File consists of nine transparencies of the 1996-1997 Electrohome board of directors.

File consists of seven photographs (plus duplicates) taken at the official opening of the new location of the Electrohome branch in Calgary, AB. Includes photographs of Carl A. Pollock cutting the ribbon and posing with Western sales staff. File also includes a press clipping.

File consists of 36 photographs of Electrohome employee Christmas parties. Includes photographs of children with Santa Claus and receiving gifts, an employee dinner and dance, and performers on stage for a talent show. Includes a photograph of Carl A. Pollock seated at an organ with an unidentified man.

File consists of seven photographs taken at various Electrohome seminars and sales conferences during 1964. Some of the photographs include descriptions on verso.

File consists of 11 photographs (plus copies) of the inter-plant trucking system implemented in 1963, in which light-weight portable containers replaced tractor-truck units.

File consists of 71 photographs relating to the Electrohome Employees Credit Union. Includes snapshots of an open house at the Credit Union, of a staff appreciation dinner, and of the Credit Union building; snapshots of Credit Union staff and the board of directors; and portraits of some staff members. Includes a snapshot of Carl A. Pollock at the open house. Some photographs include descriptions on verso, and some have tracing paper taped to them. Duplicate photographs may be present.

File consists of photographs of Electrohome dealers and their stores and showrooms in Canada and the U.S., some of which were taken for the newsletter E Dealer News. File also includes photographs of Marantz products and Marantz and Electrohome managers shaking hands. Some photographs include identification on verso.

File consists of two photographs and two portraits of employees from the Deilcraft division of Electrohome. Some photographs include identification on verso.

File consists of 50 photographs probably collected for use in the company publication Electrohome World during 1963 and/or 1964. Includes photographs of Electrohome dealers and sales staff in Canada and the U.S.; merchandise displays at dealer stores; dealers at conferences, dinners, and on a plant tour; Carl A. Pollock and H.W. Main together with dealers and other people. File also includes two memoranda, blank news release printing forms, and a negative containing the text "How dealer ingenuity sells Electrohome line."

File consists of 18 photographs and 1 negative of Electrohome electronic organs, a press conference introducing the Allegro organ and featuring musician Paul Berg, and a customer with her organ strapped to the top of her car. Other organs identified in the photographs include Clarion, Cathedral, Canterbury, Richelieu, Concord, and Rhythm King. Some photographs were taken for use in company publications including Sparks and Chips. Some photographs have typed cutlines stapled to them. Duplicate photographs are present. File also includes a ms. organ price list.

File consists of photographs and copy negatives of Electrohome phonographs. Some photographs include product identification on verso. Duplicate photographs are present.

File consists of three photographs taken at the ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of the Electrohome plant at 809 Wellington Street, Kitchener, ON (Plant 6).

File consists of photographs of employees at work on motor production lines. Some photographs inlcude typed cutlines. One photograph has been mounted on board and retouched by hand. Most of the employees on these production lines are women.

File consists of 37 photographs and snapshots of US dealers' stores, product displays, groups of employees posing with trophies, a meeting and tour of Electrohome, production lines, and other subjects. Some photographs include Carl A. Pollock and some include typed cutlines. File also includes ms. notes and memos.

File consists of photographs and negatives of Electrohome plants and product testing facilities. Includes photographs of the Morristown, TN, plant; the Electrohome (U.S.A.) Inc. branch in Ontario, CA; an aerial photograph of Plant 10 (Cambridge, ON); and photographs of employees testing television and video monitors. One photograph has been mounted on board and retouched.

File consists of four photographs of employees posing with equipment and products at various stages of production. One photograph contains annotation on verso "Sparks & Chips - April 1962, Electrohome first with optical scanner".

File consists of photographs relating to Electrohome's profit-sharing retirement plan. Includes photographs and snapshots of employees, some receiving cheques and awards, and photographs taken at an event to celebrate the passing of the $1,000,000 mark by the plan trust fund. Several photographs include Carl A. Pollock. Some photographs were taken for use in the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips and some include identification on verso.

File consists of photographs, negatives, and slides of demonstrations of projection systems.

File consists of photographs and one copy negative relating to events and members of the Quarter Century Club. Includes group photographs, photographs of employees at work, and photographs taken at club social events and dinners. File also includes photograph of Carl A. Pollock on his 40th anniversary with Electrohome and a typed note from the club to Pollock on the company's 70th anniversary. There are duplicate photographs present. Some photographs include identification on verso.

File consists of photographs of Bertha Becker upon her retirement. Includes photographs of Becker at a company dinner, playing an organ, and shaking hands with Carl A. Pollock.

File consists of six photographs taken at an unidentified Electrohome shareholders' meeting.

File consists of photographs of Electrohome employees receiving suggestion awards from managers. Some include identification on verso, and some include typed cutlines.

File consists of nine photographs of tour groups and visitors to Electrohome's plants and showroom. Some of the photographs include descriptions on verso.

File consists of 13 photographs (plus duplicates) taken at Electrohome dealer stores, conferences, and trade shows in the U.S. Subjects of photographs include: Carl. A. Pollock with other senior managers, dealers, and politicians, and various showrooms and store windows. Some photographs have ms. cutlines and some contain descriptions on verso. File also includes a memorandum.

File consists of photographs of Electrohome employees, taken for use in the "Viewpoint" column in the employee newsletter Sparks and Chips. Some photographs contain identification on verso.

File consists of the material contained in the first section of the binder Electrohome Design Lecture Series, 1973 (1), relating to the planning of the lecture series. This section is divided by the following tabs: Overall, Dr. L.B. Archer, and Robbins Elliott. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, draft itineraries and budgets, schedules of events, and typed notes.

Dr. L.B. Archer of the Royal College of Art (London, UK) was the guest lecturer for the series, and Robbins Elliott was the General Director of the Office of Design, Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce.

File consists of the material contained in the third section of the binder Electrohome Design Lecture Series, 1973 (1), relating to the planning of the lecture series, and in particular the events and participants in Montreal. This section is divided by the following tabs: Jacques Daoust, Mme. Michelle Lejeune, V.O. Marquez, J. St. Jaques, Pierre Lefrancois, and General. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with the participants and a typed copy of a paper by V.O. Marquez entitled "Economic necessity for effective design practice in Canadian secondary manufacturing" (17 leaves).

File consists of the material contained in the fourth section of the binder Electrohome Design Lecture Series, 1973 (1), relating to the planning of the lecture series, and in particular the events and participants in Vancouver. This section is divided by the following tabs: R.R. Jackson, Warnett Kennedy, R.D. Southern, Dean P. H. White, and General. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with the participants, memoranda, and a schedule of events.

File consists of the material contained in the sixth and seventh sections of the binder Electrohome Design Lecture Series, 1973 (1), relating to the planning of the lecture series. The tabs are labeled: Biographies and Reservations (hotel and air). Includes correspondence, copies of biographical histories and curriculum vitae of participants, memoranda, requisitions for air travel reservations, and travel and expense vouchers.

File consists of the material in the second section of the binder Electrohome Design Lecture Series, 1973 (2), relating to the planning of the lecture series, and in particular the publicity arrangements and press conferences. This section is divided by the following tabs: Publicity, O.F.M.A./C.M.A. [Ontario Furniture Manufacturers' Association/Canadian Manufacturers' Association], and Press invit. releases. Includes correspondence, memoranda, ms. notes, lists of press contacts, news releases, and two copies of the lecture series program.

File consists of material from the fourth section of the binder Design lecture series, 1974 (1), relating to the planning of the 1974 lecture series, particularly the events in Montreal. This section is divided by the following tabs: Montreal, Speakers, Ducharme, Hacker, Nelson. Includes correspondence, memoranda, ms. notes, a schedule of events, biographies of speakers, a lecture series program, two copies of keynote speaker George Nelson's introductory talk entitled "Design: the universal necessity" (30 leaves), and several copies of a photograph of Nelson.

File also includes a reprint of an article by Nelson in the October 2, 1971 issue of Saturday Review of Literature entitled "Design, technology, and the pursuit of ugliness".

George Nelson was president of George Nelson and Company, Designers and Planners (New York, NY) and a partner in the architectural firm of Nelson and Chadwick.

File consists of material from the fifth section of the binder Design lecture series, 1974 (1), relating to the planning of the 1974 lecture series, particularly the publicity arrangements. Includes correspondence, copies of a news release, programs for the 1973 and 1974 lecture series, and two issues of the Design Canada newsletter (v. 2, no. 3 and no. 4, 1974).

File consists of material relating to the expenditures from the 1973 design lecture series. Includes original and copies of invoices, receipts, cheque requisition forms, and travel and expense vouchers; expense statements; correspondence and memoranda; a press clipping, an invitation list, and a typed copy of D.R. Steele's outline notes from his talk at the Waterloo lecture, entitled "The management of design in an industrial community". File also includes photographs of two of the speakers in the series.

File consists of material relating to the announcement of Electrohome's co-sponsorship of the 1973 lecture series and the speakers presenting throughout the series. Includes draft, final and carbon copies of news releases, correspondence, handwritten notes, ephemera, lists of press contacts, and a brochure and registration form for the event.

File consists of three copies of a brochure about manufacturing by the Metal Products Division at Electrohome during WWII, and a flyer about the changes to Plant 2 on Victoria Street in Kitchener from 1909 to 1972.

File consists of a fold-out brochure about Electrohome's Deilcraft cabinet plant (Plant 6) in Kitchener's industrial park.

File consists of four copies of a brochure containing a timeline of significant milestones in the life of Electrohome from 1907 to 1971. One copy contains annotations.

File consists of a brochure about the Metal Products Division of Electrohome.

File consists of three copies of a fold-out brochure about Electrohome's history.

File consists of three copies of a brochure about Electrohome, Electrohome Communications, and the acquisition of Sunwapta Broadcasting Ltd.

File consists of a brochure about Electrohome Electronics Group.

File consists of news releases issued during the years 1974-1976. File also includes a portfolio of material relating to projection screen television, annotated on the cover "dealer show press kit, master".

File consists of news releases issued in 1988, divided by the following tabs: Financial, Electronics, and Deilcraft.

File consists of news releases issued in 1990. Includes multiple copies of some releases.

File consists of news releases issued in 1991. Includes multiple copies of some releases.

File consists of news releases issued during 1992. Includes multiple copies of some releases.

File consists of news releases issued by Electrohome during the period from January to June 1998. File also includes two news releases issued by Telegram Corporation and Baton Broadcasting Incorporated.

Fonds consists of records relating to the administration, operation, products, and history of Electrohome Limited and its subsidiary companies, as well as its predecessors, Pollock-Welker Limited, the Grimes Radio Corporation Limited, and the Phonola Company of Canada Limited. Includes letters patent and by-laws, share certificates and registers, board of directors' minutes, legal records, financial statements, correspondence, memoranda, advertisements and product literature, internal and external publicity materials, news releases and press kits, press clippings, speeches, sales kits and manuals, photographs and other visual materials, ephemera, architectural and technical drawings, sound recordings, computer disks, and artifacts.

File consists of signed applications for 9% class "A" cumulative, redeemable, preferred shares of Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited (Electrohome). File also includes a certificate to the purchaser of shares in the company signed by Arthur B. Pollock and Carl A. Pollock, and a typed (carbon copy) of page of information about the company's incorporation, capitalization, and officers and directors.

File consists of a share certificate book for Pollock Enterprises Limited. Contains share certificates issued and transferred between 1956 and 1958, and blank share certificates.

File consists of minutes from meetings of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Electrohome from September 1959 to March 1965, and also includes financial statements, reports, meetings agendas, graphs, and memoranda that accompany the minutes.

File consists of material relating to business conducted with Canada Newswire (Toronto, ON). Includes faxed news releases and status reports from Canada Newswire, correspondence (some faxed), and a signed service agreement.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's corporate membership in the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Includes correspondence (some faxed), memoranda, news releases and other publicity materials from the Chamber of Commerce, and other material.

File consists of material relating to the preparation for Electrohome's annual general meeting on January 26, 1994. Includes draft versions of the Management Information Circular and proxy statement, the notice of annual meeting, and a special resolution (some drafts are edited); memoranda and correspondence (some faxed); ms. notes; schedules of events preceeding the meeting; faxed and photocopies of Electrohome share certificates; and other documents.

File consists of material relating to personal holdings of Electrohome shares for the Management Information Circular prepared for the 1993 annual report. Includes memoranda and a list of board of directors fees paid.

File consists of material relating to executive compensation and personal holdings of Electrohome shares for the Management Information Circular prepared for the 1996 annual report. Includes memoranda (some faxed), correspondence, draft versions of the Management Information Circular and proxy statement, photocopies of insider trading reoprts, ms. notes, and other docuements.

File consists of material relating to business conducted with Electrohome's insurance broker, the H.L. Staebler Company Limited (Kitchener, ON). Includes correspondence and memoranda (including some faxed and some photocopied), a photocopied insurance policy, photocopies of invoices, and other documents.

File consists of material relating to business conducted with Montreal Trust (Waterloo, ON) regarding Electrohome Class X and Class Y shares. Includes correspondence (some faxed), photocopies of various legal documents, photocopies of Electrohome share certificates, and other material.

File consists of an agreement relating to business conducted with the Mutual Life Assurance Comapny of Canada (Waterloo, ON) and Computer Workware Inc. (Etobicoke, ON).

File consists of material relating to the 19th Annual Broadcasting Awards dinner at Conestoga College (Kitchener, ON). Includes correspondence, a news release, and two photographs of the winners of the CKCO-TV/Betty Thompson Broadcaster of the Year award and the Carl A. Pollock Memorial Award.

File consists of material relating to the policies of provincial securities commissions. Includes photocopies of reports, policies, and acts of the Ontario Securities Commission and a national policy statement, and a policy statement from the Saskatchewan Securities Commission. Some documents contain yellow highlighting.

File consists of material relating to business conducted with Sims Clement Eastman (Barristers, Solicitors, Trademark Agent, Kitchener, ON), formerly Clement, Eastman, Dreger, Martin & Meunier. Includes correspondence and memoranda (including some faxed and some photocopied), typed lists of registered and expiring trademarks (some have been annotated), photocopies of trademark registration certificates, ms. notes, and other documents.

File consists of material relating to the personal finances and estate of Carl A. Pollock as well as the estate of his father, Arthur B. Pollock. Includes approximately 85 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies), financial statements, legal documents, ms. notes, and ephemera. File also includes a copy of Pollock's birth certificate and passport and a copy of Arthur B. Pollock�s will.

File consists of approximately 28 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "A."

File consists of approximately 110 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "D." Correspondents include Ontario Premier William G. Davis. File also includes some correspondence between D.S. Sykes (Executive Vice-President, Finance and Corporate Relations) and Dewhurst & Partner, and between Sykes and Hon. Ron Basford (Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs). File also includes some press clippings, as well as Dun & Bradstreet business information reports on various companies in southwestern Ontario.

File consists of approximately 14 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies and telegraphs) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "E." File also includes some press clippings.

File consists of approximately 15 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence (some carbon copies) with individuals and corporate bodies beginning with "U." File also includes some press clippings.

File consists of material relating to the settlement of the C.H. Boehmer estate. Includes correspondence (containing financial information), ms. notes, and copies and drafts of legal documents. File also includes the 1964 financial statement for the Athletic Association of Kitchener and Waterloo, Limited, but it is unclear how this document is related to Boehmer's estate.

File consists of material relating to Carl A. Pollock's income tax return for 1967, including information about his charitable donations, gifts, political contributions, and income. Includes approximately 30 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence, a typed list of donation recipients with dollar amounts, tax receipts, and other material.

File consists of material relating to Carl A. Pollock's income tax return for 1971, including information about his charitable donations, gifts, political contributions, and income. Includes approximately 70 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence, typed lists of donation and gift requests and recipients with dollar amounts, tax receipts, statements of dividends, a statement of income, statements from the department of national revenue (taxation), and other material.

File consists of material relating to Carl A. Pollock's income tax return for 1974, including information about his charitable donations, gifts, political contributions, and income. Includes approximately 40 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence, a typed list of donation recipients with dollar amounts, tax receipts, and other material.

File consists of material relating to a statement made by Carl A. Pollock as president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association about Canada's economic situation that was misrepresented in a Canadian Press dispatch, and Pollock's attempts to correct the mistake. Includes correspondence and press clippings.

File consists of eight ms. and typed speeches, plus draft versions, written and presented by Carl A. Pollock at various events and meetings. Speeches are about post-war planning and reconstruction, range from 3 to 20 leaves, and most are in point form.

File consists of five ms. and typed speeches, plus draft versions, written and presented by Carl A. Pollock at various events and meetings, including the Kitchener-Waterloo section of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association and the Electrohome safety committee dinner. Speeches are about accident prevention and workplace safety, range from 4 to 23 leaves, and most are in point form. File also includes memoranda and information bulletins relating to workplace safety.

File consists of five ms. speeches, plus a draft version of one speech, written and presented by Carl A. Pollock at meetings and conferences of the Radio-Television Manufacturers Association and its various divisions, and the Institute of Radio Engineers (I.R.E.). Speeches range from two leaves to eight pages and are in point form. File also includes correspondence as well as a typed speech by Dr. W.R.G. Baker (president of the I.R.E.) annotated "material for talks".

File consists of five ms. and typed speeches, plus draft versions and duplicate copies, written and presented by Carl A. Pollock to various groups, including the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Education Association, and University of Toronto alumni. Speeches are about education from an industry perspective, range from 2 leaves to 14 pages, and most are in point form. File also includes a press clipping.

File consists of two three-page ms. speeches written and presented by Carl A. Pollock about industrial research. One speech was presented at a meeting of the Research Council of Ontario, and one, entitled "Putting research into practice", at a Scientific and Industrial Research Conference. Speeches are in point form.

File consists of five ms. and typed speeches, plus duplicate copies, written and presented by Carl A. Pollock to various groups, including the Canadian Pharaceutical Manufacturers' Association, Rotary clubs, and the Ontario Dealers' Association. Speeches, on the subjects of citizenship responsibilities, Canada's economic problems, and Canadian business, range from 8 to 20 pages, and most are in point form.

File also includes correspondence, memoranda, press clippings, reprints of speeches by others in the radio and television broadcasting industry, and other material.

File consists of typed and ms. speeches written and presented by Carl A. Pollock in 1966 relating to management philosophy and Canada-US trade relations. Some speeches contain annotations. File also includes a seminar program. Speeches included are:

• Untitled speech, 34 p., presented at the Department of Transport Senior Officer Management Seminar in Mont Gabriel, Quebec
• "Is Your Philosophy Showing?," 25 leaves, presented to the Society for Advancement of Management in London, Ontario
• "We're More Than Neighbours," 20 leaves, presented to the Rotary club of St. Petersburg, Florida

File consists of a copy of "Address by H.B. Style, President of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association and Chairman of the Board, John Inglis Company Limited, Toronto, Ont., Before the Manitoba Branch of the CMA at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Monday, March 14, 1966," 12 leaves. Address is annotated "We're More Than Neighbours" (title of one of Carl A. Pollock's speeches).

File consists of a typed copy of the remarks given by Carl A. Pollock at the official opening of Electrohome's Plant 6 in Kitchener's industrial park.

File consists of typed speeches written and presented by Carl A. Pollock in 1968 relating to economic development in Canada, Canada-US trade relations, and Electrohome. Some speeches contain annotations. Speeches included are:

• "Where Do We Go From Here?," 21 leaves, presented to the Rotary Club of Don Mills, Ontario (2 copies)
• "Statement by Carl A. Pollock, Chairman of the Board and President, Electrohome Limited, to the Annual Meeting of Sharholders," 17 leaves
• "Panel Discussion 'North American Common Markets',"13 leaves, remarks presented at The Canadian Credit Men's Association Limited Executive Business Seminar in Ottawa (2 copies)

File consists of a typed speech written and presented by Carl A. Pollock in 1974 relating to trade and economic development in Canada and the electronics industry. The speech, "The Canadian Challenge" (19 [i.e. 22] leaves), was presented at the annual meeting of the Electronics Industries Association of Canada in Ste. Adele, Quebec.

File consists of Electrohome news releases mainly from 1992 to 1994, and a few from 1995 and 1997. File also includes interim reports to shareholders, the 1994 annual report and notice of annual meeting, photocopies of press clippings, memoranda and correspondence, news releases from other organizations, and two issues each of Open Line (Sunwapta Broadcasting newsletter) and CAPsule (CAP Communications Ltd. newsletter).

The material, probably collected by John A. Pollock, is arranged in chronological order and includes multiple copies of the news releases.

File consists of Electrohome news releases and photocopied press clippings from 1980 to 1992. File also includes several news releases from CAP Communications, edited drafts of news releases, memoranda and correspondence, interim reports to shareholders, three product photographs, and other material.

File consists of material relating to John A. Pollock's participation in an Ontario trade and investment mission to the United Kingdom led by Premier William G. Davis, in May 1973. Includes a group portrait and typed list identifying the people in the photograph, a letter from Premier Davis, and ephemera.

File consists of material relating to requests for photographs of major Canadian cities for display in conference rooms at Electrohome. Includes photocopied correspondence to and from Chambers of Commerce and mayors offices, memoranda to John A. Pollock, ms. and typed notes, and press clippings. File of Anna Marie Young (Electronics Division), probably performing a task delegated to her by John A. Pollock.

File consists of material relating to Canada-U.S. relations. Includes press clippings (some photocopied), ms. notes, and a ms. draft of a paper on this topic.

File consists of material relating to the administration of A & C Boehmer, Limited, and in particular the financial situation of the company and the transfer of shares.

Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence (some copies); ms. notes; financial statements and auditors' reports; reports to company directors; accountants' reviews of proposals and purchase offers; agreements; inventory adjustment lists; a copy of the company's business plan for 1975-1977; a list of employees and their job descriptions; Dun and Bradstreet business information reports; and an insurance policy.

File consists of material relating to the administration of A & C Boehmer, Limited, and in particular the financial situation of the company and the transfer of shares.

Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence (some copies); ms. notes; financial statements and auditors' reports; reports to company directors; accountants' reviews of proposals and purchase offers; agreements; inventory adjustment lists; a copy of the company's business plan for 1975-1977; a list of employees and their job descriptions; Dun and Bradstreet business information reports; and an insurance policy.

File consists of four financial statements for A & C Boehmer Limited, prepared by Thorne Gunn & Co., chartered accountants, Kitchener. Includes the three-, six-, and nine-month, and year-end statements for 1972.

File consists of four financial statements (plus one copy) for A & C Boehmer Limited, prepared by Thorne Gunn & Co., chartered accountants, Kitchener.

File consists of financial statements of the Andrew Malcolm Furniture Company. Includes the report on the financial statements for the years 1963 to 1970 and 1972. The reports were prepared by Clarkson, Gordon, & Co. Chartered Accountants (Toronto, ON).

File consists of material relating to the potential acquisition of the Andrew Malcolm Furniture Company by Electrohome. Includes memoranda and correspondence (some carbon copies), financial statements, a copy of an application for financial assistance from the Ontario government, and other material. File probably belonged to Harold Eby, Secretary-Treasurer.

File consists of material relating to the potential acquisition of the Andrew Malcolm Furniture Company by Electrohome. Includes draft copies of a purchase agreement, memoranda and correspondence (some carbon copies), financial statements, reports, and ms. notes. File probably belonged to D. S. Sykes, Executive Vice-President, Finance, and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors.

File consists of annual reports for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited for the years 1952-1958. Includes multiple copies of some reports.

File consists of the 1965 annual report for Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited.

File consists of Electrohome's 1973 annual report and a photocopy of the report.

File consists of Electrohome's 1975 annual report and an annotated photocopy of the report.

File consists of Electrohome's 1977 annual report.