- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]-1995
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- 43 photographs
- 2 postcards
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting Ben Dunkelman’s family/private life and such hobbies as yachting and travel. Included are photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, invitations, certificates, speeches, a travel diary, a passport, and a scrapbook. The series is made up of two sub-series: 1. David and Rose Dunkelman (including biographies of those in the Dunkelman family) and 2. Theodora Dunkelman (Ben Dunkelman’s sister).
- Name Access
- Dunkelman, David, 1883-1978 (subject)
- Dunkelman, Rose, 1889-1949 (subject)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [198-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a formal portrait of Ben Dunkelman.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Leo Hausman.
- Name Access
- Hausman, Leo, 1912-1982
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Physical Condition
- Item is in good condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [1951?], 24 July 1976
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 13 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the founding and 25th anniversary of the Island Yacht Club. Included is the founding meeting agenda and constitution and a speech delivered by founding member Leo Perkell at the 25th anniversary celebration. Also included are 12 photographs of the first outing and club party at the site of the Island Yacht Club. Identified is: Ben Dunkleman, Yael Dunkelman, and Marion Levinter.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a United States patent for an infant's walking aid. The patent includes a certificate, along with diagrams and a description of the invention.
- Related Material
- See fonds 2, series 3 for information on Dunkelman's other enterprises.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 17 Sept. 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an eight-page story Dunkelman wrote about hunting a leopard in Africa.
- Physical Condition
- Record is hard to read in places due to erratic handwriting and the use of tape to attach parts of the script.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2 Aug. 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains one letter Dunkelman wrote to Vintage Grand Touring Automobiles about rust repairs to his Fiat.
- Physical Condition
- Record is in good condition, but fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter Dunkelman wrote to the Registrar of Shipping in Toronto about his boat, Kittiwake III.
- Physical Condition
- Record is in good condition, but fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photocopy of a letter composer Leonard Bernstein wrote to Ben Dunkelman while the latter was in Israel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948-1949, 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains early personal correspondence Dunkelman kept during and just after the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-1949.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one letter from Carl Goldenberg to Ben Dunkelman, congratulating Dunkelman on his marriage.
- Physical Condition
- Record is stained but readable.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter from Chaim Weizmann to David Dunkelman in connection with the Dedication of the Institute of Physics and Physical Chemistry.
- Name Access
- Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952
- Subjects
- Presidents--Israel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [194-]-[196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Ben Dunkleman's personal correspondence with various people including, David Ben-Gurion, Theodore Kollek, Chaim Herzog and Chaim Laskov. The correspondence relates to such topics as Ben and Yael Dunkelman's marriage, the death of Rose Dunkelman, and New Year celebrations.
- Name Access
- Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
- Herzog, Chaim, 1918-1997
- Subjects
- Presidents--Israel
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile but in good condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-1962
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence between Ben Dunkelman and Yaacov Herzog, Israel's ambassador to Canada.
- Name Access
- Herzog, Yaakov, 1921-1972
- Subjects
- Ambassadors
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1973-1974
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence from Professor I. Dostrovsky at The Weizmann Institute of Science to Ben Dunkelman. Dostrovsky discusses in detail the Institute's promotion policy, along with mentioning the names of some professors or scientists who have been promoted. He also informs Dunkelman about research the Institute has undertaken.
- Notes
- At the time of the earlier letter, Dostrovsky was acting president of the Institute.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence between Ben Dunkelman and Fred Johnson. Ben and Yael Dunkelman met Johnson while living in Tel-Aviv in 1949.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence between Ben Dunkelman and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on such topics as the Arab boycott.
- Name Access
- Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995
- Subjects
- Arab countries--Foreign economic relations--Israel
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975-1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence between Ben Dunkelman and Chaim (Vivian) Herzog, ambassador to the United Nations.
- Name Access
- Herzog, Chaim, 1918-1997
- Subjects
- Presidents--Israel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a letter from Dunkelman to Health and Welfare Canada in connection with a retirement pension application.
- Physical Condition
- Record is fragile but in good condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter Dunkelman wrote to Paul Kenney, a Florida comptroller, to inform him of a change of address.
- Physical Condition
- Record is fragile but in good condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence between Ben Dunkelman and Shirley Gold, who wrote on behalf of the Rose Dunkelman Chapter of Hadassah in Niagara Falls, Ontario, inviting Ben to be the chapter's guest speaker at its upcoming 35th anniversary.
- Notes
- For more information about Rose Dunkelman, please see the Rose Dunkelman Fonds.
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile but in good condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1985]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and one newsletter excerpt in connection with The Weizmann Institute of Science electing Ben Dunkelman as its Governor Emeritus at the 36th Annual General Meeting in Rehovot. The File contains one letter and one copy, as well as an excerpt from "Issue No. 17", which pertains to research at the Institute.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1995?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence in connection with the military and with the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. The file also contains an invitation to an independence day celebration in Israel.
- Name Access
- Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one fax transmission from Ben Dunkelman to "The Secretary of the President" to decline an invitation. In addition, the file contains an empty envelope addressed to Dunkelman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953-1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a letter and a diary related to two trips Dunkelman made to Israel.
- Physical Condition
- The diary is fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 23
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1931-1940
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Dunkelman received this passport in 1931 and over the next nine years used it to travel to such places as Palestine--when he went to work for a year on a kibbutz--Italy and the United States.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one Canadian passport.
- Physical Condition
- Passport is in good condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947-[195-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Major Ben Dunkelman was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his courage leading soldiers under his command while fighting in Germany in 1945.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of excerpts from the book, Canadian Jews in World War II: Part I: Decorations. The excerpts include an account of Dunkelman's heroic actions in the Second World War, along with a typewritten reproduction of this account.
- Notes
- Canadian Jews in World War II: Part I: Decorations was published by the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1947.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1969-1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, a card and notes related to Dunkelman receiving the Fighter's Decoration of the State of Israel on 18 January 1970. Dunkelman received the award along with other Canadian volunteers in the Arab-Israeli War.
- Subjects
- Military decorations
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, notes and a newspaper clipping in connection with a reception on 9 December 1976 held in honour of Ben Dunkelman and the publication of his book, Dual Allegiance.
- Related Material
- See fonds 2, series 6 for material related to Dunkelman's book Dual Allegiance.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence and cards related to the Israel Bond Award Dinner held in honour of Ben Dunkelman on 10 November 1977. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin addressed the dinner.
- Name Access
- Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence between Dunkelman and Yohanan Peltz, chairman of the 7th Brigade Benevolent Fund. Peltz invites Dunkelman to a 7th Brigade reunion as a guest of honour.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- National Archives file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 29
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence between Dunkelman and Lawrence Tapper, an archivist at the Public Archives of Canada (now Library and Archives Canada), in connection with the records of the Jewish War Veterans of Canada. In addition, the file contains a contract between Dunkelman and the National Archives for the donation of his records to the institution.
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile but in good condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 30
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976-1990
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence between Dunkelman and National Archives archivist Lawrence Tapper relating to Dunkelman's papers at the Archives. The file also contains a list of files from the National Archives Dunkelman collection.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 31
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and an agreement between Ben Dunkelman and the Military (I.D.F.) & Defence Establishment Archives in Israel to allow the Archives to hold some of Dunkelman's papers. Attached to the agreement is an inventory list.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 32
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter to Dunkelman from Z. Ostfeld, Acting Director of the Military (I.D.F.) & Defence Establishment Archives in Israel. The letter relates to research on the participation of Jews in foreign armies.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 33
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter from Ben Dunkelman to Frederick A. Praeger in connection with the book "Strategy" by B.H. Liddell Hart. Enclosed with the letter is a courier form and an envelope. Dunkelman used Liddell Hart's book Strategy when researching Dual Allegiance.
- Related Material
- See fonds 2, series 6 for material related to Dunkelman's book, Dual Allegiance.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 34
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains one letter from Irwin Ziff, National Executive Director of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. The letter congratulates Dunkelman on being chosen as the National Commander of the Jewish War Veterans of Canada.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]-1991
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- 3 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- Rose and David Dunkelman, Benjamin Dunkelman's parents, were staunch supporters of Toronto's Zionist community. David was a leader of the Zionist Organization of Canada for more than 50 years, while Rose was publisher and first managing editor of the Jewish Standard, a Toronto-based Zionist magazine she founded with her husband. In addition, she was the first vice-president of the Hadassah Organization of Canada and president of the Hadassah Organization of Ontario. Both fervently supported Zionist projects.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of photographs, clippings, obituaries, correspondence and biographical information in connection with Rose, David and Ben Dunkelman. The sub-series contains a pamphlet from the Toronto Zionist Council in 1957 celebrating the council’s 50th anniversary and praising Rose Dunkelman. There are also copies of articles about Rose Dunkelman by H.M. Kaiserman and Meyer W. Weisgal.
- Name Access
- Dunkelman, Rose, 1889-1949
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a Mourner's Kaddish for David Dunkelman, Ben's father, who died in 1978. The file includes a 2-page speech about David Dunkelman's business success, and refers to Rose Dunkelman's role in assisting David with Tip Top Tailors. The file also contains a photograph of David Dunkelman and four other men (likely all businessmen) walking along a boardwalk, likely in Atlantic City. Identified in the photo is (left to right): [Samuel Posluns?], Louis Gelber, Percy Hermant, [unidentified], and David Dunkelman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series
- David Dunkelman file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of David Dunkelman and four other men walking along a boardwalk, likely in Atlantic City. Identified in the photo is (left to right): [Samuel Posluns?], Louis Gelber, Percy Hermant, [unidentified], and David Dunkelman.
- 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
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains three obituaries for Rose Dunkelman, Ben Dunkelman's mother. The articles come from The Telegram, The Jewish Standard, and The Toronto Daily Star.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains two photocopied newspaper articles about Rose Dunkelman's burial in Israel following her death in 1949.
- Related Material
- See fonds 39 for Rose Dunkelman's fonds.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of one textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains one photocopied cover article from the Ontario Zionist Digest in connection with a memorial plaque and painting unveiled in honour of Rose Dunkelman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1931-1991
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains two articles and one cover page from The Jewish Standard relating to the Zionist activities of Rose and David Dunkelman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949-1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains writings and correspondence mainly paying tribute to Rose Dunkelman and her Zionist work.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a booklet entitled "Golden Jubilee Dinner: 1907-1957", a celebration held on 16 December 1957 by the Toronto Zionist Council. The booklet includes a tribute to Rose Dunkelman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [195-?]-1996
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The file emphasizes the importance of the Dunkelman family to Ontario's Jewish community. Ben was a distinguished soldier, a successful businessman and a Zionist; David was founder of Tip Top Tailors and a Zionist leader; and Rose was a Zionist leader, publisher of the Jewish Standard and heavily involved in Hadassah and Youth Aliyah.
- Scope and Content
- File contains biographical information about Benjamin Dunkelman, including entries for himself and his parents Rose and David Dunkelman in the New Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel, edited by Geoffrey Wigoder.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Theodora Dunkelman sub-series sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]-Nov. 1953
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- 26 photographs
- 2 postcards
- Admin History/Bio
- Theodora Dunkelman, one of Ben Dunkelman’s three sisters, was an actress who obtained her bachelor's degree in fine arts and drama from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1946. She died in 1947.
- Custodial History
- Ben Dunkelman acquired some of his sister's records after her death.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of four files of photographs, clippings, brochures and documents. It includes a scrapbook containing clippings and brochures about Theodora Dunkelman’s acting performances and her sister Zelda’s marriage to Morton Harrison Wilner. Other clippings in a separate folder refer to the Theodora Dunkelman Training Workshops which were established in her honour in 1950 at Hadassim, the Canadian Hadassah’s Children’s Village in Israel. A final folder contains Theodora Dunkelman’s bachelor’s degree.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Theodora Dunkelman sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-2
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?], Nov. 1953
- Physical Description
- 26 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm or smaller
- 2 postcards : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of graphic material relating to Theodora Dunkelman. The majority of the images are of Theodora as a young girl during a family trip to Florida. Also included are photographs taken at Camp Modin and of Theo with her father, David Dunkelman. Finally, file includes a post card of a sulphuric acid plant in Haifa and a boat.
- Physical Condition
- One photograph is torn.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Theodora Dunkelman sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-2
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains one clipping from The Canadian Zionist related to the creation of The Theodora Dunkelman Training Workshops at Hadassim, the Canadian Hadassah's Children's Village in Israel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions