1 letter.

Date and Place from: November 5, 1892 Guelph To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From Martin, M.B. Attachments: No envelope.

15 letters.

Date and Place from: December 16, 1920 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: November 25, 1920 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy, Etta 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: October 20, 1920 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: October 8, 1920 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: September 26, 1920 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: May 22, 1921 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: May 27, 1921 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope and one black and white snapshot. The snapshot is of Dorothy and her friends having a picnic.

Date and Place from: June 14, 1921 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: July 7, 1921 Grimsby [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: July 14, 1921 Grimsby [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: January 17, 1921 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: January 9, 1921 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: February 21, 1921 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: April 21, 1921 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1921 Toronto [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

1 post card notice.

Date and Place from: November 30, 1926 Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Curtis Publishing Company Attachments: No envelope, stamped post card. This is a post card concerning a subscription to a magazine.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: [19--] Morenci [Michigan] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From May Attachments: No envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: July [15], 1924 Highgate [Ontario] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope. This letter was folded with a letter from Dorothy to Frank dated July 15, 1924, and were together in the same envelope.

2 letters.

Date and Place from: April 20, 1898 Leamington [Ontario] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: January 10, 1900 Leamington [Ontario] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Attachments: No envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: September 28, 1944 Herbert [Saskatchewan] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 and Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Phoebe Attachments: No envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1933 September 9, 1933 To [unknown] From Coleman, Mrs. J.H. Attachments: No envelope. This is an introductory letter for Frank Schantz and Geo Ambrose to fish in Mrs. Coleman's creek. The letter is for two different days, and is folded over with a note for August 30th on one side, and a note for September 9th on the other.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: September 16, 1918 Ottawa [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Beddome, Jean Attachments: No envelope.

4 letters.

Date and Place from: January 2, 1923 Mount Forest [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Connie Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: June 26, 1923 Preston [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Connie Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: July 13, 1923 Mount Forest [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Connie Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: July 22, 1923 Mount Forest [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Connie Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: June 12, 1917 Crowborogh Camp [Sussex, England] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Kolb, Jacob Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

3 letters.

Date and Place from: October 12, 1922 Cleveland [Ohio] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Newman, Elsie Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: April 10, 1923 Cleveland [Ohio] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Newman, Elsie Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: September 3, 1923 Sierra Madre [California] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Newman, Elsie Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope. Subject: The letterhead is titled "Where is Sturtevant Camp : it's a family resort at the head of the big Santa Anita Canyon."

13 letters.

Date and Place from: May 28, 1911 Didsbury [Alberta] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: November 19, 1920 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: None

Date and Place from: October 29, 1920 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: September 17, 1920 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: September 14, 1920 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: May 22, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: February 16, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope. This letter is incomplete and unsigned, but it is written in Florence's handwriting.

Date and Place from: April 29, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: May 5, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope and a newspaper clipping. The newspaper clipping is titled "Movie magnate purchases Cawthra Mulock property" and is not mentioned in the letter.

Date and Place from: May 12, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope. This letter is written on a very long skinny piece of brown paper, and is folded accordion style.

Date and Place from: August 20, 1923 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope. There is a note from Frank in the body of the letter. Additional signatories: Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962

Date and Place from: August 21, 1923 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: February 19, [192-] Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope. This letter is incomplete, as it is missing the first page.

15 letters.

Date and Place from: October 20, 1920 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958.

Date and Place from: May 17, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope and a drawing. The drawing is labeled "Uncle Aruthur's house" and states that it was "drawn by Flora Sun. Eve Dec. 8, 1907."

Date and Place from: May 22, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope. This letter was in the same envelope as one from the same day from Florence. It is not signed, but it is in Sophie's handwriting.

Date and Place from: May 27, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: June 5, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: June 9, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: June 15, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope and a newspaper clipping. The clipping is a picture of orphans and is titled "Where 100,000 children wait." It is not mentioned in the letter.

Date and Place from: May 1, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: May 5, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: May 9, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: May 12, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: July 30, 1922 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope. Contains a note from Uncle Austin Schantz in the the body of the letter. Additional signatories: Schantz, Austin Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Date and Place from: August 7, 1923 Cicero [Illinois] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: August 20, 1923 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: [192-] Orrville [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

7 letters.

