File consists of a post card album compiled by Ella Anthes on her trip to Europe during the sumer of 1910. Album contains ca. 260 post cards and a small amount of loose emphera from Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland. Ms. annotation inside front cover: "Ella Anthes / trip to Europe / summer 1910 / married Milton H. Cook / Sept. 14, 1911."

File consists of a plan of the Westmount neighbourhood in the City of Berlin and the Town of Waterloo. Also included is a letter from T.H. Rieder of the Westmount Improvement Co. Ltd., to H. Milton Cook regarding the plan and noting that the red check marks are lots that have been sold.

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

File consists of six telegrams received by Martha Rieder from Talmon Henry Rieder. Also present is a telegram from Talmon Henry Rieder to F. H. Rieder [possibly an error].

File consists of 20 letters (one consists of last page only) received by Martha Rieder from Talmon Henry Rieder mostly during the year 1921. Some letters include envelopes; 12 envelopes contain stamps. Also present are: one empty envelope, manuscript notes by Talmon, a newspaper clipping, a promissory note and receipt between Martha and Talmon, and funeral notice cards for Talmon.

File consists of ca. 80 letters and telegrams received by Martha Rieder upon the death of her husband Talmon Henry Rieder. Letters are from family members, friends, neighbours, and colleagues of Talmon Henry Rieder. Most letters include envelopes; stamps have been removed.

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

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

File consists of 12 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder; some letters also contain notes from Ella Anthes Cook and Louisa Anthes Breithaupt. Also includes one letter from Martha to Louisa.

File consists of 23 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder. Some letters are addressed individually to her mother or father. File also includes a letter from Ella Anthes Cook to Lydia; and two letters to Louisa Anthes Breithaupt, one from Martha and one from Ella.

File consists of 14 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder, some addressed individually to her mother and father.

File consists of 29 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder, some addressed individually to her mother and father. File also includes one letter from Louisa Anthes Breithaupt.

File consists of 19 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder, some addressed individually to her mother and some to her mother and Ella.

File consists of 28 German letters from between 1867 and 1872. The majority of the letters were written by Reverend Jacob Anthes, from the Carrick and Port Elgin areas of Ontario, to his parents Martin and Catharina Anthes, in Baden and New Hamburg in Waterloo County. They document his young family's experience living in a new place while he preached, sometimes at long-distances, attempting to convert people to the Evangelical Association Church. Included are references to the Anthes family's health and living situation, local weather and farming conditions, and happenings related to the day to day lives of people with whom he interacted.
File also includes one unidentified letter; an agreement [?] signed by Rev. Anthes, Glenlyon, Bruce Co.; and invoices, one for Martin Anthes' account at a store in New Hamburg signed by Jacob [Niebel?].

File consists of a postcard containing a photograph of a tree-lined river bank containing the caption "7 Arundel Que." The postcard is addressed to Leo Anthes [possibly Leonard Anthes, son of J.I. Frank and Cyrena Anthes] from Ida W.

File consists of two pages from the Daily News (Berlin, Ontario) for December 27, 1883. Pages are torn and have pieces missing around the edges.

File consists of sundry newspaper clippings accumulated by Martha Rieder. Includes a clipping listing examination results for Berlin Public Schools, showing Martha's promotion to second division. Other clippings relate her family (Talmon Henry Rieder, Edward Rieder, Anthes residence). Includes clippings from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, the Pennsylvania State College Extension News, the Globe and Mail, and The Standard (Montreal).

File consists of the diary of Martha Rieder covering the period from January 6, 1891, to May 18, 1891. Diary was kept in pencil in a printed pocket almanac and diary. Includes an entry dated 1893. Most pages are blank.

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

File consists of manuscript notes relating to the Herlan family.

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

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 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 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 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 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

File consists of an abstract from the Registry Office in Berlin of all records pertaining to Lot 2 on the north side of Weber Street and Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the south side of Ahrens Street of David Weber's survey of the Town of Berlin. The first entry in 1798 shows R. Beasley, J. Wilson, and J.B. Rosseau as the grantor and D.W. Smith, W. Claus, and A. Stewart as the grantee; the last entry in 1865 shows David Weber as the grantor and Jacob Hess as the grantee.

Other names appearing on the abstract are: Joseph Brant, Dan Erb and Jacob Erb, Benjamin Eby, and Frederick Gaukel.

File consists of an indenture concerning Lot 3 on the north side of Weber Street of David Weber's survey in Berlin.

File consists of an invoice/account balance and a receipt for payment made on the mortgage to Frederick Snyder by Jacob Hess, and an unsigned invoice for preparing a land registry abstract.

File consists of an indenture concerning Lot 3, North side of Weber Street of David Weber's survey in the town of Berlin. Includes ms. annotations.

File consists of a deed of land concerning Lot 3, North side of Weber Street of David Weber's survey in the town of Berlin. Contains ms. annotations.

File consists of a deed of land concerning Lot 13 in Block 92 in the Town of Moberly.

File consists of three photographs of the children of J.I. Frank and Cyrena Anthes. Includes a snapshot of Olive Cyrena Anthes, a snapshot of Olive Cyrena and Edith Louisa Anthes, and a snapshot of Olive Cyrena, Edith Louisa and Leonard John Anthes.

File consists of two studio portraits of John S. and Lydia Anthes.

File consists of studio portraits of John S. and Lydia Anthes and their children. Includes: a portrait of the family, a portrait of John and Lydia with Ella Anthes Cook, and two portraits of the children (J.I. Frank Anthes, Carrie Breithaupt, Lousia Breithaupt, Martha Rieder, and Ella Anthes Cook). Duplicate portraits are present.

File consists of three studio portraits of Lydia Anthes and her daughters Carrie Breithaupt, Louisa Breithaupt, Martha Rieder, and Ella Anthes Cook. Duplicates are present.

Photograph of the exterior of a corner of the Anthes Manufacturing Company of Berlin seen from across a dirt road. Clusters of trees are visible next to the building and at right in what may be an adjoining lot.

Photograph taken during the construction of an unidentified factory in Berlin (now Kitchener), probably the Berlin Rubber Manufacturing Company.

File consists of two photographs of Albert Breithaupt, one posing with a rifle over a buck, and one posing with Martha Rieder and a fish he caught.

File consists of two photographs of Ella Anthes Cook and travelling companions on horseback in the Gap of Dunloe, Ireland.

Album containing photographs of the construction of the Dominion Tire Company manufacturing plant in what was then Berlin, Ontario. Includes photographs of the construction process, the surrounding land, the interior and exterior of the building during construction, equipment used the tire manufacturing process and employees on the factory floor, etc. Although the majority of the people are unidentified the following people appear in the album: Talmon Henry Rieder (page 1), [Ed Cable?] and Irene Bain (page 3), Dr. Wood (page 6), and J.I. Franklin Anthes (page 9 and 53).

File consists of two studio portraits of Martha Rieder's friend Lucie Edkins with her daughter Phyllis, and one studio portrait of Phyllis.

File consists of mounted studio portraits of friends (as well as cousins?) of Martha and Ella, predominantly from their time at the Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby. Photographs have inscriptions on verso, most addressed to Martha and some to Ella. Most of the girls and women are identified on verso. Duplicates may be present.

File consists of three negatives taken at Helen Rieder Henderson's university graduation ceremony. One of the negatives includes Martha Rieder and Emeline Rieder.

File consists of three photographs of the John S. Anthes home at 44 Weber Street in Berlin (Kitchener). Two photographs are mounted. Includes one duplicate photograph.

File consists of a photograph of the John S. Anthes home at 44 Weber Street in Berlin (Kitchener).

File consists of three studio portraits and a snapshot of Emma Kaufman, and one studio portrait of Emma and Alvin R. and with three unidentified people. Some portraits are mounted.

File consists of a photograph of the home of Elizabeth Merner (nee Young) on Main Street in New Hamburg, Ontario. Her family (children and grandchildren) are gathered in the front yard and on the front porch.

File consists of miniature portraits of Martha, Ella, and Louisa Anthes and their friends and [cousins?], including Louise McEwen; J.E. Breithaupt; Peg [last name unknown]; Laurie, Lou and Emma Anthes and Lemar and Carrie Strawser; Zella Dexter McDonald; Alvin R. Kaufman; Emma Kaufman; and other unidentified individuals.

File consists of mounted snapshots taken in Penetanguishene, probably by Martha and Ella Anthes. Includes snapshots of people on a beach, a cottage, loads of bark on a dock and a boat, people resting from travelling, hiking, etc.

File consists of snapshots of the grandchildren of Martha Rieder, many of which were taken at Christmas and a birthday party.

File consists of two photographs taken at the wedding of Paul Rieder and Dorothy Scheifele. Includes a portrait of Paul and Dorothy, and a portrait of the wedding party.

File consists a studio portrait of Peter and Emeline Rieder with five of their children, probably Talmon Henry (standing back centre), Elmer, Maude, Idella, and Loretta.

File consists of two wedding portraits of Talmon Henry Rieder and Martha Anthes.

Studio portrait of an unidentified adult, probably R.E. Jamieson, General Sales Manager of Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company, seen dressed in a suit and tie and looking off camera.

Snapshot of Talmon Henry Rieder.

File consists of a class portrait. Martha Rieder is seated in the second row from the bottom, third from right. Ella Anthes is seated second from left, at front.

File consists of three mounted photographic reproductions, possibly acquired as a souvenir by Ella Cook during her trip to Europe. Titles are: Ploughing in Nivernais (by Bonheur), Early Morning (by Bernier), and Le Pecheur (by E. Minet).

File consists of a photograph (postcard, blank) of a view of Berlin, taken from a high vantage point, showing several factories and smoke towers.

File consists of mounted photographs relating to Martha Rieder's involvement at her church. Includes a group portrait of the first officers of the Junior Young People's Alliance (including Rev. J.G. Litt, and Martha as secretary), a snapshot of Martha's Sunday School class at the Grand River, snapshots of picnics of the Junior Young People's Alliance, and snapshots of Martha with her sisters and friends dressed in costume for church play, "In want of a servant."

