I0025

HADASSAH. - 1937-2001. - 0.405 metres of textual records.

Administrative History: Hadassah is the leading Jewish women’s organization in Canada. Founded in 1917 in Montreal, its major purpose is fundraising, so as to aid needy people in their Israeli institutions as well as Canadian Jewish women and the people of Israel who require moral or material support. Its causes include youth aliyah, Hebrew University, agricultural schools, day cares, youth villages, schools and hospitals, and Magen David Adom. Hadassah also promotes Jewish culture in Canada, runs educational and cultural programs, and leads tours to Israel. Custodial History : Addition was made to the collection in September 2006. Scope and Content: Conference proceedings. Educational and organizational publications, Orah magazine (1972-1980, with gaps), newspapers. Many clippings on Hadassah conventions and activities.

Orah Magazine September 1960 (first edition published)

Addition 2006: Complete run of the publication Orah produced by Hadassah-WIZO, a women’s Zionist organization, from Dec. 1960 to 2001. Fills gaps among those issues of publication already in collection. Articles by prominent women community leaders, general cultural content.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: ZG, P06/09.
General note: Many clippings. Adds to other records of this important early women’s organization active on the local and national Canadian scenes.

P0224

Biographical Sketch: Alfred Hans-Dieter Haiblen was born in Germany in July 1923. In January 1939 he came from Cologne to England, where he was interned before being sent to Canada in June 1940. He was mainly in Farnham Camp (Camp “A”), in Quebec, after a brief period in Monteith (Camp “Q”), a northern Ontario prison farm camp. After his release one and a half years later, in January 1942, he went to McGill University and excelled in his studies. He graduated in electrical engineering and moved to Toronto to work in the steel wire business, mostly on behalf of a Luxembourg-based steel company. In 1969 he became an employee of this steel company and was moved to New York City, commuting between Toronto and New York City for seven years before moving there permanently in 1976.

Second page of card drawn by Norbert Berstl showing Haiblen’s internment camp activities up to his release

HAMMERMAN, Shimson

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation - mainly clippings.

P0082

HANDEL, Alan - Voices of Survival. - (1981-1984). - 0.3 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch: Alan Handel is a filmmaker, who produced the Voices of Survival documentary on the Holocaust. This 1989 film used interview tapes compiled by the Canadian Jewish Congress Holocaust Documentation Project (1981-1984). Scope and Content: Script. Interview transcripts. Research notes. Documentation. Holocaust photos copied from other archives (B and W 8x10). Notes: Alpha-Numeric Designation: P91/20. Related Materials: DA 16 (HDP Project); SCAT (HDP tapes, (75 interviews on 165 tapes), SV video Voices of Survival).

Faye Shulman (Holocaust survivor interviewed in Voices of Survival)

P0231

HARRIS, Eiran = Jewish Cookbook, Business Cards, and Others. - 1900-2004.

Custodial history:
Donated by Mr. Eiran Harris of the Jewish Public Library on a ongoing basis.

Scope and content:
1987: Offprint ® “Aaron Hart’s Treasure: A Sample of Late Eighteenth Coinage in Lower Canada” in Canadian Numismatic Journal. Anti-Semitic stickers. Cartoon of Jack Cummings by Aislin. Book Story of Zionist Order Habonim, 1951. Ephemera. Souvenir medal issued by B. and S. Steinhouse and Nachlas Zkeinim Home for the Aged. Jewish Warsaw That Was, Montreal: Warsaw Farband, 1967. Lead dreidel 3 cm.
1988: 21 photos of Jewish General Hospital construction 1968-1969. Matchbox: Moishe's Restaurant. Ephemera; Schiller Bros. interview on cassette, 1980. 3 cassette tapes: interview of D. Rome by E. Harris. ITONENU magazine, Shaare Zion Academy, 1963-1964. 11 recipe books. Wedding invitations, Memory/Souvenir book of student Mildred Ellis (mother of Eric Helfield).
1990: Approximately 250 photos; subjects: candles, men with hats (seder?); in front of Chalet on Mount Royal/Plage Laval beach/Fletcher's Field. Photos: Zionist youth camp 1950-1955; Habonim; Camp Kvutza, Quebec, & Lake Erie, Ontario; Habonim winter camp; Camp Massad. Photocopied clippings re Vancouver folklore. Lazarovitch Bar Mitzvah photo 1935 PCAT; Margolese Bar Mitzvah invitation in form of scroll with photo. Dr. Bloom neck-stretching machine and staff 1955, stereoscopic slides.
1992: 3 Maccabee Women's bowling trophies 1953-1955. Photo album including Montreal streets; approximately 350 photos, snapshots including Roumania, holidays, etc. 1 photo 3 men with prayer shawls (3 generations?); 1 of father with 6 daughters (Sommer), Montreal.
1993: 1 file photos including snapshots, Jack Brotman and wife, also gravestones. 1 file documents, including bulletins, clippings. Also approximately 12 stereoscopic slides, including family events (wedding?).
2000: Approximately 300 New Year's (Rosh Hashanah) cards received from friends and contacts made through Jewish Public Library Director position. De-accessioned from JPL July 2000. Contain Jewish scenes, signatures. Some discarded (duplicates, not of interest).
2002: 8 cookbooks, 7 of them Montreal Jewish and one non-Jewish Canadian but containing Jewish recipes typed on loose paper. From Jewish General Hospital Ladies Auxiliary, Hadassah, Mizrachi, Pioneer Women, Canadian Women’s Press Club.
2004: 8 volumes of various years added to those donated several years ago. These volumes contain recipes, household hints, lists of Montreal B’nai Brith Women members, local advertisements, and different yearly themes.
2009: Four cookbooks, adding to previous collection. The Grapevine Cookbook - The Girls of the 8:10 Aerobics Class YW-YMHA and NHS of Montreal, 1996/ 101 Ways to Disguise Matzo ... A cookbook for Passover - SNAP (Snowdon Nursery Association of Parents) YM-YWHA Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre, post-2000?/ The Best of Our Kitchens, Vegetarian and Dairy Cooking - Congregation Dorshei Emet, 2004/ Kinnereth Cookbook, second edition - Hadassah-WIZO, Toronto, 1993.

HARRIS, Milton & Sidney

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation - mainly clippings.

HARVEY family & Jean Charles

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation - mainly clippings.

HAUSVATER, Alexander

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation - mainly clippings.

P0083

HAYES, Saul and Beatrice. - 1932-1983. - 1.42 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content:
Reports and articles on Immigration, citizenship, demography, human rights, anti-Semitism. Film portrait on the Canadian Jewish experience. Reports on Canadian Jewish Congress plenary assemblies, National Conference on Yiddish, American Joint Distribution Committee Conference, World Jewish Congress and Canadian Jewish Congress memos and varia. Tributes and awards from Kiwanis Club and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, etc. Studies. Speeches. Article about Jews in Quebec in Institute of Jewish Affairs. The Golden Land edited by A. Eiseberg. The Handsome Young Priest by J.R. Marcus. Articles in Viewpoints and other magazines. Autobiography, memoirs on cassette tape are stored separately in SC collection, with transcripts.
(Addition) Includes papers from Saul Hayes about civil code research, CJC work during WWII, post-retirement work, autobiography notes. Beatrice Hayes refugee and NCJW work post-WWII. Some sketches in pen are included among the papers.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: P98/02.
Restrictions: Autobiography is semi-restricted; requires permission of daughter, Marilyn Hayes.
Related Collection: CJC Staff records DA 3 (1.3 m.), also CJC Central Files.
General Note: Includes a biography from Who’s Who of 1980.

P0084

HEAPS, A. Abraham. - 1938-1982. - 0.03 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch: Born in 1885, Abraham Heaps was one of Canada’s best known labour leaders and former CCF Member of Parliament; in Parliament he helped refugees from Nazi persecution to acquire asylum in Canada; was a member of Jewish Immigrant Aid Services board of directors and chairman of its Committee on Publicity and Public Relations. He died in 1954. Scope and Content: Biographical press clippings. House of Commons debates. Correspondence about refugees, Zionism, antisemitism. Notes: Restrictions: 1 correspondence file.

1938 letter from Abraham Heaps to H.M. Caiserman (CJC general secretary)

I0026

HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION (HFLA). - 1911-1986. - 0.13 metres of textual records.

Administrative History: The Hebrew Free Loan Association was established in 1911. Its aim is to provide interest-free loans to the needy of Montreal’s Jewish community. All monies are raised through donations, bequests, legacies and membership dues - there is no outside funding. It has helped over 80,000 people and was put to use especially during the Depression, when it enabled many Jews to survive and attain self-sufficiency. Any member of the Jewish community, whether a member of HFLA or not, is eligible for loans. Scope and Content: Inaugural meeting minutes, 1911 (2 photocopies). Annual reports (1936-1983, with gaps). Correspondence. Brochures. Pamphlets. Publications. Clippings.

I0027

HEBREW OLD PEOPLE’S AND SHELTERING HOME (HOPSH). - 1917-1958. - 0.13 metres of textual records.

I0017

HEBREW SICK BENEFIT ASSOCIATION. - 1892-1989. - 1.66 metres of textual records. - 2 engravings.

Administrative History: Founded in Montreal in 1892, the Association was the first mutual aid group of its kind in the city. Its aims were to provide free medical care, pensions for invalids, mortuary benefits and cemetery plots. Its members also provided visits to the sick, help to the bereaved, and donations to various charities (both local and for Israel). The HSBA was made redundant by Medicare, pensions, etc., and ceased its active work in 1989. Scope and Content: Constitution (original & photocopies, 1892, y) and 1892 charters. By-laws. Minutes (1941-1979 with gaps, y). Minutes (1978-1989 with gaps, e). Financial statements (1936-1938, 1946-1978 with gaps, 1966-1986 with gaps). Membership lists (1925-1933, y; 1936-1938, e; 1988). Cemetery plot sales and deeds (1923-1978) and lists of reserved HSBA cemetery plots. Cemetery account book (1927-1950). Account book. Registers of deaths (1943-88). Books of forms filled out on aid recipients (1892-1945, y). Baron de Hirsch Cemetery Inc. Investment Committee & Budget Committee minutes.

HSBA officers’ ribbon worn in 1892

Correspondence and documentation (mostly 1980s). Notes of the Joint Cemetery Committee, the Cemetery Perpetual Fund Corporation, and the Perpetual Maintenance Fund meetings. De la Savanne Cemetery maps. Papers relating to the dissolution of the HSBA (1989). Jewish Convalescent Hospital information. Souvenir programs. Certificates, plaques, badges. Mounted photos (not with main collection). Clippings. Addition 1996: Membership books 1901-1905, 1917-1925, 1913-1916; personal payments book 1955; Histadrut Chanukah concert program books, 1962.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: P86/06, P86/12, P87/20, P90/07, P96/07.
Language: most of the early material is in Yiddish.
General Note: Several panels of mounted photographs.

HECHT, Thomas

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation - mainly clippings.

P0085

HELBRONNER, Jules. - 1898-1983. - 0.22 metres of textual records.

P0086

HELFIELD, Eric; HELFIELD, Tilya. - 1924-1991. - 0.08 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch: Eric Helfield, born in 1931, was a Quebec barrister and a Cote St. Luc City Councillor. He died in October 2002. Tilya, born in 1934, is a writer, printmaker, and artist. Scope and Content: Biographical press clippings, including politics. Election flyers and instructions. Vernissage invitations. Sample New Year cards made by Tilya Helfield. Published articles about the Jews in China and India. Mildred Ellis’s MacDonald College 1924 scrapbook. Notes: Related Materials: Tilya Helfield taped interview.

Page from Mildred Ellis’s scrapbook

P0087

HERSHMAN, Harry - Ukrainian War Orphans collection. - 1921-1923. - 0.3 metres of textual records. - 61 photographs. - 61 other fixed images.

P0088

HERTZ, Ken. - 2.3 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch: Born in 1945, Ken Hertz was a poet, author and publisher in Montreal. Afflicted with Parkinson’s disease, Hertz and his supporters spent the last ten years of his life fighting for home care under the Quebec medicare system. He died in 1996. Scope and Content: Documentation includes correspondence and background materials about Parkinson’s disease and struggle for home care, correspondence from friends and supporters, papers relating to publishing projects, as well as clippings about Hertz and his cause. Artifacts include items adapted for Hertz’s condition. Also cassette tapes of interviews, fundraising video. There are several artifacts and six photos.

Ken Hertz

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: P96/10.
Related Materials: Box of CJC-ZB collection documentation - mainly clippings, also correspondence and poems. See also books of poetry in Library collection.

I0028

HERZL DISPENSARY/HEALTH CLINIC/HEALTH SERVICES CENTER. - 1912-1988. - 1.66 metres of textual records. - 3.36 metres of textual records.

Administrative History:
The Herzl Dispensary was founded in Montreal in 1912 to provide free medical care for the Jewish poor, and the opportunity for them to be treated in their own language by Jewish doctors. It was the first Jewish medical institution in Montreal, and began as an out-patient clinic (with minor surgery also done). It developed a children's clinic, dental clinic, a preventative medicine program, and well-being clinics for children and adults. In 1974, it was incorporated into the Jewish General Hospital as the Herzl Family Practice Centre, featuring family medicine, care for the elderly, pregnant women, and infants, and extensive psychiatric and social work care for its patients. It is also a training centre for doctors.

Scope and Content:
Minute books (1918-1942). Operations register (1914-1943). First meeting report (1913). Reports for Quebec Treasury and Health Dept. (1925-1933). Annual reports. Reports (monthly and otherwise, 1941-1952). Financial records (1941-1953). Medical history files and social worker reports (1930s-1950s). Various medical forms (mostly children, 1941-1959). Various medical reports (1956). Patient's register (1954-1955). Case files for Mount Sinai Sanatorium (1954 and c.). Scrapbook: clinical reports, statistics, correspondence and clippings (1912-1923). Annual reports (1967-1971). History and background of dispensary, including Yiddish clippings (1912, copies).

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: MB 3.
Language: Yiddish and English.
Restriction: Some of the files are restricted.
Finding Aid: Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. Computer listings.

P0089

HILLEL, Edward. - 1981-1989. - 0.02 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch: Born in Bagdad in 1953, Edward Hillel is a professional photographer. He is the author of The Main, a book of photographs and descriptions of contemporary life in Montreal’s St. Louis district. Scope and Content: Biographical press clippings. Correspondence about the funding of The Main. Photocopies of photos from the book as well as reviews. Proposal for a book on the Diaspora. Notes: Related Materials: Photos in book Les pierres qui parlent with text by Jacques Langlais and David Rome - in library collection.

Booklet for vernissage of Edward Hillel’s work, 1996

HIMES, Phil. - Men’s clothing manufacturer. - 1990s re 1932-1979. - Ca. 0.07 metres of textual records. - 1 photograph. - 1 other fixed image.

Biographical Sketch: Phil Himes was born in 1914 to a poor family in Montreal. He began his working life in 1928, at age 14, as a delivery boy and sweeper, later going on to be a salesman, and from the 1940s the owner of a men’s clothing manufacturing firm. Phil Himes Manufacturing sold to major and minor Canadian department stores in both large cities and small towns as well as to the United States, with Mr. Himes doing much of the associated traveling himself. He closed the company in the early 1990s and died in 1998. His son Mel obtained a doctorate in Political Science from McGill University and taught this subject at Dawson College, Montreal, until his retirement circa 2008. He prepared this book for his father and other family members at the time of his father’s retirement. Custodial History: The collection was donated by Phil Himes’ son, Dr. Mel Himes, on July 21, 2008. An addition was made by Dr. Mel Himes on March 26, 2009.

Phil Himes at work

Addition 2009: Oversize rolled photo of speakers table and room at United Palestine Appeal Combined Textile Trades Dinner, possibly at the Windsor Laurentian Hotel, March 12, 1946. Phil Hymes can be seen at table 22, right side, next to no. 14. Stored in box with Himes album. Poster for National Film Board film “People of the Book,” about Jews in Northern Ontario (undated). Stored in box with Himes album. Also substitution of improved copies for 2 colour laser copies donated previously.

Scope and Content:
Large binder of colour laser copies compiled by Dr. Mel Himes about the career of his father, Phil Himes, owner of Phil Himes Manufacturing, a men’s clothing wear line that sold to major and minor Canadian department stores in both large cities and small towns as well as to the United States. The material, copied from items kept on file at the company before it closed, includes an extensive selection of clothing and fabric labels, advertisements, business cards and other certifying documents as well as copies of black-and-white photos showing Phil Himes at work in the factory (1970s) and attending large meetings such as the meeting of the United Palestine Appeal (1940s.) Dr. Himes has retained the originals of these items and documents, and he also has another copy of the complete binder.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P08/16 and ZB/ ZC.
Restrictions: None, but give credit if used.
General Note: Rare photos, ephemera and documentation about Jewish involvement in the clothing industry, a major source of employment for Jews and non-Jews in Montreal. Adds to collection of rare photos, ephemera and documentation about Jewish involvement in the clothing industry and philanthropy.

HIRSCH, John

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation - mainly clippings.

HIRSCHSPRUNG, Rabbi P.

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation - mainly clippings.

I0029

HISTADRUT. - 1940-1990. - 0.125 metres of textual records.

Administrative History:
The Histadrut was established in 1920 in Israel, and in Canada (with a Montreal branch) in 1943. The Canadian Histadrut raises funds for the Israeli-run programs and services. These include the settling and integration of new immigrants (and the sending of Canadian goods to them), the building and running of AMAL trade schools, children’s villages, libraries, sports and cultural centres (mostly for youth), educational programs, scholarships and the promotion of the arts. The Histadrut’s Kupat Holim deals with Israelis’ health and welfare through retirement communities, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and nursing schools. The Histadrut also looks after religious needs (sending Torah scrolls to communities, for example), and operates an Afro-Asian Institute, where people from developing countries can study in Israel. Montreal organizations, including trade unions, businessmen’s councils and landsmanschaften, all raise funds for the Histadrut.

Scope and Content:
Correspondence (1970s). Bulletins (1963-1979, with gaps). Campaign correspondence (1960s- 1990s) and pamphlets (e/y). Information pamphlets. Convention booklets (1948-1968, with gaps). Histadrut calendar (1980). Invitations and souvenir programs. Clippings (1940-1941, 1985-1988, e/y).

Notes:
Language: English and Yiddish.
General Note: Mostly copies.

J0002

HISTADRUT = Canadian Association for Labour Israel Collection. - 1918-1986. - Ca. 7 metres of textual records.

Administrative History: The Canadian Histadrut campaign started its activities in 1924 as an affiliate of the National Committee for Labor Israel (American Histadrut Campaign). In February 1942, the National Canadian Histadrut Convention took place in Montreal, at which time application was made for a charter from the Canadian government. In February 1943, the charter was granted. In recent years, the main objective of the Canadian Association for Labor Israel has been the raising of funds to assist Histadrut in Israel in its rehabilitation programs and the settling and integration of the newly arrived immigrants in Israel. The funds collected meet the needs of the many newcomers to Israel, from Africa, Asia and the former Soviet Union. As the majority of the immigrants to Israel since 1945 have arrived with little or no material assets, it devolves upon the people of Israel to see that they are properly received; that their medical needs are looked after; that suitable occupations and trades are found for all able-bodied males and females; that they receive the necessary training and schooling to become absorbed into the economy of the country; and that education and training be provided for growing adolescents and skilled adults.

Helping Israeli youth through AMAL

A vital component of Histadrut is the Canadian Friends of AMAL. Its sole aim is to encourage and develop vocational education in the numerous school devoted to that purpose in Israel. This is done by the raising of funds to provide scholarships for poor children. The AMAL schools, dotted throughout Israel, provide an opportunity for needy children to obtain a comprehensive vocational and high school education, whereby on graduation they are skilled in one of over one hundred different trades. The Histadrut (Israel’s trade union) movement has assumed a large responsibility for housing, health, vocational training, old-age security, as well as cultural activities and the financing of industrial and agricultural developments.

Custodial History:
The collection is on permanent loan from the Jewish Public Library of Montreal. It was transferred to the Archives in 2001.

Language: English and Yiddish.
Finding Aids: The finding aid was compiled by Beverly & Eiran Harris for the Jewish Public Library of Montreal.
General Note: The administrative history is taken from the finding aid from the JPL.

J0002,Sa
Periodicals. - 1948-1986.

Scope and Content:
Algemeiner Journal, 1986. Association of Romanian Jews in Montreal, 1973-1980. The Atlantic, 1961. Canadian Histadrut Highlights, 1963. Canadian Jewish Chronicle, 1963-1975. The Canadian Jewish News, 1979-1986. Canadian Labour Comment, 1979. The Canadian Zionist, 1970-1986. Chanukah Concert Books, 1954-1976. Comunidad, 1979-1980. Congress Bulletin, 1970-1973. Democrat, 1983-1984. Dos Vort/ View, 1963-1970. Folk Un Zion, 1979-1984. The Forward, 1973-1985. The Gates of Zion, 1970. Histadrut, 1972. Histadrut Convention Books, 1963-1974. Histadrut Foto News, 1950-1976. Histadrut News, 1959-1978. Histadrut Review, 1970. Insight, 1973-1984. Israel & Palestine Political Report, 1985-1986. Israel Digest, 1968-1979. Israel Scene, 1980-1986. Jerusalem Post, 1985. Jewish Frontier, 1955-1984. Jewish National Fund of Canada, 1975. Negev Dinner. The Jewish Post, 1948-1986. The Jewish Eagle, 1964-1986. Jewish Standard, 1964-1975. Look, 1960. 9th National Convention Kit, 1963. Undzer Veg, 1964-1978. The University Newsletter, 1985. Viewpoints, 1983. Voice of Survivors, 1964. The Western Jewish News, 1976-1984. The Yiddish Press, 1970. Orah, 1972-1985. Ottawa Jewish Bulletin & Review, 1978-1982. Out of Jerusalem, 1982. The Pessah Haggada Third Seder, 1961-1984. Pioneer Woman, 1970-1982. Scopus, 1979. Shalom, 1968-1983. Technion, 1965. Tribune Juive, 1984. Building Plans of Youth Centers in Israel. The Jewish Star, 1983-1984. The Jewish Times, 1976. The Jewish Western Bulletin, 1969-1985. Labor In Israel, 1984-1985. Labor Zionist Alliance of Canada, 1982-1985. Middle East Focus, 1979. Yiddisher Kemfer, 1959-1985.

J0002,Sb
Correspondence. - 1951-1985.

J0002,Sc
Yiddish. - 1918-1985, undated.

Scope and Content:
Articles-Manuscripts & Clippings, 1946-1985. Correspondence, 1918-1985. Diary of Trip, 1921. Ephemera. Finance, 1968-1969. Invitations, 1964. Labour Zionist Alliance, 1945-1985. National Committee on Yiddish, 1969-1971. Notes. Reports, 1949-1963. Scandal - Lady Davis Trust. Speeches, 1956, 1972, 1974.

 

P0090

HOFFER, Clara. - 1959-1961. - 0.02 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch: Clara Hoffer is the daughter of Israel Hoffer, one of the founders of the Jewish farming colony of Sonnenfeld, Saskatchewan. Her book, Land of Hope, is a fictionalized biography of her father. Scope and Content: Scrapbook of Land of Hope in serialized form as published in The Western Producer. Correspondence about Land of Hope. Notes: Related Materials: Jewish Colonization Association collection.

Land of Hope book cover

P0091

HUBSCHER, Herman (Hershel) and Sam HUBSCHER. - 0.07 metres of textual records.

Notes:
Language: Yiddish.
General Note: Reference documentation on the Stanislev massacre, Galicia, 1941 (y).

HURTIG, Mel

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation - mainly clippings.

P0092

HUSID, Mordecai. - 1967-1980. - 0.08 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch:
Mordecai Husid was born in 1909. He was a literary critic, poet, pedagogue, and author. He taught at the Jewish People’s Schools in Montreal. Husid was the editor of the Keneder Adler. He wrote numerous short stories and poems, mainly in Yiddish and Hebrew.

Scope and Content:
Several Yiddish publications containing his poems. Several handwritten Yiddish poems.

Notes:
Language: Yiddish.

P0188

HYMAN, William - Diary. - 1869-1870. - Ca. 0.02 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch: William Hyman, in his lifetime the most prominent resident of the Gaspé Coast, was born in Russia in 1807 and settled in Gaspé in 1843. He established one of the largest fishing industries on the Atlantic coast, at Grande Grève. Under his able management, the business was so prosperous that it became one of the largest concerns of its kind in Canada. He was one of the first to develop the codfish industry in this country. Mr. Hyman took an active interest in public affairs in Gaspé, and early in his residence there he was appointed justice of the peace and magistrate. When the Township of Cape Rosier was incorporated in 1858, Mr. Hyman was elected its first mayor, and he continued to occupy this civic chair without interruption until his death on December 8, 1882, at his winter residence in Montreal. Custodial History: The collection was donated by Mr. Roch Samson from Parks Canada.

William Hyman

Scope and Content:
1 color laser photocopy of the diary written in English by William Hyman of Grande Grève, Quebec (Gaspé).

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P03/05.
Location of Originals : Parks Canada Archives in Quebec City.
General Note: The Biographical description comes from The Jew in Canada.

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