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Diary kept by Louis Henry Wagner. Diary recounts in detail the illness and death of Mary Staebler Wagner on May 10, 1887.

File consists of the diary of Martha Rieder covering the period from April 25, 1898, to July 11, 1899. Diary was kept in ink and pencil in an unlined notebook, and the author has dated the entries and separated them with a horizontal line. Enclosures: cutout of three roses, invitation.

Diary kept by Louis Henry Wagner. The entries are not continuous and are in English and German.

Contains a photocopy of Harry Byers' diary from 1930-1931, while in Russia. The diary is titled "Mile stones a five year diary", is ring-bound, and has ca. 202 one-sided leaves, with two days per leaf. The diary includes daily entries detailing general activities, conditions in Russia, places Harry and hist wife Violet Byers stayed, meals, sickness and health, agricultural details, how the Grain Trust Russian Five Year Plan was going, details of social activities and events, notes from friends, lists of books read while in Russia, and lists of names and addresses of acquaintances. Byers mentions Violet quite often, and some entries are written by her.

File consists of the diary of Martha Rieder covering the period from March 1, 1895, to April 24, 1898. Diary was kept in ink and pencil in an unlined notebook, and the author has dated the entries and separated them with a horizontal line. Note after last entry: "Finis 1st book, continued in Book No. II."

File consists of the diary of Martha Rieder covering the period from August 11, 1902, to August 20, 1902, during a trip down the St. Lawrence River with her parents and sister Ella. Diary was kept in ink in a lined notebook.

File consists of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1903. Diary kept in ink in printed diary. Includes cash account at the end of the diary on pages marked "Memoranda."

File consists of the pocket diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1901. Kept predominantly in ink, the entries frequently includes brief comments about the weather and his mood, and often includes cash account notes at the end of diary pages. No entries were logged between January 10, 1901 and April 6, 1901.

The identification page near the front of the diary partially filled out by Rieder indicates he was 24 years, with a dark complexion and weighed 134 pounds. Also included are entries regarding the sizes of his shoes, collar, cuffs, hat, shirt, gloves and underwear.

Topics of note are his burgeoning relationship with Martha Anthes, frustrations with Albert Liborius Breithaupt, business dealings with a variety of contacts including the Kaufmans, and his activities with the church-based Young People's Alliance.

File consists of a Walker's no. 17 graphic diary for 1906 belonging to A.L. Breithaupt. Daily entries, many empty. Includes cash accounts and three cards pasted in for 1906: Grand Valley Railway Co.; Galt, Preston & Hespeler and Preston & Berlin Railways; Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway (A.L. Breithaupt Vice-president). Of note is the birth of his son, [Rudolph], on October 21.

File consists of the diary of Martha Rieder covering the period from December 15, 1904, to December 27, 1905. Diary was kept in ink in a printed pocket diary.

The fonds contains material relating to the life and career of James Wesley Graham.