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Arthur Gelber - 28 Nov. 1990
- Name
- Arthur Gelber
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 28 Nov. 1990
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Arthur Gelber
- Number
- OH 241
- Subject
- Antisemitism
- Arts
- Charities
- Interview Date
- 28 Nov. 1990
- Quantity
- 2 cassettes (1 copy)
- Total Running Time
- 1:6 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Digitized 2014
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Arthur Gelber was born on 22 June 1915 in Toronto. He was educated at Upper Canada College. He married Esther Salomon and had four daughters. Arthur was actively involved in Jewish and general community activity. Among his accomplishments, Arthur served as chair of the National Arts Centre Corporation, chair of the Advisory Council Ontario Cabinet, past president of the Canadian Conference of the Arts, past president of the National Ballet, Board of Directors of the American Council for the Arts, Ballet Opera House, National Ballet, Stratford Festival, life director of the National Theatre School of Canada, governor of National Theatre School of Canada, former honorary chair of the Performing Arts Development Fund, and former governor of York University, trustee of the AGO, decorated with the Order of Canada, recipient of the Centennial medal in 1967, Diploma D’honneur 1978, Queen’s Jubilee Medal, vice-president of America-Israel Cultural Foundation, executive of Canadian Jewish Congress, president of Toronto Zionist Council, president of United Jewish Welfare Fund, second chair of the UJA in 1949, chair of the United Jewish Relief Agency, and chair of the United Jewish Appeal.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- United Jewish Relief Agency
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Ontario Arts Council
- Geographic Access
- Toronto
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories