Clipping of Winnipeg Tribune article "The first lady of Canadian surgery" by Maggie Grant about Dr. Jessie Gray.

Clipping of Halifax Chronicle-Herald article "Mark Anniversary of N.S. Author's Birth" about the life and career of Canadian author Margaret Marshall Saunders.

File consists of material relating to the administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Association for 1960. Includes a bulletin, an exhibitors' list, newspaper clippings, ts. notes regarding the teachers' council, etc.

Manuscript version of a poem by "Stubby", Walter Stuebing titled "Yesterday in Kitchener"

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality Plus" about homemaker and advertiser Margaret Ball, who worked for General Mills.

Clipping of Montreal Gazette article "Woman Layer 'First'" by Julian Armstrong about Canadian lawyer Gervaise Brisson following her appointment as secretary of Quebec's royal commission on the National Union administration.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Specializes in Designing Silver Chalices, Fonts" about Canadian artist and educator Lois Etherington.

Clipping from unknown publication with two captioned photos of Lillian Vaux MacKinnon, as a Queen's student and later in life with her grandchildren, a manuscript note about MacKinnon and her relationship to Mrs. W.S. Sandford of Hamilton and member of the National Council of Women, and a head and shoulders portrait of MacKinnon with typescript information about the photo and Mackinnon. File also includes the envelopes materials were sent in.

Clippings of articles from the Winnipeg Free Press and the Montreal Gazette regarding Israeli politician Golda Meir.

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

Clippings of two Globe and Mail articles about Canadian sculptor Elizabeth Wyn Wood.

Material relating to Kaufman Furniture Ltd. in Collingwood, Ont. and International Woodworkers of America. Includes correspondence, agreements, handwritten notes and drafts, reports, memoranda to employees and clippings.

The New York Times Book Review article "Meet Jenny Bradley, a Literary Force Extraordinary" by Francis Steegmuller about Belgian-born literary agent Jenny Bradley.

File consists of ephemera related to the unveiling of plaques at Emily Murphy park in Edmonton, Alberta. Includes a 1 page (typescript) about the park and the plaque ceremony and an invitation to the event.

Typescript poem titled "Take time."

One ribbon and two invitations related to the official opening of Highway 401 between Highways 25 and 8 on November 17, 1960.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality" about Muriel McCullum, advertising manager of the Bulova Watch Co. Ltd.

Clipping of article "Irene Olynyk, Pharmacist" by Kate Aitken about Irene Olynyk who ran the pharmaceutical division of Women's College Hospital in Toronto.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institue (Guelph) in 1960, and in particular to the course taught there by Gordon Couling (Art 3). Includes handwritten and typed course outlines, handwritten and typed notes made by Couling in preparation for the course, lists of participants and recommended resources, correspondence, meeting agendas, other information related to the Leader's Institute, etc.

Clippings, manuscript notes and speeches related to Children's Aid Society Building Fund Campaign, of which Norman C. Schneider was president. Includes manuscript speech given at the building's opening on June 29, 1960.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Advertising Club Personality of the Month" about Margaret Brown Byron, who founded the Women's Advertising Club of Toronto and was the Associate Publisher of Marketing.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality..." about Anne Patton who ran a travel service.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Harmony In Music And Marriage" about Canadian composer Barbara Pentland.

Clipping of Ottawa Journal article "Oldest Lady Lawyer at Conference" by Janet Lucas about Canadian Mary E.G. Waddell, the oldest practicing woman lawyer attending the Second Commonwealth and Empire Law Conference.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Ulrich Sommer and his wife Gisela Sommer’s immigration to Canada with their two children Cornelius Sommer and Angelika Sommer in 1954. Also contains letters confirming Ulrich and Gisela Sommer passed an exam designed for new Canadians that was established by the Government of Ontario’s Department of Education Information Branch. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, children’s drawings, pamphlets, hand-drawn floor plans, wallpaper samples, a cross-stitch sampler, and photographs of family members.

File consists of clippings about Anne Innis Dagg. Includes clippings relating to her tennis playing, raising money for the Red Cross during the Second World War, and marks at school.

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

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.

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.

Clippings from various publications about Indira Gandhi.

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 The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Canadian Bertha Reynolds, chief of the attendance department of the Toronto Board of Education.

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.

Clippings, primarily relating to both the [1894?] Lacrosse championship and the 1959 Kitchener downtown fire.

One clipping regarding the death of Frederick J.T. Maines.

A scrapbook containing press clippings and a photograph of the British royal family. The press clippings feature articles regarding King George V’s Silver Jubilee, the death of King George V, the activities of King Edward VIII, as well as the children Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. One photograph features King George VI and Queen Elizabeth possibly taken during the 1939 royal tour of Canada. Also includes a map of lakes in Ontario and a photograph of Lady Agnew of Lochnaw an oil on canvas portrait of Gertrude Agnew, the wife of Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th Baronet completed by John Singer Sargent in 1892.

File consists of material relating to the administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Assoication for 1959. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, exhibitors' lists, minutes for meetings of the teacher's council, handwritten notes, reports on seminars, flyers and invitations, a draft outline for a course by Gordon Couling at the 1959 Leader's Institute, and other material.

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.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Lady Eaton.

Clippings of two articles about Canadian politician Ellen Fairclough.

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.

Clippings and ephemera about Pauline McGibbon, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario of Ontario.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Mrs. Kenneth R. Rose, president of the Dominion Council of the Woman's Association of the United Church of Canada.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Canadian dermatologist Dr. Ricky Schachter who served as president of the medical staff of Women's College Hospital.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Canadian nurse Gladys J. Sharpe.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Jean Arnold Tory, chairman of the UNICEF committee and the Canadian committee of the International Conference of Social Workers.

Typescript biographical sketch for Helen Tucker including early life, education, family, professional experience and community service. Born in the United States, at the time of writing, Tucker was the Special Activities Director for the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews and a lecturer at the University of Toronto.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Toronto barrister M.M. Van Camp, president of the Women's Law Association of Ontario and a member of the Council of the Canadian Bar Association.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Canadian Dr. Norma Ford Walker, professor of human genetics at the University of Toronto.

Newspaper clipping (ill.) from the February 20, 1959 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Mrs. Norman Schneider honored" regarding the naming of Ethel Schneider as Woman of the Year by the K-W Quota Club.

Clipping of a captioned photo from an unidentified edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record: "ABBOTT IN KITCHENER - Finance Minister Abbott (right) talks with Norman Schneider, Liberal candidate in the May 26 federal by-election. Mr. Abbott spoke to a Liberal rally at the City Hall last night."

Clipping from an unidentified newspaper titled "Squeals of Delight Over Succulent Pig Tails at Knockers Club Feats" relating to Knockers Club annual pigtail feast in Ottawa.

One clipping from an unidentified publication concerning Schneider's vacuum packaging of meats. A colour picture shows Norman C. Schneider and Howard Schneider with a display of packaged meats.

Clippings regarding Montgomery’s activities.

Memorial volume from the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home regarding Ella Schneider, who was born March 18, 1890 and died November 4, 1959.

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.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Mrs. Herbert R. Agnew.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Canadian pianist and music teacher Mona Bates.

United Kingdom Information Service biographical note no. 7 about Mary Field, O.B.E.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Ruth Frankel and her charitable work including the Canadian Cancer Society.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Mary Godfrey (nee Ferguson) and her role as president of the Opera Festival Women's Committee.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality Plus" about Mary Harding, traffic manager of Howarth and Smith Monotype Limited.

Clipping from unknown publication about Hilda Hesson, former Winnipeg city councilor.

Clipping of the Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Mrs. Abe Leavine, president of the Toronto section of the National Council of Jewish Women.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Mrs. J. Keiller Mackay [Katherine "Kay" Jean MacLeod], wife of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Jean Newman, vice-chairman of the Toronto Board of Control and president of the City Council.

Material relating to the funeral of John Alexander Martin, who died on June 7, 1959. Includes a memorial guest book containing details about the funeral service and a register of visitors, flowers, and gifts of remembrance. Includes a poem, the message given at the funeral by Rev. F.G. Stewart, lists of donations, and a clipping of the obituary (several copies).

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1959, and in particular to the course taught there by Gordon Couling. Includes handwritten notes, responses to a questionnaire, typed notes by Couling prepared for the course, a course outline, participant lists, incoming correspondence, and other information relating to the institute.

Two clippings which appear to contain reports on issues or events which were of interest to Leavine during his political career.

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.

2 clippings regarding Montgomery's Aunt Millie and her niece, Kay Rex.

Clippings regarding Leavine’s activities as Mayor of Kitchener from 1950-1951. They cover Mayor Leavine and Mayor Bauman of Waterloo attending the official opening of the K-W Family Service Bureau in November 1950, of which both because the first members; Leavine's stance on the issue of civil defence; Leavine's involvement in the plans to build the Kitchener Memorial Arena in 1950; and Leavine’s daily morning walk to work as Mayor in the early 1950s. Another clipping from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, dated June 17, 1958, during Leavine’s second term as Mayor, reports on Leavine's attendance at the official sod turning ceremony for the Kitchener police building.

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 notecard with an image of Falconer Hall. A note on the verso indicated that Anne Innis Dagg lived here in 1955-1956.

One clipping of a photo with caption from an undated edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record regarding Norman C. Schneider's nomination as a Liberal candidate in the federal election: "NOMINATE CANDIDATE - Norman C. Schneider (left), MP for Waterloo North, was nominated candidate for the Liberal Party in the next federal election last night. Clark Murray (centre), MP for Oxford, was the guest speaker at the rally and G. Bruce McCullough (right), president of the Liberal association, was chairman."

Two clippings and a typescript biography about Canadian teacher Hilda Cryderman.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Doris Davis (nee Guerard), who was president of Toronto's Catholic Women's League.

Biographical typescript about Vera Micheles Dean as part of guest speaker invitation for an event hosted by the Inter Club Council of Business and Professional women's Clubs of Toronto and District. At the time, Dean was serving in New York City as Director, Research Department, Foreign Policy Association.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Advertising Personality of the Month" about Dorothy Marshall, the media director at The James Fisher Company.

Clipping of Reader's Digest article "I Remember Gloria" by J.P. McEvoy condensed from the January 1951 edition of Motion Picture Magazine about American actress Gloria Swanson.

Album belonging to Mary Ann Kabel (later Martin) containing snapshots of her and her friends, friends' wedding photographs, and snapshots of John Gartshore Martin at the military school in Vernon, BC. Album also contains newspaper clippings and memorabilia. Clippings relate to news and announcements about Mary Ann's friends and other men from Kitchener-Waterloo serving in World War II (including deaths, injuries, etc.) and the weddings of Mary Ann's friends.

File consists of material relating to the administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Assoication for 1958. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, exhibitors' lists, minutes for meetings of the teacher's council and for a Leaders Institute planning meeting, handwritten jury score sheets from an exhibition, handwritten notes, etc.

Clipping regarding Norman C. Schneider’s 70th birthday on December 9, 1958.

Clipping of Swedish article and a typescript translation about Agda Rossel, Sweden's representative to the United Nations.

Album containing snapshots of members of the Martin family, including Wilson, Jamie and John in uniform posing alone and with other relatives and friends; Jamie with friends in Europe during the war; the three brothers as young children; and John Alexander and Jessie Martin. Album also includes photographs of Jamie's grave and the cemetery at Beny-sur-mer in France; John Alexander and Jessie visiting the grave; and other memorials and plaques dedicated to Jamie.

Album includes newspaper clippings mostly relating to the involvement of Wilson, Jamie and John in the war; Jamie's death and the memorial services for him; and Wilson's post-war career.

Contains correspondence, news clippings in other newspapers, news coverage from the Record.

Clippings of articles from the Globe and Mail and the Winnipeg Free Press about Olive Diefenbaker.

Clippings from various publications about the election of Kaye McFarland to the Napanee Town Council.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Mrs. W. Rankine Nesbitt [Dorothy Mary Gordon Anderson], chief commissioner of the Girl Guides for Canada.

Clipping from unidentified publication of short article "Mystery Writer Dies at 82" about the death of mystery writer and playwright Mary Roberts Rinehart.

File consists of material relating mainly to Five Counties Art Association events and workshops as well as the Leader's Institute held in 1954 at McMaster University (Hamilton) and an oil painting teachers' seminar. Includes correspondence, a report and a timetable for the Leader's Institute, reports on various seminars and events, summaries of adult night school classes held in various towns, handwritten notes, lists of members by type of art and region, and other material.

Notebook containing handwritten speech notes by Mayor Leavine including a speech given at the YMCA in January 1957 and one at Waterloo County Automobile Club in February 1957. Also contains notes regarding the construction of the new police building, and regarding the municipalities and local politics. Loose ephemeral material includes gas bills sent to Dr. S.F Leavine in 1957; the business card of life insurance broker Syd Davies; the Civil Defence Identification card issued to Leavine on January 31, 1957; a clipping regarding a debate surrounding the appropriate location for the new police building in Kitchener; and a receipt and letter dated March 12, 1957 to Leavine from the Rev. Albert W. Lotz of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church thanking him for a donation.

One page of signatures of family and friends related to Norman C. Schneider’s 70th birthday on December 9, 1958.

Clipping of advertisement (ill.) indicating E.C. Ertl, reporter for The Financial Times of Montreal included Norman Schneider among 17 members out of 265 who should be re-elected "regardless of party".

File consists of a page taken from the September 29, 1958 issue of Time Magazine with an article titled Where will our heroes come from by Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg featuring a photograph of Dana Porter.