Series consists of records relating to the administration and activities of the Muskoka Lakes Association, and in particular the annual meetings, meetings of the executive committee, and meetings of association directors. The records demonstrate the concern for and activity surrounding the MLA's involvement in issues affecting the environment and the quality of life in the Muskokas and address such topics as water quality, acid rain, planning and land use, water levels, taxation, etc. Series includes minutes for the annual meeting of the MLA (1894-1947), meetings of the executive committee (1972-1980), and meetings of association directors (1980-1986), as well as attachments and supporting documents including agendas, financial statements, budgets, association newsletters, correspondence, lists of board members, reports, surveys and questionnaires, minutes of board sub-committees, ephemera, photocopied clippings, etc.

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence.

Date and Place from: [1894?] [?] To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: [1881?] [?] To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Poem: Brother's Farewell.

Date and Place from: November 21, 1881 [?] To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: To Austin, Franklin and Arthur. Written on Hazlett & Moyer letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 12, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: February 16, 1890 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: August 16, 1892 Chicago To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Caron, Pirie, Scott & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 5, 1893 [?] To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: March 8, 1893 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: August 1, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Weare Commission Company letterhead.

Date and Place from: September 11, 1909 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope Notes: Announcement for Nurses and Physicians Supply Company.

Date and Place from: December 2, 1913 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: December 15, 1915 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on The Geographic Society of Chicago letterhead.

Date and Place from: September 12, 1920 Cicero, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: August 15, 1921 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: November 18, 1921 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Illinois Audobon Society letterhead.

Date and Place from: August 23, 1922 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 7, 1922 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: May 10, 1923 Cicero, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: May 26, 1923 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: December 27, 1923 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on The Geographic Society of Chicago letterhead.

Date and Place from: November 19, 1925 Berwyn, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: March 15, 1927 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: January 4, 1938 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: May 9, 1939 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 9, 1939 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: November 9, 1939 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed. Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: December 24, 1939 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: April 29, 1940 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed; Shantz Family Association 1930 Re-union; Shantz Family Association Re-union Invitation 1930; Shantz Family Association Re-union Invitation 1935; Shantz Family Association Re-union Ribbon 1935 Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: June 29, 1940 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed. Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 12, 1941 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 6, 1941 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed. Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: August 2, 1941 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed. Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: February 11, 1942 La Grange, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed. Notes: Written on Emmanuel Church, La Grange, Illinois letterhead.

Date and Place from: June 6, 1939 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: [June?, 1893] [?] To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Letter fragment.

Date and Place from: March 19, 1943 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: June 11, 1943 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: July 9, 1943 Clinton, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: November 11, 1943 Clinton, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: November 29, 1943 Freehold, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: March 3, 1944 Freehold, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: January 3, 1944 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: March 8, 1944 Freehold, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: June 26, 1944 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 3, 1945 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 5, 1945 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: August 14, 1945 Clinton, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 26, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: December 5, 1945 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed; Picture taken at Camp Echo Hill August 1945; postcard.

Date and Place from: March 10, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: March 14, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: September 16, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 3, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: December 11, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: December 29, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: March 12, 1947 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: June 8, 1947 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed; Stamp News page from the New York Sun, Friday, June 6, 1947.

Date and Place from: June 24, 1947 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: July 11, 1947 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: August 13, 1948 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope; no letter included.

Date and Place from: December 31, 1948 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope; Page 23 of New York Herald Tribune, Monday, March 10, 1947; no letter included.

Date and Place from: January 30, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed; poem.

Date and Place from: February 9, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope; 2 poems.

Date and Place from: June 20, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 17, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with 1 stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 31, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 29, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 26, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: August 25, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope; Newpaper Book Review.

Date and Place from: December 20, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: February 8, 1950 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: January 4, 1950 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope; Letter from cousin Ela to Orpheus.

Date and Place from: April 10, 1950 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed; Christ Church Parish News, Easter, 1950.

Date and Place from: May 28, 1951 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed; List of birthday dates.

Material created and accumulated by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz. Includes two greeting cards.

Group portrait of the Alma St. United Brethren in Christ Church choir, which was led by A.O. Bowman.

Back row: Ed Clemens, Frank Schantz, Arthur Schantz, Eli Brubacher.

Middle row: Aggie Brubacher, Lizzie Groh, A.O. Bowman, Lizzie Musselman.

Front row: Sophie Schantz, Susanna Musselman, Rosetta Lautenschlager, Ella Weaver.

Group portrait of the Alma St. United Brethren in Christ Church choir, which was led by A.O. Bowman.

Back row: Ed Clemens, Frank Schantz, Arthur Schantz, Eli Brubacher.

Middle row: Aggie Brubacher, Lizzie Groh, A.O. Bowman, Lizzie Musselman.

Front row: Sophie Schantz, Susanna Musselman, Rosetta Lautenschlager, Ella Weaver.

Handmade New Years card from the Schantz family to Arthur Benjamin Schantz. The card features calligraphy, small drawings of bells and has scherenschnitte edges. It reads: "1894. Wishing you a joyous new year. To Arthur B. Schantz From Ruth, Carrie & Orph."

File consists of a piece of birchbark (rolled into a cylinder) with the inscription: Martha, Aug. 1st, 1894.

Three copies of a studio portrait of (left to right) John S. Anthes, Sally [Salome] Anthes Strasser, and Henry William Anthes as older adults.

Photograph of men seated with beer kegs and beer bottles around them, large sign behind reads "L. Kuntz's Park Brewery, F. Bauer Brewer and Maltster"; keg with young boy seated on top holding a mug of beer, printed on keg is "1894".

Five envelopes addressed to Mrs. A.Y. Haist [Lucy] from Marion Webster.

Team portraits : Berlin Hockey Club, 1894-1895, Berlin Hockey Club, 1895-1896 : Berlin Hockey Club, 1898 : Berlin and Waterloo Hockey Club, 1897, shows name of players on bottom : copy negatives of three letters from Ontario Hockey Association from 1898.

Correspondence from Joseph F. Umbach to Louis Henry Wagner.

Correspondence from Mr. Yager to Louis Henry Wagner regarding taking over some his ministerial duties.

Correspondence from L. Wing to Louis Henry Wagner regarding arranging a time for Louis Henry to give a sermon.

Full body studio portrait of an unidentified adult seated in a chair with left arm resting on side table and wearing a dress with leg of mutton sleeves.

File consists of one three quarter length studio graduation portrait of David Shannon Bowlby. David is shown with legs crossed, wearing a gown and holding a graduation cap in his lap.

Contains 1 day book (802 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from 1895-1896. Daily entries include names and corresponding ledger page numbers for customers, with a description of what they bought, whether they paid for it, the prices and quantities of items bought, and whether customers paid by cash or by eggs, rags, beef, pork, butter, teaming supplies from St. Petersburg to New Dundee, wood, oats, flour, hay, or similar materials.

Kriesel indicates what he has sold by writing "To" and then the items, and how the person paid by writing "By" and then the method of payment, he also writes "cash sale not charged" when the sale does not apply to a customer's account.

Customer names include Philip Poth, Kolebrenners, Andrew Miller, A.B. McRae, E.W.B. Snider [ie. Snyder], Charles Kaufman, Charles Hiller, Charles Meyer, Cassel, J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], the Lutheran Church, Roseville United Brethren Church, the Baptist Church, John Woelfle, the public school section no. 1, and other notable New Dundee business people.

File consists of Christmas greetings from the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen addressed to Miss Milne. The greeting consists of a card and a botanical specimen from Haddo House. Also includes two items of correspondence regarding the donation of the item.

File consists of a presentation photocopy of the minutes of the founding meeting of the Vernon and District Council of Women, convened in Vernon, British Columbia on the 5th and 22nd days of October, 1895, by their excellencies the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen. The photocopy was presented in 1963.

File consists of a deed of land. Concerns Lot 9 and part of Lot 10 of Levi Cress' survey in the village of St. Jacobs.

File consists of one playbill for Cinderella at the Abbey's Theatre, New York, in 1895.

Contents: file consists of one portrait photograph of Charles Warren Hunt Jr.

Photograph of a camp on a board scow on a body of water by a shore with trees in the background and foreground and a Union Jack flag by the camp. There is a person on a canoe leaving the camp.

Article "C.W.A. Meet, Waterloo, July 1st and 2nd," Saturday Globe, June 22, 1895: [1]. This article concerns the annual meet of the C.W.A. [Canadian Wheelman's Association?] to be held in Waterloo, Ont. in 1895. Joseph E. Seagram was Honorary President of the Waterloo Bicycle Club and donated a horse as a prize for this meet. The article also includes two images of the Waterloo Bicycle Club Track, as well as portraits of local individuals: D. Hybner, Mayor, Berlin; Simon Snyder, Mayor, Waterloo; Waterloo Bicycle Club officers J.W. Fear, J.M. Scully, Geo. Wegenast, F.G. Hughes, A.H. Snyder, C.W. Wells; also W.G. Roos, C.H. Froelich.

Two cards listing prayer meeting topics. Included in one card is a handwritten note.

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence.

An unused dance card dated Oct. 11, 1895.

Twenty-one letters received by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

Date and Place from: October 4, 1895 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: December 28, 1895 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 2, 1896 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 29, 1896 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: July 30, 1896 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Letter torn.

Date and Place from: February 8, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 24, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 24, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 20, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on EMS letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 16, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: August 11, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 Notes: Includes letter to Frank.

Date and Place from: November 25, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 25, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: June 12, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes note from Etta.

Date and Place from: August 3, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: August 10, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: November 11, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 6, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 28, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Attachments: Envelope with stamp included.

Date and Place from: January 19, 1900 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 23, 1902 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

One item of correspondence from Allan Bowman to his brother Simon Bowman. The letter is dated and addressed December 2, 1895, Galt. The letter mentions that Allan is in Chicago and talks about his wife Nancy moving with him to California, but that funds mean this is now not possible. Allan also mentions that he is training Ben Unger to assist him with the malting season.

One tasselled mortarboard belonging to Hervey Bowman.

A menu card with entries for a formal dinner or luncheon held on January 24, 1895.

Material relating to the personal life of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz. Includes gifts from her brother Austin Tobias Schantz and her sister Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schnatz).

Upper body studio portrait of Ruth Schantz, age three, seen dressed in a lace trimmed top and looking off camera. Originally a card photograph, the card has been nailed to the back of a mount. Ruth can be seen through a heart-shaped frame. Around her are hand drawn leaves (possibly by Carrie Flagler Schantz) and a ribbon.

One folded leaf of card stock showing a price list for Chas. Emmerich & Co for feathers, pillows and down sofa cushions.

One print showing the enlarged premises of the Marshall & Field Company building in Chicago. Orpheus worked for Marshall & Field.

A Canadian artist's drawing book with drawings by Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz, primarily of maps and waterways.

Snapshot of Ruth Schantz (left) and an unidentified child standing together on a porch and looking at camera.

One coupon booklet given to attendees of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention. All of the coupons in this book have been removed, but a table of contents notes that it included coupons for hotels, dinners and a portrait.

One circular listing the dates of meetings of the National British Women's Temperance Association and World Woman's Christian Temperance Union for the month of June 1895.

One card noting that delegates of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention taking the train to Reigate are to ask for the Special Train of Lady Henry Somerset.

One small folded leaflet with the short story by Mrs. J.H. Earle titled "Wear the White Ribbon." A white ribbon was worn by temperance advocates and members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

One small booklet with rules, advice, and a bibliography of recommended books for members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

One small booklet "A Wider Outlook" written by Lady Henry Somerset, President for the British Empire. The booklet extols the virtues of the temperance movement.

Studio portrait possibly of Christian Staebler, uncle of Mary Staebler Wagner, seen looking off camera.

Studio portrait of Louis Henry Wagner seen looking off camera.

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of David Shannon Bowlby seen in partial profile looking of camera in graduation cap and gown.

Annual examinations for for the Department of Education, Ontario, for the years 1895 (high school arithmetic), 1911 (high school arithmetic), 1936 (Upper School trigonometry), 1947 (high school literature and mathematics).

Notecard with a reproduction of a sketch of the Olympic Range in B.C. by Lady Aberdeen.

File consists of one programme for Cinderella at Abbey's Theatre, New York.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Alice Riggs Hunt documenting her travels both within the United States and abroad. Includes primarily ephemera as well as two trip diaries.

Material created and accumulated by Tobias and Mary Schantz and family. Includes book cars, a daily diary from Arthur Benjamin Schantz and funerary memorials.

Daily diary kept by Arthur B. Schantz during the first three days (March 31-April 2, 1896) of a trip from Berlin, Ont. to Brandon, Man.

Photograph of employees and a horse drawn delivery sleigh, stacked with boxes, outside of the C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works buildings.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains pages and clippings from newspapers and magazines, including portraits of royalty, nobility and other figures and incidents in the news at the time such as the Boer War and the coronation of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910. Also includes sentimental pictures, poems, stories, fashion items, and more.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some photographs identified. Identified photographs include:

Schantz home, 43 Schneider Ave., Berlin, Ont.

Group and individual posed portraits of Austin Tobias Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Dorothy Etta Russell, Ruth Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Mary Schantz, Worth Flagler Schantz, Tobias Schantz, Carrie, Mrs. Flagler, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, September 1910.

Dec. 1910 at Morton Park, Ill. : good photo of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Ruth Schantz.

1907: Victoria Park Pavilion, Victoria park.

1910: snapshots taken during visit of Orpheus Moyer Schantz family from Chicago to Berlin: unidentified view of farmhouse and river, probably Kolb farm at Breslau, group including Mr. & Mrs. Jake Kolb, snapshot of farm from across river; snapshots taken at the Steckle farm including a view of the Steckle farmhouse, views of "Henry Steckle's farm, Strasburg", snapshots of farm animals, picking elderberries, etc.

Orpheus Moyer Schantz home in Morton Park, Illinois and Orpheus Moyer Schantz family members. Includes one interior, several of yard.

Portrait of Jacob Kolb (1895-) in uniform.

Freeport: p. 45, includes farmhouse, view of bridge, Jacob Bauman Farm, Freeport 1911 with barns, stone house, Freeport church.

Small prints of horses, dogs, animal sheds on Prairie, possibly taken in Alberta? Also snapshots of mountainous territory with water, bridge over river with logs, horses being driven, large haystacks, homestead, Florence[?] and others eating outside, woman fishing, goats and pigs.

Groups portraits taken at the Schantz Family Reunion, 1913.

Rockwood, Ont., 1915: groups and scenic snapshots.

Unidentified farmhouse, family groups. These include Tobias Schantz.

Arthur Benjamin Schantz or Austin Tobias Schantz on horseback camp cooking.

Elora, Ont.: snapshots of groups, at mill, bridge, flowerpot island.

One upper body studio portrait of Edmond Warren Moyer in collared shirt and bow tie.

Upper body studio portrait of Alfred Stocker seen looking off camera.

Material created and accumulated by Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz. Includes one drawing book.

One item of correspondence from Israel D. Bowman to his cousin Simon Bowman in Escondido California. The letter is dated and addressed September 21, 1895, Berlin [Kitchener]. The letter discusses family and friends including Simon's brother Allan who lives in Blair as well as Israel's children Bert, David and Sally, his brother William and their mutual cousin Dan. Israel also mentions that he was a student at the first log school in Waterloo which is now located in Waterloo Park and recently went to a reunion of fellow surviving students.

Full length studio portrait of two unidentified adults seen looking at camera. One is wearing a floor length white dress and the other is seated in a high-based armchair at right.

File consists of a notebook containing notes by Martha Rieder at conventions of the Canada Conference Evangelical Association's Young People's Alliance, including meetings in Berlin, Tavistock, Listowel, and Hespeler.

Three studio portraits of Lydia Anthes.

Studio portrait of Martha Rieder and Ella Cook.

The majority of the archives of the Concordia Club were destroyed either as a result of the ransacking of the club by the 118th Batallion in 1916, or as a result of the fire of Nov. 17, 1971. As a result the earliest records of Concordia have largely been lost forever. A very small number of items can be traced back to the Concordia Male Choir (1873-1914). These take the form of two items of correspondence, programs for the "Sängerfests", clippings, and photographs. A small number of archival records also can be found which belonged to the "Deutscher Club, Kitchener" (1925-1930), and include a set of house rules, letters patent, and photographs. Some records from the 1930s have also been preserved to this day, and include artifacts, clippings, legal documents, a membership list, photographs, and programs of events. However, the majority of the materials date from the 1950s onwards. These materials document the history of the Concordia Club since the 1950s, and include artifacts, audiovisual material, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, financial records, legal documents, membership records, minutes of meetings, photographs, publications, and scrapbooks.

Full body studio portrait of Elmer Ratz and sister Ruth E. Ratz both seen looking at camera. Ruth is seated on a wicker chair dressed in a lace bonnet and dress. Elmer is standing next to the chair wearing a sun hat and dressed in a romper.

"Osborn & Huber, Booksellers and Stationers, Berlin."

Fonds consists of ten letters written by John Woelfle to his brother Edward in 1895. The letters describe the travels and activities of the writer and express interest and concern about the activities and lifestyle of the recipient and other members of the family.

Contains 10 letters from John Woelfle to his brother Edward E. Woelfle, written while John Woelfle was travelling for a company called Callaghan & Co. accross the United States.

• Date and Place From: January 3, 1895 Chicago, [Illinois] To Woelfle, Edward E., 1873-? From Woelfle, John Attachments: Stamped envelope.
• Date and Place From: February 13, 1895 Chicago, [Illinois] To Woelfle, Edward E., 1873-? From Woelfle, John Attachments: Stamped envelope.
• Date and Place From: March 10, 1895 Fort Wayne, [Indiana] To Woelfle, Edward E., 1873-? From Woelfle, John Attachments: Stamped envelope.
• Date and Place From: March 17, 1895 Urbana, [Ohio] To Woelfle, Edward E., 1873-? From Woelfle, John Attachments: Stamped envelope.
• Date and Place From: September 22, 1895 Lexington [Missouri] To Woelfle, Edward E., 1873-? From Woelfle, John Attachments: Stamped envelope.
• Date and Place From: October 6, 1895 Hot Springs, [Arkansas] To Woelfle, Edward E., 1873-? From Woelfle, John Attachments: Stamped envelope.
• Date and Place From: October 20, 1895 Fort Worth, [Texas] To Woelfle, Edward E., 1873-? From Woelfle, John Attachments: Stamped envelope.
• Date and Place From: December 8, 1895 San Antonio, [Texas] To Woelfle, Edward E., 1873-? From Woelfle, John Attachments: Stamped envelope.
• Date and Place From: December 15, 1895 Brenham, [Texas] To Woelfle, Edward E., 1873-? From Woelfle, John Attachments: Stamped envelope.
• Date and Place From: December 22, 1895 Galveston, Texas To Woelfle, Edward E., 1873-? From Woelfle, John Attachments: Stamped envelope.

Collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, scrapbooks, clippings, etc. concerning Lady Aberdeen and the National Council of Women of Canada's gift to the University of Waterloo Library.

One at home card indicated that Lady Aberdeen would be at home between the hours of 3:30 and 6 pm on Saturdays in January, February and March. The card also indicates that skating and tobogganing would be available.

Invitation from Lady Aberdeen to the Misses [Macca] to a party on May Day Eve for the maidens of Ottawa to elect a May Queen.

One signed photograph of Lady Aberdeen in green frame with gold border from Edward & Sons.

File consists of one trip diary kept by Alice Riggs Hunt detailing her trip overseas in 1900. The first few pages of the diary were kept by her grandmother [Anna Livingston Hunt?] on her overseas trip in 1895.

One broadside carrier's address titled "Greeting to 1895. Address of the Weekly Telegraph" featuring new years poems.

An invitation to an autumn party at Morton Park, the home of Orpheus Moyer Schantz.

Group portrait of Christian Schantz (brother of Tobias), Mary Hutchinson, and all of their children that lived into adulthood: Benjamin Schantz, Jacob Arthur Schantz, Susanna Ann Schantz, Lydia Elizabeth Schantz, James Robert Shantz, Josiah Orphus Schantz, Christian Reid Shantz, William Andrew Schantz, George Washington Shantz and Walter Dickson Schantz. All members of the family are seen seated in front of a home, likely Christian's homestead in Wetaskiwin, Alta.

Twelve letters received by Arthur Benjamin Schantz. Correspondents include brothers Austin and Herbert, sister Etta, mother Mary and friend Elias Brubacher.

Date and Place from: January 17, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From Brubacher, Elias Notes: Includes letter to Sophie.

Date and Place from: June 1, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: Nov. 17, 1898 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From Brubacher, Elias.

Date and Place from: Feb. 24, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Feb. 17, 1919 Calgary, Alta. To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From Selwood, Frederick S.

Date and Place from: April 19, 1895 s.l. To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 19, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 29, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 11, 1896 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes note from Herbert.

Date and Place from: n.d. Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: April 19, 1896 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912.

Date and Place from: June 19, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912.

Twenty-two letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: December 28, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: October 23, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: January 31, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 22, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co.

Date and Place from: April 24, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 01, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 21, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: October 07, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 06, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 25, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 02, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Partial letter, no closing.

Date and Place from: June 04, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: July 22, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: August 13, 1896 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: September 11, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: September 24, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: October 16, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: November 28, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on The Regan Printing House.

Date and Place from: December 12, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 23, 1896 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 14, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Chicago Forward Movement letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 3, 1896 Illinois To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lyida Mary, 1866-1900.

A composite photograph of the graduating class in Arts at the University of Toronto in 1895. This photograph was found with Hervey Bowman's belongings.

File consists of one marriage certificate for Isabel Ecclestone MacPherson and Peter John Mackay.

File consists of one three quarter length wedding portrait of Isabel and Peter Mackay in their wedding clothing. Peter is standing by a seated Isabel who is holding a branch of leaves.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of Isabel Mackay in her wedding dress. The upper part of her dress can be seen, and she is holding a bouquet of ferns and carnations and wearing a snake upper arm cuff.

File consists of an autograph album. Includes notes and quotations from school friends. Includes signature of Mabel Dunham. File also includes a letter from Ella to her father.

File consists of three studio portraits of Martha Rieder and Ella Anthes Cook by Chas. Sifton and H. A. Huber.

Two copies of a studio portrait of Helena Schneider seated, holding Emma Louise Schneider upright on lap.

One studio portrait of Alice Egan (later Hagen) as a young woman, looking down with hands crossed at chin.

File consists of one full length studio portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby with daughters Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, Grace Bowlby Fennell and Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd.

Studio portrait of Louis Henry Wagner with son Louis Jacob Gordon Wagner, and wife Sarah Moyer Wagner.

File consists of two identical group portraits (one mounted) showing the Clement family by Green & Co, Berlin, Ont.

Back row: William Pope, Charles Bowlby, Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly.

Front row: Florence Grace, Janie Elizabeth Bowlby, Edwin Perry, Edwin Oliver.

File consists of one group portrait showing members of the Ladies Hospital Auxiliary. Standing: Helen Allister MacKie Lackner, Melvina Emilia Breithaupt Bauman, Hattie Schneider Wegenast, Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, Catherine Hailer Breithaput, Wilhelmine Hartman Rumpel, and Mrs. George Lang.

File consists of four items of correspondence between Peter Rieder and others. Correspondents include: Asmus, Louis; Brodrecht, H.; Rieder, D.

An invitation to the farewell meeting to delegates and friends attending the Grand International Meetings of W.W.C.T.U. (World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union) and National B.W.T.A. (British Women's Temperance Association). The meeting was held at Exeter Hall in London, England with addresses by Lady Henry Somerset (Isabella Caroline Somerset) and other leading White Ribbon Workers.

One invitation addressed to Miss. E.P. Nichols to a reception at the Mansion House of the Lord Mayor of London (Walter Wilkin) and his wife the Lady Mayoress (Margot Wilkin nee Dale) on June 20, 1895. The reception was for colonial and foreign delegates of the World's Women's Christian Temperance Union.

One small folded leaflet printed by the Virginia branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union with the short story "Saved by Song" which is noted as being a true story. The story is that of a young woman who had succumbed to a life of sin and was saved by hearing a hymn sung by members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

One small hymnal of hymns sung by the National British Women's Temperance Association. The hymnal was compiled by Anna Gordon, Assistant Secretary World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The hymnal bears a pencil ownership mark of E.P. Nichols, American Delegate.