Head and shoulders studio portrait of Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz, aged 11, wearing a fur hat.

Five writing books, including three numbers of the Harpers Writing Books.

"Peter Etril Snyder Engagement Calendar 1992" used as a diary. Many entries lacking. Inclusions: clippings.

One school notebook with notes on history.

Card photograph possibly of the exterior of the Schantz house in Port Elgin, Ontario. Shows a wood frame house with a porch and a wooden fence. Standing out front are one adult and five children, one of whom is holding a bicycle.

"New York Times 1992 Crossword Puzzle Appointment Book" used as a diary. Many entries lacking.

One school notebook with notes on the history of Greece.

Four exercise and copybooks owned by Austin Tobias Schantz.

Full body studio portrait of James Robert Shantz (nephew of Tobias Schantz) and wife Elisabeth seen looking at camera. James is seated in a wicker chair with Elisabeth standing at side.

One copybook owned by Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

"Day by Day Journal, 1994." Some entries lacking.

One school notebook with notes on the history of Rome (continued).

Full body studio portrait of Joan Elizabeth Schantz, aged four years and eleven months. Joan is seen in a dress with a bow in her hair, seated with legs bent at side.

Head and shoulders tudio portrait of Josiah Orphus Schantz with wife [Isabella Mae Hutchinson] and an unidentified child, likely Earl Robert Christian, posed between them with hand on Isabella's shoulder.

Notebook organized by month with notes on bird sightings from 1938-1946 years transcribed. Also contains "Home lists" of birds from 1974-1978.

One school notebook with notes on household science.

One exercise book owned by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White).

One Knights Chemistry notebook owned by Hervey Bowman.

School exercise book partially filled with diary entries.

One school notebook with notes on kindergarten and mother play.

One upper body studio portrait of Anna Moyer with Mary Moyer Schantz. Both women are shown wearing eyeglasses. Photograph belonged to John Wismer. Identification from verso.

One mounted painting of a jack-in-the-pulpit flower, one watercolour landscape signed by D.E.W., and one reverse painting on glass of puppies.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Mary Moyer Schantz and Anna Moyer (her sister). Anna Moyer is wearing glasses. Identification from verso.

School exercise book partially filled with diary entries.

Exams taken by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) for teacher's college. Includes exams on the topics of hygiene, primary reading, spelling, writing, religious instruction, physical training, school management, nature study, geography, arithmetic, song games and stories, gifts and occupations, and composition and literature primarily for the primary and kindergarten classes.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some of the photographs are hand-tinted. Most photographs are not identified. Identified photographs include:

Denton: "Suddaby School, Kitchener, Ont., Oct. 19, 1923: instructors", group portrait, includes Dorothy R.; Suddaby School, Kitchener, 1923", untitled view of Victoria Public School.

Snapshots: Victoria park activities: scenic views, bridge, pavilion, duck pen, swimming, skating carnival with races and pairs, athletic field, Highgate, Lake Erie, "Rondeau 1924", lake and beach scenes including cattle on the beach, canoeing and scenery such as lakes, rocks and pines.

Group and single portraits of friends and relatives including: Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Mary Schantz, Flemming Clarke Russell, Dorothy Etta Russell, and people swimming at beach.

Grand River: in flood at Bridgeport upstream from bridge, views from Cressman's Woods.

St. Mary's Hospital.

Three suede eyeglass cloths, probably made by the children as presents, and one wallet.

One Ontario copy book filled with practice calligraphy.

Head and torso studio portrait of Mary Moyer Schantz at approximately sixteen years of age with ribbons in hair.

One photograph of members of the Schantz/Moyer family. The family is shown standing together outdoors in front of a growth of trees.

Identified from verso are: Ethel Raymond Sabin, Elihu De Forest Watt, Jennie Moyer, Edmund Warren Moyer, Mary May Raymond, Thomas Cowen Kelly, Jessie Watt Moyer, Ela Bliss Moyer, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Annie Bell Raymond, Sophie Emma Schantz, Mary Emma Moyer, Mary Raymond Moyer (Mollie), Harry Rollin Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Robert Raymond Moyer, Ruth Schantz, Carrie Flagler Schantz, Charlotte Hays Moyer, Mary Elizabeth Moyer.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some photographs identified.

Albums contain snapshots of Dorothy Russell and classmates at the Toronto Normal School, friends and relatives in various locations, including Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, Grimsby, the reservoir (Toronto), Scarborough Bluffs, Sarnia, Niagara Falls, Rockwood, Woodstock, Parry Sound, Kettle Point, Ipperwash Beach, and Port Dover, Ontario. Includes many snapshots of Victoria Park, Schneider Ave. and David St. in Kitchener. Includes a snapshot of a car crashed through a bridge railing, of a river in flood, Swartzentruber Lake near Baden, King St. Kitchener from Frederick St. towards Walper Hotel, Merchants' Bank of Canada (Bank of Montreal) at King and Queen St. N., with streetcar and snapshots of a wedding party.

One slate and slate pencil.

One Ontario blank drawing book featuring drawings and pressed flowers.

One full body studio portrait, identified on verso as Mrs. Mary Schantz. Woman is standing to the side of her husband who is seated in a large dining chair. It is unclear if the identification on the verso refers to the woman in the photograph, or the owner of the photograph.

One drawing book with pressed flowers and drawings.

Correspondence related to the Shantz family reunion in 1935.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some photographs identified. Identified photographs include:

Schantz home, 43 Schneider Ave., Berlin, Ont.

Group and individual posed portraits of Austin Tobias Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Dorothy Etta Russell, Ruth Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Mary Schantz, Worth Flagler Schantz, Tobias Schantz, Carrie, Mrs. Flagler, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, September 1910.

Dec. 1910 at Morton Park, Ill. : good photo of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Ruth Schantz.

1907: Victoria Park Pavilion, Victoria park.

1910: snapshots taken during visit of Orpheus Moyer Schantz family from Chicago to Berlin: unidentified view of farmhouse and river, probably Kolb farm at Breslau, group including Mr. & Mrs. Jake Kolb, snapshot of farm from across river; snapshots taken at the Steckle farm including a view of the Steckle farmhouse, views of "Henry Steckle's farm, Strasburg", snapshots of farm animals, picking elderberries, etc.

Orpheus Moyer Schantz home in Morton Park, Illinois and Orpheus Moyer Schantz family members. Includes one interior, several of yard.

Portrait of Jacob Kolb (1895-) in uniform.

Freeport: p. 45, includes farmhouse, view of bridge, Jacob Bauman Farm, Freeport 1911 with barns, stone house, Freeport church.

Small prints of horses, dogs, animal sheds on Prairie, possibly taken in Alberta? Also snapshots of mountainous territory with water, bridge over river with logs, horses being driven, large haystacks, homestead, Florence[?] and others eating outside, woman fishing, goats and pigs.

Groups portraits taken at the Schantz Family Reunion, 1913.

Rockwood, Ont., 1915: groups and scenic snapshots.

Unidentified farmhouse, family groups. These include Tobias Schantz.

Arthur Benjamin Schantz or Austin Tobias Schantz on horseback camp cooking.

Elora, Ont.: snapshots of groups, at mill, bridge, flowerpot island.

Date and Place from: [1894?] [?] To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: [1881?] [?] To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Poem: Brother's Farewell.

Date and Place from: November 21, 1881 [?] To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: To Austin, Franklin and Arthur. Written on Hazlett & Moyer letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 12, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: February 16, 1890 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: August 16, 1892 Chicago To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Caron, Pirie, Scott & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 5, 1893 [?] To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: March 8, 1893 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: August 1, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Weare Commission Company letterhead.

Date and Place from: September 11, 1909 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope Notes: Announcement for Nurses and Physicians Supply Company.

Date and Place from: December 2, 1913 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: December 15, 1915 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on The Geographic Society of Chicago letterhead.

Date and Place from: September 12, 1920 Cicero, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: August 15, 1921 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: November 18, 1921 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Illinois Audobon Society letterhead.

Date and Place from: August 23, 1922 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 7, 1922 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: May 10, 1923 Cicero, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: May 26, 1923 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools, Township 39, Range 13 letterhead.

Date and Place from: December 27, 1923 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on The Geographic Society of Chicago letterhead.

Date and Place from: November 19, 1925 Berwyn, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: March 15, 1927 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: January 4, 1938 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: May 9, 1939 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 9, 1939 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: November 9, 1939 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed. Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: December 24, 1939 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: April 29, 1940 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed; Shantz Family Association 1930 Re-union; Shantz Family Association Re-union Invitation 1930; Shantz Family Association Re-union Invitation 1935; Shantz Family Association Re-union Ribbon 1935 Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: June 29, 1940 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed. Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 12, 1941 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 6, 1941 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed. Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: August 2, 1941 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed. Notes: Written on Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Naturalist-Lecturer letterhead.

Date and Place from: February 11, 1942 La Grange, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed. Notes: Written on Emmanuel Church, La Grange, Illinois letterhead.

Date and Place from: June 6, 1939 Riverside, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: [June?, 1893] [?] To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Letter fragment.

Date and Place from: March 19, 1943 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: June 11, 1943 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: July 9, 1943 Clinton, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: November 11, 1943 Clinton, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: November 29, 1943 Freehold, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: March 3, 1944 Freehold, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: January 3, 1944 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: March 8, 1944 Freehold, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: June 26, 1944 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 3, 1945 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 5, 1945 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: August 14, 1945 Clinton, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 26, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: December 5, 1945 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed; Picture taken at Camp Echo Hill August 1945; postcard.

Date and Place from: March 10, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: March 14, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: September 16, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 3, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: December 11, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: December 29, 1946 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: March 12, 1947 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: June 8, 1947 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed; Stamp News page from the New York Sun, Friday, June 6, 1947.

Date and Place from: June 24, 1947 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: July 11, 1947 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: August 13, 1948 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope; no letter included.

Date and Place from: December 31, 1948 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope; Page 23 of New York Herald Tribune, Monday, March 10, 1947; no letter included.

Date and Place from: January 30, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed; poem.

Date and Place from: February 9, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope; 2 poems.

Date and Place from: June 20, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 17, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with 1 stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 31, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 29, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 26, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: August 25, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope; Newpaper Book Review.

Date and Place from: December 20, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: February 8, 1950 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: January 4, 1950 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope; Letter from cousin Ela to Orpheus.

Date and Place from: April 10, 1950 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed; Christ Church Parish News, Easter, 1950.

Date and Place from: May 28, 1951 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp removed; List of birthday dates.

Date and Place from: July 29, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Two letters dated Oct. 23, 1864, written by Tobias and Mary Schantz to Tobias' father Benjamin Schantz (September 2, 1811-November 9, 1868) and to his sister Lydia Schantz.

One tax notice for Arthur Benjamin Schantz's land in Big Prairie, Alberta. Notice was never opened.

A brochure for Johnson magnetic iron paint. Includes a sample paint chip to test magnetism.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: January, 1949 Bolivia [South Africa] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Clarke, Alice Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed. Includes a personal note addressed to Dorothy Russell at the end of the letter.

Photograph of the exterior of Orpheus Moyer Schantz's family home in Morton Park, Chicago. Carrie Schantz is visible seated on front steps and standing to her right, on the lawn, are Ruth Schantz and Worth Flagler Schantz. Also included in the shot are a newly planted tree and a wood plank sidewalk.

Snapshot of an unidentified child sitting on a porch with arms around dog and looking at camera.

One photograph of a portion of the lake or creek at Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ontario.

