File consists of one photograph of the 1946 training conference for independent biscuit manufacturers held March 25th-29th 1946 in Chicago.

Print of a photograph of snow covered trees on Mount Hood taken by Ackroyd Photography Inc. and published in a Portland, Oregon newspaper.

Photograph of yucca blossoms in southern California.

One slide tray plus extras.

File consists of two postcards from Donald Innis from Miami Florida. One is addressed to Mary Quayle Innis and the other to Hugh Innis.

Head and shoulders portrait of Emma Ahrens seen looking off camera.

Portrait of (left to right) Louise Ahrens, Helena Schneider, J.M. Schneider taken in an outdoors courtyard, possibly of a hotel. Helena is seen seated in a chair with an [orange] in her left hand with Louise and J.M. standing at her sides. The group is posed next to a table with a large bowl of [oranges] on top. File also includes photocopies and identifications of a postcard of the same individuals with Charles and Emma Ahrens taken at the Mexican border.

Weekly intake report on broadcasts in English for North American listeners mainly from the United States of America, Germany, Italy and England. Copy no. 27.

File consists of paper doll advertisements. The first is a stand up paper doll of a sheep wearing a dress holding a duster advertising Enameline stove cleaner. The verso reads "Look out for imitations and parties who claim to have something 'just as good.' It is not as good. There's but one Enameline that's the best. For sale by all dealers. Manufactured by J.L. Prescott & Co. 11 Jay Street New York."; a set of six double sided paper dolls with two interchangeable heads, advertising Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton. The interiors of the dolls reads "if the child who receives this doll is sent to the store for thread she should ask for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton and see that she gets it. Double Dolls "work and play" 12 in a set. By sending three 2 cent stamps, with name and address, to Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton Factory. Newark, N.J. a complete set will be sent by mail be careful to state that the double dolls are wanted."

File consists of material relating to public relations activities for the years 1982 and 1983. Includes news releases, memoranda, copies of form letters to employees and dealers from John A. Pollock, product photographs with typed cutlines, typed remarks by John A. Pollock given at the 1982 annual meeting, the first issue of the newsletter Electrohome World, and press kits for Electrohome Electronics, Deilcraft furniture, and the 1982 annual meeting.

File also includes a portfolio from the Morristown Area Chamber of Commerce (Morristown, TN) containing news releases about Electrohome's purchase of a production facility there and 16 photographs of the plant during construction.

File consists of a photograph of the Electrohome motor plant in Morristown, TN, and a glossy print of a drawing of the building for International Electrohome, Inc.

File consists of photographs of the new United States Rubber plant being constructed in Opelika, Alabama.

File consists of one postcard addressed to Dana Porter from Bill [?] featuring a photo of an Atomic Detonation in Nevada.

File consists of one photograph of Dana Porter with wife Dorothy Porter and three unidentified others at a table at the Saranac Inn, in New York.

Hand-coloured photograph sent as a postcard to Miss Alberta Ritzer, Waterloo, postmarked Buffalo Sept. 20, 1906.

Photograph shows a couple and two children in a boat. Written on the verso:"Boehmer - Martha Ritzer / Indiana - / Mill Race/ Alberta Knauff/ Karl Knauff".

Material related to Donald Cowan's participation in the IBM Education Executive Conference held in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida between April 5-7, 1982. Includes correspondence, airplane tickets, hotel receipts, conference program, list of travel expenses, memoranda, a settlement claim, and a short abstract of Donald Cowan's presentation. Also includes one group portrait likely of the attendees of the IBM Asia/Pacific Education Executive Conference held in Tokyo, Japan in August 1986.

Two maps created by Gordon Wagner that show the location of Henry Wagner's homestead in upstate New York, near the town of Rose. One map shows the location in relation to the large geographical area and the other shows the exact plot and surrounding farms with notes on the location of the home, etc.

A business card for Rev. W. von Cartheuser in Orange, New Jersey.

A used envelope that was addressed to Reverend W. Cartheuser in Buffalo, New York. The envelope was stamped with the date July 25, 1949. It is not known what was sent to William inside this envelope or who the sender was.

One film reel, a home movie showing members of the Guy family and friends. Film shows family activities in New York, Waterloo and Bermuda including children, winter activities, fishing, vacationing and more. A scene list by Jim Guy is included.

A lecture by Reverend Dr. Dean S. Psaras containing instruction and techniques for reflection, introspection, contemplation, and mediation practices. The lecture includes outlines and steps for achieving these practices, the benefits to integrating techniques in everyday life, and suggested topics for contemplation practices. The lecture was published by Serenity Publishing Company in Lake Forest, Illinois.

File consists of 16 photochrom prints as postcards containing views from the Glenwood Mission Inn in Riverside, California.

File consists of 212 loose postcards, including black and white and sepia-toned photographs, black and white and sepia-toned rotogravures, photochroms, and other colour prints. Postcards contain views of numerous European cities and landforms (including Binz, Potsdam, Oberammergau, Berlin, Wittenberg, Lucerne, the Rhine, and the Alps), as well as views along the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia and Alberta (photographed by Byron Harmon) and the Columbia River Highway in Oregon (photographed by Cross & Dimmitt), and views of Banff, the Rocky Mountains, Stratford (Ontario), and other places and scenes. Some duplicates are present. Six postcards contain a stamp (four German, one Canadian, and one Czechoslovakian). Two postcards were sent through the mail; one from Keffer to his wife, and one from Max [last name illegible] to Keffer (in German). Six of the postcards were published by Valentine & Sons.

An album containing photographs of the Forbes family and their friends including Millicent Lyall Forbes, George Alexander Forbes, Betty Forbes, Peg Forbes, Pamela Wilson, Ross Wilson, Margaret Neilson, Jean Lyttle, Isabel Taylor, Jane Drope, Betty Hall, Joan MacPhail, Joan Norwich, Jayne Clement, Jack Vincent, Betty and Lou Breithaupt, Eleanor Snyder, Jean Augustine, Patty Ann Augustine, Barbie Augustine, and many others. Several photographs feature Camp Forty at Lake Tyson, Thistletown (part of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto), Christmas celebrations, christenings, and trips to British Columbia, Arizona, California, Texas, South Carolina, and Yellowstone National Park. Also includes a ticket stub or name card for Millicent Lyall Forbes when she attended the Canadian Nurses Association 25th biennial meeting at the University of British Columbia between June 26-30, 1950.

One upper body studio portrait of Ela Bliss Moyer in collared shirt and tie seen looking at camera.

One upper body studio portrait of Ela Bliss Moyer seen looking off camera in partial profile.

One upper body studio portrait of Metta Sophia Moyer in a high-collared top, seen looking off camera.

Upper body studio portrait of Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Moyer, seen looking off camera in a partially beaded, high-collared top.

Upper body studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz seen looking off camera and wearing a Cedar Falls Drum Corps uniform and cap.

A snapshot of Joan Elizabeth Schantz (right) and Sally Ann Schantz standing outside and smiling at camera.

Photograph of the exterior of Orpheus Moyer Schantz's family home in Morton Park, Chicago. Carrie Schantz is visible seated on front steps and standing to her right, on the lawn, are Ruth Schantz and Worth Flagler Schantz. Also included in the shot are a newly planted tree and a wood plank sidewalk.

Upper body studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz seen looking off camera, possibly given by Orpheus to his sister Sophie Emma Schantz.

Snapshot of Sally Ann Schantz standing outside in front of a bare shrub and smiling at camera.

Snapshot of (left to right) Dorothy, Margery Ruth and Walter Bishop Spelmen as children standing on the running boards of a Cole 8 car.

Eight pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from cousin Mabel (Mrs. W.H.) Copeland, postmarked Clear Lake, Iowa. Includes stamped envelopes.

16 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her uncle Orpheus Schantz, Chicago, Ill. Includes stamped envelopes.

One full body studio portrait of Dorothy Louise Moyer, age 10 1/2 months. Dorothy is shown sitting on a chair looking at the camera and dressed in a white gown.

One upper body studio portrait photograph of Emma Bliss Moyer (wife of Samuel Moyer) seen looking off camera..

One group studio portrait of Samuel Moyer and Emma Bliss Moyer with their children Ela Bliss Moyer (standing right), Robert B. Moyer (standing left) and Louise Moyer.

Snapshots taken between 1917 and 1942 of Austin Schantz and his life in Colorado. The photographs are largely unidentified, although some identifications are present. Includes images of Denver, Colorado during a snowstorm ; Colorado mountains and landscapes ; mining operations ; Christmas and New Years decorations ; animals ; buildings, ; Arthur Schantz at his cabin and holding fish ; as well as unidentified others.

Hand coloured photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz's home at 4215 West 24th St., Cicero, Illinois. Carrie Flagler Schantz and Ruth Schantz are shown on the porch while Worth Schantz plays on the lawn.

Upper body studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz seen looking at camera.

Full body studio portrait of Ruth (age 12) and Worth (age 2) Schantz seen looking off camera. Ruth is seated with Worth standing at her side, his left arm resting on her lap.

Upper body studio portrait of Ruth Schantz, seen from the left side with a ribbon in her hair.

A collection of musical notation to be sung by students from Sunday Schools across Chicago as part of the Chicago Sunday School Field Day.

File consists of plans and drawings of fish collecting systems for two dams in Oregon: Bonneville Dam and McNary Dam.

Issues of the Ulster County Gazette, Kingston for January 4, 1800 and January 14, 1800.

File consist of Burt's Among the Clouds, Mount Washington for July 17, 1880.

File consists of material relating to a clambake hosted by Col. Samuel P. Colt at his farm in Rhode Island to meet the president and directors of the Industrial Trust Company. Colt was the chairman of the board of directors, as well as the president of the United States Rubber Company. File includes a personalized menu and guest list for Talmon Henry Rieder and newspaper clippings, as well as an invitation for a clambake held another year.

File consists of an album probably compiled by Paul Rieder. Includes snapshots of friends and family members and snapshots taken on trips to the US and around Ontario. Album also includes ts. notes "Tour of Western States," describing a trip to the US. Some photographs include date/captions. Some photographs appear to be missing.

File consists of a studio portrait of Catherine Feick and family, seen looking at camera in two rows, standing and seated. Catherine and husband Menno Liebler are likely the couple seated at centre front.

File consists of a letter and postcard to Carl A. Pollock from John Koegler, photographs of Koegler and his house in Hawaii, and 2 press clippings on award-winning annual reports and Electrohome's developments in reverse osmosis.

File consists of material relating to the writing and publication of an application case history on the use of Electrohome's ECP 3100 projection system at the California Compensation Insurance Co. (CalComp, Novato, CA) in the January 1994 special advertising section of TRAINING magazine. Includes memoranda and correspondence, two issues of the section, faxed draft and final versions of the article, a clipped copy of the article, transparencies illustrating the application, and promotional material from TRAINING magazine.

File consists of material relating to the announcement of Electrohome's contract with INGOLF Plaza (Sunnyvale, CA) for the supply of ECP 2100 projection units for use with INGOLF's computerized golf simulator. Includes a portfolio of material about INGOLF, press clippings, copies of a news release, and five photographs of the projectors in use at INGOLF.

File consists of two unused postcards showing Letchworth State Park in New York and the Administration Building of the State University Teacher's College in Geneseo, New York.

One snapshot of a gravestone of Frederick A. Schneider, 1843-1920, taken in Calistogo, Napa Valley, California.

Snapshots of Herb and Betty "skiing with the Hilkers, Stowe, 1989".

An album containing photographs of the Forbes family and their friends including Betty Forbes, Peg Forbes, Millicent Lyall Forbes, Robert Forbes, Grace Forbes (nee Bickford), Judy Forbes, George Alexander Forbes, Jim Johnson, Bill Stuart, Bob O’Connor, and others. Several photographs feature camping activities, cars, picnics, family pets, planes, parades, trips to British Columbia and Alaska, Lake Tyson, Puslinch Lake, Tobermory, Bishop Strachan School, St. George’s Nursery School, Thistletown, part of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and Club Kingsway in Toronto. Also includes photographs of Betty and Forbes in their nursing uniforms and their graduation ceremonies, and images related to the World Wars including George Alexander Forbes in uniform, prisoner of war Jack Currie [?] and many other individuals in military uniform.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1947. Several entries describe family events, parties, dances, trips to Buffalo, Sudbury and British Columbia, and Betty’s work at Claremont Nursery School. The diary includes letters, telegrams, invitations, programs, press clippings, pressed flowers, a napkin, and a photograph of an unknown individual.

File consists of three photographs taken along the Columbia River highway in Oregon taken by R.I. Gifford (Portland, OR).

File consists of one receipt, in French, for work performed by an enslaved Black female named Maria on a chain gang in New Orleans in 1825. Translation reads "Wages for negress on the chain: The city treasury will pay to Mr. D. Fitch the sum of 11 piastre and 50 cents for forty six days of work by his negress Maria, employed by the public works from August 9 to October 3." The document is signed by David Fitch and Precend Lament [?] and is dated at New Orleans, Oct. 3, 1825.

Attached to the receipt is what appears to be a clipping from the vendor catalogue which listed the item for sale. It reads:
"174. NEGRO CHAIN GANG LABOR RECEIPT. Printed document, in French, signed, one page, oblong small quarto. Nouvelle-Orleans, 1825. Interesting if not gruesome document. Receipt for labor in the chain gang performed by a negress."

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

Six pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her cousin Worth, Chicago, Ill. One is an elaborate pop-up valentine dated 1915; one an undated New Year's card and one a wedding announcement.

A promotional notebook published in 1912 by the Alaska Feather & Down Co., Montreal, used by Dorothy Russell to record movies, plays and concerts she attended in Kitchener, Ont., Toronto, Sarnia, Chatham and Chicago, 1921-1928. Included are the names of actors and actresses, the theatre and the date.

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

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Abraham Nash Moyer seen in partial profile.

One upper body studio portrait of Edmund Warren Moyer seen in profile.

One head studio portrait of Jacob Moyer seen looking off camera.

Head and torso studio portrait of Jesse Gross Moyer dressed in suit and tie, looking off camera.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Lillian M. Moyer seen looking off camera.

One upper body portrait of Louise Moyer seen leaning over the back of a chair and wearing a dress with a lace collar.

Upper body studio portrait of J.M. Moyer. Identification from verso.

Upper body studio portrait of Carrie Flagler Schantz and Worth Schantz.

Cyanotype photograph of Orpheus Moyer Schantz and Ruth Schantz. Orpheus is seated on a swing out front of their home at Morton Park with arm around Ruth who is standing at his side.

Photograph of the home of Orpheus Moyer Schantz and family at Morton Park. Two unidentified children, possibly Ruth and Worth, are visible standing on the porch. The photograph has been mounted on a board and with a decorative handwritten caption that reads "Residence of Mr. & Mrs. O.M. Schantz, Morton Park, Ills., Sept. 9, 1892."

Three photographs that have been hole punched and tied together. The first shows Ruth Schantz sitting in a wheelbarrow with Carrie Flagler Schantz in front of the home at Morton Park. The second shows Ruth Schantz and Orpheus Moyer Schantz on the steps of the home at Morton Park. The third shows Ruth standing in a garden holding flowers.

Portrait of the employees of Welden Combination of Iowa Falls, Iowa. Identified on the verso are: William Welden (Proprietor & Manager), S.H. Welden (Travelling Salesman), J.L. Welden (Shipping Clerk), Robert Wright, Jr. (Manager Clothing Department), E.R. Stewart (Assistant Manager Clothing Department), Aaron McDonell (Manager Grocery Department), Clint McDonell (Delivery-man), Orpheus Moyer Schantz (Manager Dry Goods Department), Kate Griswold (Stenographer and Typewriter), O.J. Lawson (Fashionable Cutter), J.H. Flemming (Journeyman Coatmaker), George Schade (Pants Maker).

Ten business cards collected by Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Businesses include: McLean Armature Works, Chicago ; C.S. Allen family pharmacist, Chicago (business card opens to reveal price list) ; Hathaway, Soule & Harrington, Chicago (advertisement for new fall and winter men's shoes) ; The Butterick Publishing Co. Ltd., Chicago ; Alex M. Rivenburg, D.D.S., Chicago ; Chinese and Japanese Store, Chicago ; The Northern Trust Company Bank, Chicago (with timecard from Chicago to Wilmette on verso) ; J.H. Kelley, agent for O.R. Gilbert & Co., Taxidermy and Furs, Council Bluffs, Iowa ; Blair Union Christian Endeavour Society, annotated by Carrie Belle Blaschke (unfolds to show listing of lectures for the season) ; C.F. Steckleberg, Music Teacher and Soloist, Council Bluff, Iowa. Of interest to note is that C.F. Steckleberg was head of the violin department at University of Nebraska School of Music.

Two business cards of Orpheus Moyer Schantz from when he was employed by Carson, Pirie & Company (now Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company). One card is professionally printed and shows the company's office, the other has been hand lettered on a small piece of painted canvas. In 1890 the company became Carson, Pirie & Scott, and in 1904 they moved to the landmark Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building. Now called Carson's, the company continues to be an important Chicago business.

File contains an two envelopes with examples of German ration coupons from the 1920s and examples of scrips from Rochester, New York and Multnomah County in Oregon. The ration coupons include a pencil identification that reads: "Walter Johann".

Diary entries begin with March 8, 1867, but this whole section is marked cancelled and is re-copied starting April 8, 1867. It begins with a record of Tobias' trip to Missouri to see his father, leaving his wife Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) with their 3-year old son Orpheus and new baby Etta, born the previous October. Tobias' father Benjamin with his second wife Margaret and children had gone to homestead near Wellville, west of St. Louis, in 1866. Tobias records his impressions of the countryside, the people, the prospects, the discouragement of all but his father with life in Missouri (March 17th). On July 2 he returns to Canada to where he is then living (near "Campden" --Grimsby within walking distance.) Throughout the diary Tobias records the weather and a daily health bulletin, letters sent and received, as well as his daily reading. He goes through periods of recording his meals. Tobias also lists all the work he does every day. He mentions setting the water for porridge, making the bed, polishing his son's shoes, carrying the baby to church, etc. On Nov. 9 he took a bath, on Nov. 25 he "did not sleep short of midnight. Was talking with Mary about my thought, troubles about religion ...". All parts of the diary have been filled with writing, dating as far as 1889 -- some accounts, recipes both household and medical (many give source), a record of the family tree -- births, marriages, deaths, transcribed songs, and an account probably written in Conestogo ca. 1875 of his spiritual trials and tribulations dating from 1862 and his efforts to achieve inner peace. This account is continued in the "other book," although it is not clear what book this referred to.

Contains two photographs of the Kaufman plant in Batavia New York under the name Kaufman Footwear Corporation.

One upper body studio portrait of Clyde Entrekin Moyer seen in partial profile.

One head and body studio portrait of Ela Bliss Moyer seen looking off camera.

Upper body studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz seen looking off camera.

Upper body studio portrait of Ruth Schantz, age three, seen dressed in a lace trimmed top and looking off camera.

Full length studio portrait of Ruth Schantz, age 15 months, seen standing on a wicker chair in a long black dress and looking off camera.

Photograph of members of the Schantz family and friends seen seated together in a residential home.

Back row: Etta Schantz, [Kathryn Ellis]
Middle row: H. Goodwal Dickerman, Charlotte Hayes Moyer, Harry Rollin Moyer, Orpheus Moyer
Front row: Carrie Flagler Schantz, Ruth Schantz, Mary Emma Moyer.

Snapshot of Joan Elizabeth Schantz as a child seated outside in a garden in front of a stone wall and shrubbery.

Head and torso studio portrait possibly of John Book or Jesse (last name unknown) seen looking off camera and dressed in suit and tie.

Head and torso studio portrait of Agnes Nash seen in partial profile looking off camera. Nash is wearing a top with lace edging around the collar and a cross on a choker necklace.

Studio portrait of the Honsberger family. The spelling of the Honsberger name varies in inscription on verso.

Back row, left to right: Lucinda Honsberger, Amanda White (nee Honsberger), Owen Honsberger, Lovina Levagood (nee Honsberger).

Front row, left to right: Benjamin Honsberger, Phoebe Murphy (nee Honsberger), Ervine Honsberger, Rosa Honsberger, Mrs. Stickney (first name unknown), Esther Honsberger (nee Biehn).

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

Full length studio portrait of Worth Schantz shown sitting on a chair and wearing a long white gown.

Photograph of a young bald eagle taken by W.W. Freeman.

Photograph, with caption pasted on back, from the Des Moines Register taken by staff photographer Jack Brinton.

File consists of two identical snapshots of members of the Bowlby family in Los Angeles in 1901. Includes David Sovereign Bowlby, Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby, Grace Bowlby Fennell and two unknown people. Versos read "Los Angeles May 6, 1901. To dear Mosom with love from Grandma" and "Lose Angelse Cal. May 6, 1901. To dear little Frieda with grandma's love."