Photocopies of clippings dating from the 1960's to 1980's.

Five hand lettered visiting cards of Jennie Moyer, Edmund Warren Moyer, Austin Schantz, and Orpheus Moyer Schantz and F.J. Ottmax. The cards of Edmund and Jennie list them as living at 3823 Langley Ave., Chicago. The card of Orpheus and F.J. Ottmax is inscribed "A Happy New Year 1889."

One piece of tissue paper printed with a blue crane and flower motif by Percy Lund & Co., Bradford.

File consists of materials relating to research for the Smith Family tree. Includes notes and clippings.

File consists of buiness envelopes for Rittinger and Motz (both as publishers and proprietors) as well as from the Berliner Journal, Combined German Newspapers, the Kitchener-Waterloo Records and combinations of other newspapers they owned and ran. Also includes one envelope from John P. Becker, agent to Rittinger and Motz.

Handmade New Years card sent to Sophie Schantz. The card has scherenschnitte edges and features calligraphy and a painting of pink flower blossoms by Carrie Schantz. It reads "Of this joyous day. Sophie Schantz. Many happy returns."

File consists of materials accumulated by Kay Rex on the genealogy of her family. Includes photocopies, clippings, correspondence, biographies and photographs.

A photograph album containing photographs, postcards, press clippings, and greeting cards accumulated by the Bechler family.

File consists of a scrapbook compiled by Damaris Smith containing clippings, engravings, stamps and seals, and obituaries and biographies of prominent suffragists, literary, political and social women, some of whom are British.

File consists of one receipt, in French, for work performed by an enslaved Black female named Maria on a chain gang in New Orleans in 1825. Translation reads "Wages for negress on the chain: The city treasury will pay to Mr. D. Fitch the sum of 11 piastre and 50 cents for forty six days of work by his negress Maria, employed by the public works from August 9 to October 3." The document is signed by David Fitch and Precend Lament [?] and is dated at New Orleans, Oct. 3, 1825.

Attached to the receipt is what appears to be a clipping from the vendor catalogue which listed the item for sale. It reads:
"174. NEGRO CHAIN GANG LABOR RECEIPT. Printed document, in French, signed, one page, oblong small quarto. Nouvelle-Orleans, 1825. Interesting if not gruesome document. Receipt for labor in the chain gang performed by a negress."

File consist of clippings relating to Toronto.

File consists of three cheques signed by D. Bethune.

Ephemera including greeting cards, tracts, memorial cards, trade cards, and envelopes.

The History of the children in the wood, published by Lumsden & Sons, Glasgow. This is a single sheet with eight hand-coloured woodcuts with verses beneath; versions of which circulated in Great Britain and the United States, most often in chapbook form. A note on the back says "This was given to Catharine as a prize at school at Berlin."

File consist of clippings relating to education.

Empty envelopes addressed to Jemima Cook, postmarked 1864-1867.

File consist of clippings relating to the Fenian Raids.

Twenty-seven letters received by Tobias Kolb Schantz and his wife Mary Schantz.

Date and Place from: June 13, 1899 Danville, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Watt, Mary C. Notes: wedding invitation for Jessie Watt and Ela Bliss Moyer; includes envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: July 12, 1896 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

Date and Place from: March 23, 1902 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

Date and Place from: May 27, 1866 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: March 22, 1878 Hutchison Co., [D.T.?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Christian, 1840- and Shantz, Mary Hutchinson.

Date and Place from: February 28, 1866 [Plattsville?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: March 13, 1866 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: April 20, 1866 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: August 22, 1866 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: September 18, 1866 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Partial letter, including prices of fruit, crops, lumber and describing wild game.

Date and Place from: October 17, 1866 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: January 24, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Partial Letter.

Date and Place from: February 16, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: April 04, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Describes life in the West, including the birth of his newest son, Isaac, his horses, the weather, the prices of food etc.

Date and Place from: September 23, 1867 Longlane, Dallas County, Mo. U.S.A. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Writes about being settled in their new place, as they moved from Montgomery County to Dallas County, Mo.

Date and Place from: February 06, 1868 Longlane, Dallas County, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Writes that he has not sold his place in Montgomery Co., has not received any money from Canada and has fallen on hard times. He has been digging a well for water, and feed is scarce.

Date and Place from: March 29, 1868 [Dallas Co., Mo.?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: May 31, 1868 Longlane,[Dallas Co., Mo.] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Attachments: Slip of paper, short note included with letter. Notes: Note included which describes locusts.

Date and Place from: July 20, 1868 [Longlane, Dallas Co., Mo.?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Letter Written By Menno S. Shantz for Benjamin Shantz.

Date and Place from: March 19, 1876 [Scotland?], Bonhomme Co., Dakotah To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Christian, 1840- and Shantz, Mary Hutchinson Notes: Writes about the move to Dakota.

Date and Place from: May 08, 1875 Lebanon To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Sarah Notes: Letter telling of her marriage to a Mr. Henry Snyder, their plans to visit people in Port Elgin after the wedding. Describes her wedding dress and says "I will send you a piece of my wedding dress."

Date and Place from: March 17, 1890 Bloomingdale To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Snyder, Lydia.

Date and Place from: September 12, 1866 Hawkesville To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Tropp, H. Notes: Signature illegible.

Date and Place from: March 14, 1871 Breslau To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Josiah Kolb, 1834- and Shantz, Anna Notes: Note included, initialled by Josiah.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1866 Wellsville To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Unknown? Notes: Partial letter, no closing.

Date and Place from: Dec. 26, 1901 Oshkosh, Wis. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 and Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Soper, Benjamin Hutchinson Notes: Marriage announcement of Lucia Moore and Homer LeRoy Schantz, includes envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: March 29, 1868 [Longlane, Dallas Co., Mo.?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

New Years card given to Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) from Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Becker.

File consists of a marriage licence or certificate of marriage between John S. Anthes (Township of Wilmot) and Lydia Catharine Herlan (Town of Berlin).

Three paper lace valentines, possibly handmade:
Paper lace and coloured floral valentine with lift-up flowers hiding three heart-shapes to write messages on. Inside the card is a hand-written poem to the "Belle" of the ball, signed "Valentine"
Paper lace overlay of bird's nest and flowers over second layer with a two-piece embossed lift up figure of a woman with cherub on her shoulder, purple ribbon and coloured floral decoration applied on her skirt, under this is a third layer with a coloured metallic bird flying into pasted-on coloured floral decorations. A gold and white banner is pasted at the bottom of the page, with "A Token of True Love" printed in blue.The back of this card is signed "from Jemima." Maker's name embossed on back: "Meek"
Pink paper folded valentine with embossed gold floral design surrounding pasted-on die-cut flowers and leaves, below this a white and gold banner reading "A Pledge of Love" in blue. Inside the card is signed" Miss Mary Jemima Cook"

File consist of clippings relating to Canadian history.

Letter to Harvey J. Sims dated August 4, 1930 from John R. Connon of Elora, enclosing advertisements for what he describes as "relating to your father's unfortunate venture in the Salem Woollen Mill." Includes an original manuscript copy of an advertisement for the Sims Bros. Salem Woollen Works, and the advertisement as published in the Elora Observer, no. 39 Friday April 17, 1868.

Scrapbook and photograph album covering the lives of Margaret and Cully Schmidt. First part of the album recounts the life of Margaret Schmidt, including part of her family's history and, more thoroughly, from her early childhood to her old age, with an emphasis on her married life. Second part of the album recounts the life of Cully Schmidt, including part of his family's history more thoroughly, from her early childhood to her old age, with an emphasis on his work life.

Album includes photographs with captions, newspaper clippings, certificates, and ephemera created or accumulated by the Schmidt family. Photographs show Margaret exercising as a teenager, socializing with friends and family, spending time with her children, attending various personal and professional events, and travelling with her husband around the world. Photographs also show Cully exercising and working as a teenager, socializing with friends and family, working and travelling for work, spending time with his family, attending various personal and professional events, and travelling with his wife around the world.

A valentine's card sent to Mary Kaufman in 1874. Also includes a Christmas card from Mary Kaufman [ca. 1920] with a Japanese Christmas card to her attached and one pink and blue embroidered book mark

File consist of clippings relating to churches in Canada.

File consists of one invitation for Janie Bowlby to attend a ball. Invitation reads "The Aide-de-Camp in waiting is commanded by Their Excellencies The Governor General and The Countess of Dufferin to request the pleasure of Miss Bowlby's Company at a Ball on Wednesday the 27th of Feb. at 9 o'clock." Also includes accompanying envelope.

• Birthday party invitation to Peter and Jemima Sims from Mrs. Hilliard, May 6, 1875.
• Memorial card: William John Roat, died at Berlin, December 23, 1887 (includes envelope).
• Memorial card: James McFeiggan, died in Galt, May 23, 1888.
• Memorial card: Harvey James Cook, November 12, 1930.
• Wedding invitations, 1895-1898.

File consists of various clippings from newspapers and magazines on the life and works of Isabel Mackay.

File consist of clippings relating to St. Catharines.

File consist of clippings relating to Port Hope.

File consist of clippings relating to the city of Brantford.

File consists of what appears to be a church publication in German.

File consists of one wedding invitation and envelope for the wedding of Janie Elizabeth Bowlby and Edwin Perry Clement.

File consists of materials relating to Charles Bowlby Clement and wife Gertrude Unger Clement. Includes obituary clippings, clippings on the career of Charles, a birth notice for Charles, and two poems written by Charles.

File consists of paper doll advertisements. The first is a stand up paper doll of a sheep wearing a dress holding a duster advertising Enameline stove cleaner. The verso reads "Look out for imitations and parties who claim to have something 'just as good.' It is not as good. There's but one Enameline that's the best. For sale by all dealers. Manufactured by J.L. Prescott & Co. 11 Jay Street New York."; a set of six double sided paper dolls with two interchangeable heads, advertising Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton. The interiors of the dolls reads "if the child who receives this doll is sent to the store for thread she should ask for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton and see that she gets it. Double Dolls "work and play" 12 in a set. By sending three 2 cent stamps, with name and address, to Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton Factory. Newark, N.J. a complete set will be sent by mail be careful to state that the double dolls are wanted."

File consists of three business cards for William John Motz.

File consists of two cards, one from 1880 and one from 1881 stating that William John Motz was an honour pupil at the separate school.

File consists of three copies of the Saturday, July 3, 1880 edition of the Daily News containing an account of the death of Louis Breithaupt.

Letter from Thomas H. Johnson to Colin Rankin's purchase of the "east half of lot 15 in the 14th [concession] of Papineau, containing 30 1/2 acres" at a rate of 50 cents per acre; a land grant certificate with seal dated June 14, 1881; a typescript reproduction of the text on the certificate; and a typescript description of the land accompanied by a hand drawn sketch.

File consists of two envelopes, addressed in the same hand, to E.P. Clement and Mrs. E.P Clement.

Article on Canadian Senator John Hamilton of Kingston, Ontario

File consists of three copies of the Tuesday, March 7, 1882 of the Daily News containing an obituary of Jacob Hailer on page 2.

File consists of materials related to Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly and Frederick Bowman Kelly. Includes obituary clippings, a marriage notice clipping and a birthday card sent to Blanche from her grandmother and Aunt Emma.

File consist of clippings relating to Hamilton.

File consists of two copies of the Daily News, June 22, 1883, containing a notice of the death of Frederick Adolph Breithaupt, youngest son of Mrs. Louis Breithaupt, in Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of 8 years.

Memorial card for George Davidson's brother, John, who died in Aberdeen Scotland, March 26, 1884.

Photocopy of newspaper account of the wedding Mary Staebler and Louis Henry Wagner on May 20, 1884. Also included is a wedding invitation.

File consists of a circular on the Canadian Institute.

File consists of one menu for a New Year dinner held January 1, 1885 at the Grand Union Hotel in Ottawa.

File consists of materials relating to Edwin Perry Clement, wife Helen Keefer Thompson Clement and their children. Includes obituaries, birth notices, and a marriage announcement.

Wide range of ephemera retained by Harvey J. Sims between 1886 and 1912. Includes invitations to "at homes" and organized social events, dance cards, dinner menu, also a copy of the The Second Annual Meeting of the Ontario Associated Boards of Trade, Toronto, Feb. 22-23, 1912.
Some ephemera is associated with local clubs, most of which Harvey was a member: Berlin H.S. Musical and Literary Society, The Beavers' Club, Grand River Lodge, Bachelors of Berlin and Waterloo, The Berlin Club and Young Men of the Ark.
Includes an 1896 curling scorecard with heavily illustrated covers, advertising the Dominion Brewery, Toronto, and Harvey J.'s Trinity University convocation program, June 27, 1896.

A 1 volume (400 p.) calendar of historical international, national and local events, organized chronologically with one page for each day of the year. According to the donor, entries date from about 1886 (although events prior to this date are recorded) and are in the handwriting of W.J. Motz, J.E. Motz and Cully Schmidt. Newspaper clippings of "Today in History" are also pasted in. An alphabetical name and subject index is present. This volumes is a condensation of local information and forms an important, albeit selective, index to the Record. Title from the contents.

Notes and poems; items issued by the K-W Christian Business Men's Committee ca. 1948; an assortment of printed ephemera regarding dreams, sign language, a 1887 Rand-Mcnally railroad map of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico; 1909 Railway Lands Branch, Department of the Interior Map of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta showing lands finally disposed of; a partial book on the Boers in South Africa, 1899; The Voyageur, a broadside poem by Walter Stewart Stinson, 1929 by the Moreau Studio; stories from magazines, ca. 1935.

File consist of one pocket sized Colgate and Co. advertising calendar for the year 1888.

Handmade birthday card from Orpheus Moyer Schantz to Sophie Schantz. The card has scherenschnitte edges and features calligraphy, drawings of small animals, birds and plants. It reads: "May Happy Returns. Sophie E. Schantz. May 4-'89"

File consist of one pocket advertising calendar for Cussons, May and Co.

File consist of clippings relating to London.

File consists of four pieces of correspondence, including two letters from brother E. Carl writing from San Antonio, Texas, one invitation.

File consists of one leaflet consisting of an address of the president, H.G. Johnston to the fifth annual convention of the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association "compliments of H.G.J."

File consist of clippings relating to the settlement of Niagara Township.

File consists of a Seth Thomas catalogue page, accompanied by a typewritten page describing clock movement.

An invitation card possibly written by or sent to Austin Tobias Schantz. The quote inscribed on the verso of the invitation card is from Alfred Tennyson's poem titled, The Sea Fairies that was first published in 1830.

File consists of transporation tickets from Napierville, Illinois.

File consists of four pamphlets of the constitution of the Young People's Alliance of Berlin of the Evangelical Association. Includes a version in German: Berlin Jugendverein der Evangelische Gemeinschaft : constitution.

Membership cards signed by Harvey J. Sims for the Rangers Football Club dated 1890 and 1899, listing officers and executive, club grounds and colours. In 1890, Harvey J. Sims is listed as on the Committee of Management; in 1899, he is on the executive committee. The 1899 card includes the W.F.A (Western Football Association) schedule for the spring season. These cards are in addition to a copy of the Western Football Association Annual for 1900, edited by D. Forsyth, Secretary Western Football Association and printed in Berlin. This volume contains the constitution and rules, hints for referees and players, as well as detailed lists of champion teams from 1880 to 1899. The pages for 1900, printed in red, appear to have been pasted in at the front and end of the 1899.

Memorial cards, some including clippings, received by members of the family, including eight in stamped envelopes. People included:

• Bair, Henry Clay
• Bowman, Abram O. (d. July 10, 1929) - includes clipping
• Bowman, Allan (d. April 7, 1928)
• Bowman, Joshua Snyder (d. April 8, 1895)
• Bowman, Maria (May 17, 1921)
• Bowman, Mary (March 6, 1815 - August 24, 1901)
• Burkholder, Samuel (January 2, 1816 - March 12, 1893)
• Eby, Catharine (d. July 6, 1909)
• Eby, Hannah (d. May 27, 1883)
• Detwiler, Lenora (d. April 30, 1913)
• Hallman, Magdalena (d. June 19, 1888)
• Hilborn, Carrie E. (d. July 1, 1895)
• Honsberger, Mary (d. February 21, 1899)
• Kolb, Jacob Z. (d. June 3, 1919)
• Kolb, Mary (d. Marcy 13, 1900)
• Lackner, William A. (d. November 2, 1906)
• Lindner, Adelina (d. May 16, 1906)
• Martin, Benjamin F. (d. September 9, 1917)
• Meyers, Annie Louise (d. September 13, 1906)
• Meyer, Elizabeth B. (d. June 14, 1929) - includes clipping
• Meyers, Eliah (June 7, 1837 - June 27, 1927)
• Meyers, Hilda (d. July 31, 1907)
• Meyers, Sarah M. (July 23, 1846 - November 16, 1928)
• Millar, Alexander (November 4, 1835 - December 11, 1918)
• Moyer, Joseph B. (d. August 3, 1891)
• Nahrgang, Mary (d. December 26, 1921)
• Oberholtzer, Elizabeth (March 31, 1910)
• Plowman, Geo. (d. August 21, 1891)
• Rodgers, Edith Cameron
• Schneider, David B. (d. November 28, 1928) - includes clippings
• Shantz, Josiah (November 18, 1861 - April 28, 1908)
• Shantz, Josiah (December 5, 1834 - August 3, 1913)
• Shaw, Elizabeth (d. December 2, 1894)
• Snider, Menno (d. February 9, 1917)
• Snyder, Alda (March 5, 1911)
• Snyder, Angeline (d. May 12, ?)
• Snyder, Ruth Magdalena (August 4, 1911)
• Standen, Frances Emma (October 22, 1916)
• Swartz, Nancy (d. May 24, 1917)
• Swartz, Sarah (November 23, 1917)
• Weaver, Elizabeth (July 13, 1858 - November 24, 1928)
• Weaver, Ella (August 25, 1875 - September 3, 1917) - includes clippings
• Woodward, W.S. (November 5, 1904)

An ex libris bookplate for Orpheus Moyer and Carrie Schantz featuring poppies and two birds.

File consists of religious cards from Rev. L.H. Wagner and J.O. Litt.

File consists of two pamphlets, one English and one German (2 copies), issued for use by local associations regarding the constitution of the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association.

Report cards for Florence Roos dated June 1890 and June 1891 from Rolleston House, Toronto, signed by Mrs. Neville.

File consists of seven pieces of correspondence, including three from S.L. Umbach in Naperville, Illinois, also a printed wedding invitation, and a notice in German regarding the death of Martin Anthes.

File consists of ephemera retained by A.L. Breithaupt pertaining to a trip taken in 1891. Includes ephemera relating to the ship "Majestic", business cards, hotel and performance ephemera, tourist literature.

Library and lecture cards, sketch, Literary Society items, print of building, YMCA card.

File consists of eleven folded Young People's Alliance of Berlin of the Evangelical Association programmes. One is in German.

One tract "A Plea for Temperance Unity" by Rev. Canon Wilberforce.

File consists of clipping reporting the marriage of John C. Breithaupt to Caroline Anthes.

File consist of clippings relating to Methodists in Canada.

File consists of a programme in German and English from the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association : Canada Conference Convention held in Listowel, Ontario, October 30-31, 1894 in which L.J. Breithaupt is listed as "Secretary"; L.H. Wagner on the executive.

File consists of a programme in German and English from the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association : Canada Conference Convention held in Sebringville, Ontario, December 12-13, 1893 in which L.J. Breithaupt is listed as "Secretary"; L.H. Wagner on the executive.

File consists of sundry ephemera. Includes: mounted prints of paintings of women probably from a souvenir booklet (Sistine Madonna by Raphael, etc.), colour illustrations, pamphlets and brochures, flyers from the Ontario Women's Christian Temerance Union, a pin, a pocket calendar, a wedding announcement (Vincent Bennett and Catherine Olive Breithaupt), and other material. Includes pamphlet "Home Secrets," and three issues of "The Little Monthly" (New York: The Little Company): vol. 3 no. 2 (Nov., 1893) and vol. 4, no. 1 and 2 (Jan. and Feb., 1894).

A memorial card announcing the death of Isaac Lucius Bowman on Feb. 3, 1893.

File consist of clippings relating to Cornwall.

Clippings, primarily relating to both the [1894?] Lacrosse championship and the 1959 Kitchener downtown fire.

File consist of clippings relating to Coburg.

File consist of six tickets for the Toronto railway, and one for the Montreal railway.

File consists of one folded Epworth League, Trinity Methodist Church, Berlin program for July to December 1894 in which E.P. Clement is listed as President.

Handmade New Yeas card from the Schantz family to Sophie Schantz. The card features calligraphy, small drawings of moons and has the numbers of the year 1894 in each corner.. It reads: "To Sophe E. Schantz. Berlin. Ontario. We wish you a happy new year. From Ruth Schantz, Carrie Flagler Schantz,Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Morton Park, Ill."

File consists of six programmes from the Stratford, Hespeler, Listowel, Morriston, South Cayuga and Campden branches of the Ontario Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association.

Handmade New Years card from the Schantz family to Arthur Benjamin Schantz. The card features calligraphy, small drawings of bells and has scherenschnitte edges. It reads: "1894. Wishing you a joyous new year. To Arthur B. Schantz From Ruth, Carrie & Orph."

File consists of two programmes from the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor in Waterloo, Ontario.

One coupon booklet given to attendees of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention. All of the coupons in this book have been removed, but a table of contents notes that it included coupons for hotels, dinners and a portrait.

One circular listing the dates of meetings of the National British Women's Temperance Association and World Woman's Christian Temperance Union for the month of June 1895.

One card noting that delegates of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention taking the train to Reigate are to ask for the Special Train of Lady Henry Somerset.

One small folded leaflet with the short story by Mrs. J.H. Earle titled "Wear the White Ribbon." A white ribbon was worn by temperance advocates and members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

One small booklet with rules, advice, and a bibliography of recommended books for members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

One small booklet "A Wider Outlook" written by Lady Henry Somerset, President for the British Empire. The booklet extols the virtues of the temperance movement.

Original printed invitation removed from Board of Directors' Minute Book, with illustration of the building, opening exercises and hymn.