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

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.

File consists of a booklet containing 20 photochrom prints of views seen along the Columbia River highway.

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 photograph of the Augustine and Kaufman families taken on December 25, 1941 in front of 22 Margaret Ave. Kitchener, Ontario.

Back row, left to right: Albert William Augustine, Mary Eleanor Kaufman (Merritt), Edmond Kaufman, Bernard Sandwell, Robert Kaufman, Carl Kaufman, Alvin Ratz Kaufman, Milton Ratz Kaufman.

Middle Row, left to right: Mary Caroline Augustine, Edna Louise Augustine, Helen Mary Sandwell, Jean Kaufman (wife of A.R. Kaufman), Jean Kaufman (Koetsier), Emma Ratz Kaufman, Edith Kaufman (wife of M.R. Kaufman), John Ross Augustine.

Front row, left to right, seated: Mrs. Hutton, Mary Kaufman.

A snapshot of Mary Caroline Augustine with water lilies taken at the family cottage on Georgian Bay with Margaret Copland and Maid Margaret.

Photograph of Emma Kaufman (at right) smiling and shaking hands with Margaret Heilig, Executive Direction of the Hamilton Young Women's Christian Association next to fusuma painted with a water-themed Japanese landscape donated by Kaufman.

A snapshot of Mary Eidt Kaufman and her three sisters quilting outside 22 Margaret Avenue in Kitchener, Ontario.

Left to right: Emma Sutter, [Clara?], Mary Kaufman, Adeline Hill.

Four pieces of personal correspondence one written to Emma Kaufman, and three written by Emma Kaufman. These three letters are written to friends in Japan and are dated Dec. 4, 5 and 7 respectively, and describe her efforts to gather material to send back with a Japanese friend on the Dec. 14th sailing of a ship from Los Angeles to Japan.

Material relating to a "pre-birthday party" held for Emma Kaufman at Covenant College in Toronto, Ontario. Contains an invitation, guest-book sheets, regrets list, snapshots, photographs, and party ephemera.

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.

A photograph of Edna Louise Augustine and Mary Ham in front of the fireplace. The photograph was taken in the living room of the house at 22 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener.

Postcard of Central School, Berlin, Canada.

Postcard of scene in Waterloo Park, Waterloo, Canada.

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

File consists of 1 photograph of 2 women posing for the camera while working on bottling line.

File consists of 7 photographs and 2 negatives of men and women working on Seagram's V.O. bottling line at Waterloo plant.

File consists of 4 photographs and 4 negatives of women sitting while working on Seagram's V. O. Canadian whiskey bottling line.

File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. Samuel Bronfman sitting behind a large desk. Verso reads: extra prints: slide no. A37.

File consists of 1 street-view photograph of plant's windowed brick carpenter shop. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of 3 plant warehouses. Recto: photograph labelled 'B'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 photograph of a street-level view of brick buildings. Recto: photograph labelled 'B'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 photograph of street-level view of plant, including railway tracks. Recto: photograph labelled 'A'. Verso reads: taken for record & insurance purposes. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. Samuel Bronfman and Mr. Victor Fischel kneeling on either side of whiskey barrel. Photograph dated 4.21.1952. Photograph numbered '2'. File verso reads: group of photos showing Mr. Samuel Bronfman at the Seagram family achievement association meeting and dinner in 1952.

File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. Samuel Bronfman and Mr. Victor Fischel sitting, along with three other men. Behind the row of 5 men 'WELCOME Seagram family achievement association' banner hangs on the wall. Photograph dated 4.21.1952. Photograph numbered '5'. File verso reads: group of photos showing Mr. Samuel Bronfman at the Seagram family achievement association meeting and dinner in 1952.

File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. Samuel Bronfman sitting at a table and listening to speaker. Photograph dated 4.21.1952. Photograph numbered '6'. File verso reads: group of photos showing Mr. Samuel Bronfman at the Seagram family achievement association meeting and dinner in 1952.

File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. Samuel Bronfman sitting at a table and listening to speaker. Photograph dated 4.21.1952. Photograph numbered '7'. File verso reads: group of photos showing Mr. Samuel Bronfman at the Seagram family achievement association meeting and dinner in 1952.

File consists of l photograph of Mr. Samuel Bronfman, seated at table with beverage glasses, between his two sons. Art mural on back wall is of stylised distillation equipment. Verso reads: taken in 1962.

File consists of 1 photograph of close-up view of warehouse construction site. Framework visible. Verso reads: taken April 8, 1965 for record purposes. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 photograph of warehouse construction site. Framework visible, side paneling begun. Verso reads: taken April 27, 1965 for record purposes. Print no. 837. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 aerial photograph of top and side of the Case bond warehouse. Completion of roof in progress. Verso reads: taken June 7, 1965 for record purposes. Print no. 947. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 photograph of side of case bond warehouse exterior. Verso reads: taken June 7, 1965 for record purposes. Print no. 947. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 photograph of case bond warehouse interior. Verso reads: taken June 21, 1965 for record purposes. Print no. 992. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 photograph of site foundation construction. Verso reads: taken 1965 for record purposes. Print no. 1238. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 group photograph of Long Service Awards recipients, 1971-72. Verso reads: L. to R. Seated: Lucria Letson, Ann Cranston, Edith Tukums, David Roche, Edith Dorscht, Shirley Hertzberger, Edith Martin. Standing: George Field, Albert Moorhouse, William Kyle, Rocco D'Angelo, Edmund Michalosky, Alfred Burger, Abner Shantz, John Louwe, Lorne Heiman, Robert Strickler, Jerome Hunt, Clarence Wey.Back Row: Layton Schwartz, Donald Goddard, Gerald Thiel, Ramon Jacobi, Kenneth Tuckwood, Steve Kozlowski, Roger Crane, Angus Horne.Absent: Rose Pollock.Taken in 1971 for record purposes. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 photograph of 4 men standing and shaking hands. Includes Mr. R. Hopf, retired, and Mr. A Pym, retired. Verso reads: taken in 1971 for record purposes. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 photograph of 3 men and 5 women sitting at a round table with Mr. A. W. Downe standing. Verso reads: Taken in 1971 for record purposes. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 photograph of Charles Bronfman, M. Griffin, and A. Downe standing in front of open door at Seagram plant. Verso reads: taken in 1971 for record purposes. No extra prints.

File consists of 1 portrait photograph of Mr. Edgar Bronfman in 1971.

File consists of 1 group photograph of Waterloo plant Gordon's Deluxe vodka bottling linemale and female staff, bottles on the line. Verso reads: taken in 1972 for record purposes.

File consists of 1 photograph of 2 women showing Gordon's Deluxe vodka bottles on the bottling line to a group of men in suits. Verso reads: taken in 1972 for record purposes.

File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. Art Dawe with tasting glass standing beside large wooden barrels. Verso reads: taken Jan. 1973.

File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. Art Dawe and Mr M. McClenaghan standing beside large barrels, sampling product using large pipe. Verso reads: taken Jan. 1973.

File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. Art Dawe, Mr. A. Downe, M. McClenaghan, and G. Debby standing in front of the open doors to the Canadian government excise bonding warehouse, no. 6. Verso reads: "taken Jan. 1973."

File consists of 1 photograph of J. Stumpf, George Delby, R. Day, A.C. Dawe, and A.W. Downe standing around a barrel in front of Canadian government excise bonding warehouse no.6. Verso reads: taken 1974.

File consists of 1 photograph of empty racks inside warehouse no. 6. Verso reads: taken 1974.

File consists of 1 aerial photograph of distillery warehouse interior demolition. Verso reads: taken 1974.

File consists of 1 photograph of remains of distillery warehouse foundation. Verso reads: taken 1974.

File consists of 1 photograph of construction of new bond warehouse, exterior . Verso reads: taken 1974.

File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. Charles Bronfman, Mel Griffin and Mr. Downe standing outside of warehouse.

File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. Charles Bronfman, sitting on table with Mel Griffin and Mr. Downe in background, conversing with plant workers. Verso reads: taken 1974.

File consists of 1 photograph of Mr. A.W. Downe shaking hands with Mr. D. Trump while accepting farewell gift.

File consists of 1 aerial photograph of Waterloo plant and surrounding area.

File consists of 1 photograph of parade with horse-drawn red float containing band. Named 'The Seagram's V.O. Bandwagon'. Recto reads: 79/002-C 2.

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.

One photograph of nurses dressed in white uniforms marching in a parade along a cobblestone city street. An Elkhart General Hospital Training School banner is being carried by nurses near the back of the group.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White, undated, from Lowrena, Detroit, Michigan.

Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Mabel, Yale, Mich.

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.

One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Muriel Shannon, postmarked Toronto, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.

Seven pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Anna Vetter, postmarked Bridgeport, Ont. and Carstairs, Alberta. Includes stamped envelopes.

One tax notice for Arthur Benjamin Schantz's land in Big Prairie, Alberta. Notice was never opened.

Upper body studio portrait of Eli Brubacher, seen looking at camera.

One studio portrait of Annie Nash Fry (wife of Samuel Fry) seen looking at camera. Annie is shown late in life wearing a bonnet which ties at her neck, and glasses. Also includes one print of the identical portrait with a poem. Item may be a funeral card. Identification from verso with birth date as 1819 and death as 1903. Identification is uncertain however, as a print with a poem about the woman identifies the woman as Nancy Fry (possibly familiar form of Anna).

Poem reads:

We meet, in thankfulness to-day,
For blessings showered on our way.
May all our hearts with love abound
As once again we gather round
The heartstone of Aunt Nancy.
Vineland, August 9th, 1905.

One upper body studio portrait, possibly of Faith Gribble. Photograph is in an embossed green enclosure with a purple interior and reads "With the Compliments of the Season."

Three identical group portraits of the attendees of the golden wedding anniversary of Benjamin Hunsperger and Esther Biehn Hunsperger. The Hunspergers were the parents of Ward Malott White's second wife Ella Amanda Hunsperger. They lived in Westcott Alta, near Didsbury.