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University of Waterloo. Special Collections & Archives Series
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Motz, John and Motz, Helena Vogt

Series is comprised of materials relating to the life of John Motz and his wife Helena Vogt. Includes correspondence, ephemera, legal documents and clippings.

Motz Family

Motz, John George

Series is comprised of materials relating to the life of John George Motz. Includes a postcard photograph, funerary cards and a handkerchief.

Motz Family

Electronic files.

Series consists of computer disks with electronic files created by, or related to, Jerzy Pindera. Includes copies of stories from "Fragments of Report" as well as transcripts of the Pindera interviews.

Pindera, Jerzy Tadeusz

Professional life.

Materials created or accumulated by Joan Hollobon as part of her professional life as a journalist. Includes research materials, drafts of articles, and articles written by Hollobon and other journalists in different media. Media include:

  • Northern Daily News
  • North Bay Nugget
  • Globe and Mail
  • Globe Magazine
  • Canadian Family Physician
  • CAA
  • The Pass Promoter
  • Toronto Star
  • Star Weekly Magazine
  • University Affairs from the University of Toronto
  • New York Times
  • Scientific American
  • Time Magazine
  • Canadian Museum of Health and Medicine at the Toronto Hospital
  • CARPNews
  • Newsweek
  • Science Medicine
  • Science Forum
  • Homemaker’s Digest

Also contains related correspondence and drafts of speeches for different events, as well as articles about Hollobon’s professional career and awards.

Hollobon, Joan

Architectural drawings.

Working and architectural drawings drawn by local architect Theophilus Hughes Wells for the house at 178 Claremont Avenue.
Box arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “T. Hughes Wells, architect, working drawings (5 scrolls) to scale for Reive home, 178 Claremont Avenue, Kitchener.”

Reive Family

Photographs.

Photographs of Westmount and the house at 178 Claremont Avenue from the 1950s to the 1990s. Includes photographs of the hills of Westmount, the house, and the Reive family engaged in different activities.

Reive Family

Personal and Professional Life

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Panabaker relating to his personal and professional life, including his family, education, career, and hobbies. Includes artwork and doodles, articles written by Panabaker, and materials relating to his career at The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada (Mutual Life).

Panabaker, John H.

Realia

Series consists of realia including plaques and awards, and badges.

Dorney, Robert

Benefits.

Information on medical, pension, and profit sharing benefits for members of the Schneider Employees' Association.

Schneider Employees' Association

Research : Canada : Brenda Dougall Merriman

This series consists of research files belonging to Brenda Dougall Merriman whose work concentrated on settlements of Petworth emigrants in Canada. There is correspondence with the other project members in both Canada and England, as well as correspondence with descendants of and informants on Petworth emigrants and their settlement in Canada. A good deal of the research is on settling details of biography and genealogy of individual family names associated with the various geographical clusters of settlement.

The Jackman Foundation

Publications, Printed Material

This series includes printed materials in the form of two informational booklets which contain information on the Christian Church in Ontario. Also includes a publication by Udelle Wood entitled Our Christian Heritage , which focuses on the history of the Christian Church in Canada.

Shoults, J.H., Rev.

Audio Visual

Series consists of audio visual materials created or accumulate by Robert Dorney and his estate.

Dorney, Robert

Maps

Series consists of cartographic items collected by the Hobson family. Includes two maps of Southern Ontario showing train and maritime routes.

Hobson Family

Fish Hatchery Investigations

Series consists of material relating to fish hatchery investigations and brook trout feeding experiments carried out by Dr. John D. Detwiler from 1920-1932 in Ontario. Includes notebooks, diaries, reviews of activities, minutes, correspondence, etc.

Detwiler, John D.

Subject Files

Series consists of publications such as offprints, reprints, maps, correspondence on various topics related to conservation.

Detwiler, John D.

Clippings

Series consists of clippings from newspapers, some containing articles or editorials by John D. Detwiler, some about him and/or his work and some collected by him as of subject interest.

Detwiler, John D.

University of Waterloo administration.

Materials related to the University of Waterloo administration and James Walker's involvement in it. Includes committee and department reports; meeting agendas and minutes; agreements with other institutions; organization of study programs, events, and conferences; reviews of programs and task forces; and related correspondence and ephemera.

Walker, James

Early publications.

Materials related to Robert Shipley's publications. Includes publications authored by Shipley and publications in which he collaborated, unpublished works, articles and drawings, related newspaper clippings, and ephemera of events in which he was involved.

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence.

Personal and administrative correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley to and from different persons and institutions. Includes correspondence related to the University of Waterloo, his work and different positions he held, submissions of his writings, applications for grants and jobs, letters of acceptance and rejection, invitations to events, letters thanking him for participating in events, invoices and payments, letters congratulating him for his work, correspondence related to the Canadian Armed Forces, correspondence received from politicians, and personal correspondence.

Shipley, Robert

Teaching life.

Materials related to James Walker's teaching life at the University of Waterloo. Includes seminar and lecture notes and scripts, course schedules and overviews, handouts for class, and printouts of courses for correspondence versions of the courses.
Codes and titles for courses changed throughout the years. Courses included are:

  • “Black History” (course number unknown),
  • “Minorities” (course number unknown),
  • History 100 / 100T “Landmarks in World History”
  • History 102 / 259 / 291 / 292 / 351A “African History,”
  • History 103 / 104 “The emergence of the Third World,”
  • History 107 / 204V / 221 / 226 / 227 / 228 "‘Race’ in Canadian History,”
  • History 250 “The Art and Craft of History” and “Public History,”
  • History 321 / 407A / 407B / 421 / 607 / 608 / 635 "‘Race’ in Modern History” and “Human rights in historical perspectives,”
  • History 351 “Black History from Slavery to Revolution,”
  • History 403A (course title unknown),
  • History 411 (course title unknown),
  • History 436 / 635 “Black History in North America,”
  • History 601 “Canadian Social History,”
  • History 650 / 651 “Public History and Public Policy,”
  • Master's Field Seminar History 696,
  • Seminar History 436 / 635 “Black History in North America,”
  • Doctoral seminar History 717 “‘Race,’ Slavery & Imperialism.”

Walker, James

Manuscripts : Books

Series consists of manuscripts of books of poetry by Rienzi Crusz. Manuscripts consist of typed and handwritten drafts of poems (some are photocopies), with annotations and corrections by Rienzi Crusz and editorial comments by others. Some drafts may include working notes for covers, title pages, contents pages, etc.

Crusz, Rienzi

Correspondence to Rienzi Crusz

Series consists of correspondence recieved by Rienzi Crusz. Some letters have been annotated by Crusz. Note that a detailed listing of correspondents is given at the file level.

Crusz, Rienzi

Correspondence From Others to Others

Series consists of correspondence among various parties regarding Rienzi Crusz. Note that a listing of correspondents is given at the file level.

Crusz, Rienzi

Speeches, Presentations, Conferences

Series consists of material relating to speeches and presentations given by Rienzi Crusz. Includes handwritten and typed speech drafts and notes.

Crusz, Rienzi

Works : Published

Series consists of works published by G. Elmore Reaman. Includes one article by Reaman.

Reaman, George Elmore

Personal, Biographical

Series consits of personal and biographical materials created and accumulated by members of the Reaman family. Includes one scrapbook, three valentine's cards, degrees and certificates.

Reaman, George Elmore

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence to and from Jenny Pincock, Fred and Minnie Maines, and others.

Maines Pincock Family

Burrett, Alida : Environmental Protection

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Alida Burrett relating to her interest and work in environmental protection, particularly air quality and deforestation. Includes materials related to Clayoquot Sound, materials from the Citizens Advisory Committee and Air Quality including clippings, correspondence, municipal publications, surveys and ephemera as well as a speech by Alida Burrett.

Burrett, Alida and George

Mary L. Keffer : Personal

Series consists of material created and accumulated by Mary L. Keffer. Includes correspondence, a diary, a passport belonging to her daughter (Mary Jane Keffer), and a certificate.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Photographs

Series consists of photographs, most of which depict Ivan W. Keffer and his family. Includes mainly snapshots of Ivan, Mary and Mary Jane Keffer taken while they were living in Germany, during their outings and travels. Series also includes a portrait of Ivan W. Keffer at his desk and several photographs relating to the F.W. Woolworth Co.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Scrapbooks

Series consists of two scrapbooks containing loose and pasted-in clippings, as well correspondence (letters and cards), speech notes, invitations, programs, photographs, and other ephemera predominantly relating to Dr. S.F. Leavine's election as Mayor of Kitchener in 1949. Also included are clippings from after he died in 1958, outlining his professional accomplishments and impact on the community.

Leavine, Stanley Francis

Photographs.

Photographs and photograph albums containing pictures of Forbes, Buck, Land, Wilson, and Kaufman family members as well as their friends. Many of the photographs capture family events, holiday celebrations, family trips, camping, cottages, family homes in Kitchener and Hespeler, Ontario, Betty and Peg Forbes's school experience and nursing career, individuals and battalions connected to the First World War and Second World War, and more. The photograph albums were primarily created by Betty Forbes.

Forbes, Betty

Manuscripts : Poems : Individual

Series consists of ms. and ts. drafts of poems by Rienzi Crusz. Includes photocopies. Some drafts contain ms. corrections or annotations by the author.

Crusz, Rienzi

Manuscripts : Books

Series consists of manuscripts of books of poetry by Rienzi Crusz. Manuscripts consist of ts. and ms. drafts of poems (some are photocopies), and some also include drafts or working notes for covers, title pages, contents pages, illustrations, etc. Some drafts include ms. corrections.

Crusz, Rienzi

Correspondence To Rienzi Crusz

Series consists of correspondence recieved by Rienzi Crusz. Includes letters from other authors and poets, some containing criticism and editorial comments on Crusz's work; letters from publishers; and other correspondence. Includes photocopies. Some letters are annotated by Crusz.

Crusz, Rienzi

Biographical : General

Series consists of biographical and autobiographical information about Rienzi Crusz. Includes ts. and ms. biographies, curriculum vitae, published material (photocopies), etc.

Crusz, Rienzi

Miscellaneous

Series consists of miscellaneous material prepared by Rienzi Crusz.

Crusz, Rienzi

Manuscripts : Poems : Individual

Contents: series consists of handwritten and typed drafts of 100 individual poems by Rienzi Crusz. Includes photocopies. Some drafts contain handwritten corrections or annotations by the author.

Crusz, Rienzi

Correspondence To Rienzi Crusz

Contents: series consists of one folder containing 90 pieces correspondence to and from Rienzi Crusz.

Crusz, Rienzi

Miscellaneous

Series consists of miscellaneous notes, fragments and lists.

Crusz, Rienzi

Publications, Printed Materials: The Waterloo County Board of Education.

This series contains publications and printed materials issued by the Waterloo County Board of Education. These materials include booklets, an educational position paper, reports, a submission to the Standing Committee on Social Development of the Ontario Legislature, telephone directories, and serial publications.

Johnston, Mary

Awards

Materials relating to awards and honours given to Mary Johnston.

Johnston, Mary

Personal and Professional

Series consists of correspondence received by Dendy over the period 1977-1991. Also includes some supporting documents in the form of clippings, photographs, and other items.

Dendy, William

About Eric McCormack: Biographical.

This series contains primarily news clippings and serial publications containing articles with a biographical and/or critical focus. They relate to Eric McCormack's life history with special emphasis on the development of his career as an author and on the works of fiction which he has had published to date. A large number of these materials also relate specifically to Eric McCormack's receipt of and/or nomination for receipt of various literary awards.

Finally, a number of materials, including news clippings, correspondence, and ephemera relating primarily to Eric McCormack's personal interests, are grouped together in a miscellaneous file within this series.

McCormack, Eric P.

About Eric McCormack.

Series consists of material about Eric McCormack, his life, activities and career. Includes, clippings, correspndence and ephemera.

McCormack, Eric P.

Correspondence.

Series consists of cards, letters and printouts of e-mails to and from Eric P. McCormack.

McCormack, Eric P.

Correspondence and Information Files.

This series contains correspondence sent by or received by Mary Johnston as well as other administrative and legal documents maintained by her relating to the activities and affairs of the teachers' organizations of which she was a member. These include the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, The Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario, the Waterloo County Board of Education, and the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association.

This series also includes materials maintained by Mary Johnston when she worked for the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association in various capacitites including Key Teacher, President of Unit 1, as a W.C.W.T.A. Past President, as the association's County Adviser and P.R., and as a member of the Book Project Committee.

Also included in this series is a file containing correspondence sent to parents by Mary Johnston when she worked with the Kindergarten at Brighton School.

Johnston, Mary

Correspondence

Series consists of seventy seven items of correspondence to and from Alice Riggs Hunt and a number of correspondents. Correspondents include Jane Addams, Carrie Chapman Catt, Romain Rolland and Phyllis E. Wheelock. Arranged by name of correspondent.

Hunt, Alice Riggs

Manuscripts

Series consists of typescripts by Alice Riggs Hunt, primarily concerning her experiences at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 as an accredited press correspondent attached to the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, as well as documenting her tour through seven countries of Europe at that time. Also includes notes on suffrage and some autobiographical notes.

Hunt, Alice Riggs

Personal

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Alice Riggs Hunt documenting her personal life, and the lives of her family members. Includes photographs, clippings, ephemera and artefacts.

Hunt, Alice Riggs

Personal.

Materials relating to the personal life of Harry J. Byers. Includes correspondence, ephemera, clippings, etc.

Byers, Harry J.

President's Files : William F. Clark

Series consists of material created and accumulated by William F. Clark in his role as president of the MLA from 1988-1990.

Includes material related to the various committees of the association, meetings of the board of directors, and issues of importance in the Muskoka region. Includes photocopied documents: correspondence, memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings, typed notes, lists of members and terms of reference for committees, official plan amendments and by-laws, financial reports, meeting agendas and minutes, an application for the incorporation of the association, and other material.

Muskoka Lakes Association

Political Portfolio Chairperson's Files : Robert Topp

Series consists of material created and accumulated by Robert Topp in his role as Chair of the Political Portfolio and its Taxation Committee (1994-1995) and member of the Political Portfolio and Chair of its Taxation Committee (1995-1996).

The Political Portfolio was involved in political and tax-related issues, and during this period was especially focused on property taxation and a group appeal of the 1992 property assessment to the Assessment Review Board launched in 1995 on behalf of over 1000 MLA members with property on Lakes Muskoka, Rosseau, and Joseph.

The appeal resulted in a decision favourable for the association that was then appealed by the Assessment Commissioner to the Ontario Municipal Board, where the association was partly successful and was granted leave to appeal to the Ontario Divisional Court.

Series includes correspondence (some drafts), reports, presentations, newspaper clippings (some photocopied), ARB and OMB notices and decisions, lists of members of the group appeal, handwritten notes, news releases, and other material.

Muskoka Lakes Association

Centennial Celebration

Series consists of material relating to the 100th anniversary of the MLA in 1994 and the centennial celebrations held during that year. Includes commemorative books produced by the association, ephemera, correspondence, photocopied material on the history of the association, and other material.

Muskoka Lakes Association

Slides

Series consists of approximately 40,000 slides depicting architecture, urban space, and landscape in Canada and elsewhere. The total number of Canadian slides in this collection is 17,550 and the total number of American slides is 7,000. This represents sixty-one percent of the slides in the total collection. The remaining slides cover European countries (especially England), as well as Central and South America, the Far East and other places.
Eighty percent of these slides were taken by Dendy himself. The remaining slides are graphic in nature i.e. they depict plans, maps, old photographs, architectural drawings, paintings. Many of these slides have been taken from city archives and appear to be in the public domain.

Dendy, William

Ephemera

Series consists of ephemera collected by Robert Alden Sanborn including a booklet of poetry by Bonnie Elizabeth Parker, greeting cards, and clippings regarding his writing and general interests.

Forms, Publications : Unnumbered

Series consists of printed and ts. material issued by the Parents' Information Bureau, but not as part of the numbered series, in 1969 and 1976. Two are tss. by A.R. Kaufman relating to birth control.

Parents' Information Bureau

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence to and from A.R. Kaufman of a variety of topics, including birth control.

Parents' Information Bureau

Legal Documents

Series consists of documents of a legal and incorporative nature essential to the operation of the Muskoka Lakes Association as a legal entity. Includes the Association's constitution, letters patent, by-laws, and correspondence.

Muskoka Lakes Association

Publications

Series consists of publications of the Muskoka Lakes Association, including the Association handbook, newsletters, and the yearbook.

Muskoka Lakes Association

President's Files : Michael Vaughan

Series consists of the working files of Michael Vaughan containing material created, accumulated and used by Vaughan during his involvement with the MLA from 1969 to 1986. Records relate mainly to his role as member (1969-1975), vice-chair (1975-1977), chair (1977-1982), and past chair (1982-1984) of the Committee on Land Use, Taxation, and Highways; and as vice-president (1982-1984) and president (1984-1986) of the association.

Series also includes records relating to various other committees, issues, and events. The Committee on Land Use, Taxation, and Highways was responsible for examining and responding to town planning, development, and other land use issues in the Muskoka region. One of the developments of major concern during Vaughan's tenure as chair was a proposed resort at the Roseneath property on Beaumaris Island, and several files in this series relate to this issue.

Series includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, presentations, meeting agendas and minutes, handwritten and typed notes, newspaper clippings, newsletters, agreements, maps and plans, and other material.

Muskoka Lakes Association

Research: Electronic Files

Series consists of 21 high-density 3.5" floppy diskettes and printouts of some of the files stored on them. In the case of the files for which printouts are available, they are stored on these floppy disks in one of four different directories created by Dendy: "BILLSDIS", "FHARCH", "FHPERMIT" and "SWARTZ" (as reflected in file titles for this series). Note, however, that due to problems converting files with extensions .bdc and .doc in the "BILLSDIS" directory, printouts could be generated for the majority but not all of the files in this directory.

The files on these twenty-one floppy disks are stored in one of seven different directories. Printouts of files for the four directories specified above are available in this series. However, note that printouts are not yet available for the remaining three directories: "FHSTREET", "FHLOSTTOR" and 'RLWAYSTA". Note that a file list for each of the seven directories is available in file 438 of this series. Moreover, a list of all files for which printouts are available is also contained in file 438.
A description of the information contained in the files for which printouts are available follows here:

  • Files contained in "BILLSDIS" directory (see archival files 425-428) take the form of correspondence, reports, feasability studies, terms of reference for individual projects and other documentation re projects which Dendy worked on as architectural historian to the Property Restoration Branch of the Ontario Heritage Foundation between 1987-1989. Information relating to individual projects is stored in separate files. The computer file name reflects the project name and are organized in alphabetical order.
  • Files contained in the "FHARCH" directory (see archival files 429-433) contain information re the building department files for Forest Hill organized alphabetically from A-Z by architect.
  • The files contained in the "FHPERMIT" directory (see archival files 434-436) include information from the building department files for Forest Hill organized by Permit no.
  • Files contained in the "SWARTZ" directory (see archival file 437) include correspondence sent by Dendy to Tom Schwartz, President of the Intraurban Projects which relates to the work which Dendy carried out as consultant architectural historian on the 1070 Queen Street East project.
  • Finally the last file (file 14) contained in this series is entitled "FILE LISTINGS" and contains file lists for the directories "BILLSDIS", "FHARCH", and "SWARTZ".

Dendy, William

Academic Papers, Projects and Presentations

Series consists of material relating to published and unpublished articles and papers by Anne Innis Dagg on a number of topics, as well as material on a variety of other projects. Includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, ms. notes, articles, newsletters, reviews, typescripts, and other material. Includes copies of publications.

Dagg, Anne Innis

Biographical : Awards

Series consists of material relating to awards received by William H. Kaufman from the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, the Canadian Footwear Council and National Health and Welfare. Includes clippings, correspondence, ephemera, speech notes, etc.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital

Series consists of W.H. Kaufman's files relating to his volunteer committee work with the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital. Includes correspondence, minutes, notes, proposals, reports, etc.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Waterloo County Health Council

Series consists of William H. Kaufman's files relating to his work with the Waterloo County Health Council, later the Waterloo Region District Health Council. Includes correspondence, handwritten notes, agendas, minutes and reports. Arranged alphabetically.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Kaufman Rubber Company

Series consists of materials created by Kaufman Rubber and Kaufman Footwear. Includes primarily sales catalogues for Kaufman Footwear as well as ephemera, a history of the rubber business and a poster for Kaufman Lofts, which are in the old Kaufman Rubber building.

Kaufman Family

Biographical

Series consists of biographical materials relating to John Herbert.

Herbert, John

Correspondence : Published

Series consists of items of correspondence between John Herbert and others that have been published.

Herbert, John

Programs

Series consists of programs for plays.

Herbert, John

Research and articles.

Materials created or accumulated by John English during research activities. Includes articles and drafts of articles he authored, applications to related programs, notes on research topics, writings by other authors that were reviewed by English, and other research projects in which he participated.

English, John

Arctic.

Materials related to Arctic research and organizations. Includes articles and drafts of articles by different authors and published in different media; official reports, magazines, and publications; materials related to Arctic conferences and events; related correspondence; and materials related to organizations and committees, including the Arctic Council and Arctic 360.

English, John

Political life.

Materials related to John English's political life, including his political campaigns and his association with the Liberal Party of Canada and the Kitchener Liberals. Includes ephemera and campaign materials and information about the Kitchener Liberals and the Canadian Liberal party.

English, John

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