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Altman family collection
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- Textual record
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Collection
Reference code
CA JMABC A.1999.013, A.2019.001
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Physical description
ca. 81 cm of textual records
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Name of creator
(ca. 1943-ca. 2001)
Biographical history
Hy and Bess Altman were active in a variety of Jewish organizations in Vancouver from the 1970s to the end of the 1990s. They also raised money for Israeli institutions and won recognitions for doing so.
Custodial history
The fonds was donated to the Jewish Historical Society of BC by Bess Altman in 1999.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of community publications, community ephemera, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and musical scores. The fonds is arranged into 3 series: Community publications; Altman family files; and Music collection which consists of scores of both Jewish and general popular songs that bear the name of Sari Corbin.
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- English
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Status
Final
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Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created November 29, 2011
Language of description
- English