- Accession Number
- 2000-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2000-7-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 31 audio cassettes
- 18 cm of textual records
- 3 photographs
- Date
- [192-?]-1976
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists primarily of materials created during an oral history project with seniors from the Hamilton Jewish community. This project was coordinated by Sylvia Klein initially through funding from a government Local Initiative Programme and then on a volunteer basis. Klein conducted this work under the guidance of Dr. Stephen Speisman, then Director of the Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region Archives. The records include oral histories on audio cassettes, transcripts, notes, reports, programmes, handbooks, and photographs.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of transcripts documenting the history of the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1955]-1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of reports summarizing the history of the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-35
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-35
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1876-1938
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the Canadian Jewish Congress Special Refugee Committee (1938), the history of pioneers of Toronto's Jewish community, Dorothy Dworkin and the founding of Mount Sinai Hospital, biographies of Toronto rabbis, the Canadian Nationalist Party (1930s), the consecration of the Jewish Synagogue on Richmond Street (Holy Blossom), and a B'nai Brith research project on the early Jewish community of Toronto. Documents of interest include biographies of Rabbis F. M. Isserman (Holy Blossom 1925-1929), Maurice Eisendrath (Holy Blossom 1929-1943), and Norman Shapiro (Goel Tzedek and Beth Tzedec 1949-1955), an autobiography of the life of Dorothy Dworkin (1907-1911), a reprint of a 1912 article in the Jewish Times on the history of the pioneers of Toronto's Jewish community during the nineteenth century, and an antisemitic proclamation by the Canadian Nationalist Party.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this accession. It was assigned the accession number by the archivist.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-1993
- Physical Description
- 1866 photographs : b&w, sepia and col. (199 negatives) ; 35 x 28 or smaller
- 3 cm of textual records
- 1 architectural drawing
- Custodial History
- Most of the photographs were in the custody of Ted Winick, who sat on the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee. They were donated to the OJA in 1982 and 1984.
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series contains photographs collected by the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee. The photographs document the executive and general membership, special events, sporting groups and teams, and YM-YWHA owned camps and properties, including the construction and completion program of the northern branch. There are also a small amount of textual records and an architectural drawing, which has been kept in the file with the accompanying graphic images.
- Arrangement of the photographs has been imposed by the archivist, as no original order existed when the records were acquired. The photos have been arranged into alphabetical files by function, where one exists, otherwise they have been grouped together by subject, event or individual. This approach was taken so that images pertaining to certain subjects or events could be easily accessed by the researcher. The images have been described at the file and item levels.
- Accession Number
- 1984-7-2
- 1982-12-2
- 2004-5-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Miscellaneous collection series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1914-1935]
- Physical Description
- 7 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Custodial History
- This series was compiled by the Gilbert family and transferred to the Archives in 1991.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs collected by the Gilbert family. The Gilbert family collected historically significant photographs. Included in the sub-series are photographs of the Koffler family, Leon Mendelson, and Elias Pullan, which were given to Al Gilbert by the families.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Collected materials series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1919-1970
- Physical Description
- 11 cm of textual records
- 18 photographs
- 1 object
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of various materials collected by Ben Kayfetz. It includes various items from Nazi Germany including a Jewish yellow star and number on a badge, Nazi hymn book and a service book of a Nazi Stormtrooper. Among the other materials are photographs of the Bronfman family, World War II enlistment posters, Peretz School Composition books and Jewish Old Folks Home Committee minutes.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- United Jewish Relief Agencies, Toronto (UJRA) series
- Collections Committee sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 4-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1951-1960
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The UJRA Collection Committee was appointed in November 1951 when the UJRA's Loan Committee, established earlier that year, decided to hand over responsibility for collection of its loans, the oldest of which dated back to 1939. The Collections Committee worked hand in hand with the Loan Committee, and engaged the services of the Guardian Credit Corporation to locate delinquent borrowers and encourage repayment. Loans had been granted by the Canadian Jewish Congress direct and by the Hebrew Free Loan, and guaranteed by CJC, Jewish Child & Family Service, Jewish Immigrant Aid Services and UJRA. The Collection Committee operated with a flexible policy, considering loans on a case-by-case basis. In each case they had to ascertain if the monies given were relief or loans, whether documents of indebtedness, such as chattel mortgages or promissory notes, had been obtained, and whether these were still valued. Mindful that it was connected to a social services agency and not an inflexible financial institution, the committee stopped short of forceful measures, and some loans were deemed unrecoverable and written off.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of minutes, reports, lists and correspondence of the UJRA Collections Committee. The records relate to the creation of collection procedure, policies and rates, lists of loan recipients with the amounts owing and comments, and loan account updates/outlines with decisions reached at committee meetings. The records are arranged in chronological order.
