- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934-1982, predominant 1958-1982
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of textual records
- 37 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual records documenting Dr. Alexander Brown's various Jewish communal activities. Included are meeting minutes, speeches, publications, correspondence, invitations, flyers, photographs, biographies, newspaper clippings, brochures, a list, and a program.
- Notes
- Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.
- Physical Condition
- A number of the photographs are starting to curl along the edges and have become stiff due to poor storage conditions.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]-[ca. 1973]
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of portraits collected by Dr. Brown of prominent Jewish communal leaders. The bulk of the portraits are of individuals involved with the Associated Hebrew Schools and the Board of Jewish Education. Included are portraits of: Abe Posluns, Wilferd Gordon, Balfoura Gordon, Dr. Levi Jacober, Stephen Berger, Sam Sable, Arthur Kruger, Dr. David Mirsky, Rabbi Irwin E. Witty, William Leibel, Joseph Levine, Nathan Silver, Benjamin V. Levinter, J. Barney Goldhar, Rabbi Emanuel Forman, Abraham Lieff, and Joseph Tanenbaum.
- Notes
- Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Jewish communal portraits file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1970]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Witty was the Executive Director of the Board of Jewish Education.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Fredric Perry.
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- 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
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Jewish communal portraits file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 1
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Wilferd Gordon, QC, was the son of Rabbi Jacob Gordon and was a president of the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait.
- Name Access
- Gordon, Wilferd
- Subjects
- Lawyers
- 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
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Jewish communal portraits file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 1
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Abe Posluns.
- 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
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Jewish communal portraits file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 1
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Sam Sable.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Jewish communal portraits file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 1
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Stephen Berger.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1968]-[ca. 1973]
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs (8 contact sheet) : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of portraits collected by Dr. Brown of prominent Jewish communal leaders. The bulk of the portraits are of individuals involved with the Associated Hebrew Schools and the Board of Jewish Education. Included are portraits of: Dr. Alexander Brown, Meyer W. Gasner, Joseph Tanenbaum, Donald Carr, Mrs. J. Snider, Ben Steinberg, and Jack Daniels.
- Notes
- Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Photographs are starting to curl and are quite stiff due to poor storage conditions.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1934-1935
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence documenting Dr. Brown's role as Executive Secretary of the CJC, Central Region.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 7 Apr. 1943
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a campaign dinner programme.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 8 Dec. 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an event invitation.
- Name Access
- Shaarei Tefillah Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a list of names and addresses.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1963-1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 19 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a speech, Negev dinner invitation, and a Jewish National Fund receipt. Also included are photographs of individuals receiving Jewish National Fund certificates. Identified in the photographs are: Nathan Silver, Samuel Shainhouse, Rabbi Milton Aron, and Louis Lockshin.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963-1982
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, newsletters documenting national and regional conferences on Jewish education, and an issue of the Canadian Jewish Congress's Quarterly Report (Vol. 1, no. 2).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- June 1965
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an issue of the Chairman's Bulletin.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1967]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of brochures, biographies, and correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 29 Apr. 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation to an event put on by the United Jewish Appeal of Metropolitan Toronto, United Jewish Welfare Fund, Federated Zionist Organization of Canada, B'nai Brith, and the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Subjects
- Israel--Anniversaries, etc
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 28 May 1972-[ca. 1974]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a speech likely delivered by Dr. Brown at the Siyum Hasefer for Julius Wiener, a Torah Procession agenda, and a speech on Shavuot.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 28 May 1972-[ca. 1974]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Phyllis Gordon Solomon was the daughter of Wilferd and Balfoura Gordon and granddaughter of Rabbi Jacob Gordon.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a booklet documenting the life and death of Phyllis Gordon Solomon.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of biographical sketches of Toronto Jewish educators that were likely written by Dr. Brown and Ben Kayfetz. Included are biographies of: Samuel Abraham Kurtz, J. Irving Oelbaum, Nathan Smith, Joseph Levine, Bernard Weinberg, Saul Sigler, Julius Wiener, Israel Weinberg, David E. Newman, Louis Gelber, Meyer W. Gasner, William Leibel, Bernard Vise, Jacob Andrews, Elias Pullan, Moses Oelbaum, Samuel Harris, Louis Levinsky, Isaac Brodey, Henry Greisman, Moses Gelber, and Rabbi Jacob Gordon.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions