- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1958]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 19 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Spencer Evans was the publicity chief for Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s and in 1963, became the director of public relations for the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club.
- Conn Smythe is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph Spiff Evans and Conn Smythe seated with a young boy named Timmy. The boy has two crutches to aid with walking.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- George Laughlin was a sportswriter for the Toronto Telegram, Spencer Evans was the publicity chief for the Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s, and Jim Coleman was a nationally syndicated sports columnist in Canada for over 50 years.
- Scope and Content
- This photograph depicts the three men, along with a fourth unidentified man, seated a a banquet table. The party was most likely held at Maple Leaf Gardens.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 22 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Spencer Evans was the publicity officer for Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1950s and 1960s and Herb Elliott was an Australian track star, who in 1958 won gold at the Commonwealth Games and became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes.
- Scope and Content
- This photograph depicts Evans and Elliott shaking hands at an unidentified event. Herb Elliott is misidentified on the back of the photograph as Roger Barrister.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 19 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Spencer Evans was the publicity chief for Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s and in 1963, became the director of public relations for the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club.
- Phil Silvers was an American comedic actor, who began on Broadway and eventually worked, known for roles in such films as Lady Be Good, Coney Island, Cover Girl, and Summer Stock. In 1952, he won a Tony award for his performance in the Broadway show, Top Banana.
- Silvers became a household name in 1955, when he starred as Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko in The Phil Silvers Show. The military comedy became a huge television hit. Throughout the 1960s, he appeared internationally in films such as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and 40 Pounds of Trouble.
- Scope and Content
- This photograph depicts Spill Evans and Phil Silvers in conversation at an unknown event. The photograph is autographed: "To Spiff, good luck, Phil Silvers".
- Name Access
- Evans, Spencer
- Silvers, Phil, 1911-1985
- Subjects
- Television personalities
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Spencer Evans was the publicity chief for Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s and in 1963, became the director of public relations for the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club.
- Conn Smythe is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens.
- Ed Fitkin was a public relations officer with Maple Leaf Gardens and later went on to a career in radio sportscasting.
- Buck Houle was the general manager of the Toronto Marlboros, which was a minor hockey organization directly sponsored by the Toronto Maple Leafs in order to train new players, starting at the age of nine.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Spiff Evans, Ed Fitkin, Buck Houle and Don Mackenzie standing outside on the patio of Conn Smythe's house in Caledon. One unidentified man is playing the piano while the others stand around holding drinks.
- Subjects
- Hockey
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1961]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Spencer Evans was the publicity chief for Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s and in 1963, became the director of public relations for the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Spiff Evans with his staff at Maple Leaf Gardens. He is standing in an office with three young men and a woman seated at a typewriter. The woman and Spiff are holding onto opposite ends of a one dollar bill.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1958]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Spencer Evans was the publicity chief for Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s and in 1963, became the director of public relations for the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Spiff Evans with a group of staff members of Maple Leaf Gardens. The photograph was taken at a party or luncheon as there is a table with food on it and many of the individuals are holding drinks in their hand.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 22 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Spencer Evans was the publicity chief for the Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s, and Danny Kaye was a Golden Globe-winning American actor, dancer, singer and comedian known for his roles in such films as White Christmas, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and Hans Christian Andersen.
- Scope and Content
- This photograph depicts Spiff Evans, Danny Kaye and an unknown gentleman sampling a cup of coffee at the Canadian National Exhibition. The photograph is autographed "To Spiff, best wishes, Danny Kaye".
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1958]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Spencer Evans was the publicity chief for Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s and in 1963, became the director of public relations for the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club. He was married to Eunice Evans.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Spiff and Eunice Evans seated in the stands at Maple Leaf Gardens.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 216
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding Mr. Smythe's remarks that he opposed an application for a franchise from "a Jewish group in Buffalo".
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd.
- Smythe, Conn, 1895-1980
- Subjects
- Businesspeople
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 22 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Spiff Evans was publicity chief for the Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s. Sam Shefsky was the manager of The Tip Tops softball team during the 1940s, when it won the world championships in Little Rock, Arkansas. He influenced the building of Exhibition Stadium built and was one of the driving forces behind bringing major league baseball to Toronto. Sam Shefsky's sister Jennie was married to Abe Magerman, a unionist with the ILGWU.
- Scope and Content
- This photograph depicts Sam Shefsky and Spiff Evans in standing on the baseball field. Shefsky is in uniform, while both men are wearing Tip Top Tailors insignia jackets. The photograph is autographed by Sam Shefsky.
- Subjects
- Baseball
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Spencer Evans was the publicity chief for Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s and in 1963, became the director of public relations for the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club.
- Sam Shopsowitz was the son of Harry and Jennie Shopsowitz who started the family business, Shopsy's Delicatessen, in 1921. Sam eventually took over the business in 1947 with his brother Izzy. The Shopsy's Pee Wee hockey team was the Toronto Marlboros pee-wee team and was sponsored by Shopsy's Delicatessan. They were part of the larger Toronto Marlboros minor hockey organization, which was directly sponsored by the Toronto Maple Leafs in order to train new players starting at the age of nine. The team played in the Toronto Hockey League.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Sam Shopsowitz and Spiff Evans standing speaking at a podium to the Shopsy's Pee-Wee hockey reunion.
- Subjects
- Hockey
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 24 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Spencer Evans was the publicity chief for Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s and in 1963, became the director of public relations for the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club. Archie Wilson was an American baseball player who played in the major league for the New York Yankees, the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, from 1951-1952. After this he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball club.
- Scope and Content
- This photograph depicts Archie Wilson wearing his Toronto Maple Leafs baseball uniform, seated in the dugout with Evans. The photograph is autographed: "To Spiff, best regard, Archie Wilson".
- Subjects
- Baseball
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-10-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-10-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1970
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an invitation and guest list for the bar mitzvah of Dale Lastman, the son of former mayor Mel Lastman. The bar mitzvah took place at Adath Israel Synagogue on 28 March 1970, was followed by a luncheon the same day and then a dinner at the Royal York Hotel the following night.
- Custodial History
- There is no aquisition information for this material. The documents were found in the processing room in a box containing other unprocessed and orphaned material.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Passenger Names
- Smyth, Joseph
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Smyth, Joseph
- Page Number
- 626
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners series
- 1970 dinner file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 2
- File
- 2
- Item
- 34
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w
- Name Access
- Gilbert, Al, 1922-
- 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
- Morris Norman collection
- Radio and television scripts series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 3
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1946]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Billy Conn, was a light-heavyweight boxing champion famed for his attempts at beating the heavyweight champion, Joe Louis during the 1940s.
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of one annotated script about the Joe Louis and Billy Conn boxing match. The script was written by an unknown author for an unknown radio program. The fight that is referred to in this script occurred in 1946 at Yankee Stadium.
- Subjects
- Boxing matches
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2021-3-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-3-4
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of graphics material (electronic)
- Date
- Jun. 2019
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting three Pride events held in 2019: a CIJA LGBTQ+ Advisory Council event celebrating the start of Pride Month in Toronto, an event hosted by the Israeli consulate in Toronto to celebrate Pride, and the Pride parade. The donor provided brief descriptions of each of the events, which can be found below.
- CIJA Pride event: "These pictures are from an event held on June 1, 2009 that was hosted by the CIJA LGBTQ+ Advisory Council to celebrate the start of Pride month in Toronto. It was held at the Lodge at O-Grady's on Church Street in the Gay Village. It featured a community Havdalah and drag performance/contest."
- Israel consulate event: "The following pictures are from an event hosted by the Israeli Consulate in Toronto to celebrate Pride on June 27, 2019. It featured a panel of members of the LGBTQ community sharing their experiences of visiting Israel."
- Pride parade: "The following pictures are from the Pride parade in Toronto on June 23, 2019 from the Jewish community contingent that included participants from CIJA, JFCS, and several other organizations and synagogues."
- Subjects
- Gay pride celebrations
- Name Access
- Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs
- Pride Toronto
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Passenger Names
- Evans, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Evans, Fred
- Page Number
- 487
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Evans, George
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Evans, George
- Page Number
- 795
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Evans, H.R.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Evans, H.R.
- Page Number
- 754
- Comments
- Name crossed out.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3275
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3275
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- January 28, 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Percy Spencer is shown in a fur coat, standing on the street in front of a drug store billboard, in [Toronto?].
- Name Access
- Spencer, Percy
- 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
- Passenger Names
- Spencer, H.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Spencer, H.
- Page Number
- 467
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1977
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one invitation to a YMHA youth Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony, one Lubavitch Youth Organization flyer, and one Toronto Committee for Soviet Jewry worldwide solidarity flyer.
- Subjects
- Habad
- Hanukkah
- Human rights
- Youth
- Name Access
- Dorenman, Alexander
- Young Men's Hebrew Association (Toronto, Ont.)
- Toronto Committee for Soviet Jewry
- Lubavitch Youth Organization
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-13
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2006
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 7 colour photographs of Eisen speaking to students, a thank you card signed by the students and student art work in response to the Holocaust.
- Administrative History
- Alexander Eisen was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1929. After the Anschluss in 1938, the Eisen family fled to Hungary. In 1939, Alex’s father was arrested and fled to Palestine, leaving his wife alone with their three children. Alex and the rest of the family endured the hardships of the Budapest Ghetto, but later managed to escape and live in hiding until being liberated by the Soviet Army in 1945. He immigrated with his wife Renate to Canada in 1952.
Eisen is a Neuberger Holocaust Survivor Speaker and author of A Time of Fear (2010).
- Subjects
- Children
- Education
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Name Access
- Eisen, Alexander
- Places
- Toronto
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Passenger Names
- Scholaptur, Alexander
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Scholaptur, Alexander
- Page Number
- 362
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Turofsky photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- On a Royal visit to Canada in 1951, the future Queen of England visited Maple Leaf Gardens to watch one period of play between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks. She then travelled to Montreal and watched another game between the Canadiens and New York Rangers.
- Conn Smythe is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Princess Elizabeth, Prince Phillip, Conn Smythe and Premier Leslie Frost seated in the stands at Maple Leaf Gardens.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3795
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3795
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Sam Kreiger with his brother Charles (on right) in front of the Kreiger Bros. store in Conn, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Kreiger Bros. Store
- Kreiger, Charles
- Kreiger, Sam
- Subjects
- Brothers
- Storefronts
- 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
- Ontario
- Accession Number
- 1985-9-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Evans, H. R.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Evans, H. R.
- Page Number
- 754
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Evans, L. T.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Evans, L. T.
- Page Number
- 799
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3273
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3273
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Sam Spencer is shown, with a dog, in this photograph.
- Name Access
- Spencer, Sam
- Subjects
- Children
- Dogs
- 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
- ID
-
Item 60
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 60
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Spencer family taken in Toronto in 1922. There are two young boys in the photograph. One, named Samuel, is holding a violin. Samuel is standing with his mother, who is holding the youngest son.
- Notes
- There is a corresponding negative for this photograph.
- Name Access
- Spencer family
- Spencer, Samuel
- Nisker, Mollye
- 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.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Belieff, Alexander & Manetta
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Belieff, Alexander & Manetta
- Page Number
- 468
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Evans, Mrs. Mary & Dorothy
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Evans, Mrs. Mary & Dorothy
- Page Number
- 533
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
