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Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds

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Ottawa Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
1903 - 1996 (indexed as 1903–1996)
Level
fonds
Extent
9 boxes, multiple media
Scope & content
Fonds consists of news clippings, commemorative booklets and programs for Lillian, Archibald and their son, Lawrence Freiman; Book, Lillian and Archibald Freiman: Biographies by Bernard Figler, 1962; Book, Don’t Fall off the rocking horse: an autobiography by Lawrence Freiman, 1978; Several books from Bernard Alexandor's library (husbabd of Dorothy Freiman) and presentation books to Lillian and Archibald Freiman; 7 Lillian Freiman scrapbooks, family photographs, 1 Jewish National Fund certificate (See 1-942), 1923 Canadian Zionist National Executive Certificate to Jewish National Fund (see 1-963). Another Jewish National Fund Certificate issued in commemoration of Archibald's and Lillian's silver wedding anniversary in 1928 (see 4-715). Box 1 - File 1 - 18th Zionist Convention: Contains newspaper advertisements for the convention held in Ottawa- 1922 - File 2 - 18th Zionist Convention: News clippings regarding the convention held in Ottawa July 1-4, 1922 - File 3 - Newspaper Clippings from a Scrapbook: Violence in Palestine, etc - 1922, 1930-1931; - File 4 - Correspondence from Scrapbooks: A handwritten letter to a Marcus Sperber from A.J Freiman (he signs as "Archie"), a letter from the South African Zionsit Federation to A.J Freiman, a letter from Marcus Sperber to A.J Freiman - 1940; - File 5 - A File of Obituaries for Lillian Freiman: Newspaper clippings - 1940; - File 6 – AJ and Lillian Memorial Tributes: A two page memorial speech by Paulina Freiman outlining some of Lillian Freiman's works, Two speeches by Rabbi Oscar Fasman - one discussing Lillian's life and work and unveiling a stained glass window in her memory - March 4, 1942, and one discussing Adath Jeshurun and the strength of its congregation over the years - March 22, 1942, a copy of the Lillian Freiman memorial edition of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin - November 13, 1940, a tribute booklet to Lillian from Hadassah; - File 7 - News clippings: A file of different memorial material for A. J. Freiman; - File 8- News clippings: Various clippings, A "Helping Hand Fund Campaign" certificate - 1919; - File 9- Descendants of Lillian and A.J. Freiman: A small Bilsky family tree, Newspaper articles on Margo Roston's (nee Margo Freiman) marriage to Gordon Roston - 1961, correspondence from the Canadian Jewish Congress to the Archives Committee in Ottawa regarding material on the Freiman's - 1974, A computer printout of a photo of Jennifer Rigal (Jennifer Marcus) and Ruth Alexandor at Nahalal, Israel (un-scanned), A newspaper article on the wedding of Betsy Alexandor to Wynne Rigal - 1961, Various other correspondence; - File 10 - News clippings: A file of different memorial material for Lillian Freiman; - File 11 - News clippings: Margo Roston. She wrote a column for the Ottawa Citizen. One article is about her marriage to Gordon Roston - 1961, and the other is an article she wrote on growing up in Freiman's Department store run by her father, Lawrence Freiman - 1995; - File 12 - Lawrence Freiman Articles - assorted newspaper clippings, articles, and advertisements; - File 13 - Freiman Silver Wedding Anniversary Programs and Painting Reproduction, Two Small Mounted Photos of Lillian and A. J. - 1928; - File 14 - Lillian Freiman 50th Birthday: Two programs - 1935, A hand-written letter from Lillian Freiman to Mr. Goldman of the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa conveying thanks for the well-wishes on her 50th birthday. Witten from her Meach Lake stationary; - File 15 - A File of Photocopied Articles on Lillian Freiman: Includes her induction into the Legion - 1934, Memorial articles and her work with the Ukrainian Orphans; - File 16 - The Freiman Family Home: A small file of information on the Patee / Freiman House at 149 Somerset Street, compiled by Hagit Hadaya; - File 17- Two Yiddish Essays with Translations - One on Lillian - 1929, One on A. J. Freiman and Lillian giving history and discussing their works - 1984; - File 18 - News clippings: Obituaries for Audrey Freiman (wife of Lawrence Freiman), An article on Eleanor Freiman (daughter of Lawrence and Audrey) - 2005, An article on the dedication of Lawrence Freiman Lane, Memorial articles for Lawrence Freiman, A media release for the opening of the Freiman Mall - 1983, An article about Lawrence Freiman discussing the Stock Market Crash of 1929 - 1979, An article on the marriage of Paula Freiman (Paula Freiman Luxenberg) and Leon Root - 1961, and more; - File 19 - A.J. and Ruth Freiman (this is a descendent of the original A.J.) Visit: A very nice booklet produced by Ruppin Academic Centre in Israel on the Freiman Family - 2008; - File 20 - Correspondence from Lillian to Lawrence Bilsky: Photocopies - 1937; - File 21 - Miscellaneous Folder: Program for Negev Dinner in honor of Lawrence Freiman - 1964; - File 22 - Various: A poppy from the poppy campaign - 1989, An A. J. Freiman Ltd. price sticker, An A. J. Freiman receipt noting the purchase of candy boxes for Moses Loeb - 1921, A Freiman Department Store receipt - 1943; Box 2 - Correspondence of Lillian Freiman (Document in box outlines specifics of correspondence) - File 1: 1916 - 1926 - File 2: January - April 1927 - File 3: May - July 1927 - File 4: August - September 1927 - File 5: October - December 1927 - Fiel 6: January - April 1928 - File 7: May - December 1928 - File 8: January - April 1929 - File 9: May - July 1929 - File 10: August - December 1929 - File 11: January - September 1930 - File 12: October - December 1930 - File 13: January - March 1931 - File 14: April - August 1931 - File 15: September - December 1931 - File 16: January - March 1932 - File 17: April - December 1932 - File 18: 1933 - File 19: 1934 - File 20: 1935 Box 3 - File 1: Minutes: Ottawa Hebrew Benevolent Society - File 2: Hadassah - File 3: Poppy Day certificate and clippings - File 4: Invitations - File 5: Hadassah Correspondence - File 6: OBE Correspondence - File 7: Mrs. Dorothy Alexandor - File 8: Telegrams and news clippings regarding marriage of Freimans - File 9: Mrs. Freiman 50th Birthday - File 10: King's Silver Jubilee, May 1935 - File 11: Associated Country Women of the World Conference, (Dorothy Alexandor) June 1936 - File 12: Lillian Freiman - Private Correspondence - File 13: AJ Freiman - Private Correspondence - File 14: Mrs. Q. Luxemberg - Private Correspondence - File 15: AJ Freiman Sionist Convention Speeches 1927, 1930, 1937 - File 16: Avraham Menadem Ussishkin 1863 - 1941 - File 17: Scapbook of press clippings of the death of Moses Bilsky, 1923 - File 18: Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) - File 19: Mrs. Freiman 50th birthday telegrams - File 20: Misc. news clippings - File 21: Lillian and AJ Freiman passports - File 22: Correspondence re. Lillian Freiman's 50th Birthday - File 23: Telegrams to Mrs. Freiman on being created an OBE - File 24: Letters of condolences to D. Alexandor, 1940 - File 25: Programs and clippings re. Zionism - File 26: Misc. documents re. the death of Lillian Freiman - File 27: Misc. documents Box 4 - Correspondence and condolences - File 1: Correspondence - Letters of condolences for AJ Freiman, 1944 - File 2: Lists of Floral Tributes for AJ Freiman, 1944 - File 3: Correspondence - Letters of condolences to Freiman family - File 4: Cards and letters of condolences, 1944 - File 5: Letters of condolences to Mrs. Queenie Luxemburg, 1944 - File 6: Letters of condolences to Mrs. Queenie Luxemburg, 1944 cont'd - File 7: Ephemera - Calling cards - File 8: Telegrams (156), June 5, 1944 - File 9: Telegrams (103), June 6, 1944 - File 10: Telegrams (41), June 7 - 26, 1944 - File 11: Telegrams (66), June 4 & 5, 1944 - File 12: Tags from floral arrangements for MR. AJ Freiman's funeral Box 5 - Misc. Ephemera Box consists of 1 poem written after Lilliam Freiman's death; a 50th birthday tribute book to Lillian Freiman from the Hadassah-WIZO; a Freiman's Department Store bag; a Freiman's Department store box. Box 6 - Candian Legion Beret This box contains a single beret given to Lillian Freiman by Frank Potts, the Executive Secretary for the Royal Canadian Legion. There is an accompanying letter which states that the style of beret was made specifically for Ottawa servicemen in honour of a visit from the King of England. Frank wanted to send one to Lillian because he didn't "know of a better and more deserving soldier" than Lillian - 1939. OS Box 1 - Misc. Ephemera Box consists of a Lillian Freiman printing plate; 4 souvenir booklets (Silver anniversary President of Adath Jeshurun, Silver Wedding, Memory of AJ Freiman, and AJ Freiman inaugural Chair); a 1931 "The Jewish Who's Who" book with Lillia Freiman; "The Widening Sphere: Women in Canada 1870-1940" book; a framed notice from the King of England to AJ Freiman; a framed caricature of Lillian Freiman on a Palestine Relief ship. OS Box 2 - Jewish War Orphans Box consists of an Exerpt from "The Jew in Canada, 1926" on the Jewish War Orphans Committee; the photograph album from Lillian Freiman's trip to the Ukraine to bring home Jewish orphans 1920-1921. OS Box 3 - Scrapbooks Box consists of one photogrpahic scrapbook covering a visit to Kupat Cholim at Patach Tikvah (hospital) in Tel-Aviv, Palestine and one scrapbook presented to Lillian Freiman on the occasion of her 50th Birthday by the Candian Hadassah Girls Agricultural School at Nahalal (Tel-Aviv, Israel, June 1935). OS Box 4 - Scrapbook Box consists of one scrapbook of Lillian Freiman OBE in memoriam press clippings. OS Box 5 - Scrapbook Box consists of one scrapbook of newsclippings on Jews and Zionism. OS Box 6 - Zionism Scrapbook Box consists of one scrapbook of newsclippings on Zionism. OS Box 7 - Books Medical Leaves 1937 2 copies - Prayer Book for the New Year The Jew in Canada (Yiddish) The Holy Scriptures Megillat HaAdamah (Hebrew) A Manual For Teaching Biblical History Jewish Fairy Tales and Fables Women Worker's Movement in Palestine (Yiddish) Journey of My Life Der Pintshiker Ganef (Yiddish) Muster Sprochbuch far Shuln (Yiddish) Lementations (Yiddish) Ma'agadot haShabbat u-Minhageha (Yiddish) Jewish Colonisation in Erez-Israel Kol kitvei Reuven ben Mordechai Brainin - yeshanim ve-gam chadashim (Yiddish) The Five Books of Moses Daily Prayer Book A Mame Der Yid in Kanada Zionism and Jewish Reconstruction Sefer Karnot ha-Mizbeach (Yiddish) Vilna OS Box 8 - Books Form of Prayers for the Feast of New-Year ABE and Mawruss Elementary Education in the Talmud Potash & Perlmutter Songs of Zion Selected Essays of Samuel Talpis 2 copies - Prayer Book for the Day of Atonement Prayer Book for the New Year Ki tavo'u el ha'aretz (Yiddish) The Standard Prayer Book Seder Korban Minhah (Yiddish) Form of Prayers for the Feast of New-Year, According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews A Palestine Picture Book Agada of the Babylonian Talmud - Volume I Agada of the Babylonian Talmud - Volume II Agada of the Babylonian Talmud - Volume III Agada of the Babylonian Talmud - Volume IV Agada of the Babylonian Talmud - Volume V 1 B&W photograph, several books (books are now in long term storage). In 2009, Anna Bilsky (great niece of L. Freiman) donated two photocopied letters written to her father Lawrence Bilsky by Lillian Freiman in 1937 while he was away at University in Kingston. The originals remain with donor. Also present is a large bound book presented to Lillian Freiman in 1935, in commemoration of her 50th birthday and stored in a custom-made, carved wooden box with the Hebrew letters "lamed" and "fey" (for Lillian Freiman) set within a Magen David (Star of David) in the centre. The book's every page is hand painted with water colour and contains the handwritten names of almost every member of Hadassah groups within Canada. Some names are the person's own signature while others are written out for them. There even includes pages with the signatures of children. The book is organized into provinces (moving from East to West) with the towns and cities in alphabetical order. See detail photos within the Photographic Database at 1-944-01 to 08. One framed set of five B&W photographs/post cards. From left to right: Dr. Max Nordau, Eliezer Ben Yehudah, Sir Herbert Samuel, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Theodore Herzl (see 1-957). A large framed document given to Mrs. Freiman on the occasion of the King bestowing the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) upon her, a thank you from the ex-servicemen staying within the Legion Shelter on Wellington St., Ottawa, and signed by those men - 1934 (see 1-971). A certificate on parchment declaring Archibald a Grand Masters Mason - 1904 (see 1-975). Mason's certificate is stored in Oversized Documents Box 1 in the vault. A Jewish National Fund certificate given on the occasion of the marriage between Dorothy Freiman and Bernard Alexandor (see 1-976). Panoramic of the 6th Annual Hadassah Convention - Ottawa, Sept 7, 1930 - Held at Meech Lake, Quebec (see 1-911a to d). An exquisitely decorated parchment document presented to Mr. and Mrs. Freiman on their silver wedding anniversary by the Ukrainian War Orphans - 1928 (see 1-977-01). A decorated document presented to Mr. and Mrs. Freiman upon their founding of the Ottawa Talmud Torah school and signed by its president - 1924 (see 1-977-02). A zinc (?) token from A. J. Freiman's Department Store, given out on the occasion of their 22nd birthday sale - 1922; *De-accessioned Items from Library and Archives: MG 28, V.16* 1. Montreal Yiddish newspaper - "The Eagle" - June, 1912 (see 1-980-01/02). 2. Hand-written letters, one in Hebrew and three in English, possibly pertaining to the building of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue - July 4, 1895. Letters are very faded and difficult to read, could use transcription as of September, 2011 (see 1-980-03 to 06) 3. Sheet from The Daily Eagle, Yiddish newspaper printed in Montreal -June 30, 1912 (see 1-980-07/08). 4. A sheet from "The Jewish Standard" - January 5, 1934. Contains an article on Lillian Freiman titled, "Lillian Freiman, O.B.E. - An Intimate Account of the Work of One of the Greatest Women Canada has Known," as well as an article on the back titled, "The Congress Ideal - An Analysis of the Purpose and Significance of the Canadian Jewish Congress." (see 1-980-09/10). 5. A birth certificate for an unknown individual written in possibly a mix of German and Polish - Ca. 1898 - translation needed as of September, 2011 (see 1-980-11). 6. A marriage certificate written possibly in a mix of German and Polish - Ca. 1898 - translation needed as of September, 2011 (see 1-980-12). A full newspaper advert for Freiman's Department Store - July, 1925 Fonds also contains a trophy awarded to Lillian freiman from the board of trustees and the ladies auxiliary of the Ottawa Hebrew School, 1927 1. Finding aid available. 2. Scrapbooks donated by Betsy Rigal, October 1999. 3. Photograph donated by Betsy Rigal, February 2000. 4. Freiman family fonds at Library and Archives Canada MG30, A82
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