- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1974-1985
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (ca. 25 min.) : duplicate, col. VHS and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- "The Violin" was a short film by Andrew Welsh and George Pastic, released in 1974, and featuring Maurice Solway as the old man. The producers approached Maurice Solway about being in their film while making initial casting inquiries among Solway's students in regard to the children’s roles in the film. Eventually, they persuaded Solway to star in the film, shot on Ward Island, Toronto, in 1972 and 1973. Solway also wrote the original music and became the film's principle promoter, speaking in schools and at screenings of the film. The film promotes peace and understanding through the power of music and the exchange of knowledge and friendship between the old and the young. In 1975 it was nominated for an Academy Award. The spin-off book was published in 1976. Solway, with the managerial assistance of his wife, Anne, took on the role of promoting the film and saw it as his crowning achievement, the expression of what he wanted to be remembered for, after a career in music and education. The film was made for $25,000 and eventually grossed over $700,000. It was broadcast frequently on CBC in Canada, and CBS in the United States. It was even given a special screening for the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
- Scope and Content
- This file includes a VHS copy of the original short video of "The Violin" , the accompanying book, correspondence, and promotional materials related to Maurice Solway's speaking tours in promotion of the film. These materials include a picture postcard and numerous posters and programmes for specific speaking and performance engagements associated with the release and screenings of the film. Also included are two hand-coloured children's illustrations of violins with accompanying letters to Solway, from children who had seen the film and wrote to express their appreciation. "The violin: a children's story" (McGraw-Hill: 1976) also uses stills from the film. The text was written by Robert Thomas Allen, from the story by Pastic and Welsh. Solway's score for the film is reproduced in the back of the children's book.
- Notes
- Includes 1 videocassette (VHS), 1 v. of text, 1 folder of textual records, and 3 graphic images (2 illustrations, 1 picture postcard).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Yom Hashoah sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-14
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 32 photographs b & w, ; 20 cm x 25 cm
- 1 audiocassette
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs, correspondence, programmes, flyers, press releases, and meeting minutes for the 1985 Yom Hashoah commemoration of the Holocaust Centre. Photographer: Joe Black.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Yom Hashoah sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-14
- File
- 29
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1994-1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 button: 3.5 mm
- 289 photographs : col., b & w (286 neg.) ; 10 cm x 15 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs, programmes, correspondence, and flyers related to 50th Anniversary of Liberation Holocaust commemorations throughout Ontario. File also includes a button with "Zachor" (remember) in Hebrew. Those identified in the photographs include: Sarah Perlis, Dora Baseman, Samuel Baseman, Yaffa Eliach, Elly Gotz, Eleanor Getzler, Manuel Prutschi, Arlene Perly Rae, Gerda Frieberg, Rabbi Irwin Schild, Brian Prideaux, Sandra Brown, Pnina Zilberman, Monte Kwinter, and Laura Schild.
- Name Access
- Frieberg, Gerda, 1925-
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Special events and projects sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-18
- File
- 52
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1995-1996
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph: col., ; 10 x 15 cm
- 6 postage stamps, 50 x 40 mm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photograph,correspondence, press releases, programs, and clippings related to the Holocaust Remembrance commemorative stamp. Also included are six of the stamps.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Special events and projects sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-18
- File
- 71
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph: col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photograph, a video recording, and a flyer from the tribute to the Toronto community's Holocaust survivors during the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation. Identified in the photograph: Gerda Frieberg.
- Name Access
- Frieberg, Gerda, 1925-
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Special events and projects sub-series
- Canadian Gathering sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-18-1
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 videocassette
- 16 photographs: col. ; 13 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a program, video recording, and photographs from the Canadian Gathering of Holocaust Survivors. Identified in the photographs are: Harold Troper, Rabbi Dow Marmur, Irving Abella, Rosalie Abella, Edith Land, Nathan Leipciger, Lou Silberman.
- Name Access
- Abella, Irving, 1940-2022
- Land, Edith, 1928-2013
- Leipciger, Nathan, 1928-
- Marmur, Dow, 1953-
- Troper, Harold, 1942-
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- Other Jewish organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-8
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- multiple media
- graphic material
- Date
- Jun. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 presentation piece : b&w ; 42 x 30 cm
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three photographs of Phil Givens attending a conference focusing on tourism to Israel. Identified in the photographs are Phil Givens, Yitzhak Rabin, Moshe Kol, Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, and Amnon Gilao. Also included is a presentation piece given to Phil Givens in remembrance of the conference.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1949-1953
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records (1 vol.) and other material
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one scrapbook documenting Phil Givens’ tenure as a City of Toronto Alderman and his ongoing work with Jewish organizations. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, pins, and flyers.
- Notes
- Includes photographs, pins, and flyers.
- Subjects
- Scrapbooks
- Physical Condition
- The clippings have been glued or taped onto highly acidic paper. The paper pages are browning and brittle, as are the clippings themselves. Some of the adhesive tape is failing.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1954-1956
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records (1 vol.) and other material
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one scrapbook documenting Phil Givens’ tenure as a City of Toronto Alderman and his ongoing work with Jewish organizations. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera such as balloons, flyers, and matchbook covers.
- Notes
- Includes photographs and ephemera.
- Subjects
- Scrapbooks
- Physical Condition
- The clippings have been glued or taped onto highly acidic paper. The paper pages are browning and brittle, as are the clippings themselves. Some of the adhesive tape is failing.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Sports Celebrity Dinner series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 5
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1989
- Physical Description
- 72 photographs : col. ; 13 x 13 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 artifact : 30 x 23 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a program book and photographs taken at the 1989 Sports Celebrity Dinner. The dinner featured a tribute to R. Alan Eagleson, executive director of the National Hockey League Players Association, chief organizer of the Canada Cup and the driving force behind the 1972 series between Russia and Canada. The dinner was held at the Constellation Hotel on 13 June 1989. There is also a plaque that was presented to Eagleson by the JCC.
- The photographs are of the guest of honour and other celebrity guests, the JCC Executive Committee members and Sports Celebrity Committee members, along with the invited guests. The celebrity guests included Harry Neale, Brian McFarlane, Dennis Hull, Jack Donohue, John A. Ziegler Jr., Ron Kanter, Harry Ornest, Bruce Hood, David Edge, Ron Ellis, Paul Henderson, Carrie-Lynn Cohn, Darryl Sittler, Joseph Kibur, Marcel Dionne, Dubie Bader, Bobby Baun, George Chuvalo, John Karpis, Bethany Dworkin, Mike Palmateer and Keith Acton.
- Other identified individuals include Bernard Kaimin, Martin Atkins, Harold Cipin, Alan B. Zender, Ted Winick, Bert Fine, Robert Hall, Cantor Louis Danto, Harry Ungerman and Paul Henderson.
- Subjects
- Celebrities
- Sports
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1955-1961
- Physical Description
- 11 technical drawings : 73 x 90 cm or smaller and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Bregman and Hamann was the architectural firm which was hired to design Clanton Park synagogue.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the construction of Clanton Park Synagogue. Included is the contract between the architects and Clanton Park, correspondence, floor plans, plot plans, elevation drawings, and detail drawings. Also included are slides with architectural renderings of the Synagogue's reception hall and two drawings of a goblet and a crown. Finally, file consists of one 16 mm film reel featuring scenes of the Synagogue's construction.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 1 folder of textual records, 2 drawings, 4 slides, and 1 film reel (ca. 3 min.).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the bar mitzvah anniversary celebration in honour of Rabbi Kerzner. Included is an invitation, a programme, a tribute poem, a congratulatory telegram, and audiovisual recordings of the event. Also included are photographs of speakers, the head table, and guests at their tables.
- Notes
- Includes 93 photographs (57 negatives), 2 videocassettes, and 2 audio cassettes.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions