Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
17
Series
47-1
Material Format
textual record
cartographic material
Date
1948-1949
Physical Description
4 cm of textual records
1 map : b&w ; 22 x 36 cm
Admin History/Bio
The Canadian Fur Industry Association was composed of The Independent Furriers Association of Toronto; Montreal Fur Manufacturers Guild Inc.; Fur Trade Association of Canada Inc.; Manitoba Division of the Furriers Guild; and the Associated Fur Manufacturers of Toronto. It was also referred to as "the association."
Manufacturers (employers) entering into an agreement with the association undertook and agreed to accept responsibility for workers in relation to their transportation, housing, term of employment and wages.
Employer deductions, not to exceed 10% from the weekly wages of the DPs, were to cover transportation costs from Halifax to Toronto, and financial assistance. Employees were hired for a period of twelve months and if the employee fulfilled all the terms of his agreement, no charge for transportation was made by the employer.
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of executed agreements between garment industry manufacturers (employers) and the Canadian Fur Industry Association, letters to employers requesting employee names and date of employment, employee payroll deductions records and a hand drawn map locating the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada at 455 Spadina Ave., Toronto circa 1947.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Passenger lists sub-series
Level
Sub-series
ID
Fonds 17; Series 47-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Passenger lists sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
17
Series
47-2
Material Format
textual record
Date
1947-1949
Physical Description
4 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Sub-series contains records documenting immigrant tailors and their arrival at Halifax, Canada from 1947-1949. The files are primarily passenger lists of voyages between 1947-1949 indicating ship name, date of departure and arrival, names of passengers, marital status, number of children, nationality, religion (both Jewish and non-Jewish), gender, age, and occupation. Some lists include a forwarding address, phone number, sponsor name and employer.
Access Restriction
Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
Sub-series
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1967-1988
Physical Description
70 cm of textual records
1238 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
Admin History/Bio
Activities undertaken by the Committee for Soviet Jewry in Ontario and its affiliated partner organizations included political lobbying, telephone and letter-writing campaigns, product boycotting, symposiums, public rallies, petitions, marches and demonstrations. Among the highest profile activities were the annual Simcha Torah rallies in October and the annual commemorations of the execution of twenty-four Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals, which had occurred on August 12, 1952 at Moscow's Liubianka prison. As well as organizing public protest activities, the Committee for Soviet Jewry established, in the 1980s, the Ida Nudel Humanitarian Award which emphasized the humanitarian work of a number of prominent Canadian women. Other non-protest activities included bar/ bat mitzvah twinning, family and prisoner sponsorships, and holiday greetings, all programmes that tied the daily lives of Soviet Jews to their Canadian counterparts.
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of records documenting the wide range of above-listed protest activities in which the CJC and various affiliated organizations participated. The files include numerous photographs of mass rallies and group demonstrations, planning notes, correspondence, event notices and other promotional materials.
Subjects
Demonstrations
Arrangement
Records of protest activities in this sub-series have been organized chronologically and by event. Indicated date ranges at the file level are of the documents themselves and are not necessarily indicative of the dates of specific events, such as rallies or marches, though such dates are noted in the file description where known.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Employment agreements and payroll deductions sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
17
Series
47-3
Material Format
textual record
Date
1947-1949
Physical Description
15 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of executed employment agreements between employer and employee and records of employee payroll deductions. Agreements outline the terms and conditions of employment, working conditions, and an employee reimbursement plan to pay employers back for funds loaned to help them settle in Toronto. Agreements are arranged alphabetically by employer name. Files document both the tailors and furriers.