- Notes
- This sub-series is composed of former RG 210B and files from RG 296.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Related Material
- Related records may be found in the minutes of the Loan Committee, in sub-series 6 of series 4. Client case files may match with cases discussed by the Collections Committee; these case files are in sub-series 11: Refugee case files.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Vocational Services of Toronto fonds
- Formation and history series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 75
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946-1947, [ca. 1980]
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records related to the history of JVS. Included is a document outlining the decision to close the Canadian Jewish Congress' Rehabilitation Committee, a survey conducted to determine the necessity of establishing a vocational services agency in Toronto, and a document on the history of the JVS.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Collection
- Fonds
- 22
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1856-1995
- Physical Description
- 1.1 m of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Morris Norman (b. 1946) is a chartered accountant living and working in Toronto. He is an avid collector of Canadiana, specifically Judaica. He purchases lots at auction and donates them to the Ontario Jewish Archives, as well as other institutions.
- Scope and Content
- This collection consists of the individual items collected at auction by Morris Norman. The records relate to the Toronto Jewish community and Ontario Jewry and include textual documents, photographs, near-prints, publications, artifacts, posters and broadsheets, sound recordings, and ephemera. Most of the items relate to various Jewish organizations, businesses, synagogues and individuals, and to Christian missionary work in Toronto. The material has been described at the file level, or where appropriate, the item level.
- There are also four distinct series of records which document Berul Sugarman, who was a concert violinist and orchestral leader; the Franklin family, who owned a large amount of property in Toronto in the late 1800s and early 1900s; radio and television scripts written by Wayne and Shuster, Henry Karpus and Russell Bradley; and a collection of Turofsky photographs.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes 49 objects, 25 photographs, 7 audio recordings and 4 prints.
- Name Access
- Norman, Morris
- Norman, Jessie
- Creator
- Norman, Morris (1946-)
- Accession Number
- 1995-9-3
- 1995-9-4
- 1995-9-8
- 1996-6-3
- 1996-7-3
- 1996-9-1
- 1997-7-1
- 1998-1-1
- 1998-3-44
- 1998-7-2
- 1999-10-1
- 2000-7-4
- 2000-12-3
- 2001-3-3
- 2001-4-3
- 2001-8-5
- 2001-10-6
- 2001-11-1
- 2002-4-1
- 2002-5-1
- 2002-7-1
- 2002-9-1
- 2002-10-5
- 2002-10-58
- 2002-12-3
- 2003-5-3
- 2003-10-6
- 2004-7-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- Collection
- Fonds
- 34
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1882-1996
- Physical Description
- 58 cm of textual records
- 11 photographs : col. and b&w ; 28 x 36 cm or smaller
- 4 lantern slides : col. (hand painted) ; 5 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Larry Becker (1939-1998) was a collector with a focus on his native Toronto. He grew up in central Toronto, near Dundas and Ossington, where his father ran a cigar store. Around 1948, the family moved north to Vaughan. Larry attended Lakeshore Teachers' College and married fellow teacher, Rose Weber, in 1961. He taught primary school in Welland, Ontario
- Larry returned to Toronto in June 1965, and began collecting for profit and posterity. That year, with the active assistance of his wife Rose, opened the first of three businesses that sold collectables. Both his father and grandfather had been small-scale collectors. From 1965 to 1996, the growing Becker family lived at 25 Lesgay Crescent in North York. In December 1996, the Beckers moved to a larger place in the Kettleby countryside, where Larry had planned to retire and work on his collection
- Larry Becker died on February 20th, 1998
- Scope and Content
- The collection consists of items collected by Larry Becker including postcards, bulletins from Ontario Jewish organizations, sermons, periodicals, books, hand painted lantern slides documenting scenes of Jews in early Toronto, and other material relating to Ontario's Jewry
- Notes
- Information for biographical sketch gathered and cited from "Collecting Toronto: Through the Eyes of Larry Becker" virtual exhibit from the City of Toronto website at: http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/archives/becker_collections/
- The lantern slides have been rehoused and moved to the negative cabinet.
- Associated material note: The City of Toronto Archives has an extensive collection in the Larry Becker fonds, Fonds 70 (see Accession file for details)
- Physical Condition
- The textual records are in good condition. The colour photographs are suffering from severe dark fading and have taken on a distinct red cast.
- Creator
- Becker, Larry (1939-1998)
- Accession Number
- 2002-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sharon Chapter of Hadassah fonds
- Finance and accounting series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 90
- Series
- 4
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958-[ca. 1970]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of financial statements for various funds and special collections, including; the World's Child Day collection (1966), Mogen Dovid Adam collection (ca. 1970), the Flower Fund, and the Jewish National Fund.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds
- Committees series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 86
- Series
- 3
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1942-1943
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of case presentations of JCWA's Case Committee.
