- Ottawa Jewish Archives
- Rivers Family fonds
Digitized below this fonds
18 images · small copies hosted here, credited to Ottawa Jewish Archives
J. Rivers Fruit and Vegetables Store at 16 Byward Market
The Rivers family donate a TV to Hillel Lodge in honour of Leah Rivers' 80th birthday
Group photograph of "Queen's men," Graduates of Queen's University
Queen's University Freshmen: Lorne Green, Albert Rivers and Joseph Greenblatt
Lorne Green, Albert Rivers, Joe Greenblatt
Lorne Green, Albert Rivers, Lillian Gertsman, and Hy Soloway
Russian passport photo showing members of the Rivers Family
The Rivers family
Photograph of the Rivers Family
Mrs. Eleanor (Rivers) Wallach
Ilsa and Howard Kamen's wedding
Mrs. Thelma Steinman.
24 By Ward (Byward) Market Street sign
Jewish National Fund certificate presented to Leah Rivers by her children on the occasion of her birthday.
Jewish National Fund certificate in memory of Jacob Rivers- Unidentified sleeping baby
- Young Irving Rivers
- 8 photos of Howie Osterer and an unidentified woman on a trip
Where
Not on the map yet.
- Held by
- Ottawa Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- 1926-1992 (indexed as 1926–1992)
- Level
- fonds
- Extent
- .06 m of records, 2 framed certificates, 4 B&W photographs, 2 colour, 12 souvenir pins, 1 Byward Market street sign.
- Scope & content
- Fonds consists of the Rivers family Naturalization Certificate - 1926; Albert Rivers talk on Jewish Commerce in the Byward Market 1920's -1940's - June 28, 1992; A report of a survey of the older Jewish population of Ottawa-Carleton, Albert Rivers, Chairman - 1979; News clippings about Leah Rivers, Albert Rivers and Irving Rivers; Leah River’s Jewish National Fund certificate celebrating her 75th birthday; 12 souvenir pins, including four from Hadassah-Wizo; Irving Rivers Correspondence; Irving Rivers business card; Irving Rivers posters; Jewish National Fund certificate in memory of Jacob Rivers - 1949 (see 1-991); A small hand written Hebrew book of religious thoughts read by Jacob Rivers; Ben Goldberg’s Jewish National Fund certificate - 1991; 24 Byward Market street sign; Jewish National Fund certificate presented to Leah Rivers by her children on the occasion of her birthday - 1964 (see 1-964) 1. Souvenir pins, Jewish National Fund certificates donated by Eileen Goldberg (Mrs. Ben) July, 2002, a daughter of Leah and Jacob Rivers. 2. 24 Byward Market Street sign donated by Howie Osterer, June 27, 2004 (see - 1-956). 3. Naturalization Certificate and 3 photographs including the Rivers Family, 1945, donated and identified by Gail Victor, November 28, 2007. 4. Jewish National Fund certificate in memory of Jacob Rivers, 1949 located in over-sized certificate box, donated by Goldie Rivers Cantor, summer, 2007. 5. Small Hebrew Book entitled Imre Shefer (Words of Beauty) is a book containing various prayers, recitations, incantations against the evil eye, quotations, formulas, verses from the Torah, Gemorrah etc. The book would have provided inspiration to the reader who painstakenly copies these works from a printed source. 6. Irving Rivers yellow posters stored in Mixed box 13.
- Location
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- Harvested
- 2026-10-17T20:12:44Z · source datestamp n/a · cjhn