Typescript poem titled "To Mr. N.C. Schneider" by Pat. McNulty offering congratulations on a political win.

Large House of Commons, Canada: twenty-second Parliament poster with portraits of all M.P.'s.

Poster of Lester B. Pearson, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Scrapbooks relating to N.C. Schneider's career in politics. Includes a 1969 biographical article about his political career as liberal Member of Parliament for Waterloo North in Ottawa.

Clippings (ill) from an undated edition of the Waterloo Chronicle titled: "Schneider Retains Seat for Liberals; Miss Janzen Predicts New Election in 18 Months with P.C.'s Victorious." Includes table with vote counts for Janzen, Schneider, and Schroeder.

Scrapbook relating to Norman C. Schneider's career in politics.

Scrapbook relating to Norman C. Schneider's career in politics.

One scrapbook of clippings relating to Norman C. Schneider's activities as an M.P. Includes one 1973 news story about the closing of the Kitchener Market.

Untitled speech (4 p. typescript., original) delivered at the laying of the cornerstone of the new Federal Building for the Department of National Revenue on Frederick St., Kitchener, Aug. 15, 1957. Includes program of the ceremony, list of contents of the cornerstone box, manuscript directory of local federal offices.

Copies of Hansard, one typescript (original, 9 leaves.)

House of Commons debates official report: maiden speech of Norman C. Schneider, member for Waterloo North, on the address in reply to the speech from the Throne delivered in the House of Commons on Nov. 21, 1952.

Floor plan of the 21st Parliament, 6th Session of House of Commons, with Norman C. Schneider's name pencilled in, dated June 3, 1952.

One clipping of a photo with caption from an undated edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record regarding Norman C. Schneider's nomination as a Liberal candidate in the federal election: "NOMINATE CANDIDATE - Norman C. Schneider (left), MP for Waterloo North, was nominated candidate for the Liberal Party in the next federal election last night. Clark Murray (centre), MP for Oxford, was the guest speaker at the rally and G. Bruce McCullough (right), president of the Liberal association, was chairman."

Clipping from an unidentified newspaper titled "Squeals of Delight Over Succulent Pig Tails at Knockers Club Feats" relating to Knockers Club annual pigtail feast in Ottawa.

Clippings from the November 22and November 24, 1952 editions of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record relating to Norman C. Schneider's political career.

• "Series of Tax Cuts is Hope of Schneider," November 22, 1952
• "Member's Maiden Speech Impressive," November 24, 1952

Clippings from an unidentified newspaper and an undated issue of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record relating to Norman C. Schneider's political career.

• "Norman C. Schneider in Liberal Race," April 18, 1952 (ill.)
• "Schneider Named Liberal Candidate; No Opposition" (ill.)

Caption from Record photo: "NOMINATE LIBERAL CANDIDATE - Norman Schneider (left) was nominated Liberal candidate in the May 26 by-election at a meeting last night in the Waterloo North Liberal Association. Left to right are Mr. Schneider, Justice Minister Garson, Bruce McCullough, president of the association, and Harold S. Wagner, secretary."

Overhead photograph of the House of Commons in session.

Photograph of Norman C. Schneider with Minister of Trade and Commerce, C.D. Howe, and an unidentified man, in Kitchener, Ontario taken on May 22, 1957.

Photograph of Norman C. Schneider and three unidentified men. Man at extreme right is [John Wintermyer?]

Photograph of Norman C. Schneider with three unidentified men at the Waterloo-Wellington Airport.

Two copies of a photograph of Paul Martin Sr. speaking at the podium at an unidentified Liberal Men's meeting with people listening in background.

Left to right, seated: Albert Smith, Duff Wilson, Bryce [McCullough?], Norman C. Schneider, unidentified attendee, partially obscured unidentified attendee.

Group portrait taken at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Association Conference at Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France held November 11-16, 1957. Left to right: Roland English, George E. Nixon, Robert McGregor, John C. Pallett, Norman C. Schneider.

Group portrait taken at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Association Conference at Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France held November 11-16, 1957. Norman C. Schneider is third from the right.

Snapshots of Norman and Ethel Schneider shaking hands in a crowd, receiving flowers, riding in a car, reading election tapes, checking tallies, crowd at Crystal Ballroom.

Photograph taken in Ottawa on December 11, 1952 of Norman C. Schneider with four other men wearing "Knockers Club" aprons. Left to right: Charles Henry, M.P., Rosedale, Toronto, Norman C. Schneider, M.P., Waterloo North, Cliff Cummings, President, Knockers Club, Ottawa, George A. Drew, M.P., Carleton, George McIlwraith, M.P., Ottawa West.

Norman C. Schneider laying cornerstone of the new Federal Building for the Department of National Revenue on Frederick St. in Kitchener, Ontario on August 15, 1957.

Two copies of a photograph of Norman C. Schneider, M.P. and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson taken by the Capital Press Service.

Photograph of a group of men taken during a visit to Kitchener-Waterloo by Lester B. Pearson. Seated, at left are Bruce E. Weber and Stanley Leavine. Seated, fourth and fifth from left are Lester B. Pearson and Norman C. Schneider. Photographer: Evening Citizen, Ottawa, Ont.

Series consists of writing by Norman C. Schneider, including some speeches.

Consists of Norman C. Schneider's remarks (manuscript, original) to the family on May 20, 1975 at the Charcoal Steak House on the occasion of his 50th wedding anniversary. It includes reminiscences about his family's history: the J.M Schneider home on Courtland Ave., births known as "Lantern night" with family members moving between four homes in a row bringing lanterns and hot water. Also includes a brief background on Ethel Schneider's family and how she came to live next door to Norman's family.

Manuscript notes (original) by Norman C. Schneider. Includes memories of meat deliveries by horse and wagon with the "Brantford truck," and anecdotes about lunch time at the plant.

Manuscript speech notes (original) by Norman C. Schneider consisting of a tribute to Fred H. Schneider given at the annual J.M. Schneider Ltd. Meeting on January 15, 1968.

Typescript speech notes (original) by Norman C. Schneider consisting of a tribute to Fred H. Schneider given at the annual J.M. Schneider Ltd. meeting held at the Walper on January 25, 1968.

One manuscript (original) by Norman C. Schneider. Consists of a story about sausage-maker William Rohleder who cashed a J.M. Schneider cheque at a bank in Berlin in 1928. Includes a brief account of Ivan W. Keffer, and his position as head of the F.W. Woolworth stores in Germany.

Manuscript (original) of an "old Berlin" talk given by Norman C. Schneider on January 23, 1975 to the Retired Business and Professional Men's Club at Kitchener Waterloo Y. Includes childhood memories of swimming holes, fishing, bicycles, climbing the water tower, Norman's first airplane ride, a description of the first plane to fly in Berlin, Ont. Information about Christoph Schneider and Charles Andrew Ahrens, and memories of William Lyon MacKenzie King are included, along with memories of childhood friends who became prominent citizens: Walter P. Zeller, Ivan Keffer, and Fred Bowman.

Manuscript speech notes (original) prepared by Norman C. Schneider. Includes a brochure (photocopy) containing a brief history of the Kitchener Musical Society Band.

Speech (typescript original) by Norman C. Schneider on the retirement of one of the original eighteen employees of J.M. Schneider.

Speech (typescript original with manuscript annotations.) consisting of Norman C. Schneider's remarks on July 13, 1965 during a reception for civic officials marking the 75th anniversary of J.M. Schneider, Inc. Includes a short history of the J.M. Schneider family and information about the butcher shop erected by the company at Doon Pioneer Village.

Typescript (original) of an article written by Norman C. Schneider for inclusion in the December 1954 edition of Schneider News. Includes his thoughts on how employees can help keep a company healthy.

Manuscript speech (original) on given at the Sales and Plant Key Men banquet on January 17, 1963 at the Kress Hotel in Preston, Ontario. Speech relates primarily to Norman C. Schneider's views on factors in the success of the J.M. Schneider company over the years.

Typescript (original) by Norman C. Schneider dated November 24, 1966. Consists of a description of aspects of past problems and solutions in the meat industry, including ice and refrigeration, curing, the skinless sausage, packaging, marketing, and labour unions.

Series consists of photographs of Norman C. Schneider, his wife Ethel and children Herbert Howard and Brita, their friends, activities, homes, pets and travels. Most are snapshots taken by Norman C. Schneider during the course of his lifetime of subjects including: Chicopee Ski Club and skiing in general, Church of the Good Shepherd, Freeport cottage, Shorewood Cottage at Honey Harbour, Kitchener-Waterloo Rotary Club, LeRoy car, Little Pal, 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Pope-Hartford car, Rotary International, Royal Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Kitchener in 1939, Schneider Memorial Fountain at Rockway Gardens in Kitchener, Tuerck Engines, motorcycles.

Series includes photographs of family birthdays, wedding anniversaries, Christmas celebrations, family outings, presentations of awards, vacations at Southampton and Grand Bend, and Norman and Ethel Schneider's wedding (they did not have studio portraits taken).

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

Four photographs taken at various times of Emmie Anthes, her dogs, and others at her cottage "The Birches". Included in photos are: Herbert, Brita and Howard Schneider, and Hilda and Evelyn Haist.

Photograph of Emma Anthes seated in a lawn chair holding a treat up to her seated dog, named Pat, as Herbert Schneider looks on with left hand in air. A cluster of birch trees and the corner of a building are visible in background.

Photograph of Emma Anthes smiling widely at camera while standing outside of a cottage door with dog named Petey at feet.

Photo of Hilda and Evelyn Haist sitting next to a winch and cable for water under a partially obscured "The Birches" sign made out of twigs.

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

Snapshot of Eric Schneider on Norman C. Schneider’s motorcycle.

Informal group portrait of the Church of the Good Shepherd Women’s Auxiliary. Ethel Schneider is seated in the front row at the extreme right. Typed note dated April 6, 1983 in file includes names from left to right:

[Back row]

• Alberta Rosenberger
• Albert Shaefer
• Grave Lasso
• Theresa Prust
• Isabelle Chivers
• Nora Graham
• Bess Klassen
• Kay Trott
• Ruth Zinkann
• Lily Schneider
• Dorothy Tuck
• Edith McPhail
• Rita Ahrens
• Margaret Schaefer
• Irmangarde Hagen

[Front row]

• Louise Aitken
• Nora Kalbfleisch
• Mary Shuh
• Emma Siegner
• Pearl Schneider
• Edith MacDonald
• Ethel Schneider

Two snapshots. One of Ethel Schneider with her aunt, Emma Buck, the other of Ethel Schneider with two unidentified women.

Two group portraits of Ethel Schneider with unidentified I.O.D.E. members. Also included in file is typed list of Princes of Wales Chapter membership list from 1971 with member names, addresses and phone numbers.

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

Photograph of Ethel Schneider smiling at something off camera while holding a baby, possibly grandson Gregory.

Copies of two snapshots, both of Herbert J. Schneider in his cadet uniform with duffel bag.

Photograph of Herbert J. Schneider standing on a brick walkway dressed in cadet uniform holding a duffel bag. Two unidentified children are visible in the background at the end of the walkway.

Photograph of Herbert J. Schneider standing on a brick walkway dressed in cadet uniform with a duffel bag slung over right shoulder.

Enlarged snapshot of Herbert Schneider as an air cadet while at K.C.I. [Kitchener Collegiate Institute] and bunkhouse mates. Herbert is captured at left, alone in the second row of people from the top of photo, laughing at what's happening elsewhere in frame. Verso of photo includes ten signatures, one crossed out, many illegible.

Four snapshots of Herbert J. Schneider as a baby and toddler. One includes Schneider with aunt, Emma Anthes, at the lake and another of Schneider with Ethel Schneider.

Snapshots of Herb and Howie Schneider on skis at Chicopee with Herb's O.A.C. friends, Doug Millar and Winston Muschetta.

Negative taken by Norman C. Schneider of a rail car from the Berlin Street Railway full of passengers stopped along a tree-lined street with a crowd of people waiting to board. Adult in street looking toward camera with hand at waist possibly Charles Alexander Schneider.

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

One snapshot of an unidentified group standing on a bridge in a Japanese garden. Take on a trip with Fred H., Ella and Fred P. Schneider to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

Photograph of Herbert Schneider with friends and an unfinished boat.

Snapshot of Herbert and Howard Schneider on a toboggan with two unidentified friends.

Photograph of Herbert and Howard Schneider wearing false noses.

Snapshots of Herbert and Howard Schneider playing with Don Daub and friends in the basement, two with a train set, and three dressed up in armour.

Snapshots of Herbert, Howard and [Fred P.?] Schneider drinking from sap buckets at a maple sugar bush.

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

Snapshots of Herbert, Howard and Brita Schneider with the Christmas tree, their presents, also of playing with a train in the basement.

Snapshots of Norman C. Schneider's children, Herbert, Howard and Brita at various ages and seasons.

Photograph of a Berlin streetcar, open-sided, stopped on a street. Adults and children are seen standing next to car and a wooden sidewalk is visible in foreground.

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

Snapshot of Howard Schneider and an unidentified person cleaning fish.

Photograph of Howard Schneider ice fishing lake trout at Limberlost.

Snapshots of boys playing, two with a train set, and three dressed up in armour.

Photographs of the Schneider Memorial Fountain at Rockway Gardens, Kitchener, Ont. Two are of the fountain and include Norman C. and Frederick H. Schneider; the other is of the memorial inscription.

Slides of the Schneider Memorial Fountain at Rockway Gardens, Kitchener, Ont.

Photographs of members of the motorcycle club Norman C. Schneider belonged to, one taken at Niagara Falls by William C. Knipfel.

Left to right: Harry Gies, William Knipfel, Harry Knoll, Paul W. Schmiedel, Ivan W. Keffer, Norman Schneider.

Snapshot taken at a J.M. Schneider Men’s Picnic.

Left to right : Ernie Miller, unidentified man, Norman C. Schneider, Doug Small.

Snapshots at a ski lift, possibly at Chicopee.

Snapshot of Norman C. Schneider seated at a table during the 10th anniversary of Oktoberfest.

Two original group portraits and one copy taken of the Board of Trade Directors on the steps of a building at the opening of the new Kitchener post office on December 1938. Norman C. Schneider is in the back row at the far right. Louis O. Breithaupt is also in the photograph.

Photographs taken at the offices of J.M. Schneider Inc. on the occasion of Norman C. Schneider's 70th birthday.

Snapshots taken at the Westmount Golf and Country Club on the occasion of Norman C. Schneider's 90th birthday.

Snapshots of a cake in the shape of a ski hill with skier created for Norman C. Schneider's 80th birthday.

Snapshots on the occasion of Norman C. Schneider's 96th birthday. Includes some identifications.

Snapshot of Norman C. Schneider with cake, seated with Betty Schneider on an unidentified occasion.

Informal family portrait of, left to right, Ethel Schneider holding Herbert[?], Grandma Joachimi, Norman C. Schneider, Mrs. Lapsley, Mr. Lapsley[?]

Informal group portrait taken outside. Left to right : seated, Herbert J. Schneider, Grandma Joachimi, standing, left to right, unidentified adult [possibly Ethel?], and Grandmother Lapsley.

Snapshot of four unidentified adults and ten children.

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

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

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

Group portrait of Schneider, Siegner and Shupe family members sitting in a wooded area taken during a social event.

Back row: ?, ?, Walter Siegner, Lottie Shupe, Emma Siegner, [Mary Caroline Shupe?]

Front row: [Buddy Koenig?], Howard Schneider, Kay Siegner, ?, Ethel Schneider, ?, Stanley Shupe

Group portrait of Board of Trade Directors taken in 1937 a the start of excavating for new Kitchener post office.

Left to right: Mr. Dahmer (City Treasurer), A.J. Cundick, N.C. Schneider, Tom Kay, Carl Web[er?], Bill Milner, L.O. Breithaupt, Hon. W.D. Euler, Art Kabel, Harold Ball, Bob Dietrich, Mayor Albert Smith, Norm Riffer (Secretary, Board of Trade).

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

Snapshots of various family groups taken at Doon Pinnacle.

Portraits of Norman C. Schneider family members taken at home. Includes two of Norman in a wing chair, one of Ethel, one of the children alone and one of the children with Norman.

Photograph of Norman C. Schneider in a deck chair, possibly taking in 1936 on trip to Berlin.