This file contains correspondence, press releases, advertisements, and programs for the 2007 Canadian Folk Music Awards.

This series consists of that material that provides evidence to additional professional and personal activities in the entertainment industry by Mr. Gesser. This series also includes biographical information supplied through articles featuring Mr. Gesser as well as recognition received including induction into the Order of Canada in 1993.

Fonds consists of scripts, promotional material, newspaper clippings and correspondence related to Chayele Grober's career in theatre. Fonds comprises a single series of twenty files. The Fonds contains a large amount of correspondence received by Mr. and Mrs. Ravitch from C. Grober, possibly indicating that all or part of the Fonds was first collected by them prior to donation.

About film "Des lumieres dans la Grande Noirceur"

This series consists of production files, arranged chronologically, for the various concerts, performances, tours, and events produced by Sam Gesser under Samuel Gesser Productions and, later, Gesser Enterprises.

• This file contains six reels of material produced by Sam Gesser: “Musical Strings”, produced in the 1950s for CBC radio, “Canadian Town Hall”, a festival of Canadian Folk Music, “World of Music”, produced in the 1950s for CBC, and “La Belle Helene” (3 acts).
• Various dates.

Series 1 includes textual records and photographs, which are arranged chronologically by the event or concert. Series 2 includes textual records, photographs and audiovisual material of associated professional and personal material that reflects Mr. Gesser’s long-standing involvement in the Montreal and Canadian entertainment field. These records are arranged by topic. Files also include newspaper clippings for information and reference purposes.

SERIES 1 – Containers 001-017, 021 (Over-sized)
SERIES 2 – Containers 018-022, 021 (Over-sized) 022, 023