The Canada Council – 2006-2007

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn34226
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00871
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
File No.
00871
Storage Location
3-
CTN 028
Language
English
Notes
Contains documents related to the funding of “Dancing to Beethoven”, including reference letters from Canadian National Institute for the Blind and Montreal Association for the Blind. Also contains agreements and correspondance related to Gesser’s induction to the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame.
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Plays
Playwriting
Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Correspondence. – “Dancing With Beethoven.” – September 2003-February 2004.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33999
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00793
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.
00793
Storage Location
3-2G
CTN 024
Language
English
Notes
This file contains a document in Braille.
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Plays
Playwriting
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Financial information. – “Dancing to Beethoven.” – 2003.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33888
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00681
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
File No.
00681
Storage Location
3-2D
CTN 017
Language
English
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Plays
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Group portrait of a teacher helping eleven year-old North African immigrant Menashe Bardah read braille, Jerusalem Institution, Israel.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn27367
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 23 x 18.25 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 009742
Date
[195-?]
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 23 x 18.25 cm
Responsibility
Joint Distribution Committee
Date
[195-?]
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
009742
Notes
Description attached on verso.
Subjects
Schools.
Children -- Jewish.
Blind persons.
Teachers.
Immigrants, North African -- Israel.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Group portrait of blind children reading braille while two teachers assist, Morocco.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn26226
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 22.75 x 18.25 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 008569
Date
[1966-1969]
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 22.75 x 18.25 cm
Responsibility
Joint Distribution Committee
Date
[1966-1969]
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
008569
Subjects
Schools.
Teachers.
Students.
Morocco -- Jews.
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Group portrait of children who are blind, clapping hands, Jerusalem Institute for the Blind.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn28568
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 17.5cm x 12cm
Fonds No.
1255; 010753
Date
ca195-
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 17.5cm x 12cm
Responsibility
Photo: D. Rubinger, Jerusalem
Date
ca195-
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
010753
Subjects
Blind persons.
Blindness.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Interior, two young boys playing violin accompanied by a young girl on piano and a young boy on mandolin. Jerusalem Insitute for the Blind.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn28571
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 18cm x 12cm
Fonds No.
1255; 010757
Date
195?
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 18cm x 12cm
Responsibility
Jerusalem Institute for the Blind
Date
195?
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
010757
Subjects
Blindness.
Blind persons.
Jerusalem Institute for the Blind
Musical instruments.
Pianos.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Interior, two young children reading in braille, Jerusalem Institute for the Blind.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn28572
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 19 x 11.5cm
Fonds No.
1255; 010758
Date
195?
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 19 x 11.5cm
Responsibility
Jerusalem Institute for the Blind
Date
195?
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
010758
Subjects
Jerusalem Institute for the Blind
Blind persons.
Braille
Blindness.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

“Acting Blind.” – 2005.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn34000
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00794
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
File No.
00794
Storage Location
3-2G
CTN 024
Language
English
Notes
This file contains information relating to the 2005 Documentary “Acting Blind,” which followed rehearsals for “Dancing With Beethoven.”
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Documentary films - Canada.
National Film Board of Canada
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Lease agreement, Place des Arts. – “Dancing to Beethoven.” – Written by Samuel Gesser. – 12/15 – 12/20/2003.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33887
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00680
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
File No.
00680
Storage Location
3-2D
CTN 017
Language
English
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Plays
Playwriting
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Press materials. – “Dancing to Beethoven.” – 2003.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33889
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00682
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.
00682
Storage Location
3-2D
CTN 017
Language
English
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Plays
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Production Notes. – “Dancing With Beethoven.” – 2003.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33997
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00791
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
File No.
00791
Storage Location
3-2G
CTN 024
Language
English
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Plays
Playwriting
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Project Grant. – “Dancing With Beethoven.” – 2006.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33996
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00790
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
File No.
00790
Storage Location
3-2G
CTN 024
Language
English
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Plays
Playwriting
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Promotional, Photographs, Programmes - “Dancing With Beethoven.” – 2003.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33998
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual and photographic records
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00792
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 file of textual and photographic records
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
File No.
00792
Storage Location
3-2G
CTN 024
Language
English
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Plays
Playwriting
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Screenplay drafts and resource material – “Snakes and Flowers” – c2004

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn34203
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00848
Date
c2004
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Date
c2004
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
File No.
00848
Storage Location
3-1G
CTN 026
Language
English
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Screenplays
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Scripts. – “Dancing With Beethoven.” – 2003.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33995
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00789
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
File No.
00789
Storage Location
3-2G
CTN 024
Language
English
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Plays
Playwriting
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Teacher with group of seven students, boys and girls, in science class, Jerusalem Insitute for the Blind. Beakers and test tubes on table in middle of room.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn28540
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds No.
1255; 010756
Date
ca195?
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Responsibility
Jerusalem Insitute for the Blind
Date
ca195?
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
010756
Subjects
Jerusalem Institute for the Blind
Blindness.
Blind persons.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

VHS Video Cassette - “Acting Blind” - Demo, Digital Cut. - 02/02/2004

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn34212
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 VHS video cassette
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00857
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 VHS video cassette
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
File No.
00857
Storage Location
3-1G
CTN 027
Language
English
Notes
A demo of the NFB documentary that followed the production of “Dancing to Beethoven”
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Documentary films - Canada.
Blind persons.
Plays
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

VHS Video Cassette - “Dancing to Beethoven” by Sam Gesser - 12/18/2003

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn34213
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 VHS video cassette
Fonds No.
1055; 2; 00858
Collection
Sam Gesser Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
1 VHS video cassette
Fonds No.
1055
Series No.
2
File No.
00858
Storage Location
3-1G
CTN 027
Language
English
Name Access
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Subjects
Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
Blind persons.
Plays
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Young blind girl embroidering a bag, Jerusalem Institute for the Blind.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn28570
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 17cm x 11.5cm
Fonds No.
1255; 010755
Date
ca195?
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 17cm x 11.5cm
Responsibility
Jerusalem Institute for the Blind
Date
ca195?
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
010755
Subjects
Blind persons.
Blindness.
Jerusalem Institute for the Blind
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail