- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1936-1993
- Physical Description
- 2.1 m of textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series contains the operating files created and accumulated by the office of the executive director of the YM-YWHA during the years 1937-1978. The files contain correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, program material, photographs, reports, financial records and other related records. They are arranged by subject in alphabetical and chronological order. The photographs and architectural drawings are located in the subject files with the related textual material.
- Notes
- Includes 142 photographs, 11 architectural drawings, 2 artifacts, and 2 posters.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- 1988-11-7
- 1983-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-[ca. 1992]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 67 photographs : col. ; 13 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file contains member correspondence and invitations to the annual meetings and receptions held between 1961 and 1969. There are also photographs taken at the annual meetings in 1988, [ca. 1989] and [ca. 1992]. The photographs show members of the Executive Committee at the podium as well as the general membership.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 75
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1981
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Jewish Camp Council was formed in 1945 by five different groups running summer camps for Jewish youth: B’nai Brith, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Mothers’ and Babes’ Summer Rest Home Association, the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto and the YM-YWHA
- The United Jewish Welfare Fund eventually assumed responsibility for all camp property, including Camp Northland in Haliburton, and programming for all camps was organized as a unified service. The Jewish Camp Council Board of Directors included representatives from all five organizations, while the executive director of the YM-YWHA acted as executive director of the Jewish Camp Council. Initially, the head office was located at Camp B'nai Brith, near Orillia, and then moved into the new YM-YWHA building at Spadina and Bloor in 1953.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains textual records relating to the operation of the Jewish Camp Council and the camps it oversaw. Records include reports, executive and community correspondence, financial records, camp pamphlets and program itineraries.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 104
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1959-1980
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The National Jewish Welfare Board was an international association of Jewish community centres and YM-YWHAs, based in New York City.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains textual records relating to the National Jewish Welfare Board. The records include correspondence between David Andrews and various representatives of the NJWB and program material. There is also a program book from the 1980 volleyball tournament held at the Jewish Community Centres of Toronto.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 128
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976-1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 poster ; 63 x 54 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file contains program brochures and pamphlets for both the northern and Bloor and Spadina YM-YWHAs. and material related to the Jewish Book Fair. There is also a poster entitled "The promise fulfilled..." outlining the northern branch's programming schedule for the fall session.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 129
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953-1987
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file contains program reports and studies for the various departments of the YM-YWHA. This incudes reports on cultural programming, club and education, the junior and teenage departments, athletics and the day camps. There is a report on the future service role of the Bloor building, dated 1964 and two for the northern building, dated 1964 and 1968. Also included are reports created by the Group Services Study Committee, the YMHA Study Committee, the Northern Building Task Force to the Overall Study Committee, the Implementation Committee on Fiscal and Program Operations and the Dance Committee.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 157
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970-1993
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- By the 1960s, the Cultural and Educational Department was running a program known as the Y-Arts Council. The council promoted education through the arts, providing both adult and children's classes, many of which were free to ‘Y’ members. The council comprised schools of dance, art, music, drama, Jewish Studies and recreational activities.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains program books for the Y-Arts Council and two program books from the Arts Person of the Year gala tribute dinners honouring Louis Applebaum in 1991 and Oscar Peterson in 1993.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-22
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980-1983
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and material related to programs at Beth El Synagogue in Newfoundland.
- Name Access
- Beth El Synagogue (St. John's, N.L.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- St. John's (N.L.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-22
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956-1988
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, clippings, and programs related to the performances of folk singer and Holocaust survivor Jenny Eisenstein.
- Name Access
- Eisenstein, Jenny
- Subjects
- Folk singers
- Holocaust survivors
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-22
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978-1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, clippings, and programs related to the commemoration of Righteous Among the Nations Janusz Korczak.
- Name Access
- Korczak, Janusz
- Subjects
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-22
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1982-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and clippings of Rota Herzberg Lister, professor of English at University of Waterloo. Correspondence mainly pertains to issues of antisemitism in Waterloo.
- Name Access
- Lister, Rota Herzberg, 1928-2016
- University of Waterloo
- Subjects
- Antisemitism--Ontario--Waterloo
- College teachers
- Places
- Waterloo (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions