Level

Item

Item

446

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1923]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

The item is a photograph of Samuel Strauss on a bicycle on Bellwoods Avenue,

Name Access

Struass, Samuel

Subjects

Boys

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

Bellwoods Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2015-1-4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder textual records

1 photograph: b&w ; 35 x 25 cm

Date

1899-[ca. 1903]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of Dr. Samuel Lavine's certification from the State Board of Medical Colleges of New Jersey and and the Board of Medical Registration and Examination, State of Ohio. Also included is one photograph believed to be of Samuel and Ida Lavine.

Custodial History

Donor found items among her mother's papers, donor was Samuel Lavine's great-granddaughter.

Administrative History

Dr. Samuel Lavine (1874-1959) was the first Jewish doctor to practice in Toronto. He graduated from Trinity University Medical School in 1899. Understanding that Jewish practitioners had little future in Toronto, he moved to the United States and received his medical certification in New Jersey and Ohio. However, he returned to Toronto one year later and opened an office at John and Adelaide Streets. He was known for making house calls on his bicycle. Dr. Lavine was also part of the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society, and became the first Jewish Lodge doctor in 1907. In 1909, he helped found, and later remained active in, the Free Jewish Dispensary. As of 1911 he lived at 159 Beverly Street. After 1922 he lived and practiced at 30 Dunvegan Road. The building was designed by Benjamin Brown. By 1931, Lavine's practice was located at 2 Wells Hill. Around 1903 he married Ida (nee Levy? Levi?) (1880-1958), and they had two daughters, Ruth (Levinson) and Helen (Sterling), and a son Bernard. Helen's husband, Theodore "Ted" Sterling, is said to be the first Jewish stockbroker.

Subjects

Physicians

Name Access

Lavine, Samuel, 1874-1959

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

774

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photographic portrait of Dr. Samuel B. Hurwich of Toronto.

Notes

Original photograph by Famous Studio.

Acquired in June 1976.

Name Access

Hurwich, Dr. Samuel B.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2013-11-1

Material Format

graphic material

graphic material (electronic)

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

27 photographs : b&w and col. (26 tiff) ; 21 x 26 cm

1 document (electronic)

Date

1948-[198-], predominant 1948-1968

Scope and Content

Accession consists predominantly of photographs documenting the athletic career and family life of Maurice Strauss. Included are photos of Maurice performing gymnastic stunts and with his family in Belgium prior to coming to Canada, Maurice with his wife and children in Ontario, and shots of Maurice practicing his weightlifting and competing at various locations across Ontario including, the Brunswick Y, the Bloor YMHA (now known as the Miles Nadal Community Centre), and the Northern Y (now the Prosserman Centre on the Sherman campus). Also included are images of Maurice in Israel at the Maccabiah Games and shots of his son, Joel, competing in various weightlifting competitions. Finally, accession also includes a memoir in which Maurice recounts his memories of living in German occupied Belgium during the Second World War.

Identified in the photographs are: Maurice Strauss, Ruth Strauss, Dave Strauss, Daniel Strauss, Joel Strauss, Ida Strauss, Urin Strauss, Helen Strauss, George Chuvalo, Nate Mudrick (?), and Sherwin Desser.

Custodial History

Records were donated by Daniel Strauss, Maurice's son.

Administrative History

Maurice Strauss, a weightlifting champion, was born in Poland in 1929. When he was two, he moved to Brussels with his parents and older sister. A younger brother was born in Brussels. Like his father, Maurice eventually became a tailor. His father made strategic moves to protect the family, such as sending Maurice's sister to work as a maid for a non-Jewish family. Maurice wa able to move around freely by using the papers of a friend who was shot. His youngest brother did not make it out alive: he died of tuberculosis in the concentration camps. Maurice, his sister, and parents came to Toronto in 1929.

Eventually, Maurice opened up Sunny Cleaners at Sunnyside. In 1964, he opened a menswear store at Yonge and Eglinton called Maurice Menswear. He had acumen as a businessman despite his grade seven education. He owned three laundry mat locations

He married Ruth Speigel in 1956. She was from a cultured family. Maurice went on to university, as he felt that this was important. He studied business and French and received an honours degree. He attempted to go to Teachers College but didn't get in. He did, however, received a business degree at the age of fifty-eight. At sixty, he taught at a high school in Etobicoke; he also taught at CHAT.

His weightlifting career began in Brussels. When he came to Toronto, he was at an advantage because of his European training, which was more advanced than Canada's athletic training. When he arrived in Toronto, he worked out at the YMHA on Brunswick and then at the newly opened YMHA at Bloor. He also coached weightlifting there.

The family was raised in Bathurst Manor on Baycrest Avenue, where Maurice bought a home in 1957. Maureice had three sons. While the children grew up, they went to the Bathurst JCC regularly. "It was their religion," according to son Daniel. Son Joel was also a successful weightlifter and participated in the Commonwealth Games.

Use Conditions

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

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2018-10-3

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

7 cm of textual records and graphic material

1 photo album

Date

1942-1986

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Strauss family. Included are: an invitation to a testimonial dinner in honour of Carl Strauss (1965), family photographs, interviews with Nathan Strauss (1983 and 1986), family trees, certificates for Naomi Fay Strauss, and a photo album made by Irene Strauss for her father.

Custodial History

Records were donated by Aviva Shiff Boedecker, the daughter of Naomi Fay Shiff (née Strauss).

Administrative History

Nathan Strauss was born on 8 July 1906 in Brooklyn, New York to Carl and Rose Strauss (née Rosen). In 1910, Nathan and his family immigrated to Toronto. The family lived on Benale Street for a short time before moving to Manning Avenue.

Nathan attended Manning Avenue Public School from 1911-1918. In 1918, he began attending Parkdale Collegiate Institute. In 1921, he began his postsecondary studies at University of Toronto, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1925. From 1925-1928, he trained as a lawyer at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Nathan began practicing law soon after graduating from Osgoode Hall. He founded a law firm and was active in the profession until his retirement in 1994.

Nathan also volunteered in the legal field. In 1961, he was elected president of the County of York Law Association. One year later, in 1962, he became bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Sixteen years later, in 1978, he became life bencher.

Nathan married twice. His first wife, Lena Fisher, died in 1952. His second wife was Dr. Lilly Offenbach Strauss. He had two children: Albert and Irene. Nathan died on 22 November 1999.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: JPEG and TIFF copies are available for many of the photographs.

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Strauss (family)

Places

Ontario

Source

Archival Accessions

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

122

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]-1970

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

This file consists of two photograph of Maurice Strauss, former Belgium weightlifting champ, pressing weights in the Bloor and Spadina "Y" gymnasium.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1884

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Admin History/Bio

Adele Strauss' mother or grandmother was Oda Scheuer's sister (née Struass).

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait taken of Adele Strauss in Hamilton, Ontario.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Eckerson and Millman, Hamilton, Ontario.

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.

Physical Condition

Good.

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1983-2-1

Material Format

textual record

object

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

3 ribbons

Date

1939-1940

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a dues notebook which belonged to Samuel Samuels. The books contain listings in Hebrew of contributers to a building fund, entries written in Yiddish of family lifecycle events, telephone numbers and addresses with numbers in English, as well as ribbon badges for a United Palestine Appeal Committee (1939), a Ontario Zionist Regional Conference (1940), and a Canadian Jewish Congress Annual Conference (1940).

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

443

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1910

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w, mounted on board ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

The item is an original photograph of Carl and Rose (Rosen) Strauss and (L-R) (Dr.) Samuel, (Dr.) Harry, and Nathan. Mr. Strauss was a plasterer and one of the founders of the Workmen's Circle in Toronto.

Notes

A negative is available. .

Name Access

Strauss, Carl

Strauss, Rose

Strauss, Samuel

Strauss, Harry

Strauss, Nathan

Workmen's Circle

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired April 7, 1975

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

444

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1914

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

The item is a photograph of Ida Strauss, aged 1.5 years.

Name Access

Strauss, Ida

Subjects

Children

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

Benjamin Brown fonds

Residential building plans and drawings series

Level

File

Fonds

49

Series

2

File

22

Material Format

architectural drawing

Date

1921-1922

Physical Description

71 architectural drawings : pencil, some hand col. pencil crayon, some on tracing paper ; 89 cm length or smaller

Admin History/Bio

Dr. Samuel Lavine was the first Jewish Doctor to practice in Toronto. He graduated from Trinity University Medical School in 1899 and opened up a practice shortly thereafter. He was one of a group of doctors that helped fulfill the medical needs of the largely immigrant Jewish community.

Scope and Content

File consists of several different schemes for a two or three storey dwelling and garage for Dr. Samuel Lavine at 30 Dunvegan Road. Floor plans, elevations, sketches, sections and detailing of the interior, windows and porch are included.

Notes

Due to the fragility of these drawings, the description is partially based on Speisman's earlier item level descriptions.

Drawings are in six seperate rolls.

Physical Condition

Drawings are fragile, some are torn.

Places

Dunvegan Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

470

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1902

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Rose Strauss in Minsk, Russia

Name Access

Strauss, Rose

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

Russia

Accession Number

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

454

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Ida Strauss (left) and Anna Kernerman beside a car on Lakeshore Boulevard, Toronto.

Notes

Inscription on front: "Snappy car, eh what? Lakeshore Blvd. April/28".

Name Access

Kernerman, Anna

Strauss, Ida

Subjects

Automobiles

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

Lake Shore Boulevard (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3278

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1907]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

This photograph shows Dr. Lou Harris as a baby.

Name Access

Harris, Lou

Subjects

Infants

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

1982-6-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

447

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1917]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Ida Strauss (Rogers) as a young girl standing in front of 137 Bellwoods Ave., Toronto

Name Access

Rogers, Ida

Strauss, Ida

Subjects

Children

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

Bellwoods Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

489

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1899]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 12 and 9 x 12

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph William Samuel on the occassion of his bar mitzvah.

Name Access

Samuel, William

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

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

1977-4-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1926-1965

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material relating to the Associated Hebrew Schools, including correspondence and a certificate awarded to the school choir. In addition there is a Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region timeline of the history of the Toronto Jewish Community (1954), a CJC abstract of the proceedings of the Sixth Regional Conference on Jewish Education (1957), as well as editions of the Jewish Herald, the Jewish Standard, and the Canadian Jewish News. In addition, there is material documenting the activities of the Kehillah of Toronto, a religious organization of synagogues and organizations, such as mutual benefit societies. Included are correspondence, a ballot page listing congregations and organizations, a financial report, and a legal document in the form of an agreement between the Kehilla of Toronto and shochtim regarding the ritual slaughter of beef.

Administrative History

Samuel Kurtz was the executive vice president of the Associated Hebrew Schools.

MG_RG

MG3A5

Name Access

Kurtz, Samuel A.

Associated Hebrew Schools

Kehilla of Toronto

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

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1982-8-9

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

2 microfilm reels

Date

1943-1972

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two microfilm reels, one negative and one positive, of a scrapbook compiled by Sara Godfrey of Toronto, the wife of Samuel Godfrey. The documents in the scrapbook include newspaper clippings, photographs, invitations and event programmes. These include a booklet for the building campaign for the new Jewish Community Centre at Bloor and Spadina; a programme from the official opening of the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital in 1954; a "Y-Time" newsletter of the YM-YWHA of Toronto from 1972; and UJWF annual reports. Other organizations documented include YM-YWHA, including the "Northern Y"; Mount Sinai Hospital; Deborah chapter of Hadassah; and Community Chest of Greater Toronto. Most of the records relate to Samual Godfrey, O.B.E. A smaller number are written by or are about Dr. I. Pollock, and there are some clippings related to the social and cultural activities of Sara Godfrey, for example with Hadassah and the Women's Auxiliary of Mount Sinai Hospital.

Administrative History

Samuel Godfrey was a successful businessman and an active leader in Toronto's Jewish community in the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Russian Poland in 1899 to Solomon and Minnie (Fleishman) Godfrey, he came to Toronto as a baby. His first job was as a newsboy. In 1922, he established a company that became one of Canada's largest waste and wool merchants: S. Godfrey, Ltd. As well, he was president of several other companies. In 1925, Godfrey married Sara E. Levi and the couple had three daughters, Sheila, Judith and Margaret. Sheila married Dr. Ira Pollock, son of Clara Teich Pollock and Maurice Aaron Pollock.

Samuel Godfrey was involved with numerous entities during a time of expansion for the Jewish community. He was a founding co-chairman of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in 1938; president of the United Jewish Appeal in 1941; president of the Community Chest of Greater Toronto; co-chair of the building committee for the new Jewish Community Centre at Bloor and Spadina; and he was involved in fundraising for the construction of the new Mount Sinai Hospital.

