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Leonard Kay
- Accession Number
- 2015-8-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-8-1
- Material Format
- sound recording
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 2 mp3 files (ca. 2 hours)
- 2 photographs (jpg)
- Date
- [ca. 1940]-1975
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of sound recordings created by Kay Radio. Included is a recording of the North Y groundbreaking ceremonies at 4600 Bathurst Street in the winter of 1958. Some of the individuals identified speaking are: Rabbi Feinberg, Ellis I. Shapiro, Sam Granatstein, Kelso Roberts (Attorney General of Ontario), Fred Gardiner, Vernon Singer, and Mayor Nathan Phillips.
- Also included is a recording of the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Nothern Completion Program at the North Y on April 20, 1975. Finally, accession includes one photograph of the Leonard Kay and other men standing outside Kay Radio and one family photograph taken at a wedding reception.
- Custodial History
- The donor is the son of Leonard Kay. He found the reels in his parents home in Toronto after they passed away. He had them shipped to his home in Florida and digitized them.
- Administrative History
- Leonard Kay was born in Winnipeg in 1908. Leonard opened Kay Radio near Bloor and Bathurst Street around 1938. The store later moved to 3419 Bathurst Street in the mid to late 1950s. The business installed sound systems, sound trucks, recorded weddings, bar mitzvahs and other events, repaired TVs and installed TV attenae on apartment buildings. Kay Radio installed the sound systems in many of the synagogues around Toronto. Around 1985, Leonard's son, Michael, took over the business. Leonard passed away in 1991.
- Subjects
- Occupations
- Name Access
- Kay, Leonard, 1908-1991
- Kay Radio (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions