- Accession Number
- 1988-2-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1.8 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records pertaining to the operation of the Kashruth Department of the Toronto Jewish Congress. The department was situated within the Orthodox Division.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Subjects
- Religion
- Food
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Toronto Jewish Congress
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-9-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-9-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1939
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a notice in Yiddish from Rabbi Meir Levy announcing to the Jewish community that shochtim Yichiel Wagman and Soloway, Hymie Weisfeld, Lazar Salkovitch, and Moishe Gross are valid, certified kosher butchers. These shochtim, it states, are well known in Toronto, learned in Torah, and they have been certified under the strictest rules of kashrut.
- Subjects
- Religion
- Food
- Occupations
- Name Access
- Levy, Meir Zvi
- Wagman, Yichiel
- Weisfeld, Hymie
- Salkovitch, Lazar
- Gross, Moishe
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-5-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-5-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Date
- 1985
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one Shopsy's Delicatessen menu from March 1985. The deli introduced a new menu on 1 April 1985. It is a laminated, oversized, three-panel menu and is from the deli located at Yonge and Front Streets, across from the former O'Keefe Centre.
- Administrative History
- Harry and Jennie Shopsowitz started the family business, Shopsy's Delicatessen, in 1921. The first location was on Spadina Avenue at Dundas Street and was initially an ice-cream parlour, although they quickly converted it into a delicatessen in 1922. Shopsy's became an institution in the city where the likes of Bob Hope, Al Waxman, Dennis Hull and Scotty Bowman were regular customers. Harry's three sons took over the business in 1947. The brothers, Sam and Israel, expanded the business by packaging and distributing their hotdogs and corned beef to grocery stores. Sam Shopsowitz, the more gregarious of the two brothers, was known as the "Corned Beef King."
- Subjects
- Food
- Business
- Restaurants
- Name Access
- Shopsy's Delicatessen (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-7-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-7-5
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 document (pdf)
- Date
- 1962
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one scanned copy of the Lakehead Hadassah cookbook from 1962.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in July 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-07-19.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Food
- Women
- Name Access
- Safir, Shari-Lyn
- Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada
- Places
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-11-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-11-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1953, 1956-1957
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three cookbooks produced by the Toronto B'nai Brith Women. The first is entitled "Party Book", the second is "Oven Magic", and the third is "What's Cooking?".
- Subjects
- Food
- Women
- Name Access
- Toronto B'nai B'rith Women
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1990 sub-sub-series
- Walk and Festival event photographs file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 67; Series 17-1-16; File 26
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1990 sub-sub-series
- Walk and Festival event photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-16
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 21 May 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Negative of UJA Walk for Israel volunteers grilling hot dogs. Identified are Gerarld Halbert and Julia Koschitzky.
- Notes
- Title based on content of negative
- Negative by Graphic Artists Photographers
- Subjects
- Food
- Volunteers
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Joseph Fremar
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 14 May 1974
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Joseph Fremar
- Number
- OH 21
- Subject
- Business
- Food
- Occupations
- Interview Date
- 14 May 1974
- Quantity
- 2 cassettes (1 copy)
- 1 MP3 file
- Interviewer
- Bess Shockett
- Total Running Time
- 12:59 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied to cassette tape in August 2003.
- Digitized in June 2010.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Joseph "Joe the Orange Man" Fremar was a produce merchant in Kensington Market and opened his location at 234 Augusta Avenue in 1938. Fremar, commonly referred to as the "Orange Man," was a member of the Kiever Synagogue.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Fremar, Joseph
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Shockett, Bess
- Geographic Access
- Augusta Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Joseph Fremar, also known as "Joe the Orange Man," talks about the social politics and financial expectations around belonging to certain Toronto synagogues versus others.
In this clip, Joseph Fremar, also known as "Joe the Orange Man," talks about the changing population of Toronto
- Name
- Ben Collis
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 1 Jun. 1976
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ben Collis
- Number
- OH 93
- Subject
- Musicians
- Cemeteries
- Synagogues
- Antisemitism
- Farmers
- Yiddish language
- Interview Date
- 1 Jun. 1976
- Quantity
- 2 audio cassettes (1 copy)
- 2 WAV files
- Interviewer
- Larry Troster and Elaine Kahn
- Total Running Time
- OH93_001:43.50 minutes OH93_002:18.45 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Digitized 2014
- Notes
- poor sound quality in some sections
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Ben Collis, the son of Russian immigrants, was born in 1911. He grew up in Oshawa, Ontario. In 1944, he moved to Peterborough, Ontario. Ben's interest in music led him to form his own dance band and play gigs throughout Ontario.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Geographic Access
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 93 - Collis\OH93_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 93 - Collis\OH93_002_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Charna Galper
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 15 Aug. 2018
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Charna Galper
- Number
- OH 448
- Subject
- Immigrants--Canada
- Synagogues
- Camps
- Musicians
- Yiddish language
- Yiddish literature
- Interview Date
- 15 Aug. 2018
- Quantity
- 1 MP4 file
- Interviewer
- Naomi Raichyk
- Total Running Time
- 1:42 minutes
- Biography
- Charna Galper was born in 1921 in Bershet, Ukraine and immigrated with her family to Toronto in 1923. Charna grew up and lived in the Kensington Market area until 1955, when she moved north of the downtown core. Charna attended Landsdowne Public School and Harbord Collegiate, where she graduated as a legal secretary. She was a member of Hashomer Haztair and attended its summer camp at the Stroud, Ontario location. Charna married Abe Galper in 1947. Abe's career as a musician allowed them to travel to New York, Israel, and China. Charna has volunteered for Circle of Care and today spends her time pursuing her interest in Yiddish and attending programs at the Baycrest Centre.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Transcript
- 0:40: Charna born in 1921 in Bershet, Urkaine, tells the story of how she her parents and siblings fled Ukraine for Canada. Sponsored by Joe and Philip Finkler her mother’s brothers, the family arrived in Toronto in 1923. 3:24: Charna describes the living conditions of the family’s first home at 237 Beverley St., Fitzroy Terrace in the Kensington area and Grange Ave. 4:55: Charna talks about her elder sister’s contracting diphtheria and the resulting quarantine her family had to endure 5:2: Charna talks her parents first home at 210 Robert St. and the family’s move to Albany Ave. 6:15: Charna describes in detail the family’s living conditions prior to their move to 210 Robert St. 7:15: Charna talks about some of the challenges her parents faced when they first came to Toronto. She describes the hardships her father endured working as a carpenter during the depression 9:40: Charna talks about Joe and Philip Finkler as instrumental in helping her parents buy the house on Robert St. in 1926, the year her brother Shloime was born 10:00: Charna recalls some memories of the Robert St neighborhood, a closely knit Jewish immigrant community with Yiddish spoken as the primary language and her experiences at the Landsdowne Public school 11:40: Charna recalls her grandmother as being a wonderful davener 13:00: Charna talks about the details of the Robert St. house mortgage 14:1: Charna talks about her first job working for Harry Grainer as a legal secretary and later with Lou Rasminsky, the first Jewish governor of the Bank of Canada. 15:33: Charna recalls the area around Rasminsky’s storefront at 418 Spadina Ave. Spadina was filled with many businesses, egg stores, Hyman’s bookstore and Goodmans on the corner of Oxford, “we all knew each other, it was a leibedik velt. 16:00: Charna talks in more detail about her job as a legal secretary for Lou Rasminsky 18.45: Charna describes her daily walk to Harbord Collegiate 19:30: Charna talks about not having enough money for carfare and riding the bus for free 20:33: Charna talks about her best friend Rose Ruskin 21:35: Charna talks about how as a child she was spoiled by her older sisters Nechama and Ethel 22:04: Charna talks about helping with the household chores 22:15: Charna describes family laundry day on Sunday. We had laundry tubs in the backyard, my sisters and I had scrubbing boards and my mother was good at wringing, it was a team effort 22:46: Charna talks about the Kosoys who owned a home laundry at Borden and Harbord St. They had what was called wet wash, they would bring the clean laundry back to us wet and we would hang it to dry. 23:27: Charna talks about getting their first refrigerator 23:41: Charna describes their first refrigerator 24:01: Charna describes their icebox and Katz the iceman who came once a week to deliver ice 24:44: Charna talks about buying groceries on credit 25:37: Charna talks about why her parents wanted her to go to school rather than working in a factory 25:50: Charna talks about helping with the shopping in Kensington market 26:05: Charna talks about going to Kensington market on Thursday morning to buy a big carp, bring it home, put it in the tub until Friday morning when her grandmother would kill it and turn it into gefilte fish 27:33: Charna describes her own gefilte fish recipe 28:35: Charna recalls going to the market on Friday to buy a live chicken for Shabbat and taking it to the Schoichet on Major St. to be killed and plucked 29:03: Charna describes how to hold a live chicken 29:23: Charna describes bargaining for goods in the market 30:41: Charna recalls the pickled crabapple treats from a delicatessen located at Dundas in Kensington Market 32:04: Charna recalls Tryman’s family run grocery store on Baldwin St., Little Eaton’s on Kensington that sold Eaton’s castoffs, Hyman’s bookstore on Spadina Ave that sold office supplies, religious books and had a registry for bar-mitzvahs and weddings. 34:45: Charna describes her brother Shloime’s bar-mitzvah held at their Robert St. home and catered by her grandmother 35:42: Charna recalls about the days when her grandmother was a caterer in Russia and also in Toronto 37:12: Charna describes her grandmother’s cooking 37:49: Charna talks about her grandmother as a very orthodox woman who wore both a sheitel and kerchief 38.22: Charna talks about the family’s traditional observance of Shabbos and Jewish holidays, the Russian Shul on Centre St, and her grandmother’s cooking for Rosh Hashanah 40:36: Charna talks about the Russian Shul’s move to Markham St. and describes its interior 42:39: Charna talks about Joe and Philip Finkler’s connection with the Kiever Shul 43:42: Charna talks about her grandmother’s passing in 1939 44:04: Charna talks about her sisters Elsie and Nechama 45:35: Charna talks about her surprise birthday party in celebration of her 95th year 46:08: Charna talks about her sister Nechama’s move to Palestine 46:34: Charna talks about her father in-law’s move to Palestine in 1930 47:30: Charna talks about her involvement with Hashomer Hatzair 49:24: Charna talks about Hashomer Hatzair’s summer camp locations in Keswick, Stroud, Parry Sound, and Lake Ooty in Perth, Ontario 50:25: Charna describes her camp experience at the Stroud location 52:05: Charna talks about accompanying her husband Abe, a clarinet teacher to camp Hashomer Hatzair in Perth, Ontario 52:59: Charna talks about her past and present affiliation with schlichim coming to Toronto 53:45: Charna talks about her affiliation with Pioneer Women, now known as Na’amat 54:32: Charna tells the story of how she met her husband Abe in 1947 57:18: Charna describes her first date with Abe 57:43: Charna talks about walking with Abe to the Tivoli theatre at Victoria and Shuter. “Who used cars, who used streetcars, we walked. On the way back I got the most terrible blisters, I was with new shoes, with high heels.” 58:26: Charna continues to describe her first date with Abe 59:01: Charna describes the inside of the Tivoli theatre 59:49: Charna talks about City Dairy where she and Abe went for ice cream on their first date. City Dairy was located at Spadina Crescent near College St. 1:00:36: Charna explains why she and Abe decided to get their marriage license in May 1948 1:02:08: Charna talks about the attraction she and Abe had for one another 1:02:42: Charna talks about her wedding held in the family’s backyard at Albany Ave. in August of 1948 1:04:47: Charna describes her wedding cake and how she preserved it in a tin box until her 25th wedding anniversary 1:06:04 Charna talks about her first apartment with Abe at College and Crawford 1:06:52: Charna talks the period following her marriage and her mother’s stroke 1:07:45: Charrna talks about her first pregnancy and birth of Batsheva in November 1949 1:07:54: Charna talks about moving into her parent’s home on Albany St. 1:09:25: Charna talks about thinking of buying their own home 1:10:16 Charna talks about why they waited a year before moving into their own home. She explains everything she needed was close by the house on Albany, including Starkman’s and Honest Ed’s. 1:11:28: Charna describes their first house as it looked when they moved in 1955 1:12:14: Charna talks about the shifting demographics of the neighborhood from primarily Gentile to Jewish 1:12:40: Charna talks about the neighborhood Daysbury public school her children attended 1:12:55: Charna talks about how life became easier for them when Abe’s work with the symphony increased from 26 weeks to 42 weeks a season 1:13:34: Charna talks about the death of her mother before the move to their own home and her father who moved in with them 1:13:50: Charna talks about Abe’s music students and his work with the Conservatory 1:14:26: Charna talks about her 2 youngest children attending the Bialik School 1:14:59: Charna gives the ages of her 5 children, Batsheva 69 years old, Chaya 68 years old, Devora 64 years old, Penina 56 years old, and Yanke 55 years old1:16:03 1:14:60: Break in interview as Charna speaks with her daughter Devora 1:17:40: Charna talks about Abe’s relationship with her parents 1:18:07: Charna talks about Abe’s career as a musician 1:19:02: Charna talks about Abe playing for the Israel Philharmonic in 1962 and their thoughts about making Aliyah 1:19:39: Charna talks about their return from Israel to Toronto, his work with the conservatory and some of his music students 1:20:36: Charna talks about Abe’s medical condition 1:20:51: Charna talks about how she and Abe worked as a team 1:21:11: Charna talks about accompanying Abe to New York when he played with the New York Philharmonic 1:22:08: Charna talks about Abe’s work following his heart attack 1:22:22: Charna talks about Abe giving a master class in Israel for Israeli clarinetists 1:24:00: Charna talks about Abe’s experience playing with the Palestine Symphony 1:26:25: Charna talks about how she came to know famous people such as Frank Shuster, John (Louie) Wayne, Sylvia and Ben Lennick, and pianist Leo Barkin 1:29:14: Charna talks about musicians from Israel who moved to Toronto 1:31:08: Break in conversation as Charna gets up from her chair 1:31:57: Charna talks about her children being what is most important to her 1:32:41: Charna talks about her son Jacob’s 25th wedding anniversary 1:33:15: Charna talks about her current interest in Yiddish, going to the Baycrest program and meeting interesting people 1:36:13: Charna talks accompanying Abe to China during a 3 week master class program 1:40:17: Charna talks about the evening’s upcoming anniversary party and invited guests 1:42:00: Charna talks about her service volunteering for Circle of Care and the Jewish elderly 1:42:33: Charna talks about learning to drive her first car, a blue and white chevy with wings
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 13
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1919-1989
- Physical Description
- 11 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Maurice Solway (1906-2001) was a violinist, music teacher, composer, author and actor who lived and worked for most of his life in Toronto. Although he was highly respected as a musician in Toronto, and thoroughly immersed in the city’s musical culture from the 1920s until the 1980s, his greatest fame came to him later in life, as an actor in the Academy Award nominated NFB short film “The Violin”.
- Maurice Solway's family lived at 164 York Street, Toronto, where he was born, in 1906. His parents, Jakob (b.1877) and Roza Solway (b.1877), had only just emigrated that year from Halofzen, Russia, where Jakob had been a musician and band leader. In Canada, Jakob adopted his father's trade and worked as a Kosher butcher, in Toronto’s St. John’s Ward. As a youth, Maurice played the violin in variety programmes with his sister, Dora, accompanying him on piano. His father was his first teacher, but he quickly showed enough promise to warrant private lessons with Harry Adaskin, and later with Dr. Luigi von Kunits, at the Canadian Academy of Music. He also studied at the Hambourg Conservatory in Toronto with Henri Czaplinsky and Geza de Kresz, starting in 1921.
- Solway began his professional career with the New Symphony, which later became the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO). During the 1920s, he also played in the Famous Players Cinema orchestras that accompanied silent films, and performed lunch concerts in Toronto hotel and department store orchestras, professional venues that would disappear by the 1930s.
- From 1926 to 1928, Solway left Canada to study in Brussels with the highly regarded violinist, Eugène Ysaÿe. There he befriended other students of Ysaÿe, such as Nathan Milstein, William Primrose, Viola Mitchell, Robert Velton, and Joseph Gingold.
- Upon his return to Toronto, Solway gave several recitals that were both critically and publicly well-received. Few such opportunities, however, existed in Canada at the time, and Solway was obliged to find work in-between solo concerts. He also suffered an injury to his left hand while moving a piano in 1929 that required him to adjust his technique for three fingers and interfered with his being able to play comfortably for a number of years.
- He was married in 1930 to Anne Cass (1907-1994), and they had a son, Stephen. Facing his financial obligations to his new family, he opted for the more dependable income of orchestral playing versus the riskier and transitory life of a soloist. Besides classical music, he played with jazz groups like the Jolly Bachelor’s Orchestra, Oscar Peterson, Jerome Kern, and Percy Faith, and on numerous recordings for the CBC, CFCA, and CKGW radio stations. He also played chamber music with the Joyce Trio, founded by Simeon Joyce (piano) and featuring Charles Mathe (cello).
- In 1952, Solway retired from the TSO, dedicating himself to his chamber playing and radio work. He founded the Solway String Quartet (SSQ) in 1947, with Marcus Adeney (cello), Nathan Green (viola) and Jack Groob (violin). The quartet played a mixed repertoire that included standard classical music with more widely recognized popular songs and new compositions, especially works by Canadian composers such as Howard Cable, John Weinzweig and Jean Coulthard. Sponsored by the Ontario Board of Education and the CBC, the SSQ played rural Ontario towns and broadcast concerts for a wide demographic of music listeners. In 1955, they performed the Canadian debut of the Castelnuovo-Tedesco Quintet for guitar and strings with Andres Segovia. The SSQ, with frequent changes in personnel, continued performing until 1968. Other players in the SSQ included Robert Warburton, Martin Chenhall, Murray Adaskin, Arthur Milligan, Charles Dobias, Eugene Hudson, Berul Sugerman, Joseph Pach and Ivan Romanoff.
- In 1973, Solway was invited to act in a short children’s film “The Violin,” co-produced by George Pastic and Andrew Walsh. Solway also contributed the original music to the film, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1975. Following the success of the film, Solway also appeared on television, making guest appearances with Sharon, Lois and Bram, on the Elephant Show and Mr. Dressup. During this time, his wife Anne traveled with him and managed his appointments.
- Solway was also a violin teacher throughout his career. In 1989, he published a preparatory book, Fiddling for Fun: the Visual and Aural Art of Violin Playing, in which he outlined a new theory for violin practice that proposed an easy to use visual system for familiarizing students with intervals and fingerboard positions.
- He also wrote an autobiography, Recollections of a Violinist, in 1984, and continued to lecture and speak about music. In 1981 and 1983 he devised a lecture performance series to commemorate Ysaÿe, the proceeds of which went to the establishment of a music scholarship at the Royal Conservatory. As he began to play less frequently in the 1980s, he also began to compose more regularly, completing more than one hundred compositions, primarily works for solo violin and for violin and piano. As a composer, he returned frequently to folk themes and completed a series of songs based on his travels around the world. Among his folk themes are songs inspired by his visits to such diverse countries as Norway, Maui, Japan, Israel and Spain.
- Maurice Solway was affiliated with the Beth Tzedec Synagogue and frequently contributed to charity concerts and fundraising efforts for organizations such as the Inner City Angels, a cultural society for disadvantaged children. He died in 2001 in Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- The Solway fonds is arranged into twelve files. The documents relate to Solway's professional activities as a musician, educator, composer, actor and author. These include printed texts, photographs, original music scores, promotional materials, programmes, audio cassettes, articles, correspondence, radioscripts and a video.
- Notes
- Includes 31 photographs, 2 v. of text, 1 videocassette (VHS) and 17 audio cassettes.
- Name Access
- Solway, Maurice, 1906-2001
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Related Material
- Fonds 25, Series 11, Item 9: Photo cabinet, photo #179 (oversized)
- Photo cabinet, photo #501
- Two titles in the archives library collection (1984-12-6) (1 title missing 15 Aug. 2006)
- A vertical file has been created for Maurice Solway.
- Creator
- Solway, Maurice, 1906-2001
- Accession Number
- 1988-10-9
- 1991-3-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Mimi Wise fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 16
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- This item is an electronic copy photograph of Mimi Wise cooking cabbage rolls in her kitchen for the Hadassah Bazaar. The photograph was taken for the Toronto Telegram.
- Subjects
- Food
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Toronto Telegram. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2006-9-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of Hyman Rosen, Annie Rosen, Lily Finkelstein and Jenny Cohen of Kingston, Ontario. Hyman is holding a fiddle and Jenny is holding a mandolin. All four are pictured in front of a car and identified from left to right. The young boy seated on the front fender is unidentified.
- Notes
- Grandchildren of Hyman and Annie Rosen confirmed that Jenny Cohen was Hyman Rosen's sister and Lily Finkelstein was Annie Rosen's sister. In addition, Hyman Rosen was the longest serving President of Beth Israel Congregation. Jenny Cohen owned a grocery store and dance hall in Kingston.
- Name Access
- Cohen, Jenny
- Finkelstein, Lily
- Rosen, Annie
- Rosen, Hyman
- Subjects
- Automobiles
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 838
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 838
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Duke Studio
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of Joe Dash, Mr. Blackstone, and Harry Atkins, of the Kirkland Lake B'nai Brith lodge, in the kitchen of the Adath Israel Synagogue. The men were helping to prepare some hot dogs for a group of Jewish boy cubs and boy scouts.
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
- Atkins, Harry
- Blackstone, Mr.
- Dash, Joe
- Subjects
- Food
- Kitchens
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 33; Series 4; Item 18
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1959]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Emil Gartner (1914-1960) was born in Vienna in 1914 and came to Canada in 1938, just before the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1939, he became the conductor of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir. He is considered by many to be the most influential and dynamic conductor in the choir's history. Under his leadership, the choir became more accomplished and increased in size. As a result, its repertoire increased considerably to include Canadian folk songs, and eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth-century works, in addition to the Yiddish and Hebrew folk songs and operettas that they had performed in the past. During Gartner's tenure the choir also performed with many world-renowned guests and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra often assisted the choir. Fagel Freeman Gartner, the director's wife, was the choir's accompanist.
- Gartner was also a faculty member at the Hamburg Conservatory of Music in Toronto and remained conductor of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir until 1959, a year before his sudden death in an automobile crash in 1960.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Emil Gartner, former conductor of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir.
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Musicians
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2013-8-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-8-3
- Material Format
- text
- Physical Description
- 1 book : 166 p.
- Date
- [198-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one cookbook published by the Sisterhood of the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue and the Dorothy Rothschild Chapter of Hadassah (Sudbury).
- Subjects
- Food
- Women
- Name Access
- Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue
- Hadassah-Wizo
- Places
- Subury, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-8-16
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-8-16
- Material Format
- textual record
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- ca. 20 cm textual records
- 1 audio cassette
- Date
- [19--]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of files related to the musical careers of musicians and composers including John Weinzweig, Nathan Appleby, Cantor Norman Summers, and Boris Charloff. Materials include audio cassettes, sheet music, concert programmes, correspondence, and lyrics.
- Custodial History
- Found in storage with donor unknown, presumed to have been left in music room of Latner Jewish Public Library.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Name Access
- Appleby, Nathan
- Charloff, Boris
- Summers, Norman
- Weinzweig, John
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-12-63
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-12-63
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : col. (jpgs) ; 72 MB
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [2014?]-2016
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 19 digital photos of Shoresh activities including beekeeping, farming, the Kavanah Garden in Vaughan, Maxie's Garden in Kensington Market, a map of Bela Farm in Hillsburgh, and gardening at Baycrest. Also included is a copy of Shoresh 2016 Year in Review.
- Administrative History
- Shoresh is a grassroots Jewish environmental organization in Southern Ontario. They exist to nurture a regional Jewish community that sees environmental ethics as a core element of Jewish identity, and is actively committed to responsible stewardship of the earth. They do this through educational programs that link Jewish texts and teachings with experiences of awe and wonder of the natural world; leadership opportunities that invest in the next generation of Jewish environmental leaders; and responsive action including environmental advocacy and the production of sustainable products that enrich Jewish life. They operate out of Shoresh’s Kavanah Garden in Vaughan, Bela Farm in Hillsburgh, and through schools, synagogues, camps, and community organizations throughout the Greater Toronto Area.
- Descriptive Notes
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: There is a PDF version of image #19 of Bela Farm
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Food
- Name Access
- Shoresh (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. (jpg) ; 10.3 MB
- Date
- 2013
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one digital photo of Ran Goel with produce. This is a publicity photo for Fresh City Farms.
- Administrative History
- Fresh City Farms is Canada’s largest commercial city farm located on six acres at Downsview Park in Toronto. Its mission is to create and perfect new ways to connect food makers and eaters. Founder Ran Goel lists “his grandmother’s stories about growing up on a Kibbutz, feeling democracy awaken in his childhood home of South Africa and his mom’s stuffed peppers” as inspiration.
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Farms
- Food
- Name Access
- Fresh City Farms
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-7-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-7-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 artifact
- 1 commemorative coin
- 2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 35 x 28 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1955-[2005?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the career of Canadian TV producer Stan Jacobson. Records include: theatre programs for stage productions Jacobson was involved in (1955-1958); a signed photograph of Sammy Sales addressed to Stan Jacobson and Mervyn Rosenzveig (1956?); a small amount of correspondence pertaining to Johnny Cash including a letter to the U.S. Consulate in Toronto from Cash commending Jacobson (1964-1968); one photocopy of a photograph of Frances Jacobson, Stan Jacobson, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, and three other individuals (197-?); a photograph of Jacobson with Arte Johnson (1973); a photocopy of an article that appeared in the Globe and Mail and that quotes Stan about Burton Cummings (1979); a commemorative coin from the Winter Olympic Games (1988); an artifact recognizing Stan Jacobson's participation in Alberta's Rocky Mountain Salute to the XV Olympic Winter Games (1988); and theatre/television credits for Jacobson (2005?).
- Custodial History
- Frances Jacobson, Stan Jacobson's widow, mailed the records that constitute the accession to Annie Matan who is responsible for Jewish Life and Family Engagement at Miles Nadal Jewish JCC. Annie in turn got the records to Dara Solomon who passed them to Michael Friesen to accession.
- Administrative History
- Stan Jacobson (1968-2015) was a Canadian television producer known for his work on the Wayne & Shuster Comedy Show 1965-1967), The Johnny Cash Show (1969-1971), the 1988 Winter Olympics, and the opening of the SkyDome (1989).
- Stanley Jacobson was born in Saint John, New Brunswick on 23 June 1930 to Joseph and Sadie Jacobson. When Stan was young, the family moved to Montreal, which was his mother's hometown. Upon graduating high school, he attended Sir George Williams University, which, upon merging with Loyola College, eventually became Concordia University.
- For a time, Stan worked in the rag trade, but eventually got involved in theatre. An early hit came in the form of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Stan succeeded in negotiating the rights to produce the stage comedy outside of New York while it was still running on Broadway, which he regarded as his proudest achievement. Not long after, he began working for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a writer for several variety programs and even wrote and directed a documentary on the Battle of Britain that was released in 1966.
- When Johnny Cash was invited to sing at the White House, he brought along Stan and his wife Frances as two of his guests.
- When The Johnny Cash Show ended its run in 1971, Stan and his wife moved to Los Angeles only to return to Toronto a short time later. Thereafter, he commuted back and forth between LA and Toronto and worked on several programs for CTV. He also worked on a sitcom for ABC called Viva Valdez, but it was not a success.
- Stan died in North York, Ontario on 1 Dec. 2015. He left behind his wife Frances; a sister-in-law, Grace; two nephews; two grand nephews; and one grand niece.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Television personalities
- Television producers and directors
- Name Access
- Cash, Johnny, 1932-2003
- Jacobson, Stan, 1968-2015
- Johnson, Arte, 1934-
- Olympic Winter Games (15th : 1988 : Calgary, Alta.)
- Places
- Alberta
- Toronto (Ont.)
- United States
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-11-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-11-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1958-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of B'nai Brith Women Toronto cookbooks from 1958, 1960-1963, 1967-1972, and B'nai Brith Women's Council of Toronto yearbooks from 1973, 1975-1976. Each cookbook has a specific theme: Food for Fun; Dinner Dates; Chef's Choice; Gourmet Goodies; Around the World; Candlelight and Wine; Calories a la Carte; Gourmet's Gallery; Confessions of a Bala Busta; Dinner Magic; and People Helping People. The 1972 issue is both a yearbook and a cookbook. From 1973 on, the yearbooks, entitled Pledged to Serve, no longer contained any recipes and instead focused solely on the work of the B'nai Birth Women's Council of Toronto and its chapters.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this accession. The accession number was assigned by the archivist.
- Subjects
- Food
- Women in charitable work
- Name Access
- B'nai Brith Women's Council of Toronto
- B'nai Brith Women (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2020-4-16
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2020-4-16
- Material Format
- moving images (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording : mov. ; 292 MB
- Date
- April 8, 2020
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a recording of a musical porch performance featuring: Porch: Adam Seelig (trombone), Shai Rotbard-Seelig (tuba), Arlo Rotbard-Seelig (trumpet). Driveway: Neil Deland (horn), Vanessa Fralick (trombone). Sidewalk: Marcus Thompson (cornet), Jack Vandermeer (trumpet).
- The donor provided the following information:
- During the pandemic, two days after my son Arlo’s bar-mitzvah (via Zoom/screen), I started a band with my two kids (Shai 17 on Tuba, Arlo 13 on trumpet, I'm 44 on trombone) to cheer on frontliners and to cheer up the neighbourhood (plus ourselves). We were soon joined by two more horn players at a distance. Their other band? The Toronto Symphony Orchestra! And then another two. We call ourselves Horn on the Cob and the Social Distance and have played a newly arranged song from our front porch and yard every night at 7:30 pm for 50 nights in a row (as of May 9, 2020). Nomi Rotbard, my spouse, introduces and videos each night’s song. This one was special: I arranged Eliyahu Hanavi for Erev Pesach, April 8, 2020 - it was such a pleasure to share a Passover moment with our neighbourhood!
- The performance took place on the porch of their Brunswick Avenue home in Toronto.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- Musicians
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 5039
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5039
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 3 Dec. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry Belafonte and Rabbi Abraham Feinberg with a booklet titled "Survival or Suicide?" Belafonte may have been the guest at a State of Israel Bonds fundraiser.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Belafonte, Harry, 1927-
- Feinberg, Rabbi Abraham
- Subjects
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Musicians
- Rabbis
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 5040
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5040
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 3 Dec. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry Belafonte shaking hands with Rabbi Abraham Feinberg while holding a booklet entitled "Survival or Suicide?" Belafonte may have been the guest at a State of Israel Bonds event.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Belafonte, Harry, 1927-
- Feinberg, Rabbi Abraham
- Subjects
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Musicians
- Rabbis
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4415
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4415
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1985]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- No restrictions on access.
- Name Access
- Hillel
- University of Toronto
- Subjects
- Food
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 5012
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5012
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 Aug. 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a young boy waring a Shopsy's hat with a hot dog in each hand.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Shopsy's
- Shopsowitz, Sam
- Canadian National Exhibition
- Subjects
- Children
- Food
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4996
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4996
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 14 Aug. 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is an exterior view of Shopsowitz Delicatessen's 40th Anniversary. The photographs depicts a line-up of customers outside the entrance. Shopsy's is advertising 1920s prices.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Shopsowitz, Sam
- Shopsy's Delicatessen
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Food
- Restaurants
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1780
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1780
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Name Access
- Duke St. School
- Subjects
- Children
- Education
- Food
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-42
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1940
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Willie Bryant (b. August 30, 1908) was an American jazz bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey.
- Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Bryant grew up in Chicago. His first job in entertainment was dancing in the Whitman Sisters Show in 1926. He worked in various vaudeville productions for the next several years and in 1934 he appeared in the show Chocolate Revue with Bessie Smith.
- In 1934, he put together his first big band, which at times included Teddy Wilson, Cozy Cole, Johnny Russell, Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Eddie Durham, Ram Ramirez, and Taft Jordan. They recorded six times between 1935 and 1938 with Bryant singing on 18 of the 26 sides recorded.
- Once his ensemble disbanded, Bryant worked in acting and disc jockeying. He recorded R&B in 1945 and led another big band between 1946 and 1948. During September and October 1949, he hosted Uptown Jubilee, a short-lived all-black variety show on CBS-TV . The show aired on Tuesday nights.
- In the 1950s he was the emcee at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. He moved to California later in the 1950s and died of a heart attack in Los Angeles in February 9, 1964.
- Scope and Content
- This is a portrait of Willie Bryant. The photograph was taken at the Apollo Theatre in New York City.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- New York (N.Y.).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (b. April 29, 1899) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader.
- A prominent figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, and world tours.
- Ellington called his music "American Music" rather than jazz, and liked to describe those who impressed him as "beyond category". These included many of the musicians who were members of his orchestra, some of whom are considered among the best in jazz in their own right, but it was Ellington who melded them into one of the most well-known jazz orchestral units in the history of jazz.
- Ellington recorded for many American record companies, and appeared in several films.
- Ellington led his band from 1923 until his death in 1974.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Duke Ellington.
- Name Access
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (b. April 29, 1899) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader.
- A prominent figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, and world tours.
- Ellington called his music "American Music" rather than jazz, and liked to describe those who impressed him as "beyond category". These included many of the musicians who were members of his orchestra, some of whom are considered among the best in jazz in their own right, but it was Ellington who melded them into one of the most well-known jazz orchestral units in the history of jazz.
- Ellington recorded for many American record companies, and appeared in several films.
- Ellington led his band from 1923 until his death in 1974.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Duke Ellington.
- Name Access
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1940
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 9 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Willie Bryant (b. August 30, 1908) was an American jazz bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey.
- Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Bryant grew up in Chicago. His first job in entertainment was dancing in the Whitman Sisters Show in 1926. He worked in various vaudeville productions for the next several years and in 1934 he appeared in the show Chocolate Revue with Bessie Smith.
- In 1934, he put together his first big band, which at times included Teddy Wilson, Cozy Cole, Johnny Russell, Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Eddie Durham, Ram Ramirez, and Taft Jordan. They recorded six times between 1935 and 1938 with Bryant singing on 18 of the 26 sides recorded.
- Once his ensemble disbanded, Bryant worked in acting and disc jockeying. He recorded R&B in 1945 and led another big band between 1946 and 1948. During September and October 1949, he hosted Uptown Jubilee, a short-lived all-black variety show on CBS-TV . The show aired on Tuesday nights.
- In the 1950s he was the emcee at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. He moved to California later in the 1950s and died of a heart attack in Los Angeles in February 9th,1964.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Willie Bryant with two companions of Sylvia Schwartz: Jewell Schwartz and Frances Gruber. The photograph was taken at the Apollo Theatre in New York City.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- New York (N.Y.).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (b. April 29, 1899) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader.
- A prominent figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, and world tours.
- Ellington called his music "American Music" rather than jazz, and liked to describe those who impressed him as "beyond category". These included many of the musicians who were members of his orchestra, some of whom are considered among the best in jazz in their own right, but it was Ellington who melded them into one of the most well-known jazz orchestral units in the history of jazz.
- Ellington recorded for many American record companies, and appeared in several films.
- Ellington led his band from 1923 until his death in 1974.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Duke Ellington.
- Name Access
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Calvin Jackson (May 26, 1919, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.
- Jackson played piano from childhood and studied at Juilliard and New York University. Early in his career he worked with with Frankie Fairfax, then moved to Hollywood from 1943-47 as an assistant director of music for MGM. In 1947 he recorded with Phil Moore and also under his own name as a solo pianist for Discovery Records. He played with Mildred Bailey in New York in 1948, then moved to Toronto in 1950. His quartet appeared regularly at the Park Plaza Hotel, and he hosted a weekly program featuring jazz music on Canadian television. Over the course of the 1950s and early 1960s he released several LPs for labels such as Columbia Records.
- In 1957 he returned to Los Angeles, where he continued to work as a composer for film and television. He also arranged for Ray Charles at one point, receiving an arrangement and co-producer credit for Charles' 1964 release "Sweet and Sour Tears".
- By the early 1980s, he had moved to San Diego County, where he lived in semi-retirement in the Point Loma neighborhood, giving music lessons on a piano in his apartment.
- Calvin Jackson died in Encinitas, California, in 1985.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Calvin Jackson.
- Notes
- This negative has two imags on it.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- June 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Herbert Mills (b. April 2, 1912, Piqua, Ohio) belonged to the Mills Brothers, an American jazz and pop vocal quartet who made more than 2,000 recordings that combined sold more than 50 million copies, and garnered at least three dozen gold records.
- Among their many achievements, the Mills Brothers became the first African-Americans to have a network show on radio in 1930.
- In 1934, The Mills Brothers became the first African-Americans to give a command performance before British royalty. They performed at the Regal Theatre for a special audience: King George V and Queen Mary.
- After two of his borthers died. Herbert Mills continued to perform with his remaining living brother until his death in 1989 and was survived by his second wife Dorothy.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Herbert Mills with his wife Dorothy.
- Name Access
- Mills Brothers
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Bert Niosi (b. London, Ontario, February 10, 1909) was a Canadian bandleader, clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and arranger, known as "Canada's King of Swing".
- He began studying flute and saxophone at age nine with Pasquale Venuta in London, Ont, and for a time in his teens played with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians in Cleveland. He then toured on the Loew's vaudeville circuit with his own band, the McPhillips Buescher Boys' Orchestra, which included his brother Joe (bassist, b London, Ont, 26 May 1906, d Toronto 14 May 1977), Tony Briglia (drummer, later a founding member of the Casa Loma Orchestra), and Hugo D'Ippolito (pianist, later a member of the Royal Canadians).
- In 1931 Niosi formed a nine-piece band to play at the Embassy Club in Toronto. In 1932 he expanded the band and moved to the Palais Royale dance hall where, in an 18-year residence, he became an institution in Canadian pop music. The band was heard nationally on CBC broadcasts and toured Canada in 1945 and 1946. It included Niosi's brother Johnnie (drummer, b London, Ont, 26 Sep 1914, d Toronto 21 Nov 1965).
- Niosi next embarked on a career with the CBC, first as a member 1952-9 of the Happy Gang, and then as music director of the TV series 'Four for the Show,' 'Cross-Canada Hit Parade,' and, 1965-76, 'The Tommy Hunter Show'. He continued to lead a dance band on occasion and returned to the Palais Royale for appearances as late as 1979.
- A versatile musician, Niosi was proficient on trumpet and trombone as well as with the alto saxophone and clarinet; accompanied by his brothers he played all four instruments on a CBC TV show ca 1957. On an earlier occasion (1950) he played Mozart's Clarinet Quintet with the Solway String Quartet for CBC radio.
- Niosi's recordings included several 78s from the 1940s with a jazz sextet for RCA Victor and Musicana, and one with his orchestra for Zephyr. He also made an LP as leader of the Jack Kane Band (1963, CTL CTLS-5036) and others as a soloist with the Albert Pratz Orchestra (RCI 173 and 174) and with the Johnny Burt Strings (1964, CTL CTLS-5044). His compositions have been recorded by Lucio Agostini and by the pianist Alexander 'Ragtime' Read.
- Niosi died in 1987 in Mississauga.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Bert Niosi.
- Name Access
- Niosi, Bert, 1909-1987
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 8 x 14 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Bennie Payne (b. 18 June, 1907, Philadelphia, PA) was a pianist and arranger. He played with the likes of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Chu Berry, and Fats Waller, but his longest collaboration was with the lounge singer Billy Daniels; during the 1950s, they were among the first African-American entertainers to appear on national television. In 1964, Payne appeared on Broadway in a revival of "Golden Boy" with Daniels and Sammy Davis, Jr.
- He is best known as the pianist in Cab Calloway's band.
- Payne died in 1986 in Los Angeles, CA.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Bennie Payne with two companions of Sylvia Schwartz: Jewell Schwartz and Frances Gruber.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- June 1951
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Bennie Payne (b. 18 June, 1907, Philadelphia, PA) was a pianist and arranger. He played with the likes of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Chu Berry, and Fats Waller, but his longest collaboration was with the lounge singer Billy Daniels; during the 1950s, they were among the first African-American entertainers to appear on national television. In 1964, Payne appeared on Broadway in a revival of "Golden Boy" with Daniels and Sammy Davis, Jr.
- He is best known as the pianist in Cab Calloway's band.
- Payne died in 1986 in Los Angeles, CA.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Bennie Payne.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 15
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- June 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Bennie Payne (b. 18 June, 1907, Philadelphia, PA) was a pianist and arranger. He played with the likes of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Chu Berry, and Fats Waller, but his longest collaboration was with the lounge singer Billy Daniels; during the 1950s, they were among the first African-American entertainers to appear on national television. In 1964, Payne appeared on Broadway in a revival of "Golden Boy" with Daniels and Sammy Davis, Jr.
- He is best known as the pianist in Cab Calloway's band.
- Payne died in 1986 in Los Angeles, CA.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Bennie Payne at his piano.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 17
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Walter 'Foots' Thomas (b.1907, Muskogee, Oklahoma) was a saxophonist and arranger in Cab Calloway's orchestra. He moved to New York City in 1927, and played for a time with Jelly Roll Morton. He then joined the Missourians in 1929, just before Calloway took it over.
- Since the 1940s, he lived in Englewood, New Jersey. He died on August 26, 1981 as a result of cancer.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Walter "Foots" Thomas.
- Notes
- This negative has two images on it.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 19
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- John (Jacob) Weinzweig (b. March 11, 1913) was a Canadian composer of classical music.
- Born in Toronto, Weinzweig went to Harbord Collegiate Institute, and studied music at the University of Toronto. In 1937, he left for the United States to study under Bernard Rogers. During the Second World War, he began composing film music, and in 1952 he became a professor at the University of Toronto. In the previous year he had co-founded the Canadian League of Composers, and he was actively involved in several other organisations representing musicians and composers.
- In 1974, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1988, he was awarded the Order of Ontario.
- Weinzweig died in 2006.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of John Weinzweig.
- Notes
- This negative has two images on it.
- Name Access
- Weinzweig, John, 1913-2006
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Physical Condition
- Negative is bent as if it has been rolled around something for a long period of time. Emulsion is still intact and not cracked as a result of the bending.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 100; Series 9; File 19
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 9
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2006-2007
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of promotional material for the performance of Israeli musician David Broza, a Leah Posluns theatre contract, a signed agreement between the Koffler School of Music and Aviv Productions, hospitality and sound riders, financials and correspondence relating to the performance.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 100; Series 9; File 32
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 9
- File
- 32
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of promotional material for the performance Psalms for the Perplexed by Israeli musician Kobi Oz. Also included is correspondence, administrative and financial documentation related to the event.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4832
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4832
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 6 May 1957
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 11 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Helen O'Connor (left) and Inez Richardson (right) leading a cooking class for CJIC, a television station in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The photograph depicts Inez standing in a kitchen, wearing a Hadassah apron, and using a cake mixer while Helen looks on. In the foreground is the television camera.
- Notes
- On the verso of the photograph there is an address: 128 March Street. This is likely either the address of the studio or the home of Inez Richardson.
- Subjects
- Food
- Places
- Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-5-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3901
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3901
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of an unidentified man barbequing hot dogs at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Food
- Picnics
- Places
- Ontario
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 1; Item 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1953
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 10 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Emil Gartner (1914–1960) was born in Vienna in 1914 and came to Canada in 1938, just before the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1939, he became the conductor of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir. He is considered by many to be the most influential and dynamic conductor in the choir's history. Under his leadership, the choir became more accomplished and increased in size. As a result, its repertoire increased considerably to include Canadian folk songs and eighteenth-, nineteenth-. and twentieth-century works, in addition to the Yiddish and Hebrew folk songs and operettas that they had performed in the past. During Gartner's tenure the choir also performed with many world-renowned guests and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra often assisted the choir. Fagel Freeman Gartner, the director's wife, was the choir's accompanist. Gartner was also a faculty member at the Hamburg Conservatory of Music in Toronto and remained conductor of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir until 1959, a year before his sudden death in an automobile crash in 1960.
- Esther Gartner was born in Toronto, Ontario, and studied piano and the cello in high school. She continued her studies, focusing on the cello, at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, where she received her bachelor of music degree in performance with honours. After university, she continued her studies in Lausanne Switzerland, with the aid of a Canada Council grant. While in Lausanne, she was continuo soloist with l'Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne under the direction of Michel Corboz, was the cellist in the Quatuor Gerecz, and was also a member of l'Ochestre de Chambre de Lausanne for one season. She returned to Toronto to join the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as a cellist and chamber music performer, as well as a teacher.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Emil Gartner and his daughter Esther Gartner.
- Name Access
- Gartner, Emil, 1914-1960 (subject)
- Subjects
- Fathers and daughters
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 33, file 4, item 18.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Park Plaza Hotel, originally called the Queen's Park Plaza, began construction in 1928. However, because of financial problems in the Depression it was not completed until 1936. Prior to its completion it was bought by the Park Plaza Company, a group of investors including Harry Rotenberg of Yolles and Rotenberg and Joseph Schwartz, Sylvia Schwartz's father. It was originally used as a hotel, residences and office space. Through the 1940s and 1950s it was a popular hot spot, acting as a venue for entertainers such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In the 1960s it became a popular location with the literary crowd, including Margaret Atwood and Mordecai Richler.
- It was eventually bought by the Hyatt chain and re-named the Park Hyatt Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a view of a piano player performing.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1; Item 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Park Plaza Hotel, originally called the Queen's Park Plaza, began construction in 1928. However, because of financial problems in the Depression it was not completed until 1936. Prior to its completion it was bought by the Park Plaza Company, a group of investors including Harry Rotenberg of Yolles and Rotenberg and Joseph Schwartz, Sylvia Schwartz's father. It was originally used as a hotel, residences and office space. Through the 1940s and 1950s it was a popular hot spot, acting as a venue for entertainers such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In the 1960s it became a popular location with the literary crowd, including Margaret Atwood and Mordecai Richler.
- It was eventually bought by the Hyatt chain and re-named the Park Hyatt Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a view of a guitarist, accordianist and organist performing on stage.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- European Visits and Events series
- World Festival of Youth and Students file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 6; File 2; Item 15
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- European Visits and Events series
- World Festival of Youth and Students file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 6
- File
- 2
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 14 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a view of an unidentified Mexican band playing instruments at the World Festival of Youth and Students.
- Notes
- This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s6-2_f2_i16.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- European Visits and Events series
- World Festival of Youth and Students file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 6; File 2; Item 16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- European Visits and Events series
- World Festival of Youth and Students file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 6
- File
- 2
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 14 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a view of an unidentified female singer and three piece band performing onstage at the World Festival of Youth and Students.
- Notes
- This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s6-2_f2_i15.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 11; Item 9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 15 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Maurice Solway was a prominent Toronto violinist. He studied violin with Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels from 1926 to 1928. He also wrote and lectured about music and worked as a violin teacher. He was married to Anne Cass, the niece of Sarah Levine. “Dorothy,” to whom the inscription on the photo is made, was likely his sister-in-law, either Dorothy Cass (Garfield's wife) or Dorothy Sandler (Anne's sister).
- Scope and Content
- This photograph is a portrait of Maurice Solway holding his violin. It was taken in 1926 at a photo studio in Toronto when Maurice was approximately 27 years of age.
- Notes
- Mounted in card frame
- Photographer: Charles Aylett
- Inscribed bottom right-hand corner: "To Dorothy with sincerest wishes From Maurice June 4/26".
- Name Access
- Solway, Maurice
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Related Material
- see also the Maurice Solway fonds #13
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions