- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6149
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6149
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [19--]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm b&w ; 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Campaign Chairman: United Jewish Appeal 1976.
- President: Toronto Jewish Congress1980-1982.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of an original portrait, which is hanging on the fourth-floor wall, and a copy negative. The negative is housed in the OJA's photo cabinet.
- Name Access
- Posluns, Wilfred
- United Jewish Appeal
- Toronto Jewish Congress
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 173
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs of Wilfred Posluns (Campaign Chairman) with the Consulate General of Israel and two unidentified men at a UJA meeting.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital image.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 158
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 Sep. 1975
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph and four negatives depicting a Women's Campaign meeting. Identified on the back of the photo are (L to R) Joan Lipson, ??, Beverley Gordon, and Wilfred Posluns.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital image.
- Name Access
- Posluns, Wilfred
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2006-1-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-1-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
- Date
- Aug. 1956
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three photographs of Kensington Market taken by the donor. Depicted is the Augusta Fruit Market, Lottman's Bakery and an unidentified general store.
- Custodial History
- Photographs were in the possession of Wilfred Grosman.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Markets
- Name Access
- Augusta Fruit Market
- Lottman's Bakery
- Grosman, Wilfred
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-1-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-1-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 objects
- Date
- [190-?]-1967
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials documenting the Grosman family, in particular Max Grosman. Included are Max's certificate of naturalization, various Polish-language documents including Max's Polish passport, an old age security application, and an insurance book. The accession also includes a pin commemorating the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union's fortieth anniversary and two rings that belonged to Max.
- Custodial History
- Max Grosman's son, Wilfred Grosman, came into possession of the records constituting Accession 2018-1-5 following the death of his father. He donated the records to the Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre on 17 January 2018.
- Administrative History
- Max Grosman was born 25 March 1884 in Novoradomsk, Poland. He became a naturalized British subject in 1914. Max's wife, Minnie "Majja" Grosman (née Bocian), came to Canada in 1913. Together, they had four sons: Jack, Morris, Samuel, and Wilfred. Max made his living as a tailor. He passed away on 17 October 1960 at the age of seventy-seven.
- Descriptive Notes
- LANGUAGE: Accession contains records in both English and Polish.
- Subjects
- Families
- Immigrants--Canada
- Name Access
- Bocian, Majja
- Bocian, Minnie
- Grosman, Majja
- Grosman, Minnie
- Grosman, Max
- Grosman, Wilfred
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
- Places
- Canada
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-7-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-7-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 5 cm textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w, sepia toned (tiff)
- Date
- 1959-1962, predominant 1961
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of correspondence between members of the Teper family. Included are letters that Wilfred Teper sent from Tsumeb (Namibia), Lausanne, and Barcelona, to his mother Seina Teper (née Grossman) in Cape Town. Also included are letters from Seina to Wilfred’s sister Rita Burton, brother-in-law David Burton, and niece Oriane Falkenstein . Seina forwarded Wilfred’s letters to Rita and David, and requested that they forward his letters to her as well.
- 001: Claremont Talmudic Society tenth anniversary, Nov. 1955, Cape Town, South Africa. Photograph by Bridge Studio, Salt River. Identified in photo back row, left to right, M. Marks, H. Kagan, M. Polliack, A. Wasserman, M. Katz, S. Yutar, Y. Teper. Middle row, A. L. Resnick, M. Fletcher, B. Stein (Secretary), W. Rubin, Jack Levin, J. Levin. Front row, Menashe Ben-Dov, M. Stone, Rabbi Romm, B. Margolis (Chairman), Rev. Ch. Gordon, Rev. A. Kramer, Mr. N. Tobias.
- 002: Wilfred (right) standing with unidentified friend, Cape Town, South Africa [1946?].
- Custodial History
- Seina Teper sent all the letters she received from her son Wilfred Teper to her daughter Rita Burton (née Teper) in Johannesburg. Rita's daughter Oriane Falkenstein (née Burton), gave the letters to Wilfred in 2013.
