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Silver Nomos from Lucania (modern day Southern Italy) showing on the obverse Poseidon walking with a raised trident and on the reverse a bull standing left in circular incuse.
Pyke, Edgar William
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Silver Nomos from Lucania (modern day Southern Italy) showing on the obverse Poseidon walking with a raised trident and on the reverse a bull standing left in circular incuse.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver half stater from the Kingdom of Lydia, minted in Sardis during the reign of King Croesus. The obverse shows the facing foreparts of a lion and a bull and the reverse shows two incuse squares.
Pyke, Edgar William
Bronze coin from Lyons (France) showing on the obverse the head of Constantine I and on the reverse Sol standing.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Lyons (France) showing on the obverse the head of Augustus and on the reverse Gaius & Lucius standing front, each with a hand resting on a round shield.
Pyke, Edgar William
Mabel Welma Fox scrapbook album.
Scrapbook album created by Mabel Welma Fox during her time at the University of Michigan (1921-1923).
Scrapbook is covered with correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, ephemera, physical objects, and annotations that guide the reader through Fox’s university life.
Photographs are of Fox’s house guests, parties, field trips, prom, graduation, and members of the Betsy Barbour women’s residence hall.
Newspaper clippings and full editions include Michigan Daily, College News, The Detroit News Mail edition, and Detroit Free Press, as well as others unidentified.
Ephemera includes posters, invitations, tickets, and programs for events; place, calling, membership, and business cards; envelopes with receipts (including for tuition, lodging and rent, transportation, raffle tickets, and memberships); report and grade cards; poetry clippings and pages stripped from books; notebooks with course notes; cards and napkins; materials related to 1923 Commencement; and booklets for the University of Michigan Women’s League.
Physical objects include decorations made with crepe paper for different events, a pencil tied to a notebook, and a mini frying pan from a dinner event, and rose leaves and petals.
Scrapbook is housed in a production scrapbook published by the College Memory Book Company from Chicago (Illinois, USA) with copyright from 1918, W.M.W. Clay, and with the title “National Memory and Fellowship Book.”
Fist 25 pages of scrapbook include pre-printed sections used by Fox and/or her colleagues. Preprinted sections include annotations, drawings, photographs and ephemera (by students from Michigan, the United States, Japan, and China).
Pre-printed sections are:
Rest of pages are part of the same production scrapbook but do not show section titles. Some pages are left unused. And some items look like they were clipped from another scrapbook (including several items that were inside an envelope pasted to backcover).
Fox, Mabel Welma
Silver tetradrachm from Pella (Greece) showing on the obverse the head of Zeus and on the reverse Phillip II on horseback with a janiform head under the forelegs of the horse.
Pyke, Edgar William
File consists of three magnets advertising Glow with the wording "love who you are" "as straight as ring road" and "closets are for clothes."
Glow Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Medal from the Royal City Lodge of Perfection with an enamel motive of A. & A. S. R. Canada (referring to the 50 years sterling membership in freemasonry) awarded to A. R. Kaufman on October 20, 1920.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Silver tetrabol from Massalia (modern day Marseilles, France). Obverse shows a bust of Artemis and the reverse a lion prowling.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver drachma from Mauretania (modern day Northern Africa) showing on the obverse the head of Juba II and on the reverse a cornucopiae and sceptre.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Cameron Clare Hill fonds.
A medal bar brooch that belonged to Cameron Hill. The brooch was used to mount the five medals he was awarded for his service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War to his uniform likely in swing mounted style.
Hill, Cameron Clare
Part of Clement Bowlby Family fonds.
File consists of one Memorial Cross awarded to Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement upon the death of her son David Ward Clement in 1917 during First World War. Includes medal, ribbon, case and a note card that reads "This cross is presented to you in memory of one who in the Great War died for King and Country" signed by Hugh Guthrie, Minister of Miltia & Defence. The verso of the mdeal reads "98079 1st. Class A.M. D.W. Clement." The Memorial Cross was given to the mother, widow, or next of kin of a Canadian soldier lost in First World War.
Clement Bowlby Family
Part of Cameron Clare Hill fonds.
A mess tin that belonged to Cameron Hill during the Second World War. The mess tin was found inside Cameron's haversack and was possibly part of the kit issued to him by the Royal Canadian Air Force or the replacement kit given to him by the Canadian Red Cross.
Hill, Cameron Clare
Electrotype stater from Metapontum (Italy) showing an ear of barley surrounded by the letters META. Reverse incuse of same.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver eight reales from Spain (minted in Mexico) with a countermark bust of King George III in an oval in the centre of the head of Charles IV on the obverse. The reverse shows the Spanish coat of arms. These coins were issued by the British mint in response to a massive shortage of coinage and were valued at four shillings and ninepence.
Pyke, Edgar William
Bronze coin from Milan (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Aurelian and on the reverse Fortuna seated left on wheel, holding rudder and cornucopiae.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver 1/12 stater from Miletus, Ionia (modern day Turkey). The obverse shows a lion head and the reverse an incuse sun motif.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Cameron Clare Hill fonds.
A money belt that belonged to Cameron Hill during the Second World War.
Hill, Cameron Clare
Montgomery, Francis Kathleen : University of Western Ontario 25 year pin.
Part of Kay Rex fonds.
File consists of one gold pin awarded to Kathleen Montgomery for 25 years of employment at UWO.
Rex, Kay
Montgomery, Francis Kathleen : University of Western Ontario 25 year silver box.
Part of Kay Rex fonds.
File consists of one silver box awarded to Kathleen Montgomery for 25 years of employment at UWO.
Rex, Kay
Motz, John George : handkerchief.
Part of Motz family fonds.
File consists of one handkerchief used by John George Motz. An accompanying note reads "last handkerchief used by John George." Note that John George died before his second birthday.
Motz Family
Bronze coin from Mytilene, Lesbos showing possibly a bust of Sapphos on the obverse and a lyre with the letter MYTI on the reverse.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Andrew Telegdi fonds.
A name badge with a pin fastener for Andrew Telegdi. The badge displays Telegdi's name and his title as Chairman of the Basic Job Readiness Training Program Advisory Committee at Youth in Conflict with the Law.
Telegdi, Andrew
National Research Council : paperweight presented to Ralph Stanton.
Part of Ralph G. Stanton fonds.
Stanton, Ralph G.
Silver hemidrachm from Neapolis (Ancient Macedon, modern day Greece) showing on the obverse the head of a gorgon with its tongue protruding, and the on the reverse the laureate head of a nymph.
Pyke, Edgar William
Electrotype coins (one showing each side) from Neapolis (Italy). Shows the head of a nymph and a man faced bull.
Pyke, Edgar William
Bronze Dupondius from Nemausus (Nice, France) showing on the obverse back-to-back heads of Agrippa and Augustus and on the reverse a crocodile chained to a palm tree.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver shilling from Newark (England) showing on the obverse a crown with C-R across the field and XII below and on the reverse OBS NEWARKE 1645 in three lines. This coin was minted as siege money during the English Civil War.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Newcastle (England) showing on the obverse the head of Edward I and on the reverse a long cross with three pellets in the angles.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from England showing on the obverse the head of Henry II and on the reverse a short cross with four pellets in the angles.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Stephen of Blois and on the reverse a cross moline. The coin is considered a Watord type due to the large hoard of this style of coin found in Watford.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Aethelred II and on the reverse a small cross.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Cnut and on the reverse a short cross with a broken annulet surrounding a pellet in each angle.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver halfcrown from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of William III and on the reverse four crowned shields.
Pyke, Edgar William
Copper farthing from Norwich, England showing on the obverse the words A NORWICH FARTHING in three lines across the field and on the reverse the coat of arms of Norwich. These private tokens were issued due to a lack of official coinage in the period following English Civil War.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Henry III and on the reverse a long cross with three pellets in the angles.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of John and on the reverse a short cross with five pellets in the angles.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Henry II and on the reverse a short cross with crosslets in the angles. The name Tealby was given to these coins because of the hoard of over 5000 of these coins was discovered at Tealby, Lincolnshire in 1807.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Edward the Confessor and on the reverse a cross with arms that terminate in trefoils.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of William I (also known as William the Bastard) and on the reverse a cross with the letters PAXS in circles in the angles.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Edward the Confessor and on the reverse a hammer cross.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver sixpence from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of William III and on the reverse four crowned shields.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver groat from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Edward IV and on the reverse a long cross with three pellets in the angles.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Harold II and on the reverse PAX between horizontal lines.
Pyke, Edgar William
Official stamp of the Carold Institute.
Part of Carold Institute fonds.
Official stamp of the Carold Institute with the inscription "Clare and Harold Clark Institute for the study of charitable activities in Canada."
Carold Institute
Part of Schneider family collection.
Official press card and pass for Norman C. Schneider for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Includes leather case and press badge with ribbon attached.
Schneider, Norman Christoph
Part of Alpha Delta Kappa, Province of Ontario Chapter fonds.
File consists of one rubber stamp carved with "Ontario Alpha."
Alpha Delta Kappa. Province of Ontario Chapter
Part of Schneider family collection.
Ontario coat of arms of "durwood" manufactured by John Walter & Sons, Kitchener with Norman C. Schneider label on verso.
Schneider, Norman Christoph
Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation : certificate.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation certificate presented to Norman C. Schneider that reads: "Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation. Honourary Director. This is to certify that Norman C. Schneider, having given many years of service in the cause of the Pioneer Foundation and Doon Pioneer Village, is hereby granted this award. dated at Kitchener, Ontario, the 20th day of April, 1976. [Signed]: Elizabeth M. Dreger, President, Gordon Loney, Secretary."
Schneider family
Ontario YWCA Baseball Champs : patch.
Part of Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo fonds.
File consists of one patch given to the Ontario YWCA Baseball champs.
Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo
Silver sixpence from Oxford (England) showing on the obverse the characters relig : prot leg : and liber : par in three lines across the field along with the date 1643. The reverse shows the head of Charles I.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver halfcrown from Oxford (England) showing on the obverse Charles I on a horse and on the reverse RELIG: PRO: LE / ANG: LIB: PAR in two lines across the field with the date 1644.
Pyke, Edgar William
Parents' Information Bureau rimes.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Materials possibly related to the Parents' Information Bureau. Includes a poem titled "#61: Simon was a simple soul" covering matters of birth control among people with low monetary means, and antiquated humorous pieces collected by A. R. Kaufman one of them referencing the birth control poem.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Silver drachma from Parthia (modern day Iraq) showing on the obverse the head of Orodes II and on the reverse an archer holding a bow surrounded by the inscription �BASILEOS BASILEON MEGALOU ARSAKOU EPIPHANOUS� or �Of Great Arsaces, King of Kings, God Manifest.�
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver drachma from Parthia (modern day Iraq) showing on the obverse a portrait of Phraates IV and on the reverse an archer holding a bow surrounded by the inscription �BASILEOS BASILEON MEGALOU ARSAKOU EPIPHANOUS� or �Of Great Arsaces, King of Kings, God Manifest.�
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver drachma from Parthia (modern day Iraq) showing on the obverse a portrait of Mithradates II wearing a diadem with a long beard and on the reverse a seated archer surrounded by the inscription �BASILEOS BASILEON MEGALOU ARSAKOU EPIPHANOUS� or �Of Great Arsaces, King of Kings, God Manifest.�
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Alice Riggs Hunt fonds.
File consists of one excelsior brand pencil.
Hunt, Alice Riggs
Part of Schneider family collection.
Pencil stub belonging to Norman C. Schneider from the desk at his home after his death in 1985.
Schneider, Norman Christoph
SIlver siglo from Persia (the Achaemenid Empire) showing on the obverse an archer clad in the Persian "candys", kneeling right on one knee, at his back a quiver, in his right a spear, and in his outstretched left a strung bow and on the reverse an incuse square.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver siglo from the Persian Kingdom (modern day Iran) showing on the obverse a king running with a lance and on the reverse an incuse square.
Pyke, Edgar William
Personal copies of books for public readings.
Part of Julia McCarthy fonds.
Julia McCarthy's personal copies of her books that she used to do readings after the launch of each of the books. Includes books Stormthrower (2002), Return from Erebus (2010), and All the names between (2017), notes for the readings, and markings on the books indicating the order of the readings.
Also contains bird feathers that she used to show the audience as an example before she read the last poem "Afterfeathers" from her book All the names between (McCarthy had a feather collection).
McCarthy, Julia
Personal correspondence sent and received by Bettie Bernice Wilson. Also contains a paper and metal badge included in one of the letters.
Wilson, Bettie Bernice
Part of Ratz family fonds.
Pewter plate brought to Canada by Nickolas Klinck and used by his daughter Elizabeth Dunke [nee Klinck] on their voyage to Canada from Hamburg, Germany in 1857.
Ratz Family
Silver triobol from Phocis (modern day Greece) showing on the obverse a facing bull head and on the reverse a laureate head of Apollo.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo fonds.
File consists of six YWCA pins. Three read Y-Teen and show a globe superimposed on the YWCA blue triangle. Three show the YWCA blue triangle.
Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo
Part of Andrew Telegdi fonds.
A plaque presented to Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as an Elected Alderman representing the City of Waterloo by the Kitchener-Waterloo Canada Day Council in appreciation for his contributions to the 1987 Canada Day celebrations.
Telegdi, Andrew
Silver hardi from Poitiers (France) showing on the obverse Edward the Black Prince and on the reverse a long cross with leopards and fleur de lis in the angles.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.
File consists of two copper plates showing a photograph of Dana Porter.
Porter, Dana Harris
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.
File consists of two zinc plates showing a photograph of Dana Porter.
Porter, Dana Harris
Bronze coin from Poseidonia (Paestum, Italy). Obverse shows Poseidon walking with a trident, and the reverse shows a bull standing on a line.
Pyke, Edgar William
Metal printing plate with an inscription for the invitation of Helen Esther Breithaupt and Allen Edward Duffield.
Breithaupt Hewetson Clark family
Printmaking plates of Karsh photograph.
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.
File consists of nineteen cardboard plates used to make prints of a Karsh photograph of Dana Porter.
Porter, Dana Harris
Part of Schneider family collection.
Proof plate of Norman C. Schneider likely used for election campaign posters.
Schneider, Norman Christoph
Provincial Tire Company ruler.
Part of Dominion Rubber Company fonds.
File consists of one ruler from the Provincial Tire Company. Tag line on the ruler reads "Canada's largest tire sales organization Dominion Royal Tires."
Dominion Rubber Company
Publicity etching plate of Alice Riggs Hunt.
Part of Alice Riggs Hunt fonds.
File consists of one metal plate etching of Alice Riggs Hunt used for publicity.
Hunt, Alice Riggs
Queen Elizabeth II coronation medals.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Two Queen Elizabeth II coronation medals. Betty Schneider notes these were probably given to M.P.s to commemorate the Queen's visit to Canada.
Schneider, Norman Christoph
Ratz family reunion 1914 : souvenir.
A small mirror with a photograph of Henry Ratz and his wife on the verso.
Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family
Part of Ratz family fonds.
Cast iron nameplate featuring the name S.H. Ratz. This nameplate was possibly used by Simon. H. Ratz.
Ratz Family
Part of Alpha Delta Kappa, Province of Ontario Chapter fonds.
File consists of fifteen small party favour red ensign flags. The flags are silk and are on wooden posts. Twelve are in the original package which states they are made in Japan.
Alpha Delta Kappa. Province of Ontario Chapter
Rene Descartes Foundation, University of Waterloo : plaque presented to Dr. Ralph Stanton.
Part of Ralph G. Stanton fonds.
Stanton, Ralph G.
Silver didrachm from Rhodes (Greece) showing on the obverse the radiate head of Helios and on the reverse a rose.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Cameron Clare Hill fonds.
Six ribbon bars issued to Cameron Hill. The ribbon bars correspond to the five medals awarded to Cameron Hill for his service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War including the 1939-1945 Star, the Africa Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer War Medal, and the 1939-1945 War Medal.
Hill, Cameron Clare
Part of Rieder and Anthes family fonds.
File consists of four ribbons collected by the Rieder Anthes family. Two are campaign ribbons showing support for Sir Oliver Mowat, premier of Ontario. One is a mourning ribbon for Queen Victoria and one is a ribbon of support for Canadian troops in the Second Boer War. The Boer War ribbon has been stamped "J.I. Frank Anthes Nov. 5 1900."
Rieder and Anthes family
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Nerva and on the reverse Fortuna standing holding rudder and cornucopiae.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Septimius Severus and on the obverse Victory flying holding a wreath.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Tiberius and the reverse Livia seated on a throne. This is often referred to as a Tribute Penny, being the coin that Jesus refers to during his �Give unto Caesar speech.�
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Severus Alexander and on the reverse Mars holding an olive branch and a sceptre.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Commodus and on the reverse victory walking holding a wreath.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Liberty and on the reverse the consul Lucius Junius Brutus walking left, between two lictors, carrying fasces over their shoulders, and preceded by an accensus. The coin was minted by Marcus Junius Brutus during the reign of Julius Caesar.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Septimius Severus and on the obverse Neptune with a trident.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Hadrian and on the reverse Aegyptos reclining with an ibis and sistrum.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Septimius Severus and on the obverse victory walking holding a wreath and a palm.
Pyke, Edgar William
Bronze dupondius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Nero and on the reverse winged victory holding a wreath and a palm branch.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Ancus Marcius and on the reverse an equestrian rider on a five arched aqueduct. The coin was struck by Lucius Marcius Philippus, who claimed descent from Ancus Marcius.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome showing on the obverse the head of Venus wearing a stephane, pendant earring and necklace. The reverse shows a trophy of Gallic arms with bound captives at the base.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Julia Domna and the reverse Felicitas standing holding a sceptre and caduceus.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Roma and on the reverse the dioscuri mounted on horses.
Pyke, Edgar William
Bronze coin from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Claudius and on the reverse Minerva advancing with a spear and a shield and the letters SC.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of King Titus Tatius and on the reverse Tarpeia being tortured.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of King Titus Tatius and on the reverse two Sabine women being carried by soldiers.
Pyke, Edgar William