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CA JHS A.2012.017, A.2013.018-001-1 · File · 22 November 1862
Part of John Keenlysides Congregation Emanu-El collection

File contains the first report by the Secretary, A. Hoffman, to the congregation. Manuscript of five pages, dated and docketed 22 November 1862, Victoria, Vancouver Island, folded, docketed on outside as “Secretary’s Report Nov. 22/62”. Reports on meetings, efforts to raise funds, etc.

CA JHS A.2012.017, A.2013.018 · Fonds · 1862-1864

Fonds consists of material documenting early BC Jewish history. Fonds is arranged into two series: Congregation Emanu-El manuscripts; and Letters from Abraham Blackman to his brother Morris, Jewish merchants in colonial British Columbia.

Keenlyside, John
CA JHS A.2012.017, A.2013.018-001-4 · File · 7 July 1864
Part of John Keenlysides Congregation Emanu-El collection

Summary Suit in Supreme Court of Civil Justice, Victoria, 7 July 1864, two pages part printed and part manuscript, recording claim for loss on non-fulfillment of contract for supplying lumber for the new synagogue. Summary Suit #1459, J.G. Jackson, Plaintiff vs. Hoffman, Sr.

CA JHS A.2012.017, A.2013.018-001-6 · File · 1864
Part of John Keenlysides Congregation Emanu-El collection

File contains the "Act to Incorporate the Israelite Congregation named 'The Emanuel of Victoria, Vancouver Island'". Passed the Legislative Assembly 2d June, 1864, R. W. Torrens, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly. Passed the Legislative Council 16th June, 1864, E. J. Nesbitt, Clerk of the Legislative Council. Received my Assent this 7th day of July, 1864, A. E. Kennedy, Governor. Victoria, Vancouver Island: printed by authority of the government by Harries and Company, 1864.

Folio, 29.3 cm, pp. [3] on single folded sheet of cream paper. Near fine. Original folio printings, never bound, of the draft and final act legally establishing the first Jewish Congregation in western Canada, the oldest surviving synagogue in Canada, housed in what is now the oldest surviving synagogue building on the West Coast of North America. The synagogue was founded in 1859 and the present synagogue building was built in 1863. Unrecorded original printed acts, the Harries imprint very rare indeed.

CA JHS A.2009.003-001 · Series · 1916 - 1917
Part of Seidelman family fonds

This series contains letters written by Private Edward Joseph Seidelman to his family from July 1916 until his death in October 1917. The letters were written when Private Seidelman was stationed in Camp Hughes, Manitoba; Seaford, Sussex, England; and “Somewhere in France”. The series also contains Private Seidelman’s death certificate and letters from the Canadian and British government to his family after his death. Published material includes a published obituary from the “Daily Province”, Vancouver, British Columbia and a Western Universities Battalion newsletter from Camp Hughes, Manitoba, published October 21, 1916.

CA JHS A.2009.003-001-18 · File · 1916 - 1917
Part of Seidelman family fonds

The file contains a published obituary from the “Daily Province”, Vancouver, British Columbia, and a Western Universities Battalion (196th) newsletter from Camp Hughes, Manitoba, published October 21, 1916. Private Seidelman was in Camp Hughes, Manitoba with the Western Universities Battalion (196th) when the newsletter was published.

Montreal Tramways Company
CA JHS A.2014.007-001-43-2 · Item · [1920?]
Part of Morris Soskin and Rose Hyams collection

Item is an insurance schedule detailing the amount of insurance carried by various types of properties in the Montreal area. Properties include operating car barns, car storage barns, car repair shops, power houses and sub-stations.

Their ideals
CA JHS A.2014.007-002-129-2 · Item · [1920?]
Part of Morris Soskin and Rose Hyams collection

Item is a cartoon showing the difference between two youths and their aspirations. A girl stares longingly at a famous actress' poster, while a boy stares longingly at the girl.

CA JHS A.2014.007 · Fonds · 1911, 1920-1921

The fonds consists of a series of love-letters written between Morris Soskin and Rose Hyams. These letters were written in 1921 between Vancouver (where Morris lived) and Montreal (where Rose lived).

Soskin (family)