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.

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.

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. Includes a receipt for bronchitis containing Indian Turnip, goldthread and whiskey.

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.

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. Includes a transcription[?] of the "Family Register" starting with Isaac Schantz in 1774. Also notes: " Cousin Benjamin Shantz started for the North West on Monday 13 March, 1893. Cousin Benjamin Erb with Family started for the North West on Tuesday 14th March 1893. Moved. 15-3-93 Very Cold and Stormy. Walked from Dundee to Mannheim, to Petersburg & home, froze ear and tips of fingers..

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.

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.

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.

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. This 1889 notebook contains an account of Tobias' bad dream about his wife joining the Salvation Army, recipes for jelly cake, and a receipt for liver complaint.

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.

Red leather pocket diary dated 1876, containing Tobias' religious concerns, talks of moving into house in Conestogo, records births of children, and personal accounts.

This ledger contains Tobias Schantz's business and personal accounts for several periods, 1865-1869, 1873-1879. Part of the ledger is filled with lists of orders taken for books between 1893 and 1898, and orders taken for nursery stock from E.D. Smith, ca. 1895, from Stone and Wellington, 1901-1902 and from J.N. Wismer. Unused space in the first part of the ledger is filled in with closely-written diary entries for 1871-1872 in which Tobias recounts his daily routine. Lists of family information, including birth dates, places, naming, school beginnings, etc. appear on p. 44-45 and [64]. Other notes appear at random, including receipts, lists of hens set and poultry weights, copies of business letters, and "Cost of Church Trial" [this last found near the end of the ledger] dated 1895. Several items are laid into this ledger, including maps of Cuba, an engraving, a seed catalogue cover, a clipping, and an assessment notice to T. Schantz dated 1899.

Diary entries begin with March 8, 1867, but this whole section is marked cancelled and is re-copied starting April 8, 1867. It begins with a record of Tobias' trip to Missouri to see his father, leaving his wife Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) with their 3-year old son Orpheus and new baby Etta, born the previous October. Tobias' father Benjamin with his second wife Margaret and children had gone to homestead near Wellville, west of St. Louis, in 1866. Tobias records his impressions of the countryside, the people, the prospects, the discouragement of all but his father with life in Missouri (March 17th). On July 2 he returns to Canada to where he is then living (near "Campden" --Grimsby within walking distance.) Throughout the diary Tobias records the weather and a daily health bulletin, letters sent and received, as well as his daily reading. He goes through periods of recording his meals. Tobias also lists all the work he does every day. He mentions setting the water for porridge, making the bed, polishing his son's shoes, carrying the baby to church, etc. On Nov. 9 he took a bath, on Nov. 25 he "did not sleep short of midnight. Was talking with Mary about my thought, troubles about religion ...". All parts of the diary have been filled with writing, dating as far as 1889 -- some accounts, recipes both household and medical (many give source), a record of the family tree -- births, marriages, deaths, transcribed songs, and an account probably written in Conestogo ca. 1875 of his spiritual trials and tribulations dating from 1862 and his efforts to achieve inner peace. This account is continued in the "other book," although it is not clear what book this referred to.

Leather covered notebook used as a diary. Entries begin May 9th, 1867 during Tobias' trip on the American prairie and continue through his return to Canada. Tobias likely copied from this notebook into the diary which contains entries for the same time period. This book has been written in also by a child, possibly 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.This daybook documents Tobias' stay in Didsbury, Alberta.

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. Includes notes on calls made, customers quotes and orders, pasted in editorials, deaths of relatives and friends as well as Tobias' hand written draft of his daughter Etta's obituary which contains information on her life, marriage, children, and more.

A small bound volume printed in 1868 by Dan'l Hoffman & Co., Wholesale Dealers in Hats ..., New York. It contains two leaves of advertising and two leaves of notes, including the following: a list of names and birth dates of parents and siblings of Mary Schantz (nee Moyer), notes made by Mary Schantz on journey with her sister Sophia Emma Schantz and Sophia's new husband, John Book, with comments and notes added later by one of the Schantz children.

School exercise book partially filled with diary entries.

School exercise book partially filled with diary entries.

Notebook organized by month with notes on bird sightings from 1938-1946 years transcribed. Also contains "Home lists" of birds from 1974-1978.

"Day by Day Journal, 1994." Some entries lacking.

"New York Times 1992 Crossword Puzzle Appointment Book" used as a diary. Many entries lacking.

"Peter Etril Snyder Engagement Calendar 1992" used as a diary. Many entries lacking. Inclusions: clippings.

"1987 Weekly Appointments" appointment book used as a diary. Some entries lacking. Inclusions : notes, clippings, etc.

"1986 Weekly Appointments" appointment book used as a diary. Some entries lacking. Inclusions : notes, clippings.

"1985 Weekly Appointments" appointment book used as a diary. Some entries lacking. Inclusions : notes, clippings.

"1984 Weekly Appointments" appointment book used as a diary. Some entries lacking. Inclusions : notes, clippings.

"1983 Weekly Appointments" appointment book used as a diary. Some entries lacking. Inclusions : notes, clippings.

"The 1982 Canadian Engagement Diary" used as a diary. Some entries lacking.

"Week-at-a-glance" appointment book used as a diary. Some entries lacking. Inclusions : clippings.

"1981 Pocket Diary." Some entries lacking. Inclusions : notes, clippings.

"1980 Pocket Diary." Some entries lacking. Inclusions : notes, clippings.

"Week-at-a-glance" appointment book used as a diary. Some entries lacking.

Black notebook containing trip diary: Florida trip, 1st March to 14th March 1977.

1972 date book used as a diary.

"Five year diary" for 1974-1978. Some entries lacking. Inclusions: clippings, notes, cards, etc.

"Five year diary" for 1969-1973. Some entries lacking. Inclusions: clippings, notes, cards, etc.

"Five year diary" for 1964-1968. Many entries lacking. Inclusions: clippings, notes, cards, etc.

"Five year diary" for 1959-1963. Many entries lacking.

"Five year diary" for 1954-1958. Many entries lacking. Inclusions: clippings, notes, cards, etc.

"Five year diary" for 1948-1952. Some entries lacking. Many inclusions: clippings, notes, cards, etc.

"Perpetual pocket diary". Many entries lacking.

Two copybooks and one exercise book from Franklin Abram Schantz's school days.

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

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

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

A travel log written by Dorothy Russell detailing her and Helena Welch's trip to England, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria in 1972.

The register of visitors for the funeral of Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) who died January 28, 1935 in Kitchener, Ontario at the age of 94. Mary Schantz's funeral was held at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home in Kitchener, Ontario.

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.

One notebook with a record of pupils from each class that Dorothy taught between 1939-1965. Also included are newspaper clippings and notes regarding former pupils.

One notebook formerly belonging to Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, used by her daughter Dorothy Russell as an address book. The notebook was a promotional item published in 1894 by H.F.C. Dovenmuehle & Son, Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, Chicago, Ill.

File consists of school work created by John Edward Motz. Includes school notebooks, essays, speaches and a short story titled "The Red Claw."

File consists of one "diary of important events" recorded by John Edward Motz. The diary lists large events and firsts in his life such as communion, learning to ride a bike, etc.

Contains daily entries recording personal, social, professional activities.

Contains daily entries recording personal, social, professional activities

Contains daily entries recording personal, social, professional activities

Contains diary notes, clipping, and correspondence copies documenting Nazla Dane's decision not to contest the Progressive-Conservative nomination in the York-Humber Riding, but to decline in favour of Margaret Aitken.

File consists of a notebook kept by Minnie O'Hara Maines with minutes from meetings with the Executive Committee, the Education Committee, the Committee for English-speaking classes at the YWCA, and the Canadian Affairs Group. Also included are two reports from 1957 and 1958 summarizing the activities of the Council's Service, Education, and Social committees; brochures from 1966 and 1967 outlining the general responsibilities and scope of the council; as well as a 1960 letter from Victoria Ullman to Maines, in which Ullman is thanking Maines for the bursary she received, are also included in the file.

File consists of one commercially produced 14 x 9 cm 160 page notebook with a painting by Monet on the covers used by Tony Urquhart as an idea book. The book includes approximately seventy five pages of drawings, approximately forty one of which are annotated of have notes. Also includes approximately sixty nine pages of handwritten notes and twelve pages with glued in ephemera. Note that many pages have a combination of media.

File consists of one handmade 13 x 10 cm 180 page idea book created and used by Tony Urquhart. The book is bound in orange paper and the cover has a small circle drawing with the initials T.U. and the dates 2008-2009.

The idea book includes approximately 107 pages with sketches, of which approximately 39 also have annotations or notes. The rest of the book is made up of approximately 20 pages of handwritten notes, as well as 21 pages of glued in ephemera. The ephemera includes early photographs from Urquhart's life include one of a drawing trip in 1953 and an early photo of his wife Jane Urquhart. Note that many pages have a combination of media.

File consists of one hand made 17 x 11 cm 40 page accordion style idea book used by Tony Urquhart. This idea book was kept during a 2008 trip to France on the fiftieth anniversary of Urquhart's first visit to France. The book is bound in blue cloth and the front and back covers both have small circle paintings. The back painting reads "Part 2 Back."

The idea book includes approximately 29 pages of drawings, approximately 20 of which have annotations of notes. Also includes 8 pages of handwritten notes and 5 of glued in ephemera. Note that many pages have a combination of media.

File consists of one 84 page 14 x 9 cm moleskin notebook used by Tony Urquhart as in idea book. The cover of the book has a small circular painting. The inside cover dates the book as having been used June 9, 2004-Jan. 26, 2005. The book includes approximately 57 pages with drawings, approximately half of which are annotated or have notes. Also includes approximately 19 pages of handwritten notes and 7 pages of glued in ephemera. Note that many pages have a combination of media.

File consists of one commercially made 15 x 11 cm 28 page notebook used by Tony Urquhart as an idea book. The book is dated on the interior cover as being used from April 30 1996-August 1996. The idea book has 11 pages with drawings, approximately half of which also have annotations or notes. Also includes approximately fourteen pages with handwritten notes and 2 pages with glued in ephemera. Note that many pages have a combination of media.

File consists of one commercially produced 11 x 17 cm 200 page ruled lined notebook used by Tony Urquhart as an idea book. The covers are black board and the front cover has a small circle painting. The first two leaves of the book have been taped together to create an envelope which contains various items of ephemera from 1958 to the 2000's.

The idea book includes approximately eighty pages of drawings, approximately forty seven of which are annotated or includes notes. Also includes approximately sixty two pages of handwritten notes and fifty two pages of glued in ephemera. Note that many pages have a combination of media.