Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1915]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 10 cm on sheet 28 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Carl Frankel as a young man in his early twenties.

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1247

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1895?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Egmont L. Frankel was born in 1891. Carl M. Frankel was born in 1894.

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Egmont and Carol Frankel as children.

Name Access

Frankel, Carl

Frankel, Egmont

Subjects

Children

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

1977-4-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1252

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item consists of a studio portrait of Egmont Lionel Frankel (b. 1891); Carl Milford Frankel (b. 1894); and Roy Hecker Frankel (b. 1896).

Notes

Original photo by Park Bros., Toronto.

Name Access

Frankel, Carl

Frankel, Egmont

Frankel, Roy

Subjects

Children

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

1977-4-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

104

File

7

Material Format

textual record

object

Date

[ca. 1893]-1945

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 objects

Scope and Content

File consists of a correspondence between two friends carried on in verse after discovering both were "poets" in German and English written in 1893. It was sent to Edmund Scheuer of Holy Blossom Temple by Leo Frankel in 1938. There are also letters, certificates, a booklet, a membership coin and an ornate badge in a leather case documenting Carl Frankel's involvement with the Royal Arch Chapter of St. Andrew and St. John and the Palestine Lodge of the Masons beginning in the 1920s. In addition there are receipts and bills of sale for merchandise purchased by Carl Frankel from Levy Brothers, Wholesale and Manufacturing Jewellers in Hamilton, Ontario.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Leo and Helena Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

3

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1898]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm on matte 17 x 15 cm and 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is one original photograph and one copy print of Helena Frankel and her son Carl Frankel in the backyard of 107 Gloucester Street, Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1918

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Bernice Mehr seated on a tricycle on Markham St., where the family home was located.

Name Access

Mehr, Bernice

Subjects

Children

Streets

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

Markham (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

File

Fonds

104

File

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1895-[ca. 1970]

Physical Description

30 photographs : b&w, sepia and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of Carl Milford Frankel and his wife Dorothy Jacobs Frankel from infancy to late in life in different locations. Included are portraits, candid shots, and group photographs of organizations and sports teams that the coulple were involved in.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1895

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm on matte 15 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Carl Frankel at about the age of one year.

Subjects

Infants

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1925]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Carl Frankel at about 30 years of age.

Subjects

Portraits

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm on matte 20 x 16 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Carl Frankel in a business suit.

Subjects

Portraits

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 11 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Carl Frankel. He appears to be about 70 years old.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1904 or 1905]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Dorothy Jacobs playing with sand pails.

Notes

Item 20 is pasted above this image and item 19 is on the reverse side.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Child portraits series

Level

Series

Fonds

80

Series

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1943-1953

Physical Description

80 photographs : b&w (40 negatives) ; 18 x 12 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

As a portrait photographer, Sylvia Schwartz excelled at photographing children. Through the 1940s and 1950s she carved out a niche for herself, becoming well known in Toronto for specializing in this area. Because of her special relationship with children and the bond she was able to form with them, her child portraits display her most creative work.

Scope and Content

Series consists of negatives and proofs produced by Sylvia Schwartz in her portrait studio. Images depict children aged four months to twelve years old. They are all formal portraits, showing the children with a variety of props, poses and backdrops. Some depict children by themselves, while others are pictured with their siblings.

There are forty portraits total. For most images only the last name of the child is known.

Children from prominent familes include Barbara Raxlan and David Winters. Records have been arranged alphabetically by last name at the item level.

Subjects

Children

Portraits

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scenes from The Ward in the early 20th Century fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

43

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

3 slides : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

Photograph of a young boy holding a tin of salmon in the Ward.

Notes

Original photo is a glass slide.

Title taken from writing on original slide.

Subjects

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.

Accession Number

2005-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1255

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph from left to right are: Roy Frankel (b. 1896), Egmont Frankel (b. 1891), and Roy Frankel (b. 1896).

Name Access

Frankel, Carl

Frankel, Roy

Frankel, Egmont

Subjects

Boys

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

1977-4-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1907

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm on matte 22 x 17 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Carl Frankel at age thirteen dressed in formal attire.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1919]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Carl Frankel (on the right) and two other men identified as Louis and Herman at Niagara Falls.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Carl Frankel (centre) and two unidentified men, all wearing tuxedos.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Canadian Young Judaea series

Level

Series

Fonds

28

Series

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1957-1979

Physical Description

15 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Canadian Young Judaea was founded in 1909 as a Zionist movement for Canadian youth by members of the Herzl Zion Club. As a Zionist organization, Young Judaea continues to be committed to fostering a sense of Jewish identity and values in today's Jewish youth and to encouraging a lifelong commitment to Israel.

In order to foster a closer connection to Israel, Canadian Young Judaea employs educational Shlichim from Israel who are posted to various Jewish communities throughout Canada and to offices at the national level in Toronto Young Judaea also operates several Zionist summer camps located in each region of Canada, and a summer leadership institute called Camp Biluim in Quebec. In addition to the social programme of the organization, Young Judaea also offers educational seminars and conferences.

Young Judaea's national structure includes a National Executive Board and an Administrative Council. Conventions are held regularly, as are regional conferences. In the past, Young Judaea operated as an associated, but distinct, organization from the Zionist Organization Canada. However, Young Judaea operations were overseen by the ZOC executive, and Young Judaea received their budget from the ZOC Treasury. In addition, ZOC and Young Judaea worked in conjuction with one another on many projects and programmes, such as with the operation of the Zionist camps.

Scope and Content

The series consists of files relating to the administrative operations of Canadian Young Judaea at the national level between 1957 and 1979. These records include: National Young Judaea meeting minutes, Young Judaea Adult Committee meeting minutes, executive meeting minutes and reports, Maskirut meeting minutes and reports, national kinus records, education programmes, national publications and newsletters, national studies, financial records, constitutions, staffing and administration records, and camp records.

Name Access

Canadian Young Judaea

Zionist Organization of Canada

Subjects

Children

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1248

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1898]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Lena Frankel in the yard of 107 Gloucester St. with Carol Frankel holding a wooden wheelbarrow.

Name Access

Frankel, Lena, 1866-1923

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

Gloucester Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-4-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[187-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Benno Scheuer as a young boy taken in a studio in Stuttgart.

Notes

Albument print mounted on cartes-de-visite.

Studio: F. Willmann, Stuttgart.

Subjects

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.

Physical Condition

One corner of the card is chipped.

The print has started to lift off its support.

Places

Germany

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1908]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of boys playing football in a park or on a school campus. Pictured from left to right: Harold Tolchard; Morley Rice; Stafford Rice; Harvey Ellis; Murray Gunn; Carl Frankel (with football); [?] Ayres; Charles Snelgrove; [unidentified]; [unidentified].

Subjects

Sports teams

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

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1907]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b& w ; 12 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of a seven student hockey team.

Pictured are: Top, left to right: Seymour O'Hara; Allen Thomas.

Middle, left to right: Watson Baird, Gerald W. Cosbie; Oswald Grant.

Seated, left to right: Carl Frankel; James Grant.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Sports teams

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

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1911

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 21 cm on matte 25 x 30 cm and 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is an original and a copy print of a photograph of Carl Frankel and Alan (Mousee) Thomas beside a car (identified as an Everet EMF) at the north end of Queens Park, Toronto. Both boys appear to be in their late teens.

Subjects

Automobiles

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

Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1935]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

item is a photograph of Carl Frankel standing on grass in front of a low stone fence or retaining wall. Location is not indicated.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

26

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1926 and 1930]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 27 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a group of men and women in front of a fishing group clubhouse in French River. Dorothy Frankel is seated in the front row, fourth from the left, and Carl is behind her in the second row. Another couple is mentioned on the back of the photo - Zelma and Ira Lorne, but with no seating/standing location identified.

Notes

The fishing trip was probably in the French River Provincial Park, Ontario, in the area of Lake Nipissing and Georgian Bay.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series

Photograph collection sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

61

Series

2-2

File

50

Item

19

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph taken at the Hanukkah party at the Bloor JCC. Included in the photograph are a man and young child at a table.

Repro Restriction

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

Personal series

Gevertz family and childhood photos file

Level

Item

Fonds

51

Series

1

File

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1925

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Phil Givens at age age, riding a tricycle.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1905]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w : 12 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a group photograph of a manual training class at the Model School. Featured is a teacher and class of boys with woodworking tools such as hammers, mallets, drills, and vices. Carl Frankel is seated in the front row, third from the right.

Subjects

Students

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1923]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm

Notes

Photograph is a copy.

Name Access

Kizel, Aaron

Subjects

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

Kingston (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-3-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1936

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

The People's Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain was intended as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin during the period of Nazi rule. The newly-elected, left-wing Popular Front government in Spain decided to boycott the Berlin Olympics and host its own games following its election in February 1936. Invitations were made to the nations of the world. Buildings built for the 1929 World's Fair were supposed to be used for an Olympic Village. The games were scheduled to be held from 19 July to 26 July and would have therefore ended six days prior to the start of the Berlin games.

A total of 6,000 athletes from twenty-two nations registered for the games, including boxers Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack from Canada.

Many of the athletes were sent by trade unions, workers' clubs and associations, socialist and Communist parties, and other left-wing groups rather than by state-sponsored committees. Sammy Luftspring and Norman "Baby" Yack were sent with donations from the Canadian Jewish Congress.

With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just as the games were to begin, the alternate games were cancelled.

Scope and Content

Photograph features Sammy Luftspring with an unknown child on his way to Barcelona to participate in the People's Olympics aboard the SS Alaunia.

Notes

Image is located on page 17 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Subjects

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.

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1887]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Eddie Scheuer Jr. as a young boy taken in a studio in Hamilton, Ontario.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Studio: Farmer Brothers Photoraphers, Hamilton, Ontario.

Subjects

Children

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

The corners of the card are damaged.

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series

Photograph collection sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

61

Series

2-2

File

50

Item

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph taken at the Hanukkah party at the Bloor JCC. Pictured in the photograph are a man and woman with a yound child.

Repro Restriction

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family and Child fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

79

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1933-2011

Physical Description

ca. 4.8 m of texutal records and other material

Admin History/Bio

Jewish Family & Child was established in 1943 from the amalgamation of a variety of different social agencies formed as early as 1868. These included the Ladies Benevolent Fund, the Free Burial Society, Jewish Family Welfare Bureau, Jewish Children’s Bureau, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and the Ladies Maternal Aid Society. Much of its funding and support after its inception came from the United Jewish Welfare Fund.

The first executive director of the agency was Dora Wilensky. She was a trained social worker who served for twenty-eight years, until her untimely death from cancer in 1959. Jerome Diamond took over in 1960 and Gordon Wolfe succeeded him in 1981. Ron Levin briefly replaced Wolfe after his retirement in 2003, and was succeeded in 2006 by Dr. Richard Cummings who then retired in 2015. As of 2017, Brian Prousky is the organization’s current executive director.

During the early years, fees were established, but the agency never refused to assist clients because of their inability to pay. JF&CS became one of the first agencies to rely on trained social workers. It was also the first social agency in Canada to become unionized.

Over the years the agency’s role has changed and it has expanded significantly, in terms of its staff and services. After the Second World War it played a pivotal role supporting the Holocaust orphans who came to Canada as refugees, particularly in the area of locating foster parents for these children. By 1957, the agency hired its first counsellor and became a member of the United Community Fund of Greater Toronto. The year 1968 marked the start of JF&CS’ new program involving the use of a mobile treatment centre to reach out to Jewish street kids and in 1974 they established the Jerome D. Diamond Adolescent Centre.

In 1981, JF&CS was mandated by the Province of Ontario as a Jewish children’s aid society responsible for the care and protection of all Jewish youth in the GTA. In 1983 they established the Just-A-Second Shop at 3101 Bathurst Street, which took in used goods from the community to pass on to needy families. Two years later they established the Henry G. Goodman Home for developmentally challenged children on Wilmington Avenue. The following year marked the opening of the Elm Ridge Group Living Residence for elderly people. In 1988, they opened a special shelter for abused women and children, and in 1994, they introduced their Homework Club for kids.

The current mission of Jewish Family & Child is to support the healthy development of individuals, children, families, and communities through prevention, protection, counselling, education, and advocacy services, within the context of Jewish values. Their services include counselling, rehabilitation and support, foster care, family services, and community services. These services are offered in a host of different languages including Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, French, and English.

JF&CS is an independent organization that receives its funding from a variety of different sources such as UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, United Way Toronto and York Region, the Government of Ontario, and individual donations.

As of 2017, JF&CS has nearly 130 staff providing more than thirty community services with a budget of almost $20 million. Their main office is located in the Lipa Green Centre for Community Services at 4600 Bathurst Street. They also maintain offices and run services out of their downtown branch at 35 Madison Avenue, their York Region branch inside UJA’s 1 Open Door at the Lebovic JCC, and their Jerome D. Diamond Adolescent Centre in midtown Toronto.

