File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1956. Includes seven issues: vol. 13, no. 1-7. File also includes one special bulletin. Some issues are fragile with separated pages.

One article by LymAn C. Jackes from Electrical News and Engineering on the history of Canada's first moto.

One photograph of A phonograph.

File consists of material relating to the planning and coordination of Electrohome's 50th anniversary dinner on May 1, 1957. Includes memoranda, correspondence, minutes of meetings of the dinner sub-committee, invoices, schedules of events, carbon copies of speeches and presentations, and ephemera. File may have belonged to Norman J. Long (Industrial and Public Relations Director, and Deputy General Chairman of the anniversary committee).

File consists of material relating to the planning of Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations, including the production of a book about the company's history by Edna Staebler. Includes memoranda, minutes of meetings of the 50th anniversary committee and various sub-committees, edited drafts of a schedule of anniversary-related events, a committee organizational chart, and ms. notes. File may have belonged to Norman Bartlett (Secretary, 50th Anniversary General Committee).

File consists of a memorandum and a chronological list of all events planned in connection with Electrohome's 50th anniversary.

File consists of material relating to the planning and coordination of various aspects of Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations. Includes memoranda, correspondence, invoices, ephemera, and other material. File may have belonged to Norman J. Long (Industrial and Public Relations Director, and Deputy General Chairman of the anniversary committee).

File consists of material relating to sales of Electrohome consumer products, including televisions, stereos, phonographs, radios, fans, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, heaters, air conditioners, and clock radios. Includes single-sheet advertisements, price lists, and other product literature; memoranda to sales staff; typed lists of service depots; advertisements for signs and in-store displays; and two photographs of phonograph/stereo consoles. Material is divided by the following tabs: Manufacturing steps (empty), Television, High fidelity, Radio, Phonograph, Air circulators, and Selling aids.

File consists of five ms. and typed speeches, plus duplicate copies, written and presented by Carl A. Pollock to various groups, including the Canadian Pharaceutical Manufacturers' Association, Rotary clubs, and the Ontario Dealers' Association. Speeches, on the subjects of citizenship responsibilities, Canada's economic problems, and Canadian business, range from 8 to 20 pages, and most are in point form.

File also includes correspondence, memoranda, press clippings, reprints of speeches by others in the radio and television broadcasting industry, and other material.

File consists of material summarizing discussions from a conference on management and business operations in Canada. Contains typed (photocopied) pages of information in groups with the following titles: The function of management; Basic business principles; How a company starts, operates, and grows; Accomplishments of our system; Money and banks, and The circulation of money.

File consists of material relating to the sale of Electrohome products. Includes price lists, typed product specification sheets and photographs, a production schedule, advertising copy, a list of dealers, and other material.

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: French provincial; Coffee and cocktail tables; Commode and end tables; Lamp, drum, and occasional tables; Step and nest tables; Upholstery; Console and special tables; Modern tables; Bedroom groupings; Dinette suites; and Sales data.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome high-fidelity components. Includes brochures and typed information about high-fidelity, a price list, and owners' guides for the Concord and Chippendale stereo systems. Includues two sets of material, one annotated "G. Fowler".

File consists of a list of products produced by the Technical Products Division of Electrohome.

File consists of material relating to the policies and objectives of Electrohome's divisions. Includes policy statements (carbon copies) from the following divisions: Deilcraft, Purchasing and Customs, Private Trade Label, Motor and Metal Products, Finance and Accounting, Electrohome Products, and Industrial and Public Relations. File also includes one memorandum.

File consists of 34 photographs of CKCO-TV personalities, staff, events, and programs. Some of the photographs have the CKCO-TV Conestoga wagon logo in the bottom left corner, and most have some identification on verso. Personalities depicted include Reg Sellner, Grace Lawson, Big Al, Elaine Cole, and George Caldwel, Betty Thompson, Violet Scriver, and others. Subjects include the CKCO-TV mobile unit, stills from programs (news, weather, local game shows, talk shows, children's programs, Canadian Bandstand), technicians on the job, parades, and Queen Elizabeth's 1959 visit to Kitchener city hall.

File consists of 24 snapshots and 14 negatives taken at J.G. Tufts' cottage of Electrohome senior personnel relaxing, playing shuffleboard, and eating. Personnel identified are: J.G. Tufts, G. Harper, Eitel, W. E. Curry, D. Sykes, F. Banks, and W. Hemphill. File also includes a photograph of a portion of a cheque to Dominion Electrohome Industries Litd from the T. Eaton Co. Ltd. Duplication among photographs may exist.

File consists of material relating to the planning and coordination of various aspects of Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations. Includes minutes of meetings of the 50th anniversary committee, memoranda, proposals and progress reports, schedules of anniversary-related events, and ms. notes.

File consists of material relating to the history of Electrohome and the Pollock family during the 1990s. Includes photocopies of press clippings and one original press clipping.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1955. Includes eight issues: vol. 12, no. 1-8. File also includes two special bulletins.

File consists of material relating to sales of Electrohome consumer products, including televisions, stereos, phonographs, radios, fans, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, heaters, air conditioners, and clock radios. Includes single-sheet advertisements, price lists, and other product literature; memoranda to sales staff; typed lists of service depots; advertisements for signs and in-store displays; and two photographs of phonograph/stereo consoles. Material is divided by the following tabs: Manufacturing steps (empty), Television, High fidelity, Radio, Phonograph, Air circulators, and Selling aids.

Materials relating to the Electrohome profit-sharing retirement plan.

File consists of material relating to sales of Electrohome consumer products, including televisions, stereos, phonographs, radios, fans, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, heaters, air conditioners, and clock radios. Includes single-sheet advertisements, price lists, and other product literature; memoranda to sales staff; typed lists of service depots; advertisements for signs and in-store displays; and two photographs of phonograph/stereo consoles. Material is divided by the following tabs: Manufacturing steps (empty), Television, High fidelity, Radio, Phonograph, Air circulators, and Selling aids.

File consists of the financial statement for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the year ended December 31, 1954, prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, Chartered Accountants (Toronto, ON). Statement is labelled "directors".

File consists of material relating to decorations for Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations, including the anniversary dinner. Includes memoranda, ms. notes, and minutes and reports from the decoration sub-committee meetings.

File consists of material relating to the history of Electrohome and its divisions and subsidiaries. Includes ms. notes, photocopies of articles from the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips, photocopies and print-outs of historical timelines and graphs, and faxed correspondence.

File consists of material relating mainly to Electrohome history and the Quarter Century Club, collected by John Koegler, company historian. Includes press clippings, ephemera, memoranda, ms. notes, and an ms. speech presented by Koegler at a Quarter Century Club dinner. File also includes the order of service for Carl A. Pollock's funeral.

File consists of two copies of sections of the June 22, 1954, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, containing a feature about Kitchener's 100th birthday.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1954. Includes five issues: vol. 11 no. 11-14 and 16.

File consists of approximately 65 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "G."

File consists of a photograph of a car after an accident, stamped on verso as a court exhibit by the provincial magistrate.

File consists of material relating to the Electrohome museum and the twentieth anniversary of the Quarter Century Club. Includes correspondence, minutes from two meetings of the Museum Committee, ms. notes, two photographs of a stereo console and a television set, a typed list of historical products, and other material. File probably belonged to Gordon W. Fowler.

File consists of a photocopy of the Electrohome company pamphlet entitled "Famous firsts since 1907" and photocopy of a page of typed notes about Electrohome's history.

File consists of material relating to travelling and sightseeing, probably collected by Carl A. Pollock. Includes road maps and tourist maps, leaflets and booklets from tourist attractions, and typed and ms. notes. Maps are for Kitchener, Ontario, various American states and cities, and Stuttgart, Germany.

File consists of a share certifiate book for Central Ontario Television Limited containing share certificates transferred between 1954 and 1970. Includes a ms. note: "share transfers from Feb. 1954 to transfers to Electrohome Ltd. Dec. 1970 for effect Jan. 1971".

File consists of material relating to CKCO-TV, Sunwapta Broadcasting Ltd., and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. Includes posters (one faxed), advertisements, a program schedule, and a press clipping.

File consists of supplementary operating instructions for the operation of the Electrohome "Highgate S" television-radio-phonograph combination. Contains annotations.

File consists of material relating to the planning of Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations. Includes minutes of meetings of the 50th anniversary committee, memoranda, correspondence, a schedule of anniversary events, information about the "All Company Sells" national advertising campaign, clippings of Electrohome advertisements, and other material. File may have belonged to Carl A. Pollock, and includes some incoming and outgoing personal correspondence of his, including three pieces of correspondence with his uncle James Pollock.

Materials relating to the Electrohome quarter century club. Includes membership lists, meeting information, ephemera, etc.

File consists of 21 snapshots of Electrohome employees and their families taken during plant and showroom open houses.

File consists of the financial statement for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the year ended December 31, 1953, prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, Chartered Accountants (Toronto, ON). Statement is labelled "directors".

File consists of a scrapbook of press clippings, photographs, snapshots, and ephemera relating to Carl A. Pollock and his activities as Electrohome president and chairman of the board of directors, chancellor of the University of Waterloo, recipient of the Order of Canada, and his involvement in the community. Material in scrapbook covers the period from ca. 1964 to 1975. Some pages are loose, and it appears that some items have been removed.

File consists of miscellaneous press clippings, including some newspaper advertisements for Electrohome products. Subjects include the manufacture and distribution of televison sets, former Electrohome employees, a temporary plant shut-down, the Circa '75 home entertainment concept, the Electrohome-sponsored art exhibition A Provincial Elegance, Arthur B. Pollock, the Kitchener Public Library, and CN train service.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1953. Includes seven issues: vol. 11 January, March, May, July, September, and two December issues.

File consists of approximately 14 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies and telegraphs) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "E." File also includes some press clippings.

File consists of approximately 15 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies and one telegraph) with or about individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "O." Correspondents include Ontario Premier John P. Robarts. File also includes a photocopy of Bill 51, An Act to Establish the Ontario Economic Council, as well as notes written by Pollock and other records relating to the Ontario Research Foundation.

File consists of approximately 10 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "H."

File consists of a share certifiate book for Central Ontario Television Limited containing share certificates issued in 1953. Includes ms. note: "original share issue Feb. 1953 & redistribution Nov. 1953".

File consists of material relating to the profit-sharing retirement plan at Electrohome. Includes a form letter to employees and a typed document containing questions and answers as well as the text of the plan.

File consists of a sales manual for Electrohome consumer products. Material is divided into the following tabs: Combination radios, Standard radios, Television, Battery radios, Air conditioners, and Electric Fans. Includes price lists.

File consists of material relating to the personal finances and estate of Carl A. Pollock as well as the estate of his father, Arthur B. Pollock. Includes approximately 85 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies), financial statements, legal documents, ms. notes, and ephemera. File also includes a copy of Pollock's birth certificate and passport and a copy of Arthur B. Pollock�s will.

File consists of annual reports for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the years 1952-1958. Includes multiple copies of some reports.

One poster showing the furniture items in the Deilcraft imperial line.

File consists of material relating to the personal finances and estate of Carl A. Pollock as well as the estate of his father, Arthur B. Pollock. Includes approximately 85 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies), financial statements, legal documents, ms. notes, and ephemera. File also includes a copy of Pollock's birth certificate and passport and a copy of Arthur B. Pollock�s will.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome products produced for private trade labels, particularly the T. Eaton Company Limited (Viking label), and the relationship between Electrohome and private trade labels.

Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence and internal memoranda (including some ms. memoranda to Carl A. Pollock), a typed description of policies of the Private Trade Label division, ms. notes, and copies of meeting minutes. Minutes are from a meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Industry Problems (Electronic Industries Association of Canada) (Aug. 25, 1961); and a C.E.D. [?] Union Steward - Management meeting (Aug. 29, 1961).

File consists of material relating to union-management relations at Electrohome during 1952. Includes minutes of nine regular and special meetings of the union-management committee, and pages of an employee handbook. Minutes are divided by the following tabs: Griev. 2 Jan. 52, 12 Feb. 52, 25 Jan. 52, 24. Mar. 52, 24. Apr. 52, Negot. 1 May 52, 29 Sept. 1952, and 27 Oct. 1952. Includes multiple copies of some minutes.

File consists of press clippings about the production and regulation of television content in Canada, the role of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the development of private television stations, and the expanding television industry and television market in Canada.

File consists of eight photographs (plus duplicates) taken after a fire at the Electrohome plant at Duke and Breithaupt Streets in Kitchener (Plant 1) on May 23, 1952.

File consists of press clippings relating to the activities of Carl A. Pollock. File also includes a program from a management conference at which Pollock delivered a speech.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1952. Includes four issues: vol. 11 no. 1-4, as well as a special bulletin. Some issues are fragile.

File consists of approximately 22 pieces of correspondence incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "R." File also includes a carbon copy of a 1955 statement by Pollock on high fidelity equipment (6 leaves) for Radio, Television and Appliance Sales magazine, and copies of product specifications from Radio Corporation of America.

File consists of the financial statements for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the year ended April 30, 1952, and for the eight-month period ending December 31, 1952. Statements were prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, Chartered Accountants (Toronto, ON). Statements are labelled "directors".

File consists of press clippings about the television industry and television market in Canada and the expanding role of television in Canadian society.

One photograph of A fire on May 23, 1952 at the Electrohome factory at Duke and Breithaupt.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1951. Includes nine issues: vol. 10 no. 1-4, 5 (May), 5 (July) and 7-9. Some issues are fragile.

File consists of material relating to Donald S. Sykes and his appointment as the Chairman of the Board of Directors upon the retirement of Carl A. Pollock. Includes nine portraits and photographs (plus duplicates) and one printing proof of Sykes, news releases, and a biography.

File consists of two three-page ms. speeches written and presented by Carl A. Pollock about industrial research. One speech was presented at a meeting of the Research Council of Ontario, and one, entitled "Putting research into practice", at a Scientific and Industrial Research Conference. Speeches are in point form.

File consists of the financial statements for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the year ended April 30, 1951. Includes two copies of the statement labelled "directors", and one copy labelled "shareholders". Statements were prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, Chartered Accountants (Toronto, ON).

File consists of material relating to union-management relations at Electrohome during 1951. Includes memoranda and minutes of 22 regular and special meetings of the union-management committee. Includes multiple copies of some minutes.

Minutes of the seniority and service committee.

File consists of two reports on surveys by Gruneau Research Limited (Toronto, ON): A survey of retailers' opinions on radio in the Ktichener-Waterloo area and A survey of opinions held [about radio broadcasting] by senior officers of community organizations in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.

File consists of seven photographs (plus duplicates) of the Murawsky Furniture Company building at 152 Shanley Street in Kitchener, which became Electrohome Plant 4 ca. 1954. Includes aerial photographs.

File consists of ten negatives of Plant 1 (283 Duke Street), Plant 2 (480 Victoria Street North), the Murawsky Furniture Company building (152 Shanley Street, became Plant 4), the Caya Buiding (130 Weber Street West), and the Pequegnat Building (Duke and Frederick Streets, location of Technical Products Division).

File consists of photographs and snapshots of Carl A. Pollock at various meetings, events, and presentations, and posing at his desk and on the plant floor. Includes photographs taken at the Winnipeg and Vancouver showrooms, a photograph with D. Lowater and two executives from Lima, Peru, several candid snapshots, and a photograph of a sculpted bust of Carl A. Pollock. File also includes memoranda with descriptions of two photographs.

File consists of two copies of an owner's guide for the Electrohome humidaire.

File consists of a photocopy of interim service instructions for the Pageant television receiver.

File consists of press clippings relating to Electrohome's financial performance, its alliance with Baton Broadcasting, and radio design.

File consists of a sales manual for Electrohome products, including radios, radio phonograph combinations, televisions, fans, and Horton-Electrohome washing machines. Manual includes prices lists, and contains loose pages and brochures.

File consists of 48 portraits (plus duplicates) of senior personnel, 2 photographs of employees, and a half-tone print of one of the portraits. The personnel in the portraits are all identified:

• Robert Babin,
• Ken Brown,
• Bob Cronk,
• Hugh Bauld,
• Leo F. Fitzpatrick,
• E.A. Greenwood,
• A. Cooper,
• Ken De Coppell,
• Grant McVey,
• Ian J. Main,
• H. Wedderbern,
• J. Wright,
• Donald R. Steele,
• Paul Richmond,
• L. Tiengo,
• John Rideuot,
• L. Shaub,
• G. Lenner,
• Bob Moore,
• E. Stobart,
• Ken Kerr,
• J. Kochin,
• Pat Kent,
• Jim King,
• Doug Jamison,
• G. Glennie, and
• W. Hemphill.

File consists of approximately 28 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "A."

File consists of three copies of a manual for new employees of Electrohome. Includes information about the company's history and organization, and policies and information regarding employment at Electrohome.

File consists of material relating to an application by the Draftsmen's Association of Ontario, Local #24398, of the American Federation of Labor, to be certified as the bargaining agent for draftsmen at Electrohome. Includes correspondence, telegrams, and copies of application forms and certification from the Ontario Labour Relations Board. Folder probably belonged to W. E. Curry, Industrial Relations Manager.

File consists of material relating to relations between the management and the union at Electrohome. Includes minutes of 31 meetings of the union-management committee from 1950 to 1956 as well as memoranda.

File consists of material relating to an application by the United Steelworkers of America for certification as a bargaining agent of Electrohome employees in Plant 2, and the subsequent hearing before the Ontario Labour Relations Board in which the application was dismissed. Includes correspondence, copies of forms and notices relating to the application process, ms. notes, and the constitution of the international union of the United Steelworkers of America.

File consists of photographs orignally in an album created to illustrate the history of CAP Communications and CKCO-TV. Subjects of photographs include: television production equipment and facilities, television personalities on set, special events (including a visit from Pierre Elliott Trudeau in 1968, the extension of highway 401 to Kitchener ca. 1960, and the Queen's visit to Kitchener in 1959), and studio technicians at work. Some photographs include identification on verso and some include typed captions.

File consists of photographs originally in an album created to illustrate the history of CAP Communications and CKCO-TV. Subjects of photographs include: television personalities on set, stills from television programs, and technicians at work. Some photographs include identification on verso and some pages in the photo album were blank.

File consists of photographs and snapshots of CKCO-TV buildings and production facilities, television personalities and stills from programs, technicians at work, and special events. Includes snapshots of the CKCO-TV crew on location at the 1988 Olympics (Calgary, AB) and the 1978 Oktoberfest parade (Kitchener, ON), stills from the set of Big Al's Cartoon Capers and Romper Room, and the transmission tower on Baden Hill.

File consists of two photographs of decorator radios, probably intended for insertion into a binder of product literature.

Two photographs of the CKCO-TV tower on Baden Hill.

File consists of four portraits of unidentified men, probably American Electrohome dealers.

File consists of material relating to Gordon Duern, Design Manager of Electrohome from 1961. Includes five portraits (plus duplicates), one photograph of Duern and one of a stereo he designed, a biography, and ms. notes.

File consists of six portraits (plus duplicates) of Bern Ellis.

File consists of six portraits (plus duplicates) of Seb Englert, Motors and Metal Products Division. File also includes a printing proof and two photographs of Englert, one of which includes Carl A. Pollock and an unidentified man.

File consists of two copies of a photograph of two men standing with a colour TV chassis.

File consists of photographs, negatives, and contact prints depicting production in various departments and on production lines, including woodworking, press shop, paint shop, motors, and appliances. Some photographs have short typed cutlines, and some are labelled on verso: "EPD Sept. '59" or "CED May '60". Includes one photograph of Carl A. Pollock and an unidentified man posing with a television set.

File also includes a photograph of the Electrohome display at the Pacific National Exhibition [1951?], and a photograph of three long service employees posing with a phonograph. Duplication among photographs, negatives, and contact prints may exist.

File consists of photographs, negatives, and contact prints depicting production in various departments and on production lines, including woodworking, press shop, paint shop, motors, and appliances. Some photographs have short typed cutlines, and some are labelled on verso: "EPD Sept. '59" or "CED May '60". Includes one photograph of Carl A. Pollock and an unidentified man posing with a television set.

File also includes a photograph of the Electrohome display at the Pacific National Exhibition [1951?], and a photograph of three long service employees posing with a phonograph. Duplication among photographs, negatives, and contact prints may exist.

File consists of two photographs taken inside the Electrohome Employees Credit Union and a snapshot of the first company Christmas party, sponsored by the union. File also includes an ms. note.

File consists of material relating to the instruction of an introductory class about electricity, possibly held at Electrohome for employees. Includes ms. and typed lesson notes, blank and completed question sheets, and a class list with final marks.

File consists of photographs originally in an album created to illustrate the history of CAP Communications and CKCO-TV. Subjects of photographs include: television personalities on set, stills from television programs, and technicians at work. Some photographs include identification on verso and some pages in the photo album were blank.

File consists of material relating to the biographies of senior personnel at Electrohome. Includes memoranda and blank and completed biographical information forms. Includes typed copies of Carl A. Pollock's biography.