- SCA214-GA193-10-105
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- 1953
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a colour photocopy of two pages from the minutes of the October 7, 1953 meeting of the Greb Shoes Employees' Association.
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Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a colour photocopy of two pages from the minutes of the October 7, 1953 meeting of the Greb Shoes Employees' Association.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a colour photocopy of a page from the December 1953 issues of the employee newsletter The Cobbler, containing a Christmas greeting from president Harry Greb.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a colour photocopy of a page from the minutes of the February 3, 1954 meeting of the Greb Shoes Employees Association.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a colour photocopy of a page from the minutes of the April 14, 1954 meeting of the Greb Shoes Employees Association.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of colour photocopies of pages from the minutes of meetings of the Greb Shoes Employees Association on September 29 and December 15, 1954, January 24 and March 21, 1955. Pages contain references to the closure of the Mansion Street plant, the company's competitive position, and reduced work weeks for employees.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of photocopies of the column "Management's Ramblings" by Charles E. Greb from the May, June, July, and September 1955 issues of the employee newsletter The Cobbler, as well as the Greb's Christmas greeting from the December 1955 issue. In the columns, Greb discusses changes to the company and production.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a photocopy of a the minutes of the November 14, 1956 meeting of the Greb Shoes Employees Association.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a newspaper article clipped from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record entitled "Greb idea behind New British boot".
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a letter (photocopy) to Charles E. Greb from barristers Pitblado, Hoskin, & Co. (Winnipeg, MB) regarding the purchase price paid by Greb Industries for the assests of the Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited and Calumet Shoe Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Photocopy of receipt to Charles Greb from Nelson [Gros?] of The Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited, showing the new address of factory at 47-49 Queen Street South in Berlin (now Kitchener).
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a ts. case study (photocopy) of Greb Shoes Limited and the marketing of the Hush Puppies brand, prepared by Brian W. Jones for a class at the School of Business Administration, Univeristy of Western Ontario (London, ON).
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to Charles E. Greb's research about the history of the Tebbutt Shoe and Leather Company in Trois-Riviers, Quebec, for the book The Greb Story. Includes correspondence between Charles E. Greb and Jack Tebbutt (and others), and a ts. history of the Tebbutt Shoe and Leather Company.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a collection of ts. presentations (photocopy) given at the first world wide Hush Puppies advertising and marketing conference held in Djerba, Tunisia, in February 1968. Presentations are from the following countries: USA, Netherlands, South Africa, Canada, France, West Germany, England, El Salvador, Australia, Sweden, Japan, Austria, and Mexico. File also includes an unrelated press clipping (photocopy) about Velvet, the Hush Puppies basset hound mascot.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a newspaper article clipped from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record in March, 1967, entitled "Greb plant adding 5,000 square feet".
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a photocopy of an article from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record on Feburary 12, 1965 entitled "Greb dedicates 2 plants, gets export sales award".
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a newspaper article clipped from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record on October 30, 1965 entitled "Greb Shoe firm purchases 4 Bauer-owned companies".
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Photocopied history of the Bauer Skate Company and the skate industry in North America, written by Don Bauer.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a press clipping from the Regina Tribune on November 23, 1967 about the western final Canadian Football League game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Calgary Stampeders. During the game, because of the weather conditions, the Roughriders' Ron Atchison replaced his cleats with his pair of rubber-soled Hush Puppies.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of press clippings relating to the Greb Industries Limited administrative center on Ardelt Avenue in Kitchener, built in 1967. The building won a design award from the Ontario Mason's Relations Council.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement (photocopy) between H.D. McKellar (president) and Charles E. Greb (vice-presdient) regarding the transfer of shares of the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited as the company approached insolvency.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a newspaper article clipped from the [Kitchener-Waterloo Record?] on June 9, 1969 entitled "Greb buys Collins Safety Shoe Firm".
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material (photocopied) relating to the 1971 Hush Puppies colouring contest national advertising campaign. Includes a ts. description of the campaign, an advertisment for Hush Puppies retail customers, and an advertisement clipped from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two letters (photocopies) from president Harry Greb regarding the sale of Greb Industries Limited to Warrington Products Limited. One letter is addressed to the employees and the other to the shareholders.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of ts. speeches (photocopies) given by outgoing president of Greb Industries Limited R.P. Curl and incoming president A. Morissette at a Bauer Division sales meeting in January, 1978. File also includes an article (photocopy) clipped from the July 15, 1978 Globe and Mail entitled "Retrenchment, consolidation restoring confidence in Kitchener manufacturer".
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a newspaper article clipped from the February 8, 1979 Kitchener-Waterloo Record entitled "Executives at Greb Industries are in high-risk category".
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of correspondence (photocopies) between Charles E. Greb and John Simth (general manager, Greb Kitchener Operations) regarding four original pictures by local artist Douglas Ratchford (gifts to Harry Greb in the 1970s) kept at Greb's Kitchener location, and the board room table and chairs belonging to Charles E. Greb.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of news releases from Kodiak Group Inc. regarding the purchase of Terra Footwear and the launch of an industrial line of footwear in the US. News releases are print-outs from the World Wide Web.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Photocopied reports from The Mercantile Agency, R.G. Dun & Co., Toronto,about the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a report (photocopy) from The Bradstreet Company (Toronto, ON) about the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement (photocopy) between the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited and the Greb Shoe Company Limited regarding the sale of the former to the latter.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a ts. notice (photocopy) about the agreement whereby Erwin C. Greb purchased the controlling interest in the Greb Shoe Company held by Charles Greb for $10 000. Notice contains ms. notes.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement (photocopy) whereby Charles Greb was hired by the Greb Shoe Company Limited in an advisory capacity. The agreement was renewed in 1933.
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References not in text : file 1.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a photocopy of an application by Erwin C. Greb and the Greb Shoe Company Limited for membership in the Shoe Manufanufactuers Association of Canada.
Greb Industries Limited
References not in text : file 10.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a newspaper article clipped from the August 1, 1978 Kitchener-Waterloo Record entitled "Former Greb plant back in production".
Greb Industries Limited
References not in text : file 11.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a newspaper article clipped from the March 10, 1987 Kitchener-Waterloo Record entitled "Greb jobs are secure, new owners say".
Greb Industries Limited
References not in text : file 12.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Greb Industries Limited
References not in text : file 13.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an article about the history of the Greb company from the June 6, 2000 Kitchener-Waterloo Record entitled "A final goodbye to Greb". Includes the original press clipping and a print-out of the article from the World Wide Web.
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References not in text : file 14.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a fax from Charles E. Greb to Benny Afelski including a news release regarding the creation of Kodiak Group Inc. and its acquisition of the Kodiak Boots Division of Greb International.
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References not in text : file 2.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material (photocopied) relating to the Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club, including the launch of the club in 1953, annual banquets, and the chapters in Winnipeg and Trois-Rivieres. Includes press clippings (some photocopies), news releases, programs from annual banquets, and correspondence, including a letter to Harry Greb from L.O. Breithaupt, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
Includes two photographs, one of long service members Frederick and Milt Daub and employee Walter Daub; and one of the head table at the inaugeral banquet.
Greb Industries Limited
References not in text : file 3.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a photocopy of an ms. chart of figures relating to Hush Puppies incoming orders during the 1960s and 1970s.
Greb Industries Limited
References not in text : file 4.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a colour photocopy of the cover of the v. 1, December 1962 issue of the company newsletter, the Greb Newshound.
Greb Industries Limited
References not in text : file 5.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a colour photocopy of two pages from the v. 1, December 1962 issue of the company newsletter, the Greb Newshound, containing a message from president Harry Greb.
Greb Industries Limited
References not in text : file 6.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material (photocopied) relating to the Greb Hiking Bureau and hiking in Canada. Includes publicity material created by the Greb Hiking Bureau: pamphlets, reports, news releases, and a Canadian hiking trail guide. File also includes a carbon copy of a speech given by Charles E. Greb to the Kitchener YMCA about hiking, Bruce Trail Association membership cards, and a brochure about the 1972 Okotoberfest road races, sponsord by Greb Industries Limited.
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References not in text : file 7.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of three pages (photocopies) clipped from the April, 1953 issue of Shoe & Leather Journal containing advertisements for Greb retail customers, and correspondence (photocopied) among Charles E. Greb, Ross E. Hahn (assistant General Manager) and the Vylyt Corporation (New York, NY) regarding the use of Vylyt soles for Greb footwear.
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References not in text : file 8.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Greb Industries Limited
References not in text : file 9.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of photocopies of a news release and memoranda to staff from Greb Industries Limited presdient Stanley B. Frieze regarding the relocation of the administration offices, distribution and customer service facilites from Kitchener to 6500 Millcreek Drive in Mississauga.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of photographs taken at retirement dinner in honour of Harry D. Greb, Arthur C. Greb, Ross E. Hahn, and John D. Campbell, held on February 7, 1975. Duplicate photographs may be present.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an album containing photographs of a retirement dinner in honour of Harry D. Greb, Arthur C. Greb, Ross E. Hahn, and John D. Campbell, held on February 7, 1975. Includes a list of guests in attendance.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the retirement dinner on February 7, 1975, given in honour of Harry D. Greb, Arthur C. Greb, Ross E. Hahn, and John D. Campbell. Includes correspondence and memoranda about the event, a guest list, the evening's agenda, a press release, press clippings, ephemera, ms. notes, and a photograph of Charles E. Greb seated at a table with John A. Pollock and others. Includes personal correspondence to Charles expressing best wishes to the retiring executives.
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Sale to Warrington Products Limited : letters to shareholders and employees.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two letters from president Harry Greb regarding the sale of Greb Industries Limited to Warrington Products Limited. One letter is addressed to the employees and the other to the shareholders.
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Sale to Warrington Products Limited (file 1 of 2).
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the sale of Greb Industries Limited to Warrington Product Limited (Don Mills, ON) in 1974.
Includes photocopies of draft agreements and a draft offer to purchase, photocopies of the closing documents relating to the sale (including agreements, schedules, financial statements and correspondence), press clippings, photocopies of organizational charts, research reports about Warrington, Warrington annual reports (1972, 1973), correspondence, the cash offer by Warrington sent to Greb sharholders, and other photocopied documents.
Greb Industries Limited
Sale to Warrington Products Limited (file 2 of 2).
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the sale of Greb Industries Limited to Warrington Product Limited (Don Mills, ON) in 1974.
Includes photocopies of draft agreements and a draft offer to purchase, photocopies of the closing documents relating to the sale (including agreements, schedules, financial statements and correspondence), press clippings, photocopies of organizational charts, research reports about Warrington, Warrington annual reports (1972, 1973), correspondence, the cash offer by Warrington sent to Greb sharholders, and other photocopied documents.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of one audio cassette.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a group photograph of Greb Shoes sales staff, as well as enlarged computer print-outs of the photograph (including one on photographic paper). Includes a print-out of e-mail correspondence between Charles E. Greb and Frank McFarlane attempting to identify the men in the photograph and ms. notes.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings related to Greb Shoes. Some clippings are loose between the pages, and some are loose between the last page and the back cover. Some clippings are photocopies.
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Shoe & Leather Journal : advertisements.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of three pages clipped from the April, 1953 issue of Shoe & Leather Journal containing advertisements for Greb retailers.
Greb Industries Limited
Shoe Manufacturers Association of Canada : application.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a colour photocopy of an application by Erwin C. Greb and the Greb Shoe Company Limited for membership in the Shoe Manufacturers Association of Canada.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two agreements relating to the re-organization of the Greb Shoe Company Limited, and the surrender of letters patent for the Greb Shoe Company Limited. In 1930, Erwin C. Greb issued a new charter to replace the 1916 charter.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of three film reels containing television commercials for men's and ladies' Hush Puppies and Greb Cat Treads and Kodiak work boots. The commercials have been converted to a DVD which is also found in the file.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of five issues of the newsletter The Cobbler, published by the Greb Shoe Employees' Association. Includes vol. 1, no. 1-5.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of ten issues of the newsletter The Cobbler, published by the Greb Shoe Employees' Association. Includes vol. 2, no. 1/2, 3-6, 7/8, 9-12.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of eight issues of the newsletter The Cobbler, published by the Greb Shoe Employees' Association. Includes January, April, May, June, July, September, and December 1955, and April 1956.
Greb Industries Limited
The Greb Story : a chronological outline by Charles E. Greb.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a manuscript (ts.) by Charles E. Greb about the history of the Greb company and family. The ms. is divided into chapters that tell the story in chronological order, and probably served as an outline for the book by Tom Briggs and Charles E. Greb, The Greb Story.
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The Greb Story : Hush Puppies World Conference, 1974.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two copies of The Greb Story, a ts. document about the history, organization, and operation of Greb Industries Limited, prepared for the 1974 conference of international Hush Puppies licensees.
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Unidentifed group photograph 1.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a group photograph of six men and four women.
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Unidentified group photograph 2.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a mounted group photograph of eight unidentified men, seven of whom are wearing factory overcoats.
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Valentine and Martin Employees' Association : minutes, 1941-1943 (file 1 of 2).
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Valentine and Martin Employees Association. Includes the constitution and by-laws, the mutual benefit policy and employment agreement, memoranda from management to the employees, and minutes of the provisional and advisory committees of the association from May, 1941 to August, 1943. The Valentine and Martin Employeees Association was merged with the Greb Shoes Employees Association when it was formed in 1952.
Greb Industries Limited
Valentine and Martin Employees' Association : minutes, 1941-1943 (file 2 of 2).
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Valentine and Martin Employees Association. Includes the constitution and by-laws, the mutual benefit policy and employment agreement, memoranda from management to the employees, and minutes of the provisional and advisory committees of the association from May, 1941 to August, 1943. The Valentine and Martin Employeees Association was merged with the Greb Shoes Employees Association when it was formed in 1952.
Greb Industries Limited
Valentine and Martin Limited : purchase and merger.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a cheque from Erwin C. Greb to J.B. Martin for $200 000 for the 1938 purchase of Valentine and Martin Limited, and a memorandum from Harry Greb to the customers of Valentine and Martin regarding the merger with the Greb Shoe Company in 1950.
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Valentine and Martin Limited factory.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a mounted aerial photograph of the Valentine and Martin Limited factory on Breithaupt Street in Kitchener.
Greb Industries Limited
Valentine and Martin Limited, Waterloo, Aug. 1939.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a mounted group photograph of the employees at the original Valentine and Martin Limited factory at Bridgeport and Regina Streets in Waterloo.
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Victory : a portfolio of reproductions of the documents of surrender.
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a portfolio of reproductions of the documents of surrender from World War II, presented by the National War Finance Committee to Greb Shoe Company Limited on the occasion of Canada's ninth victory loan.
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"Winnipeg plant launches a new line of footwear".
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a photocopy of an article from the Winnipeg Tribune on June 26, 1970 about the launch of the Bauer Jogger jogging shoe by Greb Shoes Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the history of Greb Shoes, probably compiled during research for the book The Greb Story. Includes material relating to the formation of a senior executive group in 1968, the merger of Valentine and Martin Limited with Greb Shoes in 1950, and the property on Mansion Street in Kitchener. Includes memoranda from Harry D. Greb, company president; price lists for Greb and Valentine and Martin products (1949-1950); tax assessments and receipts (1927-1933); and a press release (1968).
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