Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Community correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

6

File

14

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965-1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of correspondence concerning community events, programmes and fundraising activities.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

340

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1961

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a photograph of Phil Givens and George Liban at a fundraising dinner in Niagara Falls.

Name Access

Phil Givens

George Liban

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

33

Material Format

textual record

Date

1966-1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning Jewish related issues in Niagara Falls

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

68

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding Jewish related issues in the Niagara Peninsula

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Executive Committee series

Executive director sub-series

Executive director's correspondence sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

5-5-1

File

308

Material Format

textual record

Date

31 March 1952-24 Nov. 1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of infromation about UJWF compliance with the Province of Ontario's Companies Infromation Act.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Fur Workers' Union fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

12

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio

Atlantic Fur Company Ltd. was established in Toronto in the 1940s and is one of the largest Canadian fur companies

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph taken inside the Atlantic Fur Company showing several employees at their workstations and the interior of the workroom

Notes

Formerly cited as photo #24.

Name Access

Atlantic Fur Company Limited

Fur Workers' Union

Subjects

Clothing workers

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Fur Workers' Union fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

12

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1942]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio

National Fur Company was based in Toronto and employed over 200 people at the time this photograph was taken

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph taken inside the National Fur Company of several employees at their workstations

Notes

Formerly cited as photo #25

Name Access

National Fur Company

Fur Workers' Union

Subjects

Clothing workers

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

137

Material Format

textual record

Date

Mar. 1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding the allegedly antisemitic Lever Brothers company.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

492

Material Format

textual record

Date

1962

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2004-5-145

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w

Date

[195-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs of a conference at Niagara Falls Ontario.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-8-21

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

graphic material

Physical Description

17 photographs (jpgs)

2 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm and 9 x 9 cm

Date

[ca. 1940]-1973

Scope and Content

Accession consists of 17 scanned photographs of the Greenspan family of Niagara Falls.Included are photos of local children, special family and local events, couples and a B'nai Brith picnic. In addition to the Greenspan family, other families identified in the photographs include the Enchin, Bogomolny and Schneiderman families.

Use Conditions

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2008-8-25

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

7 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Date

1929-1952 (copied 2008)

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs of Harold Stein with his parents, brother Richard, and grandmother Emma Levine taken between 1929 and 1949. There is also a photo of Harold's wife Ann Bochner Stein in 1952.

Administrative History

Louis Stein and Sadie Levine were children of Polish immigrants who met and married in Toronto around 1920. Louis Stein opened Stein's Ladies Wear in Niagara Falls, running the successful business for many decades. In the 1950s the store merged with his brother-in-law's store, Zuker's Furs and Ladies' Wear (owned by Phil Zuker, married to Sadie's sister Esther). The stores soon separated again, however. Harold Stein was born in 1929 in Niagara Falls.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-8-26

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

8 photographs : b&w and col. ; 10 x 15 cm or smaller

Date

[ca. 1920]-1994

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs pertaining to the Salit family and the Jewish community of Niagara Falls, Ontario. There is a newspaper clipping, an advertisement for Myer Salit Limited and a fiftieth-anniversary commemorative book for Congregation B'Nai Israel, St Catharines, Ontario (1975).

Use Conditions

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Subjects

Communities

Families

Synagogues

Places

Niagara Falls (Ont.)

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2008-11-15

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

36 photographs : b&w & col. (jpg)

Date

1945-[1966?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of thirty-six scanned photographs documenting Sandy Roff's family and friends in Niagara Falls. There are five wedding photographs, nineteen photographs of the wedding of donor Sandra Gold to Harvey Roff in 1966, and other snapshots of family and friends such as the Bogomolny and Greenspan families. There is also a photograph of the 1954/55 Niagara Falls Hebrew School students and rabbi.

Use Conditions

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

189

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1958

Physical Description

1 photograph : b & w ; 9 cm x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a b & w photo taken in Niagara Falls, Canada in May 1958. From left to right are Henry Rosenbaum, Brenda Rosenbaum, Bella Rosenbaum and Larry Anklewicz.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds

Finance and accounting series

Level

File

Fonds

86

Series

9

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1941-1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence documenting JCWA's account with the T. Eaton Company.

Accession Number

2004-1-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds

Finance and accounting series

Level

File

Fonds

87

Series

12

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1933-1943

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence documenting the JFWB's account with the T. Eaton Company.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

28

Material Format

textual record

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding employment discrimination against Jewish employees at Brinks Security Company Ltd.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Discrimination in employment

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

43

Material Format

textual record

Date

1961

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding an antisemitic passage published in a school text by the Copp Clark Publishing Company.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Racism in textbooks

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

22

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1905

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is one black-and-white photograph depicting the interior of the Imperial Shirt Company. The photograph is of several employees seated at their sewing machines with other employees supervising behind them. One of the workers is identified as Mr. Alex Hirschorn (located on the left hand side of the photo).

Notes

Photograph is a copy made by the archives in 1974.

Name Access

Imperial Shirt Company

Hirschorn, Alex

Subjects

Clothing trade

Employees

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Businesses series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

2

File

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1966]

Physical Description

4 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of images of the interior of Mr. Klermintz' tailor shop on Queen Street West. Included are two photographs of the tailor shop workroom and two photographs of a young woman helping a customer on the sales floor.

Name Access

Klermintz, Mr.

Subjects

Business

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

13

Material Format

object

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 item

Subjects

Business

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

904

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Duke Studios

Date

1976

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of the former site of Finkleman's, a large second-hand business, which operated on this site for over forty years.

Name Access

Finkleman's

Subjects

Business

Repro Restriction

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Deltex Draperies Ltd. and Dodd's Draperies Ltd. series

Level

Series

Fonds

4

Series

4

Material Format

textual record

architectural drawing

Date

1964-1993

Physical Description

8 cm of textual records

7 architectural drawings

Admin History/Bio

In 1964, Sol Edell invested in a retail textile store, Deltex Draperies Ltd., which had been founded by a group of businessmen including his cousin, Israel Edell. In 1971, they opened a second store, Dodd's Draperies Ltd., and, in 1979, the two companies merged under the name Dodd’s Draperies Ltd. In 1987, the store closed and the building was sold. During their lengthy business association, Israel Edell supervised the day-to-day operation of the stores while Sol Edell was responsible for the overall financial management and the construction of the new premises at 1445 Bathurst Street.

Scope and Content

Series consists of correspondence, minute books, documents of incorporation, and stock certificates relating to the establishment of both Deltex Draperies and Dodd’s Draperies and the eventual merger of the two stores. In addition, series includes minutes and financial reports dealing with the operation of both companies. Also included are correspondence and blueprints relating to the construction of the building at 1445 Bathurst Street as well as the sale of that building.

Name Access

Deltex Draperies Ltd.

Dodd's Draperies Ltd.

Edell, Israel

Subjects

Business

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Hoffman family fonds

Business series

Level

Series

Fonds

6

Series

1

Material Format

architectural drawing

textual record

Date

1950-1976

Physical Description

2 cm of textual records

1 architectural drawing

Admin History/Bio

Max Hoffman was the owner of Hamilton Heating and Plumbing and part owner of M. and S. Real Estate Holdings. His partner in the latter company, Sol Hoffman, was also the executor of Max Hoffman's estate. Celia Hoffman was a member of a women's investment club, Iona Share.

Scope and Content

Series consists of correspondence and cheques relating to Max Hoffman's business Hamilton Heating and Plumbing. Also included are a ledger and the financial statements of the Estate of Max Hoffman and M. and S. Real Estate Holding. In addition, there are legal documents and a newspaper clipping about an investment club, Iona Share.

Name Access

Hoffman, Sol

Hamilton Heating and Plumbing

Iona Share Investment Club

M. and S. Hoffman Real Estate Holdings

Subjects

Business

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2013-11-2

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

6 photographs : b&w and col. ; 15 x 20 cm and 9 x 15 cm and 11 x 8 cm

1 photograph (electronic) : jpg

Date

1930-2007

Scope and Content

Accession consists of three colour photographs from the reunion of the Baldwin Club, a young men's club from the 1940s based in Kensington Market. The reunion took place in 2006 at the Steeles Deli (the time stamps on these photographs indicate 2007). The photographs feature: Pearl Godfrey with Rose Simon Zand and her husband David Zand (Rose Simon Zand grew up in the market and her family owned a grocery store); Jack Gelman (founder of the Baldwin Club. His parents owned P. Gelman Fruit and Groceries at 174 Baldwin Street). To his right is his wife. Seated are Rose Simon and Pearl Godfrey; Left to right: Solly Raykeff, Jackie Gelman, Mel Lastman.

Also included are three black and white photographs depicting 1) Three women in front of 172 Baldwin, left to right: Sandy Shabinsky, Katie Lottman Grossman, Ruth Berman; 2) Two girls in front of 172 Baldwin: left to right: Bella Tichberg (Judy Lottman Tichberg's daughter) and her cousin Henry; 3) Jake Lottman and his father Sam Lottman at 181 Baldwin shown cracking eggs for a photo taken for Queen Elizabeth's visit to Toronto.

Also included is one electronic photo of three women working at Lottman's bakery (Helen Wiseman who worked at the bakery for 50 years, Katie Lottman Grossman's mother in law Brancha Loffman, and Gertie who also worked at the bakery for many years)

There is also a small amount of textual records including two newspaper articles entitled "From Humble Beginnings in Kensington" (National Post, 2006) and "Demise of Lottman's Bakery mounred by all" (CJN, Thursday, November 29, 1984); a cookbook of recipes by Rose Simon entitled Recipes by Rose (2001); as well as five photocopies of photos of the Baldwin Street Boys (1940s).

Administrative History

Pearl Godfrey's father was Sam Lottman, owner of Lottman's Bakery which opened in the 1920s and was originally located at 172 Baldwin Street. It had a brick oven and on Friday nights women would bring their pots to keep the chollent warm for the Sabath. Sam Lottman was born in Poland and arrived in Toronto when he was 12 years old. He arrived with nothing but soon got a job as a baker. Sam's first wife Bella died in the 1920s. They had two children Judy Tichberg and Joe Lottman. There was also another daughter that died. Sam was a founder of the Hebrew Loan Society (Axia), where members donated 25 cents per week.

Pearl's mother was Emma (Birkin) Lottman. She arrived from Poland with her sister and mother in 1919 and was a wig maker. Emma Lottman mother would go with neighbours to collect household items for new immigrants. She also worked alongside Sam in the bakery. They lived on top of the bakery until Pearl was 12 years old. Emma and Sam had three children: Jake Lottman, Katie Grossman and Pearl Godfrey. Pearl went to Ryerson Public School and then to Harbord Collegiate for a year before transferring to Forest Hill.

The family lived on top of the store until 1947 when they moved to 50 Ava Road in Forest Hill. They built a new store at 191 Baldwin. It had a traveling oven which was very rare at the time, which allowed for the baked goods to move along a conveyer belt through the heat.

Jake who had built the business alongside his father moved to California. Joe Lottman took over the business when Sam retired. Joe died at the age of 60 in 1981 and his daughter Bonnie Lottman and son Terry Lottman ran the business.

The bakery closed in 1984.

Use Conditions

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

Business

Name Access

Lottman, Sam

Lottman, Emma

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2015-11-14

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Date

[194-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one photograph of Max Swartz standing in front of his dry goods store at 182 Dundas Street West, circa 1940s. The store closed around 1949.

Administrative History

Max Swartz was born in Russia and served in the Russian army. He emigrated to Canada before the First World War. Max is the donor's paternal uncle.

Subjects

Business

Name Access

Swartz, Max

Places

St. John's Ward (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2017-4-8

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1962-2009

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual records that include building permits, letters between Ed's Warehouse and Toronto City Hall regarding air pollution, a letter from Mel Lastman, Business Executives' Dining Award (1985,1986), employee benefits and codes, and Honest Ed's Special flyers (2001-2009). The permits include requests to make alterations to the theater and factory building for a theatre (1971) and alter an art studio for a coffee house (1966).

Custodial History

Brought in by Alicia Payne of the Centre for Social Innovation following the Honest Eds' Closing Party.

Administrative History

Honest Ed's (1948-2016) was Canada's first discount retail store opened by Ed and Anne Mirvish at the corner of Bloor and Markham Streets. The store closed on December 31, 2016.

Subjects

Business

Name Access

Mirvish, Ed

Mirvish, David

Honest Ed's (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1913]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the Low & Co. junk business, located at 385 Bethune Street (west side of Bethune, near Hunter Street), in Peterborough. Abraham Low is standing in the doorway. The boy on the sidewalk is probably Jacob (Jack) Low.

Subjects

Business

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Peterborough (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-7-12

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Lipa Green fonds

Business series

Level

Series

Fonds

20

Series

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1934-[196-]

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

Series consists of records documenting Lipa Green's business in the building trades. Included are two business patents, Greenview (later Greenwin) Construction Co. business correspondence and tenders, and financial records.

Subjects

Business

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Business series

Level

Series

Fonds

2

Series

3

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

architectural drawing

Date

1898, 1941-1988

Physical Description

56 photographs and other material

Admin History/Bio

Ben Dunkelman’s involvement in business was wide-ranging. He served as president of Tip Top Tailors after his father and as president of Cloverdale Shopping Centre. Along with his wife, Yael, he also opened the Dunkelman Gallery for modern art and Dunkelman's restaurant.

Scope and Content

Series consists of photographs, correspondence, pamphlets and papers documenting Benjamin Dunkelman’s business activities. The files are organized into three sub-series: Tip-Top Tailors, Constellation Hotel, and Dunkelman Gallery.

Notes

Physical description: Includes 6 cm of textual records, 5 architectural drawings, and 1 postcard.

Subjects

Business

Physical Condition

Most photographs are warped.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1977-8-11

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1940-1966

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material from B'nai Jacob Congregation in Niagara Falls, Ontario. These include bank cheques, utility and hardware bills, insurance policy statements from the 1940s, general correspondence, as well as a report on the dedication of the rebuilt synagogue.

Subjects

Synagogues

Communities

Name Access

B'nai Jacob Congregation (Niagara Falls, Ont.)

Places

Niagara Falls, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2007-6-32

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

2 b&w photographs (copies)

Date

[193?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two scanned photographs of work scene in front of the Myer Salit Scrap Metal yard, Niagara Falls.

Custodial History

The records were transferred to the OJA as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative.

Administrative History

The donor, Larry Cohen, was born 1931. His grandfather, Myer Salit, was born in Brest Litovski, Poland. At the age of twenty-three he booked passage to America on the S.S. Norge. On June 28, 1904 the ship struck a reef off the coast of Scotland and sank. Mr. Salit survived, along with approximately 160 other passengers, and made his way to New York and then St. Catharines, where his brother-in-law, Harry Rubin, was a scrap metal dealer. In 1905 he moved to Niagara Falls and set up his own scrap metal business. He was the first Jewish resident of that community.

Over time, the business prospered and grew. After the Second World War, his son-in-law Irvin Feldman and grandson Larry Cohen joined the business. The company began to diversify, selling new and used steel products to local industry. Myer Salit passed away in 1958 and left the business in the hands of Irvin and Larry. By the 1960s, the company branched out and became a reinforcing steel (rebar) fabricator and changed its name to Salit Steel.

During the 1980s the family sold off the scrap metal division of the company. Mr. Feldman retired and the responsibility for managing the firm was shared by Larry Cohen and Steven Cohen, Myer's great-grandson. The company has continued to expand and diversify and currently serves the needs of Southern Ontario.

Use Conditions

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Descriptive Notes

Related Material Note: See AC 302 for an oral history for Larry Cohen.

Subjects

Occupations

Communities

Name Access

Salit, Myer

Places

Niagara Falls, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2008-8-23

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

5 cm textual records

22 photographs : b&w (4 jpg)

Date

ca.1928-1994

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual records and photographs pertaining to the interrelated Bogomolny and Greenspan families of Niagara Falls. Included is correspondence and speeches relating to Hadassah, a 1957 Sisterhood cookbook, a Hadassah-WIZO 75th anniversary Commemorative Book, a syngagogue yearbook 1960-1961, B'nai B'rith certificates of Abe Bogomolny's, programmes and invitations to special events, two picture postcards and other family photographs, newspaper clippings relating to the Bogomolnys, and immigration documents from 1928. Also included is a senior undergraduate research paper written by Gerald Enchin (originally of Kitchener), entitled, "A Locational Analysis of the Kitchener-Waterloo Jewish Community," 1971.

Custodial History

Many of these records were collected and created by Jennie Greenspan Bogomolny, mother of the donor. They were passed to Brenda upon Jennie's death and kept until they came to the OJA.

Administrative History

Brenda Bogomolny Enchin is the daughter of Jennie Greenspan and Abe Bogomolny. Jennie was 8 years old in 1928 when she came to Canada with her mother and three brothers. Jennie's mother, Faige Bracha Pomerantz, posed as a widow coming to marry Morris Greenspan, even though they were already married. Morris had come ahead to Ontario where his brother Samuel was already settled. The accession includes documents from the rabbi in Poland attesting to Faige's widowed status so that she could get into Canada. Jennie's older brother was Joseph (father of Eddie and Brian Greenspan). Her younger brother, Abram, is living in Dundas as of 2008. The youngest child was Samuel, who was born in Sept. 1927 just a month after Morris had left Poland, so he met his youngest son a year later. Samuel died at age 48 in 1975.

Brenda’s mother Jennie married Abraham Bogomolny in 1946. He came to Niagara Falls in the 1930s, and with his brother Hymie opened the Niagara Rug Company, with braided and woven rugs. They were the biggest suppliers to department stores like Woolworths and Eaton’s. There was a fire in May 1968. Jennie was an elementary school teacher, she taught at Memorial School where the Greenspan children went, and Battleford Elementary School, which now gives out the Jennie Bogomolny Citizenship Award every year.

Use Conditions

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1919]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Carl Frankel (on the right) and two other men identified as Louis and Herman at Niagara Falls.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Young Judaea series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

4

File

52

Material Format

textual record

Date

1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of an agenda for the retreat held in 1963, a hand-written copy of the master control billetting list, a list of participants, correspondence regarding accommodations and notices regarding the event.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds

Harris family series

Samuel Aaron and Rose Harris sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

115

Series

1-2

File

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1928]-[ca. 1935]

Physical Description

51 photographs : b&w (28 negatives) ; 11 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File contains negatives and photographs documenting the family’s trips to Niagara Falls. Pictured in the photographs are Samuel Aaron, Rose, Sydney, Thelma and Yetta Geldzaeler.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

190

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 photograph : b & w ; 13 cm x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a b & w photo taken in 1967 at the floral clock close to Niagara Falls Canada. Standing from left to right are Bella Rosenbaum, Henry Rosenbaum, Linda Goldstein, Murray Rosenbaum, lady behind Murray is Leah Oren, Regina Goldstein, Hela Anklewicz, Rivi Anklewicz and David Oren on the far right.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

191

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b & w ; 8 cm x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a b & w photo taken in Niagara Falls, Canada. Standing on the far left is Bella Rosenbaum, with Esther and Joe Tzashnik and their daughter Lydia, in the late 1950's.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

22

Material Format

textual record

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

124

Material Format

textual record

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

182

Material Format

object

Date

[ca. 1880]

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

File

Fonds

22

File

9

Material Format

textual record

Date

1931-1932

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Lipa Green fonds

Business series

Level

File

Fonds

20

Series

2

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948-[196-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of various documents including the announcement of the opening of a new office of Greenview Construction Co; a legal contract between the Green Construction Co. and the Apter Congregation to build a synagogue on Beverly Street, Toronto; tenders to Greenview for building construction; a land survey of 44 Majestic Court, Lipa's home; and an order book.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6083

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a group of steamship agents on board a ship. Included in the photo are Henry Dworkin, Joseph Graner, H. N. Sivitz.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Accession Number

1991-5-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Personal series

Life cycle and family events sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

1-5

File

24

Material Format

textual record

object

Date

[ca. 1920]-[ca. 1935]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 notebook cover : leather ; 20 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a business card and letterheads for the Royal Printing Company as well as a leather notebook cover for the United Paper Mills Limited with Paul Edell's name written on it.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2007-7-10

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

19 photographs : b&w

1 folder of textual records

2 books

1 CD

1 vest

1 hat

Date

1938-1986

Scope and Content

This accession consists of material documenting the donor's family, particularly her father, Nathan Rivelis. The items include a vest and hat worn by her father during the late 1950s as part of the Lion's Club. It also consists of an oral history of her father conducted in 1983; his school primer and English reader; photographs of the business and Hebrew classes; certificates; and, finally, newspaper clippings.

Administrative History

The Rivelis family owned a large clothing store in North Bay from 1926 until 1986 called Rivelis. They sold men's and women's mid-range clothing and became famous in town for their annual sale held on 16 November. The business grew from a small family-run store to a large department store with twelve employees.

In addition to running the business, Nate Rivelis was also involved in the local Lion's Club and was the president of this organization from 1957-1958. He was the only Jewish member at that time. In addition, he also served as the president of the Hebrew school during the 1940s.

Subjects

Business

Communities

Name Access

Rosen, Rheta

Rivelis, Nathan

Places

North Bay (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2008-3-2

Material Format

textual record

textual record (electronic)

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

4 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

6 documents : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date

[1915?]-[200-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of brochures from the Cherney family businesses: their furniture store of fifty years, followed by Cherney Realty, established after 1984. Also included are a pamphlet on the Erica Cherney Inspiration Fund of the Community Counselling and Resource Centre of Peterborough. There is also a memorial card for the death of Harry Cherney in 1984. Electronic records include articles about Cherney's and Erica Cherney, City of Peterborough Awards of Merit for Harry and Erica Cherney, and four photographs.

Photograhps are as follows:

01. Award of Merit, Erica Cherney, 1977.

02. Award of Merit, Harry Cherney, 1981.

03. Harry Cherney on a sailboat, ca. 1978.

04. 40th Anniversary of Cherney Store, 1975. Left to right: Myer and Harry and Lou Cherney.

05. Rebecca Cherney, ca. 1915.

06. Tree of Life donated in honour of Harry Cherney.

07. Cherney business story in Peterborough Industrial Review, 1975.

08. Erica Cherney article in Business Advantage February, 1997, page 13.

09. Cherney ad, 1975.

10. Harry Cherney newspaper article about his death, Peterborough Examiner, December 29 1984, page 1.

Use Conditions

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

Business

Communities

Name Access

Cherney, Erica

Places

Peterborough (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Level

Item

Item

1001

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1912]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of men and women on the front porch of Goldstein's Butcher Shop and Ice Cream Parlour, in Charlton, Ontario. Identified individuals include Ida Goldstein, Mrs. Goldstein, Dora Goldstein, Walter Goldstein and Sam Levine. The other individuals are the Goldstein's non-Jewish neighbours.

Notes

Acquired in 1976.

Name Access

Goldstein, Ida

Goldstein, Dora

Goldstein, Walter

Levine, Sam

Subjects

Small business

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Charlton (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

923

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1929-1933

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 11 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Englehart Bargain Store was run by Louis Schwartz from Toronto. The Gurevitch family lived behind it and rented out the front to use on Shabbos when they were not on their farm.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Min (née Gurevitch) and Hymie [Lebiman?] standing in front of the Englehart Bargain Store.

Name Access

Englehart Bargain Store

Subjects

Small business

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Englehart (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-7-5

Source

Archival Descriptions