GITTES, William.
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- Collection
- GITTES, William.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Env. 36 metres of textual records. - Env. 500 photographs.
- Fonds No.
- P0066
- Date
- 1925-1980.
- Scope and Content
- Three boxes of photographs, programs, commemorative poems, etc. Most of the material is organized into 9 binders. Includes family photos, Combined Jewish Appeal, Montefiore Club, Temple Emanuel, Palestine Lodge, Textile Wholesalers' Association, Montreal Dress Manufacturers' Guild, Mission to Israe…
- Collection
- GITTES, William.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Env. 36 metres of textual records. - Env. 500 photographs.
- Scope and Content
- Three boxes of photographs, programs, commemorative poems, etc. Most of the material is organized into 9 binders. Includes family photos, Combined Jewish Appeal, Montefiore Club, Temple Emanuel, Palestine Lodge, Textile Wholesalers' Association, Montreal Dress Manufacturers' Guild, Mission to Israel, etc. Mostly black and white, regular size. Approximately 500 photos. Also 9 framed certificates, 4 framed photos, and 4 framed newspaper clippings.
- Date
- 1925-1980.
- Fonds No.
- P0066
- History / Biographical
- Born in 1895 in New York, William Gittes was the president of Sterling Woolens and Silks Co. Ltd., as well as the president of Textile Wholesalers Association of Canada. He was an administrator in the Wartime Prices and Trade Board 1945-1947. He had extensive Jewish community involvement including Combined Jewish Appeal (as Hon. Chairman), Governor of Jewish General Hospital, Hon. Vice-President and Trustee of Temple Emanuel Beth Sholom. He died in 1991 in Montreal.
- Notes
- PC7-P84/20.David Weiss P92/05, transcript of oral history autobiography of W. Gittes with accompanying 2 interview tapes.Photographs and memorabilia.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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