- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 558
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 558
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 41 x 46 cm
- Name Access
- University College
- University of Toronto
- Subjects
- Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae--Ontario--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.
- Accession Number
- Acquired Aug. 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1983-12-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-12-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1979-1983
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of copies of the Harbordite newsletter. Included are the following issues number 1 (April 1979), 2 (October 1979), 3 (February 1980), 4 (May 1980), 5 (September 1980), 6 (16 March 1981), 7 (6 June 1981), 8 (22 September 1981), 9 (26 January 1982), 10 (15 October 1982), 11 (15 April 1983), and 12 (15 October 1983).
- Administrative History
- The Harbodite is the official newsletter of the Harbord Club alumni group.
- Subjects
- High schools--Alumni and alumnae--Ontario
- Newsletters
- Name Access
- Harbord Club
- Harbord Collegiate Institute
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- City of Toronto Mayor series
- Official engagements sub-series
- Mayoral visit to Israel file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 4-6
- File
- 40
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1965
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ed Gelber, a communal leader, was born on 16 November 1903. He married Anna David, and they had three children named Edna, Lynn, and David. Gelber was educated as a lawyer and rabbi but worked mostly within Jewish organizations as an upper administrator. He was the past president for the Zionist Council of Canada, the Hebrew Schools of Toronto, and the Toronto Jewish Welfare Fund. He also held high posts at several other Jewish organizations and devoted his time and energy volunteering for the Jewish community and the cause of Israel. Ed Gelber eventually relocated to Israel.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Min and Phil Givens (left) visiting the "The Garden of Canada Hall" on the grounds of the Jerusalem University with Eddie Gelber (right)
- Notes
- Photograph is by R. M. Kneller (Jerusalem)
- Subjects
- Universities and colleges
- 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
- Jerusalem
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2018-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-2-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1944-1948
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of brochures from the Hebrew Institute of Technology in Haifa as well as correspondence from Montague Raisman, the chairman of the membership committee, requesting financial support from members of the Toronto Technion Society. In addition, there are lists of local Toronto supporters identifying their name, address and contribution for 1947, and a page of names and dollars contributed by members of the Toronto Technion Society.
- Custodial History
- File was discovered while processing CJC Fonds 17 records.
- Administrative History
- The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is a public research university, located in Haifa. The institute was founded in 1912 and is the oldest university in Israel. Since its founding it has awarded more than 100,000 degrees and its graduates are cited for providing the skills and education behind the creation and protection of Israel. The Toronto chapter was located at 651 Spadina Avenue and 102 Beverley Street. The Toronto executive was comprised of Asher Pritzker (Chairman), Myron Samuel (Co-Chairman), Nicholas Munk (Treasurer), Eli Schatz (Secretary), Hugo Blum (Financial Secretary) and M. Landsburg (Secretary).
- Subjects
- Universities and colleges
- Places
- Israel
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 44
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978-1985
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : col. ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a portrait of Libbie and Saul Cowan at their wedding in June 1978 at Temple Sinai, Toronto, a photo of Libbie and Saul with Belle and Phil Aiken (Libbie's brother) at the Cowan wedding, and a portrait of Libbie and Saul in 1985.
- Name Access
- Aiken, Belle
- Aiken, Phil
- Cowan, Libbie
- Cowan, Saul
- Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
- Subjects
- Married people
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 77
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- 1965-1978
- Physical Description
- 2 plaques
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an acrylic plaque with an embedded key presented to Saul Cowan, Chairman of the North York Board of Education on the opening of Downsview Heights Junior High School by Irving D. Bogdon Associates, Architects, 1965 and a glass or acrylic plaque inscribed as the D. B.(Bing) Caswell Award presented to Saul Cowan in 1978.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 46
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980-1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of handwritten correspondence between Saul, Libbie and Trudy Cowan and between Saul and Libbie Cowan and Saul's sister Jean Kalman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942-1953
- Physical Description
- 74 photographs : b&w (37 negatives) ; 18 x 12 cm or smaller.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of negatives and proofs produced by Sylvia Schwartz in her portrait studio. The images depict prominent members of the Jewish community. They are formal portraits, all showing the head and upper body of the sitters.
- There are thirty-seven portraits in total. They depict doctors, lawyers and business people, as well as individuals who were active in the community in leadership positions.
- Subjects
- Jews--Ontario--Toronto
- Portraits
- Arrangement
- Records have been arranged alphabetically by last name at the item level.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 42
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1959-1971
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of handwriiten correspondence between Lillian and Saul Cowan and Saul's sister Rivka Lieberman and her family, and between Lillian and Saul and their daughter Trudy and her husband Michael Soby in Calgary.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 78
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of handwritten and typed notes (in a hardcovered notebook and on sheets of paper) of Saul Cowan's memoirs tentatively called "Pictures In My Mind".
