Two letters from Osler, Hammond and Norton regarding the purchase of $50 in Liberty Bonds.

Two letters, one a Christmas postcard, the other is a letter from Worth Flagler Schantz regarding the death of Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Included in the letter are newspaper clippings on Orpheus Moyer Schantz and a funeral card.

Two postcards, one from Arthur Benjamin Schantz and one from Emma Grace Keeler.

Group portrait of the Alma St. United Brethren in Christ Church choir, which was led by A.O. Bowman.

Back row: Ed Clemens, Frank Schantz, Arthur Schantz, Eli Brubacher.

Middle row: Aggie Brubacher, Lizzie Groh, A.O. Bowman, Lizzie Musselman.

Front row: Sophie Schantz, Susanna Musselman, Rosetta Lautenschlager, Ella Weaver.

Group portrait of the Alma St. United Brethren in Christ Church choir, which was led by A.O. Bowman.

Back row: Ed Clemens, Frank Schantz, Arthur Schantz, Eli Brubacher.

Middle row: Aggie Brubacher, Lizzie Groh, A.O. Bowman, Lizzie Musselman.

Front row: Sophie Schantz, Susanna Musselman, Rosetta Lautenschlager, Ella Weaver.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Rev. Mrs. Baldwin seen in partial profile looking off camera.

Negatives showing the Bridgeport Flood. Includes images of cars, houses, and bridges in the water as well as the river. Identification from enclosure.

One heads and shoulders portrait of (left to right) Melvina Dorthula Flagler, Ruth Schantz, and Carrie Flagler Schantz. Ruth in the middle with arms around her Melvina's neck.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Abraham Nash Moyer seen in partial profile.

Photograph of Charlotte Hayes and mother-in-law Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Moyer. They are seen sitting together in a hammock on the front porch of a home. Charlotte is shown wearing a boater hat.

One upper body studio portrait of Edmund Warren Moyer seen in profile.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Edna Moyer seen looking off camera, aged 17 years, 6 months. Photograph originally belonged to Sophia Moyer.

One group photograph of Anna Tomlins Moyer with daughters seated together on a porch. The group is identified on the verso as Lillian and Mable; however, other identification on other photographs suggest the group is (left to right) Edna, Anna, Etta, Bertha and Mable.

One head studio portrait of Jacob Moyer seen looking off camera.

Head and torso studio portrait of Jesse Gross Moyer dressed in suit and tie, looking off camera.

One full body studio portrait of John Matt Moyer, aged fifteen months. John is wearing a long white gown.

Full length studio portrait of Levi Nash Moyer and Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Moyer later in life. Mollie is seated in a chair and Levi is standing at left

One upper body studio portrait of Levi Nash Moyer seen looking at camera.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Lillian M. Moyer seen looking off camera.

One upper body portrait of Louise Moyer seen leaning over the back of a chair and wearing a dress with a lace collar.

Upper body studio portrait of J.M. Moyer. Identification from verso.

One upper body studio portrait card photograph of Mollie Moyer (wife of Levi Nash Moyer). Identification from verso.

Upper body studio portrait of Theodore Moyer seen looking off camera.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Henry Nash. Photograph has been altered to show Henry in a scroll and the edges of the card are bevelled.

Full body photograph of Jennie Piggott, age 11, seen standing with arms at side in front of a door covered with a wool blanket.

Snapshots of Arthur Schantz's life in Alberta. The images range in date from ca. 1900 to ca. 1920 and show Arthur and Austin Schantz as well as Jean Beddome (Braithwaite). Included are images of Arthur's summer job as a fire warden and a trip by wagon to Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park. Also of interest are images of a group of youths who came to visit Arthur while he was a warden. Of particular interest is the dress of the women who are wearing jeans. Most of the images are unidentified.

Upper body studio portrait of Carrie Flagler Schantz and Worth Schantz.

One full length studio portrait showing Herbert Schantz and Florence Schantz as children. They are seen standing side by side with arms propped on a pedestal.

One photograph of Christian K. Schantz, wife Mary (Hutchinson) Schantz, five of their children and two dogs in front of their homestead south of Wetaskiwin, Alberta.

Photograph of Constance Demaris Spelman, aged five years and nine months, Richard Ogden Spelman, aged four years and eleven months, and Joan Elizabeth Schantz, aged three years. The cousins are seen outdoors seated in a row on a bench.

Two identical outdoor group portraits taken at the 1913 Schantz family reunion. Over 880 people attended the reunion; this portrait shows only a few of them. Florence Schantz is seen, second row from the back, sixth from right and the person standing at centre, at the very back of the group, is likely Franklin Abram Schantz.

Studio portrait of Josiah Kolb Shantz with wife Nancy Kolb Shantz and children Eliza, Benjamin, Abram, Elo and Lorena. Placement of children not included with identifications. Birth dates of children suggest Eliza and Elo are standing at right and Lorena is seated at left. Benjamin and Abram were born too close together to determine their standing order at left.

Nine glass plate negatives showing a variety of images. Included are landscapes of a forest, a lake and a creek, possibly taken in Victoria Park, as well as an image of a rose, of a woman standing in a dress, and a postmortem image of a coffin with a deceased man in it.

Two identical photographs of Ruth Schantz with husband Walter Spelman and children Dorothy Spelman, Constance Demaris Spelman, John Spelman, Walter Bishop Spelman and Margery Ruth Spelman. Constance is newly born and is being held by her father (seated) while the family gathers around looking at the infant.

One photograph of the Schantz/Flagler family. From left to right: Samuel Adee Flagler, William B. Flagler, Nell Johnston Flagler, [Carrie Flagler Schantz?], Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Melvina Dorthula Flalger, unknown. The family is shown sitting outside on a lawn.

Ten identical head and shoulders studio portraits of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

Card photograph possibly of the exterior of the Schantz house in Port Elgin, Ontario. Shows a wood frame house with a porch and a wooden fence. Standing out front are one adult and five children, one of whom is holding a bicycle.

Full body studio portrait of James Robert Shantz (nephew of Tobias Schantz) and wife Elisabeth seen looking at camera. James is seated in a wicker chair with Elisabeth standing at side.

Full body studio portrait of Joan Elizabeth Schantz, aged four years and eleven months. Joan is seen in a dress with a bow in her hair, seated with legs bent at side.

One upper body studio portrait of Anna Moyer with Mary Moyer Schantz. Both women are shown wearing eyeglasses. Photograph belonged to John Wismer. Identification from verso.

Head and torso studio portrait of Mary Moyer Schantz at approximately sixteen years of age with ribbons in hair.

Cyanotype photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz and Ruth Schantz. Orpheus is seated on a swing out front of their home at Morton Park with arm around Ruth who is standing at his side.

Photograph of the home of Orpheus Moyer Schantz and family at Morton Park. Two unidentified children, possibly Ruth and Worth, are visible standing on the porch. The photograph has been mounted on a board and with a decorative handwritten caption that reads "Residence of Mr. & Mrs. O.M. Schantz, Morton Park, Ills., Sept. 9, 1892."

One loose album page that has been removed from an unidentified photograph album. Recto shows three photographs: Annie Rosetta Fry with cousin Annie Fry Clark "in Grandmothers costume [sic]." standing along a white fence; Annie Rosetta Fry and Annie Fry Clark sitting on a porch in rocking chairs knitting; C. Abraham Fry and son Edward Wilson Fry standing in a yard. Verso shows three photographs of Annie Fry Clark, Annie Rosetta Fry, Samuel Fry, Sarah Grobb Fry, Abraham Fry, Martha Jane Pysher Fry.

Three photographs that have been hole punched and tied together. The first shows Ruth Schantz sitting in a wheelbarrow with Carrie Flagler Schantz in front of the home at Morton Park. The second shows Ruth Schantz and Orpheus Moyer Schantz on the steps of the home at Morton Park. The third shows Ruth standing in a garden holding flowers.

Upper body studio portrait of Worth Schantz seen looking at camera with arms crossed.

Upper body studio portrait of Urban Snyder seen looking toward camera.

One fully body studio portrait of Walter and Margery Spelman (children of Ruth Schantz), aged two years and six months. Included with photograph is a slip of paper inscribed "With love to Great-Grandmother From Walter and Margery. Walter Age 2 years. Margery – 6 months." Identification from paper.

One group portrait of the Victoria School class of 1915-1916, of which Dorothy White [front row, third from right?] was a student. The group, taught by Mrs. Suter, is seen posed in four rows, grouped by gender, on the front steps of the school.

Portrait of the employees of Welden Combination of Iowa Falls, Iowa. Identified on the verso are: William Welden (Proprietor & Manager), S.H. Welden (Travelling Salesman), J.L. Welden (Shipping Clerk), Robert Wright, Jr. (Manager Clothing Department), E.R. Stewart (Assistant Manager Clothing Department), Aaron McDonell (Manager Grocery Department), Clint McDonell (Delivery-man), Orpheus Moyer Schantz (Manager Dry Goods Department), Kate Griswold (Stenographer and Typewriter), O.J. Lawson (Fashionable Cutter), J.H. Flemming (Journeyman Coatmaker), George Schade (Pants Maker).

Image of two windblown trees along a rocky shoreline.

Image of an unidentified group standing along a rocky shoreline. In the background is a small rocky, tree covered island with a boat house.

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 two children, possibly Don and Lydon Gross, holding hands and looking toward the camera as an adult wearing a hat and suit looks on from behind them with a lawnmower. The children have ropes around their torsos, held by the adult, and are positioned to pull the lawnmower like they are animals.

Image of Dorothy White and one of the Gross children posing for the camera while standing on either side of a snowman on a residential street. The shadow of the person taking the photo is visible at bottom right.

Four negatives of Harold Russell as an infant with mother Dorothy White, on a tricycle as a toddler, in [Victoria Park] being held by an unidentified adult, and in a carriage with another child as an unidentified adult looks on. Enclosure included in file.

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.

Photograph of two unidentified children, posed together with Harold Russell who is on the right. All three are looking at the camera. The ground is covered with snow, and they are dressed for cold weather. Two of the children are seen holding snowballs.

One head and shoulders colour portrait of Dorothy White. Dorothy is wearing a necklace and earrings in the image.

One full body studio portrait of Dorothy White, approximately five years of age. Identification from verso.

Two negatives showing images of the Victory Bond rally parade in Kitchener. Included are images of local people and army vehicles. Identification from enclosure.

Two identical studio head and shoulders studio portraits of Ward Malott White in his salvation army uniform. Identification from verso.

Correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) from friends and family. Includes letters of congratulations from classmates on completing teacher's college.

Two leaves of paper listing who Dorothy sent Christmas cards to from 1965-1969, their addresses, and whether she received one in return.

Two negative envelopes, from Greyhound photograph Service and Brightling Studio. The Brightlings envelope has two 1 cent stamps affixed and on recto reads "Dorothy's film of 1934. Lorna's Film of 1935." Recto features advertisement for Gevaert roll film. Greyhound envelope has identification on recto as "Mrs. Mackie, Ambrose at Port Elgin." Verso shows advertisement for SeloChrome Film.

Ten business cards collected by Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Businesses include: McLean Armature Works, Chicago ; C.S. Allen family pharmacist, Chicago (business card opens to reveal price list) ; Hathaway, Soule & Harrington, Chicago (advertisement for new fall and winter men's shoes) ; The Butterick Publishing Co. Ltd., Chicago ; Alex M. Rivenburg, D.D.S., Chicago ; Chinese and Japanese Store, Chicago ; The Northern Trust Company Bank, Chicago (with timecard from Chicago to Wilmette on verso) ; J.H. Kelley, agent for O.R. Gilbert & Co., Taxidermy and Furs, Council Bluffs, Iowa ; Blair Union Christian Endeavour Society, annotated by Carrie Belle Blaschke (unfolds to show listing of lectures for the season) ; C.F. Steckleberg, Music Teacher and Soloist, Council Bluff, Iowa. Of interest to note is that C.F. Steckleberg was head of the violin department at University of Nebraska School of Music.

Two business cards of Orpheus Moyer Schantz from when he was employed by Carson, Pirie & Company (now Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company). One card is professionally printed and shows the company's office, the other has been hand lettered on a small piece of painted canvas. In 1890 the company became Carson, Pirie & Scott, and in 1904 they moved to the landmark Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building. Now called Carson's, the company continues to be an important Chicago business.

Twenty drawings and sketches by Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Included are portraits, studies of animals, technical drawings for a boat, one ink drawing of the back of a woman in a gown, two drawings after C.D. Gibson- "When Doctors Disagree" and "Mr. Pipp just after dinner steps our for a few moments with a change acquaintance. He returns at 2 A.M.", and two with leaf varieties and poetry. Smaller drawings were originally found in an old men's silk handkerchief box with other ephemera.

Thirty six leafs giving sections of the poem "The Deserted Village" by Oliver Goldsmith with accompanying prints by Edward A. Abbey. The excerpts and prints were published in Harper's Monthly Magazine in 1902.

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.

A book of pressed flowers collected in Banff, Alberta by Florence Schantz. Most specimens are labelled.

Material relating to the personal life of Franklin Schantz. Includes one copybook.

A Christmas card showing a house in the snow with the caption "my Christmas wish for thee."

A small Christmas card.

The printed message on the card reads, My Heart and voice I will employ, To wish thee every Christmas joy.

An Easter card tied with a blue bow showing an image of a chick on the recto with a poem on the interior.

Photographs of members of the extended Schantz family and friends. Includes primarily studio portraits, with some tintypes.

Four scribblers or exercise books, most with pictorial covers, owned by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

Six scribblers or exercise books, most with pictorial covers, owned by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

A scrapbook containing coloured cuttings, some printed for the purpose, with the majority being floral items cut from seed catalogues. The burgundy leather cover is heavily tooled in a thistle pattern, and includes a coloured pictorial card of a bluebird pasted on.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains two Christmas items, one a story entitled, "The Night Before Christmas" and the other a Montreal Star Christmas Number cover with a colour illustration of two children in a sleigh pulled by two goats.

Flowers and leaves pressed into an interleaved Dominion drawing book. Most are identified by name.

Flowers and leaves pressed into a Monarch exercise and practice book. Most specimens are identified by name, sender, and location.

A notebook containing a subscription list to defray the running expenses of the Kitchener Orphanage dated October 1922, Kitchener, Ontario. The notebook is labelled no. 2 and contains lists of names and amounts subscribed. This canvass for maintenance covers the geographic area of King, Louisa, Edward and Railway, and all streets between Edward and King.

At the time this notebook was created, Franklin Abram Schantz was Secretary of the Kitchener Orphanage.

A notebook containing a subscription list to defray the running expenses of the Kitchener Orphanage dated October 1922, Kitchener, Ontario. The notebook is labelled no. 8 and contains lists of names and amounts subscribed. It is not known which geographic area is covered under this canvass for maintenance.

At the time this notebook was created, Franklin Abram Schantz was Secretary of the Kitchener Orphanage.

A notebook containing a subscription list to defray the running expenses of the Kitchener Orphanage dated October 1922, Kitchener, Ontario. The notebook is labelled no. 11 and contains lists of names and amounts subscribed. This canvass for maintenance covers the geographic area of Frederick, Lancaster to Railway, and all streets between Frederick and Railway.

At the time this notebook was created, Franklin Abram Schantz was Secretary of the Kitchener Orphanage.

A notebook containing a subscription list to defray the running expenses of the Kitchener Orphanage dated October 1922, Kitchener, Ontario. The notebook is labelled no. 17 and contains lists of names and amounts subscribed. This canvass for maintenance covers the geographic area of Pandora and King to Natchez Road, all streets between Pandora and Natchez Road.

At the time this notebook was created, Franklin Abram Schantz was Secretary of the Kitchener Orphanage.

A notebook containing a subscription list to defray the running expenses of the Kitchener Orphanage that likely dates to October 1922, Kitchener, Ontario. The notebook is labelled no. 18 and contains lists of names and amounts subscribed. This canvass for maintenance covers the geographic area of Queen to Church, Church to Eby, Eby to King, King to Queen.

At the time this notebook was created, Franklin Abram Schantz was Secretary of the Kitchener Orphanage.

A notebook containing a subscription list to defray the running expenses of the Kitchener Orphanage dated October 1922, Kitchener, Ontario. The notebook is labelled no. 19 and contains lists of names and amounts subscribed. It is not known which geographic area is covered under this canvass for maintenance.

At the time this notebook was created, Franklin Abram Schantz was Secretary of the Kitchener Orphanage.

Assessment notices for Waterloo School District, No. 598, Province of Alberta.

Material created and accumulated by Mary Schantz (nee Moyer). Includes a genealogy notebook and school essays.

Diary entries begin with March 8, 1867, but this whole section is marked cancelled and is re-copied starting April 8, 1867. It begins with a record of Tobias' trip to Missouri to see his father, leaving his wife Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) with their 3-year old son Orpheus and new baby Etta, born the previous October. Tobias' father Benjamin with his second wife Margaret and children had gone to homestead near Wellville, west of St. Louis, in 1866. Tobias records his impressions of the countryside, the people, the prospects, the discouragement of all but his father with life in Missouri (March 17th). On July 2 he returns to Canada to where he is then living (near "Campden" --Grimsby within walking distance.) Throughout the diary Tobias records the weather and a daily health bulletin, letters sent and received, as well as his daily reading. He goes through periods of recording his meals. Tobias also lists all the work he does every day. He mentions setting the water for porridge, making the bed, polishing his son's shoes, carrying the baby to church, etc. On Nov. 9 he took a bath, on Nov. 25 he "did not sleep short of midnight. Was talking with Mary about my thought, troubles about religion ...". All parts of the diary have been filled with writing, dating as far as 1889 -- some accounts, recipes both household and medical (many give source), a record of the family tree -- births, marriages, deaths, transcribed songs, and an account probably written in Conestogo ca. 1875 of his spiritual trials and tribulations dating from 1862 and his efforts to achieve inner peace. This account is continued in the "other book," although it is not clear what book this referred to.

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence.

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence. Includes a transcription[?] of the "Family Register" starting with Isaac Schantz in 1774. Also notes: " Cousin Benjamin Shantz started for the North West on Monday 13 March, 1893. Cousin Benjamin Erb with Family started for the North West on Tuesday 14th March 1893. Moved. 15-3-93 Very Cold and Stormy. Walked from Dundee to Mannheim, to Petersburg & home, froze ear and tips of fingers..

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence.

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence.

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence.This daybook documents Tobias' stay in Didsbury, Alberta.

One diploma from the Eastman National Business College given to Tobias Schantz and dated Dec. 28, 1864. Tobias graduated 'with honor.'

Practice books issued by Eastman National Business College for its students, including handwriting as well as examples of accounting documents for many kinds of business. These practice books were completed by Tobias Schantz.

This scherenschnitte, featuring horses, leaves and flowers, is cut from green paper mounted on now faded red paper, with a central gold-bordered lozenge containing Tobias Schantz' name and birth-date.