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Biographies Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33767
Collection
Biographies Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
10cm of textual records
Fonds No.
1193
Scope and Content
The collection consists of 14 files of biographies and C.V.s arranged alphabetically. Many biographies are those of authors and speakers who appeared at the Jewish Public Library. Some documents are hand written, others typed or printed and provided by publishers or agents. A handwritten index is i…
Collection
Biographies Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
10cm of textual records
Scope and Content
The collection consists of 14 files of biographies and C.V.s arranged alphabetically. Many biographies are those of authors and speakers who appeared at the Jewish Public Library. Some documents are hand written, others typed or printed and provided by publishers or agents. A handwritten index is included. Notable biographies include Aharon Appelfeld, Mordechai Richler and Irving Layton.
Fonds No.
1193
Storage Location
JPL
3-3F
Language
English
French
Yiddish
Name Access
Richler, Mordecai
Layton, Irving
Appelfeld, Aharon
Subjects
Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec) - Events
Richler, Mordecai
Appelfeld, Aharon
Layton, Irving
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Jewish Public Library

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44539
Collection
Jewish Public Library
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Fonds No.
1000
Date
1914-current
Scope and Content
This fonds consists of three individually organized collections based on records from the JPL. The first collection consists of materials organized from the JPL records dated 1914-1971. The second collection consists of material organized from the JPL records dated 1972-1986. The third collectio…
Collection
Jewish Public Library
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Scope and Content
This fonds consists of three individually organized collections based on records from the JPL. The first collection consists of materials organized from the JPL records dated 1914-1971. The second collection consists of material organized from the JPL records dated 1972-1986. The third collection consists of modern era records and is currently being organized following the creation of an appropriate records management classfication.
Date
1914-current
Fonds No.
1000
History / Biographical
The Jewish Public Library (JPL) was founded as a "folks" library, a library for all, in 1914. The creation of the JPL was a result of the consolidation of smaller, organization or ideology-based libraries already in existence. Key to the establishment of the JPL was Keneder Adler editor Reuben Brainin. Already active in Yiddish culture of the Montreal Jewish community, Brainin was a leader in the newly formed JPL until he left Montreal for New York in 1916. Brainin's archive collection was donated to the JPL upon his death in 1939. Until 1950 the Library was an independent body in the Jewish community. In 1952 it became a full member of the Allied Jewish Community Services (today known as FEDERATION CJA), an umbrella organization that conducts annual campaigns and is responsible for providing funding for its constituent agencies. The Library remains independent in that it is not part of the City of Montreal library system. The JPL was also a founding member of the Montreal Association of Indepedent Libraries. The operating language of the Library for the early years of its existence was Yiddish. Not just a place for reading, the Library was central to preserving a place for Yiddish culture in the lives of thousands of newly-arrived Eastern European Jewish immigrants. The Library became a venue for visiting authors, such as Sholem Aleichem in 1915, as well as a space for people to connect to a community as well as learn about their new city. At various points in its history the Library also provided learning opportunities under its Jewish People's University, YIFO. YIFO offered a wide variety of subjects taught by various instructors such as Melech Ravitch and Irving Layton. The Library was also the first home to Yiddish youth theatre, led by the then-newly arrived Dora Wasserman. Today the Library collects material and offers cultural programming in five languages: English, French, Yiddish, Hebrew and Russian. While the majority of new acquisitions, and thus the collection, remains focused on Judaica, the Library also provides general interest fiction, non-fiction, movies and music. The Library is further broadened by its Special Collections, which include the Jewish Public Library Archives, a community-based repository focused on social, cultural and educational history, a rare book collection, a Yizkor book collection, the Irving Layton Library Collection, a German Judaica collection, periodicals and Jewish Canadiana and international Jewry ephemeral collections. In 1929 a children's library section was added to the JPL. Now known as the Norman Berman Children's Library, children and their families can access a full-service children's and young adult library offering Judaica and general interest reading (fiction and non-fiction) in the five languages of the Library. In addition to the book, CD, DVD and reading kit collections, the Norman Berman Children's Library also offers year-long programming for children from birth to 14 years of age.
Language
Yiddish
English
French
Hebrew
Russian
Finding Aid
Please contact the JPL Archives directly to search the JPL archival collection.
Subjects
Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec)
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Kaufman, Yehuda, 1886-1976.
Hershman, Hirsch (Harry), 1876-1955
Books
Yiddish
Yiddish theatre
Wasserman, Dora.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Ray Shankman Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93372
Collection
Ray Shankman Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
Physical Description
3.33 linear feet of textual records and graphic material.
Fonds No.
1346
Date
1959-2015
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of manuscripts and correspondence.
Collection
Ray Shankman Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
Physical Description
3.33 linear feet of textual records and graphic material.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of manuscripts and correspondence.
Date
1959-2015
Fonds No.
1346
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Ray Shankman
Physical Condition
Good
History / Biographical
Ray Shankman (1940-2016) was born in Toronto, and taught at Lakehead University, Ben Gurion University and for over twenty years at Vanier College, where he taught English and Jewish Studies. He published poetry in various journals and small magazines in the U.S. and Canada, as well as scholarly articles on the Bible. His collection of poetry “For Love of the Wind” was published in 1991 by Medicine Label Press. As a writer, his correspondence includes letters from Allen Ginsberg, Irving Layton, David Solway, and others. He was also actively involved in several countercultural movements in the 1960s, and in many ways, the collection is a window onto this period of Canadian history.
Language
English
Custodial History
Donated by Ray Shankman to the Jewish Public Library Archives in 2015.
Name Access
Shankman, Ray. 1940-2016.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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