Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Apr. 1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jack Schwartz was Sylvia Schwartz's uncle and was married to Minnie Schwartz. Their daughter, Jewell, owned an art gallery in Yorkville for many years. Jack was in the fur business in Toronto.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Jack Schwartz.

Notes

This negative has two images on it.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1940

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 17 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph Schwartz was married to Gertrude Schwartz and had four daughters, Sylvia, Fanny, Helen, and Ruth.

Joseph owned J. Schwartz and Company, a fur-manufacturing firm, and eventually became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Joseph Schwartz.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1944 and 1946]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 13 x 9

Admin History/Bio

Joseph Schwartz was married to Gertrude Schwartz and had four daughters, Sylvia, Fanny, Helen, and Ruth.

Joseph owned J. Schwartz and Company, a fur-manufacturing firm, and eventually became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Joseph Schwartz.

Notes

This negative has two images on it.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Candid Photographs from the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

5

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 14 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph Schwartz was born in the United States. He was married to Gertrude Schwartz, and had four daughers, Sylvia, Helen, Fanny and Ruth. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Joseph Schwartz.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-2_f5_i2.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 80, series 5 for more photographs of the Schwartz family.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1988-5-4

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 16 cm

1 folder of textual records

Date

1941-1945

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a photo of Sgt. Ben Sugarman RCAF, correspondence between Pte. Jack Schwartz and Jewish Military Chaplans J. Eisen, S. Gershon Levi, and Samuel Cass, and newletters prepared by the chaplains for the Jewish troops. In addition there are copies of miscellaneous newspaper clippings about subjects such as Harry Pullan (Toronto War Savings Drive) and the Myer Cohen First World War Memorial in a church in Montreal.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1989-11-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

6 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm

Date

[ca.1925]-1949

Scope and Content

Accession consists of copy photographs and negatives of Mrs. Papernick's class at Clinton Public School, a performance of Pirates of Penzance at Harbord Collegiate, and a group from Club Masada on a sleigh ride at Fantasy Farms in Toronto.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

• 
• 

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1940

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph Schwartz was married to Gertrude Schwartz and had four daughters, Sylvia, Fanny, Helen, and Ruth.

Joseph owned J. Schwartz and Company, a fur-manufacturing firm, and eventually became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz.

Notes

This listing only contains a negative; there are no proofs.

Subjects

Married people

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Family Gathering at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

1

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

July 1941

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 11 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz were respectively born in the United States and Austria. They had four daughers, Sylvia, Helen, Fanny and Ruth. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Related Material

See Fonds 80, Series 5 for portraits of Schwartz Family members.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Family Gathering at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

1

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

July 1941

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz were respectively born in the United States and Austria. They had four daughers, Sylvia, Helen, Fanny and Ruth. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road. His daughter Fanny married Alex Solway and had two children, Herbert and Carol.

Herbert Solway received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Joseph Schwartz and Herbert Solway. Carol Solway is in the background, with her back to the camera.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Related Material

See Fonds 80 for portraits of the Schwartz and Solway families.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

1955 Family Gathering at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

4

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 7 x 6 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph Schwartz was born in the United States. He had four daughers, Sylvia, Helen, Fanny and Ruth. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road. Hi daughter Helen married Dr. Isaac Shleser, a doctor of internal medicine, and had two daughters, Gillian and Jan.

Jan Shleser (now Simonsky) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jill Shleser and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz. She is married to Rob Simonsky.

Jan was nominated for the 2012/2013 Sisterhood Board of Directors at Holy Blossom Temple.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Joseph Schwartz and Jan Shleser.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 80, series 5 for more portraits of the Schwartz and Shleser families.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

1955 Family Gathering at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

4

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 7 x 6 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph Schwartz was born in the United States. He had four daughers, Sylvia, Helen, Fanny and Ruth. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.

Gary Solway was born in 1957 and is the eldest son of Herbert Solway and Elaine Solway (née Basin) and the great-nephew of Sylvia Schwartz. He began his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen's University in 1976, completeing three years there and then finishing the degree in 1981, after doing his first year of a Bachelor of Laws at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 1979-1980. He completed his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Toronto in 1983.

Gary was a Partner with Torys LLP firm from 1983 to 2006 until becoming the Co-Head of the Bennett Jones LLP firm's Private Equity Group and Managing Partner of the Technology, Media and Entertainment Group.

Gary speaks frequently at conferences on topics related to financing of technology businesses. A regular writer, he contributed a number of chapters to Directors' Duties in Canada, 5th Edition, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited in 2012, and the Ontario Corporations Law Guide, published in Canada by CCH Canadian Limited. Gary is also the secretary of the CVCA, Canada's venture capital and private equity association.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Joseph Schwartz and Gary Solway.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 80, series 5 for more portraits of the Schwartz and Solway families.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

Repro Restriction

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Family Gathering at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

1

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

July 1941

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz were respectively born in the United States and Austria. They had four daughers, Sylvia, Helen, Fanny and Ruth. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.

Carol Solway is the daughter of Alex and Fanny Solway, brother of Herbert Solway and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz with Carol Solway.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Related Material

See Fonds 80 for portraits of Schwartz and Solway families.

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Family Gathering at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

1

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

July 1941

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz were respectively born in the United States and Austria. They had four daughers, Sylvia, Helen, Fanny and Ruth. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road. Helen married Dr. Isaac Shleser, a doctor of internal medicine, and had two daughters, Gillian and Jan. Ruth was a respected book seller in Toronto. In 1976 Sylvia Schwartz set up a special children's book award to honour her late sister Ruth. In 2004, six years after Sylvia's death, her family changed the name of the award to the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Helen, Gertrude, Joseph and Ruth Schwartz.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Related Material

See Fonds 80 for portraits of the Schwartz and Solway families.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

1955 Family Gathering at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

4

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 7 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph Schwartz was born in the United States. He had four daughers, Sylvia, Helen, Fanny and Ruth. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.

Frances Gruber was the closest personal friend of Sylvia Schwartz. Schwartz photographed her many times with musicians and celebrities. David Gruber is her son (?).

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Joseph Schwartz with Frances and David Gruber.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 80, series 5 for more portraits of the Schwartz and Solway families.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Family Gathering at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

1

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

July 1941

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz were respectively born in the United States and Austria. They had four daughers, Sylvia, Helen, Fanny and Ruth. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road. His daughter Fanny married Alex Solway and had two children, Herbert and Carol.

Herbert Solway received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. He was called to the Bar in 1957. Herbert was a founding member of Goodmans LLP, joining the firm in 1955. He has played a significant role in helping build the foundation of the firm, serving as its chair from 1980 to 1992. He served as a Chariman until 1994 and Partner until 1998. He continues to serve as Counsel to Goodmans. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1968.

Herbert has also been a Director of Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc. since May 2006. He is a Director of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Founding director of the Tarragon Theatre Company. He was a Founding director of Sun Media Corporation, as well as a Director of John Labatt Ltd.

Carol Solway is the daughter of Alex and Fanny Solway, brother of Herbert Solway and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Joseph Schwartz with Carol and Herbert Solway.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Related Material

See Fonds 80 for portraits of the Schwartz and Solway families.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Schwartz, A.

Page Number

751

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Level

Item

Item

6087

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1926]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Joseph Graner changing a flat tire at the side of the road with his daughter Ida Graner.

Name Access

Graner, Joseph

Graner, Ida

Subjects

Fathers and daughters

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1991-5-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2004-5-85

Material Format

object

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 passport case

Date

[ca. 1910]-1942

Scope and Content

This accession consists of the Canadian naturalization papers and passports (Russian) of Morris and Mary Rose and a record relating to Gurofsky's Steamship Agency.The passports are housed in a cloth protective case provided by the steamship company F.Missler of Bremen, Germany.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2011-2-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

[ca. 3000 negatives] : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Date

1954-1959

Scope and Content

Accession consists of approximately 3000 portrait negatives and prints taken by Sylvia Schwartz. The photographs depict members of the Jewish community, jazz musicians, and a small number of non-Jews as well. Within each box, the records are divided up into envelopes, which include anywhere from one to twenty negatives and occasionally a small number of prints.

