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JACOBSON, Percy and Joe

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Collection: JACOBSON, Percy and Joe

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: Env. 1.03 metres of textual records.

Fonds No.: P0094

Date: 1907, 1928-1955.

Scope and Content: The Percy Jacobson portion of the collection donated in 1990 consists of a typed diary covering the years 1939-1949 in Montreal, correspondence, plays and other writings (some published), legal and financial documents, McGill University Scholarships information, Canadian Authors' Association progra…

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Collection: JACOBSON, Percy and Joe

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: Env. 1.03 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content: The Percy Jacobson portion of the collection donated in 1990 consists of a typed diary covering the years 1939-1949 in Montreal, correspondence, plays and other writings (some published), legal and financial documents, McGill University Scholarships information, Canadian Authors' Association programs, minutes and reports. There are also documents relating to the sale and copyright of his plays, including contracts and information on the Copyright act. There are some publications among the papers; mostly magazines and newsletters containing articles by Percy Jacobson. There are also some newsletters and a number of newsclippings. The collection includes a portrait photo of Percy Jacobson.The Percy Jacobson papers added to this collection in 2012 includes 1 cm. of clippings about Percy Jacobson and 18 additional cm. of plays, correspondence, and various published writings by Percy Jacobson; sympathy letters and clippings about Percy Jacobson (mostly on fragile oversize scrapbook paper), one file about May Jacobson's pre-war children's bookstore, and a folder of background material clippings collected by Percy during WWII which informed his writing then.The following Percy and May Jacobson papers were donated by Janet Jacobson Smith and family in October 2013: a diary of Percy Jacobson for 1950 while in England, France and the Netherlands, on the occasion of attending a PEN conference in Edinburgh as a Canadian delegate. Two bound, handwritten diaries by May Jacobson from the years 1930 and 1950 (in one volume), and 1954; the 1930 diary covers a trip to England and Belgium with her family, and the 1950 segment covers same trip as that of her husband in 1950. The 1954 diary was written during a trip to England, the Netherlands and Scandinavia while a delegate to a NCJW conference on education in Scandinavia. One file containing 19 typed short stories by Percy Jacobson, one of which references a refugee couple who stayed with the family in 1938. A CD of all these documents in PDF format were donated by Peter Usher along with the originals.The Joe Jacobson portion of the collection includes Joe Jacobson's prewar and wartime diaries, several folders of pre-war and wartime letters, as well as 1 folder (1 cm.) of sympathy letters received by his family at the time of his death. An additional Joe Jacobson diary from 1937, and two letters by Joe Jacobson written on Twin Lake stationary in summer 1939 prior to his enlistment were donated in 2013 by Janet Jacobson Smith and family, along with digital copies made by Peter Usher.

Date: 1907, 1928-1955.

Fonds No.: P0094

History / Biographical: The Jacobson family of Westmount, Quebec was composed of Percy Jacobson, his wife May, and four children; Edith (m. Low-Beer, d. 2007), Joseph (Joe) d. 1942, Janet (m. Smith), and Peter, d. 1937, of leukemia. Born in 1886, Percy Jacobson was a businessman dealing in office equipment, as well as a writer and a leader in the writers' association PEN (Poets, Essayists and Novelists). From 1939 to 1949 Percy Jacobson typed a nearly daily diary in which he portrayed Montreal's view of the World War II era along with his comments on the news, overheard conversations, his son Joe's involvement in the armed forces, and the Holocaust. A prolific playwright, Jacobson often wrote on historical themes, and saw some of his plays published and performed. He was involved in various Jewish organizations, such as the CJC Rehabilitation Committee for war veterans. He died in 1952. Born in 1918, Joseph (Joe) Jacobson enlisted for service in the Royal Canadian Air Force in July 1940 after graduating from McGill University, where he played for the football team and was a member of a fraternity. He received his military training at Toronto, Ontario; Regina and Mossbank, Saskatchewan; and Rivers, Manitoba. In May 1941 he went overseas with the first large group of men trained under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and was attached to R.A.F. bomber squadron No. 106. Joe Jacobson notified his parents of his promotion from sergeant observer to Flight Sergeant only two days before he was reported missing and presumed dead on January 28, 1942. He had completed 23 operations on enemy targets. His Montreal friends Montague (Monty) Berger and Gerald Smith enlisted in the RCAF in 1941, and Herbert Rosenstein (Ross), also of Montreal, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942. These friends had met at McGill University in ca. 1937, and styled themselves as the 'Pony Club' in ca. September 1939. 'Pony' was an anagram for Preston, Ontario, and New York City, where club members were located during the winter of 1939-1940 when they began their correspondence. Joe's parents, Percy and May Jacobson, were made honorary members of the club in ca. late 1941.

Custodial History: The initial portion of the Percy Jacobson papers was donated in 1990 by Edith Jacobson Low-Beer, through Monty Berger. The Percy and Joe Jacobson papers donated in 2012 were donated by Janet Jacobson Smith and her children Jo-Anne and Peter Kwass; and the children of Edith Low-Beer, Susan and Jane Low-Beer, via Peter Usher. The digital versions of the Joe Jacobson papers, as well as a folder of Jacobson letters previously in the possession of Monty Berger, were donated by Peter Usher. Additions to the Joe Jacobson papers were made by the family in May and October 2013, along with additional digital copies by Peter Usher.

Notes: Availability of other formats: Almost the entire Joe Jacobson portion of this collection has been digitized and is available in PDF document format. Researchers are encouraged to consult these digital copies instead of the fragile originals.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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P0094-Percy-Jacobson-Diary

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DE SOLA, Clarence and Meldola

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn268

Collection: DE SOLA, Clarence and Meldola

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 0.3 metres of textual records. - 6 other fixed images.

Fonds No.: P0164

Date: 1860?-1922.

Scope and Content: The fonds consists of: 6 daguerrotypes of Abraham and Mrs. Esther (Joseph) de Sola and Meldola, Clarence as children; diaries of Clarence de Sola 1873-1875, 1879, 1880, 1904, 1919 (microfilmed at NAC in the 1970s); a scrapbook with photos, clippings, hair of Mrs. de Sola; original birth and marriag…

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Collection: DE SOLA, Clarence and Meldola

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 0.3 metres of textual records. - 6 other fixed images.

Scope and Content: The fonds consists of: 6 daguerrotypes of Abraham and Mrs. Esther (Joseph) de Sola and Meldola, Clarence as children; diaries of Clarence de Sola 1873-1875, 1879, 1880, 1904, 1919 (microfilmed at NAC in the 1970s); a scrapbook with photos, clippings, hair of Mrs. de Sola; original birth and marriage documents, memorabilia including war medals of Mrs. Maude de Sola; file of correspondence 1870-1920, including 3 envelopes addressed to Rev. A. de Sola (1870-1873), a letter from "Mummy" in Cleveland (1901), a letter from Clarence to his aunts (1901), 3 letters from Clarence to his wife, (1914 and 1920, with envelopes), and one letter to son Rafael, 1914. The three letters dated August 1914 are written from Montreal and make reference to the outbreak of WWI.

Date: 1860?-1922.

Fonds No.: P0164

History / Biographical: Born in Montreal on August 15, 1858, Clarence de Sola was the third son of the renowned Victorian rabbi Rev. Alexander Abraham de Sola of the Shearith Israel synagogue of Montreal. He married Belle Maud Goldsmith of Cleveland in 1901. He was a contractor and served in the consular service as well as a leader of the social and communal life of Canadian Jewry, a founder and long-time president of the Federation Societies of Canada; and the author of numerous articles on Jewish history. He died in May 1920. His father Abraham de Sola was the first Jewish professor to teach Hebrew at McGill University, was rabbi of the Shearith Israel, Montreal's oldest congregation from 1848 until his death. Meldola gained widespread recognition as the cantor at the Shearith Israel.

Custodial History: The documents are on permanent loan from Ms. Gillian Mosely, in May 1998 (The documents were placed on permanent loan in May, 1998). These items belonged to Lady Jessica Mellor, who had the diaries microfilmed for the National Archives of Canada. Gillian Mosely, her niece, took care of her and received these items upon her death.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P98/01.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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P0164ClarencedeSolaletterOutbreakWWI-Aug1914

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BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat

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Collection: BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: sound recording; textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - 0.3 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs. - 4 sound elements.

Fonds No.: P0201

Date: 1934-2006 Scancopy.

Scope and Content: Diary written while a World War II soldier, in a small notebook, also available in digital format; comprising 33 out of the approximately 127 pages of scanned materials, which also include newsclippings and photographs. CD of the digital copies of the diary and other documents, as initially receive…

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Collection: BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: sound recording; textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - 0.3 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs. - 4 sound elements.

Scope and Content: Diary written while a World War II soldier, in a small notebook, also available in digital format; comprising 33 out of the approximately 127 pages of scanned materials, which also include newsclippings and photographs. CD of the digital copies of the diary and other documents, as initially received and scanned by Tatiana Jour in the context of her Russian Jewish Archives Project. It was noted at the time of the donation to the Archives that further materials on UNRAA (postwar aid to refugees) and Na'amat could be donated by the Borods at a later date. Added in 2007: Materials in prose, poetry and song pertaining to the history of Pioneer Woman Na'amat and Revivim, composed by Layah Surchin Borod. Binder of publicity clippings and ephemera of Na'amat. Binder of songs. Binder of Layah's memoirs, in verse, 1923-1960. Shaare Tzedek synagogue bulletins with material written by Layah or about Sam. Biography of Sam Borod written by Layah, including pre-war and wartime experiences. 4 cassette tapes of Revivim events. 2 original 1940s portrait photos, one each of Layah and Sam, Sam's portrait autographed to Layah. Small WWII Jewish serviceman's calendar and notebook, both with addresses as well as Japanese phrases.

Date: 1934-2006 Scancopy.

Fonds No.: P0201

History / Biographical: Born in 1914, Sam Boroditsky of Montreal (the name was later changed to Borod) was a veteran of the European front in WWII. He was a paratrooper in Italy and the Aleutian Islands during WWII, earning many Canadian service decorations. He later worked in UNRAA, helping refugees overseas. His wife Laya (Surchin) Borod, born in 1922, was the daughter of Chaya Surchin, an early Zionist activist in Montreal. Layah was the first national executive director of Naamat Pioneer Women Canada and was the editor of their magazine. She was also the only Canadian president of the Pioneer Women Na'amat of America. Laya Borod worked in the office of CJC during the war, rising to office manager at age 19. She was active in Na'amat until her death in 2006. Sam Borod died in Montreal on May 8, 2012.

Custodial History: The collection was donated by Sam Borod on May 26, 2005. The Borod collection came to CJCNA after Sam Borod approached Tatiana Jour at the Jewish Veteran's talk given by Jour. Addition 2007 was donated by Sam Borod on April 12, 2007.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P05/08, P07/11.General note: Historical materials pertaining to women's involvement in Zionist organization, women's personal history, literary creations, also wartime experiences of a Canadian paratrooper.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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P0201-SamBorod-diary-WWII-allpages

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Historical Reports & Analysis

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn30242

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022; 1; 00002

Date: 1926-1967

1 document

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Date: 1926-1967

Fonds No.: 1022

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00002

Creator: Jewish Junior Welfare League

Language: English

Notes: Also includes: Tutoring and Play Group (ca. late 1930s), "Challenge of Womanhood" Conference documents (1967), Scrapbook Sketches (1951) and assorted playscripts. Selection of file digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.

Accession No.: 00-126

Subjects: Jewish Junior Welfare League (Montreal)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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1022_00002

Newsletter May 1956

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Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022; 1; 00028

Date: 1956

1 document

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Date: 1956

Fonds No.: 1022

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00028

Creator: Jewish Junior Welfare League

Language: English

Accession No.: 00-126

Subjects: Jewish Junior Welfare League (Montreal)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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1022_00028

Bulletins, Jewish Junior Welfare League

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Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022; 1; 00050

Date: 1980-1983

1 document

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Date: 1980-1983

Fonds No.: 1022

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00050

Creator: Jewish Junior Welfare League

Language: English

Notes: Selection of file digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.