Godfrey was nominated to run for the federal Liberal party in the October 1955 by-election, but lost to the Conservative Party. He was invested in the Office of the British Empire in 1948 and he and his wife established the Samuel Godfrey Scholarship at the University of Toronto's medical school. Samuel Godfrey died in 1956.

Descriptive Notes

Microfilmed in 1982.

RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: For further detailed information about the United Jewish Welfare Fund see Fonds 67, records of the UJWF.

Subjects

Philanthropy and fundraising

Name Access

Godfrey, Samuel

Godfrey, Sara

United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

File

133

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1955]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

5 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm and 13 x 18 cm

Admin History/Bio

Samuel Godfrey was the chairman of the board and the first life director of the YM-YWHA.

Scope and Content

This file consists of a eulogy for Samuel Godfrey and five photographs. There are three copies of a Karsh portrait, one photo of Godfrey at a banquet table and one photo of Godfrey with the Hebrew Club for the Blind.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2013-12-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w with watercolour retouching ; 26 x 41 cm

Date

[ca. 1906]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a portrait of Samuel Helpert of Sudbury, shortly after arriving from Minsk, Russia. The photograph was originally a glass plate negative that was blown-up and printed. Watercolours were then used to colourize the image and as a way of emphasising the contrast and other features that were lost during the printing process.

Administrative History

Samuel Helpert was the paternal great uncle of the donor. He was born in Minsk, Russia and immigrated to Canada where he lived in Sudbury and Toronto.

Use Conditions

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Subjects

Portraits

Name Access

Helpert, Samuel

Places

Russia

Sudbury (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-1-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1917-1964

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting Samuel Berger and his family. Included is Sam's marriage certificate, wedding invitation, naturalization certificates, and pay book and discharge papers from the First World War. Also included is a copy of the birth certificate for Sam's wife, Rebecca (nee Rotenberg) and a newsclipping of the obituary for Rebecca's father, Lazar Rotenberg.

Custodial History

The records were in the possession of Goldie Berger, the daughter-in-law of Samuel Berger and wife of Leonard Berger.

Administrative History

Samuel Berger enlisted in the Canadian army in Oct. 1918. He was discharged in Dec. 1918. He married Rebecca Rotenberg in 1917.

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

World War, 1914-1918

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-10-4

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

ca. 250 photographs (3 albums) : b&w and col. ; 53 x 43 cm and smaller

9 cm of textual records

Date

[191-]-[197-], 1992

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records related to the Title, Samuels and Fishman families. Included are family photographs, and photos related to involvement with philanthropy and industry, materials related to Reliable Toy Company, Forest Hill Collegiate "Forester" year books, a land deed for the Ansheir Yoisher Misrachi Synagogue in Welland, news clippings relating to Alex Samuels death, a Holy Blossom "Tempelite" year book, a Crown Bakery Bread promotional item, a wedding menu from the marriage of Molly Fishman and Harry Title, Molly Fishman's high school diplomas and JNF certificates. There are a number of photos of the Fishman and Title families in Welland and the United States, photos of the Crowland Volunteer Fire Department with Sam and Frank Fishman, Turk family albums with Moishe Turk and Eva Fishman, an album of a sefer torah dedication to Baycrest Hospital in memory of Leah Fishman, photos of the Samuels family, their trip to Israel, promotional photos from the Reliable Toy Company, Beth Tzedec founding board photos, and B'nai Brith Women photos.

Administrative History

Samuel (ca. 1882-1929, Russia) and Gussie (nee Moscovitz) (b. ca.1884, Romania) Fishman, immigrated to Welland Ontario from Romania. Both arrived to the USA as teenagers sometime around the turn of the century. Samuel and Gussie were married in the USA and by 1920 immigrated with their young family to the historic township of Crowland in Welland County. Here they opened and operated a men's clothing store. Together they had six children, Molly (b. 1909, USA), Abe (b. 1911, USA), Morris (b. 1916, USA), Ruth (b. 1915, USA), Ann (b. 1920, Ontario) and Ethel. Morris married Pauline and lived in St. Catherines, Ruth married Nate Oelbaum and lived in Tucson Arizona, Anne married Alec Rothman and lived in Port Colborne, Ethel married Eddie Matchtinger and lived in Toronto and Abe never married. Yeva Fishman, the niece of Samuel Fishman married Morris Turk. Her father was (Frank Fishman?) and her mother was Sara Leah Fishman. Molly Fishman married Harry Title (Teitelebaum) (b. ca. 1903). They had three children, Greta (nee Title) Greisman, Sandra (nee Title) Samuels and Stephen (m. Carole Hillman, niece of Ben Hillman). Harry Teitelbaum is the son of Israel and Frumeth Teitelbaum. He was born in Gdansk Poland (b. ca., 1903). Harry Title had four younger siblings Lloyd, Birdie (m. Witlin), Arthur and Lorelle (Lieba) the youngest who was born in Toronto. Harry arrived to Canada shortly after the first world war and worked in the garment industry. He and his brother Arthur founded the Title Dress Company in the late 1920s and operated the business out of 355 Adelaide St. West. In the late 1980s, the business moved from this location to Adelaide and Bathurst. Sandra Title (b. Oct 27, 1936, Toronto), the middle daughter of Molly Fishman and Harry Title, married Lawrence Samuels. Together they had five children Joanna, John, Noah, Tom and Caroline. Lawrence was the eldest son of Alex Samuels (d. 1966) and Kate (nee Goldberg) Samuels. He had two younger siblings Herbie and Florence (m. Bill Goodman). Lawrence's father Alex Samuels immigrated to Canada from Dubrovna, White Russia (present day Dubrouna, Belarus). He immigrated to Canada with his parents Samuel and Chana Samuels and his younger siblings Sol, Ben, Riva and Polly. Alex and his brothers Sol and Ben established Reliable Toy Company in (ca. 1929) on Carlaw Ave. They sold the company in 1990.

Subjects

Business

Charities

Families

Places

Welland, Ont.

Toronto, Ont.

Israel

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2015-11-13

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

8 photographs : b&w ; 41 x 51 cm and smaller

1 object

1 book

Date

[193-]-1976

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs of Sandra (née Title) Samuels; a hanger from Shiffer-Hillman and a published book "The Prominent Jews of Canada" that belonged to Sandra's in-laws, Kate and Alex Samuels.

Administrative History

Samuel (ca. 1882-1929, Russia) and Gussie (nee Moscovitz) (b. ca.1884, Romania) Fishman, immigrated to Welland, Ontario from Romania. Both arrived in the United States as teenagers sometime around the turn of the century. Samuel and Gussie were married in the United States and by 1920 had immigrated with their young family to the historic township of Crowland in Welland County. Here they opened and operated a men's clothing store. Together they had six children; Molly (b. 1909, USA), Abe (b. 1911, USA), Morris (b. 1916, USA), Ruth (b. 1915, USA), Ann (b. 1920, Ontario) and Ethel. Morris married Pauline and lived in St. Catherines, Ruth married Nate Oelbaum and lived in Tucson, Arizona, Anne married Alec Rothman and lived in Port Colborne, Ethel married Eddie Matchtinger and lived in Toronto and Abe never married. Yeva Fishman, the niece of Samuel Fishman married Morris Turk. Her father was (Frank Fishman?) and her mother was Sara Leah Fishman. Molly Fishman married Harry Title (Teitelebaum) (b. ca. 1903). They had three children, Greta (nee Title) Greisman, Sandra (nee Title) Samuels and Stephen (m. Carole Hillman, niece of Ben Hillman). Harry Teitelbaum was the son of Israel and Frumeth Teitelbaum. He was born in Gdansk, Poland (b. ca., 1903). Harry Title had four younger siblings; Lloyd, Birdie (m. Witlin), Arthur and Lorelle (Lieba) the youngest who was born in Toronto. Harry arrived to Canada shortly after the First World War and worked in the garment industry. He and his brother Arthur founded the Title Dress Company in the late 1920s and operated the business out of 355 Adelaide St. West. In the late 1980s, the business moved from this location to Adelaide and Bathurst. Sandra Title (b. Oct 27, 1936, Toronto), the middle daughter of Molly Fishman and Harry Title, married Lawrence Samuels. Together they had five children Joanna, John, Noah, Tom and Caroline. Lawrence was the eldest son of Alex Samuels (d. 1966) and Kate (nee Goldberg) Samuels. He had two younger siblings Herbie and Florence (m. Bill Goodman). Lawrence's father Alex Samuels immigrated to Canada from Dubrovna, White Russia (present day Dubrouna, Belarus). He immigrated to Canada with his parents Samuel and Chana Samuels and his younger siblings Sol, Ben, Riva and Polly. Alex and his brothers Sol and Ben established Reliable Toy Company around 1929 on Carlaw Ave. They sold the company in 1990.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Samuels, Sandra, 1936-

Shiffer-Hillman (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2016-9-5

Material Format

textual record (electronic)

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : col. (jpg)

Date

2013, 2016

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one family portrait and one short family history written by Samuel Ludwin documenting the Ludwin family. Identified in the photograph is:

Back row (left to right): Stacey Brandenburg, Derek Ludwin, Raymond Ludwin, Karen Beitel

Front row (left to right): Andrew Ludwin, Samuel Ludwin, Vivien Ludwin, and Elizabeth Ludwin

Administrative History

Samuel Ludwin was born in Johannesburg to Dorik and Genia Ludwin. He studied Medicine at Wits University. In 1968, Samuel married Vivien Metz. They immigrated to California in 1970 where Samuel trained as a pathologist at Stanford University and Vivien worked as a librarian. While living in California, Samuel and Vivian had two sons: Derek and Raymond.

The family immigrated to Kingston, ON in 1975. Samuel was offered a job as a neuropathologist at Queen's University and Kingston General Hospital. Vivien got a job in the Bracken Health Sciences Library at Queen's University and eventually became Head of the library. Throughout his career, Samuel was involved in teaching, administrative, research and clinical activities. Since retiring Samuel works part-time as a Visiting Scientist in multiple sclerosis at Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill. Vivien is heavily involved in volunteer work, including a major initiative on AIDS in Africa, through the Help Lesotho/Kingston Grandmother Connection.

Name Access

Ludwin, Samuel

Places

Johannesburg (South Africa)

California

Kingston (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

4515

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1936]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 34 cm on matte 41 x 51 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original portrait of Samuel Harris, former director of the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association from 1924 to 1936.

Name Access

Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Cassa

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.

Physical Condition

Matte is very brittle and is cracked in several places.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4511

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[197-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 36 cm on matte 41 x 51 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original portrait of Samuel Kronick, former president of the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association in 1923.

Name Access

Kronick, Samuel

Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2350

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Sam Kronick, taken sometime during the 1950s.

Name Access

Kronick, Samuel

Accession Number

1980-11-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1901

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[189-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w negative ; 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy negative of Lewis Samuel of Toronto. The image is from A. D. Hart's book on the Jews in Canada.

Notes

See correspondending negative #1901a, which is a copy of the entire page featuring Samuel from A. D. Hart's book.

Name Access

Samuel, Lewis

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

Level

Item

Item

1901a

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[189-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative)

Scope and Content

This negative is a copy of the entire page featuring Lewis Samuel from A. D. Hart's book on Jews in Canada.

Name Access

Samuel, Lewis

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

Levine and Cass family fonds

Samuels family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

9

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic postcard of Ray Samuels.

Unidentified connection to the other Samuels family members.

Listed as a relative of Michael Levine's in the accession notes, though what kind of relation is unclear.

Name Access

Samuels, Ray

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

Levine and Cass family fonds

Samuels family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

9

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1900]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Joe Samuels taken at a studio in Ottawa.

Notes

Cabinet card.

Photographer: J. H. Bunting and Co., Corbank and Wellington Streets, Ottawa.

Name Access

Samuels, Joe

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

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Samuels family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

9

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1895]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Rebecca Samuels taken in Toronto.

Notes

Cabinet card.

Photographer: W. H. Dame, 330 1/2 Yonge St., Toronto.

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

Levine and Cass family fonds

Samuels family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

9

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1895]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Rebecca Samuels taken at a studio in Toronto.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Photographer: F. H. Moses, Citizen's Photo Studio, 301 Yonge Street, Toronto.

There are two copies of this photograph.

Name Access

Samuels, Rebecca

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

Samuels family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

9

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Abe Samuels taken at a studio in Toronto.

Notes

Photographer: Portrait by Leatherdale, 350 Yonge Street, Toronto.

Name Access

Samuels, Abe

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

Miscellaneous family members series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

17

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1900]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Samuel family lived in Toronto on Huron Street. Abraham Samuel was a tailor and his wife Martha was a housewife. Their daughter was listed as a student in 1931.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Sylvia Samuel taken during the turn of the twentieth century. The portrait was taken at a photo studio in Toronto. The subject was approximately two years old when the photograph was taken and was wearing a fur trimmed coat, a white hat and a large fur muff.

Notes

Photographer: Thompson Brothers.

Mounted in card frame.

Name Access

Samuel, Sylvia

Subjects

Children

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

Samuels family series

Level

Series

Fonds

25

Series

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1890]-[192-]

Physical Description

10 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 13 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

Rebecca (Bessie) Samuels (née Levine) (b.1875) was Moses Levine’s sister. In 1895, she married Joseph Samuels (b.1874), at which time the couple lived at 116 Agnes St. and Joseph was employed as a tinsmith. He later became a retail merchant in Toronto and owned a hardware store located at 275 Queen St. West. Their children were Harry (b.1896), Fanny (b.1898), Ida (b.1900), Annie (b.1902), Mary (Martha) (b. 8 Dec. 1908), and Abe (b.1911). Harry was drafted in 1917, and, following the war, he and Fanny worked in their father’s store. The family also lived on Queen Street, but by the 1930s had moved to 410 Brunswick Ave.

Scope and Content

Series consists of photographs of the Samuels family.

Name Access

Samuels family

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dr. Alexander Brown fonds

Jewish communal activities series

Jewish communal portraits file

Level

Item

Fonds

95

Series

4

File

1

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Sam Sable.

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

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936-1967

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

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

132

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1955

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

195

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1952

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

254

Material Format

textual record

Date

1941-1973

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

337

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1963

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

475

Material Format

textual record

Date

1962-1974

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

2022-8-1

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

9 photographs : b&w

Date

1948-1970

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Samuel Posluns. Included are nine black-and-white photographs, an El Al certificate certifying Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Posluns flew non-stop between the United States and Israel, one invitation to the bar mitzvah of Michael Wilfred Posluns, copies of an article by Bernard Shane about the Tailor Project that appeared in the Canadian Jewish Chronicle, and an issue of North York General Hospital News from 1970 that features Samuel Posluns.

Administrative History

Samuel Posluns (1910–1994) was born in Toronto to Abraham Isaac Poslaniec (1870–1922) and Sheindel Saltzman (1872–1960). He had three brothers and three sisters: Joseph, Louis, Abe, Gertrude Miriam, Anne, and Sarah. His father, Abraham, established the family-run clothing firm Superior Cloak Company in 1916. In 1934, it was bankrupted and closed after a lengthy strike. In 1936, Samuel opened his own business, Popular Cloak Company. In 1967, the Posluns family purchased Tip Top Tailors, in partnership with entrepreneur Jimmy Kay. A year later they incorporated their new venture under the name of Dylex as a holding company for the Tip Top chain of stores.

During the Second World War, Samuel Posluns served as a member of the air force reserves. After the war, he was elected president of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in 1947. That same year, in collaboration with the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labour Committee, Posluns helped lead the Tailor Project along with Max E. Enkin, which was aimed at helping Jewish displaced persons immigrate to Canada by securing them employment as tailors. A committed advocate for Jewish education, Posluns also served as the first president and founding chair of the Board of Jewish Education (BJE) in 1949. He remained honorary president for life and continued to attend meetings until health problems held back his participation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Posluns was also a founding board member of the North York General Hospital.

Samuel Posluns died in Toronto in 1994.

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: Photographs and textual records have been scanned and are available in digital form.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Clothing trade

Hospitals

Name Access

Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2023-1-6

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1940, 1969

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a ladies' wear buyers' guide from spring 1940 listing coat and suit, dress, sportswear, skirts and blouses, children's wear, millinery and fur manufacturers; as well as a fall and winter market guide from 1969 for women's and children's wear.

Administrative History

Samuel Hershenhorn was the proprietor of Lady Utex and Czigler Imports.

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.

Subjects

Clothing trade

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

7

File

152

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965-1968

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of correspondence and memoranda.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

249

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of 1 portrait photograph of Samuel Shainhouse.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

275

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Samuel Stolman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

291

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a photograph of Samuel Ussishkin during a speech.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

53

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1949

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of portrait photographs of Samuel Godfrey, honourary 1949 campaign chair for United Jewish Appeal.

Source

Archival Descriptions