Canadian Jewish Congress fonds [textual record, sound recording, moving images]

Identifier
100582
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1931 - 31 Dec 1988
Level of Description
Fonds
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of correspondence, 1931-1932, 1937-1938, 1940, 38 pages; circulars, 1940-1942, 1.3 cm; Canadian Association for Adult Education, 1954-1958, 0.6 cm; publications, 1940-1944, 6.3 cm and photocopies, 1961, 24 pages.

The fonds also contains sound recordings of songs and interviews in Yiddish and in English with pioneer members of the Jewish Community in Toronto, recorded mostly in the Jewish home for the aged, under the supervision of Professor Dov Nay of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, 1972-1974. Also included is a video recording of a documentary video cassette entitled Voices of survival, about the experiences of seven Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Canada, 1988.

Sources

  • Private

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.