One full body studio portrait of Leila Vera Hilborn as an infant. Hilborn is shown wearing a cap and gown, and laying on a fur rug.

Handwritten notes on two biblical figures; Paul the Apostle and David, King of Israel.

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.

One copybook owned by Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

Group portrait showing the Moyer having Christmas dinner at Levi Nash Moyer's home in Wilmette, Illinois. From left to right: Mary Emma Moyer, [Edmund Warren Moyer?], ?, Ela Bliss Moyer, ?, Charlotte Hays Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Jennie Moyer, Etta Moyer.

Upper body studio portrait of Ruth Schantz, four years of age, seen looking off camera.

Upper body studio portrait of Urban Snyder seen looking toward camera.

Portrait of Levi Nash and Mollie Moyer seated side by side in front of a book shelf inside of a home and looking at camera.

Two identical full body studio portrait of Ruth Schantz, four years of age, seated on a stool with fingers interlaced on top of crossed legs and looking off camera.

Eighteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: September 7, 1897 Cedar Falls, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 23, 1897 New Hamburg, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Rebecca and Will Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 22, 1897 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: January 6, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Includes envelope, stamp removed Notes: Invitation.

Date and Place from: January 21, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on North American Transportation and Trading Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: February 15, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Ruth Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: April 14, 1898 Atlantic, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 19, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Written on North American Transportation and Trading Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: February 21, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Cornelia Caroline Flagler, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: February 22, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: February 23, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: Written on Weare Commission Company letterhead.

Date and Place from: June 4, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Includes letter from Carrie.

Date and Place from: June 19, 1899 Council Bluffs, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: January 4, 1900 Council Bluff, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: February 5, 1900 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Ruth Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: March, 12, 1900 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: April 12, 1900 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Education letterhead.

Date and Place from: April 31, 1900 Berlin, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Arthur Schantz.

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.

Materials relating to the history of the Schantz Russell family.

One embroidered tablecloth made by Lizzie Flagler and given to Etta White upon her marriage to Ward White. Also includes an excerpt of an item of correspondence discussing the table cloth. Lizzie is the sister of Etta's bother's Orpheus' wife Carrie.

Fourteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: September 8, 1897 Hartford, Conn. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Curtis H. Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 9, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Ela Bliss Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 12, 1897 Bushnell, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From McGaughey, John Allen Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 14, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Ela Bliss Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 20, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Kenney, Chas. and Kenney, Fannie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Wedding announcement of Chas. H. Kenney and Fannie A. Courtney.

Date and Place from: April 3, 1898 Ottawa, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Martin, Will Attachments: Includes letter, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: April 27, 1898 Montrose, Calif. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Includes: envelope, stamp removed, programme for Colorado West'n. Asso'n. with small dried flower enclosed.

Date and Place from: May 11, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Ela Bliss Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: February 9, 1899 Clyde, Kan. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Keith, Eva Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Wedding announcement of James W. Keith and Eva N. Spencer.

Date and Place from: March 1, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 31, 1899 Danville, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Ela Bliss Attachments: Eenvelope, stamp removed Notes: Wedding invitation for Jessie Watt and Mr. Ela Bliss Moyer.

Date and Place from: June 16, 1899 Ward, Colo. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 21, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Mandel, Jennie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed, invoice for fork enclosed.

Date and Place from: February 4, 1900 Ottawa, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Martin, Will Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Head and torso studio portrait of Arthur Benjamin Schantz seen looking off camera and dressed in a suit and tie.

Date and Place from: Nov. 9, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 2, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: Nov. 1, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: [1898?] [Leamington] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Partial letter, last page only present.

Date and Place from: Nov. 19, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Elisabeth Schantz (nee Snyder) seen looking at camera.

One head and should studio portrait of Arthur B. Schantz. Identification from verso.

One upper body studio portrait of Arthur Schantz. Date is based on identical photograph on a different mount found in the collection. Identification from verso.

One upper body studio portrait of Mary Emma Moyer.

Originally on page 36 bottom left of album 3.

Photographs created and accumulated by members of the extended Schantz family. Includes photographs of residences, families and friends including both snapshots and studio portraits.

One wedding announcement of Etta Lydia Mary Schantz to Ward Malott White.

One programme for the Windsor district sunday school and epworth league convention held in the town of Leamington on October 12 and 13,1897.

Fourteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: September 13, 1897 New York, N.Y.. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Lizzie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Written on P. B. Weare & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: September 18, 1897 Lake Geneva, Wis. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Ellis, Katharin Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 28, 1897 New York, N.Y. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Lizzie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: December 12, 1897 Hamilton, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hart, S.K. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: December 16, 1897 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Nell Johnston Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: January 26, 1898 Berlin, ON To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Becker, Mary S. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 8, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Dix, Mary E. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: March 14, 1899 New York, N.Y. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Lizzie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: April 15, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Dix, Mary E. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 6, 1899 Hamilton, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hart, Joseph, Mr. and Mrs. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Wedding invitation for Mary Etta Hart and Frederick William Fink.

Date and Place from: June 7, 1899 New York, N.Y. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Lizzie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 15, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Becker, Mary S. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 16, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Chicago Froebel Association Attachments: Includes envelope, stamp removed Notes: Invitation to closing exercises.

Date and Place from: July 17, 1899 Chautauqua, N.Y. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Fink, Etta Hart Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

One wedding announcement for Etta Lydia Mary Schantz to Ward Malott White.

Flowers and leaves pressed into a Monarch exercise and practice book. Most specimens are identified by name, sender, and location.

Photograph of members of the Schantz family and friends seen seated together in a residential home.

Back row: Etta Schantz, [Kathryn Ellis]
Middle row: H. Goodwal Dickerman, Charlotte Hayes Moyer, Harry Rollin Moyer, Orpheus Moyer
Front row: Carrie Flagler Schantz, Ruth Schantz, Mary Emma Moyer.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: November 28, 1897 Chicago [Illinois] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Leander Attachments: No envelope.

One upper body studio portrait of Mary Emma Moyer seen looking at camera. She is wearing a lace collared top with leg of mutton style sleeves.

Twenty-eight letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: August 11, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: September 5, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: October 15, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: January 20, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 01, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 08, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 17, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 21, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: June 08, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: June 18, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: July 30, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: August 29, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: November 03, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 09, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 16, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 22, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 29, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 01, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 19, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 01, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Includes description of Etta's baby boy.

Date and Place from: March 19, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: January 10, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: June 01, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: November 23, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Includes newspaper clipping of poem "Golden-Rod."

Date and Place from: January 26, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: June 21, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Includes letter from Etta's and Sophie's mother.

Date and Place from: Feb. 24, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 15, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

One informal group portrait of the Schantz/Flagler family and friends. The group is seen sitting on the front porch of Orpheus' home at Morton Park.

Back row: Arthur Schantz, Melvina Dorthula Flagler, Samuel A. Flagler.

Middle Row: Sophie Schantz, Carrie Flagler Schantz, William Brown Flagler, Nell Johnston Flagler.

Front Row: G.H. Bowers with banjo, H. Goodwal Dickerman with Ruth Schantz and guitar, Orpheus Schantz.

Date and Place from: Mar 3, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: No signature present.

Date and Place from: Feb. 17, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

One informal group portrait of the Schantz/Flagler family and friends. The family is seen sitting on the front porch of Orpheus' home at Morton Park.

Back row: Arthur Schantz, Melvina Dorthula Flagler, Samuel A. Flagler.

Middle Row: Sophie Schantz, Carrie Flagler Schantz, William Brown Flagler, Nell Johnston Flagler.

Front Row: G.H. Bowers, H. Goodwal Dickerman with Ruth Schantz, Orpheus Schantz.

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.

One notebook with notes on psychology. Note that the cover features a drawing of a male child in a suit with the caption "the dude".

Portrait of Ruth Schantz at six years of age seen looking at camera and holding head with left arm resting on a table with a potted plant.

Thirty letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: March 28, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: Includes note from Mother.

Date and Place from: June 16, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: May 11, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: Includes short note from "Mama."

Date and Place from: June, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: Partial letter; no date, place or salutation.

Date and Place from: June 14, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: April 11, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: April 23, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: April 26, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: May 02, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: includes small note from Florence.

Date and Place from: May 26, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: May 31, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: Partial letter, no signature.

Date and Place from: June 30, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: September 27, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: January 18, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: Includes letter from Mother.

Date and Place from: April 19, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: June 12, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: Incomplete letter, no signature.

Date and Place from: September 08, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: September 07, 1902 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: [19--?] Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: December 25, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: February 03, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: Includes invitation re Clyde High School and envelope.

