Collection search - R. Lou Ronson fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]

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R. Lou Ronson fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1924]-1990.

Reference:

R6364-0-6-E, MG31-H138

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Art, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97998

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R. Lou Ronson fonds
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Record information – Details
Fonds includes:

5 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

[ca. 1924]-1990.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

10.25 m of textual records.
7 photographs b&w.
1 painting oil.
1 audio disc (ca. 15 min).

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of records which chronicle Ronson's activities as a community leader, vice-chairman of the Human Rights Commission, and his involvement in the Anti-Defamation League/League of Human Rights. The fonds consists of various subject files and material relating to various organizations such as the Canadian Jewish Congress, B'nai B'rith, Canadian Council of Christians and Jews and Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital, n.d., 1927-1990.

Included in the fonds are photographs of Ronson with Chief Rabbi Rosen of Roumania at an Anti-Defamation League Commission meeting in New York; with Philippe de Gaspé-Beaubien, Jacques Courtois, and Dr. Daniel Thursz at a B'nai B'rith Award of Merit presentation, Montreal, 1979; with Conrad Black, Mrs. Black, Murray Shusterman, Betty Kennedy, Mr. Burton, and Frank Dimont at an awards dinner, Toronto, 1979; and a photograph of Julius Rosenblatt in front of his store on Queen Street, Toronto, [ca. 1924].

Also included in the fonds is a portrait of R. Lou Ronson, [ca. 1936].

The fonds also contains a sound recording entitled, Citation and Response marking the 50th Anniversary of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, [ca. 1960].

Provenance:

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Ronson, R. Lou, 1915-2014

Biography/Administrative history:

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Ronson, R. Lou, 1915-2014 : R. Lou Ronson was born in Toronto on 21 February 1915. A graduate in chemical engineering from the University of Toronto and the Lawrence Institute of Technology in 1938, he began his career in the dry cleaning industry in 1939. During World War II he was on active service from July 1943 to November 1945. He was a sergeant instructor in an army school for NCO's. After the war he returned to the dry cleaning industry and rose to the position of President and Chief Executive Office of Sunshine Uniform Supply Co. Ltd. in 1970. Following a merger with twelve other companies, he assumed the presidency of Work Wear corporation in 1975.

From 1982 until his retirement in 1987 he served as Chairman of the Board. He served as a director and chairman of the audit committees of the Bank Hapoalim (Canada) and the Constitution Insurance Company of Canada.

Lou Ronson has been a member of B'nai B'rith, District 22 (Toronto Lodge) since 1939, serving one term as president from 1979 to 1980. Currently he is a member of the executive committee of B'nai B'rith International and National Archives Chairman of B'nai B'rai Canada. He was instrumental in separating various Canadian regions which were parts of American districts into one national Canadian district. He joined the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in 1956 and played a major role in its development. It was renamed the League of Human Rights (LHR) in 1970 and he served as its National Chairman from 1974 to 1975. The LHR's Annual Review on Anti-Semitism in Canada is funded from the R. Lou Ronson Research Institute on anti-Semitism. A proponent of harmonious Christian-Jewish relations, in 1973 he led the negotiations which resolved the bitter dispute between B'nai B'rith, District 22, and the United Church of Canada over its controversial editor, the Rev. A.C. Forrest and The Observer.

Lou Ronson was an active member and past chairman of the Joint Community Relations Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress and B'nai B'rith, Ontario Region from 1960 until its demise. For his dedicated humanitarianism he was appointed to the Ontario Human Rights Commission in 1985. He became Vice Chairman in 1986 and retired from the Commission in 1991. He has been associated with many community service organizations and institutions in various executive capacities. These include the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto since 1976, the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto, National Co-chairman of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews since 1977, president of the Canada-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Canada-Israel Committee, 1967-1980, vice-president of the Canadian Technion Society, national board member of Canadian Friends of Haifa University and the national executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress, 1971-1982.

Finding aid:

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Textual records: (Paper) Listing of files with index. MSS1591

Textual records: (Electronic) Finding aid: MSS1591
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000269.pdf

Sound recording: (Electronic) See MISACS for item-level description.

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General note:

The R. Lou Ronson papers were acquired in 1985, 1987 and 1990.

Arrangement note:

Textual records: Most of the files were sorted and arranged at the National Archives of Canada. They have been arranged in chronological order within each series. In some instances, subject files were created.
Subject heading:

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Canada-Israel Committee

Jewish community - Canada, n.d., 1927-1987 Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.), [1943-1966], 1971-1990

Jewish hospitals - Canada, n.d., [1943-1966], 1971-1990 Ontario Human Rights Commission, n.d., 1978, 1982-1987

Jewish leadership - Canada, n.d., 1927-1987 B'nai Brith Canada, n.d., [1943-1990]

Jewish organizations - Canada, [n.d., 1927-1987] B'nai B'rith International, n.d., [1943-1990]

Jews - Canada - Societies, etc., [n.d., 1927-1987] Canadian Jewish Congress, [1943-1964], 1965-1990

Jews - Studying and teaching - Israel, n.d., 1967-1987 National Joint Community Relations Committee, 1943-1984

Human rights - Canada, [n.d., 1927-1987] Anti-Defamation League, 1948, 1960-1987

Community leadership - Canada, n.d., 1927-1987 League for Human Rights, 1948, 1960-1987

Jews - Charities, [n.d., 1927-1987] Anti-Defamation League of the United States, n.d., 1960-1987

Charities - Canada, [n.d., 1927-1987] Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, 1970-1990

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto, 1967-1987

Oakdale Golf and Country Club, n.d., 1967-1987

Canadian Technion Society, n.d., 1967-1987

Canadian Friends of Haifa University, n.d., 1967-1987

National Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation of Canada, n.d., 1967-1987

Work Wear Corporation of Canada Limited, 1952-1987

Constitution Insurance Company of Canada, 1966-1984

Canada-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1985-08-23)
118-020161-2
121-020276-X
181-87
1985-0366 MISA
1985-066 PIC
1987-136 NPC
1987/0272
1988-183 DAP
1990/0016
1993/0422
261-88
MG31-H138

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-H138
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000737.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Finding aid box [FA 1591] 122

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [RONSON, R. LOU 1988-183] 3716

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [RONSON, R. LOU 1987-136] 4030

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Terms of use:

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Photographs: No restrictions. Various copyright on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old.
Painting: No restrictions. Unknown copyright. Credit: National Archives of Canada. The painting must be consulted under close supervision for conservation reasons.
Sound recording: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holder.

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