27 records – page 1 of 2.

"A Peretz Carnival"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44783
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00077
Date
1992
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Date
1992
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00077
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 004
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
Notes
File contains six photographs and advertisements.
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Associated Professional and Personal Activities

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16737
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.3m textual records ; 800 photographs ; 42 items, audio-visual
Fonds No.
1055; 2
Date
1974-2005
Scope and Content
This series consists of that material that provides evidence to additional professional and personal activities in the entertainment industry by Mr. Gesser. This series also includes biographical information supplied through articles featuring Mr. Gesser as well as recognition received including i…
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.3m textual records ; 800 photographs ; 42 items, audio-visual
Scope and Content
This series consists of that material that provides evidence to additional professional and personal activities in the entertainment industry by Mr. Gesser. This series also includes biographical information supplied through articles featuring Mr. Gesser as well as recognition received including induction into the Order of Canada in 1993.
Date
1974-2005
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
Storage Location
Bay 3
Creator
Sam Gesser
Custodial History
Donated directly by Sam Gesser
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-
Subjects
Folk music
Folkways Records
Popular music
Saidye Bronfman Centre Theatre
Plays
Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
Order of Canada
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Aviva Ravel Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44689
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
3.3m of multiple media
Fonds No.
1058
Scope and Content
Series 1 includes textual records and photographs, which are arranged following the principle of original order. Files also include scholarly works, handwritten and typed notes and drafts, newspaper clippings, promotional material, and professional correspondence regarding the works written, transl…
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
3.3m of multiple media
Scope and Content
Series 1 includes textual records and photographs, which are arranged following the principle of original order. Files also include scholarly works, handwritten and typed notes and drafts, newspaper clippings, promotional material, and professional correspondence regarding the works written, translated, and produced by Aviva Ravel. Series 2 includes textual records of professional correspondence , which detail Avival Ravel's large body of work. The files are arranged following the original order. Files also include newspaper clippings, and promotional material. Series 3 includes textual records of notebooks in Yiddish.
Fonds No.
1058
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Physical Condition
Good to excellent
History / Biographical
Author of more than 25 plays, numerous short stories, and works of non-fiction, Dr. Aviva Ravel's works concentrates heavily on Jewish life throughout the world and, more specifically, in Montreal. Her works have been featured on the CBC, Kol Isreal, and at the Saidye Bronfman Centre. Two of her plays were also adapted into film. Born in Montreal, Dr. Ravel holds a Ph.D in Canadian Theatre from McGill University, an M.A from the Université de Montréal, and a B.A from Concordia University. She taught English, drama, and Canadian literature at all three of these universities, including the Royal Military College. Dr. Ravel's work as an educator was not reserved only to college and university; she also taught regularly as an elementary teacher in Montreal as well as on a kibbutz in Israel. Since 1984 Aviva Ravel has been Artistic Director of Cameo Productions. She is also founder and director of the popular Performance Playreading Ensemble of the Cote St. Luc Library that has presented over 150 plays, both classical and modern, in the theatre auditorium. Dr. Ravel is the recipient of many awards including the Women Write for Theatre Award, J.I. Segal Award, Women's Press Club Award for Humour, Québec Drama Festival Award, Women's Federation Honoree for Contribution to Montreal Theatre, and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Québec Award. Recently, she was honoured by the Association for Canadian Theatre Research.
Language
English
French
Yiddish
Italian
Acquisition Source
Aviva Ravel
Custodial History
Aviva Ravel
Reproduction Restrictions
Contains copyright material. Consult JPL Archives for more information.
Accession No.
12-002
Name Access
Ravel, Aviva
Subjects
Ravel, Aviva.
Playwriting
Plays
Theatre
Theatrical Productions.
Writers, Yiddish
Writing - Fiction
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Chayele Grober Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn43491
Collection
Chayele Grober Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.25 m. of multimedia records
Fonds No.
1020
Date
[ca. 1930-1980]
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of scripts, promotional material, newspaper clippings and correspondence related to Chayele Grober's career in theatre. Fonds comprises a single series of twenty files.
Collection
Chayele Grober Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.25 m. of multimedia records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of scripts, promotional material, newspaper clippings and correspondence related to Chayele Grober's career in theatre. Fonds comprises a single series of twenty files.
Date
[ca. 1930-1980]
Fonds No.
1020
Storage Location
4-6C
History / Biographical
Chayele Grober (1898-1978) was born and educated in Bjalistok, Poland, and was transplanted to Moscow during World War II. Grober began her career as a performer in Moscow in 1918. She was among the founders and stars of the famous Hebrew theatre Habimah. She relocated to Montreal in the 1930s, where she continued her career as a singer and actress, working in Hebrew and Yidddish. She most often performed as a one-woman act incorporating song, theatre, dance, comedy and mime. She toured extensively, appearing in in South America, Canada, Europe, Israel, South Africa and Australia. In Montreal, Grober became director of the Yiddish Theatre Group in Montreal and founded her own studio which she named "Habimah" after the famous theatre founded in Moscow. Later in life, she performed less but remained involved in theatre as a drama teacher and playwrite.
Language
Yiddish
English
Spanish
Custodial History
The fonds contains a large amount of correspondence recieved by Mr. and Mrs. Ravitch from C. Grober, possibly indicating that all or part of the fonds was first collected by them before donation.
Name Access
Grober, Chayele, 1898-1978
Subjects
Theatre
Grober, Chayele, 1894-1978.
Yiddish Theatre Group [Montreal].
Dance
Theatrical Productions.
Yiddish theatre
Folk music
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"Dance Like a Butterfly"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44719
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00014
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00014
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 001
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
Notes
File contains correspondence from various sources regarding the play; also contains one brochure.
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Correspondence
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"Dance Like a Butterfly"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44726
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00021
Date
1994-1995, 2003
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Date
1994-1995, 2003
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00021
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 001
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
Notes
File contains correspondence, Canadian venues, five photographs, press releases, and brochures.
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Correspondence
Photographs
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"Disposessed"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44728
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00023
Date
1977
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Date
1977
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00023
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 001
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
Notes
File contains three photographs, brochures, a summary, and the original rehearsal script.
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Photographs
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"Good-Bye"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44745
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00040
Date
[196-]
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Date
[196-]
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00040
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 002
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
Notes
File contains a brochure, and three photographs from the play "Songs in the Furrows".
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Photographs
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"Horns"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44746
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00041
Date
1974
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Date
1974
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00041
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 002
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
Hebrew
Notes
File contains two photographs, brochures, posters, original manuscripts, Hebrew translations and drafts.
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Photographs
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"Inky-Pink"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44747
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00042
Date
1990
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Date
1990
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00042
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 002
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
Notes
File contains brochures, CBC scrip, and advertisements.
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Jewish Public Library

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44539
Collection
Jewish Public Library
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Fonds No.
1000
Date
1914-current
Scope and Content
This fonds consists of three individually organized collections based on records from the JPL. The first collection consists of materials organized from the JPL records dated 1914-1971. The second collection consists of material organized from the JPL records dated 1972-1986. The third collectio…
Collection
Jewish Public Library
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Scope and Content
This fonds consists of three individually organized collections based on records from the JPL. The first collection consists of materials organized from the JPL records dated 1914-1971. The second collection consists of material organized from the JPL records dated 1972-1986. The third collection consists of modern era records and is currently being organized following the creation of an appropriate records management classfication.
Date
1914-current
Fonds No.
1000
History / Biographical
The Jewish Public Library (JPL) was founded as a "folks" library, a library for all, in 1914. The creation of the JPL was a result of the consolidation of smaller, organization or ideology-based libraries already in existence. Key to the establishment of the JPL was Keneder Adler editor Reuben Brainin. Already active in Yiddish culture of the Montreal Jewish community, Brainin was a leader in the newly formed JPL until he left Montreal for New York in 1916. Brainin's archive collection was donated to the JPL upon his death in 1939. Until 1950 the Library was an independent body in the Jewish community. In 1952 it became a full member of the Allied Jewish Community Services (today known as FEDERATION CJA), an umbrella organization that conducts annual campaigns and is responsible for providing funding for its constituent agencies. The Library remains independent in that it is not part of the City of Montreal library system. The JPL was also a founding member of the Montreal Association of Indepedent Libraries. The operating language of the Library for the early years of its existence was Yiddish. Not just a place for reading, the Library was central to preserving a place for Yiddish culture in the lives of thousands of newly-arrived Eastern European Jewish immigrants. The Library became a venue for visiting authors, such as Sholem Aleichem in 1915, as well as a space for people to connect to a community as well as learn about their new city. At various points in its history the Library also provided learning opportunities under its Jewish People's University, YIFO. YIFO offered a wide variety of subjects taught by various instructors such as Melech Ravitch and Irving Layton. The Library was also the first home to Yiddish youth theatre, led by the then-newly arrived Dora Wasserman. Today the Library collects material and offers cultural programming in five languages: English, French, Yiddish, Hebrew and Russian. While the majority of new acquisitions, and thus the collection, remains focused on Judaica, the Library also provides general interest fiction, non-fiction, movies and music. The Library is further broadened by its Special Collections, which include the Jewish Public Library Archives, a community-based repository focused on social, cultural and educational history, a rare book collection, a Yizkor book collection, the Irving Layton Library Collection, a German Judaica collection, periodicals and Jewish Canadiana and international Jewry ephemeral collections. In 1929 a children's library section was added to the JPL. Now known as the Norman Berman Children's Library, children and their families can access a full-service children's and young adult library offering Judaica and general interest reading (fiction and non-fiction) in the five languages of the Library. In addition to the book, CD, DVD and reading kit collections, the Norman Berman Children's Library also offers year-long programming for children from birth to 14 years of age.
Language
Yiddish
English
French
Hebrew
Russian
Finding Aid
Please contact the JPL Archives directly to search the JPL archival collection.
Subjects
Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec)
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Kaufman, Yehuda, 1886-1976.
Hershman, Hirsch (Harry), 1876-1955
Books
Yiddish
Yiddish theatre
Wasserman, Dora.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"King of the Mice"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44749
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00044
Date
1974
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Date
1974
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00044
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 002
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
Notes
File contains 1974 Quebec Drama Festival pamphlet and script.
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"La Petit Injustice"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44750
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00045
Date
1980
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Date
1980
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00045
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 002
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
French
Notes
File contains brochures, script, and hand written drafts.
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"Listen, I'm Talking"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44759
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00047
Date
1991
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media
Date
1991
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00047
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 002
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
Notes
File contains seven photographs, script, advertisements, and hand written draft.
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Photographs
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"Mother Variations"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44764
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00058
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00058
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 003
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
Notes
File contains pictures from "Mother Variations".
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Photographs
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"Our Bed is Green"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44780
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00074
Date
1969
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Date
1969
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00074
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 003
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
Notes
File contains four photographs, one magazine, and hand written drafts of acts one and two.
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Papineau Files

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44849
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00144
Date
1978
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Date
1978
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00144
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 006
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
French
Notes
File contains press releases, sixteen photographs, handwritten notes, posters, photocopies, and articles.
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Ralph Novek Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16728
Collection
Ralph Novek Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
2 files of material
Fonds No.
1233
Date
1936-2006
Scope and Content
Contains photocopied typescripts of Novek’s radio plays (originals destroyed) as well as copies of Progressive Theatre, Northern Review, and Today.
Collection
Ralph Novek Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
2 files of material
Scope and Content
Contains photocopied typescripts of Novek’s radio plays (originals destroyed) as well as copies of Progressive Theatre, Northern Review, and Today.
Date
1936-2006
Fonds No.
1233
Storage Location
7-3C, SC3
Creator
Ralph Novek
History / Biographical
Ralph Novek was born to Jewish immigrant parents in Montreal on April 10, 1917. His father, Joseph Novek, left Poland in 1905 after being warned by the Russian officers that used Joseph’s father’s tailor shop that Joseph and his brother Israel were to be arrested because of their socialist Bundist activity. Joseph traveled first to England and arrived in Montreal in 1906. He married his cousin Helen Finestone in 1916. Ralph Novek married Shulamith Litman in 1939. The couple supported themselves through Shulamith’s dress designing and Ralph’s writing jobs. In 1945, Ralph Novek founded the Burns Advertising Company with Arthur Burns, running the business until his retirement. In addition to advertising, Ralph Novek also wrote radio plays for the CBC and contributed articles on theatre and progressive themes to various journals. Ralph Novek also translated into English, Benjamin Sack’s History of the Jews in Canada. Novek was related to Sack through his marriage.
Custodial History
Donated by Joel Novek, son of Ralph Novek to the JPL-A.
Notes
Stored in Small Collections Box#3 (SC3)
Name Access
Novek, Ralph
Subjects
Plays
Playwriting
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sack, Benjamin Gutelius
Radio plays
Progressive Theatre (Journal)
Anti-fascism - Drama
World War, 1939-1945 - Drama
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Scrapbook. - $5 Mixed Bag. – Arts festival. – 1970.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33941
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00735
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
File No.
00735
Storage Location
3-2G
CTN 020
Language
English
Notes
This scrapbooks contains clippings regarding the $5 Mixed Bag festival, an event produced by Sam Gesser that presented shows of film, theatre, dance and music.
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Festivals - Music
Festivals - Theatre
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"Second Chance"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44794
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Fonds No.
1058; 1; 00088
Date
1981
Collection
Aviva Ravel Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file with multiple media.
Date
1981
Fonds No.
1058
Series No.
1
File No.
00088
Storage Location
JPL
Bay 5
Ctn. 004
Creator
Aviva Ravel
Language
English
Notes
File contains various scripts and one photograph.
Subjects
Plays
Writing - Fiction
Theatre
Photographs
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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