Ephemera

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  • Transient everyday items, usually printed and on paper, that are manufactured for a specific limited use, then often discarded. Includes everyday items that are meant to be saved, at least for a while, such as keepsakes and stock certificates.

Source note(s)

  • Library of Congress Basic Genre Terms for Cultural Heritage Materials

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Hierarchical terms

Ephemera

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Ephemera

  • UF Programmes, leaflets, receipts, menus, playbills, pamphlets, flyers, greeting cards, business cards, invitations, coupons, tickets

Associated terms

Ephemera

1977 Archival description results for Ephemera

1977 results directly related Exclude narrower terms

Bradley, Jenny.

The New York Times Book Review article "Meet Jenny Bradley, a Literary Force Extraordinary" by Francis Steegmuller about Belgian-born literary agent Jenny Bradley.

Long, Elizabeth

Bracken, Alice Wylie

Clipping and typescript about Alice Wylie Bracken (nee Bruce), wife of Progressive Conservative Party leader John Bracken.

Long, Elizabeth

Booklets issued by the National Liberal Federation.

Booklets issued by the National Liberal Federation. Includes:

  • One copy of “Mackenzie King and the wage earner, an article by William Henry Moore, reprinted from Public Life” (1935)
  • Two copies of “Mackenzie King the obstinate idealist, an article by William Henry Moore, reprinted from Public Life” (1935). One of the copies contains a stamp that reads: “Egerton Lovering, Liberal Candidate Eglinton Riding.”

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

Book reviews.

Materials related to Lydia Dotto's book Canada in space (1987). Includes newspaper clippings by and about Dotto from different media, press releases, book reviews, promotional events schedules and information, and related correspondence.

Media are Canadian Business (1986), content Magazine (1986), Dimensions (n.d.), Library Guild (n.d.), The Globe and Mail (1987), The Ottawa Citizen (1987), The Province (1987), The Charlatan from Carleton University (1987), Calgary Herald (1987), Quill & Quire (1987), Halifax Mail Star (n.d.), Financial Post (n.d.), _The Edmonton Journal) (1987), and other unidentified and undated.

Also includes a press release from TVOntario.

Dotto, Lydia

Book of coupons.

One coupon booklet given to attendees of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention. All of the coupons in this book have been removed, but a table of contents notes that it included coupons for hotels, dinners and a portrait.

Bon Ami advertisement

Advertisement trade card showing a girl holding the tail of a cat as it tries to scratch a bird in a cage. The caption reads "Cats can but Bon Ami can not scratch for it lacks grit." Verso reads "Bon Ami is a modern improvement in the list of household necessities, doing the work of a metal polish, a scouring soap and all powders used for cleaning purposes (not for washing of clothes). It will clean anything cleanable and polish anything that can be polished. It contains no grit to scratch or acid to corrode; neither is there any alkali to redden or roughen the hands; on the contrary, it leaves them soft. It is always used in the form of a lather, which is applied to the surface to be cleaned. It requires so little water for this that slops and muss are avoided. It is made of the best and finest materials, and is so constituted that while it is too fine to scratch, it is coarse enough to clean. Coarser cleaners gradually and surely wear out the article cleaned, but Bon Ami removes the dirt without injuring or wearing off the surface. Don't fail to try the sample. Read carefully directions with each package. For sale by all grocers. The Bon Ami Company, 66 Maiden Lane, New York City."

Bleriot aircraft photograph.

Material relating to search for information about a plane in a local photograph. Includes correspondence, clippings and photocopied information

Schneider, Norman Christoph

Blake, Mary.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality of the Month" about Mary Blake, who worked as Secretary-Treasurer of the Fullerton Publishing Company.

Long, Elizabeth

Black Ontario.

Materials related to the conference “400 years: African Canadian History” organized by the Multicultural History Society of Ontario in collaboration with the Ontario Black History Society, on June 14-17, 1990, where James Walker acted as chair in the session “African Canadian History before 1900.” Includes program, notes, pamphlet, related correspondence, pamphlet for the Ontario Black History Society, and honorarium for participating.

Walker, James

Black C[ana]D[ia]N studies Windsor conference.

Materials related to the event National Symposium on Multiculturalism and the Black presence in the Canadian mosaic (May 19-21, 1977) at the University of Winsor, Ontario where James Walker participated as part of the session “The historical perspective – a look at the Record.” Includes notes for Walker’s paper, a summary of papers, a program for the event, a printout of Walker’s paper “Historical study of Black in Canada: the state of the discipline,” and a bibliography and research guide for Walker’s paper.

Walker, James

Bissell Carpet Sweepers

Puzzle card postcard advertising Bissell Carpet Sweepers showing an unhappy couple with a regular broom and a happy couple with a Bissell Carpet Sweeper. Recto reads "Why is this gentleman so perplexed, why is this lady sorely vexed? Why does this gentleman now smile. and she be happy all the while? The reason will be plain, if you can but this puzzle card see through."

Bishop, Beatrice.

Clipping of British Columbia Economic Times column "Women of Achievement" about Beatrice Bishop and her role as Sun Life Assurance Underwriter in Victoria, B.C.

Long, Elizabeth

Birthday card.

Handmade birthday card from Orpheus Moyer Schantz to Sophie Schantz. The card has scherenschnitte edges and features calligraphy, drawings of small animals, birds and plants. It reads: "May Happy Returns. Sophie E. Schantz. May 4-'89"

Schantz Russell Family

Birthday card.

File consists of one birthday card for Alice Riggs Hunt, signed by passengers aboard the S.S. Furnessia on her 18th birthday of June 14, 1902.

Hunt, Alice Riggs

Birthday card.

One birthday card sent to Gordon Bolender by Mrs. W.J. Morley to celebrate Gordon's first birthday.

Bolender Ball Family

Bird, Mary.

Clipping from an unsourced publication with a brief mention of the death of Dr. Mary Bird, "one of Canada's first women doctors". Envelope with "The National Council of Women of Canada" letterhead included in file.

Long, Elizabeth

Bird, Anne.

Clippings about the appointment of Anne Bird (nee Francis) as the head of the Commission on the Status of Women.

Long, Elizabeth

Biographical materials.

Clippings and biographical notes from Eby's "A Biographical History of Waterloo Township" relating to the Wagner-Hailer families and related families. Includes obituaries of Margaret Bean (nee Hailer), daughter of Jacob Hailer and Margaret Riehl; obituary of Harriet Brehler; a clipping about Jacob Hailer; genealogical notes on the Bean family from the Eby Book.

Wagner Hailer family

Biographical clippings.

Clippings relating to the life and career of Alice Hagen. Includes typescript transcripts of items published in 1897.

Hagen, Alice Mary

Biographical and critical articles.

File consists of biographical and critical articles on Barbara Smucker and her works. Includes clippings, ephemera and photocopies. Also includes a typescript curriculum vitae and biographies written by Barbara Smucker and her husband Donovan Smucker.

Smucker, Barbara

Biographical

Series consists of correspondence, ephemera and photographs related to Wesley J. Graham's personal and professional life.

Graham, J. Wesley (James Wesley)

Biographical.

File consists of materials related to William Pope Clement and wife Muriel Kerr Clement. Includes clippings, obituaries, funeral service handouts, genealogy notes, a draft of a biography of William, William's passport, and other ephemera.

Clement Bowlby Family

Biographical.

File consists of material relating to the life and death of Florence Grace Clement. Includes death notices written by Margaret (Peggy) Clement Forbes, an article on Florence from the Preston Springs Gardens newsletter, Florence's obituary, an invitation to Florence's 90th birthday and a voting list including Florence.

Clement Bowlby Family

Bingham, Charlotte.

Clippings of Winnipeg Free Press articles that mention Charlotte Bingham, including a review of her memoir Coronet Among the Weeds.

Long, Elizabeth

Bill 59.

File consists of materials relating to Bill 59 An Act to reform the Law respecting Property Rights and Support Obligations between Married Persons and in other Family Relationships. Includes news clippings, ephemera and publications from the NDP, submissions regarding the bill, etc.

Burrett, Alida

Beveridge, Minnie.

Clipping from unsourced publication about Minnie Beveridge and her role as Provincial President of the Victoria Club.

Long, Elizabeth

Betty Forbes's wedding planner.

A wedding planner notebook containing correspondence, sketches, advertisements, and notes pertaining to Betty Forbes's wedding ceremony with Bill Land on May 29, 1954 in Hespeler, Ontario.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's scrapbook.

A scrapbook containing press clippings, cards, postcards, telegrams, tickets, programs, report cards, certificates, a diploma, invitations, correspondence including notes of congratulations to Betty Forbes on her engagement to Bill Land, the birth certificates of Millicent Lyall Forbes and Betty Forbes, and other textual material. Also includes three watercolour paintings by Willie Winklemann and photographs of the Forbes family featuring Peg Forbes and Joe Wilson's wedding and other family events.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's photograph album.

An album containing photographs of the Forbes family and their friends including Millicent Lyall Forbes, George Alexander Forbes, Betty Forbes, Peg Forbes, Pamela Wilson, Ross Wilson, Margaret Neilson, Jean Lyttle, Isabel Taylor, Jane Drope, Betty Hall, Joan MacPhail, Joan Norwich, Jayne Clement, Jack Vincent, Betty and Lou Breithaupt, Eleanor Snyder, Jean Augustine, Patty Ann Augustine, Barbie Augustine, and many others. Several photographs feature Camp Forty at Lake Tyson, Thistletown (part of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto), Christmas celebrations, christenings, and trips to British Columbia, Arizona, California, Texas, South Carolina, and Yellowstone National Park. Also includes a ticket stub or name card for Millicent Lyall Forbes when she attended the Canadian Nurses Association 25th biennial meeting at the University of British Columbia between June 26-30, 1950.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's diary.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1948. Several entries describe Betty’s work in British Columbia, family events, dances, a trip to Alaska, holidays, and Peg Forbes’s wedding to Colin Andrew (Joe) Wilson. The diary contains letters, invitations, lists, a patch, and press clippings including one titled, Girls advised to train for career and marriage published in The Globe and Mail on January 27, 1948.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's diary.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1949. Several entries describe Betty’s work as a nurse, family events, and holidays. The diary includes press clippings, postcards, notes, letters, invitations, a program from Maple Leaf Gardens, tickets, a national credit card from Imperial Oil Limited and four photographs of unknown individuals.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's diary.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1950. Several entries describe Betty’s work as a nurse, family events, and holidays. The diary includes press clippings, invitations, telegrams, postcards, two photographs of unknown individuals, a certificate for a rare blend of Crown Royal whiskey from the House of Seagram, and a registration card from the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's diary.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1944 during her time as a student at the School for Nurses at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. Several entries describe Betty’s work at the hospital, student exams and marks, school dances, class dinners, and capping ceremony. The diary includes press clippings, letters, notes, event programs, and a photograph of an adult and child. In addition, numerous entries describe events and activities related to the Second World War including an entry written on D-Day (June 6, 1944). Some of these entries contain attached items such as press clippings related to military personnel and banknotes including a 1 lire banknote issued by Italy in 1939, 5-francs Type 1942 issued by Banque de l'Algérie, a 10-AM lire banknote as well as a one shilling and a half shilling Japanese government-issued Oceanian Pound.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's diary.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1945 during her time as a student at the School for Nurses at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. Several entries describe Betty’s work at the hospital, student exams, patient care, and school dances. The diary includes press clippings, a convocation program, letters, telegrams, notes, pressed flowers, restaurant menus, business cards, event programs, and a photograph likely of Betty and an unknown individual. In addition, numerous entries describe events and activities related to the Second World War including an entry written on Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) on May 8, 1945, an entry written on Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) on August 15, 1945 as well as entries describing food rationing, and the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States (1933–45). Also includes one United States Army Anti-Aircraft Command sleeve insignia. The insignia is circular with an embroidered white background, blue border, and two red capital letter A's in the centre.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's diary.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1946 during her last year as a student at the School for Nurses at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. Several entries describe Betty’s work at the hospital, student exams, patient care, school dances, a scholarship she received, and her enrollment in a diploma course in Child Study at the University of Toronto. The diary includes press clippings, menus, convocation programs, invitations, postcards, telegrams, tickets, letters, ribbons, and two photographs of unknown individuals.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's diary.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1947. Several entries describe family events, parties, dances, trips to Buffalo, Sudbury and British Columbia, and Betty’s work at Claremont Nursery School. The diary includes letters, telegrams, invitations, programs, press clippings, pressed flowers, a napkin, and a photograph of an unknown individual.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's diary.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1951. Several entries describe Betty’s work as a nurse, family events, and holidays. The diary includes press clippings, invitations, telegrams, letters, and a photograph of an unknown individual.

Forbes, Betty

Best wishes.

Christmas card booklet featuring illustrated lilacs and a "Best Wishes" greeting on the front cover "From Eliza to Uncle Tobias". The booklet contains the lyrics for the hymn "Like a river, glorious".

Schantz Russell Family

Besant, Annie.

Two book reviews and an article clipping that refer to English activist and educator Annie Besant.

Long, Elizabeth

Bertier, Sylvia de.

Clipping of United Nations World article "The Girl Who Does a Man's Job" about Sylvia de Bertier, mayor of Manom, France.

Long, Elizabeth

Berthing card and meal card.

A berthing card and meal card issued to Cameron Hill during the Second World War likely when he traveled on a troopship sailing from Halifax Harbour in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, England between August and September 1941.

The berthing card indicates that Cameron was assigned to cabin S22, in section 3 of the Sports deck. The meal card indicates that Cameron was assigned to eat first meal (breakfast) during the second sitting at table number 28. The name of the ship that Cameron traveled on is unknown.

Hill, Cameron Clare

Bermuda.

Materials related to the Bermuda-Canada Conference where James Walker participated in a session titled “Black studies: a comparative perspective” with a paper titled “West Indian immigrants and the Black community in Canada: parallels and promises.” Includes related correspondence, conference schedule, press release, conference program, abstract of Frank E. Manning's presentation for the conference titled “The Black Experience in Bermuda and Canada: Ethnicity, culture, and immigration,” and information about travel and accommodation arrangements.

Walker, James

Berlin Rubber Co.

File consists of one clipping reporting an excursion of Berlin Rubber Co. employees to Penetang on Saturday, July 14, 1906. Comments on Breithaupt Leather and cottaging.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Berlin Light Commission.

File consists of a carbon sheet with background data about the history of the Commission, clippings about the work of the Commission and about the bringing of hydro-electric power to Kitchener in 1910.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Bennett, Myra.

Weekend Magazine (no. 47) article "Nurse Bennett of the Outports" by Cyril Robinson about the Myra Bennett (nee Grimsley), who began working as a nurse in Newfoundland in 1921.

Long, Elizabeth

Beaver Club Oldenburg : brochure.

File consists of one brochure for the Canadian YMCA Beaver Club in Oldenburg, Germany. It is billed as the first and last Canadian town centre in Germany. The brochure also notes that as of May 1, 1946 the management will be assumed by the British YMCA.

Rowntree, Kenneth

Beauchemin, Micheline.

Page from an issue of Maclean's featuring an article written by Dorothy Eber about Canadian textile artist Micheline Beauchemin.

Long, Elizabeth

Bearman, Gladys.

