Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters sent between Gisela Sommer and Ulrich Sommer that were written while Gisela visited her parents in Germany. Of special interest is a letter by Ulrich to Gisela that describes his experience attending Barker Fairley’s birthday celebration at University College in Toronto, Ontario on May 21, 1986. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, funeral invitations, and photographs of family members.

Four group snapshots of men in overcoats and hats at Rotary flag raising at Chicopee.

One snapshot of the Kaiser's bust in Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ont., and two snapshots of unidentified young men posing on the plinth after the bust has been removed and thrown into the lake.

Five images of the Peter McArthur log house at Doon Pioneer Village (now Doon Heritage Crossroads) in Kitchener, Ont. Caption on the verso of the image used in the book states "Peter McArthur's log house now in the Pioneer Village, near Doon. Note overhang on both sides which is a very rare type of construction". Also includes a handwritten note regarding the building.

Photograph of two unidentified employees, a woman and a man, cutting and lining up soles.

Photograph of residential home with people standing on and leaning against the front porch and others, including two children, seated on front steps.

One group portrait of the Schneider Male Chorus taken on the steps of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario. The group is seen smiling at the camera, dressed in their performance suits. Norman C. Schneider is standing in the front row, at the extreme right, holding a jacket a hat.

Two copies of a studio portrait of Frederick H. Schneider with different mounts. Schneider is seen looking off camera, dressed in collared shirt and tie.

File consists of one studio portrait of Elaine Reaman.

Letters and postcards from Betty and Peg Forbes to their parents, Millicent Lyall Forbes and George Alexander Forbes, during their time as students at Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario.

A complete report of a séance held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Sheldon in Waterloo, Ontario. The sitters present at this circle were Mr. Thomas Lacey, Mrs. E. W. Sheldon, Mr. E. W. Sheldon, Mrs. Thomas Lacey, Mrs. O. G. Smith, Mrs. Charles Matthews, Mr. Levi Swartz, and Mr. O. G. Smith. The spirits alleged to have communicated through Thomas Lacey during this séance were Walter, Violet, Sambo, Raymond Lodge, Mr. W. T. Stead, Olympia, Chief Running Water, Mrs. L, Blue Snake, and White Cloud. The spirit guides present at this séance were Abudha Khan, Great Bear, Straight Arrow, and Big Heart.

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

Winter scene taken at Tally Ho [Inn?] in Huntsville.

Article from August 7, 1937 edition of Saturday Night about activities and amenities of Kitchener-Waterloo.

File consists of one photograph of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby. Identification from frame.

Jacob Brandt standing in front of his Brandt's Ideal Shaving Parlour which is decorated with greenery, welcome signs and British and American flags possibly for the Saengerfest celebrations. Unidentified man standing to the left. Shaving parlour located at the rear of the Bank of Toronto, on north-west corner of King and Erb Streets next to the Post Office building.
Listed in 1901 and 1907 Vernon Directory, but not in 1913.

Copy negative of unknown book page featuring the Berlin Carnegie Public Library.

File consists of two photographs of William Pope Clement. He is shown in his office on the telephone looking at a document. One photograph is a cropped and enlarged version of the other.

One image of an octagonal barn (B.7) from Woodstock, Ontario (not pictured in the books, but listed and described), and one image of an octagonal house (H.18) from Kingsville, Ontario (both pictured and described in the books).

One landscape photograph taken in the vicinity of the Schneider cottage. Fred [P.?] Herbert and Howard are visible in the photograph.

Photograph of members of the Federal Provincial Conference (October 3-5), 1955. Identifications from enclosed sheet.

• Porter, Dana Harris
• Winters, Robert
• Manning, Ernest C.
• Bennett, William Andrew Cecil
• Frost, Leslie
• Douglas, Thomas Clement
• Smallwood, Joseph
• Duplessis, Maurice
• Gardiner, James

File consists of four photographs showing the home of William Pope Clement and wife Muriel Alberta Kerr Clement at 71 Heins Ave., Kitchener, Ont. The home was built for them by Mr. Frank.

One image of an octagonal house from Lowville, Ontario (H.31), listed and described in the books but not pictured, and one image of an octagonal bandstand converted into a house from Huntsville, Ontario (not listed or pictured in the books).

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Peterkin, former owners of the Honey Harbour cottage. The couple is seen standing outside of the cottage on either side of an evergreen tree.

Photographs related to the Breithaupt family. Also contains two developing envelopes that contained the negatives when they arrived in archives and included annotations indicating the photographs were taken in Old Georgian Bay and the Muskoka area.

Snapshot of Norman C. and Ethel Schneider (at right) with their friends the Bergs and the Murrays. The men at centre are seen holding a string of fish.

File consists of one snapshot of William Pope Clement at the Pioneer Party of Trinity United Oldsters. Verso reads "I played some piano solos for them - 'guest artist'."

File consists of two photographs showing Dana Porter at the tree planting ceremony at Ganaraska Forest on May 14, 1947.

One image of an octagonal house in Mount Pleasant (H.14) belonging to Richard Tennant and built ca. 1842-1848.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Sophie Schantz seen looking at camera and wearing a top with leg of mutton sleeves.

File consists of one photograph showing Dana Porter with H.E. Plewman (Chairman of the Hamilton Board of Education) and W.A. Tindale (President of the Hamilton Teacher's Council) at the Hamilton Teacher's Council Banquet.

File consists of photographs (possibly progress photographs) of the construction of additions to the the Dominion Tire Company manufacturing plant in Kitchener. File also includes some photographs of the Elmira Rubber factory.

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

Album containing photographs of the construction of the Dominion Tire Company manufacturing plant in what was then Berlin, Ontario. Includes photographs of the construction process, the surrounding land, the interior and exterior of the building during construction, equipment used the tire manufacturing process and employees on the factory floor, etc. Although the majority of the people are unidentified the following people appear in the album: Talmon Henry Rieder (page 1), [Ed Cable?] and Irene Bain (page 3), Dr. Wood (page 6), and J.I. Franklin Anthes (page 9 and 53).

One image of a construction detail from an unidentified structure near Orillia, Ont.

Postcard of the Grand River, near Kitchener.

File consists of one photograph of the Kitchener market with the city hall and post office buildings visible.

Postcard of the Speed River, Guelph, Ontario.

Two identical copies of a full body studio portrait of Tobias Schantz, showing him with his book agent's accoutrements: hat, cane and book sample case.

File consists of forty one photographs showing immigrants coming to Canada under Dana Porter's 1947 plan to airlift 10,000 British immigrants to Canada. Individual photographs feature descriptions on the verso.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of William Pope Clement upon his graduation from Victoria College, University of Toronto. William is shown wearing his graduation robe and hood.

One image of the dovetail keying on the D. Stong home from Toronto, built ca. 1816.

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

File consists of thirty two snapshots of Collingwood Ontario.

File consists of twenty-two photographs of the corner stone laying ceremony for the OPP headquarters. The cornerstone was laid by Dana Porter, William J. Dunlop, T. Ray Connell and Allan F. Lawrence.

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of William Pope Clement upon his graduation from Victoria College, University of Toronto. William is shown wearing his graduation robe and fur-trimmed hood.

One image of the first school house in Waterloo, built in 1820. Mis-identified in the book as located in the Pioneer Village at Doon, actually located in Waterloo Park.

Two identical head and shoulder studio portraits of Tobias Schantz with long beard seen looking at camera.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to Focus for Ethnic Women (FEW), an organization in the Waterloo Region that provides job training and skill development as well as counselling and information services for immigrant and visibly minority women. Records include handwritten notes, flyers and brochures outlining the organization’s mission and values, programs, and services as well as correspondence concerning the loss of work placements funded by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (now Employment and Social Development Canada). Also includes a copy of FEW’s newsletter, Focus on Focus!, vol. 3, issue 1 (summer-fall 2005).

One image of the Samual Frazer home near Midland, Ontario.

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of William Pope Clement upon his graduation from Victoria College, University of Toronto. William is shown wearing his graduation robe.

One image of a house in Lefaives Corners Ontario, built around 1870.

File consists of a wedding portrait of Arthur Gauerke and Talma (May) Rieder, a photograph of their daughter Joyce Evelyn at 6 months old, and a later family portrait (with three daughters).

Postcard of Presbyterian Church, Berlin, Ont., Canada.

Photograph of Dr. Harry Lackner and Dr. Dick Ratz seen standing in a snow covered wooded area while skiing at Limberlost.

File consists of thirteen snapshots with accompanying negatives of development in Waterloo.

File consists of material collected by Dixon relating to house plans and building trends. Includes brochures, articles, and advertisements clipped from magazines and newspapers (for builders, housing developments, etc.; some with annotations) and handwritten notes. File also includes plans for the Maple Heights and Beechwood Park subdivisions in Waterloo (some with annotations) and other architectural drawings, as well as a photostat list of lot prices for Beechwood Park.

One image of a log church of the Evangelical United Brethern, near Wallenstein and Elmira, built ca. 1842 and closed ca. 1935.

Photograph of Ivan W. Keffer and Roy Morrison paused on the slope while skiing at Limberlost. Snow and tree covered hills are visible in the background.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of William Pope Clement.

File consists of one reprint photograph showing members of George Drew's cabinet from 1945. Includes: Percy Vivian, Dana Porter, Charles Daley Arthur Welsh, Bill Goodfellow, Roland Mitchener, Bill Gresinger, Scott, George Dunbar, George Doucette, Leslie Frost, George Drew, Tom Kennedy, Les Blackwell, George Challies.

Three modern prints given to Norman Schneider by Irvin Erb, showing King St. in the 1880's.

One copy of Busy Berlin, Jubilee Souvenir, 1897, owned by Charles A. Ahrens.

Contains one black leather bound notebook used by Frederick Arthur Edmonds as a diary. The notebook is ruled, contains some numbered pages, and opens lengthwise. Entries are dated and sporadic, are written in pencil, and include a chart of the names of soldiers from the 16th Platoon, with their identification number, rank, age, marital status, date of arrival in France, religion, next of kin, trade, and courses. Includes a loose leaf of paper in the front pocket of the notebook, and several blank pages. The diary entries are titled "My diary since leaving the 'Ypres Salient'", and detail the movement of troops, destinations, times leaving and arriving places, encampments, training progress, weather, distances from place to place in kilometres, locations of battles, places billeted, conditions in the trenches, descriptions of battles, objectives, conditions, attacks, general notes about casualties, tanks, mines, and descriptions of Edmonds' stay in the Paris Plaz hospital and Le Havre hospital. The diary goes up until just before Vimy Ridge, when Edmonds is invalided home.

File consists of one reprint of the Busy Berlin map of 1912. The map was reprinted in 1989 at 69% of the original size by the Kitchener Public Library.

A letter from the St. Matthew's Choir in Kitchener wishing a happy belated birthday to Otto Smith. The letter includes a quote from Shakespeare and makes mention of a gift of brushes.

Contains 2 snapshots of the Braun family plot in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener Ontario. Alfred Schneider Gofton's wife was Charlotte Braun. Includes a photocopy of an obituary for Heinrich Braun in German, and translated into English.

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of a small child, identified on verso as Beth, taken by E.J. Kamly, Port Hope, Ont..

One informal posed group portrait of L.O. Breithaupt and family with William Lyon Mackenzie King in 1947, taken outdoors. Front row left: The Honorable L.O. Breithaupt (Lieutenant Governor).
Front or middle: The Right Honorable MacKenzie King (Prime Minister).
Includes three unidentified women and two unidentified men.

A group portrait of approximately 36 students and their teachers in grades 7 and 8c from Suddaby School in Kitchener, Ontario. The students and teachers are posed on the front steps of the school.

Some of the students in the photograph have been identified including:

• Charles Greb (third row, first from the left)
• Mary Ham (second row, sixth from the left)
• Miss Knechtel (second row, eleventh from the left)
• Marion Eckel Gellatlyl (third row, fifth from the left)
• Ruth Mary Hatton (third row, sixth from the left)
• Ruth Bean (third row, ninth from the left)
• John Whalley (fourth row, fourth from the left)

File consists of architectural drawings for the proposed Kitchener city hall, by W.H.E. Schmalz. The plans are dated Oct. 10, 1921. A small moon drawing is present where an architect's signature would usually be found. Sheet one shows two elevations and a cross section, sheet two shows four floor plans (ground floor, first floor and two small rooms), sheet three shows a basement floor plan and a block plan.

77 photographs, mostly snapshots.
p. 1, 3, 5, 7. "Dutch Company" ski photographs, including one "artistic" shot.
p. 11. Artistic shot of birch trees.
p. 12. Schneider, Norman C. : home at 76 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Ont. : exterior.
p. 13. Skyscraper.
p. 14. Mrs. Keffer and girl with basin of Boston Terrier puppies. (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 17. "Canada at Work" (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 19. London Bridge?
p. 25. Ski jumping with spectators at Chicopee (1 of 2 lacking).
p. 27 Schneider, Norman C. : family portrait, Oct. 1935.
p. 28. Schneider family portrait : Norman & Ethel, Fred H. and Ella, Walter Siegner and Emma, four unidentified couples, taken in a living room.
p. 34. Canada at Work, 1938.
p. 35. Skiing, Huntsville?
p. 36-38. Schneider family snapshots, J.M. and Helena.
p. 39-39, 41, 43. Snapshots taken in Europe? One shows a border crossing on a path, several of a group of men and a pony.
p. 43-44. Men's fishing trip snapshots (1 of 5 lacking).
p. 46-47. Christmas at 76 Schneider Ave. Includes children with Christmas tree, Herbert, Howie and Don Daub playing with trains in the basement.
p. 48-53. Ski photographs, locations unknown. Includes posed groups, 1938, and candid shots.
p. 55. Church of the Good Shepherd.
p. 56-58. Schneider Stock Farm (2 of 11 lacking). Includes shots of children riding a pony.
p. 59-61. Wedding of unidentified couple. Includes bride and groom in sleigh outside Buena Vista, J.M. Sschneider's home at 272 Queen St. North.

Modern copy of a photograph showing Johann Christoph Schneider's farm in the Highland Rd-Lawrence Ave. area of Kitchener, ca. 1900.

1 snapshot of Lorna Gardner (daughter of John A. White Jr.) at a table with Marion Gofton and Edith MacPhail, and 1 snapshot of Lorna Gardner in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.

Snapshots of George Alles' grave at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener Ontario.

One photograph of the J.M. Schneider addition built in 1909 with four adults in white aprons standing on the front porch and steps. From left to right: [Charles Alexander], [?], [?] and Norman.

Pages from a 1982 calendar titled "The heritage homes of Kitchener," featuring paintings of homes including the Schneider home, called "Buena Vista," at 145 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Ont.

Group portrait of people gathered for an outdoors event. In the foreground are men and women sitting on makeshift benches, in the background are several individuals on a podium with a large lectern, surmounted by an arbour of branches. The whole group is in a wooded area. The photograph is annotated on the back: "Waterloo, Ont., Aug. 11/07" with a monogram, possibly CKR[itzer?]. It is possible the photograph commemorates an event connected to the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the Village of Waterloo in 1857.

Photograph of a sunset at Scarborough Ontario.

Copy negative of a mounted Denton photograph of Santa Claus visiting Kitchener in a horse drawn sleigh in 1921. Caption accompanying negative reads: "2) Santa at Kitchener 1921 (on Frederick?)."

File consists of one photograph of a composite photo of the members of the Dominion Rubber club Beavers softball team who were the twin city intermediate softball champions for 1926.

Included in the photo, along with views of Carling's Tropy and the Daily Record Trophy, are: J. Zehr; W. Steinke; K. Gies; J. Morrow; W. Nelson; O Hannenberg; H. Whitney; H. Sosnoki; A.O. Ruppel; A. Schlachter; W. Booth; P. Olinski; W. Lobsinger; M. Brigman; H. Lauber; A. Dahmer; C.H. Stumph.

One large accounting ledger, unidentified save for labels used for repair that state: J.B. English, Plattsville, Ont. [Jack English's Red & White Store?] It first records yearly expenses and interest from 1916 to 1923, then continues with individual account balances.

A raffle ticket, menu and programme for the fifth annual banquet and get together of the Grand River Philatelic Association at the Royal Hotel in Guelph, Ontario.

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

Letters and postcards from Betty and Peg Forbes to their parents, Millicent Lyall Forbes and George Alexander Forbes. Postcards feature illustrations and photographs of the Bigwin Inn in Lake of Bays, Ontario and Huntsville, Ontario.

Ontario coat of arms of "durwood" manufactured by John Walter & Sons, Kitchener with Norman C. Schneider label on verso.

Two snapshots of downtown Kitchener taken at night in winter. One of King St. shows parked cars, all of which are 1920's or early 30's models, decorated for Christmas. The other is of old Kitchener City Hall decorated with Christmas lights

One image of a construction detail from an unidentified structure near Orillia, Ont.

Confirmation certificate granted to Edward Bechler. Certificate signed by Reverend E. von Pirch from the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Berlin (later Kitchener) recognizing confirmation on March 25, 1888.

A sound recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Anita Layton, the Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematical Biology and Medicine, and Professor of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Pharmacy, and Biology at the University of Waterloo, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Layton's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. Additional topics include Hong Kong, immigration, Duke University, computer science, University of Toronto, the two-body problem, Canada 150 Research Chair, Associate Dean for Research, health research, gender equity, diversity, sex difference, and race difference. The interview was conducted virtually from Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.

Photograph of the Chicopee Ski Club taken by Norman C. Schneider. Joe Schiedel in foreground.

Official visitor's guide of Kitchener Waterloo sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.

File consists of one photograph of employees of Dominion Tire going home from work with a few houses and the Dominion Tire factory visible in the background. File includes a typed caption, likely used as part of a display, that reads: "Going home from work (field in foreground is now parking lot)."

File consists of six proof photographs of George Elmore Reaman. Photographer : Ashley and Crippen, Ltd.

File consists of one plan of the R.M.C. grounds in Kingston, by W.H.E. Schmalz.

Clipping of photo with caption from the June 26, 1964 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record concerning a tea sponsored by the North Waterloo Liberal Women's Association.

Caption from photo: "TEA AND POLITICS - Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Schneider, RR 1, Preston, listen to folk singers at a tea held in their garden yesterday sponsored by the North Waterloo Liberal Women's Association."

Photograph of the exterior of the Ahrens family home at the corner of Benton and Courtland Streets in what is now Kitchener, Ontario. There are several trees in the yard and family members are visible on the lawn and on the porch. Two adults and four children are included in frame. Two of the children are standing with bicycles, one is standing on the porch and another is standing with a buggy with a doll inside.

A complete report of a séance held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Sheldon in Waterloo. The sitters present at this circle were Mr. Thomas Lacey, Mrs. E. W. Sheldon, Mr. Levi Swartz, Mrs. Thomas Lacey, Mr. E. W. Sheldon, Mrs. O. G. Smith, Mrs. Charles Matthews, Mr. Charles Matthews, Mr. O. G. Smith, and Mr. Gordon Steiss. The spirits alleged to have communicated through Thomas Lacey during this séance were John Rogers, Emil Schroeder, Mike, Walter, Rose, Fing Ling Ling Tee, Sivato Ling Tee, Violet, Mr. W. T. Stead, Great Bear, Reverend Vale Owen, Wallace, and the Major.