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This file consists of photocopies made for K.M. McLaughlin by the National Archives of Canada and consists of documents pertaining to the Acadian Club raid and the attempt to gain restitution from the government. The file contains copies of letters by N.A. Zick, President of the Acadian Club, W.G. Weichel, M.P., Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defence, and others, as well as a memorandum of damage done and recommendation of the Court of Inquiry. It also contains 2 photocopied chapters from Ontario and the First World War, 1914-1918: a collection of documents.

File consists of three architectural drawings of the building of the Berlin [Kitchener] Y.M.C.A. at 22 Queen Street North. Includes a side elevation, main and upper floor plans, and details of the locker room.

One undated photograph showing a Breithaupt Leather Co. truck in front of the Shipping Dept. at the tannery, which was located in Kitchener, Ontario.

Consists of one group photograph of a construction crew, purportedly for Bridgeport School. They are posed with a sign: "John V. Gray Construction Co. Ltd, General Contractors, head office Toronto ...."

One photograph of the Budds Department Store annual picnic, held August 20, 1947. The photograph shows 82 people, including men, women, and children. The picnic attendees appear to include the owners and employees of the three Budds Department Store locations, as well as their families. The photograph was taken outside in an undisclosed location and the subjects appear relaxed and informal.

Collection includes photographs taken by Charles Dickens Creighton of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, France and England all around the turn of the 20th century. These include primarily landscapes and architectural features. Also included are 11 Kelsh plotter aerials of Kitchener from the 1960's.

Materials created or accumulated by the Reive Family, especially Dr. Wilfred G. Reive and Mabel M. Reive during the moving, purchasing, design, and construction of their family home at 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes invoices and cheques, architectural drawings, and family photographs.

File consists of one photograph of the employees of the head office of the Dominion Life Assurance Company in Waterloo, Ontario. The photograph was taken July 1939. The employees are standing in front of the building at 14 Erb Street West.

One photograph of students of the First Mennonite Church bible school. Students are shown outside in front of the church building.

Fonds consists of ephemera relating to the unionization of furniture makers and woodworkers in the Kitchener, Stratford, and Woodstock area. Includes a mock liberty bond for the defence of workers arrested protesting, a card promoting socialist industrial unionism, a handbill outlining union desires, a letter from Canada Furniture Manufacturers regarding an adjustment to pay rates, a handbill encouraging furniture workers to unionize, and a photocopy of a letter to Herman Kreuger.

Collection consists primarily of negatives taken by Imprint and Chevron photographers documenting various aspects of campus life. Envelope enclosures with manuscript notes, photographic prints, and contact sheets are also included.

One photograph of a section of King Street, Waterloo, Ont. showing recently completed paving work by Standardite Paving. Also visible in the photograph are streetcar tracks, early street lights and automobiles.

Collection consists of local history materials relating to the Kitchener Waterloo area.

One photograph mounted on cardboard of the Municipal Council of the town of Berlin, dated 1909. The black and white photograph shows 15 adults dressed in suits and posed seated or standing in front of an ornately painted backdrop.

• Back row, from left to right is Edwin Whyte Clement, F. W. Sheppard, Joseph Roman Winterhalt, and Frederich “Frederick” Bornhold.
• Middle row from left to right is Charles Boehmer Dunke, William Daum Euler, William Robert Wilkinson, Alexander Hugh Millar, H. Martin, and John R. Schilling.
• Front row from left to right is reeve David Gross Jr. (George “David" Gross), third deputy reeve Henry Anthony Dietrich, Mayor Charles Casper Hahn who served from 1909 to 1910, second deputy reeve John F. McKay, and first deputy reeve Nicholas Asmussen.

Among the subjects are three individuals who would later serve as mayor of Berlin or Kitchener following its 1916 name change: William Daum Euler (1914-1917), David Gross Jr. (1917-1919), and Nicholas Asmussen (1925 -1926). William Daum Euler was also elected to the House of Commons of Canada (1917) and Nicholas Asmussen to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1919-1926). Both represented Waterloo North, Ontario in their Federal political office.

Fonds consists of one painting by Peter Etril Snyder of the Dana Porter Library. The work was commissioned in 1975 for the home of the then President of the University, Burt Matthews.

Fonds consists of one daybook from The Standard Life Assurance Company, believed to have been kept by Samuel Daniel Buckberrough. Also includes a clipping about the January 21, 1904 snow storm in Kitchener.

A cookbook created by members of the Student Wives Club in 1964 that included recipes for meat dishes, vegetables, desserts, and odds and ends. Examples of recipes include hamburger vegetable pie, cheese salad supreme, nervous pudding, potato fudge, and pink lady punch.

The cookbook was printed with a Gestetner offset printing machine and features pink polka dot covers.

Members who contributed recipes to the cookbook include:

• Agnes Olive (married to David Olive, BASc '64)

• Anne Mowbray (married to John R. Mowbray, BMath '65)

• Carol Clark (married to David J. Clark, BASc ’64)

• Colleen Grierson (married to Donald Grierson, BASc '64). In the cookbook, the name Grierson is misspelled as Gierson.

• Dr. Helen Reesor (married to Dr. Glyn Edward Reesor, professor in Department of Physics)

• Elinor Montgomery (married to Robert A. Montgomery, BASc ’64)

• Ellen Pajur (married to Enn Pajur BSc '64). In the cookbook, the name Pajur is misspelled as Pagur.

• Helen Newman (married to James A. Newman, BASc 1964, MASc ’65, PhD ’69)

• Joyce Heck (married to Carl. L. Heck, BASc ’63)

• Marilyn Koch (married to Paul M. Koch, BASc ’64)

• Marilyn Ruddel (married to George E. Ruddle, BASc ’63, MSc ’64)

• Mickey Hackney (married to Robert L. Hackney, BASc ’63)

• Pat Belyea (married to Edward J. Belyea, BASc ’65)

• Pat Taylor (married to Eric A. Taylor, BASc ’64)

• Shirley Luft (married to William A. Luft, BASc ’65)

• Thelma Tyrie (married to Donald H. Tyrie, BASc ’68)

Fonds consists of one photograph of students at Sunnyside School, taken September 29, 1944. Identifications included on verso read:

• Newman, L.;
• Wishnewski, Dieter;
• King, Jack;
• [?], Shirley;
• Speers, Kathleen;
• Holmes, Dorothy;
• Gingrich, Billy;
• Krestel, Elsie;
• Fyfe, Audrey;
• Wagner, Betty;
• Killens, Jean;
• Yerdt, Virginia;
• Eby, Diane;
• Cochrane, Shirley;
• Cressman, Lois;
• Sherwin, Fred;
• Flaherty, Noreen;
• Stahle, [?];
• Heintzman, [?];
• Yendt, Marlene;
• Brubacher, Pauline;
• Braniff, [?];
• Boyd, Jerry;
• Schaus, Donald;
• Killen, Jackie;
• Brox, Freddie;
• Petznick, Ronald;
• King, Buddy;
• Wishnewski, Edith;
• Lantz, Helen;
• Dickin, Laura;
• McCaig, Marian;
• Maguire, Betty;
• Hoadley, Mildred.