File consists of five letters received by Martha Rieder from family members and friends. Some envelopes are included; stamps have been removed. Also present is an empty envelope. Includes letter from J.I. Frank Anthes on Anthes Mfg. Co. of Berlin letterhead and company envelope.

Studio portrait of John S. and Lydia Anthes seen looking off camera.

Studio portrait of Lydia Anthes with daughters Ella Cook, Martha Rieder, Louisa Breithaupt and Carrie Breithaupt. Ella and Martha are seen standing, with Louisa and Carrie seated on either side of Lydia. Only Lydia and Louisa are looking toward the camera.

Upper body studio portrait of unidentified woman see looking at camera.

Scenic view of a tree-lined Grand River.

Full length portrait of Paul Rieder and Dorothy Scheifele on their wedding day, seen looking at the camera dressed in a tuxedo and wedding dress. Dorothy has a veil on and is holding a large bouquet of flowers at front.

Full length studio portrait of Martha Anthes and Talmon Henry Rieder standing side by side in their wedding attire. Martha, dressed in a white gown adorned with a veil and arm length gloves, is seen holding the back of a wicker chair. Talmon, dressed in suit with a three-quarter length jacket, is seen standing next to Martha with right hand behind back and holding a glove in his left hand.

File consists eleven of items of correspondence addressed to Margaret Rieder. Includes primarily Christmas cards, with one birthday card. Correspondents include: Anthes, Carolina; Clarke, Evelyn; Edkins, Phyllis; Morley, Margaret Louise and Anna Elizabeth; Parry, Magaret; Rieder, Emeline Merner; Rieder, Margareth Anthes.

Series consists of correspondence received by Martha Rieder over the course of her life. Includes letters, telegrams, postcards, and invitations from family and friends, including correspondence from her husband Talmon Henry Rieder. Series includes sympathy letters received by Martha upon the death of Talmon.

Full length studio portrait of Martha Anthes and Talmon Henry Rieder standing side by side in their wedding attire. Martha, dressed in a white gown adorned with a veil and arm length gloves, is seen holding the back of a chair. Talmon, dressed in suit with a three-quarter length jacket, is seen standing next to Martha with right hand behind back and holding a glove in his left hand.Studio portrait of Martha Anthes and Talmon Henry Rieder, both seen standing in wedding dress and suit.

Four copies of a head and torso studio portrait of J.I. Frank Anthes dressed in a suit and seen looking off camera.

Postcard photograph of the extended Anthes family at an outdoor gathering in a park. Included in the group is Talmon Rieder (standing, third from left), Martha Rieder (standing, sixth from right), Cyrena and John Isaac Anthes (standing, third and fourth from right), John S. Anthes (standing, far right) and Lydia Catherine Anthes (seated, second from at right in black).

Two copies of an photograph of Ella and Martha Anthes standing arm in arm in a yard, next to a wicker chair with a Union Jack affixed to it. Both are wearing white dresses and seen looking at the camera.

Upper body studio portrait of John S. Anthes seen in profile.

Studio portrait of Martha Rieder and Ella Anthes Cook, dressed in high-collared, lace adorned tops.

Upper body studio portrait of Peter Rieder seen looking at camera.

Full body studio portrait of Peter Rieder standing and looking down at a newspaper with an umbrella hanging from left arm.

Studio portrait of Alvin Ratz (back row, far right) and Emma Ratz (seated, far right) with three unidentified friends or family members.

File consists of a souvenir menu card from the Northern Pacific Yellowstone Park line. Contains manuscript annotation: "Wednesday 6 p.m., Aug. 23rd, 1905, between Seattle and Portland."

Studio portrait of John S. (seated left) and Lydia Anthes (seated right) with their children. Ella and Martha are seen posed between their parents with siblings (left to right) John, Louisa, and Carrie standing at back.

Photograph of Albert Breithaupt and Martha Rieder posing with a large fish strung on a branch held between them.

Studio portrait of Laurie, Louisa and Emma Anthes with Lemar and Carrie Strawser. All are seen in jackets and hats.

Photograph of a group of [Ontario Ladies' College?] students playing outdoors in the snow.

Full length studio portrait of Martha Anthes looking down at a flower held in hands, seen wearing a long white dress and standing in front of an arm chair with throw pillows. A side table with a potted plant is visible in the background at right.

Head and shoulder studio portrait of (left to right) Ella Cook, Lucy Edkins, Zella Dexter and Martha Rieder during their time as students at the Ontario Ladies' College. The group is seen looking at the camera wearing fancy, flower adorned hats.

Head and torso studio portrait of Peter Rieder seated and looking at camera.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified adult, possibly a Della Rieder, looking off camera.

Mounted photograph of employees standing in a row, posed for the camera, at the side front of the Anthes Manufacturing Company building under a painted sign that reads: "The Anthes Mfg. Co. of Berlin. Limited." J.I. Frank Anthes is visible standing in a doorway behind the employees at right.

Photograph of Zella Dexter McDonald posed for the camera with left hand at back of head, on the edge of a bed. She is seen in what may be Romani inspired dress and is wearing multiple bracelets and necklaces.

File consists of 11 letters, cards, postcards, and pieces of advertising received by Martha Rieder. Some letters include envelopes.

Portrait of unidentified child in jacket and tie, with hair parted at side.

Photograph of Laurine Augustine seated in a high-back chair and looking toward the camera while sitting with arms around an unidentified infant on her lap.

Upper body studio portrait of Lillian Southgate and Nettie Morris seen looking at camera, dressed in jackets and fancy straw hats.

File consists of a colour photocopy of three pages from a program by the Kitchener Manufacturers' Association held as a farewell to T.H. Rieder upon his move to Montreal in 1919. Includes the menu and song lyrics written for the occasion.

Series consists of material accumulated by Peter Rieder relating to taxes paid in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Includes correspondence, tax notices, and tax receipts.

Informal group portrait of Ontario Ladies' College students posed for the camera around a ladder in a dorm room. Several of the group are positioned so that their heads are poking through the spaces between the ladder rungs. Emma Kaufman is at left, second row from front, and Martha Rieder is at the opposite end of the same row. Ella Cook is possible the student at right in the front row.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified adult seen looking at the camera with a slight smile on face.

File consists of the book by R.A. Torrey, The Gist of the Lesson : A Concise Exposition of the International Sunday School Lessons for the Year 1902. Includes manuscript notes throughout by Talmon Henry Rieder. Enclosure: delegate ribbon for Y.M.C.A. convention, Brantford, 1898.

Photograph of Rieder and Anthes family members on the stairs of a cottage. Lydia Anthes is seen in partial profile seated third from left in the back row with grandchildren Helen, Paul and Marnie Rieder seated in a row at front. Edward Rieder may be the teenager crouched second from left in the back row.

File consists of material relating to a farewell banquet for Talmon Henry Rieder given by the Kitchener Manufacturers' Association on April 28, 1917, in honour of his appointment as president of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. and subsequent move to Montreal. Includes ephemera (menu/program, paper dinner napkin, etc.), the manuscript speech given by Rieder at the dinner, and a newspaper clipping.

Blurry photograph of a group posed for the camera on a beach. Standing arm in arm (left to right) is [Edward Rieder?], Helen Rieder, Esther Briethaupt, ?, Marnie Rieder and Frieda Rieder. The group is seen behind an unidentified person seated at front with glasses and a pipe in mouth.

File consists of a wooden key (ca. 45 cm long), painted gold and containing the logo of the Kitchener Manufacturers' Association and the date April 28, 1917. Includes typescript note: "key to the City of Kitchener (town of Berlin then) given to T.H.R. when we moved to Montreal 1917."

Photograph of a group eating and drinking around a fire pit. Frieda Breithaupt is seen standing at right and Helen Rieder with legs outstretched.

File consists of material created and accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder relating to life insurance policies applied for and denied or issued to him. Includes correspondence, manuscript notes, sample and completed policies, and a receipt.

Blurry photograph of a rocky shoreline along a rapidly moving body of water.

File consists of manuscript notes by Talmon Henry Rieder. Includes notes regarding stock values and Ames Holden McCready Co., calculations, and the text of some correspondence between D. Lorne McGibbon of the City of Montreal and Samuel P. Colt of the United States Rubber Co.

Photograph of a calm lake seen from a rocky shoreline capturing the reflection of a small island with a boathouse mirroed in the water.

File consists of a blue ribbon containing the logos of the Merchants Rubber Co. and The Berlin Rubber Co., and the date Aug. 17th, 1907, Berlin.

File consists of a card containing new year's greetings to friends and fellow workers of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., from vice-president T.H. Rieder.

File consists of a paper by Dr. Werner Esch from an unknown publication about the vulcanization of India rubber. Also included are two loose pages from Lehmann & Voss (Hamburg, chemical manufacturers) about the use of heavy calcined magnesia or magnesia usta in vulcanization.

File consists of personal material accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder. Includes ephemera, newspaper clippings, membership cards (e.g. Kiwanis Club, Y.M.C.A., Old Colony Club, Automobile Club of Canada, Canadian Manufacturers' Association, and others), business cards, certificates, advertisements, a motor vehicle license, a typescript diet list from his doctor, ms. notes, a permit to leave Canada (including photograph), etc.

Image of Martha Rieder standing outside of a cottage seen in partial profile and wearing a drop waist dress with a white collar and stockings.

File consists of a brochure and a letter received by Talmon Henry Rieder from G. Durnford & Comapny regarding income tax.

Series consists of documents relating to land transactions. Most materials document the ownership history of the property consisting of Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, and in particuar Lot 3, on the south (or west) side of Ahrens Street and the north side of Weber Street in David Weber's survey in the town of Berlin (now Kitchener); this property contained the Anthes home at 44 Weber Street and the Rieder home at 58 Roy Street.

Also present are documents relating to other land in Berlin as well as land in the Township of Wilmot, the Town of Moberly, and the District of Parry Sound. Series includes mortgages, deeds and certificates of ownership, abstracts from the Registry Office (Berlin), invoices, etc.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified adult seen looking off camera.

Studio portrait of Martha (seated left) and Ella (standing left) Anthes with three other children, possibly siblings or cousins.

Upper body studio portrait of Lillian [Wilson?] seen looking at camera.

File consists of 38 letters, telegrams and cards received by Martha Rieder, including two from Talmon Henry Rieder and some from her mother, her children, and her grandchildren. Some letters include envelopes; stamps have been removed. Also present are three empty envelopes.

Full body photograph of Emeline Rider seated outdoors on a rock and looking at camera.

Photograph of fabric hanging from the ceiling in a tent-like fashion in the corner of a dorm room with a pile of pillows, including one with OLC [Ontario Ladies' College], underneath. Three flags including a Union Jack and the American flag are visible handing from the tent and rocking chairs are positioned at either side of the structure.

File consists of four plans. Includes two plans by N.J. Goebel entitled "City of Berlin," and two copies of a plan entitled "Canada Furniture Manufacturer's Limited, Berlin, Ont., Simpson Factory and Gaukel Street Properties."

File consists of The Prize Winner (vol. 1, no. 3), a monthly published in Waterloo by The Prize Winner Publishing Co. The journal describes itself as "a journal of choice literature, devoted to the improvement and amusement of the family circle." Contains a write-up about the wedding of John C. Breithaupt and Caroline (Carrie) Anthes.

File consists of material relating to the purchase of the property and construction of the house at 610 Belmont Avenue in Montreal (City of Westmount), as well as the related mortgage and insurance. Includes correspondence, specifications for the house, receipts, manuscript notes, a deed of mortgage (copy), an agreement regarding a loan and repayment (copy), and by-law no. 229 regarding construction in the City of Westmount (copy).

File consists of material relating to the Westmount development in Waterloo. Includes a prospectus (Realty Pointers: Westmount, "The Development Beautiful") prepared by Beck & Eisenbach (Berlin, ON) containing a plan of Westmount; and a photograph of a topographical landscape painting showing Berlin, Waterloo, and Westmount, prepared by Gibson Catlett, Real Estate Landscape Paintings (Calgary, AB). The plan in the prospectus contains manuscript annotations.

Photograph of Edward Rieder standing on a rock at the edge of a body of water looking toward the camera while holding a large fish by the gill.

