PASCAL, Maxwell S. and Florence.
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- Collection
- PASCAL, Maxwell S. and Florence.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1.17 metres of textual records. - 8 artefacts.
- Fonds No.
- P0120
- Date
- 1910-1992.
- Scope and Content
- Letters, cards, certificates pertaining to births, marriages, Bar Mitzvahs, deaths, awards. Press clippings. Correspondence. Plans re: community activities. Zionism. J. Pascal Hardware Co. Inc. Family and business photos. Items in collection also pertain to daughter Barbara Pascal Mintzberg and her…
- Collection
- PASCAL, Maxwell S. and Florence.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1.17 metres of textual records. - 8 artefacts.
- Scope and Content
- Letters, cards, certificates pertaining to births, marriages, Bar Mitzvahs, deaths, awards. Press clippings. Correspondence. Plans re: community activities. Zionism. J. Pascal Hardware Co. Inc. Family and business photos. Items in collection also pertain to daughter Barbara Pascal Mintzberg and her children. Addition 2008: Max Pascal's birth certificate, 1935. Max Pascal's birth certificate, 1965 (copy). Max Pascal's burial plot reservation, 1952. 1 letter from Congregation Shaar Hashomayim to Max Pascal re: burial plot reservation, 1953.Addition 2010: 3 Pascal's catalogues, 2 large paperback volumes about Pascal's stock, and 8 small business publications (including Pascal Co. worker's collective agreement.) Who's Who in Canada and National Reference book volumes, 1956. One place setting containing 6 white china dishes with the Pascal "P" logo, used for Passover meals eaten by family members at headquarters store on Bleury avenue, [1960s.] One ceremonial trowel inscribed to Max Pascal with the date of the groundbreaking for the Baron de Hirsch Institute building on Sherbrooke St., 1950. One plaque of appreciation for Max Pascal's role as Honorary Korean consul, 1973.
- Date
- 1910-1992.
- Fonds No.
- P0120
- History / Biographical
- Born in 1901, Mr. Maxwell S. Pascal was president of J. Pascal Hardware Co. Ltd., which grew to become Montreal's most well-known chain of hardware stores. He was also the consul for the Republic of Korea in Montreal. In his volunteer capacities, Pascal was general chairman of Montreal's Combined Jewish Appeal-United Israel Appeal in 1958 as well as president of the Baron de Hirsch Institute and a member of National Council of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. He married Florence Bloomfield in 1936. Mr. Pascal died in 1989, and his wife died in 1956.
- Custodial History
- This addition was donated by Florence Pascal through Eiran Harris on April 14, 2008. An addition was made on February 11, 2010 by Barbara Mintzberg & Harry Pascal.
- Notes
- P90/11, P08/08.1 file.Wooden plaques, framed photos and certificates.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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