1 letter.

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

3 letters.

Date and Place from: December 6, 1920 Toronto [Ontario] To [Schantz family] From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: April 11, 1921 Toronto [Ontario] To [Schantz family] From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: December [192-] Toronto [Ontario] To [Schantz family] From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope. Includes an invitation to a Christmas Festival. Notes: There is no salutation in this letter, but the letter is complete.

10 letters.

Date and Place from: October 4, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: June 24, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: April 11, 1929 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: October 16, 1928 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: August 3, 1930 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: August 24, 1930 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope. Includes a note from Sophie Schantz in the body of the letter. Additional signatories: Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958.

Date and Place from: March 22, 1931 Chatham [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: July 15, 1924 Highgate [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: August 10, 1926 Highgate [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: [1926?] [Highgate?] [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: August 15, 1927 Kitchener [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 and Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

Ten prints including:

One portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

Two memorial portraits of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.

One portrait of the [George] Washington family.

One portrait of Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941. This print is mounted on the lid of a box and decorated with gilt paper trim.

Side-by-side portraits of George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936 and Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953.

Side-by-side portraits of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910 and Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925.

One illustration of the G?ltzsch Viaduct, a railway bridge in Germany.

One illustration of a landscape in Switzerland.

One illustration of cupid and another figure warming their hands by a fire.

A manuscript poem by Mary Woods, possibly transcribed by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz entitled, Our Picnic to Elora. The poem was inserted in a pamphlet of shadowgraphs dating to approximately 1894 that was likely sold by a person with a hearing impairment. This pamphlet is available in the University of Waterloo Library catalogue. Call Number:

Handwritten notes on two biblical figures; Paul the Apostle and David, King of Israel.

A notebook kept by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz. The cover is dated Feb. 28, 1908, Didsbury, Alberta and contains hymns transcribed from memory.

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.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains serial articles from the Delineator on the lives of famous women, including Eulalia, Infanta of Spain, 1864-1958 and Mrs. William Howard Taft, as well as several fashion-related items.

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.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains pages and clippings from newspapers, magazines and travel brochures, including poems, cartoons, portraits of royalty, nobility and other figures and incidents in the news at the time, sentimental pictures, stories, and more.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains pages from newspapers, including the Montreal Weekly Witness, the Globe, the Chicago Tribune and Farm and Home. Pages include the Home Department, the Boys Page, and the Agricultural column, figures and incidents in the news at the time.

Full body studio portrait of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz as an infant seen looking off camera and dressed in a white gown.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Elisabeth Schantz (nee Snyder) seen looking at camera.

Studio portrait of an unidentified group of adults and children, likely a family.

One snapshot of Mary Schantz, Nellie Nellis and Effie Schantz standing near a piano.

One snapshot of Effie Schantz standing near a piano.

It is likely that these photographs were taken at the same time as Effie is dressed the same in both photos. The name Jakes inscribed on both snapshots could reference Jacob Arthur Schantz, Effie Schantz's father.

Studio portrait of an unidentified adult with three children. The adult may be Faith Snider with children (left to right) Ralph Edward, Gertrude Mabel and Elsie Louise.

Three-quarter length studio portrait of two unidentified children.

Pen drawing by Orpheus Moyer Schantz titled, The Girl He Left Behind Him. The drawing features a woman sitting in a field with ships visible in the distance. Artist's note underneath signature confirms this drawing was modeled after the works of Charles Dana Gibson.

