- Name
- Ida Siegel
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ida Siegel
- Number
- OH 168
- Quantity
- 1
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Notes
- This is a recorded lecture for the Beth Tzedec Sisterhood group.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885-1982) was born 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel. They had six children. An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found Daughters of Zion in 1899, the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. In the mid-1920s, Ida established The Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home,a camp for poor women with young children. She helped organize the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto which eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements, the Toronto Board of Education and the Toronto Bureau (elected to Board, 1930-36) of Jewish Education. In 1917, Ida helped to organize Federation of Jewish Philanthropies which later became the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 1; Item 33
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 33
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 8 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885-1982) was born 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally from Lithuania, her parents Samuel and Hannah Ruth (née Ticktin) Lewis immigrated to the United States in the mid-1880s with their two sons, Abe and Charles. Ida was the only Lewis child to be born in the United States. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. Ida was educated in both Pittsburgh and Toronto public schools and attended the University of Toronto.
- On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel at the Elm Street Synagogue. They had 6 children: Rohama, Leah Gittel (Labovitz), David Isar, Sarah (Sairlee), Avrom Fichel, Rivka Hadassah.
- An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found the Daughters of Zion, the first ladies Zionist society in Canada, in 1899. She was also responsible for founding the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. She was instrumental in the organization of the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto, located on Elizabeth Street in the Ward. This eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements and the Toronto Board of Education (elected to Board, 1930-36) and the Toronto Bureau of Jewish Education (honorary secretary). In 1917, Ida helped to organize a fundraising body for the Jewish community known as the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. This would later become the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Ida Siegel.
- Name Access
- Siegel, Ida, 1885-1982 (subject)
- 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.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 15 (Ida Lewis Siegel fonds).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 17
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1971]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Ida Siegel, possibly taken at the Dewson Street Public School.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2017-4-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-4-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 599 photographs : b&w and col. (1 negative) ; 28 x 38 cm or smaller
- 10 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- [ca. 1890]-1982
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 3 albums and loose photos related to Ida Siegel and extended family. Photos depict summer outings, family get togethers, and Ida Siegel's volunteer work. Also included are awards, publications relating to her charitable work, and condolences upon her passing. In addition there is a condolence scrapbook prepared by the Women's Auxiliary of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. One album is devoted solely to her daughter Sair Lee. Family names in photos include: Koffman, Rittenberg, Lewis, Kaufman, Labovitz, Kossin, Rubin, Curt, Sontag, Slatt (Turofsky), Hersh, Tickten, Jones, and Silver.
- Administrative History
- Ida Lewis Siegel (1885-1982) was instrumental in the founding and development of several prominent Jewish organizations, such as the Daughters of Zion, Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada, the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society and the YM-YWHA. She was also particularly active in the educational sector and in campaigning for the rights of female educators. She was internationally known for her devotion to Jewish learning and for her contributions to the development of the Toronto Jewish community. Ida was born to Samuel Lewis (b. 1859) and Hannah Ruth (Ticktin) Lewis (b. 1864) on 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was the first child to be born in the United States after her parents immigrated from Lithuania. She had two brothers, Abe Lewis (b. 1880) and Charles S. Lewis (b. 1883). She attended elementary school in Pittsburgh, and in 1894, she and her family moved to Toronto. On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel at the Elm Street Synagogue. Isidore was a travelling peddler, and later, owner of a store in Cochrane, Ontario. Together, they had six children: Rohama Lee (1905-?), Leah Gittel (Labovitz) (1907-2004), David Isar (1909-2004), Sarah (Sontag) (1912-1942), Avrom Fichel (1916-2010), and Rivka Hadassah (Gurau) (1923-2001). Ida is credited with helping to found a large number of Jewish philanthropic and social organizations including the Daughters of Zion, the first ladies' Zionist society in Canada (1899); the Herzl Girls' Club (1904); Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada (1916); the Hebrew Ladies' Sewing Circle, which developed into the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society (1907); the YM-YWHA (1919); the Women’s League of the United Synagogues of America in Toronto (192-); the Goel Tzedec Sunday School (1914); and the Goel Tzedec Sisterhood (192-). She was also named honorary president of the Beth Tzedec Sisterhood in 1953. With the help of her brother Abe, Ida formed the first free Jewish Dispensary in Toronto, located on Elizabeth Street in the Ward, which was the forerunner to the Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida also helped form a unified fundraising body for the Jewish community known as the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies (1917), which would become the current UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. However, Ida was denied a seat on the executive after campaigning for a female representative. Always involved in the field of education, Ida was one of the original founders of the Home and School Association in 1919. In 1930, she became the first Jewish woman to be elected to the Toronto Board of Education, a post which she held for six years. She was later named honorary secretary of the Toronto Board of Jewish Education. In 1937, she ran unsuccessfully for alderman in Toronto, but remained politically active with the Association of Women's Electors. She was active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1915 onward and was an outspoken opponent of both world wars. Throughout her lifetime, Ida held the position of national vice-president of the Zionist Organization of Canada, sat on the executive board of the Canadian Jewish Congress and was a member of the Jewish Historical Society. Her religious affiliations were with Goel Tzedec, Beth Tzedec, Shaar Shomayim and the Beach Hebrew Institute.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Siegel, Ida Lewis, 1885-1982
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 25
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Always involved in the field of education, Ida Siegel became the first Jewish woman to be elected to the Toronto Board of Education in 1930. She held this post for six years. She was later named honourary secretary of the Toronto Board of Jewish Education.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Ida Siegel. She is in formal dress. The photograph was used for the Board of Education composite portrait for 1933.
- Notes
- Stamp, verso:
- Photograph by Ashley & Crippen
- Please give credit line
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 15
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1892-1980
- Physical Description
- 60 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Ida Lewis Siegel (1885-1982) was instrumental in the founding and development of several prominent Jewish organizations, such as the Daughters of Zion, Hadassah-Wizo Organization of Canada, the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society and the YM-YWHA She was also particularly active in the educational sector and in campaigning for the rights of female educators. She was internationally known for her devotion to Jewish learning and for her contributions to the development of the Toronto Jewish community.
- Ida was born to Samuel Lewis (b. 1859) and Hannah Ruth (Ticktin) Lewis (b. 1864) on 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was the first child to be born in the United States after her parents immigrated from Lithuania. She had two brothers, Abe Lewis (b. 1880) and Charles S. Lewis (b. 1883). She attended elementary school in Pittsburgh, and in 1894, she and her family moved to Toronto.
- On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel at the Elm Street Synagogue. Isidore was a travelling peddler, and later, owner of a store in Cochrane, Ontario. Together, they had six children: Rohama Lee (1905-?), Leah Gittel (Labovitz) (1907-2004), David Isar (1909-2004), Sarah (Sontag) (1912-1942), Avrom Fichel (1916-2010), and Rivka Hadassah (Gurau) (1923-2001).
- Ida is credited with helping to found a large number of Jewish philanthropic and social organizations including the Daughters of Zion, the first ladies' Zionist society in Canada (1899); the Herzl Girls' Club (1904); Hadassah-Wizo Organization of Canada (1916); the Hebrew Ladies' Sewing Circle, which developed into the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society (1907); the YM-YWHA (1919); the Women’s League of the United Synagogues of America in Toronto (192-); the Goel Tzedec Sunday School (1914); and the Goel Tzedec Sisterhood (192-). She was also named honorary president of the Beth Tzedec Sisterhood in 1953. With the help of her brother Abe, Ida formed the first free Jewish Dispensary in Toronto, located on Elizabeth Street in the Ward, which was the forerunner to the Mount Sinai Hospital.
- Ida also helped form a unified fundraising body for the Jewish community known as the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies (1917), which would become the current UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. However, Ida was denied a seat on the executive after campaigning for a female representative.
- Always involved in the field of education, Ida was one of the original founders of the Home and School Association in 1919. In 1930, she became the first Jewish woman to be elected to the Toronto Board of Education, a post which she held for six years. She was later named honorary secretary of the Toronto Board of Jewish Education. In 1937, she ran unsuccessfully for alderman in Toronto, but remained politically active with the Association of Women's Electors. She was active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1915 onward and was an outspoken opponent of both world wars. Throughout her lifetime, Ida held the position of national vice-president of the Zionist Organization of Canada, sat on the executive board of the Canadian Jewish Congress and was a member of the Jewish Historical Society.
- Her religious affiliations were with Goel Tzedec, Beth Tzedec, Shaar Shomayim and the Beach Hebrew Institute.
- Custodial History
- The records were created by Ida Siegel and were in her possession until 1982. After her death, her son Avrom and daughter Rivka took possession of the records until they were donated to the archives in 1998 and 2004.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the records created and accumulated by Ida Siegel, documenting her personal and professional life, along with her philanthropic work. The types of records include personal reminiscences, diaries and memoirs, family correspondence, professional correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, newsclippings, oral histories and photographs.
- Notes
- Includes 30 photographs, 2 scrapbooks, 13 audio cassettes and 7 audio reels.
- Name Access
- Siegel, Ida Lewis, 1885-1982
- Siegel, Isidore Hirsch
- Siegel, Leah Gittel (Labovitz) (Sadker)
- Siegel, Rohama Lee
- Siegel, David Isar
- Siegel, Sarah (Sontag)
- Siegel, Avrom Fichel
- Siegel, Rivka Hadassah (Gurau)
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Related Material
- 1979-1-3
- 1980-3-4
- MG2 O1l
- MG2 O1m
- National Council of Jewish Women fonds 38
- Arrangement
- Records had previously been placed in acid free boxes and file folders and labeled according to their contents.
- Creator
- Siegel, Ida Lewis, 1885-1982
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- 2004-5-129
- 2004-5-163
- 2005-5-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 21
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [197-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- For ten years, during her 80s, Ida volunteered her time to teach civics classes to immigrant children at the Dewson Street Public School in Toronto. She spoke with the children about her own experiences as an immigrant in Canada and arranged for special field trips.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait photograph of Ida Siegel in a children's library. It was likely taken at the Dewson Street Public School in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1905]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Ida Siegel in a profile position.
- Notes
- Photo by Milne Studios Limited, Toronto.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Photograph is in very poor condition. It has become brittle and cracked and is torn is several areas.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Ida Seigel flanked by her sons Avrom (left) and David (right), who were both Canadian servicemen at the time. There are several other people standing behind them. The young woman in the front to the left is Ida's daughter Rivka.
- 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
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 19
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (tintype) ; 6 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of two women and Ida Siegel (standing far right). The three women are all wearing summer dresses.
- 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
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 27
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1901]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 10 cm on matte 21 x 14 or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Ida Lewis at the age of sixteen. The photograph was taken for Ida's high school graduation. She is dressed in a gown and hat and is standing next to an ornate chair in a studio setting.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 2005-5-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Ida Siegel
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 22 Jul. 1971
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ida Siegel
- Number
- OH 166
- OH 167
- Subject
- Charities
- Women
- Interview Date
- 22 Jul. 1971
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Eva Kayfetz
- Total Running Time
- OH166A: 47.minutes OH166B: 5. minutes OH167A: 29. minutes
- 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
- Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885-1982) was born 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel. They had six children. An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found Daughters of Zion in 1899, the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. In the mid-1920s, Ida established The Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home,a camp for poor women with young children. She helped organize the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto which eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements, the Toronto Board of Education and the Toronto Bureau (elected to Board, 1930-36) of Jewish Education. In 1917, Ida helped to organize Federation of Jewish Philanthropies which later became the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Hadassah-WIZO of Toronto
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Ida Siegel discusses the formation of Hadassah in Canada and how it evolved into Hadassah-WIZO. She describes the creation of separate Hadassah branches.
In this clip, Ida Siegel explains the events that led up to the formation of a committee that she headed to write a aonstitution for Hadassah. She describes some of the struggles she encountered in the process.
- Source
- OJA Website
- Source
- OJA Website
Ida Siegel | Ontario Jewish Archives
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 cm on matte 9 x 11 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- A. Hershop may have been a cousin of Ida's, since she had a cousin named Max Wershop who lived in New York State.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait photograph of the nephew of Ida Siegel and another unidentified man. The handwriting on the verso of the photo reads: From your affectionate nephew [A. Wershop?].
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- For ten years, while in her 80s, Ida volunteered her time to teach civics classes to immigrant children at the Dewson Street Public School in Toronto. She spoke with the children about her own experiences as an immigrant in Canada and arranged for special field trips.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Ida Siegel standing in the centre of the back row, with students and teachers at the Dewson Street Public School in Toronto.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Dr. Esther Volpe and Ida Siegel
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 4 Jan. 1971
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Dr. Esther Volpe and Ida Siegel
- Number
- OH 161
- OH 162
- Subject
- Immigrants--Canada
- Families
- Nonprofit organizations
- Interview Date
- 4 Jan. 1971
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Eva Kayfetz and Stephen Spiesman
- Total Running Time
- OH161 Side 1: 47 minutes OH161 Side 2: 47 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Notes
- Toronto Historical Society lecture
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Esther Volpe (née Shulman) was born on 24 February circa 1898. As a child, she and her family briefly lived in Romington, Ontario and Havlock, Ontario. Her family later settled in Toronto. In her youth, she participated in the Herzl Girls' Club. She attended University of Toroonto in the Faculty of Arts. She married Dr. Aaron Volpe in 1921. Esther was involved in several Jewish organizations, including the old Mount Sinai Medical Auxillary, Council of Jewish Women, Hadassah, UJA Appeal, JIAS and BBYO and non-Jewish organizations, including Toronto Local Council of Women. She represented the Jewish community of Toronto on the Wartime Price and Trade Board and helped organize the Ontario Food Council.
- Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885–1982) was born on 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel. They had six children. An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found Daughters of Zion in 1899, the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. In the mid-1920s, Ida established the Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home,a camp for poor women with young children. She helped organize the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto, which eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements, the Toronto Board of Education and the Toronto Bureau (elected to board, 1930-36) of Jewish Education. In 1917, Ida helped to organize Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, which later became the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Volpe, Esther
- Siegel, Ida
- Kayfetz, Eva
- Speisman, Stephen
- Hadassah-WIZO
- National Council of Jewish Women
- Geographic Access
- Toronto
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
In 1947, Esther Volpe was elected president of the National Council of Jewish Women. In this clip, Esther discusses how, with the support of the United Welfare Fund, the Canadian Jewish Congress, and JIAS, she helped make arrangements for groups of Jewish refugees who settled in Toronto.
In this clip, Esther Volpe explains her involvement in the creation of the Good Age Club, the first recreational program for Jewish seniors.
In this clip, Ida Siegel relates anecdotes from her childhood growing up in downtown Toronto.
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1933]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home was established by Ida Siegel in the mid-1920s under the auspices of the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society. The camp was created for poor women or women of modest means with children younger than nine years of age. It was located in Bronte and then moved to Lake Simcoe during the late 1930s and became a pay camp, attracting mostly newcomers from Europe.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Ida Sigel speaking at a meeting at the Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home in Bronte, Ontario. There are several men and women seated around her.
- Subjects
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- 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
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 24
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1927]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm and 14 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Canadian Jewish Farm School was established in 1927 by Morris Saxe, president of the Federated Jewish Farmers of Ontario. It was a training school for Polish war orphans brought to Canada after the First World War. It was owned and operated by Morris Saxe on his Main Street South farm in Georgetown, Ontario. Saxe, along with Eli Greenblatt of Detroit, was responsible for bringing the orphans over from Mezritch, Poland. Greenblatt raised the funds for their transportation and Saxe arranged for their entry permits. The children were allowed to enter the country, provided that they lived and worked on the farm. Their duties involved milking cows, looking after chickens, and harvesting corn and other crops. The Saxe family also owned a creamery business, first in Acton, and then on Guelph Street in Georgetown.
- The Jewish Farm School was the second attempt by Saxe to assist Jewish immigrants with agricultural training. The first was established a year prior in 1926, to help European immigrants gain knowledge of Canadian farm life. However, it succumbed to several problems, mostly related to Jewish interests in the community using the school as a way of gaining entry for immigrants who would otherwise not be eligible -- a plan which Saxe disapproved of, which created dissention within the community. When Greenblatt became involved the following year, the focus shifted to helping Jewish war orphans.
- Edmund Scheuer and Ida Siegel were most likely at the school event because of their mutual interest and involvement in aiding Jewish immigrants and in Jewish education and training.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Ida Siegel standing alongside Edmund Scheuer at the Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario. Edmund is wearing a tuxedo. The photograph may have been taken at the official opening of the school.
- Notes
- One photograph is a copy of the original.
- The writing on the copy photograph indicates that the farm was located in Guelph, which is incorrect. The date is also written as 1923, which is also incorrect, since the first school was not established until 1926, with the likely date of the photograph being 1927.
- The writing on the original photograph states that the photograph was taken in Acton, which is incorrect as the Jewish Farm School was located a short distance away in Georgetown.
- 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
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 2; Item 28
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 27 Apr. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Avrom Siegel (4 December 1916 - 18 November 2010) was the fifth child born to Ida and Isidore Siegel in 1916. During the start of the Second World War, Avrom signed up for active service with the RCAF. He was told that the RCAF had too many navigators and was reassigned as a radar operator instead. He was sent to the Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario where he was educated in electricty and radio. He was then sent to a Royal Canadian Air Force radar training school in Clinton, Ontario. Once graduated, Avrom was stationed overseas in England as a Flight Lieutenant with the operational radar wing of the RCAF, known as the 72 Wing.
- After the war, he was a successful businessman in two businesses. He was also an enthusiastic contributor of his time and energy to many community causes. Avrom was married to his wife Liv for 64 years and had three children, Herman, Leonard (Patti), and Eric (Denyse). He also had five grandchildren, Margaret, Aaron, Jessica, Simon, and Phillipe.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Avrom Siegel.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- Siegel, Avrom, 1916-2010 (subject)
- 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.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 18 for items on the Siegel family, and item 18 for a portrait of Avrom in 1942.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28; Series 5; File 134
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 134
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970-1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence concerning summer camp finances and Camp Solelim in particular. The file also includes the minutes of the seminar of the National Zionist Camps Association held on March 25 1971.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28; Series 6; File 259
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 259
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [197-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 6 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of 2 portrait photographs of Avrum Siegel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 items
- Date
- 1944-1967
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of three items collected by Ida Bernstein. They include: a programme from McCaul Street Synagogue on the occasion of the burning of the mortgage, an invitation to Mrs. Bernstein to meet with the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and finally, a programme from the Alpha Omega Fraternity honouring Harry Jolley
- Administrative History
- Beth Hamidrash Hagadol was a Toronto synagogue which amalgamated with Goel Tzedec in 1952 to form the Beth Tzedec Congregation.
- Alpha Omega is a Jewish dental fraternity which has an alumni chapter in Toronto. Harry Jolley was the national president of the fraternity in 1952.
- Keillar Mackay was the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1957 to 1963
- Descriptive Notes
- McCaul Synagogue.
- Beth Midrash Hagadol.
- Lieutenant Governor.
- Harry Jolley.
- Alpha Omega.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1941-1972
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the October 12, 1941 edition of the Yiddisher Zhurnal (Daily Hebrew Journal), a souvenir programme for the Workmen's Circle Peretz School's Jubilee Banquet and a celebration of I. Matenko's 80th birthday. Also included are 3 invitations to annual meetings of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in the 1960s and a National Conference On Jewish Education Report (1972).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-11-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1915-1923
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a text book of the Toronto Jewish Free School at 202 Berverly Street that was printed and published by Edmund Scheuer in 1915 and a letter written by Abraham Landsky in 1923 authorizing his son Harry Landsky to use his seats in Beth Medrosh Hagodol Chevra Tehillim (McCaul Street Synagogue) during the father's absence from Toronto.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: The letter written by Abraham Landsky has been digitized and is available as a PDF file.
- Subjects
- Synagogue seating
- Name Access
- Landsky, Abraham
- Landsky, Harry
- Benstein, Ida
- McCaul Street Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- McCaul Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Refusnik cases sub-series
- Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 187
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Refusnik cases sub-series
- Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-6-1
- File
- 187
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Ida Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.
- 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
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Goldberg, Ida
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldberg, Ida
- Page Number
- 294
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldberg, Ida
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldberg, Ida
- Page Number
- 294
- Comments
- Name crossed out.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2314
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2314
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 7 x 18 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Siegel house in Cochrane, Ontario. The house is one of several pictured on the edge of a lake, and is indicated by an arrow drawn on the print.
- Name Access
- Siegel family
- Subjects
- Dwellings
- 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
- Cochrane (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-3-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 18
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 11 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Avrom Siegel was the fifth child born to Ida and Isidore Siegel in 1916. During the start of the Second World War, Avrom signed up for active service with the RCAF. He was told that the RCAF had too many navigators and was reassigned as a radar operator instead. He was sent to the Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario where he was educated in electricty and radio. He was then sent to a Royal Air Force radar training school in Clinton, Ontario. Once graduated, Avrom was stationed overseas in England with the operational radar wing of the RAF, known as the 72 Wing.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Avrom Siegel in uniform, standing in a garden.
- Notes
- Photograph is a Kodacolor print made by the Eastman Kodak 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.
- Physical Condition
- The colour dyes of the photograph have faded over the years and have become various shades of mustard yellow.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Leah Gittel, Rohama Lee, and David Isar were the first, second, and third children born to Ida and Isidore Siegel.
- Leah Gittel moved to the United States to study nursing. She met and married Rabbi Jerome Labovitz in Philadelphia.
- Rohama graduated from the University of Toronto and became a writer. She was a journalist in Canada during the late 1930s and early 1940s. She then moved to the United States in the 1940s and lived in New York City. She co-wrote the 1943 film "Tonight We Raid Calais" and the 1938 film "We're Going to Be Rich" and several short film scripts for the Office of War Information during the Second World War. Later, she edited Film News, a leading film industry magazine.
- David served in the Second World War as a flight lieutenant in the RCAF. He graduated from McMaster University and the Ontario College of Education and became a public school teacher. He later moved to the United States and became executive director of several synagogues and Jewish centres in New York and New Jersey. David married Ada Steinberg.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of the Steinberg siblings. Identified from left, Shulamit, Ada and Leo Steinberg. Judging by the clothing, the photograph was likely taken around 1940.
- Subjects
- Brothers and sisters
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two class photos of a public school in the early 20th century, possibly the Orde Street Public School. The first image is of students of an all female cooking class, one of whom was Ida Fine Ruderman (1899-1999). The second image is of staff and students of an all male shop class, one of whom is Joseph Fine (Ida's brother).
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Ruderman, Ida
- Fine, Joseph
- Orde Street Public School (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1908]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 9 cm (sight, oval) and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a copy of a matted portrait of Ida Abramsky (1882-1950), daughter of Joseph Abramsky and Chaia Novack Abramsky. She was born in Bellorussia and came to Kingston with her family in 1896. She married Moe Breslin 1905 and lived in Toronto until her death in 1950.
- Name Access
- Abramsky, Ida
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4271
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4271
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Custodial History
- Daughter of Max Glass.
- Name Access
- Milrod, Ida
- Glass, Ida
- Glass, Max
- 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
- 1986-6-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1199
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1199
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1895]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 11 cm and 10 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Ida Rosenthal.
