- Accession Number
- 2004-5-154
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-154
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records.
- Date
- 1926-1931
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a marriage certificate (1929) for Alexander Acum and Eva German, and naturalization certificates for Alexander Acum (1926) and Helen Siegel (1931).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 39
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a certificate of naturalization for Joseph Becker, dated June 24, 1944.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Cassel fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 93
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 12 Nov. 1944, 13 Oct. 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photocopy of Henry and Reta Cassel's marriage certificate (ketubah) and a photocopy of a certificate naming Henry Cassel the legal administrator of his late wife's property.
- Subjects
- Ketubah
- Accession Number
- 2010-4-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 47
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 3 Nov. 1918
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a certificate of marriage and a ketubah (marriage contract) prepared for Isadore Scheuer and Jessie Bloom on the occasion of their marriage at Holy Blossom Congregation in Toronto on November 3rd, 1918. Rabbi Solomon Jacobs officiated their wedding with Edmund Scheuer and I. Simonski serving as witnesses.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Ketubah
- Marriage records
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Markowitz, Martha
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Markowitz, Martha
- Page Number
- 297
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Markowitz, Mordcha
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Markowitz, Mordcha
- Page Number
- 297
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Accession Number
- 1985-10-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-10-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records and graphic material
- Date
- 1907-[ca. 1957]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a wedding invitation for Esther Litmanovitch to Joseph Becker, Toronto, 1907 and copies of photographs of Joseph and Esther Becker's wedding portrait; Samuel Weber and family; Nathan Phillips and Joseph Becker; and The Toronto Section, National Council of Jewish Women.
- Name Access
- Becker, Larry, 1939-1998
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 50
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1946]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopies of various news articles announcing the death of Dr. Cecile Markowitz and her life and career, and the announcement and biography of Dr. Jacob Markowitz, a lieutenant in the Imperial forces, who was missing in the Malaya Peninsula.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 256
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding Alfred Valdmanis (Waldmanis), a Latvian official who implemented anti-Allied and anti-Jewish measures during the German occupation of Latvia during the Second World War. Valdmanis immigrated to Canada after the war.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Valdmanis, Alfred, 1908-1970
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Bateson, Alfred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Bateson, Alfred
- Page Number
- 734
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Furse, Alfred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Furse, Alfred
- Page Number
- 640
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Gibbons, Alfred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Gibbons, Alfred
- Page Number
- 564
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Gill, Alfred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Gill, Alfred
- Page Number
- 776
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Langton, Alfred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Langton, Alfred
- Page Number
- 528
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Mantle, Alfred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Mantle, Alfred
- Page Number
- 669
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Odel, Alfred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Odel, Alfred
- Page Number
- 302
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Tallin, Alfred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Tallin, Alfred
- Page Number
- 333
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- Collection
- Fonds
- 34
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1882-1996
- Physical Description
- 58 cm of textual records
- 11 photographs : col. and b&w ; 28 x 36 cm or smaller
- 4 lantern slides : col. (hand painted) ; 5 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Larry Becker (1939-1998) was a collector with a focus on his native Toronto. He grew up in central Toronto, near Dundas and Ossington, where his father ran a cigar store. Around 1948, the family moved north to Vaughan. Larry attended Lakeshore Teachers' College and married fellow teacher, Rose Weber, in 1961. He taught primary school in Welland, Ontario
- Larry returned to Toronto in June 1965, and began collecting for profit and posterity. That year, with the active assistance of his wife Rose, opened the first of three businesses that sold collectables. Both his father and grandfather had been small-scale collectors. From 1965 to 1996, the growing Becker family lived at 25 Lesgay Crescent in North York. In December 1996, the Beckers moved to a larger place in the Kettleby countryside, where Larry had planned to retire and work on his collection
- Larry Becker died on February 20th, 1998
- Scope and Content
- The collection consists of items collected by Larry Becker including postcards, bulletins from Ontario Jewish organizations, sermons, periodicals, books, hand painted lantern slides documenting scenes of Jews in early Toronto, and other material relating to Ontario's Jewry
- Notes
- Information for biographical sketch gathered and cited from "Collecting Toronto: Through the Eyes of Larry Becker" virtual exhibit from the City of Toronto website at: http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/archives/becker_collections/
- The lantern slides have been rehoused and moved to the negative cabinet.
- Associated material note: The City of Toronto Archives has an extensive collection in the Larry Becker fonds, Fonds 70 (see Accession file for details)
- Physical Condition
- The textual records are in good condition. The colour photographs are suffering from severe dark fading and have taken on a distinct red cast.
- Creator
- Becker, Larry (1939-1998)
- Accession Number
- 2002-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Anderson, Elizabeth
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Anderson, Elizabeth
- Page Number
- 791
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Comper, Elizabeth
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Comper, Elizabeth
- Page Number
- 330
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4348
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4348
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1957]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Name Access
- Phillips, Nathan, 1892-1976
- Becker, Joseph
- Subjects
- Politicians
- Accession Number
- 1985-10-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds
- Ruskin family series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 7
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 7 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Alfred Ruskin, the son of Isidore and Rachel (née Geldzaeler) Ruskin. He is seated at a desk with open books, engaged in studies.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Stephens, Mary & Alfred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Stephens, Mary & Alfred
- Page Number
- 306
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- City of Toronto Mayor series
- Certificates and awards sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 4-7
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1966, 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of various certificated that were awarded to Phil Givens either during his mayoralship or in recognition of his services as Mayor. Included is a Municipality of Metropolitan certificate, an honorary membership to the St. George's Society of Toronto, and a Gold Cross of Honour certificate from the Government of Poland.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Cooper, Elizabeth, Sylvester
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Cooper, Elizabeth, Sylvester
- Page Number
- 377
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Greenwood, Percy, Elizabeth
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Greenwood, Percy, Elizabeth
- Page Number
- 550
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4272
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4272
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a black-and-white portrait of Alfred D. Benjamin.
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Alfred D
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm and 7 x 9 cm
- Date
- 1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of seven photographs taken by Alfred Longmore at Bergen-Belsen Concentration camp in 1945. The images are extremely graphic and document desecrated bodies, several mass graves and German soldiers loading corpses onto a truck.
- Custodial History
- The photographs were in the possession of Larry Longmore, the son of Alfred Talbot Longmore. They came to the archives via John Komlos, a docent at the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre.
- Administrative History
- Alfred Talbot Longmore was born May 1923. From 1943 to 1945 he was a Corporal in the Royal Canadian Air Force, stationed in England and assigned to a British unit. He was trained to rewire incoming planes after action at the front. Longmore was an amateur photographer and film developer and acquired film equipment during the war through the sale of contraband cigarettes. At the end of the war he volunteered for clean up and burial detail at Bergen-Belsen Concentration camp. Volunteers from all three branches of the armed forces were selected for this task. As part of the process, German SS guards were forced to participate in order to remove any deniability on their part of the atrocities committed.
- Longmore was not Jewish. He died in February 2007 and is survived by his wife Aileen Mary and their four children, Robert, Susan, Larry and Judy.
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Life cycle and family events sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1951-1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual records documenting the marriage of Sol Edell and Dolly Weinstock. Included are invitations, a list of people invited to the bridal shower, a greeting card, a bencher, and a scrapbook containing telegrams from well-wishers.
- Subjects
- Weddings
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Art exhibitions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1989
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a catalogue entitled Tapestry and Sculpture.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- John J. Glass fonds
- Artifacts series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 109
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- 1914-1968
- Physical Description
- 1 medallion : silver ; 8 cm long
- Scope and Content
- Item is a silver pin with a blue, red, and white ribbon that is attached to both the pin and a coin. On the coin there is an image of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II; on the coin's other side, there is the monarchs' names, the year they were crowned, and a royal crown. Around the circumference it reads: GEORGE VI QVEEN ELIZABETH.
- Name Access
- Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
- George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
- Subjects
- Monarchy
- Physical Condition
- Fair. Medal is tarnished and ribbon is stained. The pin attached to the ribbon has residue on the back.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Paul Edell fonds
- Business records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 5
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1921
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- C. M. Herlick was Paul Edell's attorney.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter from C. M. Herlick regarding the purchase of 113 Elizabeth Street by Paul Edell.
- Places
- Elizabeth Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Folks Farein fonds
- Finance and Fundraising series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 105
- Series
- 8
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944-1964
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of bond certificates and schedules. Included in the file is the State of Israel Bond million dollar club prospects for 1964.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- City of Toronto Mayor series
- Certificates and awards sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 4-7
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one certificate presented to Phil Givens by the City of Toronto in appreciation for the services he rendered as Alderman, Controller and Mayor.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- City of Toronto Mayor series
- Certificates and awards sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 4-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- graphic material
- Date
- 1964-1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- 5 objects
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of certificates, medals, one key and one photograph documenting the awards and honours presented to Mayor Phil Givens.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Provincial politics series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 6
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 13 Dec. 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a Provincial Certificate documenting that Phil Givens won the right to represent the electoral district of York-Forest Hill during the 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Legal career series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 8
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 16 Sept. 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two certificates affirming Phil Givens' status as a notary and as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ontario.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Jewish community involvement series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 12 May 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate : 36 x 28 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a certificate stating, "Stubby / To a man who provided a special place in our hearts and daily lives with witty humour, true humanitarianism and friendship." This certificate was likely presented to the Jewish owner of "Stubby's Restaurant".
- Physical Condition
- Certificate is rolled.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary of Canada fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 21
- File
- 36
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file contains a certificate of award presented to Yeshiva Torath Chaim by the 1954 Yiskor Fund Campaign of the Jewish National Fund and the United Jewish Relief Agencies of the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Physical Condition
- The edges of the certificate are discoloured, perhaps from acid migration.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds
- Incorporation series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 66
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 14 Sep. 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item is the original Province of Ontario letters patent legally incorporating the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto with the powers to collect and distribute funds for charitable or philanthropic purposes.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 6
- File
- 32
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954-1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of six tree-planting certificates issued by Jewish National Fund of Canada made in honour of Mr. J. P. Katz.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 6
- File
- 47
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a certificate from the Golden Book of the Jewish National Fund to commemorate the passing of Abraham Mordecai Katz and Tzivia Katz, by their son J. P. Katz.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4345
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4345
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1907
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Name Access
- Becker, Joseph
- Becker, Esther
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- Weddings
- 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
- 1985-10-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of various donation cards in memory of Elizabeth (Betty) Becker from March 1969.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions