Photograph of Norman C. Schneider riding a scooter at Grand Bend. The scooter is labelled "For hire, Brenner House".

Photographs of Herbert and Howard Schneider riding ponies, and Brita with an unidentified women.

Snapshots of children and adults boating and fishing. Includes one enlargement of a photograph of a group seated in a boat.

Left to right: Unidentified girl, Gran Lapsley, Brita Schneider[?], Herbert Schneider with dog, Howard Schneider in cap, Ethel Schneider (knitting), Unidentified girl.

Photograph of Howard and Herbert jumping into a swimming pool.

Four copies of a portrait of Ethel Schneider.

Studio portrait of Norman C. Schneider by Ray.

One clipping titled "Schneider pictures shown in New Dundee" regarding Norman C. Schneider's motion pictures of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's visit to Kitchener, Ontario on June 16, 1939.

Negatives taken at a women's Schneider employee picnic. Includes informal shots of games being played and the group seated for a meal. Irmengarde Hagen appears in two of the nail drive photos (#7 and 9).

Informal group portrait in and beside an automobile. Identified are Helena Schneider, Mabel Ahrens Pickard, Louise Ahrens, Emma Schneider Siegner, Reverend E.G. Daniels, and J.M. Schneider.

Portrait of J.M. and Helena Schneider with their grandchildren, Howie, Herbert and Brita Schneider.

Film of adults standing in canoes racing and demonstrating various stunts as crowds of people watch from the shoreline in Victoria Park. Includes a view of the boathouse.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Canoe race + demo Victoria Park Kit".

p. 1-4. Niagara Falls, Buena Vista. Snapshots featuring Norman C. Schneider and Hyalie MacDondald, interspersed with shots of Niaga Falls and the cable car. Other shots of the two men, J. M Schneider and others are taken at Buena Vista, J.M. Schneider's home. Several feature Norman and Hyalie with pipes. Carl Ahrens(?) is also in several shots.
p. 5. Pope Hartford automobile.
p. 6. Schneider family snapshots ca. 1934: Howie sick in bed with nurse, Edith knitting, Keffer family visit, winter play.
p. 8-9. Schneider & Ahrens families at the beach, ca. 1927.
p. 10-11. Norman with a group of boys posed in front of car; Norman, Edith and friends, posed in front of a car; garden arch in winter.
p. 12 Family group on an outing, Norman and Edith with Siegners?), Shupes(?). All dressed in coats and hats, some fur collars, split rail fence.
p. 13-17. family snapshots at 76 Schneider Ave: house and garden exterior, Victoria park in winter, Herb, Howie and Brita, ca. 1934, family group with Emma Siegner.
p. 18. Schneider's(?) girl's baseball team. Women wearing "sailor" pants with two rows of buttons.
p. 19. J.M. Schneider in his office.
p. 19. Family snapshots at 176 Schneider Ave: "Europa Ping Pong, fireplace, Norman and Howie.
p. 20. "The twins, Leonard and Lorraine Pickard."
p. 21. Edith and Little Pal (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 22-23. Winter fun at Freeport, ca. 1934: family with skis, boys on toboggan, posed in front of car.
p. 23. Norman Schneider on the Duchess of Bedford, 1931.
p. 24-25. Family snapshots, 1934: children at Schneider Ave. and at Freeport.
p. 24. Schneiders Christmas boxes? Group of men in front of a store with boxes labelled "Merry Xmas".
p. 26. Herbert and Howie with false noses; Norman in deck chair with blanket and book on the Duchess of Bedford, 1931 (lacking 1 of 3).
p. 27. Norman in front of Cologne Cathedral, Nov., 1934; J.M. Schneider in his office, Dec. 22, 1934.
p. 28-29. Christmas 1934: Christmas tree, presents, Herb, Howie and Brita; Victoria Park 1934: hockey; Mary Jane Keffer, 1933; children on skis (at Freeport?), with unidentified man; J.M. Schneider and Helena with children, J.M. and sister Mary Alles (ther are negatives for these, 2 snaps of 14 lacking).p. 30-33. Keffer family visit (9 of 10 lacking). Includes one shot inside the Keffer home in Germany.
p. 34. Schneider plant, Dec. 1934: plant machinery, shipping Wiltshire sides.
p. 25. Skiing: Chicopee?
p. 36. Freeport cottage: swimming pool (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 37. All photos missing (3), one labelled Lexington Airport picture.
p. 38. Ethel at Freeport Cottage: "Poison ivy day, 1934"; Ethel and Brita, Victoria Park.
p. 39 family skiing at Chicopee, 1934.
p. 40. Family snapshots at 76 Schneider Ave: exterior at dusk; Children seated with Lapsley, Joachimi ladies.
p. 41-42. Schneider Plant: exterior; machinery; men working in office; man with truck "Sam Humphrey, 100,000 miles, 1936"; pigs, cows on ramp; steam shovel digging hole.
p. 44-45. Family snapshots: Schneider and Siegner group snapshots on outings, 1935, Herbert, Howie and Brita in new clothes?; children playing in winter: group shots including four girls in winter coats and leggings, two of boys and toboggan.
p. 46. Children fishing at Freeport, 1935; Norman in a train window, 1934 (lacking 1 of 6).
p. 47. Norman at the Keffer's home in Germany (lacking 1 of 4).
p. 48-54. Skiing at Chicopee: landscape, ski tracks, posed skiiers, skiier jumping with spectators (lacking 3 of 31).
p. 55. Schneider children: birthday party, boys collecting plants.
p. 56-57. Freeport Cottage: children fishing, playing baseball, family group with F.H. Schneider & Siegner families. Includes a shot of Mary Jane Keffer?
p. 58-59. Church of the New Jerusalem, interior and exterior (lacking 3 of 12).
p. 60: Norman, Ethel and Children: group shot at Freeport cottage; spring blooms, men at unidentified property (Sims at Chicopee?). Two of these are groups seen in a gazing ball.
p. 66. Ski Hill at Chicopee (lacking 2 of 3).
p. 62-64. Skiers: groups and individuals, both at Chicopee and elsewhere? Includes one summer shot of men digging ski slope (lacking 1 of 15).
p. 65. Ivan Keffer: winter portrait at Freeport?; Howie missing tooth.
p. 67. Construction photos: men working, shot taken high up (lacking 2 of 4).
p. 71. Horse drawing logs, trees in winter at Freeport?
p. 72-73: Norman Schneider on skis (lacking 2 of 4).
p. 74. Skiers in woods.
p. 75. Skiers in front of fireplace, including Norman Schneider (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 76. Dining room interior (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 77. Little Pal (lacking 1 of 2).
p. 78-80. Schneider stock farm: buildings, creek, boys fishing, collie dog, large tree.
p. 80-82. Spring at 76 Schneider Ave: house exterior, Victoria park entrance and pavilion, daffodils, Howie and Herb with bicycles, Brita with roller skates, group shots of children.
p. 83. Brock Monument and Queenston Heights, May 9, 1937, statue of soldiers labelled "Erie, Pa".
p. 84. Skiiers on grass.
p. 84-85. Keffer family.
p. 85. Norman Schneider with a group: "Europa, 1936".
p. 86-87. Schneider stock farm: family group, boys with pony, cows and large tree.
p. 87. Group of young women, 1936, possibly Schneider employees. They are all dressed for cool weather.
p. 87. Ceremony at Victoria School grounds: platform with speaker, scouts seated in foreground.
p. 88-93. Men's fishing trips (lacking 2 of 21).
p. 94-96. Rotary flag-raising at Chicopee.
p. 97. Norman, F.H. Schneider and Rotary: group portrait with large house in background (Sims home?).
p. 98. Rotary flag raising at Chicopee, 1935.
p. 98-100. Men's shenanigans: men playing outside in costume.

Photograph of (left to right) Herbert, Brita and Howard Schneider standing under a sign that reads "The Birches".

Snapshot of women skiers at Chicopee Ski Club. Left to right: Unidentified, Dorothy Meyer, Kay Simpson, Unidentified.

Snapshot of a group of skiers from Kitchener-Waterloo known as "The Dutch Company" at Limberlost, Huntsville. The group (from left to right) includes Gordon Hill, Clare Duffus, Phil Breithaupt, John Halliwell, Dr. Jim Boyd, Dr. Harry Lackner, Jake Baetz

Photograph of exterior of home at 76 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Ontario.

Photograph of Herbert and Howard Schneider wearing false noses.

Snapshots of a birthday party. Includes children seated around a table and children posed as a group holding party favours. Herbert J. Schneider is in the back row at the extreme left holding a dog; Brita Schneider is next to him. Howard Schneider is in the front row at the extreme right.

