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LIVINSON, Abraham Jacob.

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Collection
LIVINSON, Abraham Jacob.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.36 metres of textual records. - 63 photographs. - 1 artefact. - 1 map.
Fonds No.
P0111
Date
1911-1966.
Scope and Content
Scrapbook 1911-1914 of press clippings on education, medicine, health, law, politics - mostly foreign. Letter from Protestant Board of School Commissioners about the selling school buildings to Jewish School Board, Montreal. Article "The Jews in Montreal" by O. Asselin. Correspondence on the Jewish…
Collection
LIVINSON, Abraham Jacob.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.36 metres of textual records. - 63 photographs. - 1 artefact. - 1 map.
Scope and Content
Scrapbook 1911-1914 of press clippings on education, medicine, health, law, politics - mostly foreign. Letter from Protestant Board of School Commissioners about the selling school buildings to Jewish School Board, Montreal. Article "The Jews in Montreal" by O. Asselin. Correspondence on the Jewish school question, B'nai Brith, Whistler's "Mother" portrait, municipal improvement, prohibition, Abraham Lincoln. Press clippings about Abraham Lincoln Montreal Jewish statistics to 1928. MS. "The House of Hart" - Notes and references about the Hart family. MS. "Little River" - a simple story of one man's life. MS. 293 pages of book Thoughts and the Records of A.J. Livinson - the musings of a romantic and a dreamer. M.A. Thesis McGill University "The Pedagogical Value and Psychical Influence of the Motion Picture on Present Day Educational System" 1916. Lecture notes 1913-1914 McGill University Law School. Typewritten "Order of Proceedings Ezekiel Hart Centenary Commemoration" 1944. Typescripts of articles by A.J. Livinson on a variety of subjects. Personal correspondence. Harry Bloomfield Memorial Medal 14K gold. 63 photos, including McGill Jewish student organization (Maccabean Circle). In oversize storage: hand-drawn map, approximately 11 x 14 inches, showing Jewish settlement in Montreal from the 1760 until 1944.
Date
1911-1966.
Fonds No.
P0111
History / Biographical
Born in 1888, Abraham Livinson was a lecturer, writer, teacher; graduated from the School for Teachers of McGill University as well as Law School; founded the Jewish section of McGill University's library; graduated from the School of Social Science and the School of Journalism of the University of Montreal; former secretary of the Jewish Committee of the Royal Commission to Investigate Education in Montreal; was secretary of the Businessmen's Council of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, United Talmud Torahs and the Y.M.H.A., all of Montreal; former chairman of the Citizenship Committee of the City Improvement League of Montreal; was chairman of Canadian Jewish Congress's Ezekiel Hart Centenary Commemoration Committee; was prolific contributor of historical articles to newspapers and magazines; starting in 1935 was active in Canadian Jewish Congress Archives Committee and was responsible for the donation of historically significant books and documents.
Notes
Related groups of records: Other items donated by A.J. Livinson were filed according to subject at time of donation, mostly in early personalia and organizational files.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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