File consists of sixteen negatives showing a tree planting ceremony at Laurel Creek.

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 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 an album possibly compiled by Paul Rieder [?]. Includes snapshots and group photographs of family and friends and snapshots taken on trips. Includes photographs taken in Timmins, Larder Lake, Temagami, Sauble Beach, and at the Grand River. Some photographs include Martha Rieder and her children and possibly grandchildren. Some photographs appear to be missing.

Upper body studio portrait of Henry William Anthes seen looking at camera.

File consists of a wedding portrait of Albert Breithaupt and Louisa Anthes.

Photograph of a houseboat with a Dixie sign at top surrounded by several smaller boats and people relaxing, fishing, etc. John S. Anthes is seated at far left on the deck of the houseboat. Martha Rieder is standing next to him and Ella Anthes is seated on the deck railing, looking toward camera. John Edward Breithaupt may be the child seated on the end of the row boat with a blurry face from moving when the photo was taken.

File consists of one snapshot of C.M. Dare and an unidentified man. Verso reads "Howe Candy Christmas party Roberts Marine Room, Hamilton. Dec. 17/52. C.M. Dare (right)."

File consists of one photograph of employees of the Kitchener office of Dare Foods. Some employees are identified on a separate piece of paper.

Included in the photo:

Bloomin, Joan
Brubacher, Dorothy
Dargell, Carl
Dunbar, Les
Farenbach, [?]
Gaeler, Vela
Haas, Harry
Hanamel, [?]
Heffesin, [?]
Hopp, Oscar
Katush, Bernice
Miller, Belle
Ringwald, [?]
Scanin, Stella
Schlitt, Marg
Schmitt, Cully
Schultz, Bernice
Schuster, [?]
Smiley, Dorothy
Smiley, Marjorie
West, Frank
[?], George
[?], Jenny
[?], Scuster

File consists of one photograph of a display of Dare cookies at Zehrs in Fairview Plaza.

File consists of one photograph of employees of the Dare Foods plant in Kitchener. The employees are lined up outside for a group shot. Some identifications on verso:

Happ, Oscar
McFadzen, Ralph
Dare, Carl
Jantzi, John O.

File consists of one photograph of the Dare Foods potato chip factory in Toronto, Ontario.

File consists of two photographs of Ralph Doerr and William Kittleborne with a C.H. Doerr horse-drawn sales wagon Wellesley, Ontario. One photograph shows the two in front of H.K. Forler's grocery and the other shows them in the wagon, along a dirt road.

File consists of three photographs of Dare employees at the Delawana Inn in Muskoka. Includes Carl Dare, Bob Sanders, and Les Wild.

Copy negatives and prints of the Dunnville flood, April 1912. Envelopes containing negatives and reference prints include location annotations:

• Lower River (pp 18)
• East of Dunnville Dam Looking Downstream
• Dunvnille Dam (pp 18)
• Bridge at Byng
• Slingsby Mill - on Site of Present Arena
• Intersection of Queen & Chestnut Streets (pp 19)
• Queen St. - Queen's Hotel on Left
• Looking West on Broad St. From Corner of Chestnut 1930 (pp 20)
• Mill St. - Old Kohler Mil: Dunnville Dam in Background (pg 17)

Photograph of employees standing outside of C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works looking at camera. They are seen standing on the front steps of the building and next to horse-drawn delivery buggies parked along the side.

File consists of miscellaneous snapshots, most of which were probably accumulated by Martha Rieder. Includes snapshots of Martha Rieder, her children, and grandchildren, as well as other family members and friends. Talmon Henry Rieder is present in some snapshots. Many photographs include members of the families of John C. and Carrie Breithaupt, Albert and Louisa Breithaupt, and H. Milton and Ella Anthes Cook; Alma and Eva Rieder are also present in some photographs.

Photographs were taken at Penetanguishene, Georgian Bay, on Lake Huron, Port Dalhousie and other travel destinations; at various cottages; at the Rieder home at 58 Roy Street in Kitchener; and other locations. File also includes a colour print-out of a photograph Margaret Paisley [?] and an unidentified woman.

Group portrait of a a class of children seen standing, kneeling and seated against a brick wall outdoors. Possibly includes a seven year old Kay Rex. Child seated at front center is holding up a small chalk board that reads: "Wm. Burgess School. May 21st 1925. Room - 2"

Photograph of Kay Rex as a child seated at a desk with arms crossed and looking at camera.

File consists of one fire insurance plan from the Plan Department of Associated Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, showing Dominion Tire and Rubber Machinery Shops. Map was surveyed and drawn by F.A. Lougee on October 9, 1923 and traced by W.G. Harlow. The map shows 3D renderings of the buildings on the property along with descriptions of each building.

File consists of one fire insurance plan from the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, Boston. Plan was surveyed May 6, 1947 and traced by M.E. Appleford. Architectural details of the buildings are also included.

A complete report of a séance held at 362 Frederick Street, Kitchener. The sitters present at this circle were Mr. Thomas Lacey, Mr. O. G. Smith, Mrs. E. E. Sheldon, Mr. E. W. Sheldon, Mrs. Thomas Lacey, and Mrs. O. G. Smith. The spirits alleged to have communicated through Thomas Lacey during this séance were the mother of Mrs. Thomas Lacey, the mother of Mrs. O. G. Smith, Peter Conley "Old Pete", Mike, Mr. A. Conan Doyle, Mr. Heist, Mr. Maskeline, Annie Fletcher, and Arch. Deacon Colley. The spirit guide Abudha Khan was present at this séance.

A complete report of a séance held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Sheldon in Waterloo, Ontario. The sitters present at this circle were Mr. Thomas Lacey, Mrs. E. W. Sheldon, Miss. Kreiner, Mr. E. W. Sheldon, Mrs. Thomas Lacey, Mr. J. P. Skelton, Mr. Gordon Steiss, Mr. Clarke, Mrs. Clarke, Mr. O.G. Smith, and Mrs. O. G. Smith. The spirits alleged to have communicated through Thomas Lacey during this séance were Mr. Maskeline, Mr. Skelton's mother, Jerry, Mrs. Sheldon's mother, Mrs. Lacey's father, Mr. W. T. Stead, Fritz Schnitz, Dr. Hall, Ward Clement, C.D., Jim Johnson, Harold Wright, Mike, and several unidentified spirits. The spirit guides Walter and Abudha Khan were present at this séance.

A complete report of a séance held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Sheldon in Waterloo. The sitters present at this circle were Mr. Thomas Lacey, Mrs. E. W. Sheldon, Mr. M. Swartz, Mrs. M. Swartz, Mr. G. Steiss, Mrs. G. Steiss, Mr. O. G. Smith, and Mrs. Thomas Lacey. The spirits alleged to have communicated through Thomas Lacey during this séance were Maskeline, C.D., the mother of Mrs. Sheldon, Mike, Wickie, Walter, Mr. Stead, Great Bear, Elk Horn, and several unidentified spirits. The spirit guide Abudha Khan was present at this séance.

A complete report of a séance held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Sheldon in Waterloo. The sitters present at this circle were Mr. Thomas Lacey, Mrs. E. W. Sheldon, Mr. Levi Swartz, Mrs. Thomas Lacey, Mr. E. W. Sheldon, Mrs. O. G. Smith, Mrs. Charles Matthews, Mr. Charles Matthews, Mr. O. G. Smith, and Mr. Gordon Steiss. The spirits alleged to have communicated through Thomas Lacey during this séance were John Rogers, Emil Schroeder, Mike, Walter, Rose, Fing Ling Ling Tee, Sivato Ling Tee, Violet, Mr. W. T. Stead, Great Bear, Reverend Vale Owen, Wallace, and the Major.

Group of six men standing in an intersection in Woodstock, Ontario, tentatively identified as either Ingersoll Ave. or Vansittart Ave. The man at the extreme right is probably R.D. Montgomery.

Upper body studio portrait of an unidentified individual seen looking at camera, dressed in a white lace top and with a ribbon in hair.

File consists of four architectural drawings by Knechtel and Shmalz Architects, showing floor plans for the ground floor, second floor, third floor and basement of a proposed addition to the YWCA building.

File consists of one group portrait photograph showing delegates of the United States and Canadian YWCA at a meeting in Muskoka, Canada.

One photograph of the exterior of the George Pattinson Woollen Mill building in winter. A water tower, smoke stack and snow covered evergreen trees are included in frame.

One photograph showing the construction of the 1917 addition to the George Pattinson Woollen Mill. Construction workers are shown standing in the unfinished windows.

One group portrait of men and women employees of the George Pattinson Woollen Mill casually posed in several rows outside of a stone building. Two employees are sitting on top of the building with a flag and a blurry child is visible walking through frame at bottom left.

File consists of one architectural drawing showing proposed alterations to the YWCA. Plans are by architectural firm Barnett, Rieder and Hymmen.

Contains a portrait and slides of the K-W Health Centre. Includes identifications on the portrait: Left to right: Cynthia Nash, Heather [an infant].

File consists of photographs of the exterior of the completed Dominion Tire factory on Strange Street in Kitchener.

File consists of photographs of the Dominion Tire building on Strange Street in Kitchener.

File consists of photographs of machinery in the Dominion Tire factory on Strange Street in Kitchener. The photographs are glued to photo album pages and some feature detailed captions describing the machinery and its purpose.

File consists of one photograph of the management staff of the Dominion Tire factory. Photograph was taken October 1913 at Essex Studio in Preston, Ontario.

Includes:

• Anthes, John Isaac Franklin
• Kabel, E.C.
• Wellein, H.E.
• Gerbig, Julius
• Copland, R.Y.
• Voelker, Ed
• Wood, Dr
• Gruenawald, William A.

File consists of one photograph of Dominion Tire office staff at work. Includes identifications based on placement in photo.

First post:

• Fry, Cordellia (1)
• Becker, Erma (Cress) (2)

Between posts:

• Cress, Clarence (3)
• Parks, Ernie (4)
• Petch, Ralph (5)
• Miller, Florence ([Ewen?]) (6)
• Heldman, Irene (7)
• Hainsworth, George (8)

Last post:

• Schlichter, Eva (Sievenpiper) (9)
• Voelker, Ed (10)
• Smith, Wellington (11)
• Bauman, Leona (12)
• Poales, Henry (back) (13)

File consists of one photograph of night staff men who served their country on land, sea and in the Dominion Tire factory in the First World War. Photograph was taken on the first armistice anniversary [Remembrance Day] November 11, 1919 on the front steps of the Dominion Tire factory.

File consists of photographs of tire stores in Barrie.

File consists of photographs of tire stores in Kitchener.

File consists of photographs of tire stores in Port Arthur.

File consists of photographs of tire stores in Sault Ste. Marie.

File consists of forty one photographs showing immigrants coming to Canada under Dana Porter's 1947 plan to airlift 10,000 British immigrants to Canada. Individual photographs feature descriptions on the verso.

File consists of twenty-two photographs of the corner stone laying ceremony for the OPP headquarters. The cornerstone was laid by Dana Porter, William J. Dunlop, T. Ray Connell and Allan F. Lawrence.

File consists of one photograph showing members of Leslie Frost's Cabinet from 1954. Identification based on photograph of 1949 cabinet.

• Frost, Leslie
• Porter, Dana Harris
• Dunbar, George
• Daley, Charles
• Goodfellow, William
• Gresinger, Bill

File consists of one photograph showing members of Leslie Frost's Cabinet from 1949. Includes : Louis Cecile ; [Horrsscort] ; Bill Gresinger ; Charles Daley ; Dana Porter ; William Goodfellow ; Arthur Walsh ; George Dunbar ; Tom Kennedy ; Leslie Frost ; George Doucette ; George Challies. Identification from attached sheet, not all names are legible.

File consists of one photograph of Dana Porter with Angus MacDonald at the Dominion Provincial Conference.

File consists of one photograph showing Dana Porter dressed in his robes as Chancellor of the University of Waterloo alongside six other administrative staff of the University in their robes.

File consists of one photograph showing Dana Porter and others examining a display on service clubs in Kingston.

File consists of one portrait of Dana Porter. Also includes one item of correspondence regarding the use of the portrait in a notice about Porter's death in the Digest Business & Law Journal. Portrait, by Ashley & Crippen, Toronto

File consists of two portraits of Dana Porter as well as ten prints of the portrait taken by Karsh, Ottawa, Ont..

File consists of one three quarter length wedding portrait of Isabel and Peter Mackay in their wedding clothing. Peter is standing by a seated Isabel who is holding a branch of leaves.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of Isabel Mackay in her wedding dress. The upper part of her dress can be seen, and she is holding a bouquet of ferns and carnations and wearing a snake upper arm cuff.

This photograph shows two people, a man and a woman, in a boat on some part of Silver Lake in Waterloo Park.

Photograph taken from a newspaper print? Exterior of the distillery and flour mill built in 1857 at corner of Erb and Caroline Streets. Note the horse drawn wagon.

File consists of one photograph of a composite photo of the members of the Dominion Rubber club Beavers softball team who were the twin city intermediate softball champions for 1926.

Included in the photo, along with views of Carling's Tropy and the Daily Record Trophy, are: J. Zehr; W. Steinke; K. Gies; J. Morrow; W. Nelson; O Hannenberg; H. Whitney; H. Sosnoki; A.O. Ruppel; A. Schlachter; W. Booth; P. Olinski; W. Lobsinger; M. Brigman; H. Lauber; A. Dahmer; C.H. Stumph.

File consists of one photograph of employees playing pool at the Dominion Rubber club.

File consists of one photograph of employees at the Dominion Rubber club seated at a table. A victory bonds poster can be seen in the background. Pencil annotation on verso identifies those in photo as: W. Dippel, C.H. Harding, Hermie Kraatz, Bill Finlay, and Walter Eager.

File consists of one photograph of employees at the Dominion Rubber club seated at a table drinking beer.

File consists of one photograph of four female employees laying on the ground at a company picnic in Waterloo Park. A car can be seen in the background.

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of Talmon H. Rieder, first manager of Dominion Tire, by W.D. Best, Berlin. Verso reads "T.H. Rieder Berlin manager, July 10th 1906."

File consists of 34 photographs of CKCO-TV personalities, staff, events, and programs. Some of the photographs have the CKCO-TV Conestoga wagon logo in the bottom left corner, and most have some identification on verso. Personalities depicted include Reg Sellner, Grace Lawson, Big Al, Elaine Cole, and George Caldwel, Betty Thompson, Violet Scriver, and others. Subjects include the CKCO-TV mobile unit, stills from programs (news, weather, local game shows, talk shows, children's programs, Canadian Bandstand), technicians on the job, parades, and Queen Elizabeth's 1959 visit to Kitchener city hall.

File consists of material relating to the production of advertising material for the Reverse Osmosis Division of Electrohome. Includes photographs, copy negatives, contact sheets, and a slide of reverse osmosis systems and applications; single-sheet advertisements for ultrafiltration systems soluble oil waste treatment and for maple sap concentration by reverse osmosis; and blank letterhead. Some of the photographs depict reverse osmosis systems at Bud Automotive (Kitchener, ON), TRW Canada Ltd. (St. Catharines, ON), Schwitzer (Stratford, ON), and an unidentified plant in Windsor, ON.

Some photographs have been mounted on board and retouched. Duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of press clippings relating to Electrohome and Carl A. Pollock from 1949-1959. File also includes clippings about a fire on King Street in Kitchener in 1959.

File consists of 14 aerial photographs (plus duplicates) of Electrohome Plants 1 (283 Duke Street), Plant 2 (480 Victoria Street North), Plant 3 (809 Wellington Street North), Plant 4 (142 & 152 Shanley Street), and Plant 5 (140 Mansion Street) in Kitchener.

File consists of three photographs (plus duplicates) of the Arthur Pequegnat Clock Co. building at Duke and Frederick Streets in Kitchener. One of the photographs is annotated on verso: "location of Technical Products Division / please return if convenient to Electrohome (Public Relations), Kitchener".

File consists of three photographs (plus duplicates) of the Caya Building at 130 Weber Street West in Kitchener, location of Electrohome's showroom and sales office from [ca. 1957] until [ca. 1970]. One of the photographs has been retouched by hand.

File consists of two photographs (plus duplicates) and one slide of Electrohome's Plant 3 on Wellington Street and one photograph of Plant 6 in Kitchener's industrial park. File also includes a work order from a photography company.

File consists of and a glossy print of a drawing of Plant 6, located at the south end of Kitchener, with a typed cutline announcing the plant's construction; and an aerial photograph of the plant after it became operational. File also includes company brochures about the plant.

File consists of eight photographs (plus duplicates) taken after a fire at the Electrohome plant at Duke and Breithaupt Streets in Kitchener (Plant 1) on May 23, 1952.

File consists of material relating to the organization and publicity of the Kitchener portion of the Hush Puppies World Conference held in 1974. Includes news releases, press clippings, incoming and outgoing correspondence of Charles E. Greb (including thank-you letters from conference delegates), agendas, Wolverine advertising material, and other documents.

File also includes photographs of Charles E. Greb [at the Calgary portion of the conference?], the delegates outside the Greb offices on Ardelt Avenue (Kitchener), and others.

File consists of a 1939 group photograph of Greb Shoe Company employees, a photograph of an employees sports team (baseball?), and two snapshots of employees in a cafeteria and playing horseshoes outside a Greb plant. File also includes a modern reproduction of a group photograph of Greb Shoe Company employees, [ca. 1917?] standing outside of the Queen Street South location; reproduction is printed on cardstock and taped to a mat.

File consists of photographs of the offices and factories of Greb Industries Limited. Includes photographs of the Winnipeg plant, the Breithaupt Street plant, and several unidentified plants and office buildings. File also includes a photograph of Harry Greb with a model of the Ardelt Avenue complex.

File consists of mounted photographs of the interior of the Greb Shoes factory, showing employees at work on footwear production lines. File also includes a photograph of Erwin Greb in the Greb Shoes office, adjoining the factory on Queen Street in Kitchener.

File consists of material relating to travelling and sightseeing, probably collected by Carl A. Pollock. Includes road maps and tourist maps, leaflets and booklets from tourist attractions, and typed and ms. notes. Maps are for Kitchener, Ontario, various American states and cities, and Stuttgart, Germany.

File consists of 39 photographs of the construction of Plant 3 (Wellington Street) and the official opening ceremony. Includes informal progress photographs, photographs of speeches during the opening ceremony (including some of Carl A. Pollock), and photographs of the reception.

File consists of mounted miscellaneous snapshots accumulated by Martha Rieder, most of them also probably taken by her. Includes snapshots of Martha and her family and friends, including her daughter Margaret and nieces and nephews; Talmon Henry Rieder is also present in some photographs. Includes snapshots taken at Penetanguishene, at picnics, at a factory, part of a May 24 procession, and other subjects.

Ephemera, manuscript drafts and speech notes for a speech by Norman C. Schneider at Galt on March 11, 1952.

Formal group portrait of the Mechanical Transport Class taken outdoors in Ottawa. Subjects unidentified and posed between two trucks. Norman C. Schneider is seated in the front row, second from right.

Clipping of photo with caption from undated and unidentified newspaper: "PARADE BEGINS - Mr. Schneider and wife smile happily as the Liberal victory parade to Waterloo, St. Jacobs and Elmira begins. The motorcade disbanded at Elmira." File includes clipping of vote count results for Emel, Isley, Janzen and Schneider.

Clippings relating to a performance by the Schneider Orpheus Male Choir for members of Parliament and Senate in Ottawa. Includes Kitchener-Waterloo Record news story and captioned photo clipping titled "Ottawa Hall Rings As K-W Choir Sings," by Richard Jackson.

Photo caption: "K-W GROUP ENTERTAINS PARLIAMENT - The 28-voice Schneider Orpheus Male Choir from Kitchener-Waterloo, currently on a tour of Ontario, is shown here as it entertained members of Parliament, the Senate and their wives at a special concert arranged by Norman C. Schneider, Liberal member for Waterloo North. Mr. Schneider is shown (right foreground) as he introduced the choral group. (Dominion-Wide)"

Manuscript (original) of an "old Berlin" talk given by Norman C. Schneider on January 23, 1975 to the Retired Business and Professional Men's Club at Kitchener Waterloo Y. Includes childhood memories of swimming holes, fishing, bicycles, climbing the water tower, Norman's first airplane ride, a description of the first plane to fly in Berlin, Ont. Information about Christoph Schneider and Charles Andrew Ahrens, and memories of William Lyon MacKenzie King are included, along with memories of childhood friends who became prominent citizens: Walter P. Zeller, Ivan Keffer, and Fred Bowman.

Snapshot of an unidentified group on taken on the occasion of the Rotary flag raising at Chicopee. Norman C. Schneider is partially kneeling at far left. According to N.C. Schneider's letter to the editor in 1940, the Rotary oversaw some reforestation ca. 1934

Snapshot of skier, possibly Norman C. Schneider, after jumping off of the tree lined Chicopee ski jump as other skiers look on.

Snapshot of the interior of the Church of Good Shepherd building.

Snapshots of a barbecue in operation at Freeport cottage. Includes Edith and Howie and Hylie and Edith MacDonald.

Photographs of a group seated around a table, possibly the Freeport Cottage. Ethel Schneider is at the head of the table, wearing an apron.

Left to right: Emma Anthes, Herbert Schneider, Lenard[sic] Pickard, Howard Schneider, Ethel Schneider, Mary Wordling[?], Gran Lapsley, Lorraine Pickard, Brita Schneider.

Snapshot of Herbert, Howard and Brita with Alice Beechy, Pal, and baskets of corn.

Photographs of a well being dug at Freeport cottage.

Four snapshots of Norman C. Schneider's home at Freeport, Ontario, taken from the start of construction in 1949 to completion. Note on one snapshot: "Moved in 10/7/1950".

Snapshot of Norman C. Schneider's home, Highwood, at Freeport, Ontario.