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Bernard Manfred Bloomfield fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1920]-1978.

Reference:

R4631-0-7-E, MG31-H24

Type of material:

Textual material, Moving images, Photographs, Architectural and technical drawings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102659

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Bernard Manfred Bloomfield fonds
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Fonds includes:

5 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

[ca. 1920]-1978.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.7 m of textual records.
18 film reels (2 h, 19 min).
42 photographs.
4 architectural drawings

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of personal papers including correspondence and telegrams to his wife, Neri, about his trip to Europe and Israel, 1949, as well as correspondence concerning family and Montreal Jewish community affairs; Israel Diary, notes, rough drafts and correspondence relating to his book which details his 1949 trip to Israel; community service records; and Israel Continental Oil Company Limited files.

The fonds also contains of films, The wandering Jew or the life of Theodor Herzl, Isle of Sunshine, and "Ben Schemen Kibbutz.

In addition, there are photographs depicting views of the Lady Davis Computer Centre, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel; Bloomfield Garden, Jerusalem; Bloomfield Library, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; model of Ilot, Israel; Bloomfield Coat of Arms; construction of Blomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1966; and construction of the Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel, 1970-1975.

Fonds consists of architectural drawings of Bloomfield Stadium, the Sportsmen's Club [Jaffa Stadium] and [Haifa Hospital in Israel].

Provenance:

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Bloomfield, Bernard Manfred, 1904-1984

Biography/Administrative history:

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Bloomfield, Bernard Manfred, 1904-1984 : Bernard Manfred Bloomfield, business executive, community leader and philanthropist, was born in Montreal and educated at McGill University. He was president of Canadian Manufacturers Sales Company, Israel Continental Oil Co. Ltd., which drilled for oil in Israel from 1954 to 1967, and New Continental Oil Co. of Canada. He was Honorary Consul General, Republic of Korea from 1969 until his death.

Bloomfield served on the boards of numerous Jewish organizations and institutions including the Canadian Association for Labour Israel and its Canadian Histadrut Campaign, Jewish National Fund of Canada, 1969-1974, Canadian Technion Society and the Lady Davis Medical Research Institute of the Jewish General Hospital. He was also active in Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University, Canada-Israel Maritime League, Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada, and the Canada-Israel Chamber of Commerce in Israel. As president of the Eldee Foundation, established by Henrietta Davis, the first wife of Sir Mortimer B. Davis who founded Imperial Tobacco, Bernard and his brother Louis used the proceeds to build 16 of the 65 Amal vocational high schools in Israel.

Bloomfield was a Governor of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, the Hebrew University, the Technion, St. Francis Xavier University and the Tel Aviv Museum. He was author of Israel Diary, 1950, an account of his first trip to Israel. His wife, Neri served as national president of the Canadian Zionist Federation. He received numerous awards and honours for his community service.

See: Canadian Who's Who, 1984, p. 121.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list arranged into four series. MSS1078 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002767.pdf

Moving images: (Electronic) See MISACS for item-level descriptions.

Architectural, technical drawings (Paper) Please consut lower level description. Finding aid consists of an item listing. 80103/14. (90: Open)

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General note:

Received in 1978 and 1979 from Bernard M. Bloomfield of Montreal, Que.

Related material:

For material on the Jewish National Fund of Canada see MG 28 V 57. For further information on Bernard and Louis Bloomfield's role in the Eldee Foundation, see MG 31 E 25.
Subject heading:

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Bernard Manfred Bloomfield - Correspondence, 1942-1965 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1964-1978

Bernard Manfred Bloomfield - Journeys, 1942-1965 Neri Bloomfield, 1942-1965

Montreal (Quebec) - Jewish community, 1953-1965 Europe, 1942-1965

Bernard Manfred Bloomfield - Authorship, 1949-1955 Israel, [1942-1965]

Jewish immigration, [1942-1978] Consul General of Israel, 1953-1973

Jews, Canadians, 1942-1978 Louis Bloomfield, [1942-1965]

Israel Continental Oil Company Limited - Records and correspondence, 1953-1973 Israel Diary, 1949-1955

Jews, Canadian, 1942-1978 Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada, 1956-1978

Jewish community - Canada, 1942-1978 Canada Forest Project (Ein Kerem), 1955-1960

Jewish organizations, 1942-1978 Bernard M. and Louis M. Bloomfield, Negev Research Institute for Silviculture and Applied Ecology, 1966-1976

Jewish leadership - Canada, 1942-1978 Bloomfield Garden Jerusalem, 1972-1977

Jews - Societies, etc., 1942-1978 Jewish National Fund of Canada, 1972-1976

Lady Davis Carmel Hospital (Haifa, Israel), 1973-1977

Lady Davis Mathematics Building and Computer Centre, Bar Ilan University (Israel), 1970-1976

Bloomfield Stadium (Jaffa, Israel), 1960-1977

National Committee for Labour Israel, 1956-1966

Histadrut - General Federation of Labour in Israel, 1955-1976

Canadian Association for Labour Israel, 1966-1977

Histadrut Campaign, 1947-1965

Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University, 1950-1977
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1978-12-07)
1978-0217 MISA
1980-111 NPC
1980-129 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-H24
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 H 24] 1--18

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1078] 94

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Moving images (film)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [CANADA. FITNESS AND AMATEUR SPORT DIRECTORATE 1980-111] 2--15

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [BLOOMFIELD, BERNARD M. 1980-111] 5835

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [BLOOMFIELD, BERNARD M. 1980-129] 5835

[Consultation 90 Open]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

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Moving images: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holders.
Photographs: No restrictions. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit Library and Archives Canada.
Architectural, technical drawings: There are no restrictions on access to or reproduction of this material. Credit Library an Archives Canada. Researchers are requested to adhere to the Canadian Copyright Act.

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