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Ephemera: baby shower gift tag.

A baby shower gift tag.

The message printed on the tag reads, This Gift for your shower Brings good wishes, too, For "showers of joy" For your Baby and You!

The tag is signed by Reta.

Schantz Russell Family

Ephemera: drinking cups.

Three paper drinking cups made from waterproof paper material. The front features an illustration of three seated adults raising glasses in salute and the back features an advertisement for Wolf American High Art Cycles with an illustrated bicycle.

Schantz Russell Family

Ephemera from the state funeral of William Lyon Mackenzie King.

Ephemera belonging to Arthur King and relating to the funeral of William Lyon Mackenzie King, former Prime Minister of Canada. Includes two invitations for Arthur King and his wife Kathleen King to attend the state funeral to be held in Ottawa, Wednesday, July 26, 1950, a card allocating places on the special train from Ottawa to Toronto, and places in a car from Union Station to the cemetery, as well as two luggage tags for the special train. Also includes pre-printed thank you cards.

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

Ephemera: invitation.

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

Schantz Russell Family

Ephemera: memorial cards received.

Memorial cards, some including clippings, received by members of the family, including eight in stamped envelopes. People included:

  • Bair, Henry Clay
  • Bowman, Abram O. (d. July 10, 1929) - includes clipping
  • Bowman, Allan (d. April 7, 1928)
  • Bowman, Joshua Snyder (d. April 8, 1895)
  • Bowman, Maria (May 17, 1921)
  • Bowman, Mary (March 6, 1815 - August 24, 1901)
  • Burkholder, Samuel (January 2, 1816 - March 12, 1893)
  • Eby, Catharine (d. July 6, 1909)
  • Eby, Hannah (d. May 27, 1883)
  • Detwiler, Lenora (d. April 30, 1913)
  • Hallman, Magdalena (d. June 19, 1888)
  • Hilborn, Carrie E. (d. July 1, 1895)
  • Honsberger, Mary (d. February 21, 1899)
  • Kolb, Jacob Z. (d. June 3, 1919)
  • Kolb, Mary (d. Marcy 13, 1900)
  • Lackner, William A. (d. November 2, 1906)
  • Lindner, Adelina (d. May 16, 1906)
  • Martin, Benjamin F. (d. September 9, 1917)
  • Meyers, Annie Louise (d. September 13, 1906)
  • Meyer, Elizabeth B. (d. June 14, 1929) - includes clipping
  • Meyers, Eliah (June 7, 1837 - June 27, 1927)
  • Meyers, Hilda (d. July 31, 1907)
  • Meyers, Sarah M. (July 23, 1846 - November 16, 1928)
  • Millar, Alexander (November 4, 1835 - December 11, 1918)
  • Moyer, Joseph B. (d. August 3, 1891)
  • Nahrgang, Mary (d. December 26, 1921)
  • Oberholtzer, Elizabeth (March 31, 1910)
  • Plowman, Geo. (d. August 21, 1891)
  • Rodgers, Edith Cameron
  • Schneider, David B. (d. November 28, 1928) - includes clippings
  • Shantz, Josiah (November 18, 1861 - April 28, 1908)
  • Shantz, Josiah (December 5, 1834 - August 3, 1913)
  • Shaw, Elizabeth (d. December 2, 1894)
  • Snider, Menno (d. February 9, 1917)
  • Snyder, Alda (March 5, 1911)
  • Snyder, Angeline (d. May 12, ?)
  • Snyder, Ruth Magdalena (August 4, 1911)
  • Standen, Frances Emma (October 22, 1916)
  • Swartz, Nancy (d. May 24, 1917)
  • Swartz, Sarah (November 23, 1917)
  • Weaver, Elizabeth (July 13, 1858 - November 24, 1928)
  • Weaver, Ella (August 25, 1875 - September 3, 1917) - includes clippings
  • Woodward, W.S. (November 5, 1904)

Schantz Russell Family

Ephemera, file 1.

Ephemera including birth certificate, 1903; Woodstock Collegiate Institute graduation programme, 1923, University of Western Ontario convocation programme, 1928, student identity papers issued in France, 1929-1930; Toronto Conservatory of Music examination results, 1933-1935; passes, identity cards, service record and pin from the Canadian Women's Army Corps, 1942-1945; Certificate of Canadian Citizenship, 1970; University of Western Ontario Alumni Association certificate, 1964; University of Western Ontario Service Award, 1989.

