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Press clippings: LA PRESSE/ labour dispute; Jewish cigar merchant E.H. Davis

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Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZA 1888; ZA 1888-C20d
Date
1888
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1888
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZA 1888
File No.
ZA 1888-C20d
Subjects
Press clippings: LA PRESSE/ labour dispute; Jewish cigar merchant E.H. Davis
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Lea Roback Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31359
Collection
Lea Roback Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
4.8m of textual records. -- 1013 photographs.
Fonds No.
1243
Date
1901-1998 ; predominant 1930-1998
Scope and Content
The Fonds contains material reflecting Lea Roback's activity in politics, union organization and activism in addition to personal records that document her relationship with family. Records from her political and activist work include radio addresses, correspondence, fliers, reports, and periodical…
Collection
Lea Roback Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
4.8m of textual records. -- 1013 photographs.
Scope and Content
The Fonds contains material reflecting Lea Roback's activity in politics, union organization and activism in addition to personal records that document her relationship with family. Records from her political and activist work include radio addresses, correspondence, fliers, reports, and periodicals. Personal records include correspondence wit her family members, the narrative of the Roback family written in prose, and various pieces of memorabilia belonging to Roback. The majority of the photographs in the collection are of Lea and her family from their time in Montreal, Beauport (QC) as well as Lea's travels in Europe. The series included within the Lea Roback Fonds are the following:
Series 1 -- Professional activity
Series 2 -- Biographical and personal material
Series 3 -- Correspondence
Series 4 -- Bibliographic reference publications
Series 5 -- Videos
Series 6 -- Photographs
Series 7 -- Graphic material
Date
1901-1998 ; predominant 1930-1998
Fonds No.
1243
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Activist and organizer, Lea Roback was born on November 3rd, 1903 in Montreal. She was the second of nine children of Fanny (1885-1973) and Moses (1870-1935) Roback, both of whom immigrated from Poland. She spent her childhood in Beauport, Quebec where her parents ran a general store. The Robacks spoke Yiddish at home; outside it was French or English. Léa was able to switch freely between languages, a skill that became useful in work with labour organizations. When Léa was fourteen the family returned to Montreal where, two years later, she began working in the city's factories. It was at this point that she became accutely aware of the inequality between Montreal's affluent English-speaking families and the mostly French and Jewish working class. In the mid-1920s, Léa spent a two years at the University of Grenoble in France, supporting herself by privately teaching English to students. In 1928, Léa joined her older brother Harry in Berlin where he was studying medicine. She enrolled at the University of Berlin studying Sociology and German. Léa became involved with leftwing student groups and eventually joined the Communist Party. In 1932 Lea returned to Montreal, finding work as a youth group director at the Young Women’s Hebrew Association, where her mentor was Saidye Bronfman, wife of Sam Bronfman. In 1935 she managed the Modern Bookshop on Bleury Street, the first Marxist bookstore in Quebec, which became a gathering place for local radicals. That same year Lea coordinated Fred Rose's bid for election. Eight years following this campaign, Rose became the first communist elected to the House of Commons. In 1936 she was recruited by Thérèse Casgrain, legendary women’s suffrage leader, to assist in her work to obtain the vote for women in Quebec. Léa also became involved with the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) during their attempts to improve conditions in the garment industry. In 1937, Léa was a leader – along with organizers such as Rose Pesotta and Bernard Shane – in organizing over 5,000 women who walked off the job from the garment industry factories of Montreal. During the war years, Lea began working for the Radio Corporation of America (R.C.A.) and became an organizer for the United Electrical Workers, where she was a business agent for the 3,000 R.C.A. workers in Montreal. Lea was an active advocate for social justice and human rights for the majority of her life. She was affliated with numerous organizations in Montreal including the Québec Aid to the Partially Sighted, the Voice of Women, as well as anti-nuclear and anti-war groups. Lea was a continual presence within the ranks passing out leaflets, demonstrationing, providing support and lending her respected voice to so many causes.
Language
English
French
Yiddish
Spanish
Acquisition Source
Lea Roback
Custodial History
This material was donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives by Lea Roback in 1998. The material of the Fonds was in the possession of Ms. Roback until the date of the transfer.
Arrangement
The arrangement of the Lea Roback fonds maintained the order in which it was donated to the archives with the exception of Series 3. In the correspondence series, letters were grouped by sender and when without date or an identifiable author, were grouped together. In 2015, as a result of entering unprocessed material into the database, the intellectual arrangement of this fonds was also updated. To consult the original finding aid please contact the JPL-A directly.
Notes
In addition to textual and photographic material, the Lea Roback Fonds contains sound recordings (10 audio cassettes) and graphic material (2 prints, 7 posters)
Access Restrictions
Some privacy restrictions apply to material within the Léa Roback Fonds. Please contact the JPL-A directly for further information.
Reproduction Restrictions
Some Copyright restrictions may apply
Finding Aid
Detailed finding aid available; file level control.
Accession No.
09-002
Name Access
Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
Subjects
Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
Labour movement
Labour unions
Women Workers
Women in the labour movement - Canada
Working Class
Feminism
Social justice
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
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Labour Zionist Movement/ Poale Zion

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79765
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZG/JC-Z; ZG/JC-Z-12
Date
1906-1983
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1906-1983
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZG/JC-Z
File No.
ZG/JC-Z-12
Subjects
Labour Zionist Movement/ Poale Zion
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Labour Zionist Movement/ Poale Zion; Achdut Avoda Clippings

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79766
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZG/JC-Z; ZG/JC-Z-12-11
Date
1906-1949
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1906-1949
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZG/JC-Z
File No.
ZG/JC-Z-12-11
Subjects
Labour Zionist Movement/ Poale Zion; Achdut Avoda Clippings
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Baron De Hirsch Labour and Immigration Bureaux

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51620
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZA 1907; ZA 1907-3-3
Date
1907
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1907
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZA 1907
File No.
ZA 1907-3-3
Subjects
Baron De Hirsch Labour and Immigration Bureaux
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn18200
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
4 m of textual records and other material
Date
1908-current
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 10 series containing the operating records of the Workmen's Circle, its committees, branches, choir and school program. Series I – Committees Series II – Branches Series III – His tory and Organizational Papers Series IV – Publications Series V – Abra…
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
4 m of textual records and other material
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 10 series containing the operating records of the Workmen's Circle, its committees, branches, choir and school program. Series I – Committees Series II – Branches Series III – His tory and Organizational Papers Series IV – Publications Series V – Abraham Reisen Schools Series VI – Workmen’s Circle Loan Syndicate Series VII – Workmen’s Circle Choir Series VIII – Workmen’s Circle, New York Series IX – Correspondence Series X – Scrapbooks and Artefacts
Date
1908-current
Storage Location
Bay 6
Creator
Workmen's Circle
Physical Condition
Excellent.
History / Biographical
The Workmen’s Circle (Arbeter Ring) of Montreal (now Worker’s Circle) celebrated its 100th Anniversary in the city in 2007. The organization, which was originally founded in New York in 1892 by mainly Russian Jewish immigrants fleeing Czarist pogroms, conducted itself as an “irretrievable part of the radical labour movement.” An advocate for change, the Workmen’s Circle also provided education, enlightenment, health benefits, open forums, a library, clubs and cemetery plots for its members. The work of the group extended to emergencies such as operating a soup kitchen during the Depression or organizing the Action Committee for Soviet Jewry in the late-1980s and early 1990s to aid immigration. Their involvement in politics saw support for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and candidates such as A.M. Klein, David Lewis and Kalman Kaplansky. In 1940, two Workmen’s Circle members from Branch 151 were elected to the Montreal municipal council, Michael Rubenstein and Albert Eaton. The first Workmen’s Circle building was completed in 1936 after several years of planning and a hold due to the Depression. The building was located at 4848 St. Laurent and served the Workmen’s Circle’s business and social activities as well as one of the schools. Like most other Jewish organizations, the Workmen’s Circle moved from the once-traditionally Jewish Main area and re-located to Isabella closer to the Jewish community campus. The Worker’s Circle is still housed there although the organization is shrinking and serves an aging population.
Language
Yiddish, English, Russian
Acquisition Source
Workmen's Circle of Montreal
Custodial History
Transferred directly from the Workmen's Circle, first date of transfer unknown, accural of new materials in November 2007.
Arrangement
Current arrangement based on an older system of description used by the JPL-A during the 1970s and 1980s. The finding aid was up-dated to RAD standards in March 2008.
Related Material
Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
Name Access
Workmen's Circle, Montreal
Subjects
Workmen's Circle Schools (Montreal, Quebec)
Labour and labouring classes
Workmen's Circle - Eugene Debs Branch no. 204
Workmen's Circle - Meyer London Branch no. 151
Workmen's Circle - Moishe Lewis Branch
Workmen's Circle, New York
Workmen's Circle - Vladeck Branch
Workmen's Loan Syndicate (Montreal)
Labour movement
Labour unions
Women in the labour movement - Canada
Workmen's Circle - Ladies' Vladeck Branch
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Farband Labor Zionist Order/ Souvenir Books - 30th Aniv.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79514
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZG/JC-Z; ZG/JC-Z-02-02
Date
1913-1943
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1913-1943
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZG/JC-Z
File No.
ZG/JC-Z-02-02
Subjects
Farband Labor Zionist Order/ Souvenir Books - 30th Aniv.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Labour Zionist Movement/ Poale Zion; Correspondence

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79768
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZG/JC-Z; ZG/JC-Z-12-04
Date
1916-1934
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1916-1934
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZG/JC-Z
File No.
ZG/JC-Z-12-04
Notes
Yiddish
Subjects
Labour Zionist Movement/ Poale Zion; Correspondence
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Labour Zionist Movement/ Correspondence (Incoming)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79801
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZG/JC-Z; ZG/JC-Z-11-12
Date
1916-1977
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1916-1977
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZG/JC-Z
File No.
ZG/JC-Z-11-12
Subjects
Labour Zionist Movement/ Correspondence (Incoming)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Jewish National Workers Alliance of America (Farband, Labor Zionist Alliance): correspondence, reports (mainly Yiddish); newsletters; membership receipt 1917; press, etc.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79720
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZG; ZG-2009-03
Date
1917-1944
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1917-1944
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZG
File No.
ZG-2009-03
Subjects
Jewish National Workers Alliance of America (Farband, Labor Zionist Alliance): correspondence, reports (mainly Yiddish); newsletters; membership receipt 1917; press, etc.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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CJC Plenary Delegates - Jewish Socialist Labor Party Poale-Zion

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51744
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZA 1919; ZA 1919-10-27; 53
Date
1919
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1919
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZA 1919
File No.
ZA 1919-10-27
Item No.
53
Subjects
CJC Plenary Delegates - Jewish Socialist Labor Party Poale-Zion
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Leib Zuker Fonds

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Collection
Leib Zuker Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.25m textual records
Fonds No.
1275
Scope and Content
Consists of records documenting Zuker's speeches and writings as well as some correspondence.
Collection
Leib Zuker Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.25m textual records
Scope and Content
Consists of records documenting Zuker's speeches and writings as well as some correspondence.
Fonds No.
1275
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Leib Zuker was born in Poland in 1887 and came to Montreal as a young boy in 1904. Zuker's father was a smith and Zuker was referred to as being largely self-educated. Zuker is best remembered for his enormous contributions and involvement in the Montreal Jewish community. He was intrical in the founding of the Jewish Public Library as well as being part of several other community and national organizations such as the Labour Zionist Movement in Canada, the Canadian Jewish Congress, Jewish Immigrant Aid Services and the Jewish Community Council. In 1959, in recognition for outstanding services to the Jewish Peretz School, that institution named the new school building the L. Zuker Building.
Language
Yiddish
English
Name Access
Zuker, Leib, ca1887-1965
Subjects
Yiddish
Education - Jews
Jewish Peretz Schools
Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec)
Canadian Jewish Congress
Labour Zionist Alliance (Montreal, Quebec)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Share certificate, Poale Zion Publishing Association

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn68951
Collection
Leib Zuker Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file textual records
Fonds No.
1275; 00007
Collection
Leib Zuker Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file textual records
Fonds No.
1275
File No.
00007
Storage Location
JPL
Language
English
Name Access
Zuker, Leib, ca1887-1965
Subjects
Yiddish
Education - Jews
Jewish Peretz Schools
Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec)
Canadian Jewish Congress
Labour Zionist Alliance (Montreal, Quebec)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Labour Zionist Movement/ May Day, Electioneering

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79826
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZG/JC-Z; ZG/JC-Z-11-14
Date
1921-1926
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1921-1926
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZG/JC-Z
File No.
ZG/JC-Z-11-14
Notes
Yiddish
Subjects
Labour Zionist Movement/ May Day, Electioneering
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Labour Zionist Movement/ Socialist meetings

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79851
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZG/JC-Z; ZG/JC-Z-11-14
Date
1921-1926
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1921-1926
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZG/JC-Z
File No.
ZG/JC-Z-11-14
Subjects
Labour Zionist Movement/ Socialist meetings
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Oberman Family Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77964
Collection
Oberman Family Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.3 metres textual records
Fonds No.
1309
Date
1922-2000
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of correspondence and biographical materials related to both Morris and Judith Oberman as well as documents, correspondence, clippings and scrapbooks related to their Zionist activities.
Collection
Oberman Family Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.3 metres textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of correspondence and biographical materials related to both Morris and Judith Oberman as well as documents, correspondence, clippings and scrapbooks related to their Zionist activities.
Date
1922-2000
Fonds No.
1309
Storage Location
1-3B
History / Biographical
Morris Oberman (1900-1987) was born in Russia but moved to Palestine at a young age. In 1918 he was an early volunteer with the Jewish Legion under Vladimir Jabotinsky. After the war ended, Oberman moved to Canada where he met his future wife. Judith (nee Barslavsky, 1902-2000), born in Russia, was active in the Pioneer Women as well as the Labour Zionist movement with her husband. In 1987 they were honoured by the Labour Zionist Alliance for their commitment and work for the Jewish National Fund and other Zionist activities.
Language
English
Hebrew
Subjects
Oberman, Judith, 1902-2000
Oberman, Morris, 1900-1987
Labour Zionist Alliance (Montreal, Quebec)
Labour Zionist Movement.
Pioneer Women (The Women's Labour Zionist Organization of America).
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Professional activity

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31360
Collection
Lea Roback Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1.0m of textual records
Fonds No.
1243; 1
Date
1925-1996
Scope and Content
This series includes working documents and material produced through and used for Lea Roback's professional activities. It includes records on various social justice causes, such of reproductive rights and labour activism, awards and certificates, as well as interviews with Lea Roback and her writi…
Collection
Lea Roback Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1.0m of textual records
Scope and Content
This series includes working documents and material produced through and used for Lea Roback's professional activities. It includes records on various social justice causes, such of reproductive rights and labour activism, awards and certificates, as well as interviews with Lea Roback and her writing.
Date
1925-1996
Fonds No.
1243
Series No.
1
Storage Location
JPL
Language
English
French
Acquisition Source
Lea Roback
Notes
TItle supplied from series content.
Access Restrictions
Privacy restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Name Access
Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
Subjects
Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
Feminism
Feminist Movement
Labour movement
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Poster. Jewish Branch of the Canadian Labour Defense League

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79239
Collection
Sholem Krishtalka Collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 poster : paper ; 30.3 x 22.8cm
Fonds No.
1099; 1; 00060; 1099_060_14
Date
[between 1925 and 1945]
Collection
Sholem Krishtalka Collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 poster : paper ; 30.3 x 22.8cm
Date
[between 1925 and 1945]
Fonds No.
1099
Series No.
1
File No.
00060
Item No.
1099_060_14
Storage Location
JPL
Language
Yiddish
Subjects
Labour
Labour movement
Communist Party of Canada
Canadian Labour Defense League
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
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Flyer. A Call from the Barber's Union, Local 659

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79276
Collection
Sholem Krishtalka Collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 flyer : paper ; 22.5 x 15.2cm
Fonds No.
1099; 1; 00059; 1099_059_6
Date
[between 1925 and 1945]
Collection
Sholem Krishtalka Collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 flyer : paper ; 22.5 x 15.2cm
Date
[between 1925 and 1945]
Fonds No.
1099
Series No.
1
File No.
00059
Item No.
1099_059_6
Storage Location
JPL
Physical Condition
Large rip in bottom section of the flyer.
Language
Yiddish
Notes
Text includes (translated from Yiddish): A Call from the Barber's Union, Local 659 / Be sure to support only those barber shops displayig a union sign! [Followed by a list of shops which are not unionized]
Subjects
Labour movement
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
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Labour Zionist Movement/ Poale Zion; Zerai Zion

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79776
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZG/JC-Z; ZG/JC-Z-12-06
Date
1925
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1925
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZG/JC-Z
File No.
ZG/JC-Z-12-06
Notes
Yiddish
Subjects
Labour Zionist Movement/ Poale Zion; Zerai Zion
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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