- SCA161-GA134-Accrual2003-5
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- 1908-[2003]
Part of Schneider family collection.
Series consists of biographical information and photographs relating to Charles Alexander Schneider.
Schneider family
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Part of Schneider family collection.
Series consists of biographical information and photographs relating to Charles Alexander Schneider.
Schneider family
Series consists of a single object, a suit of cashmere and wool undergarments owned and worn by William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Part of Claire Wallace fonds.
Series consists of publicity materials accumulated by Claire Wallace relating to the advertising of radio stations and radio shows.
Wallace, Claire
Files containing primarily historical and biographical material on the Canadian Women's Press Club Branches across the country. They contain some correspondence, typescripts, ephemera, clippings, and many photocopied documents and news items. Most are items gathered by or sent to Kay Rex.
Women's Press Club of Toronto
Photographs relating to the families and lives of John Gartshore and Mary Ann Martin, John Alexander and Jessie Martin, Richard and Margaret Wilson, and Rev.William M. and Christena Martin. Includes snapshots, individual and group portraits (some mounted), and photograph albums containing snapshots, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia.
Series also includes photographs taken in Normandy and Holland during World War II and photographs of other subjects. The albums contain snapshots of John Alexander and Jessie Martin and their children growing up, Jamie Martin's grave, John Martin at an army training camp, Mary Ann Kabel and her friends, and a trip by members of the Wilson family.
Martin, John Gartshore
Part of Wagner Hailer family fonds
Correspondence to and from the Wagner Hailer family.
Wagner Hailer family
Administration : Financial : Accounts : Salvage and Other
Series consists of material relating to GRCC salvage, miscellaneous and special accounts. Folders contain quarterly financial statements for a particular account, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, invoices, tax notices, ms. notes, etc. The salvage account tracked revenue received from the sale of materials such as fence posts, demolition and or/sale of buildings on GRCA property.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of architectural drawings prepared for the Westmount Construction Company. Includes mainly house plans but also some plans for an apartment building and several commercial buildings. Many of the drawings do not include the creator's name, but some were prepared by C.E. Voelker, N.O Hipel (Preston), J. Crebolder, and others. A small number of drawings were mass-produced (published in magazines).
Many drawings contain handwritten annotations; some are original plans and some are revisions to plans. The construction jobs for the Westmount Construction Company appear to have been classified as either "residential" or "miscellaneous" and in each category were generally assigned a Job # in chronological order. A log of jobs was kept and can be found in Series 4, File 250. There are duplicate drawings corresponding with many of the job numbers.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Series consists of subject clipping files created and maintained by Long. The subjects are varied but in general relate to women's interests.
Long, Elizabeth
Motz, John Edward and Motz, Mary Stoody
Part of Motz family fonds.
Series is comprised of materials relating to the life of John Edward Motz and his wife Mary Stoody Motz. Includes correspondence, ephemera, legal documents, etc.
Motz Family
Part of John D. Detwiler fonds.
Series consists of ts. drafts of writings such as speeches, articles etc. by John D. Detwiler.
Detwiler, John D.
Part of Rubber Machinery Shops fonds.
Series consists of materials created by RMS and its parent companies for the purpose of publicity. This includes photographs that were used for sales manuals, publications, and advertising that show products, machinery, staff and facilities of RMS; a leaflet titled Facts About Uniroyal; a company portfolio for Uniroyal Goodrich giving information about products, equipment and facilities; and quotes illustrating the RMS values and attitudes.
Rubber Machinery Shops
Part of James Walker fonds.
Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations mostly before communications moved to an electronic medium. Includes correspondence related to his research, the University of Waterloo, programs and courses he taught at the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.
Walker, James
Research Files : England : Wendy Cameron
Part of The Petworth Project fonds.
This series consists of files maintained by Wendy Cameron on research on English sources. Contains correspondence, memos, notes, material shared and passed to and from researchers in England and in Canada.
The Jackman Foundation
Part of Ralph Chou fonds.
Materials relating to Dr. Ralph Chou. Includes CVs, information on his MSc research and more.
Chou, Ralph
Bertram R. Davis Research Files
Part of Bertram R. Davis collection.
Series consists of research files created and accumulated by Bertram R. Davis on his various areas of interest. Includes files on Coleridge, Wordsworth, Chatterton, Southey, Lamb, and others, as well as personal research files.
Davis, Bertram R.
Part of Luella Creighton fonds.
Environmental Portfolio Chairperson's Files : Peter W. Hand
Part of Muskoka Lakes Association fonds.
Series consists of material created and accumulated by Peter Hand in his role as Chair of the Environmental Portfolio from 1997-1999 and co-chair in 2000-2001. The Environmental Portfolio was responsible for addressing issues of water quality, forest, land use, waste management and wildlife; during this period, much of the focus was on land use, especially resort development on the Muskoka lakes.
The series contains material relating to MLA responses, sometimes in partnership with other local associations, to proposed developments at the Lake Joseph Club, the Lake Rosseau Beach Resort, the Muskoka Sands Resort, and other locations. Responses include submissions to the Township of Muskoka Lakes and the District Municipality of Muskoka relating to re-zoning applications and amendments to site plans, as well as appeals to the Ontario Municipal Board.
Series includes correspondence and memoranda, reports, notices, handwritten and typed notes, photocopied newspaper clippings, meeting minutes and agendas, draft amendments and by-laws, photocopied plans and maps, and other material. Most material is faxed or photocopied.
Muskoka Lakes Association
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of three portraits of William H. Kaufman, one with his father A.R. Kaufman.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of autobiographical accounts by A.R. Kaufman of trips taken to England and France in 1929, around the world in 1958, and to Russia in 1963. A.R.K.'s trip accounts contain many personal observations on the economy, architecture, living conditions and way of life in the countries visited.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Russell, Dorothy : Photograph albums.
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Photograph albums created and accumulated by Dorothy Russell. Some of the albums were created by Dorothy, and others by members of her family that were in her possession. Many of the albums are annotated.
Schantz Russell Family
Part of James Downey fonds.
Series is comprised of ca. 5000 items of personal and professional correspondence between James Downey and others. Includes letters, memoranda, cards, as well as inserted materials including photographs. Correspondents are listed at the file level.
Downey, James
Series consists of material relating to the meetings of the committees of the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation. Includes minutes and supporting documents from meetings of the:
Series also contains agendas, accounts, donor lists and donation records, memoranda, corresopndence, policies, reports, and grant records.
Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation
Files Related to Zoological Books by Anne Innis Dagg.
Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.
Series consists of material relating primarily to the publication of Anne Innis Dagg's zoological books, including Canadian wildlife and man, The giraffe, Running, walking and jumping, Camel quest and The camel. Includes correspondence, clippings, ms. notes, typescripts, contracts, reviews, invoices, receipts and ephemera. Also includes two publications.
Dagg, Anne Innis
Part of William Dendy fonds.
Series consists of the detailed hand-written card files prepared by Dendy as a guide to research materials available in his fields of interest in the subject area of Architectural History.
These card files provide different types of information:
Dendy, William
Part of Rieder and Anthes family fonds.
Series consists of material created, collected, and accumulated by Martha Rieder relating to her family, personal life, interests, volunteer work, and significant life events; some material was added later by other family members, probably her daughter Margaret Paisley. Contains some material relating to Martha's volunteer work with the YWCA and with the Wartime Prices and Trade Board: Consumer Branch (Kitchener).
Series includes diaries; ephemera; cards and letters; funeral notices; manuscript notes; genealogy materials; clippings; school report cards, baptism certificates, and diplomas of her children; agreements, wills, insurance policies, and other personal documents; reports and agendas; newsletters; cashbooks; artifacts; an autograph album; her wedding album; and other material.
Rieder and Anthes family
Part of Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo fonds.
Series consists of files created and maintained by successive Executive Director's of the K-W YWCA. Includes correspondence, memorandum, reports, management information, etc. on programs, services and projects of the K-W YWCA, and records regarding interactions with other community groups.
Series consists of files created and maintained by successive Executive Director's of the K-W YWCA on interactions with other community groups.
Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo
Part of Andrew Telegdi fonds.
This series documents Andrew Telegdi’s career in municipal and regional politics, primarily his activities as a Councillor for the City of Waterloo and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. The material in this series reflects Telegdi’s efforts to represent constituents and support the interests, services, policies, and operations of the city and region.
Telegdi, Andrew Peter
Part of Elaine M. Catley fonds.
Published materials by Elaine M. Catley and reviews of her works.
Catley, Elaine Maud
Part of Schneider family collection.
Series consists of material relating to the life and career of Charles Alexander Schneider.
Schneider family
Part of Bernard Suits fonds.
Series consists of non-fiction works created and accumulated by Bernard Suits. Includes both published and unpublished essays, commentaries, reviews and chapters of his book "The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia" as well as the unpublished sequel "Return of the Grasshopper: Further Reflections on Games, Life and Utopia." Also includes materials relating to the copyright of his book "The Grasshopper."
Suits, Bernard
Harvey J. Sims : personal correspondence
Part of Sims Family collection.
Correspondence to and from Harvey J. Sims and friends, acquaintances, and family connections written between 1927 and 1945.
Sims family
Part of Elizabeth Smith Shortt fonds.
Series is comprised of correspondence between Muriel Shortt Clark (daughter of Elizabeth Smith Shortt) and others. Correspondence is organized by surname of correspondent.
Shortt, Elizabeth Smith
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.
Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Dana Porter during the course of his political and legal career. Includes legal and political notes, legal proceedings and judgements, commissions, etc.
Porter, Dana Harris
Photographs : Ontario Architecture
Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.
Series is comprised of photographs that were later reproduced in Rempel's work "Ontario architecture", prepared for a class on the History of Architecture that he taught at Danforth Technical School.
Rempel, John I.
Printed at the Record : Ephemera and Publications
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds
Series consists of ephemera and publications printed at the Record. Includes local history materials, hockey schedules, tickets, song books, etc.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Part of Virgil Burnett fonds.
Series consists of works written by other authors that were sent to Virgil Burnett. Includes the works themselves as well as correspondence and notes. Includes a copy of the manuscript "Yrs. V" by Athur Morey which is a collection of letters and drawings sent to Morey from Burnett.
Burnett, Virgil
Poems : Published in Anthologies
Part of Rienzi Crusz fonds.
Series consists of anthologies containing poems by Rienzi Crusz.
Crusz, Rienzi
Poems : Published in Books and Anthologies.
Part of Rienzi Crusz fonds.
Series consists of poems published in books and anthologies.
Crusz, Rienzi
Poems : Published in Anthologies
Part of Rienzi Crusz fonds.
Series is comprised of anthologies containing poems by Rienzi Crusz.
Crusz, Rienzi
Poems : Published in Books and Anthologies.
Part of Rienzi Crusz fonds.
Series consists of poems published in books and anthologies.
Crusz, Rienzi
Poems : Published in Periodicals
Part of Rienzi Crusz fonds.
Series consists of issues of periodicals, newspapers, and magazines containing poems by Rienzi Crusz.
Crusz, Rienzi
Poems : Published in Periodicals
Part of Rienzi Crusz fonds.
Series is comprised of periodicals containing poems by Rienzi Crusz.
Crusz, Rienzi
Poems : Published in Periodicals
Part of Rienzi Crusz fonds.
Series consists of poems published in periodicals.
Crusz, Rienzi
Poems : Published in Periodicals
Part of Rienzi Crusz fonds.
Series consists of poems published in periodicals.
Crusz, Rienzi
Poems : Published in Periodicals
Part of Rienzi Crusz fonds.
Contents: series consists of one periodical issue containing two poems by Rienzi Crusz.
Crusz, Rienzi
Poems : Published in Periodicals
Part of Rienzi Crusz fonds.
Series consists of issues of periodicals and offprints containing poems written by Rienzi Crusz.
Crusz, Rienzi
Poems : Published in Periodicals
Part of Rienzi Crusz fonds.
Series consists of poems published in periodicals.
Crusz, Rienzi
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
This series contains folders maintained by Nancy-Lou Patterson. For separately published and printed items relating to Nancy-Lou Patterson's exhibitions, see Series: Publications and Printed Items.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Publications, Printed Materials: Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
This series contains publications and printed materials issued by the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario. This includes books (including guidebooks and handbooks), reports, position papers, serial publications, a fact sheet, and informational leaflets and flyers.
Johnston, Mary
Part of John Herbert fonds
Series consists of photographs of John Herbert, his personal and professional life.
Herbert, John
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
This series contains folders maintained by Nancy-Lou Patterson. For separately published and printed items relating to Nancy-Lou Patterson's exhibitions, see Series 9: Publications and Printed Items.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Publications, Printed Materials: Government of Ontario.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
This series contains government publications including educational legislation, curriculum guidelines, school programme requirements, reports and booklets on various topics, as well as a news release and issues of a journal. Included in this series are publications of the Government of Ontario, as well as of the Ministry of Education of Ontario, and of the Ministry of Education and Training of Ontario.
Johnston, Mary
Part of John Herbert fonds
Series consists of posters and advertising for John Herbert's plays.
Herbert, John
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
This series contains folders maintained by Nancy-Lou Patterson. For separately published and printed items relating to Nancy-Lou Patterson's exhibitions, see Series: Publications and Printed Items.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
This series contains folders maintained by Nancy-Lou Patterson. For separately published and printed items relating to Nancy-Lou Patterson's exhibitions, see Series 9: Publications and Printed Items.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Publications, Printed Materials: Ontario Teachers' Federation.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
This series contains booklets and serial publications published by the Ontario Teachers' Federation.
Johnston, Mary
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
This series contains folders maintained by Nancy-Lou Patterson. For separately published and printed items relating to Nancy-Lou Patterson's exhibitions, see Series: Publications and Printed Items.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Publications, Printed Materials: The Waterloo County Board of Education.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
This series contains publications and printed materials issued by the Waterloo County Board of Education. These materials include booklets, an educational position paper, reports, a submission to the Standing Committee on Social Development of the Ontario Legislature, telephone directories, and serial publications.
Johnston, Mary
Canadian Artists' Representation
Part of Tony Urquhart fonds
Series is comprised of materials created and accumulated by Tony Urquhart relating to artists' representation in Canada. Includes materials related to his work with CARFAC as well as to artists' representation organizations to which he belongs.
Urquhart, Tony
Publications, Printed Materials: Waterloo County Teachers' Association.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
This series includes a directory of staff, teachers, and others issued by the Waterloo County Teachers' Association. Also includes issues of the newsletter Lehrgespräch.
Johnston, Mary
Publications, Printed Materials: Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Includes publications and printed items of the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association including issues of a newsletter, a guidebook, a submission made by the W.C.W.T.A. to the Social Development Committee of the Ontario Legislature, and a report on the teachers' provincial protest action of 1997.
Johnston, Mary
Publications, Printed Materials: Other Educational/Teachers' Organizations and Associations.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Includes publications and printed items of the various educational and teachers' organizations in Ontario including the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, the Ontario Public School Men Teachers' Federation, the Teacher's Superannuation Commission and other organizations. Materials in this series include serial publications, reports, and informational booklets.
Johnston, Mary
Visual : Moving Images : Films : F. Davey
Series consists of film reels acquired from Miss F. Davey, depicting the West Montrose covered bridge, scenes in Galt and Preston, the Grand and Speed Rivers.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Series consists of visual material produced and accumulated by various personnel and departments within Electrohome. Some of the material may have been used by Robert Lovell, Public Relations Manager (1963 to ca. 1988), or his successors, as it appears that some photographs were taken for internal and external publicity purposes.
Some of the material appears to have been pulled from elsewhere in collection, probably for use in Raymond Stanton's book Visionary Thinking: The Story of Canada's Electrohome, or for other purposes associated with the 90th anniversary celebration or researching company history. Includes photographs, slides, negatives, transparencies, contact sheets, and printing proofs.
Electrohome
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Series consists of sound recordings containing mainly interviews with Electrohome employees. Includes audio cassettes and an audio reel.
Electrohome
Visual : Moving Images : Videocassettes : Corporate
Series consists of videocassette recordings of GRCA corporate activities, primarily annual meetings and special recognition awards.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Series consists of computer disks originally found in other files. Includes 5 1/4 " and 3.5" computer disks.
Electrohome
Visual : Moving Images : Videocassettes
Series consists of videocassette recordings maintained in the GRCA Communications Library. Includes aerial and ground footage of sections of the Grand River watershed, as well as raw footage for news stories.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Series consists of discrete items, including Carl A. Pollock's rolodex, gramophone records, radio tubes, and a Kodak Brownie camera.
Electrohome
Visual : Moving Images : Videocassettes : Transfers from Film
Consists of videocassette transfers from original films, several of which were acquired by the GRCA from donors. Includes transfers of original films made by Hugh Templin, a GRCA commissioner. During the 1940s, Templin took footage of the construction phases of the Shand Dam, near Belwood, Ont. and its subsequent opening and early operation.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Moving Images : DVDs : Transfers from Film
Series consists of DVD transfers from original films. Includes films produced by Summit Pictures for the GRCA, as well as created by Adolfis Ridzins.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of DVD transfers from original films and videocassettes, several of which were acquired by the GRCA from donors. Includes transfers of original films made by Hugh Templin, a GRCA commissioner. During the 1940s, Templin took footage of the construction phases of the Shand Dam, near Belwood, Ont. and its subsequent opening and early operation. DVD transfers of slide-show presentations of Grand River Conservation Authority Annual Reports, and Special Recognition Awards.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of binders of negatives and contact strips: 14 numbered volumes contain 596 pages, each page holding seven 6-frame strips of 35 mm negatives. On the front of each sleeve is taped the corresponding 35 mm contact strip (page 596 contains only 1 strip). One unnumbered volume contains negatives in a variety of sizes. Includes an index maintained on rolodex cards.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of 556 negatives showing members of the GRCA staff, events, and the Grand River. Includes some glass plate negatives.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Photographs : Corporate
Series consists of photographs depicting GRCA corporate activities, events and personnel. Many of these had originally been located in other series; they were pulled by GRCA personnel from other files and grouped in new folders for an undetermined purpose.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Part of Muskoka Lakes Association fonds.
Series consists of publications of the Muskoka Lakes Association, including the Association handbook, newsletters, and the yearbook.
Muskoka Lakes Association
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Material related to the Schantz family reunion. Includes publicity, correspondence, ephemera, planning and financial information.
Schantz Russell Family
Files Related to Zoological Articles by Anne Innis Dagg.
Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.
Series consists of material relating to zoological papers written by Anne Innis Dagg, some published and some not. Includes correspondence, clippings, research notes, typescripts, offprints, and reprints.
Dagg, Anne Innis
Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.
Material created and accumulated by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) during her career as a teacher. Includes teaching materials.
Schantz Russell Family
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
Executive Officers Files : James Holmes
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Series consists of records accumulated and used by James Holmes in his role as chairman of the board and CEO from 1976 to 1979. Includes press clippings, ms. notes, and an ms. draft of a paper.
Electrohome
Part of Electrohome fonds.
Series consists of sound recordings. Some recordings relate to management theory, created or acquired for training purposes. Recordings also contain interviews with Electrohome employees, product advertisements, as well as other events including a board meeting and the 75th anniversary concert. Includes audiocassettes and audio reels.
Electrohome
Part of Luella Creighton fonds.
Series consists of two scrapbooks containing loose and pasted-in clippings, as well correspondence (letters and cards), speech notes, invitations, programs, photographs, and other ephemera predominantly relating to Dr. S.F. Leavine's election as Mayor of Kitchener in 1949. Also included are clippings from after he died in 1958, outlining his professional accomplishments and impact on the community.
Leavine, Stanley Francis
Part of William Dendy fonds.
Series consists of 21 high-density 3.5" floppy diskettes and printouts of some of the files stored on them. In the case of the files for which printouts are available, they are stored on these floppy disks in one of four different directories created by Dendy: "BILLSDIS", "FHARCH", "FHPERMIT" and "SWARTZ" (as reflected in file titles for this series). Note, however, that due to problems converting files with extensions .bdc and .doc in the "BILLSDIS" directory, printouts could be generated for the majority but not all of the files in this directory.
The files on these twenty-one floppy disks are stored in one of seven different directories. Printouts of files for the four directories specified above are available in this series. However, note that printouts are not yet available for the remaining three directories: "FHSTREET", "FHLOSTTOR" and 'RLWAYSTA". Note that a file list for each of the seven directories is available in file 438 of this series. Moreover, a list of all files for which printouts are available is also contained in file 438.
A description of the information contained in the files for which printouts are available follows here:
Dendy, William
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou
Member of Provincial Parliament candidate.
Part of Andrew Telegdi fonds.
This series includes material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be nominated and elected as the Member of Provincial Parliament representing the Liberal Party in the riding of Waterloo North in the 1990 Ontario general election. Records include news releases, speech transcripts, a resume, correspondence, photographs, and election campaign material such as a candidate survey, press clippings, newspaper advertisement mock-ups, pamphlets, and invitations.
Telegdi, Andrew Peter
Part of Barbara Smucker fonds.
Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Barbara Smucker relating to her work "Jacob's Little Giant." Includes tss., research notes, and reviews.
Smucker, Barbara
Part of Bernard Suits fonds.
Series consists of fiction works created by Bernard Suits. Includes both published and unpublished materials, primarily poems as well as short stories.
Suits, Bernard
Part of Sims Family collection.
Records relating to the Harvey J. Sims' development of Chicopee, a 45-acre estate near Kitchener, Ont., where he built a home designed by Forsey Page and Steele, Architects, and designed and landscaped the grounds with the help of Carl Borgstrom of Carl Borgstrom and H.M.S. Carver, Landscape Architects. He was instrumental in the reforestation of the contiguous properties in Chicopee Hills, and in only a few years planted on his property more than 700 varieties of trees and shrubs.
Includes correspondence to and from architects, landscape planners, nurseries, and government agencies concerning the development of Harvey's house and grounds, also the reforestation of the surrounding area, dated 1927 to 1941. The correspondence files described in this series are together as found. Harvey's Personal Business Files in Series 8 contain a great deal of supplementary material in the way of correspondence, invoices, lists, time sheets, etc., with seed houses, nurseries, companies, and individuals supplying material and furnishings for the home and grounds, from water heaters and wiring to billiard table lights.
Harvey was particularly interested in collecting as many native species of trees and shrubs as would grow in this climate and his collecting activities are documented by correspondence with arboreta, university horticulture departments, government nurseries, and government officials and employees who were at that time developing botanical garden plans in Hamilton and Niagara.
Sims family
Part of Nazla Dane fonds.
Photographs of Nazla L. Dane and others.
Dane, Nazla L.