Includes paper titled "Run sheet Charity Lotteries 1996-2001." Video produced by Television Bureau of Canada.

Series consists of records accumulated and used by William M. Alguire in his role as secretary of the Board of Directors from 1992 to ca. 1997, as well as by his predecessor Robert Bolden. Includes correspondence, agreements, reports, company and management information, and other material.

Series consists of records accumulated and used by James Holmes in his role as chairman of the board and CEO from 1976 to 1979. Includes press clippings, ms. notes, and an ms. draft of a paper.

Series consists of the annual reports of Electrohome. Series also includes some interim reports to shareholders, annual meeting notices, and photocopies of selected pages of the reports.

Series consists of material relating to the philosophy, objectives, and policies of Electrohome and to management theory and practice. Includes workshop manuals and other information about management and business principles, policy statements, research reports, article reprints, memoranda, and other material.

Series consists of legal records relating to the activities and operation of Electrohome. Includes agreements, draft agreements, correspondence (including faxes and some e-mail print-outs), memoranda, forms, and other material.

Series consists of records relating to the formation, evolution, and history of CAP Communications Limited, and material relating to the television and radio stations the company operated and the network of which it was a part. Includes agreements (photostat and original copies) and other legal documents, correspondence, memoranda, share certificates, reports, meeting minutes, histories, advertising material, radio scripts, photographs, press clippings, architectural drawings, and other material.

Series consists of records accumulated and used mainly by Robert Lovell in his role as Public Relations Manager (from 1963 to ca. 1988). Series includes correspondence files (including correspondence with community organizations, shareholders, and customers); subject files; records relating to the preparation and distribution of annual reports and the planning of annual meetings; records relating to the publicity of products, events, and board and management appointments; and other records relating to publicity of Electrohome.

Includes correspondence; memoranda; news releases (including some drafts); press clippings; draft speeches prepared for Carl A. Pollock, John A. Pollock, and other senior managers; reports to shareholders; product literature; photographs and other visual material; internal publications; and other material.

Series consists of material about Electrohome, its history, its divisions, and its facilities, produced for publicity purposes and intended for distrubtion outside of the company. Includes brochures, leaflets, interim reports to shareholders, and other material.

Series consists of company newsletters and bulletins, produced and distributed for internal communications and publicity purposes.

The employee newsletter Sparks and Chips was begun by Carl A. Pollock to foster inter-employee relationships and management-employee relations. The first issue was published on December 18, 1942, with Pollock as the first editor. It ran until ca. 1977. In 1980, a new company newsletter, Electrohome Update, was introduced to provide employees news on company people, products, and policies. In 1990, this newsletter was merged with Electrohome World, which contained news of the corporation's marketing activities for the dealer/distributor network in North America and abroad; the new Electrohome World was published for employees and dealer/distributors. Sparks and Chips: the next generation was introduced in 1994 as an informal newsletter for reporting plant activities, news, and ideas.

Several other internal newsletters and bulletins were published over the history of Electrohome.

Publications in the series include:

• Sparks and Chips (employee/company newsletter), 1943-1977, 1994-1997
• Super-News (supervisor's newsletter), 1946-1962
• Electrohome World/E World (dealer/distributor newsletter), 1963-1964, 1968-1974, 1983-1989
• E Dealer News (US dealers), 1967-1968
• AV E News (US commercial distributors), 1973
• E Service Now (Electrohome Service newsletter), 1974
• Cambridge Capers (Plant 10 newsletter), 1975-1977
• Electrohome Update (company newsletter), 1980-1989
• AABEXpress (AABEX newsletter), 1983
• Electrohome International (international marketing bulletin for distributors), 1985-1987
• Motor Mania (Plant 10 newsletter), 1985
• CAPsule (CAP Communications newsletter), 1985
• Electrohome Display Systems (Display Systems newsletter), 1986
• Electrohome World/E World (company newsletter), 1990-1992

Series may not include a complete run of any one publication, and some issues may be missing.

Series consists of records accumulated and used by Jeffrey Brum, Marketing and Communications Manager, Projection Systems. In 1987, the Electrohome Electronics group was divided into four business sectors: Display Systems, Projection Systems, Digital Video (i.e. Jazz Systems), and Operational Services (e.g. circuit board operations). At that time, it seems that the marketing, communications, and public relations functions were transferred from a centralized department to each of these sectors.

Records in this series relate to the development of marketing and communications plans for the Projection Systems sector, the design and production of product literature and publicity material, advertising plans and activities in co-operation with dealers, and the development of a long-range strategic plan for the sector.

Includes correspondence and memoranda (including faxes and some e-mail print-outs); marketing, communications, and advertising proposals, plans and budgets; product literature, including dummies, layouts, and blueline proofs; news releases; meeting agendas and minutes; agreements; and other material.

Series consists of material used in the production of advertisements for display and communications products, including data and video display monitors, educational receiver/monitors, satellite receivers, Telidon videotex terminals, and accessories for these products. Includes photographs, negatives, and other visual material, as well as final versions of product literature and news releases. Most of the material was used for the production of single-sheet advertisements intended for insertion into a portfolio with other product literature.

Series consists of material used in the production of advertisements for furniture collections, mainly Deilcraft but also Trendholm, Flexsteel, and Electrohome. Includes photographs, negatives, transparencies, and other visual material, as well as final versions of the single-sheet advertisements, which were intended for insertion into a portfolio with other product literature.

Series consists of advertising material, including advertisements distributed to Electrohome dealers for publication in local media, advertisements prepared for publication in national magazines and newspapers in Canada and the US, point-of-purchase advertisements, and advertisements and clippings collected in scrapbooks. Series also includes advertisements that did not belong in the category of product literature (Series 38-41). Advertisements cover the range of Electrohome products, including appliances, television and stereo, display monitors, projection systems, and service.

Series consists of product literature promoting motor and industrial products available from Electrohome, including AC motors, DC motors, blowers, and other motor products; industrial and commercial rigid plastic components; and reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration systems. Includes single-sheet advertisements intended for insertion into a binder or portfolio with other product literature, brochures, catalgoues, and price lists.

Series consists of records accumulated and used by W.E. Curry in his role as Manager of the Electronic Products Division, and as a member of a committee for planning activities related to the official opening of the Electrohome plant on Wellington Street, Kitchener, in 1957. Includes correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, a speech, ephemera, and other material.

Series consists of press coverage of Electrohome; the company's operations, activities, and products; issues of interest to the company; and Electrohome personnel. Includes press clippings, photocopies of press clippings, magazines containing articles about Electrohome, and reprints of magazine and newspaper articles. Some of the press clippings were obtained through the Canadian Press Clipping Service. Some of the clippings are loose, and some were compiled into binders corresponding to a specific time period.

Series consists of sound recordings containing mainly interviews with Electrohome employees. Includes audio cassettes and an audio reel.

Series consists of computer disks originally found in other files. Includes 5 1/4 " and 3.5" computer disks.

File consists of photocopied material relating to the early history of Electrohome and the Pollock family up to ca. 1919. Includes photocopies of ms. and typed notes, memoranda, press clippings and advertisements, pages from books and periodicals (some annotated), and Electrohome pamphlets and catalogues. File also includes a print-out of typed notes.

File consists of two copies of a reprinted article appearing in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record on April 21, 1977, about Arthur B. Pollock. The article was part of a series on members of the Waterloo County Hall of Fame.

File consists of operating instructions and product tag for a portable Electrohome air conditioner (humidifier).

File consists of a booklet presentation advertising Electrohome air conditioners (humidifiers). Contains ms. notes on front cover.

File consists of two print-outs of notes from interviews conducted by Gary McLaren with five retired Electrohome employees on June 14, 1984, and a photocopy of a typed timeline of Electrohome's history.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's business venture with the Horton Manufacturing Company (Fort Wayne, IN). Includes memoranda, minutes of meetings of a committee formed to discuss the washing machine program, an issue of the company newsletter The Horton Pioneer containing an article about the partnership with Electrohome, and two photographs of a Horton-Electrohome portable ironer and a washing machine.

File consists of material relating to motors and air conditioners. Includes advertisements and the text of a manual from the U.S. Air Conditioning Corporation, correspondence with companies that manufacture motors, an article reprint, and photocopied competitor radio advertisements.

File consists of an invitation to the official opening of the Electrohome Western sales zone offices, showroom and warehouse in Vancouver, BC.

File consists of material relating to the history of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario / Ontario Hydro and the provision of hydro-electricity in Ontario. Includes photocopies of press clippings and photographs, photocopies of pages from the Commission's annual report, print-outs of library and archives search results, ms. notes, and the program for the commission's 50th anniversary ceremonies.

File consists of reproductions of two advertisements for Pollock Talking Machines. One is a 1912 dealer advertisement for Cullen's Music Store in Berlin (Kitchener, ON).

File consists of press clippings relating to Electrohome's financial performance, its alliance with Baton Broadcasting, and radio design.

File consists of advertising and publicity materials relating to Electrohome and several of its subsidiaries and divisions, including Electrohome Europe, Electrohome Electronics, Projection Systems and Display Systems divisions, CAP Communications (CFRN-TV), and Lightening Circuits. Includes company brochures, single-sheet advertisements, product brochures, portfolios of company information and product literature, and issues of internal publications.

File consists of 45 negatives and 15 transparencies of Electrohome consumer products (television sets, stereo consoles, humidifiers), Deilcraft furniture, the 75th anniversary concert, and other events.

File consists of a photograph of a model with an Electrohome phonograph, and a photograph of employees with the first organs off the production line in Plant 3.

File consists of 11 photographs (plus copies) of the EGT100 satellite receiver and chassis, and possibly another similar product (?), taken from several angles. File also includes a memorandum.

File consists of a photograph of the [Planar] XR 4120 stereo receiver.

File consists of three photographs of a mural depicting Electrohome's history painted by Christina Peori. Two copies of the photograph have been mounted on board. Duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of a photograph of Betty Thompson on the set of the CKCO-TV show Be My Guest, interviewing an unidentified woman.

File consists of a transparency of a portrait of John A. Pollock.

File consists of a leather-bound volume containing material relating to the incorporation of Pollock Enterprises Limited and directors' and shareholders' meetings. Includes carbon copies of the letters patent and the by-laws, minutes of meetings of the directors and of the shareholders from 1947 to 1959, and a register of shareholders.

File consists of minutes from meetings of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Electrohome from September 1959 to March 1965, and also includes financial statements, reports, meetings agendas, graphs, and memoranda that accompany the minutes.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's profile with Dun & Bradstreet Information Services (Bethleham, PA). Includes two Dun & Bradstreet reports and correspondence. One report has been edited.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's company profile in the Business Opportunities Sourcing System through Industry, Science and Technology Canada. Includes a letter and a copy of the company information on file.

File consists of material relating to liability insurance coverage with the H.L. Staebler Company Limited (Kitchener, ON) for Electrohome employees on rental vehicles in North America. Includes correspondence and memoranda, including some photocopies and some e-mail print-outs.

File consists of two lists of Electrohome shareholders, one of the holders of non-voting Class Y participating shares, and one of the holders of Class X participating shares, as of the close of business June 12, 1994.

File consists of material relating to business conducted with Montreal Trust (Waterloo, ON) regarding Electrohome Class X and Class Y shares. Includes copies of monthly correspondence from Montreal Trust to the Toronto Stock Exchange regarding outstanding shares, a print-out of a report on holders of non-voting Class Y participating shares by geographic region, and other documents.

File consists of a material relating to product photographs for an Electrohome Road Show video. Includes a letter from Alguire and a photograph of the manufacturing facility at Planar Circuits.

File consists of faxed correspondence to Rogers Communications. File also includes lists of press contacts and recipients of Electrohome news releases.

File consists of material relating to the personal finances and estate of Carl A. Pollock as well as the estate of his father, Arthur B. Pollock. Includes approximately 85 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies), financial statements, legal documents, ms. notes, and ephemera. File also includes a copy of Pollock's birth certificate and passport and a copy of Arthur B. Pollock�s will.

File consists of approximately 53 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "B." Correspondents include the Honourable L.O. Breithaupt. File also includes some press clippings.

File consists of approximately 23 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "F." File also contains some press clippings as well as photographs of Pollock posing in the Electrohome showroom and at the University of Waterloo for use in an advertisement in the Financial Post.

File consists of approximately 65 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "G."

File consists of approximately 4 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "L."

File consists of approximately 6 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "Mc." File also contains some press clippings.

File consists of approximately 15 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies and one telegraph) with or about individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "O." Correspondents include Ontario Premier John P. Robarts. File also includes a photocopy of Bill 51, An Act to Establish the Ontario Economic Council, as well as notes written by Pollock and other records relating to the Ontario Research Foundation.

File consists of approximately 10 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "T." File also contains some press clippings.

File consists of motivational and amusing material, probably collected by Carl A. Pollock. Includes nine typed poems and stories, and one quotation clipped from a newspaper.

File consists of material relating to Carl A. Pollock's income tax return for 1966, including information about his charitable donations, gifts, political contributions, and income. Includes approximately 70 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence, tax receipts, an ms. statement of income, and other material.