- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Executive Committee series
- Executive director sub-series
- Executive director's correspondence sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 5-5-1
- File
- 171
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1966-1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and several reports about the need to merge the local responsibilities of the Canadian Jewish Congress with the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto. Also included is documentation about the divisive final debates, votes, and procedures which finally resulted in the 1976 creation of the Toronto Jewish Congress. A copy of the constitution and by-laws of the new organization is included.
- Notes
- See also: Fonds 67, Sub-sub-series 5-5-1, File 221.
- Name Access
- Toronto Jewish Congress
Harris, Milton
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Executive Committee series
- Jewish Home for the Aged fundraising sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 5-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949-1959
- Physical Description
- 18 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- With the post-war expansion of Toronto's Jewish population, the original Jewish Home for the Aged on Cecil Street had become totally outmode in size and treament capability. By 1949, an expanding economy made it possible to begin the necessary planning for a much larger replacement facility, which included the Baycrest Hospital, at 3560 Bathurst Street in North York. The sod-turning ceremony occurred on 7 June 1951. Although fundraising for the construction this facility was not the responsibility of the United Jewish Welfare Fund, the entire Toronto Jewish community was to be canvassed for the funds to build it. The proven fundraising expertise of the UJWF, its donor lists, and the goals of its own annual campaign ensured that constant correspondence and cooperation between the campaigns was both necessary for success and vital to the avoidance of campaign competition. The continued success and growth of community contributions to all was the outcome of this ongoing collaboration.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of correspondence and occasional reports documenting the relationship between the UJWF and the fundraising campaigns for the new Home for the Aged being constructed during the 1950s. Files in this sub-series have been arranged chronologically.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions