Contains incomplete set of telephone directories issued by the Waterloo County Board of Education including: 1984-1985, 1985-1986, 1986-1987, 1988-1989, 1989-1990, 1992-1993, 1995-1996.

Includes one issue of this serial publication - v. 1, no. 2 (Mar. 1972).

Contains directories issued by the W.C.W.T.A. which include the federations, the Board of Education's trustees and officials and supervisory and consultative staff, in addition to educational services contacts and a directory of teachers and of schools. The directories in this file include: 1973-1974, 1977-1978, 1978-1979, 1979-1980, 1980-1981. This file also contains an Elementary Teachers' Telephone Directory, 1993-1994, issued by the W.C.W.T.A. in conjunction with the Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation.

Issues of the newsletter Lehrgespräch, in 18 files. Vols. 1 - 5 were published jointly by three Waterloo County Teachers' Federations including the W.C.W.T.A., and Vol. 6 was published jointly by two Waterloo County Teachers' Federations including the W.C.W.T.A. Vol.7 onwards - published by the Waterloo County Teachers' Association.
Note: The title of this publication changed to become "The Big L" during the period Nov. 1974 - June 1975.
Missing issues include: v. 5, no. 3, 1975-1976; v. 6, no. 7, 1977; v. 13, no. 4, 1984.

Contains issues of the newsletter Lehrgespräch. The issues are contained in 18 files as follows:

• v. 1, no. 1-9, 1971-1972;
• v. 2, no. 1-10, 1972-1973;
• v. 3, no. 1-10, 1973-1974;
• v. 4, no. 1-11, 1974-1975;
• v. 5, no. 1-8, 1975-1976;
• v. 6, no. 1-6, 1975-1976;
• v. 7, no. 1-7, 1977-1978;
• v. 8, no. 1-7, 1978-1979;
• v. 9, no. 1-7, 1979-1980;
• v. 11, no. 1-5, 1981-1982;
• v. 12, no. 1-4, 1983;
• v. 13, no. 1-5, 1983-1984;
• v. 14, no. 1-5, 1984-1985;
• v. 15, no. 1-4, 1985-1986;
• v. 16, no. 1-3, 1986-1987;
• v. 17, no. 1-2, 1987-1988. Final file includes Special Election Issue, Nov. 1988, as well as a section of an issue from 1989.

Missing issues include: v. 5, no. 3, 1975-1976; v. 6, no. 7, 1977; v. 13, no. 4, 1984.

v. 1 - 5 were published jointly by three Waterloo County Teachers' Federations including the W.C.W.T.A., and v. 6 was published jointly by two Waterloo County Teachers' Federations including the W.C.W.T.A. v. 7 onwards - published by the Waterloo County Teachers' Association.

Note: The title of this publication changed to become "The Big L" during the period Nov. 1974 - June 1975.

Includes single issue of this journal - v. 13, no. 2 (fall 1986).

Contains b&w photographs, meeting agendas, a W.C.W.T.A. report, and news clippings relating to the annual meeting of W.C.W.T.A Unit 1, to a leadership workshop sponsored by the F.W.T.A.O., as well as to the W.C.W.T.A's annual meeting and dinner.

Contains b&w and col. photographs, news clippings, and ephemera. Some of the photographs appear to be personal family photographs of Mary Johnston. The remaining photographs and other items in this scrapbook relate to various F.W.T.A.O. and W.C.W.T.A. events including an emergency F.W.T.A.O. meeting, Professional Development Day, and to a W.C.W.T.A Leadership Course. Also includes a news clipping and photographs relating to a meeting between Premier Davis and Joan Westcott, W.C.W.T.A. president and Bill Langdown, OPSMTF Waterloo District President.

Contains b&w and col. photographs, ephemera, news clippings, a meeting agenda, and a copy of the W.C.W.T.A. President's Report. Also includes minutes of the W.C.W.T.A.'s third AGM, as well as the president's, the committees' and the convenors' reports. The materials in this scrapbook relate to the third annual meeting of the W.C.W.T.A. on June 3, 1974, to meetings of the W.C.T.A.'s Ad Hoc Legislation Committee and to a meeting of the F.W.T.A.O.

This untitled scrapbook contains b&w photographs, news clippings, ephemera, notes, a list of W.C.W.T.A. Unit 1 executive members, a summary report of a general meeting of this unit and executive minute meetings. These materials relate primarily to meetings of the W.C.W.T.A. Unit 1 but also to the W.C.W.T.A. annual dinner, to P.A. Days, to "Operation Rose", and to the F.W.T.A.O. Regional Assembly.

