- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Raphael (Ralph) Wintrob is a former journalist, teacher and teacher-librarian. Since retiring he has taught a variety of courses at the senior studies program (L.I.F.E. Institute), Ryerson University, in the areas of philosophy and literature. He has also taught his Hebrew short novels course at a Toronto synagogue. He is now the co-ordinator of Wintrob Editorial Services.Ralph married Kitty, the author of "I'm Not Going Back," in 1959 while he was a journalist with the CBC. They have one daughter, Suzanne who is also a writer and editor. He is also the son of Gertrude Schwartz's sister, Zelda Wintrob. In 1989, Ralph was a founding member and chair of the Toronto Jewish Theatre Committee (TJTC), and the Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition (CJPC). In 1999, the downtown Toronto Miles Nadal JCC adopted this program.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a graduation portrait of Ralph Wintrob.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 12 Aug. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- The following caption appears on verso: "23rd Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet-Jewish Poets, Novelists and Artists. Tuesday, August 12, 1975. Youth Chapel, Beth Tzedec Synagogue, Toronto. Sam N. Filer, Chairman, Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry addressing the gathering." According to a Toronto Star article that appeared shortly after Filer's death, Filer was a judge and "legal icon" who had "helped persecuted Jewish citizens of the former Soviet Union."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIFF file and a JPEG file.
- Name Access
- Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
- Subjects
- Judges
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Photograph by Gadi Hoz
- Date
- 12 Aug. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- The following caption appears on verso: "23rd Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet-Jewish Intellectuals, August 12, 1975 8:00pm, Beth Tzedec Synagogue Toronto, Ontario. Peretz Miransky addressing the gathering." Miransky was a Yiddish poet and writer of fables.
- Notes
- Physical description: Photographer's stamp on verso.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIFF file and a JPEG file.
- Name Access
- Miransky, Peretz
- Subjects
- Poets
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Photograph by Gadi Hoz
- Date
- 12 Aug. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- The following caption appears on verso: "23rd Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet Jewish Intellectuals, August 12, 1975 8:00pm, Beth Tzedec Synagogue Toronto, Ontario. Prof. Lewis Feuer addressing the gathering." Feuer was an American sociologist. According to an obituary that appeared in the New York Times, his "career and prolific writings reflected his intellectual journey from Marxist orthodoxy to neoconservatism."
- Notes
- Physical description: Photographer's stamp on verso.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIFF file and a JPEG file.
- Name Access
- Feuer, Lewis S. (Lewis Samuel), 1912-2002
- Subjects
- Ex-communists
- Sociologists
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Photograph by Gadi Hoz
- Date
- 12 Aug. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- The following caption appears on verso: "23rd Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet-Jewish Intellectuals, August 12, 1975 8:00pm, Beth Tzedec Synagogue Toronto, Ontario. Israel Emiot, Yiddish Poet and Writer from Rochester, New York, addressing the gathering."
- Notes
- Physical description: Photographer's stamp on verso.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIFF file and a JPEG file.
- Name Access
- Emiot, Israel
- Subjects
- Poets, Yiddish
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 24 Jul. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Scope and Content
- Item is a form letter from Sam Filer, chairman of the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry. In the letter, which is intended for one or more rabbis, Filer informs the recipient that "the Toronto Jewish Community is planning to commemorate the 23rd Anniversary of the Execution of Soviet-Jewish Writers in 1952." Written near the top of the letter is a note: "Sent to Toronto Rabbis + Presidents of Synagogues."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Synagogue officers
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 24 Jul. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Scope and Content
- Item is a form letter from Sam Filer, chairman of the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry. In the letter, which is intended for one or more rabbis, Filer informs the recipient that "the Toronto Jewish Community is planning to commemorate the 23rd Anniversary of the Execution of Soviet-Jewish Writers in 1952."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 24 Jul. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 memo
- Scope and Content
- Item isa memo to Sam N. Filer from Sanuel Resnick regarding the commemoration to take place on 12 August 1975. In the memo, Resnick informs Filer that, "We have been fortunate (through the efforts of Joseph B. Salsberg) to obtain Dr. Lewis S. Feuer of the University of Toronto for our Commemoration evening."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
- Resnick, Samuel
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 24 Jul. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 news release
- Scope and Content
- Item is a news release put out by Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region, dated 24 July 1975. In the news release, Sam Filer "announces the annual commemoration of the Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet-Jewish Writers and Poets in Moscow in 1952." The commemoration was to be held on 12 August 1975 at Beth Tzedec Synagogue (1700 Bathurst Street).
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 12 Aug. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 programme
- Scope and Content
- Item is a programme for a community assembly titled the 23rd Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet Jewish Poets, Novelists and Artists. The community assembly took place at the youth chapel at Beth Tzedec Synagogue (1700 Bathurst Street). The programme lists the following speakers: Sam Filer, chairman, Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry; Joseph B. Salsberg, chairman, Committee for Yiddish; Milton E. Harris, chairman, Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region; Peretz Miransky, Yiddish poet; Lewis Feuer, professor of sociology and philosophy, University of Toronto; Israel Emiot, poet and essayist; and David I. Satok, chairman, Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- Emiot, Israel
- Feuer, Lewis S. (Lewis Samuel), 1912-2002
- Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
- Harris, Milton, 1927-2005
- Miransky, Peretz
- Salsberg, J. B.,1902-1998
- Satok, David
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- 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.
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 5 Aug. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Scope and Content
- Item is a letter to Sam Filer, chairman of the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry, from Ann Steindel, executive assistant at the Canadian Jewish Congress. In the letter, which is dated 5 August 1975, Steindel informs Filer that "we [Canadian Jewish Congress?] have been unable to arrange any activity with regard to commemoration of noted Jewish writers and intellectuals in Moscow in 1952."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
- Steindel, Ann, 1910-1991
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 5 Aug. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Scope and Content
- Item is a letter to Sam Filer, chairman of the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry, from William Stern, executive director of the Canadian Zionist Federation. In the letter, which is dated 5 August 1975, Stern informs Filer, "I will be unable to attend your meeting as I will be in Israel."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
- Stern, William, 1921-2007
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 28 Jul. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Scope and Content
- Item is a letter to Samuel Resnick, assistant director of the Canadian Jewish Congress, from Israel Emiot, author-in-residence at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester. In the letter, which is dated 28 July 1975, Emiot informs Resnick of his plans as they relate to "my coming event dedicated to the executed Jewish writers in Russia."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- Emiot, Israel
- Resnick, Samuel
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 press release
- Scope and Content
- Item is a press release from the Canadian Jewish Congress regarding the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the death of twenty-four Jewish writers. The press release notes, "Coupled with the commemoration of this tragic historic date is the demand by Canadian Jewry that Soviet Jewry be permitted the right to emigrate, an elementary principle of human rights as guaranteed by the United Nations Charter on Human Rights."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 press release
- Scope and Content
- Item is a press release from the World Jewish Congress registering "its anxiety over the increasing intimidating of Soviet Jews" and calling "for a world-wide commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the massacre of Jewish intellectuals which . . . marked the beginning of the liquidation of Jewish culture in the U.S.S.R."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- World Jewish Congress
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 program event
- Scope and Content
- Item is a program event for a commemorative evening in honour of "24 leading Jewish poets, writers, and intellectual public figures [who] were executed in the basement of Moscow's Lubianka [Lubyanka] Prison" on 12 August 1959. The evening was to take place on 12 August 1973 at 8:30 p.m. in the Samuel Bronfman house, which was located at 1590 McGregor Street. The second page of the document is in Yiddish.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 18 Jul. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Scope and Content
- Item is a letter to Yiddish poet Israel Emiot from Samuel Resnick, the assistant executive director. In the letter, which is dated 18 July 1975, Resnick confirms "the invitation extended to you [i.e., Emiot] by the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry and the Committee for Yiddish of Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region who are this year sponsoring jointly a memorial meeting to commemorate the death of the Soviet-Jewish writers in Russia in 1951."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- Emiot, Israel
- Resnick, Samuel
- Subjects
- Poets, Yiddish
- 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
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 8 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rose Abromowitz (1908–2001) was born in Toronto in 1908. Her parents were David Abromowitz (1884–1963) and Sarah Abromowitz (née Winfield) (1885–1955). David arrived in Toronto in 1906. Sarah and her parents, Jacob Winfield and Anna Winfield, settled in Scranton, Pennsylvania, around 1880. Jacob worked as a grocer and relocated his family to Toronto around 1894. Sarah and David were married at the McCaul Street Synagogue in Toronto on 6 March 1906. They resided at 159 York Street after their nuptuals. David's father, Shevach, served as the cantor at Adath Israel. Rose's siblings included Murray and Oscar. Several members of the family later changed their surname to Abron during the early 1940s.
- Rose studied at the University of Toronto and became a physician in 1932. She married Harry Lahman. In November 1943, Rose and Harry moved from Toronto to Altanta, Georgia. Rose passed away on 7 January 2001 at the age of ninety-three. She was survived by a son, Jerome. Her obituary stated, "She officially retired in 1990, but continued to see herself as a doctor until the day she died."
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Dr. Abron.
- Notes
- Associated material note: See the New York Public Library's American Jewish Committee and Oral History Library for further holdings.
- Name Access
- Abron, Rose, Dr., 1908-2001
- Subjects
- Physicians
- 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 accession 2010-3/1.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Bernard Dunkelman was born on 18 December 1911 in Toronto. His parents, David Dunkelman (1883-1978) and Rose Dunkelman (née Miller), were married on 19 January 1910. Originally from Poland, David came to Canada with his parents in 1895 and settled in Toronto. Rose was born in Philadelphia in 1889 and moved to Canada at the age of thirteen and resided there until her death in 1949, at the age of fifty-nine. Her father, Harry, was an entrepreneur in the menswear business, and it was through his business contacts that she met and married David at the age of twenty. They had six children: Joseph, Ernest, Zelda, Veronica, Theodora, and Benjamin. The latter fought in both the Second World War and Israel's War of Independence.
- In 1911, David Dunkelman founded Tip Top Tailors, a high-end men's clothing store, which currently has about one hundred branches nationwide. Joseph ran Tip Top Tailors from the early 1940s until the late 1940s, when Ben returned from the war and bought Joseph's shares of the business. The business was sold to Dylex, who subsequently sold it to Grafton-Fraser in 2000. Joseph used the money he received from selling his share of the family business to invest in a television and movie production company (possibly Sony Screen Gems).
- Joseph married Jean Lenore Samuels (born 25 February 1912). Joseph and Jean had three children, Richard "Dick" Howard, Peter, and a third child who was handicapped and institutionalized. After Joe and Jean's marriage ended, Joe married Claire Olsen and remained with her until his death. They had one son, Lex. Claire was a movie reviewer and television interviewer.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Joseph Dunkelman.
- Name Access
- Dunkelman, Joseph, 1911- (subject)
- Subjects
- Businesspeople
- 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
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jan. 1953
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 8 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Edward Elisha Gelber (1903–1970) was born on 16 November 1903 in Toronto. His parents were Moses Gelber and Sophie Gelber. Eddie married Anna David (m. Gelber), who later became a prominent obstetrician. Eddie and Anna had three children, Edna, Lynn, and David. Eddie died in Jerusalem in 1970.
- Eddie received his BA from the University of Toronto in 1925 and his MA from Columbia University in 1929. He was also a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where he earned his master's degree in Hebrew literature. He was admitted to the Ontario bar, Osgoode Hall, in 1934 and the Palestine bar in 1937. A prominent communal worker, Eddie acted as president of the Zionist Council of Canada, president of the Hebrew Schools of Toronto, president of the Toronto Jewish Welfare Fund, and honourary vice-president of the Canadian Jewish Congress during his lifetime.
- Name Access
- Gelber, Edward E., 1903-1970
- Subjects
- Lawyers
- 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 1-1, Item 14 for portrait of Eddie's wife, Dr. Anna Gelber
- See Fonds 36 (Edward E. Gelber fonds)
- See MG6 E3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 9 cm and 12 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Dr. Anna Gelber (née David) (1907-2007) was born in Palestine in 1907 and passed away on 20 November 2007. Anna received her doctor of science from Sorbonne Univeristy in Paris, France, and her doctor of medicine from the University of Toronto. An obstetrician, at one point she worked in the medical department of Toronto's Women's College Hospital. Anna was also a prominent communal worker, active as a member of the National Executive Board of the Canadian Hadassah.
- Anna married Eddie Gelber, a prominent communal worker. They had three children, Edna, Lynn, and David. She and Eddie travelled significantly between Israel and Toronto during their marriage.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Dr. Anna Gelber.
- Name Access
- Gelber, Anna, 1907-2007 (subject)
- Subjects
- Physicians
- 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 also Fonds 80, Series 1-1, Item 13 for portrait of Anna's husband, Mr. Eddie Gelber.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1953
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 8 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ruth Godfrey (née Grossman) was the daughter of Rose Grossman and Moses Grossman. Ruth's siblings included Esther Grossman and Anne Grossman (m. Pescoe). The Grossman family left Galacia due to pogroms in 1921 and settled in Canada. Ruth married Bert Godfrey (b. 1 June 1908), son of Minnie Godfrey (née Reisman) and Solomon Godfrey. Bert became the president of S. Godfrey Co., a wool import and export company founded by Samuel Godfrey, and was the founding president of Beth Tzedec Synagogue. Ruth and Bert had two children, Corrine Leigh and Sheldon J.
- An organization executive, Ruth acted as president of both the Scopus Chapter of Hadassah and of the UJA Service Council and an executive officer of fundraising for the Home for the Aged, the UJA, and the United Jewish Welfare Fund. She was also involved with the Federation of Women's Organizations and the Jewish Public Library in Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Mrs. Ruth Godfrey.
- Subjects
- Executives
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 37, series 1, file 2 for portraits of Ruth Godfrey at Negev Dinner.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jan. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 8 cm, 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Sam Gotfrid (1907–2007) was born 20 October 1907 in Toronto. His parents were Louis and Fannie. Sam had 3 siblings: Nathan, Sadie (Berg) and Harold. Sam studied at the University of Toronto, receiving a BA in Political Science and Economics in 1928. He also graduated from Osgood Hall in 1931 and received his QC in 1955. Sam practiced law for nearly sixty years, including many years as part of Gotfrid, Noble & Dennis. He specialized in commercial law, real estate, and general corporation law. Sam was also heavily involved in communal work. He acted as a board member of the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto and as a member executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress (Central Region).
- He married Freda Birnhaum (m. Gotfrid). They had two children: Peter H. and Mona Ellen. Sam died in his home on 3 December 2007.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Sam Gotfrid.
- Name Access
- Gotfrid, Sam, 1907-2007 (subject)
- Subjects
- Lawyers
- 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
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 24 Apr. 1946
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 9 cm, 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Samuel Joseph Granatstein (1905–1979) was born on 20 April 1905 in Toronto. His parents were Fanny Yanover and Israel M. Granatstein. Samuel attended Upper Canada College before obtaining his BA from the University of Toronto in 1927. An industrialist, Samuel became the president of M. Granatstein and Son Ltd., which was founded in 1895 by his grandfather, Mendel Granatstein. A prominent communal worker, Sam was co-chair of the Bathurst Street JCC.
- Sam married Frieda Rose (d. 2 September 1986) of Rochester, NY, whose mother was one of the founders of the American Hadassah. Frieda and Samuel had two children, Ruth Ann (Greisman) and Paul David. Samuel died on 11 March 1979.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Mr. Sam J. Granatstein.
- Name Access
- Granatstein, Samuel Joseph, 1905-1979 (subject)
- Schwartz, Sylvia, 1914-1998 (creator)
- Subjects
- Industrialists
- 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
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 15 June 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 8 cm 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Florence "Faigie" Rosichan (née Hutner) (1907–1991) was born on 16 February 1907 in the United States to parents Pauline Cooper and Herman Hutner. They had three other children: Arthur, Melba (m. Pollock) and Beulah (m. Abramson). Florence married Arthur Rosichan. They had one son: Richard. Florence died on 6 January 1991.
- She received her BA in social work from the University of Toronto and her MA from Columbia University. She spent many years as the executive director of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in Toronto during the 1940s and 1950s.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Florence "Faigie" Hutner.
- Notes
- 2 images on 1 negative.
- Name Access
- Hutner, Florence, 1907-1991 (subject)
- Subjects
- Executives
- 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 accession 1992-6-4 for a video of Florence Hutner's memorial service.
- See Fonds 28: 6: 104 for a portrait of Florence Hutner.
- See accession 2001-6-5 for textual records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 8 cm, 13 x 10 cm.
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph L. Kronick was born 30 September 1926. His parents were Samuel Kronick (d. 3 November 1962) and Gertrude Kronick (née Willinsky). Originally from Lithuania, Samuel immigrated to Canada in 1903. He founded the American Hat Company and was responsible for organizing Toronto's first union in the millnery trade. An agricultural settlement for Jewish refugees in Israel was established and named Kronick Colony in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kronick. The couple had two sons, Joseph L. and Dr. Moses B. Kronick, and two daughters, Miriam Kronick (Mrs. B. Horowitz) and Leah Kronick (Mrs. David D. Cohen). Dr. Moses B. Kronick resided in Toronto, while both of the daughters moved to Los Angeles, California.
- Joe and his wife, Doreen Kronick (née Pape), had three children: Noah, Sarah, and Adam. Joe was the owner and director of Camp White Pine, a children's summer camp he opened in 1956. The camp is located in the Haliburton Highlands outside of Toronto. Joe's son, Adam, took over as director of Camp White Pine in 1987. He has run the camp with his wife, Dana, as co-director since 1990. Joe Kronick died on 10 March 2019.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Joe Kronick.
- Name Access
- Kronick, Joseph, 1926-2019
- 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
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 8 cm 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Alvin Benjamin Rosenberg was born on 26 February 1925. His parents were Esther and Henry. He married Ileen Perlman. Alvin and Ileen had seven children: Ellen, Paul, David, Anne, Joan, Lily, and Beth.
- Alvin attended the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall. He began his career as a barrister and solicitor, during which time he practised with the firm Rosenberg, Smith for more than thirty years. He later became a judge and served from 1983–1990 on the High Court of Justice. From 1990–1999, he served on the Ontario Court of Justice. In addition, Alvin was a member of the editorial board for Advocate's Quarterly, a publication for which he wrote a number of articles. He also co-authored Appellate Advocacy with Marvin J. Huberman in 1996. Rosenberg was also appointed for a short-term position with the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Law.
- Active in his community, Alvin was involved with the United Jewish Appeal Campaign, the Baycrest Hospital, and the Jewish Home for the Aged. Alvin also served as the vice-president of the United Jewish Welfare Fund.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Alvin Rosenberg.
- Name Access
- Rosenberg, Alvin, 1925- (subject)
- Subjects
- Judges
- Lawyers
- 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
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Mar. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 8 cm, 13 x 10 cm.
- Admin History/Bio
- Irving Posluns is a member of the Posluns family. His mother was Sadie Posluns from Los Angeles. Irving married Shirley Carpman (m. Posluns). They had three children: Marie Helaine (b. 1951), Harold Lewis (b. 1952), and Randi Lynn (b. 1960).
- He originally worked at the family's ladies wear factory and later in life became a commercial portrait photographer. His business, the Irving Posluns Portrait Studio, is located on Broadview Avenue in Toronto. Ryerson University's Irving A. Posluns Scholarship for portrait photography is named in his honour.
- A history of the Poslaniec (Posluns) family can be found online at: http://www.posluns.com/
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Irving Posluns.
- Subjects
- Photographers
- 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
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 32
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 8 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ben Sadowski (1894–1974) was born 5 April 1894 in Massey, Ontario. He was the son of Rose (d. 3 February 1946) and Henry Sadowski (d. 15 July 1950), who immigrated to Canada and settled in Massey, Ontario, in the 1880s. Henry and Rose opened the Sadowski General Store in Massey. Ben eventually moved to Toronto and married Pearl (née Vise). Ben and Pearl had one child, Yvonne, who received her MA in sociology from the University of Toronto and married Dr. L. S. Davis, MD. Ben died on 20 November 1974. Pearl died 30 August 1982.
- Ben received a BA in mathematics and physics from the University of Toronto in 1918 and spent three years as a fellow in the department of mathematics at the university. He was president of both National Motors Limited and the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association of Canada during his career. During the Second World War, Ben served with the Vehicle Production Committee.
- Ben was one of the founders and the first president of the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto and a president of Jewish Family and Child Service Agency. An active communal leader, Ben received an MBE in 1946 for distinguished service to the family rehabilitation programme of Toronto and became the recipient of two coronation medals from King George VI and Queen Elizabeth for outstanding communal endeavours. The UJA Federation's Ben Sadowski Award of Merit is named in his honour.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Ben Sadowski.
- Name Access
- Sadowski, Ben, 1894-1974
- 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
- 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
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- June 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 9 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Nancy Frankel (born ca. 1928) is the stepdaughter and daughter respectively of Leo and (Leola?) Frankel. Leo Frankel was the son of Morris Frankel and the nephew of Leo Frankel, who was the founder of Holy Blossom Temple. Nancy married Peter Theimer.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Nancy Frankel at the age of seventeen.
