A program for Hilde Maria English’s memorial service held on July 9, 2006 at the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Waterloo, Ontario. The program includes a list of participants and outlines the order of the service. The service included prayers, musical performances, and tributes. The Master of Ceremony was the Honourable Justice Patrick Flynn. Andrew Telegdi delivered a eulogy for Hilde English during the memorial service. The file also includes draft copies of Telegdi’s eulogy for Hilde English, handwritten notes, and related correspondence. Andrew Telegdi was close friends with Hilde English and her husband John English.

One postcard identified by Norman C. Schneider as the 118th Battalion in Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ont., 1916. Also in this image is a photographer with camera and tripod, preparing to take a picture. This postcard was sent to Floss Ahrens in Kansas City by E. Maude Garner and is stamped and postmarked Kitchener, Oct. 16, 1916.

128 snapshots, some with identifications. Contains Norman C. Schneider's photos of 1916 "118th Battalion" such as interior photos of barracks at Berlin (Kitchener), Ottawa, tents at Camp Borden; the Schneider family home "Buena Vista" with John Metz out front in two of the photos; picnics with friends, Gatineau River, plane crashes, A nice catch of fish.

Clippings (ill) from an undated edition of the Waterloo Chronicle titled: "Schneider Retains Seat for Liberals; Miss Janzen Predicts New Election in 18 Months with P.C.'s Victorious." Includes table with vote counts for Janzen, Schneider, and Schroeder.

Clipping of photo with caption from the June 7, 1952 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record: "GREET DEFENCE MINISTER - Henry A. Hosking, MP for Wellington South (left), of Guelph, and Norman C. Schneider, MP elect for Waterloo North, welcomed Defence Minister Claxton (right) when he landed at the Waterloo-Wellington airport yesterday after a flight from Ottawa. Behind Mr. Claxton is Russell Daly, Guelph, president of the Western Ontario Liberal Association."

Clipping of a captioned family portrait by Trussler from an unidentified and undated newspaper with the title "Every Waterloo North Candidate a Winner - If Vote is Counted Just in the Family."

Photo caption: "SCHNEIDER FAMILY CIRCLE - Norman Schneider, Liberal Candidate, poses with three generations of the family. Shown are (front, left to right) Gretchen Schneider, daughter of Herbert; Mrs. Howard Schneider, holding son, Gregory; Mrs. Norman Schneider, holding grandson, Michael, son of Herbert; Mr. Schneider, holding grand-daughter Nancy, daughter of Herbert; Eric Schneider, son of Herbert; (back) Howard George Schneider; Brita May and husband Robert White of Toronto; Mrs. Herbert (Betty) Schneider and her husband."

Norman C. Schneider laying cornerstone of the new Federal Building for the Department of National Revenue on Frederick St. in Kitchener, Ontario on August 15, 1957.

Photograph of a group of men taken during a visit to Kitchener-Waterloo by Lester B. Pearson. Seated, at left are Bruce E. Weber and Stanley Leavine. Seated, fourth and fifth from left are Lester B. Pearson and Norman C. Schneider. Photographer: Evening Citizen, Ottawa, Ont.

Manuscript speech (original) on given at the Sales and Plant Key Men banquet on January 17, 1963 at the Kress Hotel in Preston, Ontario. Speech relates primarily to Norman C. Schneider's views on factors in the success of the J.M. Schneider company over the years.

Photograph of a Berlin streetcar, open-sided, stopped on a street. Adults and children are seen standing next to car and a wooden sidewalk is visible in foreground.

Four group snapshots of men in overcoats and hats at Rotary flag raising at Chicopee.

Photograph of the Chicopee Ski Club taken by Norman C. Schneider. Joe Schiedel in foreground.

Group portrait of (left to right) Norman C. Schneider, Honorable George Kerr, James Kerr and Stephen Pequegnat taken at the formal opening of the Chicopee ski chalet.

Photograph of the exterior of Church of Good Shepherd building.

Postcard featuring Church of the New Jerusalem building at the corner of King and Water St. in Kitchener.

Photographs of the exterior of Freeport cottage.

Snapshot of adults seated around a patio table with umbrella at Freeport cottage. Left to right: J.M. Schneider, three unidentified people, Helena Schneider, Ethel, Clara Lapsley.

Photographs of the grounds at Freeport. One includes the barbeque and benches along the cliff top (plus a duplicate snapshot); the other includes Howard and Herb in the same location.

Snapshots taken by Rick Brock of Norman Schneider's former home, Highwood, at Freeport, Ont.

Photograph of family group at Norman Schneider's home, Highwood, at Freeport, Ontario.

Photographs of Norman Schneider's Boys' Sunday School class at Freeport, Ont.

Unidentified group portrait of past presidents of the Kitchener-Waterloo Rotary Club dated June, 1982. Norman C. Schneider is in the front row, second from left.

Photograph of trees in Victoria Park with their reflections in still water. This photograph was published in many newspapers in 1946.

Film of people skating and playing hockey in Victoria park. Includes crowds of people skating with views of the boathouse in view; a group playing pick-up hockey with the bandstand visible in background; and members of the Schneider family, including Norman C. Schneider, skating and walking together across the ice.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Skating at Victoria Park + Hockey, Fred, Herb, Jean, FHS, NCS?, John, Kay, Walter, [illegible], Kay, Walte Siegner, Fred P, [Herb?], Walter Siegner no skates, Kay, Jean, NCS, Bump Backwards."

Film of Brita Schneider's first birthday party that beings with the view of a sign board that reads: "Britay May / "Sweet Gal" / Age 1 Year Mar. 21 1932". Includes footage of children in party hats seated around a candle lit table drinking from tea cups; Brita in a high chair reacting excitedly and in front of a cake with one candle on top; children seated on a floor with Brita among them. Footage then cuts to a close up Herbert and Howard seated beside each other playing and smiling at the camera. Footage cuts once more to the grounds surrounding a trout pond in Mount Forest, including Alf Gofton, Norman Schneider and an unidentified man showing off fish laid along the length of a piece of wood.

Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Herb + Howie close up. Mount Forest trout pond. Brita birthday party 76 Schneider Ave. Close up Herb + Howie. Trout pond property. Alf Gofton on right + NCS at right."

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Johann Christoph Schneider, seen looking off camera.

Clipping of article published in the March 25, 1971 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record regarding re-zoning of former Frederick Schneider estate titled "Apartment density: Thomson haunted by 1970 statement".

Two copies of a studio portrait of Helena Schneider seen looking off camera, wearing a high-collared shirt and [miniature crown?].

Studio portrait of Lizzie and Jack Schweitzer seen looking off camera with slight smiles.

Clipping from the March 25, 1941 edition of the Kitchener Daily Record titled "Vice-Chairmen of Charities campaign," announcing the Vice-Chairmen of the Kitchener-Waterloo Federated Charities campaign.

Spiral-bound publication issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Swedenborgian Church in Kitchener, Ontario.

Programme of service and manuscript speech notes by Herb Schneider regarding the dedication of a gift piano in memory of Norman C. Schneider on April 12, 1987.

Resolution 1950 regarding Highway 401 and a 1969-1975 membership list.

Norman Schneider's scrapbook of clippings relating to the Norman C. Schneider family, local history, local weather, personalities, sports, Kitchener downtown, J.M. Schneider Ltd., Waterloo-Wellington Airport, local postcards.

Norman Schneider's scrapbook of clippings relating to Waterloo County, Schneider company, Schneider family and general interest clippings from 1962-1965.

One modern print of a photograph taken by Norman Schneider in 1912. The photograph shows the exterior of the original Schneider plant on Courtland Ave. It includes 11 adults posed standing and two seated at various point along the front of the building. A child is visible at right looking on. John Metz Schneider is standing fourth from left, in partial profile, wearing a hat.

Eight progress photographs by Denton & Gifford showing the construction of the Schneider plant in 1924.

Publicity photographs (one exterior and seven interior) taken in 1925 by Brigden's Ltd. after completion of the plant:

1. Exterior: the home of Schneider quality products;
2. Section of the general office;
3. Section of finished stock-room and slicing department;
4. Section of our new sausage kitchens showing roasting ovens;
5. Bacon slicing department;
6. Roasting kitchens;
7. Section of our shipping department.

One aerial (oblique) photograph of the J.M. Schneider farm in Wellesley.

Series consists of material relating to the history of Kitchener, Ontario and the Region of Waterloo. Includes clippings, photographs, publications and special issues of newspapers. Some of these contain references to the Schneider family and company.

Three modern prints given to Norman Schneider by Irvin Erb, showing King St. in the 1880's.

Clipping about Karl Knauff's photographs of early Berlin.

Clipping titled "Local historians paint scholarly picture of Kitchener including barbs, bouquets" from the December 10, 1983 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record consisting of a review of Kitchener: an illustrated history by John English and Kenneth McLaughlin.

Official visitor's guide of Kitchener Waterloo sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.

Postcard featuring photograph of Mackenzie King standing at the front of his childhood home. He is seen standing with right hand in suit pocket and left on the cope of a walking cane. Top of postcard reads: Birthplace of Hon. Mackenzie King, Kitchener, Ont.

Winnipeg Massed Pipe Band visit: first special services reunion. Includes parade photographs, speakers, a City Hall visit with Mayor Syd McLennan and a ceremony at the Kitchener Farmer's Market.

Wedding portrait of George Buck and Emma Joachimi [seated?] with Minnie Joachimi and Joe Neeb.

Postcard photograph of Emma and Charles August Ahrens standing outdoors on September 21, 1917, their 35th wedding anniversary. Both are seen looking off camera in opposite directions and are dressed in wedding attire. Emma is holding a bouquet of flowers.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Charles August Ahrens seen looking off camera.

Snapshot of Frederick H. Schneider with Ahrens cousins. The group is seen outdoors, seated in a row on top of a picnic table with what may be the Freeport Bridge visible in the background. Left to right: Agnes Law, Fred Schneider, Floss Ahrens, Carl Ahrens, Mabel Ahrens.

Informal group portrait and snapshot of a cornerstone laying at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Included in the group portrait are Charles Ahrens, Catherine Joachim, and J.M. Schneider.

Colour photocopy of an original photograph of J.M. and Helena Schneider's first home on Courtland Ave. The image is annotated with information about occupants and information about three homes built by ? Ahrens also on Courtland Ave.

One informal group portrait of fifteen people, posed outdoors at Emmie Anthes' property at Freeport.

Standing (left to right): [Helena Schneider?]; unidentified woman; Walter V. Siegner, Irmengarde Hagen, Ethel Lapsley Schneider, Ohnerene Hagen, Brodie Koenig; Edith Ahrens MacDonald, Norman C. Schneider.

Seated (left to right): Emmie Anthes, Emma Schneider Siegner, Ella Daniels Schneider, Mabel Ahrens Picard, unidentified girl, unidentified man.

One snapshot of the Kaiser's bust in Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ont., and two snapshots of unidentified young men posing on the plinth after the bust has been removed and thrown into the lake.

Photograph of an unidentified young adult standing on top of the empty Kaiser Wilhelm I plinth in Victoria Park imitating a statue with one arm outstretched and the other at placed on hip.

Contains 2 snapshots of the Braun family plot in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener Ontario. Alfred Schneider Gofton's wife was Charlotte Braun. Includes a photocopy of an obituary for Heinrich Braun in German, and translated into English.

Film box includes handwritten notes by Norman C. Schneider about film. They read: "No marching - all trucks, motor cycles, marching band. FHS cottage Honey Harbour. Very short".

Canister includes handwritten notes about places and people in film. Individuals include, among others:

• Arnie Bast
• Jare Bates
• Claire Duffus
• Vince Hauch and daughter
• Roy Hemmeric
• Herbs friends from OAC
• Bob McColloy
• Bob McCollum
• Bill Nickson
• Jules Nielsen
• Brita Schneider
• Frederick Schneider
• Herbert Schneider
• Howard Schneider
• John Whaley

Waterloo Lutheran University hood presented to Norman C. Schneider when granted an honourary doctorate.

Studio portrait of Emma Siegner seen looking at camera.

Two portraits of John Siegner and Mary Shafer taken on the occasion of their marriage. One is a portrait of the couple standing outdoors in their coats and the other is a studio portrait of the couple standing together in suit and dress.

Studio portrait of Alma Bean. Alma is wearing a bonnet and bib.

Studio portrait of Louis Henry Wagner with infant son Louis Jacob Gordon Wagner, dressed in a gown, on his lap. Both are seen looking at camera.

Photograph of a drawing of the Lang Tanning Company Limited building on King St. West in Kitchener as it was in 1850.

Photograph of the refrigerated hide storage area at Lang Tanning Company Limited with two unidentified men stacking hides.

Photograph of an unidentified employee handling sole leather from oil drums next to equipment with leather hanging from racks.

Contains a photograph of two unidentified employees, one with back to camera, preparing sole leather for finishing.

Photograph of an unidentified employee, seen standing with back to camera, setting out harness leather on equipment.

File consists of one three quarter length studio graduation portrait of David Shannon Bowlby. David is shown with legs crossed, wearing a gown and holding a graduation cap in his lap.

File consists of one full body studio portrait showing George Herbert Bowlby, about age 3, with dog Tippo Saib by the "Ontario" Photograph Gallery, Berlin, Ont. George and Tippo are shown in an outdoor setting in front of a wooden fence.

File consists of two identical full length wedding portraits of Edwin Perry Clement and Janie Elizabeth Bowlby. Edwin Perry is seated in an arm chair and Janie is standing at his side, dressed in white gown and veil, with right arm resting on his shoulder.

File consists of three photographs and six negatives showing the residence of Edwin Perry Clement at 51 Benton St., Kitchener. The photographs show the house before and after a sunroom was added, as well as the belvedere. As well, the file consists of four miscellaneous negatives showing a sailboat, a woman in a fur coat and a child in a box.

File consists of three identical studio portraits (two mounted) of the sons of Janie and E.P. Clement. Left to right are: Edwin Oliver, William Pope, David Ward, and Charles Bowlby.

File consists of two identical photographs showing the Bowlby and Clement families dressed as characters from "Cinderella." Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement is shown as Cinderella, and Edwin Perry Clement is the Prince. The family is shown standing on the front steps of Ward Hamilton Bowlby's home.

File consists of one full length studio portrait of Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement, age 14, dressed as Little Bo Peep.

File consists of one full length studio portrait showing Janie Elizabeth Bowlby Clement dressed as Little Red Riding Hood with her dog.

File consists of two photographs of William Pope Clement. He is shown in his office on the telephone looking at a document. One photograph is a cropped and enlarged version of the other.

File consists of four photographs showing the home of William Pope Clement and wife Muriel Alberta Kerr Clement at 71 Heins Ave., Kitchener, Ont. The home was built for them by Mr. Frank.

File consists of six studio proofs of upper body portraits William Pope Clement. Also included is the original proof-book.

Full length studio portrait of Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly as a child seen seen leaning against a decorative prop wall, wearing a dress and a bonnet.

Two "candid camera" snapshots of Elizabeth (Betty) Clement Stewart on her wedding day being walked into the church by her father William Pope Clement.

File consists of three snapshots (two duplicates and one variant) showing a walking party at Chicoppee. Members of the party include: Frederick Bowman Kelly, Florence Grace Clement, Dorothy Pierson [?], Freida Kathleen Boyd Heefer, Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly, Clayton Snyder, Vera Bonnell (Havergal friend), Norah Smythe, Sadie Devitt, Pete [Moyer?], Edwin Oliver Clement, Eddie Hewitt.

Photographs documenting a one-week trip that several faculty members at the University of Waterloo took, including Donald Cowan and Shirley Fenton, to Tokyo, Japan to train IBM faculty. Some of the faculty members who participated in this trip also presented at a conference. Includes images of students working at computers, Donald Cowan standing in front of a computer while running a program from Waterloo, Shirley Fenton teaching as well as Donald Cowan and his wife with Shirley Fenton and guests at a restaurant. Also includes one sticker for the SATT Software Racing Team.

File consists of two photographs and a postcard of the Edward Street (now Duke Street) water tower in Kitchener.

File consists of a photograph of the exterior of the Lancaster Street pump house.

File consists of four mounted photographs (plus duplicates) of artesian wells, probably located near the pumping station at Shoemaker's Lake. Two of the photographs show two men near the wells, and one photograph shows 10 men gathered around a well and the drilling rig.

File consists of two photographs (plus duplicates) of the water tower on St. George Street in Kitchener, one taken during construction, and one upon completion.

File consists of a mounted photograph of six men (including some or all of the Kitchener water commissioners) standing outside the Strange Street pumping station, constructed in 1922. Includes Marcel Pequegnat, second from right.

File consists of photographs of artesian wells. Includes three photographs of Roberts well at the Shoemaker Avenue pumping station; two photographs of well 30A, or the Hartley well, also at Shoemaker Avenue; one photograph of #20 well (location not identified); and one photograph of two boys at the Kelly well (location not identified). The boys are identified on a modern handwritten note as Robert and James Pequegnat.