Custodial History

The negatives were in the possession of Herb Solway, Sylvia Schwartz's nephew until they were donated to the Archives.

Administrative History

Sylvia Schwartz was born in 1914 in Toronto. Her parents were Joseph and Gertrude, who were respectively born in the United States and Austria. She had two older sisters, Fannie and Rosetta (Ruth). Her family moved to Toronto around 1903. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road. Unlike her siblings, Sylvia was a dwarf, who led a successful life despite her physical limitations. She became a prominent portrait photographer in Toronto and owned a studio on Grenville Road. She began her career during the 1940s, capturing images of families, servicemen during the war as well as brides. She eventually carved out a niche for herself mid-career, specializing in children's portraiture. In addition to her professional activities, she was also recognized for her commitment to Communism. She befriended many famous American artists who were supporters of the cause, such as Paul Robeson, Duke Ellington, Lena Horne and Cab Caloway, travelling across the border frequently to attend meetings and work with her American comrades. In 1976 she set up a special children's book award to honour her late sister Ruth, who was a respected Toronto bookseller. In 2004, six years after Sylvia's death, her family changed the name of the award to the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The awards are administered by the Ontario Arts Council which selects the school and juries. The Ontario Arts Foundation, the Schwartz Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, in turn, are responsible for producing the shortlist of books for the jury.

Subjects

Photographers

Name Access

Schwartz, Sylvia, 1914-1998

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds;

Art exhibitions series

Level

File

Fonds

100

Series

8

File

63

Material Format

textual record

Date

1997

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a catalogue entitled the Ghosts that Haunt Us: Portraits of Holocaust Survivors

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

29

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1 Oct. 1945

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of a 5 year old boy who is standing with a ball in hand while facing the camera.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1940

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 17 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Gertrude Schwartz was married to Joseph Schwartz and had four daughters, Sylvia, Fanny, Helen, and Ruth.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Gertrude Schwartz.

Notes

This listing only contains a negative, no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jan. 1942

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 17 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Gertrude Schwartz was married to Joseph Schwartz and had four daughters, Sylvia, Fanny, Helen, and Ruth.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Gertrude Schwartz.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

20 Sep. 1944

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jewell Schwartz was the daughter of Jack and Minnie Schwartz and Sylvia Schwartz's cousin.

In 1955, Jewell opened an upscale craft retail store called Trade Winds at 150 Bloor Street West. In 1963, she relocated the store to 138 Cumberland Street in Yorkville due to the previous building being torn down. Trade Winds remained at this location until her retirement in 1984. Jewell was known to take courses in the construction of the wares she sold, such as jewelry and pottery, to have a better idea of the materials she was selling.

Jewell has donated several works of Inuit art to the University of Toronto Art Centre's permanent collection.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Jewell Schwartz.

Notes

This negative has two images on it.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1936

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ruth Schwartz was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and had three sisters, Sylvia, Fanny, and Helen.

A respected Toronto bookseller, the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in Ruth's honour. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the award the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The administration of this award is shared by the Ontario Arts Council, which selects the juries, and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, whose members select the short list of books.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Ruth Schwartz.

Notes

This listing only contains a negative; there are no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1936

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ruth Schwartz was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and had three sisters, Sylvia, Fanny, and Helen.

A respected Toronto bookseller, the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in Ruth's honour. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the award the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The administration of this award is shared by the Ontario Arts Council, which selects the juries, and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, whose members select the short list of books.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Ruth Schwartz.

Notes

This listing only contains a negative; there are no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1936

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ruth Schwartz was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and had three sisters, Sylvia, Fanny, and Helen.

