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Retirement, February 7, 1975.

File consists of material relating to the retirement dinner on February 7, 1975, given in honour of Harry D. Greb, Arthur C. Greb, Ross E. Hahn, and John D. Campbell. Includes correspondence and memoranda about the event, a guest list, the evening's agenda, a press release, press clippings, ephemera, ms. notes, and a photograph of Charles E. Greb seated at a table with John A. Pollock and others. Includes personal correspondence to Charles expressing best wishes to the retiring executives.

Greb Industries Limited

Greb Shoes, 1950s.

File consists of material relating to Greb Shoes during the 1950s. Includes press clippings (some photocopies and reprints), memoranda to Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company customers, and a photograph.

Greb Industries Limited

Greb Shoes, 1960s (file 1 of 2).

File consists of press clippings and other material relating to Greb Industries and Greb Shoes during the 1960s, and Charles E. Greb's tenure as manager of the Winnipeg plant. Includes news releases, correspondence, footwear price lists, product tags, a memorandum to retail customers, ts. speeches by Charles E. Greb and J.D. Campbell (vice-president, marketing), and other documents.

Press clippings also relate to local history and news in Kitchener-Waterloo, the death of politician Maitland Steinkopf (also founder of Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company), and GGD advertising agency (used by Greb). Photographs are of men and women wearing Greb footwear, Hush Puppies displays, an unidentified event attended by Harry and Arthur Greb, and Charles E. Greb awarding Best in Show at the K-W Kennel Club.

Greb Industries Limited

Greb Shoes, 1960s (file 2 of 2).

File consists of press clippings and other material relating to Greb Industries and Greb Shoes during the 1960s, and Charles E. Greb's tenure as manager of the Winnipeg plant. Includes news releases, correspondence, footwear price lists, product tags, a memorandum to retail customers, ts. speeches by Charles E. Greb and J.D. Campbell (vice-president, marketing), and other documents.

Press clippings also relate to local history and news in Kitchener-Waterloo, the death of politician Maitland Steinkopf (also founder of Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company), and GGD advertising agency (used by Greb). Photographs are of men and women wearing Greb footwear, Hush Puppies displays, an unidentified event attended by Harry and Arthur Greb, and Charles E. Greb awarding Best in Show at the K-W Kennel Club.

Greb Industries Limited

Greb Shoes, 1980s.

File consists of material relating to Greb Industries Limited and the career and community involvement of Charles E. Greb during the 1980s. Includes press clippings (some photocopied), correspondence addressed to Greb, ephemera, and a photograph of the site of a Greb Shoes factory before construction. Includes a letter from Prime Minister Trudeau's correspondence assistant thanking Greb for a letter sent in support of Trudeau's peace initiatives.

Greb Industries Limited

Retirement dinner : album.

File consists of an album containing photographs of a retirement dinner in honour of Harry D. Greb, Arthur C. Greb, Ross E. Hahn, and John D. Campbell, held on February 7, 1975. Includes a list of guests in attendance.

Greb Industries Limited

Public relations photographs : miscellaneous file.

File consists of material relating to the 19th Annual Broadcasting Awards dinner at Conestoga College (Kitchener, ON). Includes correspondence, a news release, and two photographs of the winners of the CKCO-TV/Betty Thompson Broadcaster of the Year award and the Carl A. Pollock Memorial Award.

Electrohome

News releases and press clippings : 1980-1992 (file 1 of 2).

File consists of Electrohome news releases and photocopied press clippings from 1980 to 1992. File also includes several news releases from CAP Communications, edited drafts of news releases, memoranda and correspondence, interim reports to shareholders, three product photographs, and other material.

Electrohome

Ontario trade and investment mission to the United Kingdom.

File consists of material relating to John A. Pollock's participation in an Ontario trade and investment mission to the United Kingdom led by Premier William G. Davis, in May 1973. Includes a group portrait and typed list identifying the people in the photograph, a letter from Premier Davis, and ephemera.

Electrohome

1972 annual report.

File consists of material relating to the production of Electrohome's 1972 annual report. Includes correspondence; a memorandum; Deilcraft and Flexsteel product literature; draft reports to shareholders from John A. Pollock and Carl A. Pollock; paper samples; negatives, a slide, and a photograph relating to CKCO-TV; a transparency of the Electrohome logo; and other material.

Electrohome

1974 annual report.

File consists of material possibly used in the production of Electrohome's 1974 annual report and/or another company publication. Includes two prints of an image of the earth from space, and two transparencies (colour separation positives) of four pages of the publication.

Electrohome

1980 annual report (file 1 of 3).

File consists of material relating to the production of Electrohome's 1980 annual report. Includes photographs, contact sheets, transparencies and negatives for use in the report; annual reports from previous years (1971, 1974, 1978, 1979); drafts of the copy for the report; photocopies of the dummy report; a dummy report cover; edited galley proofs; product literature; and other material used in the production of the report. Some photographs are attached to paper frames for cropping or are retouched by hand, and duplicate are present.

Electrohome

Research : Horton-Electrohome appliances.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's business venture with the Horton Manufacturing Company (Fort Wayne, IN). Includes memoranda, minutes of meetings of a committee formed to discuss the washing machine program, an issue of the company newsletter The Horton Pioneer containing an article about the partnership with Electrohome, and two photographs of a Horton-Electrohome portable ironer and a washing machine.

Electrohome

Visual material : file 11.

File consists of 45 negatives and 15 transparencies of Electrohome consumer products (television sets, stereo consoles, humidifiers), Deilcraft furniture, the 75th anniversary concert, and other events.

Electrohome

Visual material : file 15.

File consists of a photograph of a model with an Electrohome phonograph, and a photograph of employees with the first organs off the production line in Plant 3.

Electrohome

Visual material : file 26.

File consists of 11 photographs (plus copies) of the EGT100 satellite receiver and chassis, and possibly another similar product (?), taken from several angles. File also includes a memorandum.

Electrohome

Visual material : file 39.

File consists of three photographs of a mural depicting Electrohome's history painted by Christina Peori. Two copies of the photograph have been mounted on board. Duplicate photographs are present.

Electrohome

Visual material : file 42.

File consists of a photograph of Betty Thompson on the set of the CKCO-TV show Be My Guest, interviewing an unidentified woman.

Electrohome

Press clippings : 1970-1974.

File consists of press clippings relating to Electrohome and John A. Pollock for the period 1970-1974. File also includes four snapshots of the Electrohome plant in Malaysia, typed notes about the plant's specifications, and a contact sheet containing portraits of John A. Pollock.

Electrohome

Press clippings : 1980-1982.

File consists of press clippings relating to Electrohome and John A. Pollock for the period 1980-1982. Includes some photocopied clippings. File also includes correspondence and memoranda (from John A. Pollock and Robert Lovell) and one snapshot of John A. Pollock in Tokyo, Japan, with colleagues from Kanematsu-Gosho and JVC.

Electrohome

75th anniversary concert.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's 75th anniversary celebrations. Includes a company brochure, two copies of the program for the anniversary concert at the Centre in the Square, and a photograph taken at the concert.

Electrohome

CKCO-TV.

File consists of four photographs relating to CKCO-TV. Includes a photograph of William McGregor (surrounded by men and women) cutting a cake at a celebration, and a photograph of two men [CTV reporters or commentators?] with Toronto Blue Jay Kelly Gruber. One photograph has been glued to board and retouched.

Electrohome

Employees : award winners.

File consists of eight snapshots of individuals receiving plaques at five separate occasions. One occasion is the Quality Award of the Year award (1987) for Display Systems, accepted by Don Harrold. Some photographs include John A. Pollock. File also includes an ms. note.

Electrohome

Facilities : Murawsky Furniture Company building.

File consists of seven photographs (plus duplicates) of the Murawsky Furniture Company building at 152 Shanley Street in Kitchener, which became Electrohome Plant 4 ca. 1954. Includes aerial photographs.

Electrohome

Facilities : negatives.

File consists of ten negatives of Plant 1 (283 Duke Street), Plant 2 (480 Victoria Street North), the Murawsky Furniture Company building (152 Shanley Street, became Plant 4), the Caya Buiding (130 Weber Street West), and the Pequegnat Building (Duke and Frederick Streets, location of Technical Products Division).

Electrohome

Facilities : Plant 3 : 809 Wellington Street, Kitchener.

File consists of one photograph of Carl A. Pollock and others at the 1956 ground-breaking ceremony for the Electrohome plant at 809 Wellington Street North in Kitchener (Plant 3), two photographs of the 1962 expansion during construction, and three photographs of the plant after the expansion. File also includes an artist's sketch of the plant and a memorandum.

Electrohome

Facilities : Plant 5 : Greb building on Mansion Street.

File consists of two photographs of the Greb Shoe Company building on Mansion and Chestnut Streets in Kitchener, purchased by Electrohome in [1956?]. One of the photographs has been retouched by hand to show anticipated changes to the building.

Electrohome

Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge.

File consists of photographs, snapshots, and negatives of buildings around Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge. Includes images of the intersection at King and Frederick Streets in Kitchener, the Dana Porter Library at the University of Waterloo, the interior of the Waterloo City Centre at 100 Regina Street South, Cambridge Place, and the Cambridge campus of Conestoga College.

Electrohome

Miscellaneous.

File consists of seven photographs. Includes headshots of unidentified men, a portion of an unidentified group photograph, a photograph of men sitting around a table, and other unidentified photographs.

Electrohome

Miscellaneous : historic.

File consists of seven photographs and ephemera. Includes two mounted photographs taken on the streets of Berlin (Kitchener), including a shot of the Berlin market, town hall, and post office, a photograph of Alex Welker in his LeRoy car, a group portrait of students at Lady Belle [school?], a photograph of the interior of one of Electrohome's plants, and other photographs. File also includes a Christmas card from Elizabeth Pollock to John Koegler, and a page removed from a printed souvenir album containing a picture of C.E. Hoffman's button and suspender factory on Queen Street in Kitchener.

Page is annotated: "Pollock Mfg. Co. - 1908-1909 / upper floor - now SW corner Queen & Charles". File probably belonged to John Koegler.

Electrohome

Pollock, Carl A.

File consists of photographs and snapshots of Carl A. Pollock at various meetings, events, and presentations, and posing at his desk and on the plant floor. Includes photographs taken at the Winnipeg and Vancouver showrooms, a photograph with D. Lowater and two executives from Lima, Peru, several candid snapshots, and a photograph of a sculpted bust of Carl A. Pollock. File also includes memoranda with descriptions of two photographs.

Electrohome

Pollock, Carl A. : portraits.

File consists of four formal portraits of Carl A. Pollock, in three different poses. One photograph has been glued to stiff paper and one has been cut to an oval shape and has adhesive on the verso.

Electrohome

Pollock, John A. : contract signings.

File consists of nine photographs of John A. Pollock and other senior executives from Electrohome and from other companies signing contracts or other documents. Inlcudes photographs from four separate occasions, including the signing of a contract with Xerox.

Electrohome

Slides : titles.

File consists of seven Electrohome title slides for use in presentations. Slides contain the following text: Electrohome; Electrohome / . . . an extra degree of excellence; Electrohome / partners in business; Electrohome / look 'n listen values; and Electrohome / regardez . . . ecoutez! / voici des aubaines. Includes multiple copies of each slide.

Electrohome

Sunwapta meeting.

File consists of 57 snapshots taken at an event in Alberta, probably relating to the purchase of Sunwapta Broadcasting and/or an annual meeting. Some photographs include identification on verso. Includes photographs of Edmonton mayor Jan Reimer, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture Don Mazankowski, Alberta Culture and Multicultural Minister Doug Main, and John A. Pollock, William McGregor, and Bruce Cowie of Electrohome. Some photographs were envelopes labelled "totem", "staff", and "C.O." Duplicate photographs may be present.

Electrohome

Victory Bond advertisements.

File consists of three photographs depicting advertisements for Victory Bonds through Electrohome (two on billboards and one on a truck), a photograph of a display of products produced by Electrohome to support the war effort and promote victory bonds, and a photograph of an airplane in a field.

Electrohome

Facility slides.

File consists of slides and one photograph of Electrohome facilities: head office and electronics operations (Kitchener), Motors head office and plant (Cambridge), Lightning Circuits (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Planar Circuits (St. Catharines), Brinkley Motors (AC) (Brinkley, AR), and motors operation (DC) (Morristown, TN). Also included is a memoranda.

Electrohome

Springaire air cleaner.

File consists of two slide presentations about Electrohome air conditioners and air cleaners (each consecutively numbered and beginning with "1").

Electrohome

Electrohome design lecture series, 1974 (1) : section 4 : Montreal.

File consists of material from the fourth section of the binder Design lecture series, 1974 (1), relating to the planning of the 1974 lecture series, particularly the events in Montreal. This section is divided by the following tabs: Montreal, Speakers, Ducharme, Hacker, Nelson. Includes correspondence, memoranda, ms. notes, a schedule of events, biographies of speakers, a lecture series program, two copies of keynote speaker George Nelson's introductory talk entitled "Design: the universal necessity" (30 leaves), and several copies of a photograph of Nelson.

File also includes a reprint of an article by Nelson in the October 2, 1971 issue of Saturday Review of Literature entitled "Design, technology, and the pursuit of ugliness".

