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Ottawa Jewish Cemeteries fonds

fonds1896 - 1995O0042

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Ottawa Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
1896 - 1995 (indexed as 1896–1995)
Level
fonds
Extent
2m of records, plans and photographs
Scope & content
Fonds consists primarily of correspondence, reports, site development planning records and plans for the new Jewish cemetery, Osgoode township; and some inventories, plans, correspondence, minutes and rules and regulations for the first cemetery. File List: 1. Inventories. - 1896 - 1939. - 1 file Partial lists of plot owners, death dates and names of deceased. 2. Cemetery Deeds. - 194?. - 1 file Cemetery deeds for plot owners from the Congregation Adath Jeshurun and Sons of Jacob Congregation. Also an offer to purchase a cemetery plot. Sample copies available. 3. Plans. - 1942 - 1990. - 15 rolled in tubes, some folded in files. A. Cemetery for Gloucester Township (Bank Street): - Plan showing subdivision for purposes of a cemetery, December 15, 1942 by N. B. Mac Rostie - Plan showing part of N 1/2 Lot 7, concession 4, Township of Gloucester for Jewish cemetery, Nov. 20, 1950 by Mac Rostie & Associates. - Ottawa Jewish community cemetery by Mac Rostie & Associates, August 3, 1951. - Plan showing part of Lot 8, concession 4, Township of Gloucester, August 24, 1960. - Plan showing names on lots (part of plan missing) - Ottawa Jewish Cemetery [comprehensive plan] prepared by I. Shinder, May 1988, with additions, May 1994. B. Plans for new cemetery, Osgoode Township include: - Reference plan of survey of part E 1/2, lot 15, concession. 3, township of Osgoode, 1973. - Proposed cemetery [Osgoode Township], part 1, lot 15, concession 3, rough outline, 1975? - Development area plan by D. W. Graham and Associates Ltd., August 1975, approved by Ontario Ministry of Consumer & Commercial Relations, April 15, 1976. - Development area one: layout plan, by D. W. Graham and Associates, August 1975, approved by Ontario Ministry of Consumer & Commercial Relations, July 15, 1976. - Congregation plans, by D. W. Graham and Associates: Section SA: Agudath Israel: 1270 plots Section SB: Beth Shalom: 1269 plots Section SC: Machzikei Hadas: 1247 plots Section SD: Young Israel of Ottawa: 1236 plots Section SE: Temple Israel: 1257 plots - Landscape concept plans by D. W. Graham and Associates: 6 plans for gates, botanical plants, tree plantings - Directions to new Jewish cemetery, Herbert Corners, 1976. - Site plan & details of well & high life pumps by Oliver Mangione McCalla & Associates Ltd., February 1977. - Irrigation plan for Agudath Israel section, 1990. 4. Minutes. - 1970 - 1991. - 1 file Minutes of the Cemetery Committee for Jewish Community Cemetery and agendas for meetings of the New Jewish Community Cemetery. 5. Memorandum of agreement. - 1943-1976 - 1 file. Memorandum of agreement among the congregations of Agudath Israel, Beth Shalom, Machzikei Hadas, Young Israel Of Ottawa, Temple Israel and the New Jewish Community Cemetery of Ottawa, Inc. Also guidelines, rules and regulations adopted by earlier cemetery committees. 6. Financial records. - 1950 - 1954, 1976. - 1 file. Statements of receipts and disbursements for 1950 - 1954, 1976, partial financial information for other years including prices of cemetery plot. 7. Correspondence. - 1966 - 1995 . - 5 cm. Files contain original letters received and copies of outgoing letters from committee chairmen, including Israel Shinder’s 1995 correspondence. Correspondence concerning the development of the new Jewish cemetery, including some statements of accounts between 1973 and 1977 is filed separately. 8. Government regulations. - 1966 - 1982. - 1 file Ontario regulations for requirements of the Cemeteries Act and Gloucester Township fence regulations. 9. Reports. - 1968, 1973 - 1979. - 1 file. Reports on the development of the New Jewish Cemetery, vandalism and Agudath Congregation cemetery representative, Henry Pass. 10. Memorial Service program. - 1971, 1979. - 1 file. Order of service for annual memorial service, Jewish Community, Metcalfe Highway. 11. Agreements of Purchase and Sale. - 1974 - 1 file File contains agreements for purchase of Osgoode site for new cemetery, lists of vacant lands examined and agreement of purchase and sale of M & M Florist, Highway #31, Township of Gloucester 12. Site Development Planning. - 1975 - 1976. - 1 file File contains development proposal for new cemetery by D. W. Graham & Associates Ltd. with fees; work progress report; tenders for gates; notes of the cemetery committee; budget for development; specifications for repairs to irrigation system. 13. Consecration exercises. - 1976. - 3 pages. Item is a program of consecration exercises and an inaugural speech for the new cemetery. 14. Clippings, 1976, 1985- 1986. - 1 file. Clippings from the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and review about the consecration of the New Jewish Community Cemetery. 15. Photographs. - 1975, 1977. - 11 b&w; 18 colour. Snapshots (without negatives) of Montreal cemeteries viewed by Search Committee, memorial service, Gloucester township and tree planting, new cemetery, Osgoode township. 16. Halachic rulings. - 1987. - 1 file. Rabbinical rulings about reinterment of human remains and documents for one request. 17. Death and Judaism. - 1989. - 1 item. Item is a Guide for death and burial in Adath Shalom congregation newsletter, May/June 1989. 18. Deed. - 1994. - 1 item. Item is a deed of purchase for first plot of cemetery land, dated May 18, 1893. Photocopy available. 19. Memorial fund. - 19--. - 1 page. Item is a form for making a contribution to a Memorial Fund for the purpose of honouring a deceased person. 1. Title supplied from conversation with Israel Shinder, April 1994. 2. Acquired from Israel Shinder, 1993 and 2000. 3. No restrictions on access. 4. Other cemetery records located in individual congregation fonds; audio cassette collection under Israel Shinder; and Ottawa Vaad Ha’Ir fonds, Standing Committee Series, Cemetery Committee.
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