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Clippings : World War II.

Newspaper clippings relating to the involvement of the Martin family and the Lincoln and Welland Regiment in WWII. Includes announcements about the death of Lt. Jamie Martin and the promotion of Lt. John Martin to Captain, and a detailed article about the battles fought by the Lincoln and Welland Regiment.

Martin, John Gartshore

Clippings and ephemera.

Two pieces of currency: a German hundred million mark note, a note for one million dollars in gold from "The Bank of the United States". File also includes postcards and clippings from The Rotarian.

Schneider, Norman Christoph

Clippings and letter.

File consists of Keffer's copy of a letter addressed to Bill [last name unknown] from G.H. Baker of the Robert Simpson Company, regarding the appointments of F.W. Woolworth Co. executives, and in particular Keffer's appointment as executive vice president. Two newspaper clippings about the appointments from the Thursday, March 1, 1945 edition of the Globe and Mail are attached to the letter. File also includes a clipping about Keffer from a company publication.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Clippings, 1927.

Clippings regarding the University of Western Ontario convocation at which Montgomery received an undergraduate degree.

Montgomery, Frances Kathleen

Clippings, 1930.

Clippings regarding Montgomery's experiences in Europe, 1928-1930, and announcing her appointment at the University of Western Ontario.

Montgomery, Frances Kathleen

Clippings, ca. 1934.

Clippings regarding talks given by F.K. Montgomery on a lecture tour of Eastern and Northern Ontario for the Women's Canadian Club in 1934.

Montgomery, Frances Kathleen

Coates, Kathleen.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail article "Woman J.P. in Sudbury Handles Variety of Jobs" about Canadian justice of the peace Kathleen Coates.

Long, Elizabeth

Colquhoun, Dorothy Lash.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Personality of the Month" about Dorothy Lash Colquhoun, the manager of Simpsons' homemaker's advisory service.

Long, Elizabeth

Colt-Farm clambake.

File consists of material relating to a clambake hosted by Col. Samuel P. Colt at his farm in Rhode Island to meet the president and directors of the Industrial Trust Company. Colt was the chairman of the board of directors, as well as the president of the United States Rubber Company. File includes a personalized menu and guest list for Talmon Henry Rieder and newspaper clippings, as well as an invitation for a clambake held another year.

Rieder and Anthes family

Communitech.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to his political involvement with Communitech. Records include meeting notices, handwritten notes, invitations, news releases, draft funding proposals, correspondence, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

Complimentary luncheon in honor of Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King, C.M.G., P.C., Prime Minister of Canada, a native son, on the occasion of the Old Boys' Reunion, Kitchener, August 1 to 8, 1925, under the auspices of Canadian, Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs.

One pamphlet containing menu, list of toasts, and list of officers of the Canadian, Rotary, and Kiwanis Clubs' Officers. Cover includes a portrait of Mackenzie King and gives the location of the luncheon as Kitchener Auditorium, Tuesday, August 4, 1925.

Sims family

Conference papers & invited addresses.

Materials related to events where James Walker participated with papers and addresses. Events and materials included are:

