- Name
- Dr. Coleman Solursh
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 3 Jan. 1985
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Dr. Coleman Solursh
- Number
- OH 40
- OH 41
- Subject
- Physicians
- Societies
- Occupations
- Medical care
- Interview Date
- 3 Jan. 1985
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Morris Silbert
- Total Running Time
- 040A: 34 minutes 040B: 31 minutes 041A: 11 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
- Coleman Solursh was born in Toronto in 1906. He graduated as a physician in 1932. He worked as a lodge doctor. He was involved in the Toronto Jewish Lodge Doctors Association. He worked in the field of family medicine and was appointed chief of the Department of Family Practice at Mount Sinai Hospital. He was appointed associate chief of medicine at Baycrest, Jewish Home for the Aged. He married Zelda Singer, a third-generation Canadian. Zelda's maternal grandfather was appointed colonization chairman in 1897 for Baron de Hirsch settlement for Jewish immigrants. Zelda's father, Manny Singer, was the first Jewish pharmacist in Toronto. Zelda's uncle, Fred Singer, was the first Jewish member of parliament for Ontario.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Solursh, Coleman
- Silbert, Morris
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Singer, Zelda
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
- Geographic Access
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 40, OH 41 - Solursh\OH40_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 40, OH 41 - Solursh\OH40_002_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 40, OH 41 - Solursh\OH41_001_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Dr. Coleman Solursh describes a meeting between executives from the Toronto Jewish Lodge Doctors' Association and representatives from various Jewish Lodges. The meeting resulted in significant changes to the way medical services and payment were provided to the physicians.
In this clip, Dr. Coleman Solursh describes his role as Chief of the Department of Family Practice in the new Mount Sinai Hospital in 1953. He explains how this department pioneered the model for family practice within a hospital setting across Canada.
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4651
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4651
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- No place specified.
- Front left: David E. Newman.
- Name Access
- Newman, David E.
- Subjects
- Outdoor recreation
- 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
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4644
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4644
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of University of Toronto or Osgoode Hall graduation, Toronto. L. David E. Newman.
- Name Access
- University of Toronto
- Osgoode Hall
- Newman, David E.
- Subjects
- Education
- 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
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4628
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4628
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: David E. Newman; Maurice Berg; Myer Bromberg; Dr. Mark Zimmerman.
- Name Access
- Balfour Club
- Berg, Maurice, 1913-1993
- Bromberg, Myer
- Newman, David E.
- Zimmerman, Dr. Mark
- Subjects
- Clubs
- Portraits, Group
- Zionists
- 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
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4645
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4645
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1932]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Name Access
- Newman, David E.
- 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
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4653
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4653
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1929
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Notes
- Photo by M. Schlachter, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Newman, David E.
- 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
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4652
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4652
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Name Access
- Peters, Dave
- Devor, John R.
- Newman, David E.
- 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
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4646
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4646
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of David Newman holding a young Susan Burke (m. Shiffman). She is the daughter of Jack Burke, a well-known educator linked to Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto.
- Name Access
- Burke, Susan
- Newman, David E.
- Shiffman, Susan
- 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
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4640
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4640
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Name Access
- Newman, David E.
- 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
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 511
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 511
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm
- Notes
- Acquired 9 July 1975.
- 4 x 5 negative.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Central Region
- Newman, David E.
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David E. Newman collection
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4600
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Probably at the Shaarai Shomayim Synagogue at a Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Newman, David E.
- Newman, Tamar
- Shaarai Shomayim Synagogue
- Subjects
- Independence Day (Israel)
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4674
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4674
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1925 and 1935]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Name Access
- Newman, David E.
- Palais Royale Dance Hall
- 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
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4682
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4682
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- On back is written: "Hollywood is our next stop." Eleanor and Esther.
- Name Access
- Newman, David E.
- Eleanor
- Esther
- 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 photo #4678.
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4567
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4567
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- Doris Miller married David E. Newman.
- Name Access
- Miller, Doris
- Newman, David E.
- 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
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4685
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4685
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- March 1941
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- No place specified.
- Name Access
- Newman, David E.
- Newman, Sam
- 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
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions