Print of a photograph of Levi Nash Moyer.

Thirty-five letters received by Franklin Abram Schantz.

Date and Place from: June 4, 1902 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Jan. 10, 1899 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Includes letter written to Herbert, envelope, no stamp.

Date and Place from: March 28, 1900 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: March 30, 1890 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: April 19, 1890 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Jan. 5, 1893 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Written on Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Wholesale Dry Goods letterhead.

Date and Place from: April 27, 1890 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Feb. 21, 1891 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: May 24, 1892 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Dec. 17, 1898 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Oct. 14, 1902 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Dec. 15, 1902 Rifle, Colo. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: March 27, 1903 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: May 28, 1903 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Partial letter (from Austin?).

Date and Place from: June 30, 1902 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Aug. 11, 1903 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Oct. 8, 1903 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Jan. 23, 1904 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: June 28, 1904 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: March 14, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: April 30, 1905 Alberta To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: April 24, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Oct. 3, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Oct. 23, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Oct. 30, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Nov. 7, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Nov. 22, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Dec. 1, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Dec. 5, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Dec. 22, 1905 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Sept. 12, 1901 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: March 7, 1903 Pocatello, Idaho To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: Oct. 23, 1902 Rifle, CO To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: Nov. 24, 1902 Rifle, Colo. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: December 18, 1901 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Two identical full length studio portraits of Miss. Jessie Thomson seen seated on a chair covered with a fur and looking at camera. Enclosed is a calling card of Miss. Thomson with the inscription "With love all & best wishes for the new year."

One three quarter length studio portrait of Theodore Moyer seen in a suit, with right thumb hooked in vest pocket.

Photograph of the exterior of Orpheus Moyer Schantz's family home in Morton Park, Chicago. Carrie Schantz is visible seated on front steps and standing to her right, on the lawn, are Ruth Schantz and Worth Flagler Schantz. Also included in the shot are a newly planted tree and a wood plank sidewalk.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of (left to right) siblings Worth and Ruth Schantz with cousin Dorothy White. Ruth is wearing eyeglasses and both she and Dorothy are wearing hair ornaments.

Studio portrait of Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) and her sister Anna Moyer seated side by side. Both are wearing glasses and seen looking at camera.

Full body studio portrait of James Robert Shantz (nephew of Tobias Schantz) and wife Elisabeth seen looking at camera. James is seated in a wicker chair with Elisabeth standing at side.

One upper body studio portrait of Anna Moyer with Mary Moyer Schantz. Both women are shown wearing eyeglasses. Photograph belonged to John Wismer. Identification from verso.

One full body studio portrait of Dorothy White, approximately five years of age. Identification from verso.

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

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

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

Three-quarter length studio portrait of Ruth Schantz seen standing with white flower in hands and looking at camera.

Upper body studio portrait of Carrie Flagler Schantz and Worth Schantz.

Twenty-nine letters received by Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz. Correspondents include brothers Arthur, Austin, Frank, and Orpheus, sisters Etta, Florence and Sophie.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958.

Date and Place from: September 10, 1893 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962.

Date and Place from: January 2, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Letterhead

Date and Place from: January 5, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958.

Date and Place from: May 2, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Attachments: Envelope, no stamp.

Date and Place from: August 25, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes letter to Ward & Etta.

Date and Place from: December 16, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 Notes: Includes note from Mother.

Date and Place from: May 2, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1899 Latah, WA To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: September 24, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamps.

Date and Place from: November 16, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 5, 1900 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: November 12, 1901 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: May 2, 1902 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: June 4, 1902 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: February 21, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Cornelia Caroline Flagler, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: October 6, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: January 11, 1900 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Includes letter to Frank and Florence.

Date and Place from: October 2, 1896 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Marshall Field & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: Dec. 17, 1898 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Jan. 10, 1900 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 28, 1900 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Aug. 12, 1903 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: December 18, 1907 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: June 24, 1898 Chicago To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: Written on P. B. Weare & Co. Grain letterhead.

Date and Place from: Oct. 6, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes note from Frank.

Date and Place from: Feb. 6, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: Written on North American Transportation & Trading Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: Feb. 21, 1905 Detroit, Mich. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Piggott, Jennie.

To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 Notes: Miscellaneous: 4 page list of household items (perhaps wedding gifts).

Thirty letters received by Tobias Kolb Schantz.

Date and Place from: September 15, 1894 South Cayuga, Ont. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: [1880?] Berlin, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: March 10, 1887 Cedar Falls To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: March 10, 1887 Cedar Falls To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: March 12, 1887 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary] Attachments: A fragment of paper included with letter.

Date and Place from: March 25, 1887 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: March 31, 1887 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: April 04, 1887 Cedar Falls To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: April 07, 1887 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: April 10, [1887?] Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: April 13, 1887 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: April 18, 1887 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: May 10, 1888 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: June 29, 1888 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: July 02, 1888 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: July 13, 1888 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: July 17, 1888 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary.

Date and Place from: July 20, 1888 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935

Date and Place from: October 25, 1888 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: November 19, 1888 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: October 24, 1889 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: November 05, 1889 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: November 14, 1889 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: May 08, 1891 Campden, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: [18-?] Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: [18-?] [Berlin, Ont.?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: writes letter on letterhead paper. "Bought of Eby Brother & Hallman, Dealers in All Kinds of Hardware, Stoves and Tinware". Writes "I take this paper because it happens to be all there is in the book."

Date and Place from: [18-?] s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: [18-?] s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: May 11, 1891 Campden, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: March 18, 1907 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

One panoramic postcard showing portions of Victoria Park, Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario including the lake and Roos Island. Unidentified male and female walkers and canoeists are visible in the photograph. The background also depicts residences, churches and industrial buildings in an area of Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario surrounding the park.

Upper body studio portrait of Joe Snyder, wife Priscilla, and daughter Martha (age 1). Joe is looking toward the camera and Priscilla is seen looking at Martha.

One card from Ela Bliss Moyer and Jessie Watt Moyer announcing the birth of their son John Watt Moyer.

Studio portrait of [Mary Harriet Gribble] with grandchildren Elsie Snider and Ralph Snider, the children of Faith Gribble and William Snider. Gribble is shown looking down at newborn Elsie, held on her lap, while Ralph, about three years of age, stands next to them, looking over shoulder off camera.

Correspondence with the Dominion Lands Office, Interim Homestead Receipt, Notice to Show Cause, Certificate of Recommendation for Homestead Patent, tax and assessment notices and receipts for the SW quarter of Section 30, Township 30, Range 2, West of the 5th Meridian, District of South Alberta . Correspondence not indexed.

Studio portrait of Phoebe Detweiler and Ellen Shoemaker.

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence.This daybook documents Tobias' stay in Didsbury, Alberta.

One small poster listing the qualification and disqaulification rules for electors at a general election.

Full body studio portrait of Ben Williamson and May Williamson seen looking at camera.

Full length studio portrait of Levi Nash Moyer and Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Moyer later in life. Mollie is seated in a chair and Levi is standing at left

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Hervey Bowman, seen looking at camera and dressed in a suit and tie, that was found with his belongings.

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

Date and Place from: March 25, 1908 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains pages and covers from the Ladies Home Journal and others featuring illustrated sheet music printed in those publications. The verso of the sheet music pages contain advice columns for girls and women, decorating and fashion articles, embroidery, recipes, and more. This folder also contains manuscript transcriptions of hymns and some manuscript music, also copied .

Postcard photograph with a cut-out print of (left to right) Allen Huber, Mayor of Berlin Ont. and Sir Wilfrid Laurier in a carriage. Both are seen wearing hats and looking at camera. This photograph was found with Hervey Bowman's belongings.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her uncle, Levi Nash Moyer, written on Montana Children's Home Society, Heklena, Montana letterhead. Includes stamped envelope.

Studio portrait of the Honsberger family. The spelling of the Honsberger name varies in inscription on verso.

Back row, left to right: Lucinda Honsberger, Amanda White (nee Honsberger), Owen Honsberger, Lovina Levagood (nee Honsberger).

Front row, left to right: Benjamin Honsberger, Phoebe Murphy (nee Honsberger), Ervine Honsberger, Rosa Honsberger, Mrs. Stickney (first name unknown), Esther Honsberger (nee Biehn).

A photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz with wife Carrie Flagler Schantz and children Ruth and Worth Schantz.

Upper body portrait of Ruth Schantz seen looking at camear. Ruth is wearing her eyeglasses and a large hat.

Seventeen letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: Unknown. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Wismer, J.E. Notes: Partial letter.

Date and Place from: Aug. 22, 1897 Jordan, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Wismer, S.G.

Date and Place from: Aug. 1, 1899 Morenci, Mich. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Wilson, May H.

