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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A series of $2.00 receipts.

One school notebook.

School exercise book partially filled with diary entries.

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

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

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

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

1907: Victoria Park Pavilion, Victoria park.

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

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

Portrait of Jacob Kolb (1895-) in uniform.

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

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

Groups portraits taken at the Schantz Family Reunion, 1913.

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

Unidentified farmhouse, family groups. These include Tobias Schantz.

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

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

One school notebook.

One school notebook with notes on spelling.

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

One Ontario copy book filled with practice calligraphy.

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

Material relating to the personal life of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz. Includes ephemera and a book of pressed flowers.

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

One Ontario blank drawing book.

One school notebook.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nineteen letters received by Franklin Abram Schantz.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One school notebook with notes on geography.

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

One letter from brother Jesse Gross Moyer.

School exercise book partially filled with diary entries.

One school notebook with notes on writing.

One piece of correspondence from Metta in Kansas City.

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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Portrait: Sophie Emma Schantz, May 4, 1912.

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

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

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

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

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

One school notebook.

One Ontario blank drawing book featuring drawings and pressed flowers.

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

Material created and accumulated from the Schantz family renunion. Includes one reunion register.

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

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

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

One drawing book with pressed flowers and drawings.

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

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

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

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

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

Relief shown by landforms.

Material created and accumulated by Franklin Abram Schantz. Includes one certificate of appreciation.

One portrait of Peter Erb Schantz in a frame. Peter was the President of the Schantz Reunion in 1913. A card with biographical details about Peter Erb Schantz is taped to the back of the frame.

Group portrait of, left to right, Jacob Nash Moyer, Mollie Raymond Moyer and Levi Nash Moyer standing together outdoors that has been sent as a postcard.

Register of the Schantz family reunion held in Victoria Park, Berlin, Ontario on June 10 1913. Includes genealogical information, transcribed obituaries and an alphabetical list of names and cities of those attending the reunion.

Two identical outdoor group portraits taken at the 1913 Schantz family reunion. Over 880 people attended the reunion; this portrait shows only a few of them. Florence Schantz is seen, second row from the back, sixth from right and the person standing at centre, at the very back of the group, is likely Franklin Abram Schantz.

One school notebook with notes on geography. Also includes a small hand bound book of nature notes.

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

Date and Place from: October 16, 1881 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: November 19, 1881 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Hazlett & Moyer letterhead.

Date and Place from: December 17, 1881 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Hazlett & Moyer letterhead.

Date and Place from: February 11, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Hazlett & Moyer letterhead.

Date and Place from: April 19, 1914 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains serial articles from the Delineator on the lives of famous women, including Eulalia, Infanta of Spain, 1864-1958 and Mrs. William Howard Taft, as well as several fashion-related items.

Twenty-one letters received by Tobias Kolb Schantz and his wife Mary Schantz.

Date and Place from: September 7, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: March 24, 1914 Carrott Creek, Alta. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Mary Attachments: Includes Easter postcard, envelope with stamps.

Date and Place from: May 10, 1893 Morton Park To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: August 15, 1895 Chicago To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Writes her letter on letterhead paper: "Chas. Gossage & Co., Importers and Retailers of Dry Goods, Millinery, Carpets, Upholstery, Boys' Clothing and Fine Shoes."

Date and Place from: February 21, 1878 Caledonia [Mich.?] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Abraham Kolb, 1844- Notes: "Jokey" letter: compare spelling and grammar to his brother Tobias', different education. Abraham later moved to Colorado and became a well-known builder and contractor. This letter announces the birth of "Leroy" who was to become, among other things, President of the State University of Arizona at Tucson.

Date and Place from: November 18, 1893 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: April 28, 1888 Caledonia Sta. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Menno Kolb, 1849-1888.

Date and Place from: January 18, 1891 Caledonia To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Abraham Kolb, 1844- Notes: Writes about moving West, tried farming "but can't make it pay", "I will work at my trade after this."

Date and Place from: April 24, 1892 Colorado, City To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Abraham Kolb, 1844- Notes: Writes with enthusiasm about the West: "The mineral water here is splendid, it makes the best lemonade in the world."

Date and Place from: October 02, 1892 Colorado, City To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Abraham Kolb, 1844- Notes: Writes that their son "Roy" has typhoid fever and that they need a girl to come and help out, preferably one of Tobias and Marys' girls: "Would rather have one of our brothers girls then a strangers."

Date and Place from: May 15, 1898 Colorado City To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Abraham Kolb, 1844-

Date and Place from: August 22, 1863 Port Elgin To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Discusses the mill and Tobias's reaction to Benjamin's second wife.

Date and Place from: November 18, 1864 Michigan To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868.

Date and Place from: February 20, 1865 Montgomery County, Wellsville To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Writes about being broke, with nothing to put crops in.

Date and Place from: June 10, 1865 [Pravia?] Township To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Includes a note from Sarah Shantz Additional signatories: Shantz, Sarah.

Date and Place from: August 07, 1865 [Pravia?] Township To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Benjamin writes about Tobias's reaction to his marriage to Margaret Swinton. He also writes about the death of Jacob Schantz, Tobias's brother. Additional signatories: Shantz, Sarah.

Date and Place from: August 21, 1865 [Pravia?], Township To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Writes asking Tobias if he would come to the States and work with him at the mill, and that he cannot afford to live there much longer if he doesn't sell his home in Canada.

Date and Place from: December 03, 1865 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: writes about settling his affairs in Canada, selling the property and the mills.

Date and Place from: December 23, 1865 s.l. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Benjamin, 1811-1868 Notes: Writes about his financial state.

Date and Place from: November 03, [18--] [Pennsylvania] To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885.

Date and Place from: July 22, 1900 Colorado City, Colo. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 and Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Shantz, Abraham Kolb, 1844 and Shantz, Mary Notes: Includes envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: April 13, 1902 Colorado City, Colo. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 and Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Shantz, Abraham Kolb, 1844 & Shantz, Mary Notes: Includes envelope with stamp.

One studio portrait of the Berlin (now Kitchener), Ont. City Council in 1914. This photograph may have been created by the photographer Levi R. Yost. The backdrop in this photograph resembles the backdrop in other photographs taken by Yost.

Back Row: Dr. J.E. Hett, Dr. J.J. Walters, H.A. Hagen, W.O. Knechtel, Geo. Sohlee.

Middle Row : Dr. A.E. Rudell, D. Gross, Jr., A.L. Breithaupt, John Hessenauer, W.E. Gallagher, C.O. Hahn.

Front Row: I. Master, Geo. Rumpel, W.D. Euler, Mayor, G.G. Bucher, John Schwartz.

One photograph printed on a postcard of the Duke of Connaught reading a reply to Mayor William Daum Euler's address during his visit to Berlin, Ontario on May 9, 1914. This photograph was found with Hervey Bowman's belongings. The photograph was originally housed in an envelope, which is included in the file.

One notebook containing articles on the Home Orchard transcribed from the Youth's Companion, several issues of 1914.

One printed booklet containing samples of Province of Ontario entrance examinations for the period 1911 to 1915.

One loose album page that has been removed from an unidentified photograph album. Recto shows three photographs: Christian Schantz in front of his home in Wetaskiwin, Alta; his dog Tye; and cats playing in front of a home. The verso shows two photographs: Myford, Hamilton and Walter Kitney in 1915; and Walter Charles and Ada Kitney.

One school notebook.

Snapshot of Ruth Schantz (left) and an unidentified child standing together on a porch and looking at camera.

Informal outdoor group portrait of Mary Schantz with some of her children and grandchildren. The photograph was mounted and made into a 1915 calendar.

Left to right: Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) (seated), Worth Flagler Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), Sophie Emma Schantz.

One formal studio portrait of Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) as a child, taken prior to her entrance into high school.

One school notebook with notes on geography.

One exercise book owned by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White).

Five letters received by Levi Nash Moyer from brothers Jacob and Jesse; sister Mary and Tobias Schantz, and niece Sophie Eiler.

Date and Place from: December 03, 1869 Campden To Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: September 09, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Weighs 130 pounds; current eventas noted (Napoleon, Russia).

Date and Place from: June 15, 1914 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 From Eiler, Sophie.

Date and Place from: May 3, 1915 Harrisburg, Pa. To Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: May 30, 1915 Harrisburg, Pa. To Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Report cards from Berlin public school for Dorothy Russell.

Report cards from Berlin public school for Dorothy Russell.

Dated list of fruit trees and bushes planted, as well as a plan of the yard with plantings marked.

Studio portrait of unidentified couple seen seated side by side looking off camera.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: August 13, 1916 Kitchener [Ontario] To Schantz, Mary Moyer, 1840-1935 From White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope. Letter is written on paper with two different letterheads, one stating "In honour bound united we stand" and the other from the "New Wellington Hotel, E.B. Clancey, Prop. Guelph, Ontario."

Twenty-one letters received by Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).

Date and Place from: January 30, 1912 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: April 7, 1912 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: April 20, 1912 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: December 21, 1912 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: March 27, 1913 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: April 17, 1913 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Includes pamphlet "How to Adjust the Corset", several poems also enclosed, also envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: October 16, 1913 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Envelope with stamp, article dated August 21 enclosed.

Date and Place from: May 12, 1914 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: June 22, 1914 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Includes two poems, envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: August 29, 1914 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: November 8, 1914 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: May 30, 1915 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: November 14, 1915 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: March 22, 1916 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Envelope with stamp, also includes one poem written in German.

Date and Place from: December 31, 1916 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Envelope with stamp, brochure re. Eagle Shirt enclosed.

Date and Place from: May 04, 1879 Jordan Station To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: May 10, 1870 La Salle, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: June 09, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Notes: Explains why he left his job with "Hatch, Brown & Co."

Date and Place from: November 18, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Notes: Writes that their sister Sophia has died. She had a baby that is 7 weeks old.

Date and Place from: Aug. 1, 1915 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: March 2, 1916 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Notes: Includes envlope with stamps.

Thirty-nine letters received by Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).

Date and Place from: August 11, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: November 22, 1912 Petrolia, Ont. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Wismer, J.E. Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: March 19, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 18, 1864 Poughkeepsie To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: February 26, 1865 Syracuse, Koscinsko Co., Ind. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 Notes: He writes he has found a job in a grist mill.

Date and Place from: March 19, 1865 Syracuse, Koscinsko Co., Ind., U.S. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: April 07, 1865 Syracuse, Koscinsko Co., Ind. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: April 18, 1865 Syracuse, Koscinsko Co., Ind. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: April 28, 1865 Syracuse, Koscinsko Co., Ind. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: May 06, 1865 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: May 13, 1865 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 Notes: Partial letter.

Date and Place from: May 19, 1865 Syracuse, Koscinsko Co., Ind. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: May 22, 1865 Syracuse, Koscinsko Co., Ind. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: May 28, 1865 Ind. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: June 04, 1865 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: June 11, 1865 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: June 18, 1865 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: June 25, 1865 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: October 01, 1865 Normanton, Bruce Co., C.W. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: April 12, 1867 Wellsville, Montgomery Co., Mo. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: April 18, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: April 28, 1867 Prairie, Mo. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: May 03, 1867 Wellsville, Montgomery Co., Mo. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: May 12, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 Notes: Partial letter.

Date and Place from: June 02, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: June 08, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: June 17, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: June 22, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: December 27, 1867 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: September 25, 1870 Campden, ON To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Shantz, Sarah.

Date and Place from: April 01, 1878 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Snyder, Lydia Notes: A little note from Lydia asking Mary if she could "Please send me by earliest convenience the pattern of your wrapper for yourself."

Date and Place from: 1888 Bloomingdale To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Snyder, Lydia Notes: Writes to say that Enoch has been placed in an asylum.

Date and Place from: March 02, 1888 s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Snyder, Mary Notes: Note telling Mary that they think Abram has taken their Brother Enoch to the asylum.

Date and Place from: July 02, 1876 Vinton, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Wismer, Annie.

Date and Place from: September 28, 1862 Brantford To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Wismer, Mary Ann.

Date and Place from: December 14, 1862 Brantford To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Wismer, Mary Ann.

Date and Place from: November 24, 1906 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925.

Date and Place from: July 30, 1883 Quakertown, Pa. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Witman, William.

Date and Place from: July 7, 1916 Petrolia, Ont. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Wismer, J. A. Notes: Includes envelope with stamp.

Twenty-six letters received by Tobias Kolb Schantz and his wife Mary Schantz.

Date and Place from: March 29, 1907 Elk Lodge, Alta. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: Includes note to Dorothy.

Date and Place from: February 18, 1912 Wetaskiwin To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Christian K. and Schantz, Mary.

Date and Place from: January 1, 1914 Westcott, Alta. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: November 4, 1901 La Grange, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 Attachments: Envelope with stamp Notes: Wedding invitation for Mary Emma Moyer and Thomas Cowen Kelly.

Date and Place from: September 20, 1916 La Grange, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Oakley, James Augustus, Mr. and Mrs. Attachments: Envelope with stamp Notes: Wedding invitation for Ethel Oakley Kinnett to Robert Bliss Moyer.

Date and Place from: March 05, 1876 Vinton, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Notes: "Office of S.G. Moyer, Dry Goods and Carpets" Personal letter on business letterhead.

Date and Place from: November 16, 1877 Vinton, Benton Co., Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Notes: "Office of the Clerk of the District & Circuit Courts, H.E. Warner, Clerk." Personal letter on business letterhead.

Date and Place from: November 07, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Notes: Short note: "Sophie is still very low.", "Sophie has typhoid fever."

Date and Place from: September 25, 1875 Chicago To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Notes: "J.V. Farwell & Co., Dry Goods" Personal letter on business letterhead.

Date and Place from: April 30, 1866 East Zorra To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935? From Moyer, Samuel M.

Date and Place from: October 05, 1866 East Zorra To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel M.

Date and Place from: November 21, 1870 Campden, ON To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935? From Moyer, Samuel M.

Date and Place from: December 30, 1880 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: June 06, 1881 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 Notes: "Hazlett & Moyer, Dry Goods, Carpets, Boots and Shoes". Personal letter on business letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 06, 1881 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 Notes: "Hazlett & Moyer, Dry Goods, Carpets, Boots and Shoes". Personal letter on business letterhead.

Date and Place from: September 09, 1881 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 Notes: "Hazlett & Moyer, Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Notions, Carpets, Boots and Shoes, &c." Personal letter, business letterhead.

Date and Place from: October 27, 1881 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 Notes: "Hazlett & Moyer, Dry Goods, Carpets, Boots and Shoes". Personal letter on business letterhead. Writes to Letterhead them know that Orpheus is doing well at the job there, not to worry. Also that mother is not well, "her liver causes the trouble. The Dr. tells me she has chronic liver trouble & that effects the mind."

Date and Place from: July 16, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: June 25, [18--] Doylestown To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885.

Date and Place from: November 25, 1866 Clinton, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Sophia, 1847-1870 Notes: Written by A.N. and Sophia Moyer Additional signatories: Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: May 23, 1866 Cambridge, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Tobias, 1832-1909.

Date and Place from: July 02, 1866 Cambridge, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Tobias, 1832-1909.

Date and Place from: December 11, 1870 Pekin, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Tobias, 1832-1909.

Date and Place from: July 28, 1866 Campden, C.W. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Sophia, 1847-1870.

Date and Place from: Feb. 9, 1894 Battle River To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 and Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, [C. & M.].

Date and Place from: Feb. 23, 1897 Lewisville To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 and Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, C. & M.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some of the photographs are duplicates of items in previous albums. Many photographs are unidentified. Identified photographs include:

Snapshots of Elora, Rockwood (May 24 and Aug., 1916), Victoria Park, the Schantz reunion in 1913, Arthur Benjamin Schantz's homestead in Alberta, Schantz home, Schneider Ave, Kitchener, Ont., Schantz family portraits and snapshots which include Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz home and family in Morton Park, Illinois, Levi Moyer.

Port Elgin snapshots include people swimming, walking on the beach, and snapshots taken on the reserve of the courthouse, jail, church and school Masset, B.C. : totem pole, 1911 (p. 2).

Schantz, Austin Tobias: hogs, 1912 (p. 2).

Steckle farm: Dorothy Etta Russell and Worth Flagler Schantz with dog, 1910, (p. 8). Also "At Henry Steckle's farm", 1916: group shot of Edna Steckle, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Aunt Carrie (Cornelia Caroline Schantz). Includes a shot which shows the whole front of the house, with chairs and hammock on porch (p. 74).

Old "Jacob Bowman" farm, Freeport, Ont., 1911 (p. 9).

Gofton, Mrs. and Ella Gofton (p. 17).

Christian and Josiah Schantz (p. 19).

Kolb family: turkey, Oliver and Grace (p. 19).

Snyder, William : "drawing room at William Snyder's, Waterloo" [ornate interior] and Elsie Snyder in Park, Waterloo, Ont. (p. 27).

Grand River: women and children wading "behind Kolb farm", Aug. 1914 (p. 31).

Bowers cottage, Port Elgin (p. 53).

Victoria Park Pavilion fire, 1916 (p. 56-57).

Bridgeport Casino, 1916: Junior Endeavour picnic (p. 58-59).

Victoria school class picture, 1916: teacher, Mr. S. H. Suter (p. 69).

Camp at Carling Heights, London, 1916 [military] (p. 69).

One lined notebook bearing the printed title, Knox's crown ruled ink scribbler, containing arithmetic and grammar exercises, and sketches by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White). The exercises were probably completed as part of her first year of studies at the Berlin Collegiate and Technical Institute (Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute).

Two lists of horses, and of colts born, in unidentified handwriting.

Thirty-two letters received by Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).

Date and Place from: May 25, 1879 Jordan Station, Ont. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: April 10, 1866 Campden To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: November 1866 Campden To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: April 20, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: September 16, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: November 08, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: January 08, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: May 22, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Writes about Emma & the Baby, the weather, how crops are doing, and any news about friends.

Date and Place from: [1870's?] La Salle, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: "Office of S.G. Moyer, Dry Goods and Carpets". Partial Letter.

Date and Place from: June 07, 1875 La Salle To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: June 17, 1876 Vinton, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Writes about the weather in Iowa and how he struggles to make money to live.

Date and Place from: November 25, 1877 Jordan To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: [18--?] s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Partial Letter.

Date and Place from: [18--?] s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Partial Letter.

Date and Place from: June 20, 1857 Pelham To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: May 28, 1861 Peru, La Salle Co. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: December 14, 1862 Brantford, C.W. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: October 08, 1865 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: December 03, 1865 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: February 04, 1866 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: January 22, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: February 14, 1869 Pekin, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: June 20, 1869 Pekin, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: August 10, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: November 26, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: Aug. 13, 1903 Chapman, Kan. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: March 4, 1912 Quenemo, Kan. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Includes envelope.

Date and Place from: Nov. 10, 1912 Michigan Valley, Kan. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Includes envelope.

Date and Place from: May 4, 1913 Ventura, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Includes envelope.

Date and Place from: May 17, 1915 Renwick, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Includes envelope.

Date and Place from: April 6, 1916 Renwick, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Includes envelope.

Twenty-seven letters received by Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).

Date and Place from: July 5, 1912 Plainfield, N.J. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835-..

Date and Place from: August 4, 1912 Plainfield, N.J. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: June 15, 1913 Plainfield, N.J. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835-.

Date and Place from: August 23, 1913 Hydeville, Vt. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: December 1, 1913 Plainfield, N.J. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: May 10, 1914 Plainfield, N.J. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: April 1, 1915 Plainfield, N.J. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: August 17, 1915 Plainfield, N.J. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: July 25, 1916 Plainfield, N.J. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: November 29, 1916 Plainfield, N.J. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: January 24, 1864 Peru, La Salle Co., Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Notes: Talks about the severe snow storms in the latter part of December. Tells about a man's hands and feet being so badly frozen that he had to get them amputated.

Date and Place from: February 26, 1864 Peru, La Salle Co., Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835-.

Date and Place from: April 08, 1864 Peru, La Salle Co., Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Notes: Gives his advice to Mary & Tobias on moving to the United States.

Date and Place from: July 04, 1864 Peru, La Salle Co., Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Notes: Writes about Cousin Samuel M. Moyer's wife dying.

Date and Place from: November 04, 1864 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835-.

Date and Place from: November 27, 1864 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Notes: Reflects on death.

Date and Place from: January 14, 1866 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835-.

Date and Place from: April 26, 1866 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835-.

Date and Place from: June 24, 1866 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835-.

Date and Place from: August 19, 1866 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835-.

Date and Place from: April 28, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835-.

Date and Place from: October 18, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Notes: "John is lying low with typhoid fever". Sophia "Has a black-eyed, black-haired little girl."

Date and Place from: Jan. 8, 1879 Campden To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885.

Date and Place from: April 6, 1881 Jordan, Ont. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885.

Date and Place from: Jan. 15, 1883 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885.

Date and Place from: Dec. 18, 1883 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885.

Date and Place from: Dec. 28, 1911 Plainfield, N.J. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Notes: Letter from sister Sophia dated Aug. 27, 1865 enclosed, includes envelope with stamp.

Thirty-two letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: Nov. 4, 1884 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Nov. 9, 1887 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Sept. 12, 1888 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Des Moines Soap Works pamphlet depicting Iowa State Capitol enclosed, also Cedar Falls Opera House programme, also annotated Presbyterian Church concert programme, also envelope.

Date and Place from: Dec. 7, 1897 Kansas City To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written by both Orpheus & Carrie.

Date and Place from: July 29, 1898 New Albin, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp Notes: Written on New Albin House letterhead.

Date and Place from: Jan. 31, 1900 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Weare Commission Company letterhead.

Date and Place from: [18--] s.l. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Unknown Notes: From a brother.

Date and Place from: ? ? To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Snyder, Alvin.

Date and Place from: Feb. 17, 1890 Scotland, S.D. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Lydia.

Date and Place from: Nov. 4, 1892 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Vogel, Angeline Notes: Letter written in German.

Date and Place from: Dec. 30, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Snyder, Alvin.

Date and Place from: Jan. 16, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Snyder, Lizzie E.

Date and Place from: Dec. 11, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Thomson, Jessie Attachments: Envelope, no stamp.

Date and Place from: September 22, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: November 28, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 10, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: October 04, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Includes diagram of the home of Ward and Etta.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Susan.

Date and Place from: March 9, 1886 Peabody, Kan. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Abram L.

Date and Place from: April 3, 1887 Branch Valley Farm, Kan. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Abram L.

Date and Place from: April 17, 1887 Kansas To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Abram L. Notes: Addendum to letter of April 3, 1887 to Sophie?

Date and Place from: June 30, 1887 Spring Valley Farm, Kan. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Abram L.

Date and Place from: Dec. 11, 1887 Scotland To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Susan.

Date and Place from: Dec. 16, 1888 Wichita, Kan. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Abram L.

Date and Place from: March 8, 1889 Wichita, Kan. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Abram L.

Date and Place from: Aug. 21, 1893 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Oct. 6, 1896 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Jan. 12, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Weare Commission Company letterhead.

Date and Place from: Nov. 30, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: Dec. 17, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: Feb. 7, 1916 Whitby, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Stoltz, Mrs.

To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, no date, etc.