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

Series consists of a collection of photographs originally contained in a photograph album created to showcase the activities of The Lang Tanning Company Limited. It tells the story of a three generation manufacturing company and depicts several steps in the leather tanning process. Each photo includes a typed caption indicating what is captured in the corresponding image. Employees, predominantly white men, appear throughout though a small number or photos include white women at work on various stages of leather processing. No employee identifications are included.

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 materials relating to the life and death of Alfred Bowlby and his wife Margaret Bowlby née Chrylser. Includes clippings, and an article written by Alfred on his own recollections of life in Berlin and on the history of his family.

Series consists of materials relating to the life and death of George Herbert Bowlby and wife Blanche Alexandrine (Adine) Bowlby née Seagram. Includes clippings.

Series consist of materials relating to the life and death of Rev. Edwin Clement and wife Mary Couch Clement née Pope. Includes clippings, a map of the Clement family plot, and genealogical information on the family.

Series consists of environmental monitoring raw data in the form of anemograph charts (1955-1970), gauge cards (1955-1967), rainfall charts (1955-1959, 1971) and snow surveys (1963-1964). An anemograph chart is a paper record of the direction and force of the wind; gauge cards contain data recorded manually by gauge readers at gauge stations along the Grand River; rainfall charts contain daily entries recording rainfall; snow surveys consist of booklets containing pre-printed pages for entering snow data. Although this data is not complete it is nonetheless important for providing a means whereby climatic and environmental change over time can be analyzed.

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.

Series consists of William A. Philip's files accumulated and maintained primarily during his tenure as Chairman of the Grand River Conservation Commission, and relating to its operations and activities. Includes correspondence (some legal), minutes, reports, ms. notes, plans etc., concerning land acquisition, dam projects, reforestation, flood control, agreements and relations with federal and provincial governments.

Series consists of files belonging to F.P. Adams, Secretary Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission, dating from 1938 until 1941concerning all aspects of the organization, administration and operations of the Commission. Includes finance and accounting; personnel; land acquisition and management; dam project records; relations with municipalities, government departments and ordinary citizens. Includes correspondence, financial records, minutes, reports, clippings, blueprints, sketches and ephemera.

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.

Printed materials including ephemera, reports, and newsletters from the Press Club including the Triennial Reports, Membership Directory and Roster, and Newspacket, the club's quarterly publication.

The scrapbooks contain local and national information on the C. W.P.C., its members and activities, consisting of newspaper clippings, ephemera, correspondence, photographs, etc.

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

Series consists of reports on areas of Luther Marsh . The cover page of each contains a block image taken from an air photo, with further compartment lines superimposed, labelled and highlighted. Each report contains a "Wildlife Compartment Data Record" (8. p.) and a "Wetland Evaluation Record" (3 p.).

Series consists of maps of East and West Garafraxa Townships.

Newspaper clippings relating to members of the Martin and Wilson families, the involvement of the Martin family and the Lincoln and Welland Regiment in World War II, and other subjects.

Series is comprised of photographs that were later reproduced in Rempel's work "Ontario architecture", prepared for a class on the History of Architecture that he taught at Danforth Technical School.

Series consists of newspaper clippings and other material relating to significant events in Kitchener as well as internationally. Includes clippings relating to the election of Charles Greb Sr. for mayor of Kitchener, World War II, and other subjects.

Series consists of photographs and portraits relating to the Greb family. Includes photographs of Greb family members and of Harry Greb's yacht.

Series consists of material documenting Ross Dixon's search for employment and his career up until the time he began working at the Dominion Rubber Company, and includes material from his time at Toronto Radio & Sports, Research Enterprises Limited, Otaco Limited, and other companies.

Series also includes material documenting his professional activities and associations from throughout his career, such as his involvement with the Industrial Accident Prevention Association, the Grand Valley Personnel Association, the Canadian Public Relations Society, and the Canadian Manufacturers' Association.

Series includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, forms, manuals, brochures, certificates, financial statements, agendas, handwritten notes, resumes, ephemera, and other material.

Series consists of files kept by Ross Dixon relating to the operation of the Westmount Construction Company. He formed this company ca. 1952 to build houses in the newly-developing Westmount area of Kitchener-Waterloo, hiring foremen and carpenters and contracting out the basic construction work. Doris Dixon became involved in the accounting work and other administrative aspects of the company.

The material in these files relates mainly to home-building, including construction methods and materials and exterior and interior design features. Also present are files relating to the administration and operation of the company and aspects of specific construction jobs, as well as advertising for homes built by the company.

Series includes brochures, flyers, catalogues, pricelists, advertisements, newspaper and magazine clippings, circulars, bulletins, forms and charts (including estimates, cost analysis, etc.), agreements, handwritten notes, correspondence, sketches, architectural drawings, and other material.

Works written by Nazla L. Dane, primarily from her newspaper column �Of Many Things.�

Articles and other published items kept and commented on by Nazla L. Dane.

Series consists of material relating to Ross Dixon Financial Services from the late 1980s to 2002.

