An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Dorothy's 1926 Diary.” The article provides a description of some diary entries made by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) in 1926.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Dorothy Russell: A life in the Twentieth Century: Dorothy Russell, Retired Teacher.” The article provides biographical information about Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), specifically describing her life after she retired from teaching.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Dorothy Russell: A life in the Twentieth Century: A Return to Teaching.” The article provides biographical information about Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), specifically describing her career as a teacher and her experiences during the second World War. The article also provides some biographical information about Franklin Abram Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Donald Richard Russell and Harold Clarke Franklin Russell.

Black notebook containing trip diary: Florida trip, 1st March to 14th March 1977.

Informal outdoor group portrait of Mary Schantz with some of her children and grandchildren. The photograph was mounted and made into a 1915 calendar.

Left to right: Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) (seated), Worth Flagler Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), Sophie Emma Schantz.

Outdoor portrait of Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) with uncle Franklin Abram Schantz taken when Russell was about ten years of age.

Full body studio portrait of Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) as a teenager seen seated in a chair and looking off camera.

Full length studio portrait of Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) and Viola Snyder standing with a side table at centre. Both are seen in dresses with large bows in their hair and Viola is holding a folded booklet.

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).

Head and shoulders studio portrait of (left to right) siblings Worth and Ruth Schantz with cousin Dorothy White. Ruth is wearing eyeglasses and both she and Dorothy are wearing hair ornaments.

Photograph of the Schantz family taken in front of the Schantz home at 43 Schneider Avenue in Kitchener, Ontario. Left to right: Walter Spelman (holding Dorothy Spelman), Ruth Schantz (with Walter Bishop Spelman and Margery Ruth Spelman), Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Carrie Flagler Schantz, Sophie Schantz, Florence Schantz, Mary Moyer Schantz, Dorothy White, Worth Schantz.

One group portrait of some of the students of the Toronto Normal School, possibly those in Kindergarten-Primary section as well as parents and friends.

Back row: Ray Weldon, Helen Lockie, Rowena Stringer, Verna Frazer, Dorothy White, Christine [?], Unknown, Unknown, Glenny Bannerman.

Middle Row: Kathleen Frizzle, Unknown, Mrs. (Bishop) Stringer, Mrs. Bannerman, Margaret Flarity.

Front Row: Joy Connel, Marjorie Dougall, Grace Longworth.

Mrs. (Bishop) Stringer is the mother of student Rowena Stringer and wife of the then Bishop of York. Mr. and Mrs. Bannerman were a couple that Dorothy boarded with while attending the Normal School and Glenny is their son. The other girls in the image are friends and classmates of Dorothy's. Identifications from verso.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Clara White seen looking off camera. Photograph has been altered to show Clara in a flower adorned scroll.

One group portrait of the Victoria School class of 1915-1916, of which Dorothy White [front row, third from right?] was a student. The group, taught by Mrs. Suter, is seen posed in four rows, grouped by gender, on the front steps of the school.

One snapshot showing Ruth Schantz holding her newborn cousin Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) in a family home.

Originally in page 24 of album 1.

Photograph of Ruth Schantz seated in a wooden chair holding and looking down at infant cousin Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White). An organ and baby carriage are visible in background.

One snapshot of Ruth holding her newborn cousin Dorothy. Image of the children is only 5 cm (diam) surrounded by a border of leaves. Photograph is possibly a photogram.

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.

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.

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 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).

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).

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.

Fourteen images of Dorothy Russell and family. Included are images of bicycle riding, dress-up, a snowball fight, and other leisure activities.

Photograph of Dorothy Russell and her son, Harold, standing outside during the day, and holding hands. There is a street, trees, and houses in the background with some snow on the ground, and they are dressed for cool weather. Harold is smiling at the camera while Dorothy is smiling at Harold.

Photograph of Dorothy Russell posed with a scarecrow-like figure. The figure is seen in redface, adorned in a feathered headdress, a tobacco pipe, a striped poncho, and moccasins. The scarecrow is posed in a chair. Dorothy is smiling at the camera as she sits on the figure’s lap. She appears to be in a parking lot and in the background two cars and lampposts are visible.

Photograph of Dorothy Russell and her son, Harold. They are posed standing next to each other outside on a bright, sunny day. They appear to be in the yard of what is likely the Russell family home. Trees and shrubs are seen behind them and in the right background a truck is partially visible.

Photograph of Dorothy Russell standing outside on a winter day. There is snow on the ground, and she is dressed for cold weather. Dorothy is smiling at the camera and holding a small suitcase or briefcase.

Six group class photos of of students at Prueter Public School. In four of the images Dorothy White is the teacher, the other two show the rhythm band. Enclosure included in file.

Seven negatives showing images of Beausoliel Island. Four are landscapes showing the windblown trees, one shows a sailboat, another two women stand next to a pleasure boat "The Wabanaki" and the final is a group portrait. Enclosure included in file.

Four negatives of Harold Russell as an infant with mother Dorothy White, on a tricycle as a toddler, in [Victoria Park] being held by an unidentified adult, and in a carriage with another child as an unidentified adult looks on. Enclosure included in file.

Image of Harold Russell sitting upright in a baby carriage as an infant with mother Dorothy looking on. The pair are seen outdoors on the sidewalk of a residential street.