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Photographs

Series consists of photographs created and accumulated by the Rieder and Anthes families. Includes ones photograph of a Kiwanis club picnic at Puslinch Lake.

Rieder and Anthes family

Ephemera

Series consists of ephemera created and accumulated by Dana Porter. Includes business cards, programmes and invitations, typed materials, honourary degrees and campaign materials.

Porter, Dana Harris

Manuscripts

Series consists of manuscript and typescript notes for and drafts of works of poetry, fiction and non-fiction by Jenny Pincock and others.

Maines Pincock Family

Kaufman Family

Series is comprised of materials created by members of the Kaufman family relating to their personal interests. Includes genealogy, clippings, ephemera, blueprints and three scrapbooks relating to birth control in Canada.

Kaufman Family

Visual : Moving Images : Films

Series consists of 8mm and 16mm films accumulated by, and produced for the Grand River Conservation Authority. The majority of these films have been transferred to videocassette and DVD, which are also found in the GRCA fonds. Also contains masters and working prints of a number of films produced for the Grand River Conservation Authority by Summit Film Productions. These films depict scenes along the Lower, Mid and Upper Grand; dam construction outside Guelph, Ontario; GRCA conservation areas; and also contain footage of Grand River flooding.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Administration : Facilities

Series consists of records relating to the properties and buildings of Pollock-Welker, the Phonola Company of Canada, Grimes Radio Corporation, and Electrohome. Includes appraisals, reports, agreements (including drafts), correspondence (some faxed), memoranda, proposals, forms, lot and site plans and surveys, and other material.

Electrohome

Scrapbooks and Clippings

Series consists of clippings and scrapbooks created primarily by Dana Porter. Some books also contain posthumous clippings on Dana Porter and his legacy collected by Julian Porter.

Porter, Dana Harris

Visual : Moving Images : DVDs

Series consists of DVD transfers from original films and videocassettes, several of which were acquired by the GRCA from donors. Includes transfers of original films made by Hugh Templin, a GRCA commissioner. During the 1940s, Templin took footage of the construction phases of the Shand Dam, near Belwood, Ont. and its subsequent opening and early operation. DVD transfers of slide-show presentations of Grand River Conservation Authority Annual Reports, and Special Recognition Awards.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Kaufman, A.R. : Trips

Series consists of autobiographical accounts by A.R. Kaufman of trips taken to England and France in 1929, around the world in 1958, and to Russia in 1963. A.R.K.'s trip accounts contain many personal observations on the economy, architecture, living conditions and way of life in the countries visited.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Photographs

Series consists of 934 slides used by Nancy Lou Patterson to teach about Mennonite and Amish life and art.

Patterson, Nancy-Lou

Anniversaries, Events, Open Houses.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record and the various newspaper and companies that make up the history of its operations. Contains materials relating to anniversaries, events and open houses at the newspaper including correspondence, invitations, clippings, ephemera, etc.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record

Leaflets

Series documents anti-war and anti-fascist sentiments during the early 1930s. Includes various leaflets of poems and songs on peace by William E. Dyer, a Toronto-based poet. Other leaflets relate to the 1934 Ontario provincial election and promotion for the Socialist Party of Canada in the Waterloo North constituency There is also a membership advertisement for the “American League against War and Fascism”, based in New York, and a Pax International issue from 1934 about the persecution of pacifists and promotion of peace.

Forbes family notebooks.

A wedding planner and two notebooks created by Betty Forbes, George Alexander Forbes, and Peg Forbes.

Forbes, Betty

Public Relations Working Files : Photographs

  • SCA207-GA186-23
  • Series
  • [193-?]-1996, predominant [ca. 1950]-[ca. 1980]
  • Part of Electrohome fonds.

Series consists of files of photographs accumulated and used mainly by Robert Lovell in his role as Public Relations Manager (from 1963 to ca. 1988) for internal and external publicity purposes. Many photographs were taken for use in the company newsletters Sparks and Chips, Electrohome World, and Electrohome Update, and include markings for cropping and sizing.

Series includes photographs of production processes, products, events in the life of the company, employees working and participating in recreational activities, employee headshots, and other subjects. Includes photographs, negatives, and other visual material; typed cutlines; news releases; press clippings; and memoranda.

Electrohome

Operations : Product Development Files

Series consists of records relating to the design and development of products, including radios, fans, air conditioners (humidifiers), motors, furniture, Video-Q marketplace television, and others. Includes technical drawings, ms. notes, product literature, correspondence, memoranda, and reports.

Electrohome

Museum and Archives

Series consists of material relating to the development, organization, and operation of a company museum and archives. The museum was originally established in 1967 as a centennial project and part of the 60th anniversary celebration, in order to display products produced by Electrohome since 1907. John Koegler was the company historian and museum curator.

The museum as well as the company archives were given renewed attention in preparation for the company's 90th anniversary and the production of a corporate history book in 1997. At that time, William McGregor (former vice-president of Electrohome) was involved museum administration, and Nicola McLaughlin was hired to research company history and process and manage the archives.

Series includes material relating to the day-to-day operation of the museum and archives, the collection and processing of items, and the recording of historical information. Includes forms, correspondence, memoranda, press clippings, photocopies of historical advertisements and other documents, photographs and slides, ms. notes, meeting minutes, and other material.

Electrohome

Scrapbooks

Series consists of scrapbooks created by Claire Wallace, primarily composed of her writing and materials relating to her work.

Wallace, Claire

Golden Cockerel Press

Series consists of materials printed by, or about, the Golden Cockerel Press. Includes prospecti, specimin pages, and ephemera.

Gill, Eric

Kaufman, A.R. : Photographs

Series consists of photographs, including two studio portraits of A.R. Kaufman and one of a building named in his honour.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Office and Operations Files : General

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record and the various newspaper and companies that make up the history of its operations. Contains office and operations files from the Record. Includes clippings, advertisements, surveys, inventories, ephemera, correspondence, etc.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record

Career

Series consists of material documenting Ross Dixon's search for employment and his career up until the time he began working at the Dominion Rubber Company, and includes material from his time at Toronto Radio & Sports, Research Enterprises Limited, Otaco Limited, and other companies.

Series also includes material documenting his professional activities and associations from throughout his career, such as his involvement with the Industrial Accident Prevention Association, the Grand Valley Personnel Association, the Canadian Public Relations Society, and the Canadian Manufacturers' Association.

Series includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, forms, manuals, brochures, certificates, financial statements, agendas, handwritten notes, resumes, ephemera, and other material.

Dixon, Ross

Works : Published

Series consists of works published by G. Elmore Reaman. Includes one article by Reaman.

Reaman, George Elmore

Resources : GRCA Library

Contents Works in the GRCA library deemed to be "unpublished". Topics include Watershed Studies (01), Channel Improvements (02), Dykes (03), Erosion Control (04, Stream Flow Data (05), Water Quality (06), Reservoirs (07), Conservation Areas (11), Master Plans and Studies (13), Recreation (16), Floodline Studies (21), Special Events (32), Nature Centres (33), Meetings (42), Water Resources Planning and Management (W01), Engineering Reports (W02), Environmental Studies (W04), Reference Books (W08), Land Resources Planning and Management (W09).

Grand River Conservation Authority

Publications

Series consists of records relating to the planning, history and accomplishments of conservation work on the Grand River watershed. Includes publication files and a working file for a publication issued by the GRCC and the GRCA between 1936 and 1989.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Political and Legal Career

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Dana Porter during the course of his political and legal career. Includes legal and political notes, legal proceedings and judgements, commissions, etc.

Porter, Dana Harris

Administration : Chairman's Files : Wm. Philip

Series consists of William A. Philip's files accumulated and maintained primarily during his tenure as Chairman of the Grand River Conservation Commission, and relating to its operations and activities. Includes correspondence (some legal), minutes, reports, ms. notes, plans etc., concerning land acquisition, dam projects, reforestation, flood control, agreements and relations with federal and provincial governments.

Grand River Conservation Commission

The Kaufman Rubber Company Ltd. : Time Books

File consists of time books for the factory office and industrial engineering department kept by Gordon Good while he was an employee at Kaufman Rubber. Includes time books for the years 1931-1971.

Good, Gordon

K-W Record History

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record and the various newspaper and companies that make up the history of its operations. Contains materials relating to the history of the Record. Includes biographical information on the Motz family, clippings, type books, ephemera, etc.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record

Publicity : Clippings : Originals : Large Scrapbooks 1932-1971

Series consists of spiral-bound volumes and scrapbooks of original and photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission, Grand Valley Conservation Authority and Grand River Conservation Authority. The materials are organized chronologically; scrapbooks of clippings devoted to particular events such as floods on the Grand River are present.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Dare Foods Limited : Subsidiaries

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by subsidiary companies of Dare including those it purchased. Includes ephemera, financial information, operating materials and historical information.

