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ABBEY, Monroe. - 1942-1989. - 0.1 metres of textual records.
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Monroe Abbey |
ABEL, Solomon = Immigration and family documents. - 1904-1940, 2000. - 7 textual records.
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Montreal affidavit for S. Abel, 1918 |
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ABELLA, Irving. - 1969-1991. - 0.1 metres of textual records.
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Irving Abella |
ABER, Ita. - 1930s-. - 13 photographs. - 4 artifacts. - 2 videos.
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![]() Ita Aber |
Scope and Content:
Book: Recipes Mother Never Knew by Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk
bottle designed with input from by Mrs. Abers mother for Montreals
Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos
of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist
Organization of Canada 1949-1950. Material on the Jewish Childs Day Appeal.
Clippings and ephemera re: Zionism, Childs Day, and actor William Shatner,
a former Montrealer. 9 Photos of Montreal scenes. Material about Montreals
Talmud Torah, Jewish Artists at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim.
Additions 2001: 2 photos (snapshots) of Camp Hashomer Hadati in Bronte, Ontario,
Hebrew textbook and prayer book dated 1979, photo of a 9th-grade class of Baron
Byng High School including Ita Aber, Clippings, 2 Videos.
Additions post 2001 (passim): Articles written by Ita Aber, information about
her artwork and recent exhibitions.
Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P01/12, P93/08 and subsequent additions (ongoing.)
Related Collection: Clippings by and about Canadian-born journalist Sam Orbaum
(1956-2002), a Jerusalem Post humour columnist (donated by Ita Aber and
filed under his name.)
General Note: The biography is from an article published in The Artists Proof,
spring 2001.
ADATH ISRAEL CONGREGATION. - 1935-1987. - 0.125 metres of textual records.
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![]() Adath Israel logo |
It also ran an afternoon school and developed a separate Sephardi service (Adat Yisrael Sfaradi). Eventually, due to the shifting Jewish population, the Outremont buildings were sold and the congregation moved to a newly built synagogue in Hampstead in 1980. The Adath Israel had one of the first contemporary synagogue designs and was the first large, new synagogue built in the post-Depression era in Montreal.
Scope and Content:
Minutes (1971). Documents about the sale of the building (1976). Agreement with
Young Israel. Arbitration hearings documents. Correspondence. Notes. Report
to Canadian Jewish Congress and other related documents (1977-1979). Financial
reports (1947, 1957, 1966, 1968-1979). Money raised and owed (1963). Members
lists (1957). Outremont documents (1974-1978). Building recommendations (1977).
Press releases. Correspondence (1935-1936, 1944, 1978-1979). Bulletins (1941-1944,
1947, 1952-1972, 1978). School statistics (Canadian Jewish Congress 1948). Graduation
booklet (1948). Dedication/anniversary booklets (1947, 1965, 1980). Fundraising
information (1953-1957). Model Seder report (1977). Proposed architectural plans
(not used. c.1938). Flyers. Invitations. Clippings (1939-1940, 1944-1956, 1966,
1981, 1986-1987).
Author, screenwriter, playwright, short story writer.
10 cm. Mostly press clippings. 1963-1991.
Press clippings relating to his literary output as well as biographical.
ALLIED JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES - see Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
ALLIENCE - CENTRE DES RUSSOPHONES (see also Russian Jewish Archives Project). - 2004. - 20 photographs.
Administrative History:
The Allience centre is not a Jewish organization but they do a lot of programmatic
outreach to include the Russian Jewish community of Montreal.
Custodial History:
Tatiana Jour donated this collection in May 14, 2004.
Scope and Content:
Photos of a Victory Day commemorative event held at the Bibliotheque nationale
May 8, 2004, to which many Jewish veterans were invited and participated.
Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P04/01-14.
ALTER FAMILY = Shanghai Jewish Community. - 1920-1975c. - Ca. 0.03 metres of textual records. - Ca. 438 photographs.
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Maria Alter in Shanghai |
taken in France before the war and in Montreal and the U.S. after the familys immigration to Canada. Most of the Shanghai photos are in albums. The identity documents include a passport and school documents for the father in Lille, France, and the daughter Isabelle in Shanghai and Montreal.
Notes:
Physical Condition: Some documents are in fragile condition. One photo album
was disassembled due to water damage.
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P05/10.
Language: Mostly English, with some Russian, Yiddish, and Chinese.
Related Groups of Records: Mrs. Portner donated poems and other writings by
Isabelle Alter at McGill University to McGills Rare Book Department. She donated
architectural drawings by Bruno Levitan, Isabelle's stepfather's family, to
the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.
ANCTIL, Pierre. - 1983-2009. - 5.97 metres of textual records. - 7 videos. - 11 sound elements. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM).
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![]() Cover of Tur Malka |
Scope and Content:
Selected typescripts from his works on French-Canadian-Jewish relations. Clippings
of book reviews and ecumenism. C.V. contains bibliography to 2000. Complete
typescript of Le Rendez-vous Manqué. Predominant language of material
is French
Added in 1998: Video of Silent Witness. Centre Justice et foi: Soirée
Relations du 20/11/95 Rapport Comm. à la Soc. Québécoise
(video). 2 tapes of interview with Sylvia Segal Lustgarten (1988). The Family
in Canada; Yiddish du Mein (tape, e/y, 1986). Dialogue Qc (2 tapes, part II
& III). Dialogue St-Urbain (2 tapes, Sept. 1989 & June 1998). "Simply
Speaking" interview with P. Anctil (1998). "Radio Noon"
interview with Jack Wolofsky & P. Anctil (1998). "L'oiseau de Minerve"
interview with P. Anctil (1998, f). Interview with Sholem Shtern (1988). Manuscript
of Tur Malka; Flâneries sur les cimes de l'histoire juive Montréalaise
(1997, f). Correspondence about the publication of Tur Malka. Manuscript of
Le mouvement ouvrier juif au Canada; 1904-1920 translation of S. Belkin's book
on labour movement in Canada (1997, f). Manuscript of Shulamis; Une enfance
juive à Montréal translation of Shulamis Yelin's book about
her youth in Montreal (1998, f). CD-ROM of interview for Labour Zionist Alliance
(circa 1998). Manuscript of Le Montréal juif d'autrefois/ translation
of I. Medresh's memoir (1997, f)
Added in 2000: Papers related to the book Le Rendez-vous Manqué.
Notes on classes given on Jewish Montreal at McGill, 1988-1991. Personal papers
(newspapers clipping, research papers, correspondence, etc.), 1982-1988. Manuscript
of H. Wolofsky Mayne Lebns Rayze (2000, f)
Added in 2001: 1 box of documents pertaining to Dialoque St-Urbain (PA was co-president.)
Also 5 videotapes, mostly interviews with Pierre Anctil on Jewish cultural topics/
Rendez-vous Théatral/Theatrical Encounter, 1992, Michel Tremblay &
Dora Wasserman; Pierre au Point sur L'antisémitisme; 50ième
anniversaire de la liberation de Auschwitz, Pierre Anctil interview à
RDI, 1995; Steinberg, émission sur les Juifs Hassidiques, Fev.
1998; Entreview de Pierre avec Louise-Josée Mondoux, 1990. Manuscript
of the translation of Elberg. 1 book signe by Sam Bronfman, 1941. Manuscript
of the second volume of Medresh.
Added in 2004: 2 binders of annotated typescript of translation to French of
Fuks Lexicon of Canadian Jewish Writers, 1981. Also introduction to translated
volume.
Added in 2008: Notes pertaining to the translation various books from Yiddish
to French: Medresh, Claim Leib Fuks, Wolofsky. Material pertaining to book promotions,
Christian-Jewish dialogue, intercultural programs. Research notes and correspondence
relating to publications and articles.
Addition 2009: 2 course sylabbi from University of Ottawa Canadian Jewish studies
courses taught by P.A., one file on the dissolution of Dialogue St-Urbain and
one file on the Association of Canadian Jewish Studies, in which P.A. is a board
member. 8 additional files totalling 8 cm. added July 18, re: publishing project
with Ghitta Caiserman, Sholem Shtern translations, Harry Joshua Stern, and Belkin
archives.
Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P88/14, P88/30, P99/02, P00/02, P01/05, P01/07,
P04/14, P08/12, and P09/03..
Language: French, English and Yiddish.
Restrictions: Correspondence file.
Related Materials: Taped interview.
ANSELL, David Abraham. - 1877-1940. - 0.1 metres of textual records.
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![]() David A. Ansell (The Jew in Canada, 1926) |
Scope and Content:
Correspondence from prominent Canadians, including several relating to immigration
and expressing sympathy for Jews massacred in Russia. Notes for speeches on
finance, Jews and conservatism. Press clippings relating to politics, various
Jewish causes, religion, finance and trade with Mexico. Biographical articles
in Yiddish.
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Language: English and Yiddish.
General Note: Fonds consists of mostly originals.
APEX PANTS COMPANY. - 1900-1968. - 0.33 metres of textual records. - 1 photograph.
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Harry Hertz |
ARCAND, Adrien (collection). - 1931-1986. - 0.54 metres of textual records.
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![]() Adrien Arcand |
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Restrictions: 12 cm., mainly correspondance.
Related Materials: photographs file PC1-3-77.
ARCHIVES JUIVES DE MONTRÉAL = MONTREAL GENIZAH. - 2004-2006. - 9 compact discs (CD-ROM) (photographs). - 170 photographs. - 0.3 metres of textual records.
Administrative History:
Archives Juives de Montréal was founded by Tatiana Jour in 2005 with similar
collecting aims to CJCCCNA, but since 2007 Mrs. Jour has been depositing here
the materials collected for this project. Montreal Genizah, a Canadian intellectual
journal in the Russian language, was founded by Tatiana Jour in 2005, and one
edition has appeared to date.
Custodial History:
The collection was donated on December 7, 2006.
Scope and Content:
170 print photos (colour, 4" by 6") of various Russian Jewish community
activities and people. 3 Jewish calendars issued by the 2 Russian congregations
in Montreal, led by Rabbis Sirota and Reichman. Other documents - a folder of
Russian memoirs, in Russian and some English, by Lev Bilich, a poem by A. Rucshine,
clippings from Lev Shiffs newspaper. 6 printed colour images from CDs of artworks.
(total papers 2 cm.) 2 videos (one of Alexander Saidovs synagogue restoration
project in Europe, one of the Cummings centre choir) Total of 9 CDs, mostly
digital images from previous donors to RJA Project: Artists works: (Chapiro 11 images, Golod 10 images, Tischler 13 images, Shmayv 12 images, Yefman, 14 images,
Volshov 24 images.) Others: Slutsky-Kohn family photos 198 images, Vandalofsky
photos 14 images on 2 CDs. Also preliminary documents on a new donor artist,
Leonid Puliye. Most of this material adds to existing collections. The materials
pertaining to individuals already in the Russian Jewish Archives collection
will either be integrated with their files or cross-indexed.
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Alpha-Numeric Designations: P07/02.2.
ARNOLD, Abraham, J. - 1957-1997. - 01.4 metres of textual records.
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![]() Abraham Arnold |
ASPLER, Minna = Holocaust memoirs, Poland. - 1981. - 14 sound elements.
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![]() Minna Aspler |
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Alpha-Numeric Designations: P03/07.
Associated Material: 3 interview cassettes with Minna Aspler done in the late
1980s by Eiran Harris.
ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES, Montreal Chapter. - 1986-2006. - 0.13 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs.
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Custodial History:
The collection was donated by Carol Katz for the Association of Jewish Libraries,
Montreal Chapter, on February 27, 1997. Addition 2007 was donated by Sol
Katz, Tresurer for the association, on March 22, 2007.
Scope and Content:
Constitution and by-laws of AJL and Montreal chapters version. AJL meeting
minutes and other member information (U.S.A.). Montreal membership lists. Correspondence
(1986). Conference information and handouts. Flyers advertising lectures. Publicity.
Stationery. Clippings.
Addition 2007: Minutes. Newsletter. Correspondence. Membership lists. Membership
registration forms. 1 photo and 1 contact sheet for an event with
Sol Katz and Marsha Lustigman. Administrative, programming and financial records,
1990s to 2006.
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Alpha-Numeric Designations: P97/03, P07/09.
General Note: CJCCCNA was a founding member of this organization, of which the
Archives Director is still currently co-president. These records add to the
existing collection here.
ASSOCIATION OF SURVIVORS OF NAZI OPPRESSION. - 1960s-2004. - 0.3 metres of textual records. - 8 artefacts.
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Commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Montreal, 1961 |
Scope and Content:
The earliest of these records dates back to the founding of this association.
Only a quarter of the original donation was retained, due to the deteriorated
condition of the records. Much of the discarded information pertained to membership
dues and other financial documentation. The retained records consist of one
box of documents which includes the constitution, some minutes, selected membership
forms, clippings, posters, and publications (including information on USA neo-Nazis).
Also donated: 5 replicas of concentration camp uniform jackets and 3 concentration
camp-style hats, made circa 1961 for use in commemorative events.
Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P05/07.
General Note: The commemorative uniforms were donated on condition that they
be lent back to Issie Weisfeld as needed for Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance
Day) and related events. This was done in May 2005, after which they were returned.
One jacket and cap were removed from the collection on a permanent basis August 2,
2005, so the present total is 4 uniform jackets and 2 caps.
ASSOCIATION OF WARSAW JEWS. - 1953-1970. - 0.13 metres of textual records.
Administrative History:
There is very little material available on this Montreal
organization. The earliest documents date from 1953. It was one
of many landsmanschaften that tried to both commemorate as well
as aid the people of their communities of origin. They
concentrated mostly on memorial (yizkor) work, such as assemblies
to commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Scope and Content:
Minutes of meetings, 1953-1978 (with some gaps). Membership list (1960). Some
clippings.
ASSOCIATION OF ZAGLEMBIE JEWS OF MONTREAL - see Zaglembie Association