Agenda and list of officers for the Chicopee Tennis Club annual meeting, September 15, 1946. Kenneth Sims is listed as president.

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.

Clippings from various publications of articles about and poems by Dame Edith Sitwell, as well as review of her works.

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.

File consists of one large scrapbook with pasted-in clippings and magazine articles on Porter, his work, and related interests.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Two clippings about Canadian violinist Donna Grescoe.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

File consists of clippings from various publications about Agnes Macphail's career and death, Maclean's Magazine article "Men Want to Hog Everything!" by Macphail, and an undated three-quarter length portrait of Macphail.

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

Ephemera relating to the Industrial and Development Council of Canadian Meat Packers. Includes the first newsletter, dated January 1949, in which Fred H. Schneider is listed as 4th vice president and a notice of the 32nd annual meeting, dated 1952, in which Fred H. is listed as president.

Scrapbook containing loose and pasted-in clippings, as well correspondence (letters and cards), speech notes, invitations, programs, photographs, and other ephemera predominantly relating to Dr. S.F. Leavine's election as Mayor of Kitchener in 1949. Included are notes of congratulations; coverage of the mayoralty race and Leavine's activities as mayor; his participation on various city boards and commissions, including the Service Welfare Committee; and a proclamation signed by Mayor Leavine declaring that "Brotherhood Week" is to be observed in Kitchener from February 19-26, 1950, along with a photo from a related event. Also included is a typed welcoming speech made by Mayor Leavine at an unspecified event.

One of the loose photographs depicts "The Walking Mayor", as he came to be known, pictured on his daily walk to work as Mayor of Kitchener. A second photograph appears to have been taken on election day in 1955 when Dr. S.F. Leavine ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the Waterloo North constituency. The final photograph was taken at the official opening of the Carmicheal School Addition on March 7, 1950 which was attended by Mayor Leavine.

The loose clippings cover: Leavine's recommended changes to the Criminal Code as a means of bringing youth gang activity under control; a Waterloo North Conservative Progressive picnic at Waterloo Park in August, 1952 which was attended; and Leavine's nomination to contest the Waterloo North constituency in 1955.

Correspondence:

• Letter (Dec. 9, 1949) to Leavine from city clerk, C.G. Lips officially acknowledging Dr. S.F. Leavine's election to the position of Mayor, and asking him to subscribe the necessary Oath of Office prior to the Council's inaugural meeting on Jan. 3, 1950.
• Letter (Feb. 16, 1950) from H.E. McCallum, the Mayor of Hamilton, inviting Leavine to attend an evening event which will constitute part of the Third Canadian Sportsmen's Show in March, 1950. An invitation to the 43rd Annual Convention of the Canadian Gas Association in June 1950 is also contained in this file along with reservation forms for the event.

File consists of press clippings relating to Electrohome and Carl A. Pollock from 1949-1959. File also includes clippings about a fire on King Street in Kitchener in 1959.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

START HERE Clippings regarding the activities, political recommendations, and policy changes put forward by Leavine in his capacity as Progressive Conservative M.P.P for Waterloo North from 1951-1956. One clipping shows a photograph of Leavine together with his wife, Desta, and daughter, Pauline, after his election as M.P.P. in November 1951. Another clipping reports that for the first time in a quarter-centry Waterloo North elected a Progressive Conservative to the Ontario Legislature when Leavine won a 201-vote majority over Libearl candidate J.G. Brown. The remainder of the clippings cover topics including: proposed policy measures in the areas of health, particularly the damage caused to the general practitioner by the medical monopoly of hospitals, his belief, as chairman of the Ontario legislature's health committee, that a preventive vaccine for polio would be discovered within two years; his urging of the speedy completion of the Windsor-Toronto section of Highway No. 401 by the Ontario government; and Leavine's desire to see government officials to discuss the problems arising from the use of horse-drawn buggies by the Mennonites with Mennonite leaders.

Scrapbook containing loose and pasted-in clippings, ephemera, a photograph, and typed transcripts of speeches made by Dr. S.F. Leavine both during the mayoralty contest of 1949, and after his nomination as Mayor in December, 1949. Clippings describe the progress of the 1949 mayoral race Leavine and Ald. Harry Ainlay; advertising and promotional materials related to Leavine's campaign; coverage of Leavine's win, including reactions from his wife Desta and their two daughters; and Leavine's legacy following his death in 1958.

Loose materials in this scrapbook include clippings, some of which are undated, and others which are dated 1954-1955, and 1957-1958. These clippings report on Dr. S.F. Leavine's speeches in the Legislature as M.P.P for Waterloo North. They report on Leavine's recommendation that a royal commission be set up to investigate the whole field of curative arts and sciences. Another article reports on Leavine's statement to the Legislature that monopolistic practices among local hospitals are destroying the effectiveness of the general practitioner. In another article it is reported that Dr. S.F. Leavine stresses the need for more roads in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.

Among the scrapbook materials are clippings and a telegram relating to Leavine's campaign for re-election as M.P.P for Waterloo North in 1955. The telegram is dated June 10, 1955 and expresses the condolences of Hon. Leslie Frost on Dr. S.F. Leavine's non-reelection. In 1956 Dr. S.F. Leavine returned to civic politics as an alderman and several clippings in this scrapbook relate to his term of office as alderman from 1956-1957. Other loose clippings relate to Leavine's mayorality campaigns in 1949 and 1957.

The scrapbook also contains clippings which report on Leavine's admission to the K-W Hospital in 1958 following a heart seizure, while others are commemorative in nature, including an obituary, following his death on July 27, 1958. Two other articles report that Kitchener's new health department headquarters are to be named after Leavine. Present at the official opening of these new headquarters were Dr. G. E. Duff Wilson, medical officer of health; Dr. Desta Leavine, who unveiled a portrait of her father; Health Minister Dymond; and Dr. Louis V. Lang, health board chairman.

Also in the file is a photograph from [1950?] that appeared in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

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

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Personality of the Month" written by Joan Anderson about Louise Crafter, assistant manager of the Bermuda Trade Development Board.

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

Two clippings from unknown publications about Eileen Jackson, director of the Children's Aid Society for the district of Parry Sound.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Betty McCracken Alias M.A. McLean & Co." about Betty McCracken who operated the advertising service M.A. McLean & Co.

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

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality Plus" about Ruth Sweet, production manager at Walsh Advertising Co. Ltd.

Typescript resume of Margot Thompson's birth, education, employment and interests. Thompson began working as the editor of the Canadian edition of Steel Labor in 1947.

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.

Clipping from a Schneiders publication.

Clipping of a poem by Etienne de Grellet and quotation from E.W. Howe on success, originally from Forbes Magazine.

Reproduction of a prize winning photograph titled "Sumac Hill" taken by Norman C. Schneider on a page from the Waterloo County Scenic Calendar.

Resolution 1950 regarding Highway 401 and a 1969-1975 membership list.

Letters, cards, and postcards written to Betty Forbes and Bill Land from Millicent Lyall Forbes, Helene, Isabelle Alexandra Burt (Aunt Diddy), and Uncle Art. File also includes letters from Ray McMurphy to Betty Forbes, an account with Smuck's China and Gift Shop in Kitchener, and a wedding program for Thomas Land and Sylvia Wink.

File consists of one Christmas card from Dare Foods featuring a cartoon illustration by Ken Gray.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Personality of the Month" about Dorothy Lash Colquhoun, the manager of Simpsons' homemaker's advisory service.

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 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.

File consists of correspondence, ephemera, articles, and more from the 1950's. Includes wedding announcement regarding marriage to Ian Dagg and letters to her mother, Mary Quayle Innis.