HEAPS, A. Abraham.

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Collection
HEAPS, A. Abraham.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.03 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0084
Date
1938-1982.
Scope and Content
Biographical press clippings. House of Commons debates. Correspondence about refugees, Zionism, antisemitism.
Collection
HEAPS, A. Abraham.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.03 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Biographical press clippings. House of Commons debates. Correspondence about refugees, Zionism, antisemitism.
Date
1938-1982.
Fonds No.
P0084
History / Biographical
Born in 1885, Abraham Heaps was one of Canada's best known labour leaders and former CCF Member of Parliament; in Parliament he helped refugees from Nazi persecution to acquire asylum in Canada; was a member of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services board of directors and chairman of its Committee on Publicity and Public Relations. He died in 1954.
Notes
1 correspondence file.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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