In 1977 Ross Dixon became a local agent for a trust company and soon established Ross Dixon and Associates. [At some point in the 1980s, Ross Dixon Investments Inc. also existed.] He then sold a majority of his shares to a holding company and formed Ross Dixon Financial Services. In 1992, the holding company Canadian First Financial Group was formed and included Ross Dixon Financial Services among its subsidiaries In 2002, Dundee Wealth Management Inc. purchased all of the assets of this company.

The series is not comprehensive, but contains a small amount of material relating to ownership and administration of Ross Dixon Financial Services, the operation of franchises, and a 1998 employee conference. Includes reports, clippings, correspondence, photographs, leaflets, conference agendas and programs, handwritten notes, a speech, ephemera, and other material.

Series consists of material relating to research conducted by Hynes for various projects throughout his career. Includes ms. and ts. notes taken by Hynes from the scientific literature; reports by Hynes and other researchers; correspondence; several draft papers by Hynes; drawings, charts, and maps; and note cards.

Series consists of materials relating to Jerzy Pindera's time employed as both a professor and a professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo. Includes primarily correspondence and memos.

Materials created or accumulated by Joan Hollobon as part of her personal life. Includes income tax, passports and other official documentation, educational materials related to Hollobon’s time at Columbia University, and materials related to house renovations. Also contains materials created by or about Kay Rex, such as information about Rex’s book launch, articles and correspondence, and posthumous materials.

Materials created by the Canadian Liberal Party during Conservative Ninth Canadian Ministry with Prime Minister Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden (October 1911 – October 1917) and Unionist Eleventh Canadian Ministry with Prime Minister Right Honourable Arthur Meighen (July 1920 – December 1921).

Materials created by members of the Liberal Fourteenth Canadian Ministry with Prime Minister Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King (September 1926 – August 1930). Includes materials related to different official events and addresses.

Materials related to the building and remodelling of the house at 178 Claremont Avenue in Kitchener. Includes invoices, cheques, forms, and correspondence related to the different aspects of the process, including the plot purchase, design and construction of the building and rooms, and landscaping of the gardens.
Box arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “178 Claremont Ave., Kitchener. Building documents, invoices / cancelled cheques. Home of W. G. Reive / Mabel Reive.”

This series consists of Wendy Cameron's files on work by the other researchers in Canada and England; Brenda Dougall Merriman, Sheila Haines, Leigh Lawson, etc.

Series consists of electronic files received as e-mail attachments or as floppy disks all in WordPerfect 7. Also includes two databases in DBTextworks designed in-house to hold files converted from WordPerfect : I:\Working\Source Record Textbases\Petworth Emigrants and I:\Working\Source Record Textbases\Petworth Sponsors. The Emigrants database contains 682 records and the Sponsors database contains 103 records.

File consists of materials created and accumulated by Gordon Good while he was an employee at The Kaufman Rubber Company. Includes Good's own work as well as work done by others in the company. File contains catalogues, an accounting manual, clippings, materials relating to strikes, ephemera and a register with cutting room scrap percentage information.

File consists of time books for the factory office and industrial engineering department kept by Gordon Good while he was an employee at Kaufman Rubber. Includes time books for the years 1931-1971.

Series is comprised of textual material, photographs, architectural drawings, maps, and ephemera relating to the history of RMS and its parent companies from 1914 to 2003. The series documents the various ownership of RMS; its products, services, machines and employees; and its history and milestones. Includes photographs showing the RMS factory, employees, machines and products; publications by RMS as well as about RMS; newspaper clippings on the company; memoranda; drawings and prints for a calendar; and press releases.

File consists of publications put out by RMS, as well as by its parent companies Dominion Rubber Systems, Dominion Rubber Company, Uniroyal, and Uniroyal-Goodrich. This includes issues of The Dominion, The Dominion Magazine, Threads 'n Treads, Uniroyal Magazine, Uniroyal News, Liaison (French magazine for office in St. Jerome, QC), Uniroyal World, Link, UGTC News, and a photocopy of Saga. All issues except for Saga have been catalogued and are accessedd through the Library catalogue.

Constitutions and by-laws of the Schneider Employees' Association.

Series consists of glass plate slides, both negative and positive, most likely used for teaching purposes by John D. Detwiler. Includes prepared microscope slides of salmon scales, negatives of cocoons and insect damage, positive images of scientific drawings.

Series consists of materials relating to the national sales and ad club organizations including the Federation of Canadian Advertising and Sales Clubs and the Canadian Advertising and Sales Association. Also includes materials relating to other sales and ad clubs in Canada.

Series consists biographical and personal materials relating to the life of Robert Dorney. Also includes posthumous materials such as condolences, obituaries, and plans for the Robert Starbird Dorney Memorial Garden.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Robert Dorney relating to his interests and activities that were not part of his teaching career or work with Ecoplans Ltd.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Dorney from his time as a student at the University of Wisconsin and his early work in Wisconsin, particularly with grouse and animal parasites.

Series consists of publications written by Dorney and others, as well as proceedings of conferences that Dorney spoke at and materials relating to the publication of Dorney's book "The professional practice of environmental management." The book was published posthumously in 1989 and was edited by Robert's wife Lindsay Dorney.

Series consists of ts. drafts of writings such as speeches, articles etc. by John D. Detwiler.

Series consists of questionnaires and other data collected from descendants and other informants about families. It is arranged alphabetically by family name of the Petworth emigrant with the name of the correspondent(s) also noted in the file title. These files contain correspondence to and from Wendy Cameron, Mary McDougall Maude and Brenda Dougall Merriman, as well as questionnaires and photocopies from sources containing information about individuals or families.

Series consists of slides showing the history of the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Slides have been sorted into basic subjects of:

• Automotive Retailers;
• Churches;
• Education;
• Entertainment;
• Financial/Insurance;
• Highways/Roads;
• Housing;
• Industry;
• Miscellaneous;
• Oktoberfest;
• Public Buildings;
• Restaurants;
• Retailers.

Series consists of legal documents created and accumulated by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record relating to mortgages, land and building ownership, taxes, stocks, etc. Includes indentures, correspondence, tax forms, etc.

Series is comprised of general materials related to the Motz family and their history. Includes a family history, and family correspondence.

Materials created by Donna Jean MacKinnon during her career as a journalist. Articles are either under the byline Donna Jean MacKinnon or Isabella Street, or ghostwritten by MacKinnon in different media. Media include:

• Toronto Star
• Washington Post
• Great Expectations
• City and Country Home
• Toronto Life
• Fifty-Five Plus 25
• Canadian Living
• House and Home
• Select Homes
• Free Saturday Star

Includes some materials related to the edition and publication of MacKinnon’s book Newsgirls : gutsy pioneers in Canada’s newsrooms. Call number: G24635.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record and the various newspaper and companies that make up the history of its operations. Contains materials relating to anniversaries, events and open houses at the newspaper including correspondence, invitations, clippings, ephemera, etc.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record and the various newspaper and companies that make up the history of its operations. Contains materials relating to the history of the Record. Includes biographical information on the Motz family, clippings, type books, ephemera, etc.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record relating to the buildings that the company owned and occupied. Includes correspondence, notes, clippings, floor plans, etc.

Series consists of ephemera and publications printed at the Record. Includes local history materials, hockey schedules, tickets, song books, etc.

Series consists of historical records accumulated by the Hobson family relating to the history of Kitchener-Waterloo. Includes newspaper clippings and sections, special publications and prints.

Series consists of photographs created and accumulated by the Hobson family, thier relatives and friends. Includes photographs of a drugstore, a banquet hall, a Kiwanis trip and Victoria Public School students.

Series consists of approximately 2600 pieces of correspondence to and from Dr. J.D. Detwiler. Correspondents include many names prominent in science, conservation and public life, including William A. Albrecht, Ian McT. Cowan, L.A. DeWolfe, J.R. Dymond, Archibald Gowanlock Huntsman , W.W. Judd, Fred Landon, Robert F. Legget, Harrison F. Lewis, Georges Maheux, K.W. Neatby, Ernest C. Oberholtzer, Edward G. Pleva, Dana Porter, D.S. Rawson, A.H. Richardson, R. Omar Rilett, William Rowan, Jacques Rousseau (1905-1970), E.S. Russenholt, T.M. Sonneborn, Robert J.C. Stead, Hugh Templin, Ross B. Willis.

Materials accumulated or created by Donna Jean MacKinnon during the writing, edition, and publication of her book Newsgirls : gutsy pioneers in Canada’s newsrooms, published in 2017. Includes drafts of the book in different phases of its creation, as well as manuscript evaluations and chapters that were not included in the final version of the book. Also contains correspondence with editors and publishers, and records related to the publication and promotion of Newsgirls.
Materials document the evolution of the project from title selection (which began as Newsgirls : pre-Feminism in print journalism) and authorship (the first drafts included Catherine Smyth as author (reporter at the Toronto Star and communications specialist)), to the chapters included in the book. The first drafts of the book included chapters for twenty journalists, whereas the final version covered ten (for more information about the journalists covered, refer to the General Note in the notes section of this series).
Materials also document the process of final edition and publication taken on by MacKinnon and different persons at York University (most of the edition and publication tasks were performed by Leaping Lion Books are undertaken by students as part of course activities). Newsgirls was published in 2017 by Leaping Lion Books at York University and promoted in different events and venues.

Research materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to different matters. Includes articles, research notes, newspaper clippings, bibliography lists, and related ephemera. Also contains personal correspondence and notes.

Materials related to the administration of the Carold Institute. Includes agendas and minutes for the Meeting of the Board of Directors, Meeting of the Members, and special meetings; financial information; information about different events and projects; reports by different committees, correspondence sent and received by the Institute regarding different matters; and newspieces about the Institute and its members.

Materials relating to lectures and exhibits given by, organized, or attended by Michael Bird.

Records created and accumulated by the Librarians' Association of the University of Waterloo (LAUW) on various topics and activities such as librarian job descriptions, librarian salaries, the LAUW constitution, the appointment and review of the University Librarian position, and more. Includes correspondence, reports, lists, and other textual records.

Materials relating to the teaching career of Michael Bird. Includes his time as a professor at Renison University College teaching in fine arts and religious studies, as well as teaching summer courses at Cape Breton University.