Dare Foods Limited

Hague and Gill

Series consists of materials printed by, or about, the Hague and Gill Press. Includes prospecti, specimin pages, and ephemera.

Gill, Eric

Ratz, Clara, estate.

Series contains materials relating to the estate of Clara Ratz. Includes correspondence, tax records, insurance documents, and lists of assets.

Ratz Family

President's Files : Michael Vaughan

Series consists of the working files of Michael Vaughan containing material created, accumulated and used by Vaughan during his involvement with the MLA from 1969 to 1986. Records relate mainly to his role as member (1969-1975), vice-chair (1975-1977), chair (1977-1982), and past chair (1982-1984) of the Committee on Land Use, Taxation, and Highways; and as vice-president (1982-1984) and president (1984-1986) of the association.

Series also includes records relating to various other committees, issues, and events. The Committee on Land Use, Taxation, and Highways was responsible for examining and responding to town planning, development, and other land use issues in the Muskoka region. One of the developments of major concern during Vaughan's tenure as chair was a proposed resort at the Roseneath property on Beaumaris Island, and several files in this series relate to this issue.

Series includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, presentations, meeting agendas and minutes, handwritten and typed notes, newspaper clippings, newsletters, agreements, maps and plans, and other material.

Muskoka Lakes Association

Personal.

Contents: series consists of materials relating to the personal life of Anne Innis Dagg. Includes correspondence, childhood records, journals, materials relating to her family and more.

Dagg, Anne Innis

Dare Foods Limited : Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited

Series consists of formulas for cookies and crackers, a copy of the Biscuit Division Production Control Procedures Manual, and the Biscuit Division Plant Tour. The records were probably kept at the head office in Kitchener, used in Kitchener and possibly Hamilton.

Dare Foods Limited

Architectural Drawings

Series consists of architectural drawings and specifications for residences commissioned by H.L. Guy. Includes architectural drawings and specifications for his family home at 110 John Boulevard in Waterloo, as well as architectural drawings for the family summer cottage.

Guy, James Rutherford and George Harrington

Correspondence

Series documents John Walter’s correspondence with William Daum Euler and the Kitchener Daily Record. The correspondence focus on Walter’s request for a public debate with Euler over capitalism and the economy. Other correspondence and newspaper clippings cover the Record’s refusal to publish, in their newspaper, the letters Walter sent about challenging Euler. There are also clippings of Euler's speech which Walter references in his letters.

Walter, John

Photographs

Series consists of photographs created and accumulated by Jane Urquhart. Includes photographs of Urquhart's hometown of Little Long Lac, Tilman's bridge and of Urquhart.

Urquhart, Jane

Correspondence: Clark, Roger

Series is comprised of correspondence between Roger Clark (son-in-law of Elizabeth Smith Shortt) and others. Correspondence is organized by surname of correspondent.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Photographs and realia.

Photographs and realia created and accumulated by the Schneider Employees' Association. Includes photographs of SEA presidents, a photograph of a company picnic, and artefacts such as wallets, bags, a strike sign, and more.

Schneider Employees' Association

Organizational

Series consists of organizational records pertaining to the Kitchener Waterloo Sales and Ad Club. Includes membership information, financials, minutes, director's files, etc.

Kitchener Waterloo Sales and Ad Club

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence between G. Elmore Reaman and others. Correspondents are listed at the file level. Correspondence covers such topics as publications of Reaman's works, personal correspondence and research correspondence.

Reaman, George Elmore

Glen Lawrence School

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by G. Elmore Reaman relating to the Glen Lawrence School which he helped found. Includes clippings, yearbooks, correspondence, photographs, and artifacts.

Reaman, George Elmore

Organization and Administration

Series consists of records concerning the organizational structure and functions of the Grand River Conservation Authority and its predecessors, the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes lists of organization members.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Films

Series consists of film reels and DVD copies of home movies shot by the Guy family. Includes films showing family members and friends participating in various activities both on vacation and at home in Waterloo. Many of the films show 110 John Boulevard and the early development of the Westmount region of Waterloo.

Guy, James Rutherford and George Harrington

Visual : Photographs : Corporate

Series consists of photographs depicting GRCA corporate activities, events and personnel. Many of these had originally been located in other series; they were pulled by GRCA personnel from other files and grouped in new folders for an undetermined purpose.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Parents' Information Bureau : Financial Records

Series consists of material relating to accounting and financial affairs of the Parents' Information Bureau, Ltd. in Kitchener, Ontario. Includes accounting records, shre certificates, tax returns and year end files. Includes information about the Toronto Clinic as well.

Parents' Information Bureau

Centenary Committee : Topical Files

Series consists of material about the history of the Kaufman Rubber Co. collected by or submitted to the Centenary Committee for the purpose of preparing a history for the 100th Anniversary of the company. Includes information about the premises, operations and individuals associated with the company. Consists of articles, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, interviews, photographs, and information from previous anniversaries.

Kaufman Footwear

Sixteenth Canadian Ministry.

Materials created by members of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Liberal Sixteenth Canadian Ministry with Prime Minister Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King (October 1935 – November 1948). Includes materials related to political campaigns, different official events, and addresses.

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

Kaufman, A.R. : Scrapbooks : Birth Control

Includes Mr. Kaufman's personal scrapbooks he maintained relating to birth control in general, to the Parents' Information Bureau, and to the trial of Dorothea Palmer. Also includes two scrapbooks relating to the Toronto Birth Control Clinic.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence to and from Dana Porter regarding a variety of topics in his personal and professional life. Includes approximately three hundred and thirty-six items. Correspondents are listed at the file level. Note that where applicable items of correspondence have been left in their original file and subsequently correspondence can also be found in :

  • Series 2. Dana Porter and Dorothy Parker Family ;
  • Series 4. Ephemera ;
  • Series 5. Political and Legal Career ;
  • Series 6. Scrapbooks and Clippings ;
  • Series 7. Shakespeare ;
  • Series 8. Speeches and Addresses ;
  • Series 9. Visual Materials.

Porter, Dana Harris

Publicity : Articles and Essays 1936-1988

Series consists of spiral-bound volumes and scrapbooks of original and photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission, Grand Valley Conservation Authority and Grand River Conservation Authority. The materials are organized chronologically; scrapbooks of clippings devoted to particular events such as floods on the Grand River are present.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Administration : Financial

Series consists of incomplete financial records of the Grand River Conservation Commission from 1936 to 1965. Includes bank books, cash journals, journals, cheque registers, ledgers and cost studies.

Grand River Conservation Commission

Exhibit clippings

Series contains clippings documenting memorial exhibits for Homer Watson and articles reviewing his life. There are two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings between 1936 and 1947. One scrapbook contains mostly newspaper memorabilia and exhibition advertisements, while the other contains clippings focused mainly on announcing exhibits throughout Ontario along with press and editorial comments. There are also files of clippings that discuss the closure of Watson’s art gallery and studio in 1947. One of the clippings is a print, from a magazine, depicting Homer Watson.

Schneider Family Genealogy

Series consists of material relating to the origins and genealogy of the Schneider family. Includes correspondence with relatives in Germany, photographs, copies of church documents, and family trees.

Schneider family

Publicity

Series consists of publicity materials accumulated by Claire Wallace relating to the advertising of radio stations and radio shows.

Wallace, Claire

Administration : Board Minutes : Secretary-Treasurer's Files

Series consists of successive Secretary-Treasurer's copies of GRCC minutes and supporting documentation. Files contain in addition to minutes all pertinent correspondence sent and received by the Secretary-Treasurer, some copies of executive minutes, ms. notes and drafts of correspondence and documents. Annual meeting files contain lists of commission members for the year commencing, also correspondence form the various municipalities re attendance, members, etc.

Grand River Conservation Commission

Certificates

Certificates and honours given to Nazla L. Dane.

Dane, Nazla L.

Publicity : Clippings : Originals : Loose 1936-1987

Series consists of spiral-bound volumes and scrapbooks of original and photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission, Grand Valley Conservation Authority and Grand River Conservation Authority. The materials are organized chronologically; scrapbooks of clippings devoted to particular events such as floods on the Grand River are present.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Schneider, Herbert J.

Series consists of material relating to the career and family life of Herbert J. Schneider, Jr. Includes biographical summaries, clippings, ephemera, negatives, photographs and slides, as well as information about wife Betty (nee Ruppel) and their children.

Schneider family

Juvenilia

Series consists of materials created or accumulated by Bernard Suits when he was a student in both public school and at university. Includes student work, class notes, term papers, one bound manuscript with manuscript notes and a year book.

Suits, Bernard

Mary L. Keffer : Personal

Series consists of material created and accumulated by Mary L. Keffer. Includes correspondence, a diary, a passport belonging to her daughter (Mary Jane Keffer), and a certificate.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Dare Foods Limited : Accounting Records

Series consists of licences in mortmain, accounts, stock options, correspondence, real estate and equipment leases and bills of sale, estimate for a contract, taxation records, and a share certificate book. Records pertain to The Dare Company, Limited, The Howe Candy Company Limited and Major Foods Limited.

Dare Foods Limited

Clippings

Series consists of clippings from newspapers, some containing articles or editorials by John D. Detwiler, some about him and/or his work and some collected by him as of subject interest.

Detwiler, John D.

Sales and Marketing : Promotional Material for Sales Staff, Dealers, and Distributors

Series consists of material developed for, distributed to, and accumulated by Electrohome sales staff, dealers, and distributors. Includes material relating to promotional campaigns, merchandising, sales contests, and dealer education; as well as material used for co-operative advertising, point-of-purchase advertising, and for reference by dealers. Includes product literature, advertisements, price lists, advertising schedules, radio advertisement scripts, memoranda, sales manuals and kits, selling aids, dealer agreements and forms, photographs, and other material.

Electrohome

Artifacts

Series consists of various artifacts created and accumulated by the K-W YWCA. Includes sports patches and badges, YWCA pins, stamps and buttons, and materials created by other YWCA's.

Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo

Visual : Moving Images : Videocassettes : Transfers from Film

Consists of videocassette transfers from original films, several of which were acquired by the GRCA from donors. Includes transfers of original films made by Hugh Templin, a GRCA commissioner. During the 1940s, Templin took footage of the construction phases of the Shand Dam, near Belwood, Ont. and its subsequent opening and early operation.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Personal life.

Materials created or accumulated by Joan Hollobon as part of her personal life. Includes income tax, passports and other official documentation, educational materials related to Hollobon’s time at Columbia University, and materials related to house renovations. Also contains materials created by or about Kay Rex, such as information about Rex’s book launch, articles and correspondence, and posthumous materials.

Hollobon, Joan

Ontario Zeta Chapter

Series consists of materials created by the Ontario Zeta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa. Includes minutes, financial reports, materials relating to chapter activities and events, scrapbooks, etc.

Alpha Delta Kappa. Province of Ontario Chapter

Juvenalia.

Contents: series consists of materials relating to the childhood and education of Anne Innis Dagg. Includes materials from her time in the Toronto Public School system, at Bishop Strachan School and at the University of Toronto.

Dagg, Anne Innis

Dare Foods Limited : Periodicals and Advertising

Series consists of candy, biscuit and cracker manufacturing industry periodicals, pamphlets, advertisements, correspondence and machinery plans from supply and related companies. The publications were sent to The Dare Company Limited and pertain to candy and biscuit manufacturing.

Dare Foods Limited

Grand River Conservation Commission

Series consists of records accumulated and used by Marcel Pequegnat in his role as vice-chairman of the Grand River Conservation Commission. Records pertain to the administration and activities of the Commission. Includes correspondence (including carbon copies) and minutes of regular, annual, and executive committee meetings.

Pequegnat, Marcel

University of Waterloo

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Stanton while he was a professor at the University of Waterloo. Includes department notes, information on the founding of the university and the mathematics department, correspondence, press cuttings, etc.

Stanton, Ralph G.

Organizational.

Material related to the operation and history of Dare Foods Limited and its predecessors.

Dare Foods Limited

Administration : Secretary Treasurer's Files : 1938-1941 : F.P. Adams

Series consists of files belonging to F.P. Adams, Secretary Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission, dating from 1938 until 1941concerning all aspects of the organization, administration and operations of the Commission. Includes finance and accounting; personnel; land acquisition and management; dam project records; relations with municipalities, government departments and ordinary citizens. Includes correspondence, financial records, minutes, reports, clippings, blueprints, sketches and ephemera.

Grand River Conservation Commission

Research

Series consists of material relating to research conducted by Hynes for various projects throughout his career. Includes ms. and ts. notes taken by Hynes from the scientific literature; reports by Hynes and other researchers; correspondence; several draft papers by Hynes; drawings, charts, and maps; and note cards.

Hynes, H.B.N.

Administration : Legal Files

Series consists of legal records relating to the activities and operation of Electrohome. Includes agreements, draft agreements, correspondence (including faxes and some e-mail print-outs), memoranda, forms, and other material.

Electrohome

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