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Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn30236
Collection
Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
2.1m of textual material and other material
Fonds No.
1022
Date
1926-1984
Scope and Content
This collection consists of office records pertaining to Jewish Junior Welfare League activities, correspondence and material related to these activities, material published or collected by the JJWL, certificates and awards they have received and multiple media material.
Collection
Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
2.1m of textual material and other material
Scope and Content
This collection consists of office records pertaining to Jewish Junior Welfare League activities, correspondence and material related to these activities, material published or collected by the JJWL, certificates and awards they have received and multiple media material.
Date
1926-1984
Fonds No.
1022
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Jewish Junior Welfare League
History / Biographical
The Jewish Junior Welfare League was founded in 1926 by 26 young ladies who were dedicated to the ideal of community service. The league's objective from the start were: A. To train and educate its members as able volunteers. B. To sustain by means of volunteer service and financial assistance a number of worthy projects eeded by the community. C. To keep members enlightened on all issues within the scope of the social, economic and cultural welfare of the community. Projects over the years included volunteering in hospitals, schools & developing recreational programs for young and old, healthy and sick. The league reached its zenith in the 1960s with a membership of 300. By the mid 1970s problems began to beset them, however. Their ranks became depleted as more and more women chose to go to work, and many of the needs they were filling were taken over by government agencies. June 19, 1984 at the annual meeting the decision to disband was taken.
Language
English
Custodial History
Transferred from the Jewish Junior Welfare League.
Notes
The fonds also includes objects. Title based on the content of the collection.
Access Restrictions
Some privacy restrictions may apply.
Reproduction Restrictions
Some copyright restrictions may apply.
Accession No.
00-126
Name Access
Jewish Junior Welfare League
Subjects
Volunteers
Women's organizations
Philanthropy
Places
Montreal (Quebec)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Allan Raymond Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31559
Collection
Allan Raymond Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
16 linear metres of multiple media
Fonds No.
1034
Scope and Content
Consists of numerous series and sub-series from individuals, families, organizations and businesses from within the Jewish community of Montreal. Includes various forms of records such as correspondence, photographs, artefacts and ledgers.
Collection
Allan Raymond Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
16 linear metres of multiple media
Scope and Content
Consists of numerous series and sub-series from individuals, families, organizations and businesses from within the Jewish community of Montreal. Includes various forms of records such as correspondence, photographs, artefacts and ledgers.
Fonds No.
1034
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Allan Raymond (1922- ) was born in Lithuania and came to Montreal in 1928. He is a researcher and lecturer of Canadian Jewish history and an avid collector of Canadian Judaica. Raymond also considered himself a romantic poet. He had a successful career as an insurance broker in Montreal and during World War II served overseas with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Amongst his varied community activities he served as public relations director of the Westmount Historical Association, Montreal Jewish Historical Society, St. James Literary Society, One Parent Families Association, Parents Without Partners Association, the YMHA Chaverim Group, Avant Garde Singles Group and S-Group. Mr. Raymond conducted research for the Montreal Gazette's "Great Montreal Walks" as well as for the television documentary "Six Decades." Many of his historical documents and photographs were exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Universite de Montreal, Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Shaar Hashomayim Congregation and the Jewish Public Library. He has delivered a series of illustrated lectures dealing with Canadian Judaica at the former Saidye Bronfman Centre among other institutions. This collection was accumulated by Allan Raymond over a period of thirty-five years. Most of the collection held at the Jewish Public Library was donated in 1993 and again in 1999. Mr. Raymond continues in his collecting as well as donations of material to the Jewish Public Library Archives to this day.
Language
English
Yiddish
French
Hebrew
Custodial History
Received by the Jewish Public Library by Allan Raymond in 1993 and 1999.
Arrangement
Each series arranged individual to the specific family, person, institution, business or organization. Also includes materials arranged based on format such as "artefacts."
Access Restrictions
Some restrictions may apply due to Privacy legislation.
Reproduction Restrictions
Some restrictions may apply due to Copyright legislation.
Finding Aid
Original finding aid available in JPL-A.
Subjects
Abramowitz, Herman
Abramowitz, Tess (nee Bokar)
Montreal (Quebec) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Montreal (Quebec) - Street scenes
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Noah Gotlib Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44544
Collection
Noah Gotlib Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1081
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of four series: literary work, critical pieces on Gotlib's work, biographical material and correspondence.
Collection
Noah Gotlib Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of four series: literary work, critical pieces on Gotlib's work, biographical material and correspondence.
Fonds No.
1081
History / Biographical
Born in 1901 in Kovno, Lithuania, Noah Gotlib is remembered as a talented poet, writer and journalist, an individual who spoke to many through his multitude of work. Gotlib, whose father was the head of a Hassidic yeshiva, was educated in both traditional Jewish and secular schools. Gotlib also studied for and received his teaching diploma from a Soviet Normal School. Gotlib's earliest poetry was in Hebrew but he soon took to writing in Yiddish. This writing included lyric poetry and prose, essays, literary criticism and articles. His immigration to Montreal in 1930 was helped in part by the sponsorship of a man he had never met but who admired Gotlib's poetry: the poet and brother of Yaakov Zipper, Sholem Shtern. Gotlib was quickly engrossed in the booming literary world of Yiddish Montreal by becoming a regular contributor to the Keneder Adler. The newspaper printed his articles as well as a semi-daily journal published under the pseudonym "H. Yudelevitch". His first collection of poetry was published in 1931 in Montreal and thereafter Gotlib published books of poetry almost continuously until his death in 1967. Gotlib is the author of twelve volumes of poetry, prose and essays. He contributed over 2,000 short stories to the Keneder Adler and wrote hundreds of articles on literature and Jewish and Hebrew culture in various journals. He was associated with the Keneder Adler for 35 years, was a leader in the Halutzim movement in Lithuania, secretary of the Jewish Writers Association in Montreal, and secretary of the Lithuanian Farband until his death on August 8, 1967.
Language
Yiddish
English
Finding Aid
Complete finding aid available. Please contact the Jewish Public Library Archives directly for access.
Subjects
Gotlib, Noah Itzchak, 1903-1967.
Writers, Hebrew
Writers, Yiddish
Journalists
Keneder Adler
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Ida Maze Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44542
Collection
Ida Maze Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1.86 linear metres
Fonds No.
1090
Date
1927-c1962
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of three series: literary work, biographical materials and correspondence. The latter being the most significant section of the fonds, arranged alphabetically by author and consisting mainly of in-coming correspondence to Maze.
Collection
Ida Maze Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1.86 linear metres
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of three series: literary work, biographical materials and correspondence. The latter being the most significant section of the fonds, arranged alphabetically by author and consisting mainly of in-coming correspondence to Maze.
Date
1927-c1962
Fonds No.
1090
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Ida (nee Zhukovsky) Maze was born in Olgi, near Minsk, White Russia on July 9, 1893. Her family first immigrated in 1907 to the United States, moving next to Toronto and finally settling in Montreal in 1908. There Maze met and married her true love, Alexander Massey, whose name had been anglicized from Maze upon his own immigration. Maze began her literary activities with the writing of lyric poems. The majority of her poetry was written for children. Maze was also a writer of essays and stories that appeared in many journals and newspapers all over the world. Her book "A Mame" was published in 1931, followed by "Lieder far Kinder" (1936), "Naye Lieder" (1941), and "Vaksn Mine Kinderlekh" (1954). The book "Dina" appeared in Montreal in 1970. Maze was active in various cultural activities and was a leader of the vibrant Yiddish cultural activities in Montreal. She was often found in the Jewish Public Library during literary events. Maze also devoted Saturday to presenting a story time to the children of that same Library. Maze is best remembered, however, for the kind sustaining encouragement she provided at her "salons." Struggling poets, authors, and artists as well as already-established names of the Yiddish literary world were found with regularity at Maze's literary salons. In her apartment, situated on Esplanade Avenue, Maze and her guests would critique and discuss each other's work and the state of literature. This kindness also extended to assistance in finding jobs and homes for immigrant poets. Her approachability and strength shown to other earned her the name, "Mother to Yiddish Poets".
Language
Yiddish
English
Finding Aid
Complete finding aid available, please contact the Jewish Public Library Archives directly for more information.
Subjects
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Yiddish
Writers, Yiddish
Poetry
Poets, Canadian
Poets, Yiddish
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Victor and Schubert

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38718
Collection
Victor and Schubert
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.19 m of textual records
Fonds No.
1182
Date
1921-1986 ; predominant 1940-1960
Scope and Content
Fonds contains paper records related mostly to the political careers of Joseph Schubert and William V. Victoria, including business correspondence, invitations, newspaper clippings, elections information, and handwritten notes. Also included are documents related to both men's involvements with com…
Collection
Victor and Schubert
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.19 m of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds contains paper records related mostly to the political careers of Joseph Schubert and William V. Victoria, including business correspondence, invitations, newspaper clippings, elections information, and handwritten notes. Also included are documents related to both men's involvements with community and professional organizations, and one file belonging to Laura Victor (nee Schubert).
Date
1921-1986 ; predominant 1940-1960
Fonds No.
1182
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Joseph Schubert (1989-1952), municipal politician, civil rights activist and labour leader, was born in Rumania and immigrated to Canada in 1903. He served as a city councilor for the St-Louis ward in Montreal for 17 years, beginning in 1924, during which time he was the only City Councillor from the Labour Party. Schubert was active in the Trades and Labour Congress for many years, serving as Vice President from 1924-1925. He was secretary-treasurer of the Joint Board of International Ladies Garment Workers Union from 1916-1926. He was also a member of the Montreal Metropolitan Commission, director of the Jewish general hospital, and member of B’nai Brith, Workmen’s Circle, King Edward’s Association, and other community organizations. He was married to Esther Herschorn Schubert, with whom he had two children. William V. Victor (?-1998) was the son-in-law of Joseph Schubert, by marriage to his daughter Laura. He was a chartered accountant who served, like his father-in-law, as a Montreal City Councillor (Category A, District no. 5) for several terms between 1940 and 1960. He also served as president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Quebec and as a Heritage Governor for the United Talmud Torahs of Montreal.
Language
English
French
Yiddish
Custodial History
Unknown
Notes
The fonds may have been assembled by Laura Victor.
Access Restrictions
Some privacy restrictions may apply.
Reproduction Restrictions
Some Copyright restrictions may apply.
Name Access
Schubert, Joseph, 1889-1952
Victor, William V.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn34043
Collection
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
8cm of textual records
Fonds No.
1199
Date
1945-1953
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of 11 files of records relating to the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Fonds. Included are political platforms, notices of public events, financial statements, correspondence, reports on elections, publications on the CCF in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec.
Collection
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
8cm of textual records
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of 11 files of records relating to the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Fonds. Included are political platforms, notices of public events, financial statements, correspondence, reports on elections, publications on the CCF in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec.
Date
1945-1953
Fonds No.
1199
Storage Location
JPL
Physical Condition
Varying condition among documents, some brittle.
Language
English
French
Yiddish
Subjects
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Caldwell, M.J.
Klein, A. M. (Abraham Moses), 1909-1972.
Political elections
Politics and government
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
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Simon Glazer Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16726
Collection
Simon Glazer Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual material ; 4 photographs : b&w
Fonds No.
1231
Date
1917
Scope and Content
Consists of photographs and biographical documents related to Simon Glazer.
Collection
Simon Glazer Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual material ; 4 photographs : b&w
Scope and Content
Consists of photographs and biographical documents related to Simon Glazer.
Date
1917
Fonds No.
1231
Storage Location
7-3C, SC3
History / Biographical
Orthodox rabbi and author, Simon Glazer was chief rabbi of the United Synagogues of Montreal and Quebec City before moving to the United States.
Custodial History
Donated to the JPL-A by Warren Grover, grandson of Rabbi Glazer.
Notes
Stored in Small Collections Box#3 (SC3)
Subjects
Glazer, Simon, 1876-1938
Rabbis
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Lea Roback Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31359
Collection
Lea Roback Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
4.8m of textual records. -- 1013 photographs.
Fonds No.
1243
Date
1901-1998 ; predominant 1930-1998
Scope and Content
The Fonds contains material reflecting Lea Roback's activity in politics, union organization and activism in addition to personal records that document her relationship with family. Records from her political and activist work include radio addresses, correspondence, fliers, reports, and periodical…
Collection
Lea Roback Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
4.8m of textual records. -- 1013 photographs.
Scope and Content
The Fonds contains material reflecting Lea Roback's activity in politics, union organization and activism in addition to personal records that document her relationship with family. Records from her political and activist work include radio addresses, correspondence, fliers, reports, and periodicals. Personal records include correspondence wit her family members, the narrative of the Roback family written in prose, and various pieces of memorabilia belonging to Roback. The majority of the photographs in the collection are of Lea and her family from their time in Montreal, Beauport (QC) as well as Lea's travels in Europe. The series included within the Lea Roback Fonds are the following:
Series 1 -- Professional activity
Series 2 -- Biographical and personal material
Series 3 -- Correspondence
Series 4 -- Bibliographic reference publications
Series 5 -- Videos
Series 6 -- Photographs
Series 7 -- Graphic material
Date
1901-1998 ; predominant 1930-1998
Fonds No.
1243
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Activist and organizer, Lea Roback was born on November 3rd, 1903 in Montreal. She was the second of nine children of Fanny (1885-1973) and Moses (1870-1935) Roback, both of whom immigrated from Poland. She spent her childhood in Beauport, Quebec where her parents ran a general store. The Robacks spoke Yiddish at home; outside it was French or English. Léa was able to switch freely between languages, a skill that became useful in work with labour organizations. When Léa was fourteen the family returned to Montreal where, two years later, she began working in the city's factories. It was at this point that she became accutely aware of the inequality between Montreal's affluent English-speaking families and the mostly French and Jewish working class. In the mid-1920s, Léa spent a two years at the University of Grenoble in France, supporting herself by privately teaching English to students. In 1928, Léa joined her older brother Harry in Berlin where he was studying medicine. She enrolled at the University of Berlin studying Sociology and German. Léa became involved with leftwing student groups and eventually joined the Communist Party. In 1932 Lea returned to Montreal, finding work as a youth group director at the Young Women’s Hebrew Association, where her mentor was Saidye Bronfman, wife of Sam Bronfman. In 1935 she managed the Modern Bookshop on Bleury Street, the first Marxist bookstore in Quebec, which became a gathering place for local radicals. That same year Lea coordinated Fred Rose's bid for election. Eight years following this campaign, Rose became the first communist elected to the House of Commons. In 1936 she was recruited by Thérèse Casgrain, legendary women’s suffrage leader, to assist in her work to obtain the vote for women in Quebec. Léa also became involved with the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) during their attempts to improve conditions in the garment industry. In 1937, Léa was a leader – along with organizers such as Rose Pesotta and Bernard Shane – in organizing over 5,000 women who walked off the job from the garment industry factories of Montreal. During the war years, Lea began working for the Radio Corporation of America (R.C.A.) and became an organizer for the United Electrical Workers, where she was a business agent for the 3,000 R.C.A. workers in Montreal. Lea was an active advocate for social justice and human rights for the majority of her life. She was affliated with numerous organizations in Montreal including the Québec Aid to the Partially Sighted, the Voice of Women, as well as anti-nuclear and anti-war groups. Lea was a continual presence within the ranks passing out leaflets, demonstrationing, providing support and lending her respected voice to so many causes.
Language
English
French
Yiddish
Spanish
Acquisition Source
Lea Roback
Custodial History
This material was donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives by Lea Roback in 1998. The material of the Fonds was in the possession of Ms. Roback until the date of the transfer.
Arrangement
The arrangement of the Lea Roback fonds maintained the order in which it was donated to the archives with the exception of Series 3. In the correspondence series, letters were grouped by sender and when without date or an identifiable author, were grouped together. In 2015, as a result of entering unprocessed material into the database, the intellectual arrangement of this fonds was also updated. To consult the original finding aid please contact the JPL-A directly.
