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Fonds includes the incomplete typescript of the translation of of Abraham Revutsky's "Wrenching Times in the Ukraine: Memoirs of a Jewish Minister" (originally publised in 1924), correspondence from Sam Revutsky, translator, to Eiran Harris and a photocopy of the original Yiddish text.

Consists of the family history of the Echenberg family written by Myron Echenberg and Ruth Tannenbaum.

Fonds consists of biographical materials, mainly related to Golda Cukier, as well post-war identification papers and documents related to the Cukiers, and their eventual immigration. Also contains articles, bibliographies, and finding aids created by Cukier during her time working at the Jewish Public Library.

Collection contains works by Isaiah Rabinovich, including literary essays, criticism, and articles. Course notes and literary essays pertaining to Hebrew literature are also included. Collection contains personal papers and documents belonging to Isaiah Rabinovich.

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

The fonds contains official documents pertaining to the family life and immigration (mostly from Tulchyn, Ukraine and Russia to the United States and Canada) of several people, including Uscher Meller, Lily Young, Hyman Bench, Max Cartman, Fanny Raisman, Sheina Mamburg, Sonia Mamburg, and the Poch, Isaacovtich, and Pollack families, as well as a number of unidentified people, likely extended family members.

Immigration documents like citizenship and naturalization certificates attest to the passage of several families; the photographs include mostly solo and group family portraits, as well as wedding portraits from the 1910s to 1920s, and some more candid group photographs, likely from the 1950s.

The fonds contains records which attest to Motel Sivak and Chienke Sivak's upbringings in the shtetels of Monastyryshche and Pilvishok (respectively), including photographs, articles, and booklets. A number of records, including photographs, newspaper articles, and correspondence document Chienke and Motel's involvement in the Zionist movement in Montreal, particularly with the Farband Labour Zionist Organization and the Zhitlovsky Branch of the Labour Zionist Farband Movement. Memoirs and transcribed stories pertaining to several of Chienke and Motel's family members can also be found in the fonds, as well as handwritten copies of Chienke's favourite poems and poems of Chienke's own creation. The records culminate in English and Yiddish manuscripts of Motel and Chienke's memoir entitled "Chiekne's Motl and Motl's Chienke: A Twentieth Century Story," as well as a bound copy and Yiddish and English audio recordings of the memoir on cassette.

Consists of a transcript of a memoir of the early childhood of Dr. Nathan Reich.