File consists of approximately 19 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "N." Correspondents include Mr. Ira G. Needles (University of Waterloo). File also includes ephemera, a photograph of Pollock and other men seated at a large round table in a meeting, and a carbon copy of Pollock's comments on a draft of the "Proposal - Industrial Design Assistance Program (IDAP)" submitted by the National Design Council (Ottawa) to the Treasury Board.

File consists of material collected by Carl A. Pollock relating to his activities as president of Electrohome as well as other involvements, or collected for personal interest. Subjects of material include:

• corporate taxation;
• Electrohome�s business philosophy, history, growth, and operations;
• the Dominion Life Assurance Company;
• Pollock�s position as chancellor of the University of Waterloo;
• Arthur B. Pollock;
• the Radio-Electronics-Television Manufacturers' Association of Canada; and
• Pollock�s 40th anniversary with Electrohome.

Includes press clippings (some photocopies), including articles about Pollock clipped from magazines; incoming and outgoing correspondence; ephemera; ms. notes; news releases; issues of internal publications; and a typed address by Pollock. File also includes photographs of Pollock at various events, sometimes with other senior managers; the Deilcraft plant in Stellarton, NS; a photograph of Edward B. Moogk with Governor General Jules Leger; and other snapshots.

File consists of 34 photographs of CKCO-TV personalities, staff, events, and programs. Some of the photographs have the CKCO-TV Conestoga wagon logo in the bottom left corner, and most have some identification on verso. Personalities depicted include Reg Sellner, Grace Lawson, Big Al, Elaine Cole, and George Caldwel, Betty Thompson, Violet Scriver, and others. Subjects include the CKCO-TV mobile unit, stills from programs (news, weather, local game shows, talk shows, children's programs, Canadian Bandstand), technicians on the job, parades, and Queen Elizabeth's 1959 visit to Kitchener city hall.

File consists of material relating to the publicity of the Electrohome/Advent 750 VideoBeam projection television. Includes correspondence, news releases, an advertisement, and four photographs of the product. Some photographs have typed cutlines.

File consists of material relating to advertising activities, including print, television, and billboard advertisements. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda, photocopies and clipped copies of advertisements, draft and final versions of news releases, ephemera, and a photograph.

File consists of material relating to the the production of the 1967 annual report. Includes ms. notes, preliminary design sketches, a leaflet advertising television and stereo, and photographs and negatives of employees working on production lines.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's 1990 annual report. Includes press clippings, interim reports to shareholders, five photographs (for use in the report), a report from Royal Trust Investor Relations Associates (Toronto, ON) on corporate financial reports, and other material.

File consists of slides of Electrohome employees at work on product lines manufacturing electronics, furniture, and circuit boards; Electrohome plants; press clippings and advertisements; and text about the Electrohome Electronics division. Some or all of the slides appear to have formed at least two different presentations, one about the Electronics division and one about sales or advertising. File also includes a memorandum.

File consists of news releases and other material relating to public relations activities for 1977. Includes news releases, interim reports to shareholders, copies of memoranda from John A. Pollock and James Holmes to various divisions, and a portfolio of material on the 1977-1978 colour television line, which includes photographs with cutlines, ms. notes, and a fold-out brochure.

Subjects of news releases include: product and contract announcements, financial results, organizational changes, labour contract negotiations, and the Enterprise Development Board loan through the Royal Bank of Canada.

File consists of news releases and other material relating to public relations activities for 1978. Includes news releases (some drafts), interim reports to shareholders, memoranda (including some from John A. Pollock), ms. notes, product photographs, ephemera, and a portfolio of material on the 1978-1979 line of home entertainment products, which includes product photographs with cutlines and a news release.

Subjects of news releases include: product and contract announcements, financial results, organizational changes, labour contract negotiations, Carl A. Pollock's death, and board and management appointments.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's public relations activities for the year 1980. Includes news releases, interim reports to shareholders, ms. notes, form correspondence from John A. Pollock and James Holmes, two photographs of television sets, statements to the media, and other documents.

File consists of material relating to public relations activities for the years 1982 and 1983. Includes news releases, memoranda, copies of form letters to employees and dealers from John A. Pollock, product photographs with typed cutlines, typed remarks by John A. Pollock given at the 1982 annual meeting, the first issue of the newsletter Electrohome World, and press kits for Electrohome Electronics, Deilcraft furniture, and the 1982 annual meeting.

File also includes a portfolio from the Morristown Area Chamber of Commerce (Morristown, TN) containing news releases about Electrohome's purchase of a production facility there and 16 photographs of the plant during construction.

File consists of material relating to the promotion of Electrohome's Satellite Sound system and the satellite sound concept. Includes incoming and outgoing memoranda and correspondence, typed notes, leaflets, news releases, ms. notes, an advertisement proof, two photographs (plus copies) of the sound system, and copies of a typed paper by Ernest J. Leggett (Engineering Department) on Electrohome's 360� Satellites (3 leaves).

File consists of material relating to the publicity arrangements for the launch and opening of the European sales office an showroom in Herne Bay, Kent (U.K.) Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda, ms. notes, edited draft and final copies of news releases, and copies of press clippings. File also includes four photographs of International Press Europe staff in advertising material from the company, and product literature about the EVD-12 video data display unit.

File consists of material relating to the official opening of the expanded Electrohome branch in Vancouver, BC, on May 18, 1971. Includes copies of a news release, a carbon copy of a memorandum, a photograph of the showroom with a typed cutline, and ephemera. Some of the material is contained in a portfolio for a press kit.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's western offices. Includes memoranda, photographs of a showroom and of Carl A. Pollock with an unidentified man [probably a manager of a western office], and a press clipping.

File consists of a news release introducing the ECM 1302-2 colour data display monitor, and three copies of a photograph of the monitor with a typed cutline.

File consists of material relating to publicity for the ECP 2000 projection system from Electrohome. Includes a news release, edited draft copies of the news release, photocopied press clippings, correspondence and memoranda, a single-sheet advertisement, a photograph, and a list of media contacts.

File consists of material relating to the introduction of the ECP 2100, a lower cost data/graphics projection system. Includes edited draft and final versions of news releases, copies of typed photograph cutlines, and one photograph of the projector.

File consists of material relating to publicity for the ECP Retro portable rear screen projection system enclosure from Electrohome. Includes news releases, internal product bulletins, a photograph and a press clipping.

File consists of a material relating to the ECP Retro portable rear screen enclosure projection system from Electrohome. Includes three copies of a single-sheet advertisement, three copies of a photograph with a typed cutline taped to it, and one copy negative.

File consists of six photographs taken at an Electrohome invitation golf tournament, or possibly more than one tournament.

File consists of material relating to publicity for the MacNAPLPS software package, which adds videotex capability to Apple computers. Includes draft and final versions of a news release, press clippings, two copies of a photograph, and a single-sheet advertisement.

File consists of material relating to Orion Pictures Corporation's use of the ECP 3000 projection system from Electrohome in the 1990 film NAVY SEALS. Includes correspondence and memoranda (some faxed), edited draft and final news releases, and two photographs and two slides from Orion depicting Electrohome's product placement on the set of the film.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the marketing of the RCA SelectaVision MagTape System and Electrohome's range of home entertainment products introduced to Canadian and export markets in 1973-1974. Includes news releases (some edited) and photographs and negatives of the SelectaVision system. Some photographs have typed cutlines taped to them with details about the product.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to publicity for the 1971 line of home entertainment products from Electrohome. Includes draft and final versions of news releases, five photographs, typed cutlines, and a company brochure. Front of portfolio is annotated "master".

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to publicity for Electrohome home entertainment products. Includes ten photographs, some with typed cutlines; eight copy negatives; and carbon copies of news releases. Duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to publicity for an array of Flexsteel upholstered products introduced at the 1973 Stratford Festival of Fine Furniture. Includes nine photographs and typed cutlines, draft and final versions of news releases, brochures from Flexsteel and Imperial Furniture, memoranda, and ms. notes.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome projection systems, the HAL series of high resolution projectors using reflective light valve technology, and the production of the 1998 annual report.

Includes single-sheet advertisements and product brochures, an issue of the newsletter Projections, slides and photographs of projection systems, transparencies of projectors and portraits of senior personnel (including Daniel Wright, [Dave Lowater?], and Gerry Remers), memoranda, news releases, reports about the projection systems division and reflective light valve technology, and a request for proposals to produce the 1998 annual report.

File also includes a folded four-section special feature on the hi-tech sector of Waterloo Region from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, and other material. Some of the material is contained in a portfolio labelled "Infocomm booth #905".

File consists of two portraits (plus duplicates) of Bob Baker.

File consists of two portraits (plus duplicates) of Norman Bartlett, Private Trade Label department.

File consists of material relating to Armand Bertin and the announcement of his appointment as Manager, Western Ontario Regional Service, Consumer Service Division. Includes four portraits of Bertin, draft and final versions of a news release, memoranda, and a letter.

File consists of material relating to James F. Brown and his appointment as Vancouver Service Branch Manager. Includes copies of a news release, a letter, and a portrait of Brown.

File consists of two portraits (plus duplicates) of William Campbell.

File consists of two portraits (plus duplicates) of W.K. Daley.

File consists of two portraits (plus duplicates) of William Dippel.

File consists of two portraits (plus duplicates) of Michael Ennis.

File consists of four photographs (plus duplicates) of members of the Execuitve Committee: D.O. Douey, William A. Janci, Harold I. Eby, and an unidentified man.

File consists of material relating to R.A. Flanagan and the announcment of his appointment as General Manager for the Motor Division. Includes correspondence, a news release, and a portrait of Flanagan.

File consists of material relating to the announcement of the appointment of George Fouts as Manager, Consumer Marketing for the Electronics Division. Includes memoranda, correspondence, multiple copies of a news release, and two portraits (plus duplicates) of Fouts.

File consists of two portraits (plus duplicates) of Harold Fraser.

File consists of material relating to Dolliver H. Frederick and an announcement about his appointment to the Electrohome board of directors. Includes draft and final versions of a news release, a press clipping, biographical information, a letter, and two portraits of Frederick.

File consists of seven portraits (plus duplicates) of Donald Harrold.

File consists of three portraits of Roy Hayward.

File consists of material relating to Ron W. Johnson. Includes two portraits (plus duplicates) of Johnson, two photographs (one with his family), two contact prints, correspondence, and a draft and final copy of a news release announcing his appointment as Division Manager for the Distributor Products Division.

File consists of five portraits (plus duplicates) and a passport photograph of David H. Johnston.

File consists of two portraits of Don Kehn.

File consists of two portraits of Al Lodburg.

File consists of copies of a portrait and two snapshots of Gerry McDonnell.

File consists of material relating to Jack Miller, and in particular his appointment as Manager, Manufacturing for the Distributor Products Division. Includes two portraits (plus duplicates) of Miller, a letter, and draft and final versions of a news release.

File consists of a memoranda to J.J. Molloy (Vice President, Electrohome U.S.A. electronics operations) and two copies of a portrait of Molloy.

File consists of material relating to W. Michael Nobbs and an announcement of his appointments as Group General Manager and later Group Vice-President, Electronics. Includes memoranda, correspondence, photocopied press clippings, copies of a news release, biographical information, and two portraits of Nobbs.

File consists of material relating to an announcement about the appointment of Richard A. Potter as Marketing Manager for the Deilcraft Home Furnishings Division. Includes four portraits (plus duplicates) of Potter, memoranda, correspondence, and copies of a news release.

File consists of material relating to an announcement about the appointment of Ken Radomsky as Regional Sales Manager, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, for the Consumer Electronic Products Division. Includes a portrait of Radomsky, memoranda, correspondence, and draft and final versions of a news release.

File consists of three portraits (plus duplicates) of Earl Rayner.

File consists of material relating to an announcement about the appointment of John H. Robertson as Regional Sales Manager, Toronto and Eastern Ontario, for the Consumer Electronic Products Division. Includes two portraits of Richardson, memoranda, a letter, and a draft news release. One of the photographs has been retouched by hand.

File consists of formal portraits of Bruce Cowie (president and chief operating officer, broadcasting), David Lowater (president and chief operating officer, electronics), and Daniel Wright (vice-president and chief financial officer).

File consists of material relating to Zoltan D. Simo and the announcement of his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer on January 27, 1992. Includes draft and final versions of news releases, correspondence (some faxed), press clippings, biographical information, ms. notes, two portraits of Simo, one photograph of Simo with John A. Pollock, one photograph of Pollock with Brian Mulroney, and other material.

File consists of a portrait of T. van Gink.

File consists of three portraits (plus duplicates) of Clare Wilhelm.

File consists of ten photographs of Electrohome air conditioners, some of which include product deification on verso. File also includes a news release.

File consists of eight photographs of Electrohome air purifiers, one of which includes a typed cutline. Duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of two photographs of Electrohome fans.

File consists of a photograph of the Electrohome solar tray.

File consists of five photographs of Electrohome employees receiving awards. Some of the photographs include identification on verso. Some photoraphs include Carl A. Pollock.

File consists of photographs and snapshots taken at Electrohome branch offices and showrooms, including those in Vancouver, Calgary, and Winnipeg; and portraits of branch office managers. Includes a photograph of Carl A. Pollock at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Some photographs include identification on verso, some include typed cutlines, and one is mounted on board. Duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of two photographs of Brian Mulroney, one in front of a campaign bus and surrounded by reporters, and one inside an Electrohome plant [?] speaking with an employee with Walter McLean and several reporters in the background.

File consists of eight photographs of employees at work on the Deilcraft furniture finishing line, depicting the various stages of the process. File also includes a piece of cardboard on which each stage is briefly identified.

File consists of material relating to the presentation of the Electrohome Electronics Education Award in 1963 to Gifford Toole. Includes copies of a news release and a photograph of Carl A. Pollock presenting the award to Toole.

File consists of photographs of Electrohome electronic organs, an organ concert, organ dealer stores, and employees working on organ production lines. Some photographs include product identification on verso.

File consists of four photographs of Electrohome employees, some at work (production line, recording studio) and some outdoors or in costume.

File consists of photographs and two copy negatives of Electrohome television sets, consoles, and chassis, as well as receiver/monitors, including a photograph of Carl A. Pollock and Howard W. Main posing with a colour television chassis. Some photographs include typed cutlines, some include product identification on verso, and one has been mounted. Duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of photographs of events and presentations. Includes a photograph of the presentation of a cheque to the Canadian Mental Health Association, the runner-up in the Miss Grey Cup contest receiveing an Electrohome stereo, and Carl A. Pollock doing a draw (on verso: "Reader's Digest Promotion").

File consists of a photograph of an Electrohome intercom system.

File consists of 39 photographs of employees who received long service awards. Most photographs depict employees posing on the job, some are of employees being congratulated by senior personnel, and some are group shots taken at the Quarter Century Club Annual Meeting (1964). File also includes a typed list of employees pictured for the years 1963 and 1964. Some photographs include identification on verso.

File consists of two photographs (plus a duplicate) of employees at work on motor production lines. Employees on these production lines are women.

File consists of 24 snapshots and 14 negatives taken at J.G. Tufts' cottage of Electrohome senior personnel relaxing, playing shuffleboard, and eating. Personnel identified are: J.G. Tufts, G. Harper, Eitel, W. E. Curry, D. Sykes, F. Banks, and W. Hemphill. File also includes a photograph of a portion of a cheque to Dominion Electrohome Industries Litd from the T. Eaton Co. Ltd. Duplication among photographs may exist.

File consists of 39 photographs of the construction of Plant 3 (Wellington Street) and the official opening ceremony. Includes informal progress photographs, photographs of speeches during the opening ceremony (including some of Carl A. Pollock), and photographs of the reception.

File consists of photographs of various groups, including families of employees, touring Electrohome plants.

File consists of seven photographs of employees at work on the production line for urethane moulded cabinet doors (Plant 7).

File consists of five slides of two men posing with plastic cabinet doors (?). Includes ms note: "Plants 2/5 production pictures".

File consists of a photograph of John A. Pollock, Doug Wismer, and a third, unidentified man posing with a video display monitor.

File consists of 67 photographs and 44 contact prints of plant and office employees at work and of production facilities. File also includes 2 reproduction photographs of a Berlin [?] street with streetcars and horse-drawn carriage traffic, and a printing proof of the Wellington Street plant. Some photographs include identification on verso. Duplication among the photographs and contact prints may exist.

Includes identification (on verso) of some of the departments and processes depicted: new automatic sander, Plant 9, key punch section, Univac 120, engineering CED, riveting section, wire cutter, punch press forming motor covers, production floor A, quality control, swing saw rough lumber, 'slug' painter, Mansion St. Plant, canteen, furnishing area Plant 4.
Some of the employees depicted in the photographs are identified on verso: Walter Olszewik, David Janzen, Bill Skelly, Bruce Bombach, and Wanda Wiebe.

File consists of two photographs (plus a duplicate) of Carl A. Pollock signing union contracts with other senior managers and union leaders.

File consists of two copies of a photograph of two women manufacturing fireplaces.

File consists of material compiled for a presentation to the National Design Council for the chairman's award for design management. Includes company brochures, advertisements, catalogues, issues of company publications, news releases, the 1970 annual report, photographs, and other material. Material is divided by the following tabs: Corporate literature, Public relations, Advertising, Working environment, and Exhibits & miscellaneous (empty).

File consists of material compiled for a presentation to the National Design Council for the chairman's award for design management. Includes company brochures, advertisements, catalogues, issues of company publications, news releases, press clippings, the 1971 annual report, photographs, and other material. Material is divided by the following tabs: Corporate literature, Public relations, Advertising, Working environment, and Exhibits & miscellaneous.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the 1965 line of Deilcraft furniture unveiled at the 1965 Canadian Furniture Mart exhibition. Includes ten news releases and two product photographs.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the 1970-1971 line of Electrohome home entertainment products. Includes a news release and two product photographs with typed cutlines.

File consists of material relating to Projection Systems dealer cooperative advertising. Includes a letter, four copy negatives used for printing a circular, final copies of the circular, and three magazines containing dealer advertisements.

File consists of material relating to the release of the Marquee 8000 stereoscopic projector. Includes a copy of a news release, a draft of a technical bulletin, faxed correspondence, product specifications and instructions, and two snapshots of people using the system.

File consists of mateial relating to the Orchard Park collection of furniture from Deilcraft. Includes photographs and price lists.

File consists of photographs of the wireless set and the aircraft intercommunication equipment produced by Electrohome and the Radio Production Alliance during World War II. Includes photographs of the equipment's components and parts, and photographs of the equipment in various stages of assembly and from front, rear, top and bottom views. File also includes one photograph of a damaged plywood aircraft seat produced by Electrohome. Some photographs include description on verso.

File consists of 31 photographs taken at Electrohome's 40th anniversary celebrations. Includes photographs of Arthur B. Pollock, his wife Racie (Boehmer), and Carl A. Pollock. File may contain duplicates of some photographs.

File consists of 183 slides for use in advertising and sales. Includes slides of televisions, stereo receivers, clock radios, portable radios and tape players, speakers, phonographs, motors and blowers, and slides belonging to a presentation for sales staff [in the motors department?]. Slides were probably compiled for museum purposes, and some are missing.

File consists of material relating to the work of William McGregor in developing a company museum, collecting historical Electrohome products, and preparing historical information for use in the museum and for other purposes. Includes correspondence and memoranda (some faxed and some e-mail print-outs), ms. notes, photographs of consumer products and Electrohome facilities, reprinted and photocopied historical advertisements, press clippings (some photocopied), photocopies of radio scripts and research reports, print-outs of photographs, ephemera, and other documents.

File consists of material relating to the production of advertising material for the Reverse Osmosis Division of Electrohome. Includes photographs, copy negatives, contact sheets, and a slide of reverse osmosis systems and applications; single-sheet advertisements for ultrafiltration systems soluble oil waste treatment and for maple sap concentration by reverse osmosis; and blank letterhead. Some of the photographs depict reverse osmosis systems at Bud Automotive (Kitchener, ON), TRW Canada Ltd. (St. Catharines, ON), Schwitzer (Stratford, ON), and an unidentified plant in Windsor, ON.

Some photographs have been mounted on board and retouched. Duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of 19 slides of Electrohome employees at work, Electrohome plants, and home entertainment products. Some slides are missing.

File consists of 98 slides of Electrohome plants, home entertainment products (television sets, stereo consoles, phonographs), and an airplane. Some slides are missing.

File consists of 17 slides of Deilcraft occasional tables and an Electrohome television, microwave, and [a motor?]. Includes multiple copies of some slides.