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Dan Daniels Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45264
- Collection
- Dan Daniels Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1.26m of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1285
- Scope and Content
- Consists of typescripts of Daniels' works, including essays, short stories, plays and scripts.
- Collection
- Dan Daniels Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1.26m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of typescripts of Daniels' works, including essays, short stories, plays and scripts.
- Fonds No.
- 1285
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Dan Daniels
- History / Biographical
- Born in Montreal, ca1921, Dan Daniels began writing at thirteen and became a social activist at seventeen. Daniels also developed a career as a storyteller beginning in 1972. In 1938 Daniels joined the Communist party and remained an active member until 1955. Under the party Daniels worked as a trade union organizer with warehouse workers, in the textile industry, aircraft industry, glass workers and with seamen. Daniels worked on Canadian merchant ships and was later an organizer for the group. According to his biography in "Paranoia and Dirty Feet", published by White Dwarf Editions in 1995, during his work with the merchant seamen he was, "thrown off one freighter after being accused of mutiny (of which he admits he was technically guilty: he refused to obey an officer's order) and was arrested eleven times during the seamen's strikes of 1946, 1948, and 1949. Daniels left the Communist Party in 1955, at which point many Canadian members also did, because he felt the Soviet regime was oppressive and no longer serving the working class. When the Canadian Labour Party did not split from Soviet influence, Daniels left the party. In addition to his trade union work, Daniels was instrumental in numerous other organizations and social movements, including: Fair Play for Cuba Committee in Montreal (which helped to found), resistance efforts against the Vietnam war, the non-Communist peace movement, and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. He was also one of the leaders of Operation St-Jean-Baptiste, a group devoted to removing the nuclear missiles held in La Macaza, Quebec. Daniels had stories, essays and articles published in periodicals and journals in Canada, the United States, England, Australia and Mexico. He had plays produced for the stage in Canada and the United States and had works broadcast on radio and television. Daniels created his persona, "Dan the Storyman" to bring storytelling to elementary school classrooms in primary schools for both the Protestant and Catholic schools boards of Montreal. He was a founding member of both the Playwrights' Workshop of Montreal and the Playwrights Circle of Montreal. Daniels wrote three novels; one written at thirteen, which was destroyed by the author, a second novel was confiscated by the Quebec Provincial Police during the Padlock Law days and a third entitled, "Waiting to be Buried". None of the novels were published. During the 1960s, Daniels worked as an educator in Tanguay women's prison under the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal. He also received a master's degree in Environmental Studies from York University and later taught at College Marie-Victorin.
- Language
- English
- Custodial History
- Transferred to JPL-A by Daniels' wife.
- Subjects
- Plays
- Playwriting
- Writing - Fiction
- Writing.
- Writers.
- Communist Party of Canada
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Trade unions
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Fred Rose Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn92947
- Collection
- Fred Rose Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.2m multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1448
- Date
- 1943-1989
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of clippings, electoral pamphlets and posters, publications written by, as well as featuring, Fred Rose.
- Collection
- Fred Rose Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.2m multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of clippings, electoral pamphlets and posters, publications written by, as well as featuring, Fred Rose.
- Date
- 1943-1989
- Fonds No.
- 1448
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Fred Rose (born Fishel Rosenberg) was a member of the Communist Party of Canada and the Labour-Progessive Party. He served as MP of the Cartier district and the first Canadian MP elected as a communist. In 1946 he was arrested in the first Cold War spy trials.
- Language
- English Yiddish
- Custodial History
- Unknown
- Name Access
- Rose, Fred
- Subjects
- Communism
- Communist Party of Canada
- Political elections
- Labour Progressive Party
- Politics and government
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Henry Rabin Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn80223
- Collection
- Henry Rabin Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.3 linear metres of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1157
- Date
- 1950-1983
- Scope and Content
- Consists of mainly ephemera that documents Mr. Rabin's involvement in various community organizations and Yiddish culture; specifically, the Labour Zionist Alliance, the Jewish Public Library, Habonim, and more.
- Collection
- Henry Rabin Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.3 linear metres of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of mainly ephemera that documents Mr. Rabin's involvement in various community organizations and Yiddish culture; specifically, the Labour Zionist Alliance, the Jewish Public Library, Habonim, and more.
- Date
- 1950-1983
- Fonds No.
- 1157
- Storage Location
- 2-1E
- Ctn. 001
- History / Biographical
- Henry Rabin was a longtime member and leader in the Labour Zionist Alliance as well as an invaluable volunteer at the Jewish Public Library. Through his work at the JPL, Rabin organized and recorded a collection of Yiddish talking books, which are now available digitally through the Yiddish Book Centre.
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects
- Rabin, Henry
- Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour Zionist Alliance (Montreal, Quebec)
- Yiddish
- Music.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Jewish Labour Bund
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn92938
- Collection
- Jewish Labour BUND
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6cm textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1194
- Date
- 1949-1967
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists primarily of material related to the Bund's Third World Conference and the Jewish Labour Committee Montreal Division. Materials include: File 001: Clippings File 002: Pre-Conference Correspondence and Delegate List, 1955 File 003: Post-Conference Correspondence, 1955 File 004: P…
- Collection
- Jewish Labour BUND
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6cm textual records
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists primarily of material related to the Bund's Third World Conference and the Jewish Labour Committee Montreal Division. Materials include: File 001: Clippings File 002: Pre-Conference Correspondence and Delegate List, 1955 File 003: Post-Conference Correspondence, 1955 File 004: Post-Conference Correspondence, 1955 File 005: Post-Conference Correspondence, 1955 File 006: Membership List File 007: Executive de l'association des socialists juifs "Bund" 1967 File 008: Meetings 1964-1965 File 009: Bund Papers, 1963 File 010: Varia
- Date
- 1949-1967
- Fonds No.
- 1194
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- The Jewish Labour Bund, formed in 1897, was an influential political organization and labour union throughout the 20th century. It played a role in the formation of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and was influential in interwar Poland. The Bundist movement travelled with Jewish immigrants, influencing social movements around the world. In 1955 the The Jewish Labour Bund held the Third World Conference in Montreal. https://yivo.org/cimages/bund_120_post-pub_final.pdf
- Language
- English French Yiddish
- Related Material
- Workman's Circle Fonds
- Subjects
- Bund, Jewish
- Labour movement
- Labour unions
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn68993
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.9 m of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- Scope and Content
- This fond consists mainly of working documents such as correspondence and financial papers, predominantly from the late 1940s to the 1970s. The documents deals with the advocacy activities of the JLC such as bringing refugees over to Montreal and later raising money to aid Pakistani refugees. Hig…
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.9 m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This fond consists mainly of working documents such as correspondence and financial papers, predominantly from the late 1940s to the 1970s. The documents deals with the advocacy activities of the JLC such as bringing refugees over to Montreal and later raising money to aid Pakistani refugees. Highlights of the fonds include correspondence between David Lewis, then secretary of the CCF, his father Moishe Lewis, and Kalman Kaplansky, both labour leaders in Montreal’s Workmen’s Circle and JLC.
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- In 1934, leaders in the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, the Workmen’s Circle, the Jewish Daily Forward Association, the Jewish Socialist Verband and others gathered in New York’s lower east side to form the Jewish Labor Committee. The formation of the JLC was in response to the ever-growing threat of fascism in Europe. The group publicly campaigned to raise awareness of the plight of European Jewry, raised funds for partisan fighters, brought over thousands of political and cultural leaders – both Jews and non-Jews, and immediately after the war assisted in relief efforts and provided support in bringing over refugees. Jewish Labour Committees both in the United States and Canada extended their wartime work in the 1950s by campaigning against discrimination among workers as well as human rights activism on a global scale. In Montreal, the Jewish Labour Committee actively participated in pressuring the government to adopt human rights legislation at the provincial level. In 1947, the Canadian government selected two members of the JLC, Bernard Shane and Maurice Silcoff, to travel to Europe to select skilled immigrants as refugees. Both men were temporarily named colonels of the Canadian army so that they could travel more easily across war ravaged Europe. The task of bringing over skilled garment workers to Canada was no mean feat but the efforts had far reaching implications since workers were then able to bring over family members. The Jewish Labor Committee of Canada Bulletin for 1975, on reporting the death of Bernard Shane, placed the number of families brought to Canada through the work of the JLC at over 2,000.
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- French
- Access Restrictions
- Some material restricted due to privacy.
- Related Material
- Workmen's Circle Fonds
- CCF Fonds (Small Collections)
- Lea Roback Fonds
- Accession No.
- 00-078
- Subjects
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Displaced persons
- Refugee camps.
- Tailors
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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
Leib Zuker Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn68944
- 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
Matzah Bakery Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn73506
- Collection
- Matzah Bakery Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 39 photographs: 20cm x 25cm ; b&w; 3 flyers
- Fonds No.
- 1279
- Date
- March 1995
- Scope and Content
- Photographic essay by Liliane Aberman depicting the making of 'Shmura Matzo' at a Montreal factory. Three flyers advertising 'Shmura Matzos.'
- Collection
- Matzah Bakery Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 39 photographs: 20cm x 25cm ; b&w; 3 flyers
- Scope and Content
- Photographic essay by Liliane Aberman depicting the making of 'Shmura Matzo' at a Montreal factory. Three flyers advertising 'Shmura Matzos.'
- Of her work, the artist states, "In March 1995, a few days before Passover, I was introduced to the matza factory. The factory, prepares Shmura matza and was at this time in the accellerated tempo of full production. I was fascinated by the sights and sounds of this industrious place especially because it seemed to emerge out of a bygone era. Everything here is done by hand, untouched by the mechanization of the western world.
- As I observed the work in progress, it seemed to me that I was a spectator at a ballet of sorts where each individual fit into a perfectly orchestrated series of steps. There are no extraneous movements and no wasted time, as each batch of matza must be prepared within 14 min. These photographs are a selection of the images taken at the matza factory and record the process of preparing the matza." - Liliane Aberman
- Responsibility
- Liliane Aberman
- Date
- March 1995
- Fonds No.
- 1279
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Liliane Aberman
- History / Biographical
- Liliane Aberman (nee Shouela) is a phtographer and artist working in Montreal.
- Acquisition Source
- Liliane (Shouela) Aberman
- Custodial History
- Donated by creator.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyrighted material. Contact the JPL Archives for more information.
- Accession No.
- 12-001
- Places
- Montreal (Quebec)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
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
The Organizer
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38373
- Collection
- Organizer Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 9 p.
- Fonds No.
- 1266
- Collection
- Organizer Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 9 p.
- Parallel Title
- L'Organisation
- Publication
- Montreal, QC : Joint Council Cloak and Dressmakers Union
- Fonds No.
- 1266
- Storage Location
- SC3
- Language
- English
- French
- Acquisition Source
- Urian Family
- Related Material
- Lea Roback Collection
- Accession No.
- 10-009
- Subjects
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
- Roback, Lea, 1903-2000
- Labour movement
- Labour unions
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Images
Sholem Krishtalka Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn42443
- Collection
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 3.76 linear metres of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1099
- Date
- 1929-1978
- Scope and Content
- Consists of personal documents from the Krishtalka family, correspondence and ephemeral and organizational material from international and Jewish Montreal organizations such as UJPO, YKUF and the Jewish Public Library. Also contains numerous posters and flyers for theatre, arts and musical present…
- Collection
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 3.76 linear metres of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Consists of personal documents from the Krishtalka family, correspondence and ephemeral and organizational material from international and Jewish Montreal organizations such as UJPO, YKUF and the Jewish Public Library. Also contains numerous posters and flyers for theatre, arts and musical presentations in Jewish Montreal.
- Date
- 1929-1978
- Fonds No.
- 1099
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Cultural activitist, Sholem Krishtalka was born in Ludmir, Poland on February 4, 1905. He received his education at Hebrew Tarbut School where he studied Talmud, Kabalah and mysticism. Krishtalka's academic interests though also ran towards Yiddish literature, music, folklore, social sciences and history. Krishtalka arrived in Montreal in 1933 and immediately became active in IKUF (Yidisher Kultur Farband) as well as the United Jewish People's Order, the Jewish Public Library, and various book committees that supported the publications of Yiddish authors and poets. For the JPL he was a major part of the building campaign that saw the construction of the Library's "new" building on the corner of Mont-Royal and Esplanade. His passion for the culture and politics of the Jewish community extended to collecting the ephemera, posters, and articles produced by its citizens and organizations. Sholem Krishtalka's son, Aaron Krishtalka, remembers his father removing posters and flyers from walls specifically to preserve the event and information for future generations. His interests influenced his collecting habits and as a result his archival collection consists of a wide variety of social ephemeral from political movements, labour rights efforts, philanthropic endeavours, theatre, music, literature and so on. He collected various ephemeral materials also with the help of his wife, Shifra, who was a writer, teacher, and sister to fellow Yiddish writers and teachers, Jacob Zipper, and Sholem, Yehiel, and Israel Shtern. After World War II ended Mr. Krishtalka became involved in actively helping victims of the Holocaust. Sholem Krishtalka passed away on August 16, 1977.
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects
- Krishtalka, Sholem
- Krishtalka, Shifra
- Theatrical Productions.
- Theatre
- Yiddish theatre
- Labour movement
- Labour and labouring classes
- Refugees - Canada
- World War, 1939-1945
- United Jewish People's Order (UJPO)
- Yidisher Kultur Farband (YKUF)
- Monument-National Theatre [Montreal].
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Sylvia Gerson Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17184
- Collection
- Sylvia Gerson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1114
- Date
- 1928-1951
- Scope and Content
- Consists of newspaper clippings regarding Canadian Air Force (1942), Montreal Joint Board as well as Montreal Dress Cutters Union membership book (1934), New Year's cards (ca1928) and various snapshots (undated, unidentified).
- Collection
- Sylvia Gerson Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Consists of newspaper clippings regarding Canadian Air Force (1942), Montreal Joint Board as well as Montreal Dress Cutters Union membership book (1934), New Year's cards (ca1928) and various snapshots (undated, unidentified).
- Date
- 1928-1951
- Fonds No.
- 1114
- Storage Location
- 7-5C, SC1
- Language
- English; Yiddish
- Subjects
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Gerson, Louis
- Gerson, Sylvia
- Montreal Dress Cutters Union
- Trade unions
- Labour and labouring classes
- New Year's cards
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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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