Level
Item
ID
Item 3102
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3102
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of a group of female campers in front of the main building at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario. Pictured are:
Back row, left to right: [unidentified], Lil Goldstick, Miriam Mayson, [unidentified], Reggie [?], Ida Crystal, Frances Hadler, Mildred Turofsky, Rivvy Oren.
Middle row, left to right: Leah Kronick, Riva Goldstick, Phyllis Carmen, Ruthie Freeman.
Front row: left to right: [unidentified], Rita Steinhouse.
Name Access
Camp Camperdown
Carmen, Phyllis
Crystal, Ida
Freeman, Ruthie
Goldstick, Lil
Goldstick, Riva
Hadler, Frances
Kronick, Leah
Mayson, Miriam
Oren, Rivvy
Reggie
Steinhouse, Rita
Turofsky, Mildred
Subjects
Camps
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
Collingwood (Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-11-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3103
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3103
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of a group of underprivileged campers at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario. They are pictured in the ball field.
Name Access
Camp Camperdown
Subjects
Camps
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
Collingwood (Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-11-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3104
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3104
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of a group of campers playing volleyball in the ball field at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario.
Name Access
Camp Camperdown
Subjects
Camps
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
Collingwood (Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-11-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3106
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3106
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of a group of counsellors at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are: Leah Kronick, [unidentified camper laying down], Lil Goldstick, Reggie [?], [unidentified].
Name Access
Camp Camperdown
Subjects
Camps
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
Collingwood (Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-11-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3105
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3105
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of a group of three campers standing in the field in front of the main building at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario.
Name Access
Camp Camperdown
Subjects
Camps
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
Collingwood (Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-11-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2342
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2342
Material Format
graphic material
Date
July 1940
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 campers at their campsite at Camp Camperdown in Collingwood, Ontario. A mountain can be seen in the background.
Name Access
Camp Camperdown
Subjects
Camps
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
Collingwood (Ont.)
Accession Number
1980-9-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
Toronto Section series
Toronto Section archival material sub-series
Camp Camperdown file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 38; Series 7-13; File 23; Item 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
Toronto Section series
Toronto Section archival material sub-series
Camp Camperdown file
Level
Item
Fonds
38
Series
7-13
File
23
Item
1
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1934?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a black-and-white photograph of Camp Campdown. Written on the back of the photograph is the following: "Camp Camperdown opened July 1934." It's possible, therefore, the photo was taken after 1934.
Notes
Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIF file.
Name Access
Camp Camperdown
Subjects
Camps
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
Orillia (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
Toronto Section series
Toronto Section archival material sub-series
Camp Camperdown file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 38; Series 7-13; File 23; Item 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
Toronto Section series
Toronto Section archival material sub-series
Camp Camperdown file
Level
Item
Fonds
38
Series
7-13
File
23
Item
2
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Jul. 1940
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a black-and-white photograph of Camp Campdown.
Notes
Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIF file.
Name Access
Camp Camperdown
Subjects
Camps
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
Orillia (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
Toronto Section series
Toronto Section archival material sub-series
Camp Camperdown file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 38; Series 7-13; File 23; Item 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
Toronto Section series
Toronto Section archival material sub-series
Camp Camperdown file
Level
Item
Fonds
38
Series
7-13
File
23
Item
3
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Jul. 1941
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a black-and-white photograph of Camp Campdown.
Notes
Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIF file.
Name Access
Camp Camperdown
Subjects
Camps
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
Orillia (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3422
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3422
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Aug. 1942
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 a small group seated on chairs at the lakefront at Camp Hagshama. The photograph depicts the backs of the individuals.
Subjects
Camps
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
Perth (Ont.)
Accession Number
1982-5-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Address
Camperdown
Source
Landmarks

Established in 1930, Camp Camperdown was founded in Orillia by the National Council of Jewish Women as an extension to their long-running Jewish Girls’ Club that provided athletic, cultural and vocational programs to working and school age girls in the city. At Camp Camperdown, girls were provided with even greater opportunities to discover and develop their talents and capabilities. By the late 1930s, the camp moved to the Collingwood area and it closed in the mid-1940s.
Address
Camperdown
Time Period
1930-ca. 1946
Scope Note
Established in 1930, Camp Camperdown was founded in Orillia by the National Council of Jewish Women as an extension to their long-running Jewish Girls’ Club that provided athletic, cultural and vocational programs to working and school age girls in the city. At Camp Camperdown, girls were provided with even greater opportunities to discover and develop their talents and capabilities. By the late 1930s, the camp moved to the Collingwood area and it closed in the mid-1940s.
History
The guiding principle to involve campers in the decision-making process at Camp Camperdown proved highly effective. In 1946, an administrative report described, “The children keep very busy. But the things they do are the things they WANT to do, and activities that they plan, they plan together with their counselors.”
Category
Camps and Resorts
Source
Landmarks
Level
Item
ID
Item 457
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
457
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1937
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Ida Strauss and Rose Kenwick (Kanowich) now Hersh at Camp Camperdown, July 1937.
Notes
Inscribed on front: "Camp Camperdown 1937" and on back "Camp Camperdown July 25, 1937 Ida Strauss and Rose Kenwick".
Name Access
Camp Camperdown
Kenwick, Rose
Strauss, Ida
Subjects
Camps
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
Ontario
Accession Number
Acquired April 7, 1975.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3426
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3426
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Aug. 1942
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 campers sitting on the beach at Camp Hagshama, on Otty Lake near Perth, Ontario.
Subjects
Camps
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
Perth (Ont.)
Accession Number
1982-5-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 15; File 37; Item 4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
Fonds
15
File
37
Item
4
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1938]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm
Admin History/Bio
Camp Winnebagoe is still operating today as a private co-ed Jewish summer camp for children eight to sixteen years of age. It was founded by Joseph B. and Sadie Danson and was located on 500 acres of land near Huntsville in Ontario's Muskoka region. The camp catered to the Jewish community and provided a variety of different athletic and social programmes, such as arts and crafts, canoeing, baseball, swimming, music and nature studies. Ida Siegel's son David, was a counsellor at the camp.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a group of swimmers at Camp Winnebagoe in Huntsville, Ontario. The image shows both male and female swimmers in the lake.
Subjects
Camps
Outdoor recreation
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
Huntsville (Ont.)
Accession Number
1988-2-13
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3967
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3967
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1929
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
Admin History/Bio
Founded in the 1920s, Camp Yungvelt was originally situated on Lake Wilcox. It later moved to Pickering, where it operated until it closed in the 1950s. It was established by the Workmen's Circle, as a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. Camp Yungvelt was known for accepting the children of poor immigrants for a small fraction of the regular fee.
Scope and Content
This item is an original postcard that features an image of the swimming area in Duffins Creek at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario. The image depicts a large group gathered on the shore of the creek as well as several swimmers in the water and standing on the docks. There is Yiddish type on the postcard which reads: the swimming pool in the Arbeiter Ring Camp Yungvelt where the children bathe.
Name Access
Camp Yungvelt
Subjects
Camps
Postcards
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
Pickering (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-4-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
Toronto Section series
Toronto Section archival material sub-series
Camp Camperdown file
Level
File
Fonds
38
Series
7-13
File
23
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1934-[197-?]
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
File consists of three photographs of campers at Camp Camperdown.
Notes
Availability of other formats: Digitized material.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4026
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4026
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of a group of female campers standing in front of the arts and crafts building at Hechalutz Hatzair's Camp Revivim, near Whitby, Ontario. The girl on the far right is the daughter of Aryeh Ben Gurion, Israeli poet and founder of the the Kibbutz Institute for Holidays and Jewish Culture in Israel.
Name Access
Camp Revivim
Subjects
Campers (Persons)
Camps
Places
Whitby (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-3-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4043
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4043
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1962
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of the staff at Camp Winnebagoe, near Huntsville, Ontario. The staff were assembled in front of one of the buildings for the photograph.
Identified in the photograph are:
Front row (left to right): 1) unknown, 2) unknown, 3) unknown, 4) Bonnie Tritt, 5) Faith Friedman, 6) unknown, 7) unknown, 8) Dr. Taylor (camp doctor), 9) unknown, 10) unknown, 11) Bert Danson, 12) Dot Danson, 13) Frank McTeague, 14) Mary McTeague, 15) unknown, 16) Rochelle Burns, 17) Judy Lipson 18) Evy Bing 19) Mary Ann (Boots) Friedman.
Second row (left to right): 1) Eric Haltrecht, 2) unknown, 3) Bob Burton, 4) unknown, 5) Janice Gold, 6) unknown, 7) Liz Magder, 8) Susan Posluns, 9) Marilyn Granek, 10) Susan Rose, 11) Bonnie Levy, 12) unknown, 13) unknown, 14) Fern Jordan, 15) Judy, 16) Susan Axler, 17) Susan Wodlihnger, 18) Janie Farber, 19) Marian Berlin, 20) unknown, 21) unknown, 22) unknown, 23) unknown, 24) unknown, 25) John Clough.
Third row (left to right): 1) Marty Silverstein, 2) unknown, 3) Shaya Petroff, 4) Frank Roth, 6) unknown, 6) unknown, 7) Arnie Shapiro, 8) Stan Cohen, 9) unknown, 10) unknown, 11) unknown, 12) Steve Schwartz, 12) unknown, 13) unknown, 14) unknown, 15) Bobby Koch, 16) unknown, 17) Peter Model, 18) unknown, 19) unknown, 20) Lorne Solursh, 21) unknown, 22) unknown, 23) unknown, 24) Andy Danson, 25) Neil Dworkin, 26) Ken Danson.
Notes
Original photograph by Turofsky.
Subjects
Camps
Portraits, Group
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
Huntsville (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-4-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1194
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1194
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1947
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a the senior boys' section of Camp Winnebagoe, near Huntsville, Ontario. The boys are assembled in a filed for the photograph.
Notes
Title taken from writing on photograph.
Name Access
Camp Winnebagoe
Subjects
Camps
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
Huntsville (Ont.)
Accession Number
1976-10-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4021
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4021
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of Tybe Zeldin, a counsellor at Camp Revivim, near Whitby, Ontario.
Name Access
Camp Revivim
Subjects
Camp counselors
Places
Whitby (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-3-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 6065
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
6065
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1945
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Admin History/Bio
Rev. J. K. Goldbloom was a respected Zionist from the United Kingdom, who was sent to Canada for protection during the Second World War.
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of people at Camp Hagshama on Otty Lake near Perth, Ontario. The camp was a Zionist youth camp run by Young Judaea. Pictured left to right are:
Chaim Kirshenbaum (later Dr. Hyman Kirshenbaum, the son of Rabbi David Kirshenbaum), Anne Brown, Max Bookman (from Ottawa), Mrs. J. K. Goldbloom (from England), Nathan Sheister (national president of Canadian Young Judaea), Rev. J. K. Goldbloom (Zionist from England), Martin Stoler, Harry Geffen (camp director and national executive director of Young Judaea). Hanging on the wall behind the group is a sign which reads: welcome delegates, in both Yiddish and English.
Name Access
Bookman, Max
Brown, Anne
Camp Hagshama
Geffen, Harry
Goldbloom, Jacob Koppel, 1872-1961
Goldbloom, Mrs. J. K.
Kirshenbaum, Chaim
Kirshenbaum, Dr. Hyman
Sheister, Nathan
Stoler, Martin
Subjects
Camps
Portraits, Group
Zionists
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
Perth (Ont.)
Accession Number
1992-9-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4028
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4028
Material Format
graphic material
Date
May 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of Bella Wilder at Hechalutz Hatzair's Camp Revivim, near Whitby, Ontario. Bella was the camp's cook.
Name Access
Camp Revivim
Wilder, Bella
Subjects
Camps
Cooks
Portraits
Places
Whitby (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-3-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4027
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4027
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of Ann and Stanley Wilder at Hechalutz Hatzair's Camp Revivim near Whitby, Ontario. Two cabins can be seen in the background.
Name Access
Camp Revivim
Wilder, Ann
Wilder, Stanley
Subjects
Camps
Children
Places
Whitby (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-3-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3701
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3701
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1930
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Name Access
Workers' Sport Group
York Mills Tourist Camp
Subjects
Camps
Sports
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
York Mills (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1985-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4024
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4024
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of Ann Wilder sitting on the edge of a well at Hechalutz Hatzair's Camp Revivim, near Whitby, Ontario.
Name Access
Camp Revivim
Wilder, Ann
Subjects
Camps
Girls
Places
Whitby (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-3-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2004-5-37
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2004-5-37
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
36 photographs : b&w and hand col. (12 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
Date
1938-1943
Scope and Content
Accession consists of photographs taken at Camp Balfour Manor on Morrison Lake in Muskoka, Ontario and Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario. Scenes include a group of young people on the steps of a building, a Shabbat service, a flag lowering ceremony, boxing lessons, an arts and crafts class, and a photograph of Hyman Riegelhaupt at Camp Yungvelt.
Subjects
Camps
Name Access
Balfour Manor Camp
Camp Yungvelt
Places
Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)
Pickering (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Part Of
Mimi Wise fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 16; Item 5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Mimi Wise fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
16
Item
5
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of a group of campers at Camp Winnebagoe, taken during the summer of 1946. Mimi Wise was one of the counselors at the camp and is pictured on the far left. The other counselor pictured is Miss. [?] Dicker.
Subjects
Camps
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
2003-6-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Cowan family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 102; File 90; Item 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Cowan family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
102
File
90
Item
1
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1965
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of CIT counsellor girls taken in 1965. Trudy Cowan is one of the girls photographed. Seated in a plaid shirt in the front row is Renee Barsh.
Notes
Photograph is by Willy Lobel.
Name Access
Barsh, Renee
Subjects
Camps
Places
Huntsville (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Cowan family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 102; File 90; Item 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Cowan family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
102
File
90
Item
2
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1965
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 36 x 29 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of CIT counsellors taken in 1965. Trudy Cowan is one of the girls photographed. Identified in the photo; Adrienne Haas, Valerie Bricks, Judy Resnick, Stephen Kay, Susan Fisher, Marlene Rosenfeld, Bailey Davidson, Ellie Chitel, Trudy Cowan, Denise London, Gail Cohen, Candy Burstein, Lynn Gordon, Steven Green, Shelley Freeman, Laurie Lubin, Leslie Goldenberg, Donna Lebo, Susan Applebaum, Risa Stein, Jay Schwartz, Carolyn Wainberg, Murray Singer and Zevi Shainhouse.
Notes
Photograph is by Willy Lobel.
Name Access
Barsh, Renee
Subjects
Camps
Places
Huntsville (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-3; File 41
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
41
Material Format
textual record
Date
1937-1938
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence regarding a "Gentiles Only" sign at Clapperton's Camps in Port Loring, Ontario.
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Subjects
Camps
Places
Port Loring (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 6064
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
6064
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1945
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Admin History/Bio
Rev. Goldbloom was a respected Zionist leader in the United Kingdom, who was sent to Canada for protection during the Second World War.
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rev. J. K. Goldbloom giving a speech at the head of a table at Camp Hagshama. The camp was located on Otty Lake near Perth, Ontario, and was run by Young Judaea. Behind him is a sign which reads: welcome delegates, in both Yiddish and English.
Name Access
Goldbloom, Rev. J. K.
Subjects
Camps
Speeches, addresses, etc
Zionists
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
Perth (Ont.)
Accession Number
1992-9-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3732
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3732
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1940 and 1945]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of a group of people at a British camp in Rome.
Subjects
Camps
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
Rome (Italy)
Accession Number
1981-2-8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
National Camps Association series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 28; Series 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
National Camps Association series
Level
Series
Fonds
28
Series
2
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1958-1978
Physical Description
31 cm of textual records
25 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
Admin History/Bio
The National Camps Association was established by the Zionist Organization of Canada as an administrative body responsible for overseeing the operation of the ZOC-owned summer camps in Canada. The Executive Vice-President was in charge of supervising the Camps Association which, after 1970, included a National Camps Committee comprised of regional camp chairmen and alternate representatives appointed by the regional presidents. The National Committee members were also de-facto members of the Regional Camp Committees.
The National Camps Association created all of the standards and guidelines for the camps, which were implemented by the Regional Camp Committees as a way of streamlining operations. The Association also handled all budgetary matters. Staffing and daily camp operation was conducted in co-operation with Canadian Young Judaea, a Zionist organization of Canadian youth and young adults.
The National Camps Association was responsible for Camp Biluim, the leadership training institutue; the Biluim Summer Programme in Israel; Camp Solelim and Camp Shalom in Ontario; Camp Hagshama and Camp Kinneret in Quebec; Camp Hatikvah in British Columbia; and Camp Kadima in Nova Scotia.
Scope and Content
The files in this series consist of textual records and photographs created between 1958 and 1978. These recordes relate to the administrative functioning of the National Camps Association and the operations of the various summer camps under its governance.
Name Access
Camp Shalom
Camp Kadima
Camp Biluim
Camp Solelim
Camp Hatikvah
Camp Hagshama
Camp Kinneret
National Camps Committee
Subjects
Camps
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4079
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4079
Material Format
graphic material
Date
May 1945
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of Camp Ludwigsdorf in Germany. The camp was a concentration camp that was used as a displaced persons camp after the war.
Subjects
Concentration camps
Refugee camps
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
Germany
Accession Number
1978-7-11
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2003-10-4
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2003-10-4
Material Format
moving images
Physical Description
1 videocassette : b&w, si., VHS
Date
1943
Scope and Content
Accession consists of one VHS videocassette copy of an 8mm silent film that was taken by Hy Rossman of campers at Camp Tamarack in 1943. The film includes scenes of the boys engaged in activities at camp as well as "mess hall" gatherings, training sessions and drills
Administrative History
Hy Rossman was the father of one of the campers. The donor, Dr. Martin Wolfish, was a friend of his son and was a camper in 1943 as well.
Descriptive Notes
A clip of the film can be viewed at: //www.youtube.com/embed/eFGNoca4vkw
Subjects
Camps
Children
Name Access
Camp Tamarack
Rossman, Hy
Places
Bracebridge, Ont.
Source
Archival Accessions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4014
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4014
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1939
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w and sepia (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Admin History/Bio
Founded in the 1920s, Camp Yungvelt was originally situated on Lake Wilcox. It later moved to Pickering, where it operated until it closed in the 1950s. It was established by the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring), as a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. Camp Yungvelt was known for accepting the children of poor immigrants for a small fraction of the regular fee.
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of a group of female campers seated on the front steps of a building located at Camp Yungvelt, in Pickering, Ontario.
Notes
Original photograph by Simon.
Name Access
Camp Yungvelt
Subjects
Camps
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
Pickering (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-1-10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2964
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2964
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1934
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a young boy and girl fishing in a river at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario.
Notes
Title taken from writing on photograph.
Original photograph by Simon.
Name Access
Camp Yungvelt
Subjects
Camps
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
Pickering (Ont.)
Accession Number
1979-3-10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4078
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4078
Material Format
graphic material
Date
May 1945
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of the electric fence at Camp Ludwigsdorf in Germany. The camp was a concentration camp that was used as a Displaced Persons camp after the war.
Subjects
Concentration camps
Refugee camps
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
Germany
Accession Number
1978-7-11
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2016-10-1
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2016-10-1
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
2 folders of textual records
Date
1948-1951
Scope and Content
Accession consists of counter cheques, cancelled cheques, Statements of Account, deposit slips, promissory notes (1948-1950), a 1948 realty tax bill, an invoice from E. Hoffman Machinery Supply and letter of assignment of lien. Also included is a 1951 Camp Kvutza season price fees, a letter to parents, and a promotional pamphlet.
Administrative History
Camp Kvutza was a summer camp for children and adults and was promoted as the summer home of the Labour Zionist Movement. It was situated in Lowbanks, Ontario on the shores of Lake Erie. The children's program (ages 7-16) included swimming, baseball, basketball, ping-pong, arts and crafts, sabbath programs, Hebrew and Yiddish instruction, and Israeli songs and dances. The donor's father was associated with the camp.
Subjects
Camps
Labor Zionism
Name Access
Camp Kvutza (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2018-9-5
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2018-9-5
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 90 cm
Date
1942
Scope and Content
Item is a panoramic group portrait of Camp Winnebagoe campers taken in 1942. Identified are brother and sister Lyle Steinberg (third row up, the sixth boy from the right) and Shiela Steinberg (seated in the front row, second from the left). Later—possibly in 1947—the family changed its name to Stanway.
Custodial History
Margot Freedman, the daughter of Lyle Stanway (né Steinberg), one of the children identified in the portrait, donated the photograph to the Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre.
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
Camps
Portraits, Group
Name Access
Camp Winnebagoe
Places
Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1993-6-6
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1993-6-6
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 13 x 10 cm
Date
[ca. 1943]
Scope and Content
This accession consists of one photographic postcard and one negative of a group of girls at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering. Some of the girls have been identified as follows: Terry Krever is in front row on far left; Miss Simon (M. Shainhouse) is next to her in center; Miss Naomi Strauss is in the far left-hand corner; Mrs. Danilak is in back row, second from right; and "Creed" is in back row, far right.
Subjects
Children
Camps
Name Access
Krever, Terry
Strauss, Naomi
Danilak, Mrs.
Camp Yungvelt
Places
Pickering, Ont.
Source
Archival Accessions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3694
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3694
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1936
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm on matte 30 x 36 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of members of the Labour League's Camp Naivelt Committee. Pictured are:
Back row, left to right: Harry Levin, Mr. Boxenbaum, Sam Lipshitz, [unidentified], Fishel Rose.
Middle row, left to right: P. Hoffman, Harry Goldstein, Rose Freedman, Morris Starkman, Mrs. Nobleman, Mr. Sniderman, Philip Larger.
Front row, left to right: I. Milton, Harry Holtzman, I. Strasuner, Becky Lapides, Jack Cowan, Sam Speisman.
Name Access
Labor League (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Committees
Camps
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
1983-6-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research records sub-series
Hate crimes and hate literature sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-6
File
2
Material Format
textual record
Date
1948
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a booklet "Home Again" by Charles Grant based on his personal experience. The contents were originally a series of CBC radio broadcasts.
Notes
General: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Subjects
Concentration camps
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4022
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4022
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of a group of campers at Camp Revivim, near Whitby, Ontario. Pictured are:
Back row, left to right: Hindy Petroff, Sandy [?], Sharon Greenspan, [unidentified].
Middle row, left to right: Barbara Brass, Raymond Goldgrab, Ann Wilder.
Front row: The daughter of Aryeh Ben Gurion, Israeli poet and founder of the the Kibbutz Institute for Holidays and Jewish Culture in Israel.
Name Access
Camp Revivim
Subjects
Campers (Persons)
Portraits, Group
Places
Whitby (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-3-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
David Vanek fonds
Personal records series
Photographs file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 1; Series 1; File 9; Item 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
David Vanek fonds
Personal records series
Photographs file
Level
Item
Fonds
1
Series
1
File
9
Item
1
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1928
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Admin History/Bio
Ida Olidart was a second cousin of Vanek's mother. She was a member of the Winer family of Buffalo, New York and was married to Ben Olidart, who was a physician.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a photograph of Ida Olidart in front of a sign at "Cedarholm Camp Athletic and Picnic Grounds", which was located on Lake Wilcox.
Subjects
Camps
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
Part Of
Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 15; File 37; Item 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
Fonds
15
File
37
Item
3
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1938]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm
Admin History/Bio
Camp Winnebagoe is still operating today as a private co-ed Jewish summer camp for children eight to sixteen years of age. It was founded by Joseph B. and Sadie Danson and was located on 500 acres of land near Huntsville in Ontario's Muskoka region. The camp catered to the Jewish community and provided a variety of different athletic and social programmes, such as arts and crafts, canoeing, baseball, swimming, music and nature studies. Ida Siegel's son David, was a counsellor at the camp.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a group of campers and staff at Camp Winnebagoe near Huntsville, Ontario. The image shows the campers and counsellors in their uniforms, lined up for the photograph in front of one of the cabins.
Subjects
Camps
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
Huntsville (Ont.)
Accession Number
1988-2-13
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2021-11-10
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2021-11-10
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
24 photographs : col. 10 x 15 cm or smaller
Date
1992-1995
Scope and Content
Accession consists of photographs from Camp Ramah. The photographs document the interior of buildings, such as cabins and the dining hall; exterior shots of the waterfront and sports field; and activities, such as the annual colour wars program.
Use Conditions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Subjects
Camps
Name Access
Camp Ramah in Canada
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2021-11-11
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2021-11-11
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. 20 x 30 cm
Date
Jul. 2000
Scope and Content
Accession consists of a colour photograph of Camp Kinneret taken in July 2000.
Use Conditions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Subjects
Camps
Name Access
Camp Kinneret
Source
Archival Accessions
Address
52 East Fox Lake Rd.
Source
Landmarks

Established in 1933, Camp Winnebagoe was the first Jewish co-educational camp in Canada, owned and operated by Joe and Sadie Danson. First located on the Rouge River, just east of Toronto, the camp moved to a number of different lakeside locations in the Huntsville area, during its long history. In 1971, Camp Winnebagoe purchased Camp Ogama on Fox Lake and it has been there since, operated by the Lustig family. The camp’s programming includes secular and Jewish traditions including themed days, events honouring individual campers’ outstanding contributions and Friday Night Services.
Address
52 East Fox Lake Rd.
Time Period
1933-present
Scope Note
Established in 1933, Camp Winnebagoe was the first Jewish co-educational camp in Canada, owned and operated by Joe and Sadie Danson. First located on the Rouge River, just east of Toronto, the camp moved to a number of different lakeside locations in the Huntsville area, during its long history. In 1971, Camp Winnebagoe purchased Camp Ogama on Fox Lake and it has been there since, operated by the Lustig family. The camp’s programming includes secular and Jewish traditions including themed days, events honouring individual campers’ outstanding contributions and Friday Night Services.
History
In 1946, David Lieberman founded Camp Ogama, a private a co-educational overnight camp for children aged 6-16, on Fox Lake near Huntsville. It was touted to be “Canada’s most progressive camp for young Jewish boys and girls.” The socially conscience programming offered at Camp Ogama had a profound impact on counselors and campers alike producing highly influential alumni. Former camper journalist Earl Pomerantz reflects, “Camp inoculated us with a passion for justice. And it wasn’t write a check and see you later; this was money where your mouth is.”
Category
Camps and Resorts
Source
Landmarks
Accession Number
1992-10-1
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1992-10-1
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Date
[ca. 1930]
Scope and Content
This accession consists of three copy photographs. Two of these photographs are of Camp Kindervelt in Rouge Hills, north of Ontario; the other photograph is of Branch 3, Labor League, Toronto.
Subjects
Camps
Places
Ontario
Source
Archival Accessions