Fonds F1673 - Abraham Shumiatcher fonds

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CA ACU GBA F1673

Title

Abraham Shumiatcher fonds

Date(s)

  • 1890-1989, predominant 1928-1972 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

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.

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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      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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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Thursday, January 07, 2016

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