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Accrual consists of records of the Kitchener-Waterloo Young Women's Christian Association relating to its staff and board, programs, operations, residences, and history. Includes minutes, correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, reports, ephemera, financial information, etc. with a focus on records from the 1970's-2000's.

Fonds consists of records of the Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo relating to its incorporation, activities, programs, operations and history in the Community from 1905 to 1995. Includes minutes of the Board of Directors, standing and other committees, correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, ephemera, reports, financial statements, etc.

Fonds contains materials collected by and sent to Kay Rex for the purpose of writing a history of the Canadian Women's Press Club, as well as records of the Toronto Branch given into her keeping when the Club ceased operation. These were intended for eventual deposit at the University of Waterloo to join the book collection of the C.W.P.C. which was donated to the Doris Lewis Rare Book Room in 1977.

The fonds consists of records documenting Toronto Branch operation during the period of the 1960's to 1980's, including constitution and by-laws, correspondence 1965-1991, minutes of regular and executive meetings, 1968-1989, a file on the closing of the Club's premises at 44 York St., Toronto, and scrapbooks of club activities and personalities. Historical materials include textual records, photographs, publications and scrapbooks. The earliest scrapbook is dated 1921 and contains biographies and photographs of members. Trips taken by C.W.P.C members in 1950 and 1955 to the United Kingdom, Europe and Russia are documented through members' files, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulate by the Women's Press Club of Toronto for the years 1976-1981 that document their organizational operations and activities. Comprised of three binders kept by members of the executive committee which include business meeting minutes, executive meeting minutes, correspondence, newsletters, and more.

Collection consists of material relating to William Lyon Mackenzie King from the estates of his brother Dougall Macdougall “Max” King and of his nephew (Dougall’s son) Arthur Macdougall King. Its major component is correspondence from Mackenzie King to Arthur King and also to Arthur’s wife Kathleen, over a period of twenty-seven years from 1923 to 1950.The first letter is dated 1923, a scant three years after the death of Max King, when Arthur and his twin brother Lyon were 10 years old and the last in the series is dated July 5, 1950. The collection also contains documents and ephemera relating to King’s death, funeral and will, received by Arthur King as a participant in those events; also present are issues of major Ontario newspapers that covered Mackenzie King's death and funeral as events unfolded day-by-day. A small selection of photographs, some formal and some snapshots, are also present. A selection of books retained by the family, among them works written and presented by John King and Dougall Macdougall King, also works owned by Mackenzie King as a boy, present a tangible reminder of the intellectual legacy of the King family.

Fonds consists of records relating to the career and activities of William H. Kaufman, primarily his volunteer and charitable activities in Kitchener, Ontario. Includes correspondence, ephemera, financial records, minutes, handwritten notes, reports, etc.

Fonds consists of materials documenting William Dendy's life and career as an architectural historian including university course notes, research material for published works, research material on the history of Canadian architecture and other research interests such as Forest Hill, Hamilton, the architects Frank Darling and William Somerville, and the Massey family. Some materials relate to Dendy's teaching activities, Toronto walking tours and consultancy projects.

Also present are articles, card files, clippings, correspondence, electronic records, ephemera, manuscripts, maps, manuscript and typescript notes, as well as photographs, negatives, and approximately 40,000 slides (including more than 17,000 images of Canadian architecture, urban space, and landscape). The slides were taken by Dendy and are each individually identified by him.

Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by the Walter Bean Grand River Community Trails Foundation. Includes office files, correspondence, photographs, and publications.

Fonds consists of material relating to activities and operations of the Walter Bean Community Trails Foundation from 1998-2002. Includes artwork, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, maps, minutes, photographs, publications, speech notes and videocassettes.

Materials created and accumulated by Virgil Burnett that relate to his professional and personal life. Includes correspondence to and from Burnett, artworks and writings by Burnett and others, materials relating to the creation and publication of books written and illustrated by Burnett as well as those published by Pasdeloup Press, and other ephemera.

Fonds consists of correspondence from Virgil Burnett to Robin Magowan.

Accrual consists of material relating to the artistic and literary career of Virgil Burnett. Includes sketchbooks with illustrations and life drawings; commonplace books with original works as well as copied quotations, passages and ephemera; manuscripts; poetry and plays; as well as writings by others given to Burnett.

Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, illustrations, clippings, sketchbooks, and other materials created and accumulated by Virgil Burnett that document his personal and professional life. Includes materials relating to his work with the Pasdeloup Press.

Accrual consists of a collection of photographs, as well as negatives and slides, documenting various aspects of the early years of the University of Waterloo including faculty, building construction, convocation, Board of Governors, visitors on campus, conferences and seminars, athletic events, dramatic events, as well as aerial views of the campus. The earliest pictures seem to be from 1960 and the latest appear to be from 1966 but many are undated and some are unidentified.

Accrual consists of aerial views of the campus, a photograph of the North Campus, north of Village I and Columbia Street. There are two views of a model of campus; one as it was (1967-1968) and one as it was planned to the present stage of development, but buildings are not as as shown on model. For example, the model Model shows Administration and Student Services as one building south of Columbia.

Accrual consists of photographs of University of Waterloo parade floats in the 1984 Oktoberfest and K-W Jaycees Santa Claus parades. Includes ephemera and correspondence regarding the photographs.

Accrual consists primarily of photographs used in the supplement to the July 6, 1977 edition of the University of Waterloo Gazette. The photos were pictures were received in seven files and an additional set of images not arranged in files.

Accrual consists of material including contact sheets, correspondence, manuscript notes, drafts and ephemera related to "One day at Waterloo", a special Gazette supplement published in July 1989.

Accrual consists of a pen and ink drawing of Campus for Christmas 1991 by Frank Esch given to Chris Redmond for the Gazette.

Accrual consists of information releases, correspondence and publications dealing with several aspects and projects of Jack Adams in his role as Director of Information Services for the University.

Accrual consists of files dealing with public relations for the University of Waterloo. The first set of files (1-56) originated in the offices of Cliff Hale Limited, the firm which originally handled public relations for the University. The remainder of the records consist of general files (57-126) and correspondence (127-169).

Accrual consists of miscellaneous Information Services files including those related to Communications 100, University of Waterloo advertisements with the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, he President's Report of 1973-1975, fundraising, photos used in Department of University Affairs magazine Horizons, budgets, grants, co-op residences and student housing and voting rights.

Fonds consists of administrative records related to the planning, development, construction, and maintenance of buildings on campus including reports, correspondence, photographs, invoices, plans, and other ephemeral material.

Fonds consists of Davis Centre design competition records. Negatives, contact sheets, and prints are included.

The University of Waterloo Archives (UWA) conducted an oral history pilot project in 2022 to actively document the University’s history through the lived experiences of staff, faculty, and students. This project took place to ensure that the perspectives of the interviewees are incorporated into the archival memory.

Interviewees were selected by members of an advisory committee that was struck to ensure the project captured a cross-selection of individuals from the Waterloo community. Working with historian Dr. Anne Millar, several staff, faculty, and students were interviewed.

The interviewees include:

• Aaron Francis, PhD candidate, Balsillie School of International Affairs

• Professor Anita Layton, Canada 150 Chair in Mathematical Biology and Medicine

• Brandon Sweet, Associate Director, Internal and Leadership Communications, University Relations

• Camille Huo, student, School of Pharmacy

• Professor Don Cowan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Cheriton School of Computer Science

• Jacky Beckford-Henriques, Swimming Head Coach, Athletics

• Jennifer Shousterman, Executive Assistant, Office of the President

• Judi Jewinski, retired Administrative Dean, Renison University College

The interviews include discussions about the interviewees family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them there, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057.

Accrual consists of two 25th anniversary banners. One banner has wide black, red, gold and white stripes with no other markings. The other is gold and white with the University crest in red, gold and black and the dates 1957-1982.

Accrual consists of architectural and campus development and building plans, and a City of Waterloo map. Included are plans for the Student Services Building (which was later named Ira G. Needles Hall), Psychology Building No. 30, Math and Computer Building No. 17, and rental buildings at 514 and 419 Phillip Street.

Accrual consists of items received by Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo, when he attended the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on December 10, 2018. During the ceremony, Donna Strickland, associate professor of physics and astronomy, received the Nobel Prize for her work.

Accrual consists of examinations from various departments and programs collected for unknown purpose. The exams may have been used by library staff to support research services or made available to students as reference or studying resources.

Accrual consists of files of maintained by Murray Shepherd related to various committees and projects at the University of Waterloo Library.

Accrual consists of files from the office of Doris Lewis the first Librarian of the University. The files deal with all aspects of library administration from 1957 until 1975.

Accrual consists of records maintained by University Librarian Doris Lewis. The first three files deal with miscellaneous subjects pertaining to the University of Waterloo, from 1959 to 1974. Files 5 to 28 deal with Mrs. Lewis' involvement in the Canadian Association of College and University Librarians (CACUL), the Canadian Library Association (CLA), and the National Canadian Council of Universities and Colleges (NCCUC). The subjects included are: the Bladen Commission, for which Mrs. Lewis coauthored a report titled "Forecast of the Cost of Academic Library Services in Canada, 1965-1975"; the debate with the Canadian Association of University Teachers over membership of librarians; a committee on library standards; an Inter-Library Loan Code committee; a salary survey committee and minutes of annual meetings. These files deal mainly with CACUL, but there is also some CLA and NCCUC material included. File 29 consists of miscellaneous correspondence that includes mention of the dedication of the Library Building and Waterloo Lutheran University.

Accrual consists of files of maintained by Doris Lewis. Records date from 1957 when the university was affiliated with Waterloo College, and include budgets and memos dating from that time. More recent files deal with the Engineering, Mathematics and Science (EMS) Library and personnel, and arts library issues and budgets.

Accrual consists of records maintained by University Librarian Doris Lewis with a focus on her involvement with the growth of university libraries and their professional associations throughout Ontario and Canada. Records containing information about the building of the Dana Porter Arts Library are also included.

Accession consists of two copies of a cassette recording of a news item from Guelph, Ontario's CJOY radio. Titled "Report on feminism collection at the U. of W. Library" the recording features an interview with Doris Lewis by Peter Coleman regarding the collection of women focused research material by the University of Waterloo Library.

Accrual consists of Doris Lewis' working files for library and senate committees, and general ephemera including cards, invitations, and calendar pads.

Accrual consists of an assortment of University of Waterloo Library annual reports, committee material, correspondence and other reports from the Library Office.

Accrual consists of material related to the history and development of the Musagetes Architecture Library.

Accrual consists of publications produced by University of Waterloo Library including bibliographies, newsletters and promotional materials.

Accrual consists of an assortment of textual records from University of Waterloo Libraries including annual reports, mission statements, reports and material related to Davis Centre/Info Commons renovations. Also includes 4 CDs of the Library's Public Access Catalogue.

Accrual consists of an assortment of material related to LibQUAL, a survey offered by the Association of Research Libraries and participation by the University of Waterloo Library.

Accrual consists of an assortment of material related to projects, services, and resources in the University of Waterloo Library's Circulation Services.

Accrual consists of photographs, contact sheets and slides of the Dana Porter Library. Included are interior views of spaces and furnishings along with exterior and aerial views of the building with three levels. Also in the file are photos of books being moved between buildings, including one of books being moved into the Davis Centre library.

Accrual consists of a University of Waterloo Library-branded face mask distributed to all library staff as a token of appreciation for their work during 2020-2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic. The face mask features a drawing of the Dana Porter Library with a Canadian flag flying on top against a black background.

Accrual consists of related to renovation and space in the Library, newsletters, annual reports, and buttons.

Accrual consists of an assortment of audio-visual material and photographs from various library events and Friends of the Library lectures.

Accrual consists of records created by various Library committees or working groups including meeting minutes, reports, and newsletters.

Accrual consist of floor plans of Dana Porter Library and Davis Centre Library.

The fonds contains official programs from the University of Waterloo’s convocation ceremonies.

These files contain information about groups admitted to and funded by the United Way as "agencies" between 1965 and 1994. Agency files contain a mixture of general information, publications, financial statements, annual reports and correspondence.

Materials relating to the personal, family, and professional life of Tony Urquhart.

Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Tony Urquhart, relating to his personal and professional life. Includes correspondence, clippings, notes, typescripts, etc.

Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Tony Urquhart relating to his professional life. Includes primarily slides of images of graveyards taken largely in France. Also includes material relating to the exhibit "Vimy and After: Drawings by Walter Seymour Allward" curated by Tony Urquhart.

Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Tony Urqhart relating to his personal life and his work as an artist. Includes materials showing his creative process; materials relating to his involvement in arts organizations; materials relating to exhibition and sales of his work; and materials related to his personal life. Includes correspondence, ephemera, advertisements, clippings, photographs and idea books.

Accrual consists of material relating to the artistic career of Tony Urquhart as well as his personal life. The materials in this accrual are arranged according to the series set out in the original finding aid, with some exceptions.

The fonds documents Tony Urquhart's work as a painter, sculptor and teacher of art. Included is information on his earliest exhibited work as well as early correspondence and information on his activities relating to the arts in Canada. Of importance are his personal financial records as they relate to his work in lobbying to change the tax treatment given artists in Canada. A small amount of original art, i.e. working drawings, Christmas cards etc. is included.

The Thomas Lacey séance collection accrual includes several files of séance reports that contain details regarding the sitters involved in the séance circles and messages on various topics from spirits alleged to have communicated through the medium Thomas Lacey.

Audio reel recordings of séances held under the supervision of medium Thomas Lacey as well as other events, messages, and music. The séances were held primarily in Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario although some were held in other areas in Ontario and the Unites States of America. Prior to donation, some of the reels were transferred to audio cassettes. The audio cassettes are also included in the collection. Also includes a cue card index to the séances and a notebook listing séances held at 362 Frederick St. in Kitchener, Ontario.

One scrapbook kept by an unknown theatre goer. The book is specially made for theatre performances and features in index of the plays, and a two page spread devoted to each play. The left hand side of the page allows for written comments on the title, date and location of the play as well as impressions, and criticisms of the actors and performance. The right hand side of the page is intended to be used to paste in the playbill. In many entries newspaper clippings about the performance are also present. All of the productions were held at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston by the Boston Stage Society in 1904 and 1905. There are records for 80 plays. Some of the playbills also include advertisements.

One notebook kept by Sol Eisen listing books he purchased, names of contacts, historical notes such as lists of philosopher and poets, names of people who attended Sunday School at his synagogue, timetables, definitions and more.

Collection consists of four files donated as part of the Sol Eisen collection of Canadiana. These items include a ms. of Mexican plays, a music manuscript, a receipt for work completed by a slave on chain gang, and materials related to the life of Frederic William Wile.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by Stan Johannesen including seven diaries and original artwork for his novel Sister Patsy.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by Stan Johannesen over the course of his education, teaching career, and pursuit of personal interests. Includes correspondence, course materials created as a professor at the University of Waterloo and continuing education lecturer at Laurier University, juvenilia, and a variety of published and unpublished fiction and non-fiction works.

Accrual consists of material relating to descendants of Johann Christoph and Anna Elizabeth Schneider, in particular Herbert J. Schneider and J.M. Schneider Inc. Includes clippings, correspondence, audio cassettes, photographs, etc.

Accrual consists of material relating to descendants of Johann Christoph and Anna Elizabeth Schneider, their families, friends and activities. It also contains genealogical information about the Schneider and Ahrens families. Includes clippings, correspondence, audio cassettes, photographs, etc.

Fonds consists of material relating to descendants of Johann Christoph and Anna Elizabeth Schneider, their families, friends and activities. It also contains genealogical information about the Schneider and Ahrens family origins in Germany and relatives there. Includes clippings, correspondence, ephemera, films, manuscripts, photographs, slides, etc.

Materials relating to the history of the Schantz Russell family.

Records related to the Schantz Russell family. Includes photographs, ephemera, drawings, a floor plan of the Schantz family home in Kitchener, Ontario, correspondence and family histories written by Harold Russell.

Material created and accumulated by members of the Schantz family. Includes primarily ephemera including an early indenture, a tax bill, and school work of Tobias Schantz. Also includes notebooks kept by Dorothy Russell while a student at Kitchener–Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School, also known as Kitchener Collegiate Institute.

Textual, graphic and artefactual material created and accumulated by members of the Schantz Russell family, primarily Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Includes photographs of members of the extended family, correspondence, artwork, ephemera, and material relating to the professional and leisure pursuits of Orpheus Moyer Schantz.

Textual and graphic material created or accumulated by members of the Schantz families. Primarily includes photographs of members of the extended Schantz family and friends. Also contains ephemera, and school notebooks.

Textual and graphic material created or accumulated by members of the Schantz families, primarily photographs of extended Schantz family members and material created and accumulated by Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Also contains family correspondence, material relating to homestead land holdings, and ephemera. Textual records were loose when material was donated.

Textual and graphic material created or accumulated by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) and other members of the Schantz and Russell families, primarily correspondence received by Dorothy and some of her diaries and notebooks. Also contains miscellaneous materials created or accumulated by Franklin Abram Schantz, family correspondence, and ephemera.

Textual and graphic material created or accumulated by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) during her enrollment as a student at the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute and the Toronto Normal School, respectively, from 1916 to 1921. Also contains miscellaneous material created or accumulated by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz), including school certificates, provincial and county school examination papers and ephemera such as advertising and greeting cards. Includes as well, material relating to the Schantz Russell family; among these are publications and clippings.

Textual and graphic material belonging to or created by Dorothy Russell, including her diaries, correspondence and photograph albums. Also includes a small amount of Schantz Reunion material such as the 1913 register. The photograph albums originally belonged to different members of the family.

Primarily correspondence from Orpheus Moyer Schantz from 1881 to 1951.

Material created and accumulated by members of the Schantz Russell family. Includes one photograph, household records, an autograph album and a memorandum book.

Material created or accumulated by members of the Schantz Russell family including correspondence, photographs, ephemera, maps, artifacts and more.

The records document the education, interests and activities of members of the Schantz Russell family. In particular, the correspondence files notably detail the lives of the Schantz women who were well-educated, and travelled. Their letters record details of domestic activities, local and national affairs. The photographs add to the known body of work of local photographers, most notably Denton, and include some images of important local events, such as the visit of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The many very early local maps and plans provide significant insight for area research.

The records, originally stored in the attic of the Schantz Russell family home at 43 Schneider Avenue in Kitchener, were kept in trunks, boxes and desks, some belonging to individuals, and some containing general family papers. The arrangement of the fonds has been determined largely by the way the material was stored.

Diaries from Royce MacGillivray that document his personal and professional life.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by the Rotary Club of Kitchener. Includes materials related to the operations of the club, projects, events, and the history and values of Rotary. Materials include ephemera, minutes, photographs, architectural plans, and artifacts. Also includes two items from the Rotary Club of Kitchener-Conestoga.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by the Rotary Club of Kitchener. Includes snapshots from a rotary convention and materials from the Rotary institute.

Journals documenting Robert Shipley's life and experiences from 2006-2022. Also includes an audio journal of a 1992 trip to China and accompanying slides.

Materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley during his personal and professional life. Includes Shipley's personal journals and notes; articles written by Shipley in different news media and materials related to Shipley’s books and publications; personal and professional correspondence related to his time in the Canadian Armed Forces, different jobs he held, and his time at the University of Waterloo; and research materials created and accumulated by Shipley on different matters.

Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by R.J. Brown relating to his time as a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo YMCA chorus. Includes photographs of the chorus, music and set lists, membership information, ephemera and radio scripts.

Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Rienzi Crusz relating primarily to his professional life. Includes drafts of his works, information on readings and publication, correspondence, etc.

Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Rienzi Crusz, primarily relating to his professional life. Includes materials relating to his creative process; the critical reception of his work; his activities as a poet; and biographical materials. Includes handwritten and typed drafts of poems and works by Rienzi, poems published in anthologies and journals, works by others, correspondence, as well as materials relating to grants and proposals, biographical information, sound recordings and more.

Accrual consists primarily of handwritten and typed poetry and prose, some of which are already listed in the finding aid and accrual lists. Also includes correspondence, reviews, published pieces and ephemera.

Accrual consists primarily of handwritten and typed poetry and prose, some of which are already listed in the finding aid and accrual lists. Also includes correspondence, personal files and biographical information.

Accrual consists primarily of ms. and ts. poetry and prose, some of which are already listed in the finding aid and accrual lists. Some complete manuscript drafts are included. Also includes correspondence, reviews, and published pieces.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by Rienzi Crusz documenting his personal and professional life. Includes manuscript materials, correspondence, materials relating to his published works, etc.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by Rienzi Crusz documenting his personal and professional life. Includes manuscript materials, correspondence, materials relating to his published works, etc.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by Rienzi Crusz documenting his personal and professional life. Includes manuscript materials, correspondence, materials relating to his published works, etc.