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).”

Working and architectural drawings drawn by local architect Theophilus Hughes Wells for the house at 178 Claremont Avenue.
Box arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “T. Hughes Wells, architect, working drawings (5 scrolls) to scale for Reive home, 178 Claremont Avenue, Kitchener.”

Architectural drawings for the building of 178 Claremont Avenue, drawn by architect Theophilus Hughes Wells and tube packaging sent by Wells to Dr. Reive.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “T. Hughes Wells working drawings to scale for building Reive home, 178 Claremont Ave. Kitchener ON N2T 2C2. 1951. Scrolls.”

Materials related to the building of 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes invoices and cheques with local companies for heating, plumbing, electrical installations, excavation and digging work, woodworking, construction, and related labour and materials (tiles, glass, bricks, sand and gravel, and lumber). Also includes an application for a permit to build in the City of Kitchener and a cancelled cheque for architect Theophilus Hughes Wells.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Building contractor & trade invoices related to building. Reive home 178 Claremont Ave., Kitchener. Not all reconciled.”

Cheques related to the building of 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes cheques for plumbing, carpeting, fuel, and other construction materials.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “1951 cancelled cheques without invoices related to building 178 Claremont Ave., Kitchener. Home of Dr. W. G. Reive & Mabel Reive.”

Materials created or accumulated by the Reive Family, especially Dr. Wilfred G. Reive and Mabel M. Reive during the moving, purchasing, design, and construction of their family home at 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes invoices and cheques, architectural drawings, and family photographs.

Photographs of the house at 178 Claremont Avenue in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes one photograph of the house during the Winter of 1982, one photograph of the house during Spring or Summer, and a photograph of the house in the Winter pasted to a Christmas card.

Materials related to the building of 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes invoices and cheques with local companies for drainage, woodwork, insulation, insurance, flooring, and grating.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Miscellaneous invoices no cancelled cheques related to Reive home. 178 Claremont Ave., Kitchener.”

Materials related to the building and remodelling of the house at 178 Claremont Avenue in Kitchener. Includes invoices, cheques, forms, and correspondence related to the different aspects of the process, including the plot purchase, design and construction of the building and rooms, and landscaping of the gardens.
Box arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “178 Claremont Ave., Kitchener. Building documents, invoices / cancelled cheques. Home of W. G. Reive / Mabel Reive.”

Materials related to the land purchase of the lot for 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes related correspondence, deed, and invoices and cheques for land surveys, barrister services, and property taxes.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Related to home of Dr. W. G. Reive. 178 Claremont Ave. Kitchener. Lot purchased in 1950 w[ith] 2 parts. 1. W. Mitchell. 2. Snyder Estate (Waterloo Trust). 1953 side boundary alignment (Snyder, Reive, Gould).”

Materials related to the landscaping of 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes correspondence received by Dr. W. G. Reive from R. H. Barnsley (landscape contractor) with proposal, pricing, and invoices for the work. Also includes reconciled cheques issued by Reive.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Landscape architect R. H. Barnsley: proposal, correspondence, invoices & cancelled cheques.”

Photographs of Westmount and the house at 178 Claremont Avenue from the 1950s to the 1990s. Includes photographs of the hills of Westmount, the house, and the Reive family engaged in different activities.

Architectural drawings for the building of 178 Claremont Avenue, drawn and stamped by architect Theophilus Hughes Wells. Includes two drawings with a proposal for the front entrance and detail.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Theo Hughes Wells, architect. Blueprints (stamped T. Hughes Wells). Note front entrance did not include portico, only recessed panel door w[ith] side windows & pan window over door (one cancelled cheque).”
Cancelled cheque mentioned in note is located in file 6.

Materials related to the building of 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes invoices and cheques with local companies for ironwork, shutters, roofing, fuel, landscaping, and heating.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Reconciled invoices and cancelled cheques (W. G. Reive) related to building Reive home 178 Claremont Ave., Kitchener.”

Photographs of the Reive family in Westmount and the house at 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes photographs of the family skiing, sledding, and playing with the snow; photographs of the house at 178 Claremont Avenue with and without snow; and photographs of the Reive children playing around the house.

Photographs of the snowy hills of Westmount in the early 1950s.
Photographs arrived in archives on a black album page with annotations that read: “early 1950s. Westmount” and “Tobboganning Backhill, ca. 1952. Westmount.”