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Tressa Jacobson Fonds
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- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.6 linear metres of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1068
- Date
- 1934-1971
- Scope and Content
- Consists of correspondence, photographs and ephemeral material related to Jacobson's trip to Palestine as well as her "reign" as Queen Esther. Also includes additional biographical materials including birth, schooling, and marriage documentation; documents from Hadassah and the Jewish Music Counci…
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.6 linear metres of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Consists of correspondence, photographs and ephemeral material related to Jacobson's trip to Palestine as well as her "reign" as Queen Esther. Also includes additional biographical materials including birth, schooling, and marriage documentation; documents from Hadassah and the Jewish Music Council of Montreal; and pins from Hadassah.
- Date
- 1934-1971
- Fonds No.
- 1068
- Storage Location
- Bay 7
- History / Biographical
- Born to Romanian immigrant parents in 1908, Tressa (nee Schwartz) Jacobson grew up to be an active member of the Montreal Jewish community. She was a founding member of the Ein Kerem chapter of Montreal Hadassah, a lifetime member of Canadian-Hadassah WIZO and a member of the National Council of Jewish women. She also served on the Jewish Music Council of Montreal. In 1933, Ms. Jacobson was elected Queen Esther and her prize was a trip to Palestine. While there she wrote several letters detailing the gaiety of her trip abroad to Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jaffa and Petah Tikvah. Upon her return, Tressa further document her trip by writing an article of it in the Canadian Jewish Chronicle.
- Language
- English
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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