File consists of material compiled during the process of research into the early history of the Pollock family. Includes ms. and typed notes; photocopies of pages from directories, census records, periodicals, and other publications; photocopies of press clippings; correspondence; museum pamphlets; and other photocopied documents.

File consists of press clippings and photocopies of press clippings relating to organizational changes within Electrohome, Electrohome's broadcasting interests, Electrohome products, and the company's history and anniversaries. Includes the December 4, 1997 issue of the Financial Post with a front page story about Electrohome, and the September 1998 issue of the local business magazine Exchange with a feature article on Electrohome. File also includes photocopies of correspondence from William McGregor (President, Electrohome Communications).

File consists of material relating to business conducted with Hughes Elcan Optical Technologies (Midland, ON). Includes agreements (some faxed), correspondence, price quotations, and product specifications.

File consists of material relating to business conducted with IBM Japan Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) and IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (Yorktown Heights, NY). Includes faxed agreements and correspondence (including some e-mail print-outs).

File consists of the closing documents relating to the sale of certain assets of the Nanao contract assembly business by Electrohome to Imagetel Inc. (Waterloo, ON). Includes original and photocopied agreements and correspondence.

File consists of a faxed copy of a price quotation from Pachena Industries Ltd. (Vancouver, BC).

File consists of an agreement relating to business conducted with Thomson Consumer Electronics.

File consists of material relating to museum management and developing exhibitions of historical collections, collected by Nicola McLaughlin in her work with the Electrohome museum and archives. Includes correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, and ephemera from related organizations, including the Ontario Museum Association, the Ontario Historical Society, and the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications. File also includes photocopies of articles from Exhibitionist News and other material.

File consists of material relating to the history of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario / Ontario Hydro and the provision of hydro-electricity in Ontario. Includes photocopies of press clippings and photographs, photocopies of pages from the Commission's annual report, print-outs of library and archives search results, ms. notes, and the program for the commission's 50th anniversary ceremonies.

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

File consists of 11 photographs (plus copies) of the EGT100 satellite receiver and chassis, and possibly another similar product (?), taken from several angles. File also includes a memorandum.

File consists of issues of magazines containing articles about Electrohome. Includes:

• Executive (v. 22, n. 10, October 1980) with the article "Electrohome comes back from the brink" (p. 50-54).
• Canadian Interiors (v. 2, n. 5, May 1965) with the article "Electrohome showroom is flexible and attractive" (p. 43).
• Profit Sharing Trends (v. 8, n. 5, 1960) with the article "Profit sharing: a way of life" (p. 12-15).
• Wallpaper (Sept./Oct. 1996) with the article "Sphere and now" (colour photocopy).
• Printers' Ink (v. 284, n. 4, July 1963) with the article "All the U.S. is its newest market" (p. 46-47).

File consists of press coverage describing Electrohome's Projection Systems products as they are used in various corporations and organizations. Includes articles and case studies reprinted from industry-related publications or printed by Electrohome, press clippings, and other documents.

File consists of photographs, transparencies, and slides depicting Electrohome Projection Systems products and their applications in various corporations and organizations. Applications pictured include: CSX Transportation Control Center (Jacksonville, FL), Canadian Embassy (Tokyo, Japan), Rochester Gas and Electric (Rochester, NY), Thames River Water System (London, UK), National Bowling Stadium (Reno, NV), the Barcelona Stock Exchange (Spain), and others.

File consists of nine transparencies of the 1996-1997 Electrohome board of directors.

File consists of material relating to business conducted with Canada Post Corporation (Ottawa, ON). Includes form letters and information from Canada Post, business reply mail renewal forms, photocopies of invoices, and a standard lettermail size template (transparency).

File consists of an agreement relating to business conducted with Fujitsu General Limited (Japan).

File consists of a faxed copy of a U.S. Customs power of attorney form and a ms. note.

File consists of material relating to executive compensation and personal holdings of Electrohome shares for the Management Information Circular prepared for the 1996 annual report. Includes memoranda (some faxed), correspondence, draft versions of the Management Information Circular and proxy statement, photocopies of insider trading reoprts, ms. notes, and other docuements.

File consists of material relating to business conducted with Electrohome's insurance broker, the H.L. Staebler Company Limited (Kitchener, ON). Includes correspondence and memoranda (including some faxed and some photocopied), a photocopied insurance policy, photocopies of invoices, and other documents.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1996. Includes four issues: vol. 3, no. 1-4.

File consists of a letter from Nicola McLaughlin regarding the collection of stereos for the Electrohome museum.

File consists of blank and completed request forms for the external loan of Electrohome photographs.

File consists of photographs of a radio, a phonograph, a video game console, and a trunk belonging to Otto Heineman.

File consists of ten slides of Electrohome radios and phonographs.

File consists of formal group and individual portaits. Includes portraits of Arthur B. Pollock, Carl A. Pollock, and John A. Pollock; group portraits of the CAP Communications board of directors (?), and an Electrohome employee group photograph accompanied by a list identifying names of employees in the photograph. Duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of three record sleeves and a letter.

File consists of an agreement and correspondence relating to business conducted with Crestron Remote Control Systems (Cresskill, NJ).

File consists of a faxed legal agreement relating to business conducted with William H. Gates III (Medina, WA).

File consists of an agreement and a letter relating to business conducted with Inchcape Testing Services, ETL testing Laboratories (Courtland, NY).

File consists of material relating to business conducted with R.C.A. Corporation (New York, NY). Includes draft and final versions of a patent license agreement, correspondence (including some e-mail print-outs), memoranda, and ms. notes.

File consists of correspondence and an engagement letter relating to business conducted with Scotia McLeod Inc. (Toronto, ON).

File consists of material relating to liability insurance coverage with the H.L. Staebler Company Limited (Kitchener, ON) for Electrohome employees on rental vehicles in North America. Includes correspondence and memoranda, including some photocopies and some e-mail print-outs.

File consists of material relating to the Poor Boys Lunch, a fundraiser for CFRN-TV's Good Neighbour Fund. Includes correspondence, a newsletter (photocopy), and a snapshot taken at the event.

File consists of two pieces of correspondence between an investor and the Electrohome Secretary.

File consists of material relating to a conditional sale agreement between Landin Development Corporation (Toronto, ON) and Electrohome for the property at 505 Conestoga Boulevard in Cambridge, ON. Includes correspondence (some faxed), memoranda (some e-mail print-outs), ms. and typed notes, signed agreements and schedules, advertising material from Landin, and other photocopied material.

File consists of material relating to the development of the marketing communications plan for 1996. Includes draft versions of various sections of the report, faxed memoranda, print-outs of presentation slides, an advertising production schedule, and other material.

File consists of a copy of the Ontario Historical Society publication Hometown history, a guidebook for organizations and institutions interested in preserving and promoting their community heritage. File also includes correspondence and ephemera.

File consists of an annotated memorandum to William McGregor.

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 four copies of Electrohome's 1995 annual report.

File consists of photocopies of selected pages from Electrohome's annual reports for the years 1960-1995. Pages photocopied and stapled together from each report include the list of directors and officers, financial highlights, facilities and addresses, and the list of products and services produced by Electrohome.

File consists of material relating to business conducted with Anoma Electric Co. Ltd. (Hsien, Taiwan). Includes correspondence (including faxes and e-mail printouts), a notice of garnishment (photocopy), and photocopies of a garnishee's payment notice and statement.

File consists of an agreement relating to business conducted with consultant Thomas M. Baer.

File consists of a faxed agreement relating to business conducted with GIG Technologies Inc. (Berkeley, CA).

File consists of a letter and document from Marsh & McLennan (Toronto, ON). The document is reprinted from the The National Law Journal (New York), and is a summary of 1995's largest verdict awards.

File consists of a faxed agreement and ms. notes relating to business conducted with Visulabs incorporated (Calgary , AB).

File consists of photocopied US and Canadian distributor price lists for monochrome and colour monitors.

File consists of material advertising the complete line of monitors available from Electrohome Display Systems, ca. 1995-1996. Advertisements are in the form of single sheets, and some have been gathered in a portfolio. File also includes two empty portfolios.

File consists of advertising material for Electrohome's Projection Systems division. Includes issues of newsletters produced by the division and by Electrohome Europe: Video Projection & Worship (volume 1, issue 1, 1996), Projections (issue 1, 1996), Images (issues 1 and 3, 1994), and Electrohome News Network (volume 1, issues 1 and 2, 1995).

File consists of material relating to executive compensation and personal holdings of Electrohome shares for the Management Information Circular prepared for the 1994 annual report. Includes faxed memoranda, reports about shareholders, the Management Information Circular and proxy statement, ms. notes, photocopies of insider trading reoprts, ms. notes, and photocopied press clippings. File also includes some information regarding holdings for the 1995 fiscal year.

File consists of material relating to the arrangement, description, and processing of archival materials, collected by Nicola McLaughlin for her work with the Electrohome museum and archives. Includes photocopied pages of manuals and papers relating to archival work and textbase management software, catalogues of archival supplies (some photocopied), and correspondence.

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.

File consists of 17 audio cassettes containing interviews with former Electrohome employees and members of the Pollock family. Includes interviews with John A. Pollock, Barbara Steele (daughter of Carl A. Pollock), and Alex Welker (partner of Arthur B. Pollock), as well as interviews with former employees, some of whom began working at the company in the 1920s and 1930s. Most interviews were conducted in 1996 by Ray Stanton and Nicola McLaughlin as part of the research for the company history by Stanton, Visionary Thinking: The Story of Canada's Electrohome.

The cassettes included are:
1. Interview with Alex Welker (1) (ca. 1 hr., 1 min.).
2. Interview with Alex Welker (2) (ca. 25 min.).
3. Interview with five retired employees by Gary McLaren. (Employees interviewed and start dates: Agnes Ellert - 1931, Gord Fowler - 1937, Harvey Durst - 1937, Clyde Hymler - 1931, John Koegler - 1921) (ca. 1 hr., 33 min.).
4. Interview with John A. Pollock, William McGregor, by Ray Stanton regarding company history book (ca. 39 min.).
5. Interview with Albert Lukan by Nicola McLaughlin (ca. 37 min.). (Lukan started in 1955)
6. Interview with Les Rowsell by Nicola McLaughlin (ca. 45 min.). (Rowsell started in 1945)
7. Interview with Dave Lowater, Herb Lapier by Nicola McLaughlin; interview with Doug Wismer by Ray Stanton (ca. 44 min.).
8. Interview with Robert Lovell by Nicola McLaughlin (ca. 1 hr., 29 min.).
9. Interview with Don Harrold, Jim Washburn by Nicola McLaughlin (ca. 34 min.).
10. Interview with Donald Sykes by [Ray Stanton ?] (ca. 31 min.).
11. Interview with Al Zettle, Anne Livingstone by Nicola McLaughlin (ca. 25 min.). (Livingstone started in 1954)
12. Interview with Mr. & Mrs. Runge by Nicola McLaughlin (ca. 1 hr., 10 min.). (Started in 1945)
13. Interview with Quarter Century Club members (ca. 45 min.).
14. Interviews with Quarter Century Club members at annual dinner (ca. 25 min.).
15. Interview with Barbara Steele by Ray Stanton (1) (ca. 1 hr., 34 min.).
16. Interview with Barbara Steele by Ray Stanton (2), and miscellaneous (ca. 53 min.).
17. Interview with John A. Pollock by Ray Stanton (ca. 1 hr., 7 min.).

File consists of material relating to the purchase of land by Electrohome from the Canadian National Railway Company, Real Estate Management (Toronto, ON). Includes agreements, correspondence and memoranda (including e-mail print outs and faxes), ms. notes, photocopies of insurance certificates and cheques, and a notice of hearing (City of Kitchener). File also includes a Plan of Survey of Lot 33, Municipal Compiled Plan 763 in the City of Kitchener, Regional Municipality of Waterloo.

File consists of an agreement relating to business conducted with Proxima Corporation (San Diego, CA).

File consists of material relating to business conducted with Radius, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA). Includes draft and final versions of agreements, memoranda, correspondence, and ms. notes.

File consists of material relating to a settlement with the Scotia Mortgage Corporation. Includes correspondence and copies of a signed settlement release form.

File consists of an agreement relating to business conducted with Shen Milsom & Wilke, IIYC [?] (New York, NY).

File consists of a faxed agreement relating to business conducted with Spitz, Inc. (Chadds Ford, PA).

File consists of an agreement relating to business conducted with Tektronix, Inc. (Wilsonville OR).

File consists of material advertising the line of projection systems available in 1996. Advertisements are in the form of brochures and single sheets intended for inclusion in portfolios.

File consists of three photographs of a mural depicting Electrohome's history painted by Christina Peori. Two copies of the photograph have been mounted on board. Duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of material relating to the dealer co-operative advertising program from Projection Systems. Includes dealer monthly sales charts for 1994, correspondence (some faxed), a dealer advertisement, and the co-operative advertising plan guidelines.

File consists of material relating to business conducted with Projection Systems dealer Comunicaciones e Informatica (Mexico). Includes memoranda, ms. notes, and typed notes.

File consists of the original copy of the revised version of the Toward 2000 long range planning document for Electrohome Electronics. File also includes ms. notes.

File consists of transparencies, negatives and photographs of Electrhome senior management for the 1995 annual report. Duplication may exist among transparencies and negatives.

File consists of material relating to AABEX Electrohome Services in Victoria, BC, and its role as a creditor of the bankrupt Steintron International Electronics Inc. Includes a notice of a meeting of creditors and a mailing list of creditors.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's corporate membership in the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Includes correspondence (some faxed), memoranda, news releases and other publicity materials from the Chamber of Commerce, and other material.

File consists of material relating to reliability data for Electrohome data/graphics and video projectors. Includes a draft and final news release and a memorandum.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1995. Includes four issues: vol. 2, no. 1-4.

File consists of material relating to the production of advertising and publicity material for the ECP 500 series of projector systems. Includes memoranda (some faxed), edited draft versions of a news release, edited faxed copies of product literature and advertisement proofs, ms. notes, and photocopied press clippings.

File consists of material relating to the revision of the ShowStar projection system user's manual. Includes memoranda (some faxed), a print-out of the image thumbnails in an Electrohome graphics collection, and other photocopied material.

File consists of a revised draft of the long range planning document for the Projection Systems division entitled Toward 2000, and a memorandum regarding the document.

File consists of material relating to the advertising, sales, and service of Electrohome Projection Systems products. Includes photocopied pages of information on Electrohome and the Projection Systems division; brochures, single-sheet advertisements, price lists, and other product literature; reprinted articles and photocopied press clippings; advertisements, other material. Material is divided by the following tabs: Products, Sales information, Applications, Price lists, Product bulletins, Interfaces, Service manual, and Advertising.

File consists of slides, photographs, and a transparency of Electrohome display monitors, including two application shots, one at Bloomberg and one at the Museum of Civilization (Gatineau,QC).

File consists of three copies of Electrohome's 1994 annual report.

File consists of draft copies of confidential disclosure, nondisclosure, and confidentiality agreements (some annotated), and correspondence with Kitchener, ON, law firm Sims Clement Eastman (and its former iteration as Clement, Eastman, Dreger, Martin & Meunier) regarding these drafts. File also includes a confidentiality agreement with York University.