These letters were previously stored by Ms. Wolff, temporarily lent to Mrs. Elkin for summarizing. 2 letters from mother Sarah Wolff, 1908. 1 letter Ministry of Munitions, 1917. The Josephs were among Canada's first Jewish families. Irene Joseph lived in Quebec City at time of the letters.
Collection also shows social, courting customs, railway history, and Quebec history.
He died in 1948. Irene Wolff, his wife, was a journalist and community worker. Biographical press clippings. Correspondence about the Canadian Jewish Congress, anti-Semitism, refugees, Cecil Roth. Typescripts of articles about Jews in Three Rivers, Jewish community occurrences.