Five stereograms. Two depict humorous marital scenes, one a child putting on makeup, one a humorous scene involving a misunderstanding of the term undressed, and one showing Ontario’s contribution to Canada’s fruit exhibition at the Pan America Exposition.

Material relating to the organization, administration and operations of the Kitchener-Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association from 1906 to 1992. Includes annual reports, minutes of the Board of Directors and its committees, financial records, legal records relating to land transactions, returns to the Provincial Secretary, correspondence, and other records relating to buildings and facilities, staff and programs. Includes material relating to the K-W Y's Men's Club, Delta Phalanx, the Spokes Club and Pan Politae.

File consists of a mortgage between William H. Brubacher and his wife Jessie Brubacher, and The Dominion Life Asurance Company. Concerns part of Lot 7 of the German Comapny tract of the Township of Woolwich, which became Lot 9 and part of Lot 10 of Levi Cress' survey in the village of St. Jacobs.

Series consists of clippings, correspondence, ephemera, essays, a genealogical chart, obituaries, etc. relating to the lives, interests and activities of Seagram family members and their place in community, political and social spheres from the nineteenth century to the present day.

File consists of three architectural drawings of the building of the Berlin [Kitchener] Y.M.C.A. at 22 Queen Street North. Includes a side elevation, main and upper floor plans, and details of the locker room.

Studio portrait of Louise Catharine Breithaupt Geil as a baby, seen looking at camera.

Education Department, Ontario annual examinations for high school entrance for the year 1895.

Head and torso studio portrait of Sophie Emma Schantz seen looking off camera.

Head and torso studio portrait of Ward Malott White seen in profile and wearing a Salvation Army uniform.

Photograph albums created and accumulated by Dorothy Russell. Some of the albums were created by Dorothy, and others by members of her family that were in her possession. Many of the albums are annotated.

One photograph album labelled, "Florence c1907-1911, excel. Alberta." Includes:

Snapshots taken at the Orpheus Moyer Schantz home in Morton Park, Ill., Dec. 1910-March 1911.

Snapshot of Ruth Schantz with Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), May 29, 1900.

Two group portraits with identifications, 1908: possibly Woolworth Co. employee picnics.

Portrait of Rebecca V.L. Krampene (Laschinger), New Hamburg and "A nook at River View, 1906". Also wedding of Beatrice Laschinger in New Hamburg, Jan. 1908 [also in another album, unidentified].

Photographs taken at Arthur Benjamin Schantz's homestead in Alberta in 1908-1912: includes snapshots of Arthur with his dogs, Austin Tobias Schantz, livestock including turkeys, angora goats, hogs, horses, Arthur's homestead shack, Arthur and Florence Annie Catherine Schantz with horses and wagon, interior of homestead shack with Arthur Benjamin Schantz and Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, "Threshing in March 1912" [faded], Reed family, "Prairie fire" [badly faded], Austin Tobias Schantz and homestead shack.

Photographs of places including panorama of Salmon Arm, B.C., Calgary, Alberta.

Portrait: Sophie Emma Schantz, May 4, 1912.

Photographs taken at Lionel Bricker farm [Alberta?], 1910-1912: Menno Bricker with horses, grandchildren Marjory and George, Bricker children posed with fields behind.

Photographs taken of Tuggle family in Alberta, 1912, in fields with stooks, also of "Thanksgiving at Swingles, Oct. 30, 1911."

Photographs taken at Wetaskawin, Saskatchewan: Cousin Bennie Schantz: family in front of "Model Bakery, " fishing.

Portrait taken at High River, Alta., Aug. 1909: Percy Robinson, W.H. Dickinson, Milton Eby, Serena Eby, Ida Dickenson, Lala Hart, Edna Weber, G.A. Frerks.

Photographs taken at Orrville, Ont.: "White children party." [Note: the family surname was White].

Two prints given as gifts to Florence Annie Catherine Schantz by her siblings Austin Tobias Schantz and Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). The first is a poem on Robins that is in a small booklet made to look like a tree house. The second is an advertising card from the Farm and Fireside and Ladies Home Companion magazine.

One full body studio portrait of Howard Hutchinson as a small child. Howard is shown standing against a small stool wearing a long dress.

Full length studio portrait of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz and Sophie Emma Schantz seen looking off camera. Sophie is seated on a chair draped in a large fur and Florence is stands to her right with left hand on back of chair.

Upper body studio portrait of Ruth Schantz, age three, seen dressed in a lace trimmed top and looking off camera.

Series consists of materials relating to the personal life of Isabel Ecclestone Mackay. Includes clippings, obituaries, correspondence and ephemera.

Series consists of photographs of Isabel Mackay, as well as her friends and contemporaries.

Clippings and biographical notes from Eby's "A Biographical History of Waterloo Township" relating to the Wagner-Hailer families and related families. Includes obituaries of Margaret Bean (nee Hailer), daughter of Jacob Hailer and Margaret Riehl; obituary of Harriet Brehler; a clipping about Jacob Hailer; genealogical notes on the Bean family from the Eby Book.

One pamphlet with a list of members who were on board the S.S. Berlin to attend the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union Convention in London, England. The names of the members are group under headings indicating which hotel they were staying at.

Two copies of a photograph of five-month-old Louise Catherine Breithaupt lying on a pram in the room of a residential home.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Lillian M. Moyer seen looking off camera.

A black ink drawing of a dogwood flower and an unidentified building done by Orpheus Moyer Schantz September 1st and 2nd, 1895.

St. John NB: "I saw the sea today for the first time" (includes envelope).

New York (includes envelope).

Letter from Peter H. Sims dated Toronto, October 4, 1895 to his wife Jemima Sims: "My dear wife, enclosed find a birthday present from me on this your birthday. As year after year rolls away we come to know each other better and to love each other more and more."

One full body studio portrait of Inez Muriel Martin, aged one year. Inez is showing standing on a chair, wearing a long white gown with lace.

Fond consists primarily of textual records relating to Leavine's political career as mayor of the City of Kitchener and as an M.P.P. (PC) for the constituency of Waterloo North, and his medical career as a doctor in Kitchener. Included are speeches, notes, news clippings, and scrapbooks related to his professional activities, as well as collected ephemera, photographs of Leavine and his family, and material related to his studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

Photograph of a group of four children and one adult sitting down in the garden by the porch of a house, taken at 172 Margaret Avenue (Kitchener) in 1896.

According to annotations, people in the photograph are Lillian Breithaupt (with Louise Catherine Geil on her lap), Laurine Catherine Augustine, Rosa Melvina Breithaupt Hewetson Clark, and John Edward Breithaupt.

One upper body studio portrait, possibly of Faith Gribble. Photograph is in an embossed green enclosure with a purple interior and reads "With the Compliments of the Season."

Group portrait showing the Moyer family having Christmas dinner at Levi Nash Moyer's home in Wilmette, Illinois. From left to right: Mary Emma Moyer, [Edmund Warren Moyer?], ?, Ela Bliss Moyer, ?, Charlotte Hays Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Jennie Moyer, Etta Moyer.

One full body portrait of Jennie Moyer seen seated outdoors on a barrel and wearing a cap and tweed jacket with leg of mutton sleeves.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains an article entitled, "A Ride to Kamloops" by Marie Joussaye which appeared in The Globe, Toronto, Saturday June 27, 1896. It appears that one page is missing from the article. The article is printed on the verso of the cover, which is the Dominion Day number and is coloured, decorated with flags, and illustrated with "Canadian Summer Scenes."

Fourteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: June 9, 1896 Baden, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hilborn, David Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 10, 1896 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Harry Rollin Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed. Notes: Wedding announcement of Charlotte and Harry Moyer.

Date and Place from: June 5, 1897 Detroit, Mich. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From McKisson, Mabel Grant Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 6, 1897 Montrose, Col. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 16, 1897 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Harry Rollin Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 23, 1897 Toronto To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Macmillan, Chris Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 15, 1897 Kansas City, Mo. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Johnston, Nell Frances Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 25, 1897 Toronto To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Macmillan, Chris Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 27, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From McKisson, Geo. W., Mrs. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed. Notes: Written on Northern Electric Railway letterhead.

Date and Place from: August 28, 1897 Toronto, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Macmillan, Chris Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 28, 1897 Kansas City, Kan. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1897 Haysville, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hilborn, Hattie Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed Notes: Letter from D.W. Hilborn included.

Date and Place from: August 31, 1897 Haysville, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hilborn, D.W. Notes: Included with his wife's (Hattie) letter quote re married life also enclosed.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1897 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

File consists of a scrapbook kept by Ella Anthes Cook. Includes manuscript poems, proverbs, and facts, and newspaper clippings (mainly poems and general humour and knoweldge). Some items are loose between pages. Many pages are blank.

File consists of mounted studio portraits of friends (as well as cousins?) of Martha and Ella, predominantly from their time at the Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby. Photographs have inscriptions on verso, most addressed to Martha and some to Ella. Most of the girls and women are identified on verso. Duplicates may be present.

Head and shoulder studio portrait of Jennie Hall seen looking at camera and wearing a high-collar top with leg of mutton sleeves.

Studio portrait of Lizzie and Jack Schweitzer seen looking off camera with slight smiles.

File consists one mortgage between Abel Walper and Randall Roos, and two deeds between Abel Walper and Anna Marie Nahrgang, and Abel Walper and John Nahrgang.

File consists of one studio portrait of William John Motz. The photograph shows five different angles of William John seated around a table playing cards and smoking.

One group photograph of members of the Hooper family.

Contents: file consists of one portrait photograph of Alice Riggs Hunt.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) seen looking off camera.

Material created and accumulated by Florence Schantz. Includes one small accounts notebook.

Small notebook with household accounts, expenses associated with Etta's death and burial, lists of expenses associated with "Baby" and "Dorothy", also "North West Accounts" listing expenses for Tobias and Austin in Alberta.

One full body studio portrait of Leila Vera Hilborn as an infant. Hilborn is shown wearing a cap and gown, and laying on a fur rug.

Handwritten notes on two biblical figures; Paul the Apostle and David, King of Israel.

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.

One copybook owned by Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

Group portrait showing the Moyer having Christmas dinner at Levi Nash Moyer's home in Wilmette, Illinois. From left to right: Mary Emma Moyer, [Edmund Warren Moyer?], ?, Ela Bliss Moyer, ?, Charlotte Hays Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Jennie Moyer, Etta Moyer.

Upper body studio portrait of Ruth Schantz, four years of age, seen looking off camera.

Ts. transcription (photocopy) and accompanying notes by Shela Haines to Wendy Cameron.

File consists of mounted miscellaneous snapshots accumulated by Martha Rieder, most of them also probably taken by her. Includes snapshots of Martha and her family and friends, including her daughter Margaret and nieces and nephews; Talmon Henry Rieder is also present in some photographs. Includes snapshots taken at Penetanguishene, at picnics, at a factory, part of a May 24 procession, and other subjects.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified adult seen looking at the camera with a slight smile on face.

Fully length studio portrait of an unidentified child looking toward camera with right hand resting on the arm of a chair positioned at back. Their right ankle is crossed in front of the left and they are holding a rolled up document in their left hand.

File consists of share certificates kept by the Anthes family. Includes certificates for shares owned by John S. Anthes in the Berlin and Bridgeport Electric Street Railway Company (1) and the Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Company (3); and certificates for shares owned by H. Milton Cook in Upper Canada Mines Ltd. (2), Malartic Gold Fields Ltd. (2), Triad Oil Co. Ltd. (1), Canadian Astoria Minerals Ltd. (1), and Canadian Atlantic Oil Co. Ltd. (1).

Also present are two letters, a memorandum, and manuscript notes regarding the shares. File also includes an manuscript list entitled "Anthes strong box contents," which includes the share certificates as well as documents relating to property transactions.

Contains 1 day book (801 pages) for the William Kriesel stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from 1896-1898. 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 Cassel, Philip Poth, the Lutheran Church, the Baptist Church, J.M. Weber [ie. Webber], the public school section no. 1 & 3, John Woelfle, A.B. McRae, the old Mennonite Church, and other notable New Dundee business people.

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

Cash book of Dunke & Co, Grocers from 1896-1901, with some entries dating 1901-1907. Also includes "Stock" lists or inventory for 1930-1932. Inserted items include accounts receivable Jan. 1, 1932 and calculations.

Studio portrait of three adults seen looking at camera.

People in photograph are: Carrie Breithaupt at left, and Carrie Augustine at right.

Upper body studio portrait of Urban Snyder seen looking toward camera.

Insurance, mortgage and real estate sale documents. A ledger, blueprint and book of cheques also included.

Studio portrait of Louis Henry Wagner seen looking off camera.

File consists of a contract between John F. Moffett et al. and the Berlin Water Works Company, transferring the water works property at Shoemaker's Lake to the Company.

File consists of one leaf of statistics relating to the revenue and profits of water works systems in various Ontario towns for in the year 1896.

Victorian friendship album kept by Pearlie (Alice Margaret) Bishop from the years 1896-1900. Album was given to Pearlie on her 20th birthday by her Aunt Edith. The album is comprised of 40 leaves of coloured paper in a handmade embroidered linen cover. Most pages have ink inscriptions from friends and family along with tipped in drawings and watercolours. Also included is one photograph of Pearlie in her Red Cross nurses uniform with other nurses and medical staff, presumably from the First World War.

Toronto: advice on beginning independent life (includes envelope).

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

Portrait of Levi Nash and Mollie Moyer seated side by side in front of a book shelf inside of a home and looking at camera.

Two identical full body studio portrait of Ruth Schantz, four years of age, seated on a stool with fingers interlaced on top of crossed legs and looking off camera.

File consists of miscellaneous personal research material created or accumulated by Bertram R. Davis. Includes correspondence from Rev. R.F. Cartwright and Margaret Hine, copies, articles, forty one clippings, one unidentified photograph, and other ephemera.

Day book of Dunke & Co, Grocers from 1897-1899. Daily entries include names and account numbers of groceries, individual items purchased with prices and quantities. Customer names include D.S. and W.H. Bowlby, Frank Shantz, Geo. Randall, Geo. Rumpel, C. Bitzer, E.P. Clement, Pequenat, Ahrens, Roos, Boehmer, and others. Also listed is the "County of Waterloo."

File consists of thirty one items of correspondence from H.A. Boomer to Lady Aberdeen.

File consists of one ts. copy of an item of correspondence from Miss Murray to H.A. Boomer.

Eighteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: September 7, 1897 Cedar Falls, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 23, 1897 New Hamburg, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Rebecca and Will Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 22, 1897 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: January 6, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Includes envelope, stamp removed Notes: Invitation.

Date and Place from: January 21, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on North American Transportation and Trading Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: February 15, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Ruth Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: April 14, 1898 Atlantic, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 19, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Written on North American Transportation and Trading Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: February 21, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Cornelia Caroline Flagler, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: February 22, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: February 23, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: Written on Weare Commission Company letterhead.

Date and Place from: June 4, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Includes letter from Carrie.

Date and Place from: June 19, 1899 Council Bluffs, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: January 4, 1900 Council Bluff, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: February 5, 1900 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Ruth Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: March, 12, 1900 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: April 12, 1900 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Education letterhead.

Date and Place from: April 31, 1900 Berlin, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Arthur Schantz.

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.

Materials relating to the history of the Schantz Russell family.

One embroidered tablecloth made by Lizzie Flagler and given to Etta White upon her marriage to Ward White. Also includes an excerpt of an item of correspondence discussing the table cloth. Lizzie is the sister of Etta's bother's Orpheus' wife Carrie.

File consists of four invitations received by Martha Rieder and her promenade card from a conversazione held by the Ontario Agricultural College.

Photograph of (left to right) Louisa, Ella and J.I. Frank Anthes seated and kneeling in a tree filled yard. Louisa is seated with Ella kneeling at her side. Both are seen looking at the camera. Frank is seated at right using an instrument on Louisa's upturned hand [possibly reading her palm?]. Frank is dressed in a suit and bowler hat and Lydia and Ella are wearing high-collared dresses with leg of mutton sleeves.

Photograph of (left to right) Ella and Louisa Anthes seated in a tree filled yard. Ella is seated in a wicker chair with Louisa Anthes perched on the side of the chair. Both are seen looking at camera.

File consists of three photographs of the John S. Anthes home at 44 Weber Street in Berlin (Kitchener). Two photographs are mounted. Includes one duplicate photograph.

Scenic view of a tree-lined Grand River.

Photograph of (left to right) May Wing, Martha Rieder, Emma Ratz Kaufman, and Ella Cook posed for the camera wearing hats and holding picnic baskets. The group is seen in front of a vine covered backdrop.

Series consists of material relating to the history of Kitchener, Ontario and the Region of Waterloo. Includes clippings, photographs, publications and special issues of newspapers. Some of these contain references to the Schneider family and company.

Series is comprised of certificates accumulated by members of the Shortt family. Includes primarily educational certificates for Lorraine Shortt and Violet Smith.

File consists of one group portrait showing William Pope Clement with an unidentified other boy. Both boys are wearing jackets and garrison caps.

File consist of The Diamond Jubilee, Toronto, published specially for the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria.

File consists of photocopies purchased from the National Archives of Canada of a single volume described as "Waterloo County real estate transactions 1897-1910". The transactions consist of deeds and mortgages dated 1901-1910, with an index, relating primarily to parcels of land in Berlin [i.e. Kitchener], Ontario.

File consists of one item of correspondence from N. English to H.A. Boomer.

Series consists of originals and photocopies, mostly "dept. files," detailing various operations in the Waterloo plant relating primarily to the production of alcohol. Includes applications, correspondence, declarations, ephemera, legal instruments, licenses, newsletters, permits, and photographs which document commercial feed stuffs registration from 1928-1953, distilling licenses, information about exports from the plant between 1887 to 1959, imports for re-distillation 1897-1942, label approval and registration doumentation from 1927-1941, also product evidence files all dating from ca. 1960, possibly used in a legal case, documenting the brands produced and exported in the early years of the twentierth century, accompanied by declarations by former employees.

Advertisement on p. 18 of the Supplement to the Mail and Empire, Christmas 1897.

Series consists of photographs of members of the Seagram family, MacLachlan Family, residences, horses and horse racing, and photographs of local sports teams which include a Seagram family member.