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Archival description
Harry Hershman Collection
CA JPL-A 1239 · Fonds · 1903-1935

Contains organizational material related to the Association of Bukovina Jews, manuscripts authored by Harry Hershman, and personal correspondence.

Hershman, Harry, 1876-1955
Isaac Hertzman Fonds
CA JPL-A 1364 · Fonds · 1907-1991

Fonds consists of the Isaaac Hertzman's various organization related documents (minutes, correspondence, notices, membership information) specific to the individual's activities.

Hertzman, Isaac
Jacob Grossman Fonds
CA JPL-A 1084 · Fonds · [ca. 1941-1982]

Consists of the working documents, manuscripts and correspondence of Jacob Grossman.

Grossman, Jacob, 1899-1982
CA JPL-A 1023 · Fonds · 1947-1975

This fond consists mainly of working documents such as correspondence and financial papers, predominantly from the late 1940s to the 1970s. The documents deals with the advocacy activities of the Jewish Labour Committee such as bringing refugees over to Montreal and later raising money to aid Pakistani refugees. Highlights of the Fonds include correspondence between David Lewis, then secretary of the CCF, his father Moishe Lewis, and Kalman Kaplansky, both labour leaders in Montreal’s Workmen’s Circle and in the Jewish Labour Committee..

Jewish Labour Committee
CA JPL-A 1214 · Fonds · 1970 - 1972

The fonds contains records pertaining to the November 9, 1972 Jewish Labour Committee Memorial Meeting to Soviet Writers, which observed the 20th anniversary of the execution of Yiddish writers in the Soviet Union and featured Rachel Korn, Eli Wiesel, Professor John Humphrey, Shulamis Yelin, Rebecca Augenfeld, Yehuda Elberg, the Workmen's Circle Choir, and others. This is represented in the form of tickets (and correspondence pertaining to tickets), bulletins, invitations, and administrative notes and correspondence.

A number of other meetings in 1972 leading up to the November 9th memorial and hosted by the Joint Committee for the Observance of the 20th Anniversary of Yiddish Writers in the Soviet Union are also represented in the fonds through minutes, agendas, and meeting invitations.

Finally, the April 19 anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial is also represented in the fonds in the form of several bulletins and agendas.

Jewish Labour Committee
Joseph Danielack Fonds
CA JPL-A 1085 · Fonds · 1900-1951

Consists of both professional and personal papers divided into four series: Literary Activities, Professional Activities, Biography and Correspondence.

Danielack, Joseph, 1900-1951
CA JPL-A 1182 · Fonds · 1921-1986 ; predominant 1940-1960

Fonds contains paper records related mostly to the political careers of Joseph Schubert and William V. Victor, including business correspondence, invitations, newspaper clippings, elections information, and handwritten notes. Also included are documents related to both men's involvements with community and professional organizations, and one file belonging to Laura Victor (nee Schubert).The fonds may have been assembled by Laura Victor.

Schubert, Joseph, 1889-1952
CA JPL-A 1420 · Fonds · 1938

1 issue of The Challenge, the publication for the Young Circle League of Montreal. Created January 1, 1938. Vol 1., No. 1.The Young Circle League was the young adult section of the Workmen's Circle Group. The first article is on the Padlock Law. Includes contributions by Bernard S. Mergler, Anne Berkson, Squire Blackshaw, Harry Margolese, Israel Knox, Sam Aizer, and Sol Berman. Advertisements in back indicate funding by S. Bregman, Herman Small, M. Rubenstein, David Aisen, H. Hershman, Norman Mergler, J.H. Goldenstein, and a number of adult branches of the Workman's Circle, including 151, 151B, 1018, 204, The Scarlet Beacons, and The Challengers.