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

54

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1970-1992

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 9 cm

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Jack Cowan was the third of the nine Cohen (Cowan) siblings, and the second boy. His son Bernard Cowan was the announcer's voice on the television show " Front Page Challenge".

Scope and Content

File consists of two copies of Jack Cowan's 1989 memoir, an announcement of his 70th birthday party hosted by Toronto United Jewish People's Order, newspaper clippings about the 60th and 65th anniversaries of Jack and his wife Anne, and an invitation to their 60th anniverary party. As well there is an obituary for Jack and two speeches about the couple delivered by their grandchildren at a memorial event in 1992 and a photograph of Anne taken in the 1970s or 1980s.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

55

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

[195-]-1990

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 10 cm or smaller

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Bernard Cowan was the only child of Jack Cowan (the third of the nine Cowan siblings). Bernard predeceased both his parents, passing away at 68 years of age. He had a notable career in radio and television and was well known as the announcer on CBC's "Front Page Challenge". He was also a founding member of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Television and Radio Artists).

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of Bernard Cowan in the 1950s and 1970s, and with his wife and children in the 1950s or 1960s, as well as a newspaper clipping about his career, obituaries, and a funeral card from Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

57

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1949-[197-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 9 cm and 9 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Moe Cowan was the fifth of the nine Cowan siblngs and the third boy.

Scope and Content

File consists of a photograph of Moe and Eunice Cowan's daughter Pearl at Wapaska Lodge in 1949 for the anniversary of her grandparents, and a photograph taken in the 1970s of Moe and Eunice with their three children Don, Pearl, amd Joan.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

63

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1944-2001

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of miscellaneous Cowan family correspondence including a copy of a handwritten letter from the patriarch Harris Cohen to his children and grandchildren, and correspondence to and from the extended family in Canada, United States, and Britain. There is also a note to Trudy Cowan and her husband Leonid from Shelley Wolkin, the daughter of Saul's second wife Libbie, with a photo of Shelley's baby son Jay.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

64

Material Format

textual record

Date

[1975?]-[1995?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of miscellaneous undated correspondence between Cowan family members, relatives and friends. Included are Christmas, Hanukkah, and sympathy cards, a birthday poem for Saul Cowan, a valedictory speech written as a Yiddish poem, and a letter in Hebrew sent from Israel to Rivka Lieberman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

68

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1972-2001

Physical Description

5 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm and 9 x 13 cm and 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a portrait of Mark Samuels, a group photo of Cowan and Rose cousins including Trudy Cowan, a photo of Jules and Pat Ross, a photo of Trudy and a few relatives at a simcha, and a photo of Trudy, two cousins, and her aunt Miriam Rose on the deck of an indoor swimming pool in New Jersey. The group had gathered to celebrate the 99th birthday of Rivka Lieberman in 2001.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

83

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

[ca. 1910]-1990

Physical Description

73 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an album of photographs and some textual material. Photographs are black and white and colour and feature a number of generations of the Cowan extended family in multiple locations. Textual material includes a letter from the Lawrence Heights Medical Centre of which Saul Cowan was a member of the Board of Directors, a York-Finch Hospital publication, two CPPNW newsletters (Canadian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War), and a Manor-Metropolitan Lodge of B'nai Brith publication "Harmony".

Physical Condition

Material is on sticky pages in album.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

91

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1956-1989

Physical Description

1 scrapbook ; 32 x 31 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a scrapbook documenting the participation of Trudy Cowan, her brother Michael Cowan, and cousin Phil Cowan in dramatic productions in high school, university, and beyond. Included are events staged by the drama group at Bathurst Heights Collegiate, B'nai Brith Youth, Simpson's Collegiate Drama Festival, the Ontario One Act Play Festival, and the Univerity College Follies at Hart House, University of Toronto. Trudy played leading roles in many of the productions and Michael acted as musical director and played piano at rehearsals. Memorabilia in the scrapbook includes tickets, programmes, newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence. The last event is a 1989 production at Heritage Park Calgary in which Trudy Cowan portrayed Nellie McClung as well as producing the event.

Subjects

Scrapbooks

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

102

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1902-2002

Physical Description

90 cm of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio

Saul Cowan (1910-2002) was the seventh of nine children born to Zvi Hirsh (Harris) Cohen (1872-1954) and Chana Leah (Annie) (née Gollom) Cohen (1873-1960). His siblings were Woolf Cowan (Colvin) (1896-1987), Kate Cowan (b.1898) (m. Wener), Jack Cowan (1900-1992), Rivka (Reva) Cowan (1902-ca.2002) (m. Lieberman), Moe Cowan (b.1904), Jeanne Cowan (b.1906) (m. Kallman), Norman Cowan (b. 1909) and Miriam Cowan (b. 1919) (m. Rose).

The Cowan family immigrated to Toronto from England with their six oldest children circa 1908. Harris worked as a tailor in England and as an operator in men's clothing factory Tip Top Tailors in Toronto.

Saul graduated from the University of Toronto in 1931 in honours philosophy.

In 1932, Cowan married Lillian Rosenthal (1910-1978), the daughter of Morris (1883-1967) and Nessie (Celia) (née Soren) Rosenthal (1881-1969). Together, they had two children, Michael (b. 1939) and Trudy (b. 1941). The Rosenthal family ran a boarding house on Hanlan's Point and had a place at Belle Ewart. In 1945, Morris and Celia purchased Wapaska Lodge on Muskoka Bay just outside Gravenhurst and ran it as a family resort from 1948-1965.

Lillian, who was a public school teacher, passed away in 1978 and the following year Saul married Libbie Aiken (d. 2006). Libbie had been the head physiotherapist at the Toronto General Hospital during the late 1940s.

Saul pursued a career with the North York Board of Education serving as both trustee and chairman from 1958 to 1976. He was also very involved with the Jewish community and the growing North York community. He was also involved with organizations such as B'nai Brith, Canadian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (CPPNW), and the North York Social Planning Committee. He was a founder of the York Finch General Hospital.

Trudy studied physical and occupational therapy at the University of Toronto but changed career direction when she moved to Calgary in 1969 and became involved in historical organizations such as the Glenbow Museum, the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation, and the Lougheed House Conservation Society. She married Leonid Luker (b. 1937) in 1982.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records documenting the Cowan (Cohen) family and their connected branches including the Rosenthal, Soren, Gollom, Aiken, and Altshuller families. The records originated from Saul Cowan, his first and second wives, Lillian Rosenthal and Libbie Aiken, and his daughter, Trudy Cowan Luker. Records include photographs of family members at graduations, weddings, school, religious events, camping activities, and milestone celebrations. Textual records include traditional and email correspondence, marriage certificates, passports, immigration documents, family histories, theatre and concert programmes, and newspaper clippings. Many of the records document Saul Cowan's personal and professional activities. The majority of the material relates to the Cowan and Rosenthal families.

Notes

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: Includes 386 photographs, 2 audiotapes, and 6 objects.

Four books from the collection have been removed and integrated into the OJA's library holdings. These include titles Have I Ever lied To You Before? by Jerry Goodis, My Outlook by Jack Cowan, When Partners Become Parents by Carolyn Pape Cowan and Philip A. Cowan, and Front Page Challenge: History of a Television Legend by Alex Barris.

Name Access

Cowan (family)

Subjects

Families

Accession Number

2008-6-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

62

Material Format

textual record

Date

1984-2005

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Max Altshuller was the great-grandfather of Saul Cowan's first wife Lillian Rosenthal.

Scope and Content

File consists of corrspondence between family members concerning reminiscences and genealogy, a family tree of Saul Cowan's parents Harris and Annie Cohen, two descendant family trees of Mayer Gollom (father of Annie Gollom Cohen), and a memoir titled "Altshuller Family Tree". Included in this document are photocopies of photographs, maps, a report on a 2005 reunion in Pontypool, Ontario, and a memoir of Belle Ewart by Al Sherman, which mentions the activities of the Rosenthal, Altshuller, Goldman, and Aiken families, as well as a 24-page descendant family tree of Max Altshuller.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1990-6-1

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm

Date

1929-1970

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a photo and material relating to the life of Kate Devor and her family. Included are press clippings, certificates, donation cards, correspondence and publications documenting her association with Jewish organizations in Toronto such as Mizrachi Hapoel Hamizrachi, State of Israel Bonds, Shaarei Tefillah Synagogue, and Hadassah in St. Catharines, Ontario. There are also letters from her son David who served with the Irish Regiment of Canada during the Second World War and lost his life in December 1944, as well as the telegram to his mother from the Minister of National Defence announcing his passing.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1995-8-3

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

12 photographs : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm or smaller

Date

[ca. 1900]-1979

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a number of items in Yiddish including a notebook, a newspaper clipping from New York, and several programs, small brochures, and a scrapbook of clippings. Among these are an issue of the periodical "Der Poiker" (March 1937) and an event program for the yahrzeit of renowned Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem.

There is material pertaining to Sholem Katz consisting of his Canadian Naturalization Certificate, correspondence, and share certificates from organizations including the Toronto Labour Lyceum, Poale Zion, and the Jewish National Workers Alliance Home in Montreal.

As well there are documents for Rubin Rocklin (Rochlin, Rachlin, Roklin) and his wife Rebecca Binsky and family including a marriage certificate, naturalization certificate and immigration papers and photos of Rochlin family members.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1989-2-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1895-1966

Scope and Content

Accession consists of personal documents of Kate Risidore Devor including registration of her birth in 1895 in London, England; immigration inspection card issued at the Port of Quebec (1912); New York State marriage certificate for Harry Devor and Kate Risidore of St. Catharines, Ontario, married in 1914 in Niagara Falls, and their ketubah (Hebrew marriage certificate). As well, there is a newspaper clipping from the St. Catherines Standard of a speech by her son John, correspondence from two of her sons, Sydney and John serving in the military, and clippings and messages of condolence on the death of her son David while fighting in Italy (1944). These include cards and letters from King George of England, George Drew of Ontario, the Toronto War Memorial Committee, and Sam Bronfman, president of Canadian Jewish Congress. Finally there is Jewish National Fund correspondence documenting the planting of a tree by St. Catherines Hadassah in honour of Kate (1933), and a number of trees by Kate in memory of her brother and son (1966).

Administrative History

Four sons of Kate and William Harry Devor served in the Canadian forces during the Second World War - David, Berko, John, and Sydney.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Digitzed material.

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

World War, 1939-1945

Name Access

Devor, Kate

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2010-5-9

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

12 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

1 cm textual records (jpg)

Date

[ca. 1942] - 2007

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs, certificates, newspaper clippings, military routine orders and ephemera that document Harold Kates's service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.

Administrative History

Harold Kates was born in Toronto on August 4, 1921 to Rose and Sholom Katz. The family lived on Roberts Street and Harold went to Lansdown school. He enlisted in the army in September 1939, but left in 1940 to join the Royal Canadian Air Force as an airplane mechanic after realizing his regiment would not be going overseas. While serving overseas, Harold was stationed in England, Africa and Greece. After the war, Harold returned to Toronto and received his auto mechanic license. He soon became interested in electricity and opened his own business, Kates Elect, which he operated for sixteen years. In addition, Harold was a member of Toronto's Auxillary Police Force. On October 20, 1954 he married Terry Rafalove.

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

Last name was previously Katz

Related material note:See also oral history 391

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

7

File

151

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965-1966

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of correspondence, statements of cash collection and income, campaign reports and memoranda.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

58

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1918]-1995

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 15 x 10 cm and 14 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jeanne Kallman was the sixth of nine Cowan siblings and the third girl.

Scope and Content

File includes family correspondence, two copies of Jeanne's "Memoirs of the Past", a newspaper biography of Jeanne from a Pinellas County Florida publication, and an article in an Orange County Florida Fire Safety Education Bulletin written by her grandson Lieutenant Clay Kallman. In addition, there are photographs of Jeanne and a friend as young girls about 1918, and of Jeanne at about 94 years of age with a corsage and a bouquet of flowers, honouring her participation in a musical event and giving a book review.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

59

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

[194-]-1989

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

8 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 15 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

Norman Cowan was the eighth of the nine Cowan siblings and the fifth boy. He worked as an estate planner with Imperial Life.

Scope and Content

File consists of family correspondence and photographs of Norman Cowan and his wife Bertha from the 1940s to the 1980s in locations such as Wapaska Lodge, Gravenhurst, and Heritage Park, Calgary, as well as a photo of their son Phil as a young man. There are three greeting cards decorated with photographs of Norman's photography and Bertha's paintings, a speech delivered by Norman to the Toronto Jewish Historical Society on Ward 4 (Kensington) in Toronto during the depression years, and an article from the Canadian Jewish News about the presentation, as well as newspaper clippings about the couple's retirement activities, and an advertisement for an exhibit of their art at the Koffler Gallery in Toronto. Finally, there is a sympathy acknowledgement card for a donation to Baycrest written by Saul Cowan following the passing of his brother Norman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

60

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978-1995

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Philip Cowan is the only child of Norman and Bertha Cowan. Both he and his wife Carolyn are clinical psychologists in California.

Scope and Content

File consists of a review of an academic book on an aspect of clinical psychology by Phillip, a newsletter with family updates, and wedding invitations for Philip and Carolyn's three children.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

65

Material Format

textual record

Date

1995-2001

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of email correspondence between Cowan relatives, mainly Trudy Cowan Luker and her brother Michael Cowan. These messages deal with the health and financial issues of their father Saul Cowan, in a care facility in Montreal. In addition, there are emails to and from other relatives, friends, and business associates.

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

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

82

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]-[ca. 1946]

Physical Description

32 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of a photograph album with pictures of Michael and Trudy Cowan as babies and young children with their parents, grandparents, and other relatives. Many were taken at the family resort Wapaska Lodge. Identification is provided on stick-it notes.

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

34

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[199-?]

Physical Description

3 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a photograph of 420 Vaughan Road, where Saul Cowan and his family lived from 1943-1946, and 268 Wychwood, the family home from 1946-1951. The third photograph is of a small apartment building at 425 Crawford Street where Celia and Morris Rosenthal (in-laws of Saul Cowan) lived in the 1940s and 1950s.

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

45

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-]-1992

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w and col. ; 10 x 13 cm and 12 x 8 cm and 8 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a photograph of Libbie Aiken's family. Included is a photo of her brother Dr. Sidney Aiken in the 1930s, a photograph of Libbie Aiken as a physiotherapist at the Toronto General Hospital in the 1950s, and a group photo of Libbie and Saul with Libbie's children and grandchildren at a formal event in 1992.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

56

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

sound recording

Date

[195-]-1997

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 9 x 13 cm or smaller

1 audiotape

Admin History/Bio

Rivka (Reva) Cowan Lieberman was the fourth child (and second girl) of the nine Cowan siblings.

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of Rivka with her daughter Ruth, with her husband Frank Lieberman, and of herself in later years. As well, there is family correspondence, two copies of her 1997 memoir, an invitation to her 90th birthday hosted by her family, an undated audiotape of an interview with her, and material pertaining to her son David's career as a psychologist at a university in Scotland.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

89

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1905]-[ca. 1946]

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w and sepia with hand tinting ; 25 x 21 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of a group photograph of members of the Soren and Rosenthal families taken early in the twentieth century, a photo of Lillian Rosenthal Cowan with her baby son Michael and the two grandmothers Celia Soren Rosenthal and Annie Harris Cohen, and a photograph of Lillian Cowan and her children Michael and Trudy with the same grandmothers about seven years later.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1926-1995

Physical Description

8 photographs : b&w and col. ; 15 x 10 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of Saul Cowan. Included are images of Saul on Maria Street in Toronto, at Humber River, Saul's University of Toronto Honours of Philosophy graduation portrait (1931), Saul at a cottage in Jackson's Point, in Mexico and at other locations. Identified in the photograph from Cancun, Mexico is Trudy Cowan and Nancy [Wargny?].

Name Access

University of Toronto

Subjects

Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae--Ontario--Toronto.

Places

Jackson's Point (Ont.)

West Toronto Junction (Toronto, Ont.)

Humber (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

39

Material Format

textual record

Date

1992-1995

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of handwriiten and typed correspondence between Trudy Cowan Luker and her father Saul Cowan and his second wife Libbie, and between Trudy and her aunt Rivka Lieberman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

40

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1911-[197-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

25 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 21 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of Lillian Rosenthal from infancy, through childhood, young adulthood, motherhood and as a teacher and grandmother. She is shown with her husband, children, other members of her family, and students. As well, there is a draft copy and three printed copies of a booklet entitled "The Story of Purim" written by Lillian Cowan, and a programme for a joint graduation ceremony for three elementary schools at which Lillian presented school pins to graduates.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

61

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1923-2002

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : colour and sepia ; 14 x 9 cm and 13 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Miriam Cowan Rose was the youngest of the nine Cowan siblings and the fourth girl.

Scope and Content

File consists of family correspondence, two copies of a single page memoir about her parents written by Miriam, and photographs of Miriam as a toddler and in her 40s.

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

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

Passenger Names

Cowan, H. T.

Page Number

498

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

102

File

89

Item

3

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 son Michael. Back row: Celia Rosenthal (née Soren), Lillian "Lil" Cowan (née Rosenthal). Front row: Michael Cowan, Nessie Soren (née Altshuler).

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3432

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[19--]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

For identification, see accession record.

Photo by McLean.

Name Access

Sprachman, Kate

Subjects

Birthdays

Parties

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

1982-7-4

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

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Nathan Silver file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

3

Item

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

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