2 typed drafts.

Series consists of records relating to the administration of the COAA and to the association membership, accumulated by various individuals in the association. Records primarily relate to the development of the constitution and by-laws, the maintenance of membership lists for the COAA and for the association's teachers' council, and to some specific positions and committees: president, secretary, secretary-treasurer, and program committee. Series includes correspondence; membership lists; minutes of annual, executive, and teachers' council meetings (including the original minute book); the association constitution and by-laws (as well as drafts of these); reports; notebooks and handwritten notes; flyers, event programs, and exhibitors' lists; and other material. The series is not comprehensive in that not all years are equally documented and not all aspects of the association's administration and governance are represented in the records.

File consists of the COAA constitution and by-laws, one piece of correspondence to Gery Puley, and several loose pages from the association news bulletin. One of these pages contains the minutes of a special executive meeting in which association historian and past president William Vickers reported that he had commenced recording the historiay of the association.

Loose papers relating to the Benton St. Baptist Church, for which E.B. Dunke was the treasurer. Includes Annual reports for 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923; annual financial statements for 1920, 1923 and 1925; insurance policies, a few invoices and statements.

A suggested form of service for Remembrance Day 1962 for the schools of Ontario.

This abstract names James Colquhoun as a beneficiary.

Notebook containing speech notes by Mayor Leavine related to a number of events he attended from 1950-1951. It includes speeches made by Leavine in 1950 at the official opening of a bus terminal in Kitchener; speeches given on the occasion of the opening of the baseball season; and at the opening of a new hospital. It also includes speech notes for graduation ceremonies at Waterloo College and at St. Mary's Hospital in 1950, as well as a speech made by the Leavine on Decoration Day in June, 1950, and addresses made by him on Labour Day in 1950 and 1951. Notebook also appears to contain notes taken by Leavine at meetings of the city's boards and commissions.

Includes a certificate of dissolution dated Dec. 17, 1979.

Material related to the lives and activities of members of the Augustine and Kaufman families of Kitchener, Ontario and of the Ham family of Toronto, Ontario, in particular of the parents, aunt and grandparents of Mary Ham.

Image of (left to right) Elspeth Breithaupt, unidentified adult, Mary Ham, Emma Ratz Kaufman, Martha Rieder, and Edna Louise Augustine. The group is seen smiling at the camera, dressed for warm, sunny weather.

A photograph of a child in front of the house at 22 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener standing in the snow.

File consists of one ts. (original, 22 pp.) A ballad of Cape Breton, by Helen Creighton. Ms. note indicates the item was "presented to the Lady Aberdeen Library to accompany Songs & Ballads from Nova Scotia by Helen Creighton."

Contents: file consists of a clipping and an invitation relating to the debut of Alice Riggs Hunt.

Contains an April 1931 issue of a "V.O.K.S." Bulletin, "for foreign workers and specialists working in the region of the Northern Caucasus". Includes notes made by Harry Byers regarding the content of the Bulletin.

1 ms. declaration, 3 p. on one leaf.

Series consists of records relating to the administration and activities of the Muskoka Lakes Association, and in particular the annual meetings, meetings of the executive committee, and meetings of association directors. The records demonstrate the concern for and activity surrounding the MLA's involvement in issues affecting the environment and the quality of life in the Muskokas and address such topics as water quality, acid rain, planning and land use, water levels, taxation, etc. Series includes minutes for the annual meeting of the MLA (1894-1947), meetings of the executive committee (1972-1980), and meetings of association directors (1980-1986), as well as attachments and supporting documents including agendas, financial statements, budgets, association newsletters, correspondence, lists of board members, reports, surveys and questionnaires, minutes of board sub-committees, ephemera, photocopied clippings, etc.

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of Phyllis Parker relating to the activities of the association. Includes carbon copies and some draft correspondence.