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 90
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942-[ca. 2001]
- Physical Description
- 32 photographs : b&w and col. ; 28 x 32 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs documenting the life of Trudy Cowan Luker from infancy to age 60. Included are pictures of Trudy as a baby with her parents Saul and Lillian Cowan and brother Michael Cowan, as a young child with family and friends at Wapaska Lodge, and in group photos at Homewood Elementary School. Photographs of Trudy as a teenager include those taken with the Bathurst Heights Collegiate Drama Club, group photos of campers and staff at Camp Ogama, several photos taken in front of the family home on Brucewood, and her high school graduation portrait. There are images taken at her graduation in Physical and Occupational Therapy from the University of Toronto in 1962, and a studio portrait taken in 1980. Later photographs showcase her involvement in cultural, civic, and historical pursuits including activities at Fort Calgary and a heritage event in Markham, Ontario attended by Prince Charles. As well, there is a photograph of Trudy wlcoming the family of her husband Leonid Luker when they landed at Mirabel Airport, Montreal as immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 51
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1916-[ca.1997]
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of the nine Cowan (Cohen) siblings from childhood to senior adulthood. Their spouses are included in many of the images, and the children and grandchildren of Norman Cowan in one group picture. Highlights include studio portraits of five of the siblings in 1916, a family seder on Henry Street in the 1930s, and Saul Cowan and his sisters Rivka and Jean in Florida in the late 1990s.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a diary handwritten by Saul Cowan's daughter Trudy, from January 27, 1999 to February 8, 1999 while visiting Toronto from her home in Calgary. She relates his physical and mental struggles.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a pamphlet titled "What Is North York Branch of the Social Planning Council?" and a booklet "160 Years of Progress - Education In North York".
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1970]-1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a reprint of an essay from "My Pedagogic Creed" originally published in 1897 and a 1973 research report on intervention programs to reduce failure rates of selected grade one students.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 23
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 badge
- Scope and Content
- Fle consists of Saul Cowan's personal report card issued by the Zodiac Swim School and a maroon Red Cross badge awarded for his completion of the maroon level instruction. This was the fourth level of an eight level program.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 photographs : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an address prepared by Saul's sister Jeanne Kallman, and her grandson Clay, for Saul's 80th birthday party at the Markham Hotel in Toronto, and four photographs of family members at the celebration.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 41
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. (slide) ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a colour slide of Saul Cowan, his wife Lillian, and their children Michael and Trudy taken outside of their home at 420 Vaughan Road, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 43
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [197-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photograph of the exterior of Lillian and Saul Cowan's family home at 39 Brucewood in North York, Ontario.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 47
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : col ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of five copies of the menu for Libbie and Saul's 15th anniversary dinner on June 12, 1994, two speeches by Libbie's family delivered at the event, a donation card to the York-Finch General Hospital Foundation in honour of the couple, and a photograph of Saul with his children Michael and Trudy at the celebration dinner.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2000-2002
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of email correspondence between Trudy Cowan and her brother Michael Cowan concerning their father's illness, financial issues, funeral arrangements and death on May 11, 2001.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 66
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]-1961
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm on matte 27 x 20 cm and 9 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ruth Bush was the daughter of Kate Cowan Wener, the eldest sister of Saul Cowan. Trudy Cowan was a bridesmaid at the Firestone-Weintraub wedding.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs of an unidentified elderly couple, a photograph of Ruth Bush in London, England, and a 1961 wedding portrait of Phyllis Firestone and Allan Weintraub.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 67
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [197-]-[199-]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w and col. (1 photocopy) ; 16 x 14 cm and 12 x 6 cm and 10 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an unidentified photograph of a teenage girl, of a young woman and baby taken at Hanukkah 1988 at 46 Braemar, and a photocopy of a couple holding wine glasses.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-22
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1982-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and clippings of Rota Herzberg Lister, professor of English at University of Waterloo. Correspondence mainly pertains to issues of antisemitism in Waterloo.
- Name Access
- Lister, Rota Herzberg, 1928-2016
- University of Waterloo
- Subjects
- Antisemitism--Ontario--Waterloo
- College teachers
- Places
- Waterloo (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 29
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2000-2002
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of material pertaining to the passing of Saul Cowan on May 11, 2001. Included is funeral service information from Steeles Memorial Chapel, obituaries, sympathy cards, letters and emails, correspondence regarding estate issues, and material documenting the unveiling of his monument at Mount Sinai Cemetery, Toronto in June 2002.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Saul, A.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Saul, A.
- Page Number
- 458
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 49
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1944]-[199-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 20 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Michael Cowan is the son of Saul and Lillian Cowan.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Michael Cowan as a small child, in a group photo of the Homewood Public School choir, as a teenager in front of the family home on Brucewood in Toronto, and with his wife Nancy in Montreal. There is a commencement programme for his 1957 graduation from Bathurst Heights Collegiate, and programmes for recitals, concerts, and theatre events in which Michael was a participant or composed the music. These include the UC Follies at Hart House, University of Toronto, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Temple Sinai Religious School operetta, and The Jazz Singer at the Saidie Bronfman Yiddish Theatre in Montreal. As well there is correspondence between Michael and family members, and a letter written by him at the age of 11 to the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society offering a suggestion for the cause of rheumatism.
- Name Access
- Cowan, Michael
- Subjects
- Children
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 102; File 89; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 89
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1939?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Lillian "Lil" Cowan with her maternal grandmother, maternal great-grandmother, and two children. From left to right: Trudy Cowan, Nessie Soren (née Altshuler), Lillian "Lil" Cowan (née Rosenthal), Celia Rosenthal (née Soren), and Michael Cowan.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-22
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and Legislative Assembly of Ontario transcripts related to the Government of Ontario's response to antisemitism.
- Name Access
- Harnick, Charles
- Ontario. Legislative Assembly
- Subjects
- Antisemitism--Ontario
- Legislative bodies--Ontario
- Places
- Ontario
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Jewish military portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 9 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Saul Fox was a Leading Aircraftsman in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Saul Fox.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records (1 v.)
- Date
- 1941-1942
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one prayer book that was used by Saul Pecker during the Second World War. Book is entitled Prayer Book for Jewish Members of H.M. Forces. There are some handwritten notes of names and military numbers on the inside front and back covers.
- Administrative History
- Saul Pecker served with the Canadian Armed Forces in France in 1941 as a field medic.
- Descriptive Notes
- Fingerprint is visible on page 35 from soot reading prayer to wounded
- Saul's surname was formerly Pecharsky
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1927-1962
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials pertaining to the life of Saul Einhorn of Oshawa, Ontario. Included are his Canadian naturalization certificate, ketubah for his first marriage, newspaper obituaries, and a letter of condolence to his widow from the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Administrative History
- Saul "Sol" Einhorn was born in Galicia on 12 December 1904. Sol moved to Oshawa, Ontario, in 1924, where he resided for the rest of his life. In 1927, he married Eva Collis. Eva and Sol had one daughter: Eleanor Grill. Eva died in 1950. In 1957, Sol married Tillie Newton.
- Sol Einhorn was the proprietor of Oshawa Appliances Ltd., which was located at 78 Simcoe Street North in Oshawa. He was a supporter of both the Canadian Brotherhood of Christians and Jews and the Zionist movement and an active member of Beth Zion Synagogue. According to an obituary that appeared in the Oshawa Times, Sol was known as "Mr. Synagogue" by other synagogue members.
- Sol died in 1962 on a Friday morning while at Beth Zion Synagogue just before the start of the service; he was fifty-eight years old. At the time of his death, he resided at 424 Rossland Road West. His funeral service was held Sunday morning in Toronto in the Park Memorial Funeral Chapel.
- Subjects
- Ketubah
- Letters
- Obituaries
- Name Access
- Einhorn, Saul
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1987-5-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1987-5-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1944-1946
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting Saul Sheffer's service in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War as a Sick Berth Attendant and a group photo of the personnel of "I Division" H.M.C. York.
- Administrative History
- Saul Sheffer held a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Toronto (1938).
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Sheffer, Saul
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Passenger Names
- Goldkind, Saul
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldkind, Saul
- Page Number
- 240
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Kershenbaum, Saul
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Kershenbaum, Saul
- Page Number
- 466
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Meingarten, Saul
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Meingarten, Saul
- Page Number
- 220
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Polak, Saul
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Polak, Saul
- Page Number
- 463
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between Jan. and May 1953]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 8 cm and 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Norman Cowan was the B'nai Brith's Toronto Lodge president in 1947.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Norman Cowan.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 17: 2: 1309, and Fonds 28 : 6 : 307.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 37
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1958]-2002
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of material documenting the life of Trudy Cowan from high school in Toronto to retirement in Calgary. Included are programs for a high school drama performance and a Historic Sites and Monuments Board Canada event honouring explorer Alexander Henry, membership cards for the Canadian Club and Hadassah-Wizo, a Canadian passport, a high school alumni bulletin, a Father's Day card written by Trudy to her father Saul Cowan, and a speech she delivered at a Hadassah-Wizo annual meeting. In addition, there is email correspondences and newspaper clippings related to Trudy's association with historical organizations such as the Lougheed House Conservation Society, the Glenbow Museum, Fort Calgary, and the Jewish Historical Society Calgary.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 50
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [ca.1976]-[ca.1996]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Rebecca Cowan is the daughter of Saul Cowan's son Michael and his wife Nancy.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photograph of Rebecca as an infant and a programme of a concert titled "Musica Orbium Requiem op. 9", in which she sung as a soprano.
- Subjects
- Sopranos (Singers)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-46
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-46
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 trophy
- Date
- 1960
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an Arts Theatre Club Trophy. This trophy has a wood base, on the left are theatrical masks in gold, on the right is a taller wood block with a plaque on the front, on top is a silver statue. This item has been deaccessioned and removed (11/24/15)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 102; File 89; Item 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 89
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1939?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Lillian "Lil" Cowan with her maternal grandmother, maternal great-grandmother, and two children. From left to right: Trudy Cowan, Nessie Soren (née Altshuler), Lillian "Lil" Cowan (née Rosenthal), Celia Rosenthal (née Soren), and Michael Cowan.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 1874
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1874
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The teacher was Mark Zimmerman.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Zimmerman, Mark
- Subjects
- College students
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-1-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions