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Agreement, Jewish Community Council and Haim Kruger

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Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual material

Fonds No.: 1435; 00003

Date: 1933

Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual material

Date: 1933

Fonds No.: 1435

File No.: 00003

Storage Location: Ctn. 001; 9-4E

Language: English

Accession No.: 14-037

Subjects: Kruger, Chaim, 1875-1933; Jewish Community Council of Montreal (Montreal, Quebec)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Agreement, United Shochtim of Montreal and H. Kruger

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Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual material

Fonds No.: 1435; 00002

Date: 1920

Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual material

Date: 1920

Fonds No.: 1435

File No.: 00002

Storage Location: Ctn. 001; 9-4E

Language: English

Accession No.: 14-037

Subjects: Kruger, Chaim, 1875-1933; United Shochtim of Montreal

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

ALTER FAMILY = Shanghai Jewish Community.

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Collection: ALTER FAMILY = Shanghai Jewish Community.

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - Env. 438 photographs.

Fonds No.: P0203

Date: 1920-1975c.

Scope and Content: This collection has rare images of the Jewish population of Shanghai during and after World War II, as well as immigration documents of visual and historical interest, and also documents from various Montreal Protestant Schools & Jewish neighborhoods. It consists primarily of photographs of a Russi…

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Collection: ALTER FAMILY = Shanghai Jewish Community.

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - Env. 438 photographs.

Scope and Content: This collection has rare images of the Jewish population of Shanghai during and after World War II, as well as immigration documents of visual and historical interest, and also documents from various Montreal Protestant Schools & Jewish neighborhoods. It consists primarily of photographs of a Russian Jewish family and their friends, mostly other refugee Jews in China, between 1938-1952. There are also photos taken in France before the war and in Montreal and USA after the family's immigration to Canada. Most of the Shanghai photos are in albums. The identity documents include a passport, and school documents for the father in Lille, France, and the daughter Isabelle in Shanghai & Montreal.

Date: 1920-1975c.

Fonds No.: P0203

History / Biographical: Isabelle Alter was born in Shanghai in 1940, the only daughter of Isaac and Maria (nee Gloos) Alter. The Alters left Russia for Shanghai c.1938 after Isaac had studied chemistry and tanning in France. He taught science in China. Isabelle came to Montreal in 1952, later studied physiological psychology. She moved to New York to complete her studies and eventually became a Freudian analyst. She died in 1995. Her mother was a dress designer in China. The family came to Canada after the revolution had made life in Shanghai too risky. Maria Alter became Maria Levitan after her second marriage. Isaac Alter died in (circa) 1954 and Maria in (circa) 1994.

Custodial History: The collection was donated on July 13, 2005 by Ruth Portner, a close friend of Isabelle Alter

Notes: Physical condition :Some documents are in fragile condition. One photo album was disassembled due to water damage.Alpha-numeric designations :P05/10.Language :Mostly English, with some Russian, Yiddish, and Chinese.Related groups of records :Mrs. Portner donated poems and other writings by Isabelle Alter at McGill University to McGill's Rare Book Department. She donated architectual drawings by Bruno Levitan, Isabelle's stepfather's family, to the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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Chaim Kruger Family Collection

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Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 0.8 linear metres

Fonds No.: 1435

Date: ca. 1890-1945

Scope and Content: Consists of educational certificates and numerous portraits of Kruger family members from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.

Collection: Chaim Kruger Family Collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 0.8 linear metres

Scope and Content: Consists of educational certificates and numerous portraits of Kruger family members from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.

Date: ca. 1890-1945

Fonds No.: 1435

Storage Location: 9-4E

History / Biographical: Chaim Kruger (1875-1933), was a Talmudic scholar and contributor to the Keneder Adler newspaper. Various members of the Kruger family were involved in music in Montreal in the first half of the century as well as being high school and university educated.