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Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection

  • F0435
  • Collection
  • 1434-2003

Collection consists of published works including books, journals (articles excerpted from issues as well as runs of serials), Canadian and British government documents, almanacs, gazetteers, directories, newsletters, and newspapers that describe the social, economic, and legal factors influencing Jewish life in Canada (especially for the period prior to Confederation), the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. These works include bibliographies, biographies, commemorative publications, local histories and reproductions of primary documents that pertain to Jewish involvement in the trade of the British Empire, migration and settlement, professions such as medicine and education, and studies of the Jewish experience in Canadian and international communities from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Series S00251, Jewish manuscripts, contains original correspondence, financial and legal documents, and research notes by the Godfreys regarding Jewish families in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes that provides information regarding their involvement in economic, cultural and political affairs, including the fur trade. The series features 11 letters between John A. Macdonald and George Benjamin, who represented North Hastings as a Member of Parliament between 1856 and his retirement in 1863. Series S00252, Biographical research files, contains the research notes, correspondence, and copies of correspondence, abstracts of land titles and other instruments of ownership, property plans, and wills compiled by Sheldon and Judy Godfrey in preparation to write books on Canadian Jewish history and articles for the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography," as well as speeches to various historical and genealogical societies. The series was arranged by the Godfreys into sections using broad geographical areas (Upper Canada, Lower Canada, and the Maritimes), and then by the names of individuals and families. Series S00253 consists of unbound issues of 19th century newspapers, which contain advertisements and notices concerning Jewish businesses in various parts of Canada. Donation made in 2006 and 2007 expand the holdings for the books and archival series, and includes a wide range of British and Canadian documents that reflect the breadth of the Godfreys' collecting interests. The donation made in 2007 strengthened the collection's holdings of 18th and 19th-century newspapers from Canada (particularly Quebec, Montreal, and Toronto) and the United Kingdom, and added almanacs from New England.

Godfrey, Sheldon, 1938-

Summons to Moses Holt to give evidence

Summons to Moses Holt to give evidence

File consists of a handwritten subpoena prepared by John Reid, Clerk of the Peace, to Moses Holt of William Henry to appear at the Court of Quarter Session to give evidence as a witness against Louis Ethier upon an indictment for petty larceny. -- Related documents can be found in the Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection, 2003-060/001(06) and (08).

The Canadian journal

File contains an issue featuring an illustration of Exhibition Grounds, Toronto, and an advertisement for J.G. Joseph, a seller of spectacles and instruments who was a leader of Toronto's Jewish community.

The morning chronicle and London advertiser

The morning chronicle and London advertiser

File consists of one issue with reference to a letter from Halifax mentioning that "while the southern provinces are impoverishing themselves by a voluntary restriction on trade, that colony is happy in the manifold increase in its inhabitants, and its advantageous situation for the fisheries; the art of shipbuilding was also considerably advanced, and they had begun to raise hemp and flax in great quantities."

The Quebec gazette

File consists of a broken run of the newspaper, containing accounts of proceedings of the legislature, and notices regarding trade and merchant activity, including Benjamin and Moses Hart.

The Saturday globe (Toronto)

File consists of two issues of the weekend newspaper, with the first containing an article on the history of Methodism in Canada, and the second issue containing an illustrated article about the Ontario Medical College for Women.

The times (London)

File consists of a broken run of the newspaper acquired by Sheldon and Judy Godfrey due to the North American content, such as: article on meeting "for the purpose of arranging a Subscription for the relief of the Sufferers in the British provinces of North America" with list of donations by various politicians, merchants, etc. (7 July 1813); news of the War on Lake Ontario and the Battle of Lake Erie from Halifax papers (9 October 1813); revolt of Spanish colonies: capture of Amelia Island (Florida) by Americans, with troops going next to St. Augustine, as well as reports of disagreement on American and British commissioners in fixing the boundary line between British North America and the United States, following the Treaty of Ghent (11 August 1817); report of a "Distressing Fire at Newfoundland" (at Carbonear) on 18 June (30 August 1817); Lord Selkirk sent from Quebec to investigate hostilities between employees of the Hudson Bay Co. and the North West Company in "the North West Country" (30 September 1817); analysis of difficulties in the Newfoundland trade (26 November 1817); extracts from the Newfoundland Royal Gazette & Mercantile Journal on the fire in St. John's on 7 and 21 November 7 & 21, 1817 (9 December 1817); accounts of the fire from private letters (10 December 1817).

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