George Nelson was president of George Nelson and Company, Designers and Planners (New York, NY) and a partner in the architectural firm of Nelson and Chadwick.

Electrohome

Expenses : 1973 lecture series.

File consists of material relating to the expenditures from the 1973 design lecture series. Includes original and copies of invoices, receipts, cheque requisition forms, and travel and expense vouchers; expense statements; correspondence and memoranda; a press clipping, an invitation list, and a typed copy of D.R. Steele's outline notes from his talk at the Waterloo lecture, entitled "The management of design in an industrial community". File also includes photographs of two of the speakers in the series.

Electrohome

News releases : 1974-1976 (file 1 of 2).

File consists of news releases issued during the years 1974-1976. File also includes a portfolio of material relating to projection screen television, annotated on the cover "dealer show press kit, master".

Electrohome

Electrohome press kit : 1964-1965 home entertainment product line.

File consists of three portfolios of material relating to Electrohome's 1964-1965 home entertainment product line. Includes news releases, photographs of products with typed cutlines, and company brochures. One portfolio is annotated "Bob Lovell" and also contains press clippings (some photocopied), correspondence, and carbon copies of a press preview schedule. The portfolios are not identical and some appear incomplete.

Electrohome

Electrohome press kit : home entertainment products 1973-1974.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the 1973-1974 range of home entertainment products for Canadian and export markets. Includes news releases and six photographs of television sets and stereo consoles. Photographs have typed cutlines taped to them with details about the products, including price information.

Electrohome

Montreal Furniture Mart : Electrohome press kit.

File consists of a portfolio of material relating to the introduction of new furniture designs at the 1974 Montreal Furniture Mart. Includes news releases and a photograph and two glossy prints of line drawings with typed cutlines taped to them with details about the products and design, including price information.

Electrohome

Press kit : Electrohome consumer electronics : 1979/1980.

File consists of two portfolios of material relating to the range of electronic products for Canadian markets in 1979-1980. Includes news releases and six photographs (plus duplicates) of products, including television sets, microwaves, and stereo consoles. Some photographs have typed cutlines taped to them with details about the products, including price information. Portfolios are not identical in content.

Electrohome

Sales representative reward program : trip to Quebec : 1994 (file 1 of 2).

File consists of material relating to the planning, coordination, and publicity for the sales incentive trip to Quebec City and Montreal in 1994 for Projection Systems sales representatives. Includes correspondence and memoranda (some faxed), completed registration forms, ms. notes, tourism brochures, edited draft versions of the travel itinerary and information booklet, print-outs of presentation slides, snapshots of hotel facilities, draft versions of a video script advertising the trip, copies of the trip logo, and other material.

Electrohome

Deilcraft collections, 1981 and 1982.

File consists of two portfolios of material advertising Deilcraft furniture collections. One portfolio includes single-sheet advertisements and product information sheets, and one includes six photographs of Deilcraft furniture. Some material may have been prepared for distribution at the Toronto Furniture Show (January, 1981). Includes business card for D.J. (Don) Mayou, National Sales Manager.

Electrohome

Electrohome presents the Contemporaire.

File consists of two copies of a portfolio of material relating to the Contemporaire stereo console. Includes three leaves of information about the product, a price list, and a photograph.

Electrohome

Information used for sales meeting video made by Aldel.

File consists of material relating to historical products manufactured by Electrohome and other aspects of Electrohome history, possibly compiled for use in a sales meeting video made by Aldel [last name unknown]. Includes slides of Electrohome products and employees, photographs of Carl A. Pollock and of a meeting, photocopies of photographs of historical products, a booklet about the Electrohome members' group insurance plan, and other material.

Electrohome

Sales kit : excellence in action.

File consists of two portfolios of material relating to the 1964 "Excellence in action" advertising campaign. Includes memoranda and instructions to sales staff; advertising schedules; national advertisements; suggested advertisement layouts; radio announcement scripts; a brochure, flyers, and two photographs relating to in-store advertising and decor; single-sheet advertisements; and other material. The "Excellence in action" campaign featured Electrohome home comfort products (Humidaire, Springaire, intercom) and Phonola consoles.

Electrohome

Sales manual 4 (file 1 of 3).

File consists of material relating to sales of Electrohome consumer products, including televisions, stereos, phonographs, radios, fans, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, heaters, air conditioners, and clock radios. Includes single-sheet advertisements, price lists, and other product literature; memoranda to sales staff; typed lists of service depots; advertisements for signs and in-store displays; and two photographs of phonograph/stereo consoles. Material is divided by the following tabs: Manufacturing steps (empty), Television, High fidelity, Radio, Phonograph, Air circulators, and Selling aids.

Electrohome

Sales manual : Deilcraft/The Bay.

File consists of a manual for Deilcraft dealers (and in particular The Bay) containing product literature and typed information sheets. Material is divided by the following tabs: Occasional tables, Bedroom, and Dining room. Manual includes four product photographs and upholstery fabric swatches.

Electrohome

EDP 56 with model.

File consists of a contact print of a model standing with the EDP 56 projection unit.

Electrohome

Projection Systems application photographs.

File consists of photographs, transparencies, and slides depicting Electrohome Projection Systems products and their applications in various corporations and organizations. Applications pictured include: CSX Transportation Control Center (Jacksonville, FL), Canadian Embassy (Tokyo, Japan), Rochester Gas and Electric (Rochester, NY), Thames River Water System (London, UK), National Bowling Stadium (Reno, NV), the Barcelona Stock Exchange (Spain), and others.

Electrohome

Unidentified video projection system.

File consists of three photographs (plus duplicates) of an unidentified video projection system. One of the photographs is a composite of the other two.

Electrohome

American humidifier : HM755, HM733.

File consists of two photographs of humidifiers (HM733 and HM755), a photograph of an Airguide temperature/relative humidity gauge, a colour transparency of a humidifier part, and a transparency of a hotel room.

Electrohome

Bug lantern : EK105.

File consists of four copies of a photograph of the EK105 bug lantern, one of which has been mounted on board and retouched by hand, a transparency of the Yard Guard bug killer, and a transparency of another bug lantern.

Electrohome

Canadian Tire heaters.

File consists of seven photographs and four negatives of portable electric heaters manufactured for Canadian Tire. One of the photographs is annotated on verso: Mastercraft heaters, 1976.

Electrohome

Humidaire : AH261.

File consists of three copies of a photograph and one copy negative of the AH261 Humidaire. One copy of the photograph has been mounted on board and retouched by hand, and the other copies are reproduced from this one.

Electrohome

Humidaire : H35.

File consists of two photographs and two copy negatives of the H35 Humidaire. One of the photographs has been mounted on board and retouched by hand.

Electrohome

Humidifiers : AH106, AH112.

File consists of two composite photographs (plus duplicates) of humidifiers, one of the AH106 and AH112, and one of the H35, AH106, and AH112. The latter photograph has been cut so that the image of the AH112 is separate from the others.

Electrohome

Miscellaneous visual material.

File consists of seven transparencies, three photographs, and two slides (plus duplicates) of air conditioners, dehumidifiers, humidifiers, heaters, and bug lanterns. File also includes three copies of a leaflet advertising Humidaires.

Electrohome

Summer comfort products and humidifiers.

File consists of material relating to summer comfort products and humidifiers. Includes single-sheet advertisements for dehumidifiers, humidifiers, air conditioners, fans, and bug killers; and transparencies, a negative, a contact print, and ten slides (plus duplicates) of air conditioners and humidifiers.

Electrohome

Yard guard bug killer.

File consists of two transparencies of Yard Guard electronic bug lantern, and three copies of a single-sheet advertisement for the product.

Electrohome

C50 video monitor.

File consists of three copies of a photograph of the C50 video monitor.

Electrohome

Colour Educator 19.

File consists of one photograph (plus duplicates) and one copy negative of the Educator 19 colour receiver/monitor.

Electrohome

Contract series receiver/monitors.

File consists of two photographs (plus duplicates), two copy negatives, and one printing proof of the CMT-7A and CMT-8 models in the Contract series of receiver/monitors. Printing proof has been mounted on board.

Electrohome

D2 colour monitor montage of shots.

File consists of three copies of a composite photograph and one copy negative of the D2 colour monitor and chassis viewed from different angles.

Electrohome

ECRM-1921.

File consists of one photograph (plus duplicates) and one copy negative of the ECRM-19 receiver/monitor.

Electrohome

ECV-25N monitor and chassis.

File consists of four photographs (plus duplicates) and three copy negatives of the ECV-25N monitor and chassis, viewed from the front and back.

Electrohome

Educator 25 (file 2 of 2).

File consists of material relating to the Educator 25 receiver/monitor. Includes four copies of a photograph, one copy negative, and copies of a single-sheet advertisement. One of the photographs has been mounted on board and retouched by hand.

Electrohome

EVM-14R.

File consists of three copies of a photograph and one copy negative of the EVM-14R video monitor.

Electrohome

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