File consists of a marriage licence or certificate of marriage between John S. Anthes (Township of Wilmot) and Lydia Catharine Herlan (Town of Berlin).

File consists of material probably accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder and/or Martha Rieder in the process of settling the estate of John S. Anthes. Includes correspondence, statements of the estate, agreements, wills (plus copies) of John S. Anthes and Lydia Anthes, invoices and receipts, a statement of succession duty, ms. notes, ledger balances from the Anthes Furniture Company (1907, 1908), ts. notes from a meeting of executors, etc.

Correspondence is primarily among executors John C. Breithaupt and J.I. Frank Anthes; Peters, Brown & Co. accountants; Millar, Sims, & Gregory, barristers; Talmon Henry Rieder, and others.

Photograph of Paul Rieder, Marnie Rieder, [Dottie ?] and Frank [Cressman] posed for the camera with a Chandler automobile. Paul, Marie and Dottie are seen seated on the hood of the vehicle while Frank is seen leaning against the car, holding a dog.

Photograph of Paul Rieder, Marnie Rieder, [Dottie ?] and Frank Cressman posed for the camera with a Chandler automobile. Paul is seen holding a dog and is seated on the hood of the vehicle with Marie and Dottie, while Frank is seen in partial profile leaning against the car in partial profile.

File consists of material probably accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder and/or Martha Rieder in the process of settling the estate of John S. Anthes, and in particular, the administration and eventual sale of the Anthes Furniture Company to J.H. Baetz and C.J. Baetz. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, agreements, financial statements of the Anthes Furniture Company (1915-1920), and the will of John S. Anthes.

Correspondence is among J.I. Frank Anthes, John C. Breithaupt, and Albert L. Breithaupt (executors), as well as Talmon Henry Rieder, Matha Rieder, the Baetz brothers, H. Milton Cook, and others.

File consists of material probably accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder and/or Martha Rieder in the process of settling the estate of John S. Anthes, and in particular, the administration and eventual sale of the Anthes Furniture Company to J.H. Baetz and C.J. Baetz. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, agreements, financial statements of the Anthes Furniture Company (1915-1920), and the will of John S. Anthes.

Correspondence is among J.I. Frank Anthes, John C. Breithaupt, and Albert L. Breithaupt (executors), as well as Talmon Henry Rieder, Matha Rieder, the Baetz brothers, H. Milton Cook, and others.

File consists of a copy of an acknolwedgement signed by Caroline Breithaupt, Martha Rieder, Ella Cook, and Louisa Breithaupt regarding payment on interest and principle on notes held by them from J.H. and C.J. Baetz.

File consists of an indenture between the Corporation of the Town of Berlin and John S. Anthes for the grant of burial lots nos. 288 and 289 in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Series consists of photographs created and accumulated by the Rieder and Anthes families. Includes ones photograph of a Kiwanis club picnic at Puslinch Lake.

Fully length studio portrait of an unidentified child looking toward camera with right hand resting on the arm of a chair positioned at back. Their right ankle is crossed in front of the left and they are holding a rolled up document in their left hand.

Series consists of photographs, most of which were accumulated by Martha Rieder, with some accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder and some probably by Margaret Paisley and Paul Rieder. Photographs relate predominantly to multiple generations of the Anthes and Rieder families and include formal and informal family portraits, snapshots of family and friends, and snapshots taken while visiting cottages in the Penetanguishene area.

Other subjects include: Martha and her friends at Ontario Ladies College, business associates of Talmon, the Dominion Tire Company, the Anthes Manufacturing Company, Zion Evangelical Church events and groups, the Kitchener Natatorium, and other subjects. Many photographs from the period 1895-1906 were taken and possibly developed by Martha Rieder.

Series contains eight portraits (plus two duplicates) by Notman & Son, Montreal, all of which are in very good condition; and many portraits by James Esson of Preston. Includes loose photographs, photograph albums, and negatives.

Upper body studio portrait of Lola [?] seen looking at camera.

Studio portrait of (seated, left to right) Louise McEwen, and Ella and Martha Anthes with two unidentified friends. The group is dressed for cool weather and posed against a winter backdrop.

Photograph of a field full of army tents.

Photograph of two unidentified Ontario Ladies' College students seated in a dorm room with chairs turned toward each other and doing something with their hands. The pair are seated in from of a tall window partially covered by fabric draped from the top and a dresser, decorated with photos and trinkets, at right. Two beds are partially visible at either side of the room.

File consists of an accounting journal kept by John S. Anthes from 1901 to 1914. File also includes two receipts and two memoranda regarding bonds sold by Martha Rieder to Ella Anthes Cook, Louisa Breithaupt, and Carrie Breithaupt.

Photograph of a large waterfall, likely Niagara Falls, seen from a distance.

File consists of a map of Mount Hope Cemetery in Berlin by Joel Good, L.S., showing the burial plots. Plots belonging to John S. Anthes have been coloured in brown.

File consists of share certificates kept by the Anthes family. Includes certificates for shares owned by John S. Anthes in the Berlin and Bridgeport Electric Street Railway Company (1) and the Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Company (3); and certificates for shares owned by H. Milton Cook in Upper Canada Mines Ltd. (2), Malartic Gold Fields Ltd. (2), Triad Oil Co. Ltd. (1), Canadian Astoria Minerals Ltd. (1), and Canadian Atlantic Oil Co. Ltd. (1).

Also present are two letters, a memorandum, and manuscript notes regarding the shares. File also includes an manuscript list entitled "Anthes strong box contents," which includes the share certificates as well as documents relating to property transactions.

File consists of an autograph album. Includes notes and quotations from school friends and family members.

File consists of an autograph album. Includes notes and quotations from school friends. Includes signature of Mabel Dunham. File also includes a letter from Ella to her father.

Photograph of Paul Rieder, dressed in a suit and tie, seated with a dog in a living room armchair. Both are seen looking toward the camera.

Blurry photograph of Paul Rieder seated on a couch looking toward the camera with a slight smile and hands intertwined on lap.

File consists of a piece of birch bark with inscriptions on both sides.

Recto: "Our party left Penetang July 23, 1900 on Str "Maud" - went to Moon River, 12-mile Channel, Black Rock Lake. Visted several Lumber Camps etc. Spent night at Pittsburg House in Georgena Island. Had a most delightful trip - weather fine and fishing good. Got this bark at Squaw Point Lumber Camp, Perry Sound District. Returned Tues. evening, July 24, 1900."

Verso: "Mr. J.C. Breithaupt + Mrs. J.C.B., Mr. A.L. B., Miss M.E.B., Edward B. Rev. S.L. Umbach, Miss Madge Gibson, Ella E. Anthes."

File consists of an unaddressed letter written by Ella Anthes Cook, an unsigned letter received by Ella, and a letter and postcard received by Ella from H. Milton Cook. Postcard contains a photograph of Cook with two other men in front of a pavilion, Woodside [farm?], Waterloo.

File consists of ephemera probably relating to Ella Anthes Cook's trip to Europe in 1910. Includes a dinner menu and lists containing the mailing addresses for members of the Boston Travel Society, tour #28, while at sea. Lists contain manuscript notes by Martha Rieder and Ella.

File consists of a scrapbook kept by Ella Anthes Cook. Includes manuscript poems, proverbs, and facts, and newspaper clippings (mainly poems and general humour and knoweldge). Some items are loose between pages. Many pages are blank.

File consists of a brochure sent to J.I. Frank Anthes from Wood, Gundy & Company on exchanging securities.

File consists of invitations received by Martha Rieder to weddings, anniversaries, and other events. Includes invitations to weddings of some of her sisters and children and her own wedding invitation, as well as newspaper clippings about some of the weddings. Also present is an invitation received by Margaret Paisley to the wedding of her aunt Louisa Breithaupt. Duplicate invitations are present.

File consists of invitations received by Martha Rieder to weddings, anniversaries, and other events. Includes invitations to weddings of some of her sisters and children and her own wedding invitation, as well as newspaper clippings about some of the weddings. Also present is an invitation received by Margaret Paisley to the wedding of her aunt Louisa Breithaupt. Duplicate invitations are present.