A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, poetry and pictorial items. Included are poetry about Kansas, items about Britain's and Germany's Royal families, fashion items, and sentimental pictures and poems. The scrapbook-maker has employed gilt and silver labels from cloth and embroidery thread to provide fancy borders for some items. Some loose pages and clippings are present, as well as loose manuscript transcriptions, with music, of four hymns, "The Ransomed of the Lord," ?A Golden Harp in Glory," "I Will Sing for Jesus" and "Never be Afraid," signed by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). The centre pages for recording births, marriages, and deaths, have been filled in with information on the children of Tobias and Mary Schantz, up to the birth of Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) in 1900. The

The physical volume used to create this scrapbook appears to be a soft-cover publisher's dummy for an edition of the Bible.

Correspondence related to the Shantz family reunion in 1940.

One drawing book with pressed leaves and seeds, most of which are identified.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Many photographs identified. Identified photographs include:

Schantz family, Berlin and Morton park Schantz's, summer of 1910 (p.1).

Steckles and Schantz family at the Steckle farm, Aug. 1910, (p.2 and 60) including one of two girls sitting on a woodpile knitting.

Elk Lodge, Didsbury, Alberta: Florence Annie Catherine Schantz in 1909, cabin in 1910 (p.3).

Victoria Park: U.B.S.S. picnic, July 1, 1913. (p. 4, larger copy in album 3).

Orpheus M. Schantz: family and home: interior and exterior views of the house, children with dolls, Sophie Emma Schantz: in her kindergarten class in Chicago (p. 8, faded).

Flagler, Lizzie: portrait (p. 10).

Postcards from Metta (p. 15).

Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, informal portrait, 1910 (p. 17).

Victoria Park: deer, Jan. 1911 (p. 22).

River Bank, New Hamburg [house], 1906 (p. 24), wedding party in front (p. 25).

Lake View Farm [house] 1908 (p. 24).

Laschinger, Rebecca (Krampien), New Hamburg, 1906: portrait (p. 25).

Kolb family: snapshots of farm and buildings, portraits, snapshots of horse and milk wagon "Riverside Dairy, [?] Kolb", of train at Breslau (p. 27-29).

Sabina and her new range, Nov. 1910: interior view of woman with stove (p. 30).

Schantz, Arthur Benjamin: horses, 1909 (p. 30).

Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine: postcards of a trip west, July 19 to Aug. 12, 1922 with Jean Beddome and Blanche Swingle and Arthur. Subjects include woman fishing at falls near Kanaskis, Lake Minnewonka, Three Sisters Mountains, camping, scenic views (p. 31-36).

Prince Rupert, B.C., 1912 (p. 36).

Austin Tobias Schantz's angora goats, 1910, Alberta.

Port Elgin, Ont., Aug. 1914: view of the beach, lake and a tower (p. 37 and p. 48).

Schantz family reunion, July 1913: family group portraits which include Levi and Mollie Moyer, Mary Moyer Schantz, Treacy family members, Tobias Schantz (p. 37-39).
Includes identified and unidentified snapshots of family members and friends, including Paul and Viola Snyder, Mabel Martin. Many are duplicates of snapshots in Album #3, also unidentified.

Studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz and Cornelia "Carrie" Flagler Schantz, with their daughter Ruth Schantz. Ruth is seen standing at centre with bow in hair arms on her parents' backs.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some of the photographs are duplicates of items in previous albums. Many photographs are unidentified. Identified photographs include:

Snapshots of Elora, Rockwood (May 24 and Aug., 1916), Victoria Park, the Schantz reunion in 1913, Arthur Benjamin Schantz's homestead in Alberta, Schantz home, Schneider Ave, Kitchener, Ont., Schantz family portraits and snapshots which include Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz home and family in Morton Park, Illinois, Levi Moyer.

Port Elgin snapshots include people swimming, walking on the beach, and snapshots taken on the reserve of the courthouse, jail, church and school Masset, B.C. : totem pole, 1911 (p. 2).

Schantz, Austin Tobias: hogs, 1912 (p. 2).

Steckle farm: Dorothy Etta Russell and Worth Flagler Schantz with dog, 1910, (p. 8). Also "At Henry Steckle's farm", 1916: group shot of Edna Steckle, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Aunt Carrie (Cornelia Caroline Schantz). Includes a shot which shows the whole front of the house, with chairs and hammock on porch (p. 74).

Old "Jacob Bowman" farm, Freeport, Ont., 1911 (p. 9).

Gofton, Mrs. and Ella Gofton (p. 17).

Christian and Josiah Schantz (p. 19).

Kolb family: turkey, Oliver and Grace (p. 19).

Snyder, William : "drawing room at William Snyder's, Waterloo" [ornate interior] and Elsie Snyder in Park, Waterloo, Ont. (p. 27).

Grand River: women and children wading "behind Kolb farm", Aug. 1914 (p. 31).

Bowers cottage, Port Elgin (p. 53).

Victoria Park Pavilion fire, 1916 (p. 56-57).

Bridgeport Casino, 1916: Junior Endeavour picnic (p. 58-59).

Victoria school class picture, 1916: teacher, Mr. S. H. Suter (p. 69).

Camp at Carling Heights, London, 1916 [military] (p. 69).

Includes invitation, programme, and song sheet.

One drawing book with pressed leaves.

Cyanotype photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz and Ruth Schantz. Orpheus is seated on a swing out front of their home at Morton Park with arm around Ruth who is standing at his side.

Includes a programme.

One school notebook with notes on spelling.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills.

Consists primarily of snapshots belonging to Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), before and after her marriage to Clarke Russell. Includes one formal portrait of "The Nash sisters": Mary, Susie, Elizabeth, Debbie, Priscilla, ca. 1880's (p. 1).

Family members and friends included in posed and informal snapshots include Mary Moyer Schantz, Tobias Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Ward Malott White, Franklin Abram Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Dorothy Etta Russell, Clarke Russell, Sophie Emma Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Russell, Eva Kolb, Worth Flagler Schantz, Emily Schantz, Verna Fraser, Helen Lockie, Inez Martin, Mrs. E.H. Schiedel, her son Elmer Schiedel and daughter-in-law Nellie, Mrs. Elizabeth George.

Also includes snapshots of groups of individuals (identified on the packs of tipped-in snapshots) taken during the 1930 Schantz family reunion: Detwiler, Schiedel, Snyder, Bingeman family members, Phranie Bingeman, Mr. Yocum, and during the Hilborn Reunion, July 1-9, [192-?].

Also includes snapshots of White family members and homes: Ward Malott White on his visit to Dundas, Leamington and Kitchener from Chilliwack, B.C., Ada, Edna, Ruth, May and Elmer White, Malcon, Mr. and Mrs Lye, Maple lake and Orrville [Parry Sound area], White house in Orrville, horses in lake at Orrville, people swimming.

Locations and structures include Kitchener Cenotaph (p. 9), "Dr. Hilliard's garden" (p. 13), log schoolhouse, Waterloo Park (p. 17), Pioneer Tower, (p. 30), Schantz House, Conestogo (p. 34), Euler House (p. 34) [both of these are of old structures in disrepair], Bridge across river at Conestogo and Grand River at Conestogo (p. 43), Grand River in flood (p. 65-66).

Snapshots taken after Dorothy and Clarke's marriage include: White family gravestones in Leamington, Ont., Clarke Russell in uniform on his motorcycle, Lake Erie [swimming], Tecumseh Park, Chatham, Dorothy playing the ukelele and the Hawaiian guitar.

Victoria Park snapshots: statue of Queen Victoria, winter views, Dorothy paddling a canoe, the new Victoria Park Pavilion, glue factory ruins[?], Dorothy and two friends with snowshoes and in britches, visit of Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and daughters Lady Blanch and Dorothy Cavendish at Victoria Park, June 13, 1918 [snapshot of platform, no dignitaries?] (p. 64).

F.W. Woolworth Co. picnic: includes Mr. Emil Wagner, manager, and family, employee group portrait, Gertie Kruse, Marjorie Blin[?]kho.

P. 81: Inez Martin.

P. 91 Sophie and Mrs. Lye knitting (on beach).

Two dry glass plate negatives. One shows a marble bust of Sir John Alexander Macdonald, seen in partial profile, and the other shows a copy of the Ladies Home Journal. Both were originally housed in a box of "Stanley" brand dry plate negatives.

Nine dry glass plate negatives showing various images. Five of the plates show images of Arthur Schantz, Eli Brubacher and Herbert Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz and Edgar Clemens that are recognizable from positives elsewhere in the fonds. They are possibly from when Arthur was working for Schneuker photography studio. The remaining images are of unidentified portraits. Images were originally housed in a box of "Stanley" brand dry plate negatives.

One school notebook with notes on writing.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills.

Snapshots of family, friends and scenic views taken at Rockwood and Port Elgin, in 1916, 1918, British Columbia, Niagara Falls, Paradise lake, Cressman's Woods, "at Pomeroy's, Bridgeport." Individuals identified include Ruth Schantz and Walter Spelman, Margery Spelman, "Edmonton Cousins", 1917, Edna and Stella [?], Elsie N., Cleveland Ohio, Worth Flagler Schantz, Viola Snyder and Dorothy Schantz [with hair down], Levi Moyer, Eva and Lloyd Pomeroy, Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy at the O.A.C., Guelph, 1918, Julia Arnew, Gladys Snider, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schiedel, Lillian Snider, Annie Kuntz, Barbara Livingston.

Some photographs feature activities such as boiling soap and knitting, playing croquet.

United Brethren Conference at Kitchener in May 1917 (p. 2-5). Snapshots of this occasion are present in previous albums but are unidentified, except for the Alma St. Church sign.

Victoria park and David St./Schneider Ave: winter scenes including people on skis and snowshoes.

Schoolmates, teachers and school activities: Field day at K.C. I., 1917 : Miss Boyd, Miss Jones, Miss De Guerre, Miss Barber [all outdoors at field day], Eileen Clark, Alma Rieder, high jump.

Includes invitations for the Schneider Centennial,1909, and the Hallman Family Reunion,1927.

Includes sheet music for the family reunion song.

Photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz's home at 4215 West 24th St., Cicero, Illinois. An unidentified individual is visible lying in a hammock on the front porch.

One school notebook with notes on writing.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some of the photographs are hand-tinted. One photograph appears to be missing. Identified photographs include:

Snapshots of scenery taken in Alberta and British Columbia, including mountains, buffalo, Jean Beddome, 1911.

Snapshots taken at Rockwood, 1918, "at Pomeroy's, Bridgeport," Port Dover, visits to the White family, Orrville, Aug. 14-26, 1922 and 1924 (May and Ed , Mr. and Mrs. Lye, Harry and Eddie, Faith, Edna, Ada, sleeping camp, Eddie Malkin)
"Bridgeport car": snapshot of Florence Schantz, Joe Fries, Motorman, and Jean Beddome, 1918 (p. 8).

"Hilborn Family Reunion, 9 brothers", July 1, 1922: Isaac, Amos, Aaron, Emanuel, David, Joseph, Jesse, Jacob, Edwin.

"3 cousins": Priscilla Nash, Mary Nash Moyer Schantz, Rebecca Nash Sweitzer, July 29, 1919.

Family and friends identified include the immediate Schantz family (Franklin Abram Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Mary Schantz, Dorothy Etta Russell, Tobias Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz) J.B. and Mrs. Pomeroy, Eva Pomeroy, Lloyd Pomeroy, Nelda Dreier, Geraldine Murphy, Mrs. E.H. Schiedel, Nellie and Elmer Schiedel, Ruth Schantz Spelman with baby Margery, Bridgeman family members, Inez Martin, Grace Longworth, Verna Fraser, Helen Lockie, Jean Fitzgerald, Clarke Russell, Ward Malott White, Mr. and Mrs Alfred Snyder, Spelman family, Pearl Clemens, Mary Wismer, Grace Kolb, Eva Kolb, Mrs. Oliver Kolb.

Locations and structures include: C.C. Holtzman home, Hagerstown, Maryland; home of Mrs. Faith Gribble McArthur, Victoria B.C., 1922; St. Mary's Hospital (p. 55), Victoria Park, flooding on David St. [?] (p. 70), views of Grand River from Cressman's Woods, farm pictures taken at Evesham, Saskatchewan.

Activities include: snowshoeing in Victoria Park, Jan., 1924, Ice Carnival in Victoria Park, Jan. 1925 (p. 55), Schantz and Euler houses, Conestogo, Oct. 1926 (p. 84).

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills.

Snapshots 1-17, 20-24, 27-29: Victoria Park.

Snapshots 18-19: flooding of Grand River at Bridgeport.

Snapshot 25: Mr. and Mrs Jack Beardale, Chatham.

Snapshot 26: skating races at Victoria Park.

Snapshots 30-33: Freeport: replacing railway bridge over Grand River after ice jam.

One school notebook with notes on writing.

Hand coloured photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz's home at 4215 West 24th St., Cicero, Illinois. Carrie Flagler Schantz and Ruth Schantz are shown on the porch while Worth Schantz plays on the lawn.

Includes invoices and receipts.

One school notebook with notes on writing.

Includes invoices and receipts.

Loose photos originally a part of Album #1 [GA91-2003accrual-5-157]. File includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills.

Photographs 3, 5-9, 11-14, 19: Victoria Park.

Photograph 10, 18: Dorothy and Clarke Russell and Clarke's sister posing in bathing suits.

Photograph 12: Clarke Russell playing the guitar.

Photograph 10-16: Waves breaking.

Photograph 10-17: Laura Reichold and Dorothy Russell, Highgate, July 1924.

Photographs 20-21: Suddaby School Kindergarten class pictures, identified.

Photograph 22: C.F.C.O., Chatham Ont. : postcard.

Photograph of the home of Orpheus Moyer Schantz and family at Morton Park. Two unidentified children, possibly Ruth and Worth, are visible standing on the porch. The photograph has been mounted on a board and with a decorative handwritten caption that reads "Residence of Mr. & Mrs. O.M. Schantz, Morton Park, Ills., Sept. 9, 1892."

Photograph showing the interior of an unidentified store. Identified from the recto are: Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Will Chase, Eddie Moyer, Harry Moyer, Lou Jeutoft [?].

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills.

Photograph 1: enlargement of Dorothy's face from an early portrait.

Photographs 2-3: snapshot and photograph taken by Orpheus Schantz at McGregor, Iowa.

Photograph 4: snapshot of Viola Snyder.

Photograph 5: snapshot of Frank and friends.

Includes invoices and receipts.

Exercises used by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) for teaching grade eight. Includes exercises for literature, spelling, and mathematics.

One invitaiton to the Shontz family reunion held on August 1, 1912.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz seen looking at camera and dressed in a suit and tie.

One notebook.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Portrait: Sophie Emma Schantz, May 4, 1912.

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

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

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

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

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

One upper body studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz seen in partial profile.

One notebook.

One minute book of the Shantz Family (Reunion) Association and Executive, from 1930 to 1940, concerning planning and accounting for the reunions of 1930, 1935 and 1940. Also includes a narrative account of each reunion.

One photograph album labelled, "Schantz Family, Steckles, 1913-1918." Includes:

Portrait: Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz and Arthur Benjamin Schantz, 1899.

Portraits: Schantz family, Jan. 1911, family portraits with Alta and Mr. Martin, Mrs Scheidel, Jessie Thompson, "Edmonton Schantz's."

Portrait: Lizzie Snyder Schantz family [children], identified.

Steckle Farm: "On the road to Steckles", 1910, Henry Steckle, with Orpheus Moyer Schantz and Worth Flagler Schantz in horse-drawn wagon, 1910, family group posed on steps.

Jacob Kolb farm: view of farm from across the Grand River.

Oliver Kolb house, Breslau, 1911: winter scene.

Jacob Kolb farm: group of women on river bank "ready for wading in Grand River", also includes snapshot of them wading, 1914. Includes identifications.

Schantz home, 43 Schneider Ave, Berlin, Ont., Jan. 1911.

Schantz reunion, June, 1913: group portraits.

Photographs taken on Florence's trip in western Canada with Austin Tobias Schantz, Jean Beddome, Blanche Singleton, 1911 [deteriorated and discoloured]. Includes scenes near Banff, camping near Canmore, Lake Minnewonka, "The Louis Ranch" near Cochrane, Alberta, also horses being driven across creek.

Photographs taken at Arthur Benjamin Schantz's homestead, "Elk Lodge."

Harry Bricker's homestead and family, Harmatton, Alberta.

U.B.C.S.S. : group portraits at picnic, 1913.

Snapshots taken at Rockwood, July, 1915, 1916 (includes Mabel Dunham).

Snapshots taken at Puslinch lake, 1890's.

Holtzman home, Hagenstown, Maryland.

Snapshots taken at the United Brethren Conference at Kitchener in May 10-17, 1917. Includes many identifications.

Snapshots taken at Port Elgin, 1916.

Snapshots taken at Elora, Aug. 2, 1915.

Snapshots taken during visit of Levi Moyer in 1918 Waterloo Park, Cressman's Woods, King St., Kitchener, family members.

Snapshots taken at Victoria Park: deer, Earl Reis, 1914.

Group portrait: Snyders, Schantz, Georges, 1913.

Snapshots taken at Jordan, Ontario, 1904: "Cousin Sam Fry's home." Includes snapshot of the house, group in sleigh: Sam Fry, Mrs. Fry, her mother Annie, Aunt Molly, Great Aunt Annie Fry.

Photographs of May Gribble White's home and family, 1916, Orrville, Ont. Includes view of house and family on the porch, interior views of a decorated Christmas, shots of the children, and "Mrs. Gribble's tombstone."

Includes two postcards: "Presenting of colours, 118th Kitchener Battalion, Sept. 11, 1916" and "London: camp, Carling Heights, 1916."

Two snapshots taken at Cochrane, Ont. : "After fire, Cochrane, Ont., 1916" and "French family, Cochrane."

A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, both loose and pasted in, poetry and illustrations, a brochure for the Niagara and Lewiston Railroad, and a one-leaf printed advertisement for "Sapolio," this last in both English and German and printed on silver-backed paper. The name Franklin A. Schantz is written on the front cover of the scrapbook. The scrapbook was found in Florence Annie Catherine's trunk.

The scrapbook occupies the first twenty-five pages of a volume entitled, "Business Diary Containing General Information, With Daily Calendar for 1881, Compiled by Ogilvy & Co., Toronto, And Presented to Each of their Customers With Best Respects and Cordial Good Wishes." Ogilvy & Co. were importers of British and foreign dry goods, and wholesale dealers in Canadian cottons, woolens, etc.

The funeral record of Austin Tobias Schantz, in envelope, signed by funeral attendees as well as a note from the casket spray.

Five snapshots of Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Two are head and shoulders shots, two show Orpheus outside writing and one shows him standing in front of a tree.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Ruth Schantz seen in profile with a ribbon in hair.

Date and Place from: September 8, 1949 Red Bank, N.J. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Southall, Rhoda Attachments: Letters to Frank, Austin and Sophie Schantz.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: July 30, 1948 St. Andrews [Fife, Scotland] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Cuthbertson, J. Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed. This is a short note with Dorothy's comments on it.

One photograph of the lake at Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ontario. A number of canoes with unidentified male and female occupants are visible near the bridge and shore.

A trading card advertisement for Mrs. Potts' cold handle sad irons.

Three letters: one partial letter from sister Sophie(?) reminiscing about childhood in Conestogo, one from Uncle A.N. Moyer (possibly Abraham Nash Moyer), one from Eva Keith, April 1899 congratulating Etta on the birth of her son, Wilfrid Herbert White.