One hand coloured head and shoulders portrait of a woman possibly, Eliza M. Bowman of Berlin, Ont.

One folded leaf of card stock showing a price list for Chas. Emmerich & Co for feathers, pillows and down sofa cushions.

Correspondence received by Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).

Group portrait of the Alma St. United Brethren in Christ Church choir, which was led by A.O. Bowman.

Back row: Ed Clemens, Frank Schantz, Arthur Schantz, Eli Brubacher.

Middle row: Aggie Brubacher, Lizzie Groh, A.O. Bowman, Lizzie Musselman.

Front row: Sophie Schantz, Susanna Musselman, Rosetta Lautenschlager, Ella Weaver.

Date and Place from: n.d. Three Rivers, Michigan To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From R. M. Kellogg Co.

4 letters.

Date and Place from: September 19, 1948 Herbert [Saskatchewan] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Kolb, Phoebe M. Attachments: No envelope, stamped post card. Written on a Canada Post card.

Date and Place from: October 22, 1948 Herbert [Saskatchewan] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Kolb, Phoebe M. Attachments: Contains a stamped envelope.

Date and Place from: November 15, 1948 Herbert [Saskatchewan] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Kolb, Phoebe M. Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: December 3, 1948 Herbert [Saskatchewan] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Kolb, Phoebe M. Attachments: No envelope.

Photograph of a skater, seen from behind, seated on a wooden barrel on a body of frozen water. In the background are other people skating and a large crowd of onlookers, positioned along the edge of the ice. Trees are visible behind the crowd and decorative bunting attached to a wooden pool in the centre of the shot is visible blowing in the wind.

Photographs from album 1 which are unidentified.

A guidebook published by the U.S. Department of the Interior for Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains. Inset is a print of Orpheus Moyer Schantz captioned "Orpheus M. Schantz. Pres. Illinois Audubon Society."

Head and torso studio portrait of of Herbert Moyer seen looking at camera.

A graduation diploma awarded by the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Kitchener, Ontario to Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) on December 21, 1920 upon completion of the course prescribed for normal school entrance. The diploma is signed by John Shanz, Chairman of the [Waterloo County School] Board and D. Forsyth, Principal of the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute. It includes a wax seal with the gold and black ribbons of the Institute.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains two Christmas items, one a story entitled, "The Night Before Christmas" and the other a Montreal Star Christmas Number cover with a colour illustration of two children in a sleigh pulled by two goats.

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

One print showing the enlarged premises of the Marshall & Field Company building in Chicago. Orpheus worked for Marshall & Field.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Hervey Bowman, seen looking at camera and dressed in a suit and tie, that was found with his belongings.

One four page programme for the 1889 convocation of Cedar Falls High School, featuring Ela Bliss Moyer, cousin of Orpheus.

One leaf folder programme for the First Congregational Choral Union concert of April 21, 1892.

One photographic print of a crayon portrait of Isaac Lucius Bowman.

One leaf folder programme for an organ concert in honour of the inauguration of the new organ of the South Park Ave. M.E. Church.

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 casual outdoor portrait of employees of F.W. Woolworth Co. taken at Puslinch Lake, Ont. Portrays men and women in various types of casual dress, including several women in uniforms of sweaters, bloomers and caps, perhaps dressed for baseball. It is possible that the older woman present could be Florence Annie Catherine Schantz or Sophie Emma Schantz, both of whom worked for Woolworth's.

Thirty six leafs giving sections of the poem "The Deserted Village" by Oliver Goldsmith with accompanying prints by Edward A. Abbey. The excerpts and prints were published in Harper's Monthly Magazine in 1902.

Group portrait of Freeport Academy teachers and students taken about 1869.

Back row, left to right: Rev. John B. Schlichter, Ezra Weber, Mary Snyder (Mrs. Moses Weaver), Harriet Shupe, Mina Gonder, Miss Bergey, Samuel S. Moyer, Isaac L. Bowman (Principal).

Middle row, left to right: William Simmons, Ananias Eby, Ephraim A. Snyder, James Peterson, William Sherk, Saruch Eby, Charles Shupe, Abraham M. Snyder.

Front row, left to right: Benjamin M. Snyder, Moses Weaver, Abram O. Bowman, Titus Snyder, Horace Beam, Horace Smith, Jacob B. Weaver, Hiram Hewitt.

A composite class photograph of the scholars attending the Freeport Academy taken around 1870. This photograph was originally housed in an oval frame featuring decorative fruits and leaves. The individuals in the photograph were identified by a list in the Isaac Bowman files.

Row 1, top: Charles Shupe, Levi B. Clemens, Titus Snyder, George A. Scott (Assistant), Levi Sherk, Jacob Hagey.

Row 2: Menno Bowman, Nelson Morley, Henry Woods, J.B. Weaver, Mina Gonder, Menno B. Clemens, Unidentified, Jos. Perrin.

Row 3: Ephraim Snyder, John Groh, Hespeler, Harriet Shupe, I.L.Bowman (Principal), Simon Bowman, Moses Weaver, Levi Roos.

Row 4: Charles Glick, Sylvester Godbold, Benjamin Sherk, A.O. Bowman, Aaron Sherk, Sarah Snyder, Philip Boehmer.

Row 5, bottom: Henry Sauer, John Sherk, Mary Snyder, Saruch Eby, Mary Weaver, Aaron Meyer, Menno B. Clemens.

A group portrait, posed outdoors, of staff and campers at Camp Tinawatawa.

Studio portrait of Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) and her sister Anna Moyer seated side by side. Both are wearing glasses and seen looking at camera.

Photographic print of an 1857 drawing of Preston, Canada.

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.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: [after 1924] Detroit [Michigan] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Laurena Attachments: No envelope.

Photograph of two raccoons on the branches of a bare tree

A small black ink drawing of a cardinal with a circular border by Orpheus Moyer Schantz.

One spiral bound notebook containing samples of leaves from deciduous trees and needle leaves of conifers found in Ontario. Each sample is labelled by hand. It is possible the leaf collection was a school science project.

Photographs from album 2 which are unidentified.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains pages and covers from the Ladies Home Journal and others featuring poems, stories, articles and illustrations. Topics include animals, flowers, biographies of American women, articles by nature writers such as Gene Stratton-Porter and Ernest Thompson Seton, fishing, fashion, and more.

Correspondence received by Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).

Group portrait of the Alma St. United Brethren in Christ Church choir, which was led by A.O. Bowman.

Back row: Ed Clemens, Frank Schantz, Arthur Schantz, Eli Brubacher.

Middle row: Aggie Brubacher, Lizzie Groh, A.O. Bowman, Lizzie Musselman.

Front row: Sophie Schantz, Susanna Musselman, Rosetta Lautenschlager, Ella Weaver.

Three-quarter length studio portrait of Ruth Schantz seen standing with white flower in hands and looking at camera.

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"

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

Full length studio portrait showing Herbert Schantz and Florence Schantz as children. They are seen standing side by side with arms propped on a pedestal.

One full length studio portrait of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz , Arthur Benjamin Schantz and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

Florence is seated on a ladies chair, Arthur is standing at centre, and Herbert is standing with left arm resting on a tall table. Florence is holding a painting of a young girl and Arthur is holding one of a pastoral landscape.

One studio portrait of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) taken while she was living with her brother Orpheus Moyer Schantz in Chicago, Ill.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) seen looking off 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.

Three-quarter length studio portrait of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz seen standing behind a chair, with arms at back, and looking at the camera. The photo was taken on Florence's 26th birthday on December 28, 1905.

Head and torso studio portrait of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz seen looking off camera.

One studio portrait, possibly of Franklin Abram Schantz.

Date and Place from: January 2, 1882 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Hazlett & Moyer letterhead.

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

Date and Place from: April 18, 1907 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: March 25, 1908 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope only.

Date and Place from: March 5, 1914 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope only.

Date and Place from: April 11, 1920 Cicero, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: June 3, 1921 Cicero, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: June 4, 1921 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope only.

Date and Place from: April 17, 1923 Cicero, Ill. To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope.

2 letters.

Date and Place from: [1929?] Toronto [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Lila Attachments: Contains an unstamped envelope. Contains a card congratulating Dorothy on the birth of one of her children.

Date and Place from: January 12, 1930 Toronto [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Lila Attachments: No envelope.

Photographs from album 3 which are unidentified.

Photograph of a small body of water inside of an enclosure next to tree-lined railway. A duck, two chickens and a coop are included in shot.

One letter (partial, signature page lacking) written from Long Lane Mo. by one of the Schantz brothers to his brother Menno, recounting his "blues" and gossip about his stepmother Margaret.

A handmade Christmas card created by Orpheus Moyer Schantz. The card features illustrations of a cherub and plants, as well as lettering made to look like tree branches. The outside edges of the card has been done in scherenschnitte and there is a purple bow.

One artistic landscape photograph of trees in swamp land. Photograph is an a portfolio style enclosure with "Almer Coe & Company, Chicago" on the front; however, the creator of the photograph is unknown.

Pages separated from their origins but not pasted into scrapbooks. They are grouped as found. This folder contains pages and covers from the Ladies Home Journal and others featuring illustrated sheet music printed in those publications. The verso of the sheet music pages contain advice columns for girls and women, decorating and fashion articles, embroidery, recipes, and more. This folder also contains manuscript transcriptions of hymns and some manuscript music, also copied .

One lined notebook bearing the printed title, Huge 5c Scribbler, containing algebra exercises completed by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) during her enrollment in Form IIIB at the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute.

Full body studio portrait of Ben Williamson and May Williamson seen looking at camera.

One portrait of Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).

Head and torso studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz (center back) with (left to right) Ruth, Worth Flagler and Carrie Schantz.

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

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

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

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

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz seen looking at camera and dressed in a suit and tie.

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

Head and torso studio portrait of Sophie Emma Schantz seen looking off camera.

A studio portrait of Tobias Kolb Schantz.

A studio portrait of Tobias Kolb Schantz showing him with his book agent's accoutrements including a hat, cane and book sample case.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Tobias Kolb Schantz seen looking off camera in partial profile.

A composite photograph which includes image of the Science building at the University of Toronto, eight graduates, and three faculty.

Date and Place from: February 13, 1923 Welland Co., Ontario To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Welland Nursery Company.

Date and Place from: May 1, 1923 Welland Co., Ontario To Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 From Welland Nursery Company.

12 letters. Correspondents include friends and relatives, brother Arthur and Ward White, Harold Russell. Includes a letter from Ward White after his wife Etta's death, concerning the future and the possibility of Sophie joining him with baby Dorothy.

1 card given to Dorothy Russell on leaving the Margaret Avenue school.

Date and Place from: June, 1954 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Margaret Avenue Staff Attachments: Contains an unstamped envelope. This is a card given to Dorothy Russell on leaving the Margaret Avenue school, Dorothy has written notes on the envelope regarding her career.

One upper body studio portrait of Alfred Austin, suitor of Sophie Emma Schantz.

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, including portraits of royalty, nobility and other figures and incidents in the news at the time such as the Boer War and the coronation of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910. Also includes sentimental pictures, poems, stories, fashion items, and more.

Photograph of the west pathway and lake in Victoria Park, seen in winter, along a row of bare poplar trees at right. An automobile is visible in the distance, passing along the shore line, at left.

One lined notebook bearing the printed title, The Big Fellow Practice Book, containing algebra exercises completed by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) during her enrollment at the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Kitchener, Ontario.

Snapshot possibly of Christian Schantz, his son James Robert Schantz and his grandson Orphas Schantz. The name Jakes inscribed on the verso of the snapshot may refer to Orphas Schantz's father Jacob Arthur Schantz.

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

Clippings relating to, or written by, Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Includes articles written by Orpheus on flora and fauna, articles on Orpheus' poetry and lectures, a poem written by Orpheus, a biography an article on Cressman's Woods and an article on Orpheus' car.

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.

A panorama group portrait of the Shantz Family Reunion in 1930.

Postcard photograph with a cut-out print of (left to right) Allen Huber, Mayor of Berlin Ont. and Sir Wilfrid Laurier in a carriage. Both are seen wearing hats and looking at camera. This photograph was found with Hervey Bowman's belongings.

Casual group portrait of the Berlin Rangers soccer team wearing jerseys with the word 'Canada' visible on the front.

Back row: [Unknown], Dave Forsyth, Walter Bowman, Solly Brubacher, W.P. Mustard, Carl Kranz.
Middle row: [E. Webster], Walter Thompson, Tom Gibson, E. T. Gordon, Fred Killer.
Front row: H. Pirie, [Alex Gibson?], [A. N. Garrett?]

Snapshot of an unidentified man sitting on a wooden chair in a garden, next to a tree, with parrots in cages on the grass to his right.

Studio portrait of an unidentified woman and two children seen looking at camera. This portrait was found with Franklin Abram Schantz' belongings.

Group portrait taken during an outing to Elora, Ontario of members of a United Brethren Church group from Berlin, Ontario. The group is seen posed for the camera against a rocky backdrop.

Back row standing: ?, [Aggie Brubacher], Franklin Abram Schantz, Edgar Clemens, ?, ?

Seated middle row: Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Eli Brubacher, ?, [Amos Musselman], Ella Weaver, ?

Seated front row: Sophie Emma Schantz, [Lizzie Musselman]

A composite photograph of the graduating class in Arts at the University of Toronto in 1895. This photograph was found with Hervey Bowman's belongings.

Photograph of the visit of the Duke (George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952) and Duchess of York (Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953) to Berlin, Ontario in 1901. The photograph was taken from behind a crowd and shows dignitaries on a flag-draped platform in front of a train car behind and people are visible on the rooftops of buildings opposite, including Randall & Roos Wholesale Grocers.

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

1 typewritten note card.

Date and Place from: September 27, 1929 Chicago [Illinois] To Bowman, Mr. H.M. From Institute of American Genealogy Attachments: No envelope. Notes: This is an advertisement typewritten on a note card.

Image of two unidentified women standing on a wooden dock next to a pleasure boat with "The Wabanaki" painted along side at front.

Image of Harold Russell as an infant, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a hat, being held by an unidentified adult in [Victoria Park] along a shoreline. In the background trees, a foot bridge and a swan are visible.

Photograph of Harold Russell posed with a football, smiling and gazing off camera. Fallen leaves line the sidewalk, and Harold is dressed in a striped sweater. The shadow of the photographer is seen in the foreground.

Material created or accumulated by various members of the Schantz-Moyer family. Includes ephemera.

A printed paper wreath and a printed poem that were likely meant to be hung on a wall. On the verso of the poem is a stamp indicating that the poem was presented to E.U.M. Sunday School, Berlin.

Upper body studio portrait of unidentified man seated with left arm on partially visible prop.

Two copies of the Waterloo Trust and Savings Company 1947 calendar. Includes reproductions of several of Homer Watson's paintings, sketches, a portrait and images of the interior of his studio.

Material created and accumulated by Tobias and Mary Schantz and family. Includes book cars, a daily diary from Arthur Benjamin Schantz and funerary memorials.

Material created and accumulated by Tobias and Mary Schantz and family. Includes one photograph, a clipping, ephemera, song sheets and two books.

Handmade New Years card sent to Sophie Schantz. The card has scherenschnitte edges and features calligraphy and a painting of pink flower blossoms by Carrie Schantz. It reads "Of this joyous day. Sophie Schantz. Many happy returns."