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Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection
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Inter-office information

File consists of a bi-weekly newsletter prepared for members of the National Council of the Canadian Jewish Congress and community leaders summarizing issues on a provincial, national, and international level.

Buchanan, Isaac

File consists of shipping confirmations from John McGunn, Greenock, Scotland, for cargos consigned to Buchanan's company, 1835, and correspondence regarding Buchanan's books including "The relations of the industry of Canada," 1864-1867.

Bribery oath

File consists of a printed text used to have a voters swear (in the case of Quakers, solemnly swear) that they did not receive money, office, place or employment, gift, reward, or other promise of security to secure their vote in a county or borough election.

Engravings from newspapers

File consists of five prints showing the Port Hope viaduct in Ontario (Illustrated Times, 22 January 1859), the Victoria Bridge at Montreal, Caledonian games on the civic holiday in Hamilton, laying of the corner stone for the Boy's Home in Hamilton (1876), and a hand-coloured rendering of a curling match in Montreal.

Les debats (Quebec)

File consists of issue no. 6 in the first year of a paper devoted to reporting the debates in the Legislative Assembly, with advertisements for local businesses on the last page.

Montreal Standard Publishing Co. Ltd

File consists of two broadsides published by the company, the first consisting of photographs of the Canadian Army's gymnastic and police schools in Rockcliffe Camp, with text on the verso devoted to "How Canada went into the war" and an overview of "Ontario war activities," and the second featuring the City of Dundas, Ontario (including photographs of the John Bertram & Sons machine works with an illustrated article devoted to "Prince Edward Island : 'the garden of the Gulf'" on the verso.

Jewish manuscripts

Series consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, and other material gathered by Sheldon and Judy Godfrey as a research collection to support their work on Jewish families in Canada. The original documents are frequently supplemented by the Godfreys' research notes. Topics include the interconnected financial affairs of many of these families, particularly their involvement in the fur trade in Montreal and near the Straits of Michilimakinac, and their involvement in cultural and political affairs, such as the launch of the "National magazine" and the marketing of Gerald Hart's book, "The fall of New France," between its publication in 1888 and 1916. In addition to documentation on several families in Montreal, Quebec, Trois-Rivieres and Riviere-du-Loups, the series includes records of families and businesses in Toronto, including stationery and a small group of building permits issued by the city between 1899 and 1900. The series features correspondence between John A. Macdonald and George Benjamin (member of parliament for North Hastings) between 1857 and 1864 that offers private observations on political developments, and invitations and correspondence sent to Earl Rowe, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, that provide a glimpse of Jewish activities in the province between 1964 and 1984.

Myers, (Montgomery), Juda or Judith, (1759-1831). See also Myers, Rachel Abraham and Benjamin and Mordechai. Arrived in Gagetown New Brunswick with her mother Rachel and her brothers, in 1783. Married to Alexander Montgomery, she moved to York, U.C. about 1800 and operated a tavern at the SE corner of Queen and Younge Sts. Includes Article and research material provided by Neil Yetwin. Includes research material provided by Betti Paull, descendant.

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