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Research : old legal documents.

File consists of photocopied material relating to the history of The Phonola Company of Canada Limited, Grimes Radio Corporation Limited, and Pollock-Welker Limited. Includes photocopies of financial reports, legal documents, and correspondence.

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Industrial design register.

One register for An industrial design of A cabinet for talking machines for the Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.

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Advertising.

Advertising materials created by Electrohome Limited and its predecessors. Includes promotional materials such as brochures as well as advice on sales tactics.

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Industrial design register.

One register for An industrial design of A cabinet for talking machines for the Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.

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Phonola advertisement.

A reproduction of An advertisement from the Kitchener Manufacturer's Association Catalogue for Phonola.

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Incorporation

Series consists of records relating to the incorporation of Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited and its predecessors, the Phonola Company of Canada, Pollock-Welker Limited, and the Grimes Radio Corporation Limited; as well as the incorporation of Pollock Enterprises Limited. Series also includes records relating to the administration of Grimes Radio Corporation from 1925 to 1939 and Pollock Enterprises from 1947 to 1959. Includes share certificates, letters patent, by-laws, board of directors' meeting minutes, registers of shareholders and directors, and stock subscription applications.

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Board of Directors Minutes

Series consists of records relating to the administration of Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited and two of its predecessors, the Phonola Company of Canada and Pollock-Welker Limited. Includes minutes of board of directors meetings, meeting agendas, financial statements, correspondence, memoranda, and other material accompanying the minutes. Board of directors minutes for Electrohome are from 1959-1965 only.

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Phonola Company of Canada Limited.

File consists of a leather-bound volume containing the minutes of meetings of the directors and of the shareholders of Phonola Company of Canada Limited from 1917 to 1931. The minutes are glued to the pages of the notebook. File also includes a meeting notice, a form appointing Arthur B. Pollock as proxy for the Royal Bank of Canada, and two letters, one addressed to Clement & Clement Barristers &c. (Kitchener, ON) and one addressed to Arthur B. Pollock.

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Manufacturing.

Materials created by Electrohome Limited and its predecessors relating to the manufacturing processes and products made at the factories. Includes technical drawings, notes, parts lists, service manuals, and more.

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Records.

File consists of 30 gramophone records, including seven Phonola records. Some of the records were probably used for in-store phonograph demonstrations and some were used for advertising purposes. Includes 17.5 cm, 25 cm, and 30 cm (7", 10", and 12") records of the following labels: Phonola, Parlophon-Record, His Majesty's Voice Victor, RCA Victor Red Seal, Odeon, Arrow, Okeh, Apex, Favorite Record, Beka-Meister Record, United Artists, Columbia, and Capitol. Some records were produced for Electrohome by Colombia.

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Deed of land.

A reproduction of A deed of land from Pollock Manufacturing Ltd. to General Phonograph Corporation of Canada.

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Advertisements : Product Literature and Service Manuals : Consumer Products

Series consists of product literature promoting Electrohome consumer products, including air conditioners, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, fans, electrostatic air cleaners, electronic bug killers, microwave ovens, heaters, satellite receivers, cable and pay TV equipment, furniture, lamps, organs, phonographs, radios, stereo hi-fi, televisions (including projection television), turntables, and other appliances and home entertainment products.

Series includes advertisements for products distributed by Electrohome (Marantz, Imperial Lighting), produced by an Electrohome subsidiary (Campbell Electric, Fry & Blackhall, Flexsteel), or produced by Electrohome as a private trade label (Viking, for Eaton's, and Serenader, for Simpson's), as well as the Acoustech, Soundesign, Planar, Phonola, and Trendholm product lines. Includes single-sheet advertisements intended for insertion into a binder or portfolio with other product literature, brochures, catalogues, leaflets, price lists, instruction manuals, service manuals and parts lists, etc.

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Research : Helycon motors.

File consists of material relating to Helycon motors, manufactured by Pollock-Welker Limited. Includes an advertisement and a component parts list, which includes pictures of each part.

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Research : parts price lists.

File consists of price lists for parts used in the production of phonographs, electric mixers, and humidifiers, including Helycon motors, tonearms, and reproducers. File also includes a price list for imported material used in the manufacture of phonograph motors, and ms. notes by John Koegler.

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Indenture.

A reproduction of An indenture between General Phonograph Corporation of Canada and Pollock-Welker Limited.

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Ledger.

File consists of a ledger kept between 1925 and 1931.

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Administration : Financial Files

Series consists of financial records for Electrohome and its subsidiary companies, including Hawkesville Lumber (acquired 1965), Campbell Electric (acquired 1960), International Electrohome (incorporated 1962), Electrohome Communications (incorporated 1970), and Flexsteel Industries (Canada) (acquired 1972). Series also includes material compiled for presentations to the Canadian government's Enterprise Development Board, which insured part of a $25 million term loan to the company from the Royal Bank of Canada in 1977. Includes financial statements and reports, a ledger, and other material.

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Scrapbook 1.

File consists of a scrapbook of press clippings, photographs, snapshots, telegrams, and ephemera relating to Carl A. Pollock and his activities as Electrohome president and chairman of the board of directors and his involvement in the community. Scrapbook also contains material relating to Pollock's wife Helen (including a 1926 snapshot of the two of them), their 1929 wedding, and Pollock's studies at Oxford University. Material in scrapbook covers mainly the period from 1925 to 1963. Scrapbook also contains some loose material.

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Pollock-Welker Limited : share certificates.

File consists of a share certificate book for Pollock-Welker Limited. Contains share certificates issued, cancelled, and transferred between 1925 and 1936, and blank share certificates.

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Grimes Radio Corporation Limited : share certificates.

File consists of a share certificate book for the Grimes Radio Corporation Limited. Contains share certificates issued and transferred between 1925 and 1935, and blank share certificates. File also includes ms. notes and blank copies of a statement about the transfer of shares to Arthur B. Pollock.

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Pollock-Welker Limited.

File consists of a leather-bound volume containing the minutes of meetings of the directors and of the shareholders of Pollock-Welker Limited from its incorporation in 1925 to the surrender of the company's charter in 1936. The minutes are glued to the pages of the notebook.

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Industrial Elmira.

One reproduction of a short article on industrial Elmira, including A section about the Phonola Company of Canada Limited.

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Scrapbooks

Series consists of four scrapbooks containing press clippings, photographs, and ephemera relating to Carl A. Pollock and his activities as Electrohome president and chairman of the board of directors, his involvement in the community, and his personal life. One of the scrapbooks was presented to Pollock by the Canadian Manufacturers' Association in memory of his term as association president (1962-1963).

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Grimes Radio Corporation Limited : incorporation and directors' meeting minutes.

File consists of a leather-bound volume containing material relating to the incorporation of the Grimes Radio Corporation Limited and the Board of Directors. Includes carbon copies of the charter and the by-laws, minutes of meetings of the directors and of the shareholders from incorporation in 1925 to the surrender of the company's charter in 1939, and registers of directors and shareholders. File also includes an original, sealed copy of the letters patent. Some material is glued to the pages of the volume.

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Research : radio : Phonola advertisements.

File consists of advertising material relating to Phonola products, as well as products manufactured by Pollock-Welker Ltd. (including Pulwel phonographs and Helycon motors) and the Grimes Radio Corporation. Includes advertisements, fold-out brochures, catalogues and other product literature, photocopied advertisements from the Canadian Music Trades Journal, and other photocopied material.

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Research : Electrohome logos and letterhead.

File consists of several varieties of blank letterhead from Electrohome, CFCA-FM, and Pollock Enterprises; print-outs of logos associated with Electrohome; a sample of the corporate seal for the Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited; and colour print-outs of historical advertisements. File also includes correspondence, expense statements, invoices, and receipts, probably collected to obtain samples of different logos and letterhead.

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Administration : Facilities

Series consists of records relating to the properties and buildings of Pollock-Welker, the Phonola Company of Canada, Grimes Radio Corporation, and Electrohome. Includes appraisals, reports, agreements (including drafts), correspondence (some faxed), memoranda, proposals, forms, lot and site plans and surveys, and other material.

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Radio wiring : diagrams and notes.

File consists of material relating to the design and production of radio receivers. Includes 35 blueprints of wiring diagrams, typed descriptions of the diagrams, and typed parts lists.

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Public Relations Working Files : Photographs

  • SCA207-GA186-23
  • Series
  • [193-?]-1996, predominant [ca. 1950]-[ca. 1980]
  • Part of Electrohome fonds.

Series consists of files of photographs accumulated and used mainly by Robert Lovell in his role as Public Relations Manager (from 1963 to ca. 1988) for internal and external publicity purposes. Many photographs were taken for use in the company newsletters Sparks and Chips, Electrohome World, and Electrohome Update, and include markings for cropping and sizing.

Series includes photographs of production processes, products, events in the life of the company, employees working and participating in recreational activities, employee headshots, and other subjects. Includes photographs, negatives, and other visual material; typed cutlines; news releases; press clippings; and memoranda.

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Operations : Product Development Files

Series consists of records relating to the design and development of products, including radios, fans, air conditioners (humidifiers), motors, furniture, Video-Q marketplace television, and others. Includes technical drawings, ms. notes, product literature, correspondence, memoranda, and reports.

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Museum and Archives

Series consists of material relating to the development, organization, and operation of a company museum and archives. The museum was originally established in 1967 as a centennial project and part of the 60th anniversary celebration, in order to display products produced by Electrohome since 1907. John Koegler was the company historian and museum curator.

The museum as well as the company archives were given renewed attention in preparation for the company's 90th anniversary and the production of a corporate history book in 1997. At that time, William McGregor (former vice-president of Electrohome) was involved museum administration, and Nicola McLaughlin was hired to research company history and process and manage the archives.

Series includes material relating to the day-to-day operation of the museum and archives, the collection and processing of items, and the recording of historical information. Includes forms, correspondence, memoranda, press clippings, photocopies of historical advertisements and other documents, photographs and slides, ms. notes, meeting minutes, and other material.

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Early products and development of Electrohome museum (file 1 of 3).

  • SCA207-GA186-46-2659a
  • File
  • [1930]-2000, predominant 1994-2000
  • Part of Electrohome fonds.

File consists of material relating to the work of William McGregor in developing a company museum, collecting historical Electrohome products, and preparing historical information for use in the museum and for other purposes. Includes correspondence and memoranda (some faxed and some e-mail print-outs), ms. notes, photographs of consumer products and Electrohome facilities, reprinted and photocopied historical advertisements, press clippings (some photocopied), photocopies of radio scripts and research reports, print-outs of photographs, ephemera, and other documents.

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Material compiled by John Koegler : file 5.

File consists of material relating to John Koegler's research into the history of Electrohome, work on the 50th anniversary committee, and his role as company historian. Includes press clippings, ms. notes (including some taken during interviews with former employees), memoranda, correspondence, an ms. draft of an article by Koegler, a stereo receiver installation and operation manual, and other material.

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Early products and development of Electrohome museum (file 3 of 3).

  • SCA207-GA186-46-2659c
  • File
  • [1930]-2000, predominant 1994-2000
  • Part of Electrohome fonds.

File consists of material relating to the work of William McGregor in developing a company museum, collecting historical Electrohome products, and preparing historical information for use in the museum and for other purposes. Includes correspondence and memoranda (some faxed and some e-mail print-outs), ms. notes, photographs of consumer products and Electrohome facilities, reprinted and photocopied historical advertisements, press clippings (some photocopied), photocopies of radio scripts and research reports, print-outs of photographs, ephemera, and other documents.

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Radio : service manuals.

File consists of 11 service manual and part lists for various models of superheterodyne receivers. Manuals include parts price lists. Some manuals are stamped "Grimes Radio Corporation Limited".
Model numbers include:

  • 3A61, 3A62
  • 40, 40-A (8 tube)
  • 452 (5 tube)
  • 455, 456 (5 tube)
  • 465 (6 tube)
  • 273-1, 273-2; 274-1, 274-2 (7 tube)
  • 2123, 2124 (12 tube)
  • 2B93, 2B94 (9 tube)
  • 273-1, 273-2; 274-1, 274-2 (7 tube)
  • 293-294 (9 tube)
  • 2B63, 2B64 (6 tube)

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Early products and development of Electrohome museum (file 2 of 3).

  • SCA207-GA186-46-2659b
  • File
  • [1930]-2000, predominant 1994-2000
  • Part of Electrohome fonds.

File consists of material relating to the work of William McGregor in developing a company museum, collecting historical Electrohome products, and preparing historical information for use in the museum and for other purposes. Includes correspondence and memoranda (some faxed and some e-mail print-outs), ms. notes, photographs of consumer products and Electrohome facilities, reprinted and photocopied historical advertisements, press clippings (some photocopied), photocopies of radio scripts and research reports, print-outs of photographs, ephemera, and other documents.

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Plant processes : employees and equipment.

File consists of 26 photographs of employees at work and some of the equipment used at various stages in the production of radios and fans. Some of the photographs have been retouched by hand and some have typed cutlines taped to them. Photographs appear to have been taken for public relations purposes.

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Plant processes : photograph cutlines.

File consists of four typed leaves containing descriptions of photographs of various activities in different plants. Descriptions appear to have been prepared for public relations purposes.

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Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited : applications for stock subscriptions.

File consists of signed applications for 9% class "A" cumulative, redeemable, preferred shares of Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited (Electrohome). File also includes a certificate to the purchaser of shares in the company signed by Arthur B. Pollock and Carl A. Pollock, and a typed (carbon copy) of page of information about the company's incorporation, capitalization, and officers and directors.

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Serenader : radio.

File consists of advertising material for Serenader radios, in the form of small leaflets including price information. Serenader was a private trade label for Simpsons's.

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Deed of land.

A reproduction of A deed of land from Pollock-Welker Limited to Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited.

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Research : motors and air conditioners.

File consists of material relating to motors and air conditioners. Includes advertisements and the text of a manual from the U.S. Air Conditioning Corporation, correspondence with companies that manufacture motors, an article reprint, and photocopied competitor radio advertisements.

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Estimated value of goods : February, 1934.

File consists of material relating to a statement submitted to the Royal Bank of Canada regarding the estimated value of goods at Electrohome as of February, 1934, for the purpose of securing advances. Includes lists of customers' orders on hand (carbon copy), statements of expenses and assets (carbon copy), ms. notes, and forms for the Royal Bank of Canada.

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Financial statements beginning June 1935 (file 2 of 2).

File consists of monthly financial statements for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited that include the balance sheet and a statement of trading, profit and loss, and surplus account. Includes 105 statements and ms. notes. Some monthly statements are missing for some years.

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Radio : Electrohome radios, 1935-1941 : service manuals and parts price lists, continued.

File consists of service manuals and parts lists for radio receivers, produced by Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited. Service manuals include specifications, technical diagrams, parts lists (including prices), and operating instructions. Each manual applies to one model but may include several series of that model.

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Research : radio : radio history.

File consists of material relating to the history of radio broadcasting and manufacturing. Includes a directory of radio parts and equipment suppliers, a timeline of technical milestones, and volume 6, number 5 (1977) of Stereo Guide, containing articles relating to radio history.

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Financial statements beginning June 1935 (file 1 of 2).

File consists of monthly financial statements for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited that include the balance sheet and a statement of trading, profit and loss, and surplus account. Includes 105 statements and ms. notes. Some monthly statements are missing for some years.

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Radio : Electrohome radios, 1935-1941 : service manuals and parts price lists.

File consists of service manuals and parts lists for radio receivers, produced by Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited. Service manuals include specifications, technical diagrams, parts lists (including prices), and operating instructions. Each manual applies to one model but may include several series of that model. File also includes typed index of manuals included in File 2471 and File 2472 and lists of radio receiver model numbers with their chassis numbers and model names.

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Appliances : air conditioner (humidifier) leaflets.

File consists of advertising material for Electrohome air conditioners (humidifiers), in the form of small leaflets and fliers. Some include price information. File also includes a leaflet for the Viking portable air conditioner available from Eaton's, leaflets for Tudope and Airola air conditioners (possibly competitor products), and a photocopy of a leaflet advertising Electrohome air conditioners from a dealer in London, England.

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Facilities : Plant 1 : Duke Street, Kitchener.

File consists of six photographs (plus duplicates) of the Electrohome plant at 283 Duke Street (formerly 39 Edward Street) in Kitchener (Plant 1). One of the photographs is mounted on board. Includes aerial photographs.

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Offer to purchase land.

File consists of a signed offer by Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited to purchase the land and the associated plants and machinery of Malcolm & Hill Limited in Kitchener from The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company.

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Appliances : air conditioner (humidifier) manuals.

File consists of five leaflets containing operating instructions for Electrohome portable air conditioners (humidifiers), and one leaflet containing operating instructions for the Marvel-aire unit from General Electric. File also includes two warranty cards for Electrohome portable air conditioners.

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10" fan development : blueprint.

File consists of a graph relating to the development of a 10-inch diameter fan blade. Graph depicts the maximum watts consumed by the fan and the free air flow.

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Museum information.

File consists of material relating to the development of the Electrohome museum and archives as well as exhibitions for the company's 90th anniversary. Includes correspondence; ms. notes; photocopies of articles from the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips; photocopies of photographs, news releases, and other documents; ephemera; and copies of policies and forms developed by archives of other institutions.

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