Accession Number

2004-1-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 directory

Date

[191-?]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of a directory, which was produced around 1913 and provides the names of members of a Jewish fraternity. This directory includes chapters within Canada and the United States. Some of the information that is contained within this booklet includes: the name of the member, residential address, business address, phone numbers and birth date. The directory includes both active as well as past members of this fraternity

Administrative History

This directory was owned by Nancy Draper's father, who was a member of this fraternity

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-5-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

6 cm of textual records

2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm

Date

[194-], 2004-2007

Scope and Content

This accession consists of textual records related to the Holy Blossom Temple renewal project, which is the controversial renovation campaign, and the Temple's 150th anniversary celebrations in 2007. The records include correspondence sent out to the congregation, pamphlets, flyers, and promotional material. Also included in this accession is an Oakdale Golf and Country Club membership roster from 2004 to 2006 and two photographs of David Steinhauer, a former teacher at Jarvis Collegiate standing in front of the school during the 1940s.

Administrative History

Nancy Draper is the daughter of Carl Frankel, a past prominent member of the Toronto Jewish community and formerly associated with Holy Blossom Temple, of which Nancy is still a member. She attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute for five years as a youth.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2010-6-8

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 9 cm

1 directory

Date

[ca.1950]-1965

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a membership directory for the Art Diggers in 1964-1965 and a photograph of Joseph Rosenfeld, a lawyer who practiced on Carlton Street. Rosenfeld was a colleague and mentor to the donor's husband, Darrell Draper.

Administrative History

Nancy Frankel (b. 1928) is the daughter of Carl and Dorothy Jacobs Frankel. She married Darrell Draper on December 10th, 1949. Nancy is an active member of the Jewish community and was a member of the Art Diggers group -- a club run by the Council of Jewish Women that met regularly to learn about art. Nancy is a longtime volunteer at the OJA.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2014-3-1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : b&w

Date

1944, 2006-2007, 2013-2014

Scope and Content

Accession consists of Holy Blossom Temple Bulletins dated Sept. 2006, Nov. 2006, Jan. 2007, June 2013, Sept. 2013, Dec. 2013, calendar of events for Fall/Winter and Winter/Spring 2013, and family programming for 2013/2014. Also includes an obituary of Irving Milchberg and a scanned copy of a reunion of confirmation class (1944) that pictures Nancy Draper and others.

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.

Name Access

Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)

Draper, Nancy

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2014-8-13

Material Format

moving images

sound recording

Physical Description

1 videocassette : VHS

1 audio CD

Date

1996-2003

Scope and Content

Accession consists of 1 videocassette of a party honouring Sylvia and Ralph Millrod. The audio CD is a copy of Lachan The Toronto Jewish Chamber Choir Live in Concert.

Name Access

Toronto Jewish Chamber Choir

Milrod, Ralph

Milrod, Sylvia

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-11-2

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

2015-2016

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records relating to Holy Blossom Temple and includes an Adult Education Guide (2015), L’Shanah Tovah Bulletin (2015) and Family & Youth Education Centre Programs 2015/2016 – 5776.

Administrative History

Nancy Draper is an active member of the Jewish community and has been a volunteer at the Ontario Jewish Archives for many years.

Subjects

Education

Synagogues

Name Access

Draper, Nancy

Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Bathurst St. (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2021-11-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

[19--]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the family of Nancy Levy. Included are a biography of the orphan Meir Noss, which was translated from the Yiddish in 1921, and a copy of an undated clipping about the donor's mother, who was the only attendant at her friend Jean Kamarner's wedding. The first item describes events in Z'vil, Ukraine that took place in 1919/1920.

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Levy (family)

Places

Ukraine

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2022-12-9

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records and other material

Date

1958-1967

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Nancy Levy, primarily education records, such as citizenship awards and scholarship awards issued by the Board of Education for the City of Hamilton, Ontario. It also consists of certificates and patches issued by the Canadian Red Cross Society and the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada while at Camp Kadimah and Hamilton's Recreation Centre as well a photograph of a Temple Anshe Sholom confirmation class taken in 1967. Identified in the photograph are: (back row) Michael Epstein, Paul Simon, Leslie Mitchinick, Rabbi Baskin, Michael Isaac, Robert Mitchnick, Harold Barnett, Brian Singer, (front row) Cheryl Hebscher, Sharon Leutcher, Robin Raphael, Gerrie Perrell, Nancy Levy, Jacqueline Houston, Elaine Hotz, Ethel Landrecht, and Debbie Minden.

Administrative History

Nancy Levy was born in 1951 to Corinne (née Cohn) and Edgar Levy. (Corinne and Edgar's name was originally Moshe Noss. He was born in the Ukraine and orphaned at an early age. Around 1921 he immigrated to Canada through the help of a Mr. Grafstein. Once in Canada, Edgar and his brothers were adopted into different families. The Levy family adopted Edgar and he took their name.

Edgar married Corrine Cohn in 1946. Edgar had a business in Hamilton called Piston Service, which was a wholesaler for car parts. Corrine drove a truck for this business and eventually became the bookkeeper for another firm. After marriage, they lived in Hamilton at 18 West Third.

Nancy had two younger siblings: Ann (1956–) and Lois (1958–2018). She married Wayne Greenberg in 1979 and they divorced around 1985. She studied medical lab technology at a community college and worked at various hospitals and businesses, including Henderson Hospital in Hamilton and Baycrest.

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.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Digitized material.

Subjects

Confirmation (Jewish rite)

Education

Name Access

Temple Anshe Sholom (Hamilton, Ont.)

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Documentation sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-17

File

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

ca. 1990

Physical Description

1 photograph: col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a photograph of Dr. Paula Draper, oral historian and documentation chairperson of the Holocaust Remembrance Committee.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2015-9-33

Material Format

moving images

Physical Description

2 VHS tapes

13 film reels : 8 mm

Date

1957-1967

Scope and Content

Accession consists of home movies documenting the Levy family of Hamilton, Ontario. Included is footage of birthday parties, children playing at their home and in parks, swimming, sailing, a football game at Ivor Wynne Stadium, a trip to Algonquin Park, family picnics, and trips to Quebec and New York.

Administrative History

Nancy Levy was born in 1951 to Corinne (née Cohn) and Edgar Levy. (Corinne and Edgar's name was originally Moshe Noss. He was born in the Ukraine and orphaned at an early age. Around 1921 he immigrated to Canada through the help of a Mr. Grafstein. Once in Canada, Edgar and his brothers were adopted into different families. The Levy family adopted Edgar and he took their name.

Edgar married Corrine Cohn in 1946. Edgar had a business in Hamilton called Piston Service, which was a wholesaler for car parts. Corrine drove a truck for this business and eventually became the bookkeeper for another firm. After marriage, they lived in Hamilton at 18 West Third.

Nancy had two younger siblings: Ann (1956–) and Lois (1958–2018). She married Wayne Greenberg in 1979 and they divorced around 1985. She studied medical lab technology at a community college and worked at various hospitals and businesses, including Henderson Hospital in Hamilton and Baycrest.

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Levy family

Places

Hamilton, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2019-12-3

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 33 cm of textual records and other material

Date

1913-2014

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the maternal (Cohn) and paternal (Levy) branches of the donor's family. Included are cards, certificates, death certificates, degrees, diplomas, family trees, letters, an oral history transcript, passports, photographs, reference materials, telegrams, and other records.

Individuals documented in the records include: Al Berns, Etta Cohn, Judah Cohn, Natalie Cohn, Stanley Cohn, Sylvia Cohn, Al Cole, Myer Drazin, Manny Godfrey, Bert Gold, Dan Gold, Jonah Gold, Yenta Kohl, Ann Levy, Corinne Levy, Edgar Levy, Lois Levy, Nancy Levy, Joan Lipton, Joy Matsuzaki, Raymond Mock,Edythe Noss, Harvey Noss, Mark Noss, Walter Lyons, Judy Rubin, Richard Seymour, and Elaine Zimmerman.

Caption (030): Edgar Levy shortly after arrival in Canada, [ca. 1921]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2019-12-3.

Administrative History

The Noss family traces its origins to Russia/Ukraine. The patriarch, Avraham Noss, died after contracting typhus after being badly beaten in a pogrom. His wife, Toiba, died of either cholera, typhus, or influenza (accounts vary). They left behind four children: Raisa, Meyer, Joseph, and Moshe. The extended family took care of the four orphans but did not have enough food to feed them, so the three youngest were put in a Jewish orphanage. The eldest, Raisa, was too old but came every day to visit her brothers. One day, she arrived only to be told, "The missionaries took them away." The entire orphanage was brought to Canada. A Mr. Hershman from Toronto was involved as was a congregation of Christadelphians from Hamilton including a Mr. Farrar who owned a good-quality clothing store.

Raisa remained in Russia, where she received an education from the Communist Party and became an engineer. Meyer kept in touch with his sister for as long as possible, but the two eventually lost touch.

The Drazin family took in Meyer, the eldest brother, although the family never adopted him. Despite this, he changed his name to Drazin. Joseph ("Joe") was adopted but was returned to Children's Aid, where he went from foster home to foster home. He eventually took back the Noss family name. As for Moshe, he was adopted by Moses Levy and Marietta Steinert. Moshe's new parents changed his name to Edgar Steinert Levy. Edgar Levy is thus the same individual as Moshe Noss. Marietta was well-known in the Hamilton community, and a chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women was named after her.

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.

Descriptive Notes

Accompanying material: After donating the records in her possession, the donor emailed the archivist a document titled "Noss Family Story," which the archivist used to compose the biographical sketch. The document has been saved with other supporting documentation.

Subjects

Families

Genealogy

Name Access

Cohn (family)

Levy, Corinne,1917-1978

Levy, Edgar, 1915-1980

Levy (family)

Levy, Marietta Steinbert, 1858-1928

Noss (family)

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

1

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

June 1945

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 9 cm and 13 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Nancy Frankel (born ca. 1928) is the stepdaughter and daughter respectively of Leo and (Leola?) Frankel. Leo Frankel was the son of Morris Frankel and the nephew of Leo Frankel, who was the founder of Holy Blossom Temple. Nancy married Peter Theimer.

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of Nancy Frankel at the age of seventeen.

Name Access

Frankel, Nancy, ca. 1928- (subject)

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2008-11-7

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

66 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 31 cm or smaller

1 folder of textual records

Date

[188-]-2008

Scope and Content

This accession consists of photographs documenting the Altheimer, Jacobs, Frankel and Drapkin (Draper) families. There is also a small amount of textual records including a confirmation program from 1944 and 1946, Nancy Draper's confirmation speech, a religious school play program from 1941 and other general records related to Holy Blossom Temple.

Custodial History

The records were in the possession of the donor until they were donated to the Archives in several stages during November and December 2008. Copies of all the photographs were made at the donor's request.

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

Accession Number

2009-6-12

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

10 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 19 cm or smaller

Date

[194-]-1948

Scope and Content

This accession consists of photographs of Darrell Draper with members of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity in Toronto, as well as a photograph of the Drapkin family at an Jewish community event held in Fort William, 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

Thunder Bay

Drapkin family

Draper, Darrell

Subjects

Families

Greek letter societies

Places

Fort William (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2010-7-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1944-1969

Scope and Content

Accession consists of Holy Blossom confirmation service programs from 1944 and 1969 -- years when Nancy Frankel and Paula Draper were Confirmands respectively. There is also a directory listing of the Holy Blossom Temple Confirmation Class of 1969.

Administrative History

Nancy Frankel (b. 1928) is the daughter of Carl and Dorothy Jacobs Frankel. She married Darrell Draper on December 10th, 1949. They had three children: Paula (b. 1953), Philip (b. 1954), Kenneth (b. 1957). Nancy is a longtime volunteer at the OJA.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-5-6

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

7 photographs : b&w, col. and sepia ; 16 x 22 cm or smaller

1 folder of textual records

Date

1910-2014

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the Frankel and Draper families of Toronto. Included are photographs of various members of the Frankel family, a Frankel family tree, a bound book documenting the Draper family, a letter from Sue Levy to Nancy Draper discussing Nancy's great-grandparent's 50th anniversary celebration in Biblis in 1913, an obituary and euology for Helen Joyce Frankel Kofman, as well as a flyer for an exhibition on the Jews in Shanghai that was mounted at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto.

Photographs are identified as: Gottschall Frankel in Biblis, Germany (191-); a copy photograph of Gottschall Frankel and Mina Meyer in Biblis, Germany, printed on printer paper (191-); two photographs of Leo Frankel with his second wife Gertrude Wise (1920s-1930s); Nancy Ddraper with her cousin Helene Joyce Frankel (ca. 1931); Nancy with her sister Carol and cousins Helene and Allan (193-); and one photograph of the staff and volunteers of the Ontario Jewish Archives on an outing to the AGO.

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

Associated material: The Jüdisches Museum Berlin holds the Frankel Collection from Paula Draper. A German-language finding aid is available from said institution.

Name Access

Draper, Nancy

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

30

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm on matte 16 x 17 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of ( from left) Dorothy Frankel, her son-in-law Darrell Draper, and his daughter Paula Draper. All are in formal attire at an unidentified event.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

104

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1895-2009

Physical Description

21 cm of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio

Gottschall Frankel (1832–1918) and his wife Mina Meyer (1841–1921) were born in Biblis (Hessen) and Aschaffenburg, Germany, respectively. Gottschall died in Biblis and is buried in Alsbach, Germany. Mina passed away in Toronto and is interred in the old Holy Blossom Cemetery.

Leo Frankel (1864–1933) was one of nine children born in Biblis, Germany, to Gottschall and Mina. His siblings were Salmon (1874–1906), Benno (d. 1921), Ike (d. 1950), Louis (1879–1952), Maurice (1865–1935), Sigmund (1866–1936), Ida (1870–1952) (m. Levy) and Herman (1871–1939). Three of the siblings are buried in Montreal, and the rest are buried in Toronto.

Leo immigrated to Canada in 1881 at the age of seventeen. In 1886, he established Frankel Brothers (scrap metal and processing) in association with his brothers. The siblings were eventually succeeded by several sons of the original partners. The company subsequently became Frankel Steel Ltd. and Steel Structures Corporation.

Leo married Helena "Lena" Mayer of Florsheim, Germany, on 2 July 1890 in New York City. They had three sons: Egmont Leo (1891–1964), Carl Milford (1894–1984), and Roy Hecker (1896–1983). The family lived at 504 Jarvis Street, the former Goodman residence in Toronto, from 1908.

Carl married Dorothy Jacobs (1903–1987), who was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her parents were Bernard Jacobs of Texas and Henrietta Altheimer of Arkansas. Carl and Dorothy had two daughters: Nancy Jean Frankel (b. 1928) and Carol Nina Frankel (1930–1999).

Carl was a prominent member of the Toronto Jewish community, active in Holy Blossom Temple, several Masonic lodges, and was a founder of the North Toronto YM-YWHA.

His daughter Nancy attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute and was confirmed at Holy Blossom Temple. She married Darrell (Drapkin) Draper (1922–1992) of Fort William/Port Arthur in 1949. Darrell had studied at the University of Toronto and became a lawyer and judge. The couple's three children are Dr. Paula Jean Draper (b. 1953), a historian; Phillip Jacobs (b. 1954), a real estate lawyer; and Kenneth Lewis (b. 1957). Collectively, the siblings have six children and several grandchildren. Nancy Draper has been a longtime volunteer at the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Nancy's sister Carol married Mandel Sprachman (1925–2002), the son of a renowned architect Abraham Sprachman of the firm Kaplan and Sprachman. Mandel followed his father into the profession, specializing in cinemas and theatres, including the award-winning restoration of the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres (1985–1989).

The Frankel family genealogy is wide in scope, extending from Germany and England to the United States and Canada. One notable ancestor with German lineage is Israel Beer Josephat, who changed his name to Paul Julius Reuter and founded the Reuters News Agency.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records documenting the Frankel and Draper (Drapkin) families and their connected branches, such as the Jacobs (English in origin), Josephat, Meyer, and Altheimer (all German in origin) families. Records include: photographs of the exterior and interior of the Frankel home at 504 Jarvis Street, Toronto; formal individual and group photographs taken in Toronto and other cities of family members at various gatherings and of Nancy Frankel's confirmation class at Holy Blossom; pictures of Darrell Drapkin (later Draper) and his Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity brothers at the University of Toronto; group photographs of members of the Palestine Lodge of Masons, of which Carl and his brother Egmont were members; and a variety of candid shots in many locations including outside the Frankel family home in Biblis, Germany.

Textual records include: essays and programs concerning Holy Blossom, publications from Camp Wabi-Kon and Jarvis Collegiate yearbooks, and material from the Ulyssean Society at Hart House, the Oakdale Golf and Country Club, and the Carmel Chapter of Hadassah documenting Nancy's involvement with these organizations.

Objects include a souvenir matchbook from the wedding of Darrell Draper and Nancy Frankel and a membership coin and badge in a leather case documenting Carl Frankel's involvement with Masonic lodges.

Notes

Physical description note: Includes 250 photographs, 3 objects,1 CD, and 1 video cassette.

Name Access

Draper (family)

Draper, Nancy (1928-)

Frankel (family)

Subjects

Families

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gary family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

97

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Aug. 1964

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Nancy Halter is the granddaughter of Joseph and Goldie Gary and the youngest daughter of Jack Halter and Ethel Halter (née Gary). The Manettas also owned resort cabins and had the only pool in Pontypool.

Scope and Content

Copy photograph of Nancy Halter wading in the Manettas pool in Pontypool. Nancy's sister, Frances, is seen in the background with her bathing cap on.

Name Access

Manetta family

Gary, Ethel

Gary, Goldie

Gary, Joseph

Gary, Leslie

Halter, Nancy

Subjects

Outdoor recreation

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Pontypool (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gary family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

97

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

August 1964

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Nancy Halter is the daughter of Jack Halter and Ethel Halter (née Gary) and the granddaughter of Joseph and Goldie Gary.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Nancy Halter in her bathing suit, standing in front of Gary's cottages in Pontypool. She is holding a bucket of sand and there is a wooden chair directly behind her.

Notes

Title taken from writing on back of original photograph.

Name Access

Gary, Ethel

Gary, Leslie

Gary, Shirley

Gary, Goldie

Gary, Joseph

Halter, Nancy

Subjects

Outdoor recreation

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Pontypool (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions