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1946 - 1959 (Creation)
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- Cohen, Samuel D.
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0.04m of textual records
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One of the founders of the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1919 and among those who reorganized it in 1934; was director of United Talmud Torahs of Montreal; was joint Secretary of 1919 Canadian Jewish Congress convention and Secretary of Canadian Jewish Congress Eastern Division after 1934 reorganization; was Chairman of Canadian Jewish Congress Boycott Committee which did much to lessen Nazi commercial and political influence in Canada; was Chairman of Commitee on Relations with French Canadians of Canadian Jewish Congress and was involved with CJC's Cercle juif de la Langue francais; was Secretary of Ukranian War Orphans Committee; was Executive Director of Retail Women's Wear Association of Montreal and editor of its magazine.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of three files of documents relating to the public life of Samuel D. Cohen. The first file contains certificates. The second file contains the records of a contract arbitration between handbag manufacturers and the pocketbook workers' union, for which Cohen acted as arbitrator. The third file is a scrapbook containing primarily news clippings mentioning Cohen.
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Many paper and newsprint documents are brittle
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- English
- Yiddish