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- A. L. Florence fonds 1
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- Adath Jeshurun Congregation fonds 6
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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
Four schoichet knives owned by Abraham Caplin.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107499
- Collection
- Abraham Caplin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 4 butcher knives
- Fonds No.
- I0007; OJA 1-1201
- Date
- [between 1850 and 1915]
- Collection
- Abraham Caplin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 4 butcher knives
- Date
- [between 1850 and 1915]
- Fonds No.
- I0007
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1201
- Storage Location
- vault
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
German / Hebrew Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106000
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-325-01
- Date
- 1889
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Date
- 1889
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-325-01
- Conservation
- Light surface cleaning completed on front of book using polyvinyl eraser; slight loss of the ivory detailing on the front cover.
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- Book has painted metal covers (tin?) with cutout details of ivory nailed to the front cover.
- Related Material
- 5-325-02, 5-325-03, 5-325-04, 5-325-05.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
German / Hebrew Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106005
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-325-03
- Date
- 1889
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Date
- 1889
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-325-03
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- "During Treatment" photo. Book has painted metal covers (tin?) with cutout details of ivory nailed to the front cover.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Detail of German / Hebrew Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106009
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-325-04
- Date
- 1889
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Date
- 1889
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-325-04
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- Detail photo of prayer book, inner information page.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Detail of German / Hebrew Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106010
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-325-05
- Date
- 1889
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Date
- 1889
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-325-05
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- Detail photo of two pages of prayer book showing layout.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Dues Record Ledger
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106194
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-337-01
- Date
- 1895-1896
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Date
- 1895-1896
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-337-01
- Physical Condition
- Book is soiled overall, leather half binding is worn though still supple. covers are separating from textblock, pages are yellowed and creased.
- Conservation
- 1. Conservation treatment needed.
- Notes
- The book is mainly written in Yiddish with some English.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Hand-written letters, one in Hebrew and three in English, possibly pertaining to the building of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106158
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-03
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-03
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Hand-written letters, one in Hebrew and three in English, possibly pertaining to the building of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106159
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-04
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-04
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Hand-written letters, one in Hebrew and three in English, possibly pertaining to the building of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106160
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-05
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-05
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Hand-written letters, one in Hebrew and three in English, possibly pertaining to the building of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106161
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-06
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- July 4, 1895
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-06
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Leatherbound German / Hebrew prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106011
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-330-01
- Date
- 1897
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book
- Date
- 1897
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-330-01
- Conservation
- Paper is yellowed and acidic, but in stable condition; Cover is seperating from the text block; Pressure sensitive tape repair on one page has created considerable staining (see 5-330-04).
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Related Material
- 5-330-02, 5-330-03, 5-330-04, 5-330-05
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Detail of leatherbound German / Hebrew prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106012
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-330-02
- Date
- 1897
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book : col.
- Date
- 1897
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-330-02
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- Image of prayer book binding.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Detail of leatherbound German / Hebrew prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106013
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-330-03
- Date
- 1897
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book : col.
- Date
- 1897
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-330-03
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- Image showing inner German introduction page.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Detail of leatherbound German / Hebrew prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106014
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-330-04
- Date
- 1897
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book : col.
- Date
- 1897
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-330-04
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- Detail showing tape repair and resulting damage.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Detail of leatherbound German / Hebrew prayer book.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106015
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0146; OJA 5-330-05
- Date
- 1897
- Collection
- Leonora Tisch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 prayer book : col.
- Date
- 1897
- Fonds No.
- I0146
- Item No.
- OJA 5-330-05
- Acquisition Source
- Daniel Kimmel
- Notes
- Detail showing Hebrew introduction page.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
A certificate on parchment declaring Archibald J. Freiman a Grand Masters Mason.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106141
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-975
- Date
- 1904
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- 1904
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-975
- Storage Location
- Located in OS Mixed Box 15
- Physical Condition
- 1. Very cockled.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Siddur
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn108857
- Collection
- Joe and Inez Zelikovitz fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- I0124; 1
- Date
- 1906
- Scope and Content
- Items consist of a plastic siddur embellished with metal and ivory cutouts, printed in 1906. Inside is a note left by Inez Zelikovitz stating that the siddur was given to her Sarah Zelikovitz by Morris Zelikovitz in 1911. It also provides other biographical information on Sarah and Morris Zelikovit…
- Collection
- Joe and Inez Zelikovitz fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Scope and Content
- Items consist of a plastic siddur embellished with metal and ivory cutouts, printed in 1906. Inside is a note left by Inez Zelikovitz stating that the siddur was given to her Sarah Zelikovitz by Morris Zelikovitz in 1911. It also provides other biographical information on Sarah and Morris Zelikovitz.
- Date
- 1906
- Fonds No.
- I0124
- Series No.
- 1
- Storage Location
- Located in I0124 Box 2
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
A golden key with the inscription, “Presented by the Congregation of Agudath Achim to President A. L. Florence, 5673 (1912)".
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106046
- Collection
- A. L. Florence fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Fonds No.
- I0001; OJA 1-955
- Date
- 1912
- Collection
- A. L. Florence fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Date
- 1912
- Fonds No.
- I0001
- Item No.
- OJA 1-955
- Storage Location
- vault
- Physical Condition
- Case holding the key is damaged; the top and bottom of case have become separated, handle with care.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Montreal Yiddish newspaper, one page.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106156
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Fonds No.
- I0021; OJA 1-980-01
- Date
- June, 1912
- Collection
- Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Colour
- Date
- June, 1912
- Fonds No.
- I0021
- Item No.
- OJA 1-980-01
- Notes
- 1. Part of the group of documents de-accessioned from Library and Archives - MG 28 V.16. 2. Stored in large blue folder in special collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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