A respected Toronto bookseller, the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in Ruth's honour. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the award the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The administration of this award is shared by the Ontario Arts Council, which selects the juries, and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, whose members select the short list of books.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Ruth Schwartz.

Notes

This listing only contains a negative; there are no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1940

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ruth Schwartz was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and had three sisters, Sylvia, Fanny, and Helen.

A respected Toronto bookseller, the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in Ruth's honour. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the award the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The administration of this award is shared by the Ontario Arts Council, which selects the juries, and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, whose members select the short list of books.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Ruth Schwartz.

Notes

This listing only contains a negative; there are no proofs.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

June 1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 13 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ruth Schwartz was the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude Schwartz, and had three sisters, Sylvia, Fanny, and Helen.

A respected Toronto bookseller, the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in Ruth's honour. In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the award the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The administration of this award is shared by the Ontario Arts Council, which selects the juries, and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Canadian Booksellers Association, whose members select the short list of books.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Ruth Schwartz.

Notes

This negative has two images on it.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1950

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 10 x 13 cm and 11 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Sylvia Schwartz.

Name Access

Schwartz, Sylvia, 1914-1998

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1950

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 9 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Sylvia Schwartz.

Notes

This negative has two images on it.

Name Access

Schwartz, Sylvia, 1914-1998

Access Restriction

Closed. Records are closed for conservation reasons.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Lifecycle Events series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

7

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

June 1944

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jewell Schwartz was the daughter of Jack and Minnie Schwartz, and was Sylvia Schwartz's cousin. In 1955, Jewell opened an upscale craft retail store called Trade Winds at 150 Bloor Street West. In 1963 she relocated the store to 138 Cumberland Street in Yorkville, due to the previous building being torn down. Trade Winds remained at this location until her retirement in 1984. Jewell was known to take courses in the construction of the wares she sold, such as jewelry and pottery to have a better idea of the materials she was selling.

Jewell has donated several works of Inuit art to the University of Toronto Art Centre's permanent collection.

Scope and Content

This item consists of a graduation portrait of Jewell Schwartz.

Notes

This negative has two images.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

375

Material Format

textual record

Date

1950

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

376

Material Format

textual record

Date

1968-1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

377

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1968

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1982-8-10

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

3 items

Date

1944-1967

Scope and Content

This accession consists of three items collected by Ida Bernstein. They include: a programme from McCaul Street Synagogue on the occasion of the burning of the mortgage, an invitation to Mrs. Bernstein to meet with the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and finally, a programme from the Alpha Omega Fraternity honouring Harry Jolley

Administrative History

Beth Hamidrash Hagadol was a Toronto synagogue which amalgamated with Goel Tzedec in 1952 to form the Beth Tzedec Congregation.

Alpha Omega is a Jewish dental fraternity which has an alumni chapter in Toronto. Harry Jolley was the national president of the fraternity in 1952.

Keillar Mackay was the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1957 to 1963

Descriptive Notes

McCaul Synagogue.

Beth Midrash Hagadol.

Lieutenant Governor.

Harry Jolley.

Alpha Omega.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1982-8-7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1941-1972

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the October 12, 1941 edition of the Yiddisher Zhurnal (Daily Hebrew Journal), a souvenir programme for the Workmen's Circle Peretz School's Jubilee Banquet and a celebration of I. Matenko's 80th birthday. Also included are 3 invitations to annual meetings of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in the 1960s and a National Conference On Jewish Education Report (1972).

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1976-11-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1915-1923

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a text book of the Toronto Jewish Free School at 202 Berverly Street that was printed and published by Edmund Scheuer in 1915 and a letter written by Abraham Landsky in 1923 authorizing his son Harry Landsky to use his seats in Beth Medrosh Hagodol Chevra Tehillim (McCaul Street Synagogue) during the father's absence from Toronto.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: The letter written by Abraham Landsky has been digitized and is available as a PDF file.

Subjects

Synagogue seating

Name Access

Landsky, Abraham

Landsky, Harry

Benstein, Ida

McCaul Street Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

McCaul Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

1

Item

33

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Apr. 1943

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 8 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885-1982) was born 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally from Lithuania, her parents Samuel and Hannah Ruth (née Ticktin) Lewis immigrated to the United States in the mid-1880s with their two sons, Abe and Charles. Ida was the only Lewis child to be born in the United States. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. Ida was educated in both Pittsburgh and Toronto public schools and attended the University of Toronto.

On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel at the Elm Street Synagogue. They had 6 children: Rohama, Leah Gittel (Labovitz), David Isar, Sarah (Sairlee), Avrom Fichel, Rivka Hadassah.

An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found the Daughters of Zion, the first ladies Zionist society in Canada, in 1899. She was also responsible for founding the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. She was instrumental in the organization of the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto, located on Elizabeth Street in the Ward. This eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements and the Toronto Board of Education (elected to Board, 1930-36) and the Toronto Bureau of Jewish Education (honorary secretary). In 1917, Ida helped to organize a fundraising body for the Jewish community known as the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. This would later become the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of Ida Siegel.

Name Access

Siegel, Ida, 1885-1982 (subject)

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Related Material

See Fonds 15 (Ida Lewis Siegel fonds).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Refusnik cases sub-series

Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-6-1

File

187

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976-1986

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[188-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Ida Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Europe

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1971]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph is a portrait of Ida Siegel, possibly taken at the Dewson Street Public School.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Accession Number

1988-2-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Goldberg, Ida

Page Number

294

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Goldberg, Ida

Page Number

294

Comments

Name crossed out.

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

Repro Restriction

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

189

Material Format

textual record

Date

1937-1940

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of correspondence with Rabbi Jesse Schwartz, Executive Director of the Zionist Organization of Canada.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

80

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1936-1960

Physical Description

463 photographs : b&w and col. (286 negatives) ; 18 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Sylvia Schwartz (1914-1998) was born in 1914 in Toronto. Her parents were Joseph and Gertrude, who were respectively born in the United States and Austria. Sylvia had three older sisters: Fannie, Helen and Rosetta (Ruth). Her family moved to Toronto around 1903. Joseph was a furrier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.

Sylvia became a prominent portrait photographer in Toronto and owned a studio on Grenville Road. She began her career during the 1940s, capturing images of families, servicemen during the war. and brides. She eventually carved out a niche for herself mid-career, specializing in child portraiture.

In addition to her professional activities, she was also recognized for her commitment to Communism. She befriended many famous American artists who were supporters of the cause, such as Paul Robeson, Duke Ellington, Lena Horne and Cab Caloway, travelling across the border frequently to attend meetings and work with her American comrades. She was also involved in Communist-related organizations and trips that she documented in her photographs.

In 1976 she set up a special children's book award to honour her late sister Ruth, who was a respected Toronto bookseller. In 2004, six years after Sylvia's death, her family changed the name of the award to the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards. The awards are administered by the Ontario Arts Council which selects the school and juries. The Ontario Arts Foundation, the Schwartz Foundation, and the Canadian Booksellers Association, in turn, are responsible for producing the shortlist of books for the jury.

Custodial History

The negatives and proofs were donated by Sylvia's nephew, Herb Solway in two accessions: 2008-1/1 and 2008-4/5.

Scope and Content

The records are in the form of proofs and negatives that were taken by photographer Sylvia Schwartz during her career. They include images of her family, their cottage, her friends, events that she participated in as well as portraits of children, servicemen and women, famous entertainers that she was acquainted with, and prominent individuals from the Jewish community.

The records are arranged into series which include portraits of prominent Toronto Jews, military portraits, child portraits, simchas/milestones, entertainers, family and friends, and events. Each series consists of both negatives and corresponding proofs. The proofs have been retained for reference purposes as well as to document the decision-making of the photographer.

Name Access

Schwartz, Sylvia, 1914-1998

Subjects

Photographers

Creator

Schwartz, Sylvia, 1914-1998

Accession Number

2008-1-1

2008-4-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Schwartz, L. M.

Page Number

210

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger