- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Events sub-series
- Park Plaza Opening file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Phyllis Marshall (b. Barrie, ON, 4 Nov 1921) was a Canadian singer and actress. She studied piano as a child and was known as a track athlete, but made her debut at 15 as a singer on radio station CRCT. She then performed with Jack Arthur and on CBC radio with Percy Faith.
- Her first nightclub engagement was at Toronto's Silver Slipper, September 1938, with the Canadian Ambassadors. Encouraged by the CBC announcer Byng Whitteker to sing blues and jazz, she performed during the 1940s with various Toronto dance bands, including an 18-month stint at Toronto's Park Plaza Hotel 1944-46, with her own trio, and on tour 1947-8 in the USA with the Cab Calloway Orchestra.
- A contemporary of Eleanor Collins among early black performers on the CBC, Marshall appeared 1949-52 on radio's 'Blues for Friday' (later 'Starlight Moods') and starred on TV's 'The Big Revue' 1952-4, 'Cross-Canada Hit Parade' 1956-9, and other shows. She performed with Canadian jazz notables including Oscar Peterson and Bert Niosi, and also starred in the Canadian National Exhibition grandstand show. She performed in England on BBC TV in 1959 (The Phyllis Marshall Special) and again in 1964 in nightclubs. Her LP That Girl (1964, Cap FS-614), recorded in the company of US jazz stars Buck Clayton and Buddy Tate, captures Marshall's light, secure singing style and received a Juno Award as 'good music product LP'. Marshall had earlier recorded for Monogram in 1949.
- Her second career, as an actress, began in 1956 at Toronto's Crest Theatre and included dramatic and musical roles in stage, radio, and TV productions such as the revue Cindy-Ella (1964), CBC radio's 'The Amen Corner' (1970), and CBS-CTV's Night Heat in the mid-1980s. She continued to sing on occasion - eg, at the ACTRA Awards in 1977, and for Freedom Fest (Harbourfront) in 1988.
- Marshall is remembered as one of Canadian television's earliest stars, and as a pioneer among black Canadian performers.
- She died in Toronto in 1996.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a view of Phyllis Marshall performing on stage.
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- Actors
- Black Canadians
- Singers
- 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.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 80, series 4 for a portrait of Phyllis Marshall by Sylvia Schwartz.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Mar. 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Portia May White (b. June 24, 1911), was a singer who achieved international fame because of her voice and stage presence. As a Black Canadian, her popularity helped to open previously closed doors for talented blacks who followed.
- Portia White was born in the town of Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Reverend William Andrew White and Izie Dora White,and was the third child in a family of 13. She made her musical debut at the age of six in her father's church choir. At the age of 17, while she was teaching school in Lucasville just outside of Halifax, she received her first break, winning a silver cup in the Nova Scotia Music Festival. From this experience, she qualified and received a scholarship from the Halifax Ladies Music Club, so she could attend the Halifax Conservatory of Music.
- One of the great contralto vocalists in the history of Canadian classical music, Portia made her debut on the national stage in Toronto in 1941. By 1944 she had made her international debut in New York City and later toured the world. When a rasp in her voice appeared, it forced her to retire. She settled in Toronto and taught some of Canada’s foremost pop singers of the day.
- Portia White was asked to perform for Queen Elizabeth II, at the opening of the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in 1964. This was to be one of her last major concerts.
- Her brother Bill was the first Canadian of African heritage to run for political office in Canada, standing as a candidate for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in the 1949 election, and her brother Jack was a noted Canadian labour union leader. In addition to Bill's children, politician Sheila White and folk musician Chris White, Portia White was also the aunt of Senator Donald Oliver and playwright George Elliott Clarke.
- Also of note was her youngest brother, R. Lorne White, who was on the national television show, Singalong Jubilee which launched the career of Anne Murray.
- Portia White has been declared "a person of national historic significance" by the Government of Canada, and she was featured in a special issue of Millennium postage stamps celebrating Canadian achievement.
- She died in 1968.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Portia White.
- Notes
- There is no related negative for this proof
- Name Access
- White, Portia, 1911-1968
- Subjects
- Black Canadians
- Singers
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Mar. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Robert Todd Duncan (b. February 12, 1903) was an American baritone opera singer and actor.
- Todd Duncan was born in Danville, Kentucky in 1903. He obtained his musical training at Butler University in Indianapolis with a B.A. in music followed by an M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College.
- In 1933, Duncan debuted in Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana at the Mecca Temple in New York with the Aeolian Opera, a black opera company.
- Duncan was George Gershwin's personal choice as the first performer of the role of Porgy in Porgy and Bess in 1935 and played the role more than 1,800 times. He led the cast during the Washington run of Porgy and Bess at the National Theatre in 1936, a staging which protested the theatre's policy of segregation. Duncan stated that he, "would never play in a theater which barred him from purchasing tickets to certain seats because of his race." Eventually management would give into the demands and allow for the first integrated performance at National Theatre. Duncan was also the first performer for the role of Stephen Kumalo in Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars.
- In 1945, he became the first African American to sing with a major opera company, and the first black person to sing in an opera with an otherwise white cast, when he performed the role of Tonio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci with the New York City Opera. In the same year he sang the role of Escamillo, the bullfighter, in Bizet's Carmen. In 1955, Duncan was the first to record Unchained Melody, a popular song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. The recording was made for the soundtrack of the obscure prison film Unchained. Following Duncan's version, the song went on to become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century.
- Duncan taught voice at Howard University in Washington, D.C. for more than fifty years. While teaching at Howard, he continued touring as a soloist with pianists William Duncan Allen and George Malloy. He had a very successful career as a concert singer with over 2,000 performances in 56 countries. He retired from Howard and opened his own voice studio teaching privately and giving periodic recitals.
- He died of a heart ailment at his home in Washington, D.C., in 1998.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Todd Duncan.
- Notes
- This negative has two images on it.
- Subjects
- Actors
- Singers
- 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
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Isabelle Harriet Lucas (b. 3 December 1927) was a Canadian-born actress and singer who gained prominence in Britain after achieving some notoriety in Canada.
- Lucas was born in Toronto to a chef from Barbados who worked on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- After performing in amateur productions in Toronto, Isabelle Lucas moved to London in 1954. She made her first West End appearance in the show The Jazz Train in 1955. She also performed in Walk a Crooked Mile and Funny Girl. In addition to the theatre, she appeared in film and television roles during the 1950s and 1960s.
- Lucas' first major television role was in The Fosters, playing the role of Pearl Foster. Since then she appeared in several minor British dramas and films. In 1985 she appeared in EastEnders. At the end of the 1980s she joined the long-running BBC Schools' show You and Me, and remained with it as a presenter until it finished in 1992. Lucas made several guest appearances in May to December from 1989 to 1992 and 1989 appeared as Gertrude in the CBBC series Bluebirds.
- Lucas died in 1997 after a heart attack.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Isabelle Lucas.
- Name Access
- Lucas, Isabelle, 1927-1997
- Subjects
- Actors
- Singers
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- European Visits and Events series
- Paul Robeson and Companions file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 6
- File
- 1
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 7 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Isabelle Harriet Lucas (b. 3 December 1927) was a Canadian-born actress and singer who gained prominence in Britain after achieving some notoriety in Canada.
- Lucas was born in Toronto to a chef from Barbados who worked on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- After performing in amateur productions in Toronto, Isabelle Lucas moved to London in 1954. She made her first West End appearance in the show The Jazz Train in 1955. She also performed in Walk a Crooked Mile and Funny Girl. In addition to the theatre, she appeared in film and television roles during the 1950s and 1960s.
- Lucas' first major television role was in The Fosters, playing the role of Pearl Foster. Since then she appeared in several minor British dramas and films. In 1985 she appeared in EastEnders. At the end of the 1980s she joined the long-running BBC Schools' show You and Me, and remained with it as a presenter until it finished in 1992. Lucas made several guest appearances in May to December from 1989 to 1992 and 1989 appeared as Gertrude in the CBBC series Bluebirds.
- Lucas died in 1997 after a heart attack.
- Scope and Content
- This is item consists of a portrait of an unidentified woman seated next to Isabelle Lucas.
- Notes
- This items has no proofs.
- Name Access
- Lucas, Isabelle, 1927-1997
- Subjects
- Actors
- Singers
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 80, series 4 for more photographs of Isabelle Lucas by Schwartz.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1992 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-18
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Marshalling was overseen by a special sub-committee, which was responsible for determining the number of marshalls needed to control traffic and oversee walker crossings, for recruiting and training marshalls and for co-ordinating security needs with the police.
- Scope and Content
- File contains memos, meeting minutes, lists, and outlines for each of the 7 marshall captains. The outlines list the points along the route where each marshalling team was to place its volunteers.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Events sub-series
- Park Plaza Opening file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 1
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Phyllis Marshall (b. Barrie, ON, 4 Nov 1921) was a Canadian singer and actress. She studied piano as a child and was known as a track athlete, but made her debut at 15 as a singer on radio station CRCT. She then performed with Jack Arthur and on CBC radio with Percy Faith.
- Her first nightclub engagement was at Toronto's Silver Slipper, September 1938, with the Canadian Ambassadors. Encouraged by the CBC announcer Byng Whitteker to sing blues and jazz, she performed during the 1940s with various Toronto dance bands, including an 18-month stint at Toronto's Park Plaza Hotel 1944-46, with her own trio, and on tour 1947-8 in the USA with the Cab Calloway Orchestra.
- A contemporary of Eleanor Collins among early black performers on the CBC, Marshall appeared 1949-52 on radio's 'Blues for Friday' (later 'Starlight Moods') and starred on TV's 'The Big Revue' 1952-4, 'Cross-Canada Hit Parade' 1956-9, and other shows. She performed with Canadian jazz notables including Oscar Peterson and Bert Niosi, and also starred in the Canadian National Exhibition grandstand show. She performed in England on BBC TV in 1959 (The Phyllis Marshall Special) and again in 1964 in nightclubs. Her LP That Girl (1964, Cap FS-614), recorded in the company of US jazz stars Buck Clayton and Buddy Tate, captures Marshall's light, secure singing style and received a Juno Award as 'good music product LP'. Marshall had earlier recorded for Monogram in 1949.
- Her second career, as an actress, began in 1956 at Toronto's Crest Theatre and included dramatic and musical roles in stage, radio, and TV productions such as the revue Cindy-Ella (1964), CBC radio's 'The Amen Corner' (1970), and CBS-CTV's Night Heat in the mid-1980s. She continued to sing on occasion - eg, at the ACTRA Awards in 1977, and for Freedom Fest (Harbourfront) in 1988.
- Marshall is remembered as one of Canadian television's earliest stars, and as a pioneer among black Canadian performers.
- She died in Toronto in 1996.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a group portrait of, front row (left to right): Phyllis Marshall and Sylvia Schwartz. Everyone else in this photograph is unidentified (possibly musicians).
- Notes
- This image has no proofs.
- Subjects
- 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.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 80, series 4 for a portrait of Phyllis Marshall by Sylvia Schwartz.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1984-1-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1984-1-7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- 19 photographs
- Date
- 1919-1959
- Scope and Content
- Acession consists of school records, certificates, correspondence, photographs, and a postcard for the Canadian Jewish Congress Service Men's Club.
- The school records include report cards, diplomas, commencement programmes, and public school certificates of honour. There are also certificates of service for the Ladies Auxiliary Canadian Legion, Cadets, Sigma XI, and first aid and home nursing certificates.
- In addition, there are appointment papers for the Royal Canadian Ordinance Corps in 1945 addressed to Michael Sandler.
- The photographs are of the school classes at Grace Street School, Clinton Street School, Mr. Robinson's Hebrew School, Huron Street School, Brunswick Talmud Torah, Harbord Collegiate and a panoramic photograph of the graduating class in 1931 from Osgoode Hall Law School.
- There are photographs of the Canadian military organizations of which Michael Sandler was a member, including the Jarvis Collegiate cadets, the Royal Canadian Legion and the Canadian Army.
- Administrative History
- Phyllis Esther Platnick was born in Toronto on February 21, 1932 to Michael and Clara Toby Sandler. She was educated at Harbord Collegiate; University of Toronto, Bachelor of Arts; and Syracuse University, Master of Library Sciences. She married David Platnick on June 22, 1952 and had three children: Deborah, Howard and Brian.
- Name Access
- Platnick, Phyllis
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-2-2
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 25 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph : col. (tif)
- Date
- [ca. 1921]-2000
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a Harbord Review (1946-1947), "A History of Harbord Collegiate Institute" (1992), and essays by Phyllis Platnick entitled: "Opening Doors: English Canada ponders immigration in the aftermath of World War II", "The Long, Hot Summer of 1933 - Toronto Jews through the Newspapers," and "Through the Back Door: The Canadian Garment Industry and Bulk Labour Immigration."
Accession also includes textual documents related to the death of Dr. David Platnick including: a letter from David Platnick regarding a proposed research project on the History of Wind Energy Utilization in Canada (1982), a copy of Forum (a newspaper of the Information Services Department at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute) with an accompanying obituary for Dr. David Platnick (October 1982) and newspaper clippings of an obituary of David Platnick (1982).
Other textual records include a memorial record from the funeral of Lillian Sandler Gordon (1993) and a letter to Phyllis Platnick from Clara ? in Holon, Israel regarding the death of Nahum ? and a donation to the Anne Edell Award at the University of Toronto (2000).
Finally, accession also includes a digital scan of Lillian Sandler Gordon's class at Jarvis Collegiate Institute circa 1921.
- Custodial History
- Records were in the possession of Marilyn Platnick-Glass, the sister-in-law of Phyllis Platnick (sister of Dr. David Platnick).
- Administrative History
- Phyllis Esther (née Sandler) Platnick was born in Toronto on 21 February 1932 to Michael and Clara Toby (née Edell) Sandler. Her brother's name was Martin Sandler. She was educated at Harbord Collegiate; University of Toronto, Bachelor of Arts; and Syracuse University, Master of Library Sciences. She married David Platnick on 22 June 1952 and had three children: Deborah, Howard and Brian. Anne Edell was Phyllis' aunt. Phyllis was an archivist at Glendon College, York University.
Phyllis was married to Dr. David Platnick who was an engineer and professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) Department at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute from 1968-1982. He was born on Markham St. in Toronto, attended Harbord Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto. He was active at Temple Har Zion in Thornhill. He passed away on October 19, 1982.
Lillian Sandler Gordon (1908-1993) graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1931 and established a successful real estate and family law practice during the Depression in an inhospitable environment for women and Jews in her profession. She was married to Sandy Gordon (1914-1992) and they practiced law together. Lillian Sandler Gordon was Phyllis Platnick's aunt (Michael Sandler's sister).
- 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 NOTE: Several accessions related to Phyllis Platnick (1984-1-7, 1984-4-5, 1986-10-6, 1993-5-1). See also 2016-11-12 Platnick and Glass family. Serial Harbord Review (Shelf 52-4 2 boxes). Oral history of Lillian (Sandler) Gordon conducted by Phyllis Platnick AC 209.
RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History holds an oral history with Lillian Sandler Gordon conducted in 1991. There are letters to Lillian Sandler at the Clara Thomas Archives, York University, F0151, Aplin Family Fonds.
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Platnick, Phyllis
- Platnick, David
- Harbord Collegiate Institute
- Gordon, Lillian Sandler
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-19
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-19
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 DVDs
- Date
- 2003
- Scope and Content
- This accession contains one original and one copy of a digital video recording documentary relating to the life of Colonel Jack Marshall. It was produced by his nephew, Dr. Lawrence Gaum in 2003.
- Administrative History
- Jack Marshall was born in 1919 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton. His parents were Louis and Rose and he was the seventh of 11 children. His father owned a tailor shop and made a fair living. Unfortunately, Louis passed away in 1933 and the family had a difficult time making ends meet after his death during the Depression years. Jack was a fair student and a talented athlete. After he graduated, he completed a year of business studies at Mount Allison University but had to drop out due to lack of funds.
- He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Ordinance Corps on 6 May 1942. He was first stationed in Aldershot, England, where he was selected as a pre-officer cadet. Rather than attending officer training school, Jack decided to join the North Shore New Brunswick Regiment and head off for battle. His regiment partiicpated in the Normandy Beach invasion in 1944. He served for 58 days and after surviving that bloody battle, he returned to England to complete his officer training courses. After he graduated, he was appointed a Lieutenant with the Canadian Infantry Corps. For the following year he served in Holland and Germany and took over the D Company platoon.
- While in England, he married Sylvia Rothman who was from Britain. Towards the end of the war, he was promoted to the rank of Captain. The couple moved to Canada and established roots in Glace Bay and later Cornerbrook, Newfoundland, where they had their three children. Jack opened up a chain of drug stores on the island. In 1950, he joined the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and was promoted in 1953 to Major and Commander. He later was raised to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and ultimately in 1959, was apointed Commander of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment.
- In 1968 he decided to run for office for the Federal Conservative Party.He won his seat and served as the MP for his riding up until 1974. In 1978, Prime Minister Trudeau named him to the Senate. He subsequently established and chaired the Senate Sub-Committee on Veterans Affairs. During this time and later on, he became known as one of the great advocates for Canadian veterans. During the 1990s, in fact, he served as National Commander of the Jewish Veterans and was later appointed grand president of the Canadian Legion.
- He retired from the Senate in 1994 at the age of 75 and opened up a bed and breakfast with his second wife, Evelyn White. In 2004, Jack Marshall passed away at the age of 84.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Life cycle and family events sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-5
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- moving images
- Date
- [21 Aug. 1956?]
- Physical Description
- 2 film reels (ca. 10 min.) : col., si. ; 8 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a home movie of Phyllis Freed's wedding in Toronto. Phyllis Freed was the granddaughter of Rabbi Joseph Weinreb and the daughter of Ruth (née Weinreb) Freed and Murray Freed (a pharmacist).
- Notes
- During processing, reels were assigned reel #13 & #15.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- State of Israel Bonds sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-6
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w. ; 21 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Min and Phil Givens attending a State of Israel Bond dinner. Identified in the photograph are (left to right): Min Givens, Phil Givens, Julie Robinson Belafonte, and Harry Belafonte.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Leo Hausman of The Studio (Toronto)
- Name Access
- Belafonte, Harry, 1927-
- Hausman, Leo, 1912-1982
- Subjects
- Singers
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- European Visits and Events series
- World Festival of Youth and Students file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 6
- File
- 2
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a portrait of Ella Fitzgerald performing onstage at the World Festival of Youth and Students.
- Notes
- This item has no proofs.
- Name Access
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Subjects
- Singers
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- European Visits and Events series
- Ed Sullivan Show in Moscow file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 6
- File
- 3
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Margaret Tynes is an African-American opera, concert and oratorio soprano and singing actress. She earned a Bachelors Degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Tynes continued her studies at Julliard School in New York City and later earned a Masters in Music Education from Columbia University. She has performed in the United States, Canada and throughout Europe. She has appeared with leading opera companies of the United States and Europe, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna Staatsoper. Her roles range from Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), Carmen (Carmen), Aida (Aida) and Dido (Dido and Aeneas). She gained international acclaim for her role as Salome at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. She became the first American to perform behind the Iron Curtain when she went to Russia with Ed Sullivan for the U.S. State Department.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a portrait of Margaret Tynes performing onstage.
- Notes
- This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s6_f3_i4.
- Name Access
- Tynes, Margaret
- Subjects
- Singers
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- European Visits and Events series
- Ed Sullivan Show in Moscow file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 6
- File
- 3
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 14 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Risë Stevens (b. 11 June 1913 – d. 20 March 2013) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Stevens was born Risë Steenberg in New York City, the daughter of Sarah "Sadie" (née Mechanic) and Christian Steenberg, an advertising salesman. Her father was of Norwegian Lutheran descent and her mother was Jewish (of Polish and Russian descent). She had a younger brother, Lewis "Bud" Steenberg, who died in World War II. She studied at New York's Juilliard School for three years, and with Anna Eugenie Schoen-René. She went to Vienna, where she was trained by Marie Gutheil-Schoder and Herbert Graf. She made her début as Mignon in Prague in 1936 and stayed there until 1938, also singing in guest appearances at the Vienna State Opera. She was engaged as a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble at the Teatro Colón in 1938 (as Octavian) and was invited to the Glyndebourne Festival in 1939 where she was heard as Dorabella and Cherubino. In 1938 she made her début with the Metropolitan Opera in Philadelphia as Mignon. Three days later at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, she sang Octavian opposite Lotte Lehmann. The film industry in Hollywood produced several films for her, including The Chocolate Soldier (1941) with Nelson Eddy. She played an opera singer in Going My Way (1944) with Bing Crosby, wherein she is credited as a contralto; she is featured performing Bizet's aria "Habanera," "Going My Way" with the Robert Mitchell Boys Choir, and "Ave Maria" with Bing Crosby and the choir.
- In 1939, Stevens married Walter Surovy, an Austrian stage and screen actor she met during her European years, after he fled the Nazis to New York. He took over the management of her career and skillfully planned publicity to move her into areas of the business they both felt would advance her career. One likely display of Surovy's finesse with publicity was the fact that Stevens' voice was insured by Lloyd's of London in 1945 for $1 million. The couple had one child, Nicholas, who followed in his father's footsteps, becoming an actor on Broadway, and in film and television. The marriage lasted for over 61 years, until Walter's death in 2001.
- For over two decades (until 1961) Stevens was the Met's leading mezzo-soprano and the only mezzo to command the top billing (and commensurate fees) normally awarded only to star sopranos and tenors. Her most successful roles there included Cherubino (recording on EMI), Octavian, Dalila (two separate discs of excerpts on RCA Victor), Laura, Hansel (complete recording on Columbia) and Marina. Above all, she was especially celebrated for her Carmen. She had an enormous personal triumph at the Metropolitan in the role in the famous Tyrone Guthrie production in 1951, becoming the Carmen of her generation. Her RCA Victor recording of the opera, conducted by Fritz Reiner and co-starring Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill and Licia Albanese, became a best seller and has never been out of print in some format. She also appeared in Paris, London, and at Glyndebourne. At La Scala in Milan, she had a great success in Virgilio Mortari's La Figlia del Diavolo in a version of the Salome story where Herodias is the leading character. Stevens sang, acted and danced the role in a notable tour de force. A hallmark of Stevens' career was versatility. She sang opera, excelled on radio and television singing from what came to be called The American Songbook (much of which was recorded), proved to be an accomplished film and television actress, and she handled Broadway material (Anna in The King and I, Lisa in Lady in the Dark) with glamour and star quality. She toured the U.S. annually for several decades singing recitals. In 1962, she recorded the voice of Glinda for Journey Back to Oz, but the production ran out of money and was halted for more than four years. It was only after the Filmation studio had made profits on their numerous television series that they were able to finish the project (which was copyrighted 1971, released in 1972 in the United Kingdom and in 1974 in the United States). After her retirement from the opera stage, Stevens served as General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera National Company until 1966 and later coached the new generation of singers at the Met. Stevens made occasional television appearances too, including a guest-starring role on NBC's The Martha Raye Show. On October 22, 1977, Stevens was awarded the prestigious University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit. Established in 1964, this award sought "to bring a declaration of appreciation to an individual each year that has made a significant contribution to the world of music and helped to create a climate in which our talents may find valid expression". She was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1990.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a portrait of Rise Stevens onstage.
- Notes
- This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s6_f3_i8.
- Name Access
- Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013
- Subjects
- Singers
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2023-2-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2023-2-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- moving images
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records and graphic material
- 1 optical disc
- Date
- [19--]-2018, predominant 2010-2018
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Gerry Salsberg. Included are two newspaper clippings that mention Gerry, a program for a celebration of Gerry's life, the text of a speech given at said event by Karen Faith (Gerry's sister), the text of a tribute to Gerry by Riva Stern, a certificate certifying that Gerry's name will be permanently inscribed in the Trans Canada Trail Pavilion in Toronto, a printout of an email forwarding the announcement about the tribute for Gerry at Second City, a printout of the Steels Memorial Chapel condolence book for Gerry, and an undated photograph of Sam Salsberg and Stan Salsberg in front of Salsberg's variety store on College Street. There is also a video recording of the celebration of life on DVD.
- 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
- Actors
- Name Access
- Salsberg, Gerry, 1949-2010
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-7-13
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-7-13
- Material Format
- moving images
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 7 cm of textual records
- 6 photographs : b&w and col.
- 2 videocassettes : Betacam
- approx. 153 videocassettes : VHS
- 47 videocassettes : U-matic
- Date
- 1977-1980, 1983-1998, 2000
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of audiovisual materials and textual records related to the film and television career of Harvey Atkin. The records are primarily VHS and U-matic tapes of his various performances on television series, commercials, and films, as well as interviews. Also included are news clippings featuring reviews of Atkin’s work, interviews, and biographical sketches. As well, there are promotional materials for Meatballs and Pet Peeves, and several photographs of Atkin.
- Custodial History
- The records were gathered together by Celia Atkin for a retrospective of Harvey's career in 2018 by the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. Stuart Hands then put Celia in touch with the OJA as a repository for donation.
- Administrative History
- Elliot Harvey Atkin (1942-2017) was born and lived his entire life in Toronto. He was the son of Ida and Murray Atkin, and his grandparents had immigrated to Canada from Russia in the early twentieth century. After high school he joined his father’s construction business, and in 1963 married Celia Tessler. The couple raised two children, Lisa Atkin and Danny Atkin.
- In 1969, he joined friend Larry Goldhar’s talent agency, The Character’s Talent Agency, as a partner and in the 1970s began featuring in Canadian television shows and American movies filmed in Toronto. Following breakout success in the 1979 comedy Meatballs, Atkin had a prolific career in television and voice work. He continued to live in Toronto throughout his career, flying to the US to film series such as Cagney and Lacey in the 1980s and Law & Order: SVU in the 2000s. He was also a voice performer who contributed to a number of animated television series, as well as an estimated 3,000 television and radio commercials. Larry Goldhar remained Atkin’s agent throughout his career.
- In addition to his facility with languages and accents, he was known for his mechanical abilities, and hosted a handyman feature, “Help Yourself,” on CTV.
- Atkin never fully retired, and passed in 2017 from cancer. In 2018, the Toronto Jewish Film Festival presented an archival screening series in his honour, The Harvey Atkin Tribute to Canadian Media.
- 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
- USE CONDITION NOTE: It is believed that copyright for most of the material belongs to the production companies and/or broadcasters of Harvey's work. Researchers will need to determine the copyright owner prior to use.
- Subjects
- Actors
- Name Access
- Atkin, Harvey, 1942-2017
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 467
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 467
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of members of the Charles Benjamin Players, Seated, left to right: Mina Livingston; Helen Weinberg; Mildred Ludwig; Earl Fauman; Sylvia Page (Lennier). Standing, left to right: [unknown]; Mark Lutsky; __ Messenger; Ida Strauss; Elliot Markus; Charles Benjamin.
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Charles
- Charles Benjamin Players
- Fauman, Earl
- Lennier, Sylvia
- Livingston, Mina
- Ludgwig, Mildred
- Lutsky, Mark
- Markus, Elliott
- Messenger
- Page, Sylvia
- Strauss, Ida
- Weinberg, Helen
- Subjects
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired April 7, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 468
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 468
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of National Council of Jewish Juniors performing "Having a Wonderful Time" at Hart House Theatre, Toronto. From left to right: Sylvia Page (Lennick), ? Shapiro, Ida Strauss, and Mina Livingston.
- Notes
- A 4 x 5 negative is available.
- Name Access
- Hart House Theatre
- Livingston, Mina
- National Council of Jewish Juniors
- Page, Sylvia
- Strauss, Ida
- Subjects
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired April 7, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Libby Morris (born 1930 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian comic actress and clown famous for her facial contortions and fast talking. She appeared in several BBC radio shows of the 1950s and moved into TV and film from the 1960s onwards.
- She created her own one-woman show, which has played all over the world including off-Broadway and the West End. She has recorded several albums. In America she has appeared in cabaret in New York and Chicago, and has been a guest on various television shows including: The Johnny Carson Tonight Show, Merv Griffin, Jack Parr, and Art Linkletter.
- She moved to London, England in the late 1950s, where she starred in her own show and became a successful actress where she is still working today.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Libby Morris.
- Notes
- This negative has two images on it.
- Subjects
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 427
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 427
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry Goldstein with cane and bowler hat.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Harry
- Subjects
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 428
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 428
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry Goldstein.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Harry
- Subjects
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 429
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 429
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry Goldstein seated in a chair.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Harry
- Subjects
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 430
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 430
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry Goldstein.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Harry
- Subjects
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 431
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 431
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry Goldstein with a cigar.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Harry
- Subjects
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 433
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 433
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry Goldstein. He is gesturing theatrically.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Harry
- Subjects
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Al Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 43
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1979]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Albert Samuel Waxman was born on March 2, 1935. He had two children named Adam and Tobaron. A well-known Toronto actor, Al's most famous part was on the television series called the King of Kensington. He also appeared in numerous television films, feature films and as a guest on many television sitcoms. Al Waxman was also an adjunct professor of Theatre and Film at York University. He was actively involved with several different charities and community organizations including B'nai B'rith, Big Brothers, Variety Club, the Stratford Festival, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and many other professional associations.
- Al Waxman received a Gemini, an ACTRA award, a Clio and an Emmy. Moreover, he was a recipient of the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal and was invited into the Order of Canada in 1997. He died in 2001 and a life sized cast bronze statue of Al Waxman was erected in Bellevue Square Park in Kensington Market.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of actor Al Waxman. The portrait is a black and white studio photograph.
- Name Access
- Waxman, Al
- Subjects
- Actors
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 28 May 1972-[ca. 1974]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Phyllis Gordon Solomon was the daughter of Wilferd and Balfoura Gordon and granddaughter of Rabbi Jacob Gordon.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a booklet documenting the life and death of Phyllis Gordon Solomon.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 50
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [ca.1976]-[ca.1996]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Rebecca Cowan is the daughter of Saul Cowan's son Michael and his wife Nancy.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photograph of Rebecca as an infant and a programme of a concert titled "Musica Orbium Requiem op. 9", in which she sung as a soprano.
- Subjects
- Sopranos (Singers)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2363
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2363
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- Sam Richman sang with Cantor Wladowksy and operatic companies.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Sam Richman.
- Name Access
- Richman, Sam
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Singers
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-7-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Marshall Gold
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 11 Dec. 2003
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Marshall Gold
- Number
- OH 287
- Subject
- Camp Tamarack
- Interview Date
- 11 Dec. 2003
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Martin Wolfish
- Total Running Time
- 24 minutes 15 seconds.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Marshall Gold was a founder and supporter of Camp Tamarack, which was originally established as a Boy Scout camp.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\AC 287 Gold\AC 287 transcript.docx
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 458
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 458
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w, mounted on board ; 14 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the National Council of Jewish Juniors, members of the cast of three one-act plays performed at Madison theatre, Toronto, 1940.
- Notes
- A negative is available.
- Name Access
- Madison Theatre
- National Council of Jewish Juniors
- Subjects
- Actors
- Women
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired April 7, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 434
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 434
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is photograph of Harry Goldstein in costume.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Harry
- Subjects
- Costume
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 425
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 425
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry Goldstein in costume (seated) with an unknown man.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Harry
- Subjects
- Costume
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 426
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 426
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry Goldstein in costume.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Harry
- Subjects
- Costume
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 432
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 432
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harry Goldstein in costume.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Harry
- Subjects
- Costume
- Actors
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2018-8-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-8-12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 4 folders
- 2 audio discs (ca. 82 min.) : vinyl
- Date
- 1903-1986
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Nirenberg family. Included are four folders of textual and graphic material documenting folk singer Miriam Nirenberg (née Goldberg), her husband Eliezar Nirenberg, and their two sons, Les and Harvey Nirenberg. Included also are two copies of Miriam Nirenberg's Folksongs in the East European Jewish Tradition on vinyl.
- 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: Access copies (jpg) have been created for the photographs; preservation copies (tif) have been created for the most fragile documents.
- Finding aids: Caption table available for photographs.
- Asssociated material: Records of Mariam Nirenberg's niece, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett,are located in the YIVO Archives and Library, including Kirshenblatt-Gimblett's field recordings of Mariam Nirenberg.
- Accruals: Further accruals are expected.
- Subjects
- Families
- Folk singers
- Name Access
- Nirenberg (family)
- Nirenberg, Mariam
- Places
- Europe, Eastern
- Ontario
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- 59
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1964-1965
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the pamphlet "The Red Rabbi" containing numerous accusations against Rabbi Feinberg, The file also contains letters and newspaper articles related to this pamphlet.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Feinberg, Abraham L., 1899-
- Subjects
- Pacifists
- Rabbis
- Singers
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- European Visits and Events series
- Ed Sullivan Show in Moscow file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 6
- File
- 3
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 14 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Risë Stevens (b. 11 June 1913 – d. 20 March 2013) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Stevens was born Risë Steenberg in New York City, the daughter of Sarah "Sadie" (née Mechanic) and Christian Steenberg, an advertising salesman. Her father was of Norwegian Lutheran descent and her mother was Jewish (of Polish and Russian descent). She had a younger brother, Lewis "Bud" Steenberg, who died in World War II. She studied at New York's Juilliard School for three years, and with Anna Eugenie Schoen-René. She went to Vienna, where she was trained by Marie Gutheil-Schoder and Herbert Graf. She made her début as Mignon in Prague in 1936 and stayed there until 1938, also singing in guest appearances at the Vienna State Opera. She was engaged as a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble at the Teatro Colón in 1938 (as Octavian) and was invited to the Glyndebourne Festival in 1939 where she was heard as Dorabella and Cherubino. In 1938 she made her début with the Metropolitan Opera in Philadelphia as Mignon. Three days later at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, she sang Octavian opposite Lotte Lehmann. The film industry in Hollywood produced several films for her, including The Chocolate Soldier (1941) with Nelson Eddy. She played an opera singer in Going My Way (1944) with Bing Crosby, wherein she is credited as a contralto; she is featured performing Bizet's aria "Habanera," "Going My Way" with the Robert Mitchell Boys Choir, and "Ave Maria" with Bing Crosby and the choir.
