Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

77

Material Format

textual record

Date

1935-1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of correspondence between Katz and Mr. Leon Gellman, President of the Mizrachi Organization of America. Aslo included are meeting minutes from a Vaad Hapoel meeting and from Mizrachi Organization of America and Katz's delegate's credential from the Annual Convention of the Mizrachi Organization of Canada.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

78

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of correspondence between Katz and Mr. Leon Gellman, President of the Mizrachi Organization of America.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

80

Material Format

textual record

Date

1940-1943

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of correspondence with Mr. Leon Gellman, President of the Mizrachi Organization of America and Mizrachi Organization of America meeting notices and minutes. Included is a notice sent by Gellman in October 1942 commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration and a call to further the mission for the "upbuilding of the Jewish national home".

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

81

Material Format

textual record

Date

1943-1951

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of correspondence with Mr. Leon Gellman, President of the Mizrachi Organization of America. Also included are letters from Ammanuel Lifschutz, Rabbi from Ottawa Baad Ha'Ir and A. Bin-Nun, Managing Director of American Eretz Israel Corporation.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

76

Material Format

textual record

Date

1937-1947

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of a postcard sent to Katz from Gellman in 1937 stamped Zionist Congress Zurich and a letter from Katz to Gellman, President of the Mizrachi Organization of America.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Miscellaneous collection series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

9

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca 1915]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Tiana Koffler was born in Romania but moved to Saskatchewan with her family while still a baby. She attended the University of Saskatchewan for liberal arts and married Leon Koffler in 1922. Together, they parented their only child, Murray Koffler.

Scope and Content

Photograph of a sixteen-year-old Tiana Reinhorn Koffler (née Reinhorn).

Name Access

Koffler, Ernestiana (Mrs. Leon)

Koffler's drugstore

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Portraits

Teenagers

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 also photographs: 37-S4-3-item-2, 37-S4-3-item-3, 37-S4-3-item-9, 37-S4-3-item-20

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

108

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[197-?]

Physical Description

1 embossed print : 5 x 5 cm

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1993-6-4

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 21 cm

Date

1961-1989

Scope and Content

This accession consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, flyers, a theatre program, and a photograph, relating to Canadian theatre director, Leon Major.

Administrative History

Canadian theatre Director, Leon Major, did his undergraduate at the University of Toronto and worked with producer-professor Robert Gill in about 15 productions before he graduated. He directed plays in London but felt strongly about developing native-produced theater in Canada. In 1963, he opened the Neptune Theater in Halifax, Nova Scotia which ran until 1968. He also taught theatre classes at U of T and became involved in opera production. He was Artistic Director of Toronto Arts Productions for the St. Lawrence Centre for a decade. He was also opera program director, professor, and acting music department chair at the University of Maryland.

Name Access

Major, Leon

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

172

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939-1941

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of correspondence with Mr. Leon Petegorsky who served as President of the Mizrachi Organization of Canada.

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

Item

37

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This file consists of one portrait photograph of Leon Major, the YM-YWHA drama instructor.

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

Gilbert Studios fonds

Miscellaneous collection series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

9

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Leon Koffler was born in Romania. He moved to Canada and settled in the Toronto area at the age of fifteen with his mother and his three sisters. He graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1921 and, two years later, opened his first pharmacy on College Street. Leon lived in the apartment above his store with his wife Tiana Koffler (née Reinhorn) and their son Murray.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Leon Koffler standing inside Koffler's Drug Store preparing pharmaceuticals.

Name Access

Koffler's Drug Store

Koffler, Leon

Subjects

Drugstores

Pharmacists

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 also photographs: 37-S4-3-item-2, 37-S4-3-item-3, 37-S4-3-item-15, 37-S4-3-item-20

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

5

Item

40

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

105

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 cm x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a b&w photo of Leon Rosenbaum, brother to Henry Rosenbaum, taken in Israel in the late 1940’s.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

108

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 cm x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a b&w photo taken in Israel of Leon Rosenbaum in the early to mid-1950s.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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

95

Material Format

textual record

Date

1957-1962

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Miscellaneous collection series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

9

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

S. Leon Mendelson, QC, was an advocate, barrister, and solicitor who was born in Lithuania in 1902 to Maxwell and Rose Mendelson. Leon Mendelson married Edythe Rubin, and they had a daughter, Paula Ruth. His affiliations included: Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, YW-YMHA (past-president), and Elmridge Golf and Country Club (president).

Scope and Content

Photograph of S. Leon Mendelson standing on a dock by the water in a bathing suit.

Name Access

Mendelson, S. Leon

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

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

106

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 cm x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a b&w photo of Lida Rosenbaum and Leon Rosenbaum, with their children Rochelle and Sam Rosenbaum, taken in Israel in the mid 1950’s.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Swartzfield, Wm. , Leon

Page Number

326

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3-5

File

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

8 Dec. 1965

Physical Description

3 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of images taken at a Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region meeting held at the Primrose Club. The guest speaker was Leon Dultzin, executive member of the World Zionist Organization. The images depict members of ZOC sitting and standing with Leon Dultzin.

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

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

Maurice Solway fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

13

File

1

Item

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1972

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Depicted, left to right, are: Leon Weinstein (obscured), Maurice Solway, Aaron Waife, and Jack Benny.

Notes

Not an original photograph. Print and negative from original photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

5

Item

45

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

5

Item

46

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

5009

Material Format

graphic material

Date

21 May 1959

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph features (left to right): Sam Shopsowitz; ? Culiner; Victor Borge; Harold Ballard; and Leon Weinstein at an unidentified event.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

Shopsowitz, Sam

Culiner

Borge, Victor

Ballard, Harold

Weinstein, Leon

Subjects

Celebrities

Accession Number

1990-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

5010

Material Format

graphic material

Date

21 May 1959

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Left to right: Sam Shopsowitz; ? Culiner; Victor Borge; Harold Ballard; Leon Weinstein.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

Weinstein, Leon

Borge, Victor

Ballard, Harold

Shopsowitz, Sam

Culiner

Subjects

Celebrities

Accession Number

1990-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

4

Item

37

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1968

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 6 x 6 cm

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Givens, Philip G.

Weinstein, Leon

Allen, Mrs. Wm. R.

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

Accession Number

2007-6-15

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 11 cm

Date

1919

Scope and Content

Accession contains a portrait of an unidentified couple. Writing on the original folder of the photo says Mr. & Mrs. Sheinberg, 1919.

Subjects

Married people

Portraits

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Jewish military portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

2

Item

33

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Dec. 1944

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 11 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Mr. Switzer served as a Sergeant with the St. John Ambulance Association in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Switzer.

Name Access

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force

St. John Ambulance Association

Subjects

Married people

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Lifecycle Events series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

7

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Nov. 1951

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Argyros.

Subjects

Married people

Weddings

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Lifecycle Events series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

7

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1944

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Ezrin.

Subjects

Married people

Weddings

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Lifecycle Events series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

7

Item

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

June 1951

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 15 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Levine.

Subjects

Married people

Portraits

Weddings

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Lifecycle Events series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

7

Item

23

Material Format

graphic material

Date

19 Oct. 1945

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 14 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr and Mrs. Siegal.

Subjects

Married people

Weddings

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Bliss family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

8

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond in London, England.

Notes

Mounted in card frame

Photographer: Mayfair Portraits

Name Access

Raymond family

Subjects

Married people

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

England

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Sax family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

13

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1896]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

The item has been identified as a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Sax in Middletown, Pennsylvania. This could possibly be Fayge and her husband.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Photographer: Collins, 205 North Union St., Middletown, Pa.

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

Pennsylvania

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Atkinson, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

479

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Ausdin, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

802

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Barber, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

754

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Berman, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

404

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Broadbridge, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

485

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Brownstein, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

688

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Bushby, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

646

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Debring, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

683

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Dewfal, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

446

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Fenton, Mr. & Mrs. A.

Page Number

503

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Gardland, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

638

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Groves, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

566

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Hall, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

603

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Hart, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

488

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Hennington, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

650

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Hill, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

458

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Holbrook, Mr. & Mrs.

Page Number

669

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger