topic:"Labour" found 17 records - The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network

Exterior, Organization Committee at RCA Victor, Montreal, ca1941-1943. Lea Roback standing third from right wearing coat with fur collar.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn32298

Collection: Lea Roback Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 9 cm

Fonds No.: 1243; 6; 00006; 014408

Date: 1941-1943

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Collection: Lea Roback Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 9 cm

Date: 1941-1943

Fonds No.: 1243

Series No.: 6

File No.: 00006

Item No.: 014408

Storage Location: Bay 2; Container 14

Acquisition Source: Lea Roback

Subjects: Strikes and lockouts; Labour and labouring classes

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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Exterior portrait of women and men standing in front of the Labor Zionist Center in Montreal, H.M Caiserman Memorial Building, 5101 Esplanade. (L-r?) Rabinovitch, Hays, Zukel, Caiserman, Bronfman, and Oberman.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn43470

Collection: Allan Raymond Collection

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 19.5 cm

Fonds No.: 1034; 015465

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Collection: Allan Raymond Collection

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 19.5 cm

Fonds No.: 1034

Item No.: 015465

Storage Location: PC

Notes: Names written on verso.

Subjects: Labour movement; Labour Zionist Alliance (Montreal, Quebec); Caiserman, Hananiah M.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Images

Exterior shot, crowd waving Israeli flags gathered in front of Histadrut House, Declaration of Independence in Israel, Labour Zionist Alliance Headquarters, [Esplanade ?], Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn21000

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 003038

Date: n.d.

Scope and Content: Reproduction; original created May 14, 1948.

1 image

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Reproduction; original created May 14, 1948.

Date: n.d.

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 003038

Notes: Location and date identified on upper recto; part of reproduction.; Certain people in photograph identified on verso, incl. Abraham Shurem, L. Cheifetz, Jacob Boro, Zipporah Stillman, Pauline Zipkin, Frieda Goodman, and Sylvia Brodkin.; Copy 1 of 3

Subjects: Histadrut House [Montreal, Quebec].; Labour Zionist Alliance (Montreal, Quebec); Yom Haatzmaut.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Images

Exterior shot, H. M. Caiserman Memorial Building, Labour Zionist Centre, Esplanade, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn20998

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 003036

Date: [195-]

1 image

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Date: [195-]

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 003036

Notes: Location and date identified on verso.

Subjects: Labour Zionist Alliance (Montreal, Quebec); H. M. Caiserman Memorial Building [Montreal, Quebec].; Monuments and memorials -- Israel.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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Group portrait of audience, Youth Council Congress, Labour Zionist Alliance, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn21009

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 003047

Date: [194-]

1 image

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Responsibility: J. H. Sommer.

Date: [194-]

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 003047

Notes: Location, group and event identified on verso.; "J. H. Sommer" stamp on verso.

Subjects: Labour Zionist Alliance (Montreal, Quebec)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Images

Group portrait of audience, Youth Labour Zionist, [Orpawier?] of Youth Council, Labour Zionist Alliance, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn21003

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 003041

Date: n.d.

1 image

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Date: n.d.

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 003041

Notes: Group and event identified on verso.

Subjects: Labour Zionist Alliance (Montreal, Quebec)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Images

Group portrait of Ichud Habonim, including Jacob Glatstein, Labour Zionist Alliance Headquarters, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn20999

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 003037

Date: n.d.

1 image

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Date: n.d.

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 003037

Notes: Group, location and certain people in photograph identified on verso.

Subjects: Labour Zionist Alliance (Montreal, Quebec); Ichud Habonim.; Glatstein, Jacob, 1896-1971.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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Group portrait of Pioneer Women's Organization, in honour of Golda Meir's visit, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn18703

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 24 x 19 cm on matte 30.5 x 27 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 000602

Date: n.d.

1 image

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 24 x 19 cm on matte 30.5 x 27 cm

Responsibility: Kashtan's Photo Studio, Montreal

Date: n.d.

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 000602

Notes: "Kashtan's Photo Studio" stamp on face border. Organization and event identified on verso.; Photo colour: sepia toned.; Copy 2 of 3.

Subjects: Pioneer Women (The Women's Labour Zionist Organization of America) - Montreal.; Meir, Golda, 1898-1978.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Images

Group portrait of two dancers performing on stage, Series of Dances, Youth Council, Labour Zionist Alliance, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn21015

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 003053

Date: n.d.

1 image

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Date: n.d.

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 003053

Notes: "Dina and Nachum" written on verso.; SCANNED

Subjects: Labour Zionist Alliance (Montreal, Quebec); Theatrical Productions.; Dance.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Images

Group portrait of two dancers performing on stage, Series of Dances, Youth Council, Labour Zionist Alliance, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn21018

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 003056

Date: n.d.

1 image

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm

Date: n.d.

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 003056

Notes: Event and group identified on verso.

Subjects: Labour Zionist Alliance (Montreal, Quebec); Dance.; Theatrical Productions.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Images

Interior group portrait of Pioneer Women of the Golda Myerson Group, Montreal, Quebec

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45381

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5cm x 20.5cm

Fonds No.: 1255; 018105

Date: 1955

1 image

Collection: Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5cm x 20.5cm

Date: 1955

Fonds No.: 1255

Item No.: 018105

Storage Location: JPL

Creator: Federal Photos

Notes: Stamped verso: FEDERAL PHOTOS / 1405 Mackay St. / (COR. ST. CATHERINE ST. W.) / MONTREAL QUE. / PLateau 2886 Inscription verso identifies individuals in image

Name Access: Federal Photo

Subjects: Pioneer Women (The Women's Labour Zionist Organization of America) - Montreal.; Meir, Golda, 1898-1978.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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Interior, ILGWU Local 252 members.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn32289

Collection: Lea Roback Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Fonds No.: 1243; 6; 00006; 014399

1 image

Collection: Lea Roback Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Fonds No.: 1243

Series No.: 6

File No.: 00006

Item No.: 014399

Storage Location: Bay 2; Container 14

Acquisition Source: Lea Roback

Subjects: Women in the labour movement - Canada; Women employees; Labour and labouring classes; Labour movement; Labour unions; International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library 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…

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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.