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Archival description
Benditsky Family Fonds
CA JPL-A 1295 · Fonds · [between 1920 and 1985] predominent 1945-1946

The Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs and ephemera related to the war time relationship and marriage of Nathan and Ruth Benditsky. The material focuses predominently on the years 1945 and 1946, during which the couple organizes their Manchester wedding and arranges Ruth's eventual immigration to Canada.

Benditsky, Nathan, 1918-1999
CA JPL-A 1238 · Fonds · 1944 - 1955

Consists of financial and administrative records of the Bialystoker Centre, as well as correspondence sent and received by the Centre.

Bialystoker Centre of Montreal
Chayele Grober Fonds
CA JPL-A 1020 · Fonds · [ca. 1930-1980]

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.

Grober, Chayele, 1898-1978
George L. Gilbert Fonds
CA JPL-A 1372 · Fonds · 1927-1940

Consists of school material. year books, flight school log books, as well as a RCAF bag and RCAF memorial cushion cover.

Gilbert, George L., 1914-1944
CA JPL-A 1262 · Fonds · 1919 - 2008

Consists of six volumes of writings and the memoirs of Jussi Brainin. Includes memoirs written by Mr. Brainin over the last 8 years of his life. Subject matter covers his life in Austria, Britain and Canada from 1919-2002.

Brainin, Jussi, 1919-2008
Levy Family Fonds
CA JPL-A 1294 · Fonds

Consists of various artefacts, including textiles, glassware, pipes, tailor's tools, as well as several recipe and prayer books, ephemera, and photographs belonging to the Levy Family.

Textile materials include men's and women's hats, clothing, jackets, aprons, and tie clips. Also includes ephemera such as pins, caps, badges, and uniform of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Montreal Pipe Smoker's Club.

Levy Family
Lokaj Family Collection
CA JPL-A 1338 · Fonds · 1944

The Lokaj Family Collection contains two copies of certificates of identity issued by the Allied Commision for Austria, one for Lola Lokaj (nee Klinger) and another for Chaim Lokaj

Lokaj, Lola
Ludwig Frank Fonds
CA JPL-A 1281 · Fonds · [ca. 1942-1944]

Consists of a piece of wood art created by Ludwig Frank, a Jewish-German internee in Canada, and presented to Major Agnus Cameron. It is a handmade wooden inlay art piece of a sailing ship, created by Ludwig Frank during his time at Fort Lennox.

Frank, Ludwig Adolf, 1907-
Mannie Lecker Fonds
CA JPL-A 1043 · Fonds · 1885-2005 (predominant 1942-1945)

Fonds consists of wartime memorabilia and propaganda collected by Mr. Lecker during his service in Europe in World War II.

Lecker, Mannie, -2007
Murray Kay Collection
CA JPL-A 1307 · Fonds · [ca. 1937-2001]

Consists of two albums, created by Murray Kay, of both original and copies of photographs taken by Kay. The images are often accompanied by lines composed by Kay and include images of Montreal and Quebec in the 1930s, Kay's time in England with the RCAF, and his eventual move to California. Collection also includes a short story written by Kay entitled, "Man's Spectre" and a book of poetry composed entirely by Kay.

Kay, Murray, 1917-2001