Accession No.: 00-126

Subjects: Jewish Junior Welfare League (Montreal)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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1022_00050

Project Booklets

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Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022; 1; 00055

Date: 1979-1983

1 document

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Date: 1979-1983

Fonds No.: 1022

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00055

Creator: Jewish Junior Welfare League

Language: English

Notes: Selection of file digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.

Accession No.: 00-126

Subjects: Jewish Junior Welfare League (Montreal)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Documents

1022_00055

Challenge of Womanhood Conference, including Correspondence, Schedule, Invitations, Postcard, Reading List and Social Agency Guide

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn30308

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022; 1; 00068

1 document

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00068

Creator: Jewish Junior Welfare League

Language: English

Notes: Selection of file digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.

Accession No.: 00-126

Subjects: Jewish Junior Welfare League (Montreal)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Documents

1022_00068

Conference on the Rights of the Disabled, including Correspondence, Notebook, Reports and Invitations

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Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022; 1; 00072

Date: 1960-1961

1 document

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Date: 1960-1961

Fonds No.: 1022

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00072

Creator: Jewish Junior Welfare League

Language: English

Notes: Selection of contents digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.

Accession No.: 00-126

Subjects: Jewish Junior Welfare League (Montreal)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Documents

1022_00072

Law and the Family Conference, including Correspondence, Reports, Pamphlets and Notes

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn30340

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022; 1; 00100

Date: 1960-1963

1 document

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Date: 1960-1963

Fonds No.: 1022

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00100

Creator: Jewish Junior Welfare League

Language: English

Notes: Selection of contents digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.

Accession No.: 00-126

Subjects: Jewish Junior Welfare League (Montreal)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Documents

1022_00100

Mental Health Conference, including Correspondence, Reports and Programs

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn30347

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022; 1; 00107

1 document

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00107

Creator: Jewish Junior Welfare League

Language: English

Notes: Selection of file digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.

Accession No.: 00-126

Subjects: Jewish Junior Welfare League (Montreal)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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1022_00107

Montreal Girls Association, including Correspondence, Reports, By-laws and membership Card

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn30355

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022; 1; 00115

Date: 1956, 1960-1964, 1968

1 document

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Date: 1956, 1960-1964, 1968

Fonds No.: 1022

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00115

Creator: Jewish Junior Welfare League

Language: English

Notes: Selection of file contents digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.

Accession No.: 00-126

Subjects: Jewish Junior Welfare League (Montreal)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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1022_00115

President's Annual Report, including Speeches and Notes

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Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022; 1; 00130

Date: 1962-1974

1 document

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Date: 1962-1974

Fonds No.: 1022

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00130

Creator: Jewish Junior Welfare League

Language: English

Notes: Selection of file contents digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.

Accession No.: 00-126

Subjects: Jewish Junior Welfare League (Montreal)

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Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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1022_00130

Programmes, including Correspondence and Outlines

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Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022; 1; 00131

Date: 1959-1960

1 document

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Date: 1959-1960

Fonds No.: 1022

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00131

Creator: Jewish Junior Welfare League

Language: English

Notes: Selection of file contents digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.

Accession No.: 00-126

Subjects: Jewish Junior Welfare League (Montreal)

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Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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1022_00131

Study Group, including Minutes, Reports, Correspondence, Member Lists, Schedules, Case Study and Ballots

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn30404

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Fonds No.: 1022; 1; 00164

Date: 1959-1968

1 document

Collection: Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file

Date: 1959-1968

Fonds No.: 1022

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00164

Creator: Jewish Junior Welfare League

Language: English

Notes: Selection of file contents digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly. Users should be aware that some documents include content that reflects the author's attitude or that of the period in which the item was written, and may be considered offensive.