File consists of material relating to business conducted with the Thomson (Canada) Rivet Co. Limited (Gananoque, ON). Includes leases, correspondence, memoranda, receipts, and invoices.

One photograph of office and engineering staff of the radio and woodworking division of Electrohome. Photograph was taken September 1939.

File consists of an instruction manual for the aircraft detection corps set manufactured by Electrohome for the Royal Canadian Air Force.

File consists of photographs of the wireless set and the aircraft intercommunication equipment produced by Electrohome and the Radio Production Alliance during World War II. Includes photographs of the equipment's components and parts, and photographs of the equipment in various stages of assembly and from front, rear, top and bottom views. File also includes one photograph of a damaged plywood aircraft seat produced by Electrohome. Some photographs include description on verso.

File consists of photographs of the wireless set and the aircraft intercommunication equipment produced by Electrohome and the Radio Production Alliance during World War II. Includes photographs of the equipment's components and parts, and photographs of the equipment in various stages of assembly and from front, rear, top and bottom views. File also includes one photograph of a damaged plywood aircraft seat produced by Electrohome. Some photographs include description on verso.

File consists of a group portrait of men and women taken inside one of Electrohome's plants.

File consists of seven photographs. Includes headshots of unidentified men, a portion of an unidentified group photograph, a photograph of men sitting around a table, and other unidentified photographs.

File consists of four formal portraits of Carl A. Pollock, in three different poses. One photograph has been glued to stiff paper and one has been cut to an oval shape and has adhesive on the verso.

File consists of three photographs depicting advertisements for Victory Bonds through Electrohome (two on billboards and one on a truck), a photograph of a display of products produced by Electrohome to support the war effort and promote victory bonds, and a photograph of an airplane in a field.

File consists of three advertisements for Electrohome radio-phonograph combinations. One advertisement contains annotations.

File consists of operating instructions for Electrohome fans, including the Breeze Spreader fan.

File consists of service manual and parts lists for radio receivers, produced by Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited. Manuals include specifications, technical diagrams, parts lists (including prices), and operating instructions. Each manual applies to one model but may include several series of that model.

File consists of three copies of a brochure about manufacturing by the Metal Products Division at Electrohome during WWII, and a flyer about the changes to Plant 2 on Victoria Street in Kitchener from 1909 to 1972.

A brochure for Electrohome portable air conditiOners.

A brochure for Electrohome marquis air conditioners.

One brochure for Phonola radios.

An advertisement for the Phonola travelking car radio.

A hand made product catalogue of electronics made by Electrohome.

File consists of 55 monthly accumulated comparative statements for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited. File also includes a statement of overhead expenditures for May 1943, a signed transfer and consent form regarding insurance, and ms. notes.

File consists of press clippings relating to Electrohome, Arthur B. Pollock, the opening of the Planar plant in St. Catharines, and a charitable donation. File also includes a telegraph addressed to Arthur B. Pollock's wife.

File consists of material relating to sales for Phonola radios and Electrohome air conditioners (humidifiers) and fans. Includes product literature, warranty and service policies, leaflets about advertising and sales, advertising proofs, and other material.

File consists of six photographs of radio-phonographs, an air conditioner, fans, and a washer.

File consists of four dealer advertisements for Electrohome portable air conditioners (humidifiers).

File consists of a brochure advertising Electrohome air conditioners (humidifiers).

File consists of a small leaflet advertising Electrohome humidifiers, including price information, and a leaflet advertising Maid-O'-Mist humidifiers.

A warranty and service policy for Electrohome radios.

One brochure for the production facilities of the metal products division of Electrohome. Includes information on products made for the war effort in the Second World War.

A brochure for Electrohome air conditiOners.

A booklet on Electrohome portable air conditiOners that advertises not only their cooling functions but also the health benefits associated with them in the non-summer months.

File consists of approximately 25 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "S." File also includes some press clippings.

File consists of photographs of the wireless set and the aircraft intercommunication equipment produced by Electrohome and the Radio Production Alliance during World War II. Includes photographs of the equipment's components and parts, and photographs of the equipment in various stages of assembly and from front, rear, top and bottom views. File also includes one photograph of a damaged plywood aircraft seat produced by Electrohome. Some photographs include description on verso.

File consists of material relating to sales and service for Phonola radios and Electrohome air conditioners (humidifiers) and fans. Includes single-sheet advertisments, price lists, warranty and service policies and manuals, booklets and leaflets about advertising and sales, dealer advertisements, and other material. Material is divided by the following tabs: Models, Prices, Advertising, Service, and Miscellaneous.

A warranty and service policy for Electrohome air conditioners.

A brochure for Electrohome portable air conditiOners.

A brochure for Electrohome portable air conditiOners.

An offer with mail in slip for free air conditiOner filters.

A brochure for Electrohome Phonola radios.

One photograph of staff of Electrohome.

File consists of point-of-purchase advertising in the form of product price tags and information tags. Includes generic 'sale' tags and tags for air conditioners, Viking televisions, Deilcraft furniture, and a VGA cable.

File consists of adverting material for Electrohome fans, in the form a large fold-out brochure.

File consists of two copies of a price list for Phonola radios.

File consists of a photograph of an Electrohome fan.

File consists of 13 half-tone plates and 1 line plate made from zinc and copper and mounted on wooden blocks. Line plate contains the text: Furniture Division / Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited / Kitchener Ontario. Half-tone plates contain images of Electrohome plants, an unidentified man, a windmill, and a radio transmitter.

A warranty card for Electrohome fans.

An advertisement for Phonola.

An advertisement for dealers for Phonola products "Dispatch" and "Gazette."

File consists of advertising material for Deilcraft occasional furniture, in the form of a small leaflet.

A hand written guide on how to sell Electrohome portable air conditioners.

One brochure for Phonola radios.

A warranty and service policy for Electrohome radios.

One photograph of people playing instruments and singing Christmas songs.

File consists of copies of minutes for meetings of production councils from three divisions of Electrohome. Includes minutes for 40 meetings of the production council (also called "works council") for Plant #2 (later referred to as Metal Products Division), minutes for 16 meetings of the production council for the Woodworking Division, and minutes for 13 meetings of the production council for the Radio and Communications Division. Minutes are annotated "Mr. C.A. Pollock". File also includes one page of ms. notes by Carl A. Pollock.

File consists of material relating to the formation and operations of the Radio Production Alliance and the securing of contracts from the Department of National Defense for the production of radio equipment during World War II. Includes carbon copies of correspondence and memoranda, ms. notes, one technical drawing, and other documents. Correspondence is among the members of the Alliance, and with the Department of National Defense, Department of Munitions and Supply, and the Royal Canadian Air Force. File probably belonged to Carl A. Pollock.

File consists of a diagram of a telephone receiver cover (part no. B-2694) reprinted on photographic paper, with the original date of 1942. Drawing includes note: "for approval of Dept. of National Defence for air R.C.A.F. ref. no. 10A/4286 type C4".

One photograph of staff of plant number 1 of Electrohome. Photograph was taken July 1942.

File consists of approximately 20 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "P." Correspondents include relatives of Pollock.

File consists of ten ms. speeches written and presented by Carl A. Pollock at sales meetings and conferences and at formen's meetings and dinners. Speeches range from two to five leaves and most are in point form. File also includes typed notes.

File consists of reference photographs of the Model 43 Transmitter and its component parts, and one memorandum. The photographs are labeled according to the part and view.

File consists of advertising material for occasional furniture designed by the Imperial Furniture Company (Grand Rapids, MI) and produced by Deilcraft and by Imperial. Advertisements are in the form of catalogues, a pamphlet, a brochure from a Deilcraft furniture show, and a poster.

File consists of material relating to aircraft intercommunication equipment and a wireless radio set produced by Electrohome for the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Department of Munitions and Supply. Includes a manual for the signal equipment and condensed operating instructions for the wireless set. Both booklets include fold-out technical diagrams and one includes a fold-out blueprint.

File consists of eight ms. and typed speeches, plus draft versions, written and presented by Carl A. Pollock at various events and meetings. Speeches are about post-war planning and reconstruction, range from 3 to 20 leaves, and most are in point form.

File consists of material collected by Carl A. Pollock relating to his activities as president of Electrohome as well as other involvements, or collected for personal interest. Subjects of material include

• Corporate taxation;
• Electrohome's business philosophy, history, growth, and operations;
• The Dominion Life Assurance Company;
• Pollock's position as chancellor of the University of Waterloo;
• Arthur B. Pollock;
• the Radio-Electronics-Television Manufacturers' Association of Canada;
• Pollock's 40th anniversary with Electrohome.

Includes press clippings (some photocopies), including articles about Pollock clipped from magazines; incoming and outgoing correspondence; ephemera; ms. notes; news releases; issues of internal publications; and a typed address by Pollock.

File also includes photographs of Pollock at various events, sometimes with other senior managers; the Deilcraft plant in Stellarton, NS; a photograph of Edward B. Moogk with Governor General Jules Leger; and other snapshots.

File consists of material collected by Carl A. Pollock relating to his activities as president of Electrohome as well as other involvements, or collected for personal interest. Subjects of material include

• corporate taxation;
• Electrohome's business philosophy, history, growth, and operations;
• the Dominion Life Assurance Company;
• Pollock's position as chancellor of the University of Waterloo;
• Arthur B. Pollock;
• the Radio-Electronics-Television Manufacturers' Association of Canada; and
• Pollock's 40th anniversary with Electrohome.

Includes press clippings (some photocopies), including articles about Pollock clipped from magazines; incoming and outgoing correspondence; ephemera; ms. notes; news releases; issues of internal publications; and a typed address by Pollock. File also includes photographs of Pollock at various events, sometimes with other senior managers; the Deilcraft plant in Stellarton, NS; a photograph of Edward B. Moogk with Governor General Jules Leger; and other snapshots.

File consists of approximately 40 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "C." File also includes: news releases from Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology and an annotated typescript of remarks by Carl A. Pollock given at the College's 1978 Broadcasting - Radio & Television Awards Dinner (upon presentation of the Carl A. Pollock Award for academic excellence); copies of the on-air statements made by Pollock on the opening and the closing of CFCA-FM; Photostat copies of the original experimental license granted to Electrohome to operate an FM station; and the certificate stating the award of a Centennial Medal to Pollock from the Secretary of State (Hon. Judy V. LaMarsh) for valuable service to the nation.

File consists of approximately 43 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with to individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "W." File also includes some ephemera as well as 2 reports on radio manufacturing and private trade label policy prepared by management consultants J.D. Woods & Gordon Limited.

File consists of material collected by Carl A. Pollock relating to his activities as president of Electrohome as well as other involvements, or collected for personal interest. Subjects of material include:

• corporate taxation;
• Electrohome�s business philosophy, history, growth, and operations;
• the Dominion Life Assurance Company;
• Pollock�s position as chancellor of the University of Waterloo;
• Arthur B. Pollock;
• the Radio-Electronics-Television Manufacturers' Association of Canada; and
• Pollock�s 40th anniversary with Electrohome.

Includes press clippings (some photocopies), including articles about Pollock clipped from magazines; incoming and outgoing correspondence; ephemera; ms. notes; news releases; issues of internal publications; and a typed address by Pollock. File also includes photographs of Pollock at various events, sometimes with other senior managers; the Deilcraft plant in Stellarton, NS; a photograph of Edward B. Moogk with Governor General Jules Leger; and other snapshots.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1943. Includes five issues: vol. 1 no. 7, 20, and 26, and vol. 2 no. 1 and 2.

File consists of material relating to the Canadian Aircraft Workers' Association (C.A.W.A.) and its local at Electrohome. Includes issues of the C.A.W.A. newsletter Aircraft Worker (volume 1, issues [1]-5, 7-11), fliers, applications for membership in the association, and a pamphlet entitled Representations of the Canadian manufactuers' Association to the National War Labour Board.

File consists of four photographs of hockey teams from various departments, originally glued to a single piece of cardboard.

File consists of material related to labour relations at Electrohome. Includes carbon copies of correspondence and memoranda (carbon copies), including some from union representatives and some to Carl A. Pollock, information about occupational categories and rates for salaried and hourly employees (carbon copies), and other material.

File consists of miscellaneous financial statements for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited from 1944. Includes a statement of income, a business forecast, a statement of canteen operations, and ms. notes.

File consists of five ms. and typed speeches, plus draft versions, written and presented by Carl A. Pollock at various events and meetings, including the Kitchener-Waterloo section of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association and the Electrohome safety committee dinner. Speeches are about accident prevention and workplace safety, range from 4 to 23 leaves, and most are in point form. File also includes memoranda and information bulletins relating to workplace safety.

File consists of photocopied material written and compiled by company historian John B. Koegler relating to the history of Electrohome and its various divisions, and of the Pollock family. Includes photocopies of ms. and typed notes and photocopies of ms. about the company's history. Some of the pages have been annotated.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1944. Includes 15 issues: vol. 2, no. 8-15, 19, 20-22 and 24-26.

File consists of three copies of a line profit position forecast and two copies of a sales budget for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for May to October, 1944. File also includes a memorandum and ms. notes.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's business venture with the Horton Manufacturing Company (Fort Wayne, IN). Includes memoranda, minutes of meetings of a committee formed to discuss the washing machine program, an issue of the company newsletter The Horton Pioneer containing an article about the partnership with Electrohome, and two photographs of a Horton-Electrohome portable ironer and a washing machine.

File consists of a budget for the 12-month post-war period for Electrohome's commercial business, based on the fiscal year 1939-1940 with increases in percentages. Budgets contain annotations, possibly by Carl A. Pollock.

File consists of four ms. and typed speeches, plus draft versions and duplicate copies, written and presented by Carl A. Pollock at various events and meetings, including the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, the Guelph Rotary Club, the Canadian Central Exhibition, and the Toronto Central Lions Club. Speeches are about human relations, employee selection, and free enterprise; range from 7 leaves to 13 pages, and most are in point form.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1945. Includes eight issues: vol. 2 no. 27, and vol. 3 no. 2, 4-6, 11, 16 and 17.

File consists of press clippings and photocopies of press clippings relating to organizational changes within Electrohome, Electrohome's broadcasting interests, Electrohome products, and the company's history and anniversaries. Includes the December 4, 1997 issue of the Financial Post with a front page story about Electrohome, and the September 1998 issue of the local business magazine Exchange with a feature article on Electrohome. File also includes photocopies of correspondence from William McGregor (President, Electrohome Communications).

File consists of photocopied material relating to the history of Central Ontario Television Limited / CAP Communications Limited and Carl A. Pollock's role in the development of radio and TV broadcasting in central Ontario. Includes photocopied typed and ms. notes, press clippings, memoranda, speeches by Carl A. Pollock, and a typed history of CAP Communications Limited.

File consists of the financial statement (carbon copy) for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the year ended April 30, 1945. Contains some annotations.

File consists of minutes (carbon copies) from meetings of the union-management committee at Electrohome. Includes minutes from 72 meetings from the years 1945 to 1950. File also includes a 1960 issue of The Union Ear, a newsletter for local 30 of the Amalgamated Workers Union.

File consists of price lists for Electrohome radio and television products from 1946 to 1959. File also includes a report on furniture shipments from 1947 to 1951.

File consists of booklets containing installation and operating instructions and service information for Viking radio-phonograph combinations. Booklets include specifications, technical diagrams and descriptions, parts lists, and instructions, and may apply to one or more models. File also includes operating instructions for the Prom and Audette record players from Phonola.
Model numbers (in original order) include:

• Viking 51-102
• Viking 51-102 R
• Viking 51-103
• Viking 51-104
• Viking 51-104 R
• Viking 51-105
• Viking 51-105 R
• Viking 51-106
• Viking 51-107
• Viking 51-108
• Viking 51-109
• Viking 51-110
• Viking 51-111
• Viking 51-112
• Viking 51-141
• Viking 51-142
• Viking 52-110 A
• Viking 52-115
• Viking 53-110 AR
• Viking 53-120
• Viking 53-122
• Viking 53-123
• Viking 53-124
• Viking 53-125
• Viking 53-126
• Viking 53-127
• Phonola Prom PRP1 & PRP1-Z
• Phonola Audette PRP & PRP-Z

File consists of material relating to the work of John Koegler in his role as Chief Inspector in the Appliance and Metal Products Division (later Motor and Metal Products Division). Includes memoranda, foremen's meeting minutes from 1951, standard practice bulletins, an hourly job evaluation plan, documents relating to performance evaluation, a divisional organizational chart, and other material. Some of the memoranda are addressed to and from Arthur B. Pollock.

File consists of a manual on employee orientation practices and the preparation of an employee's handbook. Manual was produced by the National Foremen's Institute, Inc. (Deep River, CT) and is divided by the following tabs: Introduction, Company history, The employee's job, Legislation, Company policies, Preparation, and then the letters A to Z. Brochures advertising other industrial relations publications found in pocket on back of binder.

File consists of five ms. speeches, plus a draft version of one speech, written and presented by Carl A. Pollock at meetings and conferences of the Radio-Television Manufacturers Association and its various divisions, and the Institute of Radio Engineers (I.R.E.). Speeches range from two leaves to eight pages and are in point form. File also includes correspondence as well as a typed speech by Dr. W.R.G. Baker (president of the I.R.E.) annotated "material for talks".

Agreement between Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited Kitchener and the Amalgamated Workers' Union.

File consists of the financial statement for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the year ended April 30, 1946, prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, Chartered Accountants (Toronto, ON). File also includes a carbon copy of the statement.

File consists of booklets containing installation and operating instructions and service information for Viking radio-phonograph combinations. Booklets include specifications, technical diagrams and descriptions, parts lists, and instructions, and may apply to one or more models.
Model numbers (in original order) include:

• Viking 46-61
• Viking 46-41
• Viking 46-72
• Viking 46-81
• Viking 46-91
• Viking 49-88 W, M, B
• Viking 49-90
• Viking 49-89
• Viking 49-92
• Viking 49-93
• Viking 49-94
• Viking 50-12
• Viking 50-60
• Viking 50-65
• Viking 50-77
• Viking 51-82 A
• Viking 50-78
• Viking 50-79
• Viking 50-80
• Viking 50-82 RRR
• Viking 50-92 R
• Viking 50-95
• Viking 50-96
• Viking 50-97
• Viking 51-66
• Viking 51-80 R
• Viking 51-98
• Viking 51-99
• Viking 51-101

File consists of material relating to publicity, advertising, and industrial relations in connection with Electrohome's 40th anniversary dinner on April 24, 1947. Includes ephemera; memoranda; correspondence; ms. and typed notes regarding the dinner program, seating, and speeches; and two copies of the April 24, 1947, issue of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips. File may have belonged to W.E. Curry (Industrial Relations Manager).

File consists of material relating to the history of Electrohome compiled by John Koegler (company historian). Includes correspondence and memoranda (carbon copies), ms. notes by Carl A. Pollock and others, typed notes, press clippings, a proposal by Pollock regarding the reorganization of Electrohome, an advertisement layout, a typed history of Phonola, and other material.

File consists of two copies of a catalogue advertising Electrohome radio receivers.

File consists of the 1946 and 1949 agreements between Electrohome and the Amalgamated Workers' Union, local 30.

File consists of four ms. speeches written and presented by Carl A. Pollock to the Y's Men's Club, Pan Politae, and the So-Ed Club (young adult education -recreation program) of the Y.M.C.A. Speeches range from 5 to 17 leaves and most are in point form. Subjects include radio broadcasting, the philosophy of science, and industrial economy and policy.

File consists the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1946. Includes vol. 4 no. 3, and two photocopies of vol. 4 no. 1.

File consists of 49 issues of Super-News, an internal newsletter for Electrohome supervisors.

File consists of 49 issues of Super-News, an internal newsletter for Electrohome supervisors.

File consists of material relating to the formation of Central Ontario Television Limited by Famous Players Canadian Corporation Limited, Carl A. Pollock, and the Kichener-Waterloo Broadcasting Company Limited. Includes photostat and original, signed copies of agreements; correspondence; and a memorandum. Includes an agreement regarding the purchase of land at Baden Hill.