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Abraham Shaffer fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101265
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file; 1 framed certificate
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Date
- 1932
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of biographical material; 1 framed document commemorating the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer, June 1922, presented by the Board of Directors of Ottawa Talmud Torah (4-724).
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file; 1 framed certificate
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of biographical material; 1 framed document commemorating the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer, June 1922, presented by the Board of Directors of Ottawa Talmud Torah (4-724).
- Date
- 1932
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Abraham Shaffer was born in Albany, NY in 1885, son of Samuel Shaffer (b. date unknown - d. 1917) and Mushah Shaffer (b. date unknown - d. 1923). Samuel Shaffer immigrated to New York from Russia. After landing at Ellis Island he settled in Albany and became an agent for a soda water manufacturer. He travelled to Ottawa several times during the summers and while visiting boarded with Jewish families. He eventually moved his family to Gigues Street and worked as a peddler. As a young man, Abraham went to work for an uncle in Brooklyn who was in the bookbinding business, where he was tasked with applying gold leaf to books. In Brooklyn he met Mary Baslaw and they married in 1907. Mary’s family operated a small grocery business without refrigeration. The shop operated long hours. Mary, who by then had two small sons, Irving and Harold, was also working in the family business and became very run down. Abraham and Mary decided to leave Brooklyn and move to Canada and spent a winter in Buckingham, Quebec, before settling in Ottawa. They would have a daughter Beatrice, and two more sons, Milton and Sheldon. In February, 1911 they opened Shaffer's clothing shop on Dalhousie Street. Shortly afterwards they relocated the shop to Rideau Street as Mary realised shops on Rideau saw more business. Eventually they expanded to include 143 to 147 and 147 1/2 Rideau. The store remained there until it closed in 1967.
- Notes
- Biographical notes on Abraham Shaffer taken from Milton, in Florida, on the phone, February 3, 2003. He added that the Shaffer's lived over the store and Abraham played classical piano.
- Related Material
- Shaffer's Ltd. and Harold Shaffer fonds
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
A COAT OF MANY COLOURS, CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (CBC) - Videotaped Interviews.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn12
- Collection
- A COAT OF MANY COLOURS, CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (CBC) - Videotaped Interviews.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.7 metres of textual records. - 53 videos.
- Fonds No.
- I0010
- Date
- 1989.
- Scope and Content
- 53 VHS cassettes of A Coat of Many Colours interviews, and transcripts. Some of those interviewed include Harry Rasky, Dave Barrett, Al Waxman, Phil Gold, Irving Layton, Larry Zolf, Judith Feld Carr, Mordecai Richler, and Otto Lowy.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.7 metres of textual records. - 53 videos.
- Scope and Content
- 53 VHS cassettes of A Coat of Many Colours interviews, and transcripts. Some of those interviewed include Harry Rasky, Dave Barrett, Al Waxman, Phil Gold, Irving Layton, Larry Zolf, Judith Feld Carr, Mordecai Richler, and Otto Lowy.
- Date
- 1989.
- Fonds No.
- I0010
- History / Biographical
- These 53 VHS cassettes, and transcripts of their contents, consist of interviews by Donnalu Wigmore with Canadian Jews. These were later used for the CBC production A Coat of Many Colours, produced in conjunction with the Museum of Civilization exhibit of the same name.
- Notes
- P90/14.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
A framed certificate commemorating the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer, presented by the Board of Directors of Ottawa Talmud Torah.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106053
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Fonds No.
- I0009; OJA 4-724
- Date
- June 1922
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Date
- June 1922
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Item No.
- OJA 4-724
- Notes
- The document is gilded or decorated with silver paint.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Group photo at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105202
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0009; OJA 1-855
- Date
- [193-?]
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [193-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Item No.
- OJA 1-855
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Melton Shaffer
- Notes
- L-R: Leon Fine, Mary (Baslaw) Shaffer, Abraham Shaffer, Rachel Fine, Barney Weiss, Henrietta Weiss.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Shaffer surrounded by their grandchildren during their 50th wedding anniversary celebration.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105261
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0009; OJA 1-885
- Date
- 1957
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1957
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Item No.
- OJA 1-885
- Acquisition Source
- Frances Shaffer
- Notes
- L-R back row: Howard S., Ingrid Shapiro, Dr. Ian Zagon, Stanley S., Rhea Whol, Stephen Shaffer. Front row: Wendy Green, Leslie Palmer, Dorothy S., Marilyn Kimmel, and the three boys in the centre are James (Jimmy) Zagon, Jayeson Shaffer, and Jeffrey Shaffer.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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