Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds

Scope and Content: Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds contains material regarding the personal and professional lives of Ginda and Abraham Rosenblatt. The fonds consists of four series: correspondence, writing of Abraham Rosenblatt, official docuements and ephemera.

Scope and Content: Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds contains material regarding the personal and professional lives of Ginda and Abraham Rosenblatt. The fonds consists of four series: correspondence, writing of Abraham Rosenblatt, official docuements and ephemera.

History Biographical: Ginda (born. 1891) and Abraham Rosenblatt immigrated from Lipcani, Bessaabia to Toronto in the late 1920's, then moving to Montreal in approximately 1940. Both were social workers affliated with Baron de Hirsch Institute, though Ginda was also a doctor and Abraham is presented as an adminstrator of the People's Library in Briceni, Moldova (also know as Brichon). Inlcuded within the fonds are some of Abraham Rosenblatt's published articles which appear to largely be published anonymously or under the pen name A. Besarbier.

Custodial History: The material of the Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds was donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives in April 1985 by Dr. Ginda Rosenblatt.