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- 1797-1927
Fonds consists of seventeen documents relating to the Jardine family, dating from 1797 to 1927, including correspondence, character references, certificates of marriage, articles of partnership, and one will.
Jardine Family
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Fonds consists of seventeen documents relating to the Jardine family, dating from 1797 to 1927, including correspondence, character references, certificates of marriage, articles of partnership, and one will.
Jardine Family
Collection contains prints of Canadian landscapes done by William Henry Bartlett in 1841 and portraits of prominent 17th and 18th century politicians from Europe and Canada. Also included are letters from English prime ministers dating around the 1700s. The collection is arranged in one series consisting of print engravings, a file of Bartlett prints, and a scrapbook containing letters.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry)
Arthur Wellesley Wellington letter
Contains one letter from Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington addressed to Francis Fane, the 12th Earl of Westmorland.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley
One unidentified English account book with entries from 1800-1809 for wages paid, property taxes, debts, etc.
Victoria Mary Sackville-West letter.
Fonds consists of one holograph letter dated March 9, 1944 from Sackville-West to Mrs. Leslie Hotson discussing the effects of war on South-West England.
Sackville-West, Victoria
Fonds consists of one 141 page carbon typescript of "Among the beavers: Canadians and others" by Gladys Lillian King. The work is a personal narrative of the work done by the Military Women Police in and around the Beaver Hut in the Strand, London. Also includes two photographs of King with others.
King, Gladys Lilian
Maria Louise Clough scrapbook.
One scrapbook kept by Maria Louise Clough while on a trip from Boston to England, Scotland, France and Italy in 1886 and 1887. The scrapbook contains cards, correspondence, clippings, ephemera, and realia (including plant material), and provides insight into the activities and tastes of a young woman from that period of time. Among the contents are: Cunard ephemera (including deck plans, menus, passenger list), theatre ephemera (including Henry Irving in Faust at the Lyceum), a cigarette, lace, Westminster Abbey ephemera, transportation tickets, a moving-part Christmas card, fringe forming part of the decoration of the funeral car of the Duke of Wellington, postcards, engravings, hotel ephemera, identified leaves and flowers, etc.
Clough, Maria Louise
Culinary and medicinal household recipe book.
Culinary and medicinal manuscript household recipe notebook including recipes for food (such as jelly and lemonade), medicinal remedies (such as an earache cure and a cough syrup), and household remedies (such as furniture cream and cement).
Contents are divided into sections. First 25 pages are not numbered and include lists of contents. Pages 1 to 73 are numbered and contain culinary recipes, medicinal remedies, and household remedies. Pages 74 to 108 are numbered and left blank with a few pencil-written sums and calculations. Pages 109 to 112 were numbered and are missing. Pages 113 to 115 are numbered and contain culinary recipes and household remedies.
Includes unbound pages with recipes inserted in the book.
Script is in black, blue, and red ink and graphite pencil.
Edgar William Pyke coin collection.
Collection of coins ranging from the Persian Empire of the 6th century BCE to 19th century Britain. The coins reflect the development of the monetary systems, art, religion and shifting borders of the world. Also included are a coin weight and various electrotype coin reproductions.
Pyke, Edgar William
One travel diary written by an unknown person. The diary recounts a trip to France and Switzerland, with a particular emphasis on mountain climbing in the Swiss Alps. An accompanying item of correspondence addressed to George from Vivian de Sola Pinto of Nottingham University indicates that the traveler saw a woman he presumed to by Mary Shelley in Berne, possibly dating the diary to when Shelley was living in Geneva.
Advertisements and price lists for Nicolas wines.
Nicolas
Handkerchief of King George V.
File consists of one mounted handkerchief showing a portrait of King George V in military dress [possibly wearing the Order of the Medjidie]. The portrait is surrounded in each corner by images of the Royal Dragoons, Gordon Highlanders, Bengal Lancers and Irish Guards and a border of flags, British, French, Russian, Russian Imperial, Belgian, and one unknown flag [possibly Serbian?].
George V, King of Great Britain
Percy S. Keeting photograph album.
One photograph album owned by Percy S. Keeting with 120 photographs of daily life in Britain.
Keeting, Percy S.
Charles Bickerstaffe and Norman Atwood indenture.
Fonds consists of one indenture dated May 17, 1669 between Charles Bickerstaffe and his brother William, and Norman Atwood and his brother John.
Bickerstaffe, Charles
Kenneth Rowntree Germany collection.
Collection consists of materials collected by Kenneth Rowntree during his time in Germany as part of the Canadian Army Dental Corps at the end of the Second World War. The collection includes materials primarily created in Oldenburg including a scrapbook relating to the Hitlerjugend, propaganda photographs, a playbill, and a brochure for the Beaver Club.
Rowntree, Kenneth
Warren U. Ober Tintern Abbey print.
Consists of one print of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, as seen from across the River Wye. Two men in a boat can be seen fishing on the river in the foreground. The print was published October 1784 by S. [Samuel] Hooper. The Abbey is referenced by Wordsworth in a poem and was used as inspiration for other poets and painters.
R.A. Haney collection of legal instruments.
Collection consists of six British legal instruments, on vellum used by R.A. Haney when teaching law courses. Includes:
Haney, R.A.
Fonds consists of materials relating to the life and career of Jerzy Pindera, with a specific focus on his time in World War II and as a prisoner of war in Sachsenhausen concentration camp during the Holocaust. Includes correspondence, articles, war records and short stories, as well as tapes of interviews conducted with Pindera.
Pindera, Jerzy Tadeusz
Fonds consists of material created and accumulated mainly by Ivan W. Keffer, and some by his wife Mary L. Keffer, that documents the lives and activities of the Keffers, especially during the time they lived in Germany. Records also relate to the career of Ivan W. Keffer at the F.W. Woolworth Co. Includes diaries, correspondence, photographs, souvenir postcards and other ephemera, personal documents, reports, clippings, and other material.
Keffer, Ivan Wilbur
London, England local government scrapbook.
Scrapbook of manuscript notes, clippings, leaflets, handbills and other ephemera concerning the local government in London, England, from 1886 to 1892. Some of the clippings are accompanied by handwritten annotations. The scrapbook has a front pocket that holds several loose-leaf notes, clippings, and pamphlets.
Clippings cover a wide range of topics concerning the London County Council and Kensington Parliament such as meetings, motions, tax reforms, public addresses, as well as news about the law and parliamentary committees.
Consists of material relating to the research for, writing and publication of two volumes relating to the Petworth Emigration Scheme: Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada : the Petworth Project, 1832-1837 / by Wendy Cameron and Mary McDougall Maude, and English immigrant voices : labourers letters from Upper Canada in the 1830's, both of which were published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2000.
The files retained by the Project fall into three broad categories :
1) the "results of genealogical research in England and the family history files used in creating the list in Part 2 of Assisting emigration;
2) files relating to research in Canadian genealogical resources;
3) files dealing with the process and creation of the books."
Included are correspondence among the primary researchers and to and from individuals relating to families and individual emigrants, data sheets and electronic databases relating to Petworth emigrants and sponsors, photocopies of original correspondence and documents, research notes, drafts and working papers relating to the editing of the final manuscripts.
The Jackman Foundation
Percival Horton-Smith Hartley scrapbooks.
Fonds contains two scrapbooks created by Sir Percival Hartley dating from 1921 to 1939. Both contain newspaper clippings and handwritten notes relating to a variety of topics in areas such as theology, physicians, poetry, and the history of England.
Hartley, Sir Percival Horton-Smith
Silver drachma from the Euboean league (Island of Euboea, Greece) showing on the obverse the head of Euboea and on the reverse a bull's head and kantharos.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Schneider family collection.
Photographs taken at Gstaad, Switzerland, Feb. 6-22, 1961.
Schneider, Norman Christoph
Spire of St. Pierre, Caen (from Rue St. Pierre).
Photograph of the spire of the Church of St. Pierre, Caen, France taken from looking down Rue St. Pierre. A number of businesses and people can be seen on the street including a billiards bar, a pharmacy, Sabatier, and more.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Silver didrachm from Rhodes (Greece) showing on the obverse the radiate head of Helios and on the reverse a rose.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver hemidrachm from Thebes (Greece) showing on the obverse a Boeotian shield and on the reverse a Kantharos.
Pyke, Edgar William
Saxon balusters triforium north transept, St. Albans Cath[edral], England.
Photograph of Anglo-Saxon era balusters on the triforium in the north transpet of St. Albans Cathedral, St. Albans, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Ruins Wolvesey Palace and Winchester College, Winchester.
One glass plate with two photographs. The first shows Wolvesey Castle (Old Bishop's Palace) and the second Winchester College, both in Winchester, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Silver denarius from a military mint, possibly in Italy, showing on the obverse an elephant trampling a horned serpent over the word Caesar and on the reverse priestly implements. Stuck during the reign of Julius Caesar after his crossing of the Rubicon into Italy. This coin was possibly struck from the horde at the State treasury at the Temple of Saturn in Rome.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Septimius Severus and on the obverse Victory flying holding a wreath.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Roma and on the reverse the dioscuri mounted on horses.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Caracalla and on the reverse victory on prow.
Pyke, Edgar William
Bronze coin from Milan (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Aurelian and on the reverse Fortuna seated left on wheel, holding rudder and cornucopiae.
Pyke, Edgar William
Rotary International Convention, Vienna, 1931.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Photograph of attendees seated during Rotary International Convention reception. Taken outdoors and at night by Amerling Wien VI.
Schneider, Norman Christoph
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Nerva and on the reverse Fortuna standing holding rudder and cornucopiae.
Pyke, Edgar William
Proposed bungalow cottage in Folders Lane, Ditchling Common.
Part of Eric Gill collection.
File consists of one architectural drawing showing the floor plan, side view and plot of a proposed bungalow to be built in Ditchling Common.
Gill, Eric
Silver denarius from Rome (Italy) showing on the obverse the head of Julia Domna and the reverse Felicitas standing holding a sceptre and caduceus.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Sommer family fonds.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Ulrich Sommer and Cornelius Sommer’s studies in university, Angelika Sommer’s pending visit with her grandparents, and Lina Neumeyer Raatz’s declining health. Lina Neumeyer Raatz was Ulrich Sommer’s aunt and she lived in Germany. Also contains correspondence between the Sommer family and the Altenmueller family from Cooksville, Ontario. Records include letters, postcards, and pamphlets.
Bronze farthing from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse Britannia seated. This is a bun farthing, so called because of the young head of Queen Victoria with a bun, with a beaded border.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Tony Urquhart fonds
File consists of six slides showing grave markers in Caen, France.
Urquhart, Tony
Photograph of people in a parade, possibly the Horse Guards Parade in London or similar.
Breithaupt Hewetson Clark family
Weekly intake report on broadcasts in English for North American listeners mainly from the United States of America, Germany, Italy and England. Copy no. 27.
University of Waterloo. Department of Political Science.
Part of Suffragette postcard collection.
Illustrated postcard of a police office with a gesturing suffragette holding a "Votes for Women" poster thrown over his shoulder. Captioning on postcard reads: "The Suffragettes. Are we downhearted? No!"
Featuring a cartoon by Donald McGill, the postcard was published by E.S., London.
Reredos, New Coll[ege] Chapel, Oxford.
Photograph of the reredos at New College Chapel, Oxford, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Silver drachma from Thasos (Thrace, now Greece) showing on the obverse a naked ithyphallic Satyr carrying off a protesting nymph and on the reverse an incuse quadripartite square.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Schneider family collection.
One snapshot of a track and field stadium full of people, most with right arms outstretched in a Nazi salute taken during the entrance of Adolf Hitler.
Schneider, Norman Christoph
Silver obol from Thasos (Thrace, now Greece) showing on the obverse a Satyr and on the reverse an amphora.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver stater from Aegina (Greece) showing on the obverse a land tortoise with thirteen plates and on the reverse an incuse square with five compartments containing letters and a dolphin.
Pyke, Edgar William
Electrotype coin from Syracuse (in two parts) showing on one coin the head of Apollo and on the other the head of Artemis.
Pyke, Edgar William
Computer education in Ontario secondary schools / G.C. Bonham and D.D. Cowan.
Part of Dr. Donald D. Cowan fonds.
Two original typed copies of a manuscript titled, "Computer education in Ontario secondary schools" by G.C. Bonham and Donald Cowan. One copy of the manuscript is thirty-three pages and the other copy is twenty-eight pages. The paper was published in the Proceedings of the first International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) World Conference on Computer Education held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands between August 24-28, 1970.
Cowan, Donald D.
Augustine, Edna Louise : trip to England.
A snapshot of Edna Louise Augustine (nee Kaufman) and Sara Breithaupt (Mrs. L.O. Breithaupt) during a trip to England.
Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family
Silver tetradrachm from Athens (Greece) showing on the obverse the head of Athena and on the reverse an owl with the letters AOE.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Cnut and on the reverse a short cross with a broken annulet surrounding a pellet in each angle.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Lincoln (England) showing on the obverse the head of Cnut and on the reverse a short cross.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Aethelred II and on the reverse a small cross.
Pyke, Edgar William
Visit of Mr. R.C. Kirkwood in Frankfort.
Part of Ivan W. Keffer fonds.
File consists of a photograph of a group of men standing on a street in front of several buildings during the visit of Mr. R.C. Kirkwood in Frankfort from February 22-27, 1961. The men are identified by surname on an accompanying piece of paper (typescript).
Keffer, Ivan Wilbur
The famous old blacksmith shop.
Photograph of seven adults by The famous old blacksmith shop and marriage room in Scotland.
Breithaupt Hewetson Clark family
Study tour 1 : Amsterdam, Stockholm, Helsinki.
Part of Schneider family collection.
One carousel of slides. The slides are dated Oct. 1968.
Schneider family
Part of Sommer family fonds.
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Of special interest is a letter written by Eduard Höpken on May 29, 1965 revealing that he was a dedicated member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany since 1930. Eduard claimed that he reinstated his support for the political party after 1945. In this letter, Eduard wrote about the development of laws to provide the state increased control during emergencies. Also contains correspondence between the Sommer family and Friederich Joachim. Friederich Joachim adopted Ulrich Sommer as an adult and he lived in Germany. Records include letters, post cards, birth announcements, and a funeral invitation.
An audio-visual recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Judi Jewinski, retired Administrative Dean at Renison University College, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Jewinski's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. Additional topics include teaching, writing and grammar, drama, English literature, Renison College, Faculty of Arts, students, poetry readings, Association of English as a Second Language Association of Ontario, English Language Institute, Centre for Teaching Excellence, Gordon Stubley Language Competency Committee, Maurice Evans, Richard “Dick” Knight, Grace Logan, Harry Tuyn, Neil Hultin, Harry Logan, Gordon Slethaug, Tanya Missere Mihas, Michael Smyth, and Switzerland. The interview was conducted in-person in Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.
University of Waterloo Archives
Part of Tony Urquhart fonds
File consists of five slides showing grave markers in Briancon, France.
Urquhart, Tony
Silver coins from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse the numbers 1, 2, 3, & 4. This is an 1885 maundy set.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from London (England) showing on the obverse the head of Aethelred II and on the reverse the hand of God.
Pyke, Edgar William
Silver penny from England showing on the obverse the words EADGAR REX around a small cross and on the reverse the words GRID MONE, indicating the moneyer.
Pyke, Edgar William
On the Isis at Iffley (from towing path).
Photograph taken on the Isis (The Thames River) in Iffley, England. In the photograph can be seen trees and brush on the banks of the river, as well as four figures on a dock with a boat.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Part of Electrohome fonds.
File consists of material relating to travelling and sightseeing, probably collected by Carl A. Pollock. Includes road maps and tourist maps, leaflets and booklets from tourist attractions, and typed and ms. notes. Maps are for Kitchener, Ontario, various American states and cities, and Stuttgart, Germany.
Electrohome
Old timbered houses, Rue St. Pierre, Caen.
Photograph of two timber houses on Rue St. Pierre in Caen, France. Note that these buildings still exist at numbers 54 and 52 Rue St. Pierre.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Harold II and on the reverse PAX between horizontal lines.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Ivan W. Keffer fonds.
File consists of a snapshot of an unidentified couple standing together and smiling a the camera while visiting Bad Gastein.
Keffer, Ivan Wilbur
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Edward the Confessor and on the reverse a hammer cross.
Pyke, Edgar William
North nave aisle and window in north transpet, St. Cross near Winchester.
One glass plate with two photographs - the first shows the north nave aisle, and the second a window in the north transept of the Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty in Winchester, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Part of Ivan W. Keffer fonds.
File consists of photographs of Keffer and his family, most of which appear to have been taken while they were living in Germany. Includes snapshots of Keffer, his wife, Mary, and his daughter Mary Jane around their home, on outings or travelling, and participating in activities including golf and skiing. File also includes a portrait of Keffer's wife; a snapshot of Norman Schneider; and photographs taken at a figure skating competition or show.
Keffer, Ivan Wilbur
Two photographs on one plate. The first shows Norman era architectural work in the west aisle of the north end of the transept of Winchester Cathedral. The second shows the tomb of Cardinal Henry Beaufort in Winchester Cathedral, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Silver penny from Lincoln (England) showing on the obverse the head of Edward the Confessor and on the reverse an expanding cross.
Pyke, Edgar William
Schneider, Norman C. : diary of a trip.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Diary kept by Norman C. Schneider of a trip, June 9-July 7, 1931, to the Rotary International Convention in Vienna, Austria.
Schneider family
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Stephen of Blois and on the reverse a cross moline. The coin is considered a Watord type due to the large hoard of this style of coin found in Watford.
Pyke, Edgar William
Norman door, St. Albans Cath[edral], England.
Photograph of a stone archway identified as a door from the Norman period, in St. Albans Cathedral, England.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Nave, St. Alban's Cath[edral], Eng.
Photograph of the nave of St. Alban's Cathedral in England
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of William I (also known as William the Bastard) and on the reverse a cross with the letters PAXS in circles in the angles.
Pyke, Edgar William
N. choir aisle. St. Cross Hospital, near Winchester.
Photograph of the north aisle of the Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester.
Creighton, Charles Dickens
Silver sixpence from England showing on the obverse the head of Elizabeth I with a rose and on the reverse a square topped shield with the date 1561.
Pyke, Edgar William
File consists of a diary written in German by Catherine Breithaupt. The diary contains entries dated between May 9 and June 28, 1888 that document a trip taken by Breithaupt to Allendorf, Germany, the birthplace of Louis Breithaupt, with her son John, daughter Melvina and Louis H. Wagner.
Breithaupt, Catharine Hailer
Part of Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo fonds.
File consists of seven reprint and original photographs showing various aspects of YWCA programs and services. All photographs are undated. Includes photographs of Camp Clover, YW Daycare Centre, fundraising campaigns, and YW in Romania.
Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo
Keffer, Ivan W. : Norman C. Schneider's visit to Berlin.
Part of Schneider family collection.
Three photographs of Norman C. Schnedier's trip to Berlin in 1934. Consists of one snapshot of Schneider on board a ship, one of him at the Keffer's piano in Berlin, and one of the Keffer family and guests, including Schneider, at their home in Berlin, Germany. File also includes one postcard of Norman C. Schneider taken in front of Köln Cathedral while on a visit to Ivan W. Keffer. On the verso is a note addressed to his mother and father dated Nov. 9, 1934.
Schneider, Norman Christoph
Part of Ivan W. Keffer fonds.
File consists of a set of black and white photographs in a folded paper covering containing views of the Zugspitze mountain peak in winter. The original set contained 12 images, but some from another unidentified set have been added for a total of 22.
Keffer, Ivan Wilbur
Silver halfgroat from York (England) showing on the obverse the head of Henry VIII and the reverse a coat-of-arms on cross fourche; T W at sides, bishop's hat below for Archbishop Thomas Wolsey. Minted under the authority of the church.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Ivan W. Keffer fonds.
File consists of a booklet of 10 black and white postcards [rotogravure prints?] containing views of Wittenberg.
Keffer, Ivan Wilbur
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Edward the Confessor and on the reverse a cross with arms that terminate in trefoils.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Schneider family collection.
Snapshots, postcards and tourist information relating to Eschwege, Germany, home of the Roth family (Reichen Sachsen on the Werre, Hesse). Henrietta Charlotte Roth was the wife of Charles Andrew Ahrens.
Schneider family
Silver crown from England showing on the obverse the head of Queen Victoria and on the reverse St. George slaying the dragon. This is a jubilee issue.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Tony Urquhart fonds
File consists of five slides showing grave markers in Bourges, France.
Urquhart, Tony
Part of Schneider family collection.
Eight photographs taken during Norman C. Schneider's trip to Berlin [in 1934?]. Consists of two snapshots of the Empress of Britain and six taken in the Keffers' yard in Berlin.
Schneider family
Silver penny from England showing on the obverse the head of Henry II and on the reverse a short cross with four pellets in the angles.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Ivan W. Keffer fonds.
File consists of a booklet containing 64 black and white images [rotogravure prints?] of Wien.
Keffer, Ivan Wilbur
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of Henry II and on the reverse a short cross with crosslets in the angles. The name Tealby was given to these coins because of the hoard of over 5000 of these coins was discovered at Tealby, Lincolnshire in 1807.
Pyke, Edgar William
Vierwaldstattersee, Lake of Lucerne.
Part of Ivan W. Keffer fonds.
File consists of a booklet containing 12 black and white photographs as postcards with views of the Lake of Lucerne.
Keffer, Ivan Wilbur
Silver denier from Aquitaine (France) showing on the obverse a cross with RICARDVS REX and on the reverse PICTAVIENSIS in three lines across the field.
Pyke, Edgar William
Part of Tony Urquhart fonds
File consists of eleven slides showing grave markers in Yvetot, France.
Urquhart, Tony
Silver penny from Norwich (England) showing on the obverse the head of John and on the reverse a short cross with five pellets in the angles.
Pyke, Edgar William