- Administrative History
- Wilfred Teper (b. 1939) is the son of Edel Teper (d. 1958) and Seina (Grossman) Teper (d. 1963), both immigrants from Lithuania to South Africa. After graduating from the University of Cape Town with a degree in chemical engineering, Wilfred spent a year working at a Germanium extraction plant in Tsumeb, Namibia (then known as South West Africa and administered by the South African government) from 1961-1962. While there he bought a motor bike (which he traded for a radio and a bicycle) and on a weekend off he went to Etosha Game Reserve (now Etosha National Park). His mother sent him parcels of food, which Wilfred shared with his housemate. During this time, pieces of mail went astray.
- Having saved enough money for his European travel, Wilfred left Tsumeb in January 1962, returning to Cape Town briefly before departing for Europe for three months with two long-time friends. In 1963 he married Anna Cvi of Kimberley, South Africa. They had four children and lived in Waterkloof, a suburb of Pretoria, before immigrating to Toronto in 1976, where they became members of Beth Tikvah Synagogue.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Jews--South Africa
- Letters
- Places
- Namibia
- South Africa
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-10
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- graphic material
- textual record (electronic)
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w and sepia (2 jpg) ; 14 x 9 cm
- 1 textual record (7 jpg files)
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1870]-2008
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records documenting the Posluns family of Toronto. They include two scanned copies of photographs and one original, depicting various members of the Posluns family such as the family patriarch, Yosef ben Abraham and a copy photograph of the Tip Top Tailors building under construction in 1928.
- The textual records consist of one electronic copy of a short history of the Posluns family, taken from Samuel Bernstein's biography, as well as a copy of a YMHA bulletin cover page from June 15, 1934, featuring a message from the president, Louis Posluns.
- Custodial History
- The records were loaned to the OJA on June 17, 2008 to be copied and returned to the donor.
- Administrative History
- A history of the Poslaniec (Posluns) family can be found online at: http://www.posluns.com/tree/pdfs/poslaniec.pdf
- 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.
- Name Access
- Posluns, Wilfred, 1932-2010
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Mar. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 8 cm, 13 x 10 cm.
- Admin History/Bio
- Irving Posluns is a member of the Posluns family. His mother was Sadie Posluns from Los Angeles. Irving married Shirley Carpman (m. Posluns). They had three children: Marie Helaine (b. 1951), Harold Lewis (b. 1952), and Randi Lynn (b. 1960).
- He originally worked at the family's ladies wear factory and later in life became a commercial portrait photographer. His business, the Irving Posluns Portrait Studio, is located on Broadview Avenue in Toronto. Ryerson University's Irving A. Posluns Scholarship for portrait photography is named in his honour.
- A history of the Poslaniec (Posluns) family can be found online at: http://www.posluns.com/
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Irving Posluns.
- Subjects
- Photographers
- 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
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Al Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1979]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Abe Posluns was born in 1908 to Sheindel and Abraham Isaac Posluns. Abe married Elsie Posluns and they had three children named: Alan Irwin, Dorothy Hildred, and Richard Wilfred Joel. Abe Posluns was a financier and was actively involved in the Toronto Jewish community.
- Throughout the course of his career, he was president of the United Community Fund of Greater Toronto, President of the Jewish Home for the Aged, President of Baycrest Hospital, Honorary Vice-President for United Jewish Welfare Fund, Director and Executive of New Mount Sinai Hospital, Director of YW-YMHA, Director of Canadian Welfare Council, and he was also a member of B'nai B'rith, Primrose Club, and the Oakdale Golf and Country Club.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of Abe Posluns.
- Name Access
- Posluns, Abe
- 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
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Al Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 47
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Abe Posluns was a financier and was actively involved in the Toronto Jewish community.
- He was president of the United Community Fund of Greater Toronto, president of the Jewish Home for the Aged, President of Baycrest Hospital, Honorary Vice-President for United Jewish Welfare Fund, Director and Executive of New Mount Sinai Hospital, Director of YW-YMHA, Director of Canadian Welfare Council, and a member of B'nai B'rith, Primrose Club, and Oakdale Golf and Country Club.
- The Posluns family was involved in many philanthropic ventures, which included a donation to the Baycrest Hospital to help fund a centre devoted to helping seniors who suffer from dementia as a result of strokes. The Louis and Leah Posluns Centre for Stroke and Cognition opened in 2000. The Leah Posluns Theatre located at the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre was also funded by the Poslun family.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Abe Posluns taken inside his house.
- Subjects
- Capitalists and financiers
- 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.
- Related Material
- See also photo #'s: 12, 28, 8, 66
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- 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
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Jewish communal portraits file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 1
- Item
- 3
- 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 Abe Posluns.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-21
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1927-1984, predominant 1927-1947
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Posluns family. Included are letters to Sam Posluns written in 1927, when Sam was in New York; letters to Sam Poslun written in 1947, when he was in Europe with the Tailor Project; miscellaneous newspaper articles; and a 1984 Negev Dinner book. Of note is a letter addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Posluns from Abby Fuhrman, whose son, David Fuhrman, went to live with the Posluns during the Second World War.
- 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
- Families
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Posluns (family)
- Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994
- Places
- Europe
- New York (N.Y.).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-8-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Publicity photographs of people and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 200
- 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 Posluns.
- Name Access
- Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994
- Subjects
- Businesspeople
- 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
- Passenger Names
- Davis, Wilfred (4 years)
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Davis, Wilfred (4 years)
- Page Number
- 654
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 24 x 10 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs related to Posluns' garment business including a picnic for employees of Superior Cloak (1925) and the showroom for Superior Cloak.
- Name Access
- Superior Cloak Company
- 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
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 70
- Material Format
- cartographic material
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1925-1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 91 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- 1 map : 46 x 65 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- 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.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records related to the Posluns family and their clothing business, Popular Cloak Company. The records include correspondence, financial records, periodicals and newsletters, photographs, certificates and personal identification. The fonds also includes textual documents and photos documenting Samuel Posluns' involvement in the Tailor Project.
- Name Access
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Enkin, Max E.
- Jewish Labour Committee
- Popular Cloak Company
- Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994
- Subjects
- Clothing trade
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Immigrants--Canada
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Creator
- Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994
- Places
- Germany
- Accession Number
- 1997-7-6
- 2004-5-79
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Al Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The generation of Posluns captured in this photograph were the children of Sheindel and Abraham Isaac Posluns. They had seven children named: Abe, Louis, Sam, Joseph, Gertie, Sarah and Anne.
- Abe was born in 1908. He married Elsie Posluns and had three children named: Alan Irwin, Dorothy Hildred, and Richard Wilfred Joel. Abe Posluns was a financier and was actively involved in the Toronto Jewish community.Moreover, at different points in his life, he was president of the United Community Fund of Greater Toronto, president of the Jewish Home for the Aged, President of Baycrest Hospital, Honorary Vice-President for United Jewish Welfare Fund, Director and Executive of New Mount Sinai Hospital, Director of YW-YMHA, Director of Canadian Welfare Council, and a member of B'nai B'rith, Primrose Club, and Oakdale Golf and Country Club.
- Louis Posluns was married to Leah and they had three sons: Wilfred, Jack and Irving. Louis was the Presdient of YMHA and a founding member of Beth Tzedec Congregation. Louis and his brother Jospeh started a family business called Superior Cloak; all four brothers became involved in the business, which in turn led to the creation of several other successful organizations.
- Sam Posluns was Past President of the Board of Jewish Education.
- The Posluns family was involved in many philanthropic ventures, which included a donation to the Baycrest Hospital to help fund a centre devoted to helping seniors who suffer from dementia as a result of strokes. The Louis and Leah Posluns Centre for Stroke and Cognition opened in 2000. The Leah Posluns Theatre located at the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre was also funded by the Poslun family.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of the Posluns siblings. Seated from left to right are Gertie Wasserman, Joseph and Louis. Standing from left to right are Sam, Abe, Sarah Bernstein and Anne Straus.
- Name Access
- Posluns
- Subjects
- Brothers and sisters
- Portraits, Group
- 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.
- Related Material
- 1997-7-6 Sam Posluns fonds
- 1999-12-2 Leah Posluns Theatre
- 2004-5-79 Posluns family memorabilia
- Oral History #AC 214 Abe Posluns
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1934-1957
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Samuel Posluns' passport and other items of identification.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- 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
- Name
- Wilfred Abraham Yaphe
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 10 Jun. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Wilfred Abraham Yaphe
- Number
- OH 381
- Subject
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Interview Date
- 10 Jun. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 reference DVD (WAV file); 1 archival DVD (WAV file)
- Interviewer
- Sam Gojonovich
- Total Running Time
- 16:18
- Notes
- Wilfred was interviewed as part of the Memory Project event held at Lipa Green on 13 May 2010 in partnership with the Historica Dominion Institute.
- Biography
- Wilfred served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a wireless operator and navigator. He was stationed in England.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- England
- Original Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Abe Posluns
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 16 Feb. 1988
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Abe Posluns
- Number
- OH 214
- Subject
- Baycrest
- Interview Date
- 16 Feb. 1988
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- N. Sherman
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Abe Posluns was born in 1908 to Sheindel and Abraham Isaac Posluns. Abe married Elsie Posluns and they had three children. Abe was a financier and was actively involved in the Toronto Jewish community. In 1946, he headed the fundraising campaign to purchase land and build a new facility to accommodate the Toronto Jewish Old Folks' Home (Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care’s forerunner). Throughout the course of his career, he was president of the United Community Fund of Greater Toronto, president of the Jewish Home for the Aged, president of Baycrest Hospital, honorary vice-president for the United Jewish Welfare Fund, director and executive of the new Mount Sinai Hospital, director of YW-YMHA, and director of Canadian Welfare Council, as well as a member of B'nai B'rith, the Primrose Club, and the Oakdale Golf and Country Club.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Posluns, Abe
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 231
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 Sep. 1976
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w (6 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of six negatives depicting a group of women visiting the new Koffler/Posluns building.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of telgrams sent to Samuel Posluns as he left for Europe aboard the Queen Mary.
- 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
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 47
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [197-]
- Physical Description
- 20 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of twenty photographs of the event announcing the construction of the Jack Posluns Cultural Centre in Ness Ziona, Israel.
- Notes
- Photos by Z. Ackerman, Jerusalem.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Jack Posluns Cultural Centre
- Places
- Nes Tsiyonah (Israel)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Item
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 11 x 13 cm
- 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
- Dora Till fonds
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Women's Auxiliary series
- Events sub-series
- New Baycrest Hospital groundbreaking file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 2-5
- File
- 8
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 30 June 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Dora Till with Abe Posluns and an unidentified woman at the groundbreaking for the New Baycrest Hospital. All three are holding gold ceremonial shovels in the ground. Pictured on the far left is Sid Cooper.
- Subjects
- Building
- Hospitals
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 597
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 June 1982
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three negatives of Wilf Posluns, Allan Offman, Gerry Halbert, and Alvin Rosenberg.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Halbert, Gerry
- Offman, Allan, 1938-2017
- Posluns, Wilfred
- Rosenberg, Alvin, 1925-2013
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Fundraising series
- Donations file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 9
- File
- 2
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Abe Posluns receiving a cheque from his mother-in-law and Ben Sadowski likely receiving a cheque from the residents. Identified in the photograph is (left to right): Mr. Posluns, Mrs. Sloleioff (?), unidentified (likely a resident), unidentified (likely a resident), and Mr. Sadowski.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Jean Gainfort Merrill.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions