File consists of four ribbons collected by the Rieder Anthes family. Two are campaign ribbons showing support for Sir Oliver Mowat, premier of Ontario. One is a mourning ribbon for Queen Victoria and one is a ribbon of support for Canadian troops in the Second Boer War. The Boer War ribbon has been stamped "J.I. Frank Anthes Nov. 5 1900."

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by J.I. Frank Anthes. Includes ribbons collected by J.I. Frank.

File consists of one guide published by St John Ambulance during the first world war. The guide gives instructions on how to make various garments and supplies to send overseas to troops. A knitting pattern has been hand written on the back of the guide.

File consists Waterloo Trust bond statements issued to Martha Anthes Rieder.

File consists of one poster for an evening recital by Mr. Fred J. Gilbert at the Concordia Hall, Tuesday May 17, 1904 at 8:15 pm. A newspaper clipping taped to the back of the poster talks about Berlin Choral Society concert of 1906.

File consists of one piece of lace work, identified as having been created by Caroline Herlan, Marth Rieder's grandmother.

File consists of one white handkerchief with pink borders. The handkerchief is inscribed "From Grandpa 1891."

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

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 Margaret Rieder. Includes primarily Christmas cards, and 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.

File consists of one photograph showing a Kiwanis picnic group at Puslinch Lake August 19, 1929. The photograph features families, as well as clowns.

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

Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by members of the Rieder and Anthes families. Includes correspondence, bonds, one photograph, ribbons, lace, a handkerchief and a war work guide.

File consists of flyers, correspondence, and newspaper clippings sent to J.I. Frank Anthes regarding investments in securities and bonds.

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

Series consists of material accumulated by J.I. Frank Anthes relating to securities investing. Includes correspondence, flyers, and brochures.

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

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

Series consists of material created and accumulated by Ella Anthes Cook. Includes autograph albums, a scrapbook, ephemera, and correspondence.

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 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 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.

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.

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 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 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.

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

Series consists of material created and accumulated by John S. Anthes and material accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder and Martha Rieder during the process of settling his estate. Some of the latter material relates to the administration and eventual sale of the Anthes Furniture Company. Series includes correspondence, agreements, wills, estate statements, financial statements of the Anthes Furniture Company, share certificates, an accounting journal, a cemetary map and grant of burial lots, a marriage certificate, and other material.

File consists of material relating to a case brought by J.J. Westgate against Talmon Henry Rieder in 1911 regarding the consolidation of rubber companies, and material relating to the formation of a felt syndicate by Rieder, D. Lorne McGibbon of Montreal, A.J. Kimmel of Elmira, Ontario, and others. J.J. Westgate was connected in some way to the formation of the felt syndicate, possibly as a competitor.

Includes:

• agreements regarding the felt syndicate;
• correspondence;
• manuscript notes;
• a writ of summons and plaintiff's declaration (carbon copy);
• the typescript statement of Talmon Henry Rieder;
• a reprinted series of correspondence between McGibbon and Rieder (Sept. 1906 to May 1907);
• financial statements of the Berlin Rubber Manufacturing Company Limited and of the Merchants Rubber Company Limited for 1907, 1908, and 1909; and
• a machine print-out of several linear feet containing data about the production of footwear from several companies.

File also includes a letter regarding water rights at the rubber company in Granby, Quebec [probably unrelated].

File consists of material accumulated by Martha Rieder during the process of settling the estate of Talmon Henry Rieder. Documents pertain to Rieder's investments, his life insurance policies, succession duties on the estate, Martha's financial affairs, etc. Includes correspondence, notices, invoices, manuscript and typescript notes, a bank book, a newspaper clipping, a German bond (Hamburg state bond, 1902 issue, 1000 mark), etc. Correspondence is from executors H. Milton Cook and Hugo Wellein, and others; outgoing correspondence from Martha is in draft form.

File of material relating to the life insurance policy of Talmon Henry Rieder with the New York Life Insurance Company. Includes a letter regarding the paperwork to be submitted for making a claim, and the required forms are attached. Letter is from P.V. Raven, cashier, to A.H. Vipond, office; of New York Life Insurance Company, Montral Branch Office.

File consists of material accumulated by Martha Rieder during the process of settling the estate of Talmon Henry Rieder. Includes mainly correspondence among the executors of the estate, Hugo Wellein, H. Milton Cook, and Martha, as well as correspondence with other parties including law firm Foster & Mann (Montreal) and individuals at Ames Holden McCready. Outgoing letters from Martha are in draft form.

Also present are two tax assessments on property owned by Peter Rieder (part of lot 168 Grange-Maynard Avenue, and lots 97-8 Glasgow, in Kitchener) and a receipt to Peter Rieder.

File consists of correspondence received by Martha Rieder in the process of settling the estate of Talmon Henry Rieder. Much of the correspondence relates to the selling of the house at 610 Belmont Avenue in Montreal, as well as shares in Ames Holden McCready and Dominion Rubber, and insurance policies. Correspondence is among executor Hugo Wellein, executor H. Milton Cook, real estate agent John Findlay, individuals at Ames Holden McCready, and others.

Also present are drafts of some outgoing letters by Martha, a financial statement of the estate, an agreement regarding mortgage bonds of Ames Holden McCready, and a certified copy of a resolution passed at the April 26, 1922, annual meeting of Ames Holden McCready regarding the death of Rieder.

File consists of material relating to money owed to Talmon Henry Rieder by his brother Elmer Rieder and a case between Elmer Rieder and Samuel Hessenauer heard in the Supreme Court of Alberta. Includes manuscript notes by Talmon Henry Rieder keeping accounts of money owed, a promissory note, correspondence, an assignment and a judgement roll. Also present is a snapshot of a river and adjacent land, relation to documents unknown.

File consists of a portion of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1922 (pages from January 1 to March 25). Diary was kept in ink in a printed pocket diary. Entries mostly consists of Talmon Henry Rieder's location for the day.

File consists of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1921. Diary was kept in ink in a printed pocket diary. Entries mostly consists of Talmon Henry Rieder's location for the day. Includes section for addresses.

File consists of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1906. Diary was kept in ink and pencil in a printed pocket diary. Some pages contain no entries. Includes sections for cash accounts, addresses, and memoranda, all of which were used by Rieder.

File consists of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1903. Diary kept in ink in printed diary. Includes cash account at the end of the diary on pages marked "Memoranda."

File consists of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1902. Diary kept in ink and pencil in printed pocket diary. Includes cash account at the end of the diary pages. On some pages, Rieder has pasted in a loose sheet of paper containing the entry.

File consists of the diary of Talmon Henry Rieder for the year 1901. Diary kept in ink in printed pocket diary. Includes cash account at the end of the diary pages (blank).

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence relating to the sale of Talmon Henry Rieder's property in Calgary (Lots 19 and 20, Block 96, Plan A.1) to Mrs. Rose Weiss. Correspondents include Talmon Henry Rieder, real estate agent John Nelson, H.W. McLean of McLean, Patterson & Broad, Barristers & Solicitors (Calgary, AB), solicitor Richard Bate, and others. File also includes a signed agreement between Talmon Henry Rieder and Rose Weiss, as well as an invoice, a receipt, and manuscript notes by Rieder.

File consists of carbon copies of six letters sent by Talmon Henry Rieder. Three letters are addressed to J.H. Pearce of New Haven, Connecticut; two letters are to Reiner Bros. & Co. in Wellesly, Ontario; and one letter is to the management committee of the Berlin Rubber Manufacturing Co.

File consists of a draft letter addressed to "Gentlemen" pertaining to organizational changes in Ames Holden McCready Limited. Letter is unsigned but from the president, probably Talmon Henry Rieder. Contains manuscript revisions.

File consists of material relating to Talmon Henry Rieder's contract with the United States Rubber Company (Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company was a subsidiary). Includes records relating to five year contracts for his position with the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. signed in 1910 and 1915 and the attempted negotiation of a contract in 1919 (and Rieder's subsequent resignation as president), as well as records relating to Rieder's salary recommendations for the company for 1918 and the value sharing plan of the United States Rubber Co.

Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, signed agreements, and brochures. Correspondence is among Talmon Henry Rieder, Samuel P. Colt (president of United States Rubber Co. to 1919), Charles B. Seger (president from 1919), Homer E. Sawyer (general manager), and others at the United States Rubber Co. and the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co.

File consists of the following issues of The Dominion, the company newsletter of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company Limited for the Dominion Rubber System and association companies:

• vol. 5, no. 4 (November1, 1915);
• vol. 6, no. 5, 8, 11, 12 (May 15, July 1, August 15, September 1, 1916);
• vol. 8, no. 1, 3 (March 15, April 15, 1917);
• vol 10, no. 7 (June 15, 1918);
• vol. 11, no. 9, 10 (January 15, February 1, 1919).

Several issues contain references to and photographs of Talmon Henry Rieder, and two issues contain photographs of J.I. Frank Anthes. File also contains a loose page from each of these issues: vol. 5, no. 1 (Septeber 15, 1915) and vol. 5, no. 11 (February 15, 1916).

File consists of the following issues of From the Ground Up, the company newsletter of the Ames Holden McCready System: vol. 1, no. 2 (Februrary 1), 3 (March 1, with supplement), 4 (April 1, with supplement; 2 copies), 5 (May 1, with supplement), 6 (June 1), and 7 (July-August), for the year 1921. Several issues contain reference to Talmon Henry Rieder.

File consists of vol. 3, no. 2 (Spring, 1915) of Foot-prints, a company newsletter for the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company Limited. Includes reference to and a photograph of Talmon Henry Rieder. Also includes several pages of product advertisements (Fleet Foot shoes, and Dominion raincoats).

File consists of material relating to a clambake hosted by Col. Samuel P. Colt at his farm in Rhode Island to meet the president and directors of the Industrial Trust Company. Colt was the chairman of the board of directors, as well as the president of the United States Rubber Company. File includes a personalized menu and guest list for Talmon Henry Rieder and newspaper clippings, as well as an invitation for a clambake held another year.

File consists of material relating to the work of Talmon Henry Rieder in the Dominion Rubber System and his resignation as president, his resignation as president of the Canadian Consolidated Felt Company and the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company, and his retirement as a director of the Columbus Rubber Company (Montreal). Includes correspondence, extracts of minutes from shareholders' meetings expressing appreciation for Rieder's service, and a pin for 20 years of service with the Dominion Rubber System.

File also includes vol. 2, no. 9 of "Factory Facts" (employee newsletter of the Dominion Rubber System Eastern Factories), containing an article about Rieder's resignation as president; and ephemera relating to a reception for Charles B. Seger, president of the US Rubber Co. (manuscript notes on verso).

File consists of Talmon Henry Rieder's copy of the employee's stock subscription and bonus plan for Ames Holden McCready Limited, with the agreement to purchase shares signed by Rieder and containing the company seal. Contains a letter to the shareholders from Rieder as President and photographs of the company's factories and distributing houses.

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.

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

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.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

Series consists of material created and accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder relating to his personal life and his career, as well as material accumulated by Martha Rieder during the process of settling Talmon's estate. Material relating to Talmon's career pertains to his involvement in the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company, Canadian Consolidated Felt Company, and Ames Holden McCready, as well as with the Westmount Improvement Company.

Series contains material relating to the construction of the Rieder house at 610 Belmont Avenue, Montreal; the vulcanization of rubber; the formation of the felt syndicate; and Talmon's property in Calgary. Includes:

• incoming and outgoing correspondence;
• agreements and other legal documents;
• diaries;
• ephemera;
• life insurace applications and policies;
• company newsletters (Foot-prints and The Dominion from the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company, and From the Ground Up from Ames Holden McCready);
• membership cards, certificates, and other personal documents;
• clippings;
• ms. notes;
• estate statements;
• a prospectus (Westmount); and
• other material.

File consists of a notebook kept by Martha Rieder pertaining to her volunteer work with the Y.W.C.A.

File consists of material created and accumulated by Martha Rieder in her volunteer work with the Y.W.C.A., including the Finance Committee. Includes financial reports (April, May, August, September 1934; May 1935; February 1936), agendas for Finance Committee meetings, notices and agendas for some annual meetings (including one for a Y.M.C.A. meeting), programs and invitations for events, fundraising campaign information, Y.W.C.A. policies (1945), manuscript and typescript notes, etc.

File consists of the last will and testament of Martha Rieder (1934), and two copies each of the last will and testament of Talmon Henry Rieder, one dated 1917 and one dated 1921.

Wedding invitation to the January 10, 1906 marriage of Martha Anthes to Talmon Rieder at the Anthes' family home at 34 Weber Street issued by John and Lydia Anthes.

Clipping regarding the marriage of Talmon Rieder and Martha Anthes, which took place at 34 Weber Street at the home of John and Lydia Anthes. Ella Anthes attended Martha, H. Milton Cook was Talmon's best man, and Frieda Breithaupt and May Rieder service as flower girls. The service was performed by Talmon's uncle, H.L. Merner, and L.H. Wagner.

Clipping regarding the marriage of Talmon Rieder and Martha Anthes, which took place at 34 Weber Street at the home of John and Lydia Anthes. Ella Anthes attended Martha, H. Milton Cook was Talmon's best man, and Frieda Breithaupt and May Rieder service as flower girls. The service was performed by Talmon's uncle, H.L. Merner, and L.H. Wagner.

Full length studio portrait of Martha Anthes and Talmon Henry Rieder in their wedding attire. Martha, dressed in a white gown, is seen seated in a wooden chair. Talmon, dressed in suit with a three-quarter length jacket, is seen standing at Martha's side with right arm on back of Martha's chair and the other in his front pant pocket.

Full length studio portrait of Martha Anthes and Talmon Henry Rieder in their wedding attire. Martha, dressed in a white gown, is seen seated in a wooden chair looking toward camera. Talmon, dressed in suit with a three-quarter length jacket, is seen in partial profile standing at Martha's side with arms at back and looking off camera.

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.

File consists of the wedding album of Talmon Henry Rieder and Martha Anthes. Includes signatures of guests, loose newspaper clippings, photographs, a fabric sample from Martha's dress, and two congratulatory telegrams.

File consists of material received by Martha Rieder relating to the Consumer Branch of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Includes two letters to Kitchener representatives of the Branch regarding the price of potatoes and corn syrup, and issues 19, 21, and 23-25 of the Branch's newsletter, "Consumers' News" (May 25, July 25, Oct. 1, Nov., 1, and Dec.). File also includes a leaflet regarding ration books and a notice from the Department of Munitions and Supply Office of Oil Controller regarding the conservation of fuel oil.

File consists of personalized gift tags sent with flowers and a telegram received by Martha Rieder during Talmon Henry Rieder's illness. File also includes an manuscript list of flowers and telephone calls received, and an manuscript draft of a telegram sent by Martha to H.Milton Cook regarding Talmon.

File consists of personalized gift tags sent with flowers received by Martha Rieder upon the death of Talmon Henry Rieder.

File consists of a keepsake box and sewing kit received by Martha Rieder for Christmas, 1892, from John and Carrie Breithaupt. Box is red velvet with a painting of two birds on the top (painting cracked and flaking off in some places). Contents of the box include:

• sewing kit items (needle case, needle, hook, thimble, etc.),
• pin cushion for displaying trinkets,
• 2 trinkets (birch bark canoe, souvenir of [?] tower),
• small paper fan with painting of matador and bull,
• mother of pearl bottle with decorative metal trim and cork stopper (scent flask?),
• clam shells attached with metal hinges and painted with flowers (souveinr of Niagara Falls [?]; paint flaking off; containing some type of fragrant material?),
• red velvet coin purse with leather interior containing a miniature pocket knife and coins (5 cents Canadian 1902, 5 cents US 1895, 25 cents US 1895).

Box also contains ms. note: "Martha M. Anthes, Christmas 1892, from Carrie and John."

File consists of a cardboard disk with a hole in the centre and divided into segments, each of which contains a prediction or saying relating to one's love life. Item probably used in a party game.

File consists of a notebook containing notes by Martha Rieder at conventions of the Canada Conference Evangelical Association's Young People's Alliance, including meetings in Berlin, Tavistock, Listowel, and Hespeler.

File consists of manuscript notes by Martha Rieder, mostly containing names and contact information. Some of the notes are possibly related to Martha's volunteer work with the Y.W.C.A.

File consists of sundry documents relating to Martha Rieder's legal and financial affairs. Includes agreements (one signed, one blank), promissory notes signed by Talmon Henry Rieder, miscellaneous receipts and invoices, manuscript notes, a driver's licence and car ownership certificate, a statement of her account with Laura Weber, and a sketch of Plan 248 (highlighting lots 106, 108, 76) in the Westmount neighbourhood of Kitchener-Waterloo.

File consists of four invitations received by Martha Rieder and her promenade card from a conversazione held by the Ontario Agricultural College.

File consists of material relating to insurance policies held by Martha Rieder or transferred to her after the death of Talmon Henry Rieder. Documents from several different companies relate to life, automobile, fire, and burglary insurance. Includes correspondence, a certificate, a declaration, a policy, an application form, a receipt, ms. notes, and a flyer. File also includes a letter regarding the life insurance policy of Talmon Henry Rieder.

File consists of genealogical information relating to the Rieder family. Includes two family trees (blueline print), both showing several generations of the descendents of brothers Abraham Rieder (1822-1867), Daniel Rieder (1827-1868), Peter Rieder ([18--]-1858) and David Rieder ([18--]-[18--]). Includes family crest.

File consists of genealogical information relating to thirteen generations of the Rieder family, beginning with Hans Rieder and his wife Barbara Schwartz of Switzerland.

File consists of manuscript notes relating to the Herlan family.

File consists of genealogical information relating to the Anthes family. Includes a chronological chart of Anthes in Germany and a genealogical table of the Anthes family beginning with Martin Anthes. Material probably created by John Isaac Franklin Anthes.

File consists of two copies of a wedding poem for Geschwister C. Merner.

File consists of cards accumulated by Martha Rieder announcing the deaths and funerals of family members and friends. Several empty envelopes are also present.

• Anthes, Catharina (d. November 24, 1894)
• Anthes, John S. (d. April 13, 1915)
• Anthes, Franklin, Norman (d. October 16, 1915)
• Anthes, Magdalena (d. May 20, 1914)
• Anthes, Martin (d. April 10, 1891)
• Breithaupt, Catharine (d. July 5, 1910)
• Baumann (d. November 25, 1918)
• Herlan, Caroline (d. March 12, 1889)
• Herlan, F., Rev. (d. January 4, 1889)
• Kaufman, Jacob (d. April 20, 1920)
• Kimmins, Eva Wilhelmina (d. July 8, 1919)
• Knechtel, Daniel L. (d. July 10, 1913)
• Merner, Charles Frederick (d. December 25, 1913)
• Merner, Christian (d. February 17, 1912)
• Rieder, Lauretta Elizabeth (d. April 2, 1908)
• Rieder, Samuel (d. November 27, 1912)
• Rieder, Talmon Henry (d. April 15, 1922)
• Strasser, Seloma Anthes (d. March 7, 1921)
• Weber, Aaron D. (d. May 7, 1916)
• Zeller, Noah (d. February 8, 1914)
• Zurbrigg, Clinton Berge (d. February 1, 1921)

File consists of Paul Rieder's baptism certificate, a letter from Martha Rieder, and a letter from Talmon Henry Rieder.

File consists of material mostly accumulated by Martha Rieder relating to her son Edward Rieder. Includes birthday cards, a school report card and middle school examination results, his high school diploma, a baptism certificate, the commencement program for his graduation from the University of Toronto, letters from his parents and a friend, his obituary, and other material.

File consists of material, most of which was probably accumulated by Martha Rieder, relating to Margaret Rieder Paisley. Includes birthday and greeting cards, letters from Martha, school report cards, a high school diploma, a letter from the Y.M.C.A. regarding a gift from Martha's estate, and other material.