Level
Item
ID
Item 3158
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3158
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1920]
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. ; 9 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of Edmund Scheuer. The print was made from a slide.
Name Access
Scheuer, Edmund
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
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 22
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
22
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1891
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Edmund Scheuer taken in Toronto.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
Studio: Bruce 132 King St. W., Toronto, 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.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 23
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
23
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1900]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15 cm (sight) on mat 35 x 27 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Edmund Scheuer. Edmund is sitting in a large chair that is carved with lion heads and other details.
Notes
Studio: Esson, Preston, 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
Mat is faded and damaged.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 37
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
37
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1937
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 mounted on card) ; 23 x 17 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a photographic portrait taken of Edmund Scheuer at ninety-years old. He is seated, leaning forward with his head on his hand, reading a book.
Notes
Studio: Simpson Brothers, Toronto, 357 Yonge Street.
Subjects
Older people
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
The unmounted photograph is starting to deteriorate at the edges and the matting is damaged.
Accession Number
The unmounted photograph is from accession 2004-7-1 and the mounted photograph is from accession 1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 35
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
35
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1935]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Edmund Scheuer in Whitby, Ontario, outside of the King home. He is seated on a chair next to the front steps of the home and in front of the window which is surrounded by leaves and bushes. He is wearing a suit and hat.
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
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 36
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
36
Material Format
graphic material
Date
16 June 1935
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Edmund Scheuer in Toronto. He is standing outside of a home in front of a garden. He is wearing a suit and is standing with his arms crossed.
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
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
10
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[188-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Edmund Scheuer taken in Toronto in the late nineteenth century.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
Studio: Perkins 293 Yonge Street, Toronto.
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.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4840
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4840
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1921]
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia
Scope and Content
Back row, left to right: [unknown]; [unknown]; Dora Ezrin; [unknown].
Front row, left to right: Rose Levine; [unknown]; Edmund Scheuer; [unknown].
Name Access
Levine, Rose
Ezrin, Dora
Scheuer, Edmund
Jewish Organizations
Subjects
Education
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
1989-11-7
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 15; File 37; Item 24
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
Fonds
15
File
37
Item
24
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1927]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm and 14 x 8 cm
Admin History/Bio
The Canadian Jewish Farm School was established in 1927 by Morris Saxe, president of the Federated Jewish Farmers of Ontario. It was a training school for Polish war orphans brought to Canada after the First World War. It was owned and operated by Morris Saxe on his Main Street South farm in Georgetown, Ontario. Saxe, along with Eli Greenblatt of Detroit, was responsible for bringing the orphans over from Mezritch, Poland. Greenblatt raised the funds for their transportation and Saxe arranged for their entry permits. The children were allowed to enter the country, provided that they lived and worked on the farm. Their duties involved milking cows, looking after chickens, and harvesting corn and other crops. The Saxe family also owned a creamery business, first in Acton, and then on Guelph Street in Georgetown.
The Jewish Farm School was the second attempt by Saxe to assist Jewish immigrants with agricultural training. The first was established a year prior in 1926, to help European immigrants gain knowledge of Canadian farm life. However, it succumbed to several problems, mostly related to Jewish interests in the community using the school as a way of gaining entry for immigrants who would otherwise not be eligible -- a plan which Saxe disapproved of, which created dissention within the community. When Greenblatt became involved the following year, the focus shifted to helping Jewish war orphans.
Edmund Scheuer and Ida Siegel were most likely at the school event because of their mutual interest and involvement in aiding Jewish immigrants and in Jewish education and training.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Ida Siegel standing alongside Edmund Scheuer at the Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario. Edmund is wearing a tuxedo. The photograph may have been taken at the official opening of the school.
Notes
One photograph is a copy of the original.
The writing on the copy photograph indicates that the farm was located in Guelph, which is incorrect. The date is also written as 1923, which is also incorrect, since the first school was not established until 1926, with the likely date of the photograph being 1927.
The writing on the original photograph states that the photograph was taken in Acton, which is incorrect as the Jewish Farm School was located a short distance away in Georgetown.
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
1988-2-13
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2441
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2441
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[189-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a portrait of Oda Scheuer of Toronto.
Name Access
Scheuer, Oda
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.)
Accession Number
1980-12-11
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
3
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[187-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Isaac Scheuer taken in a studio in Europe.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.
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
Europe
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 11
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
11
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[188-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Ida Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.
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
Europe
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 38
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
38
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[194-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Isadore Scheuer taken in Toronto. The photograph shows his face and torso and he is wearing a suit and glasses.
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.)
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
8
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[188-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 2 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a small photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer.
Notes
Tintype.
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
Surface is a bit scratched.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-4-3; File 50
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-3
File
50
Material Format
textual record
Date
1978
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of an essay by Max Federman on the occasion of Israel's 30th anniversary.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Fonds
ID
Fonds 47
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Fonds
Fonds
47
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
object
Date
[187-]-1959
Physical Description
6 folders of textual records
2 window plates : brass
58 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
Admin History/Bio
The Scheuer family dates back to at least the eighteenth century in Germany to Moise Scheuer (1765-1846) and Esther Ackerman (1770-1847). Their son, Isaac Scheuer (1809-1889), married Hannchen (Johanna) Strauss (1815-1878) in 1843. Isaac and Johanna had six children: Gabriel (1844-1922), Camilla (1845-1916), Edmund (1847-1943), Emma (1853-1916), Ida (1855-1902), and Benno (Benjamin) (1857-1921).
While Gabriel, Emma, and Ida remained in Europe, Camilla, Edmund, and Benno immigrated to Canada in the late nineteenth century. Camilla came to Hamilton, Ontario after her marriage in 1866 to Herman Levy, co-founder of the Levy Brothers jewellery business. Edmund became a partner in the business when he first immigrated to Canada in 1871, and lived with Camilla and Herman. Camilla became the acknowledged leader of Jewish women in Hamilton. She served in organizations such as the Deborah Ladies' Aid Society, which eventually became an auxiliary of Temple Anshe Sholom, Canada's oldest Reform congregation, often referred to as the Hughson Street Temple. Edmund established the first Sabbath School in Ontario at Anshe Sholom in 1872 and served as president from 1873 to 1886.
After he was established in Hamilton, Edmund returned to Europe in 1873 to marry Oda Strauss (1854-1913) at Forbach, Lorraine, and then brought her back to Canada with him. The couple moved to Toronto in 1886, where he established a wholesale jewellery business on Yonge Street called Scheuer's under his company Edmund Scheuer Limited. Scheuer's was one of the oldest jewellery firms in Toronto and the oldest established wholesale diamond importer in Canada. Edmund's brother, Benno, also worked for the business as the accountant and then secretary-treasurer. Benno was married to Gatella Strauss (1859-1903) and they had three children: Eddie Jr. (1884-1967), Rhoda (1886-1963) and Isadore (1887-1969). Eddie Jr. and Isadore also worked for their uncle's business. Eddie Jr. started as a clerk and then became vice-president, while Isadore started out as a travelling salesman and jeweller. When their uncle retired in 1922, Eddie Jr. took over as president and his brother Isadore became vice-president of Scheuer's.
In addition to his jewellery business, Edmund Scheuer also taught and supervised the religious school at Holy Blossom Synagogue. He went on to serve in every official capacity at Holy Blossom, including vice-chairman and treasurer of the building committee for the Bond Street building. He also founded The Jewish Free School at 206 Beverley Street for Jewish girls and wrote his own textbook for the school, the first Jewish religious school book printed in Toronto. In 1892, he founded the first Jewish benevolent society in Toronto and was later president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. In 1927, the Beverley Street building, which housed Federation offices, was dedicated in his honour and named the "Scheuer House".
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records documenting the Scheuer family in Germany, Hamilton, and Toronto. The fonds is made up primarily of photographs of Scheuer family members and friends. It also includes some textual records, including correspondence, marriage certificates, a Toronto Jewish Free School text book, and Holy Blossom Temple Bulletins. Also included are two brass "Scheuer's" window plates which were likely from Edmund Scheuer's jewellery business of the same name.
Notes
Associated Material Note: See the CJC National Archives collection for Edmund Scheuer at: http://www.cjc.ca/template.php?action=archives&Type=1&Language=EN&Rec=253
Name Access
Scheuer (family)
Subjects
Families
Related Material
See OJA vertical file cabinet for "Scheuer, Edmund" and "Levy, Camilla"
See MG3 A1 Holy Blossom
See MG2 G1C - Edumund Scheuer's Zionist Free School
Saarbrücken City Archives - May have records pertaining to Edmund's brother Gabriel Scheuer (1844-1922) who remained in Germany.
