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Sapolio advertisement

Advertisement trade card for Sapolio showing three women washing dishes with the caption "Wash dishes with Sapolio." Verso reads "There is no one article known that will do so many kinds of work in and about the house and do it so well as Enoch Morgan's Sons Sapolio. (Each cake is wrapped in Tin Foil, and surrounded with Ultramarine Blue-Band, and bears the above device) always note this. A cake of Sapolio, a bowl of water and a brush, cloth or sponge will make house cleaning a quick and easy job, will clean paint and all painted surfaces, will clean marble, mantles, tables and statuary, will clean oil-cloths, floors, shelves, etc., will clear bath tubs, wash basins, etc., will clean crockery, glassware, etc., will clean kitchen utensils, of all kinds, will clean windows without splashing of water, will polish tin, brass and copperware, will polish knives as you wash them, will polish all metal surfaces and will clean all household articles and is better and cheaper than soap, emery, rotten stone, etc. John Wanamaker, Grad Depot, Phila."

Sweeperette advertisement

Die cut card showing five women behind a fence with a caption reading "The look well on the fence! Much better on the other side. This road leads to success used by the million." The verso shows the backs of the women, each of whom are holding a Sweeperette sweeper. Verso reads "always in the push our Sweeperette. Sweeperette Company 76 5th Ave. New York Grand Rapids, Mich."

60th anniversary celebration.

File consists of materials created and accumulated during the planning and execution of the Rotary Club of Kitchener 60th anniversary celebration. Includes programmes, invitations, a news release, correspondence and a speech transcript.

Rotary Club of Kitchener

Clippings.

Clipping of a picture of a group of Schneider's workers, taken in 1924, published in the company newsletter in the late 1940's.

Schneider family

Clippings.

File consists of various newspaper and magazine clippings on the personal and professional life of Martha Black.

Black, Martha Louise

Scrapbook 1.

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.

Smith, Damaris Isabella

Biographical and critical articles.

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.

Smucker, Barbara

Biographical materials.

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.

Wagner Hailer family

Clippings.

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

Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone

Canadian agriculture in a global context.

Materials related to the conference "Canadian Agriculture in a Global Context" organized by the Centre on Foreign Policy, the University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University. After the conference, John English and Irene Sage Knell edited a publication with some of the presentations. Includes the information about the conference, flyer promoting the publication, related correspondence, drafts of presentations, and receipts for print-outs of the drafts. Drafts of presentations are:

  • Second draft for “Notes on an international perspective on agriculture” by Josef M. van Brabant.
  • Presentation by Dennis Browne.
  • “Canadian agriculture in the global context : opportunities and obligations” by R. L. M Dawson.
  • “Planning Canada’s land resource base for sustainable production” by Dr. Edward W. Manning.
  • “Canadian-American relations and agricultural surpluses : the case of Barter” by Theodore Cohn with Inge Bailey.
  • “Canadian Agricultural transactions – commercial opportunities” by R. I. (Rick) Andrews.
  • “Canadian agricultural export capabilities” by J. C. Gilson.
  • Panel “Competition and cooperation among exporting nations” discussion paper “Canadian agriculture relations with the European community” by R. Higham.
  • “Closely watched grains : the political economy of Soviet and East European agriculture” by Lenard J. Cohen.
  • “Canada’s trade in grains and the China market” by William Miner.
  • “Hit and myth: consumer reality and free trade. International opportunities and obligations” by Robert R. Kerton.
  • “Canadian agriculture towards 2000” by Dr. Clayton M. Switzer.
  • “Financing agricultural exports” by G. Hammond.
  • “Agricultural relations between Western Nations : Canadian approaches” by Andrew Fenton Cooper.
  • Address by Harry Pelissero.
  • “That spade is a shovel” by C. A. Gracey.
  • “Politics and business : the Canada-China wheat trade 1960-1984” by Karen Minden.
  • “Export trade development – government assistance to the private sector” by Dennis Browne.
  • “Canadian-Japanese agricultural relations” by Michael W. Donelly.
  • “Notes for remarks: Agriculture in international trade negotiations” by Frank Stone.
  • “TNCs in agriculture and food-related fields: an overview of research at UNCTC” by Peter Hansen.

English, John

Best wishes.

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".

Schantz Russell Family

The Ahrens story

One binder of photocopies, including some original snapshots and clippings in adhesive pages, consisting of The Ahrens story / compiled by Mary C. Shantz. Includes information about relationships and friendships between the Ahrens and Schneider families. Includes 4 snapshots of and a obituary for Floss Ahrens. This binder was owned by Herbert J. Schneider.

Schneider family

Annotated lists of payments.

Materials related to expenditures and payments made for the building of the house at 178 Claremont Avenue by the Reive family. Includes a cheque for Mabel Reive from 1942, bank statements for Mr. and Mrs. Reive, and proceeds of the sale of the house at 33 Brock Street in Kitchener (Mrs. Reive’s property in September 1951) put towards the purchase of 178 Claremont Avenue.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Annot[at]ed list(s) of payments made by W. G. Reive related to building 178 Claremont Ave. Kitchener home of Dr. W. G. Reive & Mabel Reive. (also later sources and uses of funds).”

Reive Family

Scrapbook and photograph album.

Scrapbook and photograph album covering the lives of Margaret and Cully Schmidt. First part of the album recounts the life of Margaret Schmidt, including part of her family's history and, more thoroughly, from her early childhood to her old age, with an emphasis on her married life. Second part of the album recounts the life of Cully Schmidt, including part of his family's history more thoroughly, from her early childhood to her old age, with an emphasis on his work life.
Album includes photographs with captions, newspaper clippings, certificates, and ephemera created or accumulated by the Schmidt family. Photographs show Margaret exercising as a teenager, socializing with friends and family, spending time with her children, attending various personal and professional events, and travelling with her husband around the world. Photographs also show Cully exercising and working as a teenager, socializing with friends and family, working and travelling for work, spending time with his family, attending various personal and professional events, and travelling with his wife around the world.

Schmidt, Carl B.

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