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Administration : Manager's Files : Ilmar Kao 1958-1959

Series consists of files created and maintained by Ilmar Kao in his position as Manager and Assistant Secretary of the Grand River Conservation Commission during 1958 and 1959. Includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, invoices, ms. notes and calculations etc. relating to land acquisition, cottage and property rental, services, insurance, dam operations, forestry operations, Mechanical and Maintenance Department operations, relations with municipalities and government departments, and personnel.

Grand River Conservation Commission

Typescripts

Series consists of ts. drafts of writings such as speeches, articles etc. by John D. Detwiler.

Detwiler, John D.

Rev. F.J.T. Maines

Series consists of materials belonging to Rev. Maines relating to his work and interests. Includes sermon and lecture notes, correspondence, newsletters and newspapers (Y.M.C.A. related), some clippings, and one notebook entitled "1941 yearbook" in which three pages are annotated.

Maines Pincock Family

Dare Foods Limited : Radio Advertisements

Series consists of advertisements that were produced for radio and includes auditions by performers. Advertisements were produced by J. Walter Thompson Ltd., Newberry Sound Studio Co. Ltd., Custom Advertiser’s Commercials, and D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Canada Inc. Series includes recordings of “Dream Sweet Dare,” “Lemon Creme Jingle,” and “The Magic Name is Dare.” Series consists of audio discs and includes audio reels and an audio cassette.

Dare Foods Limited

Administration : Secretary Treasurer's Files : E.F. Roberts

Series consists of files belonging to E.F. Roberts, Secretary Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission, dating from 1942 until 1960 concerning all aspects of the organization, administration and operations of the Commission. The Secretary-Treasurer's position was where all roads crossed with one person overseeing finance and accounting; personnel; land acquisition and management; dam project management; relations with municipalities, government departments and ordinary citizens; environmental monitoring and reforestation. Includes correspondence, financial statements accompanied by supporting invoices etc., minutes, reports, clippings, land deeds, blueprints, sketches and ephemera. The early years of E.F. Roberts tenure are not well represented in these records, most likely the result of a space-saving exercise conducted at some time in the past.

Grand River Conservation Commission

Dare Foods Limited : Dare Archway Franchise

Series consists of correspondence, agreements and records pertaining to the acquisition and sale of Archway Franchise Inc. by Dare Foods Limited. The series is arranged chronologically.

Dare Foods Limited

Operations : Electronic Products Division Manager's Files

Series consists of records accumulated and used by W.E. Curry in his role as Manager of the Electronic Products Division, and as a member of a committee for planning activities related to the official opening of the Electrohome plant on Wellington Street, Kitchener, in 1957. Includes correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, a speech, ephemera, and other material.

Electrohome

Photographs

Series consists of photographs, most of which depict Ivan W. Keffer and his family. Includes mainly snapshots of Ivan, Mary and Mary Jane Keffer taken while they were living in Germany, during their outings and travels. Series also includes a portrait of Ivan W. Keffer at his desk and several photographs relating to the F.W. Woolworth Co.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Tobias and Mary Schantz family.

Material created or accumulated by various members of the Schantz-Moyer family including Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Abraham Nash Moyer, Jesse Gross Moyer, Austin Tobias Schantz and Tobias Moyer. Includes property records, ephemera, and Abraham Moyer's 1889 travel album.

Schantz Russell Family

Berlin/Kitchener Water Commission

Series consists of records relating to the operation of the Berlin Water Commission, later the Kitchener Water Commission, in the operation and maintenance of the water works and the construction of wells, reservoirs, pump houses, water towers, and other infrastructure. Includes construction project specifications, tenders, contracts and other legal documents, correspondence, reports, blueprints, etc.

Pequegnat, Marcel

Dare Foods Limited : Major Foods Limited

Series consists of letters patent, correspondence, financial statements, accounting records, and payroll journals for Major Foods Limited. The series is arranged in the order in which the files were received.

Dare Foods Limited

Correspondence.

282 pieces of correspondence and related ephemeral items, to and from members of the Schantz family and friends, including Moyer, Nash, Kolb and Russell relatives.

Schantz Russell Family

Administration : Chairman's Files : Wm. Philip

Series consists of William A. Philip's files accumulated and maintained primarily during his tenure as Chairman of the Grand River Conservation Commission, and relating to its operations and activities. Includes correspondence (some legal), minutes, reports, ms. notes, plans etc., concerning land acquisition, dam projects, reforestation, flood control, agreements and relations with federal and provincial governments.

Grand River Conservation Commission

Manuscripts

Series consists of typescripts by Alice Riggs Hunt, primarily concerning her experiences at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 as an accredited press correspondent attached to the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, as well as documenting her tour through seven countries of Europe at that time. Also includes notes on suffrage and some autobiographical notes.

Hunt, Alice Riggs

Ephemera

Series consists of ephemera collected by Robert Alden Sanborn including a booklet of poetry by Bonnie Elizabeth Parker, greeting cards, and clippings regarding his writing and general interests.

Dare Foods Limited : Periodicals and Advertising

Series consists of candy, biscuit and cracker manufacturing industry periodicals, pamphlets, advertisements, correspondence and machinery plans from supply and related companies. The publications were sent to The Dare Company Limited and pertain to candy and biscuit manufacturing.

Dare Foods Limited

Dare Foods Limited : Scrapbook

Series consists of one scrapbook that was used to record the history of The Dare Company Limited, Major Foods Limited, Dare Foods Limited, and subsidiary companies. The scrapbook contains newspaper and magazine advertisements, new product announcements, appointment notices, and article clippings. The date and source of each clipping is noted. The scrapbook also includes samples of product packaging, articles on the opening of the biscuit plant in Surrey, B.C., and 3 black and white photographs. The scrapbook was most likely produced at the Kitchener head office and is organized chronologically.

Dare Foods Limited

Schantz, Franklin Abram.

Material created and accumulated by Franklin Abram Schantz. Includes ephemera, clippings, notebooks and household accounts relating to properties in Kitchener and homestead lands.

Schantz Russell Family

Correspondence: Smith, Armand

Series is comprised of correspondence between Armand Smith (nephew of Elizabeth Smith Shortt) and others. Correspondence is organized by surname of correspondent.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Correspondence

Series consists of items of correspondence between Claire Wallace and others.

Wallace, Claire

Miscellaneous

Series consists of miscellaneous materials created and accumulated by Claire Wallace. Includes notes, scripts, articles and ephemera.

Wallace, Claire

Publicity

Series consists of publicity materials accumulated by Claire Wallace relating to the advertising of radio stations and radio shows.

Wallace, Claire

Schantz, Franklin Abram.

Material relating to Franklin Abram Schantz's activities and interests, primarily household and personal accounts and investments. Includes correspondence, clippings and ephemera.

Schantz Russell Family

John Alexander and Jessie Martin Family

Material relating to John Alexander and Jessie Martin as well as their descendants and ancestors. Includes ephemera, ms. notes, souvenirs, a ts. history and a ts. biography, and other material. Includes records relating to the wedding of John and Jessie, and the career, community service, and funeral of John. Most of the material was probably collected and kept by Jessie Martin.

Martin, John Gartshore

Operations : Division : Forestry and Wildlife Branch

Series consists of materials relating to the Forestry and Wildlife Division of the GRCA, including materials created by the GRCA and submitted to the GRCA. Includes a report on a tree planting machine and an Annual Report submitted to the GRCA from the Department of Lands and Forests, Lake Huron District.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Correspondence

Series is comprised of correspondence between Paul S. Burtness and Warren U. Ober and others, primarily military figures associated with the U.S. Forces during World War II, and in specific those who had knowledge of the event surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor. The letters were received during the course of research by Burtness and Ober into the events of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which ultimately culminated in their book "The Puzzle of Pearl Harbor." Includes ms. and ts. letters from generals, admirals and lieutenants as well as a Pearl Harbor historian and the secretary to John F. Kenndy. Details about the correspondence are listed at the file level.

Correspondents include:

  • Brereton, Lewis H.;
  • Hart, Thomas C.;
  • Ingersoll, Royal E.;
  • Kimmel, Husband E.;
  • Lincoln, Evelyn;
  • MacArthur, Douglas;
  • Miles, Sherman;
  • Stark, Harold R.;
  • Wohlstetter, Roberta.

Burtness, Paul S.

Kenneth J. Sims

Small amount of material relating to the life and activities of Kenneth Sims, son of Harvey J. and Florence Sims. He married Mabel Alguire Cameron on June 28, 1930.
Includes a regrets letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King.

Sims family

Research

Series consists of research materials created and accumulated by G. Elmore Reaman for his various publications and personal research. Includes research for Trail of the Black Walmut, Trail of the Hugenots, his family history and history of the Pennsylvania German settlement to Ontario.

Reaman, George Elmore

Kaufman, A.R. : Trips

Series consists of autobiographical accounts by A.R. Kaufman of trips taken to England and France in 1929, around the world in 1958, and to Russia in 1963. A.R.K.'s trip accounts contain many personal observations on the economy, architecture, living conditions and way of life in the countries visited.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Photographs

Series consists of 347 photographs and 12 negatives showing extended members of the Clement-Bowlby families. Includes formal studio portraits, snapshots, and negatives showing Clement, Bowlby, Jackson, Berkinshaw, Boehmer, Boyd, Chalk, Forbes, Kelly, Murphy, Oliver, Pope, Southgate, and Stewart families as well as friends, animals, and locales.

Clement Bowlby Family

Works by Nazla Dane

Works written by Nazla L. Dane, primarily from her newspaper column �Of Many Things.�

Dane, Nazla L.

Clippings Files

Series is comprised of clippings accumulated by members of the Smith-Shortt family. Includes primarily clippings on topics of interest such as medicine and women's rights, as well as those relating to members of the family.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Ivan W. Keffer : F.W. Woolworth Co.

Series consists of material accumulated by Ivan W. Keffer relating to his career at the F.W. Woolworth Co. after his appointment to executive vice-president. Material relates to the performance of the company, the German company, and Keffer's work and personal interests in Germany. A small amount of material relates to his actual role as executive vice-president in North America. Series includes correspondence (from colleagues; some may also be personal), reports, legal documents, clippings, a speech, meeting minutes, photographs, and other material.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Administration : Financial : Accounts : Salvage and Other

Series consists of material relating to GRCC salvage, miscellaneous and special accounts. Folders contain quarterly financial statements for a particular account, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, invoices, tax notices, ms. notes, etc. The salvage account tracked revenue received from the sale of materials such as fence posts, demolition and or/sale of buildings on GRCA property.

Grand River Conservation Commission

Administration : Financial : Accounts : Shand

Series consists of material relating to Shand Dam operating accounts, including expenditures for taxes, insurance, operation and general maintenance, cottage lots, equipment, saw mill, nursery, reforestation, woodlot management and uniforms. Each folder contains quarterly financial statement accompanied by correspondence, receipts, invoices, tax notices, ms. notes, etc.

Grand River Conservation Commission

Dare Foods Limited : Dare Foods (Canning Division) Limited

Series consists of material relating to the St. Jacobs Canning Company Limited, St. Jacobs Cider Mill, and Dare Foods (Canning Division) Limited. Series includes financial statements, statement of earnings, records relating to the purchase of the St. Jacobs Canning Company by Major Foods, minutes, accounts, correspondence, records relating to the purchase of St. Jacobs Canning Company by Dare Foods Limited and records relating to the purchase of Dare Foods (Canning Division) Limited.

Dare Foods Limited

Mary L. Keffer : Personal

Series consists of material created and accumulated by Mary L. Keffer. Includes correspondence, a diary, a passport belonging to her daughter (Mary Jane Keffer), and a certificate.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Personal

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Alice Riggs Hunt documenting her personal life, and the lives of her family members. Includes photographs, clippings, ephemera and artefacts.

Hunt, Alice Riggs

Subject Files

Series consists of publications such as offprints, reprints, maps, correspondence on various topics related to conservation.

Detwiler, John D.

Personal, Biographical

Series consists of personal and biographical materials created and accumulated by G. Elmore Reaman. Includes publication announcements, printing plates, ephemera, clippings, correspondence and certificates.

Reaman, George Elmore

Professorship

Series consists of materials relating to Stanton's professorial duties and teaching, primarily from when he was a professor at the University of Waterloo. Includes lecture notes, tests and exams, and well as assignments and essays by former students.

Stanton, Ralph G.

Administration : Financial

Series consists of incomplete financial records of the Grand River Conservation Commission from 1936 to 1965. Includes bank books, cash journals, journals, cheque registers, ledgers and cost studies.

Grand River Conservation Commission

Offprints and Reprints.

Series consists of publications such as offprints, reprints, on various topics related to conservation. Many are author's presentation copy to J.D. Detwiler.

Detwiler, John D.

Board of Directors Minutes

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.

Electrohome

Administration : Board Minutes : Secretary-Treasurer's Files

Series consists of successive Secretary-Treasurer's copies of GRCC minutes and supporting documentation. Files contain in addition to minutes all pertinent correspondence sent and received by the Secretary-Treasurer, some copies of executive minutes, ms. notes and drafts of correspondence and documents. Annual meeting files contain lists of commission members for the year commencing, also correspondence form the various municipalities re attendance, members, etc.

Grand River Conservation Commission

Photographs

Series consists of photographs of members of the Reaman family. Also includes a composite photograph of the graduating arts class of Victoria College.

Reaman, George Elmore

Ivan W. Keffer : Personal

Series consists of material created and accumulated by Ivan W. Keffer relating primarily to his personal life. Includes includes diaries, correspondence, notices and certificates, a passport and other personal/identification documents, clippings, ephemera, photographs, a scrapbook, and other material. The diaries, relating to Keffer's career as well as his personal life, cover the period during which he and his family lived in Germany and include entries that illustrate the escalation of political tensions and economic difficulties in Germany leading up to World War II and their impact on business in the country. Other material of note includes certificates and notices from the National Air Protection League (Reichsluftschutzbund).

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Correspondence

Correspondence between Nalza L. Dane and others, including letters of congratulations and Christmas cards.

Dane, Nazla L.

Offprints, Articles, etc.

File consists of articles, offprints, excerpts from books and other items accumulated by Bertram R. Davis in the course of his research and study on Bristol and the romantics. Some offprints are presentation copies and feature inscriptions to Davis. A number of Davis' correspondents are represented through the articles in this series.

Davis, Bertram R.

Dare Foods Limited : Mother Dell’s Bakeries Limited

Series consists of accounts, correspondence, purchase records, a share register, annual statements, and records pertaining to the change of name from Mother Dell’s Bakeries Limited to Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited.

Dare Foods Limited

Education and Early Career

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Dorney from his time as a student at the University of Wisconsin and his early work in Wisconsin, particularly with grouse and animal parasites.

Dorney, Robert

Diaries

Series consists of pocket diaries and one daily diary kept by Dana Porter. The pocket dairies cover the period 1953-1966, excepting the years 1955 and 1964. The daily diary covers the years 1955-1959.

Porter, Dana Harris

Ephemera

Series consists of ephemera created and accumulated by Dana Porter. Includes business cards, programmes and invitations, typed materials, honourary degrees and campaign materials.

Porter, Dana Harris

Speeches and Addresses

Series consists of transcripts and notes of speeches and addressed given by Dana Porter. Includes speeches from convocations, luncheons, meetings, etc. Some speeches are described individually and some in files grouped together by year.

Porter, Dana Harris

Correspondence: Shortt, Lorraine

Series is comprised of correspondence between Lorraine Shortt (daughter of Elizabeth Smith Shortt) and others. Correspondence is organized by surname of correspondent.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Board Minutes : Grand Valley Conservation Authority

Series consists of minutes of the general meetings of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority (GVCA) together with minutes of the GVCA Executive Committee. Includes minutes of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority Advisory Boards, whose number and official names varied over time. The name order of these bodies also varied, e.g. the Advisory Board on Recreation also appears as the Recreation Advisory Board.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Shortt Family: Deaths

Series is comprised of materials related to the death of Lorraine Shortt. Includes a memorial record, and a list of those connected with her funeral.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Dare Foods Limited : Manuals

Series consists of one Dare Foods Limited manual on corporate planning and production control. Copies of the manuals were distributed in binders and were produced at the Kitchener office and distributed to employees.

Dare Foods Limited

Administration : Secretary Treasurer's Files : 1960-1966 : Ilmar Kao

Series consists of records created and maintained by Ilmar Kao in his position as Secretary Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission, with some overlap to his previous position as Manager and Assistant Secretary. Includes material relating to the Ayr and Montrose Dams proposal, to assessment costs and notices, insurance, personnel, relations with municipalities and government departments, operations including dam, forestry, maintenance, land acquisition and management, cottage lots and rentals, etc. Contains correspondence, financial records, reports, memoranda, blueprints, ms. notes and calculations.

Grand River Conservation Commission

Correspondence

Twenty-two letters received by E.M. Catley. Correspondents include Nellie McClung (2 letters), Laura Goodman Salverson, Sir Charles G.D. Roberts. Most are in response to correspondence from Catley about her writing, with personal updates included throughout.

Catley, Elaine Maud

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence to and from Dana Porter regarding a variety of topics in his personal and professional life. Includes approximately three hundred and thirty-six items. Correspondents are listed at the file level. Note that where applicable items of correspondence have been left in their original file and subsequently correspondence can also be found in :

  • Series 2. Dana Porter and Dorothy Parker Family ;
  • Series 4. Ephemera ;
  • Series 5. Political and Legal Career ;
  • Series 6. Scrapbooks and Clippings ;
  • Series 7. Shakespeare ;
  • Series 8. Speeches and Addresses ;
  • Series 9. Visual Materials.

Porter, Dana Harris

Published illustrations.

This series contains discrete printed items containing illustrations by Nancy-Lou Patterson, not accompanied by any correspondence or working papers.

Patterson, Nancy-Lou

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