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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

Juliette.

McCormack Eric. "Sure Excess". Review of Juliette, by Yves Beauchemin, translated by Sheila Fischmann. Books in Canada 22, no. 6 (September 1993): 46-47.

McCormack, Eric P.

Fox, Beryl.

Clippings about Canadian film director Beryl Fox. Includes MacLean's article "One Woman's War" written by Fox about the Vietnam War.

Long, Elizabeth

World War I.

This folder actually contains material on a variety of topics and probably belonged to F.J.T. Maines. Includes two envelopes of material dating from 1915-1916. These include manuscript material: untitled sermon (?) on loyalty and war, 7 leaves; a hymn with music; a second untitled ms. sermon, 4 p.; manuscript notes on "Christian brotherhood". Includes ephemera and pamphlets produced for troops "On Active Service." Includes clippings relating to the war, to politics, and to topics of interest to F.J.T. Maines. A third gathering of material dates from 1931- 1939 and consists of clippings on topics such as world politics, Grey Owl, Niagara Falls, hawks, liquor legislation, poems, letters to the editor, etc.

Maines, Frederick J.T.

The man in the closet.

McCormack Eric. "On the Trail of the Grown-up Bogeyman". Review of The Man in the Closet, by Roch Carrier, translated by Sheila Fischman. (clipping : source unspecified)

McCormack, Eric P.

Francis, Suzanne Morrow.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Former Skating Champion Returns to First Love" about Canadian Suzanne Morrow Francis about her love of dogs and career as a veterinarian.

Long, Elizabeth

Mystery.

McCormack Eric. "Complicity in Crime". Review of Mystery, by Peter Straub. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, 27 January 1990, sec. C, page 19.

McCormack, Eric P.

Frankel, Egmont Mrs.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Ruth Frankel and her charitable work including the Canadian Cancer Society.

Long, Elizabeth

Preston Falls.

McCormack Eric. "Pilgrims Not Progressing". Review of Preston Falls, by David Gates. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, 28 February 1998, sec. D, page 12.

McCormack, Eric P.

India.

Correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations in India. Includes itinerary, programs, and schedules for different events.
Also contains information about a social service organization in the Indian rural area Talmul called “Sebika.”

Walker, James

Fuller, Margaret.

Photocopy of a talk about Margaret Fuller presented by Madeleine B. Stern on December 27, 1973 in Chicago reprinted in AB.

Long, Elizabeth

Rat palms.

McCormack Eric. "All Hits, No Errors". Review of Rat Palms, by David Homel. Books in Canada 21, no. 3 (April 1992): 36.

McCormack, Eric P.

Savage Messiah and Descent into madness.

McCormack Eric. "Stranger than Fiction". Review of Savage Messiah, by Paul Kaihla and Ross Laver, and of Descent into Madness, by Vernon Frolick. Books in Canada 23, no. 2 (March 1994): 28-29.

McCormack, Eric P.

Post-secondary research and education funding.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to post-secondary research initiatives and education funding. Records include correspondence, speaking notes, invitations, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

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

Garbo, Greta.

Clippings from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Observer Weekend Review and the New York Times Magazine about actress Greta Garbo.

Long, Elizabeth

The spirit cabinet.

McCormack Eric. "Abracadabra in Las Vegas". Review of The Spirit Cabinet, by Paul Quarrington. The Globe and Mail (www.GlobeAndMail.CA), 10 April 1999.

McCormack, Eric P.

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

We so seldom look on love.

McCormack Eric. "Perfectly Abnormal". Review of We So Seldom Look on Love, by Barbara Gowdy. Books in Canada 22, no. 7 (October 1992): 34.

McCormack, Eric P.

Gerry, E. Winnifred.

Clipping from unknown publications about Mrs. E. Winnifred Gerry of Winnipeg, Manitoba winning an award from the International Association of Public Employment Service.

Long, Elizabeth

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

Clippings.

"Schneiders Foods: new organization," Globe & Mail, October 23, 1969, ports. Consists of an organization chart with portraits attached. Also includes separate undated clippings: appointment announcements for Norman C. Schneider and John E. Schneider.

Schneider family

Funeral of Charles Rosekat.

A press clipping titled "Drowned Man Laid to Rest" regarding the funeral of Charles Rosekat's from the Bechler family photo album. Announcement notes Rosekat drowned August 4th at Grimsby Beach and was a Kaufman Rubber Co. employee.

Bechler family

Clippings.

Clipping of article (ill.) titled "Waterloo North has long loved the Liberals," from the Saturday, March 30, 1963 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record. Includes photos of Ivan Bowman, Hugo Kranz, Joseph E. Seagram, Mike Weichel and Norman Schneider, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Billy Weichel, Senator Euler, and L.O. Breithaupt.

Schneider, Norman Christoph

Directions to wake.

File consists of a small card giving directions from the church to the reception area for Dana Porter's wake at 32 Heath Street West in Toronto.

Porter, Dana Harris

Staff Party, 1960's.

Contains printed reports with pictures of parties held in 1961 and 1964, menus from 1969 and 1970, invitation from 1974, photocopied items for 25-Year Club dinner held in 1976.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record

Rice as Food.

Farmers' Bulletin 1195 United States Department of Agriculture: Rice as Food. This bulletin gives information on how rice is grown and processed, how to cook it (including recipes and what to do with leftovers) and information on wild rice.

United States Department of Agriculture

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

Gilbreth, Lillian.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Coveted Award Received by Dr. Lillian Gilbreth" about her receiving the George Washington Award for "outstanding contribution to engineering and management, and for unselfish devotion to problems of the handicapped."

Long, Elizabeth

Gillmor, Frances.

Two clippings from an unknown publication of articles by Margaret E. Lawrence about Frances Gillmor and her writing. Includes typescript biography (1 p.) compiled by Jean Sweet with a handwritten summary of her sources on the verso.

Long, Elizabeth

Canadian-Hungarian relations.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament documenting his personal interest and political involvement in matters relating to Canadian-Hungarian relations. Records include invitations, a program, correspondence related to the Hungarian Revolution in 1956, a transcript of a speech likely delivered by Telegdi commemorating the forty-eighth anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

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

Godfrey, Mary.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Mary Godfrey (nee Ferguson) and her role as president of the Opera Festival Women's Committee.

Long, Elizabeth

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

Goodfellow, Olive.

Typescript biographical data about Olive Goodfellow (nee Wilkins) whose work included 22 years as director at the Goodfellow Printing Company.

Long, Elizabeth

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

Gordimer, Nadine.

Clippings of articles about South-African writer Nadine Gordimer. Includes a clipping of a newspaper portrait of Gordimer enclosed in an envelope with source information addressed "to the Librarian".

Long, Elizabeth

Grannan, Mary.

Two clippings of articles about Canadian author and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation personality Mary Grannan.

Long, Elizabeth

King, William Lyon Mackenzie to Harvey J. Sims.

Calling card from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Harvey J. Sims, accompanied by a newspaper clipping showing King George VI, Mackenzie King, and [unnamed] Hertzog. King's handwritten note on the card: "Dear Peter, My love and best wishes go to you with this little reminder of an historic event. My best of wishes for your birthday and Christmas and the New Year, Billy. Xmas 1939."

Sims family

Gray, Brida.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Woman Union President Also Has Family, Home Job" about Brida Gray, then president of Local 4010 Steel Workers' union.

Long, Elizabeth

Gray, Jessie.

Clipping of Winnipeg Tribune article "The first lady of Canadian surgery" by Maggie Grant about Dr. Jessie Gray.

Long, Elizabeth

Invitations, programs, and tickets.

Invitations sent or received by Andrew Telegdi as well as programs and tickets for events he likely attended during his tenure as a Member of Parliament.

Telegdi, Andrew

Schneider, Anne clipping.

Clipping of article from the March 19, 1971 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record by Lloyd Bibby titled "City pupils turn farm teachers".

Schneider family

Mt. Penn Stove Works advertisement

Advertisement trade card for Mt. Penn Stove Works featuring decorative floral illustration surrounding a woman cooking on a range with a caption reading "a complete kitchen always contains a pretty cook and a Penn Esther range." A large line of sizes and a great variety of styles. For sale by G.W. Rinesmith & Sons 114 North Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA. Made by Mt. Penn Stove Works, Reading, Pa."

Canadian Footwear Council.

Material relating to the award given to W.H. Kaufman by the Footwear Council of Canada, naming him "Shoe Person of the Year." Includes correspondence, speech original, handwritten notes, ephemera and clippings.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Leaflets

Series documents anti-war and anti-fascist sentiments during the early 1930s. Includes various leaflets of poems and songs on peace by William E. Dyer, a Toronto-based poet. Other leaflets relate to the 1934 Ontario provincial election and promotion for the Socialist Party of Canada in the Waterloo North constituency There is also a membership advertisement for the “American League against War and Fascism”, based in New York, and a Pax International issue from 1934 about the persecution of pacifists and promotion of peace.

Book of coupons.

One coupon booklet given to attendees of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention. All of the coupons in this book have been removed, but a table of contents notes that it included coupons for hotels, dinners and a portrait.

Christmas greetings

Christmas greeting card from Nellie Shoemaker to uncle Tobias Schantz featuring two swallows, holly and a snow covered landscape.

Schantz Russell Family

Clippings.

File consists of clippings (original and photocopies) accumulated by Tony Urquhart relating to his professional life, as well as to the professional and personal lives of friends and colleagues.

Urquhart, Tony

Schneider, Ethel.

Newspaper clipping (ill.) from the February 20, 1959 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Mrs. Norman Schneider honored" regarding the naming of Ethel Schneider as Woman of the Year by the K-W Quota Club.

Schneider family

Clippings.

Clipping of a captioned photo from an unidentified edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record: "ABBOTT IN KITCHENER - Finance Minister Abbott (right) talks with Norman Schneider, Liberal candidate in the May 26 federal by-election. Mr. Abbott spoke to a Liberal rally at the City Hall last night."

Schneider, Norman Christoph

James Pyle's Perline Washing Compound advertisement

Advertisement featuring illustration of young girl holding a dust pan, broom and bucket with a box of James Pyle's Pearline Washing Compound in it titled "My Busy Day." Verso reads "James Pyle's Pearline washing compound the great invention for saving toil & expense without injury to the texture, color, or hands. New York. Front of every package of Pearline should look exactly like this cut, or it is an imitation. Don't use an imitation of anything, much less an imitation of Pyle's Pearline. Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you the stuff they offer is "Pearline," "same as Pearline," "or as good as Pearline." IT'S FALSE; Pearline is the Original Washing Compount - has no rival - no equal - never peddled - gives no prizes - but stands on the foundation on which it was reared – MERIT."

Sapolio advertisement

Advertisement trade card for Sapolio showing a woman scrubbing a tub while a baby bathes in a smaller tub with the caption "clean baths with Sapolio." Verso reads "1809 1880 Enoch Morgan's Sons' Sapolio for cleaning & polishing. Hand Sapolio for the toilet and bath. Sapolio being put up in an attractive style some persons think is a fancy article but the fact is that one cake is equal to three cakes of any 'mineral soap' and will do more and better work."

Biographical clippings.

Clippings relating to the life and career of Alice Hagen. Includes typescript transcripts of items published in 1897.

Hagen, Alice Mary

Memorial exhibit typescripts and pamphlets

Series contains leaflets relating to Homer Watson’s life and memorial exhibits. Leaflets contain information about memorial exhibits such as one held by the Waterloo Trust and Savings Company building in Kitchener. One of the leaflets also contains a photocopied sketch of a graveyard scene. The series also contains a typescript biography of Watson written by his friend, Ross Hamilton. Another typescript covers a speech by Watson to shareholders of the Waterloo County Grand River Park. The speech calls for the conservation of a woodland area called Cressman Bush.

Typescripts
14. Address by H. Watson “Conservation of Cressman Bush for Waterloo County”
15. Homer Watson Paintings
16. Expense Account of Ross Hamilton in Connection with H. Watson Estate Feb. 4-10

Pamphlets
17. Homer Watson, Artist - A Tribute
18. Biography of Homer Watson by Ross Hamilton
19. Catalogue Memorial Exhibition of Original Paintings by Homer Watson, R.C.A., L.L.D. 1947

Land purchase.

Materials related to the land purchase of the lot for 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes related correspondence, deed, and invoices and cheques for land surveys, barrister services, and property taxes.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Related to home of Dr. W. G. Reive. 178 Claremont Ave. Kitchener. Lot purchased in 1950 w[ith] 2 parts. 1. W. Mitchell. 2. Snyder Estate (Waterloo Trust). 1953 side boundary alignment (Snyder, Reive, Gould).”

Reive Family

Journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1980 and 1981. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Shipley, Robert

Choose your Food Wisely.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No.4: Choose your Food Wisely. The leaflet gives information on the food groups, and why you need to eat something from every group each day.

United States Department of Agriculture

Ahrens family.

Biographical article by Ernie Ronnenberg published in the November 21, 1975 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Charles A. Ahrens founded a Berlin shoe firm in 1882".

Schneider family

Hazell, Brita.

Article clipping from the Friday, September 16, 1977 edition of Medford, Oregon's the Mail Tribune titled: "Carrying Capacity called 'oracle' for Oregon." Includes photo of Brita Hazell.

Schneider family

Bissell Carpet Sweepers

Puzzle card postcard advertising Bissell Carpet Sweepers showing an unhappy couple with a regular broom and a happy couple with a Bissell Carpet Sweeper. Recto reads "Why is this gentleman so perplexed, why is this lady sorely vexed? Why does this gentleman now smile. and she be happy all the while? The reason will be plain, if you can but this puzzle card see through."

Employee picnic.

Employee signatures on a "thank-you" document dated July 30, 1934 regarding an employee picnic that gook place on July 28, 1934.

Schneider family

Clippings.

File consists of clippings from newspapers and magazines about Frances Loring and Florence Wyle and their artwork. One article includes a manuscript annotation by Loring. Also included is a review of a book of poetry by Wyle.

Wyle, Florence

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

Birthday card.

Handmade birthday card from Orpheus Moyer Schantz to Sophie Schantz. The card has scherenschnitte edges and features calligraphy, drawings of small animals, birds and plants. It reads: "May Happy Returns. Sophie E. Schantz. May 4-'89"

Schantz Russell Family

Publications issued by the National Liberal Organization Committee.

Publications issued by the National Liberal Organization Committee, created in 1917. Titles of publications are:

  • “A handbook for liberal workers : a short summary of the Dominion Elections Act, 1920, as amended in 1921, together with some hints on organization,” publication No. 6, issued in September 1921
  • “Cost of living and government responsibility,” publication No. 14, issued in October 1921
  • “The soldiers and the franchise,” publication No. 17, issued in October 1921

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

Clipping.

File consists of a newspaper clipping about the death of Rev. Dr. James A. Paul of New York.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Clippings.

File consists of three clippings relating to the Rotary Club of Kitchener. One is an obituary of a member, one is about a member who received an arts award, and one discusses a speaker at a Rotary event.

Rotary Club of Kitchener

Trans-Canada Air Lines passenger's coupon.

A passenger's coupon issued by Trans-Canada Air Lines for air passage between Stevenson Airport (now the James Armstrong Richardson International Airport) in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Malton Airport (now the Toronto Pearson International Airport) near Toronto, Ontario. The coupon was likely used by Cameron Hill to travel between airbases when he was enrolled in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP).

Hill, Cameron Clare

Miscellaneous Biographical and Historical Research

Documents, mostly printed items, found loose among the other papers, containing information on the following: Kathleen Blake "Kit" Coleman, Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Kate Aitken, and a story on the 1947 By-Line Ball written by Ruth Hammond and Cay Moore Miller. Included is a May 1978 edition of Content: Canada's National News Media Magazine (Number 85) with a feature about Kit Watkins and an article regarding women journalists in the west, such as Isobel Armstrong, E. Cora Hind, and the Beynon sisters - Lillian and Frances Marion. Also in the file is information about Judith Robinson: a note by Kay Rex and a copy of News, the paper Robinson started during the war.

Women's Press Club of Toronto

Published items.

Materials related to publications Robert Shipley wrote or in which he collaborated. Includes photocopies of newspaper clippings, flyers and booklets related to the event "Playback 200" (1984) where Shipley was the festival coordinator, a printout for a guest lecture (March 15, 1984), and publications. Publications are:

  • There is: Niagara poetry anthology (Vol. 3, 1985) where Robert Shipley published poems "Dad and grand dad - 1938," "Creative tension," and "Insect issues" and There is: Niagara poetry anthology 1984 with "Grenade bed," "Safe kitchen," and "The W o in man,"
  • Welland Canals Preservation Association annual report (1986) and plans of Niagara South Rowing Club grand stand,
  • Canalside '84 calendar. 12 views by Robert Shipley,
  • Printout of Shipley's unpublished manuscript ...and nobody came (What if you had an orgasm and nobody came: stories of erotic transportation),
  • Canadian author & bookman (Vol. 59, No. 2, Winter 1984 and Vol. 59, No. 4, Summer 1984) with Shipley's "The writer as promoter,"
  • Goodwin's (Winer 1983-84) with drawings by Shipley,
  • What's up Niagara (Vol. 3. No. 11, October 1984) with a profile by Shipley,
  • History through drama edited by Shipley (1984) and related promotional ephemera,
  • Poem book Relation ships (1984),
  • Literaty gifts. Niagara branch Canadian Authors Association (Christmas 1984) with a poem by Shipley titled "Winter kitchen still life."

Also contains materials related to the Canadian Authors Association (CAA) Awards of 1985 with related ephemera and a draft of the chapter "Introduction" ("Introduction" was written by Shipley during the National Executive Meeting of the CAA, was read during the workshop orientation meeting, and was published as part of To build a book: a compendium of workshops on publishing by the CAA).

Shipley, Robert

Red Cross, Ottawa : personal letters, etc.

W.H. Kaufman's file relating to his work with the Canadian Red Cross Society. File contains correspondence from the Red Cross thanking Mr. Kaufman for his contributions in several areas, including serving as Chairman of the Building Committee for the new national headquarters in Ottawa. Includes a package of ephemera relating to the opening of the headquarters on Aug. 31, 1987. Some correspondence informs him of awards presented in recognition of his service.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Schneider, Helena.

Obituary for Helena Schneider from the November 3, 1944 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled: "Mrs. Schneider, 85, passes away, wife of pioneer".

Schneider family

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