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110 John Boulevard : specifications.

Specifications for the building of 110 John Boulevard, Waterloo, Ont, owned by H.L. Guy, Esq., drawn up by Forsey, Page & Steele Registered Architects, Toronto, Ont. The specifications include a table of contents and 28 pages outlining masonry, carpentry, painting and glazing, lathing and plastering, electric wiring, plumbing, tiling, and heating for the home.

Forsey, Page & Steele

10" fan development : blueprint.

File consists of a graph relating to the development of a 10-inch diameter fan blade. Graph depicts the maximum watts consumed by the fan and the free air flow.

Electrohome

Sales and technical information : fans.

File consists of material relating to technical specifications and sales information for fans and their motors, and pricing for merchandise (including furniture and home entertainment products) manufactured for other stores. Includes product literature for fans; typed lists of prices, discounts, distributors, and agencies; memoranda and correspondence; four photographs of fans; and two blueprints of graphs relating to motor operations. Material is divided into the following tabs: Electrohome motor, Eaton's, Simpson's, Hudson's Bay, and Macleod's Limited (latter three tabs are empty).

Electrohome

Research : humidifier patent.

File consists of a patent (carbon copy) with specifications and a technical drawing for a humidifier, invented by Carl A. Pollock.

Electrohome

YWCA floor plans.

File consists of four architectural drawings by Knechtel and Shmalz Architects, showing floor plans for the ground floor, second floor, third floor and basement of a proposed addition to the YWCA building.

Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo

H.G. Acres Correspondence : labour and progress (file 1 of 2).

File consists of correspondence from H.G. Acres, chief engineer, mainly to secretary-treasurer F.P. Adams and his successors P.A. Ballachey (1941-1942) and E.F. Roberts (from 1942), regarding the contracts for the construction of the Shand dam and related work. Letters are carbon copies sent to Marcel Pequegnat. File also includes a blueprint relating to repairs to the Shand dam.

Pequegnat, Marcel

Radio Production Alliance.

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.

Electrohome

Telephone receiver cover : diagram.

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".

Electrohome

Miscellaneous (file 1 of 2).

File consists of miscellaneous material relating primarly to the activities of the Westount Construction Co., house plans, and housing developments. Includes brochures and magazine clippings, advertisements, plans and drawings, charts and forms, a letter, and other material.

Dixon, Ross

Type 5 DC motor : technical drawings.

File consists of material relating to the development of the component parts for the type 5 series of DC motors. Includes technical drawings of the parts, one memorandum, and carbon copies of inspection reports. Titles of technical drawings, issued by Electrohome and Universal Electric Company (Owosso, MI), include: brush spring, spacer, bearing, shaft, wedge, washer, lead eyelet, mounting bracket, field coil, insulator cap, armature winding, armature assembly, field assembly, and communicator assembly. Duplication among drawings may exist.

Electrohome

House plans.

File consists of material collected by Dixon relating to house plans and building trends. Includes brochures, articles, and advertisements clipped from magazines and newspapers (for builders, housing developments, etc.; some with annotations) and handwritten notes. File also includes plans for the Maple Heights and Beechwood Park subdivisions in Waterloo (some with annotations) and other architectural drawings, as well as a photostat list of lot prices for Beechwood Park.

Dixon, Ross

Sketches and plans.

File consists of material relating to building houses and house plans. Includes architectural drawings, clippings from magazines and newspapers, and brochures.

Dixon, Ross

Doors : wood & folding.

File consists of brochures, leaflets, and catalogues advertising doors, including folding doors and garage doors. File also includes an architectural drawing of a door.

Dixon, Ross

Scrapbook (file 2 of 2).

File consists of a scrapbook containing magazine clippings kept by Dixon as ideas for house plans and layouts, home decor, and home furnishing. Most clippings are related to kitchens and bathrooms. Scrapbook also includes brochures, sketches, and an architectural drawing (ornamental iron railing).

Dixon, Ross

Proposal for front entrance.

Architectural drawings for the building of 178 Claremont Avenue, drawn and stamped by architect Theophilus Hughes Wells. Includes two drawings with a proposal for the front entrance and detail.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Theo Hughes Wells, architect. Blueprints (stamped T. Hughes Wells). Note front entrance did not include portico, only recessed panel door w[ith] side windows & pan window over door (one cancelled cheque).”
Cancelled cheque mentioned in note is located in file 6.

Reive Family

Architectural drawings.

Architectural drawings for the building of 178 Claremont Avenue, drawn by architect Theophilus Hughes Wells and tube packaging sent by Wells to Dr. Reive.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “T. Hughes Wells working drawings to scale for building Reive home, 178 Claremont Ave. Kitchener ON N2T 2C2. 1951. Scrolls.”

Reive Family

Large ranch style.

File consists of material collected by Dixon relating to house plans and building trends, and primarily to larger ranch-style house plans. Includes articles and advertisements clipped from magazines and newspapers (for house plans, housing developments, etc.; some with annotations), brochures, and architectural drawings (house plans).

Dixon, Ross

Job 18 : Anderson.

File consists of house plans by N.O. Hipel Ltd. (Preston, Ontario) for the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Belmont building plans.

File consists of material relating to Job #67-14, an office building on Belmont Avenue in Kitchener. Includes proposed, revised, and accepted architectural plans and drawings for the building as well as plans from previous jobs of a similar nature. Some plans contain handwritten annotations. File also contains some handwritten notes.

Dixon, Ross

Edbrook and Edwood models.

File consists of plans for the Edbrook and Edwood model model houses by N.O. Hipel Ltd. (Preston, Ontario).

Dixon, Ross

Model homes : N.O. Hipel Ltd.

File consists of house plans by N.O Hipel Ltd. (Preston, Ontario). Includes plans for the Airewood, Belwood, Cliffwood, Dalewood, and Edwood model homes.

Dixon, Ross

Airewood model.

File consists of plans for the Airewood model house by N.O. Hipel Ltd. (Preston, Ontario).

Dixon, Ross

Job 13 : Ferguson residence.

File consists of house plans by N.O. Hipel Ltd. (Preston, Ontario) for the Westmount Construction Co. Duplicates present.

Dixon, Ross

Job 30 : office copy.

File consists of house plans by C.E. Voelker for the Westmount Construction Co. Duplicates present.

Dixon, Ross

Job 35.

File consists of several sets of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co. Two sets labelled "office copy." Duplicates present.

Dixon, Ross

Job 26 : preliminary study : Dr. Harvey.

File consists of a preliminary study (revised) for a house plan by the Westmount Construction Co.. A portion of the drawing was cut out and a new portion taped on.

Dixon, Ross

Belmont buildings : cost & return.

File consists of material relating to the costs for Job #124 (Belmont store no. 3). Includes handwritten notes and calculations, cost analysis summary charts, quotations, material lists and estimates, etc. File also includes some cost analysis and material lists relating to other jobs.

Dixon, Ross

Job 25.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co. Plans approved for construction on Lot 83 of Plan 677.

Dixon, Ross

Job 25.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Job 30.

File consists of house plans by C.E. Voelker for the Westmount Construction Co. Plans approved for construction on Lot 157 and part of Lot 158 of Plan 677, Street #270.

Dixon, Ross

Job 35.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Belmont properties : plans, severance.

File consists of documents regarding land transactions concerning 681-683 Belmont Avenue and the severance of a lot. Includes deeds; architectural drawings and plans; correspondence; an application, notice, decision, and other documents from the Land Division Committee (Regional Municipality of Waterloo); minutes of a Land Division Committee meeting; etc.

Dixon, Ross

Spooner Machinery (Canada) Limited specifications and tender.

Contains correspondence between Ronald L. Panton of The Spooner Machinery Company Limited and Jack Russell and C.M. Dare regarding the purchase of a Sandvik Steel Band Oven with Terminal Length for biscuit manufacturing. File includes price listing, specifications, tender, and 5 sheets of technical drawings of the biscuit plant, biscuit oven, and zone control cubicle.

Dare Foods Limited

Aberta Scott, Decho Properties.

File consists of material relating to property in Walkerton, Ontario, owned by Dixon. He purchased property from Alberta Scott in 1969 and sold property to Decho Properties Ltd. in 1970; he also sold to Robert Foreman in 1972. File includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, deeds, agreements, tax notices and assessments, notices and by-laws for the Corporation of the Town of Walkerton, handwritten notes, etc. File also includes plans of subdivisions in Walkerton (duplicates are present).

Dixon, Ross

Built-ins sketches.

File consists of architectural drawings for cupboards for Job 63 (Dr. & Mrs. G.F. Watson). Duplicate drawings are present.

Dixon, Ross

Job 72.

File consists of two sets of house plans (revised) by the Westmount Construction Co. Duplicates present.

Dixon, Ross

Job 73.

File consists of two sets of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co. Duplicates present.

Dixon, Ross

Job 64.

File consists of house plans [drawing by E.B.?] for the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Job 70.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Job 62.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co. One drawing is titled "Addition to Job 62 Mr. Hagey."

Dixon, Ross

Job 65.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co. One plan is stamped "Flannery Heating" (Kitchener, Ontario).

Dixon, Ross

Job 73.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Purchase of lots from Maple Heights Limited.

File consists of material relating mainly to the purchase by Westmount Enterprises Limited of lots from Maple Heights Limited. The lots are in the proposed subdivision Maple Hill Acres No. 3 in the City of Waterloo. Includes correspondence, memoranda, agreements of purchase and sale, amendments to agreements, offers to purchase, plans of the subdivision (some showing redivisions of lots), handwritten notes, lists of lots with costs and prices, a copy of a grant of easement, etc.

Dixon, Ross

Job 79.

File consists of house plans (revised) by the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Job 74.

File consists of two different sets of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Plans for Dominion Rubber Company.

Plans for Dominion Rubber Company plots and tire stores. Includes the plot plan for Windsor (Ontario) from February 1962, and the preliminary sketch plan no. 1 ground floor plan of Dominion Tire Store for Vancouver (British Columbia) from May 1959.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Electronic organ.

File consists of material relating to publicity for electronic organs (including Electrohome's first electronic organ, the Allegro), the license for Kinsman electronic organs, and the product line for 1968/69. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda, draft and final versions of news releases (some edited) ms. notes, press clippings, several Kinsman brochures, schedules for a press conference and exhibitions, and four blueline drawings of organs. File also includes six photographs of people playing and posing with organs.

Electrohome

Tire sales and service building design.

File consists of plans for a proposed Dominion Rubber Company tire sales and service building for small-medium markets. Includes a perspective drawing, elevations, and a floor plan. Plan was drawn by the general engineering department.

Dominion Rubber Company

Beechwood.

File consists of material relating to the Beechwood Park subdivision in Waterloo. Includes a newspaper clipping, a memorandum, information relating to restructions on residential lands, and a plan of the subdivision (plus a duplicate).

Dixon, Ross

Job 101.

File consists of house plans drawn by G.V.H. for the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Job 101 : 679 Belmont.

File consists of house plans drawn by G.V.H. for the Westmount Construction Co., including revisions.

Dixon, Ross

Western Division.

Consists of material relating to the Dare Foods Limited biscuit plant in Surrey, B.C. File contains invitations; programs; newspaper clippings; agenda; speeches from the plant opening 1962; three b&w photographs each 20.5 x 25.5 cm, 1961-1962; one promotional pamphlet for new plant 1962; and one plan by the Canadian Industrial Risks Insurers plan of Dare Foods Ltd., Surrey B.C. plant 1981.

Dare Foods Limited

Job 105.

File consists of house plans. Stamped "R.D. McCargar, Registered Professional Civil Engineer."

Dixon, Ross

New building for Dare Foods Limited : Holt Kennedy Site : Surrey, British Columbia, February 1962.

Contains sheets 1, 9 and 10 of 17 of architectural and technical drawings relating to Dare Foods Limited building in Surrey, B.C. The drawings are by Dominion Construction Co. Ltd., engineers and contractors, Vancouver, B.C. All three are drawn by Sorensen. The architectural drawing is a plot plan for the plant. The technical drawings consist of septic tank, structural steel, and miscellaneous steel details.

Dare Foods Limited

Revisions.

File consists of two architectural drawings showing revisions to original plans of the YWCA for the second floor, ground floor kitchen, basement, and third floor laundry. Plans are by architectural firm Barnett, Rieder and Hymmen.

Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo

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