The register of visitors for the funeral of Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) who died January 28, 1935 in Kitchener, Ontario at the age of 94. Mary Schantz's funeral was held at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home in Kitchener, Ontario.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Dorothy Russell: A life in the Twentieth Century: It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times, Dorothy and Clarke, 1923-1935.” The article provides biographical information about Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) and her husband Clarke Russell.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Dorothy Russell: A life in the Twentieth Century: A Teacher in the Roaring Twenties.” The article provides biographical information about Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), specifically describing her career as a teacher.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Dorothy Russell: A life in the Twentieth Century: A Childhood in Berlin.” The article provides biographical information about Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), specifically describing her childhood.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Dorothy Russell: A life in the Twentieth Century: Dorothy Russell, Retired Teacher.” The article provides biographical information about Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), specifically describing her life after she retired from teaching.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Schantz Family of Berlin: Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, December 28, 1879-March 11, 1938.” The article provides biographical information about Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Hervey Meyer Bowman: Unrequited Scholar.” The article provides biographical information about Hervey Meyer Bowman.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “HCFR Reminiscences: A Career in the History Classroom.” The article provides biographical information about Harold Russell, specifically describing his career as a teacher.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “HCFR Reminiscences: A Kitchener Boy.” The article provides biographical information about Harold Russell, specifically describing his childhood.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “HCFR Reminiscences: Recollections Of Waterloo College, 1954-58.” The article provides biographical information about Harold Russell, specifically describing his experience as a student at Waterloo College.

Transcriptions of letters sent by Franklin Abram Schantz to various family members between 1891 and 1961. The letters were transcribed by Harold Russell.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “The Moyers of The Twenty: The Moyers: Mary Moyer Schantz's Family.” The article provides biographical information about the Moyer/Meyer family.

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

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.

Photocopy of a photograph of members of the Master family on the front porch of 50 Margaret Ave, Kitchener.

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

2 letters.

Date and Place from: May 6, 1921 Guelph [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Dot Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: November 1, 1922 Cambridge [Massachusetts] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Dot Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

1 wedding invitation.

Date and Place from: July, 1923 Mount Forest [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Galbraith, Mr. and Mrs. R. Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope. This is a wedding invitation to the wedding of Anne Galbraith and Harold C.W. Smith.

2 letters.

Date and Place from: February 1, 1921 Kitchener [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Hilliard, Rose Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: November 19, 1922 Goderich [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Hilliard, Rose Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

3 letters.

Date and Place from: January 24, 1923 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Peggy Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: February 11, 1923 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Peggy Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope. This is a miniature valentine.

Date and Place from: February 17, 1923 Hamilton [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Peggy Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

1 letter.

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

1 letter and 1 post card.

Date and Place from: December 27, 1920 Toronto [Ontario] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Stringer, Rowena Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: July 25, 1923 Vancouver [British Columbia] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Stringer, Rowena Attachments: No envelope, post card stamped. Contains a stamped post card.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: December 22, 1922 Chilliwack [British Columbia] To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From White, Ward Malott Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

"Five year diary" for 1964-1968. Many entries lacking. Inclusions: clippings, notes, cards, etc.

Black notebook containing trip diary: Florida trip, 1st March to 14th March 1977.

"Peter Etril Snyder Engagement Calendar 1992" used as a diary. Many entries lacking. Inclusions: clippings.

"Day by Day Journal, 1994." Some entries lacking.

Notebook organized by month with notes on bird sightings from 1938-1946 years transcribed. Also contains "Home lists" of birds from 1974-1978.

School exercise book partially filled with diary entries.

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

Albums contain snapshots of Dorothy Russell and classmates at the Toronto Normal School, friends and relatives in various locations, including Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, Grimsby, the reservoir (Toronto), Scarborough Bluffs, Sarnia, Niagara Falls, Rockwood, Woodstock, Parry Sound, Kettle Point, Ipperwash Beach, and Port Dover, Ontario. Includes many snapshots of Victoria Park, Schneider Ave. and David St. in Kitchener. Includes a snapshot of a car crashed through a bridge railing, of a river in flood, Swartzentruber Lake near Baden, King St. Kitchener from Frederick St. towards Walper Hotel, Merchants' Bank of Canada (Bank of Montreal) at King and Queen St. N., with streetcar and snapshots of a wedding party.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some photographs identified. Identified photographs include:

Schantz home, 43 Schneider Ave., Berlin, Ont.

Group and individual posed portraits of Austin Tobias Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Dorothy Etta Russell, Ruth Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Mary Schantz, Worth Flagler Schantz, Tobias Schantz, Carrie, Mrs. Flagler, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, September 1910.

Dec. 1910 at Morton Park, Ill. : good photo of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Ruth Schantz.

1907: Victoria Park Pavilion, Victoria park.

1910: snapshots taken during visit of Orpheus Moyer Schantz family from Chicago to Berlin: unidentified view of farmhouse and river, probably Kolb farm at Breslau, group including Mr. & Mrs. Jake Kolb, snapshot of farm from across river; snapshots taken at the Steckle farm including a view of the Steckle farmhouse, views of "Henry Steckle's farm, Strasburg", snapshots of farm animals, picking elderberries, etc.

Orpheus Moyer Schantz home in Morton Park, Illinois and Orpheus Moyer Schantz family members. Includes one interior, several of yard.

Portrait of Jacob Kolb (1895-) in uniform.

Freeport: p. 45, includes farmhouse, view of bridge, Jacob Bauman Farm, Freeport 1911 with barns, stone house, Freeport church.

Small prints of horses, dogs, animal sheds on Prairie, possibly taken in Alberta? Also snapshots of mountainous territory with water, bridge over river with logs, horses being driven, large haystacks, homestead, Florence[?] and others eating outside, woman fishing, goats and pigs.

Groups portraits taken at the Schantz Family Reunion, 1913.

Rockwood, Ont., 1915: groups and scenic snapshots.

Unidentified farmhouse, family groups. These include Tobias Schantz.

Arthur Benjamin Schantz or Austin Tobias Schantz on horseback camp cooking.

Elora, Ont.: snapshots of groups, at mill, bridge, flowerpot island.

One letter. Includes original envelope with stamp.

The Geographic Society of Chicago Yearbook for 1919 to 1921. In the yearbook, Orpheus Moyer Schantz is listed as a member of the society.

One bound pocket notebook, bearing the printed title, Alaska Bedding Notebook, organized by year, which contains lists of authors and titles of books read by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) during the period prior to 1918 to the 1960s.

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.

One formal studio portrait of Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) as a child, taken prior to her entrance into high school.

One sketch of an owl by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) in pencil outline which has been filled in with crayons.

One spiral bound notebook containing samples of leaves from deciduous trees and needle leaves of conifers found in Ontario. Each sample is labelled by hand. It is possible the leaf collection was a school science project.

A bound notebook with notes by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) taken during a course of study in household science while enrolled at the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute from 1916 to 1917. Includes fabric samples.

One loose leaf notebook with hard cover bearing the printed title, Chapman's Science Notebook, containing notes and exercises by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) taken in a course of study on physics and chemistry during her enrollment in Form IIIB at the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute.

An entrance certificate awarded by the Ontario Department of Education to Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) in Berlin, Ontario on July 18, 1916 upon her completion with honours of the requirements for entrance to a collegiate institute, high school or continuation school. The certificate is signed on behalf of the Entrance Board by D. Forsyth, chairman, and F.W. Sheppard, Secretary.

Twenty-seven advertising cards primarily from American retailers, manufacturers and organizations, which apppear to have been distributed at the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair) in 1893 during the period in which Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) was residing in Chicago. The business interests and organizations represented include the following:

The Enterprise Manufacturing Company Pennsylvania, which includes a group of fifteen cards depicting selected scenes from the history of America since its inception and scenes from the Chicago World's Fair.

Fred Kaempfer, Taxidermist, Chicago, Illinois.

The A.B.Chase Piano Company, Norwalk, Ohio.

Jubilee Soap.

Kennedy & Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania advertising Dr. Radcliffe's Great Remedy.

E. T. Mason, New York, New York promoting Sakai Dantsu Carpets.

The Starr Piano Company, Richmond, Indiana.

Estey Piano Company, New York, New York.

Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapp's.

National Association of Women Stenographers.

Williams Sewing Machines [Canada].

Four printed cards with Biblical images and passages.

A printed set of fourteen midsummer examinations issued by the Education Department, Province of Ontario in various subjects including arithmetic, writing, euclidean geometry, German and history. The examinations appear to be part of the requirements of the program of study in preparation for normal or teacher training school.

Eight postcards which constitute the complete first set of Titania's Palace series no. 1 postcards by Tuck's Post Cards. A note on verso of card 4 indicates that they were produced sometime after 1904.

Assessment and tax notices and receipts for Schneider Ave. property in Kitchener, Ont., 1929-1933, 1935.

Three joint letters from Louise Moyer and aunt Emma.

One letter from brother Jesse Gross Moyer.

19 letters. Correspondents include brothers Austin, Frank, Orpheus, sister Etta, mother Mary, cousins William Nash, sister-in-law Carrie and friend M.S. Weaver.

75 letters. Correspondents include: friend Dorothy, J.M. Moyer, Jennie Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Lizzie [Moyer?], Louise and Emma Moyer, Sarah, Arthur Schantz, Austin Schantz, Carrie Schantz, Etta Schantz, Frank Schantz, uncle Josiah K. Schantz, Mary Schantz, Orpheus Schantz, Tobias Schantz. One folder contains single letters from a number of friends.

One letter (partial, signature page lacking) written from Long Lane Mo. by one of the Schantz brothers to his brother Menno, recounting his "blues" and gossip about his stepmother Margaret.

One letter to Mary Ann Wismer from Uncle Jacob Moyer, St. Catharines, Ont.

One piece of correspondence (greeting card) to Dorothy Etta Russell from May Bennett, Galt, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.

One piece of correspondence in French addressed to Dorothy Etta White from M. Charlemagne, France. Includes envelope with stamp cut off, also a souvenir embroidery in a card.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Jim and Jean Cuthbertson, postmarked Kitchener, Ont. and St. Andrews, Scotland. Includes one stamped envelope, one air letter.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Marguerite D., postmarked Inwood, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.

One piece of correspondence from Edythe Dewar, Milton.

Three pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Marjorie and Lee N. Duncan postmarked Florida, Illinois and California. Includes stamped envelopes and photographs.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Eva, Toronto, Ont.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Peggy Flarity, Hamilton, Ont. Includes stamped envelope. Peggy was a friend from Toronto when Dorothy attended Normal School there.

Ten pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White and later to Dorothy Etta Russell, from Stella Irwin, (nee Schantz) postmarked Carrot Creek, Alberta and Tacoma, Washington. Includes stamped envelopes.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Mudge Kitely, postmarked Bradford, Ont. M.K. was Dorothy's roommate in Toronto at 56 Rose Ave.

Four pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Phoebe Kolb, Elkhart, Indiana and Herbert, Sask. Includes one stamped envelope.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Nina, Hamilton, Ont.

Six pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Sarah Njooti, postmarked hay River and Fort Smith, N.W.T. Includes stamped envelopes.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Baden Powell in Montreal.

24 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from her husband Clarke. Includes stamped envelopes.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from her son Donald, one postmarked Florida and one from Hamilton General Hospital. Includes one stamped envelope.

25 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from her son Harold. Includes stamped envelopes.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her Uncle Austin Schantz, Grant, Colorado.

16 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her Aunt Florence, Kitchener, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.

15 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Helen M. Villanueva, British Honduras. Includes stamped envelopes and greeting cards.

12 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White and later to Dorothy Etta Russell, from her father Ward White, postmarked Chilliwack, B.C. Includes stamped envelopes.

School exercise book filled with diary entries from Oct. 30, 1920 to April 1, 1923 written by Dorothy Russell recording her life at the normal school in Toronto, Ont. and the beginning of her teaching career in Kitchener, Ont.

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

One invitation from the Elite of the upper floor to the teachers of the lower floor, as well as their reply.

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