Date and Place from: February 22, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: March 21, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: November 08, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: January 25, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: March 06, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: March 15, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: May 02, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: December 07, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: October 14, 1902 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: [1898?] Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Upper body studio portrait of Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Moyer, seen looking off camera in a partially beaded, high-collared top.

One upper body studio group portrait of the four youngest children of Tobias Schantz and Mary Moyer: Florence Annie Catherine, Franklin Abram, Herbert Cecil Palmer, and Arthur Benjamin. Portrait belonged to Sophie Emma Schantz. Identification from verso.

Photograph of Carrie Flagler Schantz (at left) standing outdoors with daughter Ruth Schantz and sister-in-law Nell Johnston Flagler. The three are shown standing on the lawn of the Schantz home at Morton Park.

Portrait of Ruth Schantz at six years of age seen looking at camera and with left arm resting on a table with a potted plant.

Head and torso studio portrait of siblings Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer and Arthur Benjamin Schantz.

Date and Place from: June 21, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962.

Upper body studio portrait of Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Moyer, seen looking off camera in a partially beaded, high-collared top.

One notebook.

One notebook.

Upper body studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz seen looking off camera, possibly given by Orpheus to his sister Sophie Emma Schantz.

Snapshot of an unidentified child sitting on a porch with arms around dog and looking at camera.

Full body photograph of Annie Piggott, age 13, seen standing with arms at side in front of a door covered with a wool blanket.

Photograph of Schantz family members and friends outside of the home of Mrs. McNamee, who lived in Morton Park along with the Schantz's. The group is see at the side of a house standing between a three trees.

Back row: Sophie Schantz, Arthur Schantz, "Jed" Moore [?], Lor Brown, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Frank Thompson and Clara Robbins, seen standing with a bicycle built for two.

Middle Row: Carrie Flagler Schantz, Annie Payne Brown, Mrs. McNamee [?].

Front Row: Marshall Dutton, Ruth Schantz, Edwina Meaney, Laura Gardin, Robert Brown, Geradline Meaney.

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 painting by Carrie Flagler Schantz. Painting features the poem "All ones life is a music if one touches the notes rightly and in tune" with a small painting of a river and a border of pink flowers.

Two Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Calendars, both colour, for 1898 and 1900. The 1898 calendar is illustrated with the heads of four children singing while the 1900 calendar features four children, one in a chef's hat and apron, having tea.

One reciept from Excelsior Supply Co. for Arthur B. Schantz.

Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper left. Inset: Map of the Klondike region.

36 letters. Correspondents include J. Bode, the Copelands, A. Fry, Alice Roos, Arthur Schantz, Austin Schantz, Orpheus Schantz, Harold Russell. One folder contains single letters from a variety of people.

Correspondence received by Franklin Abram Schantz.

Material that was found with the correspondence. Includes empty envelopes, invitations, notes on various topics.

One upper body studio portrait of Edmund Warren Moyer seen in profile.

One upper body studio portrait card photograph of Mollie Moyer (wife of Levi Nash Moyer). Identification from verso.

Full body photograph of Jennie Piggott, age 11, seen standing with arms at side in front of a door covered with a wool blanket.

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 notebook with notes on psychology.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of possibly of Minerva Alverta Rinehart seen looking at camera.

2 letters.

Date and Place from: April 20, 1898 Leamington [Ontario] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: January 10, 1900 Leamington [Ontario] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Attachments: No envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: [1899] Berlin [Ontario] To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 From Schantz, Mary Moyer, 1840-1935 Attachments: No envelope.

Two identical upper body studio portraits of Carrie Flagler Schantz see looking off camera and wearing a lace adorned top.

Photograph of Ruth Schantz on an illustrated mount. The photograph consists of four separate shots of Ruth in different poses that have been developed together as one photograph and mounted on a large board around which Carrie Flagler Schantz has painted pink flowers. The mount is dated September 30, 1899 and includes two lines from the poem, Seven Times One by Jean Ingelow: “I've said my seven times over and over; Seven times one are seven.”

Upper body studio portrait of possibly of Sophie Schantz seen looking at camera.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Ruth Schantz seen in profile with a ribbon in hair.

Black ink drawing of a couple seated close together by Orpheus Moyer Schantz captioned "The last day of summer" of a despondent looking couple.

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.

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.

One small watercolour sketch and a drawing of a dog with puppies mounted on board and matted with construction paper and secured with brass brads.

