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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
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Loan syndicate

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16873
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
5; 001
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Series No.
5
File No.
001
Storage Location
6-5B, Ctn. 020
Subjects
Workmen's Loan Syndicate (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Loan syndicate accounts

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16877
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
5; 001
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Series No.
5
File No.
001
Storage Location
6-5B, Ctn. 021
Subjects
Workmen's Loan Syndicate (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Loan syndicate

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16874
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
5; 002
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Series No.
5
File No.
002
Storage Location
6-5B, Ctn. 020
Subjects
Workmen's Loan Syndicate (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Loan syndicate statements

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16878
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
5; 002
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Series No.
5
File No.
002
Storage Location
6-5B, Ctn. 021
Subjects
Workmen's Loan Syndicate (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Loan syndicate papers

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16911
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
5; 002
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Series No.
5
File No.
002
Storage Location
6-5D, Ctn. 028
Subjects
Workmen's Loan Syndicate (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Loan syndicate

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16875
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
5; 003
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Series No.
5
File No.
003
Storage Location
6-5B, Ctn. 020
Subjects
Workmen's Loan Syndicate (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Loan syndicate statements

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16879
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
5; 003
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Series No.
5
File No.
003
Storage Location
6-5B, Ctn. 021
Subjects
Workmen's Loan Syndicate (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Loan syndicate, resignations

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16876
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
5; 004
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Series No.
5
File No.
004
Storage Location
6-5B, Ctn. 020
Subjects
Workmen's Loan Syndicate (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Accounts book [#1]

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16880
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
5; 004
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Series No.
5
File No.
004
Storage Location
6-5B, Ctn. 021
Subjects
Workmen's Loan Syndicate (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Loan Syndicate financial book

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16997
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
6; 001
Scope and Content
Includes entries on loan recipients as well as interest charged, pay schedules and shares.
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Scope and Content
Includes entries on loan recipients as well as interest charged, pay schedules and shares.
Series No.
6
File No.
001
Storage Location
6-5E, Ctn.037
Subjects
Workmen's Loan Syndicate (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Workmen's Circle Loan Syndicate

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16776
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.3m textual records
V
Date
1955-1983, predominant ca197[-]
Scope and Content
Consists of the accounts and applications to the Workmen's Loan Syndicate programme. Containers 020-022.
Collection
Workmen's Circle of Montreal Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.3m textual records
Scope and Content
Consists of the accounts and applications to the Workmen's Loan Syndicate programme. Containers 020-022.
Date
1955-1983, predominant ca197[-]
Series No.
V
Storage Location
Bay 6
Name Access
Workmen's Circle, Montreal
Subjects
Workmen's Loan Syndicate (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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