One enameled red and white Canadian Red Cross Society service medallion presented to Norman C. Schneider.

Correspondence to Norman C. Schneider in 1933 regarding Legion mortgage. Also includes a list of 118th Battalion members attending a reunion in 1955.

Three training manuals owned by Norman C. Schneider:
1. Canadian Army Service Corps training (1914);
2. The Guide: a manual for the Canadian Militia . . . by Major General Sir William D. Otter (1914);
3. Rifle and musketry exercises for the Ross rifle (1915);
4. The Canadian Soldier's Manual for French and German (1915).

Souvenir edition of the Preston Times.

Special issue of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

Two images of sailors climbing the rigging. Taken at noon on July 7, 1938 on foredeck of C.P. "Empress of Britain".

Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about film.

One copy of Busy Berlin, Jubilee Souvenir, 1897, owned by Charles A. Ahrens.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Lois Burnham seen looking off camera.

Snapshots of the Schneider home, called "Buena Vista," at 145 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Ontario. Includes one shot of the exterior of the home and one of the dining room.

Pages from a 1982 calendar titled "The heritage homes of Kitchener," featuring paintings of homes including the Schneider home, called "Buena Vista," at 145 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Ont.

Clippings from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record regarding the history of the Schneider home, called "Buena Vista," at 145 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Ontario.

• "Let's reminisce," by Alex O. Potter from the December 12, 1964 edition of the newspaper detailing the history of the home, its purchase from Eph Erb in 1911 and later sale to Irvin Erb. Potter includes other Schneider information discovered in a 1906 album issued to celebrate an old boys' reunion and the 100th anniversary of the settlement of the community.
• "Reviving a piece of history" by Andy Schoenhofer from page F5 of the November 18, 1989 edition of the newspaper
• "Heritage home helps give firm a higher profile," from the June 18, 1997 edition of the newspaper

Wedding portrait of George Buck and Emma Joachimi [seated?] with Minnie Joachimi and Joe Neeb.

Snapshot of George Buck and Emma Joachimi Buck, with an unidentified man, standing in front of a brick house.

Film of Brita Schneider's first birthday party that beings with the view of a sign board that reads: "Britay May / "Sweet Gal" / Age 1 Year Mar. 21 1932". Includes footage of children in party hats seated around a candle lit table drinking from tea cups; Brita in a high chair reacting excitedly and in front of a cake with one candle on top; children seated on a floor with Brita among them. Footage then cuts to a close up Herbert and Howard seated beside each other playing and smiling at the camera. Footage cuts once more to the grounds surrounding a trout pond in Mount Forest, including Alf Gofton, Norman Schneider and an unidentified man showing off fish laid along the length of a piece of wood.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Herb + Howie close up. Mount Forest trout pond. Brita birthday party 76 Schneider Ave. Close up Herb + Howie. Trout pond property. Alf Gofton on right + NCS at right."

Contains 2 snapshots of the Braun family plot in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener Ontario. Alfred Schneider Gofton's wife was Charlotte Braun. Includes a photocopy of an obituary for Heinrich Braun in German, and translated into English.

One snapshot (two copies) by Norman C. Schneider showing a group of young people in the first J.M. Schneider truck, a Brantford. The truck is parked in a field and the group is seen seated in and standing next to the vehicle.

Film of Howard and Herbert Schneider tossing a football around with Don Daub, Mikey Braun and an identified friend with their dog, a Boston Terrier named Pal, running between everyone, chasing the ball.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Howie, Herb, Don Daub, Mikey Braun, Unknown boy white sweater + Pal in Victoria Park."

Group portrait of Board of Trade Directors taken in 1937 a the start of excavating for new Kitchener post office.

Left to right: Mr. Dahmer (City Treasurer), A.J. Cundick, N.C. Schneider, Tom Kay, Carl Web[er?], Bill Milner, L.O. Breithaupt, Hon. W.D. Euler, Art Kabel, Harold Ball, Bob Dietrich, Mayor Albert Smith, Norm Riffer (Secretary, Board of Trade).

Two original group portraits and one copy taken of the Board of Trade Directors on the steps of a building at the opening of the new Kitchener post office on December 1938. Norman C. Schneider is in the back row at the far right. Louis O. Breithaupt is also in the photograph.

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

Snapshot of an airplane in a field, two men pulling and one man pushing. This is a snapshot of the Bleriot airplane, the "mystery" snapshot of file 2.

Postcard featuring photograph of Mackenzie King standing at the front of his childhood home. He is seen standing with right hand in suit pocket and left on the cope of a walking cane. Top of postcard reads: Birthplace of Hon. Mackenzie King, Kitchener, Ont.

Birth, Marriage, Will and Cemetery papers related to Alfred Gofton and family. They include:
1. Birth certificate for wife Charlotte Braun;
2. Marriage certificate for Alf Gofton and Charlotte Braun dated June 6, 1923;
3. Will of Elizabetha Schneider dated Jan. 10, 1905 naming John Metz and Albert B. Schneider as executors;
4. Receipts for perpetual care at Mount Hope Cemetery from the 1930s

Three modern prints given to Norman Schneider by Irvin Erb, showing King St. in the 1880's.

Photograph of a Berlin streetcar, open-sided, stopped on a street. Adults and children are seen standing next to car and a wooden sidewalk is visible in foreground.

Negative taken by Norman C. Schneider of a rail car from the Berlin Street Railway full of passengers stopped along a tree-lined street with a crowd of people waiting to board. Adult in street looking toward camera with hand at waist possibly Charles Alexander Schneider.

One carousel of slides. The slides are dated July 1975.

Photograph of a young bald eagle taken by W.W. Freeman.

Studio portrait of an infant posed upright in a chair, dressed in a gown and lace cardigan. Possibly a cousin to Anna Elizabeth Metz Schneider.

Informal group portrait in and beside an automobile. Identified are Helena Schneider, Mabel Ahrens Pickard, Louise Ahrens, Emma Schneider Siegner, Reverend E.G. Daniels, and J.M. Schneider.

One carousel of slides. The slides are dated May 1973.

Winter scene by Norman C. Schneider.

Photocopy of a biographical piece on John Metz Schneider in The province of Ontario : a history, 1615-1927 by J. E. Middleton and Fred Landon. Toronto : Dominion Publishing, 1927-28: 615-616. Includes biographical information about J.M. Schneider and the history of the company.

"Bouncing back," by John Harris. Exchange 9, no. 5 (Feb. 1992): 22-35, ill.

"making it better ... and better," by Douglas W. Dodds. CMA Magazine (Feb. 1992): 16-21, ill.

"The company that J.M. built", by Peter Grainger. Excellence 1, no. 3 (Fall 1984): 5, 11, ill.

"The inside story of a modern packing plant," a publication issued by J.M. Schneider, Ltd. on the history of the company and operations of the plant. Includes portraits of J.M., Frederick Henry, Norman C. Schneider and H.A. Volker, and interior and exterior views of the plant.

"1890-1965 : our 75th anniversary," Dutch Girl News 1, no. 20 (April 1965): 1, 6, ill.

Photograph of unidentified group standing in street clothing with the lake behind. Emma Anthes is seated at front and person standing at right with infant is likely Ethel Schneider.

Four photographs taken at various times of Emmie Anthes, her dogs, and others at her cottage "The Birches". Included in photos are: Herbert, Brita and Howard Schneider, and Hilda and Evelyn Haist.

One snapshot of two women and Emma Anthes with a cooking pot, sausages and cabbage. Note on verso: "A souvenir of the hostesses and of the cooks, Bide-a-wee, Luckenuf, Belfountain," dated Sept. 1, 1919. This photo probably taken on the steps at the Devil's Pulpit, Forks of the Credit.

Untitled prose typescript.

Clipping of a poem by Walter Stuebing printed in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Yesteryear in Kitchener"

Manuscript version of a poem by "Stubby", Walter Stuebing titled "Yesterday in Kitchener"

Typescript of poem titled "Words of wisdom."

Clipping of a poem by Etienne de Grellet and quotation from E.W. Howe on success, originally from Forbes Magazine.

Typescript sheet of untitled sayings.

Prose typescript and photocopy of "The wonders of being eighty plus."

Typescript prose titled "The company rules"

Poem titled "The bedpan".

Typescript poem titled "Take time."

Prose typescript titled "Sum up of have what it takes to take it."

Typescript of a poem with no identified authoer titled "Success".

Prose typescript titled "Solder Private William Sharpe."

Clipping titled "Rain of urine starts stampede, 24 killed."

Calendar page consisting of a cartoon by Gary Patterson of a skier titled "Psyched out."

Four German postcards with humorous artwork. Two of the postcards are by August Thiele.

Photocopy of typescript poem signed by Emma C. Anthes titled "Not growing old."

Photocopy of typescript poem signed by Emma C. Anthes titled "Living bouquets."

Typescript poem titled "Liquor lengthens life."

Prose piece called "Isle of Mann"

Typescript of an untitled poem by an anonymous author with a note by Norman C. Schneider that reads: "Kindness of Bishop Leland Stark, Motorship Sagafjord, June 7-July 10, 1975."

Clipping of a typescript poem titled "I am fine, thank you."

Clipping of a prose piece titled "How to tell Conservatives from Liberals."

Photocopy of a poem titled "High flight" by J.G. Magee from the New Church Messenger.

Poem by William Powell titled "Growing old" cut from The Rotarian, March 1961.

Photocopy of a humorous typescript letter titled "Dear cousin."

Clipping of a poem titled "Consider."

One "Comment Corner" clipped from the J.M. Schneider Newsletter, April 8, 1982.

Typescript poem, one typescript carbon, photocopy.

Clipping of a poem about aging titled "A prayer".

Prose manuscript of called "A juicy fish".

Untitled poem that begins "A country dog.."

Undated poem cut from a Rotary Club Bulletin called "Ponder."

Booklet purchased for the original plant at 63 Courtland Ave. by Norman C. Schneider entitled “A few pointers about the Anderson Improved Steam Trap and some of its many uses" manufactured by the V.D. Anderson Co. of Cleveland, Ohio.

Film box includes notes in unknown hand about film. They read: "Single chair lift on south side. Ski instructor demonstrates 'Rotation' Arlberg technique. [illegible]".

Modern print of an old snapshot of Mary Schneider Alles and her husband George Alles.

Copy negative, modern print, and original old formal portrait with a cardboard frame, of Mary Schneider Alles and George Alles.

Modern prints of old snapshots of Mary Schneider Alles and her husband George Alles standing in front of a brick house, and of George Alles in front of the same house in a band uniform, with a clarinet.

Biographical information compiled by Betty Schneider relating to Maria Anna Schneider and her family. Consists of genealogical charts and information, computuer printouts of statistical information, and reminiscences.

Snapshots of George Alles' grave at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener Ontario.

83 photographs. Photograph album, not entirely filled, with material inserted in the front.
p. 1. Kesselring's Woods.
p. 2. CKCR, May 13, 1955.
p. 3. Norman C. Schneider with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, John Wintermeyer.
p. 4. Schneiders 1944 Girls Softball Team.
p. 5. Ladies of J.M. Schneider Ltd. staff, Aug. 31, 1944.
p. 6. Oskar Radke, Dutxh festival, Market Building, Nov. 23, 1948.
p. 8-19. Norman C. Schneider family snapshots and portraits.
p. 20. Norman and Ethel Schneider with Alberta, Edith, Walter Ahrens and an unidentified couple, Tulsa, Okla., ca. 1948.
p. 21. O.A.C. 1948: Herbert Schneider's graduating class. The photo is dated in pencil on the back as 1946.
p. 22-24. Church of the Good Shepherd, including small portrait of "Don" in uniform, dated England, Jan. 1945.
p. 25. 2 photographs of groups skiing : a) Frederick, Herbert, Howard, Babe Millar, Winston Muschette; b) Herbert, Frederick, Don Daub, Dr. Roy Hemmerich, Howard.
p. 26. Herbert and [?] in a boat in a field.
p. 27: Siegner family weddings : Katherine to Les Faichney, John to Mary Shafer.
p. 28. Rotary flag raising, Chicopee, May 24, 1939.
p. 29-31. Norman C. Schneider family snapshots. Includes cottaging at Honey Harbour, "Shorewood" interior, Freeport cottage and pool, and one snapshot labelled "Oct. 10, 1920", 4 young people with their heads in a wagon wheel, shed and old building in background.
p. 33. Norman C. Schneider's snapshots of a stormy ocean, taken from the bow of a ship (1938) and one postcard.
p. 36. Norman C. Schneider with wood carvings.
p. 38-41: Norman C. Schneider trip snapshots and postcards : Sweden, Poland, Moscow.
p. 43: Tuerk engines: one original, one modern snapshot of the "little Tuerk".
p. 44. certificate of appreciation from St. Mary's General Hospital Building Fund Campaign dated May 12, 1964.
p. 45. Snapshot of child in tub, labelled "The End".

77 photographs, mostly snapshots.
p. 1, 3, 5, 7. "Dutch Company" ski photographs, including one "artistic" shot.
p. 11. Artistic shot of birch trees.
p. 12. Schneider, Norman C. : home at 76 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Ont. : exterior.
p. 13. Skyscraper.
p. 14. Mrs. Keffer and girl with basin of Boston Terrier puppies. (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 17. "Canada at Work" (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 19. London Bridge?
p. 25. Ski jumping with spectators at Chicopee (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 27 Schneider, Norman C. : family portrait, Oct. 1935.
p. 28. Schneider family portrait : Norman & Ethel, Fred H. and Ella, Walter Siegner and Emma, four unidentified couples, taken in a living room.
p. 34. Canada at Work, 1938.
p. 35. Skiing, Huntsville?
p. 36-38. Schneider family snapshots, J.M. and Helena.
p. 39-39, 41, 43. Snapshots taken in Europe? One shows a border crossing on a path, several of a group of men and a pony.
p. 43-44. Men's fishing trip snapshots (1 of 5 lacking).
p. 46-47. Christmas at 76 Schneider Ave. Includes children with Christmas tree, Herbert, Howie and Don Daub playing with trains in the basement.
p. 48-53. Ski photographs, locations unknown. Includes posed groups, 1938, and candid shots.
p. 55. Church of the Good Shepherd.
p. 56-58. Schneider Stock Farm (2 of 11 lacking). Includes shots of children riding a pony.
p. 59-61. Wedding of unidentified couple. Includes bride and groom in sleigh outside Buena Vista, J.M. Sschneider's home at 272 Queen St. North.

Negatives accompanying Album #1 for which no positive prints were found. Includes negatives of Ethel and Howard and Brita Schneider in a park; and shots of Herbert, Howard and Brita Schneider as children, alone and together.

p. 1-4. Niagara Falls, Buena Vista. Snapshots featuring Norman C. Schneider and Hyalie MacDondald, interspersed with shots of Niaga Falls and the cable car. Other shots of the two men, J. M Schneider and others are taken at Buena Vista, J.M. Schneider's home. Several feature Norman and Hyalie with pipes. Carl Ahrens(?) is also in several shots.
p. 5. Pope Hartford automobile.
p. 6. Schneider family snapshots ca. 1934: Howie sick in bed with nurse, Edith knitting, Keffer family visit, winter play.
p. 8-9. Schneider & Ahrens families at the beach, ca. 1927.
p. 10-11. Norman with a group of boys posed in front of car; Norman, Edith and friends, posed in front of a car; garden arch in winter.
p. 12 Family group on an outing, Norman and Edith with Siegners?), Shupes(?). All dressed in coats and hats, some fur collars, split rail fence.
p. 13-17. family snapshots at 76 Schneider Ave: house and garden exterior, Victoria park in winter, Herb, Howie and Brita, ca. 1934, family group with Emma Siegner.
p. 18. Schneider's(?) girl's baseball team. Women wearing "sailor" pants with two rows of buttons.
p. 19. J.M. Schneider in his office.
p. 19. Family snapshots at 176 Schneider Ave: "Europa Ping Pong, fireplace, Norman and Howie.
p. 20. "The twins, Leonard and Lorraine Pickard."
p. 21. Edith and Little Pal (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 22-23. Winter fun at Freeport, ca. 1934: family with skis, boys on toboggan, posed in front of car.
p. 23. Norman Schneider on the Duchess of Bedford, 1931.
p. 24-25. Family snapshots, 1934: children at Schneider Ave. and at Freeport.
p. 24. Schneiders Christmas boxes? Group of men in front of a store with boxes labelled "Merry Xmas".
p. 26. Herbert and Howie with false noses; Norman in deck chair with blanket and book on the Duchess of Bedford, 1931 (lacking 1 of 3).
p. 27. Norman in front of Cologne Cathedral, Nov., 1934; J.M. Schneider in his office, Dec. 22, 1934.
p. 28-29. Christmas 1934: Christmas tree, presents, Herb, Howie and Brita; Victoria Park 1934: hockey; Mary Jane Keffer, 1933; children on skis (at Freeport?), with unidentified man; J.M. Schneider and Helena with children, J.M. and sister Mary Alles (ther are negatives for these, 2 snaps of 14 lacking).p. 30-33. Keffer family visit (9 of 10 lacking). Includes one shot inside the Keffer home in Germany.
p. 34. Schneider plant, Dec. 1934: plant machinery, shipping Wiltshire sides.
p. 25. Skiing: Chicopee?
p. 36. Freeport cottage: swimming pool (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 37. All photos missing (3), one labelled Lexington Airport picture.
p. 38. Ethel at Freeport Cottage: "Poison ivy day, 1934"; Ethel and Brita, Victoria Park.
p. 39 family skiing at Chicopee, 1934.
p. 40. Family snapshots at 76 Schneider Ave: exterior at dusk; Children seated with Lapsley, Joachimi ladies.
p. 41-42. Schneider Plant: exterior; machinery; men working in office; man with truck "Sam Humphrey, 100,000 miles, 1936"; pigs, cows on ramp; steam shovel digging hole.
p. 44-45. Family snapshots: Schneider and Siegner group snapshots on outings, 1935, Herbert, Howie and Brita in new clothes?; children playing in winter: group shots including four girls in winter coats and leggings, two of boys and toboggan.
p. 46. Children fishing at Freeport, 1935; Norman in a train window, 1934 (lacking 1 of 6).
p. 47. Norman at the Keffer's home in Germany (lacking 1 of 4).
p. 48-54. Skiing at Chicopee: landscape, ski tracks, posed skiiers, skiier jumping with spectators (lacking 3 of 31).
p. 55. Schneider children: birthday party, boys collecting plants.
p. 56-57. Freeport Cottage: children fishing, playing baseball, family group with F.H. Schneider & Siegner families. Includes a shot of Mary Jane Keffer?
p. 58-59. Church of the New Jerusalem, interior and exterior (lacking 3 of 12).
p. 60: Norman, Ethel and Children: group shot at Freeport cottage; spring blooms, men at unidentified property (Sims at Chicopee?). Two of these are groups seen in a gazing ball.
p. 66. Ski Hill at Chicopee (lacking 2 of 3).
p. 62-64. Skiers: groups and individuals, both at Chicopee and elsewhere? Includes one summer shot of men digging ski slope (lacking 1 of 15).
p. 65. Ivan Keffer: winter portrait at Freeport?; Howie missing tooth.
p. 67. Construction photos: men working, shot taken high up (lacking 2 of 4).
p. 71. Horse drawing logs, trees in winter at Freeport?
p. 72-73: Norman Schneider on skis (lacking 2 of 4).
p. 74. Skiers in woods.
p. 75. Skiers in front of fireplace, including Norman Schneider (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 76. Dining room interior (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 77. Little Pal (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 78-80. Schneider stock farm: buildings, creek, boys fishing, collie dog, large tree.
p. 80-82. Spring at 76 Schneider Ave: house exterior, Victoria park entrance and pavilion, daffodils, Howie and Herb with bicycles, Brita with roller skates, group shots of children.
p. 83. Brock Monument and Queenston Heights, May 9, 1937, statue of soldiers labelled "Erie, Pa".
p. 84. Skiiers on grass.
p. 84-85. Keffer family.
p. 85. Norman Schneider with a group: "Europa, 1936".
p. 86-87. Schneider stock farm: family group, boys with pony, cows and large tree.
p. 87. Group of young women, 1936, possibly Schneider employees. They are all dressed for cool weather.
p. 87. Ceremony at Victoria School grounds: platform with speaker, scouts seated in foreground.
p. 88-93. Men's fishing trips (lacking 2 of 21).
p. 94-96. Rotary flag-raising at Chicopee.
p. 97. Norman, F.H. Schneider and Rotary: group portrait with large house in background (Sims home?).
p. 98. Rotary flag raising at Chicopee, 1935.
p. 98-100. Men's shenanigans: men playing outside in costume.

One snapshot with planes visible.

Material relating to Walter Ahrens, son of Henry Jacob Ahrens and Caroline Seiler. Consists of a biographical article appearing in the Oak Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma newsletter. Includes portrait.

Studio portrait of Mrs. Ahrens, seen looking at camera, holding an infant dressed in gown on her lap.

Group portrait of Lottie Ahrens, Marion Law, Florence Ahrens, and Agnes Law looking off camera, posed standing arm-in-arm and wearing straw [sombreros?]. Three of the four are wearing turtleneck sweaters and one is wearing a long cardigan with pockets.

Four letters of reference for Henry J. Ahrens: two signed by F.W. Tuerk, minister, 1878 and 1880; one signed Doering and Bellinger, April 5, 1880; and one signed by John Kimmel, April 6, 1880.

Studio portrait of Henry Jacob Ahrens, brother of Charles Andrew Ahrens.

Six photographs and one postcard from Anna Evers, Eschwege, Germany. One is a photograph of the birthplace of Henrietta Charlotte Roth, who married Charles Andrew Ahrens (2 copies). Her daughter Helena married J.M. Schneider. A postcard depicts the town of Eschwege and also included is an Evers family wedding photograph. Two snapshots of the Roth home show the plaque with the date 1835 and the name Carl Roth. Also included is a postcard of Reichensachsen, near Eschwege.

Travel passport issued to Henrietta Charlotte Roth September 4, 1852.

Photocopied obituary of Henrietta Charlotte Ahrens (née Roth) from the March 27, 1896 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.