Personal business, 1936-1937 : K.
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Personal business, 1936-1937 : K.
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Personal business, 1936-1937 : L.
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Personal business, 1936-1937 : F.
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Personal business, 1936-1937 : M.
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Personal business, 1936-1937 : G.
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Personal business, 1936-1937 : H-I-J.
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Personal business, 1936-1937 : W.
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Personal business, 1936-1937 : N-O.
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Personal business, 1936-1937 : R.
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Personal business, 1936-1937 : Y.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : A.
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Personal business, 1936-1937 : S.
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Personal business, 1936-1937 : T-U.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : D.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : G.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : H.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : B.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : C.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : E-F.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : L.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : N.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : I-J.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : K.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : M.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : R.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : S.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : T.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : U-V.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : Y.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : W.
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Personal business, 1938-1939 : O.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : A.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : B.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : E-F.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : G-H.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : I-J.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : D.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : C.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : T.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : W.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : K-L.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : P-Q-R.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : S.
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Photographic prints and negatives. Prints include a ca. 1885 portrait of Peter H. Sims, three photographs of W.L. Mackenzie King given to Harvey by King, as well as negatives of Chicopee house and grounds, and of the Sims family.
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Personal business, 1940-1942 : M.
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Formal studio portrait in photographer's folder of William Lyon Mackenzie King, seated, by Champion Studios, New York, inscribed to Harvey J. Sims: "To H.J. Sims, from his friend, W.L. Mackenzie King, Ottawa, ‘Xmas 1922."
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Snapshots of Kenneth and William Sims at a beach; one image of the water.
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Full length studio portrait of an unidentified young man holding hat and cane, by Merton's Studio, Toronto.
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Photograph of William Lyon Mackenzie King taken outdoors, inscribed to Harvey J. Sims: “To Peter, from Willy, with all good wishes for Christmas and the New year, Laurier House, Ottawa."
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Two images of a woman seated in a chair, possibly at Chicopee; two images of the grounds at Chicopee.
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Images of Harvey J. Sims, groups of people and dogs, and house and grounds at Chicopee.
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Photograph of William Lyon Mackenzie King standing on the steps of Laurier House, with printed greeting: "With the Season's Greetings, W.L. Mackenzie King, Laurier House, Ottawa, Christmas 1938."
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The Berlin News Record, Forward Edition.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Booster edition in five parts.
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One copy each of The Globe and The Daily Record, Thursday September 14, 1922, reporting on the previous day's visit of King to Kitchener-Waterloo. The Globe article is titled "Canada's gallant Prime Minister (in remarkable address on return to his birthplace) condemns ultra-modern woman." The Daily Record headline is "City's distinguished son is welcomed at Victoria Park. Inspiring scenes enacted in conntion with demonstrative reception accorded Canada's Prime Minister and native of city; hopeful note sounded by Premier in address."
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The Daily Telegraph, Waterloo Section.
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One section of a booster publication issued in commemoration of the Old Boys Reunion, held August 1-8, 1925 , p. 33-64
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Waterloo : a thriving and enterprising Ontario town.
Part of Sims Family collection.
The Saturday Globe, Toronto, Saturday June 27, 1891, 1-4. A booster publication outlining the history, leading citizens, businesses, and industries. Includes portraits and photographs of buildings. Includes a portrait of Peter H. Sims.
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Kitchener Daily Telegraph, December 2, 1919, p. 1: "History was made in Kitchener Monday night when the City Council unanimously turned down the clause in the Finance report calling for a plebiscite on the question of changing the name of Kitchener back to Berlin." A second article, also on the front page, reports on the aftermath of the evening: "Alds. Bitzer and Bowman, Messrs. Asmussen and Euler requested to kiss flag." "Ald. Bitzer was subsequently ducked four times in Victoria Lake, the News-Record office was wrecked by the crowd, Ald. Asmussen, M.P.P. was dragged from his home to the Victoria Hall and finally W.D. Euler, M.P., was seized at the Lancaster Club and rushed across the street to the hall where demands were made that he kiss the flag and offer apologies. He refused to do either of these and received a few blows from the crowd."
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Twin City welcomes "Billy King" : Kitchener honours son at thronged reception.
Part of Sims Family collection.
The Daily Record, Wednesday, June 22, 1922, p. 1
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Small amount of material relating to the life and activities of Kenneth Sims, son of Harvey J. and Florence Sims. He married Mabel Alguire Cameron on June 28, 1930.
Includes a regrets letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King.
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Issues of local newspapers and printed material.
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The Telephone, vol. 1, no 24, April 1893.
Part of Sims Family collection.
This issue of The Telephone declares itself to be the last, as the Daily Record has taken over the subscriber list, which subscribers will receive the Saturday issue of the daily Record instead. This issue includes a history of the Waterloo Club, and a two-page centre article about the Ball of the Bachelors of the Sister Cities, held at the Walper House. This article attempts to list all participants, what they wore, and what was in and out.
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The Daily Telegraph, Expansion Number.
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The Daily Telegraph, Expansion Number, December 13, 1913, p. 11-14: this booster publication reports on the "material progress" of Berlin in 1913, in public works and factories, and lists residences erected in 1913.
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Part of Sims Family collection.
"Endorsed by the Citizens' League of Berlin, Canada, and the signatures of 2068 municipal voters, as well as hundreds of others who had no opportunity to sign the petition to the Provincial government."
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie to the Misses Alguire.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Letter from Mackenzie King dated June 6, 1930 to the aunts of Mabel Cameron Alguire, regretting that he is unable to attend her wedding to James Kenneth Davidson Sims on June 28, 1930 in Cornwall, Ontario.
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Cameron, Mabel Aguire : wedding to Kenneth Sims, June 28, 1930.
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Telegrams sent to Mabel Alguire Cameron and James Kenneth Sims on the day of their wedding, June 28, 1930, addressed to them singly or together as "Mr. and Mrs."
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Cameron, Mabel Alguire : wedding to Kenneth Sims, June 28, 1930 (file 1 of2).
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Letters accepting or declining the invitation to the marriage of Mabel Alguire Cameron and James Kenneth Sims, to be held in Cornwall, Ont.
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Cameron, Mabel Aguire : wedding to Kenneth Sims, June 28, 1930 (file 2 of 2).
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Letters accepting or declining the invitation to the marriage of Mabel Alguire Cameron and James Kenneth Sims, to be held in Cornwall, Ont.
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Alguire, Mabel to Dr. D.O. Alguire.
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Postcard from Mabel Cameron Alguire to her grandfather Dr. D.O. Alguire, Cornwall, Ontario. The postcard is watercolour picture of a seashore, with boat, lighthouse, and rocks constructed from cut-up coloured postal stamps.
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Washburn, Margaret to Kenneth Sims.
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Printed Christmas card signed on the back Margaret Washburn, envelope addressed "Kenneth."
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Letter from Jimmy Boyd (Dr. James Boyd) dated February 10, 1942 in England to Kenneth Sims, describing life in the hospital he is at and asking that any overdue accounts be collected for him.
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Airmail letter from Jimmy Boyd dated September 3, 1943 in England to Kenneth Sims, describing his billets and activities in England over the past year, writing while waiting for a mobile clinic to be set up in Wales. Return Address is Maj. J.W. Boyd.
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Letter from 2nd Lieut. J.H. Luxton, Scots Fusiliers of Canada, dated March 13, 1942, Kitchener to Major J.K. Sims on behalf of "D" Company in appreciation of his leadership. He attaches a list of signatures of the men in the company who had paraded together for the last time as a group, and of whom half of those eligible had offered their names for immediate enlistment.
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Letter from Adam Strohm dated August 4, 1945, Manistee, Michigan to Kenneth Sims. He encloses a letter written to him on July 30, 1945 by Harry Bullock, an old friend of both Adam and Harvey, who says of another friend Fred Burden's troubles from feeling his age: "Harvey Sims passing was part of his trouble and yours and mine too. I think he was the finest Canadian I ever knew."
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Letter from Francis Alexander Anglin, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario, dated July 2, 1945 to Kenneth Sims, with sympathy on the death of his father Harvey J. Sims.
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Sharpe, Nellie to Kenneth Sims.
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Letter from Nellie Sharpe, dated March 28, 1948 Winnipeg, Manitoba, thanking Kenneth for writing with information about Rella. Very difficult handwriting.
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Sims, Kenneth : trip diary to England and the continent.
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Diary kept by Kenneth Sims from May 19, 1924 to the end of August of that year chronicling his activities while travelling with and without his parents and the Canadian lawn bowlers who were competing in Great Britain.
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Sims, Harvey J. to Kenneth Sims.
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Letter from Harvey J. Sims dated January 25, 1945, Delray Beach, Florida to his son Kenneth, urging him to come to Florida for the month of April, which he has already booked and paid for. He needs Kenneth to let him know definitely.
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Letters to Mabel and Kenneth Sims on the death of William Harvey Sims.
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Letters from Elizabeth dated January 10, 1953[sic], Winnipeg; from Sophia and Dick in Guelph , undated, and from Gay Estill Sims, January 10, 1954, Washington D.C , with sympathy on the death of William Harvey Sims who had died on January 7.
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K-W Rotary Club International Service Committee minutes.
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The K-W Rotary Club International Service Committee minutes list Kenneth Sims as a member.
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Letter from Adam Strohm dated October 21, 1949, Kensington, MD, reporting to Kenneth Sims that Fred Burden had died "two weeks ago" at the age of 86.
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Trust of Mabel A. and Mary D. Sims et al : statement of receipts and disbursements.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Waterloo Trust and Savings Company, Trust of Mabel A. and Mary D. Sims et al : statement of receipts and disbursements from December 31, 1952 to December 31, 1953, accompanied by a news clipping concerning federal estate tax.
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North Waterloo Liberal Association meeting.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Agenda and guest lists for the North Waterloo Liberal Association meeting of March 15, 1963.
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Kempt, Nigel to Mabel and Kenneth Sims.
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Letter from Nigel Kempt, cousin of Kenneth Sims, dated January 6, 1950, thanking Mabel and Kenneth Sims for the "lovely piece of beef" sent at Christmas. "New Year is usually rather a wearisome time with us as our staff always have to get off, leaving us to feed the hens & do the cooking and so on."
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Letter from E.G. Barrie dated June 18, 1951, Kitchener, to Mabel Sims, thanking her for taking care of table arrangements for an annual celebration, possible of the Chicopee Tennis Club. The letter is written on The Barrie Glove & Knitting Co. Limited, Kitchener, Ontario letterhead with a drawing of the factory.
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Letter from Ed Knorr, Secretary Treasurer of the Woelfle Shoe Co., dated January 14, 1955, informing Kenneth Sims that the board of directors of the company had passed a resolution at the annual meeting of May 4, 1954 on the death of William Sims, to be recorded in the minutes.
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Chicopee Tennis Club annual meeting, 1946.
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Agenda and list of officers for the Chicopee Tennis Club annual meeting, September 15, 1946. Kenneth Sims is listed as president.
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Goldsworthy, Manette to Mabel Sims.
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Letter from Manette Goldsworthy dated August 25, 1953, Kitchener asking Mabel Sims for a loan.
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Blueprint, undated for Kenneth Sims.
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Sims, Harvey J. : ephemera : death of King George V.
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Program of a memorial service held at All Saints Church, Pasadena, California, February 2, 1936 for the late King George V, who had died on January 20 of that year. Harvey and Florence were in California at the time.
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Sims, Peter Harvey : ephemera.
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie to Harvey J. Sims.
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Typewritten letter marked "Personal" from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Harvey J. Sims (who is a passenger on the Letitia, en route to Scotland) dated August 3, 1938, in which he thanks Harvey for his visit to Kingsmere and relates that a "vision" had led him to listen to a radio story about the composer of the music for "The Sweet by and by," who felt he was guided by his deceased wife. King states "When I see you again, I shall tell you more in the way of evidence of Florence's continued existence, and her power to continue to share your life." King describes the Army Corps Reunion and his day in Kingston where he spoke at the official opening of Fort Henry. He gives Harvey advice on how to structure his life on the trip to Scotland, and ends: "Continue to think of nature as the garment of the invisible, and to commune with the spiritual reality which lies behind the things we see."
Salutation: "My dear Peter [handwritten]"; Signature: "With every good wish, Yours affectionately, WLM Billy [handwritten]."
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie to Harvey J. Sims.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Telegram from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Harvey J. Sims dated February 25, 1933, sending congratulations on the birth of a grandson.
Salutation: none; Signature: "W L Mackenzie King." The telegram is initialed "WLK [handwritten]."
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie to Harvey J. Sims.
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Typewritten letter marked "Personal" from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Harvey J. Sims dated January 32, 1932, offering to "get up" a book of photographs of Kingsmere and exchange it for one of Chicopee, after having seen one that had been received by someone else.
Salutation: "My dear Peter" [typewritten]; Signature: "With kindest regards, Yours very sincerely [typewritten], W.L. Mackenzie King [handwritten]."
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie to Harvey J. Sims.