Access Restriction
Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Employee case files sub-series
Level
Sub-series
ID
Fonds 17; Series 47-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Employee case files sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
17
Series
47-4
Material Format
textual record
Date
1948-1950
Physical Description
16 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of correspondence and employee personnel files. Files include forms capturing the employee name, date of contact with employee and remarks about the individual's situation both financial and personal. Financial remarks relate to weekly earnings, payroll deductions and requests for assistance in the form of loans. Personal remarks relate to family situations regarding the health and welfare of spouses, children, and relatives. Correspondence includes letters from the Canadian Overseas Garment Commission to employees regarding updated contact information, financial assistance, notification to appear in person, and matters related to government services such as Family Allowance, immigration and issuance of employee certificates of merit.
Files are arranged alphabetically by employee last name and religion and are grouped by Jewish and non-Jewish immigrants.
Access Restriction
Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
Physical Condition
Records are extremely fragile, careful handling of documents should be observed
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Financial records sub-series
Level
Sub-series
ID
Fonds 17; Series 47-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Financial records sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
17
Series
47-5
Material Format
textual record
Date
1948-1957
Physical Description
13 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of the financial records of the Canadian Jewish Congress Committee for Refugees. Records provide lists of refugee assistance accounts, including farm, urban and internee accounts that were written off by instruction of the United Jewish Relief Committee, loan receipt forms, petty cash vouchers, goods and service invoices and general ledgers.
Access Restriction
Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Canadian Overseas Millinery Commission sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
17
Series
47-6
Material Format
textual record
Date
1949
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Sub-series contains the records of Jewish Millinery workers who arrived in Canada between June 1, 1949 and August 19, 1949. The files are passenger lists documenting boat name, date of departure, port of departure, passenger names including children, country of birth and citizenship, religion, marital status, gender, age and occupation. Some lists include worker home addresses, and employer names and addresses. Boat arrivals include: General Howze, S.S. General McRae, S.S. Samaria, and S.S. Nea Hellas. Files also consist of correspondence between Benjamin Diamond of the Millinery Commission and Harry Cravit and Daniel Drutz of the Canadian Jewish Congress, telegrams, and a contact list of community service representatives.
Access Restriction
Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Administration sub-series
Level
Sub-series
ID
Fonds 17; Series 47-7
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Administration sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
17
Series
47-7
Material Format
textual record
Date
1940-1950
Physical Description
3 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Sub-series contains the Canadian Overseas Garment Commission Toronto program report, payroll deduction report, form letters, the Association of Clothing Manufacturers membership list and a statistical summary of immigrant tailors received in Toronto up to and including March 31, 1949.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Discharge records sub-series
Level
Sub-series
ID
Fonds 17; Series 47-8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Discharge records sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
17
Series
47-8
Material Format
textual record
Date
[ca.1940]-1950
Physical Description
16 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of material relating to certificates of merit and the discharge of immigrant tailors. Included is a copy of the manuscript used in the recorded message of Mr. A. McNamara, Deputy Minister of Labour in connection with the presentation of certificates, meeting minutes of the Toronto Program Steering Committee, correspondence relating to issuance of certificates of merit, the permit for use of the Central High School of Commerce as the location for the certificate ceremony, an invitation to the ceremony, a ceremony attendee list, newspaper clippings of ceremony highlights, a ceremony agenda, a presentation list of DP certificates and DP discharge cards.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Employee worker cards sub-series
Level
Sub-series
ID
Fonds 17; Series 47-9
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Employee worker cards sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
17
Series
47-9
Material Format
textual record
Date
1948-1949
Physical Description
43 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of employee worker cards documenting employee name, arrival date, trade, employer name and address, date of birth, nationality, gender, marital status, religion, children, employee place of residence, and sponsor name.
Access Restriction
Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Housing sub-series
Level
Sub-series
ID
Fonds 17; Series 47-10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
Housing sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
17
Series
47-10
Material Format
textual record
Date
1948-1949
Physical Description
5 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of employee housing records including rentals, mortgages and insurance policies. Rentals document employee address, description of rental unit, name and number of occupants, date moved in, rent due date, and amount of rent. Mortgages document home address, mortgage holder name, interest rate and principal. Insurance policies document holder name, insurance company name and policy number.
Source
Archival Descriptions