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Television and stereo product literature (file 2 of 2).

File consists of advertising material for Electrohome television and stereo products, in the form of leaflets, catalogues, and single-sheet advertisements. Some material is stamped with order information. File also includes a 1964 price list, fabric swatches for the Circa 704 chair, and veneer samples. Material probably belonged to Bern Ellis, Advertising Manager.

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It's a big wide colorful world.

File consists of a reprint of a large leaflet advertising Electrohome television and stereo products. Back page of leaflet states "as advertised in Maclean's Magazine".

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Organs : leaflets.

File consists of material advertising electronic organs in the form of a small leaflets.

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Viking : Rover portable television.

File consists of two sheets advertising the Rover E7P 2721 portable television from Viking, intended for insertion into a binder with other product literature.

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Viking : television and stereo merchandise and price information.

File consists of advertisements for Viking television and stereo products, in the form of single-sheets intended for insertion into a binder with other product literature. Retail prices have been added (ms.). File also includes two memoranda to Carl A. Pollock from J.G. Tufts.

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Research : news releases.

File consists of five news releases and nine typed cutlines to accompany product photographs.

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Visual material : file 22.

File consists of nine photographs (plus some duplicates) of employees at work on various production lines, including motors, stereos, and circuit boards.

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Sales kit : now from Canada's largest stereo laboratories : so much quality to sell at an amazingly low price.

File consists of two portfolios of material relating to a promotional campaign for the Chancellor stereo, the Chancellor television, and Electrohome hi-fi stereo features. Includes single-sheet advertisements and other product literature, radio announcement scripts, dealer advertisements, point-of-purchase advertising, and information for dealers.

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Sales manual 6.

File consists of material relating to the advertisement of Electrohome products, including phonographs, stereos, televisions, radios, dehumidifiers, fans, and intercom systems. Includes single-sheet advertisements, price lists, dealer advertisements, car radio installation guides, and information for dealers. Material is divided by the following tabs: Custom products, Radio & phonograph, Intercom, and Merchandising aids; and was probably compiled and kept by a dealer or distributor.

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Board of directors : photographs.

File consists of material relating to the Electrohome board of directors from 1960 to 1986. Includes contact sheets and photographs of the board of directors and an [annual meeting?] in [1981?], photographs of the board of directors in the 1960s, portraits of board members and senior managers, memoranda and correspondence, draft and final versions of a news release, and a press clipping.

Portraits are of: directors W.A. Moeser, G.S. Dembroski, S.A. Wilgar, W.A. Bean; and senior managers Carl A. Pollock, B. Ellis, G. Duern, M. Monteith, H.W. Main, and D.H. Johnston. Includes multiple copies of some photographs.

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Dahmer, Eugene G.

File consists of a portrait (plus duplicates) of Eugene Dahmer, and a photograph and a snapshot of Dahmer playing an organ.

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Packer, Ed J.

File consists of three copies of a portrait of Ed J. Packer.

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Annual meetings.

File consists of photographs taken at Electrohome annual meetings. Includes photographs of Carl A. Pollock. Duplicate photographs may be present.

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Appliances : humidifiers.

File consists of photographs of Electrohome humidifiers. Some photographs include product identification on verso and some include typed cutlines. Duplicate photographs are present.

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Appliances : production.

File consists of two photographs of employees in appliance product facilities, and three copies of a photograph of the Appliance Division plant (Plant 4).

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Buildings and signs.

File consists of photographs and snapshots of Electrohome plants, warehouses, offices, and subsidiaries, including exterior, aerial, and interior shots. Some photographs contain identification on verso. File also includes a photograph of the Physics Building at the University of Waterloo during construction.

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Deilcraft : awards, conferences, and products.

File consists of 33 photographs of Deilcraft showrooms and displays, Deilcraft furniture, Deilcraft conferences and the Canadian Furniture Mart, and design awards received at furniture shows. Deilcraft lines identified in the photographs include Accent, Burgundy, Montego, Cortina, and Madrid. File also includes two news releases about Deilcraft furniture and line drawings of furniture pieces taped to paper.

Includes photo of CAP with Luigi Tiengo and award received, and photo of CAP and another man with an award.

Duplicates of photographs may be present.

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Electronics components.

File consists of photographs of Electrohome stereo components and consoles and photographs of closed-circuit television systems applications. Some photographs include typed cutlines or identification on verso. File also includes two paste-ups and ms. notes.

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Electronics : production.

File consists of seven photographs of employees at work on television, stereo, and phonograph production and distribution lines. File also includes a memorandum

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Electronics : television (file 2 of 2).

File consists of photographs of Electrohome television sets, consoles, and receiver/monitors, as well as the RCA SelectaVision MagTape system and stock market quotation video display systems. Some photographs include typed cutlines and some include product identification on verso. Duplicate photographs are present.

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Product pictures : colour TV.

File consists of material relating to the introduction of a 19" colour television set for domestic and international markets, and of an eleven-model range of colour television units. Includes four photographs of colour television sets on display in a showroom and on the production line. Some photographs have a typed cutline with details about the product, including price information.

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Product pictures : stereo.

File consists of 12 photographs (plus duplicates) of stereos. Models and lines identified are: SC 392, 711, Tempo, Manhattan, Graphic, Westmount, Circa 789, and Circa 850. Some photographs have a typed cutline taped to them with details about the product, including price information. File also includes 3 copies of a page clipped from a magazine article on the 'lunar look' in furniture, noting Electrohome's Space Bubble phonograph.

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National sales conference : 1960 means profit for you.

File consists of single-sheet advertisements for Electrohome consumer products for distribution at a national sales conference (June 5-7, 1960, in Preston, ON). File also includes a sales aid price list and summaries of advertising coverage for 1960.

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Sales manual 5.

File consists of a portfolio of product literature about Electrohome consumer products and a typed regional advertising plan. Product literature is mostly single-sheet advertisements intended for insertion into a binder.

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Clippings.

File consists of a letter and postcard to Carl A. Pollock from John Koegler, photographs of Koegler and his house in Hawaii, and 2 press clippings on award-winning annual reports and Electrohome's developments in reverse osmosis.

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Speeches : 1960-1964.

File consists of ms. and typed speeches written and presented by Carl A. Pollock in 1960 and 1964 relating to the Dominion Life Assurance Company, the post-war Canadian economy, and the electronics industry. Speeches included are:

  • Untitled remarks, 2 leaves, presented at the Dominion Life Assurance Company annual meeting in 1960
  • Untitled remarks, 4 leaves, presented at the Dominion Life Assurance Company annual meeting in 1964
  • Untitled statement of the Board of Directors of the Dominion Life Assurance Company expressing appreciation to Alfred S. Upton upon retiring as president
  • Untitled speech and notes, 45 leaves, presented at an EIA [Electronics Industry Association?] luncheon

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Corporate manpower development program.

File consists of material relating to the development of a management development program for 1974. Includes memoranda with plans and schedules for seminars; photocopies and reprints of articles and case studies about management by objectives, motivation, and leadership; and ms. notes.

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Pollock, Carl A. : group photographs.

File consists of four group photographs containing Carl A. Pollock. Two photographs were taken at an unidentified event, one was taken with employees completing 40 years of service in 1969, and one is possibly the Board of Directors or the executive committee, including John A. Pollock, in 1977.

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Rolodex of Carl A. Pollock.

File consists of a rolling index containing telephone contact information. Carl A. Pollock's name is engraved on the top.

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History of Electrohome : Mrs. Pollock (file 1 of 2).

  • SCA207-GA186-45-2636
  • File
  • [196-?]-1987, predominantly 1986-1987
  • Part of Electrohome fonds.

File consists of material relating to a history of Electrohome written by Joyce Pollock. Includes one full and one partial typed copies of the manuscript (both annotated), a memorandum from Robert Lovell with his comments on the manuscript, and a memorandum to John A. Pollock about company history books. File also includes ms. notes and an article (photocopy) about the history of humidifier production at Electrohome.

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Visual material : file 25.

File consists of nine photographs (plus copies) of stereo consoles. Some photographs have typed cutlines attached to them. Includes photographs of John A. Pollock and Howard W. Main posing with stereo consoles.

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Visual material : file 44.

File consists of transparencies and photographs of products from the Electrohome museum collection, most of which were taken in 1996 for use in the book Visionary Thinking: the Story of Canada's Electrohome. Includes transparencies and photographs of phonographs, radios, televisions, stereos, and product labels. Duplicate images are present.

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Press clippings : 1960-1969

File consists of press clippings relating to Electrohome for the period 1960-1969. File also includes an issue (vol. 23, no. 5, 1964) of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips.

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Profit-sharing retirement plan.

File consists of photographs relating to Electrohome's profit-sharing retirement plan. Includes photographs and snapshots of employees, some receiving cheques and awards, and photographs taken at an event to celebrate the passing of the $1,000,000 mark by the plan trust fund. Several photographs include Carl A. Pollock. Some photographs were taken for use in the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips and some include identification on verso.

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Scrapbook 1 : national advertisements.

File consists of a scrapbook of advertisements appearing in national publications, including Canadian Homes, Saturday Night, Chatelaine, and Home Goods Retailing. Scrapbook also contains some advertisements clipped from newspapers and magazines.

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Safety.

File consists of photographs relating to employee safety at Electrohome. Includes photographs of employees receiving safety awards, at "firemen's school", and posing with first aid kits; and photographs of employees illustrating safety breeches probably taken for the purpose of advertising employee safety through company publications. Some photographs include identification on verso.

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Resigned personnel.

File consists of material relating to biographical information about Electrohome senior personnel. Includes copies of blank and completed personal information forms.

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Sparks and Chips : 1959.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1959. Includes 9 issues: vol. 16 no. 4-8; one misnumbered as vol. 17, no. 8 (should be no. 9); two unnumbered issues (annotated no. 2 and 3); and four special bulletins.

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Production : electronics.

File consists of seven photographs of employees at work on production lines for televisions, stereos, and phonographs. Includes a photograph of boxed television sets in a warehouse bound for Mexico (for 1968 Olympics), and a photograph of the Mitsubishi manufacturing line.

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Correspondence : N.

File consists of approximately 19 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "N." Correspondents include Mr. Ira G. Needles (University of Waterloo). File also includes ephemera, a photograph of Pollock and other men seated at a large round table in a meeting, and a carbon copy of Pollock's comments on a draft of the "Proposal - Industrial Design Assistance Program (IDAP)" submitted by the National Design Council (Ottawa) to the Treasury Board.

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Transfer of shares of Central Ontario Television Limited : agreements and correspondence (file 1 of 3).

File consists of material relating to the purchase of shares in Central Ontario Television Limited by Carl A. Pollock from the estate of Gilbert Liddle and from Etta Mitchell, and by William McGregor from Famous Players. Includes correspondence (some carbon copies) and original and copies of legal documents.

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Television and stereo : competitor brochures.

File consists of material relating to televisions, radios, and stereo systems produced by Electrohome's competitors: Philips, RCA Victor, Clairtone, Marconi, Zenith, Admiral, and Philco. Includes brochures, catalogues, and price lists. Some brochures and catalogues are annotated to include pricing information.

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Family letters.

Two Electrohome family letters. One discusses the construction of A new cabinet plant and the other the 1958 annual report.

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Speeches : university talks.

File consists of material relating to speeches and remarks made by Carl A. Pollock at the University of Waterloo (UW) for building and exhibit openings, convocation ceremonies, dinners and luncheons, senate meetings, contests, and other events.

Includes typed copies of Pollock's remarks (some annotated, some carbon copies), ms. notes, event programs (some annotated), approximately 21 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence, a UW press release, and two photographs of Pollock with students at an exhibit. File also includes press clippings about Pollock and about the University of Waterloo.

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Personnel appointments, 1960-1969 (file 1 of 2).

File consists of material relating to announcements of Electrohome senior personnel appointments in the media. Includes incoming and outgoing memoranda and correspondence (some carbon and photostat copies), draft and final versions of news releases (some edited), ms. notes, press clippings, invoices, and three portraits and a printing proof of senior personnel.

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Personnel appointments, 1960-1969 (file 2 of 2).

File consists of material relating to announcements of Electrohome senior personnel appointments in the media. Includes incoming and outgoing memoranda and correspondence (some carbon and photostat copies), draft and final versions of news releases (some edited), ms. notes, press clippings, invoices, and three portraits and a printing proof of senior personnel.

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Profit sharing.

File consists of material relating to communications about Electrohome's Profit Sharing Retirement Plan to employees and the celebrations of the trust fund reaching the $1 million mark. Includes incoming and outgoing memoranda and correspondence, edited draft and final versions of news releases, minutes for a meeting about planning the celebrations, ephemera, and other information about the plan.

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Production : motors.

File consists of 21 photographs and snapshots of employees at work on motor and metal products production lines in Plant 2. Some photographs include identification on verso. File also includes 2 snapshots of boyscouts in a field.

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Suggestion plan.

File consists of photographs of Electrohome employees receiving suggestion awards from managers. Some include identification on verso, and some include typed cutlines.

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Miscellaneous : 1964-1965.

File consists of 31 photographs and snapshots of employees; meetings, conferences and exhibitions; employee recreational events; plant canteens; and other subjects. File also includes 2 printing proofs of line drawings for use in the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips. Some photographs include identification on verso.

Photos include: Electrohome display at the 1965 Pacific National Exhibition, two men standing with a boxed organ in front of a Hudson's Bay Company truck, 1965 Waterloo county Dairy Princess, Waterloo College Associate Faculties' (now UW) new Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Building, "Santiago [?] presented to Al Ecuyer, Edmonton Eskimo" and more.

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Annual reports.

File consists of material relating to the the production of annual reports. Includes pamphlets about writing annual reports and a copy of a summary of the Financial Post awards for annual reports.

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Public relations department : background information.

File consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the public relations department at Electrohome. Includes correspondence to and from Robert Lovell and Jack R. Boehmer (Public Relations Managers), a proposal from Norman J. Long (Director of Industrial and Public Relations) regarding the establishment of a formal public relations department, two copies of a memorandum from Public & Industrial Relations Limited (Toronto, ON) regarding public relations programming, invoices for services from this firm, and a reprinted article about public relations.

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Visual : Moving Images

Series consists of moving images relating to various aspects of Electrohome. Many of the items were created for the purposes of public relations, sales and marketing, and advertising and promotion, as well as to document some of the company's facilities, operations, and history. Subjects include:

  • company presentations and reports;
  • meetings;
  • product presentations and demonstrations;
  • promotional material;
  • footage relating to services provided by Electrohome for NASA at the John F. Kennedy Space Centre for the launch of space shuttles in the early 1980s;
  • CKCO-TV news footage relating to Electrohome, the Pollocks, and other senior management;
  • company events including the 75th anniversary celebrations and employee Christmas parties; etc.

Notable titles include: "The Changing World of Electrohome," "Circa 75," "Mark of a Man : C.A. Pollock," "Then and now : Electrohome Electronics Group," "John Pollock interview : Sunday AM," "Howard Main interview with Gary MacLaren," C.A. Pollock : talk to employees" (1958), and "Pollock funeral" (Carl A. Pollock). Includes videocassettes, video reels, film reels, and DVDs. Some videocassettes and the DVDs appear to be transferred from the film and video reels.

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Union.

File consists of two photographs (plus a duplicate) of Carl A. Pollock signing union contracts with other senior managers and union leaders.

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Scholarship winners.

File consists of six photographs and portraits (plus duplicates) of winners of the Electrohome Electronics Education award. Includes some photographs of Carl A. Pollock with scholarship winners. Some photographs include identification on verso.

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Sparks and Chips : 1958.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1958. Includes 7 issues: vol. 15, no. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and two unnumbered issues (annotated no. 3 and no. 6). File also includes one special bulletin.

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Financial statements, 1957-1959.

File consists of three financial statements for A & C Boehmer Limited, for the years ending in 1957, 1958, and 1959, prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, charted accountants, Kitchener.

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50th anniversary commemorative tape measure.

File consists of a commemorative tape measure produced for Electrohome's 50th anniversary. "Deilcraft furniture" is inscribed on the tape measure, which is contained in a box printed with the gold and blue 50th anniversary logo. The box is approximately 4.5 x 4.5 x 1.0 cm.

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Advertisements : Product Literature : Motor and Industrial

  • SCA207-GA186-40
  • Series
  • 1957- [ca. 1987], predominant [197-]-[ca. 1987]
  • Part of Electrohome fonds.

Series consists of product literature promoting motor and industrial products available from Electrohome, including AC motors, DC motors, blowers, and other motor products; industrial and commercial rigid plastic components; and reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration systems. Includes single-sheet advertisements intended for insertion into a binder or portfolio with other product literature, brochures, catalgoues, and price lists.

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Electrohome presents the Contemporaire.

File consists of two copies of a portfolio of material relating to the Contemporaire stereo console. Includes three leaves of information about the product, a price list, and a photograph.

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Information used for sales meeting video made by Aldel.

File consists of material relating to historical products manufactured by Electrohome and other aspects of Electrohome history, possibly compiled for use in a sales meeting video made by Aldel [last name unknown]. Includes slides of Electrohome products and employees, photographs of Carl A. Pollock and of a meeting, photocopies of photographs of historical products, a booklet about the Electrohome members' group insurance plan, and other material.

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Plant opening, 1957.

File consists of material relating to the official opening of the Electronic Products Division plant at Wellington Street in Kitchener. Includes two typed copies of the program for the opening and copies of a drawing of the plant.

