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Allan Raymond Collection

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Collection: Allan Raymond Collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 16 linear metres of multiple media

Fonds No.: 1034

Scope and Content: Consists of numerous series and sub-series from individuals, families, organizations and businesses from within the Jewish community of Montreal. Includes various forms of records such as correspondence, photographs, artefacts and ledgers.

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Collection: Allan Raymond Collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 16 linear metres of multiple media

Scope and Content: Consists of numerous series and sub-series from individuals, families, organizations and businesses from within the Jewish community of Montreal. Includes various forms of records such as correspondence, photographs, artefacts and ledgers.

Fonds No.: 1034

Storage Location: JPL

History / Biographical: Allan Raymond (1922- ) was born in Lithuania and came to Montreal in 1928. He is a researcher and lecturer of Canadian Jewish history and an avid collector of Canadian Judaica. Raymond also considered himself a romantic poet. He had a successful career as an insurance broker in Montreal and during World War II served overseas with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Amongst his varied community activities he served as public relations director of the Westmount Historical Association, Montreal Jewish Historical Society, St. James Literary Society, One Parent Families Association, Parents Without Partners Association, the YMHA Chaverim Group, Avant Garde Singles Group and S-Group. Mr. Raymond conducted research for the Montreal Gazette's "Great Montreal Walks" as well as for the television documentary "Six Decades." Many of his historical documents and photographs were exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Universite de Montreal, Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Shaar Hashomayim Congregation and the Jewish Public Library. He has delivered a series of illustrated lectures dealing with Canadian Judaica at the former Saidye Bronfman Centre among other institutions. This collection was accumulated by Allan Raymond over a period of thirty-five years. Most of the collection held at the Jewish Public Library was donated in 1993 and again in 1999. Mr. Raymond continues in his collecting as well as donations of material to the Jewish Public Library Archives to this day.

Language: English; Yiddish; French; Hebrew

Custodial History: Received by the Jewish Public Library by Allan Raymond in 1993 and 1999.

Arrangement: Each series arranged individual to the specific family, person, institution, business or organization. Also includes materials arranged based on format such as "artefacts."

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions may apply due to Privacy legislation.

Reproduction Restrictions: Some restrictions may apply due to Copyright legislation.

Finding Aid: Original finding aid available in JPL-A.

Subjects: Abramowitz, Herman; Abramowitz, Tess (nee Bokar); Montreal (Quebec) - Buildings, structures, etc.; Montreal (Quebec) - Street scenes

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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Rev. Dr. Herman Abramowitz

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31777

Collection: Allan Raymond Collection

Description Level: Series

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 144cm of multiple media

Fonds No.: 1034; 1

Date: 1890-1978

Scope and Content: Series consists of correspondence, sermons and speeches, financial and legal documents, diary of an overseas trip in 1913, correspondence, school report cards and certificates pertaining to his children, postcards, calendar diaries, 1908-1934; manuscript thesis; reference pamphlets and photographs.

Collection: Allan Raymond Collection

Description Level: Series

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 144cm of multiple media

Scope and Content: Series consists of correspondence, sermons and speeches, financial and legal documents, diary of an overseas trip in 1913, correspondence, school report cards and certificates pertaining to his children, postcards, calendar diaries, 1908-1934; manuscript thesis; reference pamphlets and photographs.

Date: 1890-1978

Fonds No.: 1034

Series No.: 1

Storage Location: Bay 9

History / Biographical: Rabbi Herman Abramowitz was born in Russia in 1880, and came to America in 1890. He was educated at the public schools, the College of the City of New York (from which he graduated in 1900 with a Bachelor of Arts) and at the Jewish Theological Seminary. From 1900 to 1903, he took a post-graduate course in philosophy at Columbia University. In 1907 he received the degree of Doctor of Hebrew Literature from the Seminary, being the first graduate to receive this honour. In 1903, he accepted a call from the Shaar Hashomayim Congregation, Montreal. Dr. Abramowitz developed the congregational Sunday School, and Hebrew Day School; the Women's Auxiliary; the Young Peoples' Society and other activities. He was active in all communal enterprises ofa philanthropic and educational character and in 1910 personally raised from subscriptions the entire cost of the building of the Mount Sinai Sanatorium for tubercular patients. He was also in charge of the organization which raised annual subscriptions for the maintenance of the Sanatorium. His part in the Plamondon case was as a key witness in this infamous anti-Semitic libel case in Quebec City in 1913. In 1909, Dr. Abramowitz visited the Jewish agricultural colonies in the western provinces of Canada to establish religious schools and other institutions. He was invited to become a member of the Canadian Committee and in 1913 was sent to Paris to confer with the Jewish Colonization Association heads. He also represented Canada at the Congress held later that year in Vienna. Shortly after the outbreak of the World War I, Dr. Abramowitz was appointed Jewish Chaplain in the Canadian Army with the rank of Captain. He was also active on the speakers' team in all the Victory Loan campaigns and relief drives held during the war. He was Vice-President of the United Synagogue of America; Director, Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Montreal; Director, Montreal United Talmud Torahs; and a life Governor of the Montreal General Hospital. Dr. Abramowitz married in 1911 to Theresa Bokar and had one son, David Lester and one daughter, Judith.