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Franz Kafka Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn92924
Collection
Franz Kafka Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.2m multiple media
Fonds No.
1445; 1
Date
1994
Scope and Content
The collection consists of approximately 97 photographs within 18 folders as well as the corresponding panel text used in the exhibit. The collection consists of photographs of Prague, Franz Kafka, his family, his friends, books covers, and drawings.
Collection
Franz Kafka Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.2m multiple media
Scope and Content
The collection consists of approximately 97 photographs within 18 folders as well as the corresponding panel text used in the exhibit. The collection consists of photographs of Prague, Franz Kafka, his family, his friends, books covers, and drawings.
Date
1994
Fonds No.
1445
Series No.
1
Storage Location
JPL Stacks
History / Biographical
The Franz Kafka collection was created to make available the series of photographs used for the March 1994 exhibit entitled "Franz Kafka and his Prague." The exhibit commemorated the seventieth anniversary of Czech writer Franz Kafka's death. The exhibit calls attention to Kafka's relationship with his native city, Prague, city of "strange men and visionaries the impatient heart of Central Europe."
Language
English French
Custodial History
The photographs were donated for the March 1994 exhibit "Franz Kafka and his Prague" by The Comenius Institute Montreal and Dr. Vlasta J. Vrana with support of the Thomas Hecht Family.
Arrangement
The exhibit consisted of 18 series each with a set of photographs. Each folder within the collection corresponds to the original series.
Reproduction Restrictions
Reproduction restrictions may apply
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Images
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Information File, Theodore Bikel

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31420
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 1; 00039
Date
4/07/1963
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Date
4/07/1963
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
1
File No.
00039
Storage Location
3-3B
CTN 001
Language
English
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Bikel, Theodore. 1924-
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
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Production File - An Evening of Canadian Folklore

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31387
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 1; 00005
Date
[ca. 1956-1957]
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Parallel Title
Une Soirée de Folklore Canadien
Date
[ca. 1956-1957]
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
1
File No.
00005
Storage Location
3-3B
CTN 001
Creator
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Language
English
French
Notes
This file contains production information for “An Evening of Canadian Folklore” and its performers but also contains general brochures for Sam Gesser’s 1956-1957 Season.
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Folklore - Canada
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Images
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Production File, Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31393
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual and photographic records
Fonds No.
1055; 1; 00011
Date
10/17/1959
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual and photographic records
Date
10/17/1959
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
1
File No.
00011
Storage Location
3-3B
CTN 001
Creator
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Language
English
Notes
This file contains an ad mat and promotional photographs for the concert. Also contains photocopied resource material.
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
MacColl, Ewan
Seeger, Peggy, 1935-
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Images
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Production File, Joan Baez

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn32042
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 1; 00085
Date
04/02/1965
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Date
04/02/1965
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
1
File No.
00085
Storage Location
3-3C
CTN 002
Language
English
Notes
Includes handbill with original Joan Baez signature.
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Baez, Joan, 1913-
Handbills
Autographs
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
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Production File, New Christy Minstrels

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31427
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 1; 00046
Date
02/15/1964
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Date
02/15/1964
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
1
File No.
00046
Storage Location
3-3B
CTN 001
Language
English
Notes
Contains original contract between Sam Gesser and the New Christy Minstrels. Also contains newspaper clippings.
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
New Christy Minstrels
Contracts - performing artists
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
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Publicity, YMHA Campaign

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38115
Collection
Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of texual records
Fonds No.
1256; 3; 00142
Date
1923-1939
Scope and Content
File includes correspondence from 1924, 1932 and 1935 (regarding campaigns, refers to “trying period”), motion picture schedule, campaign drawings, financial documents, membership recruitment posters, Beacon mock-up, handwritten notes on graph paper, campaign tag line ideas, and drawing…
Collection
Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of texual records
Scope and Content
File includes correspondence from 1924, 1932 and 1935 (regarding campaigns, refers to “trying period”), motion picture schedule, campaign drawings, financial documents, membership recruitment posters, Beacon mock-up, handwritten notes on graph paper, campaign tag line ideas, and drawings, transcribed radio addresses, and membership forms.
Date
1923-1939
Fonds No.
1256
Series No.
3
File No.
00142
Storage Location
4-3F
CTN. 006
Conservation
File contains fragile documents, should be handled with care.
Language
English
Notes
Selection of contents digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.
Access Restrictions
Some privacy restrictions may apply.
Reproduction Restrictions
Some copyright restrictions may apply.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
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Sara and Abram Barac Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn92955
Collection
Sara and Abram Barac Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Fonds No.
1446
Date
1947 - 1949
Scope and Content
These seven records document Sara and Abram Barac's transition from Germany to Canada after the Second World War. The documents and issuing authorities included are as follows:
Collection
Sara and Abram Barac Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Scope and Content
These seven records document Sara and Abram Barac's transition from Germany to Canada after the Second World War. The documents and issuing authorities included are as follows:
Two Certificates of Identity for the Purpose of Immigration [to Canada] issued by The International Refugee Organization (U.S. Zone of Germany)
One Provisional Marriage Certificate and two Birth Certificates issued by the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American Occupation Zone in Germany
A Certificate for Professional Qualification [as an electrician] issued by the International Refugee Organization (I.R.O) Displaced Persons Professional Testing Board
One Certificate from the Jewish religious congregation of Bytom, Poland, attesting to the identity of Abram Barac and his role in the congregation as the head of the ritual bath
Date
1947 - 1949
Fonds No.
1446
Storage Location
JPL Stacks
Language
English
Polish
Acquisition Source
Donated by Aline Bank, August 2021
Custodial History
Stacey Bank was a close friend and the Executor of Sara and Abram Barac's estate. After Sara and Abram passed away, Stacey retained their documents (the family had declined them). When Stacey Bank passed away, he entrusted these documents to his wife, Aline Bank, who reached out to the JPL Archives in the Summer of 2021 to donate the materials.
Accession No.
21-009
Name Access
Barac, Abram.
Barac, Sara (nee Baum).
Subjects
Immigrants
Immigrants, Polish - Canada
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
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