Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977-1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a program for an exhibition of batik and sculpture by artist Eve Hurley at the Wagman Centre at Baycrest and the October 1978 edition of Baycrest News.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Larry Becker collection

Level

File

Fonds

34

File

77

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970-1988

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a Baycrest News bulletin (Jan. 1970), a pamphlet of facts for Baycrest day care service (1981), and a patient's newsletter commemorating the last 70 years (1988).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

19

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965-1996

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds

Jewish community involvement series

Level

File

Fonds

92

Series

4

File

21

Material Format

textual record

Date

1990

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and a canvasser's handbook documenting J.B. Salsberg's involvement On the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care's Board of Directors.

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

249

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971-1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Women's Auxiliary series

Level

Series

Fonds

52

Series

2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Date

1951-1986

Physical Description

62 cm of textual records

10 photographs

2 objects

Admin History/Bio

The Women's Auxiliary of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care was established in 1955 as a fund-raising arm of the Baycrest Centre as well as a provider of services to the residents and patients. Some of its activities included running the volunteer service, the beauty salon, the gift shop, theatre nights, religious and festival programming and fundraising projects.

Dora Till was the founding president of the Women's Auxiliary from 1955 to 1959. She remained active on the Executive Committee well into the 1980s. Dora was honoured several times by the Women's Auxiliary, including at a tribute dinner in 1983 and in 1984 when an entire floor of Baycrest was named in her honour.

Scope and Content

This series consists of records documenting the activities of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Women's Auxiliary. The records include minutes, reports, speeches, correspondence, financial records, invitations, brochures and pamphlets, photographs and artifacts.

The records have been arranged into six sub-series: Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Sub-Committees, Finance and Accounting, Programming and Services, Events, and Press and Publicity.The records have been described to the file level and a selection of photographs have been scanned and described at the item level.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Furnishings Committee series

Level

Series

Fonds

52

Series

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1952-1977

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The Furnishings Committee of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care was responsible for making decisions on and acquiring furnishings for the Baycrest Centre residences and hospital, including interior decorating items. Dora Till either chaired or sat on the committee during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Scope and Content

This series consists of one file which includes general correspondence, meeting minutes and lists of furnishings.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care : other committees series

Level

Series

Fonds

52

Series

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1953-1965, 1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This series consists of one file of records documenting the activites of other committees that Dora Till sat on such as the House Committee, the Hospital Sub-Committee and the Auxiliary and Volunteer Program Committee.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Events series

Level

File

Fonds

14

Series

11

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

21 Apr. 1968

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

file consists of invitations and a programme.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Larry Becker collection

Level

File

Fonds

34

File

51

Material Format

textual record

Date

1987-1988

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of the seventieth anniversary annual report of Baycrest Centre, describing their services, listing donors, financial income and expenses.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Jewish Home for the Aged sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

18

Series

3-4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1959-[ca. 1972]

Physical Description

216 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

In 1913, a mutual benefit society for women called the Ezras Noshim Society was formed in Toronto. Ezras Noshim started collecting funds around 1916 to purchase a home that would be converted into Toronto's first Jewish Old Folks Home. The forerunner to Baycrest Centre opened in 1919 as the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home. It was located on Cecil Street in downtown Toronto and the women of Ezras Noshim made beds, cooked kosher meals, washed sheets and sponsored fund-raising events.

In 1954, the Jewish Home for the Aged opened on Bathurst Street to accommodate their expanding needs with the addition of a new feature -- Baycrest Hospital. This location, known as the Baycrest Centre, expanded to include several new buildings that were better able to meet the needs of the Jewish community in Toronto.

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of negatives documenting the events and activities of several Jewish Home for the Aged groups, including the men's service group, the women's auxiliary, and the staff and residents. The images depict meetings and banquets, fundraising campaigns, images of the interior of the building, the residents partaking in daily activities and classes, and special visits by dignitaries. The negatives have been arranged chronologically by event and are described at the file or item level.

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Heritage Museum Committee series

Level

Series

Fonds

52

Series

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1972-1983

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The Baycrest Centre for Geritaric Care's Heritage Museum Committee oversaw the operation of the Centre's museum, the acquisition of artifacts, as well as any accompanying programs and exhibitions. Dora Till sat on the committee during the 1970s and early 1980s.

Scope and Content

This series consists of records related to the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care's Heritage Museum Committee. The records include minutes, correspondence, speeches and reports, financial records and exhibition materials. The records have been described to the file level.

Source

Archival Descriptions

URL

http://www.ontariojewisharchives.org/Explore/Themed-Topics/Baycrest-Centre-for-Geriatric-Care

Source

OJA Website

Level

Item

Item

6037

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is an exterior photograph of the Jewish Old Folks' Home on Cecil St.

Notes

Same image as photo #4365 and photo #45

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Old age homes

Places

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6038

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1975 and 1980]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Old age homes

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

249

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Notes

Item is a publictiy poster for the Jewish Home for the Aged. The poster is in Yiddish.

Name Access

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Posters

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Heritage Museum Committee series

Exhibitions file

Level

Item

Fonds

52

Series

3

File

5

Item

23

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1712

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2431

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Name Access

Elm Tree Nursing Home

Steinberg, Rabbi Sheldon

Toronto Jewish Congress

Subjects

Old age homes

Rabbis

Seder

Places

Keele Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-7-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2432

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Left: Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg.

Right: Morris Stork.

Name Access

Elm Tree Nursing Home

Steinberg, Rabbi Sheldon

Subjects

Old age homes

Rabbis

Seder

Places

Keele Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-7-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1713

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1715

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1716

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1717

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1718

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1714

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Women

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Women's Auxiliary series

Events sub-series

New Baycrest Hospital groundbreaking file

Level

Item

Fonds

52

Series

2-5

File

8

Item

1

Material Format

object

Date

1983

Physical Description

1 object

Scope and Content

This item is a gold plated shovel presented to Dora Till at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the New Baycrest Hospital on 30 June 1983.

Subjects

Hospitals

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Women's Auxiliary series

Events sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

52

Series

2-5

File

8

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Date

30 June 1983

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

1 object

Subjects

Building

Hospitals

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Events series

Level

File

Fonds

14

Series

11

File

15

Material Format

textual record

Date

30 June 1983

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

file consists of an invitation.

Subjects

Building

Hospitals

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Women's Auxiliary series

Programs and services sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

14

Series

4-6

File

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a photograph of the Day Care choir delivering a performance at an unknown Baycrest event.

Notes

Photograph is by Photography Place.

Repro Restriction

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

Related Material

For other records related to the Day Care Program in this fonds, see series 7, file 8.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Men's Service Group series

Membership sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

14

Series

5-5

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

14 Feb. 1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an invitation.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

342

Material Format

graphic material

Date

6 Apr. 1978

Physical Description

3 photographs (2 negatives) : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph and two negatives of Tubby Cole and Rose Fleischer exchanging a cheque at Baycrest Day Care.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Women's Auxiliary series

Events sub-series

New Baycrest Hospital groundbreaking file

Level

Item

Fonds

52

Series

2-5

File

8

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

30 June 1983

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Dora Till with Abe Posluns and an unidentified woman at the groundbreaking for the New Baycrest Hospital. All three are holding gold ceremonial shovels in the ground. Pictured on the far left is Sid Cooper.

Subjects

Building

Hospitals

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish community events series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

7

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1951]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

In 1913 a charitable organization called the Ezras Noshim Society was formed to help elderly women. Ezras Noshim start collecting funds in 1917 to purchase a home that would be converted into Toronto's first Jewish Old Folks Home. The forerunner to Baycrest Centre opened in 1919 as the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home on Cecil Street in downtown Toronto, where the women of Ezras Noshim made beds, cooked kosher meals, washed sheets, and sponsored fundraising events.

In 1954, the Jewish Home for the Aged opened on Bathurst Street to accomodate their expanding needs and a new feature: Baycrest Hospital.

This location continued to expand including a new building for residents in 1968, the Baycrest Terrace and The Joseph E. and Minnie Wagman Centre in 1976. These additions enabled Baycrest to expand their services to include a community centre, an enhanced apartment building, a home for the aged, a day care service and a hospital.

In 1986 a new Baycrest Hospital was erected, and in 1989, the Rotman Research Institute, which is also affiliated with the University of Toronto, opened to create a research facility enabling top researchers to study and find new treatment methods for the elderly.

In recent years, Baycrest's research activities have expanded to include the Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation Unit (est. 1995), which evaluates clinical programs and conducts long-term studies of health issues affecting older adults and the Kunin Lunenfeld Clinical Research Unit (est. 1996), which links researchers with Baycrest clinical departments to enable prompt implementation of research findings. These two programs merged in 1998 to become the Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit.

Apotex Centre, the Jewish Home for the Aged and the Louis and Leah Posluns Centre for Stroke and Cognition opened in 2000. This centre is responsible for residents with progressive dementia and vascular dementia.

Baycrest Centre also provides numerous cultural and religious programs for the inhabitants and the greater community, including a heritage museum, art exhibits and a Holocaust program.

Scope and Content

Photograph of the groundbreaking ceremony for Baycrest Hospital on Bathurst Street, which was erected along with the new building of the Jewish Home for the Aged.

Abe Posluns is on the far right.

Name Access

Baycrest Hospital

Posluns, Abe

Subjects

Building

Hospitals

Portraits, Group

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

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

100

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1967-2013

Physical Description

1.9 m of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio

The Koffler Centre of the Arts was established in 1977 as part of the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre at Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue to enrich the cultural life of Toronto through arts education and exhibitions. The centre exists to encourage and develop the creative and artistic potential of the diverse community it serves. The Koffler Gallery as a public gallery and member of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries exhibits, interprets, and documents works of excellence in the visual arts with a focus on contemporary Canadian art, including the work of visual artists, emerging artists, and programming of special interest in the Jewish community.

The Koffler has offered an array of programmatic, education, and learning programs, including national and international art exhibitions, educational tours, and workshops, literary arts programs, art classes, lectures, concerts, film screenings, and theatre performances. The Koffler has also served public and private school students and their teachers through Koffler Gallery exhibition tours and workshops.

The Koffler Centre is governed by an executive board and standing and ad-hoc committees and is funded by endowments, donations, and sponsorhips as its primary sources of funding. The Koffler also receives annual operating support from the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and all levels of government, including the City of Toronto, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council. The staff consists of an executive director, curators, and administrative support staff.

In 2013, after five years of off-site programs, the Koffler Centre of the Arts opened its administrative offices and the new Koffler Gallery at Artscape Youngplace on Shaw Street in downtown Toronto. The Artscape Youngplace facilities showcase Koffler Gallery exhibitions, public programs, and expanded school and education programs, as well as Koffler cross-disciplinary programs: literary events, theatre readings and performances, concerts, workshops, and more.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records documenting the activities and functions of the Koffler Centre of the Arts and its role in bringing Jewish-inspired visual, dance, dramatic and musical arts to the community. Included are records related to its board of directors and committees, its former affiliation with the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre and the YM-YWHA, building campaigns, financial operations, art exhibitions, the Jewish Book Fair and Bookmark Project, educational programming, performances, and special events. Records include meeting minutes, memoranda, correspondence, committee reports, budget and financial statements, press clippings and reviews, program guides, art exhibition catalogues, artist statements and CVs, promotional material, photographs, architectural drawings, a sound recording, and moving images. The fonds is arranged into the following ten series: Board of directors, Committees, Planning and development, Financial and administrative, Public relations, Educational programming, Book fair, Art exhibitions, Performances and events, and the Bookmark Project.

Notes

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: Includes 672 photographs, 3 architectural drawings, 1 sound recording, and 7 moving images.

Name Access

Koffler Centre of the Arts

Subjects

Art centers

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

61

Material Format

multiple media

Date

[ca. 1920]-1994

Physical Description

3 m of textual records (19 v.) and other material

Admin History/Bio

The Schwartz-Reisman Jewish Community Centre, the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre (formerly the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre or BJCC) and the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre (MNJCC) in Toronto are the current incarnations of what began, in 1919, as the Hebrew Association of Young Men's and Young Women's Clubs, later known as the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Toronto (YM-YWHA). The YM-YWHA, in turn, began as a merger between several other small athletic clubs operating in the city. The original mandate was strictly athletic, but soon broadened to include other areas of interest, in order to provide a sense of Jewish identity and camaraderie through physical, educational, cultural and community based programming. During the 1920s, the 'Y' became known simply as the Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA) – the name under which it was incorporated in 1930.

For close to two decades, the ‘Y’ had rented rooms in the Brunswick Avenue and College Street area, including the basement facilities of the Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah. By the mid-1930s, these facilities were overcrowded and unable to support the growing membership, particularly when the young women’s programming was reintroduced in 1936.

As a result, in 1937, the YM-YWHA constructed its own athletic building at 15 Brunswick Avenue, next door to the Talmud Torah, to ease the overcrowding. However, the ‘Y’ still had to make use of five scattered buildings to meet its needs, including the Central YMCA gym for its basketball teams. The early ‘Y’ was staffed by volunteers who were granted free memberships in exchange for their time and expertise.

On 3 February 1953, a new Jewish Community Centre was dedicated at the corner of Bloor Street and Spadina Avenue. By the end of the 1950s, the ‘Y’ was providing services for all ages, ranging from a nursery school to their Good Age Club for seniors.

As the Jewish community moved northward, so too did the ‘Y’, with the dedication of a new northern branch on 1 May 1961. This new branch, located at Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue, was created in order to address the athletic, educational, cultural and community needs of the expanding Jewish community in the north end of the city. Fourteen years later, an improved cultural and physical education wing was added as part of the completion campaign. This included the addition of the Leah Posluns Theatre and the Murray Koffler Centre of the Arts. In 1978, the YM-YWHA changed its name to the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto, in order to better reflect its broader role in the community. A new Northeast Valley branch was also established in Thornhill in the early 1980s and later closed in the late 1990s.

In 1994, the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto took over the operation of the northern branch, due to financial difficulties. At this point, all three branches became independent of one another and were no longer constituted as the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto. They each had independent boards of directors, while still receiving some of their operating funds from the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto.

Scope and Content

This fonds consists of the records created and accumulated by the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto -- which included the Bloor branch and the northern Bathurst Jewish Community Centre -- and its predecessor, the YM-YWHA. The records include textual records maintained by the office of the executive director, financial reports, architectural plans, Y-Times newsletters, program material, photographs and oral histories.

The records have been arranged into the following series: Executive director, Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee, Publication Committee, Communications Department, Sports Celebrity Dinner, and Combined Building Campaign Committee.

Notes

Includes 2539 photographs, 42 architectural drawings, 13 sound recordings, 4 artifacts, and 2 posters.

Name Access

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto

Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre

Subjects

Community centers

Related Material

See photo #2369-2646, 3412, 3519, 3804, 4201, 5004, 6125, accession #1986-7-8, MG2 N1a

Creator

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

2004-6-6

2004-5-13

2004-5-2

1988-11-7

1988-4-9

1984-7-2

1983-12-1

1982-12-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dov Noy : Toronto Yiddish Folklore Recordings fonds

Textual records series

List of tapes borrowed by Baycrest Centre file

Level

File

Fonds

133

Series

2

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of two copies of a list of 24 tapes borrowed by Baycrest Centre. The tapes contain recordings of Baycrest residents and were borrowed for use by the Senior Citizens Club of the centre in a project titled "Yiddish Songs from Generation to Generation."

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.

Accession Number

1974-16

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

73

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977-1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains 1977 programme for the dedication of the Beth Abraham Synagogue at the Joseph E. and Minnie Wagman Centre on the campus of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. File also includes a flyer for a Simchat Torah celebration in 1978.

Name Access

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Religious services series

Main centre synagogue photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

14

Series

8

File

4

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1970]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Harry/Hershel Applebaum.

Notes

Photo by National Film Board.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

102

Material Format

graphic material

Date

15 Jul. 1974

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of four negatives depicting a man and a woman in an office at 18 Baycrest Avenue (Baycrest Centre). In one set of negatives, a man and woman sit in a meeting; in the other set, a different woman sits at a typewriter while the man makes a phonecall.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Availability of other formats: Also available as digital image.

Subjects

Offices

Places

18 Baycrest Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

470

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[198-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of Jack Chisvin and Michael Benjamin visiting with children at Beit Dagan, a new day care centre.

Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as a digital image.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Religious services series

Main centre synagogue photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

14

Series

8

File

4

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1960

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph likely taken during the Sabbath services at Baycrest's main centre synagogue.

Notes

Photographer unknown.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Religious services series

Main centre synagogue photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

14

Series

8

File

4

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Notes

Photograph is by Frank Grant.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

60

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Terraces of Baycrest (Toronto, Ont.)

Wagman Centre

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Women's Auxiliary series

Programs and services sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

14

Series

4-6

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1959-[ca. 1977]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Baycrest’s Day Care program was launched in June 1959 to help meet the needs of applicants on the waiting list for admittance to the Jewish Home for the Aged. The first of its kind in Canada, the program was designed for seniors who were able to go to the Home during the day and return to their own home in the evening. Dora Till served as the program’s first Chairman and the Women’s Auxiliary assisted with programming and subsidized the cost.

Residents in the program paid a daily fee, which was subsidized for those who could not afford the full cost, and had full access to all of the facilities at the Home, including the dining room and synagogue. Transportation was provided for those unable to make the trip on their own, and while at the Home residents were provided with meals tailored to suit their nutritional needs, medical attention, occupational therapy, and recreational and social activities, such as outings, arts and crafts and discussion groups. Residents attended the program between two and five days a week.

Baycrest continues to run its Day Care program, but places residents into one of three clubs according to their cognitive ability: the Parkland Club (cognitively well), Oceanside Club (mild cognitive impairment), and the Samuel Lunenfeld Mountainview Club (moderate to severe cognitive impairment).

Scope and Content

File consists of textual records documenting the Women Auxiliary's involvement in Baycrest's Day Care program. Included are reports, program notices, event invitations, a survey, brochures, Day Care Data newsletters, and statistics.

Related Material

For other records related to the Day Care Program in this fonds, see series 7, file 8.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds

Foster care series

Level

Series

Fonds

86

Series

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1932-1943

Physical Description

6 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

Series consists of textual records documenting JCWA's foster care program. Included are financial records, case load statistics, municipal grant applications, and Children's Aid Society voucher reports.

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of the Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.

Accession Number

2004-1-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds

Jewish Children's Bureau sous-fonds

Foster care series

Level

Series

Fonds

86-1

Series

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1934-1936

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

Series consists of correspondence documenting the JCB's foster care activities.

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.

Accession Number

2004-1-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Religious services series

Main centre synagogue photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

14

Series

8

File

4

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Notes

Photograph is by Graham Bezant.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Heritage Museum Committee series

Exhibitions file

Level

Item

Fonds

52

Series

3

File

5

Item

25

Material Format

textual record

Date

[between 1970 and 1989]

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

438-439

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1972

Physical Description

2 photographs

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Louis Lockshin affixing a mezuzah.

Name Access

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care

Lockshin, Louis

Subjects

Mezuzah

Workshops

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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