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Gary family fonds

  • ON00210 97
  • Fonds
  • 1947-1967

Fonds consists of 10 copy photographs documenting the Gary family and their cottages in Pontypool.

General Wingate Branch 256, Royal Canadian Legion fonds

  • ON00210 74
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1986

Fonds consists of photographs and textual records that document the activities and history of the General Wingate Branch 256. Included are images of parades, memorials, picnics and executive members. There is also one 1950s Branch newsletter documenting the Branch's purchase of Wingate House.

George Morrison fonds

  • ON00210 99
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1978]

Fonds consists of 161 colour slides documenting various synagogues in Toronto and the outlying region.

Gilbert Studios fonds

  • ON00210 37
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1895]-1979

Fonds consists of images taken by Nathan and Al Gilbert, and in addition, there are some images the Gilbert family acquired, from the early 1900s, that have historical significance to the Toronto Jewish community. Although the Gilbert's photographed a variety of people and organizations, the individuals and groups included in this fonds are either Jewish in origin or connected to the Jewish community. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Negev dinners B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners Zionist Centre cornerstone ceremony Portraits Toronto Jewish Community

Gordon Melamed fonds

  • ON00210 7
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1900]-1939

Fonds consists of photographs documenting the extended Melamed family and their friends.

Gordon Mendly fonds

  • ON00210 18
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1955]-1973

Fonds consists of approximately 1449 black and white and colour cellulose acetate negatives, dating from circa 1955 to 1973. The negatives consist of individual and group portraits, Toronto Jewish businesses, special events, meetings and conferences held by various Jewish organizations and agencies in Toronto, and a small sampling of commissioned wedding, anniversary and Bar Mitzvah portraits. The fonds has been arranged into the following series: Portraits, Events and organizations, Businesses, and Wedding, anniversaries and Bar Mitzvahs. The series have been described to the file and/or item level.

Mendly, Gordon

Harold S. Kaplan fonds

  • ON00210 27
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1910]-1968

The fonds documents Kaplan's work as an architect from the 1930s to the 1960s with Kaplan & Sprachman and some of the consulting work he undertook after the dissolution of the partnership in 1965, primarily through architectural drawings and photographs. The preponderance of the materials relates to a series of renovations of Loew's Yonge Street Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto, now the Elgin Theatre) and the Uptown Theatre (764 Yonge St., Toronto, just South of Bloor St.) between the 1930s and 1960s, and Kaplan & Sprachman's design of the Primrose Club (Russell Hill Rd at St. Clair Ave., Toronto) in 1958-1959. There is also a large number of photographs by commercial photographers of movie theatres designed or renovated by Kaplan & Sprachman. Project records are arranged chronologically, with sub-sub-series defined for successive projects at the same site. Some of the materials document project proposals which were not carried out (e.g., proposed renovations of the Winter Garden Theatre). Other series in the fonds contain business correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning Kaplan & Sprachman projects, and a small amount of personal material such as family photographs, awards Kaplan received over the years for his design work and a colour photocopy of the invitation to Kaplan's stag party in 1923. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Architectural projects Newspaper clippings on Kaplan & Sprachman projects Correspondence with Province of Quebec Association of Architects concerning membership Family photographs and other personal materials

Harry Clairmont fonds

  • ON00210 32
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1930]-1975

The fonds documents Harry Clairmont's involvement in the Canadian labour movement, as well as his interest in socialism and communism. Included are publications of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, the Arbiter Club, the Communist League of America, and the Revolutionary Workers' Party, and records relating to Clairmont's involvement in these organizations and union locals. These records include correspondence, membership cards, pamphlets, clippings, newsletters, anniversary books, bulletins, journals, speeches, financial reports, minute books, and photographs.

Harry Moscoe fonds

  • ON00210 69
  • Fonds
  • 1939-1947

Fonds consists of textual and photographic records accumulated by Mr. Harry Moscoe during the 1940 to 1947 period. The majority of these records document Mr. Moscoe's activities as Executive Director of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Eastern Region, War Efforts Committee. A few files also document examples of his personal, financial and legal office activities, while still living in Kirkland Lake and later in Montreal.
War Efforts Committee records focus on the CJC's responsibilities for: Servicemen's Centres in Halifax, Montreal, Moncton and St. John, Red Cross blood drives, tracking Jewish officers, Jewish casualties, and regular meetings of the War Efforts Committee. Also here are extensive newspaper clippings documenting Jewish servicemen' activities, casualties, heroics and decorations.
Of special note is a photograph which features seven uniformed Canadian Jewish chaplains who served during the Second World War. They are: Rabbi Abraham Babb, Rabbi David Monson, Rabbi Oscar Fassman, Rabbi Charles Bender, Rabbi Samuel Cass, Rabbi Jacob Eisen and Rabbi Morrris Casriel Katz.

Harry Simon fonds

  • ON00210 23
  • Fonds
  • 1931-[198-]

This fonds consists of the records related to the professional career of Harry Simon. This includes meeting minutes, general correspondence, speeches, posters, flyers, booklets, programmes and photographs. The bulk of the material is in the form of correspondence sent to or from Harry Simon. There is also a small amount of biographical material and a number of photographs, which have been described at the item level.

Simon, Harry

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