Supplementary Administrative Files about Refugees

Identifier: L
Language of Description: English
Dates: 1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1976
Level of Description: Series
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://www.cjhn.ca/list?q=identifier_free:(+L)%20AND%20identifier_free:(+I0062)&repository_facet=Canadian+Jewish+Archives&level_facet=Series&level_facet=SubSeries&level_facet=SubSubSeries&sort=fondsno+asc%2cseriesno+asc%2cfileno+asc%2citemno+asc

Extent and Medium

1.72 metres of textual records.

Biographical History

Series L is a supplementary series that adds to the United Jewish Relief Agencies of Canada collection.

Acquisition

Unprocessed boxes found in Archives move during summer of 2018.

Scope and Content

There are 8 boxes in this series:0.52 metres of refugee case files and transmigration files. 0.30 metres of refugee location services. 0.30 metres of Immigration and labour cases (1948-1952) relating to Shanghai, the Guild of Craftsmen, and Garment/ Tailor Projects. 0.30 metres of refugee transportation (departure lists, 1948-1954). 0.15 metres of transmission of funds. 0.15 metres related to projects: Refugee Youth Project (1947-1949), orphan cases (1948-1967), citizenship cases (1948-1950), Film Board projects (1949), and Rabbinical College (1950). General note: 2 photographs were removed and placed in the photo collection.

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.