Photographs primarily of Schantz Russell family members and possibly some friends of the family.
Records related to the Schantz Russell family history. Includes ephemera, drawings, a floor plan of the Schantz family home in Kitchener, Ont., correspondence and family histories written by Harold Russell.
A tax assessment for the City of Kitchener for 43 Schneider Ave. Dorothy Russell and Franklin Schantz are both listed as living in the house.
Genealogy notes on the Schantz family. Some of the notes appear to have been copied from the Eby book, and are in the handwriting of either Mary Schantz or Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.
A pamphlet created for the 1902 Nash family reunion giving histories and photographs of the Nash sisters: Anna Fry, Rebecca Moyer, Elizabeth Fry, and Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).
A user manual for national cash register class 300.
A large table listing 200 common birds found in Illinois. The list was published by the Illinois Adubon Society and there are columns to record when and where the bird was seen.
A programme from the opening of Woodside National Historic Site, the former home of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.
A booklet advertising Paradise grove summer resort in Port Elgin, Ontario.
Hand written notes taken by Tobias Schantz while he attended Eastman Business College, in Poughkeepsie, New York from 1864-1865.
An envelope addressed to Florence Schantz from the Illinois Audubon Society.
A ribbon from the 1935 Schantz family reunion.
Three photographs of the home of Orpheus Moyer Schantz presented on a board along with decorative detailing.
Two business cards for Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Includes one as a lecturer, and one for Carson, Pirie & Company for whom Orpheus worked.
A guidebook published by the U.S. Department of the Interior for Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains. Inset is a print of Orpheus Moyer Schantz captioned "Orpheus M. Schantz. Pres. Illinois Audubon Society."
Seven items of correspondence between Orpheus Moyer Schantz and members of his family including Dorothy Russell and Franklin Abram Schantz.
An envelope addressed to Orpheus Moyer Schantz when he was living in Hawksville from Uncle Jacob (Jacob Nash Moyer).
A February bulletin of the Geographic Society of Chicago which includes an article by Orpheus Moyer Schantz on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
An envelope addressed to Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz from the Weare Commission Company in Orpheus Moyer Schantz’s hand. Orpheus worked for the company.
A drawing by Orpheus Moyer Schantz of a graduating student wearing a clapboard hat and reading a book.
Schantz Russell FamilyA handmade Christmas card created by Orpheus Moyer Schantz. The card features illustrations of a cherub and plants, as well as lettering made to look like tree branches. The outside edges of the card has been done in scherenschnitte and there is a purple bow.
Schantz Russell FamilyTwo booklets printed by the U.S. Department of the Interior for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The booklets include a park map as well as history and information about the park.
Brochures for tours through the Great Smoky Mountains from Schantz Tours as well as from Wolfe Way Tours, for whom Orpheus Moyer Schantz worked and lead tours.
Twenty holiday greeting cards from Orpheus Moyer Schantz and sometimes also his son Worth Flagler Schantz. Each card features a photograph taken by Orpheus and some have ms. notes or a signature from Orpheus.
Two lecture announcements for talks being given by Orpheus Moyer Schantz.
A ms. list by Orpheus Moyer Schantz of the plants and animals in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Schantz Russell FamilyOne fold map of Chicago and suburbs, compliments of Cremin & Brenan real estate. The map has been marked with the location of Orpheus Moyer Schantz’s home in Morton Park and Cicero. Verso reads “Cremin & Brenan 142 Dearborn St., Cor. Madison Chicago. Real estate dealers in high class property, business and residence properties improved and unimproved in all parts of Chicago and suburbs.” Cover of map is signed by Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Worth Flagler Schantz and George D. Humbert.
A brochure from the Mountain View Hotel and Motor Lodge in Gatlingburg, Tennessee. The Motor Lodge was a stop on the Schantz tours trip to the Great Smoky Mountains and the original owner Andrew Huff helped to spearhead the movement to have the area made into a national park.
Poems written and illustrated by Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Poems include: Salamander (ts. original with illustrations); The Brookfield zoo (ts. original); The woolly bear caterpillar (ts. original); March winds (ts. original); The thirteen-lined spermophile (ts. original); It may be (ts. original, illustrated); October idylls (ts. original on letterhead); The barn owl (ts. original); Shocking (ms., illustrated); Winter woods (ts. original); An exodus (ms.); The years are getting on (ms.); Bird stories in rhyme (ts. original); Sunday morning at the filling station (ts. with illustrations); Reminiscences of Kitchener (ts. original); If I were a gnarled old tree (ts. original with ms. note); Apricot blooms (ms. with illustrations).
Schantz Russell FamilyA poster advertising a lecture on birds with motion pictures being given by the Illinois Audubon Society, of which Orpheus Moyer Schantz was president.
Two reprints from the September 1926 edition of The Hotel Monthly of "Ten Days in the Proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park” by John Willy, given out by Schantz Tours. One reprint is signed by Dorothy Russell.
A campaign advertising card for William W. Weare for Representative to the Legislature for the 19th Senatorial District of Chicago. Orpheus Moyer Schantz and family lived in the 19th district.
A double sided presentation board with poems written in calligraphy on the wood thrush and the white throat sparrow accompanied by illustrations of the birds created by Orpheus Moyer Schantz.
Schantz Russell FamilyA copy book filled with practice calligraphy.
A small booklet of poems and quotations titled A Forget-me-not.
A brochure with information on using the Kombi camera.
A Christmas card showing a house in the snow with the caption "my Christmas wish for thee."
A small card advertisement for Detroit White Lead Works' carriage paints. Includes information on the carriage paints, prices, and colour samples.
A folded Easter card with the greeting "A loving greeting brings you this white bunny to wish you an Easter all bright and sunny."
An Easter card tied with a blue bow showing an image of a chick on the recto with a poem on the interior.
A small card with an image of a shepherd and sheep and two passages from hymns: Micah ii. 10 and I Sam. iii. 4.
A small card with pressed fleurs de st-jean flowers from Jerusalem.
A brochure for Johnson magnetic iron paint. Includes a sample paint chip to test magnetism.
A trading card advertisement for Mrs. Potts' cold handle sad irons.
A new years card reading "May God send you peace this New Year."
A probationer enrollment card for the Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church.
A small card with an illustration and the poem Speak Gently by David Bates.
A broadleaf of page three of The Temperance Advocate titled, Scientists Sober Report on How Alcohol Affects Average Man.
A Valentine's day card. The front of the card lifts up to reveal the name of the giver, in this case "W.H. Nash."
A Valentine's day card. The front of the card lifts up to reveal the name of the giver, in this case "Emma Hedrich."
A business card belonging to Jessie Gross Moyer. He is listed as an Ottawa Republican Correspondent.
Book 1 of the Canadian drawing course. The course is authorized by the Minister of Education and has been completed by Austin Schantz.
Book 2 of the Canadian drawing course. The course is authorized by the Minister of Education and has been completed by Austin Tobias Schantz.
A Canadian artist's drawing book with drawings by Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz, primarily of maps and waterways.
One public school writing course on business forms, completed by Arthur Benjamin Schantz.
One practice copy book half filled in with practice caligraphy by Arthur Benjamin Schantz.
One general exercise book belonging to Arthur Benjamin Schantz.
One copy book filled with practice calligraphy. Inserted items have been removed from page 18-19.
Book 4 of the Canadian Drawing Course. The course is authorized by the Minister of Education and has been mostly completed by Arthur Benjamin Schantz.
Book 3 of the Canadian Drawing Course. The course is authorized by the Minister of Education and has been mostly completed by Arthur Benjamin Schantz.
A scribbling book belonging to Orpheus Moyer Schantz. The notebook was later passed on to Sophie Emma Schantz who added her own notes. Ephemeral material has been removed and original locations have been indicated. Note that some ephemeral material was written by Etta Schantz White.
A brochure with advice on taking care of leather and leather goods published by the Leather Preservation Association.
Three card advertisements for Hazellet & Moyer, Cedar Falls, Iowa. The cards are advertising the purchase of Jamestown alpaca dress goods which will be sold at Hazlett & Moyer.
Hazlett and Moyer is possibly the dry goods company in which Levi Nash Moyer, Jacob Nash Moyer and Orpheus Moyer Schantz were partners in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
An advertisement for Delmonico blend coffee.
One card showing the Cunard steamship Java on the recto and a floor plan of the ship on the verso.
One medallion certificate made out to Carrie Schantz (nee Flagler) good for an easel medallion portrait.
Canadian Drawing Course, book 4. The book is authorized by the Minister of Education and had been completed by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).
A notebook belonging to Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz), and later given to Florence Annie Catherine Schantz in 1894.
One notebook.
One notebook.
One Ontario copy book filled with practice calligraphy.
One notebook with notes on psychology.
One notebook with notes on psychology. Note that the cover features a drawing of a male child in a suit with the caption "the dude".
Exercises used by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) for teaching grade eight. Includes exercises for literature, spelling, and mathematics.
One school notebook with notes on algebra. Inserted material has been removed and original locations have been noted.
One school notebook with notes on kindergarten and mother play.
Exams taken by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) for teacher's college. Includes exams on the topics of hygiene, primary reading, spelling, writing, religious instruction, physical training, school management, nature study, geography, arithmetic, song games and stories, gifts and occupations, and composition and literature primarily for the primary and kindergarten classes.
One drawing book with pressed leaves.
One school notebook with notes on writing.
One Ontario blank drawing book featuring drawings and pressed flowers.
One drawing book with pressed leaves and seeds, most of which are identified.
One Ontario copy book filled with practice calligraphy.
One drawing book with pressed flowers and drawings.
One school notebook with notes on spelling.
One school notebook with notes on writing.
One school notebook with notes on writing.
One school notebook with notes on writing.
One school notebook with notes on household science.
One school notebook with notes on the history of Rome (continued).
One school notebook with notes on the history of Greece.
One school notebook with notes on history.
One school notebook with notes on arithmetic.
One school notebook with notes on Hebrew history.
One school notebook with notes on geography.
One school notebook with notes on gifts for teaching kindergarten.
One school notebook with notes on geography.
One school notebook with notes on geography.
One school notebook with notes on geography. Also includes a small hand bound book of nature notes.
One school notebook with notes on geography.
One school notebook with notes on geography.