Oral history interview with Reva Checov who was born in a small village in Russia in 1897. Later in life when she emigrated to Canada she went to McGill University and the University of British Columbia. Reva was involved in the Pioneer Women, National Council of Jewish Women, B'nai B'rith; Red Cross, Heart Foundation, Cancer Society ; Israeli Affairs and the Jewish National Fund among an assortment of other roles.

Oral history interview with Abraham Myer Freedman who was born in Poland in 1910 and emigrated with his mother in 1914.

Oral history interview with Rose Cohn. Interview has summary but no transcript. Digitized in November, 2011. Rose was born in 1904 in San Francisco, belong to the Council of Jewish Women and the Hadassah.

Oral history interview with Gloria (Steinberg) Harris who was born in Vancouver in 1924. Her father came from Odessa, Russia. Maternal grandparents were from Bulgaria and Istanbul. Worked for Department of Fisheries in her twenties.

Series consists of bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah certificates.

Oral history interview with Jack Farber who was born 1901 in Lithuania.

Oral history interview with Paul Heller who was born in Poland in 1911. His father side comes from Poland whereas his mother's family originates from Lithuania. Paul discusses his involvement in Poland's forestry and later estate management, the rise of Hitler, Poland being attacked in 1939 and the lengths involved to escape Poland, retrieve his mother and emigrate to Canada. Paul married Edwina in 1936.