Mounted photograph of employees posed for a photo outside of the Anthes Manufacturing Company factory. Seen in two rows, one standing and one kneeling, most are holding hats at their side or on a knee. An unidentified man on a horse is included in the group at right.

Upper body studio portrait of H. Nellein, chief accountant, seen looking off camera.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of J.I. Frank Anthes seen looking off camera. The image has been altered so that Anthes is shown in a scroll.

Two copies of a three-quarter length studio portrait of J.I. Frank Anthes seated with a role of paper in hand and looking at the camera.

Two snapshots of downtown Kitchener taken at night in winter. One of King St. shows parked cars, all of which are 1920's or early 30's models, decorated for Christmas. The other is of old Kitchener City Hall decorated with Christmas lights

Image of office staff, all men, seated the length of tables working, some with calculators.

Press clippings from various publications primarily regarding Cameron Hill, fellow aircrew, and prisoners of war likely collected by Cameron's parents, Britton and Grace Hill, during the Second World War. Also includes one holiday greeting card from Bob Spence and two photographs. The first photograph features Cameron and fellow aircrew at their British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) Wings Parade on June 7, 1941 in Toronto, Ontario. The second photograph features Bob Spence and Jack Wood near El Alamein, Egypt in 1942.

Photograph of yucca blossoms in southern California.

Ontario coat of arms of "durwood" manufactured by John Walter & Sons, Kitchener with Norman C. Schneider label on verso.

Correspondence, drafts, notes of Kay Rex, regarding Winnipeg Branch and biographical information about members, including Elizabeth Long, Pearl L'Ami, Miriam Green Ellis, and Abbie Sharman. Contains original clippings from the 1950's and photocopies of early material ca. 1904-1913, 1950's, including a photocopy of the June 25, 1904 Mail and Empire announcing the formation of the Canadian Women's Press Club, as well as photocopied material from the National Archives and the Provincial Archives of Manitoba.

Silver penny from Newcastle (England) showing on the obverse the head of Edward I and on the reverse a long cross with three pellets in the angles.

Manuscript report dictated by Rear-Admiral Charles Holmes for his superiors, recounting in detail the events of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Major-General James Wolfe captured Quebec on Sept. 13, 1759, but died on the battlefield. His opponent, the Marquis de Montcalm died the next day. Holmes dictated a detailed account of the battle and sent two copies on separate ships to the British Admiralty. This document is the second copy of that report.

Correspondence from Daniel Claus to Captain Matthews. The letter is regarding the capture of Peter Hansen and his servant as members of the rebellion by the Mohawk nation to be used to gather intelligence. The letter also mentions a contract for fresh meat, and that members of the village had been unwell. At this time Claus had been appointed deputy agent of the Six Nations in Canada under Frederick Haldimand.

Silver eight reales from Spain (minted in Mexico) with a countermark bust of King George III in an oval in the centre of the head of Charles IV on the obverse. The reverse shows the Spanish coat of arms. These coins were issued by the British mint in response to a massive shortage of coinage and were valued at four shillings and ninepence.

Donald McKay journal : fur trader, Temiskaming, Upper Ottawa District, Jan. 1799-Dec. 1799, Book I.

Issues of the Ulster County Gazette, Kingston for January 4, 1800 and January 14, 1800.

Three photographs that have been hole punched and tied together. The first shows Ruth Schantz sitting in a wheelbarrow with Carrie Flagler Schantz in front of the home at Morton Park. The second shows Ruth Schantz and Orpheus Moyer Schantz on the steps of the home at Morton Park. The third shows Ruth standing in a garden holding flowers.

One clipping of a sketch of Red River settlement by Lord Selkirk ca. 1817.

Consists of one deed of land dated June 5, 1818 between Aaron White of the Township of Hallowell and Joseph Dorland of the Township of Ameliasbury, both of Prince Edward County for 100 acres of land in Hallowell Township.

Carbon typescript transcript of Arthur Lang's diary prepared as a Christmas souvenir in 1907 by T.A. Lang in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. It includes a copy of a letter from one of Arthur Lang's granddaughters, giving some family background. Arthur Lang describes the sea voyage, scenery, and passengers on trip from Montreal, through the Lachine Rapids, to Prescott, Ontario. The diary also discusses Lang’s experiences inspecting land near the townships of Ramsay, Lanark, and Dalhousie in Lanark County, Ontario.

File consists of one receipt, in French, for work performed by an enslaved Black female named Maria on a chain gang in New Orleans in 1825. Translation reads "Wages for negress on the chain: The city treasury will pay to Mr. D. Fitch the sum of 11 piastre and 50 cents for forty six days of work by his negress Maria, employed by the public works from August 9 to October 3." The document is signed by David Fitch and Precend Lament [?] and is dated at New Orleans, Oct. 3, 1825.

Attached to the receipt is what appears to be a clipping from the vendor catalogue which listed the item for sale. It reads:
"174. NEGRO CHAIN GANG LABOR RECEIPT. Printed document, in French, signed, one page, oblong small quarto. Nouvelle-Orleans, 1825. Interesting if not gruesome document. Receipt for labor in the chain gang performed by a negress."

Consists of one deed of land between William Dickson and William Otis for 50 acres of land in Dumfries township, dated May 9, 1831.

Consists of one deed of land between William Dickson and John Campbell for 315 1/3 acres of land in Dumfries township, dated July 14, 1832.

Consists of one deed of land between William Dickson and Jacob Kinsey for 150 acres of land in Dumfries township, dated April 25, 1833.

Consists of one deed of land between William Dickson and John Fraser for 50 acres of land in Dumfries township, dated October 5, 1834.

Consists of one deed of land between William Dickson and Levi Howell for 25 acres of land in Dumfries township, dated April 16, 1834.

Consists of a deed of bargain and sale on vellum. The deed, dated December 12, 1834, details a transaction between Vincent Dewell, and his wife Harriet, with Henry Smith regarding a plot of land in exchange for 50 pounds. The plot of land is identified as the west part of lot 29 on the 8th concession of Hope Township in Durham County, Upper Canada. Two red wax seals appear on the bottom right corner of the deed.

One document on vellum: a grant of land in Hastings County, Upper Canada to Frederick Keller, heir of the original grantee, his brother David Keller, deceased, dated Feb. 10, 1835.

File consists of one document appointing Thomas Carfrae to be collector of duties and customs for the Port of Toronto as well as one item of correspondence informing Thomas of the appointment.

Collection consists of seven legal documents regarding the sale of land in the Township of Dumfries in Southern Ontario.

Consists of one receipt for twenty one pounds received from Joseph Pettengall as partial payment for 100 acres of land in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, on June 6, 1839.

File consists of one manuscript report on a meeting between settlers and First Nations groups in Credit Mission, Upper Canada in 1840.

Collection contains prints of Canadian landscapes done by William Henry Bartlett in 1841 and portraits of prominent 17th and 18th century politicians from Europe and Canada. Also included are letters from English prime ministers dating around the 1700s. The collection is arranged in one series consisting of print engravings, a file of Bartlett prints, and a scrapbook containing letters.

Three images of drawings by E. Mallandaine of buildings at Fort Langley, near Vancouver, British Columbia.

File consists of two identical upper body studio portrait photographs of David Sovereign Bowbly in his graduation cap and gown.

Upper body studio portrait of David Sovereign Bowbly in graduation cap and gown.

File consists of 4 sheets of notes on the boundaries of the polling districts of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.

File consists of statements to J.F. Schoellkopf regarding sales of wool in Providence, Rhode Island.

File consists of one day book belonging to Louis Breithaupt. The pages are numbered by hand to p. 60 and are variously headed "Buffalo" and "Berlin". It is uncertain whether handwriting is contemporary or added later by Louis Jacob Breithaupt,.

p. 1-53 contain entries from June 1852 to Oct. 1861 relating to his business in Buffalo, N.Y. [and probably Berlin as well as of 1857].
p. 54-55 written on by Louis J. Breithaupt, Jan. 7, 1870. "Facts" and penmanship practice.
p. 56 accounts resume at Nov. [1861?] Page is headed "Breithaupt & Strauss". Accounts appear to relate to business in Berlin. P. [68] contains an entry on Oct. 20 [1862?] relating to balance "Schoellkopf " according to statement. Page is headed "Buffalo, September 1861" in an unidentified handwriting.
p. [70] ends with entry for Jan. 1863. Page [71] overleaf starts at Nov. 18, 1865 and is weekly accounts, including wages paid to named individuals in "Beam House", "Currier Shop", "Yard." P. [78] headed "Berlin Dec. 23rd 1865" contains annotation: "This was written by P. Cress: all on this page but this."
Accounts continue to p. [185] ending with June 22, 1867.
p. [186] begins day book described on end leaf as "Team book kept by Louis J. Breithaupt Berlin, Ont., 1869-1870. The first entry is dated Aug. 13, 1869. Entries concern loads carried by various teams, what was carried and where carried to, threshing, plowing, etc.. LJB would be 15 years old at this time. Ends at p. [236], entry for Sept. 15, 1870.
P. [237 blank].
P. [238] contains inscription: "L.J. Breithaupt, Berlin, Ont., student of Berlin Central School, Berlin Ontario, Sept. 15, 1870. Page also contains a list of "Old bricks for inside wall of house."
P. [239] contains a list of "Boarders: when they come and when leave."

Plan showing a subdivision of Berlin with 642 lots in three parcels. Includes transparent overlay stencil reflecting the locations of current Kitchener buildings and landmarks.

File consists of documents relating to the construction and furnishing of the house built by Louis Breithaupt at 711 Carrol St., Buffalo, N.Y., in 1852. Includes invoices and accounts.

One broadside legal document for the recapture of an enslaved woman in Memphis, Tennessee. The writ of replevin and penal bond is by Sarah A. Hawthorn, by her next friend John Hawthorn. Next friend is a legal term for someone who appears in court in place of one who is not considered competent to do so. In this case, Sarah's husband John appeared on her behalf as Sarah, being a married woman, could not bring actions in Tennessee. The writ of replevin is filed against George W. Fisher who the Hawthorns claim was illegally holding an enslaved woman named Mary An. The writ also states that if the Hawthorns are found to be unlawful in their re-capture of Mary Ann they would pay a penal bond of $1,600.

File consists of one full length studio portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby seen standing with hands together at front and right arm resting on chair.

File consists of notes payable relating to business mostly conducted in Canada by L. Breithaupt, to be paid by account of J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo, N.Y.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt. Includes statements of accounts, freight receipts, business correspondence, notes payable, etc. Includes one letter in German from J. Wagner, 3 letters in German from F.A. Goetze (one including a bill for cigars), and an agreement between J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo and McKay & Horner, Brantford, dated September 22, 1856.

Head and torso studio portrait of Mary Moyer Schantz at approximately sixteen years of age with ribbons in hair.

File consists of notes payable relating to business conducted in Buffalo by L. Breithaupt, to be paid by account of J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo, N.Y.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt. Includes statements of accounts, business correspondence, telegrams, railroad advice notes and freight receipts, notes receivable, tax notices, etc. Also in the file are documents relating to work done on the church and minister's house corner of William and Emslie Sts., letter from J. Long, Cleveland regarding 18 boxes of Universal Salve, written on the verso of printed instructions for the salve, correspondence between J.F. Schoellkopf and L. Breithaupt, letters in German from Rev. Jacob Wagner, August Klein, Jacob Hailer, Reinhold Lang, F.A Goetze (including cigar bill), statement from Hoffman and Weaver for land in Berlin. Also included is one letter in German from Louis Breithaupt, Berlin, November 6, 1857 to Catharine Breithaupt in Buffalo [last item].

File consists of notes payable and receivable, relating to business conducted in Buffalo, N.Y., by L. Breithaupt and J.F. Schoellkopf.

File consists of land transaction documents relating to property in Berlin, Ontario.

File consists of a hand-written partnership agreement relating to a tanning business to be carried on in Berlin, Ontario, by Jacob Vogt and Louis Breithaupt, signed by both parties.

File consists of one studio portrait of Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement with cousin Samuel W. Jackson dressed up and wearing hats. Janie, seen seated, is holding a doll and Samuel, standing next to her, is holding a flag and powder horn.

Full body studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt standing, seen looking at camera.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt including statements of accounts (including shoes and gaiters for Wagners, Hailers and Breithaupts), freight receipts, business correspondence, etc. Includes 22 letters from Charles A. Ahrens, Berlin concerning business and conditions in the tannery there. Letters in German include those from Margaret Wagner, Buffalo, W. Goetze, New York, A. and L. Klein, Rochester, Jacob Hailer, Ludwig Breithaupt, Th. Wagner, and others. Also in the file are documents relating to the Evangelical Association Church property, William and Emslie Sts. in Buffalo, circulars of F.A. Goetze, tobacconist, letters from Jacob Vogt, Nigara Falls and a letter from J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo.

• [Copper?] coin - Albert Edward Prince of Wales Visited Canada and Inaugurated the Victoria Bridge 1860.
• 2 [Silver?] coins - The Victoria Bridge Medal Grand Trunk Railway of Canada 1860.
• 2 [Silver?] coins - H.R.H. The Prince of Wales To Commemorate the Visit of Albert Edward Prince of Wales to Canada 1860.

One handbill advertising the publication of James Redpath's "The Public Life of Capt John Brown." Redpath and Brown were contemporaries and abolitionists and Redpath wrote this work the year after Brown's execution.

File consists of one unbound account book labelled "Hide Book" containing records from 1856 to 1857 of "hides received from Canada to be charged to North Evans Tannery." Includes notes payable, relating to business mostly conducted in Canada by L. Breithaupt, to be paid by account of J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo, N.Y. Also contains two letters in German dated November 30 and December 2, 1861 from M. Strauss, Buffalo, N.Y.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt. Includes business correspondence, a contract with William Brower, May 1862, to tear down a warehouse and build a stable, correspondence with Jacob J. Vogt, and correspondence with the Singer Sewing Machine Co. Letters in German include those from M. and John Straus, some written on letterhead: "Breithaupt & Straus, manufacturers and dealers in sheep-skins and wool, Carroll St. . . . Buffalo, N.Y.",End of file: one letter in German from Catharine Breithaupt, dated Aug. 8, 1861 [marked C.B.]. A. and L. Klein, Wm. Schroeder, Samuel Moyer, Martin Anthes, F.A. Goetze and others.

Also of note are four letters in German from Catharina Breithaupt [marked C.B. Sr. = Catharina, mother of Louis Breithaupt?]; one letter in German to Catharina Breithaupt, sent from Germany, four letter in German from Catharine in Buffalo to Louis in Berlin.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt. Includes statements of accounts, raiload advice notices and freight receipts (one dated 1862 at Berlin Station), business correspondence, etc. Includes letters in German from F.A. Goetze, N.Y., recipe for lubricating compound, receipts for city, county, and school taxes, 1858-1859 (one receipt shows three properties in Buffalo), letter to Thomas Bowness in Woodstock, Ont. from J.F. Schoellkopf, November 15, 1861, letter to Louis Breithaupt from J.F. Schellkoepf, July 23, 1861, letter from Charles A. Ahrens, June 19, 1861, letters written jointly to L.B. from Jacob J. Vogt (in English) and Jacob Hailer (in German), Niagara, June 7, 1859 regarding business matters (salutation reads "Dear Brother, Father and Mother Hiler came to our plase...), receipt for household goods purchased for Jacob Wagner, April 30, 1859. Also contains an unbound day book in German with entries from December 19, 1859 to August 15, 1861.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt including business correspondence, letters in German to and from Louis Breithaupt and M. Strauss, railroad freight receipts, etc. Also in the file are letters in German from Wm. Goetze and others, and two letters in German from Catherine Raquet, Buffalo; two letters in German by C. Raquet with letters enclosed by Catharina Breithaupt; seven letters in German from Catharina Breithaupt, Buffalo; one letter to Louis and Catharine Breithaupt from Jacob and Mary Burckle in Berlin, who are caring for the children while their parents are away.

Copy prints showing the intersection of King and Queen St., taken from Queen St. S. looking North. Shows sign for Berliner Journal Printing office and Ayton's grocer.

File consists of one 1972 photocopy of a plan of part of the town of Berlin by Joseph Hobson showing the block of land bordered by Weber, Queen, and Frederick, where the YWCA would later be built. On the side of the plan are affidavits relating to the survey of the area.

File consists of a family portrait of the [Hoffman] family. The old gentleman in the portrait closely resembles a known portrait of John Hoffman (1808-1878), but given the family connection it would more likely be his brother Jacob Hoffman (1809-1864), father of Isaac and grandfather of Caroline Barnes. Also in the photograph are a woman, a young man and five children.

File consists of Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Co. receipt to L. Breithaupt for insurance payment on dwelling on Seneca St., Buffalo, May 12, 1864.

File consists of two identical full length studio portraits of Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, age 5.

File consist of the April 15, 1865 edition of the New York Herald. This edition reports on the assassination of Lincoln.

File consist of the December 8, 1865 edition of The Patriot, Toronto.

Three-quarter length studio portrait of Abraham Shantz, seated, with Mary Shantz standing at left. Both are seen looking at camera.

One full body studio portrait of Issac Lucius Bowman seen dressed in a long coat and standing with left hand resting on the top of a chair.

File consists of a document relating to property in Buffalo.

File consists of material relating to the purchase of and payment for property in Buffalo, N.Y. Includes two land title search documents, one dated 1849 (for Reuben B. Heacock) and the other dated 1865. Includes the original mortgage document from R.B. Heacock, signed by Liborius Breithaupt, April 7, 1848, annotated with a list of payments made. Includes receipts for payments made from 1849 to 1856.

Relief shown by hachures.

Full body portrait of unknown adult standing with left hand on the back of a chair.

File consists of one full length studio portrait showing Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement dressed as Little Red Riding Hood with her dog.

File consists of one full body studio portrait showing George Herbert Bowlby, about age 3, with dog Tippo Saib by the "Ontario" Photograph Gallery, Berlin, Ont. George and Tippo are shown in an outdoor setting in front of a wooden fence.

Head and torso studio portrait possibly of John Book or Jesse (last name unknown) seen looking off camera and dressed in suit and tie.

Group portrait of Freeport Academy teachers and students taken about 1869.

Back row, left to right: Rev. John B. Schlichter, Ezra Weber, Mary Snyder (Mrs. Moses Weaver), Harriet Shupe, Mina Gonder, Miss Bergey, Samuel S. Moyer, Isaac L. Bowman (Principal).

Middle row, left to right: William Simmons, Ananias Eby, Ephraim A. Snyder, James Peterson, William Sherk, Saruch Eby, Charles Shupe, Abraham M. Snyder.

Front row, left to right: Benjamin M. Snyder, Moses Weaver, Abram O. Bowman, Titus Snyder, Horace Beam, Horace Smith, Jacob B. Weaver, Hiram Hewitt.

Two copies of a full body studio portrait of John Christian Breithaupt seated and Louis Henry Wagner standing, seen looking at camera.

Studio portrait of [James and Charlo Warnock] seated beside each other on a high back chair and looking toward camera. A black dog is seen is laying at their feet.

Full body studio portrait of John S. Anthes standing next to a side table with a hat on top. Anthes is seen looking at the camera, arms at sides.

Studio portrait of Catherine Wagner Bates. Catherine is dressed formally in a dress with choker necklace, earrings and her hair in a snood.

Studio portrait of Louis Henry Wagner seen looking off camera.

File consists of one studio portrait of William John Motz as an infant. He is sitting, likely in his mother's lap, but she has been cropped out from the photograph.

File consists of two identical group portraits of Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement and Eddie Stinson. Janie is shown leaning her elbow on a desk while Eddie points something out to her on a sheet of paper.