NACHSHEN FAMILY CIRCLE ARCHIVES

OVERVIEW

1 General Archive

2 Genealogical Research

3 Notes of Interviews with Senior Family Members

4 Moishe Nachshen - Original Documents

5 Sarah Nachshen - Original Documents

6 Jack Nachshen - Original Documents

7 Polly Nachshen - Original Documents

8 Sam Nachshen - Original Documents

9 Photographs

Located in the offices of Gary Nachshen:

Stikeman Elliott

Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street, 55th Floor

Toronto, Ontario M5L 1B9

(NB: The archives will move to their rightful home when I retire back to Montreal in 20 years or so.)

1. GENERAL ARCHIVE INDEX

1. Jack Nachshen calling card, Kishinev, early 1920s (photocopy)
2. Jack Nachshen Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers' International Union handbook, Montreal, January 1929 (extracts - photocopy)
3. Letter from Montreal Tramway regarding Jack Nachshen streetcar injury, September 21, 1946 (photocopy)
4. Letter from Montreal Tramway regarding medical examination for same, September 27, 1946 (photocopy)
5. Letter from Montreal Tramway regarding settlement for $700 of same, October 17, 1946 (photocopy)
6. Letter from U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service temporarily excluding Jack Nachshen from admission to U.S., September 13, 1951 (photocopy)
7. Letter from INS permanently excluding Jack Nachshen from admission to U.S., April 22, 1952 (photocopy)
8. Report on May 24, 1964 90th birthday party for Zaida Moishe and establishment of Nachshen family circle prepared by Issie Nachshen
9. - Note that Zaida Moishe's passport indicated that he was born on May 15, 1872…
10. Newspaper report on Zaida Moishe's 90th birthday (in Yiddish - translation to follow)
11. Jack Nachshen Canadian citizenship card, July 29, 1965 (photocopy)
12. Letter, November 4, 1965 (photocopy) (in Yiddish - translation to follow)
13. Newspaper article, September 11, 1966 (photocopy) (in Yiddish - translation to follow)
14. Jewish Daily Eagle (Montreal), March 1, 1968, article on death of Zaida Moishe (photocopy) (in Yiddish - translation to follow)
15. Issie Nachshen, My Grandfather - Moishe Nachshen, March 1, 1968
16. Letter from INS temporarily excluding Jack Nachshen from admission to U.S., October 20, 1969 (photocopy)
17. Newspaper article about Avrum Nachshen, 1971 ((photocopy) (in Yiddish - translation to follow)
18. NFC executive meeting minutes (no date), prepared by Tanya Clement
19. NFC meeting minutes, January 7, 1979
20. Issie Nachshen, The Family, January 8, 1979
21. NFC meeting minutes, April 14, 1979
22. Report on April 14, 1979 NFC meeting, April 18, 1979, prepared by Issie Nachshen
23. Letter from N. Shemen, June 4, 1979 (in Yiddish - translation to follow)
24. Report on August 11, 1979 NFC meeting, prepared by Issie Nachshen
25. NFC meeting minutes, February 16, 1981, prepared by Bess Goldman
26. NFC meeting minutes, December 6, 1981, prepared by Issue Nachshen
27. NFC (Israeli branch) meeting minutes, December 1981
28. NFC meeting minutes, April 12, 1982, prepared by Issie Nachshen
29. Notes for organization of 1st family seder, 1982-83
30. Contract dated February 21, 1983 for 1st family seder at King David Residential Hotel
31. Letter from Peter Clement to George Nashen, February 27,1983
32. Invitation to 1st family seder, March 1983
33. Letter from Peter Clement to George Nashen, March 3, 1983
34. Letter from Wendy and Jack Cohen to Issie and Florence Nachshen, April 17, 1983
35. Letter from Bess and Marvin Goldman to Issie and Florence Nachshen, April 19, 1983
36. Canadian Jewish News, article on 1st family seder, April 21, 1983
37. Issie Nachshen, "Our Family Foundation", The Suburban, April 27, 1983
38. Letter from Kate Brecher to Issie Nachshen, August 15, 1983.
39. Letter from Bess Goldman to Issie and Florence Nachshen, August 22, 1983
40. Article on Avrum Nachshen, UJPO News, September 1983, submitted by Issie Nachshen
41. Letter from Issie Nachshen to Sam Nachshen with attached article on Nachshen Ben Aminadav, December 13, 1983
42. Invitation to 2nd family seder, March 9, 1984
43. Letter from Wendy and Jack Cohen to Florence and Issie Nachshen, April 1984
44. Helen Zoffer, At the Seder of the Nachshen Family Clan (poem), April 15, 1984
45. Photo of Glenn Nashen, report on Bialik Gala Reunion, Canadian Jewish News, October 25, 1984
46. NFC meeting minutes, October 10, 1984, prepared by Issie Nachshen
47. Helen Zoffer, My Pesach (poem)
48. Materials for 3rd family seder, April 1985
49. NFC meeting minutes, September 21, 1985, prepared by Issie Nachshen
50. Letter from Peter Clement to Issie Nachshen, January 27, 1986
51. NFC meeting minutes, February 8, 1986
52. Letter from Peter Clement to Issie Nachshen, February 26, 1986
53. Materials for 4th family seder, April 1986
54. Daniel Nachshen memorial materials, 1986-87
55. Materials for 6th family seder, April 1989
    1. N.B. Post-1989 materials still being catalogued.

2. GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH

1. Letter from Brian Nachshen to Hebrew Union College, February 18, 1992
2. Letter from Brian Nachshen to University of Judaism Library, February 18, 1992
3. Letter from Brian Nachshen to Canadian Jewish Congress, February 18, 1992
4. Letter from Hebrew Union College to Brian Nachshen, February 19, 1992
5. Letter from University of Judaism to Brian Nachshen, February 19, 1992
6. Letter from Canadian Jewish Congress to Brian Nachshen, February 19, 1992
7. Letter from Brian Nachshen to Mormon Church, February 23, 1992
8. Letter from Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada to Brian Nachshen, with maps, information on Pogrebishche, Skvira, and Zguritsa, and extract from book Wooden Synagogues (Warsaw,1959), February 24, 1992
9. Letter from Mormon Church to Brian Nachshen, with attachments, March 10, 1992
10. Letter from Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People to Brian Nachshen, April 5, 1992
11. Letter from Chester Cohen to Brian Nachshen, with map and extracts from book Shtetl Finder (Los Angeles, 1980) (no date)
12. Letter from YIVO Institute for Jewish Research to Brian Nachshen, with attachment, April 3, 1993
13. Extracts from www.jewishgen.org website, May 1997
14. Letter from Miriam Weiner to Gary Nachshen, with attachments, July 28, 1997
15. Materials on Pier 21, Halifax
16. Various Canadian Jewish News articles
17. Materials on Canadian National Archives
18. Various family trees
19. Listing of family members' dates of birth and death, places of birth, marriage, and death
20. Correspondence with Simon Ainley, Gerald Nachshen, Bernie Nachshen, Sandra Nachshen Zwickel, Elaine Nachshen, and Rupert Swyer regarding possible links between Canadian, U.K. and U.S. Nachshens, 1997-2000.

3. NOTES OF INTERVIEWS WITH SENIOR FAMILY MEMBERS

1. Interview of Jack Nachshen by Gary Nachshen, mid-1970s.
2. Interviews of Jack Nachshen by Gary Nachshen and Glenn Nashen, 1989.
3. Interview of Kate Brecher by Gary Nachshen, March 19, 2000.

4. MOISHE NACHSHEN - ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

1. Soviet passport, issued in Kharkov on April 30, 1927 in Russian, Ukrainian, and French, containing Latvian, German, French and Canadian visas.
2. Canadian immigration identification card (third class), containing medical examination stamp (June 2, 1927 aboard La Bourdonnais) and civil examination stamp (June 5, 1927 in Halifax).
3. Canadian elector card, March 31, 1936.
4. Canadian elector registration certificate (Cartier riding), August 19, 1940.
5. Canadian passport, issued on October 15, 1940, containing fingerprint and indication of May 15, 1872 as birthdate.
6. Postcard written by Zaida Moishe in Yiddish, 1967 (with translation by Issie Nachshen).
7. Jewish Daily Eagle (Montreal), March 1, 1968, reporting his passing (in Yiddish).

5. SARAH NACHSHEN - ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

1. Soviet passport, issued in Kharkov on April 30, 1927 in Russian, Ukrainian and French, containing Latvian, German, French, and Canadian visas.
2. - Departure for Canada was from Bordeaux on May 26, 1927.
3. - Tanya was co-listed on passport as 9 years old, not 13 years old, so she could get a half-price ticket…
4. Canadian immigration identification card (third class), containing medical examination stamp (June 2, 1927 aboard La Bourdonnais) and civil examination stamp (June 5, 1927 in Halifax).
5. Canadian naturalization certificate, June 24, 1936.
6. Canadian elector registration certificate (Cartier riding), August 19, 1940.

6. JACK NACHSHEN - ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

1. Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers' International Union handbook, Montreal, January 1929
2. Canadian naturalization certificate, December 2, 1929
3. Marriage contract, March 26, 1931
4. Ketubah, April 17, 1931
5. Letter from Montreal Tramway regarding streetcar injury, September 21, 1946
6. Letter from Montreal Tramway regarding medical examination for same, September 27, 1946
7. Letter from Montreal Tramway regarding settlement for $700 of same, October 17, 1946
8. 1946 Federal income tax notice of assessment, December 3, 1949
9. Letter from U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service temporarily excluding Jack Nachshen from admission to U.S., September 13, 1951
10. Letter from INS permanently excluding Jack Nachshen from admission to U.S., April 22, 1952
11. Citizenship card, July 29, 1965
12. Expo 67 passport
13. Letter from INS temporarily excluding Jack Nachshen from admission to U.S., October 20, 1969.
14. Itinerary for trip to USSR and France, September 1-October 16, 1971
15. Letter from Kishinev and postcards from Kishinev, Leningrad, and Limoges.
16. Extract from Register of civil status relating to April 17, 1931 wedding at Temple Solomon before Rabbi S. Herschorn, June 8, 1972.
17. J. Nachshen Furs balance sheets, 1970 and 1972.
18. Canadian passport containing Israeli entries.
19. Letters from Mayor Jean Drapeau and Premier René Lévesque on 50th wedding anniversary, April 1981.
20. Various address books, including one containing 1938 Canadian elector card.
21. Pocket prayer book, containing obituaries for Muttel, Avrum and Grisha and various Yahrtzeit dates.
22. Certificate from Prime Minister brian Mulroney on 60th wedding anniversary, 1991.
23. Certificate from Prime Minister Jean Chretien on 95th birthday, 1995.

7. POLLY NACHSHEN - ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

1. Romanian passport, issued in Bucharest on March 8, 1927 in Romanian and French, containing Polish, German and Canadian visas.
2. - Departure for Canada was from Hamburg.
3. Intourist itinerary in Kishinev, July 15-24, 1962.
4. Montreal Star, September 20, 1962 social column
5. - Contained following entry: "Mrs. Jack Nachshen has returned home after spending the summer travelling in Europe."
6. Expo 67 passport.
7. Canadian citizenship certificate, September 8, 1972.
8. Various Canadian passports, including one containing 1962 Soviet visa.

8. SAM NACHSHEN - ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

NB: Materials still being catalogued.

9. PHOTOGRAPHS

NB: Photos still being catalogued.