- Name Access
- Rosenthal, Ida
- 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.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-5
- 1983-10-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1208
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1208
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1895]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 16 x 12 cm and 13 x 11 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ida Rosenthal was the sister of Harry and Mollie Rosenthal.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Ida Rosenthal.
- Name Access
- Rosenthal, Ida
- 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.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-5
- 1983-10-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 100
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 100
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- Nov. 1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence concerning the card campaign to raise awareness about refusnik Ida Nudel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 104
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 104
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- Mar. 1981-May 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, notices and newspaper clippings concerning the letter writing campaigns and activities in support of refusnik Ida Nudel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Shulman, Ida & Yankel
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Shulman, Ida & Yankel
- Page Number
- 389
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2311
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2311
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Dr. David I. Siegel, most likely taken in Cochrane, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Siegel, Dr. David I.
- Subjects
- Dentists
- 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
- Cochrane (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-3-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2312
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2312
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of Dr. David Siegel seated in the front passenger seat of a car.
- Name Access
- Siegel, Dr. David
- Subjects
- Automobiles
- Dentists
- 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
- Cochrane (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-3-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 33; Series 3; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1949]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Ike Siegel, chairman of Jewish Social Services, and Ann Rainvasser, the office manager at the youth centre on John Street North in Hamilton. They are both sitting at a desk and Ann is poised at a typewriter.
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3771
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3771
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1913]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a portrait postcard of Meyer and Ida Berger taken at a local studio.
- 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.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 141
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 141
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, programme and promotional materials concerning the award given to Margaret Atwood at a ceremony held in Queen's Park, Toronto, on 13 June 1986.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Recreation sub-series
- 1955 Family Gathering at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 5-2; File 4; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Recreation sub-series
- 1955 Family Gathering at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-2
- File
- 4
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 6 x 7 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Schwartz was born in the United States. He had four daughers, Sylvia, Helen, Fanny and Ruth. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.
- Jack Schwartz, Joseph's brother and Sylvia's uncle, was also in the fur business and was married to Minnie Schwartz. Their daughter was Jewell owned an art gallery in Yorkville for many years.
- Ida Schwartz was Jospeh and Jack Schwartz's sister.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Joseph, Ida and Jack Schwartz.
- Notes
- This item has no proofs.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 80, series 5 for more portraits of the Schwartz family.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Camilla, Emma, and Ida Scheuer. The photograph was taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The image is stained and torn.
- Two of the corners of the card are broken off.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1892
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 4 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ida would have been seven years old when this photograph was taken. Rebecca Schaeffer was likely a family friend or relative.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait photograph of Rebecca Schaeffer and Ida Lewis as young girls, posed with a small tea set. The photograph was taken in Pittsburgh. Ida is standing on the right.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Grossman, Harry, Ida, Jacob
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Grossman, Harry, Ida, Jacob
- Page Number
- 487
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Name
- Ida Weisteld
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 10 Jul. 1977
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ida Weisteld
- Number
- OH 23
- Interview Date
- 10 Jul. 1977
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Doris Newman
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Digitized 2014
- Use Restrictions
- Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Ida Weisteld (née Gazer) was born in 1907 in Brantford, Ontario. Her father, Velvel Gazer, settled in Brantford in 1900. Ida attended King Edward Public School and Brantford Collegiate Institute. As a child, she attended Cheder and participated in a boys and girls social group. She took a business course and worked as a bookkeeper after high school. She was married in Toronto in 1933.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Weisteld, Ida
- Gazer, Velvel
- Geographic Access
- Brantford, Ont.
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 23 - Weisteld\OH23_Log.docx
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3362
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3362
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1913]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 14 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Bunny was born in 1910, Ida in 1911 and Rita in 1908. There were five other children in the Moses family: Wolfe (b. 1913), Malca (b. 1915), Aubey (b. 1917), Nat (b. 1919), and Sid (b. 1921). Their parents were Hascal and Annie Moses.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of siblings Bunny, Ida and Rita Moses as children.
- Notes
- Original photograph by J.A. McDonald, Sudbury.
- Subjects
- Brothers and sisters
- Children
- 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
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-10-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions