Silver halfcrown from England showing on the obverse the heads of William and Mary and on the reverse a crowned quartered shield of arms.

Silver sixpence from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of William III and on the reverse four crowned shields.

Silver farthing from England showing on the obverse the head of Mary and on the reverse the head of William. This pattern farthing was struck as an experimental coin and was never entered into circulation.

Silver halfcrown from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of William III and on the reverse four crowned shields.

Silver sixpence from England showing on the obverse the head of Anne and on the reverse four crowned shields surrounding a garter star. This is a Vigo issue, coins stamped from silver or gold captured from the Spanish in Vigo Bay during the War of Spanish Succession.

Silver shilling from England showing on the obverse the head of King George I and on the reverse four crowned shields surrounding a garter star with C and SS in the angles. This is a South Sea Company issue that was minted from silver found by the South Sea Company in Indonesia in 1722.

Silver shilling from England showing on the obverse the head of King George II and on the reverse four crowned shields surrounding a garter star. This is a Lima issue, coins stamped from silver captured from the Spanish that had been mined in Peru, near Lima.

Silver coins from England showing on the obverse the head of King George II and on the reverse four crowned shields surrounding a garter star. These appear to be one shilling and two sixpence.

Silver thaler from the Austrian Empire showing on the obverse the head of Empress Maria Theresa and on the reverse the Hapsburg coat of arms.

Silver proof thaler from Abyssinia showing on the obverse the head of Empress Maria Theresa and on the reverse the Hapsburg coat of arms. Restrike.

Silver coins from England showing on the obverse the head of King George III and the reverse a 3 (threepence), a 4 (fourpence), four shields surrounding a garter star with crowns in the angles (Shilling and sixpence).

Gold half guinea showing on the obverse the head of King George III and on the reverse a spade shaped shield.

Silver eight reales from Spain (minted in Mexico) with a countermark bust of King George III in an oval in the centre of the head of Charles IV on the obverse. The reverse shows the Spanish coat of arms. These coins were issued by the British mint in response to a massive shortage of coinage and were valued at four shillings and ninepence.

One school slate with a wooden frame and an accompanying slate pencil. A note on the slate indicates that it was used by Henry B. Bowman (1900-1991), his father Abraham Bowman (1874-1964), Henry's grandfather Levi B. Bowman (1851-1927) and Henry's great-great-grandfather (1789-1866).

Silver dollar from England showing on the obverse the head of King George III and on the reverse Britannia seated surrounded by FIVE SHILLINGS DOLLAR and then again by BANK OF ENGLAND. This coin has been struck over a Spanish dollar.

Silver 5 franc coin from France showing on the obverse the head of Napoleon and on the reverse 5 FRANCS. Edge inscription reads 'France Dieu Protes.'

Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of King George IV and on the reverse an image of St. King George slaying the dragon.

Silver shilling from England showing on the obverse the head of King George IV and on the reverse a lion over a crown and a rose.

Silver coins from England showing on the obverse the head of King George III (penny with 1 on the reverse) and King George IV (groat with 4 on the reverse). Both of these are maundy coins.

Silver groat from England showing on the obverse the head of William IV and on the reverse Britannia seated.

Bronze farthing from the Isle of Man showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse the three-legged Manx triskelion.

Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse a crowned shield of arms within olive wreath; thistle, rose, & shamrock below.

Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse crowned, cruciform shields around Garter Star; rose, thistle, & shamrock in quarters; all within Gothic frame.

Silver florin from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse crowned cruciform shields; thistle, rose, & shamrock in each quarter between trefoil arches.

Silver two pence from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse a 2. Also a brass commemorative token issued upon the marriage of Prince Albert to Queen Victoria. The obverse shows the head of Prince Albert and the reverse the words �BORN AUG 26 1819 MARRIED FEB 10 1840� across the field.

Silver coins from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse the numbers 1, 2, 3, & 4. This is an 1885 maundy set.

Pewter plate brought to Canada by Nickolas Klinck and used by his daughter Elizabeth Dunke [nee Klinck] on their voyage to Canada from Hamburg, Germany in 1857.

Bronze farthing from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse Britannia seated. This is a bun farthing, so called because of the young head of Queen Victoria with a bun, with a beaded border.

• [Copper?] coin - Albert Edward Prince of Wales Visited Canada and Inaugurated the Victoria Bridge 1860.
• 2 [Silver?] coins - The Victoria Bridge Medal Grand Trunk Railway of Canada 1860.
• 2 [Silver?] coins - H.R.H. The Prince of Wales To Commemorate the Visit of Albert Edward Prince of Wales to Canada 1860.

Silver sixpence from England showing on the obverse the head of Victoria and on the reverse the same in reverse. This coin is a brockage error during the minting process.

One scrapbook with handwritten knitting patterns and samples. Patterns include a star quilt, edging, broad lace, lace for pillow cases, Grandma's lace, wristlets, lace insertions, crochet slippers, knitted block for a counterpane as well as an advertising leaflet for sewing silks.

Contents: file consists of one lock of hair from Alice Riggs Hunt cut on her 2nd birthday. Accompanying documentation records her height and weight at the time and a note about the lock.

Silver double florin England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse crowned shields with sceptres in the angles.

Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse St. George slaying the dragon. This is a jubilee issue.

Silver jubilee sixpence from England showing on the obverse the head of Victoria and on the reverse a shield. This reverse design was withdrawn after this year as coins were being gilded and passed off as half sovereigns.

Contents: file consists of one lock of hair from Alice Riggs Hunt cut when she was 3 years 11 months old.

One scrapbook with patterns for knitting, embroidery, lace, crochet, and more, taken from the "Busy Fingers" column of Farm and Home magazine. The back of the scrapbook also includes handwritten lace and edging patterns with small samples of the work.

File consists of one baby bonnet crocheted by Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement.

One box of unused slate pencils, likely made of sandstone, used for writing on slates.

File consists of one white handkerchief with pink borders. The handkerchief is inscribed "From Grandpa 1891."

One tasselled mortarboard belonging to Hervey Bowman.

One embroidered tablecloth made by Lizzie Flagler and given to Etta White upon her marriage to Ward White. Also includes an excerpt of an item of correspondence discussing the table cloth. Lizzie is the sister of Etta's bother's Orpheus' wife Carrie.

Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse St. George slaying the dragon. This is a diamond jubilee issue.

Wooden upholstery webbing stretcher used in chair making.

File consists of one metal plate etching of Alice Riggs Hunt used for publicity.

File consists of one piece of lace work, identified as having been created by Caroline Herlan, Marth Rieder's grandmother.

File consists of key to the Field family vault in the New York City Marble Cemetery. Moses Field, Maunsell Bradhurst Field, Caroline Matilda Field Riggs, Franklin Clinton Field, Elizabeth Cooke Fitch Field, and Louise Clinton Field were all interred in the vault.

One school slate with a wooden frame.

File consists of four ribbons collected by the Rieder Anthes family. Two are campaign ribbons showing support for Sir Oliver Mowat, premier of Ontario. One is a mourning ribbon for Queen Victoria and one is a ribbon of support for Canadian troops in the Second Boer War. The Boer War ribbon has been stamped "J.I. Frank Anthes Nov. 5 1900."

Circular wood burning by Orpheus Schantz of a woman's face surrounded by symbols.

File consists of a keepsake box and sewing kit received by Martha Rieder for Christmas, 1892, from John and Carrie Breithaupt. Box is red velvet with a painting of two birds on the top (painting cracked and flaking off in some places). Contents of the box include:

• sewing kit items (needle case, needle, hook, thimble, etc.),
• pin cushion for displaying trinkets,
• 2 trinkets (birch bark canoe, souvenir of [?] tower),
• small paper fan with painting of matador and bull,
• mother of pearl bottle with decorative metal trim and cork stopper (scent flask?),
• clam shells attached with metal hinges and painted with flowers (souveinr of Niagara Falls [?]; paint flaking off; containing some type of fragrant material?),
• red velvet coin purse with leather interior containing a miniature pocket knife and coins (5 cents Canadian 1902, 5 cents US 1895, 25 cents US 1895).

Box also contains ms. note: "Martha M. Anthes, Christmas 1892, from Carrie and John."

One school slate with a wooden frame and fabric accents.

One school slate with a wooden frame and fabric accents used by Henry B. Bowman during the years 195-1908 while a student at Central School in Waterloo.

File consists of one handkerchief used by John George Motz. An accompanying note reads "last handkerchief used by John George." Note that John George died before his second birthday.

One box of American solid finest quality drawing crayons.

One box of Keystone mathematical instruments with various instruments inside. Includes squares, set squares and protractors,

Cast iron nameplate featuring the name S.H. Ratz. This nameplate was possibly used by Simon. H. Ratz.

File consist of one 50 years a resident Hamilton centennial ribbon.

A small mirror with a photograph of Henry Ratz and his wife on the verso.

A ceramic match holder featuring a gaggle of three geese standing in the grass with their heads raised and likely honking. Underneath the grass is an inscription that reads, “We want our Votes!” The match holder was likely created to make an anti-suffrage statement that equates suffragists with “silly geese.” The match holder was possibly made by Schafer & Vater, German makers of small ceramic items between 1910 and 1914.

The match holder was purchased by Anne Anderson Perry, a member of the Women’s Suffrage Association in Manitoba as table decoration for an event. Perry later gifted the match holder to Valance St. Just Patriarche, who worked as a movie censor at the time and who was against women receiving the vote. Valance held onto the item for several years and then it was offered to Special Collections & Archives as part of the Lady Aberdeen collection. While it is currently listed as part of the Alice Riggs Hunt fonds, it is unclear how it came to be associated with this fonds.

File consists of a wooden key (ca. 45 cm long), painted gold and containing the logo of the Kitchener Manufacturers' Association and the date April 28, 1917. Includes typescript note: "key to the City of Kitchener (town of Berlin then) given to T.H.R. when we moved to Montreal 1917."

First World War scarf presented to Alfred S. Gofton.

File consists of one Victory Medal awarded posthumously to David Ward Clement for his service in First World War. Includes the medal, ribbon and original envelope in which it was mailed to Edwin Perry Clement. Inscription on rim of medal reads "98079 Pte. D.W. Clements [sic] R.F.C." Was originally mailed with the British War Medal.

Fonds consists of one lithography stone used to print materials for Joseph E. Seagram and Sons.

File consists of one British War Medal awarded posthumously David Ward Clement for his service in First World War. Does not include ribbon. Inscription on rim of medal reads "98079 Pte. D.W. Clements [sic] R.F.C." Medal was originally mailed with the Victory Medal.

Medal from the Royal City Lodge of Perfection with an enamel motive of A. & A. S. R. Canada (referring to the 50 years sterling membership in freemasonry) awarded to A. R. Kaufman on October 20, 1920.

Electrotype coin from Syracuse (in two parts) showing on one coin the head of Apollo and on the other the head of Artemis.

Electrotype tetradrachm from Syracuse (on Sicily, Italy) showing the bust of Queen Philistis I on the obverse and on the reverse a quadriga driven by Nike.

Electrotype stater from Metapontum (Italy) showing an ear of barley surrounded by the letters META. Reverse incuse of same.

Electrotype tetradrachm from Amphipolis (Greece). The obverse shows the head of Apollo and the reverse a lit race torch surrounded by the city name.

Electrotype coin from Carthage showing on the obverse the head of the Goddess Tanit and on the reverse a pegasus. The coin was created at the British Museum and bears the incuse initials RR on the edge for Robert Ready.

Electrotype coins (one showing each side) from Acragas (Agrigento, Italy). Shows a crab and a sea eagle with the inscription AKRAC-ANTO? .

Silver drachma from Corinth (Greece) showing on the obverse the head of Aphrodite and on the reverse a pegasus.

Electrotype coins (one showing each side) from Carthage (modern day Tunisia). Shows the head of Tanit and a standing horse.

Electrotype tetradrachm from Ainos (Thrace, modern day Enez, Turkey) showing the head of Hermes on the obverse and a goat standing above a torch on the reverse.

Electrotype didrachm from the kingdom of Epirus (modern day Greece and Albania) from the time of King Pyrrhus. The obverse shows the helmeted head of Aliches, and the reverse thetis vieled riding a hippocamp and holding the shield of Achilles.

Electrotype coin from Thurium, Lucania (modern day Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet and on the obverse a stampeding bull and under a tuna fish.

File consists of one Memorial Cross awarded to Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement upon the death of her son David Ward Clement in 1917 during First World War. Includes medal, ribbon, case and a note card that reads "This cross is presented to you in memory of one who in the Great War died for King and Country" signed by Hugh Guthrie, Minister of Miltia & Defence. The verso of the mdeal reads "98079 1st. Class A.M. D.W. Clement." The Memorial Cross was given to the mother, widow, or next of kin of a Canadian soldier lost in First World War.

Electrotype coins (one showing each side) from Neapolis (Italy). Shows the head of a nymph and a man faced bull.

Electrotype coins (one showing each side) from Corinth (Greece). Shows the head of Athena wearing a Corinth helmet, and a pegasus.

Electrotype tetradrachm from Syracuse (on Sicily) showing on the obverse the head of Hercules wearing the head of the Nemean Lion and the reverse showing Zeus seated holding an eagle. The coin dates from the reign of Alexander IV.

Scrapbook album created by Mabel Welma Fox during her time at the University of Michigan (1921-1923).

Scrapbook is covered with correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, ephemera, physical objects, and annotations that guide the reader through Fox’s university life.
Photographs are of Fox’s house guests, parties, field trips, prom, graduation, and members of the Betsy Barbour women’s residence hall.
Newspaper clippings and full editions include Michigan Daily, College News, The Detroit News Mail edition, and Detroit Free Press, as well as others unidentified.
Ephemera includes posters, invitations, tickets, and programs for events; place, calling, membership, and business cards; envelopes with receipts (including for tuition, lodging and rent, transportation, raffle tickets, and memberships); report and grade cards; poetry clippings and pages stripped from books; notebooks with course notes; cards and napkins; materials related to 1923 Commencement; and booklets for the University of Michigan Women’s League.
Physical objects include decorations made with crepe paper for different events, a pencil tied to a notebook, and a mini frying pan from a dinner event, and rose leaves and petals.

Scrapbook is housed in a production scrapbook published by the College Memory Book Company from Chicago (Illinois, USA) with copyright from 1918, W.M.W. Clay, and with the title “National Memory and Fellowship Book.”
Fist 25 pages of scrapbook include pre-printed sections used by Fox and/or her colleagues. Preprinted sections include annotations, drawings, photographs and ephemera (by students from Michigan, the United States, Japan, and China).
Pre-printed sections are:

• Register of friends,
• Faculty and Campus,
• Student Hall of Fame,
• Comparative Athletic Record,
• School and Social Functions,
• My Favourites,
• Entertainments, Lectures, Plays,
• Memorable Trips,
• Clubs and Societies,
• Professors I Have Met,
• Dates and Doings,
• Things Worth-Wile Noting,
• Lest you forget.

Rest of pages are part of the same production scrapbook but do not show section titles. Some pages are left unused. And some items look like they were clipped from another scrapbook (including several items that were inside an envelope pasted to backcover).

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's diarrhea mixture, an efficient remedy for diarrhea, dysentery, cholera morbus, colic, cramps, cholera infantum. Composition: bismuth hydrate, red gum, magnesium hydrate, salol, pancreatin, chloroform.

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's electric liniment, a family and household remedy for the aches and pains resulting from rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, sprains, bruises, muscle soreness, sciatica, lumbago, stings of instects, etc., etc. Composition: oils of turpentine, thyme, sassafras, cassia, camphor, amber, linseed, cottonseed, petrolatum, barbadoes tar, oil mustard, chloroform.

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's rheumatic remedy, a valuable and effective remedy for the treatment of gout, neuralgia, lumbago, sciatica, and diseases arising from impurities of the blood. Composition: black cohosh, hydrangea, mandrake, methly-salicylate, sodium salicylate, rochelle salts, lithium benzoate, with tincture gelsemium and tincture colchicum corm.

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's worm syrup, palatable & efficient, and excellent remedy for use with children in the removal of worms of various kinds. Composition: spigelia, cascara, santonin, with oils of fennel and caraway.

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's compound cherry bark cough syrup, for coughs, colds, bronchitis, hoarseness, whooping cough and inflammation of the throat. Composition: syrups of wild cherry, senega, ipecac and blood root with chloroform.

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's compound syrup of white pine and tar, a reliable remedy for coughs, colds, hoarsensess, loss of voice. Composition: syrups of white pine, wild cherry, balm of gilead buds, spikenard, blood root and sassafras with pine tar and chloroform.

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's liver salt effervescent, a pleasant saline laxative valuable in the treatment of stomach, liver and kidney disorders such as prickly heat, flatulence, biliousness, habitual constipation, headaches, etc., and also in the relief of rheumatic and gouty conditions. Composition: sodium phosphate, potassium and sodium tartrate, magnesium sulphate, sodium citrate and sodium tartrate.

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's syrup of figs laxative, an agreeable fruit laxative, stimulates and assists the natural action of the stomach, kidneys, liver and bowels, especially valuable in the treatment of constipation, sick headache, biliousness, etc. Composition: figs, senna, rochelle salt, ext licorice, with oils of cloves, cassia, peppermint, wintergreen and anise and tincture belladonna leaves.

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's whooping cough remedy,a reliable remedy for whopping cough, bronchitis, and spasmodic affections of the throat. Composition: pine tar, syrups of garlic ipecac, senega, chestnut leaves, tolu and acacia with ext. licorice, spirits winter-green and chloroform.

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's compound syrup of white pin and tar, a reliable remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness and loss of voice. Composition: syrups of white pine, wild cherry, balm of gilead buds, spikenard, blood root, sassafras, and chloroform.

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's compound syrup of white pine eucalyptol and honey, a reliable remedy for coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, loss of voice, hoarseness. Composition: syrups of white pine, wild cherry, squill, senega, ipecac and blood root with terpin hydrate, honey, eucalyptol and chloroform.

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's extract of sarsaparilla compound with iodide of Potassium, the great blood purifier, for the relief of skin affections, boils, scrofula, pimples, ulcers, etc., general debility, constipation and other diseases caused by impurities of the blood. Composition : extract queen's root, sarsaparilla, burdock, yellow dock, sassafras, wintergreen, mandrake, licorice with Potassium iodide.

One in the package bottle of Fahrner's mustard oil liniment, a reliable remedy for the relief of rheumatism, neuralgia, stiff joints, frosted feet, sprains, skin diseases, sore throat, chest troubles, bronchitis, croup, etc. Composition: liquid petrolatum, oil sassafras, oil mustard and chloroform.

Metal printing plate with an inscription for the invitation of Helen Esther Breithaupt and Allen Edward Duffield.

Collection of coins ranging from the Persian Empire of the 6th century BCE to 19th century Britain. The coins reflect the development of the monetary systems, art, religion and shifting borders of the world. Also included are a coin weight and various electrotype coin reproductions.

Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of King George V and on the reverse St. George slaying the dragon. This is a jubilee issue.

Official press card and pass for Norman C. Schneider for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Includes leather case and press badge with ribbon attached.

File consists of one patch given to the winning team of the K-W Intramural Volleyball league.