- Part Of
- Dr. Rolf Lederer fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 84
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1970-2008
- Physical Description
- 1 m of textual records
- 54 photographs : col. (37 negatives)
- Admin History/Bio
- Dr. Rolf Lederer was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1934. His family immigrated to South Africa in 1936 and Rolf remained there until 1961, earning his medical degree from Cape Town University. After completing his psychiatric training in Edinburgh and Boston, Rolf settled in Toronto in 1968. There he set up private practice as a general psychiatrist.
- After moving to Toronto, Rolf became actively involved in the Jewish community and served on a number of committees. He was on both the local and national board of directors of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS) as well as a number of JIAS sub-committees, including the South African Jewish Association of Canada (SAJAC), the Local Case File Committee, and the Management Committee.
- From 1985 to 1988 Rolf was chairman of the Canadian Jewish Congress’s (CJC) Chaplaincy Services Committee. He was also a member of other CJC committees including the Jewish Cultural Council and the Joint Adult Education Committee. In addition, Rolf co-founded the Jewish Genealogical Society (JGS) in 1985 and served as the society’s president from 1987 to 1991. Finally, he was an active member of the B’nai Torah Congregation, serving as secretary and first vice-president in the early 1980s.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records that Dr. Lederer gathered as a board member of various Jewish organizations including JIAS, the South African Jewish Association of Canada (SAJAC), B'nai Torah Congregation, the Canadian Jewish Congress Chaplaincy Services Committee and the Jewish Genalogical Society (JGS).
- Records include meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, committee membership lists, directories, reports, budgets, newsletters, brochures, and newspaper clippings. Also included are publications of the SAJAC journal, SAJAC News, and B'Nai Torah Congregation bulletins. Photographs document the JGS's cemetery projects at Roselawn Cemetery and Pape Avenue Cemetery.
- Notes
- Physical extent note: records that did not pertain to OJA's mandate and that were either duplicates or already in OJA's holdings were culled. In addition, publications that came with this accession were either added to OJA's library or removed if they were unrelated to Ontario's Jewish community or already a part of the library's holdings. National JIAS records were removed and offered to CJC's National Archives. The National Archives passed on the records as they receive the same records as regular donations directly from JIAS.
- Name Access
- Lederer, Rolf, 1934-
- Physical Condition
- Good.
- Related Material
- For additional material donated by Dr. Lederer, please see accession #2010-11/16, 2011-1/2, and 2011-6/4.
- Arrangement
- Fonds may need to be arranged into series at a later date.
- Creator
- Lederer, Dr. Rolf, 1934-
- Accession Number
- 2010-6-10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-16
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 45 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1970-1997
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records related to Rolf Lederer's role with the Canadian Jewish Congress' Chaplaincy Services Committee, JIAS, and Congregation B'nai Torah. The records include meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, reports, financial records, bulletins, invitations, and pamphlets, In addition, there is one document that lists the founders of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto.
- Custodial History
- The records were in the possession of Rolf Lederer until they were donated to the Archives on 22 November 2010.
- Administrative History
- Dr. Rolf Lederer was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1934. His family immigrated to South Africa in 1936 and Rolf remained there until 1961, earning his medical degree from Cape Town University. After completing his psychiatric training in Edinburgh and Boston, Rolf settled in Toronto in 1968. There he set up private practice as a General Psychiatrist.
- After moving to Toronto, Rolf became actively involved in the Jewish community and served on a number of committees. He was on both the local and national board of directors of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS) as well as a number of JIAS sub-committees, including the South African Jewish Association of Canada (SAJAC), the Local Case File Committee and the Management Committee.
- From 1985 to 1988 Rolf was chairman of the Canadian Jewish Congress’s (CJC) Chaplaincy Services Committee. He was also a member of other CJC committees; including, the Jewish Cultural Council and the Joint Adult Education Committee. In addition, Rolf co-founded the Jewish Genealogical Society (JGS) in 1985 and served as the society’s president from 1987 to 1991. Finally, he was an active member of B’nai Torah Congregation, serving as secretary and first vice-president in the early 1980s
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Name Access
- Lederer, Rolf, 1934-
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-6-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-6-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 25 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph
- Date
- 1980-2000, predominant 1980-1990
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting Rolf Lederer's involvement with JIAS, the Canadian Jewish Congress's Chaplaincy Services Committee, the Toronto Jewish Congress Ontario Region Archives Committee, SAJAC, and the Jewish Genealogical Society. JIAS records make up the bulk of the accession and include; statistical reports; meeting notices; agendas and minutes for various committees, such as the Executive Committee, Immigrant Case Committee, Integration Committee and the Board of Directors; newsclippings, correspondence, programmes, reports, JIAS Information bulletins, and JIAS News newsletters.
- Chaplaincy records include meeting notices, agendas and minutes, bulletins, invitations, brochures, and general correspondence. JGS records include one photograph of a plaque awarded to the agency and correspondence regarding its cemetery project. Archives Committee records include event invitations, correspondence, and documents related to the Sense of Spadina tour. Finally, accession also consists of SAJAC News publications (1989), correspondence with the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists and a Congregation B'nai Torah dedication banquet programme (1984).
- Custodial History
- The records were in the possession of Rolf Lederer until he donated them to the OJA on June 22, 2011.
- Administrative History
- Dr. Rolf Lederer was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1934. His family immigrated to South Africa in 1936 and Rolf remained there until 1961, earning his medical degree from Cape Town University. After completing his psychiatric training in Edinburgh and Boston, Rolf settled in Toronto in 1968. There he set up private practice as a General Psychiatrist.
- After moving to Toronto, Rolf became actively involved in the Jewish community and served on a number of committees. He was on both the local and national board of directors of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS) as well as a number of JIAS sub-committees, including the South African Jewish Association of Canada (SAJAC), the Local Case File Committee and the Management Committee.
- From 1985 to 1988 Rolf was chairman of the Canadian Jewish Congress’s (CJC) Chaplaincy Services Committee. He was also a member of other CJC committees; including, the Jewish Cultural Council and the Joint Adult Education Committee. In addition, Rolf co-founded the Jewish Genealogical Society (JGS) in 1985 and served as the society’s president from 1987 to 1991. Finally, he was an active member of B’nai Torah Congregation, serving as secretary and first vice-president in the early 1980s
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Name Access
- Lederer, Rolf, 1934-
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto
- Southern African Jewish Association of Canada
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Ontario Region
- Ontario Jewish Archives
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-9-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-9-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1974-2011
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the involvement of Rolf Lederer in a variety of community organizations, including Congregation B'nai Torah, the Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto), United Jewish Appeal, Jewish Immigrant Aid Society, the Chaplaincy Committees of the Toronto Jewish Congress and Jewish Family and Child Service. Included is general correspondence; newsletters; event, workshop and seminar materials; meeting minutes and agendas; and a SAJAC newsletter.
- Name Access
- Lederer, Rolf, 1934-
- Source
- Archival Accessions