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Hyman and Lilian Gould Family fonds

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Ottawa Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
1907-2007 (indexed as 1907–2007)
Level
fonds
Extent
5 boxes of textual records, many photographs, 53 photographs, 2 gavels, 3 Lilian Levine Gould medals and pins.
Scope & content
Fonds consists of textual records, photographs, and ephemera. It includes business records of the Gould Camera Shop and 1978 retirement album, souvenir programs and brochures relating to Hyman Gould’s interests in the 1930's, his religious association, community involvement with the Ottawa Vaad Ha’Ir and the Jewish Community cemetery, the Ottawa Welfare Council, 60th wedding anniversary and other special events, correspondence; Lilian Gould’s Joan of Arc Pre-school and other community activities; material on their son, Ron Gould, his formative years along with recent biographical information and Waddington's Inuit Art catalogue which featured his collection of Inuit art (November 2009); records of siblings Jack Levin, Goldie Levine, Alec Gould and Ben Gould, 167 courtship letters written between Lilian Levine and Hy Gould, 1925 - 1928. Lilian's High School Diploma from the Ottawa Collegiate Institute - 1922 (see 1-990), Memories of Hy Gould written down by a man named Richard (last name unknown) in September, 2013 and sent to Hy's son, Ronald Gould. Donated October 30, 2013; Photographs - 1907-1955 - 2 files; one framed photograph of Lilian with dedication to "Hymie". Photographed by Pittaway. Studio pictures of the Gould and Levine families, along with some community pictures which include: Jacie Slonemsky, killed in Battle of Mons in World War I, Aug. 14, 1919, buried at Parvillas, France Adath Jeshurun Congregation, 1935 Lilian Gould, in uniform, photographed by Yousuf Karsh. Hyman Gould greeting Michael Comay, Minister of the Israeli Delegation, 1953 Family Conference, March, 1955 Gould's Camera and Art Shop - 193?-____ Contains an early envelope used by Gould's Shop, photographic booklets, business records, leases, business correspondence and sale to Black’s in 1978. Souvenir programs and brochures - 1931-1989 - 7 files Files contain programs, brochures relating to Human Gould's interests in the 1930's, his religious association, community involvement with the Vaad and the Jewish community Cemetery, the Ottawa Welfare Council, 60th Wedding Anniversary and other special events. The files include: Early years: Exit: stag and presentation for Harold Pearl, Feb. 1931 Finis: [stag and presentation] for Gordon Caplan, June, 1932 Ottawa Jewish Community Council: Induction Rabbi William Margolis, Oct., 1937 Jewish National Fund: Freiman Colony, in memory of A. J. Freiman, a tribute, 1944 Ottawa Hebrew Free Loan Association: thirteenth annual report, Dec. 1946 Synagogue: Congregation Adath Jeshurun banquet, March, 1935 (2c.) Congregation Adath Jeshurun financial statements, years ended 1940 - 1941. 1945, 1951 United Synagogues of Ottawa War Services Campaign, 1941 Congregation Adath Jeshurun Meetings, 1941, 1944, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955 Ottawa Vaad Ha‘Ir Community Centre and Synagogue Committee annual report, 1944. Ottawa Talmud Torah certificate, blank, Nov., 1948 Congregation Adath Jeshurun: 60 years of service, our diamond jubilee, 1892 - 1952 Dinner to honour Rabbi Simon L. Eckstein, July, 1955 Draft constitution and by-laws: merger of Congregation Adath Jeshurun and Congregation Agudath Achim, June, 1956 Beth Shalom budget, 1959, Bulletins 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1980 Beth Shalom bat mitzvah consecration service, May, 1965 Beth Shalom breakfast club awards, March, 1969 Beth Shalom general meeting, April 1972 Education, Children & Adult: Honoar Study and Breakfast Club, Director's Report, Dec. 1951 Adult Institute of Jewish Studies: schedule of lectures, 1954 Family Forum on marriage, home & family, Mar. 1955 Religious Affairs Committee minutes, Oct. 1970 Vaad: Service in memory of King George VI, Feb.1952 Graduation exercise, Ottawa Talmud Torah, June, 1952 Invitation to gold plate dedication dinner commemorating completion of first building program, Nov. 1952 Installation of Rabbi Simon L. Eckstein, Dec. 1952 Memorial service commemorating the passing of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Oct., 1953 Ottawa Jewish Bulletins, March, 1952, Feb., 