- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Franklin family legal documents series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 2
- File
- 32
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1911-1958
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file contains legal documents relating to the Franklin family, including the statement of succession duty on the Abraham Franklin Estate, detailing the value of the Franklin property; an income tax assessment for Dora Franklin; a conveyance transferring the land surrounding James and Albert Streets to Henry, Simon, Hyman, Annie, Dora and Katie Franklin from the estate of their father Abraham; a declaration by Ruth Dorothy Holmes that Henry Franklin was also known as Harry, for the purpose of his last will and testament; the conveyance and release by Annie Franklin of her real estate holdings to her brothers at a cost of $25,000, to be administered in trust to her; and the last will and testament of Elias Robinson, the husband of Annie Franklin.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Pinkus fonds
- The Kiever Shul series
- Legal documents file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 138
- Series
- 5
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1914-2010
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of legal documents of the Kiever Shul, including declarations, letters patent, mortgage bonds, deeds of land, indentures, and their accompanying documents such as correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Legal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 4
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1979-1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains clients' sworn declarations regarding responsibility for visiting relatives or as sponsors, proof of relationship, proof of age, power of attorney, and educational and occupational background declarations.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Legal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 4
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1983-1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains clients' sworn declarations regarding responsibility for visiting relatives or as sponsors, proof of relationship, proof of age, power of attorney, and educational and occupational background declarations.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-1-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-1-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm on matte 30 x 35 cm or smaller
- Date
- [189-]-1916
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three photographs documenting the Franklin family of Toronto, an early and prominent family of the Jewish community. The photographs consist of of the wedding dinner of Annie Franklin and Elias Robinson (12 June 1916) as well as two exterior views of A. Franklin, the pawn and bicycle repair shop with Franklin family members standing outside.
- Custodial History
- These items were discovered in the processing room. Their custodial history is unknown, although it is certain that they arrived at the Archives prior to 2001. They were assigned this accession number by the archivist.
- 4/18/2012: the original accession form was found for these photographs, donated in 1977, but an accession number had never been assigned at the time.
- Administrative History
- Abraham Franklin (ca. 1844-1905) and his wife Frances (Fanny) Franklin (ca. 1844-1908) came to Canada from Germany in 1865, via the United States. Together they had seven children: Jacob (John), Henry (Harry), Hyman (Herman), Annie (m. Robinson), Simon (Sam), Dora and Katie.
- Abraham began as a picture frame dealer on York Street, later becoming a second hand clothing store owner with his wife on Queen Street West. By 1890, Abraham had established a jewellery store named Franklin Brothers, with his sons Jacob and Henry, and by the early 1910s also owned A. Franklin & Sons. The two businesses continued to operate simultaneously as a pawn shop, a jewellery store, and even a bicycle repair shop.
- The Franklin family owned many large plots of valuable land in downtown Toronto, which they leased out to individuals and businesses, including Eaton's. Their land was located on the north side of Albert Street from James Street to Bay Street; along Gerrard Street from Yonge to Elizabeth streets; and along Walton Street from Yonge to Elizabeth streets. Later, the children inherited the property held by their parents, which had extended around the Queen Street West and Portland Avenue area.
- In 1916, stemming from family concerns over her upcoming marriage to Elias Robinson, Annie Franklin transferred ownership of her portion of the inherited Franklin estate to her brothers, Henry, Hyman, and Simon for a cost of $25,000 to be held in trust for her.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Folks Farein fonds
- Services series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 105
- Series
- 4
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954-1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of legal documentation and correspondence. Included are the Ontario regulations under the cemetery act, correspondence and application for registration as a charitable organization, and the resolution of the Folks Farein board of directors and the National Order of Hatzopim.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-132
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-132
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1926-1979
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the immigration of Charna Czalovitz and her daughter Rosa to Toronto from Russia in 1926. Their Taube relatives sponsored them as domestics.Included are ship's documents and passports as well as other documents relating to their life in Canada as members of the Saloff family. These include citizen and immigration papers, union cards, JNF certificates,a charitable receipt, a will, and cemetary plot information.There is also a photograph of an unidentified baby.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary of Canada fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 21
- File
- 31
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1942-1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file contains: two statutory declarations in the matter of the 1942 sale of premises 399 Markham Street, Toronto to Yeshivah Torath Chaim the Deed of Land for 399 Markham St.; and an Offer to Purchase made by Yeshivah Torath Chaim to the Iwansker Mutual Benefit Society in 1946.
- Name Access
- First Hebrew Roumanian Congregation
- Iwansker Mutual Benefit Society
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-157
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-157
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- Date
- 1921-1949
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a passport and other documents relted to the immigration of members of the Farber family. Also included is a document regarding the establishment of the State of Israel.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1906-1914
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of promissory notes and legal papers served by and against Jacob Vanek in Russia, prior to the revolution of 1917.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1913-1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of mortgages, assignments of mortgage, chattel mortgage, and an abstract of title from the Newmarket land registry office pertaining to the family farm called Cedar Valley.
- Physical Condition
- Records are good condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Documentation sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-17
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1976-2007
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- 3 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of records documenting the efforts of the Holocaust Centre and partner organizations to record Holocaust survivor testimony. Records include meeting minutes, correspondence, proposals, membership lists, guides, release forms, and questionnaires. Of note are written testimonies submitted by Holocaust survivors and compiled commemorative booklets, "Stories of our Liberation."
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- John J. Glass fonds
- Documents series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 109
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1915-1974
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of documents pertaining to Glass' personal life and political career. Included are speeches and essays, personal correspondence, clippings, letters to newspaper editors, political correspondence, and miscellaneous military materials.
- Physical Condition
- The panoramic photographs are in very fragile condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 2
- File
- 343
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Notes
- ACCESS RESTRICTION NOTE: File is closed for 30 years after last date of records.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 2
- File
- 469
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Notes
- ACCESS RESTRICTION NOTE: File is closed for 30 years after last date of records.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario fonds
- Legal series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 31
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1919-1975
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of the legal documents of the Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario. Included are the various constitutions and by-laws, a copy of the original letters-patent, correspondence related to the supplementary letters-patent when the organization changed their name from the Associated Clothing Manufacturers, as well as the corporate information returns filed with the Provincial Government.
- Accession Number
- 2008-12-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Legal series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937-1989
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of JIAS Toronto Office legal records including various drafts of the JIAS Constitution, letters patent, wills, bank documents, contracts, leases, mortgages, and clients' sworn declarations. Bank documents include contracts and resolutions that name the Toronto Dominion Bank as the banker of JIAS, appoint signing privileges to executive members, and authorize borrowing and pledging documents. Wills are those naming JIAS as a beneficiary, whereas mortgages relate to property for which JIAS held a mortgage. Leases relate to the premises occupied by JIAS. The files are arranged by category of document.
- Notes
- This series was formerly known as MG2 I1a E.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Pinkus fonds
- The Kiever Shul series
- Insurance documents file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 138
- Series
- 5
- File
- 42
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2006-2009
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of insurance binders, renewal documents, endorsement documents, invoices, and accompanying correspondence.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Legal career series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 8
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 16 Sept. 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two certificates affirming Phil Givens' status as a notary and as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ontario.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Legal career series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 8
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [195-], 1976-1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and other textual records documenting Judge Phil Givens’ activities. Included are letters of reference for other judges, correspondence regarding the execution of wills and land ownership claims, and a master case file list.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Legal career series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1945-1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 5 photographs : b&w, sepia toned and col. ; 19 x 43 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual records and photographs documenting Phil Givens' activities in his roles as a lawyer and judge. In particular, the records include general legal correspondence, letters to and from representatives of the provincial courts and the attorney general, letters of reference for fellow judges, a master case file list and event photographs. Also included are two certificates presented to Givens affirming his status as a notary and as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ontario.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Research Records sub-series
- Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-4-1
- File
- 154
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the minutes of the Legal Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region for the date of 11 December 1972. Also included is a letter from Jean Côté, secretary of the Law Reform Commission of Canada, containing a copy of a paper outlining proposed areas of research. Finally, there is a copy of Bill C-206: An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Public Service Employment Act with respect to discrimination in employment based on age, sex and marital status.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Law Reform Commission of Canada
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 36
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1914-1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a program for the dedication of The Martin Steinberg Cultural Center on June 22, 1976 in New York City, a list of the suggested programs at the Martin Steinberg Cultural Center, a newspaper clipping from the Toronto Daily Star February 9, 1960 containing a quote from Ida Lewis Siegel and 3 letters - one written June 27, 1914 following attending the 17th American Zionist Convention; one written by C.A.B. Brown, Chairman Finance Committee of the Toronto Board of Education dated June 19, 1917; a letter written by Ida Lewis Siegel to Rabbi Plaut from Holy Blossom Temple.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions