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Rieder, Martha

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Martha Rieder. Includes financial records, ephemera, and textile materials.

Rieder and Anthes family

Visual : Moving Images

Series consists of moving images relating to various aspects of Electrohome. Many of the items were created for the purposes of public relations, sales and marketing, and advertising and promotion, as well as to document some of the company's facilities, operations, and history. Subjects include:

  • company presentations and reports;
  • meetings;
  • product presentations and demonstrations;
  • promotional material;
  • footage relating to services provided by Electrohome for NASA at the John F. Kennedy Space Centre for the launch of space shuttles in the early 1980s;
  • CKCO-TV news footage relating to Electrohome, the Pollocks, and other senior management;
  • company events including the 75th anniversary celebrations and employee Christmas parties; etc.

Notable titles include: "The Changing World of Electrohome," "Circa 75," "Mark of a Man : C.A. Pollock," "Then and now : Electrohome Electronics Group," "John Pollock interview : Sunday AM," "Howard Main interview with Gary MacLaren," C.A. Pollock : talk to employees" (1958), and "Pollock funeral" (Carl A. Pollock). Includes videocassettes, video reels, film reels, and DVDs. Some videocassettes and the DVDs appear to be transferred from the film and video reels.

Electrohome

Miscellaneous Correspondence

Series consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from James Downey from 1967 to 1993, most generated in the course of his academic and administrative positions at Carleton University, University of New Brunswick and the University of Waterloo.

Downey, James

Liberation and repatriation.

Material created or accumulated by Cameron Hill during the Second World War after he was liberated by the British Second Army, near the town of Kittlitz in Germany and eventually repatriated back to Canada. Includes a compass, embarkation and identification cards, receipts, and other related material.

Hill, Cameron Clare

Works : Published

Series consists of published works, including essays and books, written by Stan Johannesen. Includes primarily journals and offprints as well as two book mockups. Also includes journals for which Stan Johannesen was the editor.

Johannesen, S.K.

Professional Life.

Series is comprised of materials created and accumulated by Kay Rex relating to her professional life and writings. Includes clippings of published articles, short stories, poems, TV dramas, etc.

Rex, Kay

Advertising

Series consists of advertising materials for Dominion and Uniroyal products. Includes print, radio and television ads as well as mockups.

Dominion Rubber Company

Bowlby, David Sovereign 1826-1903 and Martha Esther Bowlby née Murphy 1837-1925

Series consists of materials relating to the life and death of David Sovereign Bowlby and his wife Martha Esther Bowlby née Murphy. Includes clippings, correspondence, genealogical notes on the Murphy family, a print, and an article about David Sovereign from the Fifth Annual Report of the Waterloo History Society.

Clement Bowlby Family

Manuscripts.

Material created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to articles, papers, and reports that he was writing, co-authoring, or reviewing. Includes manuscripts, notes, correspondence, computer printouts, copies of articles, and other related items.

Cowan, Donald D.

Teaching

Series is comprised of materials relating to courses taught and project supervised by Dorney at the University of Waterloo from 1983-1987 as well as during guest lecture appointments at the University of Guelph and York University.

Dorney, Robert

Publications by Others

Series consists of published works authored by others. Also included are several reports by bodies with which Hynes was associated.

Hynes, H.B.N.

Personal.

Materials relating to Lydia Dotto's personal life.

Dotto, Lydia

Committees : Minutes

Series consists of minutes and related materials for committees of Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation. Committees include: Professional Advisor's, Nominating, Fundraising and Public Relations, Operating, Grants, Youth Advisory, Communications, Asset Development and Marketing. Includes minutes, correspondence, member lists, business plans, terms of reference, press releases, etc.

Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation

Executive Officers Files : John A. Pollock

Series consists of records accumulated and used by John A. Pollock in his role as company president and CEO. Includes news releases, correspondence, memoranda, press clippings, reports to shareholders, photographs, ephemera, and other material.

Electrohome

Hush Puppies Brand

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

Publicity

Series consists of publicity materials accumulated by Claire Wallace relating to the advertising of radio stations and radio shows.

Wallace, Claire

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

Subject Files

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

Branch Files

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 and Realia

Photographs and realia documenting the life of Mary Johnston as well as the history of education in the Waterloo Region.

Johnston, Mary

Ephemera

Series consists of ephemera relating to activities and events organized by the Muskoka Lakes Association.

Muskoka Lakes Association

Artifacts.

Ephemeral items created or accumulated by Dare Foods Limited.

Dare Foods Limited

Offprints and Reprints

Series consists of offprints and reprints, some presentation copies, collected by and presented to Stanton. Offprints are organized alphabetically by the first letter of the author's last name, as they were kept by Stanton.

Stanton, Ralph G.

Motz, John Edward and Motz, Mary Stoody

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

Typescripts

Series consists of ts. drafts of writings such as speeches, articles etc. by John D. Detwiler.

Detwiler, John D.

Publicity

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

Research Files : England : Wendy Cameron

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

Photographs

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

Architectural Drawings

  • SCA220-GA207-5
  • Series
  • [19-], 1947-1977, predominant 1954-1965
  • 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

Correspondence.

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

Bertram R. Davis Research Files

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.

Environmental Portfolio Chairperson's Files : Peter W. Hand

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

Research: Card Files

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:

  • Bibliographic references to materials in a number of subject areas. This includes special interest topics of Dendy's such as Frank Darling's library and the Massey Patronay. Additionally, an A-Z index of architects (mostly Canadian) is also available. This features bibliographic references to journal articles where information on each architect can be found. In some cases these cards also provide information on the office or home address of these architects.
  • Building permit information for Canada (mainly Toronto) for late nineteenth century or early twentieth century. This includes building permit no. and year, address of building, description of building, and name of architect. This information is organized either by architect, by date, or by street or region. However, in some cases no apparent order applies.
  • Alphabetical index to architects. Information provided on these card files includes the name of the building, address of the building, and year of construction of the building designed by each architect listed. In some cases a brief description of the building is also provided in additin to a bibliographic reference to the source from which information on the building was obtained. Most of the buildings listed in this index were designed in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
  • Architect and subject index. Card files are filed alphabetically by name of architect, author name, publication title, or architectural topic. These cards take the form of bibliographic references to publications.
  • Subject indexes. This includes an alphabetical subject index to various Canadian and foreign architectural topics, as well as a subject index relating specifically to the history of Toronto's architecture.
  • Miscellaneous card files. Some small sections of card files can also be found which relate to various topics and which are organized in different ways. This includes an index of designs (pencil drawings, prints, and photographs) for buildings in Toronto and other parts of Ontario, an index to topics relating to foreign architecture, and miscellaneous card files re Toronto architecture.

Dendy, William

Files Related to Zoological Books by Anne Innis Dagg.

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

Russell, Dorothy : Photograph albums.

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

Portraits

Series consists of three portraits of William H. Kaufman, one with his father A.R. Kaufman.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Kaufman, A.R. : Trips

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)

Rieder, Martha

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

Miscellaneous Correspondence

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

Committees : Minutes

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:

  • Ad Hoc Committee,
  • Advisory Council
  • Asset Development Committee
  • Donor Recognition Task Force
  • Audit Committee
  • Canada Trust Merv Lahn Community Development Fund Committee
  • Communications Committee
  • Executive Committee
  • Fundraising and Public Relations Committee
  • Fundraising Committee
  • Grand River Project Committee
  • Grants Committee
  • International Plowing Match Grants Committee
  • Investment Committee
  • Nominating Committee
  • Operating Committee
  • Operating Endowment Committee
  • Promotion and Public Relations Committee
  • Youth Advisory Council Committee

Series also contains agendas, accounts, donor lists and donation records, memoranda, corresopndence, policies, reports, and grant records.

Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation

Hague and Gill

Series consists of materials printed by, or about, the Hague and Gill Press. Includes prospecti, specimin pages, and ephemera.

Gill, Eric

City and Regional Councillor.

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

Non-Fiction Works

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

Political and Legal Career

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

Correspondence: Clark, Muriel

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

Photographs : Ontario Architecture

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.

Works by Others

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

Exhibitions: One-Person.

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

Photographs

Series consists of photographs of John Herbert, his personal and professional life.

Herbert, John

Exhibitions: One-Person.

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

Exhibitions: Group.

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: Government of Ontario.

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

Exhibitions: Group.

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

Exhibitions: Curator.

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: The Waterloo County Board of Education.

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

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 Women Teachers' Association.

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.

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 Material

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

Sound Recordings

Series consists of sound recordings containing mainly interviews with Electrohome employees. Includes audio cassettes and an audio reel.

Electrohome

Computer Disks

Series consists of computer disks originally found in other files. Includes 5 1/4 " and 3.5" computer disks.

Electrohome

Artifacts

Series consists of discrete items, including Carl A. Pollock's rolodex, gramophone records, radio tubes, and a Kodak Brownie camera.

Electrohome

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