"Hett & Hallman, Printers, Berlin."

Casual group portrait of the Berlin Rangers soccer team wearing jerseys with the word 'Canada' visible on the front.

Back row: [Unknown], Dave Forsyth, Walter Bowman, Solly Brubacher, W.P. Mustard, Carl Kranz.
Middle row: [E. Webster], Walter Thompson, Tom Gibson, E. T. Gordon, Fred Killer.
Front row: H. Pirie, [Alex Gibson?], [A. N. Garrett?]

One upper body studio portrait of Mary Moyer Schantz seen looking off camera.

Originally in page 21 of album 2.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Mollie and Levi Nash Moyer posed sided by side and seen looking off camera.

Accrual consist of a certificate of citizenship.

Correspondence and accounts relating to James and Janet Sims' finances from 1875-1881, also to Janet Sims' estate from 1881-1888. James died in 1880 and Janet died Oct. 3, 1881.

• Birthday party invitation to Peter and Jemima Sims from Mrs. Hilliard, May 6, 1875.
• Memorial card: William John Roat, died at Berlin, December 23, 1887 (includes envelope).
• Memorial card: James McFeiggan, died in Galt, May 23, 1888.
• Memorial card: Harvey James Cook, November 12, 1930.
• Wedding invitations, 1895-1898.

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.

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.

A hand drawn floor plan for the Schantz family home located at 43 Schneider Avenue, Kitchener, Ont. This is likely the original floor plan for the house. It is possible that not all of the rooms shown on this floor plan were physically constructed when the house was built.

One letter (partial, signature page lacking) written Mary Schantz (?) to Tobias' brother Josiah, recounting the death of their brother Enoch.

File consists of a diary written in German by Catherine Breithaupt. The diary contains entries dated between May 9 and June 28, 1888 that document a trip taken by Breithaupt to Allendorf, Germany, the birthplace of Louis Breithaupt, with her son John, daughter Melvina and Louis H. Wagner.

Studio portrait of Louis Henry Wagner with infant son Louis Jacob Gordon Wagner and mother Margaret Hailer Wagner.

File consists of three letters in German written to Catharine Briethaupt in London, Eng., one from S.L. Umbach, one from from Mrs. Mylius and one from son Albert[?]

One document issued by A.J. Peterson, Notary Public, for the purposes of travel outside of Canada, certifying Ezra Carl Breithaupt to be a "natural born British subject." Attached to the document is a photograph of Ezra Carl taken in Naperville, Ill. by Kendig.

File consists of one 598 page journal giving account information from 1884-1888.

Two identical studio portraits of Herbert John (left) and Charles Alexander Schneider seen looking at camera. Both are seen seated with short hair and wearing lace collared dresses.

One group photograph, likely of missionaries, taken on the deck of the S.S. Dorunda, Feb. 1888.

File consists of two items correspondence addressed to Christina Rieder, mother of Peter Rieder. Both items are from Frederick Colquhoun, Barrister.

File consist of one pocket sized Colgate and Co. advertising calendar for the year 1888.

Correspondence from SImon L. Umbach to Louis Henry Wagner.

Letter from Anna C. Elsley postmarked Breslau, September 27, 1889 to her sister Jemima Sims describing the death of her daughter, "Carrie" on August 19, 1889 (Includes envelope).

File consists of a photograph of family home of Dr. D.S. Bowlby. Visible at left is an "Dr. Bowlby" sign over an office entrance.

File consists of two pieces of correspondence from sister Melvina while Albert was at school in Naperville, Illinois.

A scrapbook containing large illustrations pasted in. Largely from illustrated papers, these items originally accompanied stories or poems (some illustrate fishing, hunting, etc.). This scrapbook occupies a volume entitled, ?Heywood Bros. & Co. Supplementary Catalogue [of Rattan and Reed Furniture] 1888.?

A scrapbook containing large illustrations laid in but not yet pasted. Largely from illustrated papers, these items originally accompanied stories or poems. This scrapbook occupies a volume entitled, Heywood and Morrill Rattan Co.'s Catalogue of Rattan and Reed Furniture, 1889.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains illustrations of animals and children.

One upper body studio portrait of Carrie Schantz seen looking off camera.

Studio group portrait of Abraham Nash Moyer with wife Nannie Entrekin Moyer and children Metta Sophia and Clyde Entrekin.

Studio portrait of the Jacob Nash Moyer and family. Jacob is seated at left, Mary Miller Moyer is standing at centre, holding Bertha, age 4 months, and Willard White, age 2 years, 7 months is seated at right. All but Bertha are looking off camera.

Diary kept by Samuel Franklin French detailing his missionary activities in Washington, D.C. from December of 1860 to August of 1861. Highlights include descriptions of Washington neighbourhoods such as English Hill (north east of Judiciary square) and The Island (south of the mall) as well as references to the beginning of the American Civil War. In the back of the diary are lists including parishioners in Tewksbury, Massachusetts 1871, list of parishioners in Wallingford, Vermont, 1889, record of school Wallingford, Vermont, 1883, and list of members of an unknown committee in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, 1875.

Three modern prints given to Norman Schneider by Irvin Erb, showing King St. in the 1880's.

Modern copy of a 19th century photograph. Includes identifications as follows:

Back row, left to right: Carrie, Laura, Emma.

Middle row, left to right: Helena, Louise, Minnie.

Front row: Mary.

Series consists of materials related to the life of Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd. Includes one autograph featuring signatures from family and friends.

File consists of one autograph album owned by Emma Bowlby Boyd. Included are autographs from family and friends, as well as drawings and scrapbook material.

File consists of one autograph book from 1876 owned by Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement. Includes the following signatures:

• Minnie Baird
• Adam Beck
• Charles Beck
• Emma Bowlby
• George Bowlby
• Adam Bowlby
• Y Bowlby
• Annie Bowlby
• Maggie Capson
• Minna Carmichael
• J Carmichael
• H Childs
• George Childs
• R Clement
• William Clement
• Janie Clement
• Edwin Clement
• Minnie Crockall
• U Culver
• Louisa Dickie
• Frank Dickie
• Lord Dufferin
• Harriet Dufferin
• J Fales
• L Falls
• Henry Fletcher
• George Gibb
• David Gurd
• G Hinsworth
• W Hoare
• Samuel Jackson
• Geneva Jackson
• Joseph Jackson
• Henry Jackson
• Fannie Jackson
• Isabella Jackson
• J Jaffray
• Walter Kirby
• M Kirby
• Mattie Murphy
• Edith Murphy
• Maggie Murphy
• Alice Murray
• Charley P.
• Annie Penrose
• Walker Powell
• M Primrose
• A Skinner
• Shelby Smyth
• W Stewart
• Archibald Stewart
• L Stewart
• Minnie Stewart
• Mary Walsh
• John Walsh
• Godfrey Weir
• Birder Wily
• Georgie Young
• A Young
• Minnie Young
• Birdie [?]
• Sandy [?]
• Lucy [?]

One scrapbook with patterns for knitting, embroidery, lace, crochet, and more, taken from the "Busy Fingers" column of Farm and Home magazine. The back of the scrapbook also includes handwritten lace and edging patterns with small samples of the work.

One image of the well and ruins of an old house on an arid flat at Salt Springs, Manitoba. The caption also reads: "From a Geological Survey of Canada photograph in the Public Archives of Canada."

Portrait of Merne [Marion] and Madge [Margaret] Wilson as young girls.

Two letters thanking Thompson Waldo for providing a copy of his book, "Swampscott: historical sketches of the town". One letter is from C.B. Tillinghast, Acting Librarian at Boston, dated August 18, 1884 and the other is from Howard B. Nicholson, a librarian at Bodleian at the University of Oxford, dated November 19, 1889.

Item is a prayer book, possibly dates back to the late 1800s. The front page contains the motto, "God is the purest love, my prayer, and my way of thinking". Contents of the book include morning prayers, evening prayers, confession prayers, communion prayers, etc. The book also contains a coloured illustrations drawn by hand in ink and watercolour.

Promissory notes and receipts relating to the purchase of an organ from Charles W. Kelly, Guelph, Ont., Dealer in Bell Pianos and Organs.

One photographic print of a crayon portrait of Isaac Lucius Bowman.

Group studio portrait of Etta (standing, far left) and Sophie Schantz (standing, second from right) with ten friends. One of the group is standing at far right, apart from the rest, wearing a picture hat and carrying a case. Another member of the group is seated with a piece of paper, possibly a folded newspaper, on lap that can not be identified.

Full length studio portrait of Etta and Sophie Schantz with friends. Etta is seated at left and Lavina Detweiler, Sophie and Nancy Eby are seen standing. Maggie Eby is also seated, on a higher chair at right, and Noah Eby is seated on the ground at the centre of the group. The women are wearing three story, or flower pot hats, while Noah's bowler hat lies on the ground next to him. The women are holding either parasols or cedar boughs. Identification from verso.

One composite photograph captioned, "Members of the Twentieth General Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ convened in York, Penn'a May 9th to 19th, 1889."

The photograph shows 33 members of the conference including: Dinius, W.O; Wood, C.L.; Wright, Milton; Becker, Henry J.; Kiracoff, C.H.; Dillon, William; Clay, William; Powell, A.B.; Kabrich, John M.; Geeslin, A.W.; Ensell, J.; Titus, W.S.; French, J.; Mahan, S.T.; Tharp, I.M.; McNew, Z.; Kenover, J.; Floyd, Halleck; Davis, Lewis; Barnaby, H.T.; Bennetz, A.; Bowles, G.A.; Nelson, J.K.; Livingston, S.L.; Bonewell, B.A.; Luce, N.R.; Miller, William; Spoonemore, J.P.; Knipple, W.W.; Alwood, J.K.

Bishop Milton Wright was the father of Orville and Wilbur Wright.

The photograph is mounted on a card advertising the need for agents in other conference groups.

Material created and accumulated by Arthur Benjamin Schantz. Includes primarily school notebooks and copybooks.

One general exercise book belonging to Arthur Benjamin Schantz.

Three joint letters from Louise Moyer and aunt Emma.

File consists of a tintype photograph of an unidentified man in a top hat.

File consists of a portrait of an unidentified man in uniform.

File consists of a portrait of an unidentified woman.

Photograph of two people standing with a canoe at the shore of a lake. One of the persons is inside the canoe, the other is on the shore. Both are holding paddles. There is vegetation in the background and on the side and a boat in the background.

File consists of two variants of a photo gallery produced by H.A. Huber. At the center is a bird's eye view of the town, with photos of buildings on all four sides. At the bottom centre of one is H.A. Huber's card; at the bottom centre of the other is a portrait of Louis Jacob Breithaupt.

File consists of an indenture concerning Lots 2 on the south side of Weber Street and Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the south side of Ahrens Street of David Weber's survey in Berlin. Contains ms. annotations. File also includes an ms. diagram of the lots containing information about thier size and owners.

Photograph of Charles August Ahrens and family in front of their first home on Courtland Ave. in what was then Berlin, Ontario.

Left to right: Charles August Ahrens, his wife Emma, children Lottie and Fred, and Martin Nagel.

Studio portrait of Lizzie Schlier.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of J.M. Schneider seen looking off camera, dressed in collared shirt and tie.

One carte de visite, portrait of child. This is tentatively identified as Emma Schneider but is probably not her. The photographer, D.G. Denison, worked in Berlin ca. 1865-1885 and Emma was not born until 1894.

Upper body studio portrait photograph of David Sovereign Bowbly seen looking off camera.

Notebook with sermon notes in German.

Notebook with sermon notes in German.

Two scrapbooks with handwritten patterns, clippings, and knit or crochet pattern samples.

Photograph of group of people sitting outside of a home, possibly called Glenrock and likely situated in Ooty [Udhagamandalam].

Copy of one item of correspondence from James Renwick Brown to Cardinal Henry Edward Manning regarding the death of Father Damien (called the leper priest) and the use of glacial acetic acid in preventing the transmission of disease.

Two copies. One is marked "Cancelled, sold to Z[immerman] by Webb." The other has pencilled alterations indicating a sale by John Fischer to Henry Zimmerman, Hotel Keeper, dated July 13, 1889. "Hett & Hallman, Printers, Berlin."

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 1889 notebook contains an account of Tobias' bad dream about his wife joining the Salvation Army, recipes for jelly cake, and a receipt for liver complaint.

A book titled, The Young Soldier, by an unidentified author, presented to Arthur Benjamin Shantz by the United Brethren Sunday School in January 1888.

One four page programme for the 1889 convocation of Cedar Falls High School, featuring Ela Bliss Moyer, cousin of Orpheus.

Handmade birthday card from Orpheus Moyer Schantz to Sophie Schantz. The card has scherenschnitte edges and features calligraphy, drawings of small animals, birds and plants. It reads: "May Happy Returns. Sophie E. Schantz. May 4-'89"

File consists of a portrait of Lillie Caroline Barnes Bowlby.

File consists of a portrait of an unidentified woman.

File consists of one piece of correspondence from Albert Breithaupt's brother Louis, writing more or less "in loco parentis." Louis J. was 15 years older than Albert and had assumed his role as head of the family at the age of 21 on the death of his father in 1880.

Transcription: "Berlin, Nov. 1/89. Dear Albert,/Yours 29th Oct / recd. & fully notes. / Am glad to note / that you are / progressing favorably / at school -- even / if you have turned / black smith. / Am pleased / with your / report this time / therewith return it / duly signed. / On Sunday I under- / stand you are, or / will be, 19 years of / age. Allow me to / congratulate you & / wish you Gods / blessing in every / sense of the word - / hope you will grow to / usefulness / & eminence & be / a man in every / respect. / Emma & I send you with Wm. $3.00 / for which but something as a memento from us. / Evelyn, Lily & Edna send kisses to you -/ With kindest regards / Your loving bro. / Louis."

File consists of eighteen pieces of correspondence from his mother Catharine, while Albert was at school in Naperville.

Two copies of a studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt, seen looking off-camera.

Studio portrait of John S. (seated left) and Lydia Anthes (seated right) with their children. Ella and Martha are seen posed between their parents with siblings (left to right) John, Louisa, and Carrie standing at back.

One item of correspondence from D. L. [Daniel Lewis] Bowman to his cousin Simon Bowman. The letter is dated and addressed September 10, 1889 Berlin [Kitchener]. The letter discuss family members, including D's wife and two children recently being unwell as well as the weather and the hope for more rain. D teases Simon about becoming a "Yankee" and moving to "Pensyltucky" [a portmonteau of Pennsylvania and Kentucky] and mentions that he will be going to Toronto for the Toronto Industrial Exhibition [now the Canadian National Exhibition]. The letter also discusses D selling a property of Simon's referred to as "Mt. Zion."

Autograph belonging to Miss Jennie Streit, St. Clair, Michigan. Includes a few elaborately drawn and decorated entries, as well as cuttings and a photograph.

Formal portrait of William Henry Lapsley.

Correspondence and agreements relating to a U.S. patent issued to Peter H. Sims and Philip Hohmeier of Waterloo for improvements to a hot air furnace and the transfer of manufacturing rights to Henry B. Weaver of Blue Ball, Pennsylvania. In the first letter of May 6, 1886, A.M. Weaver asks about the "Balm of Life receipt" sent to her by Peter, but wants to know how many ounces of "oil of origanum" are needed.

File consist of one pocket advertising calendar for Cussons, May and Co.

File consists of one sample newspaper for The Nut-Shell, Trenton.

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.

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 head studio portrait of Jacob Moyer seen looking off camera.

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.

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.

Upper body studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz seen looking off camera.

One public school writing course on business forms, completed by Arthur Benjamin Schantz.

Upper body studio portrait of John S. Anthes seen in profile.