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Irving Rivkin

Oral history interview with Irving Rivkin who was born in Winnipeg, 1915. Father Samuel Rivkin was in Russian army stationed in St. Petersburg, around 1905-1912; Irving's mother Lena Romalowski worked in St. Petersberg's large knitting factory. Ivring's wife, Ann, comes from England.

Dalkin family portrait, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Sepia portrait of Esther Seidelman's (nee Dalkin) family. Sepia family portrait with vignette exposure. Woman and bearded man wearing a kippah seated in front row; woman is holding child on her lap. Two men stand behind with woman wearing hat in between them.

Letter - August 11, 1916

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated August 11, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman mentions that he is about to go on "harvest leave" for around two months.

Postcard - October 4, 1916

Postcard from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated October 4, 1916. (Assumed sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba) to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. On the front of the postcard, in the top left-hand corner, Private Seidelman writes that he will be going to Brandon the next day and can stay until Sunday morning.

Letter - October 9, 1916

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated October 9, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman briefly talks about scratching his name on desks in U.B.C., as mentioned in a previous letter, and adds in this letter that nearly every room in U.B.C. has desks with his name scratched on it. Private Seidelman also writes that he stayed with the Kisner family again when he went to Brandon last week. Private Seidelman gives Rachel some advice on university examinations as well, and notes that he will be leaving Camp Hughes around October 17 or 18 for Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Letter - October 17, 1916

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated October 17, 1916. Sent from Camp Hughes, Manitoba to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman informs Rachel that after the plan to leave Camp Hughes on October 20 was cancelled, he says he thinks he will be leaving next week for Nova Scotia, after which he believes he will be headed for England. Also, Private Seidelman tells Rachel that she does not have to write Sewall after Camp Hughes when addressing letters to him, as his location is no longer called Sewall, but just Camp Hughes.

Interview with Ernest Brotman

  • CA JMABC A.1998.010, A.2008.007, A.1968.001, A.1971.002, A.2007.017, A.2007.009, A.2011.007, A.2010.055-OH.19.75-15
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  • October 6, 1975
  • Part of Cyril E. Leonoff fonds

An interview with Ernest Brotman whose interview covers Woodcarving, Canadian Army, Dental Corps, Menorah Society, Congregation Schara Tzedeck, Aldermen, Playhouse Theatre, Royal Winnipeg Ballet and the Queen's Council.

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