topic:"Royal Canadian Air Force" found 78 records - The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network

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

Exterior group portrait in winter, Benditsky family including Esther and Israel Benditsky, Lila Solomon, May Wax, Sammy Benditsky.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn73739

Collection: Benditsky Family Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.0cm x 8.5cm

Fonds No.: 1295; 4; 018209

Date: [between 1935 and 1945]

Collection: Benditsky Family Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.0cm x 8.5cm

Date: [between 1935 and 1945]

Fonds No.: 1295

Series No.: 4

Item No.: 018209

Storage Location: JPL

Subjects: Benditsky Family Fonds; Royal Canadian Air Force

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Photo Album #1

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72395

Collection: Murray Kay Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 42cm x 32cm x 6cm

Fonds No.: 1307; 2; 00002

Date: 1937-[197-?]

Collection: Murray Kay Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 42cm x 32cm x 6cm

Date: 1937-[197-?]

Fonds No.: 1307

Series No.: 2

File No.: 00002

Storage Location: 8-3A; Container 1

Language: English

Notes: Contains photographs, photographic reproductions, text, drawing, and poetry documenting Murray Kay's life in Montreal and his time serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. Also contains repoductions of photos taken at 1939 World's Fair and of Queen Elizabeth II and King George V's visit to Montreal. Also contains photographic reproductions of Rogers and Hammerstein, Tennessee Williams, George Bernard Shaw, Dwight Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, Sophia Loren, Jacqueline Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Pierre Trudeau, and Marlene Dietrich.

Subjects: Photographs; Poetry; Montreal (Quebec) - Jews; World War, 1939-1945; Royal Canadian Air Force; Queen Elizabeth II.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Murray Kay - Skiing in the Laurentiens, Quebec.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn74993

Collection: Murray Kay Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20.5 cm

Fonds No.: 1307; 2; 019643

Date: [ca. 1937-1939]

Collection: Murray Kay Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20.5 cm

Date: [ca. 1937-1939]

Fonds No.: 1307

Series No.: 2

Item No.: 019643

Storage Location: 8-3A; Container 1

Language: English

Notes: Hand tinted blue and orange

Subjects: Photographs; Montreal (Quebec) - Jews; World War, 1939-1945; Royal Canadian Air Force

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Amateur Photographers of Montreal - Photo Montage of Murray Kay and Friends Davie and Sydney.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn74994

Collection: Murray Kay Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

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

Fonds No.: 1307; 2; 019644

Date: [ca. 1937]

Collection: Murray Kay Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

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

Date: [ca. 1937]

Fonds No.: 1307

Series No.: 2

Item No.: 019644

Storage Location: 8-3A; Container 1

Language: English

Subjects: Photographs; Montreal (Quebec) - Jews; World War, 1939-1945; Royal Canadian Air Force

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Experiments in Trick Photography - Murray Kay as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn74995

Collection: Murray Kay Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 17 x 25 cm

Fonds No.: 1307; 2; 019645

Date: [ca. 1937]

Collection: Murray Kay Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 17 x 25 cm

Date: [ca. 1937]

Fonds No.: 1307

Series No.: 2

Item No.: 019645

Storage Location: 8-3A; Container 1

Creator: Murray Kay

Language: English

Subjects: Photographs; Montreal (Quebec) - Jews; World War, 1939-1945; Royal Canadian Air Force

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Experiments in Trick Photography - Murray Kay as the Drunkard and His Conscience

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn74996

Collection: Murray Kay Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 17 x 25 cm

Fonds No.: 1307; 2; 019646

Date: [ca. 1937]

Collection: Murray Kay Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 17 x 25 cm

Date: [ca. 1937]

Fonds No.: 1307

Series No.: 2

Item No.: 019646

Storage Location: 8-3A; Container 1

Creator: Murray Kay

Language: English

Subjects: Photographs; Montreal (Quebec) - Jews; World War, 1939-1945; Royal Canadian Air Force

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Murray Kay Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93094

Collection: Murray Kay Collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 2 albums + 1 file textual records + 2 audiocassettes + 12 photographs

Fonds No.: 1307

Date: c1937-2001

Scope and Content: Consists of two albums, created by Murray Kay, of both original and copies of photographs taken by Kay. The images are often accompanied by lines composed by Kay and include images of Montreal and Quebec in the 1930s, Kay's time in England with the RCAF, and his eventual move to California. Colle…

Collection: Murray Kay Collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 2 albums + 1 file textual records + 2 audiocassettes + 12 photographs

Scope and Content: Consists of two albums, created by Murray Kay, of both original and copies of photographs taken by Kay. The images are often accompanied by lines composed by Kay and include images of Montreal and Quebec in the 1930s, Kay's time in England with the RCAF, and his eventual move to California. Collection also includes a short story written by Kay entitled, "Man's Spectre" and a book of poetry composed entirely by Kay.

Date: c1937-2001

Fonds No.: 1307

Storage Location: JPL

Creator: Murray Kay

Physical Condition: Excellent.

History / Biographical: Murray Kay was born Morris Kotofsky in Montreal, Quebec on July 24, 1917 to Louis Kotofsky and Celia Jacobs Kotofsky. Murray had a typical up-bringing in what was then the Jewish neighborhood of Montreal, growing up doted upon by his three sisters, Lily, Belle and Anna. During World War II, Murray enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served overseas in England for a short time. As he received the highest marks in navigation school however, Murray was shipped back to Canada to become an instructor. In 1947, Murray left Montreal for California, creating a successful career in the manufacturing business that took him to numerous countries around the world. He was a lifelong photographer, playing with the medium in addition to documenting his time in the Air Force, overseas and in both Montreal and California. He also loved to compose poetry and write. He often wrote poems and tributes for special occasions for family and friends and is remembered for his love of the arts and providing inspiration to his children, nieces and nephews. After his retirement he took classes in creative writing and philosophy at UCLA. Mr. Kay died in 2001 in Marina del Ray, California.