Image of Harold Russell smiling toward the camera while standing on a rock in a shallow pool of water. An unidentified adult wearing a hat and suit is watching from the side. Other unidentified adults are visible conversing and standing on rocks in the background.

Image of Don and Lydon Gross posed for the camera on a residential street along with two unidentified adults who are both holding dogs. A snowman with snowshoes at its base is visible behind the group at left.

Four volumes kept by Franklin Abram Schantz: one journal of receipts and expenditure, 1918-1930, and three "roll books" containing lists of church members and amounts given at weekly collection, 1918-1926.

Ten letters received by Hervey Bowman, one from his father Isaac L. Bowman, addressed to "Sons," four from his mother, Elizabeth Meyers Bowman, one each from his brothers Frank and Leander, one from his Cousin David Bowman, two postcards from friends H. Corny and C.W McClean.

Date and Place from: May 19, 1891 Berlin, Ont. To Bowman, Hervey M., d.1931 From Bowman, E.M.

Date and Place from: June 27, 1891 Toronto, Ont. To Bowman, Hervey M., d.1931 From Leander Notes: Written on Office of the Medical Health Officer Toronto letterhead

Date and Place from: July 2, 1891 Berlin, Ont. To Bowman, Hervey M., d.1931 From Bowman, E.M.

Date and Place from: July 2, 1891 Berlin, Ont. To Bowman, Hervey M., d.1931 From Bowman, Isaac Lucius, d.1893.

Date and Place from: Aug. 14, 1891 Berlin, Ont. To Bowman, Hervey M., d.1931 From Bowman, E.M.

Date and Place from: Aug. 21, 1891 Steelton, Pa. To Bowman, Hervey M., d.1931 From Bowman, F.M. Attachments: Envelope, no stamp.

Date and Place from: June 10, 1893 Brockville, Ont. To Bowman, Hervey M., d.1931 From McClean, C.W. Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: June 15, 1893 Kemptville, Ont. To Bowman, Hervey M., d.1931 From Corny, H. Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: Mar. 8, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Bowman, Hervey M., d.1931 From Bowman, E.M. Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: Jan. 19, 1930 Edmonton, Alta. To Bowman, Hervey M., d.1931 From Bowman, David Attachments: Envelope, no stamp, also 2 small photographs.

Two lecture announcements for talks being given by Orpheus Moyer Schantz.

Three-quarter length studio portrait of two unidentified children.

Includes invitation, programme, and song sheet.

Image of two children, possibly Don and Lydon Gross, holding hands and smiling at the camera as an adult wearing a hat and suit looks on from behind them with a lawnmower. The children have ropes around their torsos, held by the adult, positioned to pull the lawnmower like they are animals.

Image of Don and Lyndon Gross standing in front of a snowman on a residential street. Snowshoes and a toboggan are positioned at the base of the snowman.

A panorama group portrait of the Shantz Family Reunion in 1930.

3 letters.

Date and Place from: [193-] Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope. Letter is incomplete, the beginning is missing.

Date and Place from: August 7, [1927] Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: August 26, 1931 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills.

Consists primarily of snapshots belonging to Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), before and after her marriage to Clarke Russell. Includes one formal portrait of "The Nash sisters": Mary, Susie, Elizabeth, Debbie, Priscilla, ca. 1880's (p. 1).

Family members and friends included in posed and informal snapshots include Mary Moyer Schantz, Tobias Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Ward Malott White, Franklin Abram Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Dorothy Etta Russell, Clarke Russell, Sophie Emma Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Russell, Eva Kolb, Worth Flagler Schantz, Emily Schantz, Verna Fraser, Helen Lockie, Inez Martin, Mrs. E.H. Schiedel, her son Elmer Schiedel and daughter-in-law Nellie, Mrs. Elizabeth George.

Also includes snapshots of groups of individuals (identified on the packs of tipped-in snapshots) taken during the 1930 Schantz family reunion: Detwiler, Schiedel, Snyder, Bingeman family members, Phranie Bingeman, Mr. Yocum, and during the Hilborn Reunion, July 1-9, [192-?].

Also includes snapshots of White family members and homes: Ward Malott White on his visit to Dundas, Leamington and Kitchener from Chilliwack, B.C., Ada, Edna, Ruth, May and Elmer White, Malcon, Mr. and Mrs Lye, Maple lake and Orrville [Parry Sound area], White house in Orrville, horses in lake at Orrville, people swimming.

Locations and structures include Kitchener Cenotaph (p. 9), "Dr. Hilliard's garden" (p. 13), log schoolhouse, Waterloo Park (p. 17), Pioneer Tower, (p. 30), Schantz House, Conestogo (p. 34), Euler House (p. 34) [both of these are of old structures in disrepair], Bridge across river at Conestogo and Grand River at Conestogo (p. 43), Grand River in flood (p. 65-66).

Snapshots taken after Dorothy and Clarke's marriage include: White family gravestones in Leamington, Ont., Clarke Russell in uniform on his motorcycle, Lake Erie [swimming], Tecumseh Park, Chatham, Dorothy playing the ukelele and the Hawaiian guitar.

Victoria Park snapshots: statue of Queen Victoria, winter views, Dorothy paddling a canoe, the new Victoria Park Pavilion, glue factory ruins[?], Dorothy and two friends with snowshoes and in britches, visit of Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and daughters Lady Blanch and Dorothy Cavendish at Victoria Park, June 13, 1918 [snapshot of platform, no dignitaries?] (p. 64).

F.W. Woolworth Co. picnic: includes Mr. Emil Wagner, manager, and family, employee group portrait, Gertie Kruse, Marjorie Blin[?]kho.

P. 81: Inez Martin.

P. 91 Sophie and Mrs. Lye knitting (on beach).

One untitled photograph album labelled "Alberta 1911, Moyers, Donald '29." Includes some duplicate snapshots of Florence's 1911 trip to Banff. Identifed photographs include: Moyer: Dorothy Louise (Ela's), 1910, Moyer, Lizzie Nash, 1911, Moyer, Jesse G. Family, 1925, Bruegeman, Addie Moyer, 1930, Russell, Donald and playmates, 1929-1930.

Seven pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her aunt Sophie Schantz, Kitchener, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.

Image of Don and Lyndon Gross standing in front of in front of a snowman, seen in profile, on a residential street. Snowshoes and a toboggan are positioned at the base of the snowman.

Image of three adults and two children posing for the camera while standing in skates on a frozen body of water. The adults are standing in the back row and the children are standing at front, one of whom is holding a hockey stick horizontally.

One issue of the Farmer's Advocate, containing an article, "Twentieth Century Revives Clan Spirit," The Farmer's Advocate 45, no. 1972 (July 10, 1930), [1075], 1086 describing the Shantz Family Reunion of July 2, 1930 held in Waterloo Park, which was attended by more than two thousand people, and a newspaper clipping from a local newspaper.

Promotional composite photograph of 1930 C.F.C.O. Station Staff in Chatham, Ontario. Includes views of station building, studio and operation room.

Identified staff: Aubery Cox (Announcer), Con. E. Shea (Secretary-Treasurer), Jack Beardall (President & Station Designer), Edwin England (Operator), Clarence Lemire (Announcer), Victor R. Weatherhead (Musical Director), Geo. Spence (Operator), Grace Wilkinson (Sketch Artist), Jim Couper (Sketch Artist), Stewart Clark (Operator), Geo. Watt (Announcer).

One untitled photograph album labelled, "1930's." This album would appear to contain primarily photographs of Schantz family relatives, taken at the 1930 reunion. Identified snapshots include: Wanger family, Snyder family: includes Polly, Bingeman Family: includes Phraney, Kolp [Kolb]?family, Detwiler family, Schantz family: including Moses, Yocum, Albert, Oesch family, Kitchener City Hall: ceremony on steps with banner across pillars: "Welcome Home: the town's yours for a week," Pioneer Tower, Kitchener Cenotaph, and Grand River at Doon.

Image of Harold Russell looking toward the camera with mouth open and hands at side. Birch trees and a body of water are visible in the background.

Image of two children, possibly Don and Lydon Gross, holding hands and looking toward the camera as an adult wearing a hat and suit looks on from behind them with a lawnmower. The children have ropes around their torsos, held by the adult, and are positioned to pull the lawnmower like they are animals.

Image of Dorothy White and one of the Gross children posing for the camera while standing on either side of a snowman on a residential street. The shadow of the person taking the photo is visible at bottom right.

Includes invoices and receipts.

23 letters.

Date and Place from: September 28, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 25, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 31, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: November 11, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: November 20, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: December 7, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: December 30, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: June 29, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: July 8, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 13, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed. This letter includes details about an electrical accident that Clarke's nephew Max had.

Date and Place from: July 27, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed. This letter includes details about an electrical accident that Clarke's nephew Max had.

Date and Place from: September 11, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed and two newspaper clippings. The newspaper clippings are about tourist traffic in Chatham, and are not mentioned in the letter.

Date and Place from: September 16, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: January 18, 1929 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: January 29, 1929 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: March 11, 1929 Highgate [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 12, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 27, 1930 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: August 28, 1930 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 23, 1930 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 26, 1930 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: November 24, 1930 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 22, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: October 23, 1930 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

1 birthday card.

Date and Place from: February 24, 1930 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Donald Richard, 1929-1989 From Schantz, Mary Moyer, 1840-1935 and Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: Contains an unstamped envelope. This is a birthday card for Donald Russell's first birthday.

2 letters.

Date and Place from: [1929?] Toronto [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Lila Attachments: Contains an unstamped envelope. Contains a card congratulating Dorothy on the birth of one of her children.

Date and Place from: January 12, 1930 Toronto [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Lila Attachments: No envelope.

Twenty-five letters received by Tobias Kolb Schantz.

Date and Place from: October 20, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: September 20, 1912 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Date and Place from: June 16, 1894 Jersey City, N.J. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Moyer, Robert Bliss Attachments: Envelope with stamp Notes: Wedding invitation of Flora Millicent Bartlett and Robert Bliss Moyer.

Date and Place from: December 29, 1894 Blue Island To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: January 2, 1895 Blue Island To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Dec. 25, 1899 Vancouver, B.C. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Date and Place from: March 6, 1911 Vancouver, B.C. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: Written on S.S. Prince Rupert letterhead.

Date and Place from: Dec. 15, 1915 Alta. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Date and Place from: April 22, 1925 Big Prairie, Alta. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Date and Place from: Dec. 27, 1925 Big Prairie, Alta. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Date and Place from: Sept. 24, 1929 Morley, ? To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Date and Place from: April 21, 1865 Peru, La Salle Co., Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: June 20, 1865 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 Notes: Writes about the soldiers returning, how sad it makes him and how lonely for family. Describes living quarters over the store.

Date and Place from: June 30, 1865 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: August 12, 1865 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: February 08, 1866 Campden To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: September 29, 1865 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: March 18, 1866 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: September 16, 1870 St. Catherines, Ont. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: April 08, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 Notes: "Hazlett & Moyer, Dry Goods, Carpets, Boots and Shoes". Personal Letter on business letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 15, 1866 Cambridge, Henry Co., Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Moyer, Tobias, 1832-1909 Notes: Writes about the crops and the effect it has on trade. Tells of who he has heard from and how the other siblings are doing.

Date and Place from: May 18, 1892 Chicago To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: He writes about being ill for a couple of days, but he is in good shape now. Says he "drank two cups of sassafras tea in the evening. I guess that did it." He says he also takes "a spoonful of sulphur and molasses every morning before breakfast, for my blood."

Date and Place from: Sept. 15, 1882 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 Notes: Written on Clifton House letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 18, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Date and Place from: June 19, 1907 Naperville, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Nash, William W. Notes: Invitation to North-West College Commencement Exercises.

Date and Place from: Nov. 19, [192-?] Kitchener, Ont. To Russell, Dorothy Etta. From Schantz, Mary.

Photographs created and accumulated by the Schantz Russell family. Includes one photograph of Tobias Schantz.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some of the photographs are hand-tinted. Most photographs are not identified. Identified photographs include:

Denton: "Suddaby School, Kitchener, Ont., Oct. 19, 1923: instructors", group portrait, includes Dorothy R.; Suddaby School, Kitchener, 1923", untitled view of Victoria Public School.

Snapshots: Victoria park activities: scenic views, bridge, pavilion, duck pen, swimming, skating carnival with races and pairs, athletic field, Highgate, Lake Erie, "Rondeau 1924", lake and beach scenes including cattle on the beach, canoeing and scenery such as lakes, rocks and pines.

Group and single portraits of friends and relatives including: Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Mary Schantz, Flemming Clarke Russell, Dorothy Etta Russell, and people swimming at beach.

Grand River: in flood at Bridgeport upstream from bridge, views from Cressman's Woods.

St. Mary's Hospital.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills.

Snapshots 1-17, 20-24, 27-29: Victoria Park.

Snapshots 18-19: flooding of Grand River at Bridgeport.

Snapshot 25: Mr. and Mrs Jack Beardale, Chatham.

Snapshot 26: skating races at Victoria Park.

Snapshots 30-33: Freeport: replacing railway bridge over Grand River after ice jam.

Two identical photographs of a rolling landscape covered in snow. Tall bare trees and tree stumps appear through out.

Photograph of two raccoons on the branches of a bare tree

Photograph of pile-driver with pile hanging from boom on incomplete span of rail bridge over a large body of water. Construction works are visible on a raft in the water, at the bottom of the pile, as well as on and next to the pile-driver. A sign on the machinery reads: "Industrial Brownhoist".

Photograph of pile-driver with pile hanging from boom on incomplete span of rail bridge over a large body of water. Construction works are visible on a raft in the water, at the bottom of the pile, as well as on and next to the pile-driver. A sign on the machinery reads "Industrial Brownhoist" and another on the rail car reads "Canadian Pacific Pile-Driver".

Photograph of Dorothy Russell seated on grass in Victoria Park framed by bushes and a canopy of trees. Bear cages and a wood bridge are visible in background.

Photograph of Clark Russell in swimsuit and cap flexing muscles at water’s edge.

Photograph of Victoria Park back channel and island with trees reflected in water. Bear cages, cannon and pavilion visible in background.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Lillian, "Evenholme".

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White, undated, from Lowrena, Detroit, Michigan.

A Christmas card sent by Ward White.

An advertisement for bird lectures given by Orpheus Moyer Schantz.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: [192-] Chatham [Ontario] To [Schantz family] From Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 Attachments: No envelope. The beginning of the letter is missing.

Photograph of Swan Island taken from the west bank of the lake, looking toward pavilion area. A swan is visible in water at right of island.

Photography of snow covered glue factor ruins located just beyond Victoria Park.

Photograph of a skater, seen from behind, seated on a wooden barrel on a body of frozen water. In the background are other people skating and a large crowd of onlookers, positioned along the edge of the ice. Trees are visible behind the crowd and decorative bunting attached to a wooden pool in the centre of the shot is visible blowing in the wind.

Closeup photograph of a rose and leaves on cloth.

Photograph of a stream pool in Victoria park surrounded by greenery and trees, some with visible root systems.

Photograph of Dorothy and Clarke Russell with Clarke’s half sister in swimsuits and caps at water’s edge.

Photograph of waves crashing against a large piece of driftwood.

Material created and accumulated by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). Includes an autograph book, notebooks, and a Christmas card from her husband Ward White.

A studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz by Loubell Studios. Orpheus is wearing a bowler hat and top coat.

School exercise book filled with diary entries written by Dorothy Russell from Jan. 1, 1927 to June 1, 1929.

A group portrait, posed outdoors, of staff and campers at Camp Tinawatawa.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: June 13, [192-] Detroit [Michigan] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Nina Attachments: No envelope. The letter is written on "People's Outfitting Co." letterhead.

Photograph of Frank Schantz and Dorothy Russell standing apart on rear concrete bridge in Victoria Park. The pair, dressed for cool weather, is seen at a distance, slightly from above. Bare and evergreen trees and a view of snow covered park are included in shot. The bridge has lights on top of each corner and a bear cage is partially visible in the background at left.

Photograph of large chunks of ice and snow. Water and partially tree trunks are included in background.

Photograph of a cluster of tress on Swan Island, surrounded by snow. A residential building is partially visible at left in background.

Photograph of unidentified person standing with back to large tree trunk and holding a snowball in front of their face.

Photograph of snowy wetland surrounded by evergreen trees and bordered an eroded embankment.

Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Beardall smiling at the camera while standing along a pebbled shoreline. Mr. Beardall is seen in a swimsuit and Mrs. Beardal is seen in a hat and floral dress, with her right hand at the back of his neck. The silhouette of the photographer, possibly Clarke Russell, is partially visible at bottom left.

Photograph of the west pathway and lake in Victoria Park, seen in winter, along a row of bare poplar trees at right. An automobile is visible in the distance, passing along the shore line, at left.

Unidentified person walking along construction site enclosed by white, crisscrossed wire fence. In the background a pile-driver with boom at a 45 degree angle is visible along a railway.

Winter view of rear channel in Victoria Park with snow covered trees reflected in water.

Photograph of rear island in Victoria Park surrounded by trees and a partially drained channel with litter on the sandbar. A car is visible driving by in the background.

Photograph of a hilly winter scene with are pines and bare trees in the distance.

Photograph of Clark Russell seated outdoors on a piano stool playing a guitar lying upright in his lap.

One photograph album with some descriptions. The album may have belonged to Franklin Abram Schantz. Identified photographs include:

Fishing camp, Lake Temagami, 1921.

Grimsby: view from mountain, picking fruit at the Wolverton farm, 1920.

Victoria Park.

Port Dover, 1922.

Rockwood.

Dundas: views from the mountain, Harold Smith, Webster's Falls, 1923.

Parry Sound: Whites, 1923.

St. Mary's Hospital.

Harold [Smith] and Anne: wedding, July 28, 1923.

Dorothy Etta Russell and friends snowshoeing.

Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee: Orpheus, log cabins, cabin, Mount Le Compte, Lake Erie.

One lined notebook, bearing the printed title Campfire notebook, containing notes by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) concerning the literary styles of different writers. The notes appear to have been taken in a literature class during her enrollment at the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute.

Snapshot possibly of Christian Schantz, his son James Robert Schantz and his grandson Orphas Schantz. The name Jakes inscribed on the verso of the snapshot may refer to Orphas Schantz's father Jacob Arthur Schantz.

One casual outdoor portrait of employees of F.W. Woolworth Co. taken at Puslinch Lake, Ont. Portrays men and women in various types of casual dress, including several women in uniforms of sweaters, bloomers and caps, perhaps dressed for baseball. It is possible that the older woman present could be Florence Annie Catherine Schantz or Sophie Emma Schantz, both of whom worked for Woolworth's.

15 letters.

Date and Place from: October 20, 1920 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958.

Date and Place from: May 17, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope and a drawing. The drawing is labeled "Uncle Aruthur's house" and states that it was "drawn by Flora Sun. Eve Dec. 8, 1907."

Date and Place from: May 22, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope. This letter was in the same envelope as one from the same day from Florence. It is not signed, but it is in Sophie's handwriting.

Date and Place from: May 27, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: June 5, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: June 9, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: June 15, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope and a newspaper clipping. The clipping is a picture of orphans and is titled "Where 100,000 children wait." It is not mentioned in the letter.

Date and Place from: May 1, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: May 5, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: May 9, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: May 12, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: July 30, 1922 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope. Contains a note from Uncle Austin Schantz in the the body of the letter. Additional signatories: Schantz, Austin Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Date and Place from: August 7, 1923 Cicero [Illinois] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: August 20, 1923 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: [192-] Orrville [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

Photograph of Roos Island bridge taken from Water Street side of lake bank. Swan Island partially visible at right.

Photograph of large, bare tree surrounded by water and ice during a flood along the Grand River.

Photograph of a construction site enclosed by a white, crisscrossed wire fence. A pile-drive with boom vertical is visible along rail tracks on a ridge behind two homes enclosed by fence.

Loose photos originally a part of Album #1 [GA91-2003accrual-5-157]. File includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills.

Photographs 3, 5-9, 11-14, 19: Victoria Park.

Photograph 10, 18: Dorothy and Clarke Russell and Clarke's sister posing in bathing suits.

Photograph 12: Clarke Russell playing the guitar.

Photograph 10-16: Waves breaking.

Photograph 10-17: Laura Reichold and Dorothy Russell, Highgate, July 1924.

Photographs 20-21: Suddaby School Kindergarten class pictures, identified.

Photograph 22: C.F.C.O., Chatham Ont. : postcard.

Photograph of a woman holding a child's hand in front of a flowering bush.

Pink tinted photograph of Dorothy Russell looking into camera with head resting on hand.

Photograph of a tree lined dirt pathway through Victoria Park. Lamppost visible in background.

Tinted photograph of a stream pool in Victoria park surrounded by greenery and trees, some with visible root systems.

Photograph of a winter scene with trees surrounding track-spotted snow.

Photograph of group of four dressed in winter coats and wearing snowshoes seen next to and top of a windswept snowdrift.

Photograph of snowy rear channel in Victoria Park surrounded by pines and bare trees. A row of bare poplars and a house are visible in background.

Snapshots of Ward White's family. Also includes the original envelope the photographs were stored in and a sheet of paper identifying individual people in the photographs.

Six pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her cousin Worth, Chicago, Ill. One is an elaborate pop-up valentine dated 1915; one an undated New Year's card and one a wedding announcement.

Assessment notices for Waterloo School District, No. 598, Province of Alberta.

Memorial cards, some including clippings, received by members of the family, including eight in stamped envelopes. People included:

• Bair, Henry Clay
• Bowman, Abram O. (d. July 10, 1929) - includes clipping
• Bowman, Allan (d. April 7, 1928)
• Bowman, Joshua Snyder (d. April 8, 1895)
• Bowman, Maria (May 17, 1921)
• Bowman, Mary (March 6, 1815 - August 24, 1901)
• Burkholder, Samuel (January 2, 1816 - March 12, 1893)
• Eby, Catharine (d. July 6, 1909)
• Eby, Hannah (d. May 27, 1883)
• Detwiler, Lenora (d. April 30, 1913)
• Hallman, Magdalena (d. June 19, 1888)
• Hilborn, Carrie E. (d. July 1, 1895)
• Honsberger, Mary (d. February 21, 1899)
• Kolb, Jacob Z. (d. June 3, 1919)
• Kolb, Mary (d. Marcy 13, 1900)
• Lackner, William A. (d. November 2, 1906)
• Lindner, Adelina (d. May 16, 1906)
• Martin, Benjamin F. (d. September 9, 1917)
• Meyers, Annie Louise (d. September 13, 1906)
• Meyer, Elizabeth B. (d. June 14, 1929) - includes clipping
• Meyers, Eliah (June 7, 1837 - June 27, 1927)
• Meyers, Hilda (d. July 31, 1907)
• Meyers, Sarah M. (July 23, 1846 - November 16, 1928)
• Millar, Alexander (November 4, 1835 - December 11, 1918)
• Moyer, Joseph B. (d. August 3, 1891)
• Nahrgang, Mary (d. December 26, 1921)
• Oberholtzer, Elizabeth (March 31, 1910)
• Plowman, Geo. (d. August 21, 1891)
• Rodgers, Edith Cameron
• Schneider, David B. (d. November 28, 1928) - includes clippings
• Shantz, Josiah (November 18, 1861 - April 28, 1908)
• Shantz, Josiah (December 5, 1834 - August 3, 1913)
• Shaw, Elizabeth (d. December 2, 1894)
• Snider, Menno (d. February 9, 1917)
• Snyder, Alda (March 5, 1911)
• Snyder, Angeline (d. May 12, ?)
• Snyder, Ruth Magdalena (August 4, 1911)
• Standen, Frances Emma (October 22, 1916)
• Swartz, Nancy (d. May 24, 1917)
• Swartz, Sarah (November 23, 1917)
• Weaver, Elizabeth (July 13, 1858 - November 24, 1928)
• Weaver, Ella (August 25, 1875 - September 3, 1917) - includes clippings
• Woodward, W.S. (November 5, 1904)

Two new years cards from Orpheus Moyer Schantz. The front of the cards feature a photograph of Orpheus and the interior a photograph of the woods and a poem about new years.

1 typewritten note card.

Date and Place from: September 27, 1929 Chicago [Illinois] To Bowman, Mr. H.M. From Institute of American Genealogy Attachments: No envelope. Notes: This is an advertisement typewritten on a note card.

One large illustrated poem about the month of November by Orpheus Moyer Schantz. The poem is in the centre of the board and is surrounded by illustrations of autumn leaves.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: August 26, 1929 Chatham [Ontario] To [Schantz family] From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope. Contains a note from Dorothy in the body of the letter, in which she mentions that Sophie said she should write a little too. Additional signatories: Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: August 25, 1929 Preston [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Beatrice Attachments: No envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: March 10, 1929 Highgate [Ontario] To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Russell, Velma Attachments: No envelope. This letter was mailed with a letter from Dorothy to Florence dated March 11, from Highgate.

1 short note announcing the birth of Donald Richard Russell.

Date and Place from: February 24, 1929 Chatham [Ontario] To [Schantz family] From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope.

Personal material relating to the life of Flemming Clarke Russell.

Date and Place from: November 23, 1927 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine. From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer. Attachments: Bird Stories in Rhyme by Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Berwyn, Illinois, 1927.

Date and Place from: July 19, 1928 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine. From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer. Attachments: Envelope. Notes: Written on Schantz Tours letterhead.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: October, [1928] Chatham [Ontario] To [Schantz family] From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope. Includes three newspaper clippings. The clippings are about the price of peaches, D. McLachlan's operation, and an accident that Clarke investigated. The letter is incomplete as the first half is missing.

Receipts for piano payments issued to "Prof. F.C. Awai" (Clarke Russell's stage name), two snapshots of Victoria Park in Winter, and one press clipping.

Twenty-six letters received by Franklin Abram Schantz.

Date and Place from: Aug. 17, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: Jan. 10, 1900 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 4, 1907 Oakesdale, WA To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Woodward, A. F.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1927 Olney, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: Nov. 2, 1928 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Illinois Audubon Society letterhead.

Date and Place from: May 24, ? Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, salutation missing.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, salutation missing.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Unknown Notes: no closing.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, no salutation or closing.

Date and Place from: March 25, 1913 Westcott, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From ?, Tom.

Date and Place from: Feb. 4, 1918 Westcott, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Stickney, William Notes: assessment notice to F. A. Schantz of Kitchener.

Date and Place from: May 14, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948 Notes: Includes note from Etta.

Date and Place from: June 24, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Unknown Notes: Partial letter, no closing (possibly from Mother Schantz).

Date and Place from: Feb. 21, 1913 Toronto, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Spence, Ben. H. Notes: Written on The Dominion Alliance for the Suppression of the Liquor Traffic letterhead.

Date and Place from: Feb. 22, 1913 Vineland, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Snyder, Mrs. M. G.

Date and Place from: July 16, 1913 Toronto, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Taylor, W. Notes: Written on M. Sloman & Co. Ltd. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: n.d. Carstairs, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Steckly, J. J.

Date and Place from: Feb. 14, 1917 Kitchener, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Smyth, R.

Date and Place from: Dec. 12, 1917 Carstairs, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Steckly, J.J.

Date and Place from: Nov. 25, 1918 Carstairs, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Shantz, Ezra.

Date and Place from: Feb. 21, 1919 Didsbury, Alta To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Tuggle, Jesse G.

Date and Place from: April 11, 1919 Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Tuggle, Jesse G.

Date and Place from: May 22, 1919 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Tuggle, Jesse G.

Date and Place from: June 26, 1918 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Wilson, W.M.

Date and Place from: Aug. 15, 1922 Orville, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958.