Dumont Press Graphix Limited fonds.
- SCA448-GA524
- Fonds
- 1970-2017
Materials relating to the creation and operation of Dumont Press Graphix Limited.
Dumont Press Graphix Limited
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Dumont Press Graphix Limited fonds.
Materials relating to the creation and operation of Dumont Press Graphix Limited.
Dumont Press Graphix Limited
One undated photograph showing a Breithaupt Leather Co. truck in front of the Shipping Dept. at the tannery, which was located in Kitchener, Ontario.
Denton, Ernest
Bridgeport School construction crew.
Consists of one group photograph of a construction crew, purportedly for Bridgeport School. They are posed with a sign: "John V. Gray Construction Co. Ltd, General Contractors, head office Toronto ...."
Denton, Ernest
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd. fonds.
Fonds consists of material relating to the administration and operation of the Lang Tanning Company in Kitchener Ontario, from 1888 to 1974. Contains minutes, agreements, clippings and a photograph album. Also contains a colour photocopy of a site plan from 1938. Includes 24 photographs.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Municipal council of the town of Berlin.
One photograph mounted on cardboard of the Municipal Council of the town of Berlin, dated 1909. The black and white photograph shows 15 adults dressed in suits and posed seated or standing in front of an ornately painted backdrop.
Among the subjects are three individuals who would later serve as mayor of Berlin or Kitchener following its 1916 name change: William Daum Euler (1914-1917), David Gross Jr. (1917-1919), and Nicholas Asmussen (1925 -1926). William Daum Euler was also elected to the House of Commons of Canada (1917) and Nicholas Asmussen to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1919-1926). Both represented Waterloo North, Ontario in their Federal political office.
Kitchener-Waterloo Council of Friendship fonds.
Fonds contains a notebook and records collected by Minnie O'Hara Maines from 1948 to 1971 in her capacity as a member of the Executive of the Kitchener-Waterloo Council of Friendship. There are blank forms regarding tax deductions and employment contracts for English-speaking classes, along with newspaper clippings that cover registration for and advertisements of these classes in Kitchener. The fonds also includes other promotional pamphlets and cards for the classes and for the Council in general, along with lists of winners for the Council's scholarship funds and names of contributors.
Kitchener-Waterloo Council of Friendship
Furniture and woodworkers union materials.
Fonds consists of ephemera relating to the unionization of furniture makers and woodworkers in the Kitchener, Stratford, and Woodstock area. Includes a mock liberty bond for the defence of workers arrested protesting, a card promoting socialist industrial unionism, a handbill outlining union desires, a letter from Canada Furniture Manufacturers regarding an adjustment to pay rates, a handbill encouraging furniture workers to unionize, and a photocopy of a letter to Herman Kreuger.
Bowlby, Davison, Hoffman family fonds.
Material relating to members of the Hoffman, Barnes, Schiedel, Bowlby, Davison and Carlisle families, primarily photographs. Includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, photographs, including snapshots taken during early construction of the Westmount area of Kitchener, Ontario.
Bowlby, Davison, Hoffman Family
The Bechler family fonds contains records created and accumulated by the Bechler family documenting life in Berlin (later Kitchener). Records include textual records and graphic material, predominantly photographs from an album. Records also contain confirmation certificates, marriage certificate, press clippings, and cards.
Bechler family
Claremont Avenue house collection.
Materials created or accumulated by the Reive Family, especially Dr. Wilfred G. Reive and Mabel M. Reive during the moving, purchasing, design, and construction of their family home at 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes invoices and cheques, architectural drawings, and family photographs.
Reive Family
Budd's Dept. Stores Kitchener, Guelph, Simcoe annual picnic.
One photograph of the Budds Department Store annual picnic, held August 20, 1947. The photograph shows 82 people, including men, women, and children. The picnic attendees appear to include the owners and employees of the three Budds Department Store locations, as well as their families. The photograph was taken outside in an undisclosed location and the subjects appear relaxed and informal.
Budds Department Store
Architectural plans of the Bridgeport Casino.
Contains nine architectural drawings of the Bridgeport Casino created by Samuel Hamilton Townsend for the Berlin and Bridgeport Electric Street Railway. Plans include elevation towards street, elevation towards the river, southerly elevation, cross-section, northerly elevation, floor plans of the first and second floors, drawings of windows and doors, drawings of a fireplace and surround, drawings of a decorative frieze possibly above the fireplace.
Architectural drawings for the Berlin Y.M.C.A.
File consists of three architectural drawings of the building of the Berlin [Kitchener] Y.M.C.A. at 22 Queen Street North. Includes a side elevation, main and upper floor plans, and details of the locker room.
Kitchener-Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association
Samuel Daniel Buckberrough daybook.
Fonds consists of one daybook from The Standard Life Assurance Company, believed to have been kept by Samuel Daniel Buckberrough. Also includes a clipping about the January 21, 1904 snow storm in Kitchener.
Buckberrough, Samuel Daniel
Fonds consists of one photograph of students at Sunnyside School, taken September 29, 1944. Identifications included on verso read:
Sunnyside School
First Mennonite Church bible school.
One photograph of students of the First Mennonite Church bible school. Students are shown outside in front of the church building.
Charles Dickens Creighton glass plate negatives.
Collection includes photographs taken by Charles Dickens Creighton of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, France and England all around the turn of the 20th century. These include primarily landscapes and architectural features. Also included are 11 Kelsh plotter aerials of Kitchener from the 1960's.
Creighton, Charles Dickens