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Family Papers.

Material related to the lives and activities of members of the Augustine and Kaufman families of Kitchener, Ontario and of the Ham family of Toronto, Ontario, in particular of the parents, aunt and grandparents of Mary Ham.

Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family

Newspaper Clippings

Series consists of newspaper clippings collected by Michael Vaughan during his involvement with the MLA as a member and then chair of the Committee on Land Use, Taxation, and Highways (1969-1982); and then as vice-president (1982-1984) and president (1984-1986) of the association.

Clippings relate to the activities of and issues of interest to the MLA. Includes clippings from newspapers in the Muskoka region and some clippings from Toronto or national newspapers. Some clippings are photocopies, and some include memoranda or annotations for or by Vaughan.

Muskoka Lakes Association

History of Education in Waterloo

Materials collected by Mary Johnston documenting the history of education both in the Waterloo Region and broadly in Ontario. Includes school registers, minute books, historical notebooks kept by students, etc.

Johnston, Mary

Artifacts

Series consists of a paperweight made from architectural drawings.

Dendy, William

Schantz, Sophie Emma.

Material created and accumulated by Sophie Emma Schantz. Includes one book of song lyrics presented to Sophie as a gift.

Schantz Russell Family

Portraits

Series consists of three portraits of William H. Kaufman, one with his father A.R. Kaufman.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Ephemera

Series consists of printed ephemera including stationery.

Kaufman Footwear

Ratz family history and genealogy.

Material related to the Ratz family history and genealogy. Includes artifacts, photographs, genealogy research notes and booklets, correspondence, a diary excerpt, press clippings, and ephemera.

Ratz Family

Political and Legal Career

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Dana Porter during the course of his political and legal career. Includes legal and political notes, legal proceedings and judgements, commissions, etc.

Porter, Dana Harris

Smith Family Biographical Material

Series is comprised of biographical materials related to members of the Smith-Shortt family, primarily Elizabeth Smith Shortt and Damaris Isabel Smith. Includes manuscript and typescript notes, clippings, and a copy of Silas Smith, U.E.L. and his Descendants.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Photographs

Series is comprised of photographs of members of the Smith-Shortt family and friends.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Correspondence: Clark, Muriel

Series is comprised of correspondence between Muriel Shortt Clark (daughter of Elizabeth Smith Shortt) and others. Correspondence is organized by surname of correspondent.

Shortt, Elizabeth Smith

Rampant Lions Press

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Rampant Lions Press. Includes works commissioned from the press, prospecti, booksplates, and other miscellaneous printed items.

Manuscripts.

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of E Palmer Patterson's writings about Indigenous peoples in Canada. Also contains supporting documents, and some related correspondence concerning the publication of E Palmer Patterson's works by Grolier for use in the Canadian education system.

Patterson, E Palmer

Photographs

Series consists of photographs and portraits relating to the Greb family. Includes photographs of Greb family members and of Harry Greb's yacht.

Greb, Charles E. family

Electronic Files

Series consists of electronic files received as e-mail attachments or as floppy disks all in WordPerfect 7. Also includes two databases in DBTextworks designed in-house to hold files converted from WordPerfect : I:\Working\Source Record Textbases\Petworth Emigrants and I:\Working\Source Record Textbases\Petworth Sponsors. The Emigrants database contains 682 records and the Sponsors database contains 103 records.

The Jackman Foundation

Slides and Glass Plates

Series consists of glass plate slides, both negative and positive, most likely used for teaching purposes by John D. Detwiler. Includes prepared microscope slides of salmon scales, negatives of cocoons and insect damage, positive images of scientific drawings.

Detwiler, John D.

Family Information Sheets : Questionnaires and Data

Series consists of questionnaires and other data collected from descendants and other informants about families. It is arranged alphabetically by family name of the Petworth emigrant with the name of the correspondent(s) also noted in the file title. These files contain correspondence to and from Wendy Cameron, Mary McDougall Maude and Brenda Dougall Merriman, as well as questionnaires and photocopies from sources containing information about individuals or families.

The Jackman Foundation

Personal notes.

Research materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to different matters. Includes articles, research notes, newspaper clippings, bibliography lists, and related ephemera. Also contains personal correspondence and notes.

Shipley, Robert

Personal.

Material relating to the activities and interests of Donald Cowan, apart from his career at the University of Waterloo. This includes a paper written on the CANDU Reactor transfer functions, a WATCOM annual report, and the Canada's Technology Triangle presentation cover.

Cowan, Donald D.

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence between John Herbert and others regarding his plays and the production of the film "Fortune and men's eyes". The correspondence date from 1967 to 2000. There are also two coloured photographs with two of the letters.

Herbert, John

Press Clippings

Series consists of press coverage of Electrohome; the company's operations, activities, and products; issues of interest to the company; and Electrohome personnel. Includes press clippings, photocopies of press clippings, magazines containing articles about Electrohome, and reprints of magazine and newspaper articles. Some of the press clippings were obtained through the Canadian Press Clipping Service. Some of the clippings are loose, and some were compiled into binders corresponding to a specific time period.

Electrohome

Executive Director's Files : Board of Directors

Series consists of the Executive Director's material relating to Board of Directors meetings and general Board information. Includes lists of Board and committee members, correspondence, agendas, minutes, memoranda, accounts, donation lists, and general records relating to the organization of non-profit boards of directors. The majority of records between 1988-1997 were distributed by Executive Director Jane Humphries.

Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation

Financial : Fundraising Campaigns

Series consists of files containing materials on various K-W YWCA fundraising campaigns and events. Includes programme brochures, event information, correspondence, reports, budgets, etc. Also includes all fundraising materials relating to the United Way and their allocations to the K-W YWCA.

Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo

Photographs

Series consists of photographs taken and accumulated by Joseph Gerald Hagey. Includes two albums containing snapshots of Hagey, his family and friends, as well as his time at Waterloo College. Also include reprint photographs, and a CD-R with scans of various unrepresented family photos.

Hagey, Joseph Gerald

Photographs

Series is comprised of photographs, negatives, slides and contact prints showing the history, production, products, employees and buildings of RMS. Includes images of products built for WWII; staff working, receiving awards, retiring and on leisure time; interior, exterior and aerial views of RMS facilities; facilities of other parent company factories including the St. Jerome dam; products manufactured at RMS for their own use and to sell; photographs taken for publication in RMS publications as well as parent company publications, and newspapers; and production at RMS.

Rubber Machinery Shops

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

William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation

Series consists of William H. Kaufman's files relating to the organization and operation of the Foundation. Includes agreements, correspondence, handwritten notes, financial documents, minutes, reports, and planning documents.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Biographical

Series consists of biographical information on John Herbert.

Herbert, John

Products : Catalogues

Series consists of catalogues and price lists for Kaufman clothing and footwear products printed between 1909 and 2000.

Kaufman Footwear

Museum and Archives

Series consists of material relating to the development, organization, and operation of a company museum and archives. The museum was originally established in 1967 as a centennial project and part of the 60th anniversary celebration, in order to display products produced by Electrohome since 1907. John Koegler was the company historian and museum curator.

The museum as well as the company archives were given renewed attention in preparation for the company's 90th anniversary and the production of a corporate history book in 1997. At that time, William McGregor (former vice-president of Electrohome) was involved museum administration, and Nicola McLaughlin was hired to research company history and process and manage the archives.

Series includes material relating to the day-to-day operation of the museum and archives, the collection and processing of items, and the recording of historical information. Includes forms, correspondence, memoranda, press clippings, photocopies of historical advertisements and other documents, photographs and slides, ms. notes, meeting minutes, and other material.

Electrohome

Administration : Annual Reports

Series consists of annual reports for the years 1997-1999, and transparencies, negatives and photographs relating to the preparation of the 1995 annual report

Electrohome

About Nancy-Lou Patterson.

This series contains folders maintained by Nancy-Lou Patterson. For published items about Nancy-Lou Patterson, see Series 9: Publications and Printed Items.

Patterson, Nancy-Lou

Exhibitions: One-Person.

This series contains folders maintained by Nancy-Lou Patterson. For separately published and printed items relating to Nancy-Lou Patterson's exhibitions, see Series: Publications and Printed Items.

Patterson, Nancy-Lou

Hawkings, Jean May.

Series consists of material relating to the family of Jean May Hawkings. Includes correspondence and photographs.

Schneider family

Publication Process

Series consists of files which appear appear to be Mary McDougall Maude's files and Wendy Cameron's files. The folders contain material relating to editing the manuscript and correspondence, faxes, e-mails and other working papers circulated among the primary researchers for comment and correction. The "primary researchers" in this case are Wendy Cameron, Mary McDougall Maude, Shela Haines, Leigh Lawson, Brenda Dougall Merriman and sometimes Gwen Peroni.

The Jackman Foundation

Families Files

This series supplements Series 2 and contains correspondence to and from Wendy Cameron, Mary McDougall Maude, Brenda Dougall Merriman, Sheila Haines and family correspondents, photocopies of original documents, articles and other sources. It is organized alphabetically by family name.

The Jackman Foundation

Exhibitions: Group.

This series contains folders maintained by Nancy-Lou Patterson. For separately published and printed items relating to Nancy-Lou Patterson's exhibitions, see Series: Publications and Printed Items.

Patterson, Nancy-Lou

Administration : Facilities

Series consists of records relating to the properties and buildings of Pollock-Welker, the Phonola Company of Canada, Grimes Radio Corporation, and Electrohome. Includes appraisals, reports, agreements (including drafts), correspondence (some faxed), memoranda, proposals, forms, lot and site plans and surveys, and other material.

Electrohome

Administration : Financial Files

Series consists of financial reports for Electrohome and the various segments or groups within the company as well as some subsidiaries (Robotel and Fakespace). Reports cover the years 1985-1989 and 1991-2000, and some reports include memoranda to the board of directors. Some of the records probably belonged to J.G. Gingerich, vice-president, finance, and later corporate controller, and then chief financial officer and treasurer.

Electrohome

Executive Officers Files : John A. Pollock

Series consists of records accumulated and used by John A. Pollock in his role as company president and CEO. Includes news releases, correspondence, memoranda, press clippings, reports to shareholders, photographs, ephemera, and other material.

Electrohome

Artifacts

Series consists of various artifacts created and accumulated by the K-W YWCA. Includes sports patches and badges, YWCA pins, stamps and buttons, and materials created by other YWCA's.

Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo

Residence Files

Series consists of files created and maintained by the K-W YWCA concerning residence operations and activities. Includes information on both Mary's Place and the Lincoln Road Housing Project, as well as on proposed residences. Includes correspondence, reports, information on residence programs, information on the creation of the Lincoln Road Housing Project, budget information, per diem rates, etc.

Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo

Otter Press.

Series consists of material relating to Anne Innis Dagg's publishing venture, Otter Press. Includes correspondence to and from Anne Innis Dagg, ms. notes, invoices, reviews, ephemera, and copies of publications.

Dagg, Anne Innis

Poems

Series consists of manuscript and typescripts of poems written by John Herbert between 1953 and 2000. The series is divided into files for each individual poem and they are arranged chronologically.

Herbert, John

Organizational

Series consists of organizational records pertaining to the Kitchener Waterloo Sales and Ad Club. Includes membership information, financials, minutes, director's files, etc.

Kitchener Waterloo Sales and Ad Club

Photographs and realia.

Photographs and realia created and accumulated by the Schneider Employees' Association. Includes photographs of SEA presidents, a photograph of a company picnic, and artefacts such as wallets, bags, a strike sign, and more.

Schneider Employees' Association

Ephemera and Artefacts

Series consists of ephemera and artefacts created by Dare Foods Ltd. Includes programmes, cards, invitations, a ruler, and more.

Dare Foods Limited

Design Commissions: illustrations.

This series contains correspondence and working materials relating to illustrations commissioned for publication, from cartoons to illustrations accompanying articles and books by others. Discrete printed or published items containing such illustrations are found in Series 9.5 Published illustrations.

Patterson, Nancy-Lou

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.

This series includes material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his appointment as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration that began on July 16, 1998 and lasted until his resignation on May 18, 2000. The material reflects Telegdi’s efforts to assist the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration in carrying out their duties in the House of Commons. Records include correspondence, ephemera, speech transcripts, briefing notes for parliamentary secretaries as well as documents related to immigration and citizenship legislation.

Telegdi, Andrew

Local history.

Series consists of material relating to the history of Kitchener and the Region of Waterloo. Includes clippings, photographs, publications and special issues of newspapers. Some of these contain references to the Schneider family and company.

Schneider family

Correspondence : Published

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

Herbert, John

Executive Director's Files : Conferences, Seminars, Workshops

Series consists of material relating to conferences, seminars and workshops at which the Executive Director of the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation attended and often presented. Series contains records from events at the Banff Centre for Management, Canadian Association of Gift Planners, Community Foundations of Canada, Council of Foundations, Journeys in Charitable Giving and Social Entrepreneurship presentation sponsored by the Notre Dame Child and Family Institute in St. Agatha.

Includes conference agendas, lists of conference participants and exhibitors, conference proceedings, Jane Humphries' presentation notes and material, handouts, biographies, correspondence, newsletters, and presentation texts.

Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation

Administration : Legal Files

Series consists of legal records relating to the activities and operation of Electrohome. Includes agreements, draft agreements, correspondence (including faxes and some e-mail print-outs), memoranda, forms, and other material.

Electrohome

Visual : Photographs : Reference Prints in Hanging Folders

Series consists primarily of copy prints of images originally taken between 1883 and 2001, maintained in hanging folders for corporate use: reference, publicity, etc. The series is organized numerically with each number representing a category assigned by the GRCA. Includes a "file guide" consisting of a key to the numbering system.

Grand River Conservation Authority

William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation

Series consists of materials created by the William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation. Includes project files, proposals and materials relating to organizations that the foundation is involved with.

Kaufman Family

Manuscripts.

Material created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to articles, papers, and reports that he was writing, co-authoring, or reviewing. Includes manuscripts, notes, correspondence, computer printouts, copies of articles, and other related items.

Cowan, Donald D.

Board of Directors

Series consists of Board of Directors manuals relating to the organization and management of the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation. Includes correspondence, acts, by-laws, minutes, promotional material, policies, investment and grant information and a copy of the certificate of registered charitable status.

Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation

Electronic Files

Series consists of electronic files relating to or accumulated by Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation. Includes Technology Spotlight on Waterloo and The Cleveland Foundation annual report.

Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation

Dare Foods Limited : Moving Images and Sound Recordings

Series consists of moving images and sound recordings that were produced by Dare Foods Limited and its employees for internal events such as birthdays, retirement parties, presentations, meetings, as well as consumer panels and promotional events. The majority of moving images are on videocassette and a few are on film reels. The sound recordings are on audio cassette.

Dare Foods Limited

Resources : GRCA Library

Contents Works in the GRCA library deemed to be "unpublished". Topics include Watershed Studies (01), Channel Improvements (02), Dykes (03), Erosion Control (04, Stream Flow Data (05), Water Quality (06), Reservoirs (07), Conservation Areas (11), Master Plans and Studies (13), Recreation (16), Floodline Studies (21), Special Events (32), Nature Centres (33), Meetings (42), Water Resources Planning and Management (W01), Engineering Reports (W02), Environmental Studies (W04), Reference Books (W08), Land Resources Planning and Management (W09).

Grand River Conservation Authority

Visual : Slides by Category : Conservation Areas

Series consists of categorized hanging pages and boxes of slides primarily concerned with natural features, buildings and programs associated with Grand River Conservation Authority conservation areas. Also contains slides relating to GRCA water management and land use programs and general topics such as conservation techniques, educational programs and the Grand Valley Conservation Foundation.

The slides are organized topically in hanging pages. A ts. listing of the slide collection by topic including alphabetical codes to the storage system is included. The slides are in no particular order within each topical section; some of the slides are not present.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Financial Files

Series contains material relating to the management of Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation accounts pertaining to estates, Grand River Hospital, Freeport Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, and United Way. The majority of investments and accounts were held at Canada Trust Company. Includes annual, quarterly and monthly account statements, correspondence, memoranda, investment reports, account summaries, agendas, minutes, policies, and reports.

Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation

Executive Director's Files

Series consists of material relating to the responsibilities of the Executive Director. Includes budgets, accounts, memoranda, Fall Update newsletters, correspondence, subscription forms, information requests, job descriptions, letters of appreciation, promotional material, exhibit material, reports, news releases, lists of award winners, records of donations, committee records, focus group records, fundraising event records, Gala Dinner records, town meeting records, speeches, newspaper clippings, invitations, television and video scripts, and records of the launching luncheon.

Records relating to the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation's relationship with the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy, Centre In The Square, Community Foundations of Canada, Ernst & Young, Estate Planning Council, K-W Symphony Concert, Waterloo Law Association, Waterloo-Wellington Fund Raising Executives, and Leadership Waterloo Region are also included.

Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation

Shakespeare

Series consists of materials relating to Dana Porter's interest in, and study of, Shakespeare with particular emphasis on his Sonnets. Includes essays written by Porter, research notes, clippings, correspondence regarding the publication of his works, and one item of correspondence consisting of a posthumous review of Porter's works by Professor Alan C. Coman.

Porter, Dana Harris

Westmont Enterprises Limited

  • SCA220-GA207-6
  • Series
  • 1955-2001, predominant [196-]-[197-]
  • Part of Ross Dixon fonds.

Series consists of material accumulated by Ross Dixon relating to the activities of Westmont Enterprises Limited, a holding company that Ross Dixon formed ca. 1953 for the Westmount Construction Company and other subsidiary companies as well as rental properties. One of these subidiary companies was Jasco, a manufacturer of aluminum windows and doors in Baden, Ontario.

Series consists mainly of material relating to the advertising and sale of real estate in Kitchener and Waterloo, as well as the surrounding region; and real estate and rental properties mainly in the Belmont neighbourhood. Series includes correspondence, deeds and mortgages, agreements, photographs, architectural drawings, handwritten notes, invoices, and other material.

Dixon, Ross

Photographs and Slides

Series consists of snapshots taken at COAA events and snapshots of association members with their art. Includes photographs, slides, and negatives.

Central Ontario Art Association

Burrett, Alida : Women's Rights

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Alida Burrett relating to her interest and work in women's rights. Includes materials from the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, material created as part of Alida's work with the Kitchener-Waterloo Status of Women Group and miscellaneous materials. Contents include memos, handouts, minutes, correspondence, notes, agendas, speeches, ephemera and more.

Burrett, Alida and George

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