Sybil Shack:
An Inventory of Her Papers at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections
Table of Contents
Detailed Description of the Collection
Biographical and Family Information,
Book drafts and correspondence with publishers1944-1998
Research Material for Books1990-2002
Articles, Speeches, Programs & Book Reviews1930-2001
Patriotic Observances Manitoba Department of Education1981
University of Manitoba Material1945-2001
Research Material on Aging & Senior Citizens1969-1994
Canadian Civil Liberties Association1993-2002
Research Material on various areas of interest1955-1995
Shack Awards Information1969-2002
Biographical information, obituaries & eulogies of Shack's friends1972-1996
Biographical information & articles on John Hirsch 1951-1988
Material generated by other people1977-2001
Miscellaneous Information1917-2001
Audio Cassettes (T.C. 104) 1977-2002
Repository:
Archives & Special Collections,
University of Manitoba
Elizabeth Dafoe Library
Elizabeth Dafoe Library
Creator:
Sybil Shack
Title:
Sybil Shack
fonds
Dates:
1896-2003
Quantity:
Identification:
A.02-56, MSS 152, PC 156, TC 104
Language
English.
Sybil Shack was born in Winnipeg on April 1, 1911 in a bedroom behind her maternal grandparents store on Pritchard Ave. She showed great promise academically and was awarded an Isbister Entrance Scholarship to the University of Manitoba at the age of 14. She graduated with a B.A. in 1929 and attended Normal School to become a teacher the following. Teaching jobs were scare as the Great Depression took a firm hold of the Canadian economy. For two years she supported herself writing editorials for Weekly News the Independent Labour Council newspaper, taking general assignments for the Western Jewish News marking papers or giving private tutorials. She also found placements as a substitute teacher. Finally at the point of giving up on her chosen profession, she wrote what she refers to as her desparation letter and secured a job at Foxwarren, Manitoba. After three years in rural Manitoba she returned to teach in Winnipeg. In 1945 Shack returned to the University of Manitoba winning the Gold Medal in the Bachelor of Education program. She received a Masters of Education the following year. Between 1950-1952, she took post graduate courses in supervision and administration at the Ontario College of Education. She was principal of several schools starting with Sargeant Park School in 1948 and retired as the principal of Kelvin High in 1976. For thirty years she was involved in school broadcasts on radio and television on C.B.C. In 1969 she received an Honorary Degree (L.L.D.) from the University of Manitoba. Shack is the author of several books including : Armed with a Primer published in 1965 by McClelland & Stewart. The two-thirds minority: women in Canadian education, was published in 1973 by the Guidance Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto. Four years later she wrote Saturday's stepchildren: Canadian women in Business for the same publisher.
Shack was a leading propenent of pay equity for female teachers and called for government-supported nurseries to aid working mothers. She is the past president of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, was a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre on Aging at the University of Manitoba and was theonly lay person on the Manitoba Judicial Council.
Shack has been the recipient of several awards. She received the John M. Brown Award for contribution to education in 1976. She received three awards in 1983, the YMCA's Women of the Year Award for Community Service, a Citizen of the Year Award from the City of Winnipeg-Knights and a Person's Award. In 1984 she was became a member of the Order of Canada and Provost of the Buffalo Hunt. In 1987 she was elected a fellow of the Ontario Institute for Secondary Education. She received a Manitoba Human Rights Achievements Awards in 1995 andentered the Winnipeg Citzens' Hall of Fame in 1996.
The fonds is separated into series. The first series is biographical information and family material 1896-2003. It includes diaries and appointment books. The second series is correspondence from 1930-2003. The third series is book drafts and correspondence with publishers from 1944-1998. The fourth series is comprised of research material for a book on the 50th anniversary of Jewish Child & Family Services and the History of Education Project 1990-2001. The fifth series contains articles, speeches, conference programs & book reviews 1930-2001.The sixth series is radio scripts 1955-1981. The seventh series is Patriotic Observances for Manitoba Department of Education. The eighth series is material from the University of Manitoba from 1945-2001. The ninth series is material relating to education 1915-2002. The tenth series contains research material on Aging & Senior Citizens 1969-1994. The eleventh series is research on women. Series twelve contains information on the Canadian Civil Liberties Association 1993-2002. Research material on Shack's wide ranging areas of interest comprises the thirteen series. Series 14 contains information on Shack's Awards 1969-2002. Series 15 contains biographical information, eulogies & obituaries on Shack's friends 1972-1996. Series 16 contains information on Jewish history, 1950-1996. Series 17 contains information about Shack's adoptive brother John Hirsch 1951-1988. Series 18 contains literary material by other people to sent to Shack 1977-2001. Series ninteen is miscellaneous material 1917-2001. The final series twenty contains oversize material including newspaper clippings, awards,plaques, degrees and a family tree.
This collection is organized into 20 series
None
Copyright must be observed.
Dr. Shelley Sweeney the Archivist of the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections visited Dr. Shack on six ocassions betweenthe fall of 2002 and spring 2003 to obtain material
Detailed Description of the Collection
Biographical and Family Information,
BoxFolder
11Shack's file of personal reminiscences 1896-2002
2Autobiographical Writings [ca.1995]
3Last Will & Testament 2001
4Shack's Diary 1923-1929
5Shack's high school text for poetry [ca.1923]
6Autograph book 1924-1933
7Book listing friends birthdays 1925
8Shack's diary 1930-1935
9Shack's diary 1956
BoxFolder
21Appointment Books 1965-1995
BoxFolder
31Two pages from maternal grandfather Moses Katz passport 1896
2Mrs. Pauline Shack's report cards & correspondence 1902-1989
3Postcards from Russia 1905-1909
4Moses Katz union book 1906
5Various bill receipts from Shack's father Alexander and Moses Katz 1907-1917
6Correspondence in Hebrew from American relatives 1912-1927
7Alexander Shack bank books, passport & hydro notebooks 1924-1945
8Academic material of Freda Shack 1930-1941
8ALeah Shack's Will 1931
9Freda Shack course notes & old exams 1932-1940
10Ration cards & registration cards belonging to Mr. & Mrs. Shack 1937-1945
11David Ehrlich & John Hirsch's english exercise book 1948
12Correspondence of condolence at the death of Alexander Shack Includes a letter from Alex Shack telling his family not mourn 1950-1951
13Pauline Shack's obituary 1989
14Geneology of Katz family [ca. 1990]
Correspondence1930-2003
BoxFolder
41Letters from (Edgar ?) at Camp Stephens 1930
2Foxwarren teaching contract 1932-1933
3Foxwarren & Shoal Lake correspondence 1934-1944
4Correspondence [ca.1931-1936]
5Correspondence 1937-1942
6Correspondence Re: Shack's adopting refugee child from Germany 1939
7Correspondence from Alan Rutherford while stationed in England 1941-1942
8Letter from Mayor John Queen enabling Mrs. Shack to go to Mayo Clinic 1942
9Soldiers letters to Shack family 1942-1943
10Soldiers letters to Shack family 1942-1945
11Guest book of soldiers who stayed with the Shacks 1943-1945
12Correspondence from soldiers to Shack family 1944-1945
13Correspondence from Alan Rutherford while a prisoner of war in Germany 1942-1944
14Correspondence from Grace Rutherford 1943-1945
15Correspondence with Alan Rutherford 1945
16Letter from Freda Shack [ca.1945]
17Correspondence from University of Manitoba 1945-1955
18Correspondence from Alan Rutherford 1946
19Alan Rutherford's description of his brief escape from the Germans 1946
BoxFolder
51Correspondence 1946-1955
2Correspondence from various relatives 1949-2002
3Letters from Shack's sister Freda [ca. 1950]
4Correspondence 1950-1959
5Cards & postcards 1952-1975
6Correspondence to the Shack's from John Hirsch 1952-1979
7Correspondence from Morrell family 1955-1979
8Department of Education correspondence 1955-1957
9Liberty Magazine correspondence 1955-1956
10Correspondence 1956-1965
11Reviews & letters from John Hirsch 1956-1988
12Correspondence 1960-1973
13Letter from Phyliss Shoebridge about the education of eskimoes in the Eastern Arctic 1966
14Correspondence 1966-1969
15Correspondence 1970-1971
16Correspondence 1972-1975
17Human Rights Commission 1973
18Department of Education school broadcasts branch 1974-1979
BoxFolder
61Letter from Stanley Knowles 1975
2Correspondence 1975-2002
3Canada Council 1975-1980
4Geoff & Betty Morrell 1975-1978
5Correspondence 1976-1977
6Canadian Women Studies 1976-1994
7Barbara Nelson 1977-1978
8Immigrant children correspondence & articles 1978-1989
9Correspondence 1979-1982
10Cousin Anna Warshaw [ca. 1980]
11Correspondence 1983-1990
12Correspondence Re: Shack's cousin Walter Saltzberg 1984-2001
13Correspondence 1984-1985
14Correspondence 1984-1992
15Dr. S.D. Robinson 1986
16Correspondence & some interview material from Fraidie Martz Re: her book on Child Survivors of the Holocaust 1987-1993
BoxFolder
71Outlook Magazine 1987-2001
2Letter from Secretary of State Joe Clark 1988
3Mainly condolences on death of John Hirsch & Polly Shack 1989-1990
4Letters by Sybil Shack 1990-2001
5Betty Osborn correspondence & obituary 1990-1994
6Correspondence 1992-2002
7Order of Canada 1992-2002
8Jewish Child & Family Services 1993-2001
9Fraidie Martz correspondence Re: book about John Hirsch 1995-1997
10Abraham Arnold 1996
11Toni Fried correspondence & articles 1997
12Canadian College of Teachers 1997-2000
13Walter Saltzberg 1997-2001
14Prairie Fire correspondence Re: Shack's award winning article about John Hirsch 1997
15Naomi Katz correspondence & autobiographical information 1997
16Marilyn Lithwick includes daughter Jessica's Bat Mitzvah Service [ca. 1992]
17Fraidie Martz [ca.1998]
18Upward Bound 1999
19Leon McNarry 1999-2000
20CDraft of a letter nominating Abraham Arnold for the Order of Canada 2000
21Correspondence 2000-2002
22Congratulatory letters on Shack's 90th birthday 2001
23Larry Hershfield correspondence Re: geneology 2001
24Birthday cards 2003
25CCorrespondence from niece Molly 2002-2003
Book drafts and correspondence with publishers1944-1998
BoxFolder
81Fan mail & letters of congratulations 1944-1991
2CRoyalties & book contracts 1958-1988
3Correspondence & publicity for Armed with a Primer 1965
4McClelland & Stewart Ltd. 1965-1981
5 Armed with a Primer 1965
6McClelland & Stewart Ltd. 1963-1965
7MacMillan of Canada 1968-1970
8Advertisements for Shack's books 1970-1977
9Clarke, Irwin & Company 1979-1984
10Gage Publishing Ltd. 1980-1984
BoxFolder
91MacMillan's Language Arts Project Book IV Manuscript 1968
2Women in Business Research later the basis for Saturday's Stepchildren 1973-1983
3 Saturday's Stepchildren
correspondence with the publisher Guidance Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto 1976-1978
4 Handwriting Part II The Transition from
Postscript to Cursive Writing 1982
5 Handwriting Part II The Transition from
Postscript to Cursive Writing 1982
6 Handwriting Part II The Transition from
Postscript to Cursive Writing 1982
7 Handwriting Part II The Transition from
Postscript to Cursive Writing 1982
BoxFolder
101Two chapters for Women in Education 1992
Research Material for Books1990-2002
BoxFolder
102Research for book on 50th Anniversary of Jewish Child & Family Services 2001-2002
3Outlines for two different books on teaching Manitoba 1990-1994
4History of Education Research Project -Inspectors Reports from the 1920 & 1930s [ca.1990-1996]
5History of Education Research Project minutes & memos 1990-2000
6History of Education Project - Children's Writing from 1960 [ca. 1990-1996]
7History of Education Project - Special needs students [ca.1990-1996]
8History of Education Project -Clydebank School memories, 1950 [ca.1990-1996]
9History of Education Project - teacher training 1920 & 1930s [ca.1990-1996]
10History of Education Project - Francis McColl's academic accreditation, 1937-1938 [ca. 1990-1996]
11History of Education Project - Life in the Classroom [ca.1990-1996]
12History of Education Project - information on retired teachers 1996
13History of Education Project - administration 1996
14History of Education Project - holidays [ca.1990-1996]
15History of Education Project - pedagogy [ca.1990-1996]
16History of Education Project - questions for interviews & correspondence 1994
17History of Education Project - Boys & Girls Club, 1922 1996
BoxFolder
111 The Death of Luigi Trastulli and other
stories 1991
2History of Education Project - discipline 1996
