File consists of a ledger kept between 1925 and 1931.

A reproduction of An indenture between General Phonograph Corporation of Canada and Pollock-Welker Limited.

Series consists of financial records for Electrohome and its subsidiary companies, including Hawkesville Lumber (acquired 1965), Campbell Electric (acquired 1960), International Electrohome (incorporated 1962), Electrohome Communications (incorporated 1970), and Flexsteel Industries (Canada) (acquired 1972). Series also includes material compiled for presentations to the Canadian government's Enterprise Development Board, which insured part of a $25 million term loan to the company from the Royal Bank of Canada in 1977. Includes financial statements and reports, a ledger, and other material.

File consists of a scrapbook of press clippings, photographs, snapshots, telegrams, and ephemera relating to Carl A. Pollock and his activities as Electrohome president and chairman of the board of directors and his involvement in the community. Scrapbook also contains material relating to Pollock's wife Helen (including a 1926 snapshot of the two of them), their 1929 wedding, and Pollock's studies at Oxford University. Material in scrapbook covers mainly the period from 1925 to 1963. Scrapbook also contains some loose material.

File consists of a share certificate book for Pollock-Welker Limited. Contains share certificates issued, cancelled, and transferred between 1925 and 1936, and blank share certificates.

File consists of a share certificate book for the Grimes Radio Corporation Limited. Contains share certificates issued and transferred between 1925 and 1935, and blank share certificates. File also includes ms. notes and blank copies of a statement about the transfer of shares to Arthur B. Pollock.

File consists of a leather-bound volume containing the minutes of meetings of the directors and of the shareholders of Pollock-Welker Limited from its incorporation in 1925 to the surrender of the company's charter in 1936. The minutes are glued to the pages of the notebook.

File consists of a leather-bound volume containing material relating to the incorporation of the Grimes Radio Corporation Limited and the Board of Directors. Includes carbon copies of the charter and the by-laws, minutes of meetings of the directors and of the shareholders from incorporation in 1925 to the surrender of the company's charter in 1939, and registers of directors and shareholders. File also includes an original, sealed copy of the letters patent. Some material is glued to the pages of the volume.

One reproduction of a short article on industrial Elmira, including A section about the Phonola Company of Canada Limited.

Series consists of four scrapbooks containing press clippings, photographs, and ephemera relating to Carl A. Pollock and his activities as Electrohome president and chairman of the board of directors, his involvement in the community, and his personal life. One of the scrapbooks was presented to Pollock by the Canadian Manufacturers' Association in memory of his term as association president (1962-1963).

Photographs of Pollock-Welker product boxes being loaded onto A C.P. Rail car.

One photograph of the Meyeri brothers standing in front of a car.

One photograph of employees of the Electrohome plant on VictoriA Street.

File consists of price lists for parts used in the production of phonographs, electric mixers, and humidifiers, including Helycon motors, tonearms, and reproducers. File also includes a price list for imported material used in the manufacture of phonograph motors, and ms. notes by John Koegler.

File consists of an illustrated parts price list for Star talking machines, manufactured by Hawthorne & Sheble Manufacturing Co. (Philadelphia, PA).

A service manual for eight tube A.C. receivers. It is unclear if this was produced by Electrohome or An outside source.

File consists of three record sleeves and a letter.

Series consists of product literature promoting Electrohome consumer products, including air conditioners, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, fans, electrostatic air cleaners, electronic bug killers, microwave ovens, heaters, satellite receivers, cable and pay TV equipment, furniture, lamps, organs, phonographs, radios, stereo hi-fi, televisions (including projection television), turntables, and other appliances and home entertainment products.

Series includes advertisements for products distributed by Electrohome (Marantz, Imperial Lighting), produced by an Electrohome subsidiary (Campbell Electric, Fry & Blackhall, Flexsteel), or produced by Electrohome as a private trade label (Viking, for Eaton's, and Serenader, for Simpson's), as well as the Acoustech, Soundesign, Planar, Phonola, and Trendholm product lines. Includes single-sheet advertisements intended for insertion into a binder or portfolio with other product literature, brochures, catalogues, leaflets, price lists, instruction manuals, service manuals and parts lists, etc.

File consists of a small leaflet adverising the Porto Vox phonograph attachment from Pollock-Welker, used for in-store record demonstrations.

One photograph of a staff picnic.

One photograph of three unknown people standing on A shoreline.

One photograph of what appears to be a workroom at Electrohome.

File consists of material relating to Helycon motors, manufactured by Pollock-Welker Limited. Includes an advertisement and a component parts list, which includes pictures of each part.

A reproduction of A deed of land from Pollock Manufacturing Ltd. to General Phonograph Corporation of Canada.

One photograph of office staff at Heinemann Electric.

File consists of 30 gramophone records, including seven Phonola records. Some of the records were probably used for in-store phonograph demonstrations and some were used for advertising purposes. Includes 17.5 cm, 25 cm, and 30 cm (7", 10", and 12") records of the following labels: Phonola, Parlophon-Record, His Majesty's Voice Victor, RCA Victor Red Seal, Odeon, Arrow, Okeh, Apex, Favorite Record, Beka-Meister Record, United Artists, Columbia, and Capitol. Some records were produced for Electrohome by Colombia.

Fifteen photographs of manufacturing processes. The images were taken during the years of the First World War and include shots of women working as well as posters advertising war bonds in the factory.

One photograph of what appears to be a packaging room.

One photograph of what appears to be staff at s party. The individuals are dressed up and also present in the photograph are musicians.

Four photographs of employees at work in a manufacturing work room.

File consists of photocopied material relating to the history of The Phonola Company of Canada Limited, Grimes Radio Corporation Limited, and Pollock-Welker Limited. Includes photocopies of financial reports, legal documents, and correspondence.

One register for An industrial design of A cabinet for talking machines for the Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.

Advertising materials created by Electrohome Limited and its predecessors. Includes promotional materials such as brochures as well as advice on sales tactics.

One photograph of female workers at Electrohome.

One photograph of manufacturing staff.

Series consists of records relating to the incorporation of Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited and its predecessors, the Phonola Company of Canada, Pollock-Welker Limited, and the Grimes Radio Corporation Limited; as well as the incorporation of Pollock Enterprises Limited. Series also includes records relating to the administration of Grimes Radio Corporation from 1925 to 1939 and Pollock Enterprises from 1947 to 1959. Includes share certificates, letters patent, by-laws, board of directors' meeting minutes, registers of shareholders and directors, and stock subscription applications.

Series consists of records relating to the administration of Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited and two of its predecessors, the Phonola Company of Canada and Pollock-Welker Limited. Includes minutes of board of directors meetings, meeting agendas, financial statements, correspondence, memoranda, and other material accompanying the minutes. Board of directors minutes for Electrohome are from 1959-1965 only.

File consists of a leather-bound volume containing the minutes of meetings of the directors and of the shareholders of Phonola Company of Canada Limited from 1917 to 1931. The minutes are glued to the pages of the notebook. File also includes a meeting notice, a form appointing Arthur B. Pollock as proxy for the Royal Bank of Canada, and two letters, one addressed to Clement & Clement Barristers &c. (Kitchener, ON) and one addressed to Arthur B. Pollock.

One register for An industrial design of A cabinet for talking machines for the Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.

A reproduction of An advertisement from the Kitchener Manufacturer's Association Catalogue for Phonola.

One photograph of office staff.

File consists of a share certificate book for the Phonola Company of Canada Limited. Contains share certificates issued, cancelled, and transferred between 1917 and 1931, and blank share certificates. File also includes a carbon copy of the letters patent and by-laws for the company.

Materials created by Electrohome Limited and its predecessors relating to the manufacturing processes and products made at the factories. Includes technical drawings, notes, parts lists, service manuals, and more.

One technical drawing of gauge no. 215.

One photograph of workers on the floor of Electrohome standing underneath A row of multi national flags.

One register for An industrial design of A cabinet for talking machines for the Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.

One register for An industrial design of A cabinet for talking machines for the Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.

One receipt from the Dominion of Canada patent office for 20$.

One item of correspondence from Ridout and Maybee patent solicitors.

File consists of material relating to the history of Electrohome. Includes ms. notes, correspondence (including a personal letter from John A. Pollock), and other material. File also includes an envelope addressed to A.B. Pollock, Pollock Manufacturing Company, Columbia Place, Berlin from Edmonds & Edmonds Solicieters (New York, NY), dated 1915.

A published patent notice for A cabinet sound-reproducing machine held by Henry Miller of Waterford.

One Canada trade mark registration for the word and device Organola in the name of Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.

One Dominion of Canada patent assigned to Alexander H. Welker for A new and useful improvement in talking machines that has been assigned to the Pollock Manufacturing Company.

A published patent notice for A record-tablet for talking-machines held by Owen Brophy of Pennsylvania.

One United States patent for Alexander H. Welker for new and useful improvements in talking machines.

One Dominion of Canada patent for Thomas Lucien Richard for A new and useful improvement in sound amplifiers.

A published patent notice for A break for talking-machines held by Gunther Philip Wild of Pennsylvania.

File consists of material relating to John Koegler's research into the history of Electrohome. Includes ms. notes, portions of an ms. draft of a history of radio within the company, press clippings, advertisements for Grimes inverse duplex radio receivers (1925-1927), photographs of early radio production, correspondence, ephemera, and other material. File also includes a photostat copy of the announcement of the wedding of Arthur B. Pollock and Racie L. Boehmer from a 1902 newspaper.

Supplementary letters patent for the Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited for the purposes of increasing the capital stock of the company.

A compOnent parts lists for Helycon reproducers.

A compOnent parts lists for Helycon motors, tOne arms and reproducers. One price list has handwritten notes.

A compOnent parts lists for Helycon tOne arms.

A price list for distributors for parts for flyer motors from the General Industries Company of Elyria, Ohio.

A leaflet for Pollock-Welker porto vox. The porto vox was advertised as being for record demonstrating and eliminating the need for sound proof rooms.

File consists of a No.2A Brownie camera, model B, from the Eastman Kodak Co.

A time card slip.

price list for star machines, manufactured by Hawthorne & Sheble of Philadelphia.

Two photographs of the exterior of the Electrohome factory on Victoria Street.

Series consists of discrete items, including Carl A. Pollock's rolodex, gramophone records, radio tubes, and a Kodak Brownie camera.

A compOnent parts lists for Pulwell motor no. 301.

A magazine advertisement for Music Master radios.

A brochure for the latest Phonola model.

A brochure for Pollock-Welker Ltd. Pulwell phonograph motors.

A brochure for Pollock-Welker Pulwell portable phonographs and portable electric pickups.

A published patent notice for A patent for sound-reproducing machine and record therefor, held by Frederick Osborn of Garrison.

A catalogue for Helcyon motors, tOne arms, and reproducers.

A compOnent parts lists for Pulwell motor no. 302.

A brochure for Grimes inverse duplex radios. Grimes was also located in Kitchener and merged with Pollock and Welker Ltd. in 1933 to become Dominion Electrohome.

A brochure for Pollock-Welker Ltd. Pulwell portable phonographs.

File consists of eight photographs of the Electrohome plant at 480 Victoria Street North in Kitchener (Plant 2). Includes aerial photographs, and a photograph of the construction of an addition to the plant.

Series consists of material relating to the proposal, production, distribution, and lanuch of the corporate history Visionary Thinking : The Story of Canada's Electrohome by Raymond Stanton, published by Canadian Corporate Histories (Kitchener, ON) in 1997. Includes files of research material about the history of Electrohome, probably compiled by Nicola McLaughlin for Stanton's use, and files of visual material used in the book, pulled from other files in the collection most likely by McLaughlin.

Includes photocopies of product literature, press clippings, correspondence, reports, news releases, and other documents; slides, transparencies, photographs, and other graphic material;original product literature, including brochures, leaflets, parts price lists, instruction manuals, and sales manuals; news releases; press clippings; correspondence; memoranda; ms. notes; forms; and other material.

File consists of a catalogue of bathroom fittings produced by the Pollock Manufacturing Company. File also includes a Phonola advertisement.

File consists of a photocopy of a Phonola advertisement from Canadian Magazine Advertiser, and a photocopy of a page from an unidentified publication of a picture of King Edward VII and King George V.

Three assignments of patents by Alex Welker to Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited. The patents are for A tone arm for A talking machine and reproducers for A talking machine.

Correspondence and An invoice from Ridout and Maybee patent solicitors.

A reproduction of An indenture between The Berlin Steel Go-Cart Company and The Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.

One letters patent for The Pollock Manufacturing Company, Limited. The letters patent was assigned to Arthur Bell Pollock, Charles Stoltz Boehmer, August Boehmer and Alexander Henry Welker.

An agreement between HermAn Schroder and Arthur B. Pollock assigning A patent by HermAn to Pollock in exchange for royalties on the hornless phonograph.

Materials created by Electrohome Limited and its predecessors relating to the operations, functions, employees, and history of the company. Includes minutes, patents, ephemera, written histories and more.

An agreement between Schroder Hornless Phonograph Manufacturing Company and Arthur B. Pollock licensing Pollock to sell the hornless phonographs in Canada.

A copy of One Dominion of Canada patent for Herman Schroder for A new and useful improvement in gramaphones.

One photograph of staff at the Berlin foundry (later the Gies foundry). An accompanying note indicates that Alex Welker is present in the photograph and that it was at this foundry that he initially begAn working on his designs for his phonograph.

Fonds consists of materials created by Electrohome Limited and its predecessors and accumulated by John Koegler, the former Electrohome historian. Includes organizational and administrative records, materials relating to manufacturing, advertising materials, and photographs.

Photographs created and accumulated by Electrohome Limited and its predecessors. Includes images of employees, products, facilities and manufacturing operations.

File consists of two transparencies and a photograph of the electric sign and clock located on the roof of the Electrohme plant at 809 Wellington Street North in Kitchener, taken at night.

File consists of eight unidentified metal parts that may or may not belong together, and a blue cloth bag labelled "Seagram's" in which the pieces were originally found.

File consists of a metal printing plate containing the text: Carl Arthur Pollock / Kitchener, Ontario.

File consists of a yellow, red, and blue felt badge containing the logo for Electrohome/Est.1907.

File consists of two medallions, probably belonging to Carl A. Pollock. One medallion is from Rotary International (Osaka West Rotary Club) and one is from The Dominion Life Assurance Company commemorating the first billion dollars of life insurance in force (1960).