One upper body studio portrait of Florence Annie Catherine and Sophie Emma Schantz. A more relaxed pose, Sophie has her arm around Florence and Florence is wearing glasses. Photograph was originally owned by Florence.

Photograph of Sophie Schantz standing with her kindergarten class and two other adults, likely teachers, in Chicago. The teachers are all white but the children are racially diverse including Black, Brown and white students. Several of the children have shaved heads.

One funeral card announcing the death and funeral arrangements for Menno M. Eby. Menno M. Eby died December 14, 1899, aged 30 years, 5 months and 7 days.

Full body studio portrait of Glenn Earl Eby, seen as a small child, standing on a chair, wearing a long gown with lace.

One upper body studio portrait of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz and Sophie Emma Schantz. Both women are wearing hats and Florence is wearing glasses. Photograph was originally owned by Sophie Schantz.

Upper body studio portrait of Ruth Schantz, seen from the left side with a ribbon in her hair.

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.

Twenty-six letters received by Franklin Abram Schantz.

Date and Place from: Aug. 17, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: Jan. 10, 1900 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 4, 1907 Oakesdale, WA To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Woodward, A. F.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1927 Olney, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Postcard.

Date and Place from: Nov. 2, 1928 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Illinois Audubon Society letterhead.

Date and Place from: May 24, ? 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: n.d. s.l. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, salutation missing.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, salutation missing.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Unknown Notes: no closing.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, no salutation or closing.

Date and Place from: March 25, 1913 Westcott, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From ?, Tom.

Date and Place from: Feb. 4, 1918 Westcott, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Stickney, William Notes: assessment notice to F. A. Schantz of Kitchener.

Date and Place from: May 14, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948 Notes: Includes note from Etta.

Date and Place from: June 24, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Unknown Notes: Partial letter, no closing (possibly from Mother Schantz).

Date and Place from: Feb. 21, 1913 Toronto, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Spence, Ben. H. Notes: Written on The Dominion Alliance for the Suppression of the Liquor Traffic letterhead.

Date and Place from: Feb. 22, 1913 Vineland, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Snyder, Mrs. M. G.

Date and Place from: July 16, 1913 Toronto, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Taylor, W. Notes: Written on M. Sloman & Co. Ltd. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: n.d. Carstairs, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Steckly, J. J.

Date and Place from: Feb. 14, 1917 Kitchener, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Smyth, R.

Date and Place from: Dec. 12, 1917 Carstairs, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Steckly, J.J.

Date and Place from: Nov. 25, 1918 Carstairs, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Shantz, Ezra.

Date and Place from: Feb. 21, 1919 Didsbury, Alta To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Tuggle, Jesse G.

Date and Place from: April 11, 1919 Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Tuggle, Jesse G.

Date and Place from: May 22, 1919 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Tuggle, Jesse G.

Date and Place from: June 26, 1918 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Wilson, W.M.

Date and Place from: Aug. 15, 1922 Orville, Ont. To Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958.

One photograph album labelled, "Schantz Family, Steckles, 1913-1918." Includes:

Portrait: Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz and Arthur Benjamin Schantz, 1899.

Portraits: Schantz family, Jan. 1911, family portraits with Alta and Mr. Martin, Mrs Scheidel, Jessie Thompson, "Edmonton Schantz's."

Portrait: Lizzie Snyder Schantz family [children], identified.

Steckle Farm: "On the road to Steckles", 1910, Henry Steckle, with Orpheus Moyer Schantz and Worth Flagler Schantz in horse-drawn wagon, 1910, family group posed on steps.

Jacob Kolb farm: view of farm from across the Grand River.

Oliver Kolb house, Breslau, 1911: winter scene.

Jacob Kolb farm: group of women on river bank "ready for wading in Grand River", also includes snapshot of them wading, 1914. Includes identifications.

Schantz home, 43 Schneider Ave, Berlin, Ont., Jan. 1911.

Schantz reunion, June, 1913: group portraits.

Photographs taken on Florence's trip in western Canada with Austin Tobias Schantz, Jean Beddome, Blanche Singleton, 1911 [deteriorated and discoloured]. Includes scenes near Banff, camping near Canmore, Lake Minnewonka, "The Louis Ranch" near Cochrane, Alberta, also horses being driven across creek.

Photographs taken at Arthur Benjamin Schantz's homestead, "Elk Lodge."

Harry Bricker's homestead and family, Harmatton, Alberta.

U.B.C.S.S. : group portraits at picnic, 1913.

Snapshots taken at Rockwood, July, 1915, 1916 (includes Mabel Dunham).

Snapshots taken at Puslinch lake, 1890's.

Holtzman home, Hagenstown, Maryland.

Snapshots taken at the United Brethren Conference at Kitchener in May 10-17, 1917. Includes many identifications.

Snapshots taken at Port Elgin, 1916.

Snapshots taken at Elora, Aug. 2, 1915.

Snapshots taken during visit of Levi Moyer in 1918 Waterloo Park, Cressman's Woods, King St., Kitchener, family members.

Snapshots taken at Victoria Park: deer, Earl Reis, 1914.

Group portrait: Snyders, Schantz, Georges, 1913.

Snapshots taken at Jordan, Ontario, 1904: "Cousin Sam Fry's home." Includes snapshot of the house, group in sleigh: Sam Fry, Mrs. Fry, her mother Annie, Aunt Molly, Great Aunt Annie Fry.

Photographs of May Gribble White's home and family, 1916, Orrville, Ont. Includes view of house and family on the porch, interior views of a decorated Christmas, shots of the children, and "Mrs. Gribble's tombstone."

Includes two postcards: "Presenting of colours, 118th Kitchener Battalion, Sept. 11, 1916" and "London: camp, Carling Heights, 1916."

Two snapshots taken at Cochrane, Ont. : "After fire, Cochrane, Ont., 1916" and "French family, Cochrane."

A photograph album detailing Abraham Nash Moyer's trip from his home in Kansas across America to visit family in Ontario, Canada. The album consists of approximately 110 photographs mounted on pages with typed captions and a travel story. The cover reads "With Kodak-from Kansas to Canada." Abraham's daughter Metta created the album, along with eight others, that were sent to friends and family. Photographs feature locations such as Iowa, Kansas, Illinois and Ontario and include Moyer, Schantz, Albright, Houser and Fry family members.

Upper body studio portrait of J.M. Moyer. Identification from verso.

One medallion certificate made out to Carrie Schantz (nee Flagler) good for an easel medallion portrait.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Rev. Mrs. Baldwin seen in partial profile looking off camera.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: February 1, 1899 Berlin [Ontario] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed.

One full body studio portrait of Wilifred White as an infant. Wilifred is shown in a cradle. Possible postmortem photograph. Wilifred was born February 20, 1899 and passed June 4, 1899. Identification from verso.

One photograph of members of the Schantz/Moyer family. The family is shown standing together outdoors in front of a growth of trees.

Identified from verso are: Ethel Raymond Sabin, Elihu De Forest Watt, Jennie Moyer, Edmund Warren Moyer, Mary May Raymond, Thomas Cowen Kelly, Jessie Watt Moyer, Ela Bliss Moyer, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Annie Bell Raymond, Sophie Emma Schantz, Mary Emma Moyer, Mary Raymond Moyer (Mollie), Harry Rollin Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Robert Raymond Moyer, Ruth Schantz, Carrie Flagler Schantz, Charlotte Hays Moyer, Mary Elizabeth Moyer.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: September 1, 1899 Highland Park [Illinois] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Hill, Esther B. Attachments: No envelope. The letterhead is of "Fred L. Hill, Civil and Architectural Engineer. Chicago, 1531 Unity Building, 79 Dearborn Street."

Exterior view of Hervey Bowman's home located at 60 Church Street, Kitchener, Ontario by an unidentified photographer. The house is somewhat obscured by trees and an adult, possibly Hervey Bowman, is seen standing at left, behind a row of shrubs.

Photographic print of an 1857 drawing of Preston, Canada.

Photograph of Ruth Schantz seated in a wooden chair holding and looking down at infant cousin Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White). An organ and baby carriage are visible in background.

One notebook formerly belonging to Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, used by her daughter Dorothy Russell as an address book. The notebook was a promotional item published in 1894 by H.F.C. Dovenmuehle & Son, Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, Chicago, Ill.

Upper body studio portrait of Eli Brubacher, seen looking at camera.

One upper body studio portrait of Melvina Dorthula Flagler, later in life, seen looking at camera.

Photograph of Nell Johnston Flagler and William B. Flagler, posed for the camera, seated on a bench on the side lawn of a residential home.