Date and Place from: September 22, 1919 Toronto [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Snyder, Viola Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: October 23, 1919 Toronto [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Snyder, Viola Attachments: Contains directions for making a baby sweater. Baby sweater directions were folded up with the letter, but not mentioned in the letter.

Date and Place from: November 23, 1919 Toronto [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Snyder, Viola Attachments: No envelope. Written on paper with the letterhead "Normal School Toronto."

Date and Place from: December 6, 1920 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Snyder, Viola Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: June 13, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Snyder, Viola Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: January 24, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Snyder, Viola Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: May 11, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Snyder, Viola Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

1 souvenir folder of Ausable Chasm, New York.

Date and Place from: August 22, 1924 Ausable Chasm [New York] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From [unknown] Attachments: No envelope, stamped. This is a souvenir folder of Ausable Chasm New York and is stamped and addressed on the front of the folder.

• 15 letters.

Date and Place from: December 26, 1920 Sarnia [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: March 27, 1921 Sarnia [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: September 17, 1922 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: September 19, 1922 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: September 20, 1922 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: November 26, 1922 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: January 4, 1923 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: January 17, 1923 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: January 31, 1923 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: February 6, 1923 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.
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Date and Place from: February 11, 1923 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: March 11, 1923 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: June 13, 1923 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope. Signed "Ningie" with a note stating "I just naturally sign that now" and "Helen sends her love too".

Date and Place from: September 10, 1923 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: December 29, 1923 Sarnia [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Verna Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

"Five year diary" for 1948-1952. Some entries lacking. Many inclusions: clippings, notes, cards, etc.

"Five year diary" for 1959-1963. Many entries lacking.

"Week-at-a-glance" appointment book used as a diary. Some entries lacking.

"1980 Pocket Diary." Some entries lacking. Inclusions : notes, clippings.

Photograph albums created and accumulated by Dorothy Russell. Some of the albums were created by Dorothy, and others by members of her family that were in her possession. Many of the albums are annotated.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some of the photographs are hand-tinted. One photograph appears to be missing. Identified photographs include:

Snapshots of scenery taken in Alberta and British Columbia, including mountains, buffalo, Jean Beddome, 1911.

Snapshots taken at Rockwood, 1918, "at Pomeroy's, Bridgeport," Port Dover, visits to the White family, Orrville, Aug. 14-26, 1922 and 1924 (May and Ed , Mr. and Mrs. Lye, Harry and Eddie, Faith, Edna, Ada, sleeping camp, Eddie Malkin)
"Bridgeport car": snapshot of Florence Schantz, Joe Fries, Motorman, and Jean Beddome, 1918 (p. 8).

"Hilborn Family Reunion, 9 brothers", July 1, 1922: Isaac, Amos, Aaron, Emanuel, David, Joseph, Jesse, Jacob, Edwin.

"3 cousins": Priscilla Nash, Mary Nash Moyer Schantz, Rebecca Nash Sweitzer, July 29, 1919.

Family and friends identified include the immediate Schantz family (Franklin Abram Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Mary Schantz, Dorothy Etta Russell, Tobias Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz) J.B. and Mrs. Pomeroy, Eva Pomeroy, Lloyd Pomeroy, Nelda Dreier, Geraldine Murphy, Mrs. E.H. Schiedel, Nellie and Elmer Schiedel, Ruth Schantz Spelman with baby Margery, Bridgeman family members, Inez Martin, Grace Longworth, Verna Fraser, Helen Lockie, Jean Fitzgerald, Clarke Russell, Ward Malott White, Mr. and Mrs Alfred Snyder, Spelman family, Pearl Clemens, Mary Wismer, Grace Kolb, Eva Kolb, Mrs. Oliver Kolb.

Locations and structures include: C.C. Holtzman home, Hagerstown, Maryland; home of Mrs. Faith Gribble McArthur, Victoria B.C., 1922; St. Mary's Hospital (p. 55), Victoria Park, flooding on David St. [?] (p. 70), views of Grand River from Cressman's Woods, farm pictures taken at Evesham, Saskatchewan.

Activities include: snowshoeing in Victoria Park, Jan., 1924, Ice Carnival in Victoria Park, Jan. 1925 (p. 55), Schantz and Euler houses, Conestogo, Oct. 1926 (p. 84).

Photograph of trees, one with a stump seat, in Victoria Park. A wrought iron bench and lampposts are visible in the background.

Photograph of a scenic view of the rear island and bridge in Victoria Park surrounded by large trees. Two blurry figures are visible walking along a pathway at right.

Photograph of west pathway and lake in Victoria Park, including view of Swan Island and, in the distance, the Roos Island bridge. A white swan is in the water, at centre, and a couple is partially visible, at left, walking along the path.

Photograph of Roos Island bridge taken from Water Street side of lake bank. Swan Island partially visible at right.

Photograph of large, bare tree surrounded by water and ice during a flood along the Grand River.

Photograph of a construction site enclosed by a white, crisscrossed wire fence. A pile-drive with boom vertical is visible along rail tracks on a ridge behind two homes enclosed by fence.

Loose photos originally a part of Album #1 [GA91-2003accrual-5-157]. File includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills.

Photographs 3, 5-9, 11-14, 19: Victoria Park.

Photograph 10, 18: Dorothy and Clarke Russell and Clarke's sister posing in bathing suits.

Photograph 12: Clarke Russell playing the guitar.

Photograph 10-16: Waves breaking.

Photograph 10-17: Laura Reichold and Dorothy Russell, Highgate, July 1924.

Photographs 20-21: Suddaby School Kindergarten class pictures, identified.

Photograph 22: C.F.C.O., Chatham Ont. : postcard.

Photograph of a woman holding a child's hand in front of a flowering bush.

Pink tinted photograph of Dorothy Russell looking into camera with head resting on hand.

Photograph of a tree lined dirt pathway through Victoria Park. Lamppost visible in background.

Tinted photograph of a stream pool in Victoria park surrounded by greenery and trees, some with visible root systems.

Photograph of a winter scene with trees surrounding track-spotted snow.

Photograph of group of four dressed in winter coats and wearing snowshoes seen next to and top of a windswept snowdrift.

Photograph of snowy rear channel in Victoria Park surrounded by pines and bare trees. A row of bare poplars and a house are visible in background.

Promotional composite photograph of 1930 C.F.C.O. Station Staff in Chatham, Ontario. Includes views of station building, studio and operation room.

Identified staff: Aubery Cox (Announcer), Con. E. Shea (Secretary-Treasurer), Jack Beardall (President & Station Designer), Edwin England (Operator), Clarence Lemire (Announcer), Victor R. Weatherhead (Musical Director), Geo. Spence (Operator), Grace Wilkinson (Sketch Artist), Jim Couper (Sketch Artist), Stewart Clark (Operator), Geo. Watt (Announcer).

One photograph album labelled, "Florence c1907-1911, excel. Alberta." Includes:

Snapshots taken at the Orpheus Moyer Schantz home in Morton Park, Ill., Dec. 1910-March 1911.

Snapshot of Ruth Schantz with Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), May 29, 1900.

Two group portraits with identifications, 1908: possibly Woolworth Co. employee picnics.

Portrait of Rebecca V.L. Krampene (Laschinger), New Hamburg and "A nook at River View, 1906". Also wedding of Beatrice Laschinger in New Hamburg, Jan. 1908 [also in another album, unidentified].

Photographs taken at Arthur Benjamin Schantz's homestead in Alberta in 1908-1912: includes snapshots of Arthur with his dogs, Austin Tobias Schantz, livestock including turkeys, angora goats, hogs, horses, Arthur's homestead shack, Arthur and Florence Annie Catherine Schantz with horses and wagon, interior of homestead shack with Arthur Benjamin Schantz and Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, "Threshing in March 1912" [faded], Reed family, "Prairie fire" [badly faded], Austin Tobias Schantz and homestead shack.

Photographs of places including panorama of Salmon Arm, B.C., Calgary, Alberta.

Portrait: Sophie Emma Schantz, May 4, 1912.

Photographs taken at Lionel Bricker farm [Alberta?], 1910-1912: Menno Bricker with horses, grandchildren Marjory and George, Bricker children posed with fields behind.

Photographs taken of Tuggle family in Alberta, 1912, in fields with stooks, also of "Thanksgiving at Swingles, Oct. 30, 1911."

Photographs taken at Wetaskawin, Saskatchewan: Cousin Bennie Schantz: family in front of "Model Bakery, " fishing.

Portrait taken at High River, Alta., Aug. 1909: Percy Robinson, W.H. Dickinson, Milton Eby, Serena Eby, Ida Dickenson, Lala Hart, Edna Weber, G.A. Frerks.

Photographs taken at Orrville, Ont.: "White children party." [Note: the family surname was White].

One photograph album labelled, "Schantz Family, Steckles, 1913-1918." Includes:

Portrait: Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz and Arthur Benjamin Schantz, 1899.

Portraits: Schantz family, Jan. 1911, family portraits with Alta and Mr. Martin, Mrs Scheidel, Jessie Thompson, "Edmonton Schantz's."

Portrait: Lizzie Snyder Schantz family [children], identified.

Steckle Farm: "On the road to Steckles", 1910, Henry Steckle, with Orpheus Moyer Schantz and Worth Flagler Schantz in horse-drawn wagon, 1910, family group posed on steps.

Jacob Kolb farm: view of farm from across the Grand River.

Oliver Kolb house, Breslau, 1911: winter scene.

Jacob Kolb farm: group of women on river bank "ready for wading in Grand River", also includes snapshot of them wading, 1914. Includes identifications.

Schantz home, 43 Schneider Ave, Berlin, Ont., Jan. 1911.

Schantz reunion, June, 1913: group portraits.

Photographs taken on Florence's trip in western Canada with Austin Tobias Schantz, Jean Beddome, Blanche Singleton, 1911 [deteriorated and discoloured]. Includes scenes near Banff, camping near Canmore, Lake Minnewonka, "The Louis Ranch" near Cochrane, Alberta, also horses being driven across creek.

Photographs taken at Arthur Benjamin Schantz's homestead, "Elk Lodge."

Harry Bricker's homestead and family, Harmatton, Alberta.

U.B.C.S.S. : group portraits at picnic, 1913.

Snapshots taken at Rockwood, July, 1915, 1916 (includes Mabel Dunham).

Snapshots taken at Puslinch lake, 1890's.

Holtzman home, Hagenstown, Maryland.

Snapshots taken at the United Brethren Conference at Kitchener in May 10-17, 1917. Includes many identifications.

Snapshots taken at Port Elgin, 1916.

Snapshots taken at Elora, Aug. 2, 1915.

Snapshots taken during visit of Levi Moyer in 1918 Waterloo Park, Cressman's Woods, King St., Kitchener, family members.

Snapshots taken at Victoria Park: deer, Earl Reis, 1914.

Group portrait: Snyders, Schantz, Georges, 1913.

Snapshots taken at Jordan, Ontario, 1904: "Cousin Sam Fry's home." Includes snapshot of the house, group in sleigh: Sam Fry, Mrs. Fry, her mother Annie, Aunt Molly, Great Aunt Annie Fry.

Photographs of May Gribble White's home and family, 1916, Orrville, Ont. Includes view of house and family on the porch, interior views of a decorated Christmas, shots of the children, and "Mrs. Gribble's tombstone."

Includes two postcards: "Presenting of colours, 118th Kitchener Battalion, Sept. 11, 1916" and "London: camp, Carling Heights, 1916."

Two snapshots taken at Cochrane, Ont. : "After fire, Cochrane, Ont., 1916" and "French family, Cochrane."

One untitled photograph album labelled, "1930's." This album would appear to contain primarily photographs of Schantz family relatives, taken at the 1930 reunion. Identified snapshots include: Wanger family, Snyder family: includes Polly, Bingeman Family: includes Phraney, Kolp [Kolb]?family, Detwiler family, Schantz family: including Moses, Yocum, Albert, Oesch family, Kitchener City Hall: ceremony on steps with banner across pillars: "Welcome Home: the town's yours for a week," Pioneer Tower, Kitchener Cenotaph, and Grand River at Doon.

One untitled photograph album labelled, "1930's-40's." Includes snapshots taken of children, a "fire breather," and boys at camp.

Material created and accumulated by Sophie Emma Schantz. Includes one book of song lyrics presented to Sophie as a gift.

Material created and accumulated by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz. Includes two greeting cards.

One carte-de-visite portrait of HRH Prince Edward VII.

A press clipping (source unspecified) dated July 5, 1900 concerning Waterloo's Centennial, the 100th anniversary of the first settlers in Waterloo County celebrated at Waterloo.

Forty-five song sheets published by E. Nason & Co, New York, New York. Includes an index with brief notes regarding song titles.

Diaries and notebooks created by Dorothy Russell. Includes a personal diary, a pocket notebook of bird sightings and other material, as well as a pocket notebook of books read.

One informal posed group portrait of over one hundred unidentified male and female members of the Union Evangelistic Campaign Choir standing behind a stage with a lectern draped in the Union Jack and a banner with a Biblical passage. The Union Evangelistic Campaign took place at the "Rink,"in Kitchener, Ontario during four weeks in May 1918.

One tin case manufactured by Best British Make, designed for holding a set of mathematical drawing instruments. An illustration is stamped on the cover of the case. The instruments themselves are not present.

A group of examination papers completed by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) in subjects including arithmetic, composition, dictation and spelling, and written reading. The examinations have been assigned grades and may have been written together as a set as the format and paper are uniform throughout.

A printed booklet of the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute commencement programme, December 21, 1920. It includes a list of diploma recipients for various courses of study; among the recipients are Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) whose name appears under the Normal Entrance Diploma. The booklet also lists officers of the high school board of the City of Kitchener and the Town of Waterloo, and teaching staff at the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute.

A graduation diploma awarded by the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Kitchener, Ontario to Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) on December 21, 1920 upon completion of the course prescribed for normal school entrance. The diploma is signed by John Shanz, Chairman of the [Waterloo County School] Board and D. Forsyth, Principal of the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute. It includes a wax seal with the gold and black ribbons of the Institute.

One lined notebook bearing the printed title, Huge 5c Scribbler, containing algebra exercises completed by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) during her enrollment in Form IIIB at the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute.

One lined notebook with the printed title, Berlin Public Schools, containing twelve compositions by Dorothy E. White including a description of Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ontario in 1915 and the Kitchener Market.

Ten cards showing reproductions of works of art in black and white. The images are predominately religious in nature depicting the Madonna and scenes from the life of Christ.

• Nine certificates issued to Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) and signed by her teacher, G.A. McIntyre attesting that she received no discredit marks for the period January-November 1879 while attending the Conestoga Public School. The certificates have printed images of birds on recto.
• Cards were found in the original envelope addressed by hand to Miss Etta Schantz, West Montrose, Ontario.

A certificate issued by the Public Schools Inspector's Office, Public Schools of the County of Waterloo, on April 18, 1879, certifying that Emma Shantz [sic], pupil at the Conestoga Public School, has been promoted to the fifth class. The certificate is signed by Thomas Pearce, Public School Inspector and George A. McIntyre, teacher.

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.

282 pieces of correspondence and related ephemeral items, to and from members of the Schantz family and friends, including Moyer, Nash, Kolb and Russell relatives.

Three letters: one partial letter from sister Sophie(?) reminiscing about childhood in Conestogo, one from Uncle A.N. Moyer (possibly Abraham Nash Moyer), one from Eva Keith, April 1899 congratulating Etta on the birth of her son, Wilfrid Herbert White.

36 letters. Correspondents include J. Bode, the Copelands, A. Fry, Alice Roos, Arthur Schantz, Austin Schantz, Orpheus Schantz, Harold Russell. One folder contains single letters from a variety of people.

Correspondence received by Franklin Abram Schantz.

28 letters. Correspondents include: Enoch [?], Abraham Fry, Annie Henning, Edward A. Moyer, Jacob Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Nannie Moyer, Samuel Moyer, daughters Etta and Florence, son Orpheus, husband Tobias and J.E. Wismer.

8 letters written to Tobias and Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) jointly. Correspondents include sons Arthur Benjamin Schantz and Austin Tobias Schantz, and Christian and Mary Schantz.

Snapshots of Ward White's family. Also includes the original envelope the photographs were stored in and a sheet of paper identifying individual people in the photographs.

361 pieces of correspondence and related ephemeral items, written to Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) from friends and family.

Three pieces of correspondence from E. Bannerman, Dorothy's landlady at 56 Rose Ave, Toronto, when Dorothy was at Normal School.

One piece of correspondence Dorothy Etta Russell from Bessie, Guelph, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.

One piece of correspondence from Jean Braithwaite, a friend of Florence, written after Florence's death.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Nora Bricker, Didsbury, Alberta.

One piece of correspondence from H.W. Brown, Kitchener & Waterloo Collegiate Institute.

Ten pieces of correspondence to Dorothy White from Verna Fraser, postmarked Hamilton and Sarnia, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes. Verna was a friend from Toronto when Dorothy attended Normal School there.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Connie Hutchinson, postmarked Mount Forest, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.

18 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Grace Longworth, postmarked Woodstock, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes. Grace was a friend from Toronto when Dorothy attended Normal School there.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Marion M, Ottawa, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her uncle, Levi Nash Moyer, written on Montana Children's Home Society, Heklena, Montana letterhead. Includes stamped envelope.

5 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell and her husband Clarke from Clarke Russell's mother, Jenny Russell. Includes stamped envelopes.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from her uncle Arthur Schantz, Big Prairie, Alberta.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her Aunt Carrie. One is undated and was written while visiting Kitchener.

Ten pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her uncle Frank Schantz, Kitchener, Ont. Three are joint letters and include messages from Sophie and Florence. Includes stamped envelopes.

Four pieces of joint correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her Grandmother Mary Schantz, Kitchener, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.

Six pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her cousin Worth, Chicago, Ill. One is an elaborate pop-up valentine dated 1915; one an undated New Year's card and one a wedding announcement.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Lottie (Mrs. Albert) Whyte, postmarked Great Falls, Montana.

Material that was found with the correspondence. Includes empty envelopes, invitations, notes on various topics.

Report cards from Berlin public school for Dorothy Russell.

Report cards from Berlin public school for Dorothy Russell.

A promotional notebook published in 1912 by the Alaska Feather & Down Co., Montreal, used by Dorothy Russell to record movies, plays and concerts she attended in Kitchener, Ont., Toronto, Sarnia, Chatham and Chicago, 1921-1928. Included are the names of actors and actresses, the theatre and the date.

One wedding announcement for Etta Lydia Mary Schantz to Ward Malott White.

One small notebook, 58 leaves, used as a trip diary by Mary Gross Nash Moyer.

Material relating to the personal life of Donald Richard Russell.

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.

Photographs of Hervey Bowman, a house on Church St., Kitchener, and a house on Roland St., Kitchener. Note that the photographs were found with correspondence between Franklin Abram Schantz and Franklin Bowman regarding Hervey Bowman's death.

Two prints given as gifts to Florence Annie Catherine Schantz by her siblings Austin Tobias Schantz and Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). The first is a poem on Robins that is in a small booklet made to look like a tree house. The second is an advertising card from the Farm and Fireside and Ladies Home Companion magazine.

Material relating to Franklin Abram Schantz's activities and interests, primarily property records and accounts. Includes ephemera, tax records, property records, a school notebook and a monograph detailing a 1935 hunting trip.

Two notices of taxes due for the property located at 43 Schneider Ave, Kitchener, Ontario.

A notebook belonging to Franklin Abram Schantz containing school notes, letters to friends and family, and poems. Also includes a newspaper clipping that was found on the notebook about Franklin Abram Schantz from 1949.

Material relating to the purchase and ownership of Franklin Abram Schantz's land in Didsbury, Alberta.

A photograph album detailing Abraham Nash Moyer's trip from his home in Kansas across America to visit family in Ontario, Canada. The album consists of approximately 110 photographs mounted on pages with typed captions and a travel story. The cover reads "With Kodak-from Kansas to Canada." Abraham's daughter Metta created the album, along with eight others, that were sent to friends and family. Photographs feature locations such as Iowa, Kansas, Illinois and Ontario and include Moyer, Schantz, Albright, Houser and Fry family members.

Correspondence and related ephemeral items, to and from members of the Schantz family and friends.