Notes
In addition to textual and photographic material, the Lea Roback Fonds contains sound recordings (10 audio cassettes) and graphic material (2 prints, 7 posters)
Access Restrictions
Some privacy restrictions apply to material within the Léa Roback Fonds. Please contact the JPL-A directly for further information.
Reproduction Restrictions
Some Copyright restrictions may apply
Finding Aid
Detailed finding aid available; file level control.
Accession No.
09-002
Name Access
Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
Subjects
Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
Labour movement
Labour unions
Women Workers
Women in the labour movement - Canada
Working Class
Feminism
Social justice
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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The Organizer

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38373
Collection
Organizer Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
9 p.
Fonds No.
1266
Collection
Organizer Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
9 p.
Parallel Title
L'Organisation
Publication
Montreal, QC : Joint Council Cloak and Dressmakers Union
Fonds No.
1266
Storage Location
SC3
Creator
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Language
English
French
Acquisition Source
Urian Family
Related Material
Lea Roback Collection
Accession No.
10-009
Subjects
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
Labour movement
Labour unions
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
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Richard Dobie Letter

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38584
Collection
Richard Dobie Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 document
Fonds No.
1268
Date
April 17, 1775
Collection
Richard Dobie Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 document
Date
April 17, 1775
Fonds No.
1268
Storage Location
7-1B
JPLA
Creator
Richard Dobie
Physical Condition
Excellent
Conservation
Encapsulated for protection
History / Biographical
Richard Dobie (b. c. 1731 in Liberton, Scotland; d. 23 March 1803 in Montreal, Lower Canada) was a Montreal fur trader and also dry goods merchant. He at times partnered with other traders such as Benjamin Frobisher or participated in various companies or as an outfitter and financial backer in fur trade endeavours. Dobie was highly influential in the developing business society of Lower Canada and Montreal. For further information: see the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, online (www.biographi.ca). This letter mentions not being able to do business with the "Israelite[s]" during Passover, an indication of Jewish presence in Montreal's developing economy.
Language
English
Notes
Text of letter: "Montreal 17th April 1775 Sir, I am favord with your’s of the 13th and inconformity I waited on the Israelite, his answer was he had not one bushel belonging to Rachel’s maid’s son the Farquesite, and in case the Israelite had wheat, none of the sons of Christ, could expect it at present, as it is against the Law of Moses to do Business during the time of the Passover and circumcision_Aaron’s son Hay is now incamping and boating up on the South Side I am told under your Standard – I remain – Sir Your most humble servant Richard Dobie"
Name Access
Dobie, Richard (1731-1803)
Subjects
Montreal (Quebec) - Jews
Fur trade
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Diana Rosenbaum Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44051
Collection
Diana Rosenbaum Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
2 photographs + 1 book
Fonds No.
1273
Scope and Content
Collection consists of one oversized composite portrait of the 1951 female graduating class of Baron Byng High School as well as their teachers. Also includes a group portrait of 1951 graduating class members at a reunion in 1987 and a commemorative book from the 50th reunion in 2001.
Collection
Diana Rosenbaum Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
2 photographs + 1 book
Scope and Content
Collection consists of one oversized composite portrait of the 1951 female graduating class of Baron Byng High School as well as their teachers. Also includes a group portrait of 1951 graduating class members at a reunion in 1987 and a commemorative book from the 50th reunion in 2001.
Fonds No.
1273
Storage Location
JPL
8-3B
Language
English
Accession No.
10-013
Subjects
Baron Byng High School (Montreal, Quebec)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Ludwig Frank Wood Art

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45034
Collection
Ludwig Frank Wood Art
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Wood inlay art ; 30.5cm x 46.25cm ; stain and texture
Fonds No.
1281
Date
ca1942-1944
Collection
Ludwig Frank Wood Art
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Wood inlay art ; 30.5cm x 46.25cm ; stain and texture
Date
ca1942-1944
Fonds No.
1281
Storage Location
JPL-A
7-3B
Creator
Ludwig Adolf Frank
Physical Condition
Excellent
History / Biographical
Ludwig Adolf Frank was born February 22, 1907 in Worstadt, Germany. Little is known of his life except that he was a cabinet maker by trade. Frank was interned by British authorities during World War II as an enemy alien. He was shipped to Canada with other internees and spent his time there at Fort Lennox, Ile-aux-Noix, Quebec. His British address in official documents was listed as Low Fell. In 1943, Frank returned to England. While at Fort Lennox, Frank befriended one of the Veteran Guards, Major Angus P. Cameron (1885-1952). Cameron was a volunteer in the Fort Garry Horse in 1914 and later joined the Winnipeg Rifles in France. He was injured in the trenches and was joined to the Canadian Army Pay Corp. Frank presented Cameron with a handmade wooden inlay art piece of a sailing ship, created by Frank during his time at Fort Lennox.
Name Access
Frank, Ludwig Adolf, 1907-
Subjects
Internment camps
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 - Veterans
Ile-aux-Noix (Quebec)
Fort Lennox (Quebec)
Cameron, Angus, 1885-1952
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Rita Briansky Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67779
Collection
Rita Briansky Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1.0m of textual documents ; 54 sketchbooks ; 1623 photographs ; 3 audio cassettes
Fonds No.
1291
Date
1910 - 2011 [predominant 1950 to 2000]
Scope and Content
The fonds contains documentation, professional and working materials of Rita Briansky’s many projects and works. The fonds consists of textual records, including correspondence, selections of the artist’s writing; graphic material, including sketchbooks and photographic documentation of…
Collection
Rita Briansky Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1.0m of textual documents ; 54 sketchbooks ; 1623 photographs ; 3 audio cassettes
Scope and Content
The fonds contains documentation, professional and working materials of Rita Briansky’s many projects and works. The fonds consists of textual records, including correspondence, selections of the artist’s writing; graphic material, including sketchbooks and photographic documentation of her work; audio recordings of Rita Briansky’s interviews and reviews; newspaper clippings, bibliographic reference publications and articles citing the artist’s work.
Date
1910 - 2011 [predominant 1950 to 2000]
Fonds No.
1291
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Rita Briansky
History / Biographical
Rita Briansky, painter, printmaker-etcher and teacher, was born in 1925 in Grajewo, Poland. Together with her mother and two sisters, Bella and Becky, the family moved to Ansonville, Ontario in 1929. Here, they joined Briansky’s father and uncle, Jake Perlmutter, and his family in Ansonville, which at the time had a small Jewish community. In 1939, the family moved to Val d’Or, Quebec and finally to Montreal in 1941. Then in her mid-teens, Rita Briansky was a keen student who nourished a continued interest in art. With the move to Montreal, the Briansky Family struggled financially and was unable to afford the fee for Rita’s high school education. It was the Yiddish poet Ida Massey who found Rita a job so she would be able to pay for her schooling. This encouragement served as the beginning of a valuable friendship, as well as helping foster Briansky’s artistic career. Massey later introduced Rita to Alexander Berkowitz who at the time was giving art classes at the St. Urbain Street ‘Y’. Her training and experience quickly expanded, taking the young artist through Montreal’s Ecole des Beaux-Arts and New York’s Arts Student League. In 1949, Rita married fellow painter, Joseph Prezament.The couple had two children together, Anna and Wendy. Briansky’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions both in Canada and internationally. Her body of work is diverse in both theme and subject matter, reflecting her interests in fields such as astronomy and the natural world, while remaining deeply rooted in her own experiences. Following her travels to her birth place and memorial sites in Poland in 1995, Briansky produced the ‘Kaddish series’ as her reflection on the trauma of the Holocaust. Other series have broadly used landscape, portraiture and still lifes as a passionate response to the world around her and that speak fundamentally to the human condition. Briansky has participated in multiple collaborative projects, for example the children's book “On Stage, Please” with dancer/ choreographer Veronica Tennant. Briansky is long-established within Montreal’s art community working and living alongside a tight-knit group of artists. In addition, she has worked as teacher, both of art history and studio arts. Briansky’s artistic practice has won her multiple awards and her work is included in the permanent collections of institutions such as the National Gallery in Ottawa, the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Language
English
French
Yiddish
Custodial History
The material was donated by Rita Briansky in August 2012.