3Draft of article: "Citizenship and Schooling in Manitoba between the End of World War I and the End of World War II" by Rosa Bruno-Jofre [ca.1998]
4History of Education Project - classroom management and patriotism 1996
5 I Answer with My Life - Life Histories of
Women Teachers Working for Social Chase, Kathleen Carey, Routledge Co. 1993
6History of Education Project - Manitoba School Journal, 1943-1949 [ca.1990-1996]
7History of Education Project - Permissions for interviews 1996
8History of Education Project - citizenship [ca.1990-1996]
9History of Education Project - " The Western School Journal" [ca.1990-1996]
Articles, Speeches, Programs & Book Reviews1930-2001
BoxFolder
121Shack articles in Western Jewish News1930-1944
2The Manitoba Teacher - articles by
& about Shack1955-1965
3Manitoba Teacher - articles by and
about Shack1957-1980
4Articles & speeches 1958-1979
5Manitoba Teachers' Society newsletter - article about Shack 1962
6University of Manitoba Alumni Journal -
articles about Shack1964-1969
7Monday Morning1967-1975
BoxFolder
131Transparencies for speech " Teacher-Principal Relations" [ca.1960]
2Speech "Why Teach" [ca.1960]
3Manitoba Conference on Education - adresses & proceedings 1960
4Canadian Conference on Children 1960-1961
5Programs from Conferences attended 1963-1969
6Programs from Conferences 1966-1980
7Monday Morning1967-1974
9Partial article on the "task of Public School" possibly written by Shack [ca.1970]
10Third Annual Conference for Principals & Vice-principals 1970
11Programs from Conferences attended 1970-1982
12The School Guidance Worker -
articles1971-1977
BoxFolder
141Our Schools contains article on Shack's
retirement1976
2" Who Speaks for the Children" - Education Digest1979
3"Motivating the Motivators" - speech at River East School 1982
4Articles, speeches & book reviews 1980-1989
5"Old Women are Feminists Too" in Herizons1985
6Articles, speches & book reviews 1990-1995
7"Abraham Child Conscript" article about Shack's paternal grandfather [ca.1990]
8"Bread upon the Waters" article about the arrival of John Hirsch & David Erhlich in the Shack home 1991
9"A Tribute to a Remarkable Women: Eleanor Boyce on the Occasion of the 75th Anniversary of Manitoba Teachers Society 1993
10"John Hirsch A Memoir" Prairie Fire1995
11Articles sent to and about Shack 1998-2002
12Draft article: "30 Million to Spend" 1998
13Article about teaching for RBC Dominion Securities Inc. 2001
14Article abot Shack in About Women2001
Broadcast Scripts1955-1977
BoxFolder
151C.B.C. correspondence 1955-1956
2Time for Poetry scripts 1955-1961
3Critically Speaking 1956
4Time for Poetry - grade 6 student's booklet 1959-1960
5Let's Write 1960-1962
6Let's Write 1961-1977
7Let's Write 1961-1973
BoxFolder
161Television Scripts - Just Spelling 1962
2Let's Write [ca.1965]
3Let's Write 1966
4Let's Write - Children's Writing 1966-1971
5To Talk of Many Things 1966-1968
6Let's Write - Children's Poetry 1968
7Let's Write submissions No.3 1968
8Let's Write - children's submission 1968
BoxFolder
171Let's Write 1968-1970
2Time for Poetry 1968-1969
3Let's Write Children's Work 1968-1972
4Verse and Voice transcript [ca.1970]
5Me, Myself & I outline [ca.1970]
6Manitoba Teachers' Society - Educational Broadcasting 1970
7Anthology of Prose & Poetry - King George School 1970
8Time for Poetry 1971
9Let's Write 1971-1974
10Let's Write - Children's Writing 1971-1972
11Patriotic Observances presentations 1972-1982
12Let's Write 1972
13Manitoba School broadcasts 1972-1973
BoxFolder
181Let's Write 1972-1973
2Student Writing & Poetry from William Osler Elementary, River Heights Junior High and Kelvin High School 1973-1977
3Manitoba Department of Education School Broadcasts 1973-1979
4Children's Writing 1976-1977
5Children's Poetry & Writing 1976-1977
6Let's Write 1977-1978
7School Broadcasts Radio Calendar 1980-1981
Patriotic Observances Manitoba Department of
Education 1981
BoxFolder
191Research Material 1981
2Transparencies & Research Material 1981
3Patriotic Observances K-6 1981
4Reflexions sur ma Patrie K-6 1981
University of Manitoba Material1945-2001
BoxFolder
201 A Study of the Age, Intelligence and
School Success of 107 Grade VII Students - Term Paper 1945
2 Measuring and Accelerating Progress in the
Learning of Junior High School Latin - Thesis 1946
3Alexander Shack Prize correspondence 1967-2000
4"Let's Be Aware We Are Canadians "- Shack's Convocation Speech in Alumni Journal Summer 1969
5Guest book for Honorary Degree Ceremony 1969
6The University of Manitoba Development Fund - Drive for Excellance 1987-1990
7John Hirsch Memorial Scholarship 1990-2001
8Isbister Scholarship 1992
9Alexander & Pauline Shack Scholarship in English 2000-2001
Education Material 1915-2002
BoxFolder
211"Verses" by the pupils of St. John's High School - Vol. 1 No. 1 1915
2Manitoba Association of Women Teachers 1917-1990
3Report of the Deputy Minister of Education 1925
4"Our Story Book" Grade IV Lord Nelson School 1930-1931
5Manitoba Educational Association Conference 1958
6Statutory Membership Provisions of Teacher Organizations in Canada 1959
7Education articles 1960-2002
8"Trends in Economic Status of Teachers 1926-1959" Research Division of Canadian Teachers 1961
9Winnipeg Division Association of the Manitoba Teacher's Society 1963
10The Curriculum of the Elementary School - A Brief 1964
11Initial report elementary curriculum seminar 1964
12Women in Education 1965-1977
13Manitoba Conference on School Design 1968
14Eskimo Education 1968-1969
15" Looking to the Future in Thailand's Schools" paper by Leslie Gue [ca.1971]
16Canadian College of Teachers 1970
17" Methodist Indian Day Schools & Indian Communities in Northern Manitoba, 1890-1925 - paper by Jason Dueck 1990
18"Attempts of Argentinian and Chilean Feminists: In Building a Concept of Public Life: 1900-1949 [ca.1990]
BoxFolder
221Teachers and Writers collabrative newsletter 1970-1971
2Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario Conference - correspondence [ca.1980]
3Canadian College of Teachers - Handbooks 1982
4Retired Teachers Association - minutes 1989
5Canadian "Youth Education" Excellence Prize 1989-1990
6Religion in Schools includes trial transcript 1992-1995
7Kelvin High School year books 1948-1976
8"Stories & Verse" Lord Roberts Elementary School newspaper 1959-1963
9Anthology Prose & Poetry - King George V School 1965-1967
10Isaac Brock School publications 1965-1988
11Isaac Brock recipe book [ca.1965]
12Retirement cards from River Heights Junior High School 1976
13Shack retirement card & poems 1976
14Guest book from Shack's retirement 1976
Research Material on Aging & Senior Citizens1969-1994
BoxFolder
231Research on aging 1969-1993
2Research on aging 1982-1994
3Research on aging includes Shack's paper on aging for the United Nations Assembly on Aging 1982-1994
4Proceedings on the Fourth Manitoba Conference on Aging 1985
5Discover Choices publication1988
6Seniors Health & Welfare Canada - Board member 1988
7Creative Retirement Manitoba - Board of Directors minutes 1989-1992
8Elder Abuse Research 1992-1993
Research on Women1943-2002
BoxFolder
241 Manitoba Commonwealth - article on Equal
Pay for Female Teachers 1943
2Women's Rights research material 1971-1990
3Women in Careers 1973-1991
4Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women - newlsetter 1975
5List of Women of the Year recipients 1977-2000
6International Women's Day Speech by Honorable Dianne McGifford 2002
Canadian Civil Liberties Association1993-2002
BoxFolder
247Minutes & correspondence 1993-2001
8Agenda & articles 1993-2002
Research Material on various areas of interest1955-1995
BoxFolder
249Human Rights 1955-1995
10Linguistics 1958-1976
11Literary research 1988-1992
12J.W.Dafoe Foundation - minutes 1984-1988
13Material from Charlottetown Accord - Shack led a session 1991
Shack Awards Information1969-2002
BoxFolder
251Honorary Degree correspondence 1969
2Letters of congratulations on Honorary Degree
3Order of Canada correspondence 1984
4Order of Canada membership handbook 1992
5Fellow of the Ontario Institute for Studies Award - includes Shack's story of her fall at the podium 1987
6Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal 2002
Biographical information, obituaries & eulogies ofShack's friends1972-1996
BoxFolder
257Biographical information on Agnes Macdonald [ca.1982]
8Obituaries of Shack's friends 1972-1998
9Partial letter to children of friend Marion Brown at her death [ca.1990]
10Eulogy of former student Stanley Robert Duplak 1996
11Gail Adamson funeral service 1996
Jewish History1950-1996
BoxFolder
2512"Do not be Senstive" - Re: Antisemitism [ca.1950]
13Partial article on Canadian Jewish Historiography [ca.1970]
14Hebrew University 1991-1994
15Research material pertaining to child survivors of the Holocaust [ca.1992]
16Notes on Jewish children during the War [ca.1992]
17Jewish Historical Society - list of Shack family material at facility 1994-1999
18 Outlook and Jewish Currents -
magazines 1998-2001
19Ben-Guirion University honors Winnipeg -Order of Canada recipients 1999
20Jewish Child & Family Services 50th Anniversary- minutes & article 2000-2002
21Shaarey Zedek Synagogue newsletter 2001
22"The Holocaust The Jewish Ordeal in Occupied Europe - 1933-1945" in The New York Teacher Magazine [ca.1975]
23"Secularism Examined Anew," Bennett Maraskin in Jewish Currents 1996
24" A Winnipeg Jewish Athelete Remembers," Leible Hershfield in Jewish Post & News 1996
Biographical information & articles on John Hirsch1951-1988
BoxFolder
261Biographical information 1959
2 Manitoban articles 1951-1952
3Hirsch article in Israelite Press 1952
4 Manitoba Arts Review 1952
5Manitoba Theatre Centre Programs 1962-1966
6Play programs and articles 1964-1988
7 Maclean's 1965
8Order of Canada program 1967
9 The Dybeck - advertisement from Peguis
Publishers 1975
10Transcript of interview with John Hirsch 1988
11"Adoption by a Cold Land", Maclean's 1973
Material generated by other people1977-2001
BoxFolder
2612Speech & articles about Shack's cousin Walter Salzberg 1979-1989
13Descendant listing of the Rosen/Yechiel family 2000
14Geneological information Wilensky-Rubin family 1977
15Ehrlich family press clippings 1997-2001
16Articles by Shack's cousin Judith Solomon 1992
BoxFolder
271Let's Write a Story Broadcasts, Naomi Hersom 1962
2"The Paradox and the Privilege of Being a Professional" - Naomi Hersom Convocation Address at the University of Manitoba 1989
3"The Polarization of Solar Radio Emission" L.R. McNarry & G.A. Harvey, Solar Physics 1969
4"A Report of the CAP Study Group on Student Attitudes Toward Science & Technology", L.R.McNarry 1971
5Manuscript from L.R. McNarry 1988
6Manuscript from L.R. McNarry 1994
7Manuscript from L.R. McNarry 1999
8Manuscript from L.R. McNarry 1999
9"Salome Alexandra, the last Monarch of Independent Judea" article by Abe Arnold 1996
10Abe Arnold's Address to the University of Winnipeg Fall Convocation 2001
11"The Role of the Law Reform Commission in Shaping Canadian Law", article by Francis Muldoon (mentions Shack) 1978
12 Canadian Adventure - by Burt Cox an air
force pilot who stayed with the Shack family during World War II 1980
BoxFolder
281Manuscript by Judy Schachter - Max and Me & MS [ca.1980]
2Play by Diane Simkin - Frankie and Annie [ca.1980]
3Short Story by Tybe Isaacs - "Lena" [ca.1990]
4Speech edited copy by Rosa Bruno-Jofre - "Academic Freedom and Equity: Two Solitudes?" [ca.1990]
5Manuscript on John Hirsch by Fraidie Martz - includes Shack's comments [ca.1990]
6Book by Belle Meyers - Drummer 1995
Miscellaneous Information1917-2001
BoxFolder
287Postcards 1917-1950
8Gala Dinner Menu from S.S. United States 1954
9Information on rare coin prices 1965-1977
10Recipe book dedicated to Shack [ca.1965]
11Drawing by artist Louis Bako 1965
12Manitoba Centennial Corporation invitation to lunch for the Queen 1970
13Public Lending Rights Commission 1971-2001
14CChildren's Aid Society case study 1971
15Schedule "B" to By-law No. 2466/79 City of Winnipeg 1979
16Joseph Zuken Memorial Trust Fund - includes submission to high school essay writing contest 1988-1989
17Articles of interest 1988-1992
18CClaim assessment from car accident 2000
Oversize Material1958-2001
BoxFolder
291John Hirsch newsclippings 1958-1989
2Sybil Shack newsclippings 1949-2002
3Newsclippings about friends [ca. 1956-1989]
4Drawings of Sybil Shack by Isaac Brock students [ca. 1969]
5Drawings of John Hirsch, Honey ? (the dog) and Isaac Brock School 1954-1988
BoxFolder
301Shack scrapbook 1950-1958
BoxFolder
311Plaques, Degrees , Awards & Family Tree Research 1929-2000
Audio Cassettes (T.C. 104) 1977-2002
BoxFolder
11-6Interviews with child survivors of World War II [ca. 1990]
7-8Celebrating John Hirsch performance in Toronto October 22 1989
9-12Pauline Shack talking about her life 1986-1988
13-14Update on Aging Confrence [ca. 1985]
BoxFolder
215Sybil Shack's speech to the Silver Heights High Schoool Graduation 1977
16Professor Doris Saunders speaking on John Hirsch at the 20 Club [ca.1990]
17C.B.C. Arts National 1985
18Shack becomes member at OISE Fellows' Night 1987
19-20Tape from classes 1983-1984
21Rose Pelker-Jeanett [ca.1985]
22Nancy Olb on ethnic poetry [ca. 1985]
23Taping of dog (Honey ?) [ca. 1985]
24Interview with Sybil Shack 1978
25Sara Dobbs [ca. 2000]
26Let's Write [ca.1977]
Photo Collections (P.C. 159)1984
BoxFolder
1Album 1Governor General's Award 1984
Album 2Freda Shack's children 1965-1966
Album 3Family photos 1916-1942
Album 4Family photos many of John Hirsch and Alexander Shack 1906-1965
BoxFolder
2Album 5Mainly Shack's retirement party from Kelvin High 1976
Album 6Family photos 1906-1984
Album 7Family photos 1900-1989
Album 8 Family photos 1900-1981
BoxFolder
3Album 9Shack's 90th birthday celebration 1991
Album 10Family photos 1900-1981
Folder 1Family photos [ca. 1890-1980]
BoxFolder
41Maternal side of family [pre-1910]
2Paternal side [pre - 1910]
3Family photos [1910s]
4Family photos [1920s]
5Family photos [1930s]
6Family photos [1940s]
7Family photos [1950s]
8Family photos [1960s]
9Family photos [1970s]
10Family photos [1980s]
11Family photos [1990s]
12Family photos [2000s]
BoxFolder
51David Ehrlich family 1935-1995
2John Hirsch & relatives 1948-1995
3Freda Katz & family 1933-1997
4David Benjamin Katz & family (maternal side) 1900-1995
5Jacob Katz & family (maternal side) [1920-1994]
6Sam Katz & family (maternal side) [1900-1920]
7Melman family (maternal side) [1900-1995]
8Rosen family (maternal side) [1900-1975]
9Walter Saltzberg & family (maternal side) [ca. 1903-1989]
10Shoim family [1890-1996]
11Sidransky family (maternal side) [1940-1990]
12Solomon family (maternal side) [1912-1996]
13Goffman family (paternal side) 1928-1944
14Lipshitz family (paternal side) 1930
15Katz/Shack family homes (interior/exterior) [ 1900-1980]
BoxFolder
61"Fly Boys" - Bert Cox [ 1943-1985]
2" Fly Boys" - Johnnie Hall [ 1942-1944]
3"Fly Boys" - Saul Levenson 1943-1982
4"Fly Boys" - Geoff Morrell 1941-1996
5"Fly Boys" - Hector St. Richmond 1944-1984
6"Fly Boys" - Miscellaneous [1940-1990]
7Education 1925-1929
8Honours/Awards 1964-1996
9Teaching - Foxwarren 1932 - [197-?]
10Teaching - C.B.C. Appearances 1962
11Teaching - Miscellaneous 1957-1996
12Writing/Committees/Clubs [1940-2002]
13Undated and/or unidentified Shack family/friends 1895-1996
14Negatives/slides [190-?] - 1985
15Slides 1965- [197-?]
16World War I postcards 1914-1919
17Manitoba postcards 1932-1965
Sybil Shack Mss.152 (A.04-31) 1898-2003
Biographical Information 1903-2002
BoxFolder
11Biographical information 1944-2002
2Shack address book [1950]
3Shack list of books read [1950]
4Travel diary - London 1954
5Shack family material includes letters from A.A. Heaps & William Ivens 1903-1970
Correspondence 1925-2003
BoxFolder
16Sam Katz 1925
7Alexander Shack 1938-1950
8Soldiers to Shack family 1939-1945
9Soldiers to Shack family
10Soldiers to Shack family
BoxFolder
21Correspondence 1944-1947
2Cards & notes 1946-1950
3Shack family & relatives obituaries 1950-1970
4Correspondence 1956
5John Hirsch 1958
6Leon McNarry (includes manuscript) 1990-1993
7Wedding invitations & funeral notices 1993-2001
8Correspondence 1996-2001
9Correspondence 2001-2003
10Rosa Bruno-Jofre (Re: Book on Education) 2001-2002
11Correspondence 2002
BoxFolder
31Molly Martin 2002
2Correspondence 2003-2004
3Cards & notes 2002
4Invitations & cards 2002-2003
Miscellaneous material 1996-2004
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35Prairie Fire contains Shack's article on John Hirsch 1996
6Jewish Child & Family Services 50th Anniversary book publicity 2000
7"Ventures into the Old Testament" Outlook Magazine 2000
8" The Fundamentals of our Fundamental Freedom" Alan Borovoy Civil Liberties Association [2000]
9Canadian Civil Liberties Association 2002-2003
10Civil Liberties Association 2002-2004
11" Sunshine" film script by Ivan Szabo includes Toronto Star article discussing his friendship with John Hirsch 1999-2000
Photograph Collection P.C. 159 (A. 04-31) 1900-2003
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11Shack relatives includes grave sites 1900-2003
2Pauline Shack 1902-1989
3Sybil 1912-2003
4Katz store on Pritchard [1900]
5Shack's maternal great grandmother Rosen & her grandparents [1900]
6Freda Shack 1935-1991
7John Hirsch includes members of family [1932-1975]
8Marcia Palmer [1948-1955]
9Freda's children 1961-2002
10Harrow School's 50th Anniversary 1999
11Ehrlich family 2002
12Judith Solomon 1996
13Fried Family 1993
14Shack's bust at Assiniboine Park 1997-1999
15John Hirsch bust in Assiniboine Park 1998
16Shack car accident 2000
17Alan Rutherford 1942
18Soldiers who stayed at Shack's 1940-1945
19Dorothy Sabo & McNarry in motorboat ca.1933
20Negatives - Shack wiith parents & unidentified ca.1945
21Slides - Shack's Honorary Degree & garden 1969-1970
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21Video cassettes including It was Fifty Years Ago, 1993, Genie Awards, 2000, Sunshine, 1999, Pauline Shack, 1986, Lisa Ehrlich, ca.1996, T.V. Ontario, n.d., Unnamed, Children of the Storm & Jewish Child and Family Services 1986-2000