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File consists of a hand-written partnership agreement relating to a tanning business to be carried on in Berlin, Ontario, by Jacob Vogt and Louis Breithaupt, signed by both parties.

File consists of land transaction documents relating to property in Berlin, Ontario.

File consists of contains 34 snapshots. Some identifications are present. Includes images of Breithaupt gatherings, room interiors, portrait proofs of Albert Liborious Breithaupt, one snapshot of Catharine Breithaupt holding a string of fish.
Also includes four snapshots of the 1901 visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George V and Queen Mary. These were taken from the top of a streetcar: crowd in foreground, reception platform in middle ground, train behind.

File consists of one clipping reporting the effects of "the worst storm experienced in Berlin in 20 years" and the efforts of the Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Co.

File consists of a carbon sheet with background data about the history of the Commission, clippings about the work of the Commission and about the bringing of hydro-electric power to Kitchener in 1910.

Photograph of factory buildings, possibly the Breithaupt Tannery in Berlin (today Kitchener, Ontario).

File consists of two variants of a photo gallery produced by H.A. Huber. At the center is a bird's eye view of the town, with photos of buildings on all four sides. At the bottom centre of one is H.A. Huber's card; at the bottom centre of the other is a portrait of Louis Jacob Breithaupt.

File consists of a portrait of Albert Liborius Breithaupt.

File consists of a portrait of the Breithaupt family. Seen from left to right: Fred, Marie, Rudolph seated with father Albert, mother Louisa standing.

File consists of snapshots of houses, some identified by city, otherwise unidentified. Includes snapshots taken in Hamilton and Kitchener, Ont. and Bronx and Jamaica, N.Y.

File consists of one portrait of Fred Breithaupt's family. Seen left to right are wife Frances and children Robert and Mary Ann.

File consists of a portrait of Fred and Marie Breithaupt.

Studio portrait of Carrie Breithaupt seen looking at camera.

Photograph of two children and one adult at the entrance of a house, likely 172 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener (Ontario). One of the children is standing behind the railing of a porch and the other child is standing next to a flowery shrub as the adult looks on from the lawn.

File consists of an invitation and programme for “City of Kitchener : Banquet celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the origin of Hydro under public ownership, 1902-1927” held on June 9, 1927.

Photograph of a school group of 42 children and an adult by the entrance of Margaret Avenue School.

According to annotations, one of the persons in photograph is Frieda Caroline Harris, and the class was Class Senior 3D with teacher Teacher J.F. Carmichael.

File consists of six clippings relating to A.L. Breithaupt in his position as Chairman of the Berlin Light Commission.

File consists of correspondence relating to cemetery lot deeds, manuscript notes and accounts relating to nos. 17 and 25, Margaret Ave., Berlin, Ont. Includes a contract and specifications for a porch to be built at 17 Margaret Ave., dated September 1900, as well as a sketch plan of lot 180 Margaret Ave.

File consists of one photograph taken in winter, of workmen and horse-drawn carriage, laying out electrical lines in Berlin, Ontario, probably on Queen St. (light standard in background).

Studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt seated and Louis Henry Wagner standing, seen looking at camera.

Studio portrait of John Schmitt Anthes seen looking off-camera.

Studio portrait of Lydia Catherine Anthes seen looking off-camera.

Studio portrait of four children seen looking at camera.

People in photograph are: John Edward Breithaupt second from right.

Studio portrait of four children seen looking at camera.

People in photograph are: John Edward Breithaupt second from right.

Five copies of a photograph of a baby in a crib, baby is Helena Esther Breithaupt Duffield, born on September 23, 1908, in Berlin (today Kitchener).

Four copies of a studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt, seen looking off-camera.

Two copies of a studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt, seen looking off-camera.

Full body studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt standing, seen looking at camera.

Two copies of a studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt, seen looking off-camera.

Studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt, Jake Kaechele, and Otto Schmitt, seen looking at camera.

Photograph of a group of four children and one adult sitting down in the garden by the porch of a house, taken at 172 Margaret Avenue (Kitchener) in 1896.

According to annotations, people in the photograph are Lillian Breithaupt (with Louise Catherine Geil on her lap), Laurine Catherine Augustine, Rosa Melvina Breithaupt Hewetson Clark, and John Edward Breithaupt.

Albums contains photographs and postcards recording a trip to Europe made by Louis Jacob Breithaupt in 1900. Some items have manuscript identifications. One photograph is a photomontage of images of Berlin, Ontario., including an aerial view, industries, homes, etc., as well as an inserted portrait of Louis Jacob. The album begins with images of ships and progresses with images of England, France, Germany, Switzerland, etc.

Photograph of two children, one seated and one standing, on a house porch with trees and vegetation in the background, taken at 172 Margaret Avenue. The child that is sitting down has a basket with flowers in her left hand.

According to annotations, children are Grace M. Augustine and Louise Catherine Geil.

Photograph of the front of a three-story house, possibly the house at 172 Margaret Avenue. There are trees and plants in the background and foreground and other houses in the background.

Photograph of the front of a three-story house at 172 Margaret Avenue. An adult, likely Carrie Breithaupt is seen sitting on the porch, at far right, and a child is standing at the top of the front stairs. There are trees and plants in the background and foreground and other houses are visible in the distance at left.

Photograph of an adult holding a baby and two children standing in a greenhouse surrounded by plants and flowers, possibly taken at the Breithaupt family home in Kitchener (Ontario). Carrie Breithaupt is standing at left, holding Carl Louis Breithaupt, and John Edward Breithaupt and Louise Catherine Geil are standing at right.

Studio portrait of (left to right) John Edward Breithaupt, John Christian Breithaupt, and Carrie Breithaupt seen looking off-camera.

Postcard featuring a photograph of two adults sitting down on a tree branch, taken in Berlin (today Kitchener), Ontario.

People in photograph are: H. Milton Cook.

File consists of one notebook used as a diary by Albert L. Breithaupt from June 10 to August 29, 1896, while on a trip to England, Scotland and Germany, with family members. The first entries are written in Berlin, Ontario. Of note is the entry for June 10, 1894 that gives an account of the last Sabbath in the "old church". Albert paraphrases the speech given by his mother, Catharine, with her recollections of the Sunday School in Berlin.

File consists of twenty-one picture postcards received by Fred Breithaupt. Some are partially or wholly in German, most written by his parents and grandmother Catherine during a trip to the Pacific coast. Includes a scene of canoeing in Victoria Park, Berlin, Ontario, dated August 1905; a view of the steamer "City of Toronto" at Penetanguishene, dated September 14, 1905; Winnipeg main street, September 20, 1905; "Threshing," Regina, September 27, 1905; "Group cowboys, Canadian Northwest," October 7, 1905.

File consists of a programme for “Two hours of merriment with Mr. J.W. Bengough, the inimitable artist "Grip," at the Town Ball in Berlin on the evening of evening, February 21, 1895.

Photograph of a school group of 37 children by a building entrance, possibly Margaret Avenue School.

According to annotations, one of the persons in photograph is possibly Helena Esther Duffield.

File consists of material relating to activities of A.L. Breithaupt in his position as Chairman of the Berlin Light Commission. In 1909 he was called on by W.S. Dingman, Mayor of Stratford, to present information about the Berlin electric plant and street railway during a dispute over the proposed purchase of an electric plant for Stratford. Includes a letter from W.S. Dingman to A.L. Breithaupt, A.L.B.'s notes, typescript carbon notes and financial statements of the Berlin Light Commission and of the Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway, and clippings concerning the arbitration.

Studio portrait of five people, seen looking at camera.

File consists of a tax deed to a property on Blucher Blvd., Kitchener, purchased by A.L. Breithaupt for arrears of taxes.

Photograph of a group of eleven adults and twelve children standing or sitting down outside during a picnic at Bridgeport on the occasion of John Schmitt Anthes and Lydia Catherine Herlan Anthes' 42nd wedding anniversary. There is a wooden fence with a sign reading "Bowling Alley" and vegetation behind the group.

People in photograph in back row are (left to right) are: Cyrena Harriet Anthes, Frank Anthes holding an unidentified infant, Carrie Breithaupt holding an unidentified infant, John Schmitt Anthes, Lydia Catherine Anthes, Emeline Merner Rieder, Talmon Henry Rieder, Peter Rieder, Ella Elmina Cook, Martha Melvina Rieder, and Lydia Louisa Breithaupt. Children in front row are (left to right): Unidentified with the exception of Walter Hailer Breithaupt, second to right.

File consists of one mounted photograph of the Zion Evangelical Church under construction taken from the upper story of a neighbouring home.