- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926-1995
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w and col. ; 15 x 10 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Saul Cowan. Included are images of Saul on Maria Street in Toronto, at Humber River, Saul's University of Toronto Honours of Philosophy graduation portrait (1931), Saul at a cottage in Jackson's Point, in Mexico and at other locations. Identified in the photograph from Cancun, Mexico is Trudy Cowan and Nancy [Wargny?].
- Name Access
- University of Toronto
- Subjects
- Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae--Ontario--Toronto.
- Places
- Jackson's Point (Ont.)
- West Toronto Junction (Toronto, Ont.)
- Humber (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of letters to Saul Cowan as trustee and chairman of the Board of Education, Borough of North York, from representatives of various organizations including several Departments of Education, schools, York University, the Social Planning Committee of Metropolitan Toronto, the Globe and Mail newspaper, and the Joint Community Relations Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress. There is also correspondence from Saul Cowan to persons afiliated with organizations including the Canadian Jewish News, the Toronto Star, and Bathurst Heights Secondary School.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958-1982
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of texual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings documenting Saul Cowan's career with the North York Board of Education and a schoolboard newsletter.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1964-1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of reports and addresses prepared by Saul Cowan during the course of his career in education.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970-1983
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of yearly addresses by Saul Cowan to the Workmen's Circle to commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto uprisings.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1972-1997
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 9 photographs : col.; 14 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Saul Cowan served on the board of directors during the construction of York-Finch General Hospital in the early 1970s and as chairman for two years in the late 1970s, following completion of the building.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records pertaining to Saul Cowan's association with the York-Finch General Hospital. Included are a pre-construction publicity booklet for the hospital, a fund raising report, a workshop report, correspondence, a certificate presented to Saul Cowan in 1997 in recognition of his commitment to the hospital, and publicity photos of Saul Cowan when he served as chairman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two letters written to Saul Cowan by the executive director of the John Howard Society of Ontario.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985-1988
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of bulletins "Physicians for Social Responsibility-Canadian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War", a Christmas card to Saul Cowan from the organization, and a speech written by him. In addition there are letters written to Saul by John Oostrom (MP for Willowdale), Rev. Roland de Corneille (MP for Eglinton-Lawrence), and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
- Name Access
- Canada. Prime Minister (1984-1993 : Mulroney)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985-1996
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a report of a trip taken by Saul Cowan to Yugoslavia and Bulgaria in 1985, draft notes and a printed copy of Saul's autobiography entitled "Images In My Mind", and two copies of a CJN book review of this memoir.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 33
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1983-[ca.1990]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : col. ; 18 x 10 cm and 9 x 12 cm and 12 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Trudy Cowan and her uncle Jack Cowan in front of the former family home on Henry Street, Toronto and a streetscape of Henry Street showing a row of homes and the adjacent former Beth Jacob Synagogue.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 35
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1948-1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Morris and Celia Rosenthal (the parents of Saul's wife Lillian) purchased Wapaska Lodge on Muskoka Bay just outside Gravenhurst and ran it as a family resort from 1948-1965.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photograph of Michael Cowan and a cousin in front of a Wapaska Lodge truck, four postcards featuring photographs of the lodge at ground level and from the air, and two envelopes with the hotel's letterhead and an aerial photograph.
- Name Access
- Cowan, Michael
- Rosenthal, Celia
- Rosenthal, Morris
- Places
- Gravenhurst (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 37
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1958]-2002
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of material documenting the life of Trudy Cowan from high school in Toronto to retirement in Calgary. Included are programs for a high school drama performance and a Historic Sites and Monuments Board Canada event honouring explorer Alexander Henry, membership cards for the Canadian Club and Hadassah-Wizo, a Canadian passport, a high school alumni bulletin, a Father's Day card written by Trudy to her father Saul Cowan, and a speech she delivered at a Hadassah-Wizo annual meeting. In addition, there is email correspondences and newspaper clippings related to Trudy's association with historical organizations such as the Lougheed House Conservation Society, the Glenbow Museum, Fort Calgary, and the Jewish Historical Society Calgary.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 38
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1982-1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm and 10 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four copies of a 1982 wedding invitation for Trudy Cowan and Leonid Luker in Calgary, Alberta, a photograph of the bride and groom, and a group photograph of the couple and their guests during their tenth anniversary celebration. In addition there is an itinerary for an eleven day "Second Honeymoon" with relatives in Calgary and the rockies and several speeches delivered during the celebrations.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 44
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978-1985
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : col. ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a portrait of Libbie and Saul Cowan at their wedding in June 1978 at Temple Sinai, Toronto, a photo of Libbie and Saul with Belle and Phil Aiken (Libbie's brother) at the Cowan wedding, and a portrait of Libbie and Saul in 1985.
- Name Access
- Aiken, Belle
- Aiken, Phil
- Cowan, Libbie
- Cowan, Saul
- Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
- Subjects
- Married people
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 45
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]-1992
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w and col. ; 10 x 13 cm and 12 x 8 cm and 8 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photograph of Libbie Aiken's family. Included is a photo of her brother Dr. Sidney Aiken in the 1930s, a photograph of Libbie Aiken as a physiotherapist at the Toronto General Hospital in the 1950s, and a group photo of Libbie and Saul with Libbie's children and grandchildren at a formal event in 1992.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 46
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980-1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of handwritten correspondence between Saul, Libbie and Trudy Cowan and between Saul and Libbie Cowan and Saul's sister Jean Kalman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 49
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1944]-[199-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 20 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Michael Cowan is the son of Saul and Lillian Cowan.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Michael Cowan as a small child, in a group photo of the Homewood Public School choir, as a teenager in front of the family home on Brucewood in Toronto, and with his wife Nancy in Montreal. There is a commencement programme for his 1957 graduation from Bathurst Heights Collegiate, and programmes for recitals, concerts, and theatre events in which Michael was a participant or composed the music. These include the UC Follies at Hart House, University of Toronto, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Temple Sinai Religious School operetta, and The Jazz Singer at the Saidie Bronfman Yiddish Theatre in Montreal. As well there is correspondence between Michael and family members, and a letter written by him at the age of 11 to the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society offering a suggestion for the cause of rheumatism.
- Name Access
- Cowan, Michael
- Subjects
- Children
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 50
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [ca.1976]-[ca.1996]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Rebecca Cowan is the daughter of Saul Cowan's son Michael and his wife Nancy.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photograph of Rebecca as an infant and a programme of a concert titled "Musica Orbium Requiem op. 9", in which she sung as a soprano.
- Subjects
- Sopranos (Singers)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 51
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1916-[ca.1997]
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of the nine Cowan (Cohen) siblings from childhood to senior adulthood. Their spouses are included in many of the images, and the children and grandchildren of Norman Cowan in one group picture. Highlights include studio portraits of five of the siblings in 1916, a family seder on Henry Street in the 1930s, and Saul Cowan and his sisters Rivka and Jean in Florida in the late 1990s.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 53
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1918-[ca.198-]
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 14 x 9 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Kate Cowan was the second child (and first daughter) of the nine Cohen (Cowan) siblings.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Kate Cowan and her husband Joe Wener, and their oldest daughter Ruth and her husband Mickey Bush.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 54
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970-1992
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 9 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack Cowan was the third of the nine Cohen (Cowan) siblings, and the second boy. His son Bernard Cowan was the announcer's voice on the television show " Front Page Challenge".
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two copies of Jack Cowan's 1989 memoir, an announcement of his 70th birthday party hosted by Toronto United Jewish People's Order, newspaper clippings about the 60th and 65th anniversaries of Jack and his wife Anne, and an invitation to their 60th anniverary party. As well there is an obituary for Jack and two speeches about the couple delivered by their grandchildren at a memorial event in 1992 and a photograph of Anne taken in the 1970s or 1980s.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 55
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]-1990
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 10 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Bernard Cowan was the only child of Jack Cowan (the third of the nine Cowan siblings). Bernard predeceased both his parents, passing away at 68 years of age. He had a notable career in radio and television and was well known as the announcer on CBC's "Front Page Challenge". He was also a founding member of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Television and Radio Artists).
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Bernard Cowan in the 1950s and 1970s, and with his wife and children in the 1950s or 1960s, as well as a newspaper clipping about his career, obituaries, and a funeral card from Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 56
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- sound recording
- Date
- [195-]-1997
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 9 x 13 cm or smaller
- 1 audiotape
- Admin History/Bio
- Rivka (Reva) Cowan Lieberman was the fourth child (and second girl) of the nine Cowan siblings.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Rivka with her daughter Ruth, with her husband Frank Lieberman, and of herself in later years. As well, there is family correspondence, two copies of her 1997 memoir, an invitation to her 90th birthday hosted by her family, an undated audiotape of an interview with her, and material pertaining to her son David's career as a psychologist at a university in Scotland.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 58
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1918]-1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 15 x 10 cm and 14 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Jeanne Kallman was the sixth of nine Cowan siblings and the third girl.
- Scope and Content
- File includes family correspondence, two copies of Jeanne's "Memoirs of the Past", a newspaper biography of Jeanne from a Pinellas County Florida publication, and an article in an Orange County Florida Fire Safety Education Bulletin written by her grandson Lieutenant Clay Kallman. In addition, there are photographs of Jeanne and a friend as young girls about 1918, and of Jeanne at about 94 years of age with a corsage and a bouquet of flowers, honouring her participation in a musical event and giving a book review.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 59
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]-1989
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 8 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 15 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Norman Cowan was the eighth of the nine Cowan siblings and the fifth boy. He worked as an estate planner with Imperial Life.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of family correspondence and photographs of Norman Cowan and his wife Bertha from the 1940s to the 1980s in locations such as Wapaska Lodge, Gravenhurst, and Heritage Park, Calgary, as well as a photo of their son Phil as a young man. There are three greeting cards decorated with photographs of Norman's photography and Bertha's paintings, a speech delivered by Norman to the Toronto Jewish Historical Society on Ward 4 (Kensington) in Toronto during the depression years, and an article from the Canadian Jewish News about the presentation, as well as newspaper clippings about the couple's retirement activities, and an advertisement for an exhibit of their art at the Koffler Gallery in Toronto. Finally, there is a sympathy acknowledgement card for a donation to Baycrest written by Saul Cowan following the passing of his brother Norman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 60
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978-1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Philip Cowan is the only child of Norman and Bertha Cowan. Both he and his wife Carolyn are clinical psychologists in California.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a review of an academic book on an aspect of clinical psychology by Phillip, a newsletter with family updates, and wedding invitations for Philip and Carolyn's three children.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 61
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1923-2002
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : colour and sepia ; 14 x 9 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Miriam Cowan Rose was the youngest of the nine Cowan siblings and the fourth girl.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of family correspondence, two copies of a single page memoir about her parents written by Miriam, and photographs of Miriam as a toddler and in her 40s.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 62
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1984-2005
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Max Altshuller was the great-grandfather of Saul Cowan's first wife Lillian Rosenthal.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of corrspondence between family members concerning reminiscences and genealogy, a family tree of Saul Cowan's parents Harris and Annie Cohen, two descendant family trees of Mayer Gollom (father of Annie Gollom Cohen), and a memoir titled "Altshuller Family Tree". Included in this document are photocopies of photographs, maps, a report on a 2005 reunion in Pontypool, Ontario, and a memoir of Belle Ewart by Al Sherman, which mentions the activities of the Rosenthal, Altshuller, Goldman, and Aiken families, as well as a 24-page descendant family tree of Max Altshuller.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 63
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1944-2001
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of miscellaneous Cowan family correspondence including a copy of a handwritten letter from the patriarch Harris Cohen to his children and grandchildren, and correspondence to and from the extended family in Canada, United States, and Britain. There is also a note to Trudy Cowan and her husband Leonid from Shelley Wolkin, the daughter of Saul's second wife Libbie, with a photo of Shelley's baby son Jay.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 64
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1975?]-[1995?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of miscellaneous undated correspondence between Cowan family members, relatives and friends. Included are Christmas, Hanukkah, and sympathy cards, a birthday poem for Saul Cowan, a valedictory speech written as a Yiddish poem, and a letter in Hebrew sent from Israel to Rivka Lieberman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 67
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [197-]-[199-]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w and col. (1 photocopy) ; 16 x 14 cm and 12 x 6 cm and 10 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an unidentified photograph of a teenage girl, of a young woman and baby taken at Hanukkah 1988 at 46 Braemar, and a photocopy of a couple holding wine glasses.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 68
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1972-2001
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm and 9 x 13 cm and 8 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a portrait of Mark Samuels, a group photo of Cowan and Rose cousins including Trudy Cowan, a photo of Jules and Pat Ross, a photo of Trudy and a few relatives at a simcha, and a photo of Trudy, two cousins, and her aunt Miriam Rose on the deck of an indoor swimming pool in New Jersey. The group had gathered to celebrate the 99th birthday of Rivka Lieberman in 2001.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 69
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [196-]-[198-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied typed and handwritten genealogical information about the extended Rosenthal family. There are no dates for births, marriages, or deaths.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 70
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1905]-1995
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 10 x 15 cm and 14 x 8 cm and 9 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photo postcard with an image of two young men addressed to one of the men's sister Miss S. Rosenthal, 16 Baldwin Street, Toronto; a photograph of Roy and Temi Rosenthal and their children Maidee and Paul; and two photographs of Bob and Ethel Coffin (Lillian Cowan's cousins) at Ethel's 80th birthday celebration in Vancouver.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 73
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1905-1987
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 6 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Morris Rosenthal was the husband of Nessie (Celia) Soren Rosenthal, and the father of Liilian Rosenthal Cowan.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Morris Rosenthal as a young man, with his wife in middle age, and in his later years. A colour photograph is mounted in a hardcover notebook with two of his poems translated from Yiddish by his daughter Lillian Cowan. Documents include "Memories of Bell Ewart" (Belle Ewart) by Al Sherman, which mentions Celia and Morris Rosenthal leasing and running a hotel in that area, letters in Yiddish which may be Morris' poems, and a letter to Saul and Libbie Cowan from Rivka Lieberman with translations of the same two poems mentioned above, which Rivka found among her papers.
- Name Access
- Rosenthal, Morris
- Physical Condition
- Two of the older photographs are torn in half, one taped together on the back
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 74
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1943-2005
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Roy Rosenthal was the brother of Lillian Rosenthal Cowan, Saul Cowan's first wife.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an original and several photocopies of a press clipping concerning Roy Rosenthal's service in the Royal Canadian Air Force in India during the Second World War, photocopies of two of his letters written during the war years, a fifty page memoir, and a 2005 copy of a story in the Canadian Jewish News about Roy's replication of the Chagall windows, which were donated to Baycrest.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 75
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962-2001
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Temi Rosenthal was the wife of Roy Rosenthal, Lillian Rosenthal Cowan's brother.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation to Nessie (Celia) Rosenthal's 80th birthday celebraton hosted by her children Roy and Temi Rosenthal and Saul and Lillian Cowan, Temi's correspondence with Trudy Cowan and her husband Leonid, and a newspaper clipping about three Jewish cooking professionals (including Temi) and their Passover menus.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 76
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1986-1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Henry was a social worker and later an educator and editor in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence with Saul Cowan, a 25th anniversary edition of Outlook magazine (Henry was editor of the periodical), and his 1998 obituary.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 79
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1985]-1994
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Saul Cowan's notebook containing his handwriiten notes and material from other sources. Included is a one page memoir by his sister Miriam Rose, a concert programme, a letter from Ben Kayfetz with condolences on the passing of Saul's brother Norman, a B'nai Brith resolution, as well as Saul's family and financial information, miscellaneous phone numbers, and instructions for playing a tape in a VCR machine.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 80
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 plaque
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a metal plaque on wood honouring Saul Cowan's leadership as Founding Director of York-Finch General Hospital from 1964-1983.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 83
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1910]-1990
- Physical Description
- 73 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an album of photographs and some textual material. Photographs are black and white and colour and feature a number of generations of the Cowan extended family in multiple locations. Textual material includes a letter from the Lawrence Heights Medical Centre of which Saul Cowan was a member of the Board of Directors, a York-Finch Hospital publication, two CPPNW newsletters (Canadian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War), and a Manor-Metropolitan Lodge of B'nai Brith publication "Harmony".
- Physical Condition
- Material is on sticky pages in album.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions