- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- Collection
- Fonds
- 34
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1882-1996
- Physical Description
- 58 cm of textual records
- 11 photographs : col. and b&w ; 28 x 36 cm or smaller
- 4 lantern slides : col. (hand painted) ; 5 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Larry Becker (1939-1998) was a collector with a focus on his native Toronto. He grew up in central Toronto, near Dundas and Ossington, where his father ran a cigar store. Around 1948, the family moved north to Vaughan. Larry attended Lakeshore Teachers' College and married fellow teacher, Rose Weber, in 1961. He taught primary school in Welland, Ontario
- Larry returned to Toronto in June 1965, and began collecting for profit and posterity. That year, with the active assistance of his wife Rose, opened the first of three businesses that sold collectables. Both his father and grandfather had been small-scale collectors. From 1965 to 1996, the growing Becker family lived at 25 Lesgay Crescent in North York. In December 1996, the Beckers moved to a larger place in the Kettleby countryside, where Larry had planned to retire and work on his collection
- Larry Becker died on February 20th, 1998
- Scope and Content
- The collection consists of items collected by Larry Becker including postcards, bulletins from Ontario Jewish organizations, sermons, periodicals, books, hand painted lantern slides documenting scenes of Jews in early Toronto, and other material relating to Ontario's Jewry
- Notes
- Information for biographical sketch gathered and cited from "Collecting Toronto: Through the Eyes of Larry Becker" virtual exhibit from the City of Toronto website at: http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/archives/becker_collections/
- The lantern slides have been rehoused and moved to the negative cabinet.
- Associated material note: The City of Toronto Archives has an extensive collection in the Larry Becker fonds, Fonds 70 (see Accession file for details)
- Physical Condition
- The textual records are in good condition. The colour photographs are suffering from severe dark fading and have taken on a distinct red cast.
- Creator
- Becker, Larry (1939-1998)
- Accession Number
- 2002-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [19--]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a stock certificate for the Sons of Jacob Co-operative Credit Society Ltd. The certificate is for 3 shares owned by E. Becker.
- Physical Condition
- Document is torn.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 44
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1980]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of blank stationary with Toronto Student Council for Soviet Jews letterhead.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 45
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of eight brochures from The Precious Legacy exhibition held September 14- November 24, 1985 and a map of the interior of the ROM.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 46
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1980]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a biography, and a list and sample of the paintings by Abe Bayefsky.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 47
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a JCC North East branch newsletter dated September-October 1981.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 48
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an advertisement briefly describing the suffering of Ethiopian Jews, as victims of the worse drought in Africa's history, and soliciting donations.
- Subjects
- Victims
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 49
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 51
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1987-1988
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the seventieth anniversary annual report of Baycrest Centre, describing their services, listing donors, financial income and expenses.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 62
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 75
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971-1981, 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Temple Har Zion bulletins, newsletters and mailings for 1971-1981 and 1990.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 77
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970-1988
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a Baycrest News bulletin (Jan. 1970), a pamphlet of facts for Baycrest day care service (1981), and a patient's newsletter commemorating the last 70 years (1988).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 78
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 81
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a request toTemple Har Zion congregants to pay a security tax of $25 for the synagogue, post 'Persian Gulf War', a request for volunteers to provide extra security on the synagogue premises, and a request for donations towards an emergency cash drive.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 82
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a pamphlet for a memoral service commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the liberation of Nazi death camps and the six million martyrs in London, Ontario. Also included is a list of particpants and readings.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 83
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977-1994
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of five pamphlets pertaining to various Jewish Book Fairs at 4588 Bathurst Street, Toronto, in 1977, 1979, 1984 and 1994.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 84
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two tickets and two programs for a BBYO alumni reunion on Sunday, Nov. 24, 1991 at the Regal Constellation Hotel, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 86
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 87
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the first newsletter of the Albert J. Latner Jewish Public Libary entitled The Communicator, dated March 1986. Also included is a Jewish Public Library bookmark.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 88
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 76
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- June 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a flyer for the Hazzanim in Recital event held at Temple Sinai Synagogue on Wednesday, June 11, 1986.
- Name Access
- Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
- Toronto Council of Hazzanim
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions