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Tressa Jacobson Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77760
- 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
Birth certificate (copy)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77761
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1068; 00001
- Date
- 1950-1970
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual record
- Date
- 1950-1970
- Fonds No.
- 1068
- File No.
- 00001
- Storage Location
- Ctn.001
- 7-1A
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Copy of original birth registration from 1908.
- Subjects
- Jacobson, Tressa (nee Schwartz)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
School attendance record, Fairmount School
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77762
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1068; 00002
- Date
- 1918
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual record
- Date
- 1918
- Fonds No.
- 1068
- File No.
- 00002
- Storage Location
- Ctn.001
- 7-1A
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jacobson, Tressa (nee Schwartz)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Personal photographs
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77763
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 26 photographs
- Fonds No.
- 1068; 00003
- Date
- 1924-1971
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 26 photographs
- Date
- 1924-1971
- Fonds No.
- 1068
- File No.
- 00003
- Storage Location
- Ctn.001
- 7-1A
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Includes photographs of Schwartz and Jacobson families, photographs of Jacobson as Queen Esther, the 1933 trip to Palestine, and community groups.
- Subjects
- Jacobson, Tressa (nee Schwartz)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Ephemera, Palestine trip
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77764
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1068; 00004
- Date
- 1933-1934
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Date
- 1933-1934
- Fonds No.
- 1068
- File No.
- 00004
- Storage Location
- Ctn.001
- 7-1A
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Includes article Canadian Jewish Chronicle article written about trip to Palestine, passport, and a travel book entitled, "Guide to New Palestine".
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Correspondence, Palestine trip
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77765
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1068; 00005
- Date
- 1933-1934
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Date
- 1933-1934
- Fonds No.
- 1068
- File No.
- 00005
- Storage Location
- Ctn.001
- 7-1A
- Language
- English
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Marriage records, Tressa Claire Schwartz and Max Jacobson
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77766
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1068; 00006
- Date
- 1944
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Date
- 1944
- Fonds No.
- 1068
- File No.
- 00006
- Storage Location
- Ctn.001
- 7-1A
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jacobson, Tressa (nee Schwartz)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Correspondence, Jewish Music Council
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77767
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1068; 00007
- Date
- 1962-1963
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Date
- 1962-1963
- Fonds No.
- 1068
- File No.
- 00007
- Storage Location
- Ctn.001
- 7-1A
- Language
- English
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Promotional material, American School of Popular Music
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77768
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1068; 00008
- Date
- [c.1930-1945]
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Date
- [c.1930-1945]
- Fonds No.
- 1068
- File No.
- 00008
- Storage Location
- Ctn.001
- 7-1A
- Language
- English
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Pins, Canadian Hadassah-WIZO
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77769
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 4 pins
- Fonds No.
- 1068; 00009
- Date
- 20th century
- Collection
- Tressa Jacobson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 4 pins
- Date
- 20th century
- Fonds No.
- 1068
- File No.
- 00009
- Storage Location
- Ctn.001
- 7-1A
- Language
- English
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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