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

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

[196-], 1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of two biographies, one written by Ben Kayfetz on the occasion of Ida Siegel's 90th birthday.

Name Access

Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1904-1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of personal correspondence written and received by Ida Lewis Siegel. Included are letters and postcards.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1904, 1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of two diaries. One is a personal handwritten diary with entries during the year 1904, the other is a Jewish calendar-diary for 1951-1952, corresponding to 5712 on the Jewish calendar.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1902-1921

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of personal correspondence including letters, cards and postcards. The contents include correspondence between Ida and family members, including her husband, her daughter, her parents, uncles and cousins. Part of one letter from cousin Phil, is written in Yiddish.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1924-1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of family correspndence including letters, cards, postcards and 2 newspaper articles featuring Sair Lee. The correspondence is between Ida Lewis Siegel and family members between the years 1924 and 1980.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

1914-1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of written reminiscences by Ida Siegel reflecting on various Jewish and secular organizations, people and personal memories.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

1952-1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a variety of personal writings and autobiographical material. Much of the content is written as diary entries.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1931

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of hand written notes justifying distribution of milk to school children, a letter in reply to Ida Siegel and a listing of milk distribution and costs in some Toronto schools.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

9

Material Format

textual record

text

Date

1926-1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of one book, "The Story of the Women Teachers' Association of Toronto", written correspondence to and from Ida Siegel on a variety of topics concerning education, women's issues, her service as a school trustee,a newspaper clipping, 2 programmes listing Ida Siegel as serving on the Board of Education for Ward 4, Ida's membership card with and bylaws for the Workers' Educational Association.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

1905-1929

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of one scrapbook containing telegrams and cards with notes of congratulations to mark occasions of wedding, anniversaries, and son's bar mitzvah

Subjects

Anniversaries

Scrapbooks

Weddings

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1931-1969

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newspaper clippings dealing with Ida Lewis Siegel's interests and personal causes (including but not limited to women's issues, peace movement, Jewish issues) and 1 book with newspaper clippings comprised primarily of education-related topics. Some of the education-related clippings mention Ida Lewis Siegel and her contributions as a School Trustee.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

12

Material Format

textual record

Date

1908-1934

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of congratulatory correspondence including telegrams, cards and newspaper clippings. Many of the notes refer to the birth of Ida's son in 1916.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

12

Material Format

textual record

Date

1930-1931

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a scrapbook containing memorabilia to commemorate Ida Lewis Siegel's campaign to run as School Trustee with the Board of Education in Toronto in 1930. Included are newspaper clippings in English and Yiddish, letters endorsing Ida Lewis Siegel, congratulatory letters and telegrams, a municipal elections pamphlet listing the polling stations for Ward 4, 2 cards (in English and Yiddish) to promote Ida Lewis Siegel's campaign and a booklet titled "Text Book of the Toronto Jewish Free School".

Subjects

Scrapbooks

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

1927-1935

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of 2 letters written by Ida Lewis Siegel promoting a concert to fund-raise in aid of the Mothers and Babes Summer Rest Home, a hand-written account of the aims programs and achievements of the Hebrew Maternity Aid Society, a copy of 1935 Annual Report, a program for a 1928 of the Hebrew Maternity Aid Society Re-union dinner and an invitation to a 25th anniversary tea.in 1932.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

14

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1930]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a small promotional poster to support Charlie S. Lewis, Ida Lewis Siegel's brother, as Alderman for Ward 4.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

15

Material Format

textual record

Date

1916-1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of copies of 3 letters - 1 letter written to A.P. Lewis (brother of Ida Lewis Siegel) from C.A.B. Brown, Chairman Finance Committee with The Board of Education Toronto, offering support in 1916 and 2 letters of condolence following the death of A.P. Lewis in 1963, 1 from Henry A. Cohen from the State of New York Department of Works and 1 from Leon Klein representing the Board of Directors of the Albany Jewish Community Center.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca.1961-1975]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a collection of handwritten writings and notes from speeches plus a typed script from a play titled "Yomtov in Shule of Yesteryear".

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

17

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936-1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of 2 books, "A History of the Home and School Movement in Ontario" by Lola M. Burgoyne and "The Story of the Toronto Home and School Council - Through the years 1916-1936", an article highlighting Ida Siegel as a pioneer of The Home and School Association, a programme from The Ontario Federation of Home and School Association banquet in 1967 and a copy of a speech honouring Ida Siegel with a life membership at the 1967 banquet.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

1924

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an invitation to The Hadassah Chapters of Toronto Lag B'Omer Reception and Tea, 1924.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

19

Material Format

textual record

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an invitation to the Bureau of Jewish Education Fifth Annual Education Dinner, 1955 in honour of Ida Lewis Siegel and the speech of dedication presented by Dr. Joseph Diamond, Executive Vice President of the Bureau of Jewish Education that honours Ida Lewis Siegel.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

20

Material Format

textual record

Date

1925

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a programme for the Toronto Local Council of Women banquet, 1925 with handwritten notes.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

21

Material Format

textual record

Date

[193-]-[193-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a list of the Junior and Intermediate Zionist Girls Clubs. Included are the group leaders and meeting locations.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

22

Material Format

textual record

Date

1931

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of the programme for the Toronto Social Welfare Conference held at the King Edward Hotel on April 21, 1931.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

23

Material Format

textual record

Date

1931

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of the program from the Recreation Congress held on October 5 - 9, 1931. Listed are the sessions and speakers. Included are hand-written notes on the program.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

24

Material Format

textual record

Date

1947-1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of High Holiday Services tickets from Goel Tzedec and Beth Tzedec ranging from 1947 to 1971, pledge cards for Israel Bonds ranging from 1957 to 1973, 4 Beth Tzedec bulletins from 1960, 1965 and 1974, a copy of a sermon delivered December 23, 1967 and some correspondence between Ida Lewis Siegel and synagogue staff (e.g. a letter to Rabbi Rosenberg in September, 1966 opposing a sermon, a request to the board to register husband and wife as rightful members written in May 1967).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

25

Material Format

textual record

Date

1925

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a certicicate made out to I.H. Siegel from The Erez-Israel Palestine Foundation on September 10, 1925 for the amound of $27.50.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

26

Material Format

textual record

Date

1967-1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a letter of thanks from the Canadian Jewish Congress dated August 8, 1967 for a speaking engagement given by Ida Lewis Siegel, minutes from meetings of Toronto Jewish Congress Executive Committee from February 26 and March25, 1976; memos to the TJC Executive Committee re: U.J.W.F. Gift Annuity Plan dated January 28, 1976, re: Supplementary Allocations to Jewish Schools dated March 25, 1976 and re: Moess Chittin Fund dated March 25, 1976; Announcements from the TJC March 25, 1976.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

27

Material Format

textual record

Date

1968

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of National Council of Jewish Women of Canada Toronto Section Board Meeting minutes February 1, 1968 containing Ida Lewis Siegel's hand-written notes.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

28

Material Format

textual record

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of 1 certificate from the Jewish National Fund to mark that a tree was planted in honour of Ida Siegel.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

29

Material Format

textual record

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a list of "Suggestions for Summer Reading" and some poems recommended by the Women's League of the United Synagogue.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

30

Material Format

textual record

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a list of meeting dates and events for members of the Association of Women's Electors for 1938, 1939 and 1940.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

31

Material Format

text

Date

1912-[ca. 1930]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of 5 books belonging to Ida Lewis Siegel: "True Friendship Like the Ivy Clings", "Lays of Ancient Rome", "The Vision of Sir Launfal" by Lowell, "Gems from Longfellow" and "Mumu and Kassyan of Fair Springs" by Ivan Turgenev".

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

32

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a programme from Toronto Counci of Hazzanim Fourth Annual Ezra and Kadima Gala Concert June 15, 1970.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

33

Item

1-7

Material Format

sound recording

Date

1965-1966

Physical Description

7 audio reels : ca. 300 min.

Scope and Content

File includes 7 audio reels documenting: the reception for Ida's 80th birthday; memoirs on Zionism; synagogue affairs; board of education; and family history.

Subjects

Zionism

Zionists

Jews--Canada

Access Restriction

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

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

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

34

Material Format

textual record

Date

1896-1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of personal letters written by Ida to her daughter, Rivka. Also included is the bar mitzvah speech written by Ida Lewis to her father's dictation in 1896 for Charles S. Siegel.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Speeches, addresses, etc

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

35

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948, 1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a ticket to League of Nations Society Annual Spring Luncheon on April 13, 1945,a flyer requesting donations from Jewish women following the declaration of the state of Israel dated May 19, 1948 and a letter written by Ida Lewis Siegel to Mr. & Mrs. Victor Sefton dated December 9, 1974.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

36

Material Format

textual record

Date

1914-1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a program for the dedication of The Martin Steinberg Cultural Center on June 22, 1976 in New York City, a list of the suggested programs at the Martin Steinberg Cultural Center, a newspaper clipping from the Toronto Daily Star February 9, 1960 containing a quote from Ida Lewis Siegel and 3 letters - one written June 27, 1914 following attending the 17th American Zionist Convention; one written by C.A.B. Brown, Chairman Finance Committee of the Toronto Board of Education dated June 19, 1917; a letter written by Ida Lewis Siegel to Rabbi Plaut from Holy Blossom Temple.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

37

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1892-[197-]

Physical Description

31 photographs : b&w and col. (2 neg) ; 17 x 21 cm on matte 33 x 24 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of Ida Lewis Siegel or her association with: summer camps (Winnebagoe and Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home), school related groups (e.g. Home and School Council, Toronto Board of Education), Jewish organizations (e.g. Daughters of Zion, Canadian Jewish Farm School) and family members. Of note are 3 early tintypes.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1916

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 21 cm on matte 33 x 24 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of the 8 founders of the Home and School Council, standing in front of a building in Toronto. Mrs. A. C. Courtice is absent from the picutre. Her image was added during the development process.

Back row, left to right: Mrs. Ida Siegel, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Irwin.

Front row, left to right: Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Pain-Newton, Mrs. McTavish, Mr. Richard Davidson.

Centre: Mrs. A. C. Courtice, organizer and first president.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

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

Item is in very poor condition. It is broken in half and the edges of the matte are very brittle.

Accession Number

1988-2-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1901

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm on matte 28 x 33 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of members of the Lewis, Boyaner, Grossman and Rittenberg families on a picnic in Oakville. The women were all members of the Toronto Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society. The subjects are sitting in a field.

Back row, left to right: Charles S. Lewis, Abe Lewis, Jennie Boyaner, Eva Rittenberg, Bella Rittenberg.

Third row, left to right: Ida Lewis, Isidore Siegel, Bessie (Rittenberg) Grossman.

Second row, left to right: Samy Rittenberg, Hannah Lewis, Uncle Rittenberg, Auntie Rittenberg, Sam Grossman.

Front row: Hattie Boyaner, Samy Boyaner, Danny Boyaner.

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

Oakville (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-2-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1938]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Camp Winnebagoe is still operating today as a private co-ed Jewish summer camp for children eight to sixteen years of age. It was founded by Joseph B. and Sadie Danson and was located on 500 acres of land near Huntsville in Ontario's Muskoka region. The camp catered to the Jewish community and provided a variety of different athletic and social programmes, such as arts and crafts, canoeing, baseball, swimming, music and nature studies. Ida Siegel's son David, was a counsellor at the camp.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a group of campers and staff at Camp Winnebagoe near Huntsville, Ontario. The image shows the campers and counsellors in their uniforms, lined up for the photograph in front of one of the cabins.

Subjects

Camps

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

Huntsville (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-2-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1938]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Camp Winnebagoe is still operating today as a private co-ed Jewish summer camp for children eight to sixteen years of age. It was founded by Joseph B. and Sadie Danson and was located on 500 acres of land near Huntsville in Ontario's Muskoka region. The camp catered to the Jewish community and provided a variety of different athletic and social programmes, such as arts and crafts, canoeing, baseball, swimming, music and nature studies. Ida Siegel's son David, was a counsellor at the camp.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a group of swimmers at Camp Winnebagoe in Huntsville, Ontario. The image shows both male and female swimmers in the lake.

Subjects

Camps

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.

Places

Huntsville (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-2-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

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

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

6

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 from the mid-1920s to the late-1930s and then moved to Lake Simcoe and became a pay camp, attracting mostly newcomers from Europe.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Ida Siegel speaking at a meeting at the Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home in Bronte, Ontario. There are several men and women seated around her and the house can be seen behind them.

Subjects

Meetings

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

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of two women, possibly family relatives of Ida Siegel. The women are standing in a garden.

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

Photographs file

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

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

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

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1912

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Rycus family were neighbours to the Siegel family when they lived at 136 Elizabeth Street. Hinda Falick (née Swartz) was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Swartz, who were originally from Romania and later lived in Montreal. She married a man named Avrom Falick, who lived in Toronto. Their second daughter, Mary, married Goodman Rycus.

Scope and Content

Item is a formal portrait postcard of Dr. and Mrs. Schwab, Marv Rycus and Hinda Falick. Dr. Schwab is wearing a military uniform with a Magen David on his cap.

Standing, left to right: Marv Rycus; Hinda Falick; Dr. Schwab.

Seated: Mrs. Mary Schwab.

Notes

Title taken from notes of Ida Siegel. Her notes also state that Dr. Schwab was part of the medical unit for Palestine, however this is unconfirmed.

There is writing on the back of the photograph that reads: To our friends Mr. and Mrs. Siegal (sic). From Mary and [Arny?].

Subjects

Physicians

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

Photographs file

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