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SAJAC Seniors
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 20 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1984-2014
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting the activities of SAJAC Seniors. The bulk of the material is newsletters and thank you letters that were sent to the organization. Other material includes, general correspondence, meeting agendas, an annual general meeting agenda, a draft constitution, membership lists and directories, financial statements, and newspaper clippings. Also included is a small ledger book which records all the letters sent out members between 2001 and 2014. Information included in the ledger book is the date, name of recipient, and the reason for sending the letter.
- Custodial History
- Rita Witkin is the Social Secretary for SAJAC Seniors. She created and/or maintained the records. She inherited a small amount of the documents from the previous Social Secretary, Gerald Berley.
- Administrative History
- SAJAC Seniors is a social organization that was formed in 1978 by Nancy Rubenstein for older South Africans who immigrated to Toronto. Many members had immigrated to Canada later in life to join children who had already moved here. The organization raises funds for various causes in Israel, holds luncheons, dinners, lectures and other social occassions, and organizes trips to cities across Canada.
- Subjects
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Name Access
- Southern African Jewish Association of Canada
- Source
- Archival Accessions