Series consists of materials relating to the life and death of Adam Bowlby. Includes one obituary and a photocopy of the obituary.

Published texts, heavily illustrated in colour, appropriate for framing or hanging: The Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, etc.

Ms. diaries contained in three coverless notebooks kept by J. H. Shoults. The first [32] p. diary covers the period Jan. 1, 1883 - July 28, 1883, the second [15] p. diary covers the period July 29, 1883 - Nov. 30, 1883, while the third 8 p. diary covers the month of Dec. 1883. During this time there was a sudden change in Shoults' circumstances. The entries for Jan. - May 1883 are sporadic and are written from Toronto. In the diary entry for May 21, 1883 Shoults' explains "In my domestic surroundings and termporal affairs great changes have been. March 21st I rented stone dwelling 340 Yonge St., Toronto intending to open a business in the Stationary and Book line". He moves in on Apr. 9, 1883 but then explains that "under the influences of certain circumstances" he decided to return to the country on Apr. 10, 1883. The remaining diary entries (from May 21, 1883 onwards) are written daily and indicate that Shoults has returned full-time to working with the church. Initially Shoults and his family live with Bro. George in Markham and Shoults appears to be working for Bro. George engaged in farm activities. On Oct. 15, 1883 (see diary entry) Shoults and his family move into their own house in Orono. The diary entries describe Shoults' activities as a minister, and include the names of the places where he preached and of the Bible readings which formed the basis for his services. Reference is also made to the many church meetings he participated in, to funerals he attended, and to other church activities in which he was involved. Social and parish visits are also described, and some references to Shoults' family are additionally included in these diaries. Accounts of the weather conditions are also contained in these diaries.

File consists of one apparently humourous programme for a concert in Picton.

Photograph of a log house with vegetation, taken in Magazine Island.

Collection consists of two items of correspondence from Lucy Stone to Mr. Michards. The letters are dated April 19th and 29th of 1893 and ask Mr. Michards to examine the records of his organization and see what arrangements Stone had made with them.

File consists of one obituary and a photocopy of it, for Adam Bowlby.

Inspector's Promotion Register for the Town of Waterloo for the year 1883. Includes names of teachers and students, as well as student grades for the courses reading, penmanship, spelling, geography, history, arithmetic, grammar, composition and literature. Also includes a sheet of paper totalling grades for all class levels for the year 1884 written on Waterloo Chronicle letterhead.

Three items of correspondence sent to Elizabeth Smith Shortt from Dr. Thomas R. Dupuis.

Baden Public School promotion examination certificate for Katie Brubacher.

Photocopy of newspaper account of the wedding Mary Staebler and Louis Henry Wagner on May 20, 1884. Also included is a wedding invitation.

One Gage's revised and improved system of practical penmanship copybook used by Katie Brubacher.

Letter from Margaret Davidson's sister-in-law Catherine Davidson from 5 Ann Place, Aberdeen, July 30, 1884 reporting the death of her brother and Margaret's brother-in-law John Davidson (includes envelope addressed to Mrs. Sheriff Davidson at 272 King Street, Toronto).

One Gage's revised and improved system of practical penmanship copybook used by Katie Brubacher.

Waterloo Central School inspector's promotion examinations for the years 1879, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1884.

Two copies.

Twelve printed examinations issued by the Education Department of the Province of Ontario in various subjects including spelling, geography, arithmetic, composition and English literature in accordance with the program of studies required for admission to high schools.

Advertisement trade card for Soapine by Kendall Manufacturing Company of Providence Rhode Island and illustrated by Charlotte Perkins Gilman showing a woman from behind dusting figurines that spell out Soapine on a mantel piece. Verso reads "Cleanliness in the house, laundry, kitchen and workshop is best secured by the use of Soapine. All wise people continue to use it after one trial. Kendall Mfg. Co. Established 1827. Providence, R.I."

French Laundry and Soapine advertisement trade card illustrated by Charlotte Perkins Gilman showing a young woman standing in a frame holding a washing board and a box of soap. The frame is held up on either side by two young men standing on upside down washing buckets that read Soapine. "Verso reads ""French Laundry is the best soap ever made for all purposes. It is the oldest popular soap, having outlived all its rivals. It has won its way into public favor solely on its merits, and thousands of families who are now using it would not be without it. One trial with convince you. Soapine is the best article known for the laundry and general household use. Use no soap, sal soda, borax, washing crystals or other preparations with it. For washing dishes, glassware, silverware, milk cans, dairy utensils, windows, marble, paint or oil cloth, and house cleaning, use Soapine. Kendall Mfg. Co. Established 1827 Providence, R.I."""

Memorial card for George Davidson's brother, John, who died in Aberdeen Scotland, March 26, 1884.

Photograph of members of the Canadian Baptist Mission Conference in Coconada [Kakinada] India, 1884.

File consists of a letter to Eugene F. [Malcouronne?] in Montreal from F. Colquhoun regarding lots in the Granges Survey in Berlin. Envelope included.

Material created and accumulated by Austin Tobias Schantz. Includes two drawing course books.

Four character references: 1.) Samuel Nash Moyer, Late Head-Master of the Port Elgin School, Clinton, Ont., 1864. 2.) S.F. Eisenhour [sic], Agt. For I.H. Defrees, Syracuse, Ind., 1865. 3) F.J. Crowder, Preacher in Charge of Pt. Elgin Mission, Canada Conference, 1867. 4.) Rev. A.M. McCulloch, Moorefield, Ont., 1884. Correspondence not indexed.

Full body studio portrait of Etta and Sophie Schantz. Etta (at left) is seated on a settee and Sophie is on a chair next to her. Both are seen looking off camera and holding a small piece of paper of unknown significance.

One upper body studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz seen in partial profile.

File consists of two identical portrait photographs showing Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly at the age of three. The portrait shows Blanche leaning on the back of a couch resting her head on her arms. Only her head is visible.

Consists of one short manuscript with musings on the concepts of home and domestic life.

Fonds consists of one diary maintained by Emma Clough of Hudson, New York from the period January 10-March 19, 1884. Emma travels to Washington after visiting friends in New York city and her diary details her tourist activities in both cities. In Washington she meets President Arthur as well as Blanche K. Bruce the first Black Senator, Frederick Douglass, Belva Lockwood, Helen Gougar, Susan B. Anthony and others. Along with shopping, visiting acquaintances and attending social functions, in early March of 1884 Emma begins to attend suffrage meetings which are detailed in the diary.

One image of an unidentified individual standing in front of Lake Mistassini at the Hudson Bay Post in Québec.

Contains one holograph letter from James Hoyes Panton to Drinkwater (C.P.R.) requesting a pass to travel free during the summer in order to do geological research, dated April 16, 1884.

Book 2 of the Canadian drawing course. The course is authorized by the Minister of Education and has been completed by Austin Tobias Schantz.

File consists of a deed of land.Concerns part of Lot 7 of the German Company Tract in the Township of Woolwich, which became Lot 9 and part of Lot 10 of Levi Cress' survey in the village of St. Jacobs.

Soapine advertisement illustrated by Charlotte Perkins Gilman showing a woman hanging laundry out from a wash basket. The laundry on the line spells out "Soapine." Verso reads "Soapine the great dirt killer, will remove dirt of all descriptions! Without injury to hands or fabric. Kendall Mfg. Co. established 1827 Providence, R.I."

Ca. [73] p. ms. diary contained in a coverless notebook kept by J. H. Shoults. This diary covers the period Jan. 1, 1884 - Dec. 15, 1884. This diary contains daily entries recording Shoults' personal, social, and professional activities when he was living in Orono. Accounts of weather conditions are also contained in these diaries. The entries in this diary relate to Shoults' activities as a minister, and include the names of the places where he preached and of the Bible readings which formed the basis for his services. Reference is also made to the many church meetings he participated in, to funerals he attended, and to other church activities in which he was involved. Social and parish visits are also described and these diaries include the names of many friends and acquaintances. The gardening activities which Shoults was involved in during the year are also described. Additionally, reference is made to his family life, especially to the death of his daughter Bertha from an illness on Feb. 22, 1884 aged eight.

Two group photographs of people taken in front of a stone wall in Matlock, England.

Baden Public School promotion examination certificate for Catherine Brubacher.

One Gage's revised and improved system of practical penmanship copybook used by Katie Brubacher.

Inspector's Examination Register for Waterloo Public School for the years 1884-1885. Includes names of teachers and pupils, as well as the pupils attendance, age and grades in classes such as reading, spelling, writing, geography, arithmetic, history, algebra, composition, literature, and grammar.

A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, both loose and pasted in, poetry and illustrations, a brochure for the Niagara and Lewiston Railroad, and a one-leaf printed advertisement for "Sapolio," this last in both English and German and printed on silver-backed paper. The name Franklin A. Schantz is written on the front cover of the scrapbook. The scrapbook was found in Florence Annie Catherine's trunk.

The scrapbook occupies the first twenty-five pages of a volume entitled, "Business Diary Containing General Information, With Daily Calendar for 1881, Compiled by Ogilvy & Co., Toronto, And Presented to Each of their Customers With Best Respects and Cordial Good Wishes." Ogilvy & Co. were importers of British and foreign dry goods, and wholesale dealers in Canadian cottons, woolens, etc.

A small bound volume printed in 1868 by Dan'l Hoffman & Co., Wholesale Dealers in Hats ..., New York. It contains two leaves of advertising and two leaves of notes, including the following: a list of names and birth dates of parents and siblings of Mary Schantz (nee Moyer), notes made by Mary Schantz on journey with her sister Sophia Emma Schantz and Sophia's new husband, John Book, with comments and notes added later by one of the Schantz children.

Twenty-two letters received by Mary Gross Moyer (nee Nash) from friends and relatives.

Date and Place from: October 22, 1866 Peru, Ill. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835-.

Date and Place from: November 13, 1866 Campden, C.W. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Sophia, 1847-1870.

Date and Place from: September 8, 1871 Peru, Ill. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Tobias, 1832-1909.

Date and Place from: August 17, 1879 Landisville, N.J. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Wismer, Sophie.

Date and Place from: October 31, 1881 Campden To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Nash, Joseph and Nash, Mary.

Date and Place from: January 2, 1882 Jordan Station, Ont. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Tobias, 1832-1909.

Date and Place from: January 20, 1882 South Cayuga To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Simon.

Date and Place from: May 15, 1882 Campden To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Nash, Joseph and Nash, Mary.

Date and Place from: January 3, 1883 Campden, ON To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Tobias, 1832-1909.

Date and Place from: April 3, 1883 Campden To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Tobias, 1832-1909.

Date and Place from: August 28, 1883 Campden To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Nash, Joseph and Nash, Mary.

Date and Place from: November 5, 1883 Campden, ON To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Tobias, 1832-1909.

Date and Place from: January 20, 1884 South Cayuga To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Nash, Abraham.

Date and Place from: January 29, 1884 Campden To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Nash, Joseph and Nash, Mary.

Date and Place from: August 5, 1885 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Notes: Written on Cedar Falls Mill Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: December 26, 1883 Buck Co., Pa. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Nash, Sam.

Date and Place from: February 01, 1884 [Beanminsterville?], Pa. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Tyson, Aaron & Sarah.

Date and Place from: Jan. 23, 1872 Hawksville, Ont. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Partial letter.

Date and Place from: May 21, 1882 Campden, ON To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Tobias, 1832-1909.

Date and Place from: July 24, 1882 Conestogo, Ont. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Schantz, Tobias Kolb, 1842-1925 and Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: Dec. 26, 1883 Conestogo, Ont. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 31, 1884 Conestogo, Ont. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

One upper body studio portrait of Oliver Bushy seen in partial profile.

Full length studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz (at left) with left arm around the shoulders of an unidentified friend. The two are shown seated in front of a backdrop of a door to a house and are holding an upside sign that reads "two for 5¢."

Advertisement for B.T. Babbitt's 99 soap showing a mother washing an infant with the soap while her daughter does laundry with it and her son blows soap bubbles in the kitchen. The advertisement reads "For the laundry or bath try B.T. Babbitt's 99 soap."

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Rev. Edwin Clement seen looking off camera.

File consists of a circular on the Canadian Institute.

One photograph of four men from the Badagas ethno-linguistic community in Ooty [Udhagamandalam]. The men are wearing turbans and a type of clothing similar to a toga that is worn over one shoulder. All men are holding farm implements. It is hard to tell in the photograph, but the men may also be wearing the Tripundra, the Shaivite tilaka.

Contents: file consists of one portrait photograph of Mary Osgood Riggs Hunt with an infant Alice Riggs Hunt and their dog Coco.

Contents: file consists of one portrait photograph of Mary Osgood Riggs Hunt with an infant Alice Riggs Hunt.

Upper body studio portrait of Robert Bliss Moyer, seen looking off camera.

One full length studio portrait of Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz and Florence Annie Catherine Schantz. Both are shown standing up leaning against a column. Identification from album.

Originally on page 15 of album 3.

Thirty-two letters received by Mary Gross Moyer (nee Nash) from relatives and friends.

Date and Place from: May 16, 1866 Gardenville To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 Notes: Partial letter, no closing.

Date and Place from: January 17, 1882 Wyandotte, Kan. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Written on Wyandotte Gazette letterhead.

Date and Place from: December 8, 1872 Fountainville, Pa. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash,1808-1885 From Gross, Mary Notes: written in German.

Date and Place from: October 24, 1881 Plumsteadville, Bucks County To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Gross, Solomon Notes: Written in German.

Date and Place from: 1870 s.l. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Notes: Partial letter, no salutation.

Date and Place from: March 22, ? Fenwick To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Leah.

Date and Place from: February 8, 1880 Wyandotte, Kan. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: June 11, 1881 Plumstead To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Michener, Sarah Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: October 23, 1881 Beamsville To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Housser, Annie.

Date and Place from: February 19, 1882 Louth To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Fry, Abraham and Fry, Martha Jane.

Date and Place from: March 26, 1882 Campden To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Fry, Sarah.

Date and Place from: July 20, 1882 Wyandotte, Kan. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Notes: Written on Wyandotte Gazette letterhead.

Date and Place from: November 9, 1882 Fenwick To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Fry, F. N. and Leah.

Date and Place from: December 4, 1882 Clinton To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Honsberger, Margaret.

Date and Place from: December 17, 1882 Fountainville To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Fly, Henry and Fly, Magdelene Notes: Includes notes from Jennie, Laura and Samuel G.

Date and Place from: March 22, 1883 Fenwick To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Fry, F.N.

Date and Place from: May 6, 1883 Fountainville To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Gross, Esther.

Date and Place from: January 28, 1884 Fountainville To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Fly, Henry and Fly, Magdelene.

Date and Place from: August 12, 1885 Minneapolis, Minn. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Partial letter, no salutation.

Date and Place from: July 5, 1866 Campden, C. W. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: April 14, 1870 Independence, Mo. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: May 21, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: May 23, 1870 Independence, Mo. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: September 24, 1870 Greenwood, Mo. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Attachments: Piece of wedding dress & wedding card enclosed.

Date and Place from: March 18, 1875 LaSalle, Ill. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: September 25, 1881 Jordan Station, Ont. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Written on Moyer & Co. Growers of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, etc. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: July 16, 1882 Wyandotte, Kan. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: Aug. 31, 1882 Mapleton, Iowa To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: Jan. 5, 1883 Plumstead Township, Bucks County To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Gross, Samuel.

Date and Place from: Feb. 5, 1883 Wyandotte, Kan. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: Written on Wyandotte Gazette letterhead.

Date and Place from: Sept. 13, 1885 Ellsworth, Kan. To Moyer, Mary Gross Nash, 1808-1885 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Daily entries by Isaac Lucius Bowman in which he records his and his family's work and leisure activities. Isaac would appear to have been very busy man in 1885, as he records many surveying contracts, deeds registered, plans drawn up, etc., as well as his work as treasurer of the Town Council, a post to which he was appointed on January 9 of that year. His cash accounts for the Council are to be found in a notebook later used by his son, Hervey Bowman, now in SCA274-GA417-3-30. He also records (on Feb. 4) that he performed a marriage. Although the entries are fairly straightforward accounts of activities, they cast light on some little-explored aspects of life in nineteenth-century Berlin, as in this entry from Saturday, July 18, 1885: "Attended Love feast, it was a precious sacrament, Receiving of Members in forenoon Baptism in the afternoon at 2 o'clock P.M. in Grand River. 7 immersed and 2 sprinkled. Sunday School Children's meeting at 3 p.m. 6 speakers took part. It was an interesting time ..."