File consists of snapshots of employees and their families at Christmas events, including skating parties, with Santa Claus, and a dinner. File also includes a photograph of Arthur B. Pollock on stage during a Christmas program, and a memorandum.

File consists of 14 photographs of employees at work on Deilcraft production lines and posing with finished products. File also includes a photograph and copy negative of upholstered living room furniture. Some photographs include identification on verso.

File consists of miscellaneous product photographs used for advertising purposes. Includes photographs of phonographs, televisions, stereos, monitors, furniture, and heaters. Some photographs include identification on verso, and some include typed cutlines. File also includes one paste-up.

File consists of photographs originally in an album created to illustrate the history of CAP Communications and CKCO-TV. Subjects of photographs include: television production equipment and facilities, television personalities on set, and special events (including an employee picnic [?] and the anniversary of CKKW-AM). Some photographs have identification on verso, and some pages in the photo album were blank.

File consists of material relating to Donald S. Sykes and his appointment as the Chairman of the Board of Directors upon the retirement of Carl A. Pollock. Includes nine portraits and photographs (plus duplicates) and one printing proof of Sykes, news releases, and a biography.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1951. Includes nine issues: vol. 10 no. 1-4, 5 (May), 5 (July) and 7-9. Some issues are fragile.

File consists of the financial statements for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the year ended April 30, 1951. Includes two copies of the statement labelled "directors", and one copy labelled "shareholders". Statements were prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, Chartered Accountants (Toronto, ON).

File consists of two three-page ms. speeches written and presented by Carl A. Pollock about industrial research. One speech was presented at a meeting of the Research Council of Ontario, and one, entitled "Putting research into practice", at a Scientific and Industrial Research Conference. Speeches are in point form.

Minutes of the seniority and service committee.

File consists of material relating to union-management relations at Electrohome during 1951. Includes memoranda and minutes of 22 regular and special meetings of the union-management committee. Includes multiple copies of some minutes.

File consists of two reports on surveys by Gruneau Research Limited (Toronto, ON): A survey of retailers' opinions on radio in the Ktichener-Waterloo area and A survey of opinions held [about radio broadcasting] by senior officers of community organizations in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.

File consists of a sales manual for Electrohome consumer products. Material is divided into the following tabs: Combination radios, Standard radios, Television, Battery radios, Air conditioners, and Electric Fans. Includes price lists.

One poster showing the furniture items in the Deilcraft imperial line.

File consists of annual reports for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the years 1952-1958. Includes multiple copies of some reports.

File consists of material relating to the personal finances and estate of Carl A. Pollock as well as the estate of his father, Arthur B. Pollock. Includes approximately 85 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies), financial statements, legal documents, ms. notes, and ephemera. File also includes a copy of Pollock's birth certificate and passport and a copy of Arthur B. Pollock�s will.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome products produced for private trade labels, particularly the T. Eaton Company Limited (Viking label), and the relationship between Electrohome and private trade labels.

Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence and internal memoranda (including some ms. memoranda to Carl A. Pollock), a typed description of policies of the Private Trade Label division, ms. notes, and copies of meeting minutes. Minutes are from a meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Industry Problems (Electronic Industries Association of Canada) (Aug. 25, 1961); and a C.E.D. [?] Union Steward - Management meeting (Aug. 29, 1961).

File consists of material relating to the personal finances and estate of Carl A. Pollock as well as the estate of his father, Arthur B. Pollock. Includes approximately 85 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies), financial statements, legal documents, ms. notes, and ephemera. File also includes a copy of Pollock's birth certificate and passport and a copy of Arthur B. Pollock�s will.

File consists of material relating to union-management relations at Electrohome during 1952. Includes minutes of nine regular and special meetings of the union-management committee, and pages of an employee handbook. Minutes are divided by the following tabs: Griev. 2 Jan. 52, 12 Feb. 52, 25 Jan. 52, 24. Mar. 52, 24. Apr. 52, Negot. 1 May 52, 29 Sept. 1952, and 27 Oct. 1952. Includes multiple copies of some minutes.

File consists of press clippings about the production and regulation of television content in Canada, the role of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the development of private television stations, and the expanding television industry and television market in Canada.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1952. Includes four issues: vol. 11 no. 1-4, as well as a special bulletin. Some issues are fragile.

File consists of press clippings relating to the activities of Carl A. Pollock. File also includes a program from a management conference at which Pollock delivered a speech.

File consists of eight photographs (plus duplicates) taken after a fire at the Electrohome plant at Duke and Breithaupt Streets in Kitchener (Plant 1) on May 23, 1952.

File consists of approximately 22 pieces of correspondence incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "R." File also includes a carbon copy of a 1955 statement by Pollock on high fidelity equipment (6 leaves) for Radio, Television and Appliance Sales magazine, and copies of product specifications from Radio Corporation of America.

File consists of the financial statements for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the year ended April 30, 1952, and for the eight-month period ending December 31, 1952. Statements were prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, Chartered Accountants (Toronto, ON). Statements are labelled "directors".

File consists of press clippings about the television industry and television market in Canada and the expanding role of television in Canadian society.

One photograph of A fire on May 23, 1952 at the Electrohome factory at Duke and Breithaupt.

File consists of miscellaneous press clippings, including some newspaper advertisements for Electrohome products. Subjects include the manufacture and distribution of televison sets, former Electrohome employees, a temporary plant shut-down, the Circa '75 home entertainment concept, the Electrohome-sponsored art exhibition A Provincial Elegance, Arthur B. Pollock, the Kitchener Public Library, and CN train service.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1953. Includes seven issues: vol. 11 January, March, May, July, September, and two December issues.

File consists of approximately 14 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies and telegraphs) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "E." File also includes some press clippings.

File consists of approximately 15 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies and one telegraph) with or about individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "O." Correspondents include Ontario Premier John P. Robarts. File also includes a photocopy of Bill 51, An Act to Establish the Ontario Economic Council, as well as notes written by Pollock and other records relating to the Ontario Research Foundation.

File consists of approximately 10 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "H."

File consists of material relating to the profit-sharing retirement plan at Electrohome. Includes a form letter to employees and a typed document containing questions and answers as well as the text of the plan.

File consists of a share certifiate book for Central Ontario Television Limited containing share certificates issued in 1953. Includes ms. note: "original share issue Feb. 1953 & redistribution Nov. 1953".

File consists of material relating mainly to Electrohome history and the Quarter Century Club, collected by John Koegler, company historian. Includes press clippings, ephemera, memoranda, ms. notes, and an ms. speech presented by Koegler at a Quarter Century Club dinner. File also includes the order of service for Carl A. Pollock's funeral.

File consists of two copies of sections of the June 22, 1954, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, containing a feature about Kitchener's 100th birthday.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1954. Includes five issues: vol. 11 no. 11-14 and 16.

File consists of a photograph of a car after an accident, stamped on verso as a court exhibit by the provincial magistrate.

File consists of material relating to the Electrohome museum and the twentieth anniversary of the Quarter Century Club. Includes correspondence, minutes from two meetings of the Museum Committee, ms. notes, two photographs of a stereo console and a television set, a typed list of historical products, and other material. File probably belonged to Gordon W. Fowler.

File consists of a photocopy of the Electrohome company pamphlet entitled "Famous firsts since 1907" and photocopy of a page of typed notes about Electrohome's history.

File consists of approximately 65 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "G."

File consists of material relating to travelling and sightseeing, probably collected by Carl A. Pollock. Includes road maps and tourist maps, leaflets and booklets from tourist attractions, and typed and ms. notes. Maps are for Kitchener, Ontario, various American states and cities, and Stuttgart, Germany.

File consists of a share certifiate book for Central Ontario Television Limited containing share certificates transferred between 1954 and 1970. Includes a ms. note: "share transfers from Feb. 1954 to transfers to Electrohome Ltd. Dec. 1970 for effect Jan. 1971".

File consists of material relating to CKCO-TV, Sunwapta Broadcasting Ltd., and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. Includes posters (one faxed), advertisements, a program schedule, and a press clipping.

File consists of supplementary operating instructions for the operation of the Electrohome "Highgate S" television-radio-phonograph combination. Contains annotations.

File consists of material relating to the planning of Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations. Includes minutes of meetings of the 50th anniversary committee, memoranda, correspondence, a schedule of anniversary events, information about the "All Company Sells" national advertising campaign, clippings of Electrohome advertisements, and other material. File may have belonged to Carl A. Pollock, and includes some incoming and outgoing personal correspondence of his, including three pieces of correspondence with his uncle James Pollock.

Materials relating to the Electrohome quarter century club. Includes membership lists, meeting information, ephemera, etc.

File consists of 21 snapshots of Electrohome employees and their families taken during plant and showroom open houses.

File consists of a scrapbook of press clippings, photographs, snapshots, and ephemera relating to Carl A. Pollock and his activities as Electrohome president and chairman of the board of directors, chancellor of the University of Waterloo, recipient of the Order of Canada, and his involvement in the community. Material in scrapbook covers the period from ca. 1964 to 1975. Some pages are loose, and it appears that some items have been removed.

File consists of the financial statement for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the year ended December 31, 1953, prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, Chartered Accountants (Toronto, ON). Statement is labelled "directors".

File consists of material relating to the planning and coordination of various aspects of Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations. Includes memoranda, correspondence, invoices, ephemera, and other material. File may have belonged to Norman J. Long (Industrial and Public Relations Director, and Deputy General Chairman of the anniversary committee).

File consists of material relating to sales of Electrohome consumer products, including televisions, stereos, phonographs, radios, fans, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, heaters, air conditioners, and clock radios. Includes single-sheet advertisements, price lists, and other product literature; memoranda to sales staff; typed lists of service depots; advertisements for signs and in-store displays; and two photographs of phonograph/stereo consoles. Material is divided by the following tabs: Manufacturing steps (empty), Television, High fidelity, Radio, Phonograph, Air circulators, and Selling aids.

File consists of material summarizing discussions from a conference on management and business operations in Canada. Contains typed (photocopied) pages of information in groups with the following titles: The function of management; Basic business principles; How a company starts, operates, and grows; Accomplishments of our system; Money and banks, and The circulation of money.

File consists of five ms. and typed speeches, plus duplicate copies, written and presented by Carl A. Pollock to various groups, including the Canadian Pharaceutical Manufacturers' Association, Rotary clubs, and the Ontario Dealers' Association. Speeches, on the subjects of citizenship responsibilities, Canada's economic problems, and Canadian business, range from 8 to 20 pages, and most are in point form.

File also includes correspondence, memoranda, press clippings, reprints of speeches by others in the radio and television broadcasting industry, and other material.

File consists of material relating to the sale of Electrohome products. Includes price lists, typed product specification sheets and photographs, a production schedule, advertising copy, a list of dealers, and other material.

File consists of a Deilcraft sales manual containing information about the manufacture of Deilcraft furniture, sales tips, product descriptions, and price lists. Contains annotations. Manual is divided by the following tabs: French provincial; Coffee and cocktail tables; Commode and end tables; Lamp, drum, and occasional tables; Step and nest tables; Upholstery; Console and special tables; Modern tables; Bedroom groupings; Dinette suites; and Sales data.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome high-fidelity components. Includes brochures and typed information about high-fidelity, a price list, and owners' guides for the Concord and Chippendale stereo systems. Includues two sets of material, one annotated "G. Fowler".

File consists of a list of products produced by the Technical Products Division of Electrohome.

File consists of 34 photographs of CKCO-TV personalities, staff, events, and programs. Some of the photographs have the CKCO-TV Conestoga wagon logo in the bottom left corner, and most have some identification on verso. Personalities depicted include Reg Sellner, Grace Lawson, Big Al, Elaine Cole, and George Caldwel, Betty Thompson, Violet Scriver, and others. Subjects include the CKCO-TV mobile unit, stills from programs (news, weather, local game shows, talk shows, children's programs, Canadian Bandstand), technicians on the job, parades, and Queen Elizabeth's 1959 visit to Kitchener city hall.

File consists of 24 snapshots and 14 negatives taken at J.G. Tufts' cottage of Electrohome senior personnel relaxing, playing shuffleboard, and eating. Personnel identified are: J.G. Tufts, G. Harper, Eitel, W. E. Curry, D. Sykes, F. Banks, and W. Hemphill. File also includes a photograph of a portion of a cheque to Dominion Electrohome Industries Litd from the T. Eaton Co. Ltd. Duplication among photographs may exist.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1955. Includes eight issues: vol. 12, no. 1-8. File also includes two special bulletins.

File consists of material relating to the planning and coordination of various aspects of Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations. Includes minutes of meetings of the 50th anniversary committee, memoranda, proposals and progress reports, schedules of anniversary-related events, and ms. notes.

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 material relating to the policies and objectives of Electrohome's divisions. Includes policy statements (carbon copies) from the following divisions: Deilcraft, Purchasing and Customs, Private Trade Label, Motor and Metal Products, Finance and Accounting, Electrohome Products, and Industrial and Public Relations. File also includes one memorandum.

File consists of material relating to sales of Electrohome consumer products, including televisions, stereos, phonographs, radios, fans, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, heaters, air conditioners, and clock radios. Includes single-sheet advertisements, price lists, and other product literature; memoranda to sales staff; typed lists of service depots; advertisements for signs and in-store displays; and two photographs of phonograph/stereo consoles. Material is divided by the following tabs: Manufacturing steps (empty), Television, High fidelity, Radio, Phonograph, Air circulators, and Selling aids.

Materials relating to the Electrohome profit-sharing retirement plan.

File consists of material relating to decorations for Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations, including the anniversary dinner. Includes memoranda, ms. notes, and minutes and reports from the decoration sub-committee meetings.

File consists of material relating to the history of Electrohome and its divisions and subsidiaries. Includes ms. notes, photocopies of articles from the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips, photocopies and print-outs of historical timelines and graphs, and faxed correspondence.

File consists of the financial statement for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the year ended December 31, 1954, prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, Chartered Accountants (Toronto, ON). Statement is labelled "directors".

File consists of material relating to sales of Electrohome consumer products, including televisions, stereos, phonographs, radios, fans, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, heaters, air conditioners, and clock radios. Includes single-sheet advertisements, price lists, and other product literature; memoranda to sales staff; typed lists of service depots; advertisements for signs and in-store displays; and two photographs of phonograph/stereo consoles. Material is divided by the following tabs: Manufacturing steps (empty), Television, High fidelity, Radio, Phonograph, Air circulators, and Selling aids.

File consists of material relating to the publicity of Electrohome's 50th anniversary events, including a dinner on May 1, 1957. Includes memoranda, correspondence, ms. notes, and other material. File may have belonged to Norman J. Long (Industrial and Public Relations Director, and Deputy General Chairman of the anniversary committee).

File consists of material relating to advertising and publicity activities for Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations. Includes memoranda, minutes of meetings of the 50th anniversary committee, and a report. File probably belonged to W.E. Curry (Electronic Products Division Manager).

File consists of material relating to the planning of Electrohome's 50th anniversary dinner on May 1, 1957 and the coordination of invitations. Includes memoranda, ms. notes, minutes of meetings of the anniversary dinner sub-commitee, ephemera, and other material. File may have belonged to Harold Eby (responsible for invitations and tickets for the anniversary committee).

File consists of several copies of the front page of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record for February 13, 1956, containing an article about expansions for Electrohome and the Seagram company. One copy is annotated "Mr. C. Allgeire / for the archives / W".

File consists of press coverage relating to Electrohome and Carl A. Pollock. Includes clippings from Canadian newspapers and industry-related publications. Subjects of clippings include Pollock's speeches and activities; the development of industry, creativity, and engineering training in Canada; export and import activity and policy; management issues; pensions; and Electrohome's history and success.

File consists of four photographs relating to CKCO-TV. Includes a photograph of William McGregor (surrounded by men and women) cutting a cake at a celebration, and a photograph of two men [CTV reporters or commentators?] with Toronto Blue Jay Kelly Gruber. One photograph has been glued to board and retouched.

File consists of one photograph of Carl A. Pollock and others at the 1956 ground-breaking ceremony for the Electrohome plant at 809 Wellington Street North in Kitchener (Plant 3), two photographs of the 1962 expansion during construction, and three photographs of the plant after the expansion. File also includes an artist's sketch of the plant and a memorandum.

File consists of two photographs of the Greb Shoe Company building on Mansion and Chestnut Streets in Kitchener, purchased by Electrohome in [1956?]. One of the photographs has been retouched by hand to show anticipated changes to the building.

Minute meetings and related materials created by the Electrohome 50th anniversary committee.

One photograph of construction of an Electrohome plant.

File consists of a share certificate book for Pollock Enterprises Limited. Contains share certificates issued and transferred between 1956 and 1958, and blank share certificates.

File consists of material relating to the official opening of the Electrohome plant on Wellington Street, Kitchener; a visit of N.A.T.O. students to Electrohome arranged through the Kitchener Chamber of Commerce; and a special presentation to Carl A. Pollock by the Kitchener Chamber of Commerce. Includes correspondence and memoranda, news releases, and press clippings. Folder belonged to N.J. Long, Industrial and Public Relations Director.

File consists two clippings from Canadian Telescreen relating to CKCO-TV programs.

File consists of 43 photographs (plus duplicates) of employees posing at work or with Carl A. Pollock or other senior personnel in recognition of long service. File also includes group photos, the front and back pages of the June 1962 (v. 21, no. 6) issue of Sparks and Chips, and a photocopied and annotated printout of Carl A. Pollock's biography.

File consists of material relating to the planning of Electrohome's 50th anniversary celebrations and the slogan used during the anniversary year. Includes memoranda, correspondence, ms. notes, and press clippings.

File consists of material relating to the work of the 50th Anniversary Committee and sub-committees in planning the events for the Electrohome's 50th anniversary year. Includes memoranda, minutes of committee meetings, copies of the committee organizational chart, a schedule and budget for the events, and programs for the anniversary dinner. File probably belonged to Bryan Fines, press liaison for the committee.

File consists of material relating mainly to Alex Welker. Includes press clippings, ms. notes, and typed notes.

File consists of two snapshots taken during the construction of Plant 3 at 809 Wellington Street North, in Kitchener. Photographs contain descriptions on verso.

One audio reel recording of interviews with Carl Pollock and Alex Welker. The interviews were conducted by John Koegler and EdnA Staebler.

One item of correspondence from the office of the ChairmAn of the Board of Wells-Gardner and Co. addressed to Carl Pollock discussing the history of Wells-Gardner's association with Electrohome.

One photograph of two unknown men standing with a dog in front of a house.

File consists of an eight-page ms. speech written and presented by Carl A. Pollock to the Conestoga and Kitchener-Waterloo investment clubs on November 15, 1956. Speech is in point form.

File consists of material relating to the history of CAP Communications (formerly Central Ontario Television Limited) and the development of its television and radio stations. Includes two sets of typed reports divided by the following tabs: History, CKCO-TV, CKKW, CFCA-FM, Television satellites, Audience data, and Executives & key personnel. File also includes memoranda, press clippings, ephemera, a typed copy of an application for an AM broadcasting station and other reports, and maps depicting areas of coverage for CKCO-TV stations.

File consists of 39 photographs of the construction of Plant 3 (Wellington Street) and the official opening ceremony. Includes informal progress photographs, photographs of speeches during the opening ceremony (including some of Carl A. Pollock), and photographs of the reception.

File consists of the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips from 1956. Includes seven issues: vol. 13, no. 1-7. File also includes one special bulletin. Some issues are fragile with separated pages.

File consists of material relating to the organization of the 50th anniversary committee at Electrohome and the planning of the company's 50th anniversary celebrations. Includes memoranda, correspondence, minutes of the committee meetings, organizational charts, and a schedule of anniversary-related events. File may have belonged to Norman J. Long (Industrial and Public Relations Director, and Deputy General Chairman of the anniversary committee).

File consists of material relating to the production, printing, distribution, and associated costs of the book by Edna Staebler entitled The Electrohome story : a Canadian company, growing with Canada (Paris, ON: The Walker Press, Ltd., 1957). Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, copies of invoices, and two typed lists of illustrations (one annotated "Mrs. Staebler's suggestions" and one annotated "Mr. Pollock's notes"). The book was produced as part of the company's 50th anniversary celebrations.

File consists of press coverage relating to Electrohome and Carl A. Pollock. Includes clippings from Canadian newspapers and industry-related publications. Subjects of clippings include Pollock's speeches and activities; the development of industry, creativity, and engineering training in Canada; export and import activity and policy; management issues; pensions; and Electrohome's history and success.

File consists of material relating to the operations of Raytheon Canada. Includes draft and final versions of a subsidary agreement, an unsigned distributor agreement, correspondence and memoranda (some carbon copies), a resolution of directors form, and other material. Some material is reverse printed from microfilm.

File consists of the financial statement for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the year ended December 31, 1955, prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, Chartered Accountants (Toronto, ON). Statement is labelled "directors".

File consists of material relating to the planning and coordination of Electrohome's 50th anniversary dinner on May 1, 1957. Includes memoranda, correspondence, minutes of meetings of the dinner sub-committee, invoices, schedules of events, carbon copies of speeches and presentations, and ephemera. File may have belonged to Norman J. Long (Industrial and Public Relations Director, and Deputy General Chairman of the anniversary committee).