An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Dorothy Russell: A life in the Twentieth Century: A Return to Teaching.” The article provides biographical information about Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), specifically describing her career as a teacher and her experiences during the second World War. The article also provides some biographical information about Franklin Abram Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Donald Richard Russell and Harold Clarke Franklin Russell.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “A Soldier of the Queen: My Military Career.” The article provides biographical information about Harold Russell, specifically describing his military experience.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “HCFR Reminiscences: A Kitchener Boy.” The article provides biographical information about Harold Russell, specifically describing his childhood.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Hervey Meyer Bowman: Unrequited Scholar.” The article provides biographical information about Hervey Meyer Bowman.

A copy of a presentation delivered by Harold Russell at the Victoria Park Pavilion, Kitchener, Ontario in October of 2015 titled, “Harold's Victoria Park in Wartime: A Talk Given October 15 in Victoria Park Pavilion.” In the presentation, Harold Russell recalled memories of various events and activities that took place in Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ont. during the 1940s.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Sophie Schantz seen looking at camera and wearing a top with leg of mutton sleeves.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of unidentified child looking off camera in partial profile.

Photograph of an unidentified child reading while seated in a rocking chair in a residential home. An upright piano is visible against the wall in the background.

Photograph of an unidentified woman seated in a rocking chair in a residential home. Framed items hang on the wall behind her and a table with a tea set is visible against the wall on her left side.

Studio portrait of two young children. Dressed in similar outfits, one is seated in a highchair and the other is standing with left hand on chair arm.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of two unidentified teenagers seen looking at camera. Both are wearing outdoor coats and fancy hats.

One photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz with his granddaughter Joan Elizabeth Schantz on his shoulders.

Included are 19th-century Canadian imprints, books on horticulture, early school textbooks, scarce local imprints, such as the 1886/89 County of Waterloo Gazetteer and Directory and the Assessment Roll of 1897 of the Town of Berlin, and a selection of Victorian literature. There are extensive runs of early 20th-century periodicals, such as The Youth's Companion, St. Nicholas, The Ladies' Home Journal, and the Canadian Forestry Journal. The Schantz/Russell Family library offers a unique insight into the reading habits and the interests and activities of a Canadian family in Berlin, Ontario during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Tobias Schantz (1842-1925) worked as an itinerant book salesman at the end of the 19th century, and more than 40 examples of books known as "salesman's dummies" are present in the collection. These books were made up by the publishers as samples for their salesmen to show to potential customers. Each one displays the most noteworthy features of the book offered for sale, including the table of contents, the illustrations, selections from the text, and examples of the variety of elaborate binding styles available. Blank pages at the end of each sample book were used by the itinerant salesman to record his orders and, in this collection, some of the dummies contain up to as many as 8 pages of hand-written lists of local subscribers to the books that Tobias marketed in his trips around the region.

7 letters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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