- Accession Number
- 1997-4-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-4-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 50 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives)
- Date
- 1916-1988
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the life of the Levine Family. Photographs include class pictures from Port Whitby's Brock School, Purim celebrations at Oshawa's Beth Zion Synagogue, Camp Ogama staff and camper photos, Camp Winnibagoe cabin photos and Royal Winter Fair prize winning photos.
- Use Conditions
- 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.
- Subjects
- Camp counselors
- Camps
- Farms
- Farm tractors
- Purim
- Name Access
- Camp Winnebagoe
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Whitby (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-2-2
- Material Format
- text
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1935-1962
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring). Included are: three architectural drawings of the summer cottage for Camp Yunvelt (Pickering, Ont.); two group portraits (one with identification and one without); a bound periodical/journal from 1935; a hardcopy of Fertsik yor arbeter-ring: a geshikhte in bilder (English: Forty Years Workmen's Circle: A History in Pictures) put out by the National Executive Committee of the Workmen's Circle in 1940; a bound periodical/journal of Kultur un dertsiung (English: Culture and Education) for the year 1942; a bound periodical/journal of Der freynd (English: The Friend) for the year 1942; a booklet by Rev. Nathan Stolnitz's titled Some of the Numerous Comments and Reviews on Music in Jewish Life (1957?); a newspaper clipping titled "A bukh vom oyngt" (English: A Book That Opens) that was published in 1957; a hardcopy of Workmen's Circle, Pioneers and Builders put out by the Workmen's Circle Pioneers and Builders Committee in 1962; and two other Yiddish-language publications that have not been identified.
- Administrative History
- The Workmen's Circle (Yiddish: Arbeiter Ring) was founded in the United States by Jewish immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Circle branches were established in Canada in Montreal and Toronto in 1907 and 1908. In 1917, the Toronto branches incorporated as nonprofit organization called the Arbeiter Ring. The organization celebrated its centenery in 2017.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: Most of the material in the accession is in Yiddish. The drawings are in English and a few of the publications are in English and Yiddish.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Cottages
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Pickering (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-11-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-11-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 34 x 15 cm or smaller + identification key
- 55 photographs : b&w (jpgs) ; 300 dpi
- Date
- 1934-1975
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs documenting the Moscoe family, Camp B'nai Brith near Ottawa, and the Kirkland Lake Jewish community. Also included are a few photographs taken at the amalgamation of Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue in 1975. The amalgamation photographs include: Syd Moscoe, Stuart Moscoe, Harry R. Moscoe, Irving Horowitz, Cantor David Bercovici, Cantor Louis Danto, and Rabbi Joseph Kelman.
- Custodial History
- The photographs were loaned to the Archives for copying. The donor has the original records.
- Use Conditions
- 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.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Communities
- Families
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-6
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : b&w (tiffs)
- Date
- 1958-1970
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 17 scanned photographs from Joe Solomon's time as a camper and tripper at Camp Timberlane, an overnight camp founded in 1957 by Barry and Philomena Lowes on Lake of Two Islands in the Haliburton Highlands. Since it's founding, Camp Timberlane has catered to Jewish campers from Toronto. There is a finding aid in the folder with the scanned photos.
- Administrative History
- Joseph Nathan Solomon was born on September 4, 1944 to Myer and Sarah (nee Grafstein) Solomon. He is their middle son. He has two brothers David (deceased 2013) and Robert. Solomon attended Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, University of Toronto for his Bachelors and Osgoode Law School. A highlight of Solomon's life is being a tripper at Camp Timberlane for over 15 years. Solomon practiced law with his father Myer Solomon for the firm Solomon & Solomon and independendly following Myer's retirement and death in the late 1980s. Solomon married Maureen (nee Kokotow) Solomon from Kirkland Lake, ON in 1968. They have two daughters Alida Solomon and Dara Solomon, who started serving as the director of the Ontario Jewish Archives in 2012. Alida Solomon is a chef and restaurant owner.
- Subjects
- Children
- Camps
- Name Access
- Solomon, Joseph, 1944-
- Camp Timberlane
- Places
- Haliburton, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4024
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4024
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of Ann Wilder sitting on the edge of a well at Hechalutz Hatzair's Camp Revivim, near Whitby, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Camp Revivim
- Wilder, Ann
- Subjects
- Camps
- Girls
- Places
- Whitby (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4026
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4026
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of a group of female campers standing in front of the arts and crafts building at Hechalutz Hatzair's Camp Revivim, near Whitby, Ontario. The girl on the far right is the daughter of Aryeh Ben Gurion, Israeli poet and founder of the the Kibbutz Institute for Holidays and Jewish Culture in Israel.
- Name Access
- Camp Revivim
- Subjects
- Campers (Persons)
- Camps
- Places
- Whitby (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4027
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4027
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of Ann and Stanley Wilder at Hechalutz Hatzair's Camp Revivim near Whitby, Ontario. Two cabins can be seen in the background.
- Name Access
- Camp Revivim
- Wilder, Ann
- Wilder, Stanley
- Subjects
- Camps
- Children
- Places
- Whitby (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions