Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

172

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971-1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

173

Material Format

textual record

Date

1959-1960

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

71

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Selig Gross.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Gross, Jacob

Page Number

735

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Gross, Jacob

Page Number

735

Comments

Name crossed out.

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

4

Item

22

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1968

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Gross, Helen

Gross, Mark

Gross, Mrs. Selig

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

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

71

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 19 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of Helen Gross receiving a Campaign Citation from Ida Kent, Women's Division chairman; Joan Lipson, first vice-chair; and Beverley Gordon, second vice-chair.

Notes

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1991-7-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1918

Scope and Content

This accession consists of a Statutory Declaration on paper printed by Dye & Durham, Law Stationers, Toronto, for Morris Cohen of Toronto regarding his Russian nationality and status concerning military service in Canada.

Administrative History

Morris Cohen was born in the Province of Magalov, Russia on November 27, 1891. In the declaration he states that he has been in Canada for about three years, but has not been naturalized. His parents were still living in Russia, and had not visited Canada.

Name Access

Cohen, Morris, 1891-

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1986-5-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

15 cm of textual material

25 photographs

Date

1945-1975

Scope and Content

This accession consists of material relating to the Ostrovtzer Branch no. 7 & 27 of the United Jewish Peoples Order (UJPO) and to the Apter Friendly Society of Toronto. It appears that Morris Sternberg, the donor's husband, was a member of both and probably immigrated from Poland.

Included in the material is an Ostrovtzer Branch no. 7 UJPO minute book (1945-1947); an Ostrovtzer Branch no. 27 UJPO 20th Jubilee Banquet booklet (1953); an Apter Friendly Society concert programme at the Victory Theatre (1951); Apter Friendly Society Jubilee and Installation Banquet program (1962); Apter Friendly Society Jubilee Banquet souvenir program (1967); Apter Friendly Society minute book (1971-1975); Apter Friendly society photographs; Apter administrative material and financial documents; personal notebooks written in Yiddish; a Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home Purim card and other related material

Name Access

United Jewish Peoples Order.

Apter Friendly Society.

Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home.

Sternberg, Morris.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

1998-3-12

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of graphical material and textual records

Date

[ca. 1940]-1966

Scope and Content

Acession consists of a portrait of Morris Saxe, a photograph of him holding a baby, two photographs of a baby in a crib on a lawn, and a photograph of a bride and bridesmaid.There is a clipping from the Toronto Jewish Reporter about the history of Jewish farming in Ontario, mentioning the role of Morris Saxe.

Administrative History

Morris Saxe of Georgetown established the Federated Jewish Farmers of Ontario.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Photographs are available as JPEG images; textual record is available as a PDF file.

Subjects

Farmers

Name Access

Saxe, Morris, 1878-1965

Places

Georgetown (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2004-5-112

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

4 cm of textual records

Date

1959-1995

Scope and Content

This accession consists of a 1959 report concerning the situation in the United Jewish Peoples Order and Morris Biderman's memoirs.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1978-7-6

Material Format

object

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 document

2 artifacts

8 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm and 9 x 7 cm

Date

[between 1939 and 1944]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs taken in the Lodz Ghetto during the Second World War, including images of Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, chairman, and other members of the Judenrat (Jewish Council). Also included is an invitation to Rumkowski's wedding to Regina Wajnberger (Weinberger) from 27 Dec. 1941 and two Lodz Ghetto coins from 1943.

Subjects

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Name Access

Fogel, Morris

Places

Lodz, Poland

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

1987-1-4

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs

Date

1919-1920

Scope and Content

Accession consists of images of the Silbert family farm in Hamilton, Ontario.

Subjects

Farmers

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-6-5

Material Format

graphic material

object

Physical Description

2 posters : 56 x 36 cm and 57 x 36 cm

2 fans : cardboard ; 29 x 22 cm

Date

[ca.1928]-[1942]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two Yiddish broadsides and two fans from Tip Top Tailors. The broadsides are from performances at Massey Hall and Centre Theatre at Dundas Street and Markham Street.

The Massey Hall broadside is for a November 1942 performance of Judas Maccabaeus, which included contributions by Jack Reid, Emil Gartner, Virginia Dobson, Igor Gorin, Irving Levine, and Ernest Shaeffer.

The Centre theatre broadside is for Joseph in the Land of Egypt, ca.1931.

Custodial History

The donor purchased the broadsides and fans at auction and therefore the custodial history is unknown.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-12-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

[191-]-1971

Scope and Content

This accession consists of textual records related to Toronto Jewish businesses and organizations including business receipts, United Jewish Appeal certificates, a Canadian Jewish Congress program and a U of T Jewish Studies program booklet.

Custodial History

The records were bought at auction by Morris Norman and then donated to the Archives on 4 December 2008.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2009-5-8

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records (2 vol.)

Date

1918-[196-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of several short publications:

A four-page edition of the Canadian Daily Record from December 23, 1918; a 1938 report by the Canadian National Committee on Refugees and Victims of Political Persecution, entitled "Should Canada Admit Refugees? Some considerations and arguments submitted for the consideration of the people of Canada"; "Notes for an Address by the Honourable R[ichard]. A[lbert]. Bell, M.P., Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada," from January 20, 1963; and The Dynamics of Economic Adjustment of Canadian Jewry, an essay by Dr. Joseph Kage, [196-].

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2009-6-4

Material Format

object

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

M6 artifacts

1 postcard

1 textual record

Date

[193-?]-[195-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a Tip Top Tailors wall clock and five tzedakah boxes from Israel. Also included is a postcard of the Mossington Park resort on Lake Simcoe featuring a Gentiles Only sign, several copies from the mid-1940s of the CJC Committee on Social and Economic Studies Information and Comment bulletins, as well as a programme for the twenty-seventh anniversary celebrations for the Soviet Union, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1944. The program included a message from the prime minister, W. L. MacKenzie King, and a broadcast from Paul Robeson. The master of ceremonies was Lorne Greene. The content of the CJC studies include: research projects of the CJC (1946), racial discrimination and public policy (1946), the use of the terms "racial origin" and "religion" in the Canadian census (1946), opinion polls and social control (1946), intermarriage and children of intermarriages (1946), prejudice and Canadian unity (1946), comparative occupational distribution (1947), community action versus racial prejudice (1947), audience reaction analysis to the film "Don't Be a Sucker" (1947), Fair Employment Practices Laws for Canada (1947), age distribution of Jewish population in Ontario (1949), Immigration of Jews to Canada (1948), Saskatchewan Bill of Rights Act (1949), Jews in the professions in Canada (1949), answering the bigot: a summary of the Incident control project (1949), Canadian public opinion on racial restrictive covenants (1949), anti-minority discrimination and the law: a Canadian progress report (1950), immigration to Canada 1945 to 1949: official figures, refugee industries in Canada: latest available statistics (1947), and from juvenile immigrant to Canadian citizen (1950). Authors of CJC reports include Dr. A. F. Citron, Dr. J. Harding, Dr. Louis Rosenberg, Dr. Manfred Saalheimer, Professor F. R. Scott and Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher.

Custodial History

The items were bought by Morris Norman, a collector of Judaica, and donated to the archives on 3 June 2009.

Subjects

Human rights

Discrimination in employment

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Tip Top Tailors

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

33

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Morris Orenstein was the president of the Workman's Circle. He was married to Lillian Orenstein and had two children: Frank and Janice. He was a member of Beth Tzedec Synagogue. Orenstein died on 1 January 1992.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Morrs Orenstein.

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

Dora Till fonds

Personal series

Personal photographs and portraits

Level

Item

Fonds

52

Series

8

File

10

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a snapshot of Morris Till, taken at a black tie event.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

73

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1905-1987

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

6 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

Morris Rosenthal was the husband of Nessie (Celia) Soren Rosenthal, and the father of Liilian Rosenthal Cowan.

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of Morris Rosenthal as a young man, with his wife in middle age, and in his later years. A colour photograph is mounted in a hardcover notebook with two of his poems translated from Yiddish by his daughter Lillian Cowan. Documents include "Memories of Bell Ewart" (Belle Ewart) by Al Sherman, which mentions Celia and Morris Rosenthal leasing and running a hotel in that area, letters in Yiddish which may be Morris' poems, and a letter to Saul and Libbie Cowan from Rivka Lieberman with translations of the same two poems mentioned above, which Rivka found among her papers.

Name Access

Rosenthal, Morris

Physical Condition

Two of the older photographs are torn in half, one taped together on the back

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2009-12-12

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

2 Dec. 1942

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a typed letter, written and signed by Dr. Otto Strasser, regarding an order for an article titled, "Memorandum for shortwave propaganda to Germany."

Custodial History

The item was bought by Morris Norman, a collector of Judaica, and donated to the Archives in December 2009.

Administrative History

Otto Strasser (1897-1974) was a German politician and member of the German Nazi party. He was expelled from the party in 1930 for creating and leading a leftist faction called the "Black Front," and was exiled from Germany until 1955. He spent his years in exile in various countries. In 1941 he immigrated to Canada, settling in Montreal and later Nova Scotia. As a dissenting Nazi, he sought the downfall of Hitler by heading the Free German Movement and writing articles on the Nazi leadership for newspapers in Canada, Britain and the U.S.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2010-1-7

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

object

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 objects

2 photographs : b&w ; 41 x 50 cm or smaller

Date

[ca. 1945]-1985

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting Morris Appleby’s accomplishments. The records include an Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario life membership certificate awarded in 1985, the program from the night he was honoured, his bar completion certificate awarded in 1965, two composite photographs of the 1963 Osgoode Hall Law School graduate class, and the 1964-1965 bar admission course, as well as a Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (1939-1945) and a War Medal (1939-1945).

Custodial History

The records were in the possession of Morris Appleby. Following his death his life-partner Jean Read donated them to the Archives.

Administrative History

Morris Applebaum was born in Toronto in 1916 to Harry (b. 1873) and Rachel Kerbel Applebaum (b. 1879). His parents immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1906. Morris had five brothers: Abe (b. Poland 1897-d. California), Sam (b. Poland 1901-d. California), Nathan (b. Toronto 1906-d. Toronto), David Max (b. Toronto 1909-d. California), and Eron (b. Toronto 1912-d. California). The family lived at 230 McCaul Street. The family changed their name to Appleby in the 1950s. After serving in the Second World War, Morris began his career as an accountant. He later went on to become a tax lawyer. He and his life partner, Jean Read, were together for forty years at the time of Morris' death on April 20, 2009.

Descriptive Notes

For related records see accession 2009-7-7

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-3-60

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 5 cm of textual records

2 photographs : col. & b&w ; 10 x 15 cm and 5 x 4 cm

Date

1972-2010, predominant 1977-1983

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual and graphic material documenting the Robinson family's immigration to Ontario and Morris Robinson's professional history and business activities with Libman and Company.

Included are family correspondence, the Robinsons' customs paperwork and travel documents, Morris' curriculum vitae, professional records and some documentation of his business activities, and genealogical accounts of the Robinson family (including a history by Lilian Henry). Of note is a letter Morris Robinson sent to Irma when he first arrived in Boston on his way to Toronto and letters Morris' parents hand delivered to Irma just before she left with the children to join Morris in Canada.

Identified in the photographs are: Morris Robinson and Phoebe Robinson.

Custodial History

Material was in possession of Morris Robinson. Morris donated it to the OJA.

Administrative History

Morris Robinson was born in Cape Town, South Africa, on 27 May 1948 and grew up in Benoni. He completed his bachelor of commerce degree at the University of Witwatersrand and graduated as a chartered accountant in 1973. On 25 February 1973, Morris married Irma Startz, who was born in Benoni, South Africa, on 10 December 1951. Irma earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Witwatersrand and went on to obtain a post-graduate higher teacher's diploma. The Robinsons have three sons. Their first son, Marc, was born in South Africa on 26 September 1976 (just a few months after the Soweto riots). Their sons Frank (b. 31 December 1980) and Daniel (b. 12 March 1985) were born in Toronto.

The Robinsons were motivated by political unrest, which manifested in the anti-apartheid Soweto uprising of June 1976, and the desire for a safe future for their family, to seek opportunity abroad and to emigrate. In February 1977, Morris heard through friends about an accounting job opportunity in Canada and was officially appointed to the post of comptroller at Libman and Company, then Canadas’ largest jewellery manufacturer. The Robinsons arrived in Toronto in early 1978 and settled in Thornhill, Ontario. In 1989, Morris became a partner of Libman and Company. During his career in the jewellery industry, Morris was involved with the Canadian Jewellers Association and served as the organization's chair. He was also a founding member and first treasurer of the Diamond Bourse of Canada. Irma pursued a teaching career with the Toronto District School Board, specializing in ESL and eventually becoming the principal at an ESL school for adults. The Robinsons were founding members of Shaar Shalom Synagogue. In 2012, the Robinsons sold the family home in Thornhill and moved into the city to be closer to their children and grandchildren.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Textual records available as PDF files and photographs available as JPEG files.

Subjects

Business

Immigrants--Canada

Families

South Africa--Emigration and immigration

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2016-5-13

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

55 photographs : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Date

1962

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs documenting a United Jewish Appeal Young Leadership Mission to Israel in 1962. Identified individuals include Morris Adams, Moe Emer, Paul Baer (the group's guide), Bernie Persiko, Barney Barenholtz, Jeff Cohen, Harvey Wolfe, Albert Mandel, Gerry Halpert, Stan Paulin, Wayne Tanenbaum, Bill Stern, and Murray Rumack.

Images show the group participating in various tours and visiting sites such as the Gadna training camp for teenagers, Israeli Air Force and naval bases, King Solomon's Mines, Yad Vashem, the Herzl memorial, a children's home, the Negev and Galilee, the Timma Copper Mines, the town of Acre, sitting in on an Ulpan Hebrew class for new immigrants, visiting sites of industry, greeting new aliyot disembarking at dock, and meeting with dignitaries and Israeli officials, such as Shimon Peres, Moshe Sharett, Levi Eshkol, and various military generals.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: See fonds 33, series 4 for additional photographs of this same trip.

Subjects

Israel

Travel

Name Access

Adams, Morris

United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.)

United Jewish Appeal (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Israel

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2018-4-10

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1996

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a bound booklet entitled A Man of Conscience that was created to accompany the short film under the same name created by David Fleishman about Morris Saxe and the Canadian Jewish Farm School.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Booklet has been digitized and is available as a PDF file.

Subjects

Farms

Orphans

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Saxe, Morris, 1878-1965

Places

Georgetown (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

956

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1927 and 1930]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic postcard of Morris Lofsky, Toronto.

Name Access

Lofsky, Morris

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

1975-12-1

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

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series

Photograph collection sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

61

Series

2-2

Item

29

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1954]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This file includes one photograph of Morris (Moishe) Kirsh talking to an unidentified woman who is napping in a chair.

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

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series

Photograph collection sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

2-2

File

117

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946, [ca. 1965]

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 13 x 21 cm and 11 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

This file consists of one headshot of Morris Sobel and one print with corresponding negative of Morris Sobel with fellow wrestler Sollie Finkelstein.

Name Access

Sobel, Morris

Subjects

Wrestlers

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1911

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of Morris Melamed taken in Toronto.

Name Access

Melamed, Morris

Subjects

Portraits

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

Levine and Cass family fonds

Sax family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

13

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Morris Sax taken at a studio in Toronto.

Notes

Mounted in card frame.

Photographer: H. E. Poole, 91 Queen St. W., Toronto.

Name Access

Sax, Morris

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

Levine and Cass family fonds

Sax family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

13

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This photograph appears to be the same likeness as another photograph in the series identified as Morris Sax (item 6). The gentleman is posed with his arms folded over his chest and his head lowered, and he is dressed in formal attire.

Notes

Mounted in a folding card.

Name Access

Sax, Morris

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

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

281

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1968

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

460

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2022-3-4

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 34 x 34 cm or smaller

Date

[19--]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of four photographs of Morris "Murray" Rose. Three of the four photographs show Murray atop horse. In addition to M. Rose, Mrs. J Chesney (owner) and J. Chesny (trainer) are also identified in the 1929 photograph.

Custodial History

The photographs were donated by Roz Tobias, the daughter-in-law of Morris Rose (the subject of the photographs).

Administrative History

Morris "Murray" Rose was born in Poland and came to Toronto as a child. His love of riding dates back to this time: at the age of ten, he would ride his grandfather's horse up and down the lanes of Kensington. Rose never completed secondary school; instead, he ran away from home at the age of fourteen and became a stable boy at the Woodbine Racetrack. Subsequently, he became a jockey. The high point of his career came on 23 May 1931, when, at the Churchill Downs Racetrack in Kentucky, he ran five winners in a six-card race. Rose retired from riding horses after sustaining a serious head injury during a race.

After retiring from racing, Rose worked at a textile store on College Street. Later, he opened his own store on the south side of College Street at Spadina Avenue. He and his wife ran the store for many years with one or two employees. Rose eventually purchased the building in which his store was located and rented out space to a variety of businesses, including a smoke and confectionary store, a ticket agency, and an eyeglass store.

Rose's entrepreneurial activity extended to purchasing bankrupt businesses and building apartment buildings with a group of friends. In the 1960s, he was a co-partner in Triangle Billiards at Bathurst Sreet and Sheppard Avenue. He also purchased a fifty-acre farm in Buttonville on Woodbine Avenue, which he rented out until his death.

Rose died in July 1989 at the age of seventy-eight. He left behind a wife, Mary; two sons, Bobby and Ken; two daughters, Marjorie Swartz and Elaine Rubinoff; two sisters, Lil and Rae; a brother, Sam; fourteen grand children; and one great-grandchild.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

General note: The information for the biographical sketch was taken from an obituary written by Ben Rose titled "Leading Jockey Rose Dies at 78."

Subjects

Horses

Jockeys

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

283

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Morris Till.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

292

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-?]

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of portrait photographs of Morris Wosk.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Alexandur, Morris

Page Number

781

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Angel, Morris

Page Number

671

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Bekausky, Morris

Page Number

414

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Eichenzweig, Morris

Page Number

667

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Frumstein, Morris

Page Number

470

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Gluchowsky, Morris

Page Number

245

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Gold, Morris

Page Number

213

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Goodman, Morris

Page Number

309

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Goodman, Morris

Page Number

203

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Goodman, Morris

Page Number

302

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Goodman, Morris

Page Number

739

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Greenberg, Morris

Page Number

533

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Groskoff, Morris

Page Number

303

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger