Fonds consists of photographs and various family ephemera, including identification documents and correspondence. Also contains material related to the Bassarabier Hebrew Sick Benefit Association of Montreal, including constitution booklets and a commemorative ribbon.
Diamond/Solomon FamilyThe Dreyfus Collection contains material related to the Dreyfus Affair, specifically the publicity and commentary surrounding the trial. It consists of a collection of editorial cartoons, newspaper clippings, broadsides, photographs and drawings. The content represents both positions in support and against Alfred Dreyfus, some of which are explicitly antisemitic. The collection of postcards contains political cartoons and caricatures that were circulating at the time. Similarly, some of the posters represent the trial in a political manner. Newspaper clippings from the period are also included in the collection.
Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935The Gittleson-Beecher fonds consists primarily of photographs, as well as diaries, telegrams, scrapbooks, and slides.
Gittleson, Abe, 1871-1938This fonds contains personal documents, photographs, and correspondence belonging to Hyman and Lily Rafman. Also included here are documents and references to Steinberg's, Lily's family business.
Rafman, Lily, 1909-