This untitled scrapbook contains b&w photographs, news clippings, and ephemera. These materials relate to a key teacher reception at the Conestoga Inn, to a F.W.T.A.O. fall conference, as well as to W.C.W.T.A. North Unit meetings and social events. Some of these materials also relate to events held at W.C.W.T.A. North Unit schools to mark the International Year of the Child and to other special events including the planting of a tree by Lieutenant Governor of Ontario , Pauline M. McGibbon at Bloomingdale Public School in Waterloo, Ont. Finally, this scrapbook includes new clippings featuring information on teachers who have recently retired.

Contains b&w photographs, correspondence, the course schedule (loose), and news clippings relating to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course I in 1977.

Contains b&w photographs, news clippings, a list of course participants, notes on course content, and some loose items. All these materials relate to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course II in 1977.

Contains b&w and col. photographs, ephemera, and a list of course participants. All these materials relate to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course I in 1979.

Contains flyers relating to WCWTA meetings and other events. Some other flyers take the form of promotional materials designed by WCWTA election candidates. Additional flyers provide information on the Reville Report and on issues such as teachers' salaries and preparation time and the progress that has been made in these areas through collective bargaining. Also includes a copy of the certificate awarded to those nominated as Diamond Jubilee Educators.

One poem titled

Christmas concert Christmas card for Bearinger School.

Bearinger School Christmas concert programme.

Newsletter from Brighton Public School. Features include bike safety, music programming, intramural floor hockey, and upcoming class activities.

Materials relating to the operation and history of Brighton Public School. Includes clippings, newsletters, photographs, ephemera, etc.

Canadian College of Teachers certification for Mary Johnston.

Materials relating to Mary Johnston's membership in the Canadian College of Teachers. Includes membership lists and correspondence.

One school notebook kept by David Dell in Mary Johnston's grade 8 history class. Includes maps, drawings, notes, and clippings relating to historical events.

Certificate of participation in planning and conducting the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association leadership II course given to Mary Johnston.

Clippings on the life and career of Mary Johnston.

A guide for how teachers should mark Commonwealth and Citizenship Day in Ontario.

Correspondence between Mary Johnston and others. Topics include Mary's educational and professional certifications and training, her work on the Circular 14 Advisory Committee, and personal correspondence from friends, students, and colleagues.

One assignment by Mary Johnston for the course 1261 taught by Mr. R.C. Harris at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Two items of correspondence from Betty Connell requesting that Mary Johnston work as quartermaster at Camp Keewaydin for two weeks in August.

Mary Johnston's tests for grade eight history.

Correspondence between Mary Johnston and others during her time as Principal of Keatsway Public School. Includes correspondence and photographs of the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario's visit to Keatsway.

One scrapbook of Mary Johnston's final year at Keatsway Public School, where she served as Principal. Also includes a card signed by the students of the school.

Lesson plans created by Mary Johnston for history teaching. Includes lessons on Hudson's Bay Company, the Great Fire of London, and Act I Scene V of MacBeth.

Two sheets of grades for male and female students for physical education for students in grades 7 and 8 in Mr. Chambers and Mr. MacEachern's classes.

Outlines and speaking points for remembrance day assemblies.

One scrapbook maintained by Mary Johnston with materials on her retirement, and the naming of Mary Johnston Public School in her honour. Includes photographs, correspondence, ephemera, and more.

One speech by Mary Johnston, possibly given on the occasion of her retirement. She discusses the developments and changes in Waterloo from her childhood to present day.

One poem titled

Programme for conferring of degrees for the University of Toronto for June 12, 1963. Mary was awarded her BEd.

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

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Eduard Höpken’s declining health and Angelika Sommer’s relationship with her parents and her husband Uwe Schriever. Records include letters and greeting cards.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters sent between Gisela Sommer and Ulrich Sommer that were written while Gisela visited her parents in Germany. Also contains a copy of the last will and testament of Friederich Höpken. Friederich Höpken was Eduard Höpken’s brother and he lived in Brazil. Records include letters, greeting cards, and postcards.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters sent between Gisela Sommer and Ulrich Sommer that were written while Gisela visited her parents in Germany. Of special interest is a letter by Ulrich to Gisela that describes his experience attending Barker Fairley’s birthday celebration at University College in Toronto, Ontario on May 21, 1986. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, funeral invitations, and photographs of family members.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Angelika Sommer’s training and participation in a local choir and Cornelius Sommer’s trip to Hamburg, Germany in 1993. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, press clippings, and photographs of family members, events, pets, and a choir.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as information about Angelika Sommer’s partner Gunther (surname unknown) and Angelika’s concern for Isle Stein’s well-being. Isle Stein was a friend of the Sommer family and she lived in Germany. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, press clippings and, photographs of family members, flowers, buildings, Christmas decorations, and art.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family and Wilhelm and Helga Höpken. Wilhelm and Helga Höpken are Gisela Sommer’s brother and sister-in-law. Of special interest is a programme for an exhibit presented by the University of Guelph from January 12, 2001 to March 17, 2001 titled, The John & Gisela Sommer Collection: 40 years of collections at Gallery House Sol. The exhibit featured 111 items, mostly books and prints, collected by Ulrich and Gisela Sommer for their art gallery, Gallery House Sol. All of the items featured in the exhibit were subsequently donated to the University of Guelph. Records include letters, greeting cards, post cards, a programme, press clippings and, photographs of family members, friends, plants, art, and animals.

An envelope addressed to Mr. A. W. Augustine, postmarked Berlin 1910, stamped.

Commercially-produced scrapbook that belonged to Mary Caroline Augustine containing clippings, invitations, ephemera, and lists relating to events, guests, presents, and more. Includes inserted genealogical notes.

Photocopied article by W.X. Toole titled, "A.R. Kaufman: the man behind the name," probably from a Waterloo Historical Society annual volume.

An article written by J.E.H. titled, "Women of the years: Emma R. Kaufman." The Journal (Feb. 1963): 28-31.

Press clipping regarding Emma Kaufman's 85th birthday.

A funeral directors statement of death (March 2, 1979) and certificate of cremation (March 5, 1979) for Emma Ratz Kaufman.

Annual Christmas letters sent to friends by Emma Kaufman, which consist of duplicated typescripts.

A guest book that belonged to Emma Kaufman containing signatures for two occasions, the 50th and 60th anniversaries of the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) in Japan, October 1955 and November 1965.

5 page computer printout of "Mary Ratz Kaufman, Grandmother Kaufman, Dec. 14, 1856-Dec. 24, 1843," containing recollections by Mary Ham.

A valentine's card sent to Mary Kaufman in 1874. Also includes a Christmas card from Mary Kaufman [ca. 1920] with a Japanese Christmas card to her attached and one pink and blue embroidered book mark

Material relating to the Henry Ratz family. Consists of photocopies of genealogical information, photocopies of photographs and photocopies of clippings. Contains one snapshot of the "Ratz homestead, Elmira?" and a letter from Herb Ratz to Mary Ham, Jan. 11, 1992.

A portrait of Albert Jacob Augustine.

A portrait of Albert William Augustine.

A photograph of the Augustine and Kaufman families taken on December 25, 1941 in front of 22 Margaret Ave. Kitchener, Ontario.

Back row, left to right: Albert William Augustine, Mary Eleanor Kaufman (Merritt), Edmond Kaufman, Bernard Sandwell, Robert Kaufman, Carl Kaufman, Alvin Ratz Kaufman, Milton Ratz Kaufman.

Middle Row, left to right: Mary Caroline Augustine, Edna Louise Augustine, Helen Mary Sandwell, Jean Kaufman (wife of A.R. Kaufman), Jean Kaufman (Koetsier), Emma Ratz Kaufman, Edith Kaufman (wife of M.R. Kaufman), John Ross Augustine.

Front row, left to right, seated: Mrs. Hutton, Mary Kaufman.

A portrait of Caroline Margaret Barbara Augustine (nee Breithaupt) and her granddaughter Mary Caroline Augustine.

A portrait of Edna Louise Augustine.

A portrait of Edna Louise Augustine.

A portrait of Edna Louise Augustine taken when she was 82 years old.

Portrait of John Ross Augustine and family.

Left to right: John Ross Augustine, John David Augustine, Annette Helen Augustine (nee Gofton), Philip William Augustine.

A snapshot of Mary Caroline Augustine with water lilies taken at the family cottage on Georgian Bay with Margaret Copland and Maid Margaret.

Head and shoulders portrait of Mary Caroline Augustine seen looking off camera with a smile.

Snapshot taken during a Breithaupt family gathering.

Back row, left to right: Milton Cook (family friend), Mary Caroline Augustine, Ella Cook (wife of Milton Cook), Marion Augustine (wife of Lee Augustine who was a second cousin of Albert William Augustine), J.C. Breithaupt (brother of Caroline Barbara Augustine), Albert William Augustine.

Front row, left to right, Laurine Catharine Augustine (daughter of Caroline Barbara Augustine), Edna Louise Kaufman (Augustine), Frieda Breithaupt (daughter of J.C. Breithaupt), Caroline Barbara Breithaupt (Augustine), Carrie Breithaupt (wife of J.C. Breithaupt).

A portrait of James Milton Ham.

Head and shoulders portrait of James Milton Ham seen looking off camera and dressed in uniform.

Full body studio portrait of Peter Stace Ham (b. March 22, 1957) as an infant seen seated with legs at side and looking off camera.

A snapshot of Edna Louise Augustine (nee Kaufman) and Sara Breithaupt (Mrs. L.O. Breithaupt) during a trip to England.

Photograph of Emma Kaufman (at right) smiling and shaking hands with Margaret Heilig, Executive Direction of the Hamilton Young Women's Christian Association next to fusuma painted with a water-themed Japanese landscape donated by Kaufman.

Snapshots taken during a party held for Emma Kaufman in Japan.

Photograph album containing snapshots taken at Emma Kaufman's cottage in Haliburton, Ontario between 1942-1968. Inserted in the album is a hand-made "newsletter" by Patty Augustine concerning activities at the cottage in the summer of 1965. Identifications appear throughout and include:

• Charlotte Adams
• Mateo Ando
• Mrs. Aspinwall
• Albert William Augustine
• Barbie Augustine
• Edna Augustine
• Keith Augustine
• Patty-Anne Augustine
• Gerhard A. Baum
• Elinor Black
• Mr. and Mrs. Cary
• Connie Chappell
• Stella Cheng
• David Chu
• Grace Chu
• Samuel Chu
• Dorothy Cleveland
• Bruce Coates
• Donald Coates
• Donna Coates
• Ella Cook
• Milton Cook
• Mrs. Hans de Does
• Dr. and Mrs. Duncan
• Mary Dingman
• Evelyn Fox
• Ella Grott
• Mr. and Mrs. Kau
• Reiko Kawano
• Taye Shidachi Kiachi
• P. Haga
• Michiko Hasegawa
• Phyllis Haslam
• Yoshio Hikida
• Eleanor Hinder
• Jean Hutchinson
• Hide Hyodo
• Arthur Jorgensen
• Lona Jorgensen
• Julia Matouskova
• Aiko Murakami
• Michael Murakami
• Ian Paisley
• Mae Paisley
• Marnie Paisley
• Pennie Paisley
• Kay Phelps
• Mary Phelps
• Sidney Phelps
• Ward Phelps
• Florence Rawlinson
• Anna Rice
• Eric Roeder
• Lucille Roeder
• Sanda Roeder
• Winnifred Ross
• Gertrude Rutherford
• Luella Ruterhford
• Sumi Sasaki
• Chizuko Shimano
• Tsune Shirai
• Ryrie Smith
• Sachi Takimoto
• W. Thomas
• Yuriko Toriumi
• Ernest Trueman
• Louise Trueman
• Ruth F. Woodsmall
• Hiro Yamanaka
• Margaret Yamanaka
• Masako Yamanaka
• Mr. and Mrs. Young

Head and shoulders portrait of Emma Ratz Kaufman. In the photograph, Emma is wearing a brooch from the Young Women’s Christian Association in Japan in recognition of 30 years of service.

A snapshot of Mary Eidt Kaufman and her three sisters quilting outside 22 Margaret Avenue in Kitchener, Ontario.

Left to right: Emma Sutter, [Clara?], Mary Kaufman, Adeline Hill.

A small mirror with a photograph of Henry Ratz and his wife on the verso.

A portrait of an unidentified infant. The portrait was mounted in a handmade frame.

One piece of personal correspondence from Emma Kaufman to her sister Edna. Also includes one report relating to activities of the Tokyo Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) by Emma Kaufman and a report by Margaret Hockin on the ceremonies relating to the 25th anniversary of Emma Kaufman's arrival in Japan. Additionally contains a leaflet memorializing Hedwig Dora Hobrecker, a pamphlet on the Airindan Settlement in Nippori, Arakawa Ku, Tokyo, Japan and an annual report of the Tokyo Y.W.C.A. for 1938.

Four pieces of personal correspondence one written to Emma Kaufman, and three written by Emma Kaufman. These three letters are written to friends in Japan and are dated Dec. 4, 5 and 7 respectively, and describe her efforts to gather material to send back with a Japanese friend on the Dec. 14th sailing of a ship from Los Angeles to Japan.

Material relating to a "pre-birthday party" held for Emma Kaufman at Covenant College in Toronto, Ontario. Contains an invitation, guest-book sheets, regrets list, snapshots, photographs, and party ephemera.

Seven postcards featuring various facilities and properties of the Tokyo Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.).