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Sound Recordings

Series consists of sound recordings. Some recordings relate to management theory, created or acquired for training purposes. Recordings also contain interviews with Electrohome employees, product advertisements, as well as other events including a board meeting and the 75th anniversary concert. Includes audiocassettes and audio reels.

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Correspondence : T.

File consists of approximately 10 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "T." File also contains some press clippings.

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Material for 1957 annual report.

File consists of material used in the production of the annual report for 1957. Includes eight photographs, most of which are related to Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations; a press clipping; and two paste-ups. Some photographs contain inscriptions on verso. One photograph depicts Carl A. Pollock, Helen Pollock, W. E. Curry, Dr. Sidney Smith, Edna Staebler, and Dr. J.G. Hagey all seated on a couch.

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Lovell, Robert P.

File consists of material relating to Robert P. Lovell, Public Relations Manager. Includes biographical information and four portraits (plus duplicates) of Lovell.

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Welcome to Electrohome.

File consists of three copies of a pamphlet about Electrohome intended for visitors touring the company's facilities.

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Blower units.

File consists of advertising material for AC blower units, DC blower assemblies, and bilge blowers. Advertisements are in the form of single sheets intended for insertion into a binder of other product literature.

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Official opening : Electrohome plant : April 11, 1957.

File consists of material relating to the opening ceremonies for the Electrohome plant on Wellington Street, Kitchener, on April 11, 1957, and open house events at Electrohome during May, 1957. Includes correspondence and memoranda, minutes of two meetings of the open house committee, a program for the opening ceremonies, a typed copy of a speech by Curry, invoices, ephemera, and a press clipping (folded newspaper).

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50th anniversary : promotion.

File consists of samples of advertising material published during Electrohome's 50th anniversary year. Includes a bulletin from the Motor Division, a television warranty and service policy pamphlet, handbills, and other material.

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Correspondence : M.

File consists of approximately 23 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "M." File also contains some press clippings.

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Speeches : There should be no dull moments for us.

File consists of a ms. speech written and presented by Carl A. Pollock about opportunites for growth in the Canadian economy. File also includes press clippings, a memorandum, two speeches by economic and industry analysts, and other material collected by Pollock in preparation for the speech.

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Electrohome fonds : 2008 accrual.

Accrual consists mainly of moving images, sound recordings, and slides relating to Electrohome, especially public relations, sales and marketing, and advertising, as well as some documenting various aspects of the company's facilities, operations, and history. Accrual also includes materials relating to the administration of Electrohome, and in particular financial reports for the company from 1985-2000 as well as some public relations materials from 1979-1984 and annual reports for the years 1997-1999.

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Radio : car radio brochures.

File consists of advertising material for Electrohome car radios, in the form of single sheets intended for insertion into a binder of other product literature, and a small leaflet.

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Sparks and Chips : 1957.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1957. Includes nine issues: vol. 14, no. 1-6, 8; and two unnumbered issues, dated January 3 and November. File also includes five one-page special bulletins.

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Sales manual : Deilcraft : no. 365.

File consists of a Deilcraft sales manual containing information about the manufacture of Deilcraft furniture, sales tips, product descriptions, and price lists. Contains annotations. Manual is divided by the following tabs: Coffee and cocktail tables; Commode and end tables; Lamp, drum, and occasional tables; Step and nest tables; Console and special tables; Modern tables; Dinette suites; and Sales data.

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Administration : Annual Report Working Files

Series consists of material accumulated and used in the production of annual reports. Includes photographs, transparencies, contact sheets, negatives, slides, dummy reports, page proofs, galley proofs, page layouts, production schedules, paste-ups, press clippings, annual reports, product literature, and brochures and annual reports of other companies. Some of the material was probably accumulated and used by Robert Lovell, Public Relations Manager from 1963-1988.

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Television and stereo : high-fidelity.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome high-fidelity phonographs and stereos. Includes form letters to customers, instruction and installation manuals, parts lists, specification sheets, single-sheet advertisements, leaflets about high-fidelity, and ms. notes.

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50th anniversary : tours.

File consists of material relating to the planning of open houses and plant tours in connection with Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations. Includes memoranda, minutes of meetings of the open house sub-commitee, and tour maps.

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Material compiled by John Koegler : file 10.

File consists of material compiled by John Koegler relating to the history of Electrohome and items collected for the Electrohome museum and archives. Includes ms. and typed notes and a memorandum to Carl A. Pollock n edited typed draft of a paper by Koegler entitled Unfinished history of Electrohome.

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