- Name Access
- Frankel, Nancy, ca. 1928- (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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1940
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Willie Bryant (b. August 30, 1908) was an American jazz bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey.
- Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Bryant grew up in Chicago. His first job in entertainment was dancing in the Whitman Sisters Show in 1926. He worked in various vaudeville productions for the next several years and in 1934 he appeared in the show Chocolate Revue with Bessie Smith.
- In 1934, he put together his first big band, which at times included Teddy Wilson, Cozy Cole, Johnny Russell, Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Eddie Durham, Ram Ramirez, and Taft Jordan. They recorded six times between 1935 and 1938 with Bryant singing on 18 of the 26 sides recorded.
- Once his ensemble disbanded, Bryant worked in acting and disc jockeying. He recorded R&B in 1945 and led another big band between 1946 and 1948. During September and October 1949, he hosted Uptown Jubilee, a short-lived all-black variety show on CBS-TV . The show aired on Tuesday nights.
- In the 1950s he was the emcee at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. He moved to California later in the 1950s and died of a heart attack in Los Angeles in February 9, 1964.
- Scope and Content
- This is a portrait of Willie Bryant. The photograph was taken at the Apollo Theatre in New York City.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- 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
- New York (N.Y.).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (b. April 29, 1899) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader.
- A prominent figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, and world tours.
- Ellington called his music "American Music" rather than jazz, and liked to describe those who impressed him as "beyond category". These included many of the musicians who were members of his orchestra, some of whom are considered among the best in jazz in their own right, but it was Ellington who melded them into one of the most well-known jazz orchestral units in the history of jazz.
- Ellington recorded for many American record companies, and appeared in several films.
- Ellington led his band from 1923 until his death in 1974.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Duke Ellington.
- Name Access
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Subjects
- Musicians
- 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
- Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (b. April 29, 1899) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader.
- A prominent figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, and world tours.
- Ellington called his music "American Music" rather than jazz, and liked to describe those who impressed him as "beyond category". These included many of the musicians who were members of his orchestra, some of whom are considered among the best in jazz in their own right, but it was Ellington who melded them into one of the most well-known jazz orchestral units in the history of jazz.
- Ellington recorded for many American record companies, and appeared in several films.
- Ellington led his band from 1923 until his death in 1974.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Duke Ellington.
- Name Access
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Subjects
- Musicians
- 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
- Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1940
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 9 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Willie Bryant (b. August 30, 1908) was an American jazz bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey.
- Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Bryant grew up in Chicago. His first job in entertainment was dancing in the Whitman Sisters Show in 1926. He worked in various vaudeville productions for the next several years and in 1934 he appeared in the show Chocolate Revue with Bessie Smith.
- In 1934, he put together his first big band, which at times included Teddy Wilson, Cozy Cole, Johnny Russell, Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Eddie Durham, Ram Ramirez, and Taft Jordan. They recorded six times between 1935 and 1938 with Bryant singing on 18 of the 26 sides recorded.
- Once his ensemble disbanded, Bryant worked in acting and disc jockeying. He recorded R&B in 1945 and led another big band between 1946 and 1948. During September and October 1949, he hosted Uptown Jubilee, a short-lived all-black variety show on CBS-TV . The show aired on Tuesday nights.
- In the 1950s he was the emcee at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. He moved to California later in the 1950s and died of a heart attack in Los Angeles in February 9th,1964.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Willie Bryant with two companions of Sylvia Schwartz: Jewell Schwartz and Frances Gruber. The photograph was taken at the Apollo Theatre in New York City.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- 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
- New York (N.Y.).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (b. April 29, 1899) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader.
- A prominent figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, and world tours.
- Ellington called his music "American Music" rather than jazz, and liked to describe those who impressed him as "beyond category". These included many of the musicians who were members of his orchestra, some of whom are considered among the best in jazz in their own right, but it was Ellington who melded them into one of the most well-known jazz orchestral units in the history of jazz.
- Ellington recorded for many American record companies, and appeared in several films.
- Ellington led his band from 1923 until his death in 1974.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Duke Ellington.
- Name Access
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Subjects
- Musicians
- 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