File contains material from a Dr. Maurice Fox scrapbook.
Series consists of scrapbooks which contain clippings, ephemera and photographs of council activities.
The fonds consists of administrative and operational records generated mainly by the local section including: textual records; photographs; sound recordings; and moving images. Records generated by the National Council for Jewish Women Canada are included as the policies, procedures and activities of the local branch influenced, and were influenced by the larger administrative body. The records were generated by members of the Board of Directors and members at large. Series 1, minutes, contains a fairly complete record of proceedings from the 1950s to the 1990s while earlier minutes may be found embedded in Series 3, President’s subject files and Series 12, Program, project and subject files.
The fonds is arranged into 16 series: Minutes; Correspondence; President’s subject files; Annual reports; Local publications; Financial statements; Clippings; Directories; Membership lists; Ephemera; National publications; Program, project and subject files; Scrapbooks; Audio recordings; Moving Images; and Photographs.
National Council of Jewish Women, Vancouver SectionSeries consists of newsletters, reports and studies created by the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada and distributed to the secretary of the local branch.
File contains bylaws.
File contains the original certificate admitting the Vancouver Section of the Council of Jewish Women to membership in the Council of Jewish Women. Signed in New York City March 14, 1924 by Council of Jewish Women president Rose Brenner and executive secretary Estelle M. Sternberger.
File contains copies of press releases.
Series consists of commemorative items pertaining to Section activities and celebrations, such as guest books, programs, table decorations, coat badges, name cards, and note cards.
File contains material on social legislation.
Series consists of program, project and subject files created by local members at large and board members. Files titles pertain to particular programs, projects, activities, events or subjects in which members participated.
Series consists of newsletters and announcements created by The National Council of Jewish Women, Vancouver Section.
File contains two programs
File contains newsletters.
File contains a National Council of Jewish Women scrapbook.
Series consists of one 16 mm film reel of the Jewish Girls’ Summer Camp, Crescent Beach, B.C. and a videotape of the procedures followed to test children’s hearing in the Mobile Hearing Bus.
File contains the first three Council Cookbooks ever published.
File contains a moving image of the Jewish Girls’ Summer Camp at Crescent Beach, B.C.
File contains national, international and local publicity material.
Series consists of minutes of National Council of Jewish Women, Vancouver Section meetings and meetings of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada of which Vancouver members participated. Minutes of national and international meetings are also included in this series, as are minutes from other Canadian branches. Minutes of local Branches and groups include: the Board of Directors, Vancouver Branch; the Executive of the Board of Directors; the Hannah Soloman Branch; the Irene Samuels Branch; Professional Women’s and Technical Branch. Local committee minutes include the Hearing Screening Committee and the Golden Age Committee.
Minutes of local Branches and sections may also be found embedded in other series such as series 12 (Program, project and subject Files) and series 3 (President’s subject files). These groups include: Chana Szenes; Reva Gerstein; Tikvah Branch; Eleanor Roosevelt Branch; Mozah Zemans Branch; Bride’s Group; Evening Group; Afternoon Group.
File contains minutes from August 1931 to May 1942.
File contains material on the International Council of Jewish Women.
File contains material on the NCJW interstate conference.
File contains bylaws.
File contains the history of the National Council of Jewish Women.
Series consists of general correspondence regarding Branch activities including planning and implementation of local, national and international projects, liaison with the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada and the International Council of Jewish Women, and policy statements to the provincial and federal government in matters such as abortion and human rights.