The file contains photocopied research on Jews in China, including a 1489 Chinese inscription at a synagogue, images of the K'ai-feng Synagogue, and a map of China indicating areas with a Jewish presence. Also contains what appear to be panels from an exhibition about Judaism in China, with various paper cut-outs of information (mostly Yiddish, Hebrew) pasted onto black cardstock; on back of each panel are names, possibly of collaborators. Extensive lecture notes (on a rough overview of Judaism, as well as the discovery of Judaism in China at the K'ai-feng Synagogue) are also in the file, in both English and English.

File contains ephemera collected by Walter Joachim while living in Shanghai.

File contains ephemera including pamphlets and performance programs from 1987.

File contains letterhead and one envelope from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

The fonds contains materials relating to Walter Joachim’s music career, from his early years in Montreal in the 1950’s to posthumous records and tributes of his life and legacy.
The materials in the fonds reflect Joachim’s professional life, and primarily cover the tour of Shanghai that he completed from 1987-1991 with his wife, and fellow music teacher Monique. The fonds comprises of correspondence with musicians and students, mainly students from China, and a large number of holiday and birthday cards. There is also ephemera from concerts, performances and events, including programs and news clippings represented in the fonds, along with tourist items collected in Shanghai with items like travel itineraries, maps and receipts.
The fonds contains over four hundred photographs that document early portraits of Joachim from the 1950’s to important events such as Joachim’s win at the awards ceremony for the Order of Canada and Quebec (in 1992 and 1995). Joachim and his wife Monique’s tour of Shanghai is well documented with many photographs of them teaching at the Shanghai Conservatory of music and at children’s schools.
Audio cassette tapes of recordings of Joachim’s students and performances are included in the fonds, along with several scores and associated ephemera. The fonds also contains the six medals awarded to Joachim from the Order of Canada, and the Order National du Quebec.