One public school writing course on business forms, completed by Arthur Benjamin Schantz.

Two sets of minutes from the St. Jacob's Literary and Debating Society. The minutes include lists of members, as well as debate topics and outcomes. Debate topics include work life, the railway, social services, roles of men and women, annexing Canada to the United States, and more.

File consist of clippings relating to London.

Correspondence from SImon L. Umbach to Louis Henry Wagner.

Letter from Anna C. Elsley postmarked Breslau, September 27, 1889 to her sister Jemima Sims describing the death of her daughter, "Carrie" on August 19, 1889 (Includes envelope).

Ledger book of the Union School Section No. 17 North Dumfries, Branchton, Ontario for the years 1889 to 1918. Inset into the volume are receipts, cheque stubs and invoices relating to the accounts.

File consist of clippings relating to the settlement of Niagara Township.

File consists of manuscript exams for botany and materia medica.

Collection consists of two scrapbooks maintained by William Phillips. The first includes clippings from newspapers and magazines that date from 1890 to 1914. Included are articles on topics relating to spiritualism, advertisements for mediums, and advertising for spiritualism products including the Ouija board. These materials are glued into "A History of Europe" and most clippings feature underlining of important sections.

The second scrapbook includes both clippings as well as handwritten notes from the spirit world. The notes were sent from friends and family of William Phillips including his wife Elizabeth, sister Fanny, brother John Edward and father Joseph. The notes primarily came through medium P.L.O.A. Keeler at Lily Dale. Most of the clippings are advertisements for publications relating to spiritualism and the occult.

Series consists of photographs, most of which depict Ivan W. Keffer and his family. Includes mainly snapshots of Ivan, Mary and Mary Jane Keffer taken while they were living in Germany, during their outings and travels. Series also includes a portrait of Ivan W. Keffer at his desk and several photographs relating to the F.W. Woolworth Co.

Photograph of the front of a three-story house, possibly the house at 172 Margaret Avenue. There are trees and plants in the background and foreground and other houses in the background.

Photograph of a group of ten adults and two children sitting down or standing on a rocky shore by a lake, taken in Jubilee Island, Ontario. There are boats and vegetation in the background and a canoe in the foreground.

People in photograph are: John Schmitt Anthes and Lydia Catherine Anthes standing on the left side.

Photograph of two children standing at the sides of a shrub in bloom and by the side of a house.

One photograph of students out front of Bridgeport School. The teachers are identified as Mr. Weir, Miss Nicklin and Miss Moyer. Note that this is not the current Bridgeport Public School.

7 images, b&w photographs and negatives, some oversize, 5 original. Photographers include Fraser Bryce, Toronto, and Bachrach.

A printed paper wreath and a printed poem that were likely meant to be hung on a wall. On the verso of the poem is a stamp indicating that the poem was presented to E.U.M. Sunday School, Berlin.

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

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.

Approximately one hundred pieces of sheet music from the Schantz household, many belonging to Florence Annie Catherine Schantz or Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White). A list of titles is included in the box.

Three-part composite photograph. The top half contains numbered portraits of 155 members of the Berlin Philharmonic Society, the middle contains portraits of Miss C. Specker, contralto, Miss D. Zigler, soprano, Miss A. Bean, organist, Mr. Gains, tenor, Miss Specker, pianist, Mr. E. Shuch, baritone, Mr. C. Ruby, basso, and the bottom third of the photograph portrays the orchestra, seated with instruments and music. This photograph contains portraits of many well known citizens, particularly women.

Portraits of members of the Berlin Philharmonic Society include:

1. Geo. Howard, 2. A. Master, 3. W. Tuchlinski, 4. W.F. Roadhouse, 5. O. Vogelsang, 6. R.D. Lang, 7. H.P. Harding, 8. A. Breithaupt, 9. W. Euler, 10. J. Stauffer, 11. O. Master, 12. Geo. Zigler, 13. H. Clemens, 14. W. Zigler, 15. Rev. Tafel, 16.S. Groh, 17.L. Weaver, 18. E. Englert, 19.J. Brandt, 20. T. Simpson, 21. J. Steifke, 22. E. Werner, 23. D. Musselman, 24. W. Freeman, 25. J. Fischer, 26. A. Snyder, 27. E. Brubacher, 28. A. Musselman, 29. F. Shantz[sic], 30. J. Musselman, 31. E. Clemens, 32. W.H. Becker, 33. H. Hymmen, 34. E. Reiner, 35. A. Devitt, 36. E. Heist, 37. A. Shantz[sic], 38. J. Bilger, 39. G. Rehmann, 40. C. Harttung, 41. J. Weiderholt, 42. E. Lang, 43. H.A. Huber, 44. J. Good, 45. L.J. Breithaupt, 46. F. Boehmer, 47. D. Stadelbauer, 48. G. Reiner, 49. A.Grebenstein, 50. B. Marks, 51. T. Reid, 52. M. Ahrens, 53. M. Anthes, 54. A. Moyer, 55. E.Clemens, 56. Mrs. Musselman, 57. E. davey, 58. S. Musselman, 59. A.Detweiler, 60. I. Kolb, 61. A. Fischer, 62. Mrs. Howd., 63. A. Moyer, 64. T. Fehrenbach, 65., Mrs. Becker, 66. Mrs. Schmalz, 67. E. Swartz, 68. W. Fischer, 69. L. Motz, 70. F. Knechtel, 71. A. Mitchell, 72. A. Musselman, 73. C. Lang, 74. E. Hillard, 75. C. Webb, 76. A. Rathman, 77. T. Kimmel, 78. I. McMahon, 79. M. Moyer, 80. A. Cairnes, 81. L. Ziegler, 82. L. Rudell, 83. A. Kolb, 84. L. Musselman, 85. A. Boomer, 86. M. Devitt, 87. A. Devitt, 88. E. Pfeffer, 89. B. Bean, 90. Mrs. Shuh, 91. F. Caton, 92. M. Smuck, 93. M. Smuck, 94. M. Knell, 95. A. Wiegand, 96. A. Hett, 97. E. McIntyre, 98. L. Ruby, 99. M. Burke, 100. L. Hillard, 101. L. Hoffman, 102. Miss Kumpf, 103. A. Hendershott, 104. T. Pequegnat, 105. A. Knell, 106. G. Bowman, 107. A. Bird, 108. L. Pfeffer, 109. Miss Kumpf, 110. R. Musselman, 111. E. Dunn, 112. L. Sheppard, 113. Miss Grey, 114. F. Freeman, 115. R. Huck, 116. R. Ziegler, 117. M. Lauer, 118. M. Walper, 119. C. Vetter, 120. M. Walper, 121. Mrs. Tafel, 122. A. Staebler, 123. E. Schmidt, 124. L. Teidt, 125. A. Clemens, 126. S. Strasser, 127. Mrs. Fetzer, 128. M. Detweiler, 129. Mrs. Seiler, 130. A. Bossenberger, 131. C. Rehman, 132. U. Heins, 133. E. Stein, 134. A. Bean, 135. S. Shantz[sic], 136. C. Martin, 137. A. Eby, 138. A. Moyer, 139. E. Reiner, 140. B. McIntyre, 141. L. Eby, 142. L. Barlett, 143. K. Thomas, 144. L. Bricker, 145. L. Specker, 146. Miss Wagner, 147. K. Bingeman, 148. Mrs. Doering, 149. Miss Wagner, 150. M. Kalte, 151. S. Fehrenbach, 152. Mrs. W. Oelschlager, 153. Mrs. A. Oelschlager, 154. A. Brubacher, 155. Mrs. H. Heller.

One studio portrait, possibly of Franklin Abram Schantz.

Packets of notes on British history.

A Christmas card in booklet form made by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) for her future husband, Ward Malott White, in 1890. The card includes an poem and has plant material attached throughout.

Five family greeting cards to and from Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

12 letters. Correspondents include friends and relatives, brother Arthur and Ward White, Harold Russell. Includes a letter from Ward White after his wife Etta's death, concerning the future and the possibility of Sophie joining him with baby Dorothy.

Two identical upper body studio portraits of Melvina Dorthula Flagler. Melvina is shown with a watch on a chain and a large lace flower on her jacket. Note that the mounting for one photograph is labeled: "Dunn, Leamington, Ont." but that the image was in fact taken by Hartley's, Chicago, Ill..

Nine dry glass plate negatives showing various images. Five of the plates show images of Arthur Schantz, Eli Brubacher and Herbert Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz and Edgar Clemens that are recognizable from positives elsewhere in the fonds. They are possibly from when Arthur was working for Schneuker photography studio. The remaining images are of unidentified portraits. Images were originally housed in a box of "Stanley" brand dry plate negatives.

Material relating to Orpheus Moyer Schantz's activities and interests; primarily entertainment, business and leisure pursuits. Includes ephemera, art, and business cards.

A small card with pressed fleurs de st-jean flowers from Jerusalem.

A New Years card.

The printed message on the card reads, May you have a happy New Year. God will never leave thee, All thy wants He knows, Feels the pains that grieve thee, Sees thy cares and woes. Frances Ridley Havergal.

One upper body studio portrait of Ela Bliss Moyer.

Originally in page 25 of album 2.

One full length studio portrait of Theodore Moyer and wife Alice Maud Guy Moyer. Theodore is shown seated on a chair with Alice standing to his right.

One three quarter length studio portrait of Theodore Moyer seen looking off camera with left hand in waistcoat pocket.

One three quarter length studio portrait of Victoria Priscilla Nash seen wearing a high-collar top with leg of mutton sleeves, and leaning with right arm against what looks to be the end of a bed.

One upper body studio portrait of Abram Lincoln Schantz seen looking off camera in partial profile.

One upper body studio portrait of Mary Moyer Schantz seen looking off camera.

Full length studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz standing between two unidentified women. The group is seen looking at the camera.

Upper body studio portrait of Sophie Emma Schantz and Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) seen looking off camera. Etta is seated leaning back toward Sophie with top of head against Sophie's chin.

Head and shoulders body studio portrait of Sophie Emma Schantz seen looking off camera in partial profile.

Three quarter length studio portrait of Solomon Wismer seen looking at camera with legs crossed and left arm resting on side table.

A campaign advertising card for William W. Weare for Representative to the Legislature for the 19th Senatorial District of Chicago. Orpheus Moyer Schantz and family lived in the 19th district.

A small booklet titled "songs of frost and snow" courtesy of Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick Publishers. The booklet includes poems and illustrations and was intended to advertise subscriptions to Farm and Fireside and the Ladies Home Companion.

Fonds consists of records relating to the administration, operation, products, and history of Electrohome Limited and its subsidiary companies, as well as its predecessors, Pollock-Welker Limited, the Grimes Radio Corporation Limited, and the Phonola Company of Canada Limited. Includes letters patent and by-laws, share certificates and registers, board of directors' minutes, legal records, financial statements, correspondence, memoranda, advertisements and product literature, internal and external publicity materials, news releases and press kits, press clippings, speeches, sales kits and manuals, photographs and other visual materials, ephemera, architectural and technical drawings, sound recordings, computer disks, and artifacts.

Head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified woman looking over left shoulder, off camera, with a smile on face.

Studio portrait of a child, likely Jane Anthes, seen looking off camera with slight smile on face.

Upper body studio portrait of Jane Anthes seen looking off camera.

File consists of 12 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder; some letters also contain notes from Ella Anthes Cook and Louisa Anthes Breithaupt. Also includes one letter from Martha to Louisa.

Photograph of the exterior of a corner of the Anthes Manufacturing Company of Berlin seen from across a dirt road. Clusters of trees are visible next to the building and at right in what may be an adjoining lot.

File consists of a photograph of the John S. Anthes home at 44 Weber Street in Berlin (Kitchener).

File consists of seven photographs and ephemera. Includes two mounted photographs taken on the streets of Berlin (Kitchener), including a shot of the Berlin market, town hall, and post office, a photograph of Alex Welker in his LeRoy car, a group portrait of students at Lady Belle [school?], a photograph of the interior of one of Electrohome's plants, and other photographs. File also includes a Christmas card from Elizabeth Pollock to John Koegler, and a page removed from a printed souvenir album containing a picture of C.E. Hoffman's button and suspender factory on Queen Street in Kitchener.

Page is annotated: "Pollock Mfg. Co. - 1908-1909 / upper floor - now SW corner Queen & Charles". File probably belonged to John Koegler.

Eight page booklet advertising the benefits of Pears Soap, specifically for use on women and children and in washing clothes. The cover shows a young girl holding a newspaper which reads "How to improve the complexion Soap" and the verso shows an illustration of a grandmother forcing a young boy into a bath with Pears Soap and the caption "You dirty boy."

Group portrait of the Ahrens family taken outside in front of the Ahrens family home on the corner of Benton and Courtland Streets. Three bicycles lay in front of the group and one of the children is seated on a tricycle. Includes two pages of handwritten identifications. Verso of photograph also includes partial identifications and notes about the relationship of people to the family.

Back Row, left to right: George Hachborn, Carey[sic] Ahrens (spinster), Albert Ahrens, Fred Ahrens (boy), Louise Ahrens (spinster), Herman Ahrens, Charles August Ahrens, Charles Schneider (boy), Henry Ahrens, Mary Ahrens Halliwell.

Middle row, left to right: Helena A. Schneider, Laura A. Hachborn (Aunt Loli), Margaret Hachborn (Koenig), John Metz Schneider, Ferdinand Von Ende, Minnie A. Von Ende, Charles Andrew Ahrens, Emma Ahrens (single), Mrs. Charles (Emma) Ahrens, Carl Ahrens (child), Carolyn Seiler Ahrens (wife of Henry), Floss Ahrens (on tricycle).

Front row, left to right: Fred H. Schneider, Emma Schneider, Herbert Schneider, Norman C. Schneider, Walter Ahrens, Lottie Shupe, Mabel Ahrens Picard [sic], George Ahrens.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Johann Christoph Schneider, seen looking off camera.

Contains a modern print of an old formal portrait of John A. White Jr. as a boy.

Series consists of material pertaining to the employees of J.M. Schneider Inc.

Photocopy and transcription of certificate awarded to Hugo Schöneich by the German Butcher Guild, Oct. 30, 1890. Schöneich was an early J.M. Schneider sausage maker.

Fonds consists of materials created by Dominion Rubber, and later Uniroyal, primarily relating to the activities at the Dominion Tire plant on Strange Street in Kitchener as well as to the planning and implementation of the Uniroyal world junior curling championship.

Head and shoulders cabinet card studio portrait of an unidentified man, seen looking off camera, from the Bechler family photo album.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby seen looking off camera in partial profile and dressed in a high-collar top with leg of mutton sleeves.

One photograph of a steamship in open water. One photograph of a small harbour with a ship in it.

One photograph of a group of men standing on rocks. The men are wearing caps and a few are smoking pipes. One photograph of small community on the water.

One photograph of a landscape. One photograph of a modern home with a large porch and a man standing on it.

One photograph of a body of water captioned on the verso "pool at base of the fall. Steady Brook." There is a man standing on rocks overlooking the pool.

One photograph of a woman posing in front of a display of skunk pelts. One photograph of a group of Inuit and European people standing in the distance from a village.

One photograph of a salmon jumping up over Little Falls, Humber River taken from a canoe. One photograph of a person standing in a boat with a pole. The photograph is captioned on the verso "poling through Little Falls Humber River."

One photograph of salmon leaping the Big Falls, Humber River. One photograph of a man holding a fish captioned on the verso "10 lb salmon caught by W.W. Dutcher Big Falls, Humber River."

One photograph of 6 people sitting on rocks. One woman and one man are carrying guns. One photograph of two people about to jump backwards into a body of water off of a dock.

Copy print, taken on the other side of the building shown in GA92-9-73, showing what is possibly a weigh scale for wagons. The domed building is the town hall and the light coloured building in the background is the Kitchener Hotel.

Copy negative of old class portrait of students and their [teacher?] outside of a school house with wooden tower.

Series consists of biographical information and photographs relating to Ella Daniels Schneider and Frederick H. Schneider.

6 b&w images of King St. in Waterloo. Two appear to be originals, the rest are prints taken from publications, and include contacts, negatives and duplicate prints in various sizes. Most show the "Commercial Buildings," built in 1857 on the east side of King St. at Erb, where the Seagram General store was located. One original, cut from an album [?] has a photograph of a turn-of-the-century lacrosse team pasted on the verso.

4 b&w images of bar interiors in Kitchener and Waterloo, of which one is original.

One group photograph, likely of missionaries, taken outdoors.

Two copies of a studio portrait of Helena Schneider seen looking off camera, wearing a high-collared shirt and [miniature crown?].

Series consists of material relating to the life and family of Johann Christoph Schneider. Includes clippings, ephemera, photographs, biographical information.

Full length studio portrait of Willie and Arthur, last name unknown, seated side by side. One child, dressed in a plaid dress with a lace collar, is seated in a chair, with left arm on the side of an armchair where a second child, an infant, is seated upright dressed in a white grown.

Upper body portrait of an unidentified seated adult looking toward camera while holding an infant, dressed in an white gown, upright on lap. The child's face is blurry from moving when the photo was taken.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified adult seen looking off camera.

Full length studio portrait of the children of Evelyn and John Parry, from left to right: Elizabeth, John, Margaret and Rosa. Elizabeth and John are seen seated on a round-back chair and Margaret and Rosa are seen standing to the right, holding hands.

Studio portrait of a family seen looking at camera. Two adults are seated at both ends of the photo with five children seated and standing between and next to them.

Studio portrait of three unidentified children seated in a row, slanted from high to low, and looking at camera. The head of an adult is partially visible behind the children, supporting the infant dressed in a long white gown at centre.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified teenager seen looking off camera.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Emma Wilkin (Simpson) seen looking slightly off camera.

File consists of an album compiled by Ella Anthes Cook, and including some additions probably by Martha Rieder. Includes snapshots of family members and friends and snapshots taken on Ella's trip to Europe, around Ontario, at Felsheim, and on her honeymoon. Includes a family photograph taken at Talmon Henry Rieder's 40th birthday, a snapshot taken when Earl Grey visited Berlin, a snapshot taken at the unveiling of Queen Victoria's monument at Victoria Park, and a photograph by Denton of the interior of Zion Evangelical Church.

Studio portrait of J.I. Frank Anthes (at right) with an unidentified man.

File consists of photographs of Anthes Manufacturing Company of Berlin employees standing outside of the company building

Legal documents for the John Ratz estate executors and distribution.

Receipts relating to the John Ratz estate including Royal Bank stock certificates, cheques, taxes, groceries, fire insurance, and some correspondence.

Upper body studio portrait of of Aaron Weber, salesman, seen looking at camera.

Studio portrait of an infant posed upright in a chair, dressed in a gown and lace cardigan. Possibly a cousin to Anna Elizabeth Metz Schneider.

Advertisement trade card showing a girl holding the tail of a cat as it tries to scratch a bird in a cage. The caption reads "Cats can but Bon Ami can not scratch for it lacks grit." Verso reads "Bon Ami is a modern improvement in the list of household necessities, doing the work of a metal polish, a scouring soap and all powders used for cleaning purposes (not for washing of clothes). It will clean anything cleanable and polish anything that can be polished. It contains no grit to scratch or acid to corrode; neither is there any alkali to redden or roughen the hands; on the contrary, it leaves them soft. It is always used in the form of a lather, which is applied to the surface to be cleaned. It requires so little water for this that slops and muss are avoided. It is made of the best and finest materials, and is so constituted that while it is too fine to scratch, it is coarse enough to clean. Coarser cleaners gradually and surely wear out the article cleaned, but Bon Ami removes the dirt without injuring or wearing off the surface. Don't fail to try the sample. Read carefully directions with each package. For sale by all grocers. The Bon Ami Company, 66 Maiden Lane, New York City."

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Carl Ahrens seen dressed in suit and tie and looking at camera.

Copy negative and modern prints of an old formal portrait of the children of Catherine Schneider White and John White. Includes identifications:

Left to right: John White, Arthur White, Elizabeth White.

Copy negative and modern prints of an old formal portrait of Albert Carl Schneider.

File consists of one full length studio portrait of Grace Bowlby Fennell by Gagen and Fraser, Toronto, Ont. Identification on verso is incorrectly identified as Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd.

One image of a Hudson's Bay Company building on the Grand Rapids Tramway, west of Grand Rapids, Manitoba.