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Cyrel Troster
- Accession Number
- 2021-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-7-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- ca. 8 cm textual records
- 6 posters : col. ; 66 x 51 cm or smaller
- 2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 12 x 17 cm and 10 x 15 cm
- 3 audio discs : vinyl
- Date
- [1960?]-2021
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created and collected by Cyrel Troster, which document Cyrel and her parents Jack Troster and Lillian Troster's involvement in the Jewish community. Records include three vinyl records documenting the music of William Lion Mackenzie High School orchestra and Camp Manitou-Wabing (1961-1965); six oversized posters (1960-2008); programmes, flyers, brochures, cards, and other small, printed items relating to Jewish cultural events that Cyrel attended ([197-]-2019); booklets and magazines (1977-2016); newspaper clippings documenting cultural events and activities of the Ontario Jewish community (1973-2021); and two photographs depicting a B’nai B’rith event and the 2nd women’s conference panel in Toronto. Also included are other assorted documents such as Cyrel Troster’s essay on the Workmen’s Circle (1974); certificates; listing of Board of Jewish Education (BJE) members (2000-2001 and 2004); a proposal for Yiddish Education and Cultural Centre [1998?]; an application for a film grant (1992); correspondence (1978 and 2012); and documents pertaining to Jewish Arts Directory (1992-1994), Second Encounter (bibliography for annual programs, registration cards, meeting minutes; 1977-1979), Cultural Services Planning and Allocations Committee (CSPAC) (member list, proposal, meeting minutes, strategic plan; 1994-2004), and Tzedakah Box Project (2005). Topics and events documented other than those mentioned above are Bathurst Manor, downtown synagogues, Kensington Market, the Sense of Spadina tour, Holy Blossom Synagogue, the Journey into Our Heritage exhibit, and the first Toronto Jewish Film Festival.
- Administrative History
- Cyrel Troster was an active member on the Cultural Services Planning and Allocation Committee and the Archives Committee and a former board member of the Ontario Jewish Archives Foundation. She is a recently retired schoolteacher and an active member of the Jewish community.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: digital preservation copies for some documents have been created and are available in PDF, JPG, and TIF formats.
- Name Access
- Troster, Cyrel
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions