- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Portraits sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936-1958
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs : b&w (28 negatives) ; 18 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of negatives and proofs of portraits taken by Sylvia Schwartz. Portraits were taken both in her studio and in her family home. Images taken in earlier years show the full body of the sitter in the interior of the family home. Later images are studio portraits, showing just the head and upper body of the subject.
- The earliest portraits taken are of Ruth Schwartz, Sylvia's sister. They are interesting in their use of props and lighting. Other early portraits are of Gertrude and Joseph Schwartz and Fanny Solway (née Schwartz).
- Other portraits include images of Gerald, Ralph and Rhoda Halbert (the children of Sylvia's cousin Faye Halbert), Jack and Jewell Schwartz (her uncle and cousin), Isaac, Jill and Jan Shleser (her brother-in-law and nieces) and Alex, Carol and Herbert Solway (her brother-in-law, niece and nephew).
- Also included in the sub-series are three self-portraits of Sylvia each taken in a different session.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Arrangement
- Every negative does not have a corresponding print.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938-1985
- Physical Description
- 1.65 m of textual records
- 15 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of case files on individual and long-term antisemitic activities, events, publications, and individuals tracked by this committee. Case files are organized by name of subject, organization, or individual and may consist of documentation assembled over several years and contained within many folders.
- Files containing detailed information about the Toronto trial of Ernst Zundel, along with transcripts of the Ontario and Canadian Supreme Court appeal rulings, are now within boxes 25 and 26 of the JCRC records.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Subjects
- Antisemitism
- Related Material
- For more detailed information concerning hate crimes and literature see also: Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series
5-4-6, Hate Crimes and Hate Literature.
- See also Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series 6-4-7, War Crimes and Criminals.
- Arrangement
- Because records in this series had previously been organized in a manner that proved impossible for use by archivists and researchers, the records in this fonds have been totally rearranged and described to comply with RAD standards, to provide ease of access by researchers, and to fully reflect the activities and organizational history of the Community Relations Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress during and after the period when it was a joint committee with the B'nai Brith.
- Case files in this sub-series have been titled according to place names, individuals, and organizations.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- Toronto Section series
- Executive sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 7-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1932-2002
- Physical Description
- 25 cm of textual records
- 61 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- Toronto Section's executive was composed of the president and all other elected officers, plus branch and committee chairmen. They were responsible for planning and carrying out council's programs and activities.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of sets of Toronto Section's annual reports and exectuive meeting minutes, as well as executive and branch lists, photographs, and annual meeting programs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- Toronto Section series
- Education Portfolio sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 7-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936-1996
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- 225 photographs : (130 negatives and 14 slides)
- Admin History/Bio
- Toronto Section's executive historically incorporated five or six vice-presidents, each in charge of a portfolio made up of a group of related committees. The education portfolio oversaw workshops and speakers, and engaged in research and social action projects. This portfolio often organized programs and activities in conjunction with the membership and service portfolios.
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series comprises photographs, reports, programs and brochures generated by the portfolio and predominantly covers the late 1970s through to the early 1980s.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- Toronto Section series
- Service Portfolio sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 7-11
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1936-1995
- Physical Description
- 25 cm of textual records
- 921 photographs : b&w and col. (288 negatives and 25 slides)
- 1 object
- Admin History/Bio
- Toronto Section's executive historically incorporated five or six vice-presidents, each in charge of a portfolio made up of a group of related committees. The service portfolio has been a cornerstone of Toronto Section throughout its existence. This portfolio's early progressive programs included the Jewish Girls' Club and Camp Camperdown, and later evolved into a blood donor drive, ESL programs, nursery, and aid to seniors and the disabled. In the 1960s they began to operate as a clearing-house for Jewish commmunity volunteers.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of photographs, program materials, reports and newsletters which document the Service Portfolio's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- Toronto Section series
- Toronto Section archival material sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 7-13
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1908-1996
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- 290 photographs : (37 negatives)
- Admin History/Bio
- The National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Toronto Section celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1997. These files, organized chronologically by year, were likley assembled in conjunction with a commemmorative exhibit and book produced by the centennial committee.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of programs from anniversary celebrations, photographs of early Council House buildings, bulletins, handwritten correspondence, telegrams and newsclippings. Of note is a series of letters from Ida Siegal which she wrote upon making several cross-country trips for the NCJW between 1931 amd 1936.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]-1991
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- 3 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- Rose and David Dunkelman, Benjamin Dunkelman's parents, were staunch supporters of Toronto's Zionist community. David was a leader of the Zionist Organization of Canada for more than 50 years, while Rose was publisher and first managing editor of the Jewish Standard, a Toronto-based Zionist magazine she founded with her husband. In addition, she was the first vice-president of the Hadassah Organization of Canada and president of the Hadassah Organization of Ontario. Both fervently supported Zionist projects.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of photographs, clippings, obituaries, correspondence and biographical information in connection with Rose, David and Ben Dunkelman. The sub-series contains a pamphlet from the Toronto Zionist Council in 1957 celebrating the council’s 50th anniversary and praising Rose Dunkelman. There are also copies of articles about Rose Dunkelman by H.M. Kaiserman and Meyer W. Weisgal.
- Name Access
- Dunkelman, Rose, 1889-1949
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Theodora Dunkelman sub-series sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]-Nov. 1953
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- 26 photographs
- 2 postcards
- Admin History/Bio
- Theodora Dunkelman, one of Ben Dunkelman’s three sisters, was an actress who obtained her bachelor's degree in fine arts and drama from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1946. She died in 1947.
- Custodial History
- Ben Dunkelman acquired some of his sister's records after her death.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of four files of photographs, clippings, brochures and documents. It includes a scrapbook containing clippings and brochures about Theodora Dunkelman’s acting performances and her sister Zelda’s marriage to Morton Harrison Wilner. Other clippings in a separate folder refer to the Theodora Dunkelman Training Workshops which were established in her honour in 1950 at Hadassim, the Canadian Hadassah’s Children’s Village in Israel. A final folder contains Theodora Dunkelman’s bachelor’s degree.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Travel sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date
- 1931-1975
- Physical Description
- 2 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Following the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-49, Ben Dunkelman frequently travelled to Israel for pleasure as well as for business. Although he once went leopard hunting in Africa, Dunkelman usually visited the Middle East or the United States when outside Canada.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series contains maps, a passport, a 1953 travel diary and some correspondence. The records relate to Benjamin Dunkelman’s travels to Israel. The sub-series includes files for Dunkelman’s passport and his travel maps.
- Subjects
- Israel
- Travel
- Creator
- Dunkelman, Benjamin
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Business series
- Tip Top Tailors sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 3-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1898, 1941-1988
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- 16 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- David Dunkelman, Benjamin's father, started Tip Top Tailors in Toronto in 1909, and by 1950 it had become a thriving business, with more than 1000 outlets across the country. During the 1930s, Ben had worked for the company, and following the Arab-Israeli War in 1948-49, he returned to Tip Top. He took over as company CEO in the 1950s until the company was sold to Dylex Ltd. in 1967.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of photographs, correspondence and clippings documenting David and Ben Dunkelman's involvement in the family firm, Tip Top Tailors.
- Name Access
- Tip Top Tailors
- Physical Condition
- Most photographs are warped.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Uptown Theatre (Toronto) sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-2
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- graphic material
- Date
- 1919-1968
- Physical Description
- 132 architectural drawings : pencil (some on tracing paper, some hand col. using pencil crayon), blueprints and other reproductions ; 76 x 106 cm or smaller
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 44 x 55 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- One of sixteen theatres in Canada designed by the well-known architect Thomas W. Lamb, the Uptown Theatre opened in 1920 as a movie and vaudeville theatre of almost 3000 seats, and was later the first theatre in Toronto equipped for sound movies. In 1960 the Uptown's main auditorium was destroyed by a major fire. Kaplan & Sprachman participated in the theatre's subsequent renovation.
- In 1969 the Uptown was split into a five screen theatre through conversion of the theatre's balcony, backstage and basement areas. The Uptown was closed and demolished in late 2003 following the 28th Annual Toronto International Film Festival after the cinema operator, Famous Players, decided to close it and other theatres rather than comply with an Ontario Human Rights Commission order to make the theatres fully wheelchair-accessible.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of seating plans, blueprints of structural details, floor plans, sections and elevations for successive alterations (to the entrance, lobby, escalator, etc.) of the theatre, as well as several photographs of the Uptown's entrance and auditorium. The sub-series includes a number of hand-coloured drawings of the main auditorium dating from 1962, with paint and fabric samples attached, apparently associated with the re-building of the auditorium following the fire of 1960. The sub-series also includes a set of photo-reproductions of Thomas Lamb's original 1919 plans for the theatre, acquired by Kaplan & Sprachman in 1960.
- The sub-series is arranged in 9 sub-sub-series corresponding to project dates of 1919, 1936, 1945, 1949, 1960, 1962, and 1968. The final sub-sub-series relates to work done by Kaplan after the dissolution of Kaplan & Sprachman.
- In several cases, a sub-sub-series includes drawings and plans from earlier projects, used as reference materials for the current project.
- Name Access
- Lamb, Thos. W. (Thomas White), 1871-1942
- Uptown Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Theaters
- Physical Condition
- Some drawings torn or water-damaged. Some are discoloured or damaged by deteriorating pressure-sensitive tape.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose family fonds
- Harris family series
- Samuel and Sarah Harris sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 1-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1880-[194-]
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 15 x 20 cm on mat 23 x 30 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of photographs documenting Samuel Harris Sr. and Sarah Harris (née Ruben) and their descendants.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose family fonds
- Harris family series
- Samuel Aaron and Rose Harris sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 1-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- Date
- 1888-[ca. 1980]
- Physical Description
- 388 photographs : b&w, sepia and col. (138 negatives) ; 22 x 28 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 pressed flower
- Admin History/Bio
- Samuel Aaron Harris was the son of Samuel and Sarah Harris (née Ruben). Rose Harris (née Geldzaeler) was the daughter of Mark and Yetta Geldzaeler (née Shumer).
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of photographs and ephemera related to Samuel Aaron Harris and Rose Harris (née Geldzaeler), their children Sydney and Thelma, and their extended family and friends. Images include family trips, snapshots, and studio portraits. Also included is a wedding announcement for Samuel Aaron and Rose as well as a pressed section of Rose's wedding bouquet.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose family fonds
- Harris family series
- Sydney and Enid Harris sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 1-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934-2004
- Physical Description
- 55 photographs : b&w and col. (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Sydney Harris was the son of Samuel Aaron and Rose Harris (née Geldzaeler). Enid Harris (née Perlman) was the daughter of Louis and Emma Perlman (née Gruber).
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of photographs of Sydney Harris, his wife Enid Harris (née Perlman) and their children Mark and David. Of note is a photograph of Sydney Harris with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Accession Number
- 2018-8-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose family fonds
- Harris family series
- William and Tillie Harris sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 1-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1917]-[196-]
- Physical Description
- 49 photographs : b&w and sepia (3 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- William Harris was the son of Samuel and Sarah Harris (née Ruben). Tillie Harris (née Shayne) was the daughter of John and Olga Shayne (née Ginsberg).
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of photographs of William and Tillie Harris (née Shayne) and their family as well as textual records related to their son Sgt. Fred Harris' enlistment in the Canadian military and his death at Normandy on D-Day.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose family fonds
- Geldzaeler family series
- Frances Geldzaeler Ramm sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 2-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1929-[ca. 2000]
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w and col. ; 17 x 21 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Frances Ramm (née Geldzaeler) was the daughter of Mark and Yetta Geldzaeler (née Shumer). She was married to Simon Ramm and was the younger sister to Rose Harris (née Geldzaeler).
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of one file of photographs documenting the family of Frances Ramm (née Geldzaeler).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose family fonds
- Geldzaeler family series
- Harris and Geldzaeler families sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 2-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1916-[ca. 1945]
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of one file of photographs of members of the Harris and Geldzaeler families, including one taken at a celebration for Yetta Geldzaeler.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Research records sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938-1978
- Physical Description
- 2.9 m of textual records
- 2 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of the Research files of the Community Relations Committee, and has been divided into separate categories in a further 9 sub-sub-series; Civil liberties, Elections, Israel, Religious education in the public schools, Government funding of Jewish day schools, Hate crimes and hate literature, War crimes and criminals, Small Ontario Jewish communities, and General office records. For more detailed descriptions of these, please view scope and contents notes at the sub-sub-series level.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Related Material
- Library and Archives of Canada holds the records for the National B’nai Brith which contains 30cm of material on the National Joint Community Relations Committee. The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives in Montreal holds the records for the National Joint Community Relations Committee, which contains some files on the Ontario Region, as they reported to the National office. The whereabouts of the B’nai Brith records pertaining to the Central Region activities are currently unknown.
- Arrangement
- Because records in this sub-series had previously been organized in a manner that proved impossible for use by archivists and researchers, they have been totally rearranged and described to comply with RAD standards, to provide ease of access by researchers, and to fully reflect the activities and organizational history of the Community Relations Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress during and after the period when it was a joint committee with the B'Nai Brith.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association series
- Programming and events sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 1-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]-1972
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- 29 photographs : b&w ; 23 x 21 cm or smaller
- 1 poster ; 25 x 32 cm
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series consists of records documenting the various programmes offered at the Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home as well as special events, primarily organized for fundraising purposes.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association series
- Associated groups sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 1-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926-1968
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series consists of records related to acitivites of associated groups, whose existance and purpose was to support the mandate of the Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association series
- General photographs sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 1-7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]-[195-]
- Physical Description
- 131 photographs (54 negatives) : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of photographs depicting the campers, staff and grounds of the Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Homes in Bronte and Tollandale, Ontario. Included are various group photographs of adults and children participating programming activities as well as images of the cabins and grounds of the homes.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1936-1993
- Physical Description
- 2.1 m of textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series contains the operating files created and accumulated by the office of the executive director of the YM-YWHA during the years 1937-1978. The files contain correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, program material, photographs, reports, financial records and other related records. They are arranged by subject in alphabetical and chronological order. The photographs and architectural drawings are located in the subject files with the related textual material.
- Notes
- Includes 142 photographs, 11 architectural drawings, 2 artifacts, and 2 posters.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- 1988-11-7
- 1983-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-1993
- Physical Description
- 1866 photographs : b&w, sepia and col. (199 negatives) ; 35 x 28 or smaller
- 3 cm of textual records
- 1 architectural drawing
- Custodial History
- Most of the photographs were in the custody of Ted Winick, who sat on the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee. They were donated to the OJA in 1982 and 1984.
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series contains photographs collected by the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee. The photographs document the executive and general membership, special events, sporting groups and teams, and YM-YWHA owned camps and properties, including the construction and completion program of the northern branch. There are also a small amount of textual records and an architectural drawing, which has been kept in the file with the accompanying graphic images.
- Arrangement of the photographs has been imposed by the archivist, as no original order existed when the records were acquired. The photos have been arranged into alphabetical files by function, where one exists, otherwise they have been grouped together by subject, event or individual. This approach was taken so that images pertaining to certain subjects or events could be easily accessed by the researcher. The images have been described at the file and item levels.
- Accession Number
- 1984-7-2
- 1982-12-2
- 2004-5-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Education and extracurricular activities sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1921-1999
- Physical Description
- 4 folders of textual records
- 1 photograph
- 4 badges
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell attended Harbord Collegiate and was an honours student winning awards in several extra curricular activities. His children and grandchildren also excelled scholastically while attending a variety various Jewish parochial schools in Toronto such as the Associated Hebrew Day Schools, Eitz Chaim, Netivot Hatorah and Yeshivat Bnei Akiva Or Chaim Ulpanat Orot.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of material relating to the educational and recreational activities of the Edell family. There are newspaper clippings relating to Sol Edell’s participation in the Harbord Collegiate’s First Aid team and a University of Toronto graduation photograph. Sub-series includes correspondence, notices and booklets from his sisters’ and children’s elementary, high school and university graduation commencement exercises. In addition, sub-series consists of correspondence with the Associated Hebrew Day Schools relating to a scholarship awarded in memory of Sol Edell's grandfather, Rabbi Yosef Weinreb.
- Name Access
- Harbord Collegiate
- First Aid team
- Rabbi Yosef Weinreb Scholarship
- University of Toronto
- Subjects
- Education
- Source
- Archival Descriptions