File consists of material relating to the causes and effects of acid rain as well as potential action in response to the problem. Includes reports, fact sheets, and pamphlets published by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Environment Canada, the Great Lakes Science Advisory Board, and the United States-Canada Research Consultation Group on the Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants; a children's colouring and story book; and notes and handouts created and collected by Judy Godfrey at a citizen's conference on acid rain (Action Seminar on Acid Precipitation). Contains vol. 5 (1982) of the Canada-United States Law Journal, which is a special issue on acid rain.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Alida Burrett relating to her personal life and interests. Includes a CV, an essay written as a student and two copies of a student newspaper from when she attended Trent University.

Correspondence primarily between Ulrich Sommer and Lina Neumeyer Raatz. Lina Neumeyer Raatz was Ulrich Sommer’s aunt and she lived in Germany. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Lina’s death on January 21, 1969. Records include letters, postcards, poems, amateur drawings, and photographs of family members and friends.

Photograph of a woman in a street holding books in one hand with buildings in the background. Photograph was possibly taken at North-Western College, Naperville, Illinois.

Photograph of a timber-framed builiding, possibly taken in Germany or somewhere in Central Europe.

Photograph of two adults in swimsuits on a deck with a body of water and vegetation in the background.

Includes originals and photocopies of an article about Dendy by Adele Freedman which appeared in The Globe and Mail on Sept. 14, 1991. Additionally includes photocopy of a clipping (1988?) which appeared in The Toronto Star which focused on Dendy's career as an architectural historian.
This file also includes a photocopy of a review of Toronto Observed: Its Architecture, Patrons, and History by Dendy and Kilbourn. This appeared in Books in Canada in May 1987. Invitations to the launching event for this publication from Oxford University Press in association with Ballenford Books are also among the items included in this file.

Finally this file includes a folded flyer listing the winners of the City of Toronto Book Awards in the period 1974-1991.Lost Toronto received this award in 1979, while Toronto Observed: Its Architecture, Patrons and History received this award in 1987.The program produced for the City of Toronto's Civic Honours Day 1979 is also included in this file. City of Toronto Book awards were presented to William Dendy and other authors as part of this program.

Contains one brown cloth and leather bound notebook with graph paper pages. Some pages are numbered. Entries are sporadic, written in in pencil, and are dated. Includes lists of Platoon members, their identification numbers, and whether they were wounded or killed, as well as contact addresses for Edmonds' family and friends. The diary entries detail such things as activities at camp, destinations, progress of battles, names of relieving troops, and where the troops were billeted.

Series consists of material relating to Anne Innis Dagg's research on locomotion. Includes correspondence, ms. and ts. notes.

Assessment and tax notices and receipts for Schneider Ave. property, 1911-1924; property in Manitoba, 1928, for properties in Alberta, 1929-1931.

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

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

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.

Image of Harold Russell looking toward the camera with mouth open and hands at side. Birch trees and a body of water are visible in the background.

Image of Harold Russell sitting upright in a baby carriage as an infant with mother Dorothy looking on. The pair are seen outdoors on the sidewalk of a residential street.

Material relating to the personal life of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz. Includes ephemera and a book of pressed flowers.

A small booklet of poems and quotations titled A Forget-me-not.

Envelope and two studio photographs of children. One of the photographs shows A. R. Kaufman as a baby and the other shows A. R. and Emma Kaufman as infants and was taken by C. Schneuker.

Christmas card booklet featuring illustrated lilacs and a "Best Wishes" greeting on the front cover "From Eliza to Uncle Tobias". The booklet contains the lyrics for the hymn "Like a river, glorious".

Full body studio portrait of unidentified woman seen looking off camera while standing next to a table, holding a document..

A tax assessment for the City of Kitchener for 43 Schneider Ave. Dorothy Russell and Franklin Schantz are both listed as living in the house.

Series consists of materials relating to the mathematical education of Ralph Stanton. Includes course and lecture notes, as well as an essay and an examination.

File consists of drawings by Anne Innis Dagg of herself and her family members as animals. Family members drawn as animals include: Dad, Don, Mary, Mother and Hugh.

This series includes material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi when he owned the Village Bistro, a coffee house located at 2081 West 4th Avenue in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Village Bistro also served as a concert venue for rock and folk music performers and some of the material in this series documents Telegdi’s activities as a rock music promoter. Records include correspondence, posters advertising concerts, performance contracts, and photographs of The Poppy Family and Poor Souls bands.

Posters advertising concerts held at the Village Bistro featuring a variety of artists including the Papa Bears, Chase Anderson, the Paisleys, Black Shake Blues Band, Sleepy John, Seeds of Time (later known as the Passionate Mad), Tomorrow’s Eyes, the Poppy Family, Mock Duck, Grady Moore, Black Snake, Hydroelectric Street Car, As Sherriff, the Billy Joe Bottom Band, and the Isle of Sky. One poster contains a handwritten contract on the verso transferring ownership of the Village Bistro to Allan Kirton for the sum of $2000.00. The contract is dated March 22, 1969 but is not signed by Telegdi or Kirton.

Also includes posters and related material including press clippings and a brochure advertising musicians and bands performing at other venues in Vancouver, British Columbia or Toronto, Ontario including Sweetwater, Buffy Saint-Marie, Dick Gregory, the Poppy Family, Mother Tucker, Black Shake, Seeds of Time, Mock Duck, Tomorrow’s Eyes, Tiny Tim, Country Joe and the Fish, A Wizard of the North, Tunnel, Deyong Sound, Lights by Ecto Plasmic, the Papa Bears, Man Child, Elusive Butterfly, the Collectors, the Tote Family, and a variety of other bands that performed at the 1969 Thunderbird Peace Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia.

This subseries includes material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaigns to be elected as a Councillor for the City of Waterloo in the 1980 and 1982 municipal elections. Telegdi did not win a seat on the City of Waterloo Council in either election. Records include correspondence, flyers, notes, a press release, an invitation, and other textual material.

This subseries includes material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament, specifically throughout his first term of office held between October 25, 1993 and June 1, 1997. The material reflects Telegdi’s efforts to address issues raised by constituents and advance the priorities of the Liberal Party. Records include nomination and campaign material, correspondence, riding reports, news releases, speech transcripts, and several files related to specific local or national issues such as cooperative housing, crime prevention, post-secondary education funding, diplomatic relations, and the Quebec referendum of 1995.

One group portrait of the 108th officers training class taken outside.

Back row, left to right: Sergeant Major Kreutzer, Reinhold Lang, Lionel Washburn, Carl Heinrich, Dr. Rittinger, Mr. Wier, Frank Rooney, Col. Bowman, Hugo Bingham.

Middle row, left to right: Fred Davies, Norman Schneider, Solon Albright, Harry Halliwell, Brown, Hallman, McKelvie.

Front row, left to right: Al Pernfuss, E. Woolner, Harry Porteous, Russell, Leo Leyes, J. Harold Smyth.

Overhead photograph of the House of Commons in session.

p. 1-4. Niagara Falls, Buena Vista. Snapshots featuring Norman C. Schneider and Hyalie MacDondald, interspersed with shots of Niaga Falls and the cable car. Other shots of the two men, J. M Schneider and others are taken at Buena Vista, J.M. Schneider's home. Several feature Norman and Hyalie with pipes. Carl Ahrens(?) is also in several shots.
p. 5. Pope Hartford automobile.
p. 6. Schneider family snapshots ca. 1934: Howie sick in bed with nurse, Edith knitting, Keffer family visit, winter play.
p. 8-9. Schneider & Ahrens families at the beach, ca. 1927.
p. 10-11. Norman with a group of boys posed in front of car; Norman, Edith and friends, posed in front of a car; garden arch in winter.
p. 12 Family group on an outing, Norman and Edith with Siegners?), Shupes(?). All dressed in coats and hats, some fur collars, split rail fence.
p. 13-17. family snapshots at 76 Schneider Ave: house and garden exterior, Victoria park in winter, Herb, Howie and Brita, ca. 1934, family group with Emma Siegner.
p. 18. Schneider's(?) girl's baseball team. Women wearing "sailor" pants with two rows of buttons.
p. 19. J.M. Schneider in his office.
p. 19. Family snapshots at 176 Schneider Ave: "Europa Ping Pong, fireplace, Norman and Howie.
p. 20. "The twins, Leonard and Lorraine Pickard."
p. 21. Edith and Little Pal (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 22-23. Winter fun at Freeport, ca. 1934: family with skis, boys on toboggan, posed in front of car.
p. 23. Norman Schneider on the Duchess of Bedford, 1931.
p. 24-25. Family snapshots, 1934: children at Schneider Ave. and at Freeport.
p. 24. Schneiders Christmas boxes? Group of men in front of a store with boxes labelled "Merry Xmas".
p. 26. Herbert and Howie with false noses; Norman in deck chair with blanket and book on the Duchess of Bedford, 1931 (lacking 1 of 3).
p. 27. Norman in front of Cologne Cathedral, Nov., 1934; J.M. Schneider in his office, Dec. 22, 1934.
p. 28-29. Christmas 1934: Christmas tree, presents, Herb, Howie and Brita; Victoria Park 1934: hockey; Mary Jane Keffer, 1933; children on skis (at Freeport?), with unidentified man; J.M. Schneider and Helena with children, J.M. and sister Mary Alles (ther are negatives for these, 2 snaps of 14 lacking).p. 30-33. Keffer family visit (9 of 10 lacking). Includes one shot inside the Keffer home in Germany.
p. 34. Schneider plant, Dec. 1934: plant machinery, shipping Wiltshire sides.
p. 25. Skiing: Chicopee?
p. 36. Freeport cottage: swimming pool (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 37. All photos missing (3), one labelled Lexington Airport picture.
p. 38. Ethel at Freeport Cottage: "Poison ivy day, 1934"; Ethel and Brita, Victoria Park.
p. 39 family skiing at Chicopee, 1934.
p. 40. Family snapshots at 76 Schneider Ave: exterior at dusk; Children seated with Lapsley, Joachimi ladies.
p. 41-42. Schneider Plant: exterior; machinery; men working in office; man with truck "Sam Humphrey, 100,000 miles, 1936"; pigs, cows on ramp; steam shovel digging hole.
p. 44-45. Family snapshots: Schneider and Siegner group snapshots on outings, 1935, Herbert, Howie and Brita in new clothes?; children playing in winter: group shots including four girls in winter coats and leggings, two of boys and toboggan.
p. 46. Children fishing at Freeport, 1935; Norman in a train window, 1934 (lacking 1 of 6).
p. 47. Norman at the Keffer's home in Germany (lacking 1 of 4).
p. 48-54. Skiing at Chicopee: landscape, ski tracks, posed skiiers, skiier jumping with spectators (lacking 3 of 31).
p. 55. Schneider children: birthday party, boys collecting plants.
p. 56-57. Freeport Cottage: children fishing, playing baseball, family group with F.H. Schneider & Siegner families. Includes a shot of Mary Jane Keffer?
p. 58-59. Church of the New Jerusalem, interior and exterior (lacking 3 of 12).
p. 60: Norman, Ethel and Children: group shot at Freeport cottage; spring blooms, men at unidentified property (Sims at Chicopee?). Two of these are groups seen in a gazing ball.
p. 66. Ski Hill at Chicopee (lacking 2 of 3).
p. 62-64. Skiers: groups and individuals, both at Chicopee and elsewhere? Includes one summer shot of men digging ski slope (lacking 1 of 15).
p. 65. Ivan Keffer: winter portrait at Freeport?; Howie missing tooth.
p. 67. Construction photos: men working, shot taken high up (lacking 2 of 4).
p. 71. Horse drawing logs, trees in winter at Freeport?
p. 72-73: Norman Schneider on skis (lacking 2 of 4).
p. 74. Skiers in woods.
p. 75. Skiers in front of fireplace, including Norman Schneider (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 76. Dining room interior (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 77. Little Pal (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 78-80. Schneider stock farm: buildings, creek, boys fishing, collie dog, large tree.
p. 80-82. Spring at 76 Schneider Ave: house exterior, Victoria park entrance and pavilion, daffodils, Howie and Herb with bicycles, Brita with roller skates, group shots of children.
p. 83. Brock Monument and Queenston Heights, May 9, 1937, statue of soldiers labelled "Erie, Pa".
p. 84. Skiiers on grass.
p. 84-85. Keffer family.
p. 85. Norman Schneider with a group: "Europa, 1936".
p. 86-87. Schneider stock farm: family group, boys with pony, cows and large tree.
p. 87. Group of young women, 1936, possibly Schneider employees. They are all dressed for cool weather.
p. 87. Ceremony at Victoria School grounds: platform with speaker, scouts seated in foreground.
p. 88-93. Men's fishing trips (lacking 2 of 21).
p. 94-96. Rotary flag-raising at Chicopee.
p. 97. Norman, F.H. Schneider and Rotary: group portrait with large house in background (Sims home?).
p. 98. Rotary flag raising at Chicopee, 1935.
p. 98-100. Men's shenanigans: men playing outside in costume.

Photograph of Charles August and Emma Ahrens (back row at left) seated on a porch with (left to right) Floss Ahrens, Lottie Ahrens, unidentified person, and Norman C. Schneider.

Photograph of Ivan W. Keffer seated along a waterway looking off camera with wrists and legs crossed.

Photograph of Herbert J. Schneider standing on a brick walkway dressed in cadet uniform holding a duffel bag. Two unidentified children are visible in the background at the end of the walkway.

Studio portrait of Mrs. Riener holding her son Earl with her face next to his cheek.

Image of Cyril and ["Frances"] Hayes.

Three character references for Charles Andrew Ahrens: one signed by W.D. Hepburn, Oct. 15, 1878; one signed by an unidentified hand at Beardmore & Co., May 21, 1880; and one signed by L. Breithaupt, May 31, 1880.

Clippings, biographical notes, a photograph and a speech relating to the life of Elaine M. Catley.

File consists of correspondence from Stanley Smart to his family in Grassie, Ontario, from December 20, 1942 to February 27, 1943. Includes 19 letters with original envelopes, 3 airgraph letters, and 1 postcard. Correspondence is addressed to his mother or to mother and family; a letter to Aunt Ella is also included.

Contains one typed item of correspondence from McNeill to the Editor of The Mail & Empire. The letter is titled "the rich blessings of the five year plan" and discusses the five year plan in Russia.

Biographical information compiled by Betty Schneider relating to Ella Daniels Schneider, wife of Frederick H. Schneider, and her family, including her father, the Rev. E.D. Daniels. Includes photocopies of genealogical information, photocopies of clippings and photographs. genealogical charts and information,

Two copies of an informal group portrait taken at Grand Bend or Southampton, with cottage visible in background.
Back row, left to right: Lotte (Ahrens) Shupe, Emma (Hirshey) Ahrens, J.M. Schneider, Charles A. Ahrens, Norman C. Schneider.
front row, left to right: Stella Daniels, Emma Schneider, Ella Daniels, Floss Ahrens.

Biographical information compiled by Betty Schneider relating to Heinrich Metz Schneider and his family. Consists of genealogical charts and information, a photocopy of David Schneider's obituary, reminiscences, and photocopied photographs (one from the Church of the Good Shepherd Archives).

Biographical information compiled by Betty Schneider relating to Wilhelm Christoph Schneider and his family. Consists of genealogical charts and information, a photocopy of a marriage record, and a computer printout of Carl Arnold Schneider's obituary.

One group portrait taken at Schloss Bruschal, Bruschal, Germany. Includes a copy of a speech by Herb Schneider at the Holy Cross Church in Unteröwisheim, Kraichtal, Germany, July 12, 1995, and a copy of his speech given at the Concordia Club in 1997. Also includes photocopies of portraits of the choir with identifications:

• Jack Brown
• Peter Schmidt
• Merv Scheerer
• Walter Huebner
• Clair Zurbrigg
• Laurie Rowbotham
• Lori Kaj
• Jack Houston
• Larry Snyder
• Ron Schaus
• Henry Huebner
• Ken Benninger
• Jim Rennie
• Bob Dekker
• Bill McBride
• Ed Martin
• Paul Eckmier
• Ernie Cressman
• Dave Krupp
• Larry Woolner
• John Gee
• Ernie Zehr
• Wayne Henrich
• Ralph Brenneman
• Dennis Schaner
• Elton Leis
• Gerry Martin
• Terry Hallman
• Stan Gingerich
• Elmer Reist
• Lester Yantzi
• Jim Ball
• Doug Lacey
• Robert Hunt
• Paul Couillard
• Tim Mussar
• Henry Smit
• Harold Sherk
• Denzil Bish
• Peter Willing
• Wayne Witt

File consists of one image of the CON logo.

File consists of one glass amber bottle with a cork stopper. The bottle is 18 cm high, and 21 cm in circumference.

Contents: series consists of materials created and accumulated by Bill Thomson relating to his professional life. Includes materials relating to projects that he consulted on, materials relating to teaching responsibilities at the University of Waterloo, and also to organizations that he has been involved with.

Sixteen transcripts of radio broadcasts from regional public radio stations in Germany transmitting from the cities of Hamburg and Bremen. The stations were operated by the regional broadcasting company Nordische Rundfunk AG (NORAG), later renamed Norddeutsche Rundfunk GmbH. These stations transmitted broadcasts to the Prussian provinces of Schleswig-Holstein and Hanover, as well as the Free State of Brunswick, the Free State of Oldenburg and western Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Eight transcripts of radio broadcasts from the nationwide radio broadcasting station in Germany, known as the Deutschlandsender. Many of the transcripts included appear to be of broadcasts from the station’s second transmitter in Zeesen.

Thirteen transcripts of radio broadcasts from black propaganda stations in the Concordia Offices in Berlin that were part of the English language section of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG) including the New British Broadcasting Service (NBBS), the Workers’ Challenge, and Radio Caledonia.

A manuscript notebook that records the details of séances held by a group of individuals in Weston-super-Mare, England between April 16, 1924 and February 27, 1925. The handwritten entries in the notebook describe the manner in which a circle was opened to begin the séance, any images seen or sensed, whether or not a spirit appeared, all questions and answers made by sitters and spirits, and often include a general summation of the séance. An index featuring a list of topics raised during the séances and the name of the spirit who discussed the topic is available at the back of the notebook. Inserted between page 250 and 251 is a poem handwritten on a blue card dated February 17, 1945 and addressed to Dora written by J. & A.P. In addition, the notebook contains a photograph pasted onto the verso of the flyleaf. The photograph shows four men and eight women, possibly the members of the Spiritualist circle in Weston-super-Mare, England.

File consists of one scrapbook documenting the history of the Concordia Club through the years 2003-2005.

Series contains materials relating to the estate of John Ratz. Includes correspondence, tax records, receipts and invoices, cheques, ledger books and legal documents.

Material related to the Ratz family history and genealogy. Includes artifacts, photographs, genealogy research notes and booklets, correspondence, a diary excerpt, press clippings, and ephemera.

Studio portraits of Henry Dunke and his wife Elizabeth Dunke (nee Klinck).

File consists of annual statistics for Uniroyal Ltd. for the year 1980. Includes details on raw materials purchased, major services purchased, and work force.

Photograph of Irmengarde Hagen seated on a yellow arm chair, holding a handbag, and looking at camera.

Series consists of correspondence to and from Dana Porter regarding a variety of topics in his personal and professional life. Includes approximately three hundred and thirty-six items. Correspondents are listed at the file level. Note that where applicable items of correspondence have been left in their original file and subsequently correspondence can also be found in :

• Series 2. Dana Porter and Dorothy Parker Family ;
• Series 4. Ephemera ;
• Series 5. Political and Legal Career ;
• Series 6. Scrapbooks and Clippings ;
• Series 7. Shakespeare ;
• Series 8. Speeches and Addresses ;
• Series 9. Visual Materials.

Series is comprised of biographical materials related to members of the Smith-Shortt family, primarily Elizabeth Smith Shortt and Damaris Isabel Smith. Includes manuscript and typescript notes, clippings, and a copy of Silas Smith, U.E.L. and his Descendants.

Series consists of materials relating to the personal life of Isabel Ecclestone Mackay. Includes clippings, obituaries, correspondence and ephemera.

File consists of various clippings from newspapers and magazines on the life and works of Isabel Mackay.

File consists of biographical and critical articles on Barbara Smucker and her works. Includes clippings, ephemera and photocopies. Also includes a typescript curriculum vitae and biographies written by Barbara Smucker and her husband Donovan Smucker.

Biographical information copied from the Rankin Family Bible and a copy of a letter to John I. Rankin in Montreal from Sir Patrick Ashley Cooper at Beaver House in London, England, where the Hudson's Bay Company archives were then maintained, regarding a request for information about Colin Rankin. In the response, Cooper quotes directly from the May 1921 issue of The Beaver about Rankin.

File consists of "The All Denby Navigator", the yearbook of Edwin C. Denby High School in Detroit, Michigan which was attended by Bernard Suits. Suits has written a short story called "The Great Deducer" which is included in the yearbook.

File consists of a scrapbook compiled by Damaris Smith containing clippings, engravings, stamps and seals, and obituaries and biographies of prominent suffragists, literary, political and social women, some of whom are British.

File consists of one group portrait of the members of the Beaver tennis club, a Dominion Tire company tennis team. Handwritten annotation on front of photo reads: "Beaver Tennis Club --- 1937."

Step by step instructions for preparing Harvey's new house for occupancy, starting with liming the cellar and ending with papering and decorations (includes envelope).

Waterloo: concerning bible class.

Chronological list of speeches and talks given by K.G. Murray from 1967 to 1984.

Clippings and biographical notes from Eby's "A Biographical History of Waterloo Township" relating to the Wagner-Hailer families and related families. Includes obituaries of Margaret Bean (nee Hailer), daughter of Jacob Hailer and Margaret Riehl; obituary of Harriet Brehler; a clipping about Jacob Hailer; genealogical notes on the Bean family from the Eby Book.

Series consists of material relating to the administration and operation of the Lang Tanning Company in Kitchener Ontario, from approximately 1888 to 1974. Contains minutes, agreements, and clippings. Also contains a colour photocopy of a site plan from 1938

Contains a minute book for Lang Tanning Company Limited. Includes minutes for 1911-1930 and the "General code of by-laws" written in 1926.

Series consists of materials relating to the history and genealogy of the extended Bowlby family. Includes information on the Bowlby, Sovereign, Murphy, and Powell families. Includes clippings, a family crest sample, correspondence, and genealogical notes on the families.

Series consists of records relating to the history of The Arthur Pequegnat Clock Company and the Pequegnat family, probably collected and kept by Marcel Pequegnat. Includes a photocopy of part of the letters patent for the Berlin and Racycle Manufacturing Company, Racycle and Pequegnat clock advertising material, clock catalogues, press clippings, ephemera, and property agreements.

One item of correspondence to St. John Ervine, April 19, 1921.

File consists of one typescript of Gladys Lilian King's work "Among the beavers: Canadians and others. Being a personal narrative of the work done by the Military Women Police in and around the Beaver Hut in the Strand, London." The book details King's time in England during the First World War working at the "Beaver Hut" a refuge for Commonwealth soldiers. The work is signed by King and a note on the flyleaf reads "This history is sent to you [Lady Aberdeen Library on the History of Women] in revered memory of Lena Frances Campbell (Sergeant C.) Called to Higher Service on September 21, 1953. N.B. My very dear friend and coworker, over the years, for a period of 36 1/2 years. Gladys L. King. Fremington. 62, Tilehurst Road, Reading, Berks. England."

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of E Palmer Patterson's writings about Indigenous peoples in Canada. Also contains supporting documents, and some related correspondence concerning the publication of E Palmer Patterson's works by Grolier for use in the Canadian education system.

This appears to have formed one of the research folders used by Kay Rex for the purposes of researching for her book “No Daughter of Mine: The Women and History of the Canadian Women’s Press Club, 1904-1971” (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995).

This folder contains printed materials issued by the C.W.P.C including a flyer (1965?) containing a brief resume of the history of the club, and a booklet entitled “Pathfinders” authored by Miriam Green Ellis and published by the C.W.P.C. This booklet contains biographical information on some of the prominent C.W.P.C members from its earliest days including Emily Murphy, Agnes Maule Macha, Susanna Moodie, Genevieve Lipsell Sinker, Katherine Hale, Kennethe M. Haig, Mae Clendenan, Elizabeth Bailey Price, Irene Moore, Marshall Saunders, Annie E. Mathewson, E. Cora Hind, Violet McNaughton, and Nellie L. McClung. A flyer produced by the Media Club of Canada Inc. and featuring information on this club is also contained in this file. Also included in this file is the Golden Jubilee (1904-1954) publication of “Newspacket”, a C.W.P.C publication. This issue of “Newspacket” serves as a record of the history of the first fifty years of the C.W.P.C.

Other items in this file include articles written by Kay Rex herself, which appeared in two different serials in 1980 and 1990 respectively. The article from 1980 reports on the beginnings of the Newspaper Guild in Canada and was written on the 47th International Convention of this Guild in 1980. The second article from 1990 is from an April issue of “The Byliner” and focuses on Emily Murphy, a journalist and fifth national president of the C.W.P.C who fought for women's rights in Canada.

Also contained in this file is a request for information on C.W.P.C members from anyone who has been associated with the club or has had relatives who were members. Kay Rex placed this request in the May/June 1987 issue of “Content”.

This file also contains articles on prominent C.W.P.C members that appeared in various journals. This includes an article by Robin Rowland from 1978 about Kathleen Blake "Kit 11 Coleman, prominent female journalist with the “Mail and Empire”, the world's first accredited woman war correspondent, and first president of the C.W.P.C. A second article by Barbara Freeman from 1994 focuses on the history of female journalism.

Finally, this file contains a list of individuals who were interviewed by Kay Rex for the purposes of her book on the C.W.P.C published in 1995.

Series documents the management of Homer Watson’s paintings by Ross Hamilton and the Waterloo Trust and Savings Company. Consisting of correspondence between 1942 and 1949, many of the letters are addressed to Hamilton, from various galleries and museums, regarding the possible purchase or exhibition of Watson’s paintings. Other correspondence to note is a letter from the Waterloo Trust and Savings Company to Prime Minister Leslie M. Frost on displaying Watson’s work in Canada’s parliamentary buildings. There is also a letter dating to July 14, 1917 that was written by Watson’s adopted daughter, Mary Margaret.

Correspondence
1. to Alma from Mary Margaret Watson, Doon July 14, 1917

Correspondence re: Homer Watson
2. to Ross Hamilton from Estates Manager Oct. 13, 1942
3. to Ross Hamilton, Waterloo Trust from O.W. Scott Feb. 28, 1944
4. to Ross Hamilton from Lillian MacIntyre, St. Catharines Dec. 30, 1947
5. to Ross Hamilton from D. I. McLeod, Toronto Jan. 23, 1948
6. to Ross Hamilton from Max Stern, Dominion Gallery, Montreal Feb. 23, 1948
7. to Ross Hamilton from Paul Rainville, Provincial Museum, Quebec April 1, 1948
8. to Ross Hamilton from Robert Tyler Davis, Art Association Montreal April 30, 1948
9. to Ross Hamilton from Blake- More Godwin, Toledo Museum of Art Oct. 2, 1948
10. to P.V. Wilson, Waterloo Trust from D. A. Wanklyn, Montreal Feb. 3, 1948
11. to Hon. Leslie M. Frost from P.V. Wilson Nov. 24, 1949
12. to P.V. Wilson from E. J. Young, Waterloo Trust, Toronto Nov. 30, 1949
13. note re Homer Watson's paintings