Recherche dans la collection - Saidye Rosner Bronfman fonds [graphic material, sound recording]

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Saidye Rosner Bronfman fonds [graphic material, sound recording]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Fonds

Date :

1900-1996.

Référence :

R2446-0-3-E

Genre de documents :

Documents photographiques, Art, Documents sonores

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

155814

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Saidye Rosner Bronfman fonds
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Date(s) :

1900-1996.

Lieu de création :

Canada

Étendue :

1809 photographs : 946 b&w and 799 col. prints; 31 b&w negatives; 33 b&w contacts.
5 watercolours : gouache and coloured pencils; gouache on ivory.
2 audio discs (1 h, 30 min) : vinyl ; 33 1/3 RPM ; 12 inches.

Langue du document :

anglais

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The fonds consists of the family photographs of Saidye Rosner Bronfman. These photographs document her family and community life. They comprise a visual record of the Bronfman family from early roots in Manitoba to the family home in Montreal. There are high quality black and white portraits produced by established studios, family albums, honorary albums created to celebrate formal or special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries and the many awards and recognition that Saidye and Samuel Bronfman received from local and international bodies.

Many colour prints document grandchildren, great-grandchildren, family holidays and celebrations as well as the early life of Saidye and Samuel Bronfman and their four children, Minda, Phyllis, Edgar and Charles.

Amongst the albums are; their trip to London in 1953 to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabth II, the weddings of their children and subsequesnt new generations of Bronfmans. Other commerorative albums were; Recognition of State of Israel Bonds, 1956. One album, designed by Phyllis Lambert, was given to Samuel by his family on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Many politicians, notable world leaders and celebrities are represented; Golda Meir, pictured with Samuel Bronfman, Albert Einstein giving an interivew on NBC, Edgar Bronfman with Pope John Paul, Lorne Green, Brian and Mila Mulroney, Roland Michener, Georges Vanier, the Roosevelts, Henry Kissenger and Bora Laskin.

Photographers include; Annette and Baril Zarov, Bachrach, Russell Sedgewick, Drummond Photos, Karsh, Jay Te Winburn, J.J.Raudsepp, Jack Markow, Wilkinson Studios Ltd., Ronny Jaques, Federal Photos, Gabor Szilasi, Marty Cobin, Tommy Weber, Harold A. Stewart, Alexander McAdam, Ashley & Crippen and Garcia.

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Bronfman, Saidye Rosner, 1896-1995

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Bronfman, Saidye Rosner, 1896-1995 : Saidye Rosner Bronfman (1896-1995), was born in the prairie town of Plum Coulee, Manitoba (a town sixty miles south of Winnipeg). She was the second of four daughters of Samuel and Priscilla (nee Berger) Rosner, who emigrated from Russia in the early 1890s. After completing courses at Havergal Ladies' College in Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba, she married Samuel Bronfman C.C. in 1922. In 1924, they moved to Montreal where Samuel was to found the Distillers Corporation Ltd. In 1928, the Distillers Corporation was merged with Joseph E. Seagram & Sons of Waterloo, Ontario. The new company created by this merger would eventually become the world's largest distillery and the crux of an international financial empire.

Saidye Rosner Bronfman was to have four children, Aileen Minda de Gunzburg (who predeceased her mother in 1985), Phyllis Lambert O.C., the founder and Director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the only independent institution in the world devoted to the art of architecture and its history, Edgar Miles and Charles Rosner, P.C., C.C. She had 11 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Throughout her life, Saidye Bronfman worked tirelessly for various charities and causes. She possessed a distinct sense of the value and worth of communal responsibility. The deep religious values and the family traditions established by her parents were to strongly influence her life in her role as devoted and supportive mother and wife and were to instill a deep commitment to philanthropic endeavours.

Saidye Bronfman was to play a major role as a fundraiser, supporter and leader in various Jewish charitable appeals and organizations. From local achievements in Montreal, her role in national Jewish Organizations in Canada, and her support of various organizations founded to establish Israel. Some of Saidye Bronfman's community involvements and international awards and achievements are; Founder and first President of the Womens' Division of the Combined Jewish Appeal 1931-1933; involvement with the Winnipeg Jewish Orphan's Home; President of the Young Woman's Hebrew Association in the 1930s in Montreal; Honorary President of the Federation of Allied Jewish Community Services in 1954; in 1943, she became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) to recognise her efforts in establishing and heading the Jewish branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society, which organised women to help in the war effort and she was its first president during the Second World War; The National Council of Jewish Women; the Jewish General Hospital; Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation; she was the first woman to receive a fellowship from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1972; the Samuel Bronfman Medal in 1982, given by the Canadian Jewish Congress to recognise those who have contributed to the "betterment" of their community; the Prime Minister's medal in 1954 by Golda Meir for contribution to the development of the nation of Israel; honoured by State of Israel Bonds as its first Woman-of-the-Year for work in the community, 1968; the Ben-Gurion Negev Award in May, 1981.

Saidye Bronfman in partnership with her husband, Sam, was to become a major benefactor of the arts in Canada. The establishment of Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation supported and encouraged Canadian artists with the endowment of the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Collection of Canadian Art in 1963. She also established the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts to celebrate its 10th anniversary in 1986 The Bronfman Family Foundation supported the acquisition and exhibition of a collection of work at the National Gallery of Canada by artists who had been recipients of the award in the previous decade. Up until her death, Saidye Bronfman was Honorary President of the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation.

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Graphic (photo) (Électronique) Container level descriptions for volumes 1 to 48. Also available on Art and Photo shared drive in Photo Finding Aids under Bronfman. There is also a paper copy in the Art & Photo Library. FA-442 (90: Ouvert)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002310.pdf

Sound recording (Électronique) See MISACS (IDC ISN 542229) for description. (90: Ouvert)

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Note sur le classement :

This fonds was given two archival reference numbers in error. R1439 was removed, while R2446 was retained as the correct arc-ref number.

Note sur les limites à la consultation :

Researchers must request permission from the Claudine And Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation (formerly the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation), 1170 Peel Street, suite 800, Montreal, Quebec, H3B 4P2, in order to reproduce any photographs or images of any other non-published items, giving the following information and undertaking: specify intended use and place of publication or diffusion of the reproduced image (journal, web site, etc.); describe sufficiently the image that is desired for reproduction (by inventory description or other identifying information); undertaken that in reproduction, publication and diffusion of any image, no cropping or alteration will be done without prior written permission.

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1998-01895-4
R2446-0-3-E
Pour réserver ou commander des documents

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Documents iconographiques (photo)

[Consultation95 Ouvert sans droit de reproduction]

Volume [R2446]

[Consultation 95 Ouvert sans droit de reproduction]

1--31;

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33--48;

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Documents iconographiques (art)

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Physical access through an art archivist

Volume [R2446] 32

[Consultation 95 Ouvert sans droit de reproduction]

Documents sonores

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No de pièce audio-visuelle attribué par BAC [R2446] 35955AV--35956AV

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