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Archival description- SCA214-GA193-11-157
- File
- 1975
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
- SCA214-GA193-12-166
- File
- [197-]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of one audio cassette.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-2-5
- File
- 1966-1974
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of annual reports for Greb Industries Limited for the years 1967-1971 and 1973, and a photocopy of the report for 1972. File also includes interim reports to shareholders (some photocopies), press clippings, a press release, a public relations pamphlet, and a letter to shareholders.
Greb Industries Limited
Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company : agreement between H.D. McKellar and Charles E. Greb.
- SCA214-GA193-2-6
- File
- 1915
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement between H.D. McKellar (president) and Charles E. Greb Sr. (vice-president) regarding the transfer of shares of the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited from the former to the latter as the company approached insolvency.
Greb Industries Limited
Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company : bill of sale to the Greb Shoe Company Limited.
- SCA214-GA193-2-7
- File
- 1916
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement 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
Company reports : Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited.
- SCA214-GA193-2-9
- File
- 1915-1916
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of reports from The Mercantile Agency, R.G. Dun & Co. (Toronto, ON) about the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
Company reports : Greb Shoe Company Limited (file 1 of 2).
- SCA214-GA193-2-10
- File
- 1917
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a report from The Bradstreet Company (Toronto, ON) about the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-2-15
- File
- 1950-1951
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the specifications for the construction of the Greb Shoe Company office building in Kitchener, Ontario. Includes a carbon copy of the ts. specifications supplied by Jenkins & Wright, architects (Kitchener, ON), and proposals and correspondence relating to the building contract.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Shoe Company Limited : sale of holdings by Charles Greb to Erwin C. Greb.
- SCA214-GA193-2-23
- File
- 1918
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a ts. notice 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
- SCA214-GA193-2-24
- File
- 1912-1916
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a small leather-bound binder of note paper containing ms. and ts. notes, probably belonging to Erwin C. Greb. Includes charts relating to the costs of producing footwear, including the materials, equipment, and overhead expenses. Also includes notes relating to inventory, a recipe for tan cleaner, etc.
Greb Industries Limited
Operations : production reports.
- SCA214-GA193-2-28
- File
- 1948-1949
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of ts. and ms. production reports, including numbers for standard screw, welts, and stitchdown types of footwear. One report describes production for the Greb Shoe Company Limited from 1933 to 1948, and the other untitled report describes production from 1936 to 1949.
Greb Industries Limited
Sale to Warrington Products Limited (file 1 of 2).
- SCA214-GA193-2-37a
- File
- 1972-1975, predominant 1974
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 : letters to shareholders and employees.
- SCA214-GA193-2-38
- File
- 1974
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.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-3-43
- File
- 1975
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.
Greb Industries Limited
Sales, Marketing and Advertising
- SCA214-GA193-4
- Series
- 1953, 1961-1978
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of material relating to the sales, marketing, and advertising of Greb Shoes and its various brands, including Hush Puppies, Bauer, Mohicans, Ramblers, and Cat Treads. Includes magazine and newspaper advertisements, fliers, point-of-purchase advertisements, advertisements for Greb retailers and sales staff, speeches given at a sales meeting, a marketing case study, and other advertising material.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Hush Puppies : colouring contest.
- SCA214-GA193-4-47
- File
- 1971
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the 1971 Hush Puppies colouring contest national advertising campaign. Includes a ts. description of the campaign, an advertisment for Hush Puppies retailers, and an advertisement clipped from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.
Greb Industries Limited
Hush Puppies licencees meeting : Februrary, 1968.
- SCA214-GA193-5-51
- File
- 1968
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a presentation about Greb Shoes given at the international Hush Puppies licencees meeting in Tunis in 1968. Contains information about the history of the company and Greb's experience with Hush Puppies, as well as the development of advertising and marketing at Greb. Presenters included Jack Campbell, Jerry Goodis, and Charles E. Greb. The presentation is divided by tabs for the years 1959 to 1968, followed by a section entited "Slides and commercials".
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-6
- Series
- 1952-1971, 1978-1980
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of company newsletters, produced and distributed for internal communications and publicity purposes. The Cobbler, published by the Greb Shoes Employees' Association, was begun in 1952. It was replaced with the Greb Newshound in 1962, and was published until [ca. 1971?]. In 1978, a new company newsletter, Greb Footnotes, was launched. Series may not include a complete run of any one publication, and some issues may be missing.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-6-55
- File
- 1953
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
- SCA214-GA193-6-57a
- File
- 1962-1971
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of issues of the employee newsletter Greb Newshound. Includes issues 1-32 and 34-44.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-64
- File
- [ca. 1974]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a ts. history of the Bauer Skate Company and the skate industry in North America, written by Don Bauer.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-67
- File
- 1967-1968
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings related to Greb Shoes. Clippings are loose between pages. Some pages of the scrapbook are blank.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-69
- File
- 1953-1959
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to Greb Shoes during the 1950s. Includes press clippings (some photocopies and reprints), memoranda to Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company customers, and a photograph.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Shoes, 1960s (file 1 of 2).
- SCA214-GA193-9-70a
- File
- 1961-1969
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of press clippings and other material relating to Greb Industries and Greb Shoes during the 1960s, and Charles E. Greb's tenure as manager of the Winnipeg plant. Includes news releases, correspondence, footwear price lists, product tags, a memorandum to retail customers, ts. speeches by Charles E. Greb and J.D. Campbell (vice-president, marketing), and other documents.
Press clippings also relate to local history and news in Kitchener-Waterloo, the death of politician Maitland Steinkopf (also founder of Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company), and GGD advertising agency (used by Greb). Photographs are of men and women wearing Greb footwear, Hush Puppies displays, an unidentified event attended by Harry and Arthur Greb, and Charles E. Greb awarding Best in Show at the K-W Kennel Club.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Shoes, 1960s (file 2 of 2).
- SCA214-GA193-9-70b
- File
- 1961-1969
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of press clippings and other material relating to Greb Industries and Greb Shoes during the 1960s, and Charles E. Greb's tenure as manager of the Winnipeg plant. Includes news releases, correspondence, footwear price lists, product tags, a memorandum to retail customers, ts. speeches by Charles E. Greb and J.D. Campbell (vice-president, marketing), and other documents.
Press clippings also relate to local history and news in Kitchener-Waterloo, the death of politician Maitland Steinkopf (also founder of Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company), and GGD advertising agency (used by Greb). Photographs are of men and women wearing Greb footwear, Hush Puppies displays, an unidentified event attended by Harry and Arthur Greb, and Charles E. Greb awarding Best in Show at the K-W Kennel Club.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-72
- File
- [ca. 1962?], 1980-1989
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to Greb Industries Limited and the career and community involvement of Charles E. Greb during the 1980s. Includes press clippings (some photocopied), correspondence addressed to Greb, ephemera, and a photograph of the site of a Greb Shoes factory before construction. Includes a letter from Prime Minister Trudeau's correspondence assistant thanking Greb for a letter sent in support of Trudeau's peace initiatives.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-87
- File
- [ca. 1910]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an article clipped from a Berlin (now Kitchener) newspaper entitled, "A promising industry" with the subtitle "although in operation for only three months the Berlin Boot Company already employs 65 hands". A colour photocopy is also included.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-90
- File
- 1915-1916
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-93
- File
- 1918
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-96
- File
- 1919
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement (photocopy) relating to the sale of the property and building at Mansion and Chestnut Streets in Kitchener to Erwin C. Greb by Gourlay & Fogelberg, Ltd. File also includes an ms. sketch of the property and a statement of adjustments (photocopies).
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-98
- File
- 1930-1931
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two agreements (photocopies) 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
- SCA214-GA193-10-103
- File
- 1948-1949
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of ts. and ms. production reports (photocopies), including numbers for standard screw, welts, and stitchdown types of footwear. One report describes production for the Greb Shoe Company Limited from 1933 to 1948, and the other untitled report describes production from 1936 to 1949.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-105
- File
- 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.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-106
- File
- 1953
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-109
- File
- 1954-1955
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-115
- File
- 1972
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-116
- File
- [ca. 1978], 2004-2005
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-117
- File
- 1968
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-124
- File
- 1969
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-125
- File
- 1971
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-129
- File
- 1979
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-130
- File
- 1989-1991
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
References not in text : file 1.
- SCA214-GA193-10-132
- File
- 2009
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 3.
- SCA214-GA193-10-134
- File
- [197-]
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.
- SCA214-GA193-10-135
- File
- 1962
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 7.
- SCA214-GA193-10-138
- File
- 1953, 1962
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.
Greb Industries Limited
References not in text : file 9.
- SCA214-GA193-10-140
- File
- 1979
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
References not in text : file 12.
- SCA214-GA193-10-143
- File
- [----]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-11-148
- File
- [196-], 1974
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of photographs taken at various conferences and events. Includes photographs of men (including Charles E. Greb and Jack Campbell) standing and sitting around a table, photographs of unidentified men seated at a table at a dinner event, and photographs taken during the 1974 Hush Puppies World Conference.
Greb Industries Limited
Hush Puppies World Conference, 1974.
- SCA214-GA193-11-151
- File
- 1974
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of photographs taken during the Kitchener portion of the Hush Puppies World Conference in 1974. Most photographs were taken during an Okotoberfest dinner and dance held for the delegates at the Concordia Club. File also photographs of conference delegates disembarking a plane, standing in front of the Greb Industries administrative offices, having conversations, and visiting the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and Toronto Island. Duplicate photographs may be present.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-11-155
- File
- [196-]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of photographs taken at Quarter Century Club banquets in Kitchener and Trois-Rivieres. Includes photographs of club members receiving a gift, and group portraits. Some photographs include Harry Greb and Arthur C. Greb. Duplicate photographs are present.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-11-156
- File
- 1975
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
- SCA214-GA193-11-158
- File
- [195-?]
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
Valentine and Martin Limited factory.
- SCA214-GA193-11-161
- File
- [19--]
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.
- SCA214-GA193-11-162
- File
- 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.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb retirement dinner : Valhalla Inn.
- SCA214-GA193-12-164
- File
- 1975
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an audio reel recorded at a retirement dinner in honour of Harry D. Greb, Arthur C. Greb, Ross E. Hahn, and John D. Campbell, held on February 7, 1975.
Greb Industries Limited
Hush Puppies Conference : July 29, 1974.
- SCA214-GA193-12-165
- File
- 1974
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an audio reel in a box labelled "July 29, 1974, Hush Puppies Conference".
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-12-167
- File
- 1958, [ca. 1960], [200-]
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
Greb Industries Limited fonds.
- SCA214-GA193
- Accession
- 1884-2009
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Fonds consists of records relating to the history, administration, and operations of Greb Industries Limited and its predecessors, the Greb Shoe Company Limited and the Berlin Shoe Manufacuring Company Limited, as well as its subsidiary companies. Includes letters patent and by-laws, minutes, financial statements, annual reports, correspondence and memoranda, legal documents, press clippings, newsletters, reports, presentations, advertisements, photographs, ephemera, and audio and video recordings.
Greb Industries Limited
Incorporation and Board of Directors
- SCA214-GA193-1
- Series
- 1916-1931
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of records relating to the incorporation and administration of the Greb Shoe Company Limited. Includes letters patent; by-laws; minutes of meetings of the board of directors from the date of incorporation on June 9, 1916, to October 30, 1930; and agreements.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-1-3
- File
- 1919
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a statutory agreement and a notice regarding special by-law no. 6 (to change the number of directors) of the Greb Shoe Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-1-4
- File
- 1930-1931
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
Company reports : Greb Shoe Company Limited (file 2 of 2).
- SCA214-GA193-2-11
- File
- 1936
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a report on the Greb Shoe Company Limited from Dun & Bradstreet of Canada (Toronto, ON).
Greb Industries Limited
Facilities : agreement for sale of land.
- SCA214-GA193-2-13
- File
- 1919
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement relating to the sale of the property and building at Mansion and Chestnut Streets in Kitchener to Erwin C. Greb by Gourlay & Fogelberg, Ltd. File also includes an ms. sketch of the property and a statement of adjustments.
Greb Industries Limited
Financial : correspondence of Erwin C. Greb.
- SCA214-GA193-2-16
- File
- 1920-1923
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of Erwin C. Greb with Bank of Toronto branch managers Thomas How and E.W. Lamprey regarding the finances of the Greb Shoe Company. Some letters are marked 'personal'.
Greb Industries Limited
Financial : Greb Industries Limited : indicated earnings level.
- SCA214-GA193-2-17
- File
- 1974
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a report about the earnings for Greb Industries Limited from 1967 to 1971, the capitalization rate for outstanding Class C shares as of December 31, 1971, and the sale of the company to Warrington Products Limited in 1974.
Greb Industries Limited
Financial statements : Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited and Greb Shoe Company Limited.
- SCA214-GA193-2-19
- File
- 1914-1919
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of the financial statements for the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limted for the years ending December 31, 1913 to 1915, and for the Greb Shoe Company Limited for the years ending December 31, 1916 to 1918. Statements prepared by Scully and Scully, accountants (Berlin/Kitchener, ON).
Greb Industries Limited
Financial statements : Greb Shoe Company Limited.
- SCA214-GA193-2-21
- File
- 1941, 1945-1948
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of financial statements for the Greb Shoe Company Limited for the years ending December 31, 1941 and 1945-1948. Statements were prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, chartered accountants (Toronto, ON).
Greb Industries Limited
Personnel : monthly salary and wages reports.
- SCA214-GA193-2-33
- File
- 1959-1961
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of monthly ms. reports containing information about the number of salaried and hourly employees, hours worked, wages earned, and the number of working days.
Greb Industries Limited
Sale to Warrington Products Limited (file 2 of 2).
- SCA214-GA193-2-37b
- File
- 1972-1975, predominant 1974
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
Shoe Manufacturers Association of Canada : application.
- SCA214-GA193-2-39
- File
- 1919
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
Case study : Hush Puppies marketing strategy.
- SCA214-GA193-4-46
- File
- 1972
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a ts. case study 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
Shoe & Leather Journal : advertisements.
- SCA214-GA193-4-48
- File
- 1953
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
- SCA214-GA193-6-57b
- File
- 1962-1971
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of issues of the employee newsletter Greb Newshound. Includes issues 1-32 and 34-44.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-7
- Series
- 1941-1943, 1952-1977
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of records relating to the Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club, the Greb Shoes Employees' Association, and the Valentine and Martin Employees' Association. Includes association constitutions, by-laws, meeting agendas and minutes, and financial statements; newspaper clippings; correspondence; membership rolls and rosters; ephemera; photographs; and other material.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Shoes Employees' Association : minutes, 1952-1957 (file 2 of 3).
- SCA214-GA193-7-61b
- File
- 1952-1958
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Greb Shoes Employees' Association. Includes a petition requesting to organize the GSEA, memoranda from management to employees, the association constitution, notices and agendas for meetings, minutes of meetings from March 1952 to January 1958, financial statements, and membership rosters from 1952 to 1957.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-8
- Series
- 1963-1972
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of material relating to the public relations activities of Greb Industries Limited, and in particular to the Greb Hiking Bureau, a project organized by Greb Shoes to promote recreational hiking in Canada, but also includes material relating to the Oktoberfest road races, sponsored by the company. Includes pamphlets, reports, news releases, and other material.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-8-63
- File
- 1963-1972
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material 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.