Arrangement
Textual material in Series 2 through 4 was given an imposed order as no discernable original order could be identified. The graphic material in Series 3, 6 and 7 were vetted for duplicates, though otherwise maintain the order given by the artist.
Notes
Selected images from Series 1,6 and 7 have been digitized and are available to researchers upon request.
Access Restrictions
Privacy restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply. For queries please contact Head of Archives, Shannon Hodge: shannon.hodge@jplmontreal.org
Finding Aid
Detailed finding aid available, file level control
Accession No.
12-015
Name Access
Briansky, Rita
Subjects
Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
Artists
Fine Arts
Drawings
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
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Dreyfus Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75976
Collection
Dreyfus Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
Textual material ; 144 postcards ; 66 photographs ; 17 prints
Fonds No.
1318
Date
1989-1914 [predominant 1903-1908]
Scope and Content
The Dreyfus Collection contains material related to the Dreyfus Affair, specifically the publicity and commentary surrounding the trial. It consists of a collection of editorial cartoons, newpaper clippings, broadsides, photographs and drawings. The content represents both positions in support and …
Collection
Dreyfus Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
Textual material ; 144 postcards ; 66 photographs ; 17 prints
Scope and Content
The Dreyfus Collection contains material related to the Dreyfus Affair, specifically the publicity and commentary surrounding the trial. It consists of a collection of editorial cartoons, newpaper clippings, broadsides, photographs and drawings. The content represents both positions in support and against Alfred Dreyfus, some of which are explicitly anti-semitic. The collection of postcards contains political cartoons and caricatures that were circulating at the time. Similarly, some of the posters represent the trial in a political manner. Newspaper clippings from the period are also included within the collection.
Date
1989-1914 [predominant 1903-1908]
Fonds No.
1318
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
The trials of Captain Alfred Dreyfus took place in the last decade of the 19th century and first decade of the 20th century. Dreyfus, an officer of the French general staff, was falsely accused of passing state secrets to the German military, tried and twice convicted (1895,1899) of treason before finally being exonerated in 1906. The effects of the decade-long controversy were felt both within France and abroad for decades after the case proper was settled. The media that surrounded the trial and its aftermath created a flurry of public commentary on the topic and is an aspect that is well reflected within this collection. Postcards in particular were a new and inexpensive format that propelled the scale of popular opinion expressed through their mass-circulation and often time provocative, anti-semitic imagery. Dreyfus counted among his defenders such illustrious figures as the future French prime minister Georges Clemenceau, the celebrated novelist Emile Zola, and the social thinker Bernard Lazare. Theodore Herzl, serving as Paris correspondent for the Viennese newspaper Die Welt, was disturbed enough by the anti-semitic implications of the Dreyfus Affair to turn his thoughts and energies to political Zionism, the movement which he founded.
Language
French
English
Yiddish
Custodial History
Provenance for this collection remains unknown.
Notes
A portion of material was removed from the collection's two albums. For each of these items a note has been created that indicates its initial page number and position in which it was originally placed.
Subjects
Dreyfus Affair (1984-1906)
Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935
Zola, Emile, 1840-1902
France
France - Jews
Antisemitism
Media
Cartoon
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
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Comunitea Evreilor din Bucuresti

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78150
Collection
Comunitea Evreilor din Bucuresti
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 album : 50 x 35cm ; 57 photographs
Fonds No.
1350
Date
c. 1938
Scope and Content
Consists of one album with 57 black and white photographs depicting Jewish life in Bucharest, ca. 1938. Created by the Bucharest Jewish Community Religious, Cultural and Social Assistance Institutions.
Collection
Comunitea Evreilor din Bucuresti
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 album : 50 x 35cm ; 57 photographs
Scope and Content
Consists of one album with 57 black and white photographs depicting Jewish life in Bucharest, ca. 1938. Created by the Bucharest Jewish Community Religious, Cultural and Social Assistance Institutions.
