- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1953-2009
- Physical Description
- 1.2 m of textual records
- 960 photographs
- 2 coins
- Admin History/Bio
- The Women's Auxiliary (WA) of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care was established in 1955 as a fundraising arm of the Baycrest Centre as well as a provider of services to the residents and patients. It represented the amalgamation of the two women’s auxiliaries that had previously operated at the Jewish Old Folks’ Home (Baycrest’s predecessor) – The Ladies Executive and the Young Ladies Auxiliary. Dora Till served as the founding President and was succeeded by Lillian Soles in 1959.
- The WA’s initial activities included running the volunteer service, the Beauty Salon, the Tuck Shop, religious and festival programming, communicating information about Baycrest to the community, and managing the memorial books and card services. These activities soon expanded to include recreational programming for residents, such as outings, an annual fashion show, and Mazel Tov nights, running Baycrest’s Day Care program, and managing the library, Gift Shop, and Snack Bar. Originally, the WA raised funds through membership fees, the sale of happiness and condolence cards, and memorial inscriptions. In 1959 the WA began organizing an annual Theatre Night fundraising event, which was supplanted by an annual Auxilorama in 1968. During the 1960s members of the WA served in Baycrest’s Women’s Corp to help raise money for the Building Expansion Fund. In 1971, the WA established a junior auxiliary called the Capricorn Group.
- Today the WA continues to run many of its programs and services and to fundraise through annual events and campaigns such as, a Gala evening, a spring sale (or Bargain Bonanza), Games Girls Play (an evening of board games and arts and crafts activities), and a Women of Baycrest campaign (to support research into women’s brain health and aging). In 2000, the Women’s Auxiliary Winter Garden opened in the Apotex Centre, which was sponsored by the WA.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting the formation, governance, and activities of the Women's Auxiliary of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. Included are meeting notices, agendas, and minutes, reports, speeches, correspondence, lists, invitations, financial records, theatrical scripts, a scrapbook, photographs, newspaper clippings, programmes, brochures, booklets, a survey, statistics, flyers, a certificate, memos, newsletters, questionnaires, and coins.
- Series is arranged into the following sub-series: 1. Board of Directors and Executive Committee; 2. Annual meetings; 3. Committees and meetings; 4. Capricorn Group; 4. Festival Committee; 5. Programs and services; 6. Volunteer program; 7. Fundraising; 8. Membership; 9. Publications and publicity; 10. Finance; 11. Administrative functions; and, 12. Events. Records are described to the file level with some item level description.
- Name Access
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. Women's Auxiliary
- Related Material
- For additional records related to the Women's Auxiliary, see the Dora Till fonds 52, series 2.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953-1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the Women's Auxiliary's formation. Included are meeting notices, minutes and correspondence of the Jewish Home for the Aged's sub-committee on Auxiliaries. File also includes reports on the formation and program of a Women's Auxiliary for the Jewish Home for the Aged and of the Ladies Auxiliary first Nominating Committee. Finally, file contains the first Bulletin of the Auxiliary and a speech written by the Auxiliary's first president, Dora Till, in salute to the founders of the Jewish Home for the Aged.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1960-1965
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook : 28 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one scrapbook documenting the Women's Auxiliary's programs and services. Included are photographs of special events, courier services, the Barber Shop, Yiddish reading groups, food services, the fashion show, volunteers, the Volunteen program, the Gardening Club, Baycrest Choir, the Residents Committee of the Jewish Home for the Aged, Festival Committee events, small group outings, family picnics, the Folk Dancing Group, and Concerts with the Franks. Also included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, flyers, and event programs. Of special note is an invitation to the wedding of two residents of the Jewish Home for the Aged. Scrapbook pages are likely not in their original order.
- Subjects
- Scrapbooks
- Physical Condition
- Scrapbook is unbound and many items are loose and falling off the pages.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of resident Mr. M. Myers reading a poem he wrote dedicated to the Franks. Identified in the photographs is (left to right): Sharon Frank, M. Myers, and George Frank.
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- 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
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1961]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of members of the Jewish Home for the Aged's Folk Dance Group performing a dance.
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of volunteen Bobbie Leiberman taking Mr. Dubowsky (patient) to one of the programs.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Harold Hundert.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of residents listening to Mr. H. Levine (resident) reading from a Yiddish text. Mr. Levine read every Thursday.
- Subjects
- Yiddish language
- 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
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Lester B. Pearson greeting resident Harry Applebaum during his visit to the Jewish Home for the Aged.
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Name Access
- Pearson, Lester B., 1897-1972
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 10 x 13 cm
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Subjects
- Purim
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of residents practicing for a Purim shpeil.
- Subjects
- Purim
- 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
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1961]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a resident receiving a trim at the Barber Shop.
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1961]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a highland dancer entertaining resident Harry Applebaum at a weekly concert.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Seymour Green.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a bulletin for the Provincial Auxiliary Homes for the Aged convention.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Board of directors and executive committee sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1955-1984
- Physical Description
- 22 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph
- Admin History/Bio
- According to the Women's Auxiliary's first constitution, the board of directors had "charge of the affairs and funds of the Auxiliary." All actions of the executive committee were subject to the board's approval. Officers of the auxiliary consisted of a president, vice-presidents (up to four), recording and corresponding secretaries, a treasurer, a dues treasurer, a social secretary, and any additional officers as deemed necessary for the auxiliary to carry out its work. The president was the auxiliary's chief executive officer, appointed all chairmen (subject to the executive committee's approval), and had to be present at all auxiliary meetings. Although initially the board had between seventy-six and 120 members and met at least four times per year, these numbers were reduced by 1970 to between fifty and seventy-eight members and at least three meetings per year. Members of the board were elected at the auxiliary's annual spring meeting for a two-year term. The executive committee consisted of the elected officers and chairmen of standing committees. They met once a month, except during the months of July and August.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting the activities of the Women's Auxiliary board of directors and executive committee. Included are meeting notices, agendas and minutes, reports, speeches, correspondence, slate of officers lists, meeting calendars, and meeting prayers.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Board of Directors and Executive Committee sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The President's Pin of the Women's Auxiliary was designed by Founder President Dora Till and presented to her in 1959 when she left office. All succeeding Presidents have since worn this pin, which consists of Forget-Me-Nots (centre) and the Star of David.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Women's Auxiliary's President's Pin.
- Name Access
- Till, Dora, 1896-1987
- 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
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Annual meetings sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1955-1981, 1999
- Physical Description
- 17 cm of textual records
- 152 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- The Women's Auxiliary held an annual meeting every spring to elect officers and directors, present annual reports and review "any other business that may arise." The auxiliary held one or more additional general meetings each year, which generally took place in the fall and around the time of Hanukkah. These meetings often showcased special guest speakers and performers. They sometimes also included fashion shows or arts and crafts shows.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting the annual and general meetings of the Women's Auxiliary. Included are invitations, reports, meeting agendas and minutes, speeches, financial records, a theatrical script, guest lists, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Annual meetings sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-2
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 8 May 1957
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting invitations and a photograph of Dora Till delivering a speech.
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Name Access
- Till, Dora, 1896-1987
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Annual meetings sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-2
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a meeting invitation, annual reports, a speech by Dora Till, and the script for a musical that was performed at the meeting. Also included is a photograph of Dora Till and Lillian Soles (incoming President) and a photograph of other attendees.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Annual meetings sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-2
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 11 May 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 11 photographs : (negatives) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a meeting invitation and photographs.
- Notes
- Photographs are by Willy Loebel.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Physical Condition
- Negatives have a slight vinegar smell.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Annual meetings sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-2
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 10 Oct. 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a meeting invitations and a newspaper clipping.
- Physical Condition
- Meeting invitations were glued into a scrapbook. The back of one invitation is damaged by glue, and the others are still affixed to the scrapbook page.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions