Film approximately 7:20 minutes in length of Kitchener Mall a pedestrianized stretch of King Street East in downtown Kitchener during the summer months. Pedestrians and cyclists are seen moving along sidewalks and crossing streets, with the occasional trolleybus passing by. Parking spaces are painted in white hash marks with numerous tree-filled planters, flowerbeds, and benches positioned within and along them. Shots of flower beds, sculptures, a water fountain donated by the Big Brothers Association, and people seated on patios and benches appear through out. Buildings and storefronts visible include: Odeon, Eaton's, Kresge, Dutch Boy Food Market, Strand Bowl, Palladium Restaurant, Lyric theatre, Pennsylvania Kitchen, Goudies Department Store, the Walper Hotel, Queen's Restaurant, the Toronto Dominion Bank, Grafton's, Woolworth's, Sally's, Zeller's, Jack Fraser, Herman Lippert Mens Wear, Young's Jewellers, Samer's, and Frank's Mens Wear.

File consists of one studio portrait of William John Motz. The photograph shows five different angles of William John seated around a table playing cards and smoking.

File consists of one studio portrait of William John Motz as an infant. He is sitting, likely in his mother's lap, but she has been cropped out from the photograph.

File consist of clippings relating to the city of Brockville.

File consist of one print of a photograph of the old parliament buildings.

File consists of one document appointing Thomas Carfrae to be collector of duties and customs for the Port of Toronto as well as one item of correspondence informing Thomas of the appointment.

File consist of the December 8, 1835 edition of The Patriot, Toronto.

File consists of a circular on the Canadian Institute.

File consist of The Diamond Jubilee, Toronto, published specially for the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria.

File consists of one programme for the twelfth anniversary of the Bonar Presbyterian Church in Toronto.

File consist of clippings relating to Niagara on the Lake.

File consist of the December 1, 1916 edition of the Evening Mercury. This edition is a special report on the daughters of King George V.

File consists of a poster for a monster pageant depecting scenes of Confederation for the semi-centennial celebration in Brantford.

File consists of one manuscript essay on reminiscences of Freeport, Waterloo County from 1867-1873, by M.G. Sherk [i.e. Scherck]. The reminiscences were later published in the Waterloo Historical Society annual volume.

Photograph of Corbels on the building of University College, Toronto.

Photograph of an embankment on the edge of a river with trees, possibly at Parc de la Chute-Montmorency.

Photograph of a portion of French River, Ontario showing rapids.

Photograph of the interior of University College, Toronto showing a view between three arches.

Photograph of the interior of University College, Toronto showing a view between three arches.

Photograph taken looking along the edge of the Promenade des Gouverneurs in Quebec City. A striped awning can be seen, as well as the metalwork fence of the Promenade. In the distance is the St. Lawrence River.

Two photographs on one plate. The first shows a side view of Queen's Park, Toronto and the second shows the North-West Rebellion memorial statue on the Queen's Park grounds.

Photograph of Smoke Lake, in Algonquin Park, from the south end.

Photograph of waterfalls flowing into a body of water with rapids. At the top of rocks that the water is flowing down are trees.

Photograph of a number of small waterfalls flowing down a rocky hillside into a body of water. At the top of, and dotted throughout the hillside are trees.

File consists of a map of Kitchener and Waterloo surrounded by a business directory and year long calendars for 1945 and 1946.

File consists of one snapshot of Milliken Park in Toronto.

File consists of one photograph of a group of students sitting on the steps of Victoria Public School, Kitchener. One student is holding a sign that reads, in part "Victoria School...1923..."

Map of Southern Ontario showing railroad lines and marine shipping lines. The borders of the map list rail stops.

File consists of one photograph of Joseph Illig in his naval uniform before shipping out. The photograph was taken in the backyard at 123 Roger Street in Waterloo, Ontario.

File contains negatives of Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Prince Philip, visiting Riverside Park in Cambridge on their Royal Tour of Ontario in 1973. Various dignitaries, including the mayor of Cambridge, welcomed the Queen an Prince. Includes scenes of the Queen signing a guest book and talking with the crowd gathered to see her. Also included are shots of the Queen greeting Louise Howell, who turned 100 years old on the day of the Queen's visit.

File contains negatives depicting Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip traveling to the Kitchener cenotaph during the Royal Tour of Ontario in 1973. Included are shots of the crowd along the route for the car cavalcade, the Oxlea Tower in downtown Kitchener and bagpipe players dressed in Scottish clothing.

File contains negatives depicting Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's visit to Kitchener, as well as the re-dedication ceremony of the Kitchener cenotaph, during the Royal Tour of Ontario in 1973. Scenes include the Queen greeting various dignitaries including the Kitchener mayor, archdeacons, reverends, and veterans. Also included are views of the surrounding area and gathered crowd, as well as the Oxlea Tower, the Kitchener's Farmers’ Market and panorama shots of the event.

File contains negatives depicting Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's visit to Kitchener, as well as the re-dedication ceremony of the Kitchener cenotaph, during the Royal Tour of Ontario in 1973. Scenes include the Queen greeting various dignitaries including the Kitchener mayor, archdeacons, reverends, and veterans. Also included are views of the surrounding area and gathered crowd, as well as the Oxlea Tower, the Kitchener's Farmers’ Market and panorama shots of the event.

File contains negatives of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's royal visit to Kitchener during the extended Ontario royal tour in 1973. Prince Philip accompanied the Queen. The negatives depict the royal couple at the Canadian National Railway (CNR) station in Kitchener boarding the royal train for the tour. Most of the negatives depict the Queen and Prince Philip waving from the back of the Caboose. The Krug Furniture factory in downtown Kitchener can be seen in the background.

File consists of one photograph of George Elmore Reaman in his regalia as Director of Adult Education at the University of Waterloo.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters sent between Gisela Sommer and Ulrich Sommer that were written while Gisela visited her parents in Germany. Of special interest is a letter by Ulrich to Gisela that describes his experience attending Barker Fairley’s birthday celebration at University College in Toronto, Ontario on May 21, 1986. Records include letters, greeting cards, postcards, funeral invitations, and photographs of family members.

A snapshot featuring members of the Augustine, Ham, Kaufman families standing on a dock at John C. Breithaupt's cottage in Georgian Bay, Ontario.

Back row, left to right: Ruth Mary Hagmeier, Mrs. T.H. Reiger, Elspeth (Mrs. J.E.) Breithaupt, Emma R. Kaufman, Edna (Mrs. A.W.) Augustine, Albert Jacob Augustine.

Front row, left to right: Mary Ham, John Ross Augustine.

Letters from Betty and Peg Forbes to their parents, Millicent Lyall Forbes and George Alexander Forbes, predominantly during their time at Camp Wapomeo in Algonquin Park. Also included are letters to Millicent Lyall Forbes from a camp counsellor at Camp Wapomeo.

Letters from Betty and Peg Forbes to their mother, Millicent Lyall Forbes, during their time as students at Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario. Letters also include a package of test questions.

Letters from Betty and Peg Forbes to their mother, Millicent Lyall Forbes, during their time as students at Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario.

Letters from Betty and Peg Forbes to their mother, Millicent Lyall Forbes, during their time as students at Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario.

Letters from Betty and Peg Forbes to their parents, Millicent Lyall Forbes and George Alexander Forbes, during their time as students at Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario.

Letters from Betty and Peg Forbes to their mother, Millicent Lyall Forbes, during their time as students at Bishops Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario.

Letters from Betty and Peg Forbes to their mother, Millicent Lyall Forbes, during their time as students at Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario.

Letters from Betty and Peg Forbes to their mother, Millicent Lyall Forbes, during their time as students at Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario.

Letters, cards, and postcards written to Betty Forbes and Bill Land from Millicent Lyall Forbes, Helene, Isabelle Alexandra Burt (Aunt Diddy), and Uncle Art. File also includes letters from Ray McMurphy to Betty Forbes, an account with Smuck's China and Gift Shop in Kitchener, and a wedding program for Thomas Land and Sylvia Wink.

An album containing photographs of the Forbes family and their friends including Millicent Lyall Forbes, George Alexander Forbes, Peg Forbes, Betty Forbes, Bill Land, Jennifer Land, Janet Land, Thomas Land, and Greg Clark. Several photographs feature the Hillhead estate, Lake Tyson, the Toronto Hunt Club, and a party held at Dr. Biglow’s residence in honour of Greg Clark receiving an L.L.D. from the University of Western Ontario (now Western University) on June 4, 1960. Also includes a letter written by Janet Land to Dampa regarding an attached photograph of Bill and Betty Forbes along with their children.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1948. Several entries describe Betty’s work in British Columbia, family events, dances, a trip to Alaska, holidays, and Peg Forbes’s wedding to Colin Andrew (Joe) Wilson. The diary contains letters, invitations, lists, a patch, and press clippings including one titled, Girls advised to train for career and marriage published in The Globe and Mail on January 27, 1948.

Postcard of Central School, Berlin, Canada.

Postcard of scene in Waterloo Park, Waterloo, Canada.

Postcard of the old Tassie High School, Galt, Ontario.

Article "C.W.A. Meet, Waterloo, July 1st and 2nd," Saturday Globe, June 22, 1895: [1]. This article concerns the annual meet of the C.W.A. [Canadian Wheelman's Association?] to be held in Waterloo, Ont. in 1895. Joseph E. Seagram was Honorary President of the Waterloo Bicycle Club and donated a horse as a prize for this meet. The article also includes two images of the Waterloo Bicycle Club Track, as well as portraits of local individuals: D. Hybner, Mayor, Berlin; Simon Snyder, Mayor, Waterloo; Waterloo Bicycle Club officers J.W. Fear, J.M. Scully, Geo. Wegenast, F.G. Hughes, A.H. Snyder, C.W. Wells; also W.G. Roos, C.H. Froelich.

Contains one black leather bound notebook used by Frederick Arthur Edmonds as a diary. The notebook is ruled, contains some numbered pages, and opens lengthwise. Entries are dated and sporadic, are written in pencil, and include a chart of the names of soldiers from the 16th Platoon, with their identification number, rank, age, marital status, date of arrival in France, religion, next of kin, trade, and courses. Includes a loose leaf of paper in the front pocket of the notebook, and several blank pages. The diary entries are titled "My diary since leaving the 'Ypres Salient'", and detail the movement of troops, destinations, times leaving and arriving places, encampments, training progress, weather, distances from place to place in kilometres, locations of battles, places billeted, conditions in the trenches, descriptions of battles, objectives, conditions, attacks, general notes about casualties, tanks, mines, and descriptions of Edmonds' stay in the Paris Plaz hospital and Le Havre hospital. The diary goes up until just before Vimy Ridge, when Edmonds is invalided home.

Contains two original photographs and two reproduction photographs of two different informal group portraits of eight unidentified women. Caption on envelope states that these are "pictures of a trip Mr. Kaufman and others went on when trouble with the car, Irvin was along".

Contains formal portraits of people honoured on Milestone Night. Identified are:
Back row, left to right: Don Mayburry, Waldemar Betker, Larry Tierney, John Juhasz, Gerry MacKenzie, Art Loverock, Warren Roeder, Jurgen Walther.
Front row, left to right: George Klooster, Lepa Sop, Linda Deluso, Maria Andrei, Mat Filevski, Jean Kilbasco, Dorothy Schlosser.

Group portrait of the Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited hockey team, seen in uniform.

Back row: ?, ?, ?, ?, W. Plomske, ?, ?

Front row: M. Kowalski, ?, ?, [W. Wildfong], Harold Current, ?, C. Steppler

Contains photographs of employees at work on various stages of the production process. Includes identification of some of the employees: Eileen Buchner, Don Kraft, Bill Ariss, Helen Wroble, Bob Kerlit, William Kopes, Art Stager, Doug Hackbart, and John Stebli.

Contains three photographs of the Kaufman factory building on King Street in Kitchener.

Contains one photograph of the interior of the Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited factory with a view of various types of machinery.

Contains photographs of the fourth floor construction of the Kaufman Footwear building.

File consists of one reprint of the Busy Berlin map of 1912. The map was reprinted in 1989 at 69% of the original size by the Kitchener Public Library.

File consists of one aerial photograph of Central Aircraft Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in London Ontario. The buildings in the photograph are numbered and identified.

File consists of one photograph of the exterior of the Kaufman Rubber Co. building taken from slightly down the street.

File consists of one photograph of the exterior of the Kaufman Rubber Co. building taken in winter. Identification from verso.

Snapshot of A.R. Kaufman on his horse prince.

Informal snapshot of A.R. Kaufman and an unidentified man standing in a field.

Contains a newspaper clipping of a picture of the Kaufman Footwear hockey team for 1935 under the headline "Kaufman's Team Reaches Playoffs". Caption below photo reads: "Reaching the play-offs in the Kitchener Industrial Hockey League, Kaufman's team are show above. Back row - Alf Schaefer, coach; M. Kowalski, H. Schaefer, M. Wannamaker, C. Schlote, W. Plomski, E. Wannamaker, J. Frank, C. Steppler and J. Loth, manager. Front row - E. Good, A. Bernhardt and H. Current; I. Weber, mascot. - (Photo by Denton, Kitchener.)

Small volume bound tete-beche meant to record bills payable and bills receivable. Included here is a record of the indebtedness of his brothers Arthur Benjamin Schantz and Austin Tobias Schantz in connection with their ranching and farming venture in Didsbury, Alberta, as well as a record and valuation of horses owned. Expected income from investments and securities is listed. One of two loose papers included is an invoice for a pistol purchased parcel post by Constable Clarke Russell, 1931.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Annie Bowman, seen looking at camera, that was found with Hervey Bowman's belongings.

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 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.

Photographic print of an 1857 drawing of Preston, Canada.

Photograph of Ruth Schantz seated in a wooden chair holding and looking down at infant cousin Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White). An organ and baby carriage are visible in background.

Plan showing a subdivision of Berlin with 642 lots in three parcels. Includes transparent overlay stencil reflecting the locations of current Kitchener buildings and landmarks.

Shows a section of Waterloo (Erb and Willow Streets).

Relief shown by hachures.

File consists of one photograph a Christmas party at the Howe Candy Company held at the Rose Room, Knight Hall, December 1946.

File consists of one photograph of a display of Dare cookies in a general store in Carcross, Yukon.

File consists of two photographs of the exterior of the Dare Foods plant in Hamilton, Ontario.

A photograph of Dare Foods Limited's head office located at 2481 Kingsway Drive, Kitchener, Ontario likely taken soon after the building was constructed.

File consists of seven photographs taken at the Dare factory on the corner of Weber and Breithaupt Streets in Kitchener showing damage after a fire in February, 1943.

One panoramic postcard showing portions of Victoria Park, Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario including the lake and Roos Island. Unidentified male and female walkers and canoeists are visible in the photograph. The background also depicts residences, churches and industrial buildings in an area of Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario surrounding the park.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Beatrice in Preston, Ont.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy White from Kay Frizzell, postmarked Toronto and Bognor, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes. Kay was a friend from Toronto when Dorothy attended Normal School there.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Gladys, St. Jacobs, Ont.

Eight pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Rose Hilliard, postmarked Waterloo and Goderich, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.

11 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Helen Lockie, postmarked Hamilton and Sarnia, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes. Helen was a friend from Toronto when Dorothy attended Normal School there.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Marjorie, postmarked Bradford and Toronto, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.

Three pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Dot (Dorothy Poustie), postmarked Guelph, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.