Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Collection

Fonds

22

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1856-1995

Physical Description

1.1 m of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio

Morris Norman (b. 1946) is a chartered accountant living and working in Toronto. He is an avid collector of Canadiana, specifically Judaica. He purchases lots at auction and donates them to the Ontario Jewish Archives, as well as other institutions.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of the individual items collected at auction by Morris Norman. The records relate to the Toronto Jewish community and Ontario Jewry and include textual documents, photographs, near-prints, publications, artifacts, posters and broadsheets, sound recordings, and ephemera. Most of the items relate to various Jewish organizations, businesses, synagogues and individuals, and to Christian missionary work in Toronto. The material has been described at the file level, or where appropriate, the item level.

There are also four distinct series of records which document Berul Sugarman, who was a concert violinist and orchestral leader; the Franklin family, who owned a large amount of property in Toronto in the late 1800s and early 1900s; radio and television scripts written by Wayne and Shuster, Henry Karpus and Russell Bradley; and a collection of Turofsky photographs.

Notes

Physical description note: Includes 49 objects, 25 photographs, 7 audio recordings and 4 prints.

Name Access

Norman, Morris

Norman, Jessie

Creator

Norman, Morris (1946-)

Accession Number

1995-9-3

1995-9-4

1995-9-8

1996-6-3

1996-7-3

1996-9-1

1997-7-1

1998-1-1

1998-3-44

1998-7-2

1999-10-1

2000-7-4

2000-12-3

2001-3-3

2001-4-3

2001-8-5

2001-10-6

2001-11-1

2002-4-1

2002-5-1

2002-7-1

2002-9-1

2002-10-5

2002-10-58

2002-12-3

2003-5-3

2003-10-6

2004-7-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

15

Material Format

object

Date

1982

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

19

Material Format

textual record

Date

1995-1996

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

38

Material Format

textual record

Date

1993

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

46

Material Format

textual record

Date

1987

Physical Description

1 item

Name Access

Congregation Shaarei Tzedec (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

High Holidays

Synagogues

Women

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

84

Material Format

textual record

Date

[198-]

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

161

Material Format

textual record

Date

1995

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

175

Material Format

textual record

Date

1991

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

177

Material Format

object

Date

1993

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

178

Material Format

object

Date

1995

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

179

Material Format

object

Date

1992

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

186

Material Format

textual record

Date

1992

Physical Description

1 item

Name Access

Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

File

Fonds

22

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1995

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Name Access

Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

High Holidays

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

File

Fonds

22

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1991-1992

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Name Access

Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Anniversaries

Synagogues

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

File

Fonds

22

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1988

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Name Access

Kehillat Shaarei Torah of Toronto

Subjects

Fund raising

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

File

Fonds

22

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

1962-1967, 1995

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Berul Sugarman series

Level

Series

Fonds

22

Series

1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

sound recording

Date

1933-1982

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

2 photographs

7 audio reels

Admin History/Bio

Berul Sugarman was a well-known Canadian violinist and concertmaster, whose career spanned from the 1940s until the 1980s. He was associated with the Toronto Symphony for many years and was concert master of the Singing Stars program on the CBC. He played with the Modern Art String Quartet, the Marcus Adeney String Quartet and was the leader of the Galant Chamber Music Players, the Pro Arte Orchestra and The Little Symphonette.

Scope and Content

This series consists of material related to the musical life of Berul Sugarman. It includes concert programs, handwritten sheet music, advertisements, sound recordings and two photographs.

The series has been arranged and described at the file level, with the two photographs described at the item level.

Accession Number

2003-10-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Berul Sugarman series

Level

File

Fonds

22

Series

1

File

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1945], 1982

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Berul Sugarman series

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Series

1

File

5

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1982

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

This photograph depicts Berul Sugarman standing with unidentified members of the Pro Arte Orchestra. The members are holding their instruments and Sugarman is holding his baton.

Source

Archival Descriptions