Norman C. Schneider with sons Herbert and Howard skiing at Hanover, Ont. Ski Club.

Photograph of Ethel and Norman C. Schneider at a lawn party hosted by Fred Ahrens.

Snapshots of Herbert and Howie Schneider and Fred and Bill Schweitzer diving and in a boat with fish. Also includes a small version of Norman and two sons on Gull Rock.

Optical illusion photograph. Published in many newspapers in Canada and the United States.

Seven copies of a studio portrait of Norman C. and Ethel Schneider.

Photograph of (left to right) Ethel and Norman C. Schneider standing together outdoors among magnolia blossoms.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Norman C. Schneider seen looking off camera with a smile.

One carousel of slides.

One carousel of slides. The slides are dated Oct. 1968.

One carousel of slides. The slides are dated May 1973.

One carousel of slides. The slides are dated June 1970.

One carousel of slides. The slides are dated June 1970.

One carousel of slides. The slides are dated June 1962. Slide in carousel positions #1-6 lacking.

One carousel of slides. The slides are dated July 1969. Slides 1-5 are of Eschwege.

One carousel of slides. The slides are dated July 1969. Slides 1-5 are of Eschwege.

One slide tray of undated slides in glass and metal mounts.

One slide tray of undated slides in glass and metal mounts.

One slide tray of undated slides in glass and metal mounts.

One slide tray of undated slides in glass and metal mounts.

Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about place and people in film. They include:

• Bob Foot
• Hyalie MacDonald
• Norman C. Schneider
• Dr. Wynn
• George Ziegler

List of film contents also includes reference to "Indian kids".

Canister includes handwritten notes in unknown hand about places and people in film. Individuals include:

• Gord McPhail
• Dorothy Meyers
• Dorothy Schneider
• Norman C. Schneider

One enameled red and white Canadian Red Cross Society service medallion presented to Norman C. Schneider.

City of Kitchener award of merit certificate presented to Norman C. Schneider and two clippings. The award was presented in recognition of Schneider's service as the city's representative on the Waterloo-Wellington Airport Commission for more than 40 years. It reads: "The Corporation of the City of Kitchener: award of merit. The mayor and council of the Corporation of the City of Kitchener gratefully award this certificate to N.C. Schneider in recognition of outstanding effort, interest and ability, freely given in the service of the City of Kitchener and its many citizens. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Corporation to be affixed this twenty-eighth day of February 1972. [Signed] Sid McLennan."

Economical Mutual Insurance Company silver tray presented to Norman C. Schneider in appreciation of his service on the Board of Directors from January 27, 1961 to March 16, 1973.

Government of Canada centennial medal presented to Norman C. Schneider.

K-W Jaycees scissors and letter opener presented to Norman C. Schneider.

K-W Oktoberfest plaque presented to Norman C. Schneider that reads: "Presented to Norman C. Schneider in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the food industry of Waterloo County, Kitchener-Waterloo 'Oktoberfest', 1970."

Kitchener Citizens Fire Prevention and Clean-up Committee plaque presented to Norman C. Schneider that reads: "Kitchener Citizens Fire Prevention and Clean-up Committee : plaque presented to Norman C. Schneider, in appreciation, 1954-1984."

Rotary International certificate and one 50-year membership card presented to Norman C. Schneider that reads: "Rotary International 50 year membership award to N.C. Norm Schneider of the Rotary Club of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, a member of Rotary International . . . [Signed] Rolf J. Vlarich, President, Rotary International.

Rotary International plaque presented to Norman C. Schneider that reads: "Congratulations Rotarian : N.C. (Norm) Schneider, in recognition of fifty years of service above self, 1927-1977."

Correspondence relating to the resignation of Norman C. Schneider from the Board of Directors of J.M. Schneider.

One clipping from an unidentified publication concerning Schneider's vacuum packaging of meats. A colour picture shows Norman C. Schneider and Howard Schneider with a display of packaged meats.

"Schneiders Foods: new organization," Globe & Mail, October 23, 1969, ports. Consists of an organization chart with portraits attached. Also includes separate undated clippings: appointment announcements for Norman C. Schneider and John E. Schneider.

Four snapshots of Herbert J. and Betty Rupple: one of Betty Ruppel alone; one group shot of Norman, Ethel, Betty and Herb and Herb graduation; one of Herb and Betty's engagement, April 23, 1949; and one of Herb and Betty at Betty's graduation from nursing, June, 1949.

Four photographs and one news story about the Schneider family's Pope Hartford car. One photograph shows Norman and Fred Schneider, Alf Gofton, Walter Zeller and Carl Ahrens in the car, with Norman Schneider's note : "Our first car, a fifth hand Pope-Hartford". One shot shows Freeport Bridge in background.

Three copies of a studio portrait of J.M. Schneider with son Norman. Norman is seen with elbow on J.M's left shoulder with ringlets in his hair, wearing a plaid garment with a collar and bow.

Three copies of a portrait of J.M. Schneider family and accompanying sheet of identifications.

Back row, left to right: Lorne Shantz, Norm Schneider, Walter Siegner, John Siegner, Herb Schneider, Charlie Schneider, Fred Schneider Sr., Fred Schneider Jr.

Middle row, left to right: Lorraine (Schneider) Shantz holding baby Fred [born Aug. 16, 1940], Ethel Schneider (Mrs. Norman), Emma (Schneider) Siegner, Helena Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Georgina (Allendorf) Schneider (Mrs. Charlie), Ella (Daniels) Schneider (Mrs. Fred Sr.), Mary (Schneider) Alles (She was J.M.'s sister).

Front row, left to right: Katharine Siegner (married Les Faichney), Brita Schneider, Marlene Shantz, Charles Shantz (married Mary Jane Main), Caroline Siegner (married John Metz), Ray Shantz, Howie Schneider (married Betty Lou Becker), Jean Schneider (married Bob Hawkings).

Three copies of studio portrait of Norman C. Schneider seen looking off camera dressed in suit and tie.

Typescript (original) translation of a piece by Rev. Eric Griebling for the Kitchener Journal, probably 1970, titled "Portrait of the Week: Norman C. Schneider has never experienced boredom!"

Suddaby School class list, senior IV, 1904 in Norman C. Schneider's hand.

Clipping from the April 20, 1946 edition of the Kitchener Daily Record titled "Guess again," about Norman C. Schneider's photograph of Victoria Park tree reflections in the water. Includes clippings and correspondence from other newspapers.

Clipping of a follow-up story from the December 26, 1967 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Story brings data aplenty on 1912 motorcycle gang," about a motorcycle club whose members included Norman Schneider.

Clipping (ill.) from the August 31, 1967 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Schneider survived '57 Liberal crash."

Clipping (ill.) from the April 15, 1970 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "50 year jewels," relating to award received by Norman C. Schneider: Grand River Lodge A.F. and A.M. 50 year jewel.

Clipping from an unidentified publication relating to award received by Norman C. Schneider: Kitchener Chamber of Commerce Honorary Life Membership to past presidents of the Chamber.

Clipping (ill.) from page 19 of the April 27, 1972 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Ski honor." Caption accompanying photograph reads: "Norman C. Schneider receives life membership award for 38 years of service to the Chicopee Ski Club."

Clipping (port.) of a notice from Economical Insurance 28, no. 3 (June 1973): [1] "N.C. Schneider, LL.D." regarding Schneider's retirement from Economical Insurance Board of Directors and appointment as Honorary Director, June, 1973.

Clipping (ill.) from the May 20, 1975 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Service is a way of life for the Schneiders," by Rosemary Singleton regarding the 50th wedding anniversary of Norman and Ethel Schneider.

Clipping from December 24, 1976 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record by Ernie Ronnenberg titled "N.C. Schneider one of a kind in developing meat-packing firm."

Norman C. Schneider's business cards as Vice-President of J.M. Schneider, Ltd.

Clipping of article (ill.) from the February 2, 1970 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Kerr enthusiastic about skiing facilities," regarding official opening of Chicopee Ski Club's chalet. Photo accompanying article includes Norman C. Schneider.

Excerpt from a Salvation Army publication that includes a letter from Norman C. Schneider on behalf of the Fund Raising executive about the Salvation Army Citadel Eventide Home.

Aerial photograph of the country homes of F.H. Schneider and Henry Krug at Freeport, Ontario.

Group portrait of men standing in front of a plane. Left to right: Unidentified, Harry Sehl, Harvey Sims, Mac Douglas, Alex Welker, Norman Schneider, Lord Trenchard, Unidentified, Lester Shelley, Unidentified, Harold Ballantyne, Ernie Barrie, Clayton Dotzert.

Photograph of C.D. Howe, Minister of Trade and Commerce, turning the first shovel of gravel at the Waterloo-Wellington Airport on June 8, 1949. Louis O. Breithaupt is second from left and Norman C. Schneider is at the extreme right.

Clipping (ill.) from an undated edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Flying club fetes pioneer N. Schneider." Includes photo with caption relating to portrait of Norman C. Schneider to be hung in the K-W Flying Club headquarters.

Series consists of material relating to Norman C. Schneider's military service in WWI, which included the 108th Battalion, 118th Battalion and the Mechanical Transport school of Instruction. Includes clippings, commissions, correspondence, ephemera, permits, negatives and photographs.

Group portrait taken outside at the Sims home in Kitchener, Ont. Occasion not specified, possibly the visit by British Air Admiral Lord Trenchard.

Back row, left to right: Major Hal Ballantyne, A.E. Martin, Lieut. Ken Sims, Lieut. Norman C. Schneider.

Front row, left to right: Major Heather, Col. H.J. Sims Q.C., Lord Trenchard, British Air Admiral, Hon. W.D. Euler M.P., Louis Lang.

Clipping of a captioned photo from an unidentified edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record: "ABBOTT IN KITCHENER - Finance Minister Abbott (right) talks with Norman Schneider, Liberal candidate in the May 26 federal by-election. Mr. Abbott spoke to a Liberal rally at the City Hall last night."

Clippings from the November 22and November 24, 1952 editions of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record relating to Norman C. Schneider's political career.

• "Series of Tax Cuts is Hope of Schneider," November 22, 1952
• "Member's Maiden Speech Impressive," November 24, 1952

Clipping of photo with caption from unidentified and undated newspaper: "SPEAKS IN WATERLOO - The prime minister [Louis St. Laurent] spoke from the City Hall steps in Waterloo this afternoon. Mayor Roberts (left) and N.C. Schneider, MP, are with him."

Clipping of photo with caption from the June 26, 1964 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record concerning a tea sponsored by the North Waterloo Liberal Women's Association.

Caption from photo: "TEA AND POLITICS - Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Schneider, RR 1, Preston, listen to folk singers at a tea held in their garden yesterday sponsored by the North Waterloo Liberal Women's Association."

Four copies of a "Re-elect Norman Schneider" poster.

Scrapbooks relating to N.C. Schneider's career in politics. Includes a 1969 biographical article about his political career as liberal Member of Parliament for Waterloo North in Ottawa.

Scrapbook relating to Norman C. Schneider's career in politics.

Group portrait taken at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Association Conference at Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France held November 11-16, 1957. Left to right: Roland English, George E. Nixon, Robert McGregor, John C. Pallett, Norman C. Schneider.

Photograph taken in Ottawa on December 11, 1952 of Norman C. Schneider with four other men wearing "Knockers Club" aprons. Left to right: Charles Henry, M.P., Rosedale, Toronto, Norman C. Schneider, M.P., Waterloo North, Cliff Cummings, President, Knockers Club, Ottawa, George A. Drew, M.P., Carleton, George McIlwraith, M.P., Ottawa West.

Two copies of a photograph of Norman C. Schneider, M.P. and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson taken by the Capital Press Service.

Photograph of Norman C. Schneider with Minister of Trade and Commerce, C.D. Howe, and an unidentified man, in Kitchener, Ontario taken on May 22, 1957.

Photograph of Norman C. Schneider with three unidentified men at the Waterloo-Wellington Airport.

Consists of Norman C. Schneider's remarks (manuscript, original) to the family on May 20, 1975 at the Charcoal Steak House on the occasion of his 50th wedding anniversary. It includes reminiscences about his family's history: the J.M Schneider home on Courtland Ave., births known as "Lantern night" with family members moving between four homes in a row bringing lanterns and hot water. Also includes a brief background on Ethel Schneider's family and how she came to live next door to Norman's family.

77 photographs, mostly snapshots.
p. 1, 3, 5, 7. "Dutch Company" ski photographs, including one "artistic" shot.
p. 11. Artistic shot of birch trees.
p. 12. Schneider, Norman C. : home at 76 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Ont. : exterior.
p. 13. Skyscraper.
p. 14. Mrs. Keffer and girl with basin of Boston Terrier puppies. (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 17. "Canada at Work" (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 19. London Bridge?
p. 25. Ski jumping with spectators at Chicopee (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 27 Schneider, Norman C. : family portrait, Oct. 1935.
p. 28. Schneider family portrait : Norman & Ethel, Fred H. and Ella, Walter Siegner and Emma, four unidentified couples, taken in a living room.
p. 34. Canada at Work, 1938.
p. 35. Skiing, Huntsville?
p. 36-38. Schneider family snapshots, J.M. and Helena.
p. 39-39, 41, 43. Snapshots taken in Europe? One shows a border crossing on a path, several of a group of men and a pony.
p. 43-44. Men's fishing trip snapshots (1 of 5 lacking).
p. 46-47. Christmas at 76 Schneider Ave. Includes children with Christmas tree, Herbert, Howie and Don Daub playing with trains in the basement.
p. 48-53. Ski photographs, locations unknown. Includes posed groups, 1938, and candid shots.
p. 55. Church of the Good Shepherd.
p. 56-58. Schneider Stock Farm (2 of 11 lacking). Includes shots of children riding a pony.
p. 59-61. Wedding of unidentified couple. Includes bride and groom in sleigh outside Buena Vista, J.M. Sschneider's home at 272 Queen St. North.

Photograph of Ahrens family standing in water and looking toward camera. The group is seen dressed in bathing costumes. From left to right: Emma Ahrens, unidentified person, unidentified person, Norman C. Schneider, unidentified person, Charles August Ahrens.

Image of Mabel (second from left) and Bill Pickard (far right) on their wedding day posting for the couple with Norman C. Schneider and Florence Ahrens, likely members of the wedding party. The group is seen standing in a row wearing formal dresses and suits; Norman and Bill are looking toward the camera and Mabel and Florence are looking down at the flower bouquets they are holding.

One photograph of the J.M. Schneider addition built in 1909 with four adults in white aprons standing on the front porch and steps. From left to right: [Charles Alexander], [?], [?] and Norman.

Modern prints of a photograph taken by Norman C. Schneider of the first Schneider truck called the "Brantford truck." Elsewhere in the collection it is tentatively dated at 1912 but in a speech Norman Schneider indicates that it was manufactured in Brantford ca. 1914.

Group portrait of the Schneider's 25 Year Club. Norman C. Schneider (far left) and Frederick H. Schneider (far right) are standing in the back row, and Irmengarde Hagen (left) and Lillian Daniels (right) are standing at centre in the second row.

Four snapshots of pairs of husbands and wives employed at Schneiders and three snapshots of employees working in the office, most identified. Couples include: Cyril and Mrs. Hayes, Harry and Mrs. Schmidt, Norman C. and Ethel Schneider, and Charlie and Mrs Thurlow.

One group portrait of the Schneider Male Chorus taken on the steps of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario. The group is seen smiling at the camera, dressed in their performance suits. Norman C. Schneider is standing in the front row, at the extreme right, holding a jacket a hat.

Informal at-home portrait taken by Norman Schneider.

Snapshots of Norman C. Schneider and friends, described as "Bide-a-wee" and "Devil's pulpit". Includes some identifications.

One informal group portrait taken at the home of Frederick Henry Schneider.

Back row, left to right: Norman Schneider, Walter Siegner; John White[?], Harry Schmidt, Charles Thurlow, Walter P. Zeller.

Middle row, left to right: unidentified woman, Emma Siegner, Ruby Thurlow, Ella Schneider, Ethel Schneider.

Front row, left to right: unidentified woman, Catharine Schmidt, Fred Schneider.

Three snapshots : one of a picnic, two of family groups with cars. Some identifications provided: Norman Schneider, Hyalie Macdonald, Edith Macdonald, Fred, Mabel Ahrens Pickard, Emma, Margaret Hachborn

Snapshot of Norman C. Schneider in an armchair.

Formal portrait of Norm Schneider and Alfred Schneider Gofton. They are dressed in overalls but are wearing shirts and ties. Includes a note on the verso of the photograph about Alfred Gofton's relationship to Norm Schneider.

Snapshots of Emma Siegner, her friends and family. Includes:
Mary Caroline Shupe (Mrs. David Shantz), Kay Siegner Faichney, Herb Schneider, Jean Hawkings, Eleanor Dalseg, Gwen Washburn, Ethel Schneider, Norm Schneider, Edith Macdonald, Grace Lasso, John Siegner, Fred P. Schneider, Jeanette Lasso, Marion (MacPhail) Woeller, Mary Siegner (wife of John), Don Lasso.

Informal portraits of Ethel May Lapsley and Norman C. Schneider's wedding. Identified are: Helena Schneider, Floss Ahrens, Grandma Joachimi, Norman C. Schneider, Ethel Lapsley Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Grandma [Clara] Lapsley, Reverend Depuis [sic]. Includes a wedding invitation.

One snapshot (two copies) by Norman C. Schneider showing a group of young people in the first J.M. Schneider truck, a Brantford. The truck is parked in a field and the group is seen seated in and standing next to the vehicle.

Snapshot of an unidentified group on taken on the occasion of the Rotary flag raising at Chicopee. Norman C. Schneider is partially kneeling at far left. According to N.C. Schneider's letter to the editor in 1940, the Rotary oversaw some reforestation ca. 1934

Photograph of a group of skiers from Kitchener-Waterloo known as "The Dutch Company" at the Alpine Inn on January 31, 1948.

Left to right: Julius Nillson, Norman C. Schneider, Jake Baetz, Roy Hemmerich.

Photograph of (left to right) Norman C. Schneider, Alf Gofton, Charlotte Braun and Ethel Schneider on the Gofton's wedding day. The group is seen dressed in formal wear, standing on the balcony of a residential home. Charlotte and Ethel are holding bouquets of flowers.

Unidentified group portrait of past presidents of the Kitchener-Waterloo Rotary Club, 1922-1950. Norman C. Schneider is in the middle row, fifth from the left.

Unidentified casual group portrait, possibly of past presidents of the Kitchener-Waterloo Rotary Club. Norman Schneider is seated in the front row second from left.

Snapshots of Norman C. Schneider in the LeRoy car, one with Ethel, one with Eric.

Snapshots taken by Norman C. Schneider.

Photographs of the Schneider Memorial Fountain at Rockway Gardens, Kitchener, Ont. Two are of the fountain and include Norman C. and Frederick H. Schneider; the other is of the memorial inscription.