Clipping from unsourced publication about the July 1948 appointment of Gladys M. Bearman as Vice-Consul, Canadian Consulate in San Francisco.

Long, Elizabeth

Bates, Mona.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Canadian pianist and music teacher Mona Bates.

Long, Elizabeth

Barbara Clague festival of song.

Materials related to the Barbara Clague Festival of Song. Includes related correspondence and ephemera. Also contains materials related to the Collingwood Neighbourhood House (Vancouver, British Columbia).

Carold Institute

Bambrick, Winifred.

Clipping of the Leader-Post article "Montreal harpist is also a writer" about Winifred Bambrick.

Long, Elizabeth

Ballantyne, Mrs. W.B.

Clipping about newspaper editor [Violet Elizabeth] Ballantyne who ran the Emerson Journal following the death of her husband W.B. Ballantyne.

Long, Elizabeth

Ball, Margaret.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality Plus" about homemaker and advertiser Margaret Ball, who worked for General Mills.

Long, Elizabeth

Baird, Irene.

One typescript biography about Irene Baird drafted using a clipping of The Globe and Mail article "Official Answers Questions On Birds and Fish at CNE".

Long, Elizabeth

Awards, events, readings, etc.

File consists of various awards received by Barbara Smucker as well as clippings and ephemera relating to events that she has partaken in and readings by her. Includes a transcript of a convocation address at the University of Waterloo given May 29, 1986 at which Barbara Smucker received an honorary doctorate.

Smucker, Barbara

Awards and biography.

Materials related to awards received by Joan Hollobon and the Hollobon Award. Includes biographical notes and articles about Hollobon, related newspaper clippings and correspondence, photographs of the Hollobon Award ceremony in 1987 and 1990, and a copy of Science Link by Canadian Science Writers’ Association, Vol. 9, No. 3 (June 1989). Also contains the following awards and certificates received by Hollobon:

  • Lifetime Achievement Award by Science in Society Journalism Awards (2010),
  • Certificate of appreciation by the Canadian Science Writers’ Association (1981),
  • Award of Distinction by the Health Care Public Relations Association (1984),
  • Honorary Member recognition of the Ontario Medical Association (1985),
  • Congratulation certificate by the Government of Ontario (2015),

Hollobon, Joan

Awards.

Contains correspondence, news clippings, etc. regarding awards won by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record for outstanding reporting, sports writing, typography etc.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record

Augustine, Mary Caroline : ephemera.

Birthday, Christmas, Easter and Valentine greetings, and one postcard. Includes a letter from "Santa Claus," a Dionne Quintuplet postcard, and two hand drawn and coloured pieces relating to China and Japan. One is by Emma Kaufman of a child looking into a goldfish bowl and the other, of rabbits and chicks, is initialled H.T.

Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family

Augustine, Mary Caroline : birth ephemera.

Ephemera including Mary Ham's (nee Augustine) birth announcement (press clipping), hand-painted birth announcement card, congratulation and christening cards, and telegrams. Also includes three pieces of ephemera related to Albert William Augustine and John Ross Augustine.

Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family

Atlantik-Brücke.

Materials related to the "XXIV German-Canadian Conference" (October 23 to 25, 2009, Freiberg/Sachsen, Germany). Includes the delegation list, program, and “Speech by H.E. Ambassador Dr. Georg Witschel German Ambassador in Canada ‘Political and Economic Factor that Shape Canadian and German Approaches to Globalization.’”

English, John

Atlantik-Brücke.

Materials related to the Atlantik-Brücke association. Includes related correspondence, cost breakdown, draft agenda, program for the "Future of Energy, XXIX German Canadian Conference hosted by Atlantik-Bruecke Canada and Atlantik-Brücke" (September 17-20, 2014), and a template for email introducing Atlantik-Bruecke Canada organization.

English, John

Atlantik-Brücke.

Materials related to the "XXX German-Canadian Conference" (April 15-18, 2015, Brussels, Belgium). Includes business card for Eveline Y. Metzen (executive director of Atlantik-Brücke); break-out groups information; handwritten notes on the event; program; agenda for the Trudeau Centre for Peace, Conflict and Justice board meeting (May 6, 2015); program report; agenda for the Regional Governments in International Affairs (September 17-18, 2015).

English, John

Atlantic Canada workshop.

Materials related to the Atlantic Canada Workshop at Carleton University, in 1991, titled “Political Economy of Region” where James Walker participated in the panel “Studying Afro-Atlantic Canadian Culture.” Includes notes, schedule of the event, travel receipts, related correspondence, and preliminary programme.

Walker, James

Astor, Nancy.

Clippings from various publications about the life of Nancy Astor.

Long, Elizabeth

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.

File consists of Downs Survey: A National Study to Provide Guidelines for the Development of the Resources and Services of Academic Libraries, Aug. 20, 1965; Bladen Commission Report, 1965; Canadian Academic Library Study, 1966; Proposal for A Study to Provide Guidelines ... 1966; Correspondence (Downs, Andrew, AUCC, Questionnaire) 1966; Downs Survey: Research Resources, part 1; Literary Response to Downs Survey, Part II, Dec. 12, 1966; Faculty Responses to Downs Survey, Part II, Jan. 5, 1967; Faculty Responses to Survey, Jan. 16, 1967; Basic Reference Collection; Social Sciences and Humanities Index, List of Periodicals Indexed; Memo to Senate Library Committee regarding Library Automation, Nov. 28, 1966; Budget Distribution in the Downs Report (D.A. Redmond); Arcticle in Globe & Mail, Mar. 30, 1968.

Lewis, Doris Eileen

Armstrong, Isabel.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail article "Woman Reporter Quits After 40 Years on Job" about the retirement of Canadian newspaper reporter Isabel Armstrong.

Long, Elizabeth

Armour & Co. advertisement

Advertisement trade card for Armour's Mince Meat and Canned Meats showing an older woman teaching a group of younger women how to cook. Verso reads "It is admitted by every prudent housekeeper, that our Condensed Mince Meat is equal in every respect to the old-fashioned home-made article. Our well known connection with the beef industry, enables us, to put a Mince Meat on the market second to none. We use only the best and purest ingredients, and it is the universal verdict that our product retains its sweetness longer and goes farther than any other brand. Packaged in 12 oz. (net) cardboard cartons. Enough for two large pies. 2 packages for 25 cents. At all first-class grocery stores. Armour and Company, Chicago."

Arctic Council ephemera.

Ephemera related to the Arctic Council. Includes flyers "PAME (Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment) Working Group of the Arctic Council, 2011-2013,” “Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic Council,” and “Arctic council Fact Sheet, Arctic council Swedish Chairmanship, 2011-2013."

English, John

A.R. Kaufman Family Y.

One letter dated May 19, 1982 from Reuben Baetz, Minister of Tourism and Recreation, to W.H. Kaufman in his position as Honorary President of the Kitchener-Waterloo YMCA, congratulating him on the offical opening of the A.R. Kaufman family. Includes portfolio and news story relating to the opening.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Anthes, L.L.

File consists of one clipping reporting the appointment of L.L. Anthes as President of the American Foundrymen's Association.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Annotated lists of payments.

Materials related to expenditures and payments made for the building of the house at 178 Claremont Avenue by the Reive family. Includes a cheque for Mabel Reive from 1942, bank statements for Mr. and Mrs. Reive, and proceeds of the sale of the house at 33 Brock Street in Kitchener (Mrs. Reive’s property in September 1951) put towards the purchase of 178 Claremont Avenue.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Annot[at]ed list(s) of payments made by W. G. Reive related to building 178 Claremont Ave. Kitchener home of Dr. W. G. Reive & Mabel Reive. (also later sources and uses of funds).”

Reive Family

Results 1801 to 1900 of 1977