- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- European Visits and Events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 6
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- August 1959
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w (12 negatives) ; 14 x 6 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- In August 1959, the Ed Sullivan show travelled to the USSR and taped a show in Moscow titled, "Invitation to Moscow". It aired September 27, 1959. Sylvia Schwartz photographed the show as she was in Moscow at the time.
- Acts that were featured at the show included Rise Stevens (a mezzo-soprano opera singer), the Barry Sisters (vocal group), Margaret Tynes (opera singer), Marge and Gower Champion (dancers), Dick Contino (accordian player) and Hubert Castle (tight-wire aerialist).
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images taken during the taping of the show. Images are of Ed Sullivan with the various acts or of the performers by themselves on stage. Images were taken during the performances.
- Name Access
- Ed Sullivan show (Television program)
- Subjects
- Entertainers
- Places
- Russia
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1 Sept. 1972-7 Oct. 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of brief correspondence and an article concerning secret meetings with Soviet Jews in the Soviet Union during the Soviet-Canada hockey series in 1972 by a delegation of Canadian visitors to Moscow, including Wayne Tanenbaum.
- Subjects
- Sports teams
- Places
- Russia
- Source
- Archival Descriptions