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- 1890-1989, predominant 1928-1972 (Creation)
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9.29 m of textual records.
ca. 205 photographs
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Abraham Isaac Shumiatcher, 1890-1974, was born in Gomel City, Russia. The family emigrated to Alberta in 1911 and took out a homestead near Rumsey, but soon moved to Calgary. Shumiatcher studied law at the University of Alberta. He was called to the Bar in 1930 and practiced law in Calgary for over 40 years. In 1940 he was made a Kings Counsel. In 1913, Shumiatcher married Luba Lubinsky, originally from Poland, and they had two children, Minuetta (Kessler), 1914-2002, and Morris, 1916-2004. Shumiatcher played a major role in the establishment of many Calgary Jewish organizations. He served on the executives of the House of Jacob, I.L. Peretz School, Calgary Hebrew School, Canadian Jewish Congress, B'nai Brith, Histadrut, House of Israel Association and Federation of Young Judea of Canada, among others.
See also "My Years in Russia: Some Memories" Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, December, 1970, p. 1-6.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gifts of Dr. Morris Shumiatcher and Mrs. J. Shumiatcher, 1976-2010.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of personal and family correspondence, speeches, lectures, newsclippings, programs, photographs and tax returns; legal client files; and minutes, correspondence and business papers of the many organizations in which he was active.
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Conditions governing access
Some legal files are restricted for a prescibed period. See inventory for details.
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Language and script notes
The material is primarily in English, with some records in Yiddish, German, Polish and Russian.
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Digital content is avaialble
Related units of description
An interview with Morris Shumiatcher is at RCT-819 (00012235130, 00012235131, 00012235132) BOX 064
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Title based on contents of records.
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NA 3493 is partly copy negatives. The accession number of the Morris Shumiatcher interview is 88.186.
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- Shumiatcher, Luba (Subject)
- Shumiatcher, Minuetta (Subject)
- Shumiatcher, Morris (Subject)
- Aberhart, William (Subject)
- Amalgamated House of Israel (Subject)
- American ORT Federation (Subject)
- Barenholtz, David (Subject)
- Buchwold, Sid (Subject)
- Calgary Jewish Welfare Fund (Subject)
- Calgary Women's Musical Club (Subject)
- Hadassh Chapter of Calgary (Subject)
- Hayes, Saul (Subject)
- House of Jacob (Subject)
- Jaffe, Shaie (Subject)
- Kessler, Minuetta (Subject)
- Nelson, Ida (Subject)
- Rosenberg, Louis (Subject)
- Shaarey Tzedec Congregation (Subject)
- Sholomenko, Aaron (Subject)
- Shumiatcher, Jesse (Subject)
- Smith, Morris (Subject)
- Verigin, Peter P. (Subject)
- Zionist Organization of Canada (Subject)
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Thursday, January 07, 2016