1953 Congress Bulletin, Sept. 1953 Other milestones: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, May, 1949 Welfare Council of Ottawa, Minutes of meetings, March, May 1959 Annual Memorial Services [cemetery], 1966, 1973, 1981 Jewish National Fund Negev Dinner in honour of Rev. Joseph Rabin, Dec. 1967 60th wedding anniversary greetings from the Queen, politicians, friends, 1988 Invitations from Governor General Roland Michener, 1969 and Ambassador of Israel, 1984, 1989, and Governess-General Jeanne Sauve, 1989. Correspondence. - 1928 -1929, 1948 - 1982. - 3 files Correspondence mainly from the Congregation Adath Jeshurun, the Vaad Ha‘Ir, Congregation Beth Shalom and a few letters about Gould's Camera Shop. There is also courtship correspondence between Hy Gould and Lilian Levine between 1925 and 1929. Hy Gould to Lilian Levine; 1926 (13 letters); 1928 (20 letters); 1929 (2 letters); and Lilian Levine to Hy Gould; 1925 (2 Letters); 1926 (25 letters); 1927 (38 letters); 1928 (65 Letters). Newspaper clippings about Hyman Gould's activities in the Ottawa Jewish community including Ottawa Citizen article about Lillian and Ron Gould's portraits by Yousuf Karsh December, 2008. Fonds also includes Ronald Gould's Bachelor's diploma from the University of Toronto, 1955. 1. Initial material acquired from Hy Gould, 1990 - 1991; business leases, courtship letters, Gould and Levine families, medals acquired from Ron Gould, summer 2006, winter, 2007. No restrictions on access. 2. Two Masonic memberships, 1929, 1930 and one photographic portrait of Moses Levine, drawn over with chalk (salted paper, crayon enlargement), (see - 1-973-01 - 03). Portrait is in Oversized Document Box 1, Mason's certificates are in Box 4. 3. Business history related by Ron Gould to Dawn Logan, winter, 2007. Hy Gould acquired his camera and photography knowledge by working in Mr. Gervais’s photograph shop on Rideau Street near the old train station. Hy Gould established his first camera shop at 83 Bank Street in 1929, along with his brother Victor and Lil Gould (Berg) as partners. He always maintained that store. 4. Then Victor Gould opened his own camera shop on Sparks Street while Hy and Lilian remained at 83 Bank Street. Hy Gould always had a strong desire to open a shop at the former premises of Gervais. He was able to, and Lil ran the Rideau location until she went to New York and the store was sold. 5. Hy asks Victor to join him on Bank Street in 1960. They sold to Blacks in 1978. 6. On a recreational note, the Leon Petegorsky family shared the summer property at Lac Robinson in Quebec. 7. An article on the history of the store was written for Facebook in September, 2013: "Gould's Camera and Art Shop, 83 Bank St. - 1928-1978 In 1912, at the age of 7, Hy Gould suddenly found himself the man of his household after the very unfortunate death of his father. Even at such a young age, he realized that he would need to find work to help support his mother and siblings. Hi prospects somewhat limited, luck had it that one of the first jobs he managed to find was as a messenger boy for a man named Sam Jarvis, the owner of a photography store on Rideau St. at the time called Pittaway Jarvis Ltd. Over the many years that followed, Hy discovered a great love of photography. He began to work his way up within Sam's store until the day he was made manager. In 1928 though, at the age of 23, Hy decided to strike out on his own and set up shop at the very top of Bank at Queen St, opening Gould's Camera and Art Shop. He was joined by his brother Victor and together they ran an incredibly successful establishment. So successful in fact, that the shop was the regular place of business of internationally renowned Ottawa photographer Yousuf Karsh, who had his own studio just around the block on Sparks Street. Every article written about the pair remarked on their devotion to their customers, their friendly natures and their love for their communities - both Jewish and neighbouring. At their peak, the brothers had three stores within the city, but the Bank Street location was the only one to survive the remodeling of the downtown. In 1978, three months after their 50th anniversary, Hy and Victor decided to sell the store and the business was bought by Black's Photography. Today the store has been split into two and houses a Sooter's photography store and a Laura Secord chocolate store."
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