Montgomery, Frances Kathleen

Estate : miscellaneous.

File consists of material accumulated by Martha Rieder during the process of settling the estate of Talmon Henry Rieder. Documents pertain to Rieder's investments, his life insurance policies, succession duties on the estate, Martha's financial affairs, etc. Includes correspondence, notices, invoices, manuscript and typescript notes, a bank book, a newspaper clipping, a German bond (Hamburg state bond, 1902 issue, 1000 mark), etc. Correspondence is from executors H. Milton Cook and Hugo Wellein, and others; outgoing correspondence from Martha is in draft form.

Rieder and Anthes family

Etherington, Lois.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Specializes in Designing Silver Chalices, Fonts" about Canadian artist and educator Lois Etherington.

Long, Elizabeth

Events.

Programs and invitations for several events. Events included are:

  • "A special convocation to confer an Honorary Degree on his Highness Prince Karin Aga Khan," at the University of Trinity College (University of Toronto), November 25, 2013.
  • "The global progress evening with Madeleine Albright in conversation with Lloyd Axworthy," organized by the Canadian Centre for Progressive Policy, April 1, 2014.
  • "A celebration of the life of the Honourable Donald Stovel Macdonald," October 19, 2018.
  • "A presentation of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals,” June 2012.

English, John

Events and workshops : 1970-1975 (file 1 of 2).

File consists of material relating to the promotion of workshops and events held primarily from 1970-1973, and includes some material relating the organization of the events. Includes flyers and announcements for workshops and other COAA events, incoming and outgoing correspondence, newsletters, flyers from other organizations, financial statements (1970-1972), a members' mailing list (1973), a directory of art associations in Ontario, handwritten notes, and other material. Most correspondence is addressed to Marlene Jofreit or Oreen Campbell.

Central Ontario Art Association

Events and workshops : 1970-1975 (file 2 of 2).

File consists of material relating to the promotion of workshops and events held primarily from 1970-1973, and includes some material relating the organization of the events. Includes flyers and announcements for workshops and other COAA events, incoming and outgoing correspondence, newsletters, flyers from other organizations, financial statements (1970-1972), a members' mailing list (1973), a directory of art associations in Ontario, handwritten notes, and other material. Most correspondence is addressed to Marlene Jofreit or Oreen Campbell.

Central Ontario Art Association

Events and workshops : 1976-1980 (file 1 of 2).

File consists mainly of flyers, programs, and invitations for events and workshops organized by COAA for the years 1976 to 1980. Events include Christmas parties, field trips, sketching and painting trips, gallery weekends, workshops, and annual meetings. File also includes some correspondence and applications forms relating to grants from the Ontario Arts Council and some correspondence relating to arrangements for a sketching weekend in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Central Ontario Art Association

Experiments on the Digestibility of Fish.

United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 649: Experiments on the Digestibility of Fish printed in Washington D.C. April 13, 1918 as a contribution from the States Relations Service. The bulletin states that it is primarily of interest to students and investigators of food problems and records the results of research on digestibility of Boston mackerel, butterfish, grayfish, and salmon.

United States Department of Agriculture

Falconer Hall.

File consists of a notecard with an image of Falconer Hall. A note on the verso indicated that Anne Innis Dagg lived here in 1955-1956.

University of Toronto

Fallis, Iva.

Clippings (ill.) of Globe and Mail articles about Canadian Senator Iva Fallis.

Long, Elizabeth

Familienbriefe: 1954-1958.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Ulrich Sommer and his wife Gisela Sommer’s immigration to Canada with their two children Cornelius Sommer and Angelika Sommer in 1954. Also contains letters confirming Ulrich and Gisela Sommer passed an exam designed for new Canadians that was established by the Government of Ontario’s Department of Education Information Branch. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, children’s drawings, pamphlets, hand-drawn floor plans, wallpaper samples, a cross-stitch sampler, and photographs of family members.

Familienbriefe: 1967-1969.

  • SCA344-GA393-9
  • File
  • February 6, 1966-[January 8, 1970?], predominant 1967-1969
  • Part of Sommer family fonds.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Ulrich Sommer and Cornelius Sommer’s studies in university, Angelika Sommer’s pending visit with her grandparents, and Lina Neumeyer Raatz’s declining health. Lina Neumeyer Raatz was Ulrich Sommer’s aunt and she lived in Germany. Also contains correspondence between the Sommer family and the Altenmueller family from Cooksville, Ontario. Records include letters, postcards, and pamphlets.

Familienbriefe: 1969-1971.

Correspondence between various members of the Sommer family including letters that describe Cornelius Sommer’s European vacation and Angelika Sommer’s political involvement in Germany, her Marxist beliefs and her plans to pursue post-secondary education in Germany. Some letters also indicate that Angelika Sommer met and was dating Uwe Schriever, who later becomes her husband. Also includes greeting cards, postcards, a pamphlet, and photographs of Uwe Schriever, and the wedding of Friedemann and Petra (surnames unknown) in March 1970.

Family.

File consists of materials accumulated by Kay Rex on the genealogy of her family. Includes photocopies, clippings, correspondence, biographies and photographs.

Rex, Kay

Family : Rieder, Edward.

File consists of material mostly accumulated by Martha Rieder relating to her son Edward Rieder. Includes birthday cards, a school report card and middle school examination results, his high school diploma, a baptism certificate, the commencement program for his graduation from the University of Toronto, letters from his parents and a friend, his obituary, and other material.

Rieder and Anthes family

Fawcett, Millicent.

Typescript of brief biographical info about Millicent Fawcett and a clipping of painted portrait of Fawcett from an unknown publication.

Long, Elizabeth

Fewster, W. Jean.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Personality of the Month" about W. Jean Fewster the food editor at the Dairy Foods Service Bureau.

Long, Elizabeth

Field, Mary.

United Kingdom Information Service biographical note no. 7 about Mary Field, O.B.E.

Long, Elizabeth

Field, Myrtle.

Clipping of The Standard article "Woman Registrar" by Mary Scott about Myrtle Field who, at the time, was the only woman registrar in Ontario.

Long, Elizabeth

Files from members, 4.

File consists of miscellaneous material accumulated by association members. Includes correspondence, advertisements, page proofs for a bulletin, COAA letterhead, a completed questionnaire, a newspaper clipping (relating to a sculpture at Wilfrid Laurier University), etc.

Central Ontario Art Association

Files from members, 5.

File consists of miscellaneous material probably accumulated by association member Ruth Camplin (also President, 1969). Includes exhibitors lists for various exhibitions (most but not all by the association), association news bulletins (incomplete, without cover pages and some loose pages), correspondence, flyers, and other material.

Central Ontario Art Association

Fitz-Gibbon, Bernice.

Clipping of article from The Saturday Evening Post (1946) about American advertising executive Bernice Fitz-Gibbon and clipping of The Reader's Digest (1951) article "Wanted: More Bounce to the Ounce" written by Fitz-Gibbon.

Long, Elizabeth

Fleming, Aida.

Ephemera related to The Kindness Club which was started by Aida Flemming for children under eighteen who pledge to protect animals from suffering. Includes a handwritten note addressed "To the Librarian" with biographical information about Flemming.

Long, Elizabeth

Florida '92 sweatshirt.

Contains one white sweatshirt. The sweatshirt has the Dare Foods Limited centennial logo embroidered on the left breast of the sweatshirt. Beneath the logo "Florida '92" is also embroidered.

Dare Foods Limited

Florida conf[erence and] Northwestern Summer inst[itute].

Materials related to the envent “Lessons & Legacies of the Holocaust” at Florida Atlantic University, November 7-9, 1998, where James Walker facilitated a workshop titled "Teaching the Holocaust at a Church related college." Includes program, schedule, TRACE Instructional Development Grant Report, receipts and financial statements, and related correspondence.

Walker, James

Flyers.

Three flyers created by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament likely distributed to constituents through targeted mailing lists. Each flyer provides constituents with information about a unique topic or political issue and sometimes Telegdi’s political involvement in the matter. These three flyers provide information about funding for post-secondary education, the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), and a benefit fund for the spouses and children of police officers and firefighters.

Telegdi, Andrew

Fond greetings.

Blank card with scalloped edging featuring rose, forsythia, a white dove and a hand holding a card that reads: "With fond greetings!"

Schantz Russell Family

Food for Young Children.

United States Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin 717 Food for Young Children. The guide provides information on what nutrients children should be getting in their diets, the food groups they should eat (milk and dishes made chiefly of milk; breads and other cereal foods; butter and other wholesome fats; vegetables and fruits; simple sweets), ways in which to prepare foods, and recipes and meal plans.

United States Department of Agriculture

Food For Your Children.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 7: Food For Your Children. This leaflet gives information on the kinds of foods that are important for children to or not to have, as well as a meal plan an recipes.

United States Department of Agriculture

Forbes family letters.

Letters exchanged between George Alexander Forbes, Millicent Lyall Forbes, Betty Land, Peg Wilson, Ross Wilson, Pamela Wilson, Janet Land, Jennifer Land, and Thomas Land. Correspondence also contains press clippings, drawings, and greeting cards.

Forbes, Betty

Forbes, Margaret (Peggy) Chellew née Adams Clement 1921-2010 and Donald Rossell Forbes 1920-2005.

File consists of materials relating to Margaret (Peggy) Chellew Adams Clement Forbes and husband Donald Rossell Forbes. Includes a clipping, an invitation to Peggy and Donald's wedding as well as to the wedding of their son Jock to Rosemarie Ann Wilson, a poem written for Florence Grace Clement on her 90th birthday, family agendas and a series of correspondence.

Correspondents include:

  • Florence Grace Clement,
  • Carlton and Mary Clement,
  • Edward Meijer (Valhalla Inn),
  • Janet Stewart,
  • Walper Hotel,
  • John [?].

Clement Bowlby Family

Forty-sixth anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Cyprus.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to celebrations commemorating forty-six years of independence for the Republic of Cyprus. Records include a formal congratulatory statement to the members of the Canadian Justice for Cyprus from Telegdi and an invitation to Telegdi from the Canadian Justice for Cyprus Committee (PSEKA Canada) for a dinner celebrating the anniversary in Scarborough, Ontario.

Telegdi, Andrew

Fox, Beryl.

Clippings about Canadian film director Beryl Fox. Includes MacLean's article "One Woman's War" written by Fox about the Vietnam War.

Long, Elizabeth

Francis, Suzanne Morrow.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Former Skating Champion Returns to First Love" about Canadian Suzanne Morrow Francis about her love of dogs and career as a veterinarian.

Long, Elizabeth

Frankel, Egmont Mrs.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Ruth Frankel and her charitable work including the Canadian Cancer Society.

Long, Elizabeth

Freelance.

File consists of materials relating to Kay Rex's freelance journalism and fiction work. Includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and research for articles. Also includes the Spring 1961 edition of Echoes the magazine of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire which features the short story Cinderella.

Rex, Kay

French Canadians.

5 pieces of correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to French Canadians. Includes an item from the Totonto Star Nov. 19, 1936 by Claude Dubuc, "The Grievances of Quebec : a memorandum from the Economic Chambers of of Quebec to the Ontario Boards of Trade." Includes correspondence with Claude Dubuc.

Wegenast, Franklin Wellington

French Laundry and Soapine advertisement

French Laundry and Soapine advertisement trade card illustrated by Charlotte Perkins Gilman showing a young woman standing in a frame holding a washing board and a box of soap. The frame is held up on either side by two young men standing on upside down washing buckets that read Soapine. "Verso reads ""French Laundry is the best soap ever made for all purposes. It is the oldest popular soap, having outlived all its rivals. It has won its way into public favor solely on its merits, and thousands of families who are now using it would not be without it. One trial with convince you. Soapine is the best article known for the laundry and general household use. Use no soap, sal soda, borax, washing crystals or other preparations with it. For washing dishes, glassware, silverware, milk cans, dairy utensils, windows, marble, paint or oil cloth, and house cleaning, use Soapine. Kendall Mfg. Co. Established 1827 Providence, R.I."""

Fresh Vegetables.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No.16: Fresh Vegetables. This leaflet gives information on types of fresh vegetables to buy or grow, tips on cooking, recipes, timing for cooking vegetables, and tips on urban foraging.

United States Department of Agriculture

Friends.

File consists of materials accumulated by Kay Rex created by, and based on, her friends. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, etc. Correspondents include:

  • Burcher, Dorothy
  • Helferty, Dorothy
  • Hodgson, Dorothy
  • Hollobon, Joan
  • Wright, C.F.
  • Wysong, Peggy
  • [?], Alixe
  • [?], May
  • [?], Joan and Suki.

Rex, Kay

From the Rwandan Genocide to R2P.

Materials related to conference “From the Rwandan Genocide to R2P: A Journey of Lessons Learned.” Includes program and notes by John English. Also contains information about Scholars Network’s Senior Fellows.

English, John

Fuller, Margaret.

Photocopy of a talk about Margaret Fuller presented by Madeleine B. Stern on December 27, 1973 in Chicago reprinted in AB.

Long, Elizabeth

Funeral of Charles Rosekat.

A press clipping titled "Drowned Man Laid to Rest" regarding the funeral of Charles Rosekat's from the Bechler family photo album. Announcement notes Rosekat drowned August 4th at Grimsby Beach and was a Kaufman Rubber Co. employee.

Bechler family

Funeral of Mrs. John Vogt.

A press clipping detailing Mrs. John Vogt's [Leonore Laura Thusnelda Hagedorn] funeral from the Bechler family photo album. Article lists members in attendance and details of the funeral held at St. Matthews's Lutheran Church on May 11.

Bechler family

Funeral program for Andrew Telegdi.

A program for Andrew Telegdi’s funeral service held on January 28, 2017 at Knox Waterloo Presbyterian Church in Waterloo, Ontario. The program includes a eulogy for Andrew Telegdi and outlines the order of the funeral service. The service included a traditional blessing prayer delivered by Oqwilowgwa Kim-Recalma-Clutesi, tributes offered by Bardish Chagger, Don Chapman, John and Jonathan English, scripture reading by Margie Telegdi-Smith, and family tributes by Paul Telegdi and Erin Telegdi.

Telegdi, Andrew

Gallerie D'este.

File consists of materials relating to the exhibition and sale of Tony Urquhart's works at Gallerie D'este. Includes two items of correspondence between Tony and the gallery, a sample contract, handwritten notes by Urquhart, business cards, and promotional materials.

Urquhart, Tony

Garbo, Greta.

Clippings from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Observer Weekend Review and the New York Times Magazine about actress Greta Garbo.

Long, Elizabeth

Geneva Park : art shows & artists : 1989-1990s.

File consists of material relating to programs organized by the COAA, and mainly the annual workshops at Geneva Park (Longford Mills, Ontario) for 1994-1996 and the annual juried exhibition called Crossection for 1980-1982. Material relates to the organization and arrangement of the events. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, reports, flyers and invitations, brochures, programs, exhibition lists, minutes, budgets, draft workshop descriptions, etc.

Central Ontario Art Association

Gerry, E. Winnifred.

Clipping from unknown publications about Mrs. E. Winnifred Gerry of Winnipeg, Manitoba winning an award from the International Association of Public Employment Service.

Long, Elizabeth

Gilbreth, Lillian.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Coveted Award Received by Dr. Lillian Gilbreth" about her receiving the George Washington Award for "outstanding contribution to engineering and management, and for unselfish devotion to problems of the handicapped."

Long, Elizabeth

Gillmor, Frances.

Two clippings from an unknown publication of articles by Margaret E. Lawrence about Frances Gillmor and her writing. Includes typescript biography (1 p.) compiled by Jean Sweet with a handwritten summary of her sources on the verso.

Long, Elizabeth

Glucose for Household Use.

Glucose for Household Use issued by the Canada Food Board, Ottawa, August, 1918. This pamphlet gives information on saving sugar and using glucose in its place, including notes on how to use glucose for canning and preserving, and recipes substituting glucose for sugar.

Canada Food Board

Godfrey, Mary.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Mary Godfrey (nee Ferguson) and her role as president of the Opera Festival Women's Committee.

Long, Elizabeth

Goodfellow, Olive.

Typescript biographical data about Olive Goodfellow (nee Wilkins) whose work included 22 years as director at the Goodfellow Printing Company.

Long, Elizabeth

Gordimer, Nadine.

Clippings of articles about South-African writer Nadine Gordimer. Includes a clipping of a newspaper portrait of Gordimer enclosed in an envelope with source information addressed "to the Librarian".

Long, Elizabeth

Grand River Lodge.

By-laws of Grand River Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons No. 151 (1914) and a cheque for initiation written by Kaufman for $35.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

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