- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 70
- Material Format
- cartographic material
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1925-1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 91 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- 1 map : 46 x 65 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Samuel Posluns (1910–1994) was born in Toronto to Abraham Isaac Poslaniec (1870–1922) and Sheindel Saltzman (1872–1960). He had three brothers and three sisters: Joseph, Louis, Abe, Gertrude Miriam, Anne, and Sarah. His father, Abraham, established the family-run clothing firm Superior Cloak Company in 1916. In 1934, it was bankrupted and closed after a lengthy strike. In 1936, Samuel opened his own business, Popular Cloak Company. In 1967, the Posluns family purchased Tip Top Tailors, in partnership with entrepreneur Jimmy Kay. A year later they incorporated their new venture under the name of Dylex as a holding company for the Tip Top chain of stores.
- During the Second World War, Samuel Posluns served as a member of the air force reserves. After the war, he was elected president of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in 1947. That same year, in collaboration with the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labour Committee, Posluns helped lead the Tailor Project along with Max E. Enkin, which was aimed at helping Jewish displaced persons immigrate to Canada by securing them employment as tailors. A committed advocate for Jewish education, Posluns also served as the first president and founding chair of the Board of Jewish Education (BJE) in 1949. He remained honorary president for life and continued to attend meetings until health problems held back his participation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Posluns was also a founding board member of the North York General Hospital.
- Samuel Posluns died in Toronto in 1994.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records related to the Posluns family and their clothing business, Popular Cloak Company. The records include correspondence, financial records, periodicals and newsletters, photographs, certificates and personal identification. The fonds also includes textual documents and photos documenting Samuel Posluns' involvement in the Tailor Project.
- Name Access
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Enkin, Max E.
- Jewish Labour Committee
- Popular Cloak Company
- Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994
- Subjects
- Clothing trade
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Immigrants--Canada
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Creator
- Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994
- Places
- Germany
- Accession Number
- 1997-7-6
- 2004-5-79
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of memos, reports, and meeting minutes. Also included is a list of procedures to be followed for oral and job testing.
- 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
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual material
- Scope and Content
- File consists of letters requesting assistance on immigration to Canada for relatives, etc.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of lists of potential candidates for immigration to Canada as part of the Tailor Project.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of letters regarding the Tailor Project from organizers and federal government officials. Also included is a letter from Ontario MPP J. B. Salsberg in which he describes the "very definite anti-Jewish bias in the Canadian immigration policies and their application."
- Name Access
- Salsberg, J. B.,1902-1998
- 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
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 51 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of black-and-white photographs related to the Tailor Project, including photos taken at Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons Camp showing the Tailor Project team testing candidates. Other photos include scenes of devastation in Hanover, documentation of concentration camps at Belsen and Dachau, and two photos of Posluns with unidentified individuals taken at the Munich Military Post Officers Club. Other identified individuals include Max Enkin and Samuel Herbst.
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Refugee camps
- 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
- Germany
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 24 x 10 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs related to Posluns' garment business including a picnic for employees of Superior Cloak (1925) and the showroom for Superior Cloak.
- Name Access
- Superior Cloak Company
- 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
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1942-1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 24 x 20 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings, publications, and other documents related to members of the Posluns family. Also included are 2 photographs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of telgrams sent to Samuel Posluns as he left for Europe aboard the Queen Mary.
- 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
- Europe
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946-1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of envelopes (some with enclosures) sent to or from displaced persons camps, including Bergen-Belsen.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of speeches describing the challenges, development, and implementation of the Tailor Project.
- Subjects
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- 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
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a copy of the publication "Our Voice", self-described as the organ of liberated Jews in the British zone of Germany.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a map showing the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee's (AJDC) operations in the U.S. Zone of Germany following the Second World War.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of addresses of individuals in Europe.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1945-1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of letters written to or from displaced persons in Europe.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1934-1957
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Samuel Posluns' passport and other items of identification.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934-1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs ; b&w ; 17 x 12 or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs, newspaper clippings and a copy of a front page of the YMHA Bulletin related to Posluns involvement in Jewish communal activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions