- Accession Number
- 1982-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1939-1947
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Canadian Jewish Congress records related to a study carried out by Saul Hayes and Jacob Finkelman on discriminatory employment practices in Ontario. The title of the resulting report is "Evidence of Unequal Opportunity in Employment and a Suggested Fair Employment Practices Legislation". Included are reports, memorandi, correspondence, sample applications from different employers, and a booklet by Gurston Allen entitled "Jewish Occupational Difficulties" (1939).
- Subjects
- Antisemitism
- Name Access
- Hayes, Saul
- Finkelman, Jacob
- Allen, Gurston
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-6-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-6-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- June 1905
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one issue of The Open Court magazine (Vol. XIX, no. 589) from June 1905. It contains an article by Mark Geldzaeler entitled, The Third Commandment.
- Name Access
- Geldzaeler, Mark
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1941-1942
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of minutes of meetings of the War Efforts Committee, various newspapers from the USA (The Sentinel) and Canada (Army Week) and a Jewish Calendar for Men in the Canadian Armed Forces (1941-1942).
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Administrative History
- One of the main roles of the committee was to raise funds from Jewish communities across Canada for the purchase and donation of furniture. According to a document 'Special bulletin on Furnishing project', Congress is the only organization supplying furniture under an agreement with the Department of National Defence. The Chairman of the committee was Gurston Allen of Toronto.
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- Meetings
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, War Efforts Committee
- Allen, Gurston
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-3-56
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-3-56
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1930-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a covering letter to Steve (presumably Speisman) from Sidney Harris dated September 14, 1976. The letter refers to two documents (a letter) one of which is in Hebrew and the other being its translation into English. The translation was performed by BGK (likely Ben Kayfetz). The covering letter refers to the Geldzaeler and Scheuer families and also refers to other documents being given to Steve. However, there were no other documents in the folder. The letter was from Mark Geldzaeler to Edmund Scheuer in thanks for a gift of a box of cigars.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material. However, it does appear to come from a family album of Sydney M. Harris.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Harris, Sydney M.
- Scheuer, Edmund
- Geldzaeler, Mark
- Places
- Toronto, Ontario
- Source
- Archival Accessions