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Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds contains material regarding the personal and professional lives of Ginda and Abraham Rosenblatt. The fonds consists of correspondence, the writings of Abraham Rosenblatt, official documents and ephemera. Inlcuded within the fonds are some of Abraham Rosenblatt's published articles which appear to largely be published anonymously or under the pen name A. Besarbier.

Contains photographs, reel to reel audio, cassette audio and textual documents related to the organizational activities of Abraham Trapunski. The bulk of the Abraham Trampunski papers focus on his involvement with the Vilna and Vicinity Association. Most of the papers in the collection range from 1953 - 1980, when he apeears to have been most active in these associations. Other prominent institutions include The Canadian Jewish Congress, YIVO and the Montreal Yiddish Committee.

The fonds documents Aline Gubbay's personal life and her career as a photographer.

The fonds contains correspondence and biographical documents such as a birth certificate, a wedding certificate, a will, a contract and diaries. Additional personal material includes a sketch, a drawing and photographs concerning Aline Gubbay and her family.

The fonds also includes professional documents such as schedules, notebook, costume design sketches, contact sheets, negatives, slides and photographs. Many of the photographs are Gubbay's own work, including "A Street Called the Main" and "Canadian Architecture in the 19th Century: a Selective Bibliography". Other photography subjects include images of architecture found in Montreal and Westmount.

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.

Consists of mainly textual records of association activities such as membership lists, anniversary gatherings, etc. Includes correspondence and scrapbooks.

Consists of biographical research on the Berliner Family: Emile, Edgar Maurice, Herbert Samuel, Henry Adler. Texts are written by Jean-Guy Grenier, and appear to be part of a volume titled "Les inventeurs, les savants et innovateurs."

The fonds contains materials relating to Beverly Shaffer's filmmaking career spanning from her earlier education through to her retirement, the bulk of which reflect her time as a salaried director with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), where Shaffer directed documentary films tackling issues like family relationships, women's rights, disability, and abuse.

The bulk of the fonds comprises research, correspondence, and other materials like scripts and budgets for potential film projects. Materials from shoots underway--including correspondence, schedules, and other related records--as well as post-production records including press releases and educational materials, can also be found in the fonds.

Numerous awards within the fonds, including certificates (textual) and physical awards (objects), reflect Shaffer's successes in film festivals around the world from the 1970s through the 2000s. Notably, a subseries is dedicated to her Oscar win at the 1978 Academy Awards for the Children of Canada series instalment "I'll Find a Way"--including many photographs, newspaper articles, letters of congratulations, and even sound recordings of coworkers' reactions to the win.

The fonds contains copies of most of Shaffer's films, mostly as reels and videotapes but including several DVDs. This includes the Children of Jerusalem and Children of Canada series, as well as many other documentary short films directed by Shaffer and footage of several interviews. Numerous photographs of cast and crew during and after filming--in the form of prints, slides, and negatives--can also be found in the fonds.

The fonds is comprised mostly of records relating to the now-defunct Pripstein's Camp Mishmar, including a number of staff and camper group photographs from the 1950s as well as contemporary camp brochures. Additionally, a book of well-wishes for Jonah Braverman's Aliyah can be found in the fonds.

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.

The fonds consists of 11 files of records relating to the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Fonds. Included are political platforms, notices of public events, financial statements, correspondence, reports on elections, publications on the CCF. in Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec.