File consists of one full length studio portrait showing Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement dressed as Little Red Riding Hood with her dog.

Diary entries begin with March 8, 1867, but this whole section is marked cancelled and is re-copied starting April 8, 1867. It begins with a record of Tobias' trip to Missouri to see his father, leaving his wife Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) with their 3-year old son Orpheus and new baby Etta, born the previous October. Tobias' father Benjamin with his second wife Margaret and children had gone to homestead near Wellville, west of St. Louis, in 1866. Tobias records his impressions of the countryside, the people, the prospects, the discouragement of all but his father with life in Missouri (March 17th). On July 2 he returns to Canada to where he is then living (near "Campden" --Grimsby within walking distance.) Throughout the diary Tobias records the weather and a daily health bulletin, letters sent and received, as well as his daily reading. He goes through periods of recording his meals. Tobias also lists all the work he does every day. He mentions setting the water for porridge, making the bed, polishing his son's shoes, carrying the baby to church, etc. On Nov. 9 he took a bath, on Nov. 25 he "did not sleep short of midnight. Was talking with Mary about my thought, troubles about religion ...". All parts of the diary have been filled with writing, dating as far as 1889 -- some accounts, recipes both household and medical (many give source), a record of the family tree -- births, marriages, deaths, transcribed songs, and an account probably written in Conestogo ca. 1875 of his spiritual trials and tribulations dating from 1862 and his efforts to achieve inner peace. This account is continued in the "other book," although it is not clear what book this referred to.

Relief shown by hachures.

File consist of the April 15, 1865 edition of the New York Herald. This edition reports on the assassination of Lincoln.

File consist of the December 8, 1835 edition of The Patriot, Toronto.

Three-quarter length studio portrait of Abraham Shantz, seated, with Mary Shantz standing at left. Both are seen looking at camera.

One full body studio portrait of Issac Lucius Bowman seen dressed in a long coat and standing with left hand resting on the top of a chair.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of unidentified bearded adult seen looking off camera.

Studio portrait of a group of women seen seated and standing.

Head and torso studio portrait possibly of John Book or Jesse (last name unknown) seen looking off camera and dressed in suit and tie.

Head and torso studio portrait of unidentified adult seated with right hand on thigh and left arm propped on table at side.

File consists of one 1972 photocopy of a plan of part of the town of Berlin by Joseph Hobson showing the block of land bordered by Weber, Queen, and Frederick, where the YWCA would later be built. On the side of the plan are affidavits relating to the survey of the area.

File consists of two identical full length studio portraits of Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, age 5.

Copy prints showing the intersection of King and Queen St., taken from Queen St. S. looking North. Shows sign for Berliner Journal Printing office and Ayton's grocer.

File consists of one studio portrait of Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement with cousin Samuel W. Jackson dressed up and wearing hats. Janie, seen seated, is holding a doll and Samuel, standing next to her, is holding a flag and powder horn.

Full body studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt standing, seen looking at camera.

Collection consists of 169 19th century American photographs. Included are 115 carte-de-visites, 40 cabinet portraits, 2 albums, 11 miscellaneous photographs and 1 envelope of miscellaneous business and greeting cards.

The photographs vary in size, but many of are 1 x 1 cm and mounted on card. Most are albumen type photographs depicting various people including infants, children, and adults. The photographs come from various studios across the United States though the majority come from studios in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Illinois. The photographs, since rehoused, were originally housed in two albums decorated with an intricate relief on the cover and a metal clasp lock.

Two copies of a full body studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt seated and Louis Henry Wagner standing, seen looking at camera.

• [Copper?] coin - Albert Edward Prince of Wales Visited Canada and Inaugurated the Victoria Bridge 1860.
• 2 [Silver?] coins - The Victoria Bridge Medal Grand Trunk Railway of Canada 1860.
• 2 [Silver?] coins - H.R.H. The Prince of Wales To Commemorate the Visit of Albert Edward Prince of Wales to Canada 1860.

One handbill advertising the publication of James Redpath's "The Public Life of Capt John Brown." Redpath and Brown were contemporaries and abolitionists and Redpath wrote this work the year after Brown's execution.

Full body studio portrait of John S. Anthes standing next to a side table with a hat on top. Anthes is seen looking at the camera, arms at sides.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of unidentified teenager seen looking off camera.

Full body studio portrait of unidentified woman seen looking off camera while standing next to a table, holding a document..

File consists of one full length studio portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby seen standing with hands together at front and right arm resting on chair.

Head and torso studio portrait of Mary Moyer Schantz at approximately sixteen years of age with ribbons in hair.

One broadside legal document for the recapture of an enslaved woman in Memphis, Tennessee. The writ of replevin and penal bond is by Sarah A. Hawthorn, by her next friend John Hawthorn. Next friend is a legal term for someone who appears in court in place of one who is not considered competent to do so. In this case, Sarah's husband John appeared on her behalf as Sarah, being a married woman, could not bring actions in Tennessee. The writ of replevin is filed against George W. Fisher who the Hawthorns claim was illegally holding an enslaved woman named Mary An. The writ also states that if the Hawthorns are found to be unlawful in their re-capture of Mary Ann they would pay a penal bond of $1,600.

Plan showing a subdivision of Berlin with 642 lots in three parcels. Includes transparent overlay stencil reflecting the locations of current Kitchener buildings and landmarks.

File consists of 4 sheets of notes on the boundaries of the polling districts of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.

Head and torso studio portrait of Jesse Gross Moyer dressed in suit and tie, looking off camera.

Three images of drawings by E. Mallandaine of buildings at Fort Langley, near Vancouver, British Columbia.

File consists of two identical upper body studio portrait photographs of David Sovereign Bowbly in his graduation cap and gown.

Upper body studio portrait of David Sovereign Bowbly in graduation cap and gown.

Account book kept by William Henderson during the period 1841-1880. Some personal diary entries are also written, including a reference to William's 74th birthday and losing his sister's spectacles. William Henderson likely lived in Dover, New Hampshire and makes references to the Piscataque RIver, Wolfeboro New Hampshire, and Nottingham New Hampshire.

File consists of one manuscript report on a meeting between settlers and First Nations groups in Credit Mission, Upper Canada in 1840.

File consist of clippings relating to Toronto.

One document on vellum: a grant of land in Hastings County, Upper Canada to Frederick Keller, heir of the original grantee, his brother David Keller, deceased, dated Feb. 10, 1835.

File consists of one document appointing Thomas Carfrae to be collector of duties and customs for the Port of Toronto as well as one item of correspondence informing Thomas of the appointment.

Consists of a deed of bargain and sale on vellum. The deed, dated December 12, 1834, details a transaction between Vincent Dewell, and his wife Harriet, with Henry Smith regarding a plot of land in exchange for 50 pounds. The plot of land is identified as the west part of lot 29 on the 8th concession of Hope Township in Durham County, Upper Canada. Two red wax seals appear on the bottom right corner of the deed.

The Sims family collection encompasses records of the Sims and Cook, Davidson and Garden families retained by members of the two family branches that came together when Harvey James Sims and Florence Katherine Roos married in 1902. Their Sims and Davidson forbears were equally significant in the history of the Waterloo-Wellington area and in the growth and development of agriculture, education, business and government. Harvey James Sims and Florence Katherine Roos were deeply involved in their local community of Berlin, (later Kitchener) Ontario and their own records contain significant additions to our knowledge of local personalities and affairs. Harvey was a childhood and lifelong friend of William Lyon Mackenzie King; they wrote and visited each other regularly. King's sister Bella was also a close friend of Florence from school days on.

Two studio portraits of Charles Andrew Ahrens, seen in formal dress with hands crossed at abdomen. One is an upper body portrait, and the other is a head and shoulders crop of the same photo.

File consists of one receipt, in French, for work performed by an enslaved Black female named Maria on a chain gang in New Orleans in 1825. Translation reads "Wages for negress on the chain: The city treasury will pay to Mr. D. Fitch the sum of 11 piastre and 50 cents for forty six days of work by his negress Maria, employed by the public works from August 9 to October 3." The document is signed by David Fitch and Precend Lament [?] and is dated at New Orleans, Oct. 3, 1825.

Attached to the receipt is what appears to be a clipping from the vendor catalogue which listed the item for sale. It reads:
"174. NEGRO CHAIN GANG LABOR RECEIPT. Printed document, in French, signed, one page, oblong small quarto. Nouvelle-Orleans, 1825. Interesting if not gruesome document. Receipt for labor in the chain gang performed by a negress."

Carbon typescript transcript of Arthur Lang's diary prepared as a Christmas souvenir in 1907 by T.A. Lang in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. It includes a copy of a letter from one of Arthur Lang's granddaughters, giving some family background. Arthur Lang describes the sea voyage, scenery, and passengers on trip from Montreal, through the Lachine Rapids, to Prescott, Ontario. The diary also discusses Lang’s experiences inspecting land near the townships of Ramsay, Lanark, and Dalhousie in Lanark County, Ontario.

Collection consists of seven legal documents regarding the sale of land in the Township of Dumfries in Southern Ontario.

File list:

1. Deed of land between Aaron White and Joseph Dorland -100 acres (Hallowell Township) – June 5, 1818
2. Deed of land between between William Dickson and William Otis - 50 acres – May 9, 1831
3. Deed of land between between William Dickson and John Campbell - 315 1/3 acres – July 14, 1832
4. Deed of land between between William Dickson and Jacob Kinsey - 150 acres – April 25, 1833
5. Deed of land between between William Dickson and John Fraser - 50 acres – October 1, 1834
6. Deed of land between between William Dickson - Levi Howell, 25 acres – April 16, 1834
7. Receipt for Joseph Pettengall from the Commissioner for Crown Lands - 100 acres (Hillier Township) – June 6 1839

One clipping of a sketch of Red River settlement by Lord Selkirk ca. 1817.

Collection consists of four files donated as part of the Sol Eisen collection of Canadiana. These items include a ms. of Mexican plays, a music manuscript, a receipt for work completed by a slave on chain gang, and materials related to the life of Frederic William Wile.

Unidentified Clement child, possibly Charles Bowlby, standing on the shore of a body of water and looking at camera.

Photograph of unidentified Clement children, one of whom is possibly William Pope (at right), standing in the waves along the shore of a body of water.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait, possibly of Mary Couch Pope Clement [?]. Photograph is identified as "Grandmother Clement."

File consists of one full length studio portrait, possibly of Frieda Kathleen Boyd Heefer and sister Mary Olive Body Morely as young girls. One girl is seated holding a book in her lap while the other stands next to her. Photo taken by Green & Co., Berlin, Ont.

File consists of one three quarter length studio portrait of Lily, unknown surname, taken by W.T. Smith, Galt, Ont. Verso reads "For Emma with Lily's love."

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of two children, identified on verso as possibly Olive and WIlliam. Photographer: Sallows

File consists of one photograph album (some photos have been removed) showing photographs of Kay Rex, friends and family at school, on vacation, and at home. Also includes photographs of Niagara Falls, Dublin, and Paris (Ontario) and of a float plane.

Material related to the lives and activities of members of the Augustine and Kaufman families of Kitchener, Ontario and of the Ham family of Toronto, Ontario, in particular of the parents, aunt and grandparents of Mary Ham. Includes biographical information, clippings, correspondence, diaries, ephemera and photographs.

Collection consists of one undated typescript letter to Joseph Jefferson from Jan Larue in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The letter requests Jefferson put in a good word for Larue. Also included is an undated photograph card of Joseph Jefferson, taken by Gilbert & Bacon studios in Philadelphia.

Five hand lettered visiting cards of Jennie Moyer, Edmund Warren Moyer, Austin Schantz, and Orpheus Moyer Schantz and F.J. Ottmax. The cards of Edmund and Jennie list them as living at 3823 Langley Ave., Chicago. The card of Orpheus and F.J. Ottmax is inscribed "A Happy New Year 1889."

Head and shoulders studio portrait of unidentified teenager, dressed in suit, seen looking slightly off camera.

One upper body studio portrait of Harvey Moyer.

File consists of one studio portrait of Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd. Emma is shown laying back in a chair holding a fan.

File consists of one studio portrait of Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd.

File consists of one upper body studio portrait photograph of David Sovereign Bowbly by J. Inglis, Montreal.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby by J. Fraser, Toronto, Ont.

File consists of three snapshots taken by the Clement family showing images of Sarnia. One shows a group of tall ships, and two show unidentified children (possibly children of Edwin Perry Clement).

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Emma Bliss Moyer seen looking off camera in partial profile.

Studio portrait of a group of unidentified children seen seated and standing.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of unidentified woman seen looking off camera and wearing a high-collar top with leg of mutton sleeves.

Photograph of a sculpted bust of Sir John Alexander Macdonald, seen in partial profile.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of unidentified man, wearing suit, seen looking off camera.

Full body studio portrait of unidentified child seen looking at camera and standing with arm and foot propped on wicker chair.

File consists of four advertisement trade cards featuring women and girls working in the kitchen.

Photographs of members of the Augustine and Kaufman families of Kitchener, Ontario and of the Ham family of Toronto, Ontario.

Two 19th century photographs, unidentified. One is a portrait of a young man taken by W. Theaker, Markdale and the other is of a farmhouse and barn with people, taken by W.H. Love, Markdale.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of unidentified woman seen looking off camera in partial profile and dressed in a high-collar top with leg of mutton sleeves.

Full body studio portrait of an unidentified teenager wearing an outdoor jacket and holding a pair of [knit?] mittens, seen looking off camera.

Snapshots taken between 1917 and 1942 of Austin Schantz and his life in Colorado. The photographs are largely unidentified, although some identifications are present. Includes images of Denver, Colorado during a snowstorm ; Colorado mountains and landscapes ; mining operations ; Christmas and New Years decorations ; animals ; buildings, ; Arthur Schantz at his cabin and holding fish ; as well as unidentified others.

This untitled drawing/plan shows that part of Berlin bounded by Ahrens Street, 'Station ground', Bridgeport Road (Lancaster St.?) and Queen Street.

This untitled drawing/plan shows part of the city of Kitchener (then Berlin), several lots bounded by Yonge and Railroad Streets. Includes lot numbers, extensive pencil annotations.

The Bechler family fonds contains records created and accumulated by the Bechler family documenting life in Berlin (later Kitchener). Records include textual records and graphic material, predominantly photographs from an album. Records also contain confirmation certificates, marriage certificate, press clippings, and cards.

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."

Head and torso studio portrait of an unidentified Ahrens family member seen looking off camera, seated next to a table, with left hand on top of closed book.

File consists of one photograph showing the exterior of Daphne Berkinshaw's home. Two unidentified adults are visible in photo, one standing on a wrap around porch and the other seated on steps leading to the porch.

File consists of one group portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby (second from left) with daughters (from left to right) Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, Grace Esther Bowlby Fennell, and Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd. All are seen in high-collared dresses with oversized leg of mutton sleeves.

File consists of two identical head and shoulders studio portraits of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby seen looking at camera. Bowlby is wearing earnings and is dressed in a lace collared top with a brooch at centre of neck.

Full body studio portrait of Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd seen in profile. Boyd is standing, looking down, and holding a book in her right hand. She is wearing a lace and embroidery adorned dress.

Head and torso studio portrait, possibly of John Chalk [?], seen looking off camera, seated with left arm on side table and wearing a fur hat.

Photograph of a group of tall ships docked along a wooden wharf.

Issues of the Ulster County Gazette, Kingston for January 4, 1800 and January 14, 1800.

Exterior of gun and locksmith shop of Louis Hedderich located on King Street north. Horse-drawn wagon in front with man in driver's seat. Louis Hedderich in 1889 Directory, not in 1899 Directory

Two scrapbooks, the first compiled by Damaris Smith containing clippings, engravings, stamps and seals, obituaries and biographies of prominent suffragists, literary, political and social women, some British. The second, compiled by her daughter Gertrude, contains an article written by Damaris Smith entitled "Pioneer Wife". As well, it documents the history of the Smith family and contains photographs and a pencil sketch of the "Mountain Hall" homestead.

File consists of three identical upper body studio portraits of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby.

File consists of one full body studio portrait of Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd. Emma is shown standing in a jungle setting wearing an elaborately decorated dress, holding her hat and umbrella.

File consists of three identical upper body studio portraits of Emma Allen Bowlby Boyd. The portraits have been taken from a larger photograph of Emma, her sisters, and her mother.