- Accession Number
- 2008-3-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-3-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records
- 18 photographs : b&w
- Date
- 1872-1991
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records related to the activities of the Pullan and Smith families of Toronto and the Moses family of Sudbury. The records consist of several ledger books including the minutes of the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Sudbury, a financial ledger book belonging to the Cooperative Board of Jewish Charities, as well as the Jewish Ladies' Aid Society account book. Also included is the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue's constitution and by-laws. There are also receipts, programs, stationary and other items documenting Jewish organizations in Toronto, such as the Menorah Society, the Associated Hebrew Schools, Holy Blossom Temple, and the Jewish Old Folks' Home, and two files of vital records related to the Rosen and Dubrofsky families.
- In addition, there are several photographs of particular note, such as four photographs of the Jewish orphanage, both during the period at 218 Simcoe Street and later on Annette Street. There are also two early photographs of the U of T Menorah Society executive.
- Custodial History
- These records were in the custody of Susan Moses, the granddaughter of Elias Pullan and Hascal Moses.
- Name Access
- Associated Hebrew Charities of Toronto
- Ladies' Hebrew Aid Society
- Jewish Day Nursery and Children's Home
- Smith, Lillian
- Smith, Nathan
- Pullan, Elias
- Pullan, Harry
- Moses, Hascal
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Collection
- Fonds
- 22
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1856-1995
- Physical Description
- 1.1 m of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Morris Norman (b. 1946) is a chartered accountant living and working in Toronto. He is an avid collector of Canadiana, specifically Judaica. He purchases lots at auction and donates them to the Ontario Jewish Archives, as well as other institutions.
- Scope and Content
- This collection consists of the individual items collected at auction by Morris Norman. The records relate to the Toronto Jewish community and Ontario Jewry and include textual documents, photographs, near-prints, publications, artifacts, posters and broadsheets, sound recordings, and ephemera. Most of the items relate to various Jewish organizations, businesses, synagogues and individuals, and to Christian missionary work in Toronto. The material has been described at the file level, or where appropriate, the item level.
- There are also four distinct series of records which document Berul Sugarman, who was a concert violinist and orchestral leader; the Franklin family, who owned a large amount of property in Toronto in the late 1800s and early 1900s; radio and television scripts written by Wayne and Shuster, Henry Karpus and Russell Bradley; and a collection of Turofsky photographs.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes 49 objects, 25 photographs, 7 audio recordings and 4 prints.
- Name Access
- Norman, Morris
- Norman, Jessie
- Creator
- Norman, Morris (1946-)
- Accession Number
- 1995-9-3
- 1995-9-4
- 1995-9-8
- 1996-6-3
- 1996-7-3
- 1996-9-1
- 1997-7-1
- 1998-1-1
- 1998-3-44
- 1998-7-2
- 1999-10-1
- 2000-7-4
- 2000-12-3
- 2001-3-3
- 2001-4-3
- 2001-8-5
- 2001-10-6
- 2001-11-1
- 2002-4-1
- 2002-5-1
- 2002-7-1
- 2002-9-1
- 2002-10-5
- 2002-10-58
- 2002-12-3
- 2003-5-3
- 2003-10-6
- 2004-7-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 69
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 69
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [18--]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg was co-founder of She'arim Hebrew Day School with Rabbi Joseph Kelman and Rabbi Yitzchak Witty.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a black-and-white photograph of an amulet from the late nineteenth century. The origin of the amulet was probably Lithuania.
- Name Access
- Steinberg, Sheldon, Rabbi
- 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
- Lithuania
- Source
- Archival Descriptions