File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1956. Includes typed reports and feedback about the conference, handwritten notes, correspondence (including a draft), reports on discussion sessions, a list of participants, and statements of purpose for the Leader's Institute.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1956, and in particular the course taught by Gordon Couling (Art, first year). Includes correspondence and memoranda, lists of courses and participants, handwritten notes taken from or created in preparation for the course, a course outline, lists of resoures, and other information relating to the institute.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1957, and in particular the course taught by Gordon Couling. Includes a conference outline and timetable, a survey, handwritten notes, typed instructions for class projects and assignments, a list of resources, etc.

File consists of material relating to the planning of the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1958, and the purpose and goals of the institute. Includes correspondence, minutes of a Five Counties Art Association meeting, reports on meetings of the institute planning committee, and a meeting agenda.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1959, and in particular to the course taught there by Gordon Couling. Includes handwritten notes, responses to a questionnaire, typed notes by Couling prepared for the course, a course outline, participant lists, incoming correspondence, and other information relating to the institute.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institue (Guelph) in 1960, and in particular to the course taught there by Gordon Couling (Art 3). Includes handwritten and typed course outlines, handwritten and typed notes made by Couling in preparation for the course, lists of participants and recommended resources, correspondence, meeting agendas, other information related to the Leader's Institute, etc.

File consists of material relating mainly to Five Counties Art Association events and workshops as well as the Leader's Institute held in 1954 at McMaster University (Hamilton) and an oil painting teachers' seminar. Includes correspondence, a report and a timetable for the Leader's Institute, reports on various seminars and events, summaries of adult night school classes held in various towns, handwritten notes, lists of members by type of art and region, and other material.

File consists of material accumulated by Gordon Couling relating to the administration and events by the Five Counties Art Association and material accumulated and created by him relating to art. Includes handwritten and typed draft papers about art, handwritten notes, incoming and outgoing correspondence, a meeting agenda, a newspaper clipping, etc.

File consists of material relating mainly to events and workshops held by the Five Counties Art Association throughout 1955. Includes flyers, announcements, invititations, and notices of events; lists of participants in various activities; incoming and outgoing correspondence, the association news bulletin (vol. 1, no. 1); an exhibitors list; registration forms for a sketching weekend; an insurance policy; and other material.

File consists of material relating to the 1961 conference of the Ontario Recreation Association, which took place in Hamilton, Ontario. Gordon Couling participated as a resource person in one of the conference discussions. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda, papers prepared by the Ontario Recreation Association, handwritten notes, and a conference program.

File consists of completed registration forms for a design and sketching weekend held in Doon in October, 1965. Also present are handwritten notes and a small amount of correspondence.

File consists of material relating to the promotion of workshops and events held primarily from 1970-1973, and includes some material relating the organization of the events. Includes flyers and announcements for workshops and other COAA events, incoming and outgoing correspondence, newsletters, flyers from other organizations, financial statements (1970-1972), a members' mailing list (1973), a directory of art associations in Ontario, handwritten notes, and other material. Most correspondence is addressed to Marlene Jofreit or Oreen Campbell.

File consists of material relating to programs organized by the COAA, and mainly the annual workshops at Geneva Park (Longford Mills, Ontario) for 1994-1996 and the annual juried exhibition called Crossection for 1980-1982. Material relates to the organization and arrangement of the events. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, reports, flyers and invitations, brochures, programs, exhibition lists, minutes, budgets, draft workshop descriptions, etc.

File consists of material relating to the arrangement of sketch trips and workshops, probably accumulated by program coordinator Margaret Lucas. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, flyers and programs for workshops and trips, a membership list, a meeting agenda, several registration lists, and other material.

File consists of material relating to the association newsletter and flyers for 1983. Includes newsletters, flyers, correspondence and memoranda, a list of members issued a cheque, the agenda for the annual meeting, etc.

File consists of page proofs for the association newsletter and flyers for 1984. File also includes flyers, a small amount of correspondence, and an agenda for the 1984 annual meeting.

File consists of miscellaneous material probably accumulated by association member Linda [last name unknown]. Includes correspondence, photographs of COAA members and of art, an invitation to an art sale, and invitations to Crossection '95 (the annual juried members' show).

File consists of a letter from Premier Dalton McGuinty congratulating the COAA on its 50th anniversary on behalf of the Government of Ontario.

File consists of miscellaneous material probably accumulated during the process of researching and writing the history of the COAA, mainly relating to the association membership. Includes handwritten and typed membership lists, lists of potential teachers and of participants at a workshop, correspondence, flyers, and an exhibition catalogue.

File consists of miscellaneous material probably accumulated during the process of researching and writing the history of the COAA, mainly relating to the association membership. Includes typed membership lists (heavily annotated), lists of teachers and of participants at a workshop, correspondence, flyers and newsletters, and an exhibition catalogue.

File consists of one notebook listing names and contact information of members of the Church of the Divine Revelation. Also includes materials relating to the church such as correspondence, a treasurers report and clergyman's records.

File consists of seven items of correspondence addressed to Minnie, Fred, and Colleen Maines from Dr. Tehyi Hsieh. The relationship between the Maines family and Dr. Hsieh is unknown however Dr. Hsieh was a lecturer and director of the Chinese Service Bureau in Boston.

Contains material collected by Jenny Pincock relating to Lily Dale and other spiritualist organizations. Includes clippings, correspondence, manuscript notes and book lists, ephemera and printed pamphlets.

File consists of correspondence sent to Barbara Smucker from others, primarily in regards to publication of her works and from fans and school children. Correspondents include:

• Agard, Andrea;
• Bacton Middle School;
• Barker, Vanessa;
• Bayda, Oksana;
• Beder, Pauline;
• Behary, Rabina;
• Bennett, Amy;
• Bhatia, Naina;
• Bhatnagar, Unmukt;
• Blount, Laura;
• Boloten, Jeffrey;
• Bonnell, Ryan;
• Butcker, Jennifer;
• Caldana, Augusta;
• Calvin Christian School;
• Chee, Ben;
• Clarke, W.H.;
• Cock, Donald;
• Conway, Joan;
• Cook, Amber;
• Cooper, Pat;
• Craig, Fran;
• Cruickshank, Aileen;
• Curtis, Louise;
• Delta Christian School;
• Dhanak, Vishal;
• Dockstader, Melissa;
• Dodds, Carolyn;
• Dohlen, Janice;
• Dufferin School;
• Dyck, Laura;
• Eastern Passage Junior High;
• Edelman, Elaine;
• England, Jan;
• Enns, Eva;
• Evans, Paul;
• Feldman, Jordana;
• Frey, Betsy;
• Frisesn, Laura;
• Gann, Marjorie;
• Good, Cynthia;
• Griener, Joanne;
• Groh, Ivan;
• Hartwell, Kristal;
• Heltcher, Corey;
• Hergott, Kari;
• Hillis, Sara;
• Holder, Faith;
• Huculak, Susan;
• International Board on Books for Young People;
• Irwin, John;
• Jacques, Jason;
• Jamal, Hamil;
• James, Hayley;
• Jennings, Pippa;
• Johnson, Alana;
• Johnson, Amanda;
• Jolly, Matthew;
• Jones, Jackie;
• Kadela, Irma;
• Kahn, Mary;
• Kavanagh, Stephen K.;
• Keheewin School;
• Kelly, Larry;
• Kerr, Glenda;
• Kilgour, David;
• Kinch, Katie;
• Kirkey, Pam;
• Kissau, Arlene;
• Langrdige, Gemma;
• Levavasseur, Laetitia;
• Little, Jean;
• Litton, Karen;
• Marks, Ruth;
• Mastrapa, Jorge;
• Matheson, Brandi;
• McDaid, Alan;
• McGee, C. Ted;
• McLeod, Scotty;
• McMaster, Ardythe;
• McNamara, Patricia;
• Missirilis, Daphne;
• Mitchell Elementary School;
• Mohrsen, Joanne;
• Morgan, Frank;
• Morris, William;
• Nagata Junior High School;
• Navarro, Serena;
• Neal, Becky;
• Neufeld, Marnette;
• Niekamp, Travis;
• d'Auteuil, Natalie;
• Nowakowska, Wanda;
• Parr, Steve;
• Patel, Ashok;
• Patel, Zinda;
• Pearce, John;
• Pederson, Eileen;
• Perkins, Cam;
• Perry, Helen;
• Popovic, Darko;
• Porter, Timmy;
• Pothen, Philip;
• Potter, Gemma;
• Potter, Sarh;
• Ralf, Joe;
• Redekop, Fran;
• Reed, Megan;
• Reid, Natasha;
• Riddell, Melody;
• Roberts, Ryan;
• Rodrigues, Carrie;
• Rogers, Dawn Marie;
• Rothwell, Gemma;
• Saam, Catherine, Boer, Fred;
• Safran, Linda;
• Sage, Amanda;
• Sagui, Teresita;
• Salisko, Wendy;
• Sanger, Stephanie;
• Satwinder, Flora;
• Sayed, Shabina;
• Semjanovs, Megan;
• Serafico, Melinda;
• Seredynsky, Katherine;
• Shadd, Joshua;
• Shaver, Sandra;
• Shing, Chitta;
• Sidenburg, Ita;
• Sinclair, Pat;
• Smith, Elizabeth;
• Smith, Gillian;
• St. Mary's High School;
• St. Patrick School;
• Starrad, Nigel;
• Stavrinos, Helen;
• Steen, Rebecca;
• Steinmann, Becky;
• Stoakley, Kevin;
• Stone, R.;
• Storz, Gerald;
• Swatzentruber, Ryan;
• Takada, Naoko;
• Telgen, Diane;
• Thirery, Becky;
• Thompson, Ruth;
• Topp, Lisa;
• Tower, Lisa;
• Treson, Andrea;
• Trust, June;
• Twiddy, Janis;
• van Essen, Russell;
• Verney, Alison;
• Wade, Nick;
• Waldock, Peter;
• Walsh, Ieshea;
• Warkentin, Abe;
• Warnell, Colleen;
• Warner, Golda;
• Wells, Elliot;
• Wesson, Mandy;
• Wood, Virginia;
• Woodburne, Barb;
• Xenophontos, Ellen;
• Yasin, Shari;
• Young, Pamela;
• Zehr, Heather;
• Zunker, Emma

Correspondence from Jamie Martin, written from Alberta, Halifax, and Europe. Includes six letters to his mother and father and one letter to his Aunt Anna. One letter includes the original envelope. Most letters not dated.

Correspondence from John Gartshore Martin to his mother and father. Most correspondence was written between June and December, 1943, while John was at a transit camp in Windsor, Nova Scotia, waiting to be sent overseas. Also present is an earlier letter from John during his studies at the University of Toronto. File includes 3 telegrams and 15 letters, most of which include the original evelope and stamp.

Correspondence from John Gartshore Martin to his mother and father, written between January and June, 1944, while he was stationed in England. Includes 2 telegrams and 30 letters, most of which are aerograms with original stamps.

Correspondence from John Gartshore Martin to his mother and father, written between July and December, 1944, from England, Belgium, and Holland. Includes 47 letters, some of which are aerograms and some in envelopes, both with original stamps. Enclosed with one letter is a letter addressed to Jamie from his grandfather Richard Wilson written in 1926.

Correspondence from John Gartshore Martin to his mother and father, written in 1945 and 1946. Includes 2 telegrams and 22 letters, some of which are aerograms and some in envelopes, both with original stamps. The letter dated August 30, 1945, includes a copy of a memorial service for John's regiment (Lincoln and Welland) held at Nijverdal, Holland.

Undated letter from Wilson Martin to his mother.

Letters to John Alexander and Jessie Martin from various correspondents. Includes four letters from Jamie's fiancee Muriel Clift while serving as a military nurse in Europe; a letter from nephew Walter; a letter from Col. R.B. Martin, and a letter from Col. A. P. [surname illegible]. The latter two are regarding the death of Jamie. Some letters are aerograms and some are in envelopes, both with original stamps.

Correspondence between Derk Rouwhorst of Delden (Netherlands) and John Gartshore Martin regarding the liberation of Delden (April 3, 1945) and of Holland, and the anniversaries of these events as celebrated in the Netherlands. Includes four letters (one with original envelope and stamp), press clippings (some photocopies), and a photocopied letter to John from the mayor of Delden.

Four photographs and a letter to John Gartshore Martin from his niece Ann Martin. One photograph (modern copy) depicts John Alexander Martin with his sons in uniform. In the letter, Ann asks John to identify the men and woman in the other three portraits. The woman is possibly John's maternal grandmother, Margaret (Gartshore) Wilson. One man is probably John's paternal grandfather, Rev. William M. Martin, and the other is probably John's uncle Alexander Douglas Wilson.

File consists of a scrapbook compiled by Damaris Smith's daughter Gertrude, containing an article written by Damaris Smith entitled "Pioneer Wife" published as a serial in Farmer's Magazine beginning with vol. 41, no. 7, July, 1944. The scrapbook also documents the history of the Smith family and contains photographs, a pencil sketch of the "Mountain Hall" homestead, and correspondence.

File consists of correspondence to and from William Pope Clement and Muriel Kerr Clement.
Correspondents include:

• William Pope Clement;
• Muriel Kerr Clement;
• Margaret (Peggy) Clement Forbes;
• C.A. Pollock;
• Janet Stewart;
• [?] Stewart;
• Isabel Bate.

File consists of 25 pieces of correspondence to and from Florence Grace Clement. Correspondents include:

• Rita Armstrong,
• Carlton and Mary Clement,
• William Pope Clement,
• Bill Cowls,
• Margaret (Peggy) Clement Forbes,
• Gay Forester,
• Naomi Jackson Groves,
• Emma Kels,
• Buddy McGowan,
• Allyn Murison,
• M.C. Shaw (Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School),
• Janet Stewart,
• Fran [?],
• Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

File consists of 22 pieces of correspondence (primarily Christmas cards) addressed to Florence Grace Clement as well as one blank card.
Correspondents include:

• William Pope Clement,
• Chris and Eddie Hebscher,
• Pat Henderson (Sunbeam Home),
• Stanley and LauraBell Hodgins (Camp Wanapitei),
• Buddy and Margaret McGowan,
• Kay Morley-Stark,
• Allyn Murison,
• Muriel Hodgetts Pollock,
• Joie Seagram,
• Garth Thomson (Langdon Hall),
• Trinity Seniors Group,
• Fran and Jack [?],
• Phyllis and Bill [?],
• Roberta and Margaret [?],
• John [?].

Correspondence from Estella [?] to Louis Henry Wagner. The postcard asks Louis Henry when he plans to return home.

Correspondence from G. [Gillpin?] to Louis Henry Wagner.

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.

Typed letter from Charles August Ahrens to C.A. Gibbbs in Parkhill, Ontario regarding the surveying of land at Grand Bend. Includes handwritten postscript regarding the placement of a stake.

Series is comprised of approximately 232 items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others. Also includes accompanying materials. Correspondents include:

• [?], Betty;
• [?], Bev;
• [?], Etta;
• [?], Fay;
• [?], Flo,
• [?], Dorothea;
• [?], Frances;
• [?], Jesse;
• [?], Jo;
• [?], John and Ellea;
• [?], Margaret;
• [?], Maud;
• [?], May and Bill;
• [?], Nick;
• [?], Terry;
• [R?], Mary;
• Akiwenzie, Chief Ralph;
• Arnott, Edythe and Al;
• Barbens, Joan;
• Bertrand, Luc;
• Birtch, Gilberte;
• Bordeleau, Christine J.
• Bourassa, Robert
• Boyd, Malcolm, Nora, Barbara, and Hugh
• Burcher, Dorothy
• Cameron, Christina
• Cameron, Don
• Canadian Council
• Casgrain, Therese
• Clark, Doris
• Clark, W.E.
• Cot, Dorothea
• Dennis, Laddie
• Department of Labour
• Dimbert, Eleanor
• Doak, Buckingham, Pressley and Perlmutter
• Doyle, Richard J.
• Edwards [?]
• Edwards, Bess
• Evans-Ehricht, Barbara
• Evans-Ehricht, Mark & Barb
• Evans-Ehricht, Mark and Barb
• Filmon, Gary
• Foote, Judy M.
• Fraser, John
• Freedman, Sonya
• Gatenby, Greg
• Hamilton, Pat
• Hamm[?], Rene
• Harcourt, Mike
• Hartwell, G.O.
• Hauschildt, Elda
• Hodgson, Dorothy
• Hollobon, Joan
• Hurtig, Mel
• Kemp, Barbara
• Kiyoshik, Ramona
• Kiyushk, Ramona
• Krackovic, Elvira
• Lenaham, Kim
• Lobregt, Patricia D.
• Ludwig, Doris
• MaKeigon, Pearl
• Mason, Madge B.
• McCullum, Terry
• McKenna, Frank
• Megarry, A.R.
• Montgomery, Malcolm
• Padmore, Margaret
• Parker, H.L.
• Pearson, Shirley
• Purcell, Gillis
• Rae, Bob
• Renwick, Cathy
• Rex, Beverly
• Rex, Kenneth
• Rex, Sylvia
• Romanow, Roy
• Rumble, Verne
• Sawyer, Glad
• Scarse, Carole
• Sky, Ruth C.
• Smith, Sybil
• Stewart, William
• Tanzola Sorbara McClellan and Handler
• Taylor, Gaie
• Taylor-Turpim, Pam
• Taylor-Turpin, Pam
• Tomlinson, Lynne
• Valcourt, Bernard
• Van Fleet, Janis K.
• Verbugge & Co.
• Warren, Isobel
• Webster, Art
• Wellesley Hospital
• Whalen, Barbara
• Wright, C.F.

Notebook containing handwritten speech notes by Mayor Leavine including a speech given at the YMCA in January 1957 and one at Waterloo County Automobile Club in February 1957. Also contains notes regarding the construction of the new police building, and regarding the municipalities and local politics. Loose ephemeral material includes gas bills sent to Dr. S.F Leavine in 1957; the business card of life insurance broker Syd Davies; the Civil Defence Identification card issued to Leavine on January 31, 1957; a clipping regarding a debate surrounding the appropriate location for the new police building in Kitchener; and a receipt and letter dated March 12, 1957 to Leavine from the Rev. Albert W. Lotz of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church thanking him for a donation.

Letter from Oscar Coderre, Department of the Secretary of State, to Edward Bechler regarding his naturalization. Letter was accompanied by a certificate of naturalization not included in the file.

File consists of seven undated letters received by John.S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder; some letters are addressed to "mother and Ella." Also included is a letter from Margaret Rieder Paisley.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's membership in the American Management Association (AMA). Includes correspondence and memoranda (some carbon copies and some form letters), advertising material from the AMA, membership application forms and certificates, ephemera, and other material. File probably belonged to Gary Alcock, Director of Human Resources.

Correspondence from Sylvia Anthony. The letter sends best wishes and thanks to Irene for her work as General Secretary of the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship. It also mentions her upcoming trip to Vienna and Sylvia's current travels in the Dolomite Mountain range.

Correspondence from Euphemia Bean to brother Louis Henry Wagner. The postcard discusses their sister Emma visiting her.

One piece of correspondence (greeting card) to Dorothy Etta Russell from May Bennett, Galt, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.

Carbon correspondence relating to the care of Florence Ahrens at Central Park Lodge and the condition of her health. Includes list of nurses who cared for Ahrens, personal account information and two obituaries.

Clippings, correspondence, manuscript notes related to Ahrens Pottery in Paris, Ontario.

One piece of correspondence, notice of death of Charlotte Gofton, manuscript notes on genealogy of Goftons.

Material relating to Alfred Gofton's military service in the First World War.

Photocopy of a letter to Jean Hawkings and Frederick P. Schneider from their cousin Ernie [?] in which he expresses admiration for his Aunt Ella and Uncle Fred dated Dec. 8, 1967.

Correspondence to and from Norman C. Schneider regarding the genealogy of the Metz family.

Photocopy of a letter from the minister of the church in Unterowisheim, Germany to Betty Schneider, May 29, 1989, accompanied by an extract from church records relating to the forbearers of Johann Christoph Schneider.

Norman C. Schneider's file of correspondence, some in German, the Oberst family in Unterowisheim. Letters to and from relatives in Germany discuss post-war conditions as well as providing genealogical information about the Schneider family in Unterowisheim, and extracts from Church records. Unterowisheim was the birthplace of Johann Christoph Schneider. Many letters have been translated into English.

Norman C. Schneider correspondence relating to a query about Johann Ludwig Schneider.

One typescript From Agnes J. To Nazla Dane, consisting of a script and feather from the North Bay Business and Professional Women's Club.

Contains congratulatory correspondence, mostly, but not solely, with regard to N. Dane's acclamation as Provincial President for Ontario of the Business and Professional Women's Club in 1957. Several pieces of 1956 ephemera are also included, as are letters to Nazla Dane from Ellen Fairclough, John Diefenbaker and Keiller McKay in response to congratulations she had sent them.

Norman C. Schneider's file of correspondence, some in German, with the Evers family in Eschwege. Letters to and from relatives in Germany discuss post-war conditions as well as providing genealogical information about the Ahrens (Roth) family in Eschwege. Many letters have been translated into English. Also includes one letter to and from an unrelated food parcel recipient in Germany, 1950.

File consists of correspondence to and from G. Elmore Reaman relating to possible government employment and also to his pension. Includes one letter from Lester B. Pearson.

