22 coloured illustrations of flowers, animals, children, and sentimental scenes. Most of the prints are Chicago Tribune Art supplements.

A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings of poetry for children. This scrapbook occupies four pages of a publisher's dummy entitled, ? Life and Achievements of Admiral Dewey? by Murat Halstead (Philadelphia: People's Publishing Co., 1899), and every second and third leaf in this volume has been cut out to accommodate the bulk of the clippings.

Thirty-two letters received by Tobias Kolb Schantz and his wife Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).

Date and Place from: January 12, 1889 Ottumwa, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Flagler, Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Attachments: Includes newspaper clipping, envelope, no stamp Notes: wedding invitation for the marriage of Carrie and Orpheus.

Date and Place from: July 9, 1896 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Hayes, Avery R., Mr. and Mrs. Notes: Wedding announcement for Charlotte Belle and Harry Rollin Moyer.

Date and Place from: July 9, 1896 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Hayes, Avery R., Mr. and Mrs. Notes: Wedding announcement for Charlotte Belle and Harry Rollin Moyer.

Date and Place from: June 6, 1900 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Iowa State Normal School Attachments: Envelope with stamp included Notes: Invitation to Commencement Exercises.

Date and Place from: December 12, 1864 South Cayuga, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: October 05, 1864 South Cayuga, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: April 09, 1866 Campden, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: May 28, 1864 South Cayuga, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: June 11, 1864 South Cayuga, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Two letters in one, one an extract from Samuel's letters, both signed By A.N. Moyer. Writes about education.

Date and Place from: August 12, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: March 09, 1874 Port Elgin To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Eby, Solomon and Catherine Notes: About the deaths from the winter.

Date and Place from: October 23, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: December 30, 1866 Waterloo To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Kolb, Jacob and Kolb, Catherine.

Date and Place from: November 30, 1865 Campden, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: March 18, 1866 Campden, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: May 13, 1866 Campden, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Writes about his vaccination shot.

Date and Place from: June 25, 1866 Campden, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Advice on college and the importance of an education.

Date and Place from: December 15, 1866 Campden, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: [1869?] [Independence, Mo.?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Two partial letters, no salutation or closing on either. Possibly written by Abraham N. Moyer.

Date and Place from: April 31, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: May 24, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: June 04, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Lists the value of his property and breaks it down eg. price of lot, house, fruit trees etc.

Date and Place from: July 06, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Writes that he will sell his property to a Mr. Morley. Letter indicates that Mary and Tobias are living in this house, which is owned by A.N. Moyer.

Date and Place from: September 15, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: October 18, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: November 18, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: November 22, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: December 11, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: December 15, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: December 16, 1869 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Writes about the best place to homestead.

Date and Place from: January 25, 1866 Preston To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Erb, Jacob K. and Erb, Julia.

Eighteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: September 7, 1897 Cedar Falls, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 23, 1897 New Hamburg, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Rebecca and Will Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 22, 1897 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: January 6, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Includes envelope, stamp removed Notes: Invitation.

Date and Place from: January 21, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on North American Transportation and Trading Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: February 15, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Ruth Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: April 14, 1898 Atlantic, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 19, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Written on North American Transportation and Trading Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: February 21, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Cornelia Caroline Flagler, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: February 22, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: February 23, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: Written on Weare Commission Company letterhead.

Date and Place from: June 4, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Includes letter from Carrie.

Date and Place from: June 19, 1899 Council Bluffs, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: January 4, 1900 Council Bluff, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: February 5, 1900 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Ruth Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: March, 12, 1900 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: April 12, 1900 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Education letterhead.

Date and Place from: April 31, 1900 Berlin, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Exterior view of Hervey Bowman's home located at 60 Church Street, Kitchener, Ontario by an unidentified photographer. The house is somewhat obscured by trees and an adult, possibly Hervey Bowman, is seen standing at left, behind a row of shrubs.

Photograph of Ruth Schantz seated in a wooden chair holding and looking down at infant cousin Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White). An organ and baby carriage are visible in background.

Upper body studio portrait of Eli Brubacher, seen looking at camera.

Photograph of Nell Johnston Flagler and William B. Flagler, posed for the camera, seated on a bench on the side lawn of a residential home.

One studio portrait of Annie Nash Fry (wife of Samuel Fry) seen looking at camera. Annie is shown late in life wearing a bonnet which ties at her neck, and glasses. Also includes one print of the identical portrait with a poem. Item may be a funeral card. Identification from verso with birth date as 1819 and death as 1903. Identification is uncertain however, as a print with a poem about the woman identifies the woman as Nancy Fry (possibly familiar form of Anna).

Poem reads:

We meet, in thankfulness to-day,
For blessings showered on our way.
May all our hearts with love abound
As once again we gather round
The heartstone of Aunt Nancy.
Vineland, August 9th, 1905.

One card photograph of an upper body studio portrait of Theodore Moyer. The image has been altered so that Theodore is shown in a scroll. Identification from verso

One ex libris bookplate from Orpheus and Carrie Schantz. Bookplate has an illustration of two birds on tree limbs bordered by flowers.

A print of a purple bouquet of flowers.

One upper body studio portrait of Tobias Schantz.

Originally in page 20 of album 2.

A studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Carrie Schantz and Ruth Schantz.

Portrait of Jennie Piggott seen looking at camera with arms crossed.

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence. Includes notes on calls made, customers quotes and orders, pasted in editorials, deaths of relatives and friends as well as Tobias' hand written draft of his daughter Etta's obituary which contains information on her life, marriage, children, and more.

Seven greeting cards, some blank, some addressed to Tobias Schantz. Includes Christmas and Easter greetings.

Fourteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: September 8, 1897 Hartford, Conn. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Curtis H. Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 9, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Ela Bliss Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 12, 1897 Bushnell, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From McGaughey, John Allen Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 14, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Ela Bliss Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 20, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Kenney, Chas. and Kenney, Fannie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Wedding announcement of Chas. H. Kenney and Fannie A. Courtney.

Date and Place from: April 3, 1898 Ottawa, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Martin, Will Attachments: Includes letter, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: April 27, 1898 Montrose, Calif. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Includes: envelope, stamp removed, programme for Colorado West'n. Asso'n. with small dried flower enclosed.

Date and Place from: May 11, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Ela Bliss Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: February 9, 1899 Clyde, Kan. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Keith, Eva Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Wedding announcement of James W. Keith and Eva N. Spencer.

Date and Place from: March 1, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 31, 1899 Danville, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Ela Bliss Attachments: Eenvelope, stamp removed Notes: Wedding invitation for Jessie Watt and Mr. Ela Bliss Moyer.

Date and Place from: June 16, 1899 Ward, Colo. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 21, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Mandel, Jennie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed, invoice for fork enclosed.

Date and Place from: February 4, 1900 Ottawa, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Martin, Will Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, mostly engraved portraits of members of the British and Russian royal families. This scrapbook occupies the first twenty pages of a publisher's dummy entitled, ?House and Home: A Complete Housewife's Guide? by Marion Harland (Toronto, W. Briggs, [[19--?]?]), and every second leaf in this section has been cut out to accommodate the bulk of the clippings. The rest of the volume, originally published in the United States for an American audience, contains a sample of chapters and engravings on everything from home decorating, relationships, child-rearing, etiquette, menus and recipes. At the end of the volume Tobias Kolb Schantz has written the names of customers and the binding style ordered by each.

One photograph of Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ontario, showing the bridge in the foreground. A canoe on the lake is visible in the background.

One photograph of the lake at Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ontario. A number of canoes with unidentified male and female occupants are visible near the bridge and shore.

Studio portrait of evangelists Hugh Crossley and John Hunter. Crossley is seen with legs crossed, looking off camera and paper in left hand. Hunter is seated on the arm of a chair next to him with right arm propped on Crossley's shoulder, looking at camera.

One group portrait of the extended Moyer family outdoors with greenery in the background.

Standing: Ethel Raymond Sabin, Elihu De Forest Watt, Jennie Moyer, Edmund Warren Moyer, Mary May Raymond, Thomas Cowen Kelly, Jessie Watt Moyer, Ela Bliss Moyer, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Annie Bell Raymond, Sophie Emma Schantz, Harry Rollin Moyer

Seated: Mary Emma Moyer, Mary Raymond Moyer (Mollie), Levi Nash Moyer, Ruth Schantz, Carrie Flagler Schantz, Charlotte Hays Moyer, Mary Elizabeth Moyer.

Photograph of Carrie Flagler Schantz (at left) standing outdoors with daughter Ruth Schantz and sister-in-law Nell Johnston Flagler. The three are shown standing on the lawn of the Schantz home at Morton Park.

Photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz's home at 4215 West 24th St., Cicero, Illinois. An unidentified individual is visible lying in a hammock on the front porch.

One snapshot of Ruth holding her newborn cousin Dorothy. Image of the children is only 5 cm (diam) surrounded by a border of leaves. Photograph is possibly a photogram.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Lieutenant Ward Malott White, showing him in his Salvation Army uniform. Identification from verso.

One upper body studio portrait of Jeremiah Eby. Identification from album.

One print of a studio portrait of Levi Nash Moyer.

Upper body studio portrait of Portus B. Weare seen looking off camera.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Oliver St. John seen looking off camera.

Photograph of Franklin Schantz on the back of a horse posed for the camera in from of a row of trees.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Amanda Schiedel seen looking off camera and dressed in a high-collared top.

One photograph of a portion of the lake or creek at Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ontario.

Studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz and Cornelia "Carrie" Flagler Schantz, with their daughter Ruth Schantz. Ruth is seen standing at centre with bow in hair arms on her parents' backs.

Hand coloured photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz's home at 4215 West 24th St., Cicero, Illinois. Carrie Flagler Schantz and Ruth Schantz are shown on the porch while Worth Schantz plays on the lawn.

Two Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Calendars, both colour, for 1898 and 1900. The 1898 calendar is illustrated with the heads of four children singing while the 1900 calendar features four children, one in a chef's hat and apron, having tea.

Business and advertising cards, some for nurserymen. Also contains two reciepts, one for coal and one for dry goods.

Twenty-seven letters received by Austin Tobias Schantz.

Date and Place from: April 13, 1891 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: May 14, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Postcard.

Date and Place from: September 21, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: September 26, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Postcard.

Date and Place from: September 28, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Postcard.

Date and Place from: October 8, 1894 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: October 17, 1894 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Unknown Attachments: Envelope only, includes stamp.

Date and Place from: December 31, 1894 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: May 17, 1895 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: May 18, 1895 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: July 9, 1895 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: November 30, 1895 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: May 21, 1896 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Postcard.

Date and Place from: July 9, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: August 18, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: January 12, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: January 21, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: Written on North American Transportation & Trading Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: September 20, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: December 21, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: Written on North American Transportation & Trading Co. Letterhead. Includes note from mother.

Date and Place from: January 1899 San Francisco, Calif. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Vroom, R.D.H. Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: February 4, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Unknown Notes: Empty envelope only, includes stamp.

Date and Place from: April 20, 1900 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: May 13, 1890 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: n.d. Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes note from Sophie.

Date and Place from: April 19, 1891 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 Notes: Partial letter, no closing.

Date and Place from: Dec. 5, 1894 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 Notes: Written on R. D. Lang & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 12, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes note from Florence.

Twenty-three letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: 1899 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Notes: Ephemeral items re. Sophie's kindergarten training, exam in Chicago.

Date and Place from: July 25, ? Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Blodgett, Mary M.

Date and Place from: March 2, 1900 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Bright, Orville Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: Jan. 24, 1893 Columbia, Pa. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Ellenberger, C.A. Notes: Written on Hotel Columbia letterhead.

Date and Place from: May 13, 1893 Blyth, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Austin, Alf.

Date and Place from: May 13, 1893 Blyth, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Austin, Alf.

Date and Place from: Jan. 4, 1894 Blyth, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Austin, Alf Notes: Includes note to Etta.

Date and Place from: Feb. 19, 1894 Blyth To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Austin, Alf.

Date and Place from: Oct. 5, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Aggie.

Date and Place from: Feb. 24, 1898 Hartford To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Ella.

Date and Place from: June 9, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Aggie.

Date and Place from: Oct. 27, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Attachments: Envelope, no stamp.

Date and Place from: Oct. 30, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Aggie.

Date and Place from: Jan. 4, 1899 Port Elgin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Annie.

Date and Place from: Aug. 24, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Becker, W.H. Notes: Includes letter of recommendation.

Date and Place from: Dec. 20, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Aggie.

Date and Place from: July 9, 1900 Varna, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Austin, Alf.

Date and Place from: Dec. 1878 s.l. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From ? Notes: Poem "Compliments of Santa Claus ..."

Date and Place from: Jan. 10, 1900 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Aunt ? Notes: Includes envelope.

Date and Place from: Dec. 27, 1897 To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Notes: Envelope only, with stamp.

To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Casey, Mary.

To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Becker, Mary S.

To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Bowman, J.B.

A scrapbook containing coloured cuttings, some printed for the purpose, with the majority being floral items cut from seed catalogues. The burgundy leather cover is heavily tooled in a thistle pattern, and includes a coloured pictorial card of a bluebird pasted on.

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

Upper body studio portrait of Theodore Moyer seen looking off camera.

Snapshots of Arthur Schantz's life in Alberta. The images range in date from ca. 1900 to ca. 1920 and show Arthur and Austin Schantz as well as Jean Beddome (Braithwaite). Included are images of Arthur's summer job as a fire warden and a trip by wagon to Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park. Also of interest are images of a group of youths who came to visit Arthur while he was a warden. Of particular interest is the dress of the women who are wearing jeans. Most of the images are unidentified.

Cyanotype photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz and Ruth Schantz. Orpheus is seated on a swing out front of their home at Morton Park with arm around Ruth who is standing at his side.

Twenty drawings and sketches by Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Included are portraits, studies of animals, technical drawings for a boat, one ink drawing of the back of a woman in a gown, two drawings after C.D. Gibson- "When Doctors Disagree" and "Mr. Pipp just after dinner steps our for a few moments with a change acquaintance. He returns at 2 A.M.", and two with leaf varieties and poetry. Smaller drawings were originally found in an old men's silk handkerchief box with other ephemera.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Clara White seen looking off camera. Photograph has been altered to show Clara in a flower adorned scroll.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Annie Bowman, seen looking at camera, that was found with Hervey Bowman's belongings.

Three identical group portraits of the attendees of the golden wedding anniversary of Benjamin Hunsperger and Esther Biehn Hunsperger. The Hunspergers were the parents of Ward Malott White's second wife Ella Amanda Hunsperger. They lived in Westcott Alta, near Didsbury.

One group portrait of some attendees of the golden wedding anniversary celebrations for Benjamin Hunsperger and Esther Biehn Hunsperger. The Hunspergers were the parents of Ward Malott White's second wife Ella Amanda Hunsperger. They lived in Westcott Alta, near Didsbury.

Three identical group portraits of the attendees of the golden wedding anniversary of Benjamin Hunsperger and Esther Biehn Hunsperger. The Hunspergers were the parents of Ward Malott White's second wife Ella Amanda Hunsperger. They lived in Westcott Alta, near Didsbury.

Four identical full length studio portraits of Dorothy White, aged one year. Identification from verso.

Full body studio portrait of Russel Nash as an infant seen seated, dressed in white gown with a lace collar, and smiling at something off camera.

One invitation to the graduation ceremony for the Senior Class of Colorado College. Homer LeRoy Schantz (nephew of Tobias Schantz) graduated with a S.B.

Two identical three quarter studio portrait of Ruth Schantz. Ruth is shown leaning on a chair wearing a lace dress, a jacket and a flowered hat. Photograph was originally owned by Franklin Schantz. Identification from verso.

Photograph of the visit of the Duke (George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952) and Duchess of York (Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953) to Berlin, Ontario in 1901. The photograph was taken from behind a crowd and shows dignitaries on a flag-draped platform in front of a train car behind and people are visible on the rooftops of buildings opposite, including Randall & Roos Wholesale Grocers.

One upper body studio portrait of Joseph Hilborn looking off camera in partial profile.

Pen drawing featuring the lines of the poem titled, A Slumber Song as well as butterfly and 16 point compass rose motifs. The drawing also includes a monogram possibly made by combining the letters F, A, C, S and the date October 5, 1902.

The poem featured in the drawing was originally titled, Sleep Sweet and was written by Ellen M. Huntington Gates. The creator of this drawing changed the title and a few words in the lines of the original poem titled, Sleep Sweet by Ellen M. Huntington Gates.

Full length studio portrait of Worth Schantz shown sitting on a chair and wearing a long white gown.

Twenty-one letters received by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

Date and Place from: October 4, 1895 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: December 28, 1895 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 2, 1896 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 29, 1896 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: July 30, 1896 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Letter torn.

Date and Place from: February 8, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 24, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 24, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 20, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on EMS letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 16, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: August 11, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 Notes: Includes letter to Frank.

Date and Place from: November 25, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 25, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: June 12, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes note from Etta.

Date and Place from: August 3, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: August 10, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: November 11, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 6, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 28, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Attachments: Envelope with stamp included.

Date and Place from: January 19, 1900 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 23, 1902 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

Thirty-five letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: March 31, 1900 Altadena, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Heineman, M.F.

Date and Place from: December 12, 1892 Guelph To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Martin, Will.

Date and Place from: February 20, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Lizzie.

Date and Place from: March 24, [18--?] La Grange, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Keeler, Emma Grace Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: Nov. 25, ? Guelph, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Martin, Will.

Date and Place from: Feb. 6, 1892 Guelph, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Martin, Will.

Date and Place from: Oct. 31, 1892 Guelph, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Martin, Will.

Date and Place from: Oct. 15, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Faith.

Date and Place from: Nov. 30, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Lydia.

Date and Place from: Jan. 19, 1898 La Grange, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Emma.

Date and Place from: Feb. 26, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Gribble, M.H.

Date and Place from: March 25, 1898 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Mollie.

Date and Place from: June 12, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Groh, Lizzie.

Date and Place from: Dec. 4, 1898 Breslau, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Kolb, Lucinda.

Date and Place from: Jan. 14, 1899 Montrose, Colo. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Hutchinson, Nancy.

Date and Place from: March 5, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Kolb, Mary.

Date and Place from: June 15, 1899 To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Grace.

Date and Place from: July 5, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From McIntyre, G.A.

Date and Place from: July 29, 1899 To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Matthews, Edna.

Date and Place from: Oct. 2, 1899 To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Grace, Miss.

Date and Place from: Dec. 27, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Groh, Lizzie.

Date and Place from: March 22, 1900 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Heineman, Sadie.

Date and Place from: Nov. 23, 1901 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Heineman, M.F. Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: Sept. 22, 1902 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Heineman, M.F.

Date and Place from: Sept. 26, 1902 Evanston, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From ?, Mollie.

Date and Place from: Nov. 17, ? Conestogo, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Euler, Emelia.

Date and Place from: Jan. 28, 1885 Conestogo, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Euler, Louise.

Date and Place from: Oct. 22, 1885 Conestogo, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Euler, Emelia.

Date and Place from: April 18, 1892 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Goudie, Matilda.

Date and Place from: Nov. 13, 1893 Jordan, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Houser, Sarah D.

Date and Place from: Jan. 25, 1898 LaGrange, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From ?, Emma.

Date and Place from: June 23, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Higgs, Emma M. Notes: Clyde High School Commencement Exercises invitation.

Date and Place from: June 1899 Ward, Colo. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Hutchinson, Nancy Notes: Written on Congregational Church letterhead.

To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Keeler, Emma Grace.

To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Flander.

Two identical three quarter length portraits of Jennie Moyer. Jennie is seen seated at a piano with left arm on the keys and a handkerchief in right hand with a ribbon in her hair.

Studio portrait possibly of Marguriete Moyer (daughter of Edward A. Moyer, son of Anna Moyer) as an infant. Marguriete is shown in a gown, bonnet and cape, seated in a chair.

One loose album page that has been removed from an unidentified photograph album. Recto is missing both photographs, but has labels that read "Elk Lodge Alberta- Arthur-Florence" and "Elsie Snyder-Ralph Snyder". Verso shows two photographs. The first is an oval photograph of the Nash sisters (daughters of Abraham Nash and Agnes Housser or Frances Wismer). Left to right: Mary Nash Hoover, Susanna Nash Wismer (Susie), Sarah Elizabeth Nash Laschinger (Lizzie), Frances Deborah Nash Carter (Debbie) and Priscilla Nash. The second image is titled "The Jolly Sleigh Ride, Aug. 28. 1902, Jordan, Ont." showing Samuel Fry Jr., Sarah Grobb Fry, Anna Rosetta Fry, Annie Nash Fry and others in a sleigh hitched to a horse. There is a missing image on the verso with the title "Sophie."

Family tree of the Schantz family created by Orpheus Moyer Schantz. The members listed start with Orpheus and Carrie's children Ruth and Ward, and date back 10 generations to the en Batten and Mayke families.

Circular wood burning by Orpheus Schantz of a woman's face surrounded by symbols.

Small notebook with household accounts, expenses associated with Etta's death and burial, lists of expenses associated with "Baby" and "Dorothy", also "North West Accounts" listing expenses for Tobias and Austin in Alberta.

One three quarter length portrait of Jennie Moyer. Jennie is seen seated at a piano with left arm on the keys and a handkerchief in right hand with a ribbon in her hair. Also includes the original slip cover for the photograph.

Full body studio portrait of Worth Schantz, age twelve weeks. Worth is seen propped in a chair wearing a long white gown and looking toward camera.

A pamphlet created for the 1902 Nash family reunion giving histories and photographs of the Nash sisters: Anna Fry, Rebecca Moyer, Elizabeth Fry, and Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).

Head and torso studio portrait of of Herbert Moyer seen looking at camera.

One upper body studio portrait photograph of Emma Bliss Moyer (wife of Samuel Moyer) seen looking off camera..

This ledger contains Tobias Schantz's business and personal accounts for several periods, 1865-1869, 1873-1879. Part of the ledger is filled with lists of orders taken for books between 1893 and 1898, and orders taken for nursery stock from E.D. Smith, ca. 1895, from Stone and Wellington, 1901-1902 and from J.N. Wismer. Unused space in the first part of the ledger is filled in with closely-written diary entries for 1871-1872 in which Tobias recounts his daily routine. Lists of family information, including birth dates, places, naming, school beginnings, etc. appear on p. 44-45 and [64]. Other notes appear at random, including receipts, lists of hens set and poultry weights, copies of business letters, and "Cost of Church Trial" [this last found near the end of the ledger] dated 1895. Several items are laid into this ledger, including maps of Cuba, an engraving, a seed catalogue cover, a clipping, and an assessment notice to T. Schantz dated 1899.

Thirty-six letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: June 14, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Lydia.

Date and Place from: September 20, 1894 South Cayuga, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: October 09, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 Notes: Includes short note from Florence.

Date and Place from: September 11, 1902 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962.

Date and Place from: October 14, 1902 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962.

Date and Place from: October 21, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912.

Date and Place from: January 14, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 Notes: Includes note from mother?

Date and Place from: December 12, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912.

Date and Place from: [19--?] Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 Notes: no signature.

Date and Place from: February 20, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: October 07, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: June 21, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: July 04, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Attachments: Includes envelope, no stamp.

Date and Place from: October 07, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes short note from Florence.

Date and Place from: December 09, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: February 20, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: April 23, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: December 19, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: March 22, 1900 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: [18--?] Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: [18--?] Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: [18--?] Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: [18--?], Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes short note from Frank.

Date and Place from: [18--?] Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: [18--?] Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: [18--?] Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: November 06, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962.

Date and Place from: 1898 April 23, Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: n.d. Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: March 25, 1887 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: Oct. 4, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962.

Date and Place from: May 1, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 Notes: Includes note from Mary Schantz.

Date and Place from: Jan. 20, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962.

Date and Place from: April 13, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: May 11, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962.

Date and Place from: June 13, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 Notes: Includes note from Herbert.

Twenty-seven letters received by Tobias Kolb Schantz and his wife Mary Schantz.

Date and Place from: June 13, 1899 Danville, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Watt, Mary C. Notes: wedding invitation for Jessie Watt and Ela Bliss Moyer; includes envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: July 12, 1896 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

Date and Place from: March 23, 1902 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

Date and Place from: May 27, 1866 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: March 22, 1878 Hutchison Co., [D.T.?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Christian, 1840- and Shantz, Mary Hutchinson.

Date and Place from: February 28, 1866 [Plattsville?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: March 13, 1866 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: April 20, 1866 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: August 22, 1866 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: September 18, 1866 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Partial letter, including prices of fruit, crops, lumber and describing wild game.

Date and Place from: October 17, 1866 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: January 24, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Partial Letter.

Date and Place from: February 16, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: April 04, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Describes life in the West, including the birth of his newest son, Isaac, his horses, the weather, the prices of food etc.

Date and Place from: September 23, 1867 Longlane, Dallas County, Mo. U.S.A. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Writes about being settled in their new place, as they moved from Montgomery County to Dallas County, Mo.

Date and Place from: February 06, 1868 Longlane, Dallas County, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Writes that he has not sold his place in Montgomery Co., has not received any money from Canada and has fallen on hard times. He has been digging a well for water, and feed is scarce.

Date and Place from: March 29, 1868 [Dallas Co., Mo.?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: May 31, 1868 Longlane,[Dallas Co., Mo.] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Attachments: Slip of paper, short note included with letter. Notes: Note included which describes locusts.

Date and Place from: July 20, 1868 [Longlane, Dallas Co., Mo.?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Letter Written By Menno S. Shantz for Benjamin Shantz.

Date and Place from: March 19, 1876 [Scotland?], Bonhomme Co., Dakotah To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Christian, 1840- and Shantz, Mary Hutchinson Notes: Writes about the move to Dakota.

Date and Place from: May 08, 1875 Lebanon To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Sarah Notes: Letter telling of her marriage to a Mr. Henry Snyder, their plans to visit people in Port Elgin after the wedding. Describes her wedding dress and says "I will send you a piece of my wedding dress."

Date and Place from: March 17, 1890 Bloomingdale To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Snyder, Lydia.

Date and Place from: September 12, 1866 Hawkesville To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Tropp, H. Notes: Signature illegible.

Date and Place from: March 14, 1871 Breslau To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Josiah Kolb, 1834- and Shantz, Anna Notes: Note included, initialled by Josiah.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1866 Wellsville To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Unknown? Notes: Partial letter, no closing.

Date and Place from: Dec. 26, 1901 Oshkosh, Wis. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 and Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Soper, Benjamin Hutchinson Notes: Marriage announcement of Lucia Moore and Homer LeRoy Schantz, includes envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: March 29, 1868 [Longlane, Dallas Co., Mo.?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Edna Moyer seen looking off camera, aged 17 years, 6 months. Photograph originally belonged to Sophia Moyer.

Thirty six leafs giving sections of the poem "The Deserted Village" by Oliver Goldsmith with accompanying prints by Edward A. Abbey. The excerpts and prints were published in Harper's Monthly Magazine in 1902.

Group portrait of Moyer family seated on their porch. A bicycle is visible at left leaning against the porch.

Standing: Bertha Moyer, Mable Moyer, Maurice Moyer, Herbert Moyer, Etta Moyer

Seated: Anna Tomlins Moyer, Jessie Moyer, Edna Moyer.

Studio portrait of Jacob Nash Moyer and family seen looking at camera. Left to right: Evelyn M. Moyer (age 9), Frances M. Moyer (age 14), Jacob Nash Moyer, Willard White Moyer (age 16), Mary Miller Moyer, Richard Moyer (age 12) and Winifred M. Moyer (age 7).

One full body studio group portrait of Jessie Watt Moyer with children Barbara Helen and Dorothy Louise. Barbara is seated in Jessie's lap and Dorothy is standing next to them.

An unadressed Valentine with a poem.

Decorated family tree showing the descendants of Abraham Bechtel Moyer and Mary Gross Nash.

Relief shown by hachuring and spot heights. Shows land districts, townships, roads, railroads, Pacific cable and station.

Studio portrait of a seated Ruth Schantz, age ten years and six months, holding Worth Schantz, age seven months, who is propped on the arm's chair.

Full length studio portrait of Worth Schantz, ages seven months, shown sitting on a chair and wearing a long white gown.

One group photograph of Anna Tomlins Moyer with daughters seated together on a porch. The group is identified on the verso as Lillian and Mable; however, other identification on other photographs suggest the group is (left to right) Edna, Anna, Etta, Bertha and Mable.

Full body studio portrait of Ruth (age 12) and Worth (age 2) Schantz seen looking off camera. Ruth is seated with Worth standing at her side, his left arm resting on her lap.

Photograph of Ruth and Worth Schantz. Ruth is seen seated, with right arm over chair arm, and Worth is standing with head in Ruth's lap.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: October 4, 1905 Morton Park [Illinois] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Ruth Attachments: No envelope.

One full length studio portrait of Florence Schantz standing behind an elaborate parlour chair. Identification from verso.

Date and Place from: July 29, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

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

Thirty-two letters received by Tobias Kolb Schantz and his wife Mary Schantz.

Date and Place from: December 12, 1886 Hoskins, Dak. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: December 6, 1905 Bushong, Kan. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, J. C., Rev. and Mrs. Attachments: Wedding invitation for Mabel Moyer and William Homer Copeland.

Date and Place from: October 15, 1866 St Catherines To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Notes: Talks about his fathers death, and how it still saddens him.

Date and Place from: October 30, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: October 27, 1869 La Salle, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Notes: "Hatch, Brown & Co., Dry Goods, Carpets & Merchant Tailoring, Large Double Store."

Date and Place from: September 23, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: September 23, 1870 Greenwood, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Recipe included in the letter.

Date and Place from: February 06, 1866 Campden, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Additional signatories: Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: July 08, 1866 St. Catherines, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: May 09, 1869 St. Catherines To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: June 30, 1869 La Salle, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: August 09, 1869 La Salle, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: November 04, 1869 La Salle, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: December 10, 1869 La Salle, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: December 26, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Notes: About the death of Sophia and writes in the letter her dying words.

Date and Place from: October 07, 1877 St. Catherines To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: January 14, 1870 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: January 16, 1870 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: February 24, 1870 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Lists costs of rent, butter, cows & horses, wood etc.

Date and Place from: May 07, 1870 Independence, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: July 19, 1870 Sedalia, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: October 29, 1870 Greenwood, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: November 22, 1870 Greenwood, Mo. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Writes about Sophies death and her final hours.

Date and Place from: July 04, 1876 Wyandotte, Kan. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: January 19, 1877 Wyandotte, Kan. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: September 22, 1891 Kansas City, Kan. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: On letterhead: "The Wyandotte National Bank" Kansas City, Kan.

Date and Place from: February 28, 1864 Green River, Henry Co., Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: March 18, 1866 Campden, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: May 06, 1866 St. Catherines, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: August 12, 1866 St. Catherines, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: December 08, 1869 La Salle, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: January 16, 1875 Campden To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Notes: Writes about everyone's health.

Three-quarter length studio portrait of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz seen standing behind a chair, with arms at back, and looking at the camera. The photo was taken on Florence's 26th birthday on December 28, 1905.

Date and Place from: August 14, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: November 22, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains pages and covers from the Ladies Home Journal and others featuring poems, stories, articles and illustrations. Topics include animals, flowers, biographies of American women, articles by nature writers such as Gene Stratton-Porter and Ernest Thompson Seton, fishing, fashion, and more.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains pages and clippings from newspapers and magazines, including portraits of royalty, nobility and other figures and incidents in the news at the time such as the Boer War and the coronation of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910. Also includes sentimental pictures, poems, stories, fashion items, and more.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Mary Moyer Schantz and Anna Moyer (her sister). Anna Moyer is wearing glasses. Identification from verso.

Print of a photograph of Levi Nash Moyer.