- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1906-1999
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Series includes correspondence and documents pertaining to the Vanek family in Russia and their early years in Ontario, recent letters from a cousin concerning family genealogy, and personal letters from Vanek to his wife, as well as correspondence concerning personal and professional matters from colleagues and friends. There is also an itinerary and notes from a judges' trip to China that took place in 1983 plus several photographs of the Vanek family.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1906-1914
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of promissory notes and legal papers served by and against Jacob Vanek in Russia, prior to the revolution of 1917.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1913-1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of mortgages, assignments of mortgage, chattel mortgage, and an abstract of title from the Newmarket land registry office pertaining to the family farm called Cedar Valley.
- Physical Condition
- Records are good condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Jacob Vanek was the father of David Vanek. He was born in the province of Kiev, Russia in 1880. He married and had five children in Russia and decided to leave for Canada in 1913. He departed with his eldest son Thomas that year and sent for his wife and remaining children in 1914. The youngest two Vanek children, David and Mary, were born in Canada after that time.
- The Vaneks first lived on a farm in Pine Orchard, a community north of Toronto. They moved to Toronto in 1916 and then relocated to Oak Ridges in 1918. Jacob Vanek operated a general store in that area that catered to locals as well as travellers from Toronto who were vacationing nearby or heading north.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a certified copy of Jacob Vanek's naturalization certificate. The original copy was issued on December 13, 1921. In 1945 his son Thomas Vanek requested a certified copy of the certificate be made, so that his wife Anna could attain Canadian/British nationality by virtue of her husband's status as the son of a naturalized Canadian.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1917-1930
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Vanek family moved back and forth from the Newmarket/Oak Ridges area to Toronto many times until the 1930s. Jacob Vanek had business and personal interests in both country and city, as reflected in the contents of this file.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of statements, receipts,and correspondence concerning Jacob Vanek's business transactions. Included is a "subscription blank" from the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto.
- Physical Condition
- records are in fair condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1968-1999
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a copy of an 1878 map of Whitchurch and newspaper articles about the history of the Oak Ridges/Lake Wilcox/Richmond Hill areas.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946-1950
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File includes correspondence from David Vanek to his wife Joyce from New York and Washington, D.C.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notes relating to the Vanek's trip to China in 1983 with a group of American trial judges.
- Places
- China
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1982 -1990
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Shackmans were relatives of the Vaneks, and a Canadian branch lived on a farm near the Cedar Valley farm. Nathan Shackman is a retired doctor in Los Angeles.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of personal letters from Shackman to Vanek relating to his family as well as the family genealogy.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1928-[194-]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four photographs of members of the Vanek family.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 9
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ida Olidart was a second cousin of Vanek's mother. She was a member of the Winer family of Buffalo, New York and was married to Ben Olidart, who was a physician.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a photograph of Ida Olidart in front of a sign at "Cedarholm Camp Athletic and Picnic Grounds", which was located on Lake Wilcox.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 9
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca 1939]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Jacob and Jesse Vanek taken in front of the Vanek Grocery and Confectionary Store in Oak Ridges, close to Lake Wilcox, with Joyce Lester who was David Vanek's fiancee at the time.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 9
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Aunt Sonya Clayman was the only sister of Jacob Vanek. She and her husband Nacham (Norman) had two children, Harry and Pearl.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sonya Clayman with an unidentified child, likely one of her grandchildren.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Vanek fonds
- Personal records series
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 9
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Sam Lester, his father-in-law, was one of the first people in the motion picture business in Toronto. For many years he operated the Doric Theatre on Bloor Street near Gladstone Avenue. David married Sam's daughter Joyce in Toronto in 1942.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of David Vanek with his father-in-law Sam Lester. On the back of the photo David Vanek is described as "Lecturer in Law" as a humorous counterpart to Sam Lester, his father-in-law.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 2
- Date
- 1971-2012
- Physical Description
- textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series includes Henry Rosenbaum’s personal records including handwritten speeches written by Rosenbaum primarily for family milestone events such as weddings, birthdays, bar mtizvahs, and bat mitzvahs, his published memoir and copies of identity cards issued to him and his wife Bella by the Government of Palestine.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1
- Date
- 1971-2012
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of speeches written by Rosenbaum primarily for family milestone events such as weddings, birthdays, bar mtizvahs, and bat mitzvahs. In addition there is a copy of a presentation made to the Radom Congregation on the occasion of Israel's twenty-fifth year of independence, a Hebrew-language letter of congratulations, and several personal letters written by Murray Rosenbaum (the latter are addressed to his parents while travelling to Israel and Europe). The personal speeches written and delivered by Henry were in honour of the following relatives: Rivi Anklewicz, Marshall Lofchick, Murray Rosenbaum, Elana Aizic, Regina Goldstein, Brenda Rosenbaum, Eric "Ricky" Bornstein, Murray Severin, Robin Severin-Weingort, Rachel Bornstein, Susan Szainwald, Daniel Bornstein, Sholom Rosenbaum, Bella Rosenbaum, Linda Goldstein, and Leon Aizic. The last document in the folder is an address given by Henry on the double celebration of his 81st birthday and the 50th wedding anniversary at a party organized by Brenda Bornstein and Murray Rosenbaum.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 2
- File
- 2
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records
- Scope and Content
- Published memoir written by Henry Rosenbaum.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 2
- File
- 2
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- Book
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a soft cover book written by Henry Rosenbaum and self published. The book is titled 'Pages and Images of my Life' and it spans the birth date of August 16, 1925 until 1995, the year in which the book was published.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 2
- File
- 3
- Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 1cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Copies of identity cards and passports issued by the government of Palestine to Henry Rosenbaum and Bela Rotbart along with a letter from the Consulate of Israel regarding their nationality.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 2
- File
- 3
- Date
- 1946 - 1964
- Physical Description
- photocopied documents
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopies of original documents, with the originals presently retained by Brenda Bornstein.
These documents include the following:
Identity card for Chanoch Rosenbaum, issued by the Government of Palestine.
Certificate of releasen from Athlit for Henry.
Identity card for Bela Rotberd, issued by Government of Palestine.
Certificate of release from Athlit for Bella Rotbart (Rotbard)
Document issued by the Sochnoot foir new residents
Driving license of Henry Rosenbaum
Letter from Ministry of the Interior stating that members of Henry's family did not become Israel Nationals. This exemption was important in order to avoid mandatory subscription' into the armed forces should any person visit Israel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 2
- File
- 4
- Date
- 1963 - 19895
- Physical Description
- photocopied documents
- Scope and Content
- File consists of copies of the publication 'Voice of Radom' for the years 1983 - 1989 and 1963 - 1965. The Voice of Radom was a periodic publication publiushed by the 'United Radomer Relief for U.S. and Canada, Inc. The entries were written in either English or Yiddish and were primarily contributed by members of the Radomer Mutual Benefit Society (RMBS) and their family members. The entries included pieces representing life-cycle events and current events.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Personal records series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 2
- File
- 5
- Date
- 1962-2010
- Physical Description
- Booklets
- Scope and Content
- File consists of copies of booklets, as follows:
- Souvenir of the Unveiling of the Monument, erected at the Radomer Section of the Dawes Road Cemetery in Toronto.
- Annual Yizkor Serevice for 1987 for members of B'nai Radom in Toronto,
- Book of Remembrace published by Beth Radom Congregation for 2010.
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- Archival Descriptions
