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Lipa Green fonds
- Part Of
- Lipa Green fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-]-1979
- Physical Description
- 42 cm of textual records
- 69 photographs : b&w and sepia (23 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Lipa (Louis) Green (1899–1976) was born on 15 April 1899 in Usupow, Poland. He immigrated to Toronto in 1910 and later began work as a bricklayer. In 1924, Lipa married Fanny Green and had three sons: Abraham (Al), Harold and Sam; and three daughters: Deana (Weiman), Rookie (Goldstein), and Shavy (Tishler). In 1948, with partner, Arthur Weinstock, he founded the Greenview Construction Company, later to be renamed Greenwin. Green's sons, Al and Harold, along with Weinstock's son-in-law Al Latner, later became involved in the business.
- Green was a prominent Jewish communal leader and philanthropist in Toronto and was affiliated with organizations such as the Labor Zionists (Farband), the Jewish Vocational Service and the Jewish Public Library. He was a strong advocate of the Yiddish language and was involved with many Yiddish committees, both at the local and national levels. The current building for Jewish agencies in Toronto is named the Lipa Green Building for Jewish Community Services.
- Custodial History
- The records were in the possession of Lipa's son, Harold, before being donated to the OJA in January 1978.
- Scope and Content
- This fonds consists of records documenting Lipa Green's personal life as well as his professional and philanthropic endeavours. Included are financial documents, event invitations and programs, meeting minutes, photographs, personal, business and organizational correspondence, speeches and writings, a scrapbook, records on a cooperative Jewish summer resort near Pickering, Ontario, as well as some material produced by other organizations and collected by Green during the course of his life. Most of the personal correspondence, speeches and other writings are in Yiddish, including Green's reminiscences on his life in Poland and his bar mitzvah. The files have been grouped according to personal records, business records, organizational records and ephemera.
- Name Access
- Green, Lipa, 1899-1976
- Subjects
- Businesspeople
- Immigrants--Canada
- Philanthropists
- Physical Condition
- Some of the photographs are in very poor condition and require conservation work.
- Related Material
- See Gordon Mendly Fonds 18 for a portrait of Lipa Green.
- Arrangement
- The records had been previously arranged as MG6 A. Many of the files were kept or combined, but several new files were also created to better reflect the records in the fonds. Several files were also culled as they did not relate to the mandate of the OJA. See the accession record for further information on the culled materials.
- Creator
- Green, Lipa, 1899-1976
- Accession Number
- 1978-1-4
- 2004-5-150
- Source
- Archival Descriptions