Two copies of a photograph a partial view of a lake with buildings and trees on both shores, and a boat on one side.

Photograph of a group of people by a lake, with canoes and boats at the shore.

File consists of minutes for the annual meeting, Aug. 16, 1909, mimeograph ts.

Photograph of a group of five children in a canoe in a lake.

Photograph of a group of five children in a canoe in a lake.

Two copies of a studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt, seen looking off-camera.

Various pieces of artwork, primarily drawings, by Henry Bowman. These are likely from when he was a student at Central School.

Contains one modern print copy negative and one photograph of nine men playing hockey. A.R. Kaufman is identified on the back of the photograph as second from the left.

Photograph of the extended Anthes family outdoors during a picnic at Bridgeport on the occasion of John and Lydia Catherine Anthes' 42nd wedding anniversary. The group is seen standing and seated along the length of a bench and "Bowling Alley" sign is visible in the background at right.

Adults in back row: Cyrena Anthes, John Isaac Anthes holding an unidentified infant, Carrie Breithaupt holding an unidentified infant, John S. Anthes, Lydia Catherine Anthes, Emeline Rieder, Talmon Rieder, Peter Rieder, Ella Anthes, Martha Rieder, and Louisa Breithaupt.

Children in front row: ?, John Edward Breithaupt, ?, Frieda Breithaupt, Louise Breithaupt with possibly Esther Breithaupt, Walter Breithaupt and Fred Breithaupt (likely incorrect).

Full length portrait of an unidentified infant looking off camera and dressed in a white gown.

Full length studio portrait of the children of Evelyn and John Parry, from left to right: Elizabeth, John, Margaret and Rosa. Elizabeth and John are seen seated on a round-back chair and Margaret and Rosa are seen standing to the right, holding hands.

Full length portrait of an unidentified infant seated in a high back chair, looking toward camera and dressed in a white gown.

Upper body portrait of an unidentified seated adult holding an infant, dressed in an white gown, upright on side of chair. Both are seen looking at camera.

Studio portrait of two unidentified children. One is seated in a chair and smiling at something off camera and the other is seated at a table playing with a metal building set.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified adult seen looking at camera.

A reproduction of An indenture between The Berlin Steel Go-Cart Company and The Pollock Manufacturing Company Limited.

One letters patent for The Pollock Manufacturing Company, Limited. The letters patent was assigned to Arthur Bell Pollock, Charles Stoltz Boehmer, August Boehmer and Alexander Henry Welker.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Charles Alexander Schneider seen looking off camera, dressed in suit and tie.

Photograph of Frederick H. Schneider cropped from larger photograph.

Photograph of a group of eight adults and four children standing or sitting down by the entrance of a summer house surrounded by trees, possibly taken at the family "Bay View Cottage" in Penetanguishene (Ontario).

People in photograph are: Louisa Breithaupt standing and second from left, Lydia Anthes seated in a chair on the lawn with an infant on her lap, and Carrie Breithaupt standing next to them.

Photograph of an unidentified group of four adults (two of them sitting down, two standing) in a room with plants in the background and a window behind them. One of the seated adults is knitting.

Photograph of a campground with a group of five people (possibly workers) by two camp tents with a table with cooking items. There is a body of water in the background.

Photograph of three men sitting down on a house porch with fishing catch hanging from the porch beams, possibly taken at the family "Bay View Cottage" in Penetanguishene (Ontario).

Photograph of seven children sitting down on a bench.

According to annotations, people in photograph are: John Edward Breithaupt, Grace Melvina Louise Augustine, Freida Caroline Harris, Carl Louis Breithaupt, Maria Martha Louise Martin, Laurine Catherine Augustine, and Albert William Augustine.

Studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt, seen looking off-camera.

Studio portrait of Carrie Breithaupt, seen looking off-camera.

Studio portrait of Ella Elmina Anthes Cook, seen looking off-camera.

Photograph of factory buildings, possibly the Breithaupt Tannery in Penetanguishene (Ontario).

Head and torso studio portrait of Orpheus Moyer Schantz (center back) with (left to right) Ruth, Worth Flagler and Carrie Schantz.

Candid portraits of Norman C. Schneider. One of Schneider sitting outdoors with a dog on lap and a head and shoulders shot cut from a larger photograph.

J.M. Schneider letterhead: J.M. Schneider, General Pork Packer and Sausage Maker, Berlin, Ont.

Handwritten information about the Cook family in Pennsylvania: "Information from Mrs. Andrew Markle", transcriber unidentified but probably Florence Sims.

File consists of materials relating to the German newspaper amalgamation by Rittinger and Motz. This relates to the purchase of "The Canadischer Bauernfreund" of Waterloo, the "Canadisches Volksblatt" of New Hamburg and the "Deutsche Zeitung" or Berlin by Ritting and Motz, who already owned "Ontario Glocke" of Walkerton and the "Canadischer Kolonist" of Stratford. With these purchases, Rittinger and Motz now controlled all German Newspapers in Western Ontario. File includes notices and correspondence regarding advertising rates.

One photographic postcard of two men (Harry Byers and John [Giger]) with a horse drawn cart. The verso reads "Caroline. That is John [Giger] in Michigan. A good fat for me."

Correspondence from Margaret Hailer Wagner Bean to son Louis Henry Wagner. The letter discusses her ill health, the health of Louis Henry's son and half-siblings and the accidental death of Mr. Mayer. A note is appended to the end from Louis Henry's half sister Alma Bean.

Correspondence from Catherine Hailer Breithaupt to her nephew Louis Henry Wagner. The letter discusses the local weather, family news and events in Berlin (Kitchener) including the health of Louis Henry's mother and a woman preaching in the Evangelical congregation.

One upper body studio portrait of Levi Nash Moyer seen looking at camera.

Full body studio portrait of Sarah Finley seen standing with left hand on back of armchair and looking at camera.

Postcard of scene in Waterloo Park, Waterloo, Canada.

Three copies of a photograph of a group of fourteen people (five adults and nine children) posing for the photograph on a rocky area with vegetation in the background, taken at Felsheim (also known as Woods Bay), John Christian Breithaupt's summer home in Georgian Bay.

People in photograph are: Louise Catherine Geil seated in the middle of the group at left with a child on her lap and Carrie Breithaupt seated in the middle of the group at right with a child on her lap.

Photograph of a group of fourteen people (five adults and nine children) posing for the photograph on a rocky area with vegetation in the background, taken at Felsheim (also known as Woods Bay), John Christian Breithaupt's summer home in Georgian Bay.

People in photograph are: Louise Catherine Geil seated in the middle of the group at left with a child on her lap and Carrie Breithaupt seated in the middle of the group at right with a child on her lap.

One outdoors group portrait of the Moyer family. From left to right are: Levi Nash Moyer, Mollie Moyer, Emma Bliss Moyer, and Samuel Moyer. The four are seated on a large rock.

One group portrait taken outdoors of the Moyer family seen seated outdoors on rocks.

Back Row: Levi Nash Moyer, Emma Bliss Moyer, Charlotte Hays Moyer (wife of Harry), Mollie Moyer (wife of Levi), Harry Moyer (son of Levi), Robert Moyer (son of Samuel)

Front Row: Louisa Moyer (daughter of Samuel), Elizabeth Moyer (daughter of Harry), Robert Moyer (son of Harry), Unknown, Unknown, Samuel Moyer.

An envelope addressed to Mr. A. W. Augustine, postmarked Berlin 1910, stamped.

Collection consists of 13 unused postcards concerning suffragettes and women's rights. Included are photographs of Christobel Pankhurst with Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence at a demonstration in Hyde Park, one of a suffragette in prison, a portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst, and Flora Drummond protesting opposite the English House of Common. The remainder are cartoons.

One box of American solid finest quality drawing crayons.

File consists of an untitled ms. volume containing minutes of the annual and general meetings starting with the first organizational meeting of Feb. 19, 1894. This was considered the 1st annual meeting. Annual meeting minutes are present for the years 1894, 1895, 1896, [1897], 1898, [1899], [1900],1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910.

Other minutes: Regatta Committee, 1894, Cottagers' Committee, 1896, as well as two leaves containing a list of prizes (medallions, etc.) with prices.

The volume also contains loose inserts:
1a) Minutes, Cottagers' Committee, Dec. 26, 1895,
1b) Telegram from the King, Aug. 6, 1906,
1c) certificates of measurement, undated, for named boats, signed Jno Rogers, Official Measurer.

Photograph of a lake with a canoe and boat in the centre of the photograph.

Eighteen letters received by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White).

Date and Place from: September 23, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: October 10, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: October 22, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: November 8, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: December 7, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: February 23, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: July 21, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: January 13, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: November 15, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: December 16, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: May 3, 1909 To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Pearl.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1909 To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Pearl.

