File consists of a deed of land concerning Lot 13 in Block 92 in the Town of Moberly.

Date and Place from: January 2, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Hazlett & Moyer letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 11, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Hazlett & Moyer letterhead.

Date and Place from: April 18, 1907 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: March 25, 1908 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope only.

Date and Place from: March 5, 1914 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope only.

Date and Place from: April 11, 1920 Cicero, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: June 3, 1921 Cicero, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: June 4, 1921 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope only.

Date and Place from: April 17, 1923 Cicero, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Ca. [54] p. ms. diary contained in a coverless notebook kept by J. H. Shoults. This diary covers the period Jan. 1, 1882 - June 30, 1882. This diary contains daily entries recording Shoults' personal, social, and professional activities when he was living in "Mt. Pleasant". Accounts of weather conditions are also contained in these diaries. Diary entries relate to Shoults' activities as a minister, and include the names of the places where he preached and of the Bible readings which formed the basis for his services. Reference is also made to the many church meetings he participated in, to baptisms and funerals, and to other church activities in which he was involved. Reference is also made to family life, as well as to social and parish visits, including the names of many friends and acquaintances.

Some loose items are also contained in this diary, including a loose leaf with ms. list of names, as well as paper cut into small pieces with numbers written on each piece.

Note that in a small section of this diary the ink is very faded making the diary entries difficult to decipher.

One photograph of a group of Baptist missionaries in Calcutta [Kolkata]. The missionaries are White and Indian men.

Photograph of men working on a rail line along King Street at Erb Street. The shop front of H.A. Zoellner, Druggist, is visible as well as a telephone (telegraph?) pole. Possibly construction of tracks for electric street railway between Kitchener and Waterloo.

The OAHSPE was produced by John Ballou Newbrough through automatic writing and published by OAHSPE Publishing Association. The bible contains teachings, lessons, and new revelations from the Embassadors of the angel hosts of heaven prepared and revealed unto man in the name of Jehovih.

File consists of a personal letter to Fred [?] from [?] Colquhoun. Leter is on Bank of Hamilton letterhead.

Date and Place from: January 28, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Hazlett & Moyer letterhead.

Date and Place from: April 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: May 6, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Hazlett & Moyer letterhead.

Date and Place from: September 31, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Hazlett & Moyer letterhead.

Date and Place from: October 23, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Hazlett & Moyer letterhead.

Date and Place from: January 14, 1883 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: October 14, 1884 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: January 19, 1885 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: April 19, 1886 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: December 21, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of School, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: December 8, 1913 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope. Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of School, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: December 15, 1913 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope. Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of School, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: January 27, 1914 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope. Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of School, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: February 13, 1914 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope. Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of School, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 5, 1914 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of School, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 2, 1914 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope. Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of School, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: August 22, 1914 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope. Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of School, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: November 9, 1915 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope. Notes: Written on Illinois Audubon Society letterhead.

Date and Place from: April 5, 1916 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope. Notes: Written on The Geographic Society of Chicago letterhead.

19 letters. Correspondents include brothers Austin, Frank, Orpheus, sister Etta, mother Mary, cousins William Nash, sister-in-law Carrie and friend M.S. Weaver.

One diary belonging to Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). The diary was given to Etta in 1882 for her sixteenth birthday and in it she has written poems, songs and diary entries. Also includes clippings, drawings, fabric swatches and writings that were inserted into the diary.

One diary of Etta White (nee Schantz). The diary is primarily lyrics to songs and poems, which have been indexed by Etta in the back. Also written are a list of New Years guests 1884, favourite quotations, the Morse code alphabet, a magic age table, and diary entries for her birthdays. Included in the file are newspaper clippings, writings, fabric swatches, and pressed flowers that were found in the diary.

"Chronicle Print, Waterloo." This indenture not signed or witnessed.

Three card advertisements for Hazellet & Moyer, Cedar Falls, Iowa. The cards are advertising the purchase of Jamestown alpaca dress goods which will be sold at Hazlett & Moyer.

Hazlett and Moyer is possibly the dry goods company in which Levi Nash Moyer, Jacob Nash Moyer and Orpheus Moyer Schantz were partners in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Published texts, heavily illustrated in colour, appropriate for framing or hanging: The Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, etc.

File consists of the family register of Johanes and Catharina Schmitt (nee Riehl). Their daughter Catharina married Martin Anthes. Includes duplicates.

Studio portrait of Louis Henry Wagner with is sister Catherine Wagner Bates. The two are posed as though going for a county walk, wearing gloves and hats and Louis Henry is carrying a cane.

File consist of one photograph of Queen Victoria and her daughter Princess Beatrice.

File consists of one article on the late Mr. Hamilton of Kingston.

Invitation from the parents of Maggie Rennie Struthers to the wedding of their daughter to Robert Garden Davidson, to be held October 3, 1882 in St. Catharines (includes envelope).

Series is comprised of ms. reports created by Elizabeth Smith Shortt, primarily related to her medical and women's rights work.

Studio portrait of Louis Henry Wagner seen looking off camera.

Twenty-one letters received by Franklin Abram Schantz.

Date and Place from: April 30, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Oct. 6, 1886 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Cobb & Moyer Dry Goods, Carpets & Millinery letterhead.

Date and Place from: May 13, 1887 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Wilson & Moyer, Dry Goods, Carpets and Millinery letterhead.

Date and Place from: Feb. 4, 1890 s.l. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Jan. 13, 1891 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, closing missing.

Date and Place from: Sept. 16, 1891 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Jan. 4, 1893 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: Sept. 24, 1886 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Aug. 18, 1890 Ottumwa, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Patriarchal Circle of America letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 17, 1892 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: Sept. 19, 1892 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: Nov. 27, 1892 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: May 2, 1893 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 20, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Jan. 7, 1883 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: March 8, 1890 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Nov. 22, 1891 Ottumwa, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, no salutation; written on Ottumwa Cal Palace letterhead.

Date and Place from: Nov. 22, 1891 Morton Park, Ill To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, no closing.

Date and Place from: Sept. 6, 1898 s.l. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912.

Date and Place from: October 10, 1907 Didsbury To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: Sept. 13, 1892 Chicago, IL To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Letterhead.

Series consists of material created, collected, and accumulated by Martha Rieder relating to her family, personal life, interests, volunteer work, and significant life events; some material was added later by other family members, probably her daughter Margaret Paisley. Contains some material relating to Martha's volunteer work with the YWCA and with the Wartime Prices and Trade Board: Consumer Branch (Kitchener).

Series includes diaries; ephemera; cards and letters; funeral notices; manuscript notes; genealogy materials; clippings; school report cards, baptism certificates, and diplomas of her children; agreements, wills, insurance policies, and other personal documents; reports and agendas; newsletters; cashbooks; artifacts; an autograph album; her wedding album; and other material.

Correspondence from J.J. Escher to Margaert Riehl Hailer sending condolences upon the death of her husband John Jacob Hailer.

Preacher's licenses for Louis Henry Wagner for Waterloo County and Perth County.

The Sofie Gauthier collection contains records created and accumulated by Sofie Gauthier relating to Spiritualism. Records include lectures on Spiritualist practices, automatic writing, a newsletter from the National Spiritualist Association of Churches, and an OAHSPE bible.

Letter from Florence Kempt dated Glasgow, December 13, 1882 to her grandmother Margaret Davidson, written in pencil in capital letters.

Series consists of materials relating to the life and death of Blanche Mildred Kelly née Clement and husband Frederick Bowman Kelly. Include clippings, and a birthday card sent to an infant Blanche by her grandmother.

File consists of materials related to Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly and Frederick Bowman Kelly. Includes obituary clippings, a marriage notice clipping and a birthday card sent to Blanche from her grandmother and Aunt Emma.

Series consists of correspondence received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from family and friends, some addressed to both and some addressed to John or Lydia individually. Includes letters and a telegram.

General correspondence received by Jemima Sims.

File consists of two pages from the Daily News (Berlin, Ontario) for December 27, 1883. Pages are torn and have pieces missing around the edges.

Ephemera and clippings belonging to Franklin Abram Schantz. Includes receipts, financial records, red cross pledge cards and a card regarding return of military clothes.

Correspondence received by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

Correspondence received by Tobias Schantz.

File consists of one sample newspaper for Weekly Magnet.

File consist of clippings relating to Hamilton.

75 letters. Correspondents include: friend Dorothy, J.M. Moyer, Jennie Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Lizzie [Moyer?], Louise and Emma Moyer, Sarah, Arthur Schantz, Austin Schantz, Carrie Schantz, Etta Schantz, Frank Schantz, uncle Josiah K. Schantz, Mary Schantz, Orpheus Schantz, Tobias Schantz. One folder contains single letters from a number of friends.

Full length studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz seen looking off camera with left arm resting on a [tree stump?] prop and left ankle crossed over the right.

File consists of one sample newspaper for The Coral.

Correspondence received by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

36 letters received by Tobias Schantz. Correspondents include Levi Nash Moyer, his children Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz), Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, joint letters from family, one letter from his wife Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).

Correspondence received by Tobias Schantz.

Series consists of materials relating to the life and death of Adam Bowlby. Includes one obituary and a photocopy of the obituary.

Ms. diaries contained in three coverless notebooks kept by J. H. Shoults. The first [32] p. diary covers the period Jan. 1, 1883 - July 28, 1883, the second [15] p. diary covers the period July 29, 1883 - Nov. 30, 1883, while the third 8 p. diary covers the month of Dec. 1883. During this time there was a sudden change in Shoults' circumstances. The entries for Jan. - May 1883 are sporadic and are written from Toronto. In the diary entry for May 21, 1883 Shoults' explains "In my domestic surroundings and termporal affairs great changes have been. March 21st I rented stone dwelling 340 Yonge St., Toronto intending to open a business in the Stationary and Book line". He moves in on Apr. 9, 1883 but then explains that "under the influences of certain circumstances" he decided to return to the country on Apr. 10, 1883. The remaining diary entries (from May 21, 1883 onwards) are written daily and indicate that Shoults has returned full-time to working with the church. Initially Shoults and his family live with Bro. George in Markham and Shoults appears to be working for Bro. George engaged in farm activities. On Oct. 15, 1883 (see diary entry) Shoults and his family move into their own house in Orono. The diary entries describe Shoults' activities as a minister, and include the names of the places where he preached and of the Bible readings which formed the basis for his services. Reference is also made to the many church meetings he participated in, to funerals he attended, and to other church activities in which he was involved. Social and parish visits are also described, and some references to Shoults' family are additionally included in these diaries. Accounts of the weather conditions are also contained in these diaries.

File consists of one apparently humourous programme for a concert in Picton.

File consists of one obituary and a photocopy of it, for Adam Bowlby.

Photograph of a log house with vegetation, taken in Magazine Island.

Collection consists of two items of correspondence from Lucy Stone to Mr. Michards. The letters are dated April 19th and 29th of 1893 and ask Mr. Michards to examine the records of his organization and see what arrangements Stone had made with them.

File consists of 17 letters and one telegram received by John.S. and Lydia Anthes. Most letters are from Lydia's parents F. and Caroline Herlan of Gardenville (West Seneca), New York, and several are from her brother F.D. Herlan of the same.

Folder contains images of flooding, some original and some copy prints and negatives. Includes New Hamburg, Dunnville (1912, 1930), Ayr (1883, 1977), Fergus (1899-1900), Galt (1929, 1936, 1948), Paris (1971), Grand Valley (1972), Preston (1972), West Montrose

From: Breslau, about sewing.

Three items of correspondence sent to Elizabeth Smith Shortt from Dr. Thomas R. Dupuis.

From: Breslau, about sewing.

Confirmation certificate granted to Gottfried Lehler from Lutherithen Kirche zu Luden. The certificate is written in German and the translation is as follows: Gottfried Lehler, born on the 1st of September in the year of 1869, confirmed on the 15th of April in the year of 1883 in the Lutheran Church of [ineligible], Waterloo, Ontario.

One read line copy book filled in by Katie Brubacher on April 18th, 1883.

Inspector's Promotion Register for the Town of Waterloo for the year 1883. Includes names of teachers and students, as well as student grades for the courses reading, penmanship, spelling, geography, history, arithmetic, grammar, composition and literature. Also includes a sheet of paper totalling grades for all class levels for the year 1884 written on Waterloo Chronicle letterhead.

Correspondence from Louis Breithaupt to Louis Henry Wagner. The postcard discusses the family and visiting at the cottage.

Correspondence from Mary Staebler to Louis Henry Wagner. The letter discusses Mary's activities over the past week, and ends with Mary accepting an offer from Louis Henry, seemingly to move with him. The letter was written a few months before the couple married.

File consists of a ledger kept by Charles Greb from 1884 to 1933, and material relating to Greb's hardware and hotel businesses in Zurich, Ontario where he lived before moving to Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1909. Includes a receipt to Greb from Charles Hartleib for the stock of the hardware store in Zurich, a press clipping about the history of the store, handwritten notes, statements from the Waterloo Bond Corporation, and typed notes by Charles E. Greb about the ledger.

These notes indicate that the ledger records transactions relating to the hardware store or the Huron Hotel (1884-1904); judgements made by Greb as a Justice of the Peace for Huron County (1906-1908); and transactions from building renovations, investments, loans, etc. (1909-1933).