  • Remarks delivered during Black History Month (February 24, 2016) at the Black Students Association (BASE), includes related newspaper clipping,
  • Speeches for the events "Larry Hill" at CIGI (October 7, 2015) and "Larry Hill Colloquium" (June 15, 2011),
  • Speech at the Association for Jewish Studies, Winnipeg, 2004,
  • Mark Zanna eulogy, 2020,
  • Keynote address titled “(Coloured) in context: the No. 2 and the White man’s war” at the Acadia Conference (October 2016), includes correspondence with a schedule of the event and a poster of a film screening
  • Remarks and workshop “Decoding the rights revolution: lessons from the Canadian experience” at McMaster University (March 2012),
  • Talk about The book of Negroes at Kitchener Public Library talk with Lawrence Hill (2009), includes correspondence nominating Lawrence Hill for an honorary degree from the University of Waterloo,
  • Presentation of Alan Borovoy for the Hon. LL.D. Convocation (2007),
  • Lecture “From Black loyalists to Black Panthers: a circular history” at Journey back to Birchtown 1st Anniversary Lecture series, Birchtown (May 2016), includes program and materials related to Burnley “Rocky” Jones Revolutionary. An autobiography by Burnley “Rocky” Jones and James Walker,
  • Talk “The Black loyalists and the Krio Diaspora: community, culture and politics” at Krio Descendants Union International Conference (2016),
  • Talk “The Black Loyalists in fiction and history” at PIER 21 (2016),
  • "Toast to 6T3!" at Trinity College 6T3 50th Anniversary, includes programme and correspondence.
  • U.E.L Association. Oakland, Ontario (2010),
  • Talk “Toward equal dignity: Canadian Jewry and the Hate Law of 1970” at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Canadian Studies event (2004),
  • Introduction to Alex Neve BSIA CIGI (2016),
  • Michael Craton's funeral eulogy,
  • Talk “Navigating the Black Atlantic: the trail of the Black Loyalists” at UNESCO conference “African diaspora” Halifax (2011),
  • “Toward a new definition of Canadian citizenship: the movement to criminalize hate propaganda” part of the panel “Citizen activism within the Human Rights movement, 1963-1971” with James Waler, Stephanie Bangarth, and Jennifer Tunnicliffe in the UQAM Conference, Montreal,
  • Memorial for Howard McCurdy written by James Walker and delivered by George Elliott Clarke, Ottawa (2018), includes correspondence,
  • History workshop Campinas Brazil (2007),
  • Talk “Campaign for racial equity: the national unity association, 1948-1956” at the John Brown festival, organized by the Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society (May 6-7, 2011), includes poster and program,
  • Remarks for the play “My place is right here” Elmira (2019),
  • Talk “Canada’s Black Battalion in a White man’s war” at St George’s Church: a lecture series to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the End of World War I, New Hamburg (2018), includes program,
  • Address “Behind The Book of Negroes and Twenty Feet from Revolution” to SSHRC National Staff, Ottawa (January 7, 2015), includes correspondence,
  • Remarks delivered to North Buxton Labour Day Reunion (2003),
  • Remarks to Black Loyalist Heritage Society, Halifax (2003),
  • Third Age lecture #1 “Flight to Freedom: Black migration to Canada from the American Revolution to the Civil War”, Waterloo (October 24, 2013),
  • Remarks “High Burnett and the National Unity Association” at the Unveiling ceremony plaque for Hugh Burnett & the N.U.A. Dresden, Ontario (2010),
  • Convocation Address “Human Rights – and us” (October 24, 2015), includes invitation and program.

Walker, James

Conferences.

Materials related to conferences John English attended. Includes:

  • Notes from the "Canadian-Soviet Conference" (August 27-29, 1987);
  • Report and program from the conference “Canada, the United States and the Atlantic Alliance” (May 20-23, 1987);
  • Report on the "International Political Science Association (IPSA) Congress" (1988);
  • Notes on the Centre of foreign policy and federalism;
  • Program and notes for the conference "Indigenous Minorities in Multi-National Democracies in the year 2000: problems and prospects" (May 9-10, 1986).

Also contains the curriculum vitae for Toivo Miljan from 1987.

English, John

Conservative Candidate in Contest for Waterloo North Riding in Federal Election.

Contains clippings from February 1940 regarding Leavine’s nomination by the National Government Candidate to contest the Waterloo North riding in the upcoming federal election. One clipping provides biographical information about Leavine including his parentage, education, and details about his medical and political careers. Most of the clippings report on the election campaign conducted by Leavine, documenting his proposals for change should he be elected. Other clippings consist of campaign advertising urging voters in the North Waterloo riding to support Leavine. Also included is an undated clipping reporting that Ald. Alfred Mustin, the labor-C.C.F candidate contesting the North Waterloo riding, had withdrawn from the race.

Leavine, Stanley Francis

Cook, Jemima : ephemera : valentines.

Three paper lace valentines, possibly handmade:
Paper lace and coloured floral valentine with lift-up flowers hiding three heart-shapes to write messages on. Inside the card is a hand-written poem to the "Belle" of the ball, signed "Valentine"
Paper lace overlay of bird's nest and flowers over second layer with a two-piece embossed lift up figure of a woman with cherub on her shoulder, purple ribbon and coloured floral decoration applied on her skirt, under this is a third layer with a coloured metallic bird flying into pasted-on coloured floral decorations. A gold and white banner is pasted at the bottom of the page, with "A Token of True Love" printed in blue.The back of this card is signed "from Jemima." Maker's name embossed on back: "Meek"
Pink paper folded valentine with embossed gold floral design surrounding pasted-on die-cut flowers and leaves, below this a white and gold banner reading "A Pledge of Love" in blue. Inside the card is signed" Miss Mary Jemima Cook"

Sims family

Cookie cutters.

Contains two cookie cutters that were used by Dare Foods Limited. One cookie cutter is oval shaped and the other is in the shape of a star.

Dare Foods Limited

Copulations-schein.

File consists of a marriage licence or certificate of marriage between John S. Anthes (Township of Wilmot) and Lydia Catharine Herlan (Town of Berlin).

Rieder and Anthes family

Corn Meal as a Food and Ways of Using it.

United States Department of Agriculture Farmer's Bulletin 565 Corn Meal as a Food and Ways of Using it. Includes information on corn, corn meal and other corn products as well as understanding the nutritional makeup of corn products. Also includes recipes using corn in baked goods, for corn based meals, and for desserts.

United States Department of Agriculture

Correspondence.

Correspondence sent and received by James Downey related to different areas of Downey's professional life. Includes letters of appreciation, tributes, newspaper clippings, and ephemera related to awards received and work performed by Downey in different roles and associations.
Also contains drafts of speeches and addresses related to Downey's work or roles, such as "Remarks by the Chancellor" during the official launch of Lord Beaverbrook and the Kennedys by James Downey (May 15, 2012) or "Commencement Address the University of Waterloo" by Trina McQueen, president, Discovery Channel (June 18, 1999).

Downey, James

Correspondence.

Correspondence received by James Walker from different people and institutions. Includes correspondence received by Prof. Allen P. Stouffer (from St. Francis Xavier University) and printout of writing “Toward a redrawing of mid-nineteenth-century Black Nova Scotian history.”
Also contains ephemera for different events, including “Fall teaching days, program and pre-registration form 1991” and a poster for an open forum in celebration of BHM “The Black experience in Canada: struggles against Racism. Past, present and future.”

Walker, James

Correspondence.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.

Walker, James

Correspondence.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.
Also contains a published copy of CUSO FORUM magazine (November 1987, Vol. 5, No. 4).

Walker, James

Correspondence.

File consists of an unaddressed letter written by Ella Anthes Cook, an unsigned letter received by Ella, and a letter and postcard received by Ella from H. Milton Cook. Postcard contains a photograph of Cook with two other men in front of a pavilion, Woodside [farm?], Waterloo.

Rieder and Anthes family

Correspondence.

File consists of correspondence addressed to Mrs. Mary Keffer regarding her husband's estate. The letters, some personal and some written on behalf of an organization, acknowledge gifts from Keffer made in his will. Also present is a newspaper clipping about his will.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Correspondence.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the Department of History at the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends (including Burnley “Rocky” Jones), and students.

Also contains information and program for the event "The Black Experience in the White mind: an historical look at stereotypes in popular entertainment" at Harbourfront Centre (1993) where James Walker participated as panellist.

Walker, James

Correspondence.

Personal correspondence received by Robert Shipley between September 1971 and July 1974. Includes letters, postcards, cards, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and a photograph received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence.

Personal correspondence received by Robert Shipley in 1978. Includes letters, postcards, cards, ephemera, and newspaper clippings received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.

Also contains a program for the event "Third age learning" (Kitchener-Waterloo, 2013) where James Walker participated with a talk titled "Flight to Freedom: Black migration to Canada from the American Revolution to the Civil War."

Walker, James

Correspondence.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.
Also contains a Ph.D. proposal for Drs. Hieronymus Franciscus (Jeroen) van Drunen.

Walker, James

Correspondence.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.
Also contains a Report from the Senate Committee to Review the Heritage Resources Centre, and an abstract for “Organized labour and the struggle for human rights in Canada.”

Walker, James

Correspondence.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1986 and 1989 from different persons and institutions. Includes letters, postcards, cards, and ephemera received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Shipley, Robert

Corresp[ondence] & notes for my article on African Canadians for the Encyc[lopedia] of Canada’s peoples.

Materials related to James Walker's entry on "African Canadians" for The Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples, published by the Multicultural History Society of Ontario. Includes ephemera related to the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia and the Black United Front of Nova Scotia, handwritten notes, visit cards and contact information for different individuals and organizations, and related correspondence sent and received by Walker.
Also contains a copy of the “Publication list of the Black Cultural Centre,” programme for the “Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia’s Tenth anniversary dinner/dance “Reflections of the past, present and future,” and printout of “From Africville to New Road: how four communities planned their development” by Althea J. Toviller and James A. Francois.

Walker, James

Correspondence business.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1993 and 1996 from different persons and institutions. Includes business correspondence related to the University of Waterloo, job applications, and applications for grants. Also contains personal correspondence, letters thanking him for participating in events, letters received from politicians, and ephemera received with the correspondence.

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence business.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1987 and 1990 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence received from National Defense, correspondence related to the Welland Canals and the Niagara Region, letters about his appearance in the Canadian Who's who, letters inviting him and thanking him for participating in events, invoices and royalties, and related ephemera received with the correspondence.
Also contains a review of Shipley's book To mark our place: a history of Canadian war memorials and a printout of City building by Lane, Frenchman and Associates, Inc. (1989).

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence from Talmon Henry Rieder : 1921.

File consists of 20 letters (one consists of last page only) received by Martha Rieder from Talmon Henry Rieder mostly during the year 1921. Some letters include envelopes; 12 envelopes contain stamps. Also present are: one empty envelope, manuscript notes by Talmon, a newspaper clipping, a promissory note and receipt between Martha and Talmon, and funeral notice cards for Talmon.

Rieder and Anthes family

Correspondence from Thomas H. Johnson, Dept. of Crown lands, Toronto, Ont., May 3, 1881.

Letter from Thomas H. Johnson to Colin Rankin's purchase of the "east half of lot 15 in the 14th [concession] of Papineau, containing 30 1/2 acres" at a rate of 50 cents per acre; a land grant certificate with seal dated June 14, 1881; a typescript reproduction of the text on the certificate; and a typescript description of the land accompanied by a hand drawn sketch.

Rankin, Colin

Correspondence general non personal.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1979 and 1980 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to submission of his work, letters of acceptance and rejection, payments and invoices, letters thanking him for his donations and participating in events, letters congratulating him for his work, and correspondence received from politicians. Also contains related ephemera and newspaper clippings received with the correspondence.

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence non personal.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley in 1981 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to submission of his work, letters of acceptance and rejection, payments and invoices, letters thanking him for his donations and participating in events, letters congratulating him for his work, and correspondence received from politicians. Also contains personal correspondence, Shipley's biography, and related ephemera and newspaper clippings received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence non personal.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley in 1980 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to submission of his work, letters of acceptance and rejection, payments and invoices, letters thanking him for his donations and participation in events and congratulating him for his work, and correspondence received from politicians. Also contains personal correspondence and related ephemera received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence personal.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley in 1979. Includes letters, postcards, cards, ephemera, and photographs received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence to Carrie Anthes Breithaupt.

File consists of 12 letters from Martha Rieder and Ella Anthes Cook to Carrie Anthes Breithaupt. Some letters include envelopes; stamps have been removed. File also includes an invitation to the wedding of Martha and Talmon Henry Rieder and an invitation to the wedding of Zella Rose Dexter and Charles Campbell McDonald with newspaper clippings about the wedding.

Rieder and Anthes family

Crafter, Louise.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Personality of the Month" written by Joan Anderson about Louise Crafter, assistant manager of the Bermuda Trade Development Board.

Long, Elizabeth

Crime prevention.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to his involvement with the Waterloo Region Community Safety & Crime Prevention Council and the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to prevent crime. Records include correspondence, news releases, speech transcripts, presentation notes, and an invitation.

Telegdi, Andrew

Crime prevention.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to crime prevention in the Waterloo region. Includes documents highlighting Telegdi's involvement with the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council, correspondence between Telegdi and the National Crime Prevention Centre, and items related to a forum called, What Works: The Power of Prevention such as a program, itinerary, speaker bios, and summary sheets. Andrew Telegdi attended the forum as a guest speaker. The file also contains correspondence and a commemorative booklet celebrating the twenty-fifth Annual Justice Dinner of the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council.

Telegdi, Andrew

Cryderman, Hilda.

Two clippings and a typescript biography about Canadian teacher Hilda Cryderman.

Long, Elizabeth

Daisy circus.

McCormack Eric. "A Demanding Expedition". Review of Daisy Circus, by Rita Donovan. Books in Canada 20, no. 8 (November 1991): 45-46.

McCormack, Eric P.

Dales, Leslie.

Clipping of Regina Leader-Post article "Edmonton woman drives milk wagon" about Leslie "Teddy" Dales who drove a milk wagon for a living.

Long, Elizabeth

Dana.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1998 and 2002 to and from Dana Švihlová, sometimes printed on reused paper. Includes personal correspondence, related ephemera, and photographs.
Also contains a photocopy of pages from Švihlová's work Trvalo udržateľný rozvoj na miestnej úrovni.

Shipley, Robert

Daniels family.

File consists of photocopies of obituaries, photocopies of manuscript genealogical notes, and photocopies of an address by Jean Schneider regarding history of the New Jerusalem Church in Canada.

Schneider family

Dare sign.

Contains one double-sided sign. The sign is red and white and is in the shape of the Dare logo [ca. 1976]. The sign was most likely used in a store display.

Dare Foods Limited

Dare sign.

Contains one double-sided sign. The sign is red and white and is in the shape of the Dare logo [ca. 1976]. The sign was most likely used in a store display.

Dare Foods Limited

Dare sign.

Contains three double-sided Dare signs. The signs are red and white. One side of the sign reads, "Twin-packed for freshness," and the other side reads, "Made with vegetable shortening."

Dare Foods Limited

Dare sign.

Contains one double-sided Dare sign. The sign is red and white and is in the shape of the Dare logo [ca. 1990]. The sign was most likely used in a store display.

Dare Foods Limited

Dare, C.M. : congratulations on 100 anniversary.

Contains one plaque. The plaque was sent from the Atlantic sales team to C.M. Dare to congratulate him on the centenary of Dare Foods Limited. The plaque reads " C.M. Dare congratulations on 100 anniversary, Atlantic Sales Team."

Dare Foods Limited

Davidson family ephemera : The History of the children in the wood.

The History of the children in the wood, published by Lumsden & Sons, Glasgow. This is a single sheet with eight hand-coloured woodcuts with verses beneath; versions of which circulated in Great Britain and the United States, most often in chapbook form. A note on the back says "This was given to Catharine as a prize at school at Berlin."

Sims family

Davis, Doris.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Doris Davis (nee Guerard), who was president of Toronto's Catholic Women's League.

Long, Elizabeth

De Beauvoir, Simone.

Clippings from various publications with reviews of books by Simone De Beauvoir including The Prime of Life, Djamila Boupacha, Les Belles Images, and Force of Circumstance.

Long, Elizabeth

De la Roche, Mazo.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "A Canadian Best-Seller" by Tom Saunders reviewing Ronald Hambleton's book Mazo De La Roche of Jalna.

Long, Elizabeth

Dean of Arts public lecture.

Materials related to the Arts Faculty Lecture Series at the University of Waterloo, in 1990-1991, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Canada’s Race relations crisis: myth and reality.” Includes printout of Walker's paper, related correspondence, a poster of the event, and drafts of the speech.

Walker, James

Dean, Ethel.

Clipping of Leader-Post article "Woman is chief of Estevan fair" about Ethel Dean, secretary-manager of the Estevan Agricultural society.

Long, Elizabeth

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