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David Wulkan
- Accession Number
- 2019-10-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-10-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- ca. 300 photographs
- Date
- 1914-2019
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken by David Wulkan, a violinist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and an amateur photographer. Included are images of members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as well as many guest performers and conductors such as Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, Arthur Rubinstein, Dame Myra Hess, Sir John Barbirolli, Glen Gould, Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, Van Cliburn, Victor Borge, Andrei Kostelanetz, Mstislav Rostopovich, David Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh, Phil Silver, Leonid Kogan, Nathan Milstein, Zina Francescatti, Andres Segovia and Christian Tetzlaff. Also included are documents detailing the immigration history of Wulkan post-Second World War, as well as a general history of the Wulkan family in Europe. Personal documents and memorabilia include early family photos, a copy of name change, passports and travel documents, David's certificate of Canadian citizenship, correspondence concerning restitution and clippings and programmes from performances in Palestine, London and Canada.
- Custodial History
- Records were in the possession of Hernan Tesler-Mabé, professor of history at the University of Ottawa and vice-present of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Accessions