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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
Labour Committee
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16831
- Collection
- Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- 3; 003
- Collection
- Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Series No.
- 3
- File No.
- 003
- Storage Location
- 6-5A, Ctn. 015
- Subjects
- Workmen's Circle of Montreal
- Labour movement
- Labour and labouring classes
- Jewish Labor Committee (Canada)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
May First Celebrations
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16845
- Collection
- Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- 3; 017
- Collection
- Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Series No.
- 3
- File No.
- 017
- Storage Location
- 6-5A, Ctn. 015
- Subjects
- Workmen's Circle of Montreal
- Labour movement
- Labour and labouring classes
- May Day (Labour Holiday)
- 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
Bill 22
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn68994
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00002
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00002
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn. 001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Bill 50, response and briefs
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn68995
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00003
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00003
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn. 001
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Selection of content digitized. To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
JLC Bulletins
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn68996
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00004
- Date
- 1975
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00004
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn. 001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Minutes, Canadian Labour Congress on Human Rights
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn68997
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00005
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00005
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn. 001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Canadian Labour Congress on Human Rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Correspondence
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn68998
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00006
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00006
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn. 001
- Language
- English
- Access Restrictions
- Restricted. Contact the JPL Archives for more information.
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Correspondence
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn68999
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00007
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00007
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn. 001
- Language
- English
- Access Restrictions
- Restricted. Contact the JPL Archives for more information.
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Correspondence (Canadian Labour Congress)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn69000
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00008
- Date
- 1975
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00008
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn. 001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Finance, Joint Advisory Labour Committee
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn69001
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00009
- Date
- 1972
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 1972
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00009
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn.001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Financial papers and vouchers
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn69002
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00010
- Date
- 1975
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00010
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn.001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Financial papers and vouchers
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn69003
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00011
- Date
- 1975
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00011
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn.001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Financial papers and vouchers
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn69004
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00012
- Date
- 1975
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00012
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn.001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Financial statements
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn69005
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00013
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00013
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn.001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Green Paper on Immigration
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn69006
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00014
- Date
- 1975
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00014
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn.001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Bank statements, Joint Advisory Labour Committee
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn69007
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00015
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00015
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn.001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Minutes, National Executive
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn69008
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00016
- Date
- 1975
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00016
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn.001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
National Jewish community relations
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn69009
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023; 00017
- Collection
- Jewish Labour Committee Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1023
- File No.
- 00017
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Ctn.001
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Jewish Labour Committee (Montreal, Quebec)
- Labour
- Labour and labouring classes
- Labour leaders
- Labour movement
- Human rights
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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