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Typewritten letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Harvey J. Sims dated December 29, 1931, thanking Harvey for his letter and comparing Harvey's enjoyment of country life at Chicopee with his own experience "through similar ventures at Kingsmere. Indeed, some of the things you have been doing, and some of the improvements you have made on your property are so ridiculously like those which I have been attempting myself that I have fairly danced with glee at the parallel." King elaborates on improvements and work at Kingsmere, walks, and underbrush, and says he intends to follow Sims' efforts with little dams and waterfalls along a stream. He thanks Harvey and Florence for the gift of a book England, The Unknown Isle and counters with a similar book by Lukin Johnson, a personal friend. King also thanks Harvey for sending him the 1930 volume of the Waterloo Historical Society, detailing the writers and contents, giving a paean of praise for the work of the Society, and expressing amazement at the growth of the County. King ends by mentioning his health, his fatigue. and his need for recreation, and sends New Year's wishes to the Sims family: "The older we grow, the more precious become the friendships that have their beginnings in childhood's days."
Salutation: "My dear Peter" [handwritten]; Signature: "With affectionate good wishes to you all, Believe me, as always, dear Peter, Your sincere and devoted friend [typewritten], Billy [handwritten]." Includes insertions and corrections in Mackenzie King's handwriting.
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie to Harvey J. Sims.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Telegram from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Harvey J. Sims dated December 24, 1934, sending birthday and Christmas greetings.
Salutation: none; Signature: "Billy."
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie to Harvey J. Sims.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Typewritten letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Harvey J. Sims dated March 8, 1932, thanking Harvey for sending him a copy of the history of Osgoode Hall issued by the Law Society of Upper Canada on its one hundredth anniversary. King expresses his personal interest because of his father's life and career, and his own childhood memories of visiting Osgoode Hall. King expresses interest in exchanging visits with the Sims in the coming year.
Salutation: "My dear Peter [typewritten]"; Signature: "With all good wishes, believe me, as always, dear Peter, Yours very sincerely [typewritten], Billy [handwritten]."
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie to Harvey J. Sims.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Typewritten letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Harvey J. Sims dated March 11, 1932, with further congratulations on the birth of a grandson, also repeating the desire to exchange visits, and concern about Florence's health. He also thanks Harvey for approving of the speech made by King on February 28, 1933 "on the Woodsworth resolution."
Salutation: "My dear Peter [handwritten]"; Signature: "With affectionate remembrances to you both, believe me, as ever, dear Peter, Yours affectionately, Billy [handwritten]."
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie to Florence Sims.
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Handwritten letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Florence Sims dated June 22, 1933 containing effusive gratitude for and memories of the visit he has just made to Chicopee. He writes lyrically and at length about the changes he has seen, "the glimpses of old Berlin hidden away amid the city of Kitchener which proclaims so much of growth prosperity," also "All these things touched my heart very deeply and stirred as you remarked, my very soul." King describes his trip home and his arrival at Kingsmere at midnight: "As I looked out of my window the heaven was lighted across its entire width with a display of aurora borealis such as I have never seen before. It was like a crown of eternal [illegible] set upon a vision of another world – the world of memory, of imagination, of delight in which I lived from the moment of departure to the moment of return." King finishes the letter with possible arrangements for Florence and Peter's visit to Kingsmere.
Salutation: "My dear Florence [handwritten]"; Signature: "Again my warmest wishes to Peter and yourself, for all your generous hospitality and for the joy you gave me, Believe me, dear Florence, Yours affectionately, Willie [handwritten]."
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie to Harvey J. Sims.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Typewritten letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Harvey J. Sims dated August 23, 1933, with thanks for the issue of Canadian Homes and Gardens containing an article about Chicopee. He reports that he has been on a speaking tour of the prairies, and that at Swan River, Manitoba he met a cousin of Harvey named Mr. William Sims.
Salutation: "My dear Peter [typewritten]"; Signature: "Yours very sincerely [typewritten], Billy [handwritten]."
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie to Harvey J. Sims.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Typewritten letter marked "Personal" from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Harvey J. Sims dated November 6, 1933, expressing satisfaction at by-election results for Liberal candidates, but concerned that Bennett might call an election too soon. He comments on his own health and that of his dog Pat, and on bringing his sister Jennie and family to Kitchener. King's plan for visiting Kitchener before the end of the year is partly because he wants to talk to Homer Watson: "I am also most anxious to see Homer Watson again, as I am hoping it is going to be possible for me to be of some assistance to him. We have had a quite a little correspondence together. He has asked me if I would come up and spend a night in his home." King is pleased that Mr. Coleman has been appointed Under-Secretary of State, and also pleased at recent negative publicity about R.B. Bennett.
Salutation: "My dear Peter [typewritten]"; Signature: "Believe me, as always, dear Peter, Yours affectionately [typewritten], Billy [handwritten]."
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