Correspondence to Norman C. Schneider in 1933 regarding Legion mortgage. Also includes a list of 118th Battalion members attending a reunion in 1955.

Correspondence from E.W. [Edmund Warren?] Moyer to Louis Henry Wagner regarding the order of a book on anatomy.

Alfred Gofton's first World War discharge certificate, dated August 26, 1919, and a snapshot from his time at war. A holograph letter dated March 25, 1990 from Annette H. Augustine to Dorcas Williams, archivist at J.M. Schneider Inc. about the donation of the discharge papers and photograph are also included in the file.

Letter from Jacob Anthes to his parents, Martin and Catharine that begins with an update about a blessed assembly and extended meeting at Brother Bittner's. He shares that his wife Magdalena has been unwell for some time, but remains cheerful, and notes that he wants to fetch Katharina Weber to server her. He also shares that Magdalena David, currently in Berlin, is expected in the next week. He concludes by asking that Heinrich be told to come to Sebringville to wed and that J. Wolf be advised to hold off selling half the wheat.

Letter to Mrs. Betty Schneider regarding remembrances of John Metz Schneider from Con A. McNamara, Director of Admissions, College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota dated Sept. 27, 1967

Handwritten letter to Herbert J. and Betty Schneider from the Executive, Pine Grove Community Association thanking them for their involvement in the community and wishing them well in their new home in Willow Wells.

Type- and manuscript letters wishing Schneider a happy birthday (Dec. 6, 1952), congratulations on his nomination as a Liberal candidate in the by-election (April 25, 1952), and a well-received speech. Letters dated (Nov. 21, 1952).

Letters to (1) and from (3) Lester B. Pearson. One wishes Schneider a happy birthday (December 9, 1960) and the others discuss Liberal Party matters (May 10, 1961 and February 27, 1962). Includes carbon copy typescript of letter from Schneider to Pearson dated February 16, 1972 regarding an article by Sandy Baird and criticism about the Liberal Party.

Scrapbook 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. Included are notes of congratulations; coverage of the mayoralty race and Leavine's activities as mayor; his participation on various city boards and commissions, including the Service Welfare Committee; and a proclamation signed by Mayor Leavine declaring that "Brotherhood Week" is to be observed in Kitchener from February 19-26, 1950, along with a photo from a related event. Also included is a typed welcoming speech made by Mayor Leavine at an unspecified event.

One of the loose photographs depicts "The Walking Mayor", as he came to be known, pictured on his daily walk to work as Mayor of Kitchener. A second photograph appears to have been taken on election day in 1955 when Dr. S.F. Leavine ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the Waterloo North constituency. The final photograph was taken at the official opening of the Carmicheal School Addition on March 7, 1950 which was attended by Mayor Leavine.

The loose clippings cover: Leavine's recommended changes to the Criminal Code as a means of bringing youth gang activity under control; a Waterloo North Conservative Progressive picnic at Waterloo Park in August, 1952 which was attended; and Leavine's nomination to contest the Waterloo North constituency in 1955.

Correspondence:

• Letter (Dec. 9, 1949) to Leavine from city clerk, C.G. Lips officially acknowledging Dr. S.F. Leavine's election to the position of Mayor, and asking him to subscribe the necessary Oath of Office prior to the Council's inaugural meeting on Jan. 3, 1950.
• Letter (Feb. 16, 1950) from H.E. McCallum, the Mayor of Hamilton, inviting Leavine to attend an evening event which will constitute part of the Third Canadian Sportsmen's Show in March, 1950. An invitation to the 43rd Annual Convention of the Canadian Gas Association in June 1950 is also contained in this file along with reservation forms for the event.

Correspondence from Catherine Wagner to Margaret Hailer Wagner Bean. The letter indicates that Catherine has returned from Liverpool and is in Lyons, New York. She asks her mother to let her stay for the wedding of Liz Nusbickel (daughter of Elizabeth Wagner Nusbickel) to Emil Luesher and for money for a new dress and hat for the winter.

Correspondence from John Jacob Hailer to his son-in-law Jacob Wagner and daughter Margaret Hailer Wagner. The letter discusses the health of their family and local families, including an eye sickness that is going around. As well, John Jacob talks about the plight of their church and the bountiful summer crops. He ends the letter by sending greetings to new born Louis Henry Wagner and infant Catherine Wagner, and a post script indicates that Catherine Wirtz is supposed to come into a sum of money.