopies were made of historical documents which could not be kept in their damaged condition. Much of the discarded information pertained to membership dues and other financial documentation.
Notes
P05/07.The commemorative uniforms were donated on condition that they be lent back to Issie Wiesfeld as needed for Yom Ha Shoah (Holocaust Rememberence Day) and related events. This was done in May 2005, after which they were returned. One jacket and cap was removed from the collection on a permanent basis Aug. 2, 2005, so the present total is 4 uniform jackets and 2 caps.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

ASSOCIATION OF WARSAW JEWS.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn6
Collection
ASSOCIATION OF WARSAW JEWS.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.13 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
I0004
Date
1953-1970.
Scope and Content
Minutes of meetings, 1953-1978 (with some gaps). Membership list (1960). Some clippings
Collection
ASSOCIATION OF WARSAW JEWS.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.13 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Minutes of meetings, 1953-1978 (with some gaps). Membership list (1960). Some clippings
Date
1953-1970.
Fonds No.
I0004
History / Biographical
There is very little material available on this Montreal organization. The earliest documents date from 1953. It was one of many landsmanschaften that tried to both commemorate as well as aid the people of their communities of origin. They concentrated mostly on memorial (yizkor) work, such as assemblies to commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Less detail

BADER, Alfred = Internment-related documents.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn326
Collection
BADER, Alfred = Internment-related documents.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 0.01 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0226
Date
1939 copies - 2009.
Scope and Content
Documents relating to his internment at Ile aux Noix camp, also about his grant to Queen's University. Includes photocopies of the official diary of the Canadian camp commandant.
Collection
BADER, Alfred = Internment-related documents.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 0.01 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Documents relating to his internment at Ile aux Noix camp, also about his grant to Queen's University. Includes photocopies of the official diary of the Canadian camp commandant.
Date
1939 copies - 2009.
Fonds No.
P0226
History / Biographical
Alfred Bader was born April 28, 1924, in Vienna Austria. His father's family was of Czech Jewish descent, while his mother was a Catholic Hungarian aristocrat. Escaping Nazi persecution, he fled from Austria to England at age 14 in 1938 via the Kindertransport. He arrived in Canada as an interned refugee during WWII. Denied admission at McGill University, Alfred Bader went on to attend Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he studied engineering and chemistry before continuing his education at Harvard University. He later became a successful chemist, businessman, and art collector. (Compiled with some information from Wikipedia).
Custodial History
The documents were donated on Aug. 17, 2009 by Alfred BADER.
Notes
P09/17.P0220.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

BAILLEHACHE, Soeur Marie-Noelle de.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn221
Collection
BAILLEHACHE, Soeur Marie-Noelle de.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.06 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0115
Date
1963-1987.
Scope and Content
Biographical press clippings. Published articles pertaining to Judeo-Christian ecumenism
Collection
BAILLEHACHE, Soeur Marie-Noelle de.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.06 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Biographical press clippings. Published articles pertaining to Judeo-Christian ecumenism
Date
1963-1987.
Fonds No.
P0115
History / Biographical
Former member of Congregation Notre Dame de Sion whose work included promotion of greater Christian-Jewish understanding. Sister Marie-Noelle was the first member of the congregation in Canada and was instrumental in carrying out the Roman Catholic program against anti-Semitism in the country.
Notes
correspondence file.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Less detail

387 records – page 1 of 20.