The fonds consists of newspaper clippings and typescripts written or collected by Sam Maltin over the course of his journalism career, with a special focus on the situation of black athletes in professional sports, including Jackie Robinson. It also includes professional correspondence (incoming), letters received from Jackie Robinson and his wife Rachel (1948-1949), as well as black and white photographs and negatives from both his professional and personal life.
Maltin, Sam, 1917-1957Consists of newspaper clippings, photographs and a large card all dealing with Mr. Hershenkopf's participation and leadership in gun associations and competitions.
Hershenkopf, Sam, 1914-2000Series 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
General information about the Saidye Bronfman Theatre, but also specific records about different events that occurred in it and/or were organized by it. There are multiple files about plays with detailed descriptions about the budgets, the scripts and the costumes to name a few. Exhibitions’ explanations are also available to the interest of the public. Festival programs such as Family and Puppet Festival and activities such as Artapalooza are also in the Fonds. Grant proposals, donations by individuals and businesses, overall budgets, renovation information, letters between the centre and other institutions or people related to the centre and its activities, etc.
Saidye Bronfman Centre for the ArtsConsists of correspondence, marketing and sales materials, photographs, and clippings related to the Rubenstein Bros. Co., Ltd. or the Rubenstein family.
Rubenstein Bros. Co., LtdThe Ruben Ginsburg Collection consists of a discharge certificate issued by the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces.
Fonds consists of financial information and membership records of the Knights of Pythias Royal Albert Lodge #16, and some newspaper clippings and ephemera related to the society's activities or to community issues of a more general nature.
Royal Albert Lodge #16, Knights of PythiasConsists of correspondence sent to Charles Rostoker and his daughter Celia Rostoker from various family members, as well as eight photographs.
Rostoker, Charles, 1888-1963The fonds consists of four files of documents and four audiocassettes relating to the operation of the Hebrew course at the Roslyn School. Included are the program authorization requests and teaching materials for the course, as well as administrative and enrolment notes from parents and administrators involved in the program. Two of the cassettes are labelled as parts of a "Hebrew 101" course, one is labelled "Erev Shabbat Ritual," and the last is labelled "8A."
Roslyn Elementary SchoolThe fonds is comprised mostly of records which demonstrate Rosetta Elkin's involvement in Jewish social relations within a broader Canadian context, centering in particular around French Canadian-Jewish relations in the wake of mounting Quebec nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s. This includes reports, meeting minutes, memos, and correspondence pertaining to the Comité sur le fait français and its offshoot, Project Action Rapprochement. Additionally, many plans, reports, meeting minutes, and organization charts pertaining to the Sephardi-Askenazi Relations Committee (SARC) committee (for which Elkin sat on the board) can be found in the fonds. Memos and correspondence with the Allied Jewish Community Services are also found in the fonds, along with articles, research, and speeches about French Canadian-Jewish relations.
Elkin, Rosetta, 1914 -2017