Studio portrait of Mrs. Riener holding her son Earl with her face next to his cheek.

Studio portrait of Fred Ahrens seen looking off camera, dressed in suit and tie.

Studio portrait of Ethel Lapsley seen looking at camera.

Typed letter from Charles August Ahrens to C.A. Gibbbs in Parkhill, Ontario regarding the surveying of land at Grand Bend. Includes handwritten postscript regarding the placement of a stake.

Two copies of an informal group portrait taken at Grand Bend or Southampton, with cottage visible in background.
Back row, left to right: Lotte (Ahrens) Shupe, Emma (Hirshey) Ahrens, J.M. Schneider, Charles A. Ahrens, Norman C. Schneider.
front row, left to right: Stella Daniels, Emma Schneider, Ella Daniels, Floss Ahrens.

Two copies of a group portrait of family and friends, taken outdoors at the home of J.M. Schneider on the occasion of Emma Louise Schneider's marriage to Walter V. Siegner.

Back standing row, third and seventh from left: Carl Ahrens and Frederick H. Ahrens
Standing second from left: Lillian Daniels
Standing second from right: Fred Schneider (with hands crossed at front)
First person, third seated row: Charles August Ahrens
Third seated row, third from left: Laura Emma Hirschey Ahrens
Third seated row, fifth and seventh from left: Lottie Ahrens (with child on lap) and [Charles Alexander Schneider]
Third seated row at centre: J.M. and Helena Schneider
Second seated row, sixth from left: Floss Ahrens.
Second seated row, third from right: Minnie A. Von Ende
Second seated row, fifth and sixth from right: Walter and Emma Louise
Seated first row, second from left with child on lap: Norman C. Schneider
Seated frist row, sixth from left: Ethel Schneider.

Invoices from Dominion Truck Co., City Garage, Berlin Dye Works.

Snapshot of Emmie Anthes, Ethel Lapsley and Emma Schneider standing in a row outdoors with right hands upright, beckoning to the photographer with smiles on their faces.

"Development of pork packing industry by Schneider romantic," [by] J.P. Jaffray.

Snapshot of Emma Louise Schneider and Walter Siegner, standing outdoors in formal wear, on their wedding day.

Invoices and receipts pertaining to memberships in Waterloo County Canadian Club, Craftsman's Club, also a J.M. Schneider & Sons Ltd. invoice and money order stubs.

Postcard featuring photograph of Mackenzie King standing at the front of his childhood home. He is seen standing with right hand in suit pocket and left on the cope of a walking cane. Top of postcard reads: Birthplace of Hon. Mackenzie King, Kitchener, Ont.

Snapshots showing Alf Gofton and Charlotte Braun on their wedding day. Includes Ethel (Lapsley) Schneider as bridesmaid or matron of honour and Norman C. Schneider.

Receipts and invoices relating to furniture, dues for Lancaster Club, purchase of a car ("6 cyl. Studebaker").

Order form, Robe & Clothing Co.

Receipts etc. regarding taxes and subscriptions.

Receipts from University Club of Ottawa.

One photograph album featuring snapshots taken by Norman C. Schneider of J.M. Schneider, Inc. Includes snapshots of the first abattoir behind J.M.'s home, construction progress photographs, 1924, news clippings, Frank Waechter's first homemade electric cattle goad. Includes clippings from 1927 and 1931.

Eight progress photographs by Denton & Gifford showing the construction of the Schneider plant in 1924.

Withdrawals and cancelled cheques from the Waterloo County Loan and Savings Co. Cheques include Waterloo County Canadian Club, Robe and Clothing Co., Commissioner of Patents. Some have 2 cent stamps.

Invoice, receipt : Police Court Clerk, Board of Park Management.

Receipts.

Invoice, H.E. Ahrens, Tailor and tax assessments. Also includes one letter from Carl [Ahrens?] written from hospital in England, about flying.

Clipping of a picture of a group of Schneider's workers, taken in 1924, published in the company newsletter in the late 1940's.

Receipts etc. Regarding Mason, Mutual life

Correspondence regarding loan land purchase agreement, medical receipts, subscription receipts.

Receipts from Y.M.C.A., H.S. Zinkann Furniture.

Invoice, Ellis & Howard Ltd.

Publicity photographs (one exterior and seven interior) taken in 1925 by Brigden's Ltd. after completion of the plant:

1. Exterior: the home of Schneider quality products;
2. Section of the general office;
3. Section of finished stock-room and slicing department;
4. Section of our new sausage kitchens showing roasting ovens;
5. Bacon slicing department;
6. Roasting kitchens;
7. Section of our shipping department.

Negatives 1925 New plant: exterior loading rail car with Wiltshire sides; power house equipment; truck out back; pigs in pen; coal burner power house equipment; Pork Cut dept.; construction of plant 1924; pigs and lambs entering pens; J.M. Schneider’s Men's Picnic "Popeyes".

Negatives of the new plant exterior.

1 snapshot of Ethel Lapsley Schneider on her wedding day, 1 snapshot of Norman C. Schneider [on his wedding day?], and 1 snapshot of Emma Joachimi Buck holding an unidentified baby.

Informal portraits of Ethel May Lapsley and Norman C. Schneider's wedding. Identified are: Helena Schneider, Floss Ahrens, Grandma Joachimi, Norman C. Schneider, Ethel Lapsley Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Grandma [Clara] Lapsley, Reverend Depuis [sic]. Includes a wedding invitation.

One group portrait of the Ethel and Norman C. Schneider and their families, identified by Norman, and one informal portrait of Ethel (Lapsley) Schneider taken outdoors, May 20, 1925, in her wedding dress. File also includes three snapshots, identified by Norman: "Ethel the Bride", "Bridesmaid Floss and Bride Ethel", "Marriage service in our church, corner King and Water St."

Left to right: Mother Schneider, Granda Joachimi, Norman, Ethel, Floss, J.M. Schneider, Mother Lapsley, Rev. Depuis[sic].

At rear: Mrs. Depuis.

Honeymoon snapshots. Norman and Ethel were married May 20, 1925. Edith Ahrens and Hyalie MacDonald married on May 21, 1925, the day after Norman and Ethel Schneider and both couples stayed in the same hotel in Niagara Falls afterwards.

Announcement and certificate regarding the May 20, 1925 wedding of Norman C. Schneider and Ethel Lapsley.

Negatives of the interior of the beef cooler, developed for Norman C. Schneider.

Negatives of the kill floor, developed for Norman C. Schneider.

Snapshot of Norman Schneider and Ethel Lapsley Schneider standing with Hyalie Macdonald and Edith Ahrens Macdonald at Queenston Heights on their honeymoon.

Commercially-produced baby book regarding Jean May Schneider, daughter of Fred H. and Ella Schneider, born March 18, 1923. Includes 51 snapshots of Jean May and other infants including: Gwenith Washburn, "Bobbie" Menzies, David and Ruth Halliwell, Charles Bowman White, Mary Caroline Shupe, Katherine and John [Siegner?], Betsy and Tommy Koelher, Elaine Woolner. Some snapshots were taken at Clifton Cottage, Southampton, Ont. One snapshots includes a view of the house at 25 Courtland Ave. W. in Kitchener, Ont. Others show children playing outdoors in the winter.

Negatives of the new packing plant offices.

1916 cheque stubs, 1919 income tax notice.

Receipt for furniture, receipt for membership fees in KYMC (Kitchener Young Men's Club), Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital receipts.

Invoices and receipts, including medical and dental, and clothing. Includes an invoice from the Highland Inn, Algonquin Park, 1920.

Portrait of Herbert Schneider as an infant seen looking at camera and dressed in a knit outfit.

Photocopy of a biographical piece on John Metz Schneider in The province of Ontario : a history, 1615-1927 by J. E. Middleton and Fred Landon. Toronto : Dominion Publishing, 1927-28: 615-616. Includes biographical information about J.M. Schneider and the history of the company.

Three copies of a portrait of Herbert J. Schneider as an infant seen looking at camera and dressed in a knit outfit.

Patent awarded to Norman C. Schneider for methods of making food products of the skinless sausage type.

Informal group portrait taken outside. Left to right : seated, Herbert J. Schneider, Grandma Joachimi, standing, left to right, unidentified adult [possibly Ethel?], and Grandmother Lapsley.

Informal group portrait of Ahrens and Schneider family members taken at Southampton. The group is seen seated on the beach in front of a tree-lined fence and smiling at camera.

Seated back row: unidentified adult, unidentified adult, Floss Ahrens, unidentified adult, unidentified adult, Edith McPhail, Ethel Schneider

Seated front row: Gord McPhail, Emma Anthes, unidentified adult, Lillian Daniels, unidentified adult, Herbert Schneider, Norm Schneider.

Postcard featuring Church of the New Jerusalem building at the corner of King and Water St. in Kitchener.

Studio portrait of J.M. Schneider.

One informal group portrait of fifteen people, posed outdoors at Emmie Anthes' property at Freeport.

Standing (left to right): [Helena Schneider?]; unidentified woman; Walter V. Siegner, Irmengarde Hagen, Ethel Lapsley Schneider, Ohnerene Hagen, Brodie Koenig; Edith Ahrens MacDonald, Norman C. Schneider.

Seated (left to right): Emmie Anthes, Emma Schneider Siegner, Ella Daniels Schneider, Mabel Ahrens Picard, unidentified girl, unidentified man.

Portrait of Howard G. Schneider as a baby.

Photograph of unidentified group standing in street clothing with the lake behind. Emma Anthes is seated at front and person standing at right with infant is likely Ethel Schneider.

Four snapshots of pairs of husbands and wives employed at Schneiders and three snapshots of employees working in the office, most identified. Couples include: Cyril and Mrs. Hayes, Harry and Mrs. Schmidt, Norman C. and Ethel Schneider, and Charlie and Mrs Thurlow.

Four snapshots of Herbert J. Schneider as a baby and toddler. One includes Schneider with aunt, Emma Anthes, at the lake and another of Schneider with Ethel Schneider.

Informal family portrait of, left to right, Ethel Schneider holding Herbert[?], Grandma Joachimi, Norman C. Schneider, Mrs. Lapsley, Mr. Lapsley[?]

Studio portrait of Howard G. Schneider as a baby. Note on verso: "Christmas 1929. Howard George Schneider, Age 9 1/2 months, Born Feb. 18, 1929."

Ten snapshots of the exterior of the Schneider plant on Courtland Avenue in Kitchener, Ontario likely taken by Norman C. Schneider. These are part of a series, numbered on the verso: 1-5, 7-8, 11, 13-14. They include the views of Schneider sign, bicycle and vehicle parking areas, the doorway to the general offices, and a view of the plant taken from a distance.

Second envelope of snapshots labelled "Miss Ahrens" containing 35 snapshots from ca. 1900-1920. They include: beach pictures (Grand Bend and/or Southampton); ladies in swimming in hats; St. Luke's diet kitchen; women in fashionable clothing; and Charles and Emma Ahrens, including their 35th wedding anniversary, Sept. 21, 1917 (7 snapshots).

Informal portraits of Helena Schneider seated at home, looking at and holding a book.

Copy negative and modern print of an old formal portrait of Elizabeth May (Maude) Schneider.

Duplicates of National Film Board reels.

Film of a Rotary picnic at an unidentified location. Attendees (all adult white men) are captured participating in land- and water-based activities and socializing. They appear in costumes throughout sometimes dressed as [homeless?] people, English police officers, aristocrats, etc. Include attendees seated and standing in a large horse-drawn wagon with "The Devonshire Nabobs" painted on side; the pouring of [beer?] from a white pitcher and the stacking of used glasses; people in paddle boats, including one named "Smidgie," paddling in circles, trying to tip each other over and splashing others with water; camera pans of attendees seated and standing at various points of the event; a costumed band featuring brass instruments performing; a water hose fight; shots of adults in a life-sized [bull?] costume being led around by a butcher; views of an unidentified building, possibly at a golf course, where the event was held; attendees playing horseshoes; and people teeing off.

Canister includes handwritten notes by unknown hand about place and people in film. They include:

• Bob Foot
• Hyalie MacDonald
• Norman C. Schneider
• Dr. Wynn
• George Ziegler

List of film contents also includes reference to "Indian kids".

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Charles August Ahrens seen in profile.

Portrait of (left to right) Louise Ahrens, Helena Schneider, J.M. Schneider taken in an outdoors courtyard, possibly of a hotel. Helena is seen seated in a chair with an [orange] in her left hand with Louise and J.M. standing at her sides. The group is posed next to a table with a large bowl of [oranges] on top. File also includes photocopies and identifications of a postcard of the same individuals with Charles and Emma Ahrens taken at the Mexican border.

Duplicates of National Film Board reels.

"J.M. Schneider and Sons conduct packing plant," Financial Post, Apr. 17, 1930.

Financial report relating to the field day, caption for a photograph.

Negatives of groups of staff, including J.M. Schneider, taken at the offices of J.M. Schneider.

Clipping from a Brantford newspaper dated February 27, 1931 and titled "N.C. Schneider at Lion's Club," reporting on a talk given by Norman C. Schneider.

Philadelphia scrapple, Ed Henhoeffer's summer sausage; G.W. Neil of Chicago's dry sausage, and pan haus. Pan haus results are dated March 1931.

Contains Canadian Pacific ephemera from the steamship "Duchess of York" including passenger list and menu, as well as Rotary publications and correspondence relating to the Rotary International Convention, Vienna, 1931.

Group portrait of men standing in front of a plane. Left to right: Unidentified, Harry Sehl, Harvey Sims, Mac Douglas, Alex Welker, Norman Schneider, Lord Trenchard, Unidentified, Lester Shelley, Unidentified, Harold Ballantyne, Ernie Barrie, Clayton Dotzert.

Group portrait taken outside at the Sims home in Kitchener, Ont. Occasion not specified, possibly the visit by British Air Admiral Lord Trenchard.

Back row, left to right: Major Hal Ballantyne, A.E. Martin, Lieut. Ken Sims, Lieut. Norman C. Schneider.

Front row, left to right: Major Heather, Col. H.J. Sims Q.C., Lord Trenchard, British Air Admiral, Hon. W.D. Euler M.P., Louis Lang.

Material relating to Rotary International Convention, Vienna, 1931.

Photograph of attendees seated during Rotary International Convention reception. Taken outdoors and at night by Amerling Wien VI.

Photograph of the Sistine Madonna purchased by Norman C. Schneider at the Dresden Art Gallery, Germany, June 27, 1931.

Diary kept by Norman C. Schneider of a trip, June 9-July 7, 1931, to the Rotary International Convention in Vienna, Austria.

Film of people skating and playing hockey in Victoria park. Includes crowds of people skating with views of the boathouse in view; a group playing pick-up hockey with the bandstand visible in background; and members of the Schneider family, including Norman C. Schneider, skating and walking together across the ice.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Skating at Victoria Park + Hockey, Fred, Herb, Jean, FHS, NCS?, John, Kay, Walter, [illegible], Kay, Walte Siegner, Fred P, [Herb?], Walter Siegner no skates, Kay, Jean, NCS, Bump Backwards."

Film of Brita Schneider's first birthday party that beings with the view of a sign board that reads: "Britay May / "Sweet Gal" / Age 1 Year Mar. 21 1932". Includes footage of children in party hats seated around a candle lit table drinking from tea cups; Brita in a high chair reacting excitedly and in front of a cake with one candle on top; children seated on a floor with Brita among them. Footage then cuts to a close up Herbert and Howard seated beside each other playing and smiling at the camera. Footage cuts once more to the grounds surrounding a trout pond in Mount Forest, including Alf Gofton, Norman Schneider and an unidentified man showing off fish laid along the length of a piece of wood.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Herb + Howie close up. Mount Forest trout pond. Brita birthday party 76 Schneider Ave. Close up Herb + Howie. Trout pond property. Alf Gofton on right + NCS at right."

Original typescript poem titled "A little piece of tail" by L.B. Lawrance and a business card sent to Norman Schneider in appreciation after a Kitchener Young Mens' Club held at Norman Schneider's Freeport farm, October 21, 1932.

Photograph of old comrade's banquet in Kitchener, Ontario.

Three copies of a portrait of Herbert, Howard and Brita Schneider.

Film of the Schneider children, cousins and friends playing, digging in sand and in water at a beach. Includes Herbert and Howard Schneider with Billy Schweitzer and Fred Schneider seated together on a bench and playing in the yard of 76 Schneider Avenue; [Herbert?] Schneider doing cartwheels and Howard watches; Herbert, Buddy K. and John Siegner digging a large hole in the sand on a beach; Herbert and Howard drinking soda from glass bottles; and Brita Schneider smiling at the camera while walking as a toddler, sometimes unsteadily, around the backyard of the Schneider family home; Howard and Ethel Schneider watching and helping Brita as she moves around the yard; and Herbert, Buddy and John floating boats in the water at a Southampton beach.

Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people in film:

• Brita Schneider
• Frederick Schneider
• Herbert Schneider
• Howard Schneider
• Billy Schweitzer
• John Siegner
• Buddy K

Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people captured on film. Individuals include:

• Annette Gofton
• Eleanor Gofton
• Jerene Gofton
• Marion Gofton
• Buddy Koenig
• Edith MacDonald
• Hyalie MacDonald
• Gord McPhail
• Bill Picard
• Brita Schneider
• Fred Schneider
• Herbert Schneider
• Howard Schneider
• Jean Schneider
• Maude Schneider
• Carolyn Siegner
• Emma Siegner
• Walter [?]

Snapshot of Catherine Schneider White sitting in a chair in front of a log house.

Film of two unidentified adults pouring trout info a body of water from a metal container.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "NCS + FHS shared a trout point somewhere out in townships?"

Invitation to a meeting of the KYMC [Kitchener Young Mens' Club?] to be held at Norman Schneider's Freeport farm on October 21, 1932.

Studio portrait of J.M. Schneider with his son Charles A. Schneider (right), granddaughter Lorraine Schneider Shantz (left), and great-granddaughter Marlene Shantz (on lap).

Copy negative and modern print of an old formal group portrait of J.M. Schneider, Charles A. Schneider, Lorraine Schneider Schantz, and Marlene Schantz.

Undated clippings from unidentified sources regarding the 50th wedding anniversary of J.M. and Helena Schneider.

Typescript speech delivered by Norman C. Schneider on the occasion of his parents' 50th wedding anniversary.

One Tuesday, April 11, 1933 edition of the Kitchener Daily Record of significance unknown.