Parallel Title
[Bucharest Jewish Community]
Date
c. 1938
Fonds No.
1350
Storage Location
1-2D
JPL
Creator
Institute de Cult, Cultura si Asistenta Sociala
Physical Condition
Excellent.
Language
Romanian
Notes
Full text of photograph headings translated from Romanian to English.
Subjects
Bucharest (Romania)
Romania -- Jews.
Halberthal, Lazar
Halberthal, Suzette
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Images
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Camp Kindervelt

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78146
Collection
Camp Kindervelt/Camp Unzer Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
moving images
Physical Description
1 film reel : col.
Fonds No.
1357; 1357_001
Date
1949-1954
Collection
Camp Kindervelt/Camp Unzer Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
moving images
Physical Description
1 film reel : col.
Date
1949-1954
Fonds No.
1357
Item No.
1357_001
Storage Location
8-5A
Notes
Film capturing daily activities at Camp Kindervelt and Camp Unzer, between 1949-1954.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
YouTube
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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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Sara and Abram Barac Fonds

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

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113328
Collection
Rideau Bakery fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
object
Physical Description
1 textile
Fonds No.
B0019; 2-019-02
Scope and Content
1 blue Rideau Bakery apron
Collection
Rideau Bakery fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
object
Physical Description
1 textile
Scope and Content
1 blue Rideau Bakery apron
Fonds No.
B0019
Item No.
2-019-02
Storage Location
G.4.3 - Mixed Box 4
History / Biographical
Apron owned an worn by Annie kardish Brozovsky when she worked at Rideau Bakery.
Acquisition Source
Donated by Ros Wollock, September 12, 2023.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn2
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
Physical Description
Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Date
1765-present.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in C…
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
Physical Description
Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in Canada in the late 18th century.
Date
1765-present.
Fonds No.
CJC0001
History / Biographical
Canadian Jewish Congress was founded in Montreal in March 1919. "The Parliament of Canadian Jewry," CJC was constituted as the democratically elected, national organizational voice of the Jewish community of Canada, serving as the community's vehicle for defence and representation. Committed to preserving and strengthening Jewish life, CJC acted on matters affecting the status, rights and welfare of the Canadian Jewish community, other Diaspora communities and the Jewish people in Israel. CJC combatted antisemitism and racism, promoted human rights, fostered interfaith, cross-cultural relations and worked towards tolerance, understanding and goodwill among all segments of society in a multicultural Canada. The organization spoke on a broad range of public policy, humanitarian and social-justice issues on the national agenda that affected the Jewish community and Canadian society at large. Through its charitable operations, CJC provided domestic and international relief aid on a non-sectarian basis, following natural disasters and to isolated Jewish communities in need. The Archives department also fell under the mandate of CJC Charities Committee. In 1999 the CJC national office relocated to Ottawa, with three regional CJC offices (Quebec, Ontario and Pacific), as well as affiliated offices across the country. CJC ceased operations in July 2011, when it was absorbed into the newly-created Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), along with the Canada-Israel Committee, the Quebec-Israel Committee, National Jewish Campus Life and the University Outreach Committee. CJC and its charitable wing were formally disbanded in late 2015. Since that time the CJCCC National Archives, renamed the Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives as of January 2016, functions under the aegis of Jewish Federations Canada UIA.
Custodial History
Both the national headquarters and the Quebec Jewish Congress (formerly Quebec Region, Eastern Region) offices of the Canadian Jewish Congress were located in Montreal until 1999, when most of the national office relocated to Ottawa. The National Archives is the repository of records created and received in these offices. The collection also includes materials from the National Office in Ottawa, as well as the national records of Manuel Prutschi, Bernie Farber, and other national departments based in Toronto and Vancouver. The regional offices of Canadian Jewish Congress outside Quebec are little represented in the collection, aside from correspondence from across the country and certain publications which were addressed to the national office.
Notes
General note: The number of paper records in this collection is subject to change, due to additions to Documentation Series Z as well as the ongoing weeding of duplications. Most of the material was created after 1919, with the exception of Series Z, which includes photocopies and a small number of originals dating back as far as 1765.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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