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Letter from Peter H. Sims dated Guelph, Ontario, May 31, 1880 to his wife Jemima Sims, on the way to Mount Forest where he has been called suddenly. Jemima and the children are not at home; he reassures her that he has left everything locked up, that he is lonely without the family, and that he is downhearted about serious business losses.

Sims family

Todd, Mary.

SCA19-WA10-3-436
File
1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Van Waggoner, Mary.

SCA19-WA10-3-449
File
1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Zimmerman, Maggie.

SCA19-WA10-3-477
File
1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Diary no. 4 part 2, 1879-1880 [typescript].

SCA19-WA10-15-1759
File
1879-1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Diary no. 5, Mar.-Oct. 1880 [manuscript].

SCA19-WA10-15-1760
File
1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Work & play.

SCA339-GA384-7
File
[ca.1880]

Part of Women's domestic work advertisements collection.

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."

Bates, Catherine Wagner.

SCA105-GA77-6-142
File
[ca. 1880]

Part of Wagner Hailer family fonds

Studio portrait of Catherine Wagner Bates. Catherine is dressed formally in a dress with a silk scarf and her neck and earrings.

Wagner Hailer family

Hailer family.

SCA105-GA77-6-146
File
[ca. 1880]

Part of Wagner Hailer family fonds

Photograph of members of the Hailer family standing in front of a general good store in Baden. A note on the verso indicates that they owned the store.

Wagner Hailer family

Darning examples : Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement.

SCA109-GA82-22-243
File
ca. 1880

Part of Clement Bowlby Family fonds.

File consists of two examples of darning on long school socks by Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement.

Clement Bowlby Family

Burt's Among the Clouds, Mount Washington.

SCA11-GA6-252
File
July 17, 1880

Part of Ontario history collection.

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

1880.

SCA119-GA92-13-3
File
1880

Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.

File consists of two mortgages, one between John Nahrgang and Louis J. Breithaupt and one between John Nahrgang and Frederick Snyder.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record

Evans family.

SCA433-GA505-5
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

Photograph of members of the Evans family and Indian men who appear to be domestic servants in Monghyr [Munger], India.

Sally on the march.

SCA433-GA505-30
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of two oxen pulling a covered wagon. Indian men are working with the oxen, and white women are sitting on the edge or by the covered wagon along with a variety of luggage items.

Refreshment room.

SCA433-GA505-32
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of a low building with people and horse and buggies out front, identified as a refreshment room at Coonoor.

Sylks hotel.

SCA433-GA505-35
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of the Sylks Hotel, in Udhagamandalam. The hotel still exists as the Savoy Ooty.

Stanes family.

SCA433-GA505-41
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of the Stanes family, in Coonoor. The family is seated outside having tea at a table.

Union Evangelistic hall.

SCA433-GA505-42
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of the the Union Evangelistic hall with men standing out front.

Scheveningen, Hooland [Holland]

SCA433-GA505-50
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of beach goers in Scheveningen, Holland.

Mr. and Mrs. Denham, Mysore [Mysuru].

SCA433-GA505-56
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of a the home of Mr. and Mrs. Denham, in Mysore [Mysuru], India. Mr. and Mrs. Denham and child are standing out front.

Union Hall, Ootacamund [Udhagamandalam].

SCA433-GA505-57
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of the union hall in Ootacamund, [Udhagamandalam].

Northing.

SCA433-GA505-59
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of a house.

Group photo.

SCA433-GA505-63
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One group photograph of members of the Hooper family.

Misses Sinclair of the Wynaad [Wayanad?].

SCA433-GA505-65
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of two women sitting in chairs.

Views of Naduvattam, Nilgiris.

SCA433-GA505-66
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

Four photographs showing the landscape near Naduvattam, India.

Group photos.

SCA433-GA505-71
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

Two group photographs of White and Indian men, women, and children. In one photograph a sign can be seen in the background which reads "children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right".

Unidentified landscape.

SCA433-GA505-74
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of an unidentified landscape.

Chain bridge, Pykara.

SCA433-GA505-77
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of a chain bridge over the Pykara River, with someone descending it.

Banyan tree.

SCA433-GA505-79
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of a banyan tree.

Below nova[?] estate, Pykara.

SCA433-GA505-80
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of waterfalls on the Pykara River.

Unidentified landscape.

SCA433-GA505-81
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of a landscape with a large tree.

Cinchona processing.

SCA433-GA505-82
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

Four photographs of a cinchona plantation and the process for extracting quinine.

Hooper, Elsie

Claxton, W., Dr.

SCA19-WA10-3-92
File
1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Cummings, Alice, June 1878-Jan.1880.

SCA19-WA10-3-114
File
1878-1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Hunter, E.A., Mrs.

SCA19-WA10-3-219
File
1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Monteith, Jennie.

SCA19-WA10-3-306
File
1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Bowlby, Martha Esther Murphy.

SCA238-GA237-2-19
File
[ca. 1880]

Part of Bowlby Boyd family fonds.

File consists of one photograph of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby. Identification from frame.

Bowlby Boyd Family

Smith, Mauritania.

SCA19-WA10-10-1727
File
1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Diary no. 4, 1879-1880 [manuscript].

SCA19-WA10-15-1757
File
1879-1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Smith, Damaris I. McGee, May 1878-Dec. 1880.

SCA19-WA10-4-1011
File
1878-1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Smith, Mauritana, Aug. 1879-Sept. 1880.

SCA19-WA10-4-1059
File
1879-1880

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Clement, Janie Elizabeth Bowlby.

SCA109-GA82-21-170
File
ca. 1880

Part of Clement Bowlby Family fonds.

File consists of two identical head and shoulders studio portraits of Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement seen looking off camera.

Clement Bowlby Family

Tatting sample : Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement.

SCA109-GA82-22-245
File
ca. 1880

Part of Clement Bowlby Family fonds.

File consists of one sample of tatting created by Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement.

Clement Bowlby Family

Tatting sample : Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement.

SCA109-GA82-22-246
File
ca. 1880

Part of Clement Bowlby Family fonds.

File consists of one sample of tatting created by Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement.

Clement Bowlby Family

English church architecture : Bath Abbey Church.

SCA146-GA119-11-597
File
1880

Part of William Dendy fonds.

Illustration from Harper's Weekly, Jan. 17, 1880.

Dendy, William

English church architecture : Worcester Cathedral.

SCA146-GA119-11-603
File
1880

Part of William Dendy fonds.

Illustration from Harper's Weekly, April 17, 1880.

Dendy, William

Ahrens, Charles Andrew : character references.

SCA161-GA134-Accrual2003-1-1
File
1878-1880

Part of Schneider family collection.

Three character references for Charles Andrew Ahrens: one signed by W.D. Hepburn, Oct. 15, 1878; one signed by an unidentified hand at Beardmore & Co., May 21, 1880; and one signed by L. Breithaupt, May 31, 1880.

Schneider family

Agreement: Charles Andrew Ahrens and Charles August Ahrens et al., Jan. 2, 1883.

SCA161-GA134-Accrual2003-1-3
File
1880

Part of Schneider family collection.

Profit sharing agreement between Charles Andrew Ahrens of the first part and Charles August Ahrens, Henry J. Ahrens and John Lauffer of the second part.

Schneider family

Lapsley, William Henry.

SCA161-GA134-Accrual2003-18-10
File
[ca. 1880]

Part of Schneider family collection.

Formal portrait of William Henry Lapsley.

Schneider family

Baptist missionaries.

SCA433-GA505-6
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

Group photograph of Baptist missionaries in India.

G.H. Stuart's children.

SCA433-GA505-28
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of three children riding on a horse. One is seated on the saddle and the other two are in side bags either side of the horse. Three Indian men and women are guiding the horse.

Toda Mund.

SCA433-GA505-33
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of a wooden Toda hut with four Toda people standing out front in Marilmund. Although the photograph is identified as a mund, a mund is a community and a single hut is called a dogles.

Baptist mission house, Allahabad [Prayagraj].

SCA433-GA505-37
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of the Baptist mission house in Allahabad [Prayagraj].

Malla.

SCA433-GA505-39
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One studio photograph of a woman identified as being from the Malla tribe. The woman is wearing a long dress and a shawl that also covers her head.

Boys school band.

SCA433-GA505-48
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of a group of boys in band attire holding instruments in front of a school.

Group photo.

SCA433-GA505-53
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One group photograph of primarily Indian men, women, and children.

Garh Maharaja, nr [near] Multan, Punjab.

SCA433-GA505-55
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of a building in the town of Garh Maharaja, Punjab, Pakistan.

Pykara River.

SCA433-GA505-58
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of the Pykara River with animals and two women carrying pots in the midground.

Hannah on the march to Naduvattam.

SCA433-GA505-67
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of a White woman being carried on a litter by Indian men. There is another woman in the background also being carried on a litter.

Avalanche bungalow.

SCA433-GA505-76
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Photograph album of Canadian and British missionaries in India.

One photograph of a building with four white women sitting out front. An Indian man, who is likely a domestic servant, stands nearby a cart.

Sims, Janet to her son Peter Harvey Sims.

SCA369-GA427-1-28-3
Item
January 7, 1881

Part of Sims Family collection.

"I had dinner ready waiting for you on that day but as you failed to come I had it all to myself."

Sims family

Davidson, Catherine to George Davidson.

SCA369-GA427-2-60
File
April 13, 1881

Part of Sims Family collection.

Letter from George Davidson's sister Catherine from 5 Ann Place, Aberdeen, April 13, 1881: she is sorry for his protracted illness, and relates news of all the family.

Sims family

Sims, Janet to her son Peter Harvey Sims.

SCA369-GA427-1-28-4
Item
April 23, 1881

Part of Sims Family collection.

Postcard from Salem to say she has received Peter's letters.

Sims family

Kempt, Maggie to Margaret Davidson.

SCA369-GA427-2-56
File
April 28, 1881

Part of Sims Family collection.

Letter from Maggie Kempt dated Glasgow, April 28, 1881 to her mother Margaret Davidson written after she had received her mother's telegram reporting George Davidson's death the day before: "Your telegram telling us of dear Papa's death, came this morning about eight-o'clock when Irvine and I were dressing, and has made us all very downcast." She expresses her sorrow and sympathy, and also the effects of the technology of the telegram on her feelings: "This is the first telegram I have received across the Atlantic and somehow it seems to bring me nearer home than I have ever felt before. To think that I know today what happened with you yesterday and though the message brought sad news we are pleased you thought of telegraphing."

Sims family

Wagner, Louis Henry to Mary Staebler.

SCA105-GA77-5-134
File
July 24, 1188

Part of Wagner Hailer family fonds

Correspondence from Louis Henry Wagner to his future wife Mary Staebler. The letter discusses the pressures Louis Henry feels with his roles in the church and his joy at being on a holiday. It closes with Louis Henry discussing how much he misses Mary.

Wagner Hailer family

Staebler, Mary to Louis Henry Wagner.

SCA105-GA77-5-116
File
July 26, 1881

Part of Wagner Hailer family fonds

Correspondence from Mary Staebler to Louis Henry Wagner. The letter discusses Mary's health and local goings on. It closes with Mary stating that she misses Louis Henry.

Wagner Hailer family

McQueen, Janet to Peter Harvey Sims.

SCA369-GA427-1-25-2
Item
November 5, 1881

Part of Sims Family collection.

From: Athena. Discusses how she and John can't pay the note; their boys are supporting them.

Sims family

Bowlby, Martha Esther Murphy.

SCA109-GA82-21-80
File
after 1868

Part of Clement Bowlby Family fonds.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby seen looking off camera.

Clement Bowlby Family

Cummings, Alice, Mar. 1880-Aug.1881.

SCA19-WA10-3-115
File
1880-1881

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Smith, J.H.

SCA19-WA10-3-410
File
1879-1881

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Public Schools of the County of Waterloo : pupil's certificate of promotion.

SCA118-GA91-2005accrual-7-59
File
1881

Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

A certificate issued by the Public Schools Inspector's Office of the Public Schools of the County of Waterloo on November 1, 1881certifying that Emma Shantz [sic], pupil at the Conestoga Public School, has been promoted to the sixth class. The certificate is signed by Thomas Pearce, Public School Inspector and George McIntyre, teacher.

Schantz Russell Family

1881.

SCA119-GA92-13-4
File
1881

Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds.

File consists of two deeds of land between John Nahrgang and Robert Nahrgang.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record

Beatty, Elizabeth, June 1880-Mar. 1881.

SCA19-WA10-3-37
File
1880-1881

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Bowes, Lucy.

SCA19-WA10-3-56
File
1881

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Kelly, John.

SCA19-WA10-3-233
File
1881

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Rankin, Maud Service, Sept. 1880-Sept. 1881.

SCA19-WA10-3-367
File
1880-1881

Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

McQueen, Janet to Peter Harvey Sims.

SCA369-GA427-1-25
File
1878-1881

Part of Sims Family collection.

Two letters from Janet McQueen to her brother Peter H. Sims.

Sims family

Sims, Janet to her son Peter Harvey Sims.

SCA369-GA427-1-28
File
1880-1881

Part of Sims Family collection.

Four letters from Janet Sims in Salem to Peter H. Sims.

Sims family

Plan of Queen's Square in the Town of Galt, showing the Square and parts of adjacent street : as copied from the original plan made for William Dickson Esq. by James Pollock P.L.S., and filed in the Registry Office for the County of Waterloo on the 3rd of September A.D. 1849.

SCA118-GA91-9-329
File
1881

Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

Schantz Russell Family

Schantz, Menno : correspondence received.

SCA118-GA202-2-28
File
1881

Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

One letter (partial, signature page lacking) written from Long Lane Mo. by one of the Schantz brothers to his brother Menno, recounting his "blues" and gossip about his stepmother Margaret.

Schantz Russell Family

Scribbling book.

SCA118-GA232-9-182
File
1881

Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

A scribbling book belonging to Orpheus Moyer Schantz. The notebook was later passed on to Sophie Emma Schantz who added her own notes. Ephemeral material has been removed and original locations have been indicated. Note that some ephemeral material was written by Etta Schantz White.

Schantz Russell Family

Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine.

SCA118-GA391-1-7
File
[between 1879 and 1881]

Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

Full body studio portrait of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz as an infant seen looking off camera and dressed in a white gown.

Schantz Russell Family

County of Waterloo : promotion examinations.

SCA118-GA91-2005accrual-7-48
File
1879-1881

Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

Sixteen printed promotion examinations issued by the County of Waterloo [School Board] containing questions on various subjects including English history, grammar and composition, geography, reading and literature, and arithmetic.

Schantz Russell Family

Beatty, Elizabeth, Mar.-Sept. 1881.