A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1946 during her last year as a student at the School for Nurses at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. Several entries describe Betty’s work at the hospital, student exams, patient care, school dances, a scholarship she received, and her enrollment in a diploma course in Child Study at the University of Toronto. The diary includes press clippings, menus, convocation programs, invitations, postcards, telegrams, tickets, letters, ribbons, and two photographs of unknown individuals.

File consists of a will and codicil as well as obituaries for William John Motz.

File consists of one large scrapbook with pasted-in clippings on Porter, his life, and his work. Includes many clippings on the British immigration of 1947.

One typescript biography about Irene Baird drafted using a clipping of The Globe and Mail article "Official Answers Questions On Birds and Fish at CNE".

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Women Needed in Politics U.S. Career women Asserts" about Mary Donlon, Chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Board of New York State.

Clipping of Toronto Daily Star article "Literary Fame Well Won Dorothy Livesay Honred" about the author being awarded the Lorne Pierce gold medal by the Royal Society of Canada in 1947.

Clipping of Saturday Night article "She Runs a Country Weekly that wins Prizes" by John A. Carroll about Canadian Katherine Marston, owner and editor of the Elora Express.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Northern Newspaper Job Right To One Girl's Taste" about Canadian Georgina Murray who ran a newspaper in Fort St. John, British Columbia.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Chiropody Offers An Interesting Professional Future" by Pearl McCarthy about English-Canadian chiropodist Irene Randolph.

Clipping of the Leader-Post article "She is the Only Woman School Superintendent!" about Marian Scribner of Saskatchewan.

File consists of one menu bearing the signatures of actors and actresses. Also includes a newspaper clipping regarding a film starring some of the signers.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail article "Woman Reporter Quits After 40 Years on Job" about the retirement of Canadian newspaper reporter Isabel Armstrong.

Clipping of The Leader-Post article "Energetic woman film official explains work" about Calais Calvert, National Film Board distribution officer.

Clipping of Regina Leader-Post article "Edmonton woman drives milk wagon" about Leslie "Teddy" Dales who drove a milk wagon for a living.

Clipping of Leader-Post article "Woman is chief of Estevan fair" about Ethel Dean, secretary-manager of the Estevan Agricultural society.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Woman Union President Also Has Family, Home Job" about Brida Gray, then president of Local 4010 Steel Workers' union.

Clipping from The Globe and Mail about the attendance of Mrs. Findlay Maclean at the 30th annual luncheon meeting of the Canadian Press as the first woman to be a member of the service.

Clipping of Leader Post article "A Signal honor" about Canadian Dr. Thelma S. Miner, who was the first woman to be appointed to be appointed medical health officer in a Saskatchewan health region.

Clipping of Leader-Post article "Ethel Stark, first woman symphony orchestra leader" by Mark Thivierge about Canadian violinist and conductor Ethel Stark.

Clipping of The Leader-Post article "Well-known Free-lance Writer With Author Husband in Regina" about Canadian author Kathleen Strange.

Series contains leaflets relating to Homer Watson’s life and memorial exhibits. Leaflets contain information about memorial exhibits such as one held by the Waterloo Trust and Savings Company building in Kitchener. One of the leaflets also contains a photocopied sketch of a graveyard scene. The series also contains a typescript biography of Watson written by his friend, Ross Hamilton. Another typescript covers a speech by Watson to shareholders of the Waterloo County Grand River Park. The speech calls for the conservation of a woodland area called Cressman Bush.

Typescripts
14. Address by H. Watson “Conservation of Cressman Bush for Waterloo County”
15. Homer Watson Paintings
16. Expense Account of Ross Hamilton in Connection with H. Watson Estate Feb. 4-10

Pamphlets
17. Homer Watson, Artist - A Tribute
18. Biography of Homer Watson by Ross Hamilton
19. Catalogue Memorial Exhibition of Original Paintings by Homer Watson, R.C.A., L.L.D. 1947

Ephemera, newsletters, lists of executive, 1930-1947.

Clipping about newspaper editor [Violet Elizabeth] Ballantyne who ran the Emerson Journal following the death of her husband W.B. Ballantyne.

Clipping of Leader-Post article "Attractive titan is new adult education assistant" by Helen Rogers about Lin Brown's appointment in Saskatchewan's department of education.

Clipping of The Leader-Post article "Moose Jaw woman police court reporter" by L.H. Lewry about Gwendolyn Dempsey.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Halifax Daily City Editor Far from Sob-Sister Type" about Canadian reporter and editor Margaret Healey.

Clipping of Regina Leader-Post article "Fashion illustrating is career choice of Reginan" about Jean Hunt.

Clipping of Regina Leader-Post article "First woman patent examiner at Ottawa" about Eleanor Krys following her appointment as associate patent examiner in chemistry at Ottawa's patent office.

Clipping of The Leader-Post article "Over 2,000 Bush Workers Recruited by Regina Girl" by Helen Rogers about Dorothy Swain, the Saskatchewan hiring agent for Abitibi Power and Paper company.

Clipping of Leader Post of article "Authority on Indian lore to address Canadian club" about an address to be given by Canadian painter Mildred Valley Thornton to the Women's Canadian club in Regina.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1947. Several entries describe family events, parties, dances, trips to Buffalo, Sudbury and British Columbia, and Betty’s work at Claremont Nursery School. The diary includes letters, telegrams, invitations, programs, press clippings, pressed flowers, a napkin, and a photograph of an unknown individual.

File consists of one scrapbook documenting the immigration of British and Dutch citizens to Canada following the Second World War, in which Porter was involved. Includes clippings and photographs, most of which have captions.

Two clippings (one undated) about Canadian journalist and politician Margaret Aitken.

Clipping of the Leader-Post article "Montreal harpist is also a writer" about Winifred Bambrick.

Clipping of Leader-Post article "Regina woman designs homes" about Mrs. Donald Duff who graduated as an architect from the Canadian Vocational School at Regina.

Clipping of The Leader-Post article "Former Reginan is actress and playwright in England" about Canadian actress Cecilia Eddy.

Clipping of Leader Post article "CBC talks producer" about Canadian radio producer Catherine MacIver.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail article "300,000 Girls Got Jobs Through Mary MacMahon" about Canadian Mary MacMahon who started the first employment bureau in Canada.

Clipping of The Standard (Montreal) article "They Live Together and Like It" about by Mary Scott about Mary Millichamp and Pansy Ramsbottom who, in addition to living together, also worked together at Toronto's Park Plaza Roof Restaurant.

Reprint from volume 27 of The Manitoba Medical Review of the article "A Pioneer Woman Doctor of Western Canada" by M. Ellen Douglass about English-born Canadian doctor Charlotte Ross who was the first woman physician in Montreal and served the community of Whitemouth, Manitoba for more than 35 years.

Clipping of undated Reader's Digest article "Colorado's Lady Dynamo" by Albert Q. Maisel about American Dr. Florence Sabin.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "First Woman Minister Ordained by Baptists" about the ordination of Muriel Spurgeon, the first woman minister of the Baptist Church in Canada.

Clipping of The Leader-Post article "Mrs. Strum Now Has 11 Children" about Canadian politician Gladys Strum.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1948. Several entries describe Betty’s work in British Columbia, family events, dances, a trip to Alaska, holidays, and Peg Forbes’s wedding to Colin Andrew (Joe) Wilson. The diary contains letters, invitations, lists, a patch, and press clippings including one titled, Girls advised to train for career and marriage published in The Globe and Mail on January 27, 1948.

Clipping from unknown publication about the appointment of Marjorie Grace Wambolt as Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions for the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Woman's Clubs, 1948-1950.

File consists of two photocopies of a clipping from the May 20, 1948 edition of the Toronto Evening Telegram. Clipping discusses Porter's position as Minister of Planning and Development.

Clipping from unsourced publication about the July 1948 appointment of Gladys M. Bearman as Vice-Consul, Canadian Consulate in San Francisco.

Clipping from unknown publication with biographical information about Canadian teacher and writer Jessie I. Lawson.

Notes and poems; items issued by the K-W Christian Business Men's Committee ca. 1948; an assortment of printed ephemera regarding dreams, sign language, a 1887 Rand-Mcnally railroad map of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico; 1909 Railway Lands Branch, Department of the Interior Map of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta showing lands finally disposed of; a partial book on the Boers in South Africa, 1899; The Voyageur, a broadside poem by Walter Stewart Stinson, 1929 by the Moreau Studio; stories from magazines, ca. 1935.

Card addressed to Ethel Schneider and signed by the 1948 Executive of the Kitchener Branch of the Red Cross Society.

Clipping of The Leader-Post article "Novelist to Speak to Canadian Club" about a talk being given by author Frances Shelley Wees to the Women's Canadian club at the Kitchener Hotel in Regina, Saskatchewan.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1949. Several entries describe Betty’s work as a nurse, family events, and holidays. The diary includes press clippings, postcards, notes, letters, invitations, a program from Maple Leaf Gardens, tickets, a national credit card from Imperial Oil Limited and four photographs of unknown individuals.

Three clippings regarding Leavine in his capacity an alderman in the 1940s. One from the Kitchener Daily Record, dated Tuesday, December 31, 1940, reports that Leavine had been named chairman of the finance committee of City Council at the pre-inaugural caucus held on Dec. 30, 1940. Another, also from the Record, dated December 8, 1942 includes names and portraits of Kichener's newly elected 1943 city council, including Leavine. The final clipping is undated and outlines the results of the municipal election in Kitchener during which Leavine was once again elected to city council by 6,169 votes, receiving more votes than any other individual elected to the Kitchener council that year.

Two clippings which include references to the K-W Collegiate Institute where Dr. S.F. Leavine's eldest daughter, Desta Leavine, was a student. The first, undated, describes how Desta was one of three public speaking contest winners to address the K-W Kiwanis Club at one of their weekly luncheon meetings. Desta's speech focused on the Mary Celeste, a mystery ship of the last century found adrift and crewless in mid-Atlantic. The second clipping, from the July 7, 1945 edition of the Kitchener Record, includes promotion results for the K-W Collegiate .

Contents: file consists of a programme for the Bishop Strachan School Report and Distribution of Prizes.

Clipping regarding Montgomery’s in the Canadian Women's Army Corps.

Clippings regarding weddings and obituaries; photocopies of genealogical information and photocopies of photographs.

Clipping of United Nations World article "The Girl Who Does a Man's Job" about Sylvia de Bertier, mayor of Manom, France.

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

Clippings of articles from The Business and Professional Woman, Independent Woman, and Saturday Night about Canadian journalist and politician Nancy Hodges.

Clipping from unknown publication with biographical information about Hazel B. Laycock, including her involvement with the Business and Professional Women's Club of Winnipeg.

Scrapbook created by John Gartshore Martin about his experiences in WWII. Includes snapshots, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and correspondence. Snapshots were taken during John's training in Canada and his time in Europe, and show sporting events; fellow officers and soldiers; towns, buildings, and countryside in Normandy, Belgium and Holland; tanks and other equipment; a post-war ceremony; and other subjects.

Scrapbook includes a telegram from John's parents informing him of his brother Jamie's death, ts. Information relating to battles, a letter to Jessie Martin regarding John's DSO, and other items. Clippings relate to John's involvement in the war and his decoration with the DSO by the Governor General Viscount Alexander. The scrapbook pages are not in order and have been left as found. Some pages contain identification for the photographs.

File consists of one pamphlet on the history of the schooner Nancy.

Three handmade greeting cards made by Glenn Bolender that were sent to his Aunt Betty and Uncle Jack to celebrate Easter. Glenn Bolender was Gordon Bolender's brother.

Two clippings reporting on Dr. S.F. Leavine's provision of medical care to individuals involved in accidents on two different occasions. The first, dated February 13, 1941, reports how Leavine attended to Alex Simpson, at the K-W Hospital, who was suffering from exposure as a result of lying on snow and ice on the Grand River for almost three hours after he stepped into a hole in the ice and broke his right leg. He was rescued by Ald. Clarence Seibert and his three sons and rushed to the K-W Hospital. The second article, undated, reports that Beverley Harvey broke his knee cap when forced to jump from his sleigh in order to halt his team of ponies who were agitated by a dog nipping at their heels. Dr. S.F. Leavine attended to the injured man at K-W hospital.

Clipping of Independent Woman article "Dr. Phyl. and Mother M.D." by Bell Krasne about Australian medical practitioner Phyllis Cilento.

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

Typescript drafts of a biography and two clippings about Canadian laywer Margaret Paton Hyndman.

Clipping from unknown publication about the appointment of Agnes Ireland as Canadian high commissioner in New Zealand.

Clipping of Telegram article "Girl Geologist With The "Roughnecks"" about Canadian petroleum geologist Diane Loranger.

Clipping of Professional Woman article about Canadian Norma Nelson of Halifax, Nova Scotia who worked in public relations.

Album containing snapshots of John Alexander and Jessie Martin and their children as well as other relatives and family friends. Includes snapshots of Wilson in uniform posing with relatives, and of Jamie's grave at Beny-sur-mer, France.

Album also contains newspaper clippings and memorabilia, including the telegram from the Department of National Defence regarding Jamie's death and Jamie's last letter home. Clippings relate to Jamie's death, Wilson's wedding, John Alexander Martin's career (including his appointment to rubber controller for Canada), and news of relatives and friends.

Four photographs and one news story about the Schneider family's Pope Hartford car. One photograph shows Norman and Fred Schneider, Alf Gofton, Walter Zeller and Carl Ahrens in the car, with Norman Schneider's note : "Our first car, a fifth hand Pope-Hartford". One shot shows Freeport Bridge in background.

Undated clipping from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "City folk guests of farmers". Includes photo of executive members of the Waterloo Township Plowmen's Association with Norman C. Schneider identified.

Undated clipping (ill.) regarding the wedding of Herbert J. Schneider and Betty Ruppel at the Kress Hotel in Preston. Article notes Brita Schneider served as bridesmaid and Howard Schneider as bestman. File includes place cards for the Bride and Groom.

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

Photocopy of Saskatoon Star-Phoenix article "Honor Leading Woman Doctors" about doctor Helen MacMurchy being the only Canadian among 12 woman doctors honored by Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Typescript about Dr. Aletta E. Marty M.A. L.L.D. and a reproduction of a painted portrait of Marty by Kenneth Forbes (with enclosure) presented to Queen's University during convocation on October 15, 1949.

Typescript page outlining the candidature qualifications of Dorothy Pearson for the Board of Education in Ward #2 in what is likely Toronto, Ontario. Includes sample telephone script for calling potential voters.

Clipping of [Telegram?] article "Elbow Grease Is Profitable As Cinderella's Luck" about Grace Wilson, advertising and sales promotion manager of Brantford's Johnson Wax Company.

File consists of a Canadian Red Cross Society senior swimmer card awarded to Anne Innis Dagg.

Two clippings about Canadian violinist Donna Grescoe.

Clipping of The Telegram article "Cats, Roads, Problems for Warden" by Agnes McKenna about Canadian Mary Pettit who served as the warden of Halton County.

Clipping of Independent Woman article "Big Woman In A Little Country" by Edna Greer Redner about Anni Voipio-Juvas, president of the Finnish Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.

Album containing snapshots of Jessie and John Alexander Martin and their children, Wilson, Jamie, and John, as babies and young children. Other relative are included in some photographs. Album also includes later photographs of the three brothers in uniform, and a photograph of John Gartshore Martin and his father visiting Jamie's grave at Beny-sur-mer cemetery.

Also contained in the album are several press clippings relating to John's achievements in the war, John A. Wilson (cousin) who was killed in action, and the post-war careers of Wilson and John.

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.

File consists of correspondence to and from G. Elmore Reaman during his tenure as the first Canadian president of the International Platform Association, a non-profit organization for promoting to the public "high grade platform presentations." (Flyer, ca. 1950). The correspondence is mostly to and from other members and is concerned with internal affairs of the organization. Includes two letters from John Diefenbaker dated Nov. 3, 1949 and Jan. 28, 1950. Also includes a small amount of ephemera from individual artists.

Clipping from a Schneiders publication.

Clipping of Independent Woman article "A Saucy Girl" by Margaret Culkin Banning about Dame Caroline Haslett.

Clipping of Toronto Telegram article "Magnetic Hill Is Magnet To Tourists" New Brunswick ice cream vendor Muriel Lutes Sikorski.

Clipping of article "Ruth Tomlinson, Alert Briton, Studies UN On Unique International BPW Fellowship" by Katharine Lyford writing for the Christian Science Monitor about Ruth Tomlinson, the first woman to receive and international fellowship to study at the United Nations.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1950. Several entries describe Betty’s work as a nurse, family events, and holidays. The diary includes press clippings, invitations, telegrams, postcards, two photographs of unknown individuals, a certificate for a rare blend of Crown Royal whiskey from the House of Seagram, and a registration card from the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.

Clippings about Canadian Senator Muriel Fergusson.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Indulges Love of Travel, Managing Touring Service" about Audrea Lear, the manager of touring services for Shell Oil Company of Canada.

Clipping of Sun (Melbourne, Australia) article "Woman rules the House" about Australian politician Dame Enid Lyons.

Clipping of an untitled The Business and Professional Woman article about American labour activist Frieda S. Miller.

Clipping of The Telegram article "Books, Job and Hobby For Woman Manager" by Agnes McKenna about Canadian Gladys Neale, a manager of the educational department at Macmillan Company of Canada.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Never Had Any Trouble, Woman Cabbie Reports" by Lex Schrag about Toronto taxi driver Dorcas Smith.

A 23 page booklet titled "How to wash and iron a man's shirt...perfectly" published by General Electric and Manhattan men's wear.