Arrangement
The textual records have been arranged in chronological order into five files. The objects have been described as one file. The fifty-eight photographs have been described as two files and thirty-nine items arranged chronologically
Accession Number
1989-4-2
2004-7-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
File
ID
Fonds 47; File 8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
File
Fonds
47
File
8
Material Format
object
Date
[188-?]
Physical Description
2 window plates : brass, green and brass ; 3.5 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of two brass Scheuer's window plates with green background. The plates are attached to a stand which allow them to remain upright. The plates were likely used at the Scheuer's jewellery store.
Notes
Artifact #29 and #30.
Physical Condition
Fair.
Paint is chipped.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 7
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
7
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[188-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a full-length portrait of Gatella Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on card.
Studio: S. Wilhelm, Photogr. Atelier Neunkirchen Bahnhofstrasse.
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
Europe
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 12
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
12
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1889]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Eddie and Rhoda Scheuer taken in a studio in Toronto in the late nineteenth century. Both children are dressed in overcoats and hats and are posed leaning against a tree trunk. There is a snowy, cottage scene behind the children, used as a backdrop.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
Studio: Perkins Photographer, 293 Yonge Street, 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.
Physical Condition
Slightly stained and torn.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 34
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
34
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[193-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm
Admin History/Bio
Rose was married to Eddie Scheuer Jr.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Rose Scheuer in Toronto. Rose is standing outside and leaning against a gate with a tree in the background.
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
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 17
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
17
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[189-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Oda Scheuer taken in Toronto.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
Studio: Gagen and Fraser, 79 King Street West, Toronto, 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.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
6
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1879
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Gatella Scheuer at twenty, taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century. The portrait is of her head and torso and she is wearing a velvet jacket and her hair is pinned up.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on card.
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
The card has been cut into an oval.
Places
Europe
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 19
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
19
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[189-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer taken at a studio in Toronto. The portrait is of his head and torso.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
Studio: J. Fraser Bryce, 107 King Street West, Toronto.
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.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
File
ID
Fonds 47; File 6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
File
Fonds
47
File
6
Material Format
graphic material
Date
15 Feb. 1881
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of two photographic portraits taken of Benno Scheuer in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario on February 15th, 1881. In one photograph, Benno's head and torso are framed in a raised oval on the card. The other photograph is almost a full-length portrait and Benno has his arms crossed. This photograph is inscribed to his fiancee.
Notes
Albumen prints mounted on cabinet cards.
Studio: Farmer Bros. Photography, Hamilton, Ontario.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 13
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
13
Material Format
graphic material
Date
7 August 1882
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 original copy) ; 25 x 12 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer taken at a studio in Hamilton, Ontario. One copy of the photograph has the name of the studio printed on the cabinet card while the other does not and is a bit larger in size with gold trim.
Notes
Albumen prints mounted on cabinet cards.
Studio: Farmer Brothers Photographers, 8 & 10 King St. West, 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
The emulsion is ripped and curling off the card.
The images are stained and scratched.
Places
Hamilton (Ont.)
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Address
179 Beverley Street
Source
Landmarks

The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (FJPT) was made a charitable organization under the laws of Ontario in March, 1917. Its central goal was to end the frequent, uncontrolled, and competitive fund soliciting by a wide range of individual Toronto Jewish philanthropic and social service institutions and instead substitute a single coordinated city-wide community fundraising effort. This would ensure adequate and accountable funding for all its affiliated organizations and agencies in Toronto. The first office of the FJPT was at 206 Beverley St., but by 1924 it was headquartered at 218 Simcoe St. and by 1928 it had moved to 179 Beverley St., which was renamed "Scheuer House" after the FJPT's first president, Edmund Scheuer.
Address
179 Beverley Street
Time Period
1928-1945
Scope Note
The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (FJPT) was made a charitable organization under the laws of Ontario in March, 1917. Its central goal was to end the frequent, uncontrolled, and competitive fund soliciting by a wide range of individual Toronto Jewish philanthropic and social service institutions and instead substitute a single coordinated city-wide community fundraising effort. This would ensure adequate and accountable funding for all its affiliated organizations and agencies in Toronto. The first office of the FJPT was at 206 Beverley St., but by 1924 it was headquartered at 218 Simcoe St. and by 1928 it had moved to 179 Beverley St., which was renamed "Scheuer House" after the FJPT's first president, Edmund Scheuer.
History
Original affiliated agencies of the FJPT were: the Ladies Co-operative Board, the Jewish Orphans' Home, the Jewish Girls Club, the Junior Council of Jewish Women, the Hebrew Ladies Maternity Aid and Sewing Circle, the Hebrew Young ladies Boot and Shoe Society, the Sewing Circle, the Jewish Branch of the Big Brotherhood Movement, the Hebrew Free Loan Society, the Jewish Dispensary, and the Hebrew Burial Society. In 1924, six new agencies were added to the FJPT. They were: Mount Sinai Hospital, the Jewish Boys' and Girls' Camp, Jewish Big Sisters, the Family Welfare Bureau, the Federation Health Clinic and the Federation Employment Bureau.
Category
Organization
Social Service
Source
Landmarks
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 9
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
9
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[188-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Camilla, Emma, and Ida Scheuer. The photograph was taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
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
The image is stained and torn.
Two of the corners of the card are broken off.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 27
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
27
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[192-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm (sight, oval) on card 22 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Rhoda Simonsky (née Scheuer).
Notes
Studio: Leatherdale, Toronto.
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.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 18
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
18
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[189-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Rhoda, Eddie, and Isadore Scheuer. Rhoda is seated at left, Eddie is standing at centre, and Isadore is seated at right.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on card.
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.
Physical Condition
The card is in poor condition.
The image is scratched.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
4
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1877
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w (1 negative, 1 reprint) ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a full-length photographic portrait of Oda Scheuer taken at a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
Farmer Brothers Photography, London and 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.
Places
Hamilton (Ont.)
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
1
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[187-]
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w (1 negative, 1 reprint) ; 16 x 10 cm
Admin History/Bio
Born 14 October 1851 at Bernkastel, Moselle. Née Strauss. Married: 2 July 1873 at Forbach, Fr. to Edmund Scheuer. Died 16 November 1913, Toronto.
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Oda Scheuer probably taken in Hamilton, Ontario in the 1870's. The portrait is a partial facial profile of Oda wearing an elaborate flowered hat.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on card.
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
Hamilton (Ont.)
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 14
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
14
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1884
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Eddie Scheuer Jr. as a baby taken in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
W. Farmer's Artistic Studio, Hamilton.
Subjects
Infants
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
The emulsion and card are damaged.
Places
Hamilton (Ont.)
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
2
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[187-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer as a young boy taken in a studio in Stuttgart.
Notes
Albument print mounted on cartes-de-visite.
Studio: F. Willmann, Stuttgart.
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.
Physical Condition
One corner of the card is chipped.
The print has started to lift off its support.
Places
Germany
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 26
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
26
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1910 and 1929]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 15 x 8 cm (sight) on card 24 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Benno Scheuer standing on the front steps of a house in Toronto. He is wearing a suit.
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
Negative is curled and in poor condition.
The card mount is damaged and cut.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 16
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
16
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1887]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic portrait of Eddie Scheuer Jr. as a young boy taken in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.
Notes
Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
Studio: Farmer Brothers Photoraphers, Hamilton, Ontario.
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.
Physical Condition
The corners of the card are damaged.
Places
Hamilton (Ont.)
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 25
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
25
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[191-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm (sight) on card 16 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph taken of Eddie Scheuer Jr. as a young man, probably in Toronto. Eddie is dressed in a suit and is seated cross-legged on a bench in front of a tree. He has a cigarette in his mouth.
Notes
Mounted on card.
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
The top right corner of the mount is damaged.
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 32
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
32
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[193-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Eddie Scheuer Jr. standing on a beach which is most likely Sunnyside Beach in Toronto. He is wearing a suit and hat and is holding a cigar.
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
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 47; Item 33
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
47
Item
33
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[193-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Eddie Scheuer Jr. lying in a deck chair at a beach that was probably Sunnyside Beach in Toronto. He is wearing a suit and hat and has his arms and legs folded. There is a woman lying two chairs over to the left of Eddie and one to the right wrapped in a blanket but only her feet are visible. McCrory's 5 and 10 cent store can be seen in the background.
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
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
File
ID
Fonds 47; File 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scheuer family fonds
Level
File
Fonds
47
File
3
Material Format
textual record
Date
3 Nov. 1918
Physical Description
2 folders of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a certificate of marriage and a ketubah (marriage contract) prepared for Isadore Scheuer and Jessie Bloom on the occasion of their marriage at Holy Blossom Congregation in Toronto on November 3rd, 1918. Rabbi Solomon Jacobs officiated their wedding with Edmund Scheuer and I. Simonski serving as witnesses.
Name Access
Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Ketubah
Marriage records
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1989-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2004-5-124
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2004-5-124
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
1969-1970
Scope and Content
The manuscript deals with Ullman's experiences working for the Board of Jewish Education, and his personal research on cancer treatments. The manuscript is dated 1969, and includes several appendices added in 1970.
Responsibility
Dr. S.B. Ullman, PhD
Administrative History
Dr. Solomon Baruch Ullman (1908-1975) was a school consultant with the Board of Jewish Education during the 1950s and 1960s.
Descriptive Notes
Related material note: see accession 1979-3-11 for a report by Ullman on his duties and activities as school consultant.
Name Access
Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Level
Item
ID
Item 5079
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
5079
Material Format
graphic material
Date
14 May 1986
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of the thirty-sixth annual humanitarian awards dinner at Beth Sholom Synagogue in Toronto. Pictured are Rabbi Harvey Meirovich and the Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, the recipient of the award.
Name Access
Alexander, Lincoln M. (Lincoln MacCauley), 1922-2012
Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Meirovich, Harvey Warren
Subjects
Awards
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
1989-6-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 5080
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
5080
Material Format
graphic material
Date
14 May 1986
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of the thirty-sixth annual humanitarian awards dinner at Beth Sholom Synagogue in Toronto. Pictured are Rabbi Harvey Meirovich and the Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, the recipient of the award.
Name Access
Alexander, Lincoln M. (Lincoln MacCauley), 1922-2012
Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Meirovich, Harvey Warren
Subjects
Awards
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
1989-6-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Harry Clairmont fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 32; Item 31
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Harry Clairmont fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
32
Item
31
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1974
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 60 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of delegates at the thirty-fifth International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union convention in Miami Beach, Florida held from May 31st to June 7th, 1974.
Notes
Photographer: Central Studios, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Name Access
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Labor unions
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Physical Condition
Photograph is rolled.
Places
Miami Beach (Fla.)
Accession Number
1984-1-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Harry Clairmont fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 32; Item 25
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Harry Clairmont fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
32
Item
25
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1962
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 50 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of delegates at the thirty-first International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union convention held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from May 23rd to June 1st, 1962. The delegates are seated with their respective local unions.
Notes
Photographer: Central Studios, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Name Access
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Labor unions
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Physical Condition
The photograph is rolled.
Places
Atlantic City (N.J.)
Accession Number
1984-1-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Harry Clairmont fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 32; Item 29
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Harry Clairmont fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
32
Item
29
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 70 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of delegates outside at the thirty-fourth International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union convention held in Miami Beach, Florida, from May 6th to 14th, 1971.
Name Access
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Labor unions
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Physical Condition
The photograph is rolled.
Places
Miami Beach (Fla.)
Accession Number
1984-1-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Harry Clairmont fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 32; Item 27
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Harry Clairmont fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
32
Item
27
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1962
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 110 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of delegates outside at the thirty-first International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union convention held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from May 23rd to June 1st, 1962.
Name Access
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Labor unions
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Physical Condition
The photograph is rolled.
Places
Atlantic City (N.J.)
Accession Number
1984-1-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 415
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
415
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1961
Physical Description
1 photograph
Notes
Acquired January 28, 1975.
Name Access
Pioneer Women
Subjects
Anniversaries
Portraits, Group
Women
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Refusnik cases sub-series
Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-6-1
File
228-6
Material Format
textual record
Date
1982-1983
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Notes
File forms part of a larger unit consisting of: Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series 3-6-1, Files 228-1 to 228-8.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Harry Clairmont fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 32; Item 30
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Harry Clairmont fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
32
Item
30
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1974
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a group portrait of the Committee on Organization at the thirty-fifth International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Convention at Miami Beach, Florida, held from May 31st to June 7th, 1974.
Name Access
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Labor unions
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Places
Miami Beach (Fla.)
Accession Number
1984-1-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Harry Clairmont fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 32; Item 24
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Harry Clairmont fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
32
Item
24
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1962
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 35 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a group portrait of the Committee on Jurisdiction at the thirty-first International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union convention held in Atlantic City, New Jersey from May 23rd to June 1st, 1962. Harry Clairmont is seated in the front row, third from left.
Notes
Photographer: Central Studios, Atalantic City, New Jersey.
Name Access
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Labor unions
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Places
Atlantic City (N.J.)
Accession Number
1984-1-6
Source
Archival Descriptions