Three snapshots of Herbert, Howard and Brita Schneider with Schneider and Lapsley grandparents – two with grandparents J.M. and Helena Schneider at Buena Vista, one with Grandmother Lapsley and Great Grandmother Joachimi. File also includes two other snapshots, one of the Schneider family in a living room (left to right: Ethel Schneider (knitting), Howard, J.M., Brita, Helena) [negatives in file 182-2 (NCS 87:01 :38)] Ethel and one of J.M. and Helena Schneider with their grandchildren [duplicate of file 33 (HJS 98:01 :35 Item #7)].

Group portrait of Schneider and Siegner family members sitting on a grassy slope taken during a social event.

Back row, left to right : Howie Schneider, Emma Siegner, Walter Siegner, Marguerite Koenig, Helena Schneider, Louise Ahrens.

Front row, left to right: Kay Siegner, Herb Schneider, John Siegner, Buddy Koenig.

Norman C. Schneider standing with a cane and pointing with a group. He's next to a seated and standing group of others, possibly the Shupes, at the crest of a hill, possibly Doon pinnacle.

Photograph of Norman C. Schneider with Hylie MacDonald, holding a string of fish.

Photograph of Norman, Howard and Herbert with a string of fish. Location is identified as Gull Rock on the back of the photograph.

One photograph of the Schneider family seated in a cottage interior with lamps lit.

Left to right: Norman C. Schneider, Ethel Schneider with Howard, Herbert Schneider, Frederick P. Schneider, Jean May Schneider.

Photograph of Schneider children and cousins standing on a diving board.

One videocassette transfer from a 16 mm film by Norman Schneider, narrated by Herb Schneider.

Advertising blotter for the Schneider exhibit at the Canadian National Exhibition. Includes portrait of J.M. Schneider.

Two reception invitations addressed to Mr. N.C. Schneider and Mrs. N.C. Schneider related to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visiting Kitchener, Ontario on June 16, 1939.

Negatives taken at a men's Schneider employee picnic in 1939. Attendees are seen seated in groups on a grassy slope. Includes a shot of a group standing and looking at something off camera.

Photographs of J.M. Schneider outdoors, dressed in a suit and hat, standing next to his Studebaker.

Photograph "exhibited in The Rotarian Magazine's photo contest for 1940."

One carousel of slides. The box is labelled "African trip". The carousel is labelled "Rio de Janeiro". The carousel contains slides identified as both, all dated Dec. 1970.

Clipping of article from the April 29, 1940 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Boy Scouts doing their daily good turn," featuring photograph by Norman C. Schneider. Also includes a letter to the editor by Norman C. Schneider titled "Well done, Scouts". The reforestation was done at the request of the Chicopee Ski Club.

One photograph of Irmengarde Hagen, Norman C. Schneider's secretary, smiling toward the camera while making an entry in a ledger.

Film box includes handwritten notes by Norman C. Schneider about film. They read: "No marching - all trucks, motor cycles, marching band. FHS cottage Honey Harbour. Very short".

Includes contents listing inside can.

Photographs of skiing activities at Chicopee Ski Club taken by Norman C. Schneider. Three are of Sumac Hill, one is of Front Hill.

Film of a parade moving down a crowd lined street taken from above. Marching bands, military personal, veterans, and nurses are among those included in the parade. Union Jack flag being carried by military personnel. Film box includes handwritten notes that read: "Convertible, Band-, Tank, [Truck?] Motor Cycles, Marchers, Band, Army, Recruits, Recruit Band?, Sea Cadet?, White Uniforms?, Coin Toss, Into Flag, WWI Vets?"

Film of an unidentified picnic in Waterloo Park. Includes adults and children conversing, playing games and participating in races based on age and gender, and a view of home plate as a group of men play baseball.

Three copies of a portrait of J.M. Schneider family and accompanying sheet of identifications.

Back row, left to right: Lorne Shantz, Norm Schneider, Walter Siegner, John Siegner, Herb Schneider, Charlie Schneider, Fred Schneider Sr., Fred Schneider Jr.

Middle row, left to right: Lorraine (Schneider) Shantz holding baby Fred [born Aug. 16, 1940], Ethel Schneider (Mrs. Norman), Emma (Schneider) Siegner, Helena Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Georgina (Allendorf) Schneider (Mrs. Charlie), Ella (Daniels) Schneider (Mrs. Fred Sr.), Mary (Schneider) Alles (She was J.M.'s sister).

Front row, left to right: Katharine Siegner (married Les Faichney), Brita Schneider, Marlene Shantz, Charles Shantz (married Mary Jane Main), Caroline Siegner (married John Metz), Ray Shantz, Howie Schneider (married Betty Lou Becker), Jean Schneider (married Bob Hawkings).

Photograph of J.M. Schneider standing outdoors with a dog at the J.M. Schneider stock farm in Waterloo, on site of former Seagram stables. File includes typescript poem titled "Success".

Negatives accompanying Album #1 for which no positive prints were found. Includes negatives of Ethel and Howard and Brita Schneider in a park; and shots of Herbert, Howard and Brita Schneider as children, alone and together.

Photograph of (left to right) Stanley Shupe, Jean Schneider and Mary Caroline standing out front of a cottage with an "Ohio" sign above the porch at Grand Bend, Ont.

Informal group portrait of six office staff employees. Lillian Daniels is standing at left and Irmengarde Hagen seated at left.

Three typescript carbon texts of presentations of wrist watches to employees enlisting in the armed forces, all initialled by Norman C. Schneider.

Clipping from the March 25, 1941 edition of the Kitchener Daily Record titled "Vice-Chairmen of Charities campaign," announcing the Vice-Chairmen of the Kitchener-Waterloo Federated Charities campaign.

Norman C. Schneider with sons Herbert and Howard skiing at Hanover, Ont. Ski Club.

Informal at-home portrait taken by Norman Schneider.

Canister includes handwritten notes in unknown hand about places and people in film. Individuals include:

• Gord McPhail
• Dorothy Meyers
• Dorothy Schneider
• Norman C. Schneider

Candid at-home portrait of J.M. and Helena Schenider taken by Norman C. Schneider.

Invitations to Norman C. Schneider to attend the sod turning at the site of the Shand Dam (July 11, 1939) and the official opening of the Shand Dam (August 7, 1942).

First J.M. Schneider Limited pay stub for Herb Schneider dated Apr. 25, 1942 for $16.22 for a 54.5 hour week.

Leaflet published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Swedenborgian Church in Kitchener, Ontario. Leaflet includes a brief history of the Church, its buildings, its Pastors and congregations. Norman C. Schneider is listed as Sunday School Superintendent.

Two clippings from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record:

• "Still active at 80" (Feb. 17, 1939)
• "Industrialist passes away: J.M. Schneider Saw Future of Kitchener; Led a Busy Life" ([1942])

Film of Howard and Herbert Schneider tossing a football around with Don Daub, Mikey Braun and an identified friend with their dog, a Boston Terrier named Pal, running between everyone, chasing the ball.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Howie, Herb, Don Daub, Mikey Braun, Unknown boy white sweater + Pal in Victoria Park."

Clipping of article titled "Storage dam in operation," from the August 22, 1942 edition of the Monetary Times, pp. 18-19.

Postcard featuring photo of Frederick H. and Ella Schneider's home addressed to daughter Jean from her father, sent while she was in Rockcliffe, Ottawa in Royal Canadian Air Force (women's division).

List of Schneider employees in service published in the January 1943 edition of Canada Food Packer titled "We carry on."

Framed snapshot of a Boston Terrier named "Little Pal" and typescript poem.

One manuscript and two typescript lists belonging to Norman C. Schneider relating to Schneider employees in service.

One enlargement and 12 negatives of a mock "hunt".

F.H. Schneider's copy of the Kitchener-Waterloo Rotary Club annual Rotary review, v. 19, 1942-1943, which lists F.H. and N.C. Schneider as members. The issue also includes a photograph of Jean May Schneider in a section called "Rotarians sons and daughters with the armed forces."

Article from the August 1943 edition of Canadian Food Packers titled "Norman C. Schneider: no. 119 in Canadian Food Packer Series of Prominent in the Canadian Food Industry."

Photograph of Howard Schneider ice fishing lake trout at Limberlost.

Two photographs of a group of skiers cooking lunch while skiing at St. Sauveur. Some identifications included.

Government of Canada booklets and annuity contract.

Film of blooming flower beds at Rockway Gardens. Taken on a sunny day the footage includes intermittent views of the what are likely the Janzen memorial water fountains. Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Everything blooming! Fantastic".

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

Head and shoulders portrait of Helena Schneider, later in life, seen looking at camera.

Photographs of a Freeport reforestation project.

April 1944 clipping titled "Foot welding is latest to keep busy man going".

Three wartime issues of The Voice, an in-house Schneider's publication, belonging to Norman C. Schneider.

• "Army week" issue of The Voice (June 29-July 4, 1942) containing portraits of employee enlistees.
• Fall 1943 issue of The Voice with portraits of further employee enlistees. The issue also includes a reproduction of the Pope-Hartford car, a picture of the packages ready to be mailed to Schneider employees in the forces, and a picture of the company office in the new building.
• June 1944 issue of The Voice with portraits of further employee enlistees and letters from overseas. The issue also includes an announcement of the 25-Year Club inauguration, fourth annual concert of the Schneider Male Choir, new pension plan, and an article and reproduced clipping from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record about Ethel Schneider's Red Cross work.

Photograph of Ethel Schneider, holding a bouquet of roses, while being given the Red Cross award of merit by an unidentified man.

Clipping about the Freeport reforestation project dated May 1, 1944.

One large group portrait of women staff at J.M. Schneiders, taken outside of the plant. Subjects unidentified. Irmengarde Hagen (9th from left) and Lillian Daniels (centre) appear in front row.

Large chart (carbon typescript) of all 138 Schneider employees who served in WWII.

Album of 20 snapshots taken at the wedding of Jean May Schneider and Robert Clarence Hawkings, June 16, 1945. Includes identification.

Portrait of Jean May Schneider and Robert Clarence Hawkings on their wedding day, June 16, 1945. Includes Fred P. Schneider as usher.

Seven snapshots of Herbert Schneider with friends and family. Includes one labelled "Herb & Dad, Chicopee early membership" showing a group of skiiers, with identifications. Includes snapshots of "farm experience" in 1945 for university requirement, showing "meal time" and Herb with Doug Darlington in 1945.

Image of a sprawling vineyard seen from above.

Seven returned envelopes marked with reasons for no delivery to Schneider employees in the forces in World War II. Six of the envelopes contain mimeograph letters signed by Norman C. Schneider, Cyril E. Hayes and E.J. "Jack" Stone.

Image of (left to right) John, Mrs. and Mr. Geddes, and Telvido standing on the side of a dirt road. A vineyard is partially visible in the background.

Clipping of an obituary for Charles Alexander Schneider from the June 25, 1945 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

Printed material relating to service in WWII. Includes pamphlets published by Gutta Percha & Rubber Lts. of medals and insignia, as well as a portfolio of reproductions of the documents of surrender, no. 1603 of a limited edition "presented by the National War Finance Committee."

Series consists of material relating to the life and career of Charles Alexander Schneider.

Photograph of trees in Victoria Park with their reflections in still water. This photograph was published in many newspapers in 1946.

Optical illusion photograph. Published in many newspapers in Canada and the United States.

Clipping from the April 20, 1946 edition of the Kitchener Daily Record titled "Guess again," about Norman C. Schneider's photograph of Victoria Park tree reflections in the water. Includes clippings and correspondence from other newspapers.

Three photographs taken during a Chorus family picnic at Knipfels. Includes two group portraits and one one casual shot of the band.

Material belonging to Norman C. Schneider relating to the welcome home dinner given to ex-service personnel at the Walper House, December 4, 1946. Includes carbon typescript programme with manuscript notes by Schneider, a page of manuscript speech notes and a 2 page manuscript speech given by Schneider.

Two snapshots of trees in Victoria Park with their reflections in still water. One shows the bandshell and one the boathouse [or pavilion?].

Photographs taken an appreciation dinner for J.S. McLean's 70th birthday held at the Granite Club in Toronto on May 1, 1946. Federick H. and Ella Schneider attended and can be seen in the larger photograph.

Clipping from a 1946 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Thirty years ago".

Large chart (carbon typescript) of 89 Schneider employees who served in WWII.

Snapshots taken at Freeport cottage, one of a family group labelled Fred Schweitzer visiting, dated Aug. 25, 1946. Fred Schweitzer is a young man dressed in a shirt, knitted vest and tie.

Back row, left to right: Norman C. Schneider, Fred Schweitzer, Howard G. Schneider, Ethel Schneider, Herbert J. Schneider.

Front row: Brita Schneider seated on the ground, leaning on a lawn chair, Mrs. Lapsley[?] seated in lawn chair.

Includes a snapshot of Brita and Fred at the swimming pool.