A portrait of Emma Ratz Kaufman.

A portrait of Emma Ratz Kaufman. Also includes a small poster advertisement from the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre presenting, Nihon Buyo No Yube: An Evening of Japanese Dancing. On the reverse side of poster is Emma R. Kaufman's handwriting and a note written by Mary C. Ham, 19 November, 2001: "The 88th birthday is the important one in Japan, unlike the 80th or 90th in the West."

Photograph of Emma Kaufman (at right) smiling and shaking hands with Margaret Heilig, Executive Direction of the Hamilton Young Women's Christian Association next to fusuma painted with a water-themed Japanese landscape donated by Kaufman.

Material relating to the opening and naming of "Mary's Place", the K-W Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) residence named in Mary Kaufman's honour in 1990. Includes 2 snapshots, correspondence, photocopies of 1937 news clippings about the opening of the "new wing" and photocopies of clippings from 1970, the 100th anniversary of the Y.W.C.A. of Canada.

One letter from Gertrud Kuecklich in Japan to Emma Kaufman (mimeograph), and one typescript letter and carbon in reply from Emma Kaufman.

A portrait of Edna Louise Augustine taken when she was 82 years old.

An assortment of family histories and biographies, family trees, obituaries, and correspondence, as well as copies of photographs and press clippings that were compiled by Mary Ham to document the Augustine family history.

A funeral directors statement of death (March 2, 1979) and certificate of cremation (March 5, 1979) for Emma Ratz Kaufman.

Letter addressed to Mrs. J.M. Ham from M.C. Paisley, containing an manuscript outline of the life of Emma Kaufman.

Photocopy of Edna Louise Augustine (nee Kaufman)'s birth certificate, a notarized Funeral Director's statement, and her newspaper obituary.

"Information extracted for genealogy" from the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, Office of the Registrar General.

A photocopy of a paper by Susan Montanen, Beth Moore Milroy, and Susan Wismer titled, "Community-building in Berlin: Mary Eidt Ratz Kaufman, 1856-1943." The paper was published by the Waterloo Historical Society in 1990.

An assortment of family histories and articles that document the Ratz family history and the relationships between people in several generations of the Ratz family.

5 page computer printout of "Mary Ratz Kaufman, Grandmother Kaufman, Dec. 14, 1856-Dec. 24, 1843," containing recollections by Mary Ham.

Material relating to the Henry Ratz family. Consists of photocopies of genealogical information, photocopies of photographs and photocopies of clippings. Contains one snapshot of the "Ratz homestead, Elmira?" and a letter from Herb Ratz to Mary Ham, Jan. 11, 1992.

One page typescript carbon, Emma Kaufman's copy, titled "A brief history of the Ratz family."

Typescript written by Ruth Russell titled, "Emma Kaufman (1881-1979) with corrections.

An assortment of family histories and biographical notes as well as copies of photographs, maps, census records and press clippings related to the Ratz and Kaufman families in Canada.

An assortment of family trees, obituaries, correspondence, articles, and one journal as well as copies of photographs that were likely compiled by Mary Ham to document the Augustine family history and the relationships between people in several generations of the Augustine family.

A brief account written by Mary Ham and her friend Marion Gellatly (nee Eckel) describing their trip to Europe during the summer of 1950. From June to September in 1950, Mary travelled with her friend Marion to the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Sweden. The file also includes a copy of a photograph taken while Mary and Marion were aboard the ship that transported them to Europe and a copy of a photograph featuring Mary and Marion standing outside the Augustine family home located at 22 Margaret Ave in Kitchener, Ontario in 1948 or 1949.

Two photographs featuring members of the Augustine, Ham, Kaufman, and Breithaupt families at the Moon River cottage in Georgian Bay, Ontario. The cottage was owned by John Christian Breithaupt. File also includes a document written by Mary Ham identifying the location and most of the individuals seen in the photographs including Emma Ratz Kaufman, Edna Louise Augustine, and Mary Ham.

Thirty-one letters written to Emma Kaufman on the occasion of her 85th birthday. One letter contains two photographs.