- In 1939, Stevens married Walter Surovy, an Austrian stage and screen actor she met during her European years, after he fled the Nazis to New York. He took over the management of her career and skillfully planned publicity to move her into areas of the business they both felt would advance her career. One likely display of Surovy's finesse with publicity was the fact that Stevens' voice was insured by Lloyd's of London in 1945 for $1 million. The couple had one child, Nicholas, who followed in his father's footsteps, becoming an actor on Broadway, and in film and television. The marriage lasted for over 61 years, until Walter's death in 2001.
- For over two decades (until 1961) Stevens was the Met's leading mezzo-soprano and the only mezzo to command the top billing (and commensurate fees) normally awarded only to star sopranos and tenors. Her most successful roles there included Cherubino (recording on EMI), Octavian, Dalila (two separate discs of excerpts on RCA Victor), Laura, Hansel (complete recording on Columbia) and Marina. Above all, she was especially celebrated for her Carmen. She had an enormous personal triumph at the Metropolitan in the role in the famous Tyrone Guthrie production in 1951, becoming the Carmen of her generation. Her RCA Victor recording of the opera, conducted by Fritz Reiner and co-starring Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill and Licia Albanese, became a best seller and has never been out of print in some format. She also appeared in Paris, London, and at Glyndebourne. At La Scala in Milan, she had a great success in Virgilio Mortari's La Figlia del Diavolo in a version of the Salome story where Herodias is the leading character. Stevens sang, acted and danced the role in a notable tour de force. A hallmark of Stevens' career was versatility. She sang opera, excelled on radio and television singing from what came to be called The American Songbook (much of which was recorded), proved to be an accomplished film and television actress, and she handled Broadway material (Anna in The King and I, Lisa in Lady in the Dark) with glamour and star quality. She toured the U.S. annually for several decades singing recitals. In 1962, she recorded the voice of Glinda for Journey Back to Oz, but the production ran out of money and was halted for more than four years. It was only after the Filmation studio had made profits on their numerous television series that they were able to finish the project (which was copyrighted 1971, released in 1972 in the United Kingdom and in 1974 in the United States). After her retirement from the opera stage, Stevens served as General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera National Company until 1966 and later coached the new generation of singers at the Met. Stevens made occasional television appearances too, including a guest-starring role on NBC's The Martha Raye Show. On October 22, 1977, Stevens was awarded the prestigious University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit. Established in 1964, this award sought "to bring a declaration of appreciation to an individual each year that has made a significant contribution to the world of music and helped to create a climate in which our talents may find valid expression". She was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1990.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a portrait of Rise Stevens and Ed Sullivan onstage.
- Notes
- This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s6_f3_i6.
- Name Access
- Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013
- Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974
- Subjects
- Singers
- Television personalities
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 4282
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4282
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1939]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Notes
- Photograph is autographed.
- Name Access
- Ben-Ami, Yaakov
- Subjects
- Actors
- Theater, Yiddish
- 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
- 1985-3-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 459
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 459
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w , mounted on board ; 14 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is an original photograph of National Council of Jewish Juniors cast of play, Madison (Midtown) Theatre, Toronto, directed by Ida Strauss. Left to right: Eve Cappe, Jenny Birken, Syd Scheen, and Olga Galitsky.
- Name Access
- Birken, Jenny
- Cape, Eve
- Galitsky, Olga
- Madison Theatre
- National Council of Jewish Juniors
- Scheen, Syd
- Strauss, Ida
- Subjects
- Actors
- Women
- Theater
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired April 7, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-22
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956-1988
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, clippings, and programs related to the performances of folk singer and Holocaust survivor Jenny Eisenstein.
- Name Access
- Eisenstein, Jenny
- Subjects
- Folk singers
- Holocaust survivors
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zelda Young fonds
- Miscellaneous series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 135
- Series
- 27
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Date
- [1983?]
- Physical Description
- 1 audio reel (7 min., 21 sec.) : polyester, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, stereo ; 1/4 in.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of three songs taken from Shlomo Carlebach's 1983 album titled "L'kovid Shabbas." The songs are as follows:
1- Ha-rachaman Hu Y'zakeinu
2- Va'ani B'chasdecha
3- Shabbat Shalom
- Subjects
- Jewish musicians
- Folk singers
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Records are closed for conservation reasons.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Tape is in poor condition. Sound quality is good. There is stickiness and squealing, indicative of SBS. No signs of mold.
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-153
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-153
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1972
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph and supporting document of Phyllis Gordon of Toronto at her graduation commencement from Yeshiva College
- Source
- Archival Accessions