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Album of photographs from Tel Asher farm
Album of photographs from Tel Asher farm
CA JPL-A 1071-[3] · File · [192-]
Part of Asher Pierce Fonds

Album is comprised of photographs at Tel Asher and Gan Haim farms in Israel, most of which feature the ceremonial planting of an orange tree--likely to commemorate the 1927 founding of Asher Pierce's Gan Chaim Corporation, Ltd., a development of orange plantations. Also features a group photograph outside of a building on neighbouring Gan Haim farm.
Asher Pierce Fonds
CA JPL-A 1071 · Fonds · 1921-1982

The fonds is comprised of biographical information on Asher Pierce, including obituaries, biographies, and copies of newspaper articles, several pieces of correspondence, a photo album featuring photographs from the opening of the Gan Chaim orange plantation in Palestine, and a single photograph of Ella Pierce.

 Pierce, Asher, 1867-
Biographical information
CA JPL-A 1071-[1] · File · [1936 - 198-?]
Part of Asher Pierce Fonds

Contains biographical information on Asher Pierce, including obituaries, mini biographies, a copy of the Canadian Jewish Historical Society Journal from 1980 featuring Pierce, copies of articles from the Canadian Jewish Chronicle and The Gazette pertaining to Pierce and his son, Sydney, and a list of "Descendants of Jacob (Yankel) Pierce."
Correspondence
CA JPL-A 1071-[2] · File · 1921 - 1982
Part of Asher Pierce Fonds

Contains photocopies of a letter from the War Orphans Committee of Canada (pertaining to a trip Asher Pierce and his wife took to pick up children from Ukraine), a letter from Asher Pierce to the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, and an original letter addressed to Sydney Pierce, possibly addressing Gan Chaim Corporation Ltd.