Date and Place from: July 12, 1918 Ottawa To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Beddome, Jean Notes: Written on Imperial Munitions Board letterhead.

Date and Place from: March 7, 1910 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: February 09, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: May 21, 1908 Didsbury, Alta.? To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: August 07, 1908 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: Includes note from Frank Schantz.

Date and Place from: Nov. 19, 1908 Helena, Mont. To White, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 Notes: Written on The Montana Children's Home Society letterhead; includes envelope with stamp.

One upper body studio portrait, possibly of Faith Gribble. Photograph is in an embossed green enclosure with a purple interior and reads "With the Compliments of the Season."

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Ruth Schantz seen looking at camera with a slight smile.

Snapshot of two unidentified children sitting outside on a lawn outside of a home.

Pen drawing featuring the lines of the poem titled, My Symphony by William Ellery Channing as well as flower and butterfly motifs. The creator of this drawing changed the order of some of the lines in the original poem titled, My Symphony by William Ellery Channing.

File consists of a post card album compiled by Ella Anthes on her trip to Europe during the sumer of 1910. Album contains ca. 260 post cards and a small amount of loose emphera from Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland. Ms. annotation inside front cover: "Ella Anthes / trip to Europe / summer 1910 / married Milton H. Cook / Sept. 14, 1911."

File consists of 23 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder. Some letters are addressed individually to her mother or father. File also includes a letter from Ella Anthes Cook to Lydia; and two letters to Louisa Anthes Breithaupt, one from Martha and one from Ella.

Series consists of material created and accumulated by Ella Anthes Cook. Includes autograph albums, a scrapbook, ephemera, and correspondence.

File consists of two photographs of Ella Anthes Cook and travelling companions on horseback in the Gap of Dunloe, Ireland.

File consists of two studio portraits of Martha Rieder's friend Lucie Edkins with her daughter Phyllis, and one studio portrait of Phyllis.

File consists of an article clipped from a Berlin (now Kitchener) newspaper entitled, "A promising industry" with the subtitle "although in operation for only three months the Berlin Boot Company already employs 65 hands". A colour photocopy is also included.

Fire insurance and mortgage indentures for the Ratz Brothers business

Studio portrait of Lizzie and Jack Schweitzer seen looking off camera with slight smiles.

Group portrait of Lottie Ahrens, Marion Law, Florence Ahrens, and Agnes Law looking off camera, posed standing arm-in-arm and wearing straw [sombreros?]. Three of the four are wearing turtleneck sweaters and one is wearing a long cardigan with pockets.

Eight page booklet advertising the benefits of Pears Soap, specifically for use on women and children and in washing clothes. The cover shows a young girl holding a newspaper which reads "How to improve the complexion Soap" and the verso shows an illustration of a grandmother forcing a young boy into a bath with Pears Soap and the caption "You dirty boy."

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of Patricia Grace Fennell as a child. Inscription reads "Patricia Fennel aged 2 years & 9 months."

File consists of one three quarter length studio portrait of Isabel Eccleston Mackay. Isabel is seated wearing a lace dress and holding a magazine.

File consists of one snapshot of the extended Clement family and friends standing in front of the water at Portage Point, Georgian Bay. Left to right: A.Y. Jackson, Esther Williams, unknown, Florence Clement, unknown, Mr. Williams.

File consists of two photographs (with accompanying negatives) showing members of the extended Clement family on a picnic. Included in the photograph are: Florence Clement, Isabella Jackson Hayward, Bill Hayward, Frances Hayward, Mary Hayward, Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement and Geneva Jackson.

File consists of two identical snapshots showing members of the extended Clement family doing the "Portage Point Farewell" at Georgian Bay. These snapshots show the family holding hands and jumping into the air. Included in the photographs are: William Pope Clement, A.Y. Jackson, David Ward Clement, Florence Grace Clement, Ed Whtye, Esther Williams, Elinor Williams and Marial Birnie.

File consists of three snapshots (two duplicates and one variant) showing a walking party at Chicoppee. Members of the party include: Frederick Bowman Kelly, Florence Grace Clement, Dorothy Pierson [?], Freida Kathleen Boyd Heefer, Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly, Clayton Snyder, Vera Bonnell (Havergal friend), Norah Smythe, Sadie Devitt, Pete [Moyer?], Edwin Oliver Clement, Eddie Hewitt.

Snapshots, most of which are probably of the Kabel family and friends. Includes snapshots of Mary Ann Kabel (later Martin) and her parents, Mr. And Mrs. Art H. Kabel. Some photographs include identification on verso.

File consists of one hand drawn printing plate titled Plate No. I. The plate shows upper case and lower letters as well as numbers in various fonts and sizes. Plate is signed by W.H.E. Schmalz and is dated at R.M. College, Kingston, January 31, 1910. The plate has been given a grade of 75.

Copy negative of a postcard of the Berlin Fire Hall with two horse drawn wagons out front. File also includes caption notes for other photos in series titled BERLIN FIREHALL.

File consists of one photograph showing the Victoria University Glee Club of 1909-1910 including:

Brandon, G.D.
Soper, S.H.
Knox, G.
Graham, F.T.
Copeland, R.C.
Allen, T.A.
Aldridge, W.G.
Line, J.
Lilico, J.B.
Scott, R.C.
Roberts, H.L.
Richardson, L.M.
Staples, J.F.R.
McIntosh, H.W.
Bridgman, C.A.
Gree, W.R.
Mumford, W.J.
Morris, J.F.G.
Howie, W.
Totten, J.O.
Waddell, J.A.
Sherlock, J.M.
Avison, H.W.
Pike, W.H.
Puffer, D.S.
Hutcheson, H.O.
Halbert, E.J.
Whiting, M.M.
James, W.P.E.
Pound, A.C.

File consists of photocopies purchased from the National Archives of Canada of a single volume described as "Waterloo County real estate transactions 1897-1910". The transactions consist of deeds and mortgages dated 1901-1910, with an index, relating primarily to parcels of land in Berlin [i.e. Kitchener], Ontario.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Edna Louise Augustine seen in partial profile.

Full body portrait of Emma Ratz Kaufman standing with a bouquet of flowers and seen in partial profile looking off camera.

File consists of one item of correspondence from Asa Gordon to H.A. Boomer.

File consists of one item of correspondence from Jennie Purcell to H.A. Boomer.

One photograph of Olive Irene Moyer (nee Shantz) and possibly her two sisters Nora Shantz and Ella Mae Shantz.

A note attached to the back of the photograph indicated that the photograph is of Olive Irene Moyer and 2 cousins taken approximately in 1910 in Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario. However, it is likely that the three girls in the photograph are sisters rather than cousins.

Olive Irene Moyer had two sisters named Nora and Ella. Their father's name was Aaron E. Shantz. This historical information aligns closely with the notes inscribed on the recto of the photograph.

File consists of one playbill for Chantecler at the Theatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Paris, on February 6, 1910.

Christmas songs and poems written by Rebecca Brubacher, and possibly gifted to Henry Bowman. Rebecca is likely Henry's aunt (mother's sister).

One box of Keystone mathematical instruments with various instruments inside. Includes squares, set squares and protractors,

Illustrated postcard of "the last man" jumping into a boat from the shoreline where an angry mob of women are seen yelling. Caption below illustration reads: "The last man or the result of the suffragettes."

Featuring a cartoon by Harry Quinton, the post card was published by H.Q., 92, Burrows Road, N.W. Copyright No. 43.

Photograph of the Christian Endeavour Choir standing on a large stage behind a podium taken during a revival meeting in the Queen Street auditorium in Berlin, Ontario around 1910. A banner at the back of the room reads: "Get right with God." and a second, at the front of the podium reads: "Him that cometh unto Me, I will no wise cast out. John 6:37"

One sketch of an owl by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) in pencil outline which has been filled in with crayons.

File consists of one price list for Kaufman Footwear.

A paper-wrapped bundle labelled "Arthur's Pictures" that contains pictures cut from magazines and illustrated papers and pages from small books or agricultural, travel, tourist publications. These include at least one Year Book of British Columbia, a publication entitled, The Agricultural and Industrial Resources of Vancouver Island, British Columbia published in 1905, and many clippings from the Weekly Globe and Canada Farmer. These feature mostly scenery in Canadian locations, as well as New Zealand, and include farming, road building, summer pastimes (Muskoka), portraits, residences (Victoria and Toronto), winter sports, portraits, and more.

Group portrait possibly of a meeting of officials of the of Alma Street United Brethren in Christ Church taken outside. Identified on the verso are Rev. S.H. Swartz (centre in front of doors), President Bangs of Huntington College Indiana (front row, 3rd from right), Rev. Stanton, Lautenschlager, Rev. Howe, and Rev. Burton.