Greb Industries Limited
Canada West Shoe Manufacturing (1978) Co. Ltd.
- SCA214-GA193-9-65
- File
- 1978-1979
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of press clippings relating to the formation of the Canada West Shoe Manufacturing (1978) Co. Ltd. in Winnipeg, MB.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Industries Limited clippings.
- SCA214-GA193-9-66
- File
- 1963, 1967-1968
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings related to Greb Industries Limited. Clippings are loose between pages. Most pages of the scrapbook are blank.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-71
- File
- 1970-1979
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of press clippings and other material relating to Greb Industries and Greb Shoes during the 1970s. Includes articles and advertisements clipped from newspapers and magazines (some photocopies), memoranda from the company president to employees regarding organizational changes, news releases, ms. notes, and ephemera.
File also includes a photograph of the basset hound Velvet, as well as sundry documents such as a sales conference agenda, restructuring proposal, a speech given by Harry Greb to a GSEA banquet, etc.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-76
- File
- 1967-1969
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings related to hiking and hiking trails. Clippings are loose between pages. Some pages of the scrapbook are blank.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-78
- File
- 1970
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of the May, 1970 issues of Successful Business (advertising newsletter), containing an article about Hush Puppies.
Greb Industries Limited
Ratchford drawings and board table : correspondence.
- SCA214-GA193-9-79
- File
- 1989-1991
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of correspondence 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
- SCA214-GA193-10
- Series
- [ca. 1910], 1927-1933, 1949-1987, 2004-2009
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of records relating to the book The Greb Story by Tom Briggs and Charles E. Greb (Kitchener: Grebco Holdings Inc., 2008), and in particular, files of supporting documentation corresponding to the endnotes in the book. Includes press clippings (some photocopied), agreements, reports, correspondence and memoranda, speeches, news releases, ephemera, a ledger, photocopied pages from company newsletters and employees association meeting minutes, and other material.
File also includes photographs used as illustrations in the book.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-84
- File
- [193-], [ca. 1950]-1975, [ca. 2008]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of photographs and one advertisment used as images in The Greb Story. Some photographs include ts. or ms. cutlines taped to the verso. Not all photographs and advertisements used in the book are present in the file. Duplicate photographs may be present.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-97
- File
- 1920-1923
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence (photocopies) of Erwin C. Greb with Bank of Toronto branch managers Thomas How and E.W. Lamprey regarding the finances of the Greb Shoe Company. Some letters are marked 'personal'.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-101
- File
- 1938
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a cheque (photocopy) from Erwin C. Greb to J.B. Martin for $200 000 for the 1938 purchase of Valentine and Martin Limited, and a memorandum (photocopy) from Harry Greb to the customers of Valentine and Martin regarding the merger with the Greb Shoe Company in 1950.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-107
- File
- February 3, 1954
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-111
- File
- 1956
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-120
- File
- 1965
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-121
- File
- [ca. 1974]
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-127
- File
- 1974
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-131
- File
- 2005
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
References not in text : file 2.
- SCA214-GA193-10-133
- File
- 1953-1977
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 8.
- SCA214-GA193-10-139
- File
- [----]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Greb Industries Limited
References not in text : file 13.
- SCA214-GA193-10-144
- File
- 2000
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.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-146
- File
- 1927-1933, 1949-1951, 1968
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).
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-11-149
- File
- 1917-[195-?]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a 1939 group photograph of Greb Shoe Company employees, a photograph of an employees sports team (baseball?), and two snapshots of employees in a cafeteria and playing horseshoes outside a Greb plant. File also includes a modern reproduction of a group photograph of Greb Shoe Company employees, [ca. 1917?] standing outside of the Queen Street South location; reproduction is printed on cardstock and taped to a mat.
Greb Industries Limited