Gertrude Katz fonds [multiple media]

Fonds consists of personal papers of Gertrude Katz, consisting of personal correspondence with prison inmates in the Quebec penitentiary system and other materials which she collected for her book, The Time gatherers, including draft manuscripts of the book as well as book reviews along with political and abortion campaign buttons. Also included are Gertrude Katz's files relating to her involvement with the Committee for Neutral Schools based in Quebec in the 1960s; her role as campaign manager of Dr. Henry Morgentaler's 1972 Quebec election campaign bid; and correspondence, briefs and other materials relating to the abortion issue, her long association with Dr. Henry Morgentaler and the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League. As well there are journals and manuscripts of the Holocaust trip of remembrance she and her husband Carl made with Dr. Henry Morgentaler's brother, Mike to Poland in 1978. Mike and Henry are survivors of the Lodz ghetto and Auschwitz.

Sound recording consists of an interview of Gertrude Katz for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network radio series Matinée, about her book The Time Gatherers. The map was created in Jerusalem, Israel and depicts concentration camps and ghettos in Europe, 1941-1944. It is in Hebrew. The map was used by Mike Morgentaler during the visit to Poland in September, 1978. The bilingual poster (both sides) was used during Dr. Henry Morgentaler's Quebec provincial election campaign titled "People First-For a More Humane Society Vote for Dr. Henry Morgentaler N.D.P. Independent". The drawing is a portrait of Raymond Boyer who contributed a short story to The Time Gatherers. The creator is unknown. The drawing is a photocopy.