New Search
Photo Search
Audiovisual Search
Harry Share
- Accession Number
- 2013-10-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-10-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 9 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm and 12 x 20 cm
- Date
- 1937-1977, predominant 1963-1970
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual and graphic material documenting Harry Share's involvement in the B. Borochov Branch 124 of the Farband Labour Zionist Order. Included are speeches, photographs and anniversary books documenting the B. Borochov Branch 124's 20th, 50th, 55th, and 60th anniversaries. Also included are invitations to Labour Zionist events in Toronto and two issues of the Jewish Standard which contain articles on the Farband Labour Zionist Movement, one of which was written by Harry.
- Custodial History
- Records were donated to the OJA by Harry's daughter Razy Share Stolberg.
- Administrative History
- Harry Share was born in 1895 in Poland. By the age of 21 he was living in Toronto and married Sonia (or Sofie) Dworkin (1897-1956) on February 11, 1916. They had four children together: Belle Lewis, Francis, Stanley, and Razy. Harry briefly ran a restaurant on College and Brunswick called Segals and later operated a cafeteria in the Silknit factory. He was very active in the labour Farband movement out of the B. Borochov Branch 124. He was also involved on committees concerning Camp Kvutza and served as the camp's chef at one point. Sonia was also active in Farband movement through Pioneer Women. Harry passed away in 1983 at the age of 89.
- Subjects
- Labor Zionism
- Societies
- Name Access
- Share, Harry, 1895-1983
- Share, Sonia
- Farband Labour Zionist Order
- Source
- Archival Accessions