Group studio portrait of the [Women's Mission Society?] at Zion Evangelical Church in Berlin with three of the Anthes sisters among the members. Carrie Breithaupt is stand at far right in the back row and Louisa Breithaupt (second from left) and Martha Rieder (fourth from left) are standing in the third row front front. Person at far left of back row is likely Emma Kaufman.

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.

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

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 of an indenture concerning Lots 2 on the south side of Weber Street and Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the south side of Ahrens Street of David Weber's survey in Berlin. Contains ms. annotations. File also includes an ms. diagram of the lots containing information about thier size and owners.

File consists of two ms. diagrams of the lots south of Ahrens Street and north of Weber street in Kitchener, and an empty envelope labelled "Deeds, J.S. & L.C. Anthes."

File consists of a certificate of ownership granted to John S. Anthes for Parcel 497 in the register for the District of Parry Sound, South section, namely Roberts Island. File also includes two notices regarding a patent from the Crown for the land, one to J.C. Breithaupt from the Department of Crown Lands Ontario, Patents Branch; and one to John S. Anthes from the Office of Local Master of Titles for the District of Parry Sound.

File consists of a mortgage concerning part of Lot 3 on the South side of Ahrens Street of David Weber's survey in the town of Berlin. Contains ms. annotations.

File consists of an album compiled by Ella Anthes Cook, and including some additions probably by Martha Rieder. Includes snapshots of family members and friends and snapshots taken on Ella's trip to Europe, around Ontario, at Felsheim, and on her honeymoon. Includes a family photograph taken at Talmon Henry Rieder's 40th birthday, a snapshot taken when Earl Grey visited Berlin, a snapshot taken at the unveiling of Queen Victoria's monument at Victoria Park, and a photograph by Denton of the interior of Zion Evangelical Church.

File consists of an album probably compiled by one or more of Martha Rieder's children. Includes snapshots of Martha and Talmon Henry Rieder, their children, and their family, many of them with extended family and friends. Includes snapshots taken at Felsheim, Woods Bay, Bayview Cottage, the family home on Belmont Ave in Montreal, etc. Album also includes newspaper clippings, letters to Santa from Edward and Paul Rieder, a letter from Edward to Talmon Henry Rieder, and ephemera. Some of the photographs include dates/captions, and album contains the handwriting of several different individuals.

Studio portrait of J.I. Frank Anthes (at right) with an unidentified man.

File consists of two different portraits of John S. and Lydia Anthes and their children and grandchildren. Verso of one photograph contains identification.

Nine mounted snapshots of the family of John S. and Lydia Anthes. Includes photographs of Martha Rieder and Ella Anthes Cook, Ella Anthes Cook and Louisa Breithaupt, J.I. Frank Anthes with Ella and Louisa, John. S. and Lydia Anthes with Louisa and Martha, and John S. Anthes. Some of the photographs were probably taken by Martha with her camera.

Three studio portraits of Lydia Anthes.

File consists of photographs of Anthes Manufacturing Company of Berlin employees standing outside of the company building

Studio portrait of John C. and Carrie Breithaupt and their five children seated and standing in a row. All but John, who is seen seated and in profile, are looking at the camera.

From left to right: Carl, John Edward, Walter (in white) Carrie, Frieda, John and Louise.

File consists of one wedding portrait each of H. Milton Cook and Ella Anthes Cook.

File consists of photographs (possibly progress photographs) of the construction of additions to the the Dominion Tire Company manufacturing plant in Kitchener. File also includes some photographs of the Elmira Rubber factory.

File consists of a wedding portrait of Arthur Gauerke and Talma (May) Rieder, a photograph of their daughter Joyce Evelyn at 6 months old, and a later family portrait (with three daughters).

File consists of three photographs of the Kitchener Natatorium and its locker rooms. Talmon Henry Rieder played a role in the construction of the natatorium, which opened July 21, 1917 at at 121 King Street West in the Rieder Block.

Photograph taken on the way to Penetanguishene from Berlin, of women and children resting on a beach and in horse-drawn buggy. Carrie Breithaupt is seen standing with three children, including John Edward Breithaupt, standing at left. The adults seated in the carriage are likely (left to right) Martha and Louisa Anthes.

File consists of a photograph of an orchard taken from Frank's [J.I. Frank Anthes?] upper verandah. Photograph possibly taken by Martha Rieder.

File consists of five snapshots of Martha Rieder with friends on a picnic on the Grand River.

File consists of seven studio portraits of Edward Rieder as a baby, toddler, youth, and upon graduation from university. Duplicates are present.

File consists of two copies of a studio portrait of four generations of the Rieder family: Elizabeth Merner (nee Young), Peter Rieder, Talmon Henry Rieder (standing), and Margaret Paisley.

File consists of individual studio portraits of Idella Rieder, Alma Rieder, and [Loretta?] Rieder, sisters of Talmon Henry Rieder. One duplicate is present. One photograph by Hershman.