Name Access

Jewish Family and Child

Wilensky, Dora, 1902-1959

Wolfe, Gordon

Diamond, Jerome D.

Subjects

Charities

Children

Families

Nonprofit organizations

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.

Related Material

See also: Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds (fonds 86); Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds (fonds 87); Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds (fonds 66); and, United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds (fonds 67).

Creator

Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

2004-5-101

2004-1-8

2002-10-38

2006-6-7 (Shelf 03-6,Orphan index cards)

2009-12-9

2010-4-1 (Shelf 34-1)

2010-10-5

2015-8/11

2015-9/1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

86

Material Format

textual record

Date

1932-1943

Physical Description

23 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The Jewish Child Welfare Association (JCWA) was formed in 1936 through the amalgamation of the Jewish Children’s Bureau, the Jewish Big Brother Movement, and the Jewish Big Sister Committee. This merger was intended to improve service to families in the community by making one agency responsible for all cases dealing with children and adolescents. The JCWA’s funding primarily came from the Federation for Jewish Philanthropies (later the United Jewish Welfare Fund) and municipal and provincial grants.

The JCWA’s chairman was Bertram N. Davis and first executive secretary was Anne Gussack. Gussack was succeeded by Freda Manson in 1939 and Aaron B. Feld in 1941. Soon after its formation in 1936, the JCWA became one of the first unionized social agencies in Canada when it formed the Staff Association with the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau (JFWB).

Located at 179 Beverley Street, the JCWA’s core activities included placing children in foster homes, arranging adoptions, supervising children in their own homes, providing housekeeping services to families, and providing supervision and guidance to unmarried mothers. The JCWA paid for the foster children’s room and board, clothing, and medical care; supervised their religious education; and supplied scholarships for vocational training through its Jewish Children’s Vocational Fund. The JCWA also ran the Foster Mothers’ Parent Education Group, initiated a foster day care program to allow foster mothers to work, and arranged for the placement of children in summer camps. A constant problem for JCWA was the lack of appropriate foster homes. In order to secure more homes, the agency regularly engaged in a foster homefinding publicity campaign.

The Child Welfare Committee of the Hebrew Maternity Aid Society assisted the JCWA with finding and visiting foster homes, arranging adoptions, and attending to chronic clinical cases. The Hebrew Maternity Aid Society also participated in a Car Corp program with the JCWA by providing its social workers with volunteer drivers to help them travel to different locations.

The JCWA’s Big Brother and Big Sister Departments provided guidance for delinquent, troubled, and developmentally disabled adolescents through individual and group work. Both departments assisted troubled youth with employment, vocational training, school adjustment, and recreational activities. In 1941, the Big Sister Committee left the JCWA to become affiliated with the JFWB.

Discussions regarding the co-ordination of services between the JCWA and the JFWB began as early as 1935. Since both agencies worked with children and families, a merger was believed necessary to improve service to the community and ease confusion. In February 1943, the JCWA and the JFWB merged to form the Jewish Family and Child Services (JF & CS).

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of textual records documenting the programs, operation, finances and special projects and studies of the Jewish Child Welfare Association and its predecessor the Jewish Children's Bureau. Included is correspondence, reports, surveys, memos, meeting notices, agendas and minutes, financial records, questionnaires, speeches, client and membership lists, case presentations, news articles, theatrical scripts, event invitations and statistics.

Fonds has been arranged with one sous-fonds, which contains the records of the Jewish Children's Bureau. In total there are 25 series. The Jewish Child Welfare Association (main fonds) series are: 1. Board of Trustees; 2. Executive Director; 3. Committees; 4. Adoption; 5. Foster care; 6. Summer camp program; 7. Nursery school; 8. Jewish Children's Vocational Board; 9. Finance and accounting; 10. Human Resources; 11. Operational statistics; 12. Special studies and surveys; 13. Publicity; 14. Liaison with other social welfare organizations; and 15. Welfare Council of Toronto. The Jewish Children's Bureau (sous-fonds) series are: 1. Board of Trustees; 2. Executive Director; 3. Adoption; 4. Foster care; 5. Finance and accounting; 6. Human resources; 7. Building administration; 8. Special studies and surveys; 9. Publicity; and, 10. Liaison with other social welfare organizations.

Notes

Associated material note: for related records held at the City of Toronto Archives, see also: Children's Aid Society of Toronto fonds (fonds 1001); Welfare Council of Toronto records in the University Settlement House fonds (fonds 1024, series 658); and, Department of Public Welfare records in the Former City of Toronto fonds (fonds 200).

Name Access

Jewish Child Welfare Association

Jewish Children's Home

Jewish Children's Vocational Fund

Davis, Bertram N.

Gussack, Anne

Manson, Freda

Feld, Aaron B.

Jewish Big Sisters Committee

Jewish Big Brothers Movement

Jewish Family and Child Services

Federation of Jewish Philanthropies

United Jewish Welfare Fund

Department of Public Welfare

Welfare Council of Toronto

Children's Aid Society

Subjects

Charities

Children

Families

Nonprofit organizations

Access Restriction

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing some of the records.

Related Material

See also: Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds (fonds 87); Jewish Family and Child fonds (fonds 79); Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds (fonds 66); and, United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds (fonds 67).

Arrangement

Records of the Jewish Big Sisters Committee, the Jewish Big Brothers Movement and records documenting programs of the JCWA that continued after the formation of JF & CS, such as the Foster Homefinding Campaign and the Foster Mothers' Parent Education Group, are arranged with the JF & CS fonds 79.

Accession Number

2004-1-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Carl Fenwick was born to Sam and Dora Fenik. He had four brothers: Joseph, Martin, Earl and Reuben.

Scope and Content

Item is a portait of Carl Fenwick.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of one letter from Carl Goldenberg to Ben Dunkelman, congratulating Dunkelman on his marriage.

Physical Condition

Record is stained but readable.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

126

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Carl Keyfetz.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

19

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1918]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of members of the Mehr family seated in a horse-drawn carriage in Jackson's Point, Ontario.

Notes

This photograph is similar to photo #4904.

Subjects

Carriages and carts

Families

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

Jacksons Point (Georgina, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

20

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1918]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of members of the Mehr family seated in a horse-drawn carriage in Jackson's Point, Ontario.

Notes

This photograph is similar to photo #4903.

Subjects

Carriages and carts

Families

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

Jacksons Point (Georgina, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1253

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1898

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of members of the Frankel family on a visit to Biblis, Germany.

Front, left to right: Carl Frankel; Egmont Frankel; Beno Frankel. Lena Frankel is holding Roy Frankel.

Name Access

Frankel, Beno

Frankel, Carl

Frankel, Egmont

Frankel, Lena

Frankel, Roy

Subjects

Families

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

Germany

Accession Number

1977-4-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2014-5-4

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

4 photograph albums

ca. 450 photographs : b&w and col. (ca. 260 negatives) ; 36 x 30 cm and smaller

3 cm of textual records

Date

[ca. 1963]-[ca. 1995]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of graphic material and textual records documenting Canadian Young Judaea. Included are photographic albums, loose photographs, clippings, photographic contact sheets and negatives, and textual records, including meeting minutes, correspondences, etc. All of the items relate to Ontario-based Jewish summer camps such as Camp Solelim and Camp Biluim, as well as to Canadian Young Judaea.

Custodial History

Records came via Josefa Michaelson, c/o Canadian Young Judaea

Subjects

Nonprofit organizations

Children

Camps

Name Access

Canadian Young Judaea

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Al Gilbert portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

4

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1941]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Carl was born in 1907 to Leah and Mark Keyfetz who was a Toronto Jewish pioneer arriving in 1887.

Carl Keyfetz was co-founder of the 59th Toronto Troupe in 1921, the 1st Jewish Boy Scout Troupe in Ontario. He was superintendent at the McCaul Street Synagogue and 1st Principal at the St. Clair Avenue Synagogue. Carl was President of the Toronto Lodge, B'nai B'rith in 1939, and he also founded Guelph Lodge in 1941 and Empire Lodge in 1946.

He was extremely involved in the Toronto Jewish community and sat on numerous committees and boards, including: United Jewish Welfare Fund, Jewish Home for the Aged, Beth Tzedec and Jewish Immigrant Aid Society.

Carl Keyfetz was with the R.C.A. F. from 1941 to 1945 in the Administration Branch as Adjutant, Commanding Officer & Legal Department and then as Directorate of Personal, Air Force Headquarters.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Carl K. Keyfetz in R.C.A.F. uniform during the Second World War.

Name Access

Keyfetz, Carl

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2003-12-1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual and graphic records

Date

[192-]-1984

Scope and Content

This accession consists of a variety of items collected by Harvey Frankel. It includes: a YWHA ladies' basketball team card from 1925, originally issued by the Dominion Chocolate Company and featuring Bobbie Rosenfeld; the constitution for the Grand Order of Israel Benefit Society; a postcard of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care; a postcard of University Avenue in Toronto; and eight invitations to meetings held by Hadassah, the Hebrew Weston Sanatorium Club, the Toronto Hebrew Free School, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Cloakmakers' Union

Administrative History

Harvey Frankel is a real estate agent for Royal LePage. He is an avid collector of Judaica who donated this material to the OJA.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2009-11-4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm and 9 X7 cm

1 matchbook

Date

1928-2009

Scope and Content

Accession consists of mementos, family documents and clippings from Nancy Draper (née Frankel). The records include a birth announcement card for Nancy in 1928 and a matchbook party favour from her wedding to Darrell Draper in 1949. There is also a scholarship application letter from the donor's granddaughter, Haley Draper, to UJA. Other records include a staff list from Camp Wabi-Kon in 1946; a Globe and Mail obituary of Dr. Martin Wolfish, a past volunteer of OJA; a photograph of David Steinhauer; a clipping about an Inuit sculpture inspired by the experience of Holocaust survivor Leon Kahn; and three eulogies for Patricia Drevnig Goldstein (1940-2005) (née Jacobs). Patricia was the granddaughter of Rabbi Solomon Jacobs of Holy Blossom, and her mother, Edna, was a Frankel. Finally, the accession includes a photocopy of a photograph of members of the Siglen family of Meaford with Maurice Frankel, the great-uncle of the donor, and Irwin Rosen, ca. 1928.

Administrative History

Nancy Frankel (b. 1928) is the daughter of Carl and Dorothy Jacobs Frankel, past prominent members of the Toronto Jewish community and members of Holy Blossom Temple. Nancy attended Camp Wabi-Kon, a Jewish camp in northern Ontario near Temagami, and then worked there as a teenager. She married Darrell Draper on December 10th, 1949. Nancy is a longtime volunteer at the OJA.

Subjects

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Camps

Families

Letters

Obituaries

Name Access

Draper, Nancy

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2011-4-8

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1898-1946

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the Frankel family. Included is a letter from Mina Frankel to Ida Frankel, a wedding invitation for the marriage of Ida Frankel and Jacob Levy, two items related to the Frankel Corp. Ltd., and a German poem sent by Leo Frankel to Edmund Scheuer.

Administrative History

Leo Frankel was born in 1864. He married Helena Mayer and had three sons: Egmont Lionel, born in 1891; Carl Milford, born in 1894; and Roy Hecker, born in 1896. Carl Frankel was a prominent member of the Toronto Jewish community and the father of the donor, Nancy Draper. Roy Frankel served in the army during the First World War and later opened Frankel Brothers.

Use Conditions

Not to be used for advertising purposes

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-10-2

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm on matte 16 x 13 cm

1 folder of textual records

Date

[191-]-1919

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one photograph of the former home of Leo Frankel in Biblis, Germany. The home appears to have been converted into a train station. Also included is one travel document used by Leo Frankel to travel between Biblis and Worms during the First World War. Frankel was given permission as a student to travel by foot, train, bicycle or car.

Custodial History

The records were originally donated by Nancy in 2008. However, a signed deed of gift form was not secured until 2012.

Descriptive Notes

The travel card is in German, French and English.

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1245

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1890]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Leo Frankel, likely taken in Toronto.

Name Access

Frankel, Leo, 1864-1933

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

1977-4-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

1

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

June 1945

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 9 cm and 13 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Nancy Frankel (born ca. 1928) is the stepdaughter and daughter respectively of Leo and (Leola?) Frankel. Leo Frankel was the son of Morris Frankel and the nephew of Leo Frankel, who was the founder of Holy Blossom Temple. Nancy married Peter Theimer.

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of Nancy Frankel at the age of seventeen.

Name Access

Frankel, Nancy, ca. 1928- (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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

134

Material Format

textual record

Date

1960-1969

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions