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Gertsman family fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1915-1975.

Reference:

R4230-0-3-E, MG31-H33

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98400

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Gertsman family fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1915-1975.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

10 cm of textual records.
28 photographs : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of clippings and notes, 1937-1971, chiefly related to Mrs. S.L. Gertsman's activities in various local and national Jewish and other women's organizations. Also included are clippings on Mr. Archibald H. Coplan, Mr. S.L. Gertsman and other members of the family, a certificate of patronage to Harold P. Coplan and a testimonial to Mrs. Archibald H. Coplan. There are also seven technical papers written by Sol Gertsman as well as newspaper clippings relating to his career as a metallurgist with the federal public service.

Fonds also includes photographs depicting activities in Ottawa, including: the cast of a play by Ottawa Ladies College, [ca. 1935]; B'nai B'rith Society activities for war veterans, 1944-1949; Engineers' Wives Association activities; views of A.H. Caplan's home; and portraits of E.F. Pullen and Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Pullen.

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Gertsman (family)

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Gertsman (family) : Mrs. S.L. Gertsman, daughter of Archibald H. Coplan of Ottawa, was active in many organizations, especially B'nai Brith, Hadassah-WIZO, Ottawa Engineer's Wives Association and the Ottawa Council of Women. Her husband, Sol Gertsman was Chief of the Physical Metallurgy Division of the Mines Branch of the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys.

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Photographs: (Other) See "Photographic inventories, indexes, and caption lists arranged by accession number". FA-500

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General note:

Mrs. Gertsman presented these papers to the Archives in January 1973, as part of the Ottawa Jewish Community Collection and in 1988.
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Metallurgists, Canadian, 1937-1975 B'nai Brith, [ca.1937-ca.1975]

Family - Canada, 1937-1975 Hadassa-WIZO Organization of Canada, [ca.1937-ca.1975]

Canada - Officials and employees, [ca.1937-1966] Ottawa Engineers' Wives Association, [ca.1937-ca.1975]

Women's organizations - Canada, [ca.1937-1975] Ottawa Council of Women, [ca.1937-c.1975]

Jewish organizations - Canada, [ca.1937-1975] Canada. Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, [ca.1937-ca.1966]

Jews - Canada Canada. Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources, [ca.1966-1975]

Mrs. S.L. Gertsman, [1937-1971]

Mr. Archibald H. Coplan

Mr. S.L. Gertsman

Sol Gertsman
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1976-231 NPC
1988/0252

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-H33
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 H 33] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions except on photographs by Y. Karsh. For Karsh photographs see accession 1987-054. Various copyright on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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