Accession Number

2021-7-1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

sound recording

Physical Description

ca. 8 cm textual records

6 posters : col. ; 66 x 51 cm or smaller

2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 12 x 17 cm and 10 x 15 cm

3 audio discs : vinyl

Date

[1960?]-2021

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records created and collected by Cyrel Troster, which document Cyrel and her parents Jack Troster and Lillian Troster's involvement in the Jewish community. Records include three vinyl records documenting the music of William Lion Mackenzie High School orchestra and Camp Manitou-Wabing (1961-1965); six oversized posters (1960-2008); programmes, flyers, brochures, cards, and other small, printed items relating to Jewish cultural events that Cyrel attended ([197-]-2019); booklets and magazines (1977-2016); newspaper clippings documenting cultural events and activities of the Ontario Jewish community (1973-2021); and two photographs depicting a B’nai B’rith event and the 2nd women’s conference panel in Toronto. Also included are other assorted documents such as Cyrel Troster’s essay on the Workmen’s Circle (1974); certificates; listing of Board of Jewish Education (BJE) members (2000-2001 and 2004); a proposal for Yiddish Education and Cultural Centre [1998?]; an application for a film grant (1992); correspondence (1978 and 2012); and documents pertaining to Jewish Arts Directory (1992-1994), Second Encounter (bibliography for annual programs, registration cards, meeting minutes; 1977-1979), Cultural Services Planning and Allocations Committee (CSPAC) (member list, proposal, meeting minutes, strategic plan; 1994-2004), and Tzedakah Box Project (2005). Topics and events documented other than those mentioned above are Bathurst Manor, downtown synagogues, Kensington Market, the Sense of Spadina tour, Holy Blossom Synagogue, the Journey into Our Heritage exhibit, and the first Toronto Jewish Film Festival.

Administrative History

Cyrel Troster was an active member on the Cultural Services Planning and Allocation Committee and the Archives Committee and a former board member of the Ontario Jewish Archives Foundation. She is a recently retired schoolteacher and an active member of the Jewish community.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: digital preservation copies for some documents have been created and are available in PDF, JPG, and TIF formats.

Name Access

Troster, Cyrel

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2004-11-2

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

[1966-1988]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one copy of "The Hillelite" (1966-67), copies of the architectural plans for the Shaareh Haim Synagogue and School (1988), the Charles Diamond report of the Library Study Committee to the Toronto Jewish Congress (July 1986), Cultural Services Planning and Allocations Committee meeting minutes (1988), Cultural Services Planning Committee summary of recommendations (1987-88) and Jewish Public Library correspondence (1987)

Custodial History

Records were kept by donor

Administrative History

Cyrel Troster is an active member on the Cultural Services Planning and Allocation Committee and the Archives Committee

Name Access

Troster, Cyrel.

Cultural Services Planning and Allocation Committee.

Hillel.

Shaareh Haim Synagogue.

Diamond, Charles.

Jewish Public Library.

Toronto Jewish Congress.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2006-3-2

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1986-2004

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material relating to the Latner Jewish Public Library and the Cultural Services Study Committee. Included is a report of the Cultural Services Study Committee (1986); 5 sets of meeting minutes of the Latner Jewish Public Library Board of Directors (2002-2004); a report on the library produced by Clare Lawton Beghtol, a professional library consultant (1988); two reports on restructuring and revisioning the library (2003); and a response to the restructuring report (2004).

Name Access

Albert and Temmy Latner Jewish Public Library.

Cultural Services Study Committee.

Beghtol, Clare Lawton.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2006-3-14

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

12 cm of textual records

Date

1990-1999

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual documents relating to the Executive Board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, UJA Federation and the Toronto Jewish Congress; the Cultural Services Planning and Allocations Committee; the Koffler Gallery and the Leah Posluns Theatre; Ashkenaz festival and the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. Records include reports, proposals, promotional material, and financial documents.

Custodial History

Records were in the possession of the donor Cyrel Troster until they were donated to the archives on 2006-03-29.

Name Access

Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto.

UJA Federation.

Toronto Jewish Congress.

Cultural Services Planning and Allocations Committee.

Koffler Gallery.

Leah Posluns Theatre.

Ashkenaz.

Toronto Jewish Film Festival.

Troster, Cyrel.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2006-7-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

6 cm of textual records

Date

1973-2003

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual material relating to the Ontario Jewish Archives, the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, Pardes Shalom Cemetery, the Latner Library and the Social Planning Committee. The bulk of the material is correspondence relating to various archival projects and grants between former Director of the Ontario Jewish Archives, Steve Speisman and former chair of the Archives Committee, Cyrel Troster.

Use Conditions

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2010-3-7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

4 cm of textual records

Date

1972, 1993-2009

Scope and Content

Accession contains programs from arts and culture events in the Jewish community. They include: the Ashkenaz Festival of Yiddish Culture (1995, 2004); the Toronto Jewish Film Festival (2007, 2009); the Second Annual Succah-by-the-Water held by the New Israel Fund of Canada (1993); and an exhibition outline and list from 'On the Minsk Pinsk Line: An Exhibition of Uncommon Objects' at York Quay Centre, Harbourfront, 1995. Also in the accession was the November 1972 edition of Masada.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2010-5-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

[ca. 1977] - 2009

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one copy of the first issue of the Jewish Life: A New Generation newspaper (1993), membership invitations for the Narayever Congregation Egalitarian serivice and the Israel Frankel Jewish Public Library of Toronto, a Canadian Jewish Congress community news bulletin promoting the "Sense of Spadina" tour, a folder of records for a UJA Federation Board of Directors consultation (2009), and brochures and other records relating to The Second Encounter committee.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2011-8-10

Material Format

textual record

sound recording

moving images

Physical Description

ca. 10 cm of textual records

1 audio disc : vinyl

1 DVD

Date

1977-2006

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting Cyrel's involvement in various Jewish organization's, including; Community Planning and Allocations (CP&A), Cultural Services Planning and Allocations Committee (CSPAC), the CJC Archives Committee (Ontario Jewish Archives), the UJA Federation (Toronto Jewish Congress) Board of Directors, the Latner Library (Jewish Public Library), and the Canadian Jewish Congress. Included are meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, a vinyl record issued by CJC and the Jewish Student Federation of York University entitled "Let my People Go", event invitations, and brochures.

Also included are Jewish Women's Forum newsletters, Ashkenaz festival brochures, a Pardes Shalom Memorial Garden video, a Leah Posluns Theatre production booklet, and event invitations for the Narayever Congregation.

Use Conditions

UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.

Name Access

Troster, Cyrel

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2013-12-8

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. (negative) ; 35 mm

Date

1983

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one negative depicting the Ontario Jewish Archives committee members in the former Beverley Street building, holding a wooden sign that reads: GENTILES ONLY.

Custodial History

Photograph was taken by a member of the Ontario Jewish Archives committee in 1983. The negative has been in the possession of Cyrel Troster since that time.

Administrative History

The sign was discovered by the committee at 152 Beverley Street in the basement hidden under the floorboards. A member of the committee used a crowbar to pull up the floor where it was discovered hidden in a hole. The physical sign was donated to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Descriptive Notes

For a photograph of the sign, see image #6161.

For the physical sign, see artifact #714.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2014-3-3

Material Format

object

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual material

3 objects

Date

[196-?]-2012

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two program books for the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 1997 (at Bloor Cinema) and 2012, and two pins that belonged to Lillian Troster. One pin is fron B'nai Brith Women and the other is from the Federation of Zionist Organizations of Canada. Also included is one small menorah pin, possibly from B'nai Brith Women or Girls.

Name Access

Federation of Zionist Organizations of Canada

Troster, Lillian

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2014-5-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1993

Scope and Content

Accession consists of an itinerary for Jewish Women's Voices: Past and Present.

Places

Toronto, Ont

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2014-6-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

8 cm of textual records

Date

1997-2004

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual records documenting Cyrel Troster's involvement with UJA Federation's Cultural Services Planning and Allocation Committee, Cultural Planning and Allocation, and the development of cultural policy. Also included is a program book and silent auction catalogue for an exhibit held at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto.

Use Conditions

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Subjects

Arts

Name Access

Troster, Cyrel

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2014-8-10

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

5 cm of textual records

Date

1988-2014

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual records documenting Cyrel Troster's Jewish communal involvement, particularly with cultural planning for UJA Federation. Included are event inviations, program books, brochures, a postcard, meeting minutes, reports, and flyers. Records relate to the following agencies and projects: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, the Tomorrow Campaign, Anshei Minsk Synagogue, Holy Blossom Temple, Shareeh Haim Synagogue, the Jewish Museum in Toronto, reports on Jewish education in Toronto, the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, the Holocaust Centre of Toronto, and the Koffler Centre. Of note is a copy of a study commissioned by UJA Federation for Frank Gehry, who was originally approached to design the Koffler Gallery.

Subjects

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

Troster, Cyrel

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-3-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

ca. 8 cm of textual records

Date

1984-2014

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records predominantly related to UJA Federation of Greater Toronto's Community Planning and Allocations Committee. Records include studies, meeting minutes, correspondence, budgets and reports, most related to the plans for redevelopment of the Bathurst JCC. Records also include bar mitzvah benchers and Ashkenaz Festival promotional materials.

Name Access

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-8-4

Material Format

textual record

object

Physical Description

ca. 15 cm of textual records

1 leather hide

Date

1974-2009

Scope and Content

Accession consists of documents related to UJA Federation committees and the Ontario Jewish Archives. Documents include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, promotional material, budgets, and newspaper clippings. Accession also includes a shoe leather hide from Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited that was used at a shoe conference.

Administrative History

Cyrel's grandfather, Charles Troster, owned the Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited, a shoe factory, in Toronto. Cyrel's father and all of her uncles worked there. Names on the shoes were as follows: Celina, Lady Edna, Avanti, Charles (Studio of Canada), and Edna.

Use Conditions

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Subjects

Business

Fashion and clothing

Meetings

Name Access

Troster, Charles

Troster, Cyrel

Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited (Toronto, Ont.)

Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places

Toronto, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-8-8

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Physical Description

2 folders of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm

1 pair of shoes

Date

1958-1994

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the activities of Cyrel Troster and the Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited. Included are lists of elected officers and members for B'nai Brith Women (1970-1971), an invitation to a B'nai Brith Women Covenant Breakfast (1958), an issue of the Zionist student publication "masada" (1977), a schedule for High Holiday services at Darchei Noam (1994), an issue of the bulletin "The Window" of B'nai Israel Beth David Congregation (1977), and an issue of the newsletter "Shirayim" of the Canadian Union of Jewish Studies (1972). Also included are a pair of Edna shoes, a sketch of a shoe, a photograph of shoes, and two templates of shoes documenting the work of the Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited.

Custodial History

Cyrel found the shoes at a secondhand store and purchased them.

Administrative History

Cyrel's grandfather, Charles Troster, owned the Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited, a shoe factory, in Toronto. Cyrel's father and all of her uncles worked there.

Subjects

Business

Fashion and clothing

Occupations

Name Access

Troster, Cyrel

Troster, Charles

Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-4-15

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

ca. 8 cm of textual records

Date

1964-2014

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual records documenting the involvement of Cyrel Troster and her mother Lillian Troster in the Jewish community of Toronto and Richmond Hill. Included is a Shareeh Haim Synagogue high holiday ticket, a B'nai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO) fall conclave booklet (1964), Ashkenaz Festival programs (2012, 2014), an issue of the Toronto Jewish Directory (2000), and UJA Federation studies and reports. The UJA reports include: Greater Toronto Jewish Community Study: A First Look (1991), Needs Assessment of York Region's Jewish Population (2002), and Centre for Jewish Knowledge and Learning Workshop : Planning Materials (2004).

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-6-7

Material Format

textual record

sound recording

Physical Description

30 cm of textual records

6 cassette tapes

Date

1973-2005

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Cyrel Troster's involvement with various Jewish committees and organizations. Included are: transcripts of oral histories with prominent Jewish Torontonians that were conducted as part of an oral history project in 1973; correspondence between Cyrel Troster and interviewees; index cards listing the dates of the oral history interviews; promotional materials for Jewish arts festivals; public proposal document for the new Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue; and documents and records from Cyrel's involvement in various Jewish organizations. Also included are Local Initiatives Program application forms (1973), lists of presidents of various Jewish organizations, a map of the Jewish York Region (1999), issues of Exodus Magazine in both English and Russian from May 2018, and two issues of the Wilson Heights High School yearbook The Torch (1962-63).

The six tape cassettes are as follows: Cantor Paul Kowarsky Live in Concert (no date); Highlights from the 1994 Toronto Jewish Storytelling Festival; interview with Esther Volpe (two cassette tapes); interview with Samuel Harris; and one cassette marked "Dov Noy copy of Library tape" (Dov Noy was a Jewish folklorist).

The accession contains transcripts for the following interviewees: Mrs. Arbus, David Biderman, Benjamin Brown, Benjamin Sherman, Arthur Cohen, Mrs. Draimin, Max Federman, Morris Flicht, Joshua Gershman, Samuel Harris, Ben Heisel, Rose Heisel, Mr. Lean, Mary Levy, Harry Pullan, J. B. Salsberg, Yekil Silverman, A. S. Socol, Nathan Strauss, Esther Volpe, and Annie Zeidman.

The accession contains records related to Cyrel's involvement in the following committees and organizations: Committee for Yiddish (1997-2004); Cultural Services and Planning Committee (1990-2005), Jewish Public Library (2005); Canadian Jewish Congress, Orthodox Division (1982-1984); Holocaust Centre (1979-2004); Limmud (2000); Ontario Jewish Archives (1973-2004); Jewish Theatre (1996-2002); Jewish Arts Council (2000-2004); Jewish Toronto Tomorrow (1994-2004); Ashkenaz (1997-2004); UJA Federation (1978, 1984, 1990-2004).

Use Conditions

Credit to be given to Susan Cohen and Cyrel Troster—coordinators of the Local Initiatives Project project in 1973—and to interviewer(s) and transcribers when using tapes or transcribed interviews.

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Descriptive Notes

RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: See accession 2017-4-6 for related sound recordings. Some may be duplicates.

Subjects

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

Committee for Yiddish (Toronto, Ont.)

Limmud Toronto

Ontario Jewish Archives

Troster, Cyrel

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-7-10

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

7 folders

Date

1977-2006

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Cyrel Troster's involvement in the Jewish community.

Included are: a copy of Jewish Life in Greater Toronto: leadership development materials (197-?), materials pertaining to the Second Encounter Holocaust-themed event series (ca. 1977-ca. 1979), a folder of source material for Jewish exhibitions (1979-1987), a copy of the 1992 Jewish Directory of Greater Toronto, a copy of The Jewish Community of Toronto: Part I Basic Demographics (2001), a copy of The Jewish Community of Toronto: Part III the Jewish Elderly (2001), and a copy of A Survey of the Attitudes and Behaviours of Greater Toronto's Jewish Community (2006).

Use Conditions

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Subjects

Exhibitions

Population

Name Access

Troster, Cyrel

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-8-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

7 cm of textual records

Date

[197-]-2003

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Cyrel Troster's involvement in the Jewish community, especially her involvement in the Canadian Jewish Congress Central Committee/Toronto Jewish Congress Archives.

Included are: A copy of a Brief Guide to Pesach by Rabbi A. Y. Bartfield (197-?); archives-related press releases (197-?); materials pertaining to the Toronto Jewish Historical Society's Kensington Market walking tour (1974?); a copy of Fraternally Yours: Official Publication of the New Fraternal Jewish Association Vol. 19 No. 4(161) (Nov. 1978); a study of Toronto's Jewish population (Jan. 1979); a list of the officers and board of directors of the Israel Frankel Jewish Public Library of Toronto (Jan. 1979); archives-related ephemera (1979-1984); a report regarding program, budget, and priority process for the archives (Aug. 1981); member lists for the archives committee (1983), archives-related correspondence (1983-1986, 2002), archives budgets (1983-1985, 2003); meeting minutes for the archives committee (1984); a directory of local synagogue artists (1999); and a programme for a Frances Mandell tribute dinner (1999).

Subjects

Archives

Name Access

Troster, Cyrel

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-10-14

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

7 cm of textual records

Date

1964-2018

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting different public and Jewish organizations in Toronto. Included are: 1964 and 1965 issues of the William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute's Advocate yearbook; a record of the Eglinton chapter of B'nai Brith Women of Canada's opening meeting on 16 September 1992; a booklet with short profiles of the 1998-99 UJA Federation Board of Directors; a 2013 commemorative booklet celebrating Darchei Noam's fortieth anniversary and Rabbi Tina Grimberg's ten-year anniversary at the synagogue; a program for the 8th Annual Symposium in Germanic Studies University of Toronto, which was titled Global Yiddish Culture, 1938-1948; various materials from the 2018 Ashkenaz Festival; newspaper clippings; and informational material for the Canadian Jewish Congress/Toronto Jewish Congress' Heritage-in-a-Box project

Subjects

Festivals

Public schools

Synagogues

Name Access

Ashkenaz Festival

B'nai Brith Women of Canada

Canadian Jewish Congress. Central Region

Congregation Darchei Noam (Toronto, Ont.)

Grimberg, Tina

Toronto Jewish Congress

Troster, Cyrel

University of Toronto

William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2020-3-2

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

3 photographs : b&w and col ; 12 x 17 cm or smaller

Date

[195-]-1997

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Cyrel Troster and her family's involvement in the Jewish community. Included are: a copy of a camp newsletter Manitou Wabing (195-?); a copy of the B'nai B'rith Eglinton Chapter newsletter The Tattler (Nov. 1968); certificates for Lillian Troster from B'nai B'rith (1960-1973); booklets for the 24th Regional Conference of the Canadian Jewish Congress Ontario Region (1981) and an exhibit Journey into Our Heritage (1978); a wedding invitation (1997); photographs of B'nai B'rith functions (195-?); a flyer for a Frances Mandell tribute dinner (1990); press clippings of various community events (196-?); and a photograph of a Clanton Park area house (197-).

Name Access

Troster, Cyrel

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

491

Material Format

graphic material

Date

7 Feb. 1980

Physical Description

5 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph and four negatives depicting group shots of unidentified groups, possibly Social Planning and Allocations. Cyrel Troster is identified in two frames.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2012-1-2

Material Format

textual record

object

Physical Description

8 cm of textual records

1 matchbook

Date

1958-1993, predominant 1958-1966

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting Lillian Troster's role as president of the Eglinton Chapter B'nai Brith and as the Israel Bonds chairman for B'nai Brith District One. Included are meeting minutes, correspondence, membership lists, The Tattler newsletters, certificates, fundraising material, convention proceedings, flyers, invitations, speeches, and one match book of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

Custodial History

Records were donated by Lillian's daughter, Cyrel Troster.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2013-1-1

Material Format

moving images

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

3 film reels (ca. 12 min.) : col., si. ; 8 mm

7 photographs

1 folder of textual records

Date

1939-1993, predominant 1939-1962

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the activities of Cyrel Troster and her family. Included is a Coronet Club invitation to an annual charity ball in aid of German refugees (1939), a fyler advertising the 100th anniversary of Beth Tzedec synagogue, a brochure for a Jewish Women's Voices conference (1993), and photographs of a Brownie group celebrating Purim at Clanton Park synagogue, a talent show at Camp Timberlane, and campers at Camp New Moon and Camp Shalom. Also included are home movies of a Jewish Cub Scout parade featuring Joel Troster and visiting day at Camp Tamarack and Camp Shalom. Identified in the photographs are: Cyrel Troster and Larry Troster. The home movies were filmed by Cyrel's father, Jack Troster.

Use Conditions

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Accessions