Photograph of a group of four children and one adult sitting down in the garden by the porch of a house, taken at 172 Margaret Avenue (Kitchener) in 1896.

According to annotations, people in the photograph are Lillian Breithaupt (with Louise Catherine Geil on her lap), Laurine Catherine Augustine, Rosa Melvina Breithaupt Hewetson Clark, and John Edward Breithaupt.

Two cards listing prayer meeting topics. Included in one card is a handwritten note.

Fifteen copy books for drawing and writing that were owned by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains an article entitled, "A Ride to Kamloops" by Marie Joussaye which appeared in The Globe, Toronto, Saturday June 27, 1896. It appears that one page is missing from the article. The article is printed on the verso of the cover, which is the Dominion Day number and is coloured, decorated with flags, and illustrated with "Canadian Summer Scenes."

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence.

Group portrait showing the Moyer family having Christmas dinner at Levi Nash Moyer's home in Wilmette, Illinois. From left to right: Mary Emma Moyer, [Edmund Warren Moyer?], ?, Ela Bliss Moyer, ?, Charlotte Hays Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Jennie Moyer, Etta Moyer.

One full body portrait of Jennie Moyer seen seated outdoors on a barrel and wearing a cap and tweed jacket with leg of mutton sleeves.

File consists one mortgage between Abel Walper and Randall Roos, and two deeds between Abel Walper and Anna Marie Nahrgang, and Abel Walper and John Nahrgang.

File consists of one studio portrait of William John Motz. The photograph shows five different angles of William John seated around a table playing cards and smoking.

One photograph album of Canadian and British Baptist missionaries in the Nilgiris District of India.

One group photograph of members of the Hooper family.

Contents: file consists of one portrait photograph of Alice Riggs Hunt.

One copybook owned by Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

Date and Place from: Mar. 20, [1890?] Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias. From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine.

Handwritten notes on two biblical figures; Paul the Apostle and David, King of Israel.

Group portrait showing the Moyer having Christmas dinner at Levi Nash Moyer's home in Wilmette, Illinois. From left to right: Mary Emma Moyer, [Edmund Warren Moyer?], ?, Ela Bliss Moyer, ?, Charlotte Hays Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Jennie Moyer, Etta Moyer.

Upper body studio portrait of Ruth Schantz, four years of age, seen looking off camera.

One full body studio portrait of Leila Vera Hilborn as an infant. Hilborn is shown wearing a cap and gown, and laying on a fur rug.

Ts. transcription (photocopy) and accompanying notes by Shela Haines to Wendy Cameron.

Series consists of one ledger book kept by Rieder and Ruby, General Merchants of New Hamburg.

"Osborn & Huber, Booksellers and Stationers, Berlin."

Twenty-two letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: December 28, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: October 23, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: January 31, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 22, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co.

Date and Place from: April 24, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 01, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 21, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: October 07, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 06, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 25, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 02, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Partial letter, no closing.

Date and Place from: June 04, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: July 22, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: August 13, 1896 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: September 11, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: September 24, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: October 16, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: November 28, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on The Regan Printing House.

Date and Place from: December 12, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 23, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 14, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Chicago Forward Movement letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 3, 1896 Illinois To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lyida Mary, 1866-1900.

File consists of one group portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby (second from left) with daughters (from left to right) Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, Grace Esther Bowlby Fennell, and Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd. All are seen in high-collared dresses with oversized leg of mutton sleeves.

Studio portrait of Louis Henry Wagner seen looking off camera.

File consists of one group portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby (left) with daughters (from left to right) Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, Grace Esther Bowlby Fennell and Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd. All are seen in high-collared dresses with oversized leg of mutton sleeves.

File consists of a contract between John F. Moffett et al. and the Berlin Water Works Company, transferring the water works property at Shoemaker's Lake to the Company.

File consists of one leaf of statistics relating to the revenue and profits of water works systems in various Ontario towns for in the year 1896.

Studio portrait of three adults seen looking at camera.

People in photograph are: Carrie Breithaupt at left, and Carrie Augustine at right.

Six scribblers or exercise books, most with pictorial covers, owned by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

Upper body studio portrait of Urban Snyder seen looking toward camera.

File consists of one ledger from Rieder and Ruby, General Merchants, of New Hamburg.

Photograph of five adults and two children by a wooden bridge taken in Penetanguishene on the way to Tiny Beach (Ontario). Three adults are standing on the bridge, and two adults with two children are closer to the edge of the water.

People in photograph are: Carrie Breithaupt is standing at front left and looking at the camera, John Edward Breithaupt is possibly the child seated on the right, John Christian Breithaupt is standing at right and Lydia Anthes is seated at right on wooden railing.

Photograph of a group of five adults and two children by a horse cart with two horses on a beach with logs. Some of the people are eating and not looking at camera.

Photograph of a group of 23 adults standing and a child sitting down in the centre, group is standing on and by a house porch, and there is a dog on the side, taken at the Halls' home in Penetanguishene (Ontario) during their silver wedding anniversary. Carrie Breithaupt is seen standing in the back row, third from the left and Erastus Kells Hall is seated in the chair at centre.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: November 28, 1897 Chicago [Illinois] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Leander Attachments: No envelope.

Photograph of an adult holding a baby and two children standing in a greenhouse surrounded by plants and flowers, possibly taken at the Breithaupt family home in Kitchener (Ontario). Carrie Breithaupt is standing at left, holding Carl Louis Breithaupt, and John Edward Breithaupt and Louise Catherine Geil are standing at right.

File consists of one group portrait showing William Pope Clement with an unidentified other boy. Both boys are wearing jackets and garrison caps.

Scenic view of a tree-lined Grand River.

Photograph of (left to right) May Wing, Martha Rieder, Emma Ratz Kaufman, and Ella Cook posed for the camera wearing hats and holding picnic baskets. The group is seen in front of a vine covered backdrop.

Photograph of (left to right) Louisa, Ella and J.I. Frank Anthes seated and kneeling in a tree filled yard. Louisa is seated with Ella kneeling at her side. Both are seen looking at the camera. Frank is seated at right using an instrument on Louisa's upturned hand [possibly reading her palm?]. Frank is dressed in a suit and bowler hat and Lydia and Ella are wearing high-collared dresses with leg of mutton sleeves.

File consists of one ts. copy of an item of correspondence from Miss Murray to H.A. Boomer.

Collection consists of seven caricature prints of "men of the day" from the British weekly magazine Vanity Fair. Includes images of Mr. R. Richardson-Gardner; Mr. Herbert Spencer; Marquis of Winchester; Admiral Sir H.R. Yelverton; Mr. Joseph Ernest Renan; The Reverend Arthur Tooth; Lord H.F. Thynne.

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence.

Fourteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: June 9, 1896 Baden, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hilborn, David Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 10, 1896 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Harry Rollin Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed. Notes: Wedding announcement of Charlotte and Harry Moyer.

Date and Place from: June 5, 1897 Detroit, Mich. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From McKisson, Mabel Grant Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 6, 1897 Montrose, Col. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 16, 1897 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Harry Rollin Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 23, 1897 Toronto To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Macmillan, Chris Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 15, 1897 Kansas City, Mo. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Johnston, Nell Frances Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 25, 1897 Toronto To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Macmillan, Chris Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 27, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From McKisson, Geo. W., Mrs. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed. Notes: Written on Northern Electric Railway letterhead.

Date and Place from: August 28, 1897 Toronto, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Macmillan, Chris Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 28, 1897 Kansas City, Kan. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1897 Haysville, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hilborn, Hattie Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed Notes: Letter from D.W. Hilborn included.

Date and Place from: August 31, 1897 Haysville, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hilborn, D.W. Notes: Included with his wife's (Hattie) letter quote re married life also enclosed.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1897 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

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.

Two greeting cards in booklet form received by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Arthur Schantz.

File consist of The Diamond Jubilee, Toronto, published specially for the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria.

Advertisement on p. 18 of the Supplement to the Mail and Empire, Christmas 1897.

File consists of one item of correspondence from N. English to H.A. Boomer.

Purchased in Benet Gallery in Cambridge, England.

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence.

Head and torso studio portrait of Arthur Benjamin Schantz seen looking off camera and dressed in a suit and tie.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) seen looking off camera.

One upper body studio portrait of Mary Emma Moyer seen looking at camera. She is wearing a lace collared top with leg of mutton style sleeves.

One head and should studio portrait of Arthur B. Schantz. Identification from verso.

One upper body studio portrait of Arthur Schantz. Date is based on identical photograph on a different mount found in the collection. Identification from verso.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Carrie Briethaupt seen looking slightly off camera that likely belonged to Martha Rieder.

Photograph of J.I. Frank and Lydia Anthes standing in a yard. Frank, dressed in a suit and bowler hat, is blowing on a [dandelion?] as Lydia, wearing a high-collared dress with leg of mutton sleeves, looks on.

Studio portrait of the Anthes siblings. Carrie and Martha are seen standing behind Lydia, Ella and Frank seated.

File consists of five snapshots of Martha Rieder with friends on a picnic on the Grand River.

Scenic view of the Grand River with cows crossing through the water to a partially submerged patch of land in the middle of the water.

File consists of one 800 page journal giving account information from 1892-1897.

Full body studio portrait of Elmer Ratz and sister Ruth E. Ratz both seen looking at camera. Ruth is seated on a wicker chair dressed in a lace bonnet and dress. Elmer is standing next to the chair wearing a sun hat and dressed in a romper.

File consists of a deed of land for Lots 37, 38, 39, and 40 on the survey by Herbert L. Bowman for the County of Waterloo. Contains ms. sketch and notes.

Photograph of a logging scene with logs floating in water with a boat by a shore. There is vegetation in the foreground and background and buildings in the foreground.

One upper body studio portrait of Mary Emma Moyer.

Originally on page 36 bottom left of album 3.

One wedding announcement of Etta Lydia Mary Schantz to Ward Malott White.

One programme for the Windsor district sunday school and epworth league convention held in the town of Leamington on October 12 and 13,1897.

One studio portrait of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) taken while she was living with her brother Orpheus Moyer Schantz in Chicago, Ill.

Correspondence addressed to Hervey Bowman in Leipzig and London. Correspondence not indexed.

File consists of an autograph album kept by Martha Rieder. Inscription on inside cover: "Martha M. Anthes, Berlin, Ont., Nov. 19/89." Includes notes and quotations from family members and school friends.

File consists of an autograph album. Includes notes and quotations from school friends. Includes signature of Mabel Dunham. File also includes a letter from Ella to her father.

Scenic view of a tree-lined Grand River with marsh grass in the water included in foreground.

Photograph of (left to right) May Wing, Martha Rieder, Emma Ratz Kaufman, and Ella Cook posed for the camera wearing hats and holding picnic baskets. The group is seen seated in front of a vine covered backdrop.

A stereograph titled, “Heaven’s Blessing on the Twain” taken by Benjamin Kilburn and mounted by James M. Davis. The stereograph is part of Benjamin Kilburn’s “Marriage series” and depicts a man and a woman asleep in bed with a spectral outline of an angel overlooking them. This stereograph is an example of spirit photography.

Contains a deed of land between Mary Anna Rohleder and John S. Kuhl for a parcel of land "north of King Street and south of the Grand Trunk Railway".

File consists of one photograph showing members of the Bowlby family in front of "Liberty Hall", the family home. In the carriage are shown Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby and Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, being pulled by mare Dolly. In front of the home are shown David Sovereign Bowlby, George Herbert Bowlby, Blanche Alexandrine (Adine) Seagram Bowlby, David Shannon Bowlby, and Grace Esther Bowlby Fennell. The photograph was used in "Busy Berlin" in 1897.

File consist of clippings relating to the Victorian Order of Nurses.

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.

Includes one stereograph that is an example of spirit photography.

A memorial card for Christian Bechler from the Bechler family photo album. The card notes that Christian Bechler died on March 14, 1897 aged 69 years, 2 months, and 6 days.

Two copies of a photograph of a group of eighteen adults (some of which are holding cups of tea in their hands) and six children posing for the photograph while one of the adults is serving tea. Photograph appears to have been taken in a campground, there is a camp tent in the background and tables behind the group.

People in photograph are: Carrie Breithaupt seated at the right with a child on her lap and John Edward Breithaupt is possibly the person standing to her right.

File consists of a ribbon marked "Muskoka Lakes Association, 1897 Starter."

Twenty-one letters received by Tobias Kolb Schantz.

Date and Place from: n.d. Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: partial letter.

Date and Place from: [18--] s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Partial letter.

Date and Place from: December 29, [18--] Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: partial letter; Carson Pirie Scott & Co. envelope with stamp included.

Date and Place from: January 30, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: partial letter.

Date and Place from: March 28, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: September 8, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: marked "personal."

Date and Place from: September 25, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 30, 1894 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 24, 1887 West Montrose To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Writes that she has read in the paper "that you have electric light and p.o. boxes since I left, and are going to have the street-cars running between Berlin and Waterloo."

Date and Place from: April 01, 1887 West Montrose To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 23, 1887 West Montrose To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 24, 1887 West Montrose To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 28, 1893 Chicago To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: September 05, 1893 Chicago To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 23, 1894 Chicago To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 09, 1894 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: January 08, 1896 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 09, 1896 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 29, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 08, 1897 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Flowers and leaves pressed into a Monarch exercise and practice book. Most specimens are identified by name, sender, and location.

Material created and accumulated by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz. Includes two greeting cards.

One wedding announcement for Etta Lydia Mary Schantz to Ward Malott White.

Photograph of members of the Schantz family and friends seen seated together in a residential home.

Back row: Etta Schantz, [Kathryn Ellis]
Middle row: H. Goodwal Dickerman, Charlotte Hayes Moyer, Harry Rollin Moyer, Orpheus Moyer
Front row: Carrie Flagler Schantz, Ruth Schantz, Mary Emma Moyer.

Photograph of Louisa Anthes seated in a yard, looking over at camera, while working on [embroidery?].

One copy of Busy Berlin, Jubilee Souvenir, 1897, owned by Charles A. Ahrens.

File consists one conveyance between Abel Walper and Catharina Heiman.