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Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

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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.

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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.

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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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Production file, Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33246

Collection: Sam Gesser Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Fonds No.: 1055; 1; 00003

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Collection: Sam Gesser Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Fonds No.: 1055

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00003

Storage Location: 3-3B; CTN 001

Creator: Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008

Language: English

Name Access: Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008

Subjects: Seeger, Pete, 1919-; Terry, Sonny

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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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]

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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

1055_001_5

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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

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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

1055_001_11

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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

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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

1055_002_85A

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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.

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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…

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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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Arons, Jack.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33499

Collection: Album of Jewish Legion Collection

Description Level: Item

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 1 broadsheet + 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Fonds No.: 1257; 00001; 1257_001_1_1

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Collection: Album of Jewish Legion Collection

Description Level: Item

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 1 broadsheet + 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Fonds No.: 1257

File No.: 00001

Item No.: 1257_001_1_1

Storage Location: Container 1

Material Details: Paper

Language: English

Notes: Member of the first group of legionnaires from Toronto. Served as instructor in 40 Bn Royal Fusiliers. After demobilization returned to Toronto and, entered catering business. Born on March 21, 1895 in Braila, Roumania.