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds
- Jewish Children's Vocational Board series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 86
- Series
- 8
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 27 Jan. 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one case presentation of the Jewish Children's Vocational Board.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of the Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Federation Communal Council series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 3
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1933 and 1934
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two case presentations that the JFWB delivered to the Federation Communal Council. The JFWB made one case presentation with the Jewish Children's Bureau and the other with the Big Brother Movement.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Case Committee series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1935-1943
- Physical Description
- 5 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual records documenting the activities of the JFWB's Case Committee. Included are reports, case presentations, correspondence, and meeting notices, agendas and minutes.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Case Committee series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 5
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1942-1943
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of case presentations that were delivered at the JFWB's Case Committee meetings
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Joint meetings and committees series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 6
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1935-1942
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes of case conferences between the JFWB and various other member agencies of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. The bulk of the case conferences are with the Jewish Child Welfare Association, the Jewish Big Sister Committee, and the Jewish Application Bureau. There are also some case conferences regarding the provision of Hebrew Free Loans and one JFWB case presentation to the Jewish Children's Vocational Board.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Publicity series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 15
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1932-1936, 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of news clippings and articles written by staff of the JFWB for publicity. Articles contain anonymous case histories of specific cases handled by the JFWB.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Vocational Services of Toronto fonds
- Career, employment and training services series
- Placement centre sub-series
- Case files sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 75
- Series
- 7-2-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947-1954
- Physical Description
- 3.16 m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of the client cards kept by the Jewish Vocational Services from the late 1940s and 1950s. Many of the individuals documented in these cards were refugees who were assisted by the JVS in securing a job.
- The cards contain information such as the client name, date of birth, date of contact with JVS, type of work, weight, height, education, name of parents, hair colour, UI number, languages spoken, years in Canada, dependents, type of work they were searching for and education. Each one documents the work placements the individual was given and dates along with the occasional comments about those experiences. The cards are arranged in alphabetical order by surname.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director (and whomever else) prior to accessing the records.
- Related Material
- .
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-34
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Folks Farein fonds
- Case files series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 105
- Series
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1927-1975
- Physical Description
- 1.66 m of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- In general terms, the majority of Jewish immigrants arrived from Eastern Europe during the inter-war years settling primarily in the Kensington Market area working mainly as laborers in the garment industry or as peddlers. Immigrants sought the aid of the Folks Farein for financial assistance by helping to reduce fees for hospital stays, physicians, pharmaceuticals, dentists, vision care, medical appliances, home care, rent, food relief and specifically Passover relief, and legal fees. The Folks Farein would also provide interpretation services when necessary, such as at Toronto hospitals and when dealing with legal services or city officials, as the majority of their clients spoke only Yiddish. The Folks Farein worked in conjunction with a number of medical and mental health institutions such as the Toronto Hospital, the Ontario Hospital Whitby, Mt. Sinai, the Sick Children's Hospital and the Hospital for Incurables. Case workers would often make site visits to client homes in order to assess and/or remedy their living situation.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of case files of individuals or families seeking financial, medical and legal aid. The files include intake forms, remarks, medical reports, legal documents, correspondence with hospitals, physicians, charitable organizations, social service agencies, and the department of immigration. In most cases, multiple people are mentioned in the file, such as spouses and children, or close relatives.
- Intake forms are divided into two sections: one that captures general biographical information about the client at first contact, such as the client name, age, current address, telephone number, occupation, employer, birthplace, citizenship, length of time in Canada and Toronto, names and number of children, and name of spouse and relatives; and one section that captures ongoing general remarks about the individual's situation as recorded by the case worker.
- Medical reports include the nature of the client's illness and record of ongoing care, health care provider correspondence, administration of fees for service, prescriptions, date and cause of death.
- Correspondence includes letters to and from social service agencies, government departments, medical institutions, legal services and religious institutions. Also included are client letters of thanks to the Folks Farein. Most client letters are written in Yiddish.
- Legal documents include original passports, birth certificates, marriage certificates, military records, landing papers, naturalization certificates, and medical certificates. Documents have often been translated from language of origin into English by case workers.
- There are several different blocks of clients evident in the records: those who arrived during the inter-war years; post-Second World War refugees including those from DP camps brought over through the tailor's project, and those who were sponsored by relatives and businesses; those who came after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; and in the later years, first-born Canadians in need of assistance and those having lived in Canada for a considerable time applying for old age security and mother's allowance.
- Researchers should consult the Folks Farein case file database for information on individual files.
- Notes
- ACCESS RESTRICTION NOTE: Case files are closed until 120 years after date of creation or 50 years after death. In some cases the death of the individual is noted in the file, but in many of these instances there are other family members mentioned and so this information will require redaction.
- The series was formerly known as MG2 O1N
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Arrangement
- Case numbers are based upon the date a case was first opened. The title of each file contains the client name, address and case number. This arrangement has been maintained.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions