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Milton Shaffer fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111222
Collection
Milton Shaffer fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
Physical Description
textual material; 312 photograph : b&w & col.
Fonds No.
I0301
Date
1800 - 2011
Scope and Content
Box 1 File I: Family History Records The Family History series contains paper documents pertaining to the family history of Milton Shaffer. It consists of five hand-drawn family trees, letters, family timelines, genealogy records, a Bar Mitzvah invite for Milton Shaffer, and a family coat of arms.…
Collection
Milton Shaffer fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
Physical Description
textual material; 312 photograph : b&w & col.
Scope and Content
Box 1 File I: Family History Records The Family History series contains paper documents pertaining to the family history of Milton Shaffer. It consists of five hand-drawn family trees, letters, family timelines, genealogy records, a Bar Mitzvah invite for Milton Shaffer, and a family coat of arms. It was chosen to break the Family History Series down into 3 subseries which are: Family Trees & Timelines, Correspondence and Misc. Records. File II: 70th Anniversary The 70th Anniversary Series contains documents and photographs pertaining to the 70th wedding anniversary of Mr. Milton Shaffer and Mrs. Sarah (Fine) Shaffer. Series consists of one speech, 4 photographs, 2 negatives, a card from the Britannia Yacht Club and Three congratulatory letters from the governor general of Canada, the Prime Minister of Canada, and Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of England. File III: Shaffer’s Ltd. The Shaffer’s Ltd. series contains documents and photographs pertaining to the store Shaffer’s Ltd. It consists of receipts, photographs, office expense reports, sales records, letters, telegrams, advertisements, anniversary acknowledgments, store closing letters, and board member lists. The series is broken down into three subseries: The store, Shaffer’s 50th Anniversary 1961, and Shaffer’s retailing. File 4: Housing Records The Housing Records series contains documents pertaining to two of Milton Shaffer’s properties. It consists of notes, letters, lawyer bills, land bills, land sale documents, neighbourhood watch notes, and a thank you card. The series is broken down into two subseries: Killeen Ave series, and Northwest One apartment series. File 5: Correspondence The Correspondence series contains letters to and from Milton Shaffer. It consists of letters from Brian Mulroney, Carl Baltare, Bob Rae, Mayor Bourque, Marlene Catterall, David Kimmel, Lynn Villeneuve, Ruth Wildgen, Marion Seymour, Joe Feller, Canadian Museum of Civilization, and the PC Party. File 6: Army service, Second World War The Army Service, Second World War series contains documents pertaining to Milton Shaffer’s service during the Second World War. It consists of one Department of Labour certificate of Medical Exam (1944), a letter regarding failure to appear at a parade, photocopies of Milton Shaffer’s service records and a certificate of enrollment in the Volunteer Worker of Civil Defence (1943). File 7: Scouts The Scouts series contains documents pertaining to Milton Shaffer’s time as a Scout leader in Ottawa. It consists of a Patrol leader’s pocket record for Ottawa 39th beavers, Milton Shaffer’s assistant scoutmaster card, letters, a Camp B’nai Brith reunion invitation and ticket, the history of Troop 39, Boy Scouts association application charters, and a Scouts shofar award. File 8: Wartime Prices and Trade Board The Wartime Prices and Trade Board series consists of 16 letters between 1944 and 1945 pertaining to Milton’s Correspondence with the WPTB regarding a company that was dealing in illegal trade. File 9: Joe Feller Store The Joe Feller Store series consists of sales memos, letters to staff, price sheets, and sales sheets. File 10: Simpson-Sears Ltd. The Simpson-Sears Ltd. series consists of records pertaining to Milton Shaffer’s time working for Simpson-Sears Ltd. It contains 1 Ottawa Sears catalogue, two retirement letters, a retirement bulletin, and a retirement card. File 11: Lisgar Collegiate Alumni Association The Lisgar Collegiate series contains documents pertaining to Milton Shaffer’s schooling. It consists of seven school examination reports (report cards) and a certificate of admission. File 12: Memorabilia/Emphemera The memorabilia series contains cards and certificates relating to Milton's life.It includes a Shaffer's Ltd. hanger, a stereoscope with slides of the store, an Expo 67 booklet, a photo album, and a medal. File 13: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem This series contains updates on all the students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who received scholarships from Abraham's Endowment fund.
Date
1800 - 2011
Fonds No.
I0301
Storage Location
C.3.2
Creator
Milton Shaffer
History / Biographical
Milton Shaffer was born October 8, 1916 in Ottawa, Ontario. He was the son of American-born Abraham Shaffer and Mary Baslaw (original family name was Boguslawsky), who was born in Poltava, Ukraine and immigrated to New York around 1890. He had two brothers, Irving and Harold, who were born in New York, and an older sister, Beatrice and a younger brother, Sheldon, both of whom were born in Ottawa. The Shaffers moved to Ottawa around 1911; Abraham’s parents, Samuel and Mary, nee Katz, were already established there. Abraham and Mary established The Ottawa Bargain Store at 147 Rideau. The family lived above the store until they moved into a home on Marlborough Avenue in Sandy Hill. They continued to operate Shaffer’s Ltd. at the Rideau Street location until 1966. Milton attended York Street School and Lisgar Collegiate Institute. He was active in the Boy Scouts movement and Camp B’nai Brith, and co-founded a chapter of AZA. He and Sarah Fine, younger daughter of Leon and Rachel Feller Fine, had been ‘sweethearts’ since childhood. They married on September 11, 1938 in Montreal. They had three daughters: Ingrid Shaffer Robinson Shapiro (born 1941); Marilyn Shaffer Kimmel (born 1943); Wendy Shaffer Green (born 1945). Milton joined the family business upon graduation from Lisgar and continued there until the business closed some 30 years later. During the Second World War, he volunteered with the Civil Defense Corp and was involved in efforts to control wartime profiteering. Milton was an enthusiastic person willing to share his ideas with anyone who would listen. He was active in the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society, the Lisgar Collegiate Alumni Association, and the Britannia Yacht Club, where he and Sarah sailed and had an active social life. Sarah died in Ottawa in 2012; Milton died in 2015, three months short of his 99th birthday. They were survived by their daughters, 6 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren.
Acquisition Source
David Kimmel
Access Restrictions
1 sealed manila envelope with restricted access until July 15, 2065.
Related Material
Shaffers Ltd. fonds B0021
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn320
Collection
THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
object
Physical Description
5.9 metres of textual records. - Env. 495 photographs. - 7 sound elements. - 3 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0220
Date
1828-2005.
Scope and Content
The collection is divided into five series. The first series contains a copy of Abraham Joseph's diary from the 18th century, transcripts of the diary by Annette Wolff, and original pre-1900 materials pertaining to Abraham Joseph and other members of his family. The second series consists in large …
Collection
THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
object
Physical Description
5.9 metres of textual records. - Env. 495 photographs. - 7 sound elements. - 3 artefacts.
Scope and Content
The collection is divided into five series. The first series contains a copy of Abraham Joseph's diary from the 18th century, transcripts of the diary by Annette Wolff, and original pre-1900 materials pertaining to Abraham Joseph and other members of his family. The second series consists in large part of correspondence between Martin Wolff and Irene Joseph Wolff, before and after their marriage, and letters to their daughters. The third series consists primarily of correspondence between the Wolff sisters. The fourth series contains correspondence from Annette Wolff to her family and friends, letters received from soldiers during World War II, and documents and memorabilia relating to her education, employment, and travels. The fifth series consists of Wolff and Joseph family photographs. The last series is composed of sound elements. It contains 7 cassette tapes, each 90 minutes in duration, of interviews of Annette Wolff by Eiran Harris
Date
1828-2005.
Fonds No.
P0220
History / Biographical
The Joseph family was one of the earliest Jewish families to settle in Quebec. Irene Joseph (1885 1940), a writer and community worker, married Martin Wolff, (1881 1948) engineer and historian, and they had six daughters. The lives and thoughts of all these individuals are reflected in this fonds. The earliest portions of the fonds contains considerable information about the life of Abraham Joseph (1815-1886), a successful businessman involved in numerous commercial enterprises, including leadership roles in the Quebec Board of Trade and the Banque Nationale. The greater part of this portion of the fonds is connected to Abraham Joseph's diaries, which are a valuable early record of Jewish life and material culture in Quebec. Much of the material in the later series of the fonds documents the life of the Wolff family in Montreal and Quebec in the early 20th century until the late 1940s, and includes information about quotidian life and religious and social customs as practiced by a middle-class Jewish family of that era. Though observant Jews, the Wolff family members mixed with and were accepted by the larger community, making this fonds a source of information on many aspects of Canadian society as well as that of Great Britain. The fonds includes a special emphasis on the work and writings of Annette Wolff, who took on the role of family historian. The Joseph and Wolff family fonds contains material of potential interest to historians, students of Jewish life in Canada and women's studies, social scientists, psychologists, journalists, and authors.
Custodial History
The majority of this fonds was donated in increments, over a period of several years, by sisters Annette Wolff, Rosetta Wolff Elkin, and Esther Wolff Blaustein, with the greatest part of the collection coming from Annette Wolff. A small percentage of the material was donated by Rachel Wolff Esar, and a few files were deposited much earlier by Martin Wolff.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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ELIASOPH family : Riga Latvia and Quebec City

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn98447
Collection
ELIASOPH family : Riga Latvia and Quebec City
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
Physical Description
Env. 26 photographs. - Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - 1 artefact.
Fonds No.
P0283
Date
1900-1960s.
Scope and Content
Immigration documents, correspondence and life documents.1 Latvian passport, 1923. 27 black and white photos. 2 colour photos. 2 fragile certificates, 1991-1912. 2 fragile notebooks. 1 book Royal Threads by Judith Rosen and edited by Helen Iranyi, 2013.
Collection
ELIASOPH family : Riga Latvia and Quebec City
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
Physical Description
Env. 26 photographs. - Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - 1 artefact.
Scope and Content
Immigration documents, correspondence and life documents.1 Latvian passport, 1923. 27 black and white photos. 2 colour photos. 2 fragile certificates, 1991-1912. 2 fragile notebooks. 1 book Royal Threads by Judith Rosen and edited by Helen Iranyi, 2013.
Date
1900-1960s.
Fonds No.
P0283
History / Biographical
Moishe Eliasoph emigrated from Riga, Latvia in the 1910s and became a prominent Rabbi in Quebec City. His sister Sophie had a store in Bilderingshof, near Riga, along the coast in Latvia. After she became a widow, she immigrated to Canada in 1924. Their brother Leopold remained behind in Latvia where he died in WWII, along with his wife Glasha and their three sons David, Misha, and Boris. Sophie married Phillip David Rosengarten (in Riga) in 1896. He died in Riga in 1919. They were the parents of William, who was the grandfather of the donor of this collection.
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Sean Rosengarten on February 24, 2020
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P20/04.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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History

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77775
Collection
Ometz Collection
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
object
Fonds No.
1074; 1.4
Date
ca.1901-1995
Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of photographic and textual materials that reflect the history and achievement of the Baron de Hirsch Institute/Jewish Family Services in the Montreal Jewish Community.
Collection
Ometz Collection
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
object
Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of photographic and textual materials that reflect the history and achievement of the Baron de Hirsch Institute/Jewish Family Services in the Montreal Jewish Community.
Date
ca.1901-1995
Fonds No.
1074
Series No.
1.4
Storage Location
Bay 2
Subjects
Jewish Family Services, Montreal.
Baron de Hirsh Institute, Montreal.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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POLLACK, Maurice and family, Quebec City

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78472
Collection
POLLACK, Maurice and family, Quebec City
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
moving images
object
Physical Description
Env. 330 photographs. - Env. 0.15 metres of textual records. - 1 film. - 2 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0250
Date
1907- [ca. 2015].
Scope and Content
Family and business related documents pertaining to Maurice Pollack and his sons (especially his son Samuel), and pertaining to Samuel's wife Nettye's parents, Lazurus and Sophie Steinberg of Joliette, Quebec. The non-oversized materials consist of: 1 souvenir book of Montefiore Club of Montreal, 1…
Collection
POLLACK, Maurice and family, Quebec City
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
moving images
object
Physical Description
Env. 330 photographs. - Env. 0.15 metres of textual records. - 1 film. - 2 artefacts.
Scope and Content
Family and business related documents pertaining to Maurice Pollack and his sons (especially his son Samuel), and pertaining to Samuel's wife Nettye's parents, Lazurus and Sophie Steinberg of Joliette, Quebec. The non-oversized materials consist of: 1 souvenir book of Montefiore Club of Montreal, 1980. News clippings and correspondence. Samuel Pollack's Canadian Army Officer's Record of Service, 1939-1943. Samuel Pollack's Canadian Army Cloth and Equipment Statement, 1943. Immigration documents of Maurice Pollack. Will of Maurice Pollack. 2 Hebrew University of Jerusalem scrapbooks, 1977. Marriage certificate of Maurice and Rivka Pollack, 1909. 1 small blue paper bag with the logo of the Pollack Store in Quebec City. 13 glass slides (black and white), of flyers for the stores. 114 colour slides (store, house, vacations). 196 print photographs (Steinberg Store, in Joliette, Steinberg family photographs from Joliette and Quebec City). Scissors and ribbon from opening of the escalator leading to the children's department (cutting was done by Stuart Pollack), March 13th, 1952. One 16 mm film, (1960). 2 USB drives of scrapbook documents and various photos, scanned for the donor, were copied and returned. Oversize items: One oversized scrapbook of approximately 25 pages with news clippings and invitations, and 3 photographs. 2 large framed photographic portraits of Rivka Pollack (one on her wedding day in 1909, one full length colourized later portrait). Mounted colour photograph (faded) with documentation, original illuminated document and two copies, re: meeting the Pope in Rome and receiving his benediction, December 1956. 2 large Jewish certificates (JNF and B'nai B'rith), 3 large certificates about Samuel Pollack (2 medical degrees and 1 military) and 4 small degree certificates (medical; for Samuel). 3 small mounted portrait photographs (black and white) of the Pollack brothers - two are military portraits.
Date
1907- [ca. 2015].
Fonds No.
P0250
History / Biographical
Maurice Pollack (January 28, 1885 - December 16, 1968) was a Canadian merchant and philanthropist. Born in Kanele, Kiev, in Ukraine, he arrived in Canada in 1902, and settled in Quebec City, where he opened a department store at the age of 20 years, in the Saint-Roch district of Québec City. M. Pollack Ltd. became one of the largest retail companies in the region and Maurice Pollack was one of Quebec's major philanthropists. In 1942 Quebec MP Louis St-Laurent asked Maurice Pollack to set up a factory to make uniforms for Quebec postal workers during wartime. All the profits from the making of these uniforms resulted in the Maurice Pollack Foundation. Maurice and Rivka (Tarantour) Pollack (born 1890) had three sons; the oldest was Samuel, born 1911, a doctor by profession, married to Nettye Steinberg, daughter of Lazarus and Sophie Steinberg of Joliette QC. Their children were Stuart and Lana; Second son Isadore (Ezekiel) was born in 1913 and became a lawyer. Charles, born 1919, first ran the store and later became a businessman in Philadelphia. They had one daughter Florence, born 1925, who married Sydney Pedvis.
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Lana Harper, Maurice Pollack's granddaughter, via Pierre Anctil on May 11, 2015
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P15/07.General note: Notable Quebec City family. Includes information about the Steinberg family of Joliette, Quebec, who were also store-owners.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89597
Collection
Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
object
Physical Description
3.5 linear feet of textual records, 2 artefacts.
Fonds No.
1394
Date
1911-2017
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of minute books, annual reports from 1911-2017, anniversary booklets, stamps, bylaws, and individual loan booklets.
Collection
Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
object
Physical Description
3.5 linear feet of textual records, 2 artefacts.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of minute books, annual reports from 1911-2017, anniversary booklets, stamps, bylaws, and individual loan booklets.
Date
1911-2017
Fonds No.
1394
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Hebrew Free Loan Association
Physical Condition
Fair to good.
History / Biographical
The Association was founded in 1911 as the personal project of businessman Zigmond Fineberg. As he said at the opening meeting, held at the Baron de Hirsch Institute on May 28, 1911: It has been my lifelong ambition to see established in this city a Hebrew Free Loan Association: a Society "That would help man to help himself," one that would build manhood instead of making paupers, one that would stimulate instead of depress ambition… Since 1911 the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Montreal has helped over 95,000 people by providing interest-free loans for a variety of purposes, but all with the same goal – to help man help himself. (From www.hflamtl.org/en/aboutus.php "About Us.")
Language
English
Hebrew
Custodial History
Donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives by the Hebrew Free Loan Association under the authority of Mark Mintzberg in 2018.
Accession No.
18-013
Subjects
Hebrew Free Loan Association (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Institutional records.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89598
Collection
Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
object
Fonds No.
1394; 1
Date
1911-2017
Scope and Content
Series consists of minute books, annual reports from 1911-2017, anniversary booklets, stamps, bylaws, and individual loan booklets.
Collection
Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
object
Scope and Content
Series consists of minute books, annual reports from 1911-2017, anniversary booklets, stamps, bylaws, and individual loan booklets.
Date
1911-2017
Fonds No.
1394
Series No.
1
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Hebrew Free Loan Association
Language
English
Hebrew
Accession No.
18-013
Subjects
Hebrew Free Loan Association (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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ANNETTE WOLFF

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn542
Collection
THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
object
Physical Description
Env. 0.6 metres of textual records. - Env. 3 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0220; D
Date
1919-1991.
Scope and Content
This series includes Annette's letters to family members from 1919 to 1991 as well as correspondence from friends worldwide. Diary and travel calendars span the years 1929 to 2005, and there is also extensive travel memorabilia, among them luggage tags and ships' stationery and newsletters. Mostly …
Collection
THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
object
Physical Description
Env. 0.6 metres of textual records. - Env. 3 artefacts.
Scope and Content
This series includes Annette's letters to family members from 1919 to 1991 as well as correspondence from friends worldwide. Diary and travel calendars span the years 1929 to 2005, and there is also extensive travel memorabilia, among them luggage tags and ships' stationery and newsletters. Mostly undated farewell cards, greeting cards and birthday cards to her are among the series, which includes a 75th birthday certificate signed by Brian Mulroney, then Canada's Prime Minister. The series also includes items from Annette's early years, such as Westmount elementary and high school report cards, her vaccination certificate, school notebooks and drawings, as well as letters from the Joseph and Wolff summer vacation home in St. Patrick, Quebec. One finds correspondence concerning her work as a counsellor at the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) fresh air camp in 1932. Included in this file are a camper's licence test and a 1926 Canadian National Railway camp craft booklet. Annette's leadership of the Shaar Hashomayim girl guide troop is also recorded here. The series contains a 1938 Girl Guides rally brochure, a sea ranger test card, and a Scout and Guide memorial service brochure for Baden-Powell. Annette Wolff's employment correspondence is collected here, as are numerous press clips on her life and accomplishments. For example, an article appeared on Annette Wolff in the 1992 "Dental Practice" entitled "Was she the first [dental] hygienist in U.K.?"During World War II, Annette maintained correspondence with soldiers overseas. Their letters are here included along with several POW envelopes. Of further interest are Annette Wolff's World War II ration book, an army mailing label, and materials pertaining to the Jewish branch of the Canadian Red Cross. One also finds war-time correspondence from Mina Kocherthaler, a young German-Jewish refugee who was brought to England under the sponsorship of Annette and Sarah Wolff, who were living in England during the war.An original 1930 edition of the Joseph family's annual Purim newsletter The Moon is included, as are Annette's yearly contributions to the newsletter which are often humorous and always informative as to the Joseph family history. Her numerous plays, essays, poems and speeches are here included as well. Various papers on Canadiana and the Commonwealth's royal family - both of keen interest to Annette - can be found in this series. Correspondence, press and window display information for the Bicentenary of Canadian Jewry are here found, as Annette was involved in the preparations and planning for the 1959 event. Other papers relate to Annette's involvement with the Canadian Jewish Congress Canadian Jewish Historical Society, the German Benevolent Society, the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, England's Jewish Historical Society, the Last Post Fund, the Royal Commonwealth Society, the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogues in London, Montreal and New York, and the World Ship Society.Also included in this series are envelopes and cancelled stamps from the 1930s to 1984.
Date
1919-1991.
Fonds No.
P0220
Series No.
D
History / Biographical
Annette Wolff (born 1911) graduated as a dental hygienist from the Forsyth Dental Infirmary in Boston in 1931. She was employed in a variety of capacities in her adult life, including work for the telephone exchange in London, England; the Inspection Board of the U.K. and Canada; and the Canadian National Research Council Atomic Energy Research Lab. Annette was deeply interested in documenting the history of her family and synagogue, the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue (Shearith Israel) of Montreal. Notably, she devoted considerable attention to transcribing and researching the Abraham Joseph diary. She also wrote extensively on other historical topics and was often called upon to speak to various organizations about her research. She was a prolific writer of letters, essays, poems and plays. Annette Wolff was a lover of all things naval, travelling extensively by ship to Europe and Bermuda, and was the founding member of the Montreal branch of the World Ship Society. Annette was the quintessential chronicler and keeper of all things large and small, which has resulted in a broad array of collected papers. She died in November 2012.
Notes
General note: This series is of great value to historians in numerous fields, journalists, authors, philatelists, and ship travel aficionados.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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FRIEDMAN, Norman H. = Jewish Boy Scouts and personal Guest Book

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn166
Collection
FRIEDMAN, Norman H. = Jewish Boy Scouts and personal Guest Book
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
object
Physical Description
0.31 metres of textual records. - 7 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0060
Date
1920-1981.
Scope and Content
Scouting medals, award, plaque, whistle. Minutes. Jewish scouting booklets. Scout exhibition program. Artefacts: 4 scout medals, framed; 1 plaque with stand; 1 award statuette; 1 scout whistle. Personal guest book and cross-index spanning 52 years (1925-1977) and includes the signatures of author S…
Collection
FRIEDMAN, Norman H. = Jewish Boy Scouts and personal Guest Book
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
object
Physical Description
0.31 metres of textual records. - 7 artefacts.
Scope and Content
Scouting medals, award, plaque, whistle. Minutes. Jewish scouting booklets. Scout exhibition program. Artefacts: 4 scout medals, framed; 1 plaque with stand; 1 award statuette; 1 scout whistle. Personal guest book and cross-index spanning 52 years (1925-1977) and includes the signatures of author Stephen Leacock, operatic tenor Enrico Caruso, operatic soprano Pauline Donalda, poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, cartoonist Terry Mosher, and poet Irving Layton.
Date
1920-1981.
Fonds No.
P0060
History / Biographical
Montreal businessman Norman Friedman was chairman of the Jewish Advisory Committee of the Boy Scouts Association and assistant regional commissioner of the Boy Scouts Association. Friedman and his wife Rose were both life governors of the Jewish General Hospital, and he was also an honorary governor of the Montreal General Hospital. The Friedmans entertained frequently in their home, as documented in their guest book. Norman Friedman died in Montreal in 1981.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations :P85/14.Related groups of records :Irving Berlin collection, A.M. Machlovitch photographs in PC1/L.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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Nathan Dlusy and Family

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101077
Collection
Nathan Dlusy and Family
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
book
object
Physical Description
0.12 textual records. - 84 photographs. - 2 books. - 4 medals. - 8 artefacts. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM) (photographs) (1 disc containing 76 image files (346 MB)).
Fonds No.
P0296
Date
ca. 1920-2019.
Scope and Content
The collection contains portraits and candid snapshots of the Dlusy family and Nathan's RCAF training, service, and gravestone, including 4 oversized framed photographs, 5 framed B&W photographs, 47 B&W photographs, 28 colour photographs, 12 artifacts, 2 cm of oversized certificates, and 10 cm of t…
Collection
Nathan Dlusy and Family
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
book
object
Physical Description
0.12 textual records. - 84 photographs. - 2 books. - 4 medals. - 8 artefacts. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM) (photographs) (1 disc containing 76 image files (346 MB)).
Scope and Content
The collection contains portraits and candid snapshots of the Dlusy family and Nathan's RCAF training, service, and gravestone, including 4 oversized framed photographs, 5 framed B&W photographs, 47 B&W photographs, 28 colour photographs, 12 artifacts, 2 cm of oversized certificates, and 10 cm of textual materials including correspondence, and news clippings (about Nathan Dlusy, the Dlusy family's work to obtain posthumous citizenship, family obituaries, WWII veterans), and research materials accumulated by Gerald Rudick from 1942-2017 including photocopies of military service documents, news clippings, photocopies of correspondence, ID card, World War II documents, photographs, 1 disk with digital photographs of the original copies of Nathan Dlusy's military records. There are two reference books, an RCAF flight log, WWII medals, and other artifacts.
Date
ca. 1920-2019.
Fonds No.
P0296
History / Biographical
This collection contains materials related to the life and death of Flight Sergeant Nathan Dlusy, and the personal and professional lives of his parents and brother. Israel and Regina (nee Cynamon) Dlusniewski emigrated from Poland to Germany in 1920. In Berlin Israel worked as a tailor in his own retail shop, establishing a successful men's clothing manufacturing business which sold products in multiple German haberdasheries and department stores. Their sons Nathan (1921-1944) and Jon (1928-2022) were both born in Berlin before the family fled the anti-semitism of Nazi Germany in 1938. The family settled in Montreal where Israel obtained employment in the clothing manufacturing industry, eventually establishing Earl Clothing with a partner. Nathan followed his father into the same business, but decided to enlist in the Canadian armed forces in 1941. Initially turned down due to his lack of Canadian citizenship, Nathan successfully passed the entrance requirement examinations in 1941 and enlisted in the Canadian air force. In 1942 Nathan officially changed his name from Dlusniewski to Dlusy. Once his training was completed, he was sent to Scotland to join a coastal command squadron. While returning from a patrol mission in poor weather conditions, Nathan and the rest of the 10-person crew crashed into a mountain, killing all on board the plane. At the air base, Nathan Dlusy's funeral was organized by a Jewish air force chaplain, who was a rabbi from Glasgow, and the entire Jewish community from the nearby town attended, as documented by various photographs and news clippings in this collection. At the time of his death, Nathan Dlusy was not a Canadian citizen. His brother Jon continued to request a posthumous declaration of Canadian citizenship from the government. Nathan Dlusy's sacrifice was recognized in Quebec's National Assembly, and the House of Commons in Ottawa in 2019. The collection also includes various instances of Nathan Dlusy's name honoured through donations, the Nathan Dlusy Chapter of Hadassah, and the Nathan Dlusy Respiratory Unit at Mount Sinai Hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Jon Dlusy died at 94, in March of 2022.
Custodial History
The collection was donated on March 15, 2023 by Shawn Apel, estate executor for the Dlusy Family collection.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P23/04.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Documents

P0296-Nathan-Dlusy-Family-Presentation

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Young Men's Hebrew Association = Y.M.H.A. Ottawa fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101384
Collection
Young Men's Hebrew Association = Y.M.H.A. Ottawa fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
multiple media
Fonds No.
O0062
Date
1921-1924
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of The Booster, January 1921; The Bulletin, November 11, 1921 to December 9, 1921; a basketball score book for games played at the No. 4 Fire Stationon Cumberland Street, 1923-1924; and 2 b&w photographs of the Y.M.H.A. Basketball team (3-245).
Collection
Young Men's Hebrew Association = Y.M.H.A. Ottawa fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
multiple media
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of The Booster, January 1921; The Bulletin, November 11, 1921 to December 9, 1921; a basketball score book for games played at the No. 4 Fire Stationon Cumberland Street, 1923-1924; and 2 b&w photographs of the Y.M.H.A. Basketball team (3-245).
Date
1921-1924
Fonds No.
O0062
Storage Location
Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
The Y.M.H.A. flourished as a social vehicle for young men in the early 1920s. It was an amalgamation of Sons of Israel, Hebrew Boys Athletic Club and the Hebrew Literary & Dramatic Society. Athletic activities included basketball played in a gym rented at the No. 4 Fire Station, Cumberland Street. The bowling league of eight teams played at the Ideal Alleys. Sam Berger was the president, Jack Horwitz the treasurer, Sam Roodman, corresponding secretary, David Bilsky, vice-president and Sam Caplan, 2nd vice-president. The Booster, a 46 page pamphlet of the Y.M.H.A., outlined association avtivities, along with short biographies of professional men, including Benjamin Goldfield, Lewis Cohen, Dr. A. Slone, Dr. H. Dover, Louis Lightstone and men attending university. The Bulletin was a weekly newsletter of both the Y.M.H.A. and the Y.W.H.A. (Young Women's Hebrew Association).
Acquisition Source
Kellben Kalin, Percy Feller, Betsy Rigal
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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STEIN, Mania Brodsky

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn251
Collection
STEIN, Mania Brodsky
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
1 metres of textual records. - 12 photographs. - 86 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0145
Date
1922-1986.
Scope and Content
The collection is comprised of 3 boxes (1 m) containing approximately 2,500 letters, 86 postcards, and 12 photographs. The correspondence dates from the 1920s up to the 1980s (letters and envelopes with stamps, postcards, and cards). There are also a small number of receipts, invitations, and busin…
Collection
STEIN, Mania Brodsky
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
1 metres of textual records. - 12 photographs. - 86 artefacts.
Scope and Content
The collection is comprised of 3 boxes (1 m) containing approximately 2,500 letters, 86 postcards, and 12 photographs. The correspondence dates from the 1920s up to the 1980s (letters and envelopes with stamps, postcards, and cards). There are also a small number of receipts, invitations, and business cards. The majority of the correspondence comes from family members and friends in the former USSR, including letters postmarked from Moscow, Kiev, and Riga. Some correspondence was sent within Canada (Toronto, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts), or from the USA (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio), Israel (receipts and acknowledgment letters from charitable organizations) and a DP camp in US-occupied Germany. One small file contains some of Julius Stein's papers and correspondence including letters from the Canadian government regarding his citizenship. While there is a small amount of English-language correspondence, the majority of the letters are handwritten in Russian and Yiddish. An initial assessment completed when the collection was donated notes that the content deals largely with the domestic life of Brodsky-Stein's family and friends in the USSR. Further research by scholars of Yiddish and Russian is needed to obtain more detailed information on the content of most of the correspondence, however it can be assumed that the letters, including envelopes and stamps, would be of interest to researchers interested in the lived experience of Jewish families in the USSR during the 20th century.
Date
1922-1986.
Fonds No.
P0145
History / Biographical
Mania Brodsky Stein (Mania Brodsky/ M. Stein/Mary Stone) was born March 15, 1900 in Uman, Kiev, then part of Russia. Brodsky-Stein emigrated from the former USSR to Canada in the 1920s, along with her brother J. (Jacob/Yaacov) Brodsky, settling in Montreal, Québec. She was married to Julius Stein (born May 3, 1901 in Cologne, Germany, died in 1948, Montreal, Québec). She maintained correspondence with family in the USSR until her death in Montreal in 1986. The collection was donated to the Archives by her son, Henry Stone. A summary from a Yiddish-language profile in the New York paper Der Algemeiner Journal by Jacob Rabinovitch, June 22, 1984, page 12 states: Miriam Stein was a religious woman, well known in the Jewish community for her charitable works/philanthropy, though she was not one to seek recognition. As a young woman in the 1920s, she worked as a housekeeper in other observant religious households. During the post-war period she had a large house on Park Avenue in Montreal, which was open to all. She focused her efforts on new immigrants to North America, particularly young religious men who had trouble finding work due to religious practices such as being unable to work on the sabbath, a number of whom, including individuals who went on to become rabbis, would later remember her support.
Custodial History
The correspondence was kept by Mania Brodsky Stein, as she received them from the 1920s until the 1980s. The collection was donated to the Archives in 1986 by her son, Henry Stone, after her death.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P86/14.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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Bronfman, Allan, Lucy, and Edward

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90032
Collection
Bronfman, Allan, Lucy, and Edward
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
Physical Description
Env. 1160 photographs. - Env. 0.4 metres of textual records. - 1 artefact.
Fonds No.
P0275
Date
1922-2005.
Scope and Content
The collection consists primarily of 15 albums/scrapbooks, as well as additional photographs, correspondence, and documents. The collection documents Allan, Lucy, and Edward's professional and philanthropic endeavors, as well as the family life of Allan and Lucy Bronfman and their three children, i…
Collection
Bronfman, Allan, Lucy, and Edward
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
Physical Description
Env. 1160 photographs. - Env. 0.4 metres of textual records. - 1 artefact.
Scope and Content
The collection consists primarily of 15 albums/scrapbooks, as well as additional photographs, correspondence, and documents. The collection documents Allan, Lucy, and Edward's professional and philanthropic endeavors, as well as the family life of Allan and Lucy Bronfman and their three children, including childhood photos and family vacations. There are 7 large albums measuring at least 16" in length; included in this group are two which document Allan's birthday dinners in 1945, one in Montreal and the other in New York and relating to the Seagram business there, and one photo album from Allan's birthday party in New York in 1955. There is an album of correspondence relating to Allan's Man of the Year Israel Bonds event in 1964 and an album documenting the Jewish National Fund of Toronto Negev Dinner Tribute to Edward in 1997. A highlight of the album collection is a personal compendium of Edward's which has many photos and documents focused on the family life of Allan, Lucy, and their children Mona, Edward, and Peter. This volume includes some materials relating to Lucy's sister Lillian Bilsky Freiman, such as a news clipping from the summer of 1937 documenting a garden party for the Women's Auxiliary of the Jewish General Hospital given by Lucy and Lillian at Lucy's family home in Montreal. It also displays documents relating to Lucy's charitable work, her service as Chairman of the Hospitality Committee for the Jewish General Hospital Ball in 1938 and her service as Honorary Chairman of a concert given for the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund in 1943. There are 6 medium sized albums; included among these is a Bar Mitzvah album documenting Edward's Bar Mitzvah at Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Montreal in late 1940, which reflects the social climate of the war years in Canada. Also included in this group are two albums entitled "Lucy and Allan", documenting family travels as well as photos of Allan with famous figures such as Moishe Dayan, Golda Meir, and David Ben-Gurion. These 2 volumes include photos taken at City Hall with the Mayor of Montreal, and one of Allan and Lucy at Expo '67. There are 2 small albums; both are family focused photo albums, one dating from 1940s-1970s and consisting of family photos, vacation pictures, images of summer camp, and sports photographs. The other album consists mostly of childhood photos of Mona and Edward in the 1930s taken in Old Orchard as well as in Westmount, Quebec. The other components of the collection consist of a copy of Mary Seeman's chapter on Edward in the Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation's 25th Anniversary Book, 23 loose photos, 1 Metal and wood plaque from the Sun Youth Organization to the Edward M. Bronfman Foundation, and 11 cm. of loose documents, many of them full newspapers containing obituaries for Edward Bronfman. One typed document consists of the eulogies delivered at Edward's funeral.
Date
1922-2005.
Fonds No.
P0275
History / Biographical
Allan Bronfman (1895-1980) was born in Brandon, Manitoba. He was a barrister, industrialist, philanthropist and a Zionist. He studied law at the University of Manitoba, and obtained his law degree at the age of 22. At the age of 24, he became the chairman of a Jewish orphanage in Winnipeg. In 1924, he left Winnipeg for Montreal, and joined the family's liquor business, Seagram's Ltd., where he served as vice-president. He was a founder and the driving force behind the creation of Montreal's Jewish General Hospital, where he served as its first president, a post which lasted 25 years, as well as the founder of the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University in Israel. His wife Lucy Bronfman (1897-1983) was born Lucy Bilsky to parents Pauline and Moses Bilsky of Ottawa. One of her sisters was Lillian Bilsky Freiman of Ottawa, former president of the Hadassah Organization of Canada, social organizer, philanthropist, and community leader. Lucy was also active in charitable Jewish and Canadian organizations. These activities included her service as Chairman of the Hospitality Committee for the Jewish General Hospital Ball in 1938. She also served as Honorary Chairman of a concert given for the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund in 1943. Lucy and Allan had three children, Mona, Edward, and Peter. Mona (1924-1950) was active in charitable and artistic endeavors. In 1935, she served as president of the Montreal children's committee of the King George V Jubilee Forest Drive, while her aunt Lillian Bilsky Freiman served as national chairman of the organization and helped to inspire and organize the children's committee. Edward (1927-2005), and Peter (1929-1996) started the holding company and investment vehicle Edper Investments Ltd. in 1959. Edward was committed to the philanthropic tradition handed down from his parents; he was very active in charitable organizations such as the Canadian Council for Christians and Jews, the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, and the Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation. In 1989 Edward formed the Edward Bronfman Family Foundation, a member of Philanthropic Foundations of Canada. As documented in Mary Seeman's chapter on Edward in the CPRF 25th Anniversary Book, the Edward Bronfman Family Foundation created a $1.5 million endowment fund in 2001, in partnership with the Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to support a Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in the area of mood disorders. Named the Mona Bronfman Sheckman Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award, it commemorates the life of Edward's sister Mona, who suffered from severe post-partum depression and committed suicide in 1950 at age 26.
Custodial History
This collection of family history materials was donated in May 2019 by Brian Bronfman, son of Edward Bronfman
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P 19/09.Related groups of records: See also Allan Bronfman material donated by Manny Batshaw in 1982; document collection code MC 06 and photograph collection code PC 5.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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M. Caplan Furs Ltd. fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101317
Collection
M. Caplan Furs Ltd. fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
object
Physical Description
2 files textual records; 1 object
Fonds No.
B0009
Date
1924 - 1990
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 1 coat hanger, one newspaper clipping, a greeting card, and two advertisments for Chateau Furs Limited.
Collection
M. Caplan Furs Ltd. fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
object
Physical Description
2 files textual records; 1 object
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 1 coat hanger, one newspaper clipping, a greeting card, and two advertisments for Chateau Furs Limited.
Date
1924 - 1990
Fonds No.
B0009
Storage Location
A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
M. Caplan Furs Ltd. was Canada’s oldest furrier, established in 1919 by Meyer Caplan (b. September 1889, Russia - d. August 5, 1968, Ottawa). Meyer Caplan immigrated to Canada from Russia in 1906, and initially lived as a boarder in the house of Michael and Leah Fine at 123 Daly Street while working as a tailor. He married Mary (nee Levine) Caplan (b. 1891, Russia - d. July 12, 1951, Ottawa) on December 3, 1911, and the couple moved to a house on Second Avenue. Mary had also immigrated from Russia in 1903. They had three children; John Caplan (b. approx. 1912, Ottawa - d. March 25, 2000, Ottawa), Dorothy Levinson (b. approx. 1913, Ottawa - d. August 4, 1997, Ottawa), and Donald Caplan (b. approx. 1927, Ottawa - d. November 26, 2007, Ottawa). The Caplans were members of the Adath Jeshurun congregation, and Mary Caplan was a member of the Ottawa chapter of Hadassah-WIZO. Mary was described as an unassuming woman who was often called upon to help with various charity functions, but never asked for recognition for her work. Meyer Caplan co-founded M.Caplan Furs with Benjamin Gould in 1919, and the business initially specialized in high-quality cloth garments trimmed with fur. Meyer Caplan had experience working with cloth garments, and Benjamin Gould had experience with the fur industry. They used high-quality cloth imported from France as well as locally-made materials. A number of prominent Ottawa historical figures visited the shop in its early days, including members of the Billings family. By 1947 when Meyer’s son John Caplan began working there full-time, the store had moved to selling primarily furs, due to wartime restrictions on imported fabrics. The store sold mainly women’s fur coats, including mink, rabbit, muskrat, lamb, beaver, raccoon, and fox furs. In later years they began expanding into menswear, and manufactured coats made of leather or fabric with fur trim to adjust to changing styles. The furs were sold on the first floor, while the second floor mezzanine was used for display. There was a factory located at the back of the shop on both floors, where furs could be custom-made, altered or repaired as needed. The business also offered financing plans to their clients, as well as 12 months insurance, free delivery, and refrigerated storage vaults where furs could be stored in the summer months. M. Caplan Furs Ltd. moved locations several times as the business expanded. After spending 36 years at 195 Sparks Street, the shop moved across the street to 178 Sparks Street in 1958 when they received notice that the building they were renting was being torn down. The shop stayed at this location until 1976, when they moved to 203 Queen street. The shop only stayed at this location for 7 years, before moving to 219 Bank Street in 1983. Meyer Caplan’s son John had a degree in commerce from Queen’s University, and initially had no desire to work for the fur company, however his father persuaded him to join the business in 1946. John took over the business officially in 1968, after his father’s death. John married Rochelle (nee Shapiro) Caplan (b. abt. 1917, Ottawa, died January 4, 1977, Ottawa), and the couple had two daughters, Barbara Kalnitsky and Kathryn Chelin. Rachelle was one of six children born to Barnet and Sadie Shapiro, along with her siblings Charles Shapiro, Marianne Genslove, Gabriel Cohen, Lillian Shapiro, and Louis Shapiro. Barnet and Sadie immigrated to Canada from Russia in 1891, and their three oldest children were born in Quebec before the family settled in Ottawa. Rochelle was born and raised in Ottawa and attended Lisgar Collegiate. The Shapiro family owned a men’s clothing store, which Louis Shapiro took over after his father’s death. Rochelle was an active member of the Ottawa section of the National Council of Jewish Women from the 1940s to the 1960s, and she served as a board chairman during the 1950s. In 1987, John Caplan was fined $1000 for violating the Ontario Retail Business Holidays Act on two occasions. This act forbade businesses to be open on Sundays or statutory holidays, and was later amended by the NDP to only apply to statutory holidays. M. Caplan Furs was one of three Ottawa furriers vandalized by the Animal Liberation Front in 1983, and animal rights activists picketed outside of M. Caplan Furs throughout the 1980s and 1990s, calling for an end to the fur trade in Canada. The business was sold to M. Shuchat Furs of Montreal in 1990, after 71 years in business. John Caplan, who was 76 years old at the time, attributed the store’s declining sales to the increasing activities of Animal Rights activists who were vocally opposed to the fur industry.
Related Material
John Caplan file in Individual Collections.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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LANDS, Ben = Basketball team photos and memorabilia

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89993
Collection
LANDS, Ben = Basketball team photos and memorabilia
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
Physical Description
4 photographs. - 0.01 textual records. - 2 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0267
Date
1925-1990, 2014.
Scope and Content
4 photos; YMHA Junior basketball team, Quebec and Ontario Valley Champions 1939-1940, 2 photos of the YMHA Provincial Senior B champs 1964-1965, and portrait of Montreal Jewish businessmen Abe Pesner and Maurice Singer, circa 1925. 2 patches; Province of Quebec A.B.A Senior 1959, Montreal Basketbal…
Collection
LANDS, Ben = Basketball team photos and memorabilia
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
Physical Description
4 photographs. - 0.01 textual records. - 2 artefacts.
Scope and Content
4 photos; YMHA Junior basketball team, Quebec and Ontario Valley Champions 1939-1940, 2 photos of the YMHA Provincial Senior B champs 1964-1965, and portrait of Montreal Jewish businessmen Abe Pesner and Maurice Singer, circa 1925. 2 patches; Province of Quebec A.B.A Senior 1959, Montreal Basketball Golden Ball 1955. 3 biographical newspaper articles about Ben Lands, and an obituary.
Date
1925-1990, 2014.
Fonds No.
P0267
History / Biographical
Ben Lands was born on February 22, 1921 in Montreal. Well known in the community for his exploits on the basketball court, he played for the 1948 Canadian Olympic Team, the 1950 Canadian National Championship Team, and the Canadian Maccabiah teams of 1950, 1953 and 1957. He became the honorary captain in 1997. The national champion 1949-1950 Blues were inducted into the Montreal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. He died in Montreal on January 13, 2014
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Ben Lands in 1993. His obituary was added by Archives staff in 2014.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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Shulamis Yelin Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72069
Collection
Shulamis Yelin Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
sound recording
graphic material
object
Physical Description
8.00 metres of textual records + ca. 125 audio cassettes + ca. 1300 photographs + other material
Fonds No.
1032
Date
1926-2000
Collection
Shulamis Yelin Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
sound recording
graphic material
object
Physical Description
8.00 metres of textual records + ca. 125 audio cassettes + ca. 1300 photographs + other material
Date
1926-2000
Fonds No.
1032
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Shulamis Yelin was born in Montreal on April 12, 1913 to Aaron and Vichna (Dobkin) Bordodensky. Educated at Jewish Peretz Scholl, 1925-1928, Baron Byng High School, 1927-1930, MacDonald College School for Teachers, 1939-1940, Sir George Williams University, B.A., 1954-1957, and Universite de Montreal, M.A. (Cum Laude) 1961. Married Ezra Yelin, 1941. Had one daughter, Gilah. During her 35 years of teaching, she taught every grade from nursery to university, the latter at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Much of her teaching was done with gifted children. In 1968, she was named Master Teacher by the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal. She contributed essays, reviews, poems, short stories and literary cirticisms to periodicals such as the Reconstructionist, Zynergy, Viewpoints, Canadian Author and Bookman, Jewish Digest, Montreal Times, Crossroads and Jewish Dialogue. Her published books include; Creative Camping in Jewish Life, 1954; The Jew In Canada 1760-1960; Seeded in Sinai, 1975; Shulamis: Stories From a Montreal Childhood, 1983; Au Soleil de Ma Nuit, 1985; Many Mirrors May Faces, 1986; Une Enfance Juive A Montreal, 1998; Where All Her Wars Are Marked, 2002. Her awards included The Bronfman Graduate Fellowship, 1957; LA Med Literary Prize, 1962; Certificate of Honour from Le Ministre Des Affaires Culturelles du Quebec, 1972; Canadian Confederation Medal, 1993. She served as Vice-President of the Canadian Authors Association, Cultural Chair for the Pioneer Women - Na'amat Organization and Judge of the J.I. Segal Literary Award. She died in Montreal on June 24, 2002.
Language
English, French, and Yiddish
Custodial History
Donated directly by Shulamis Yelin
Arrangement
Arranged by series according to material in fonds.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Educational Materials

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72072
Collection
Shulamis Yelin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
object
Physical Description
0.9m of textual records
Fonds No.
1032; 3
Date
1926-2000
Scope and Content
Contains various course and lecture notes, assignments, and certificates and diplomas from Shulamis Yelin’s academic career.
Collection
Shulamis Yelin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
object
Physical Description
0.9m of textual records
Scope and Content
Contains various course and lecture notes, assignments, and certificates and diplomas from Shulamis Yelin’s academic career.
Date
1926-2000
Fonds No.
1032
Series No.
3
Storage Location
Bay 7
Language
English, French, and Yiddish
Subjects
Yelin, Shulamis, 1913-2002.
Montreal (Quebec)
Jewish Peretz Schools
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Personal Materials/Biographical Materials

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72085
Collection
Shulamis Yelin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
object
graphic material
Physical Description
1.0m of textual records
Fonds No.
1032; 7
Date
1926-2000
Scope and Content
Contains photographs, drawings, family papers, books, poetry, awards, and other materials related to Shulamis Yelin and her family.
Collection
Shulamis Yelin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
object
graphic material
Physical Description
1.0m of textual records
Scope and Content
Contains photographs, drawings, family papers, books, poetry, awards, and other materials related to Shulamis Yelin and her family.
Date
1926-2000
Fonds No.
1032
Series No.
7
Storage Location
Bay 7
Language
English, French, and Yiddish
Subjects
Yelin, Shulamis, 1913-2002.
Montreal (Quebec)
Poetry
Yelin, Gilah
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Education Certificates, Awards, and Diplomas

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72075
Collection
Shulamis Yelin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
0.1m of textual records + 0.1m of grapic materials + ca. 5 awards
Fonds No.
1032; 3.3
Date
1929-2000
Scope and Content
Contains diplomas, certificates and other educational awards received by Shulamis Yelin.
Collection
Shulamis Yelin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
0.1m of textual records + 0.1m of grapic materials + ca. 5 awards
Scope and Content
Contains diplomas, certificates and other educational awards received by Shulamis Yelin.
Date
1929-2000
Fonds No.
1032
Series No.
3.3
Storage Location
Bay 7
Language
English, French, and Yiddish
Subjects
Yelin, Shulamis, 1913-2002.
Montreal (Quebec)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Anchel, Gotlieb, and Gilbert families = Montreal Jewish leisure and school activities

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn98539
Collection
Anchel, Gotlieb, and Gilbert families = Montreal Jewish leisure and school activities
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
Env. 0.07 metres of textual records. - 34 photographs. - 2 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0290
Date
1929-2005.
Scope and Content
The initial portion of this collection is comprised of documents relating to, and photos of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel's involvement with the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal. It includes such documents as programs and photographs from various YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith events, documents relatin…
Collection
Anchel, Gotlieb, and Gilbert families = Montreal Jewish leisure and school activities
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
Env. 0.07 metres of textual records. - 34 photographs. - 2 artefacts.
Scope and Content
The initial portion of this collection is comprised of documents relating to, and photos of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel's involvement with the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal. It includes such documents as programs and photographs from various YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith events, documents relating to issues at the 'Y' between 1929-1966, as well as ephemera from various sporting events from the 1920s to 1970s. In addition there are a number of documents relating to Gotlieb's involvement in Minstrel shows at the Y in the 1930s and 1940s. Added in June 2022: additional documents and photos from Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel concerning involvement in the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal as well as with regard to attendance in Montreal schools and after-school activities. The documents consist of two ephemeral items from 1944: a YMHA swimming test result and a B'nai Brith 'Showboat' notice, plus a few news clippings from the 1980s about the history of the YMHA. The 15 images are: 7 pictures of Baron Byng High school students and events donated by former student Joseph Gilbert, including two of the 1957 graduating Prom, plus a program for the Baron Byng High School reunion of 2007; 1 image 8" x 10" of a YMHA Minstrel show group probably late 1930s, including Rose Gotlieb, mother of the donor, and and two very large framed images of YMHA Minstrel performers, both including players in blackface (one large image is a duplicate of the smaller one), circa 1940. Protestant school images from Gloria Anchel Gilbert consist of one from Fairmount elementary school circa 1953 and one from Northmount High School circa 1956. There are two oversized group photos from Pripstein's Camp Mishmar in St-Adolphe de Howard, Quebec, one dated 1956 and one undated - both are damaged, cut into three sections each. There are 2 images of the Jewish People's School afternoon section, also 1956, and one of a Westmount ballet class including a 3 year old Gloria Anchel, 1948. Artifacts donated along with the collection consist of 2 trophies from the B'nai Brith Bowling Association, for Hy Anchel 1972-1973 and 1976.
Date
1929-2005.
Fonds No.
P0290
History / Biographical
Hyman Anchel (1914-1983) and Rose Gotlieb (1912-1987) were born in Montreal to immigrants from Romania and Russia. Hyman Anchel was active in B'nai Brith as the social service chairman for many years. A wrestling champion at the YMHA, Hy also was one of the three members to open the Y pool in 1929. In 1953, he 'swam' out of the Y with his children Gloria and Stanley and opened the new Snowden Y pool. Rose Gotlieb was a member of the Y Minstrels, which entertained Canada's troops during World War II. Their daughter Gloria Anchel Gilbert married Joseph Gilbert, also of Montreal in 1965 and re-located to London, Ontario. Joseph is the son of Morris Gilbert and Silvia Schwam who immigrated from Dobzyn on the Vistula, Poland in 1935 and 1930 respectively.
Custodial History
This collection was given by Gloria Anchel Gilbert, daughter of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel, in November of 2021. The additions were donated in June 2022 by Gloria Anchel Gilbert and Joseph Gilbert.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P21/07.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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