Contains biographical materials regarding Jenny Pincock, Minnie and Fred Maines, family and friends. Includes clippings of recitals, wedding invitations, reviews of concerts, letters of reference, etc.

Two recital announcements, one grade report from the Toronto Conservatory of music for a pupil.

Contents:

• Galt YMCA Circus Program 1928
• F.T. Maines: correspondence & ephemera regarding subscription to "light".
• Minnie Maines: Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir ephemera.
• Minnie Maines: membership cards and receipts: K-W YMCA and YWCA.
  5: Minnie Maines: household receipts and ephemera.

File consists of one notebook kept by Frederick J.T. Maines with reference materials on a variety of topics for sermons. The subjects are indexed at the beginning of the notebook and include topics such as demonic possession, Buddha, ectoplasm, necromancy, superstition and more. Also included are clippings and notes that were inset into various pages.

File consists of clippings relating to the performance of Elizabeth Ziegler sports teams on which John Carlisle played, including hockey and track and field. Includes his report card from 1931-1939 and a felt crest. Includes pamphlet produced for the 50th Anniversary of the school.

File consists of material relating to administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Association for 1957. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, meeting agendas and one set of minutes (possibly draft copy), handwritten notes, an exhibition program, and a newspaper clipping.

File consists of material relating to the administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Assoication for 1958. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, exhibitors' lists, minutes for meetings of the teacher's council and for a Leaders Institute planning meeting, handwritten jury score sheets from an exhibition, handwritten notes, etc.

File consists of material relating to the administration and activities of the Five Counties Art Association for 1960. Includes a bulletin, an exhibitors' list, newspaper clippings, ts. notes regarding the teachers' council, etc.

Three clippings regarding Leavine in his capacity an alderman in the 1940s. One from the Kitchener Daily Record, dated Tuesday, December 31, 1940, reports that Leavine had been named chairman of the finance committee of City Council at the pre-inaugural caucus held on Dec. 30, 1940. Another, also from the Record, dated December 8, 1942 includes names and portraits of Kichener's newly elected 1943 city council, including Leavine. The final clipping is undated and outlines the results of the municipal election in Kitchener during which Leavine was once again elected to city council by 6,169 votes, receiving more votes than any other individual elected to the Kitchener council that year.

Two clippings which include references to the K-W Collegiate Institute where Dr. S.F. Leavine's eldest daughter, Desta Leavine, was a student. The first, undated, describes how Desta was one of three public speaking contest winners to address the K-W Kiwanis Club at one of their weekly luncheon meetings. Desta's speech focused on the Mary Celeste, a mystery ship of the last century found adrift and crewless in mid-Atlantic. The second clipping, from the July 7, 1945 edition of the Kitchener Record, includes promotion results for the K-W Collegiate .

File consists of records which describe the lifetime achievements and activities of Mrs. Louise (nee Gates) Eddy (1890-1982) and her husband Mr. Sherwood Eddy known for their contributions to the YMCA movement and to international relations.

A number of clippings and typescript notes in this file document the contributions of Louise Eddy to the YMCA movement and to the Morgan County League of Women Voters, the American Association of University Women, Church Women United and the Board of the Sherwood Eddy Memorial YMCA. This file also includes personal correspondence received by Clare Clark from Louise Eddy in 1981.

Also contained in this file are clippings relating to the lifetime achievements of Dr. Sherwood Eddy. Other materials relating to Dr. Sherwood Eddy include a leaflet on the Sherwood Eddy Seminar of 1957, as well as a Symposium which took place in 1963 to pay tribute to the late Sherwood Eddy. It also includes an information booklet about Sherwood Eddy produced for the young members of the Sherwood Eddy Memorial Young Men's Christian Association in Jan. 1975.

Other items contained in this file include a studio portrait of Louise Eddy (n.d.), and a photograph depicting members of the Canadian Delegation to the World Youth Conference in London (n.d.) Among these delegates was Mrs. Harold Clark.

File consists of one letter with snapshot enclosed.

File contains a letter (1987) received by Clare Clark from André Renaud consisting primarily of family news. Also in the file is an obituary for Renaud, a photocopy of a commemorative article describing his lifetime achievements, and photocopies of correspondence sent to Renaud's wife Betty and other members of his family conveying sympathies after his death.

File consists of three items: 50th anniversary booklet, architecture flyer, government bill regarding Board of Management of the Guild.

Collection consists of 169 19th century American photographs. Included are 115 carte-de-visites, 40 cabinet portraits, 2 albums, 11 miscellaneous photographs and 1 envelope of miscellaneous business and greeting cards.

Most are albumen type photographs depicting various people including infants, children, and adults. The photographs come from various studios across the United States though the majority come from studios in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Illinois. The photographs, since rehoused, were originally housed in two albums decorated with an intricate relief on the cover and a metal clasp lock.

Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters interspersed with details about family life such as Ulrich Sommer and Cornelius Sommer’s studies in university, Angelika Sommer’s pending visit with her grandparents, and Lina Neumeyer Raatz’s declining health. Lina Neumeyer Raatz was Ulrich Sommer’s aunt and she lived in Germany. Also contains correspondence between the Sommer family and the Altenmueller family from Cooksville, Ontario. Records include letters, postcards, and pamphlets.

An envelope addressed to Mr. A. W. Augustine, postmarked Berlin 1910, stamped.

A valentine's card sent to Mary Kaufman in 1874. Also includes a Christmas card from Mary Kaufman [ca. 1920] with a Japanese Christmas card to her attached and one pink and blue embroidered book mark

Material relating to a "pre-birthday party" held for Emma Kaufman at Covenant College in Toronto, Ontario. Contains an invitation, guest-book sheets, regrets list, snapshots, photographs, and party ephemera.

File consists of Christmas greetings from the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen addressed to Miss Milne. The greeting consists of a card and a botanical specimen from Haddo House. Also includes two items of correspondence regarding the donation of the item.

Card celebrating Victory in Europe day from the Second World War produced by the Second Tactical Air Force.

Biographical information about A.R. Kaufman. Includes a photocopy of a 1962 article "The eccentric world of Alvin Ratz Kaufman," by Herc Munro and a photocopy of a tribute by Dr. G. Liebbrandt, August 1977. Also includes clippings and obituaries.

McCormack Eric. "A Demanding Expedition". Review of Daisy Circus, by Rita Donovan. Books in Canada 20, no. 8 (November 1991): 45-46.

McCormack Eric. "Deranged Hellmouth Sucks You In". Review of The Hellmouths of Bewdley, by Tony Burgess. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, 31 May 1997, sec. D, page 13.

McCormack Eric. "All Hits, No Errors". Review of Rat Palms, by David Homel. Books in Canada 21, no. 3 (April 1992): 36.

McCormack Eric. "Stranger than Fiction". Review of Savage Messiah, by Paul Kaihla and Ross Laver, and of Descent into Madness, by Vernon Frolick. Books in Canada 23, no. 2 (March 1994): 28-29.

McCormack Eric. "Abracadabra in Las Vegas". Review of The Spirit Cabinet, by Paul Quarrington. The Globe and Mail (www.GlobeAndMail.CA), 10 April 1999.

McCormack Eric. "Perfectly Abnormal". Review of We So Seldom Look on Love, by Barbara Gowdy. Books in Canada 22, no. 7 (October 1992): 34.

File consists of two articles clipped from the Globe and Mail on July 22 and July 24, 1998. One article is about pollution in the Great Lakes, and one is an opinion piece about canoes.

File consists of one clipping reporting an excursion of Berlin Rubber Co. employees to Penetang on Saturday, July 14, 1906. Comments on Breithaupt Leather and cottaging.

File consists of one clipping reporting A.L. Breithaupt's purchase of Star Whitewear in 1907; one reporting on growth of the factory in 1909.

File consists of a Rex Gasoline one-cent savings coupon booklet.

File consists of one leaflet consisting of an address of the president, H.G. Johnston to the fifth annual convention of the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association "compliments of H.G.J."

File consists of a programme in German and English from the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association : Canada Conference Convention held in Listowel, Ontario, October 30-31, 1894 in which L.J. Breithaupt is listed as "Secretary"; L.H. Wagner on the executive.

File consists of a programme in German and English from the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association : Canada Conference Convention held in Sebringville, Ontario, December 12-13, 1893 in which L.J. Breithaupt is listed as "Secretary"; L.H. Wagner on the executive.

Consists of correspondence and promotional materials.

Consists of correspondence and promotional material.

Consists of correspondence, ephemera, joint meeting with Delta Phalanx and Pan Politae, and newsletters.

Consists of correspondence and ephemera.

Consists of invitation, sticker.

Consists of catalogues, ephemera and letterhead.

K-W Y.M.C.A Business Men's Class list of members 1922-1923.

Program for "Baa, Baa, Blacksheep: a Farcical Comedy in Three Acts" presented by the Wawokiye Club and the Adelphi Club on February 10, [1938].

Program for the Kitchener-Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association Spring Circus taking place May 13 and May 14, 1954.

Summer program listings for youths and adults, an update about the Red Cross award system and Kitchener-Waterloo Y.M.C.A. yearly membership rates effective January 1, 1973.

Program listings and registration forms for children, youth and adult activities, a promotional pamphlet and an 86th annual meeting brochure.

Program listings and registration forms for spring, summer and fall, and a Y International pamphlet.

Program listings and registration forms for winter, spring and fall, Y International pamphlets and newsletters, and two editions of Update (February and May 1984).

Programming brochures.

Programming brochures for children, youth and adults, and construction paper letters and a button from the 10th anniversary of the A.R. Kaufman Family Y.

Stickers, a pin, duotangs and a report related to support for the K-W YMCA Building Fund.

Series consists of correspondence, ephemera and photographs related to Wesley J. Graham's personal and professional life.

File consists of clippings relating to J.Wesley Graham and to computing as well as ephemera from the Computer Society of Canada and from the University of Waterloo

Program for the International Forum on Globalization on “Globalization and the role of the United Nations” (September 5, 2000), at New York.

Materials related to conference “From the Rwandan Genocide to R2P: A Journey of Lessons Learned.” Includes program and notes by John English. Also contains information about Scholars Network’s Senior Fellows.

Materials related to the book Canada since 1945 : power, politics, and provincialism, written by Robert Bothwell, Ian Drummond, and John English. Includes itinerary for the promotion, promotional poster, newsclips about the book, a summary and flyer of the book, biographical information about authors, and related correspondence.

Materials related to the Seventh International Congress of Arctic Social Science organized by the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) and with title "Circumpolar Perspectives in Global Dialogue : Social Sciences beyond the International Polar Year" (June 22-26, 2011), Akureyri, Iceland. Includes program, abstracts, and possibly related invoices.

Materials related to the "Regional Government in International Affairs Conference," organized by Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program, at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. Includes partial speaker tracking and program of the event.

Materials related to John English participation in "Canada : the story of US." Includes fine cut, script, flyer for the program, episodes summaries, related correspondence, and schedules for dictation and scripts for the first episode.

Materials related to the “RBC Taylor Prize. Recognizing Excellence. Awards ceremony & luncheon. A celebration of 16 awardings.” Includes speeches, travel information, program for the event, related correspondence, guidelines for the jury, flight information for English, and notes on books.

Speeches and lectures given by John English at different events. Speeches included are:

• Speech for Chris Snyder's book launch at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Snyder's book is titled “Creating Opportunities: A Volunteer’s Memoir” (May 1, 2018).
• Speech and information for an event the University Club of the University of Toronto. Speech is titled "Trudeaumania" and information about the event is on the publication From the outside in (April 2019) from the University of Toronto.
• Speech given by English at Hurt House, as part of the Bill Graham Honorary Degree (June 2018).

Materials related to John English's political campaigns of 1993 and 1998. Includes president’s report for the Kitchener Federal Liberal Association for 1992 and 1993; calendars for 1994 and 1996 from John English MP; federal programs and services guides from 1994, 1995 and for 1996; event programs; flyers and invitations for events for 1988 campaign; annual report for 1994, 1995; and a scarf with stickers for English.

File consists of one photograph showing the Kaufman Footwear mural that was painted by Monte Wright and a brochure on the history of the mural, which identifies Mexican muralists such as Diego River and Orozco, as a source of inspiration in Wright's work.

File consists of clippings from company magazines, a certificate and a short biography on Gary Peysar.

Leather-bound scrapbook with mementos of the Kaufman family history. Scrapbook is organized into two sections. First section is titled “Grandmother Kaufman’s favourite poems from Helen, Bill, and Jean Xmas 1935” and includes poems either received by Mary Eidt Kaufman or copied by her grandchildren Helen Mary, William Hutton, and Sally Jean in her honour (some poems are written in German). Second section is titled “Clippings & poems Jean and Alvin” and includes correspondence, ephemera, postcards, poems, newspaper clippings, and an invitation to A. R. and Jean Kaufman wedding.

Materials related to Springfield College. Includes a program for the Springfield College 68th Commencement Dinner Dance (June 12, 1954) with annotations in pencil and pen about the attendance, a certificate for A. R. Kaufman reception of the degree of Doctor of Humanics, and photographs of A. R. Kaufman receiving the certificate on June 13, 1954.

Series documents anti-war and anti-fascist sentiments during the early 1930s. Includes various leaflets of poems and songs on peace by William E. Dyer, a Toronto-based poet. Other leaflets relate to the 1934 Ontario provincial election and promotion for the Socialist Party of Canada in the Waterloo North constituency There is also a membership advertisement for the “American League against War and Fascism”, based in New York, and a Pax International issue from 1934 about the persecution of pacifists and promotion of peace.

Series contains reference materials including a 1937 edition of the Canadian Labour Press, book lists, ration coupons and scrips from Germany and United States, and a 1925 map of the city of Montreal.

Five hand lettered visiting cards of Jennie Moyer, Edmund Warren Moyer, Austin Schantz, and Orpheus Moyer Schantz and F.J. Ottmax. The cards of Edmund and Jennie list them as living at 3823 Langley Ave., Chicago. The card of Orpheus and F.J. Ottmax is inscribed "A Happy New Year 1889."

A baby shower gift tag.

The message printed on the tag reads, This Gift for your shower Brings good wishes, too, For "showers of joy" For your Baby and You!

The tag is signed by Reta.

One piece of tissue paper printed with a blue crane and flower motif by Percy Lund & Co., Bradford.

One Life-Buoy Footwear blotter.

Material relating to the award given to W.H. Kaufman by the Footwear Council of Canada, naming him "Shoe Person of the Year." Includes correspondence, speech original, handwritten notes, ephemera and clippings.

W.H. Kaufman's file relating to his work as Honorary Campaign Chair of Campaign K-W, a capital fundraising campaign to redevelop the K-W Health Centre. Includes correspondence, proposal, clipping, memoranda, etc.

Clippings, correspondence and one photograph related to the history of the company including staffing changes and the use of heavy machinery.

File contains historical accounts of the history of the Kaufman Rubber Co. and of the rubber business in Kitchener. Includes correspondence, typescripts (originals and carbons), clippings and photocopies relating to the history of the Kaufman Rubber to 1957, its 50th anniversary.

File contains correspondence, one photograph, clippings and photocopies relating to proposed publishing projects relating to Kaufman history.

File consists of material relating to content of The Footprint. Includes memoranda, clippings and ephemera.

File consists of matrial relating to content of The Footprint, including unsolicited testimonial letters. Includes correspondence, ephemera, clippings and snapshots.

Contains clippings relating to A.R. Kaufman's business and personal interests, including his golden wedding and retirement.

Correspondence and clippings relating to the election of A.R. Kaufman to the Waterloo County Hall of Fame, May 1, 1975.

An unadressed Valentine with a poem.

Contains a newspaper clipping of a picture of the Kaufman Footwear hockey team for 1935 under the headline "Kaufman's Team Reaches Playoffs". Caption below photo reads: "Reaching the play-offs in the Kitchener Industrial Hockey League, Kaufman's team are show above. Back row - Alf Schaefer, coach; M. Kowalski, H. Schaefer, M. Wannamaker, C. Schlote, W. Plomski, E. Wannamaker, J. Frank, C. Steppler and J. Loth, manager. Front row - E. Good, A. Bernhardt and H. Current; I. Weber, mascot. - (Photo by Denton, Kitchener.)

A clipping from the Globe and Mail newspaper from December 6, 1993, of an article titled "Murder no surprise".

File consists of miscellaneous press clippings, including some newspaper advertisements for Electrohome products. Subjects include the manufacture and distribution of televison sets, former Electrohome employees, a temporary plant shut-down, the Circa '75 home entertainment concept, the Electrohome-sponsored art exhibition A Provincial Elegance, Arthur B. Pollock, the Kitchener Public Library, and CN train service.

File consists of press coverage relating to Electrohome and Carl A. Pollock. Includes clippings from Canadian newspapers and industry-related publications. Subjects of clippings include Pollock's speeches and activities; the development of industry, creativity, and engineering training in Canada; export and import activity and policy; management issues; pensions; and Electrohome's history and success.

File consists of press clippings relating to Carl A. Pollock for the year 1961. Subjects include Pollock's involvement with the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, the National Design Council, and the Ontario Research Foundation; his comments about free enterprise, Canadian industry, and education; and Pollock's house.

File consists of issues of Carleton University newspapers containing news items, images or mentions of James Downey.

Correspondence sent and received by James Downey related to different areas of Downey's professional life. Includes letters of appreciation, tributes, newspaper clippings, and ephemera related to awards received and work performed by Downey in different roles and associations.
Also contains drafts of speeches and addresses related to Downey's work or roles, such as "Remarks by the Chancellor" during the official launch of Lord Beaverbrook and the Kennedys by James Downey (May 15, 2012) or "Commencement Address the University of Waterloo" by Trina McQueen, president, Discovery Channel (June 18, 1999).

One envelope of correspondence and ephemera belonging to Yvonna Romanow, mostly from U.S. chapters.

One grocery bag of loose ephemera. correspondence, reports, etc. belonging to Yvanna Romanow.

One grocery bag of loose ephemera. correspondence, reports, etc. belonging to Yvanna Romanow.

File consists of clippings probably from Kappan, regarding Alpha Delta Kappa history, events, and personalities.

File consists of correspondence to and from G. Elmore Reaman during his tenure as the first Canadian president of the International Platform Association, a non-profit organization for promoting to the public "high grade platform presentations." (Flyer, ca. 1950). The correspondence is mostly to and from other members and is concerned with internal affairs of the organization. Includes two letters from John Diefenbaker dated Nov. 3, 1949 and Jan. 28, 1950. Also includes a small amount of ephemera from individual artists.

File consists of clippings relating to G.E. Reaman's life and career.

File consists of ephemera and clippings kept by G.E. Reaman. Includes clippings about his parents and genealogical information about the Reaman family, business and membership cards, program for the 21st anniversary of "The Club", programme for Cornell University commencement of 1920, listing G.E. Reaman as graduate, envelopes with stamps. Also includes a 1959 prospectus for the Doon School of Fine Arts, and a thesis presented to G.E. Reaman by the author, Marguerite Kehr. Also contains programmes for musical events at which G.E. Reaman's wife Flora and daughter Elaine performed.

This folder actually contains material on a variety of topics and probably belonged to F.J.T. Maines. Includes two envelopes of material dating from 1915-1916. These include manuscript material: untitled sermon (?) on loyalty and war, 7 leaves; a hymn with music; a second untitled ms. sermon, 4 p.; manuscript notes on "Christian brotherhood". Includes ephemera and pamphlets produced for troops "On Active Service." Includes clippings relating to the war, to politics, and to topics of interest to F.J.T. Maines. A third gathering of material dates from 1931- 1939 and consists of clippings on topics such as world politics, Grey Owl, Niagara Falls, hawks, liquor legislation, poems, letters to the editor, etc.