Chayele Grober Fonds
- Collection
- Chayele Grober Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.25 m. of multimedia records
- Fonds No.
- 1020
- Date
- [ca. 1930-1980]
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of scripts, promotional material, newspaper clippings and correspondence related to Chayele Grober's career in theatre. Fonds comprises a single series of twenty files.
- Collection
- Chayele Grober Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.25 m. of multimedia records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of scripts, promotional material, newspaper clippings and correspondence related to Chayele Grober's career in theatre. Fonds comprises a single series of twenty files.
- Date
- [ca. 1930-1980]
- Fonds No.
- 1020
- Storage Location
- 4-6C
- History / Biographical
- Chayele Grober (1898-1978) was born and educated in Bjalistok, Poland, and was transplanted to Moscow during World War II.
Grober began her career as a performer in Moscow in 1918. She was among the founders and stars of the famous Hebrew theatre Habimah. She relocated to Montreal in the 1930s, where she continued her career as a singer and actress, working in Hebrew and Yidddish. She most often performed as a one-woman act incorporating song, theatre, dance, comedy and mime. She toured extensively, appearing in in South America, Canada, Europe, Israel, South Africa and Australia. In Montreal, Grober became director of the Yiddish Theatre Group in Montreal and founded her own studio which she named "Habimah" after the famous theatre founded in Moscow. Later in life, she performed less but remained involved in theatre as a drama teacher and playwrite.
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- Spanish
- Custodial History
- The fonds contains a large amount of correspondence recieved by Mr. and Mrs. Ravitch from C. Grober, possibly indicating that all or part of the fonds was first collected by them before donation.
- Name Access
- Grober, Chayele, 1898-1978
- Subjects
- Theatre
- Grober, Chayele, 1894-1978.
- Yiddish Theatre Group [Montreal].
- Dance
- Theatrical Productions.
- Yiddish theatre
- Folk music
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail
Group portrait, Dora Wasserman's Theatre Group including Abe Schwartz, Abe Hering, Hy Goldberg, Saul Frenkiel, Anna Sloma, Eileen Thalenberg, Raizel Fishman Candib, and Elleanor Cass, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 20 x 25 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005252
- Date
- n.d.
Group portrait, Dora Wasserman's Theatre Group, Jewish Public Library, Montreal. David Rome and Yudel Mark also present.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005250
- Date
- n.d.
Group portrait, Dora Wasserman's Theatre Group, Jewish Public Library, Montreal. David Rome and Yudel Mark also present.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005251
- Date
- n.d.
Group portrait, Dora Wasserman's Theatre Group on stage, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005258
- Date
- n.d.
Group portrait, Dora Wasserman's Theatre Group on stage, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005259
- Date
- n.d.
Group portrait, Dora Wasserman's Youth Theatre Group at Comedie Canadienne, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005285
- Date
- 1966
Group portrait, Dora Wasserman's Youth Theatre Group, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005273
- Date
- 1965
Group portrait, Dora Wasserman's Youth Theatre Group, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005274
- Date
- 1965
Group portrait, Dora Wasserman's Youth Theatre Group, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005275
- Date
- June 21, 1965
Group portrait Dora Wasserman's Youth Theatre Group [rehearsing?], including Anna Fishman Gonshor, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005339
- Date
- n.d.
Group portrait, Dora Wasserman's Youth Theatre Group with Samuel Rozhansky, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005287
- Date
- 1966
Group portrait, Dora Wasserman's Youth Theatre Group with Samuel Rozhansky, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005288
- Date
- 1966
Group portrait of Bella Kuper, Edit Kuper, Hy Goldberg and Aaron Gonshor performing on stage, Dora Wasserman's Theatre Group, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 14 x 10 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005238
- Date
- n.d.
Group portrait of children doing acting exercises, Dora Wasserman's Youth Theatre Group, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005327
- Date
- [197-]
Group portrait of children doing acting exercises, Dora Wasserman's Youth Theatre Group, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005328
- Date
- [197-]
Group portrait of children doing acting exercises, Dora Wasserman's Youth Theatre Group, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005330
- Date
- [197-]
Group portrait of children gathered around piano player, some singing, Dora Wasserman's Youth Theatre Group, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005331
- Date
- [197-]
Group portrait of children performing on stage, Dora Wasserman's Theatre Group, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005249
- Date
- 1960
Group portrait of children performing on stage, Dora Wasserman's Theatre Group, Montreal.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005240
- Date
- n.d.