File consists of photographs and snapshots of employees, most of which were taken for use in the emplyee newsletter Sparks and Chips. Includes photographs of employees posing at work, participating in training, receiving awards, at recreational events; employee head shots and groups shots; and other subjects. File also includes photographs of trucks, signs and product displays, and construction. Some photographs include identification verso. Duplication among photographs and negatives may exist.

File consists of 37 photographs and snapshots of US dealers' stores, product displays, groups of employees posing with trophies, a meeting and tour of Electrohome, production lines, and other subjects. Some photographs include Carl A. Pollock and some include typed cutlines. File also includes ms. notes and memos.

File consists of 39 photographs of the construction of Plant 3 (Wellington Street) and the official opening ceremony. Includes informal progress photographs, photographs of speeches during the opening ceremony (including some of Carl A. Pollock), and photographs of the reception.

File consists of negatives and contact sheets depicting the interior and exterior of Plant 6 (Kitchener industrial park) and Plant 10 (Cambridge).

File consists of photographs of Electrohome's Plant 6 (Kitchener) and Plant 10 (Cambridge). Includes photographs of the manufacturing, loading, shipping, and lumber storage areas and aerial photographs of Plant 6. File also includes a photograph of a group of Electrohome sales staff posing outside a bus with "Electrohome Showtime '66" hats and portfolios. File also includes one memorandum. Duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of material relating to the announcement and construction of Plant 6 in Kitchener's industrial park. Includes a news release, three photographs of the ground-breaking ceremony, and four photographs of the plant at various stages of construction. Pictured with Carl A. Pollock at the ground-breaking ceremony are Art Balabazuk, R.D. Armstrong, and Kitchener Mayor Keith Hymmen.

File consists of 26 photographs of employees at work and some of the equipment used at various stages in the production of radios and fans. Some of the photographs have been retouched by hand and some have typed cutlines taped to them. Photographs appear to have been taken for public relations purposes.

File consists of photographs of various groups, including families of employees, touring Electrohome plants.

File consists of photographs and negatives of Electrohome plants and product testing facilities. Includes photographs of the Morristown, TN, plant; the Electrohome (U.S.A.) Inc. branch in Ontario, CA; an aerial photograph of Plant 10 (Cambridge, ON); and photographs of employees testing television and video monitors. One photograph has been mounted on board and retouched.

File consists of seven photographs of employees at work on the production line for urethane moulded cabinet doors (Plant 7).

File consists of five slides of two men posing with plastic cabinet doors (?). Includes ms note: "Plants 2/5 production pictures".

File consists of six photographs (plus duplicates) of John A. Pollock and other Electrohome senior managers signing an agreement and shaking hands with executives from another company.

File consists of 12 photographs (plus duplicates) of humidifiers, portable and unit heaters, and a portable food warmer. Some photographs have a typed cutline taped to them with details about the product, including price information. Products pictured include: Humidaire, Seasonaire, and Thermobay.

File consists of material relating to the introduction of a 19" colour television set for domestic and international markets, and of an eleven-model range of colour television units. Includes four photographs of colour television sets on display in a showroom and on the production line. Some photographs have a typed cutline with details about the product, including price information.

File consists of 12 photographs (plus duplicates) of stereos. Models and lines identified are: SC 392, 711, Tempo, Manhattan, Graphic, Westmount, Circa 789, and Circa 850. Some photographs have a typed cutline taped to them with details about the product, including price information. File also includes 3 copies of a page clipped from a magazine article on the 'lunar look' in furniture, noting Electrohome's Space Bubble phonograph.

File consists of a photograph of John A. Pollock, Doug Wismer, and a third, unidentified man posing with a video display monitor.

File consists of photographs, negatives, and contact prints depicting production in various departments and on production lines, including woodworking, press shop, paint shop, motors, and appliances. Some photographs have short typed cutlines, and some are labelled on verso: "EPD Sept. '59" or "CED May '60". Includes one photograph of Carl A. Pollock and an unidentified man posing with a television set.

File also includes a photograph of the Electrohome display at the Pacific National Exhibition [1951?], and a photograph of three long service employees posing with a phonograph. Duplication among photographs, negatives, and contact prints may exist.

File consists of photographs, negatives, and contact prints depicting production in various departments and on production lines, including woodworking, press shop, paint shop, motors, and appliances. Some photographs have short typed cutlines, and some are labelled on verso: "EPD Sept. '59" or "CED May '60". Includes one photograph of Carl A. Pollock and an unidentified man posing with a television set.

File also includes a photograph of the Electrohome display at the Pacific National Exhibition [1951?], and a photograph of three long service employees posing with a phonograph. Duplication among photographs, negatives, and contact prints may exist.

File consists of four photographs of employees posing with equipment and products at various stages of production. One photograph contains annotation on verso "Sparks & Chips - April 1962, Electrohome first with optical scanner".

File consists of 67 photographs and 44 contact prints of plant and office employees at work and of production facilities. File also includes 2 reproduction photographs of a Berlin [?] street with streetcars and horse-drawn carriage traffic, and a printing proof of the Wellington Street plant. Some photographs include identification on verso. Duplication among the photographs and contact prints may exist.

Includes identification (on verso) of some of the departments and processes depicted: new automatic sander, Plant 9, key punch section, Univac 120, engineering CED, riveting section, wire cutter, punch press forming motor covers, production floor A, quality control, swing saw rough lumber, 'slug' painter, Mansion St. Plant, canteen, furnishing area Plant 4.
Some of the employees depicted in the photographs are identified on verso: Walter Olszewik, David Janzen, Bill Skelly, Bruce Bombach, and Wanda Wiebe.

File consists of 11 photographs (plus duplicates) of employees at work in various departments, including sales, design, engineering, and on production lines. Some photographs include identification on verso.

File consists of photographs relating to Electrohome's profit-sharing retirement plan. Includes photographs and snapshots of employees, some receiving cheques and awards, and photographs taken at an event to celebrate the passing of the $1,000,000 mark by the plan trust fund. Several photographs include Carl A. Pollock. Some photographs were taken for use in the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips and some include identification on verso.

File consists of photographs, negatives, and slides of demonstrations of projection systems.

File consists of photographs and one copy negative relating to events and members of the Quarter Century Club. Includes group photographs, photographs of employees at work, and photographs taken at club social events and dinners. File also includes photograph of Carl A. Pollock on his 40th anniversary with Electrohome and a typed note from the club to Pollock on the company's 70th anniversary. There are duplicate photographs present. Some photographs include identification on verso.

File consists of photographs of employees upon retirement, some of them receiving gifts from senior managers.

File consists of photographs of Bertha Becker upon her retirement. Includes photographs of Becker at a company dinner, playing an organ, and shaking hands with Carl A. Pollock.

File consists of three photographs of Betty Thompson on the set of the CKCO-TV program Romper Room.

File consists of photographs relating to employee safety at Electrohome. Includes photographs of employees receiving safety awards, at "firemen's school", and posing with first aid kits; and photographs of employees illustrating safety breeches probably taken for the purpose of advertising employee safety through company publications. Some photographs include identification on verso.

File consists of photographs relating to safety practices at Electrohome. Includes photographs and snapshots of employees receiving safety awards, plant safety committees, a fire drill, signs, safety demonstrations, and other subjects. One photograph has been retouched by hand. Some photographs include identification on verso.

File consists of photographs taken at various sales conferences, including a 1969 appliance sales conference and the Showtime '66 conference. Includes photographs of Carl A. Pollock speaking and greeting conference participants.

File consists of six photographs and portraits (plus duplicates) of winners of the Electrohome Electronics Education award. Includes some photographs of Carl A. Pollock with scholarship winners. Some photographs include identification on verso.

File consists of six photographs taken at an unidentified Electrohome shareholders' meeting.

File consists of photographs taken for use in the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips. Includes photographs and snapshots of employees, a Christmas party, a Deilcraft furniture showroom, a furniture show, and furniture design sketches; and contact sheets of Carl A. Pollock and John A. Pollock with other men on a plant tour, and women and men in a classroom setting.

File consists of photographs for use on the covers of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips. Includes photographs of general and seasonal scenes (e.g. boating, a park, a war memorial, highway traffic, a pumpkin person, Electrohome's outdoor nativity) and scenes enacted by employees (e.g. picnic, camping); photographs of products and employees, and other subjects. One of the photographs has been mounted on board and retouched by hand.

File consists of 81 snapshots and photographs of Electrohome employees and sports teams at company sporting events and award ceremonies. Includes photographs of employees playing baseball, hockey, and basketball; golfing; skating; and bowling, as well as children playing games. Includes photographs of men's and women's company sports teams, employee headshots, and a snapshot of Carl A. Pollock on a stage with a snowshoe. Some of the photographs include descriptions on verso.

File consists of photographs relating to subsidiaries of Electrohome, including Flexsteel, Fry & Blackhall, and Central Ontario Television Limited. Includes photographs from CKCO-TV: on sets, on location, Carl A. Pollock opening Channel 2 (Georgian Bay), and 1972 federal election coverage. Includes photographs of Flexsteel furniture and the showroom, a photograph of the Fry & Blackhall building, and a photograph of Carl A. Pollock meeting with other men.

File consists of material relating to suggestion award winners. Includes photographs of winners receiving their awards from managers and a news release.

File consists of photographs of Electrohome employees receiving suggestion awards from managers. Some include identification on verso, and some include typed cutlines.

File consists of nine photographs of tour groups and visitors to Electrohome's plants and showroom. Some of the photographs include descriptions on verso.

File consists of 13 photographs (plus duplicates) taken at Electrohome dealer stores, conferences, and trade shows in the U.S. Subjects of photographs include: Carl. A. Pollock with other senior managers, dealers, and politicians, and various showrooms and store windows. Some photographs have ms. cutlines and some contain descriptions on verso. File also includes a memorandum.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome dealers in the U.S., and in particular to Kyle's for Better Living (Pueblo, CO). Includes news releases, press clippings of advertisements for Kyle's, and nine photographs (plus duplicates) of meetings, the remodeling at Kyle's, and the Castanet high-fidelity stereo.

File consists of two photographs (plus a duplicate) of Carl A. Pollock signing union contracts with other senior managers and union leaders.

File consists of two photographs taken inside the Electrohome Employees Credit Union and a snapshot of the first company Christmas party, sponsored by the union. File also includes an ms. note.

File consists of photographs, negatives, and a slide used in the company newsletter Electrohome Update. Includes photographs, snapshots, and portraits of Electrohome staff and employees; and photographs and snapshots taken at exhibits and meetings and of people receiving awards. Includes a photograph of the Reading, UK, office and a meeting in Singapore. Some photographs include John A. Pollock. Some photographs include identification on verso.

File consists of photographs of Electrohome employees, taken for use in the "Viewpoint" column in the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips. Some photographs contain identification on verso.

File consists of photographs and snapshots of Electrohome employees, taken for use in the "Viewpoint" column of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips. Some of the photographs contain identification on verso, and some have been mounted on paper.

File consists of photographs of Electrohome employees, taken for use in the "Viewpoint" column in the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips. Most photographs contain identification on verso.

File consists of two copies of a photograph of two women manufacturing fireplaces.

File consists of material from the second section of the binder Design lecture series, 1974 (1), relating to the planning of the 1974 lecture series, particularly the events in Toronto. This section is divided by the following tabs: Toronto, Speakers, and Mantle. Includes correspondence, ms. notes, biographies and photographs of speakers, and press listings.

File consists of material from the fourth section of the binder Design lecture series, 1974 (1), relating to the planning of the 1974 lecture series, particularly the events in Montreal. This section is divided by the following tabs: Montreal, Speakers, Ducharme, Hacker, Nelson. Includes correspondence, memoranda, ms. notes, a schedule of events, biographies of speakers, a lecture series program, two copies of keynote speaker George Nelson's introductory talk entitled "Design: the universal necessity" (30 leaves), and several copies of a photograph of Nelson.

File also includes a reprint of an article by Nelson in the October 2, 1971 issue of Saturday Review of Literature entitled "Design, technology, and the pursuit of ugliness".

George Nelson was president of George Nelson and Company, Designers and Planners (New York, NY) and a partner in the architectural firm of Nelson and Chadwick.

File consists of material relating to the expenditures from the 1973 design lecture series. Includes original and copies of invoices, receipts, cheque requisition forms, and travel and expense vouchers; expense statements; correspondence and memoranda; a press clipping, an invitation list, and a typed copy of D.R. Steele's outline notes from his talk at the Waterloo lecture, entitled "The management of design in an industrial community". File also includes photographs of two of the speakers in the series.

File consists of material compiled for a presentation to the National Design Council for the chairman's award for design management. Includes company brochures, advertisements, catalogues, issues of company publications, news releases, the 1970 annual report, photographs, and other material. Material is divided by the following tabs: Corporate literature, Public relations, Advertising, Working environment, and Exhibits & miscellaneous (empty).

File consists of material compiled for a presentation to the National Design Council for the chairman's award for design management. Includes company brochures, advertisements, catalogues, issues of company publications, news releases, press clippings, the 1971 annual report, photographs, and other material. Material is divided by the following tabs: Corporate literature, Public relations, Advertising, Working environment, and Exhibits & miscellaneous.

File consists of material compiled for a presentation to the National Design Council for the chairman's award for design management. Includes company brochures, advertisements, catalogues, issues of company publications, news releases, press clippings, the 1971 annual report, photographs, and other material. Material is divided by the following tabs: Corporate literature, Public relations, Advertising, Working environment, and Exhibits & miscellaneous.

File consists of news releases issued during the years 1974-1976. File also includes a portfolio of material relating to projection screen television, annotated on the cover "dealer show press kit, master".

File consists of news releases issued during the years 1974-1976. File also includes a portfolio of material relating to projection screen television, annotated on the cover "dealer show press kit, master".

File consists of news releases issued in 1982. News releases are organized by subject with the following tabs: Financial, Corporate, AABEX, Furniture, Motor, Commercial, and Consumer. File also includes two product photographs (supercolor board for Apple II computer and 13" colour data display monitor), and typed comments by John A. Pollock (Chairman of the Board) and Stewart Maclellan (President and CEO) given at various meetings.

File consists of Electrohome news releases and interim reports to shareholders issued during the year 1985. File also includes two Deilcraft press kits containing a news release and product photographs with typed cutlines.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to a press conference for Dr. Charles F. Wilson (Consul General for Canada at Chicago) and Carl A. Pollock. Includes typed biographical sketches of Wilson and Pollock, a typed Electrohome fact sheet, portraits of Wilson and Pollock, and a photograph of Pollock's wife Helen.

File consists of three portfolios of material relating to an open house for dealers and press at Electrohome's new product showroom at the Wellington Street head office building. Includes a news release, a script for a tour of the Consumer Products Engineering Division, product literature and order forms, and photographs with typed cutlines. Products featured in the press kit are the Springaire and Alpine humidifiers/air purifiers. Two portfolios are missing some material.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the line of Deilcraft furniture unveiled at Canada's Furniture Show in 1964. Includes a news release, an advertisement, and two product photographs with typed cutlines. File also includes a news release regarding the appointment of Glen Wightman as Deilcraft sales representative for northwestern Ontario and a portrait of Wightman.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the 1965 line of Deilcraft furniture unveiled at the 1965 Canadian Furniture Mart exhibition. Includes ten news releases and two product photographs.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the unveiling of Electrohome home entertainment products and organs at a Montreal TV-music show. Includes a news release and a photograph of the Italia stereo with a typed cutline.

File consists of three portfolios of material relating to Electrohome's 1964-1965 home entertainment product line. Includes news releases, photographs of products with typed cutlines, and company brochures. One portfolio is annotated "Bob Lovell" and also contains press clippings (some photocopied), correspondence, and carbon copies of a press preview schedule. The portfolios are not identical and some appear incomplete.

File consists of three portfolios of material relating to Electrohome's 1965-1966 home entertainment product line. Includes news releases, photographs of products with typed cutlines, and copies of an invitation from Robert Lovell to the press preview in Montreal. Portfolios are not identical in content.

File consists of two portfolios of material relating to the 1966 line of Deilcraft furniture unveiled at the 1966 Canadian Furniture Mart exhibition. Includes a news release, four product photographs with typed cutlines, and a photograph of the 1966 Canadian Furniture Mart design award for occasional furniture, won by Deilcraft.

File consists of two portfolios of material relating to the 1966 line of Electrohome home entertainment products. Includes a news release and four product photographs with typed cutlines.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the 1968 line of Deilcraft furniture. Includes four news releases and three product photographs with typed cutlines.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the 1970-1971 line of Electrohome home entertainment products. Includes a news release and two product photographs with typed cutlines.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the 1972-1973 line of Electrohome home entertainment products. Includes a news release and seven product photographs with typed cutlines.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to publicity in the US for the 1973 line of stereo and colour television products, prepared by PRM Corporation (Chicago, IL). Includes a news release and two photographs with typed cutlines. Products featured are the 611 stereo and the Contour television.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the 1973-1974 range of home entertainment products for Canadian and export markets. Includes news releases and six photographs of television sets and stereo consoles. Photographs have typed cutlines taped to them with details about the products, including price information.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the introduction of new furniture designs at the 1974 Montreal Furniture Mart. Includes news releases and a photograph and two glossy prints of line drawings with typed cutlines taped to them with details about the products and design, including price information.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to Electrohome's 1974-1975 line of home entertainment products. Includes news releases and photographs of products with typed cutlines.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the VideoBeam projection television by Advent. Includes advertisements in the form of brochures and single sheets, dealer advertisements, information booklets and sheets, press clippings, and four photographs (plus duplicates) and a transparency of the product.

File consists of two portfolios of material relating to the range of electronic products for Canadian markets in 1979-1980. Includes news releases and six photographs (plus duplicates) of products, including television sets, microwaves, and stereo consoles. Some photographs have typed cutlines taped to them with details about the products, including price information. Portfolios are not identical in content.

File consists of two different portfolios of material relating to publicity for projection systems, and in particular the ECP Graphics and ECP 3000 systems. Includes product photographs with typed cutlines and news releases.

Two photographs of the CKCO-TV tower on Baden Hill.

One photograph of staff at the Berlin foundry (later the Gies foundry). An accompanying note indicates that Alex Welker is present in the photograph and that it was at this foundry that he initially begAn working on his designs for his phonograph.

Two photographs that appear to show Carl Pollock's retirement from Electrohome.

File consists of a report regarding an appraisal of the industrial property at Listowel, Ontario, conducted by the Royal Trust Company (Toronto, ON) for the Andrew Malcolm Furniture Compnay Limited. Report includes photographs and site and building plans.

Two photographs of people gathered around a table for what appears to be A Christmas dinner.

One photograph of people playing instruments and singing Christmas songs.

File consists of a report about Electrohome's marketing strategy for consumer electronics. Report is divided by the following tabs: Introduction, Statistics, Support facilities, and Conclusion. Report includes photographs of Service Electrohome branches across Canada.

Two photographs of staff at plant #1 watching carol singers at a Christmas party.

Four snapshots of Electrohome antiques provided by W.J. Fowley, A buyer in the appliance division. The images are of A 1944 radio phonograph and A Highgate S model combined television, radio, phonograph.

File consists of material relating to Projection Systems dealer cooperative advertising. Includes a letter, four copy negatives used for printing a circular, final copies of the circular, and three magazines containing dealer advertisements.

File consists of material relating to the production of a corporate brochure for the Electrohome Electronics Group, which includes the Projection Systems and Display Systems divisions. Includes memoranda (some faxed), two copies of a proposal from Cormark Communication Inc. (London, ON), print-outs of the project description, edited draft versions of the copy for the brochure, and two copies of a photograph of a projector with the top removed.

One photograph of the Electrohome plant. In this image the plant still reads "Pollock-Welker Limited mfr's of Helycon Phonograph Motors."

File consists of material relating to Projection Systems advertising for Electrohome Europe. Includes press clippings of dealer advertisements, faxed memoranda, a travel itinerary, advertising from a public relations firm, and a photograph of an advertisement.

Two photographs of Electrohome's fiftieth anniversary. One shows a fiftieth anniversary dinner and the other A window display.

File consists of material relating to the release of the Marquee 8000 stereoscopic projector. Includes a copy of a news release, a draft of a technical bulletin, faxed correspondence, product specifications and instructions, and two snapshots of people using the system.

File consists of a photograph of unidentified people singing and dancing at a party.

Three snapshots of Arthur Pollock and other staff of Electrohome at a company picnic.

File consists of material relating to the planning, coordination, and publicity for the sales incentive trip to Quebec City and Montreal in 1994 for Projection Systems sales representatives. Includes correspondence and memoranda (some faxed), completed registration forms, ms. notes, tourism brochures, edited draft versions of the travel itinerary and information booklet, print-outs of presentation slides, snapshots of hotel facilities, draft versions of a video script advertising the trip, copies of the trip logo, and other material.

File consists of material relating to the planning, coordination, and publicity for the sales incentive trip to Quebec City and Montreal in 1994 for Projection Systems sales representatives. Includes correspondence and memoranda (some faxed), completed registration forms, ms. notes, tourism brochures, edited draft versions of the travel itinerary and information booklet, print-outs of presentation slides, snapshots of hotel facilities, draft versions of a video script advertising the trip, copies of the trip logo, and other material.

One photograph of construction of an Electrohome plant.

File consists of material relating to the distribution of the Wolfvision Visualizer in North America and the development of the Wolfvision/Electrohome logo and literature. Includes memoranda, ms. notes, edited draft news releases, product and price information, Wolfvision Visualizer brochures, and six snapshots taken at a product demonstration.

One photograph of Electrohome staff.

File consists of two portfolios of material advertising Deilcraft furniture collections. One portfolio includes single-sheet advertisements and product information sheets, and one includes six photographs of Deilcraft furniture. Some material may have been prepared for distribution at the Toronto Furniture Show (January, 1981). Includes business card for D.J. (Don) Mayou, National Sales Manager.