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Archival descriptionGreb Industries Limited fonds.
- SCA214-GA193
- Accession
- 1884-2009
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Fonds consists of records relating to the history, administration, and operations of Greb Industries Limited and its predecessors, the Greb Shoe Company Limited and the Berlin Shoe Manufacuring Company Limited, as well as its subsidiary companies. Includes letters patent and by-laws, minutes, financial statements, annual reports, correspondence and memoranda, legal documents, press clippings, newsletters, reports, presentations, advertisements, photographs, ephemera, and audio and video recordings.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-99
- File
- 1934-1945
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of letters and memoranda (photocopies) to employees from Erwin C. Greb regarding summer and Christmas vacations. File also includes a letter (photocopy) from the foremen to Greb on behalf of the employees, thanking him for a paid summer vacation.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-98
- File
- 1930-1931
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two agreements (photocopies) relating to the re-organization of the Greb Shoe Company Limited, and the surrender of letters patent for the Greb Shoe Company Limited. In 1930, Erwin C. Greb issued a new charter to replace the 1916 charter.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-97
- File
- 1920-1923
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence (photocopies) of Erwin C. Greb with Bank of Toronto branch managers Thomas How and E.W. Lamprey regarding the finances of the Greb Shoe Company. Some letters are marked 'personal'.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-96
- File
- 1919
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement (photocopy) relating to the sale of the property and building at Mansion and Chestnut Streets in Kitchener to Erwin C. Greb by Gourlay & Fogelberg, Ltd. File also includes an ms. sketch of the property and a statement of adjustments (photocopies).
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-95
- File
- 1919
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a statutory agreement and a notice (photocopies) regarding special by-law no. 6 (to change the number of directors) of the Greb Shoe Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-94
- File
- 1918
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement (photocopy) whereby Charles Greb was hired by the Greb Shoe Company Limited in an advisory capacity. The agreement was renewed in 1933.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-93
- File
- 1918
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a ts. notice (photocopy) about the agreement whereby Erwin C. Greb purchased the controlling interest in the Greb Shoe Company held by Charles Greb for $10 000. Notice contains ms. notes.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-92
- File
- 1916
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement (photocopy) between the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited and the Greb Shoe Company Limited regarding the sale of the former to the latter.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-91
- File
- 1917
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a report (photocopy) from The Bradstreet Company (Toronto, ON) about the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-90
- File
- 1915-1916
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Photocopied reports from The Mercantile Agency, R.G. Dun & Co., Toronto,about the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
Company reports : Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited.
- SCA214-GA193-2-9
- File
- 1915-1916
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of reports from The Mercantile Agency, R.G. Dun & Co. (Toronto, ON) about the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9
- Series
- 1910-1911, 1934-2008
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of material relating to the history of Greb Industries Limited and its predecessor, the Greb Shoe Company Limited. Includes press clippings, scrapbooks of press clippings, correspondence and memoranda, speeches, agreements and leases, advertising material, price lists, photographs, and other material. Material probably collected and compiled by Charles E. Greb.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-89
- File
- 1915
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement (photocopy) between H.D. McKellar (president) and Charles E. Greb (vice-presdient) regarding the transfer of shares of the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited as the company approached insolvency.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-88
- File
- 1911
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Photocopy of receipt to Charles Greb from Nelson [Gros?] of The Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited, showing the new address of factory at 47-49 Queen Street South in Berlin (now Kitchener).
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-87
- File
- [ca. 1910]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
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.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-86
- File
- 1884-2009
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a ledger (photocopy) kept by Charles Greb from 1884 to 1933, and material (photocopied) relating to Greb's hardware and hotel businesses in Zurich, Ontario where he lived before moving to Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1909. Includes a receipt to Greb from Charles Hartleib for the stock of the hardware store in Zurich, a press clipping about the history of the store, ms. notes, statements from the Waterloo Bond Corporation, and ts. notes by Charles E. Greb about the ledger.
These notes indicate that the ledger records transactions relating to the hardware store or the Huron Hotel (1884-1904); judgements made by Greb as a Justice of the Peace for Huron County (1906-1908); and transactions from building renovations, investments, loans, etc. (1909-1933).
Greb Industries Limited
Print-outs of scanned photographs.
- SCA214-GA193-10-85
- File
- [ca. 2008]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of colour print-outs of scanned photographs, probably created by Charles E. Greb in preparation for The Greb Story, as some of the images appear in the book. Includes images of Erwin C. Greb in his office and with his wife Clara, Harry Greb, Arthur Greb (including some of him in British Columbia where he managed the "Yellow Label" chain of stores), Charles Greb Sr. (including a group portrait with William Lyon Mackenzie King), Charles E. Greb in 1999, and Hush Puppies advertisements.
Some of the images can be found as photographs in other files. File also includes photocopies pages from A History of Kitchener, Ontario by W.V. (Ben) Uttley (1937) and photocopied ms. notes.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-10-84
- File
- [193-], [ca. 1950]-1975, [ca. 2008]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of photographs and one advertisment used as images in The Greb Story. Some photographs include ts. or ms. cutlines taped to the verso. Not all photographs and advertisements used in the book are present in the file. Duplicate photographs may be present.
Greb Industries Limited
The Greb Story : a chronological outline by Charles E. Greb.
- SCA214-GA193-10-83
- File
- 2008
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a manuscript (ts.) by Charles E. Greb about the history of the Greb company and family. The ms. is divided into chapters that tell the story in chronological order, and probably served as an outline for the book by Tom Briggs and Charles E. Greb, The Greb Story.
Greb Industries Limited
"Winnipeg plant launches a new line of footwear".
- SCA214-GA193-9-82
- File
- 1970
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a photocopy of an article from the Winnipeg Tribune on June 26, 1970 about the launch of the Bauer Jogger jogging shoe by Greb Shoes Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
Victory : a portfolio of reproductions of the documents of surrender.
- SCA214-GA193-9-81
- File
- 1945
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a portfolio of reproductions of the documents of surrender from World War II, presented by the National War Finance Committee to Greb Shoe Company Limited on the occasion of Canada's ninth victory loan.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-80
- File
- 1968-1970
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings related to Greb Shoes. Some clippings are loose between the pages, and some are loose between the last page and the back cover. Some clippings are photocopies.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-8
- Series
- 1963-1972
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of material relating to the public relations activities of Greb Industries Limited, and in particular to the Greb Hiking Bureau, a project organized by Greb Shoes to promote recreational hiking in Canada, but also includes material relating to the Oktoberfest road races, sponsored by the company. Includes pamphlets, reports, news releases, and other material.
Greb Industries Limited
Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company : receipt.
- SCA214-GA193-2-8
- File
- 1911
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a receipt to Charles Greb from Nelson [Gros?] of The Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited, showing the new address of factory at 47-49 Queen Street South in Berlin (now Kitchener).
Greb Industries Limited
Ratchford drawings and board table : correspondence.
- SCA214-GA193-9-79
- File
- 1989-1991
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of correspondence between Charles E. Greb and John Simth (general manager, Greb Kitchener Operations) regarding four original pictures by local artist Douglas Ratchford (gifts to Harry Greb in the 1970s) kept at Greb's Kitchener location, and the board room table and chairs belonging to Charles E. Greb.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-78
- File
- 1970
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of the May, 1970 issues of Successful Business (advertising newsletter), containing an article about Hush Puppies.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-77
- File
- 1910-1911, 1934-1978, 1994-2008
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the history, administration, and operations of Greb Industries and Greb Shoes. Includes sundry documents such as press clippings (some photocopies and print-outs from the World Wide Web), memoranda, leases, correspondence, reports, photocopied agreements, and ephemera.
Includes ts. notes from an interview with J.D. Campbell (vice president, marketing), American Standards Association specifications for protective occupational footwear (1943), and a letter regarding the War Expenditures Committee on Army Boot charges (1945), which mentions the Greb Shoe Company. The leases are for machinery leased by the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-76
- File
- 1967-1969
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings related to hiking and hiking trails. Clippings are loose between pages. Some pages of the scrapbook are blank.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-75
- File
- 1937-1948, 1965
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the Greb Shoe Company and Valentine and Martin Company prior to 1950. Includes press clippings (some photocopies), Christmas cards from Valentine and Martin, and an agreement between Charles E. Greb and Erwin C. Greb regarding the purchase of Valentine and Martin shares.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-74
- File
- 2000-2005
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of press clippings, including some print-outs from the World Wide Web, relating to the history of Greb Industries Limited and the 2003 closure of the Bauer Nike Hockey Inc. plant in Cambridge. File also includes colour print-outs of portions of the web sites of Hush Puppies and Kodiak Boots, and a brochure advertising Kodiak footwear.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-73
- File
- 1990-1997
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of press clippings (some print-outs from the World Wide Web) and correspondence relating to Greb Industries Limited during the 1990s. Most clippings relate to the 1990 closing of Greb Shoes in Kitchener. File also includes correspondence (some faxed) and clippings relating to an article in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record about the reconstruction of the old city hall clock tower in Kitchener's Victoria Park.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-72
- File
- [ca. 1962?], 1980-1989
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to Greb Industries Limited and the career and community involvement of Charles E. Greb during the 1980s. Includes press clippings (some photocopied), correspondence addressed to Greb, ephemera, and a photograph of the site of a Greb Shoes factory before construction. Includes a letter from Prime Minister Trudeau's correspondence assistant thanking Greb for a letter sent in support of Trudeau's peace initiatives.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-71
- File
- 1970-1979
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of press clippings and other material relating to Greb Industries and Greb Shoes during the 1970s. Includes articles and advertisements clipped from newspapers and magazines (some photocopies), memoranda from the company president to employees regarding organizational changes, news releases, ms. notes, and ephemera.
File also includes a photograph of the basset hound Velvet, as well as sundry documents such as a sales conference agenda, restructuring proposal, a speech given by Harry Greb to a GSEA banquet, etc.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Shoes, 1960s (file 2 of 2).
- SCA214-GA193-9-70b
- File
- 1961-1969
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of press clippings and other material relating to Greb Industries and Greb Shoes during the 1960s, and Charles E. Greb's tenure as manager of the Winnipeg plant. Includes news releases, correspondence, footwear price lists, product tags, a memorandum to retail customers, ts. speeches by Charles E. Greb and J.D. Campbell (vice-president, marketing), and other documents.
Press clippings also relate to local history and news in Kitchener-Waterloo, the death of politician Maitland Steinkopf (also founder of Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company), and GGD advertising agency (used by Greb). Photographs are of men and women wearing Greb footwear, Hush Puppies displays, an unidentified event attended by Harry and Arthur Greb, and Charles E. Greb awarding Best in Show at the K-W Kennel Club.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Shoes, 1960s (file 1 of 2).
- SCA214-GA193-9-70a
- File
- 1961-1969
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of press clippings and other material relating to Greb Industries and Greb Shoes during the 1960s, and Charles E. Greb's tenure as manager of the Winnipeg plant. Includes news releases, correspondence, footwear price lists, product tags, a memorandum to retail customers, ts. speeches by Charles E. Greb and J.D. Campbell (vice-president, marketing), and other documents.
Press clippings also relate to local history and news in Kitchener-Waterloo, the death of politician Maitland Steinkopf (also founder of Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company), and GGD advertising agency (used by Greb). Photographs are of men and women wearing Greb footwear, Hush Puppies displays, an unidentified event attended by Harry and Arthur Greb, and Charles E. Greb awarding Best in Show at the K-W Kennel Club.
Greb Industries Limited
Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company : bill of sale to the Greb Shoe Company Limited.
- SCA214-GA193-2-7
- File
- 1916
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement between the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited and the Greb Shoe Company Limited regarding the sale of the former to the latter.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-7
- Series
- 1941-1943, 1952-1977
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of records relating to the Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club, the Greb Shoes Employees' Association, and the Valentine and Martin Employees' Association. Includes association constitutions, by-laws, meeting agendas and minutes, and financial statements; newspaper clippings; correspondence; membership rolls and rosters; ephemera; photographs; and other material.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-69
- File
- 1953-1959
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to Greb Shoes during the 1950s. Includes press clippings (some photocopies and reprints), memoranda to Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company customers, and a photograph.
Greb Industries Limited
"Greb Shoe honours long-service employees".
- SCA214-GA193-9-68
- File
- 1953
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two copies of a page reprinted from the February 28, 1953 Kitchener-Waterloo Record containing articles about and photographs of the launch of the Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-67
- File
- 1967-1968
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings related to Greb Shoes. Clippings are loose between pages. Some pages of the scrapbook are blank.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Industries Limited clippings.
- SCA214-GA193-9-66
- File
- 1963, 1967-1968
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings related to Greb Industries Limited. Clippings are loose between pages. Most pages of the scrapbook are blank.
Greb Industries Limited
Canada West Shoe Manufacturing (1978) Co. Ltd.
- SCA214-GA193-9-65
- File
- 1978-1979
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of press clippings relating to the formation of the Canada West Shoe Manufacturing (1978) Co. Ltd. in Winnipeg, MB.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-9-64
- File
- [ca. 1974]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a ts. history of the Bauer Skate Company and the skate industry in North America, written by Don Bauer.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-8-63
- File
- 1963-1972
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the Greb Hiking Bureau and hiking in Canada. Includes publicity material created by the Greb Hiking Bureau: pamphlets, reports, news releases, and a Canadian hiking trail guide. File also includes a carbon copy of a speech given by Charles E. Greb to the Kitchener YMCA about hiking, Bruce Trail Association membership cards, and a brochure about the 1972 Okotoberfest road races, sponsord by Greb Industries Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
Valentine and Martin Employees' Association : minutes, 1941-1943 (file 2 of 2).
- SCA214-GA193-7-62b
- File
- 1941-1943
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Valentine and Martin Employees Association. Includes the constitution and by-laws, the mutual benefit policy and employment agreement, memoranda from management to the employees, and minutes of the provisional and advisory committees of the association from May, 1941 to August, 1943. The Valentine and Martin Employeees Association was merged with the Greb Shoes Employees Association when it was formed in 1952.
Greb Industries Limited
Valentine and Martin Employees' Association : minutes, 1941-1943 (file 1 of 2).
- SCA214-GA193-7-62a
- File
- 1941-1943
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Valentine and Martin Employees Association. Includes the constitution and by-laws, the mutual benefit policy and employment agreement, memoranda from management to the employees, and minutes of the provisional and advisory committees of the association from May, 1941 to August, 1943. The Valentine and Martin Employeees Association was merged with the Greb Shoes Employees Association when it was formed in 1952.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Shoes Employees' Association : minutes, 1952-1957 (file 3 of 3).
- SCA214-GA193-7-61c
- File
- 1952-1958
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Greb Shoes Employees' Association. Includes a petition requesting to organize the GSEA, memoranda from management to employees, the association constitution, notices and agendas for meetings, minutes of meetings from March 1952 to January 1958, financial statements, and membership rosters from 1952 to 1957.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Shoes Employees' Association : minutes, 1952-1957 (file 2 of 3).
- SCA214-GA193-7-61b
- File
- 1952-1958
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Greb Shoes Employees' Association. Includes a petition requesting to organize the GSEA, memoranda from management to employees, the association constitution, notices and agendas for meetings, minutes of meetings from March 1952 to January 1958, financial statements, and membership rosters from 1952 to 1957.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Shoes Employees' Association : minutes, 1952-1957 (file 1 of 3).
- SCA214-GA193-7-61a
- File
- 1952-1958
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Greb Shoes Employees' Association. Includes a petition requesting to organize the GSEA, memoranda from management to employees, the association constitution, notices and agendas for meetings, minutes of meetings from March 1952 to January 1958, financial statements, and membership rosters from 1952 to 1957.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club : membership roll.
- SCA214-GA193-7-60
- File
- 1953-1976
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of the membership roll of the Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club. Includes descriptions of annual meetings and lists of new members for each year from 1953 to 1976.
Greb Industries Limited
Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company : agreement between H.D. McKellar and Charles E. Greb.
- SCA214-GA193-2-6
- File
- 1915
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement between H.D. McKellar (president) and Charles E. Greb Sr. (vice-president) regarding the transfer of shares of the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited from the former to the latter as the company approached insolvency.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-6
- Series
- 1952-1971, 1978-1980
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of company newsletters, produced and distributed for internal communications and publicity purposes. The Cobbler, published by the Greb Shoes Employees' Association, was begun in 1952. It was replaced with the Greb Newshound in 1962, and was published until [ca. 1971?]. In 1978, a new company newsletter, Greb Footnotes, was launched. Series may not include a complete run of any one publication, and some issues may be missing.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club.
- SCA214-GA193-7-59
- File
- 1953-1977
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club, including the launch of the club in 1953, annual banquets, and the chapters in Winnipeg and Trois-Rivieres. Includes press clippings (some photocopies), news releases, programs from annual banquets, and correspondence, including a letter to Harry Greb from L.O. Breithaupt, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
Includes two photographs, one of long service members Frederick and Milt Daub and employee Walter Daub; and one of the head table at the inaugeral banquet.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-6-58
- File
- 1978-1980
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of four issues of the employee newsletter Greb Footnotes. Includes vol. 1, no. 1, 3, 4, and 9.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-6-57e
- File
- 1962-1971
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of issues of the employee newsletter Greb Newshound. Includes issues 1-32 and 34-44.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-6-57d
- File
- 1962-1971
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of issues of the employee newsletter Greb Newshound. Includes issues 1-32 and 34-44.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-6-57c
- File
- 1962-1971
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of issues of the employee newsletter Greb Newshound. Includes issues 1-32 and 34-44.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-6-57b
- File
- 1962-1971
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of issues of the employee newsletter Greb Newshound. Includes issues 1-32 and 34-44.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-6-57a
- File
- 1962-1971
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of issues of the employee newsletter Greb Newshound. Includes issues 1-32 and 34-44.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-6-56
- File
- 1955-1956
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of eight issues of the newsletter The Cobbler, published by the Greb Shoe Employees' Association. Includes January, April, May, June, July, September, and December 1955, and April 1956.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-6-55
- File
- 1953
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of ten issues of the newsletter The Cobbler, published by the Greb Shoe Employees' Association. Includes vol. 2, no. 1/2, 3-6, 7/8, 9-12.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-6-54
- File
- 1952
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of five issues of the newsletter The Cobbler, published by the Greb Shoe Employees' Association. Includes vol. 1, no. 1-5.
Greb Industries Limited
The Greb Story : Hush Puppies World Conference, 1974.
- SCA214-GA193-5-53
- File
- 1974
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two copies of The Greb Story, a ts. document about the history, organization, and operation of Greb Industries Limited, prepared for the 1974 conference of international Hush Puppies licensees.
Greb Industries Limited
Hush Puppies World Conference, 1974.
- SCA214-GA193-5-52
- File
- 1973-1974
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the organization and publicity of the Kitchener portion of the Hush Puppies World Conference held in 1974. Includes news releases, press clippings, incoming and outgoing correspondence of Charles E. Greb (including thank-you letters from conference delegates), agendas, Wolverine advertising material, and other documents.
File also includes photographs of Charles E. Greb [at the Calgary portion of the conference?], the delegates outside the Greb offices on Ardelt Avenue (Kitchener), and others.
Greb Industries Limited
Hush Puppies licencees meeting : Februrary, 1968.
- SCA214-GA193-5-51
- File
- 1968
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a presentation about Greb Shoes given at the international Hush Puppies licencees meeting in Tunis in 1968. Contains information about the history of the company and Greb's experience with Hush Puppies, as well as the development of advertising and marketing at Greb. Presenters included Jack Campbell, Jerry Goodis, and Charles E. Greb. The presentation is divided by tabs for the years 1959 to 1968, followed by a section entited "Slides and commercials".
Greb Industries Limited
Hush Puppies Advertising and marketing conference : Djerba, Tunisia.
- SCA214-GA193-5-50
- File
- 1968
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a collection of ts. presentations given at the first world wide Hush Puppies advertising and marketing conference held in Djerba, Tunisia, in February 1968. Presentations are from the following countries: USA, Netherlands, South Africa, Canada, France, West Germany, England, El Salvador, Australia, Sweden, Japan, Austria, and Mexico. File also includes an unrelated press clipping about Velvet, the Hush Puppies basset hound mascot.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-2-5
- File
- 1966-1974
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of annual reports for Greb Industries Limited for the years 1967-1971 and 1973, and a photocopy of the report for 1972. File also includes interim reports to shareholders (some photocopies), press clippings, a press release, a public relations pamphlet, and a letter to shareholders.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-5
- Series
- 1965-1974
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of records relating to the Hush Puppies brand of footwear and international meetings of Hush Puppies licencees. Includes newsletters; conference presentations; and correspondence, press clippings, and other material relating to the organization and publicity of the 1974 Hush Puppies World Conference, part of which was hosted by Greb Industries Limited in Kitchener.
Greb Industries Limited
Hush Puppies International Exchange.
- SCA214-GA193-5-49
- File
- 1965-1967
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of six issues of the newsletter Hush Puppies International Exchange, published by Wolverine Shoe and Tanning Corporation (Rockford, MI) for Hush Puppies licencees. Includes vol. 1, no. 1; vol, 2, no. 1, 2, 3; vol. 3, no. 1, 2.
Greb Industries Limited
Shoe & Leather Journal : advertisements.
- SCA214-GA193-4-48
- File
- 1953
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of three pages clipped from the April, 1953 issue of Shoe & Leather Journal containing advertisements for Greb retailers.
Greb Industries Limited
Greb Hush Puppies : colouring contest.
- SCA214-GA193-4-47
- File
- 1971
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the 1971 Hush Puppies colouring contest national advertising campaign. Includes a ts. description of the campaign, an advertisment for Hush Puppies retailers, and an advertisement clipped from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.
Greb Industries Limited
Case study : Hush Puppies marketing strategy.
- SCA214-GA193-4-46
- File
- 1972
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a ts. case study of Greb Shoes Limited and the marketing of the Hush Puppies brand, prepared by Brian W. Jones for a class at the School of Business Administration, Univeristy of Western Ontario (London, ON).
Greb Industries Limited
Bauer Division sales meeting : speeches.
- SCA214-GA193-4-45
- File
- 1978
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of ts. speeches given by outgoing president of Greb Industries Limited R.P. Curl and incoming president A. Morissette at a Bauer Division sales meeting in January, 1978. File also includes an article clipped from the July 15, 1978 Globe and Mail entitled "Retrenchment, consolidation restoring confidence in Kitchener manufacturer".
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-4-44
- File
- 1961-1976
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material advertising Greb Shoes and its various brands and styles, including Hush Puppies, Bauer, Mohicans, Ramblers, and Cat Treads. Includes magazine and newspaper advertisements (some photocopies), fliers, a pamphlet about leather, adhesive decals, product tags, and other advertising material. Includes some advertisements directed toward retailers and sales staff as well as the 1976 Bauer athletic footwear advertising plan.
File also includes a photograph of Velvet the basset hound, the Hush Puppies mascot.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-3-43
- File
- 1975
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the retirement dinner on February 7, 1975, given in honour of Harry D. Greb, Arthur C. Greb, Ross E. Hahn, and John D. Campbell. Includes correspondence and memoranda about the event, a guest list, the evening's agenda, a press release, press clippings, ephemera, ms. notes, and a photograph of Charles E. Greb seated at a table with John A. Pollock and others. Includes personal correspondence to Charles expressing best wishes to the retiring executives.
Greb Industries Limited
Executive vice-president monthly memorandum : January 9, 1973 - July 25, 1975.
- SCA214-GA193-3-42
- File
- 1973-1975
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of monthly memoranda from executive vice-president Charles E. Greb to the management group at Greb Industries Limited, from January 9, 1973 to July 25, 1975. Memoranda contain news and information regarding product lines, budgets, organizational changes, company policies, and other management issues.
Greb Industries Limited
Executive vice-president monthly memorandum : March 6, 1970 - November 13, 1972.
- SCA214-GA193-3-41
- File
- 1970-1972
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of monthly memoranda from executive vice-president Charles E. Greb to the management group at Greb Industries Limited, from March 6, 1970 to November 13, 1972. Memoranda contain news and information regarding product lines, budgets, organizational changes, company policies, and other management issues. File also includes a mailing list for the memoranda and organizational charts.
Greb Industries Limited
Valentine and Martin Limited : purchase and merger.
- SCA214-GA193-2-40
- File
- 1938, 1951
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a cheque from Erwin C. Greb to J.B. Martin for $200 000 for the 1938 purchase of Valentine and Martin Limited, and a memorandum from Harry Greb to the customers of Valentine and Martin regarding the merger with the Greb Shoe Company in 1950.
Greb Industries Limited
Sales, Marketing and Advertising
- SCA214-GA193-4
- Series
- 1953, 1961-1978
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of material relating to the sales, marketing, and advertising of Greb Shoes and its various brands, including Hush Puppies, Bauer, Mohicans, Ramblers, and Cat Treads. Includes magazine and newspaper advertisements, fliers, point-of-purchase advertisements, advertisements for Greb retailers and sales staff, speeches given at a sales meeting, a marketing case study, and other advertising material.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-1-4
- File
- 1930-1931
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two agreements relating to the re-organization of the Greb Shoe Company Limited, and the surrender of letters patent for the Greb Shoe Company Limited. In 1930, Erwin C. Greb issued a new charter to replace the 1916 charter.
Greb Industries Limited
Shoe Manufacturers Association of Canada : application.
- SCA214-GA193-2-39
- File
- 1919
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a colour photocopy of an application by Erwin C. Greb and the Greb Shoe Company Limited for membership in the Shoe Manufacturers Association of Canada.
Greb Industries Limited
Sale to Warrington Products Limited : letters to shareholders and employees.
- SCA214-GA193-2-38
- File
- 1974
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two letters from president Harry Greb regarding the sale of Greb Industries Limited to Warrington Products Limited. One letter is addressed to the employees and the other to the shareholders.
Greb Industries Limited
Sale to Warrington Products Limited (file 2 of 2).
- SCA214-GA193-2-37b
- File
- 1972-1975, predominant 1974
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the sale of Greb Industries Limited to Warrington Product Limited (Don Mills, ON) in 1974.
Includes photocopies of draft agreements and a draft offer to purchase, photocopies of the closing documents relating to the sale (including agreements, schedules, financial statements and correspondence), press clippings, photocopies of organizational charts, research reports about Warrington, Warrington annual reports (1972, 1973), correspondence, the cash offer by Warrington sent to Greb sharholders, and other photocopied documents.
Greb Industries Limited
Sale to Warrington Products Limited (file 1 of 2).
- SCA214-GA193-2-37a
- File
- 1972-1975, predominant 1974
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of material relating to the sale of Greb Industries Limited to Warrington Product Limited (Don Mills, ON) in 1974.
Includes photocopies of draft agreements and a draft offer to purchase, photocopies of the closing documents relating to the sale (including agreements, schedules, financial statements and correspondence), press clippings, photocopies of organizational charts, research reports about Warrington, Warrington annual reports (1972, 1973), correspondence, the cash offer by Warrington sent to Greb sharholders, and other photocopied documents.
Greb Industries Limited
Purchase of Canada West : letter.
- SCA214-GA193-2-36
- File
- 1959
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a photostat copy of a letter to Charles E. Greb from barristers Pitblado, Hoskin, & Co. (Winnipeg, MB) regarding the purchase price paid by Greb Industries for the assests of the Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited and Calumet Shoe Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-2-35
- File
- 1934-1945
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of letters and memoranda to employees from Erwin C. Greb regarding summer and Christmas vacations. File also includes a letter from the foremen to Greb on behalf of the employees, thanking him for a paid summer vacation.
Greb Industries Limited
Personnel : names of employees compiled for the twin city directory.
- SCA214-GA193-2-34
- File
- 1946-[196-?]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of carbon copies of lists of employees and their addresses compiled for inclusion in the Vernon city directories for Kitchener-Waterloo. Includes lists of employees at the Valentine and Martin factory at 300 Breithaupt Street for 1946, 1947, 1949, and 1950; and at the Greb Shoes factory at 72 St. Leger Street for 1953-1957, 1959, and [196-?]. File also includes blank forms from Vernon Directories Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
Personnel : monthly salary and wages reports.
- SCA214-GA193-2-33
- File
- 1959-1961
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of monthly ms. reports containing information about the number of salaried and hourly employees, hours worked, wages earned, and the number of working days.
Greb Industries Limited
Personnel : executive salary review.
- SCA214-GA193-2-32
- File
- 1971-1973
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of three executive salary review statements, containing information about the salary adjustments for the president and vice-presidents of Greb Industries Limited for 1971, 1972, and 1973.
Greb Industries Limited
Personnel : employees manuals.
- SCA214-GA193-2-31
- File
- 1962, 1966
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of two employees manuals for Greb Shoes Limited/Greb Industries Limited, one for Kitchener and one for Winnipeg. File also includes a copy of the group pension plan and an article about the Greb plant in Winnipeg.
Greb Industries Limited
Personnel : agreement hiring Charles E. Greb Sr.
- SCA214-GA193-2-30
- File
- 1918, 1933
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of an agreement whereby Charles Greb was hired by the Greb Shoe Company Limited in an advisory capacity. The agreement was renewed in 1933.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-1-3
- File
- 1919
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a statutory agreement and a notice regarding special by-law no. 6 (to change the number of directors) of the Greb Shoe Company Limited.
Greb Industries Limited
Executive Vice-President's Files
- SCA214-GA193-3
- Series
- 1970-1975
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
Series consists of records accumulated and used by Charles E. Greb in his role as exectuive vice-president of Greb Industries Limited. Includes memoranda to the management group, and correspondence, ephemera, and other material relating to a retirement dinner for several senior executives.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-2-29
- File
- 1962
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of correspondence among Charles E. Greb, Ross E. Hahn (assistant General Manager) and the Vylyt Corporation (New York, NY) regarding the use of Vylyt soles for Greb footwear. File also includes three pages clipped from the April, 1953 issue of Shoe & Leather Journal containing advertisements for Greb retail customers.
Greb Industries Limited
Operations : production reports.
- SCA214-GA193-2-28
- File
- 1948-1949
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of ts. and ms. production reports, including numbers for standard screw, welts, and stitchdown types of footwear. One report describes production for the Greb Shoe Company Limited from 1933 to 1948, and the other untitled report describes production from 1936 to 1949.
Greb Industries Limited
Operations : Hush Puppies orders.
- SCA214-GA193-2-27
- File
- [197-]
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a photocopy of an ms. chart of figures relating to Hush Puppies incoming orders during the 1960s and 1970s.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-2-26
- File
- 1916-1936
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a leather-bound binder of note paper containing ms. and ts. notes. Includes charts relating to estimated and actual costs of producing footwear, including the materials and overhead expenses. Also includes notes relating to inventory and output, price lists, etc.
Greb Industries Limited
- SCA214-GA193-2-25
- File
- 1915-1932
Part of Greb Industries Limited fonds.
File consists of a leather-bound notebook and 1915 calendar made by The Breithaupt Leather Co. Limited. Contains ms. notes and financial information. Most pages are blank.
Greb Industries Limited