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Archival descriptionGreb 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-GA193-1-1
- File
- 1916-1931
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a leather-bound volume in which are pasted the letters patent and by-laws for the Greb Shoe Company Limited, created in 1916; special by-laws passed during the life of the company; and the acceptance by the Province of Ontario of the surrender of the company's letters patent in 1931. Volume also includes a register of shareholders.
Greb Industries Limited
Board of Directors : minutes, 1916-1931.
- SCA214-GA193-1-2
- File
- 1916-1931
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a leather-bound volume in which are pasted the minutes of the Board of Directors of the Greb Shoe Company Limited from June 10, 1916 to October 30, 1930, and the acceptance by the Province of Ontario of the surrender of the company's letters patent in January, 1931. File also includes several loose proxy forms and two pieces of correspondence.
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
- 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-GA193-10-100
- File
- 1936
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a report (photocopy) on the Greb Shoe Company Limited from Dun & Bradstreet of Canada (Toronto, ON).
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-GA193-10-102
- File
- 1938
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two reports (photocopies) on Valentine and Martin Limited by Dun & Bradstreet of Canada (Toronto, ON).
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-GA193-10-104
- File
- 1952
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a photocopy of the column "Management's Ramblings", by Harry Greb, from the August, 1952, issue of Greb's employee newsletter The Cobbler.
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-GA193-10-107
- 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-GA193-10-108
- File
- April 14, 1954
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
- 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-GA193-10-110
- File
- May-December 1955
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
- 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-GA193-10-112
- File
- 1962
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-113
- File
- 1959
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-114
- File
- [----]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
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-GA193-10-118
- File
- 1967
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-119
- File
- February 12, 1965
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
- 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-GA193-10-122
- File
- 1967
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-123
- File
- 1962-1969
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
- 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-GA193-10-126
- File
- [----]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
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-GA193-10-128
- File
- 1978
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
- 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
- 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 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 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 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 5.
- SCA214-GA193-10-136
- File
- 1962
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.
- SCA214-GA193-10-137
- File
- 1963-1972
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.
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 8.
- SCA214-GA193-10-139
- File
- [----]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
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 10.
- SCA214-GA193-10-141
- File
- 1978
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.
- SCA214-GA193-10-142
- File
- 1987
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.
- SCA214-GA193-10-143
- 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
References not in text : file 14.
- SCA214-GA193-10-145
- File
- 2000
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.
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
The Greb Story : a chronological outline by Charles E. Greb.
- SCA214-GA193-10-83
- File
- 2008
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.
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
Print-outs of scanned photographs.
- SCA214-GA193-10-85
- File
- [ca. 2008]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of colour print-outs of scanned photographs, probably created by Charles E. Greb in preparation for The Greb Story, as some of the images appear in the book. Includes images of Erwin C. Greb in his office and with his wife Clara, Harry Greb, Arthur Greb (including some of him in British Columbia where he managed the "Yellow Label" chain of stores), Charles Greb Sr. (including a group portrait with William Lyon Mackenzie King), Charles E. Greb in 1999, and Hush Puppies advertisements.
Some of the images can be found as photographs in other files. File also includes photocopies pages from A History of Kitchener, Ontario by W.V. (Ben) Uttley (1937) and photocopied ms. notes.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-86
- File
- 1884-2009
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a ledger (photocopy) kept by Charles Greb from 1884 to 1933, and material (photocopied) relating to Greb's hardware and hotel businesses in Zurich, Ontario where he lived before moving to Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1909. Includes a receipt to Greb from Charles Hartleib for the stock of the hardware store in Zurich, a press clipping about the history of the store, ms. notes, statements from the Waterloo Bond Corporation, and ts. notes by Charles E. Greb about the ledger.
These notes indicate that the ledger records transactions relating to the hardware store or the Huron Hotel (1884-1904); judgements made by Greb as a Justice of the Peace for Huron County (1906-1908); and transactions from building renovations, investments, loans, etc. (1909-1933).
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-GA193-10-88
- File
- 1911
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-89
- File
- 1915
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
- 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-GA193-10-91
- File
- 1917
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
- SCA214-GA193-10-92
- File
- 1916
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
- 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-GA193-10-94
- File
- 1918
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.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-95
- File
- 1919
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a statutory agreement and a notice (photocopies) regarding special by-law no. 6 (to change the number of directors) of the Greb Shoe Company Limited.
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-GA193-10-97
- 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-GA193-10-98
- 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-GA193-10-99
- File
- 1934-1945
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of letters and memoranda (photocopies) to employees from Erwin C. Greb regarding summer and Christmas vacations. File also includes a letter (photocopy) from the foremen to Greb on behalf of the employees, thanking him for a paid summer vacation.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-11
- Series
- [ca. 1919]-[198-?]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of photographs documenting significant events in the life of the Greb company, as well as production, employees, and facilities. Subjects include employees working, Quarter Century Club banquets, Greb plants and offices, a Hush Puppies World Conference, a building dedication, and employee group shots. Some of the photographs were most likely taken for public relations purposes.
Greb Industries Limited
Ardelt Avenue building dedication.
- SCA214-GA193-11-147
- File
- 1966
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of six photographs and a snapshot taken at the dedication of the first building (consolidated warehouse) on the Ardelt Avenue site of Greb Industries Limited. Includes photographs of Harry Greb and Charles E. Greb giving speeches, Clara Greb (widow of Erwin C. Greb) unveiling a plaque, and Charles E. Greb socializing during refreshments.
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
- 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
- SCA214-GA193-11-150
- File
- [195-]-[196-]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of photographs of the offices and factories of Greb Industries Limited. Includes photographs of the Winnipeg plant, the Breithaupt Street plant, and several unidentified plants and office buildings. File also includes a photograph of Harry Greb with a model of the Ardelt Avenue complex.
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-GA193-11-152
- File
- [192-?], [195-]-[198-?]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of portraits of senior managers and directors: Charles E. Greb, Harry Greb, Ross Hahn, Erwin C. Greb, Jack Campbell, Bill Moorby, Arnold C. Austen, and one unidentifed man. Some of the photographs were used in The Greb Story. File also includes a press clipping about the appointment of Peter B. Mason as a director of Greb Industries Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-11-153
- File
- [192-?]-[196-]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of photographs of footwear production, including photographs of employees on production lines, in warehousing facilities, and in offices.
Greb Industries Limited
Production : mounted photographs.
- SCA214-GA193-11-154
- File
- [ca. 1919]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of mounted photographs of the interior of the Greb Shoes factory, showing employees at work on footwear production lines. File also includes a photograph of Erwin Greb in the Greb Shoes office, adjoining the factory on Queen Street in Kitchener.
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-GA193-11-157
- 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-GA193-11-158
- 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
Unidentifed group photograph 1.
- SCA214-GA193-11-159
- File
- [195-?]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a group photograph of six men and four women.
Greb Industries Limited
Unidentified group photograph 2.
- SCA214-GA193-11-160
- File
- [195-?]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a mounted group photograph of eight unidentified men, seven of whom are wearing factory overcoats.
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
- SCA214-GA193-12
- Series
- 1958-1975, [200-]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of sound and video recordings, including audio cassettes and reels, film reels, and a DVD. Subjects include conferences; television commercials; and a retirement dinner on February 7, 1975, given in honour of Harry D. Greb, Arthur C. Greb, Ross E. Hahn, and John D. Campbell.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb retirement dinner : February 7, 1975.
- SCA214-GA193-12-163
- File
- 1975
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two audio cassettes recorded at the retirement dinner on February 7, 1975, given in honour of Harry D. Greb, Arthur C. Greb, Ross E. Hahn, and John D. Campbell.
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-GA193-12-166
- File
- [197-]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of one audio cassette.
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
- SCA214-GA193-2
- Series
- 1911-1979
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of records relating to the administration of Greb Industries Limited; its subsidiary companies, Valentine and Martin Limited and Greb Shoes Limited; and its predecessors, the Greb Shoe Company Limited and the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited. Records relate to company management, accounting, personnel, operations, facilities, and the sale of Greb Industries Limited to Warrington Products Limited.
Includes financial statements, annual reports, correspondence, memoranda, ms. notebooks, reports, manuals, agreements, press clippings, and other material. Annual reports cover the period from 1967 to 1973. Financial statements are present for the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited (1913-1915), Greb Shoe Company Limited (1916-1918, 1941, 1945-1948), Greb Industries Limited (1976), and Valentine and Martin Limited (1943-1951).
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
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
Company reports : Valentine and Martin Limited.
- SCA214-GA193-2-12
- File
- 1938
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two reports on Valentine and Martin Limited by 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