Date and Place from: April 29, 1900 Morenci, Mich. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Wilson, May A.

Date and Place from: Jan. 31, 1902 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Wismer, S.G.

Date and Place from: Nov. 24, 1893 Winnipeg, Man. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

Date and Place from: Nov. 10, 1901 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

Date and Place from: Nov. 10, 1901 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

Date and Place from: Dec. 1, 1901 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

Date and Place from: Dec. 8, 1901 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

Date and Place from: March 7, 1902 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948 Attachments: Envelope with partial stamp.

Date and Place from: March 21, 1902 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

Date and Place from: March 29, 1902 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: March 29, 1902 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: Aug. 6, 1885 Innerkip, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Witmer, Rachel.

Date and Place from: April 5, 1886 Walmer To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Witmer, Rachel Notes: Scrap of green fabric enclosed.

Date and Place from: April 19, 1909 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948.

A memorial card for Tobias Moyer, brother of Mary Gross Moyer. Card reads " In loving remembrance of Tobias Moyer, Died Dec. 28, 1909 Age 77 years." Card is printed on cabinet card.

Head and torso studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz (center back) with (left to right) Ruth, Worth Flagler and Carrie Schantz.

One upper body studio portrait of Levi Nash Moyer seen looking at camera.

Full body studio portrait of Sarah Finley seen standing with left hand on back of armchair and looking at camera.

One outdoors group portrait of the Moyer family. From left to right are: Levi Nash Moyer, Mollie Moyer, Emma Bliss Moyer, and Samuel Moyer. The four are seated on a large rock.

One group portrait taken outdoors of the Moyer family seen seated outdoors on rocks.

Back Row: Levi Nash Moyer, Emma Bliss Moyer, Charlotte Hays Moyer (wife of Harry), Mollie Moyer (wife of Levi), Harry Moyer (son of Levi), Robert Moyer (son of Samuel)

Front Row: Louisa Moyer (daughter of Samuel), Elizabeth Moyer (daughter of Harry), Robert Moyer (son of Harry), Unknown, Unknown, Samuel Moyer.

Eighteen letters received by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White).

Date and Place from: September 23, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: October 10, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: October 22, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: November 8, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: December 7, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: February 23, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: July 21, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: January 13, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: November 15, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: December 16, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: May 3, 1909 To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Pearl.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1909 To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Pearl.

Date and Place from: July 12, 1918 Ottawa To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Beddome, Jean Notes: Written on Imperial Munitions Board letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 7, 1910 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: February 09, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: May 21, 1908 Didsbury, Alta.? To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: August 07, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: Includes note from Frank Schantz.

Date and Place from: Nov. 19, 1908 Helena, Mont. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 Notes: Written on The Montana Children's Home Society letterhead; includes envelope with stamp.

One upper body studio portrait, possibly of Faith Gribble. Photograph is in an embossed green enclosure with a purple interior and reads "With the Compliments of the Season."

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Ruth Schantz seen looking at camera with a slight smile.

Snapshot of two unidentified children sitting outside on a lawn outside of a home.

Pen drawing featuring the lines of the poem titled, My Symphony by William Ellery Channing as well as flower and butterfly motifs. The creator of this drawing changed the order of some of the lines in the original poem titled, My Symphony by William Ellery Channing.

A paper-wrapped bundle labelled "Arthur's Pictures" that contains pictures cut from magazines and illustrated papers and pages from small books or agricultural, travel, tourist publications. These include at least one Year Book of British Columbia, a publication entitled, The Agricultural and Industrial Resources of Vancouver Island, British Columbia published in 1905, and many clippings from the Weekly Globe and Canada Farmer. These feature mostly scenery in Canadian locations, as well as New Zealand, and include farming, road building, summer pastimes (Muskoka), portraits, residences (Victoria and Toronto), winter sports, portraits, and more.

Photograph of the Christian Endeavour Choir standing on a large stage behind a podium taken during a revival meeting in the Queen Street auditorium in Berlin, Ontario around 1910. A banner at the back of the room reads: "Get right with God." and a second, at the front of the podium reads: "Him that cometh unto Me, I will no wise cast out. John 6:37"

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

Group portrait possibly of a meeting of officials of the of Alma Street United Brethren in Christ Church taken outside. Identified on the verso are Rev. S.H. Swartz (centre in front of doors), President Bangs of Huntington College Indiana (front row, 3rd from right), Rev. Stanton, Lautenschlager, Rev. Howe, and Rev. Burton.

One group portrait of (left to right) Emma Bliss Moyer with husband Samuel Moyer and Frances Moyer with father Jacob Moyer. The family is shown standing outdoors, in front of a home numbered 1211.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains pages and clippings from newspapers and magazines, mostly stories from the Christian Endeavour World by Grace Livingston Hill.

Full body studio portrait of Marjorie Bricker seen kneeling on a wicker arm chair with a doll and looking off camera.

An invitation card possibly written by or sent to Austin Tobias Schantz. The quote inscribed on the verso of the invitation card is from Alfred Tennyson's poem titled, The Sea Fairies that was first published in 1830.

Outdoor portrait of Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) with uncle Franklin Abram Schantz taken when Russell was about ten years of age.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of George Shantz and Mary Nellis seen seated side by side and looking at camera.

Studio portrait of Grace Evelyn Kolb, aged 8 years, 8 days, seated, holding Raymond Oliver Kolb, aged 1 year on lap. Evelyn is seen with has large ribbons in her hair and Raymond is holding a sprig of greenery.

A series of $2.00 receipts.

Date and Place from: May 17, 1911 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: List of cattle purchased in 1906.

Three quarter length studio portrait of Ruth Schantz seen seated, with arm resting on chair arm, and looking at camera. The bottom of the image has been intentionally faded out.

One school notebook.

School exercise book partially filled with diary entries.

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

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

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

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

1907: Victoria Park Pavilion, Victoria park.

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

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

Portrait of Jacob Kolb (1895-) in uniform.

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

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

Groups portraits taken at the Schantz Family Reunion, 1913.

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

Unidentified farmhouse, family groups. These include Tobias Schantz.

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

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

One group studio portrait of the Wismer family. Shown are John E. Wismer, with wife Priscilla Moyer, Solomon G. Wismer, and Sophia Wismer. Identification from verso.

One school notebook.

One school notebook with notes on spelling.

A small booklet of religious writings and Bible verses titled, Our pilgrimage.

One Ontario copy book filled with practice calligraphy.

A book of pressed flowers collected in Banff, Alberta by Florence Schantz. Most specimens are labelled.

One Ontario blank drawing book.

One school notebook.

One letter from Orpheus Moyer Schantz with caption "Dear Folks" but signed "your brother."

Date and Place from: Jan. 13, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz family From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.

Nineteen letters received by Franklin Abram Schantz.

Date and Place from: July 18, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.

Date and Place from: Dec. 20, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.

Date and Place from: Dec. 28, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.

Date and Place from: Aug. 21, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Aug. 29, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Aug. 30, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Branstetter Motor Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: Sept. 5, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Oct. 10, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Includes family tree by Orpheus.

Date and Place from: Oct. 24, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Nov. 5, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Nov. 15, 1906 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Feb. 14, 1907 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: April 17, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead; includes copy of letter from Benj. T. Gault.

Date and Place from: May 10, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.

Date and Place from: Sept. 17, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 20, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 5, 1907 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Aug. 8, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead, includes envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: Aug. 14, 1912 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Trustees of Schools letterhead.

Date and Place from: September 12, 1892 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias. Notes: Written on Chas. Gossage & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 10, 1893 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias. Attachments: Letter to Mary Schantz.

Date and Place from: September 13, 1898 [?] To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias.

Date and Place from: Feb. 27, 1912 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias. Includes sketch map.

Date and Place from: June 11, 1912 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias.

Date and Place from: Aug. 00, 1912 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias.

Date and Place from: Aug. 2, 1912 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram. From Schantz, Austin Tobias.

One invitaiton to the Shontz family reunion held on August 1, 1912.

One letter from brother Jesse Gross Moyer.

One school notebook with notes on geography.

Four collage calendars from 1898, 1900, 1910 and 1912. 1898 features a drawing of bees, grasshoppers, and reeds by Orpheus Moyer Schantz, as well as a large ribbon and the inscription "Learning by study must be won, t'was never entail'd from sire to son." The verso is inscribed "Aunt Etta, Merry Christmas from Ruth." 1900 shows a photograph of Ruth Schantz and is inscribed "A Happy Year! 1900." The verso reads "Grandpa, from Ruth, Christmas 1899." 1910 shows a painting of a woman holding an umbrella and the verso is inscribed "Grandpa Schantz from Worth." 1912 shows a photograph of a young boy taking a photograph of a young girl and is captioned "The young photographer."

One school notebook with notes on writing.

School exercise book partially filled with diary entries.

One piece of correspondence from Metta in Kansas City.

Photograph of a streetscape of Sedgewick, Alberta showing a Meat Martket, Clemens Bros. store and Sedgewick Realty Co. A group of unidentified men and a child are standing outside of storefronts and a horse is visible hitched to a post.

One photograph album labelled, "Florence c1907-1911, excel. Alberta." Includes:

Snapshots taken at the Orpheus Moyer Schantz home in Morton Park, Ill., Dec. 1910-March 1911.

Snapshot of Ruth Schantz with Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), May 29, 1900.

Two group portraits with identifications, 1908: possibly Woolworth Co. employee picnics.

Portrait of Rebecca V.L. Krampene (Laschinger), New Hamburg and "A nook at River View, 1906". Also wedding of Beatrice Laschinger in New Hamburg, Jan. 1908 [also in another album, unidentified].

Photographs taken at Arthur Benjamin Schantz's homestead in Alberta in 1908-1912: includes snapshots of Arthur with his dogs, Austin Tobias Schantz, livestock including turkeys, angora goats, hogs, horses, Arthur's homestead shack, Arthur and Florence Annie Catherine Schantz with horses and wagon, interior of homestead shack with Arthur Benjamin Schantz and Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, "Threshing in March 1912" [faded], Reed family, "Prairie fire" [badly faded], Austin Tobias Schantz and homestead shack.

Photographs of places including panorama of Salmon Arm, B.C., Calgary, Alberta.

Portrait: Sophie Emma Schantz, May 4, 1912.

Photographs taken at Lionel Bricker farm [Alberta?], 1910-1912: Menno Bricker with horses, grandchildren Marjory and George, Bricker children posed with fields behind.

Photographs taken of Tuggle family in Alberta, 1912, in fields with stooks, also of "Thanksgiving at Swingles, Oct. 30, 1911."

Photographs taken at Wetaskawin, Saskatchewan: Cousin Bennie Schantz: family in front of "Model Bakery, " fishing.

Portrait taken at High River, Alta., Aug. 1909: Percy Robinson, W.H. Dickinson, Milton Eby, Serena Eby, Ida Dickenson, Lala Hart, Edna Weber, G.A. Frerks.

Photographs taken at Orrville, Ont.: "White children party." [Note: the family surname was White].

One school notebook.

One Ontario blank drawing book featuring drawings and pressed flowers.

An illustrated volume entitled, The Sands of Time: A Book of Birthday Gems. Chicago: Donohue Brothers, ca. 1885, printed with quotations for every day of the year, with facing pages blank for insertion of birthday information. Entries present are in several hands and represent friends, relatives and family members.

One certificate that includes coloured calligraphy signed F.H. Budd, dated Nov. 9, 1942. Signed by [?] Slumkoski, Mrs. F.H. Schneider, H.B. Brubaker, Mrs. L. Jaeger, Mrs. C.H. Janzen, Mrs Mary Kaufman, L.G. Bauman, O.C. Wright, Herb Schaus, A.R. Kaufman, Anna S. Weber, Florence M. Bray, Anna E. Batt, Mrs N. Seebach, M. C. Cressman, Lydia L. Dankert (matron).

Outdoor group portrait taken at the 1913 Schantz family reunion. All people present in the portrait are descendants of Benjamin Schantz. Over 880 people attended the reunion; this portrait shows only a few of them. Sophie Schantz is seen seated, second from left, and Orpheus Moyer Schantz is seen seated at far right.

Five identical decal prints from the Wild Flower Preservation Society: Illinois Chapter. The decals say "Enjoy-Do Not Destroy" around the edge and the middle shows a drawing of pink blossoms. The Wild Flower Preservation Society was a branch of the Illinois Audubon Society of which Orpheus Schantz was a board member.

One drawing book with pressed flowers and drawings.

One register of the attendees at the Shantz Family Reunion held on June 10, 1913, containing approximately 880 signatures.

Includes "List of principal industries" and "Some facts about Berlin." Includes photos of "City of Berlin, Ont., from Victoria Park, 300 yards from Queen's Park" and "Entrance gates, Queen's Park, City of Berlin, Ont."

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

A booklet advertising Paradise grove summer resort in Port Elgin, Ontario.

Full length studio portrait of Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) and Viola Snyder standing with a side table at centre. Both are seen in dresses with large bows in their hair and Viola is holding a folded booklet.