Full length studio portrait of Hugh and Evelyn Clarke, the children of May Wing, seen looking at camera. Hugh is seen seated on a side table, holding hands with Evelyn who is standing at right.

Photograph of (left to right) May Wing, Martha Rieder, Emma Ratz Kaufman, and Ella Cook posed for the camera wearing hats and holding picnic baskets. The group is seen seated in front of a vine covered backdrop.

Informal portrait of Emeline Rieder, seen in profile, sitting in a rocking chair in the yard of a residential home.

File consists of 14 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder, some addressed individually to her mother and father.

File consists of 29 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder, some addressed individually to her mother and father. File also includes one letter from Louisa Anthes Breithaupt.

File consists of 19 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder, some addressed individually to her mother and some to her mother and Ella.

File consists of 15 letters received by Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder; some letters are addressed to "mother and Ella." Also included are three letters from Martha's children and a letter from Helen Rieder Henderson to her uncle H. Milton Cook.

File consists of 23 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder. Some letters are addressed individually to her mother or father. File also includes a letter from Ella Anthes Cook to Lydia; and two letters to Louisa Anthes Breithaupt, one from Martha and one from Ella.

File consists of 12 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder; some letters also contain notes from Ella Anthes Cook and Louisa Anthes Breithaupt. Also includes one letter from Martha to Louisa.

Photograph of a houseboat with a Dixie sign at top surrounded by several smaller boats and people relaxing, fishing, etc. John S. Anthes is seated at far left on the deck of the houseboat. Martha Rieder is standing next to him and Ella Anthes is seated on the deck railing, looking toward camera. John Edward Breithaupt may be the child seated on the end of the row boat with a blurry face from moving when the photo was taken.

Unidentified informal group photograph of Talmon Henry Rieder (standing centre) posing with eight other men.

Studio portrait of an unidentified adult, probably R.E. Jamieson, General Sales Manager of Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company, seen dressed in a suit and tie and looking off camera.

Two portraits of Talmon Henry Rieder with two friends, Aaron D. Weber and [?] Marshal.

Photograph of a large windmill in a grassy field with a wooden fence and dirty road in foreground. Photograph is a sample produced by the Eastman Kodak Company showing the quality and size of picture made with the Bullet and Bulls-Eye cameras.

Group studio portrait of the [Women's Mission Society?] at Zion Evangelical Church in Berlin with three of the Anthes sisters among the members. Carrie Breithaupt is stand at far right in the back row and Louisa Breithaupt (second from left) and Martha Rieder (fourth from left) are standing in the third row front front. Person at far left of back row is likely Emma Kaufman.

File consists of four copies of a group portrait of the Zion church choir at a picnic at Lexington. Verso of one copy contains identification of each person in the photograph. Members of the choir include Talmon Henry Rieder, his sisters Maude and Idella Rieder, Louisa Breithaupt, and Albert Breithaupt.

File consists of three photographs of the children of J.I. Frank and Cyrena Anthes. Includes a snapshot of Olive Cyrena Anthes, a snapshot of Olive Cyrena and Edith Louisa Anthes, and a snapshot of Olive Cyrena, Edith Louisa and Leonard John Anthes.

Studio portrait of J.I. Frank Anthes (at right) with an unidentified man.

File consists of a studio portrait of J.I. Frank Anthes with an unidentified man posing with a dresser.

Postcard photograph of the extended Anthes family at an outdoor gathering in a park. Included in the group is Talmon Rieder (standing, third from left), Martha Rieder (standing, sixth from right), Cyrena and John Isaac Anthes (standing, third and fourth from right), John S. Anthes (standing, far right) and Lydia Catherine Anthes (seated, second from at right in black).

Photograph of the extended Anthes family outdoors during a picnic at Bridgeport on the occasion of John and Lydia Catherine Anthes' 42nd wedding anniversary. The group is seen standing and seated along the length of a bench and "Bowling Alley" sign is visible in the background at right.

Adults in back row: Cyrena Anthes, John Isaac Anthes holding an unidentified infant, Carrie Breithaupt holding an unidentified infant, John S. Anthes, Lydia Catherine Anthes, Emeline Rieder, Talmon Rieder, Peter Rieder, Ella Anthes, Martha Rieder, and Louisa Breithaupt.

Children in front row: ?, John Edward Breithaupt, ?, Frieda Breithaupt, Louise Breithaupt with possibly Esther Breithaupt, Walter Breithaupt and Fred Breithaupt (likely incorrect).

Photograph of John S. and Lydia Anthes with some of their children and grandchildren.

Standing: ?, Carrie Breithaupt (standing, third from left), John Christian Breithaupt

Seated middle: Ella Cook, ?, [Walter Breithaupt?], Lydia Anthes, John S. Anthes, Frieda Breithaupt, John Edward Breithaupt

Seated front: [Louisa Breithaupt?], Carl Briethaupt, Martha Rieder, Louise Breithaupt.

Three studio portraits of Lydia Anthes.

Photograph of the exterior of a corner of the Anthes Manufacturing Company of Berlin seen from across a dirt road. Clusters of trees are visible next to the building and at right in what may be an adjoining lot.

Three studio portraits of Louisa Breithaupt.

File consists of seven studio portraits of Helen Rieder Henderson as a baby and toddler. Duplicates are present. Some portraits include a nurse and one includes Martha Rieder.

File consists of a photograph of the John S. Anthes home at 44 Weber Street in Berlin (Kitchener).

File consists of a wedding portrait of Arthur Gauerke and Talma (May) Rieder, a photograph of their daughter Joyce Evelyn at 6 months old, and a later family portrait (with three daughters).

File consists of three group portraits of Martha Rieder and her children and grandchildren taken on New Year's Day in 1954 or 1955.

File consists of eight studio portraits of Paul Rieder as a baby, toddler, and youth. Duplicates are present.

Snapshot of Talmon Henry Rieder.

File consists of two portraits of Talmon Henry Rieder.

File consists of 14 studio portraits of Talmon Henry Rieder, including one carte-de-visite. Duplicates are present. File also includes several copies of printed reproductions of a portrait.

File consists of two photographs taken at the wedding of Paul Rieder and Dorothy Scheifele. Includes a portrait of Paul and Dorothy, and a portrait of the wedding party.

File consists of two copies of a studio portrait of Martha Rieder.

File consists of studio portraits of Martha Rieder and her children (Margaret, Edward, Helen, and Paul). Includes one portrait of Martha with her four children, one portrait of the four children, two portraits of Margaret and Edward, and one portrait of Helen with an unidentified boy, probably a cousin. Duplicates are present. File also includes manuscript notes by Martha regarding the distribution of one of the portraits.

File consists of two copies of a studio portrait of Talmon Henry and Martha Rieder and their four children, left to right, Edward, Margaret, Paul, and Helen.

File consists of photographs of unidentified houses and other buildings.

File consists of three negatives taken at Helen Rieder Henderson's university graduation ceremony. One of the negatives includes Martha Rieder and Emeline Rieder.

Upper body studio portrait of Emeline and Peter Rieder seen seated side by side and looking at camera.

File consists of a portrait of an unidentified group of women. Included in the group are Ella Anthes Cook and other women identified on verso by surname only: Kaufman, Bender, Bilger, Augustine, and Holman.

Standing (left to right): ?, ?, Holman, Edna Louise Augustine, ?, ?

Seated: Bilger, Bender, Ella Anthes Cook, Jean Helen Kaufman

Studio portrait of Alvin Ratz (back row, far right) and Emma Ratz (seated, far right) with three unidentified friends or family members.

Photograph of Emma Ratz Kaufman standing on the sandy shore of a body of water in Haliburton.

Full body studio portrait of Emma Ratz Kaufman seen looking off camera with a rose in hands.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Emma Ratz Kaufman seen looking off camera.

Head and body studio portrait of Emma Kaufman seen looking off camera in a white dress and standing with hands at front.

File consists of individual studio portraits of Idella Rieder, Alma Rieder, and [Loretta?] Rieder, sisters of Talmon Henry Rieder. One duplicate is present. One photograph by Hershman.

Studio portrait of a family seen looking at camera. Two adults are seated at both ends of the photo with five children seated and standing between and next to them.

File consists of mounted miscellaneous snapshots accumulated by Martha Rieder, most of them also probably taken by her. Includes snapshots of Martha and her family and friends, including her daughter Margaret and nieces and nephews; Talmon Henry Rieder is also present in some photographs. Includes snapshots taken at Penetanguishene, at picnics, at a factory, part of a May 24 procession, and other subjects.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Emma Wilkin (Simpson) seen looking slightly off camera.

File consists of miscellaneous snapshots, most of which were probably accumulated by Martha Rieder. Includes snapshots of Martha Rieder, her children, and grandchildren, as well as other family members and friends. Talmon Henry Rieder is present in some snapshots. Many photographs include members of the families of John C. and Carrie Breithaupt, Albert and Louisa Breithaupt, and H. Milton and Ella Anthes Cook; Alma and Eva Rieder are also present in some photographs.

Photographs were taken at Penetanguishene, Georgian Bay, on Lake Huron, Port Dalhousie and other travel destinations; at various cottages; at the Rieder home at 58 Roy Street in Kitchener; and other locations. File also includes a colour print-out of a photograph Margaret Paisley [?] and an unidentified woman.

Full length studio portrait of Willie and Arthur, last name unknown, seated side by side. One child, dressed in a plaid dress with a lace collar, is seated in a chair, with left arm on the side of an armchair where a second child, an infant, is seated upright dressed in a white grown.

Full body studio portrait of Peter Rieder standing and looking down at a newspaper with an umbrella hanging from left arm.

Full body studio portrait of Peter Rieder standing and looking forward with left hand on a carrying case and right hand holding an umbrella.

File consists of two studio portraits of Peter Rieder.

Accrual consists of material documenting the lives, interests, and activities of members of the Rieder and Anthes families of Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario, with a focus on Martha (Anthes) Rieder and her family. Includes correspondence, diaries, ephemera, photographs, land transactions and mortgages, agreements, clippings, ms. notes, genealogy materials, financial statements, company newsletters, membership certificates, and other personal documents.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Laurie Anthes seem looking off camera.

File consists of sundry ephemera. Includes: mounted prints of paintings of women probably from a souvenir booklet (Sistine Madonna by Raphael, etc.), colour illustrations, pamphlets and brochures, flyers from the Ontario Women's Christian Temerance Union, a pin, a pocket calendar, a wedding announcement (Vincent Bennett and Catherine Olive Breithaupt), and other material. Includes pamphlet "Home Secrets," and three issues of "The Little Monthly" (New York: The Little Company): vol. 3 no. 2 (Nov., 1893) and vol. 4, no. 1 and 2 (Jan. and Feb., 1894).

Series consists of material created, collected, and accumulated by Martha Rieder relating to her family, personal life, interests, volunteer work, and significant life events; some material was added later by other family members, probably her daughter Margaret Paisley. Contains some material relating to Martha's volunteer work with the YWCA and with the Wartime Prices and Trade Board: Consumer Branch (Kitchener).

Series includes diaries; ephemera; cards and letters; funeral notices; manuscript notes; genealogy materials; clippings; school report cards, baptism certificates, and diplomas of her children; agreements, wills, insurance policies, and other personal documents; reports and agendas; newsletters; cashbooks; artifacts; an autograph album; her wedding album; and other material.

File consists of material created and accumulated by Martha Rieder in her volunteer work with the Y.W.C.A., including the Finance Committee. Includes financial reports (April, May, August, September 1934; May 1935; February 1936), agendas for Finance Committee meetings, notices and agendas for some annual meetings (including one for a Y.M.C.A. meeting), programs and invitations for events, fundraising campaign information, Y.W.C.A. policies (1945), manuscript and typescript notes, etc.

File consists of a notebook kept by Martha Rieder pertaining to her volunteer work with the Y.W.C.A.

File consists of material mostly accumulated by Martha Rieder relating to her son Edward Rieder. Includes birthday cards, a school report card and middle school examination results, his high school diploma, a baptism certificate, the commencement program for his graduation from the University of Toronto, letters from his parents and a friend, his obituary, and other material.

File consists of manuscript notes relating to the Herlan family.

File consists of four invitations received by Martha Rieder and her promenade card from a conversazione held by the Ontario Agricultural College.

File consists of sundry documents relating to Martha Rieder's legal and financial affairs. Includes agreements (one signed, one blank), promissory notes signed by Talmon Henry Rieder, miscellaneous receipts and invoices, manuscript notes, a driver's licence and car ownership certificate, a statement of her account with Laura Weber, and a sketch of Plan 248 (highlighting lots 106, 108, 76) in the Westmount neighbourhood of Kitchener-Waterloo.

File consists of manuscript notes by Martha Rieder, mostly containing names and contact information. Some of the notes are possibly related to Martha's volunteer work with the Y.W.C.A.

File consists of a keepsake box and sewing kit received by Martha Rieder for Christmas, 1892, from John and Carrie Breithaupt. Box is red velvet with a painting of two birds on the top (painting cracked and flaking off in some places). Contents of the box include:

• sewing kit items (needle case, needle, hook, thimble, etc.),
• pin cushion for displaying trinkets,
• 2 trinkets (birch bark canoe, souvenir of [?] tower),
• small paper fan with painting of matador and bull,
• mother of pearl bottle with decorative metal trim and cork stopper (scent flask?),
• clam shells attached with metal hinges and painted with flowers (souveinr of Niagara Falls [?]; paint flaking off; containing some type of fragrant material?),
• red velvet coin purse with leather interior containing a miniature pocket knife and coins (5 cents Canadian 1902, 5 cents US 1895, 25 cents US 1895).

Box also contains ms. note: "Martha M. Anthes, Christmas 1892, from Carrie and John."

File consists of personalized gift tags sent with flowers received by Martha Rieder upon the death of Talmon Henry Rieder.

File consists of personalized gift tags sent with flowers and a telegram received by Martha Rieder during Talmon Henry Rieder's illness. File also includes an manuscript list of flowers and telephone calls received, and an manuscript draft of a telegram sent by Martha to H.Milton Cook regarding Talmon.

File consists of the last will and testament of Martha Rieder (1934), and two copies each of the last will and testament of Talmon Henry Rieder, one dated 1917 and one dated 1921.

File consists of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1901. Diary kept in ink in printed pocket diary. Includes cash account at the end of the diary pages (blank).

File consists of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1902. Diary kept in ink and pencil in printed pocket diary. Includes cash account at the end of the diary pages. On some pages, Rieder has pasted in a loose sheet of paper containing the entry.

File consists of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1903. Diary kept in ink in printed diary. Includes cash account at the end of the diary on pages marked "Memoranda."

File consists of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1906. Diary was kept in ink and pencil in a printed pocket diary. Some pages contain no entries. Includes sections for cash accounts, addresses, and memoranda, all of which were used by Rieder.

File consists of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1921. Diary was kept in ink in a printed pocket diary. Entries mostly consists of Talmon Henry Rieder's location for the day. Includes section for addresses.

File consists of a portion of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1922 (pages from January 1 to March 25). Diary was kept in ink in a printed pocket diary. Entries mostly consists of Talmon Henry Rieder's location for the day.

File consists of correspondence received by Martha Rieder in the process of settling the estate of Talmon Henry Rieder. Much of the correspondence relates to the selling of the house at 610 Belmont Avenue in Montreal, as well as shares in Ames Holden McCready and Dominion Rubber, and insurance policies. Correspondence is among executor Hugo Wellein, executor H. Milton Cook, real estate agent John Findlay, individuals at Ames Holden McCready, and others.

Also present are drafts of some outgoing letters by Martha, a financial statement of the estate, an agreement regarding mortgage bonds of Ames Holden McCready, and a certified copy of a resolution passed at the April 26, 1922, annual meeting of Ames Holden McCready regarding the death of Rieder.

File consists of material accumulated by Martha Rieder during the process of settling the estate of Talmon Henry Rieder. Includes mainly correspondence among the executors of the estate, Hugo Wellein, H. Milton Cook, and Martha, as well as correspondence with other parties including law firm Foster & Mann (Montreal) and individuals at Ames Holden McCready. Outgoing letters from Martha are in draft form.

Also present are two tax assessments on property owned by Peter Rieder (part of lot 168 Grange-Maynard Avenue, and lots 97-8 Glasgow, in Kitchener) and a receipt to Peter Rieder.

File consists of material accumulated by Martha Rieder during the process of settling the estate of Talmon Henry Rieder. Documents pertain to Rieder's investments, his life insurance policies, succession duties on the estate, Martha's financial affairs, etc. Includes correspondence, notices, invoices, manuscript and typescript notes, a bank book, a newspaper clipping, a German bond (Hamburg state bond, 1902 issue, 1000 mark), etc. Correspondence is from executors H. Milton Cook and Hugo Wellein, and others; outgoing correspondence from Martha is in draft form.

File consists of material relating to a case brought by J.J. Westgate against Talmon Henry Rieder in 1911 regarding the consolidation of rubber companies, and material relating to the formation of a felt syndicate by Rieder, D. Lorne McGibbon of Montreal, A.J. Kimmel of Elmira, Ontario, and others. J.J. Westgate was connected in some way to the formation of the felt syndicate, possibly as a competitor.

Includes:

• agreements regarding the felt syndicate;
• correspondence;
• manuscript notes;
• a writ of summons and plaintiff's declaration (carbon copy);
• the typescript statement of Talmon Henry Rieder;
• a reprinted series of correspondence between McGibbon and Rieder (Sept. 1906 to May 1907);
• financial statements of the Berlin Rubber Manufacturing Company Limited and of the Merchants Rubber Company Limited for 1907, 1908, and 1909; and
• a machine print-out of several linear feet containing data about the production of footwear from several companies.

File also includes a letter regarding water rights at the rubber company in Granby, Quebec [probably unrelated].

File consists of material relating to a farewell banquet for Talmon Henry Rieder given by the Kitchener Manufacturers' Association on April 28, 1917, in honour of his appointment as president of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. and subsequent move to Montreal. Includes ephemera (menu/program, paper dinner napkin, etc.), the manuscript speech given by Rieder at the dinner, and a newspaper clipping.

File consists of a wooden key (ca. 45 cm long), painted gold and containing the logo of the Kitchener Manufacturers' Association and the date April 28, 1917. Includes typescript note: "key to the City of Kitchener (town of Berlin then) given to T.H.R. when we moved to Montreal 1917."

File consists of the book by R.A. Torrey, The Gist of the Lesson : A Concise Exposition of the International Sunday School Lessons for the Year 1902. Includes manuscript notes throughout by Talmon Henry Rieder. Enclosure: delegate ribbon for Y.M.C.A. convention, Brantford, 1898.

File consists of material relating to the Westmount development in Waterloo. Includes a prospectus (Realty Pointers: Westmount, "The Development Beautiful") prepared by Beck & Eisenbach (Berlin, ON) containing a plan of Westmount; and a photograph of a topographical landscape painting showing Berlin, Waterloo, and Westmount, prepared by Gibson Catlett, Real Estate Landscape Paintings (Calgary, AB). The plan in the prospectus contains manuscript annotations.

File consists of material relating to the purchase of the property and construction of the house at 610 Belmont Avenue in Montreal (City of Westmount), as well as the related mortgage and insurance. Includes correspondence, specifications for the house, receipts, manuscript notes, a deed of mortgage (copy), an agreement regarding a loan and repayment (copy), and by-law no. 229 regarding construction in the City of Westmount (copy).

File consists of The Prize Winner (vol. 1, no. 3), a monthly published in Waterloo by The Prize Winner Publishing Co. The journal describes itself as "a journal of choice literature, devoted to the improvement and amusement of the family circle." Contains a write-up about the wedding of John C. Breithaupt and Caroline (Carrie) Anthes.

File consists of four plans. Includes two plans by N.J. Goebel entitled "City of Berlin," and two copies of a plan entitled "Canada Furniture Manufacturer's Limited, Berlin, Ont., Simpson Factory and Gaukel Street Properties."

File consists of a brochure and a letter received by Talmon Henry Rieder from G. Durnford & Comapny regarding income tax.

File consists of personal material accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder. Includes ephemera, newspaper clippings, membership cards (e.g. Kiwanis Club, Y.M.C.A., Old Colony Club, Automobile Club of Canada, Canadian Manufacturers' Association, and others), business cards, certificates, advertisements, a motor vehicle license, a typescript diet list from his doctor, ms. notes, a permit to leave Canada (including photograph), etc.

File consists of a paper by Dr. Werner Esch from an unknown publication about the vulcanization of India rubber. Also included are two loose pages from Lehmann & Voss (Hamburg, chemical manufacturers) about the use of heavy calcined magnesia or magnesia usta in vulcanization.

File consists of a card containing new year's greetings to friends and fellow workers of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., from vice-president T.H. Rieder.

File consists of a blue ribbon containing the logos of the Merchants Rubber Co. and The Berlin Rubber Co., and the date Aug. 17th, 1907, Berlin.

File consists of manuscript notes by Talmon Henry Rieder. Includes notes regarding stock values and Ames Holden McCready Co., calculations, and the text of some correspondence between D. Lorne McGibbon of the City of Montreal and Samuel P. Colt of the United States Rubber Co.

File consists of material created and accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder relating to life insurance policies applied for and denied or issued to him. Includes correspondence, manuscript notes, sample and completed policies, and a receipt.