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Scholarship Committee
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- United Jewish Relief Agencies, Toronto (UJRA) series
- Scholarship Committee sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 4-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- United Jewish Relief Agencies, Toronto (UJRA) series
- Scholarship Committee sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 4-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1951-1961, 1973
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- UJRA's initial fundraising effort for scholarship aid took place in 1948, when $9000 was raised to assist newly-arrived European orphans. By 1952, the UJRA Scholarship for European Youth Committee was well-established, granting scholarships to refugees and recent immigrants for academic or vocational education. By the mid-1950s there was desire to broaden the mandate for awarding scholarships beyond European youth, and this meant a shared interest among many Toronto organizations, including Jewish Family & Child Services, Jewish Vocational Services, and Jewish Immigrant Aid Services. By September 1957 the Central Committee on Scholarships-in-Aid had been formed under the auspices of the United Jewish Welfare Fund with contributions by the above-named agencies. Thus UJRA's involvement in scholarships to immigrants continued but was less direct in later decades.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of minutes, correspondence, reports and applicant contracts relating to the work of the Scholarship Committee of UJRA between 1951 and 1973. The records are arranged in chronological order.
- Notes
- This sub-series was formed from former RG 210G and RG 296 files.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions