File consists of 118 pieces of correspondence (handwritten and typed originals) to Stan Johannesen from family, friends, academic colleagues and others, including 33 letter copies from Stan in reply. Includes greeting cards, postcards, and memoranda. Also in the folder are ephemera and unattributed original pencil sketches of furniture and landscapes.
Portraits of Schneider employees serving in the armed forces during World War II, most identified. These were published in issues of the in-house newsletter, The Voice. Also includes a group of nine photographs and postcards with messages to Norman C. Schneider from Lieut. R.A. Klaehn
File consists of approximately twenty five items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others. Also includes accompanying materials, and correspondence to her brother and mother. Correspondents include:
File consists of sixteen items of correspondence between Kay Rex and other members of her family, as well as between other family members. Correspondents include:
Montgomery, Jennie
Montgomery, Jim
Rex, Beverly
Rex, Grace Montgomery
Rex, Kay
Rex, Lionel
[?], Mill (Aunt).
Also includes a folder of envelopes without correspondence.
File consists of forty four items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others regarding research for, and publication of, the 1987 RNAO foundation historical appointment book. Correspondents include:
File consists of biographical information on the life of Mary Quayle Innis. Includes correspondence to researchers from both Anne Innis Dagg and Mary Cates as well as a draft article by David Burns.
Photocopy of a letter to Jean Hawkings and Frederick P. Schneider from their cousin Ernie [?] in which he expresses admiration for his Aunt Ella and Uncle Fred dated Dec. 8, 1967.
Norman C. Schneider's file of correspondence, some in German, with the Evers family in Eschwege. Letters to and from relatives in Germany discuss post-war conditions as well as providing genealogical information about the Ahrens (Roth) family in Eschwege. Many letters have been translated into English. Also includes one letter to and from an unrelated food parcel recipient in Germany, 1950.
Letter to Mrs. Betty Schneider regarding remembrances of John Metz Schneider from Con A. McNamara, Director of Admissions, College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota dated Sept. 27, 1967
One letter to Herb Schneider from a member of the Dalesmen Singers choir, a programme, snapshots, and negatives related to the group's tour of Canada in 1996. The Schneider Male Chorus had been hosted by this group in 1995 in England.
File consists of a letter concerning the YWCA'S application for a United Way Training Grant for the YWCA Critical Accident Stress Debriefing Training, and a copy of the United Way Emergency Grant Policy.
Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo
Correspondence from John Schmidt Anthes, Lydia Catherine Anthes and Lydia Louisa Anthes Breithaupt and others to cousin Louis Henry Wagner. The letter discusses their summer at the Breithaupt cottage in Penetang (Penetanguishene) and in Sans Souic, Moon River, the well-being of family and friends and Albert Liborious' upcoming trip to Germany.
Correspondence from Margaret Hailer Wagner Bean to son Louis Henry Wagner. The letter discusses her ill recovery from ill health, local news and the hot summer weather.
Correspondence from Margaret Hailer Wagner Bean to son Louis Henry Wagner. The letter discusses her ill health, the health of Louis Henry's son and half-siblings and the accidental death of Mr. Mayer. A note is appended to the end from Louis Henry's half sister Alma Bean.
Correspondence from Albert Liborius Louis J. Breithaupt to Louis Henry Wagner. The postcard discusses a trip down the Rhine including visiting Koblenz and Bonn.
Correspondence from Catherine Hailer Breithaupt to her nephew Louis Henry Wagner. The letter discusses spending time at the Breithaupt family cottage in Penetang (Penetanguishene), Ontario including Louis J. Breithaupt buying a houseboat, local preachers and Catherine's wedding anniversary.
Correspondence from Catherine Hailer Breithaupt to her nephew Louis Henry Wagner. The letter discusses the health of friends and family, her plans to travel for church conferences and the harvest and weather.
Correspondence from J.R. Hauch to Louis Henry Wagner. The postcard discusses Hauch having to go before a tribunal and would Louis Henry attend, and also bring a basket of grapes.
Correspondence from Mary Staebler to Louis Henry Wagner. The letter discusses Mary's activities over the past week, and ends with Mary accepting an offer from Louis Henry, seemingly to move with him. The letter was written a few months before the couple married.
Correspondence from Catherine Wagner to Margaret Hailer Wagner Bean. The letter indicates that Catherine has returned from Liverpool and is in Lyons, New York. She asks her mother to let her stay for the wedding of Liz Nusbickel (daughter of Elizabeth Wagner Nusbickel) to Emil Luesher and for money for a new dress and hat for the winter.
Correspondence from Heinrich Wagner to his son Jacob Wagner. The letter discusses Heinrich's health, and he entreats Jacob to disregard his own health concerns and continue to minister. As well, Heinrich makes mention of Jacob's brother Phillip Wagner and indicates that he expects a letter from him, in German, truthfully updating Heinrich on his life.
Correspondence from Louis Henry Wagner to Bishop J.F. Esher. The letter discusses the possibility of the Evangelical Church in Canada merging with the Methodist Church, and seeking Esher's thoughts on the subject.
File consists of materials relating to the life and death of Elizabeth (Betty) Clement Stewart and husband Peter Stewart. Includes clippings on Betty's schooling, achievements, and death as well as obituaries for Peter and marriage announcements for the two. Also includes correspondence between Betty and William Pope Clement. As well, the file includes materials on Betty and Peter's daughter Janet including a programme from the 1978 Five Outstanding Young Londoners Awards Banquet at which she was honoured and correspondence between her and Beatrice Hagey.
File consists of materials relating to Margaret (Peggy) Chellew Adams Clement Forbes and husband Donald Rossell Forbes. Includes a clipping, an invitation to Peggy and Donald's wedding as well as to the wedding of their son Jock to Rosemarie Ann Wilson, a poem written for Florence Grace Clement on her 90th birthday, family agendas and a series of correspondence.
Letter from Jimmy Boyd (Dr. James Boyd) dated February 10, 1942 in England to Kenneth Sims, describing life in the hospital he is at and asking that any overdue accounts be collected for him.
Airmail letter from Jimmy Boyd dated September 3, 1943 in England to Kenneth Sims, describing his billets and activities in England over the past year, writing while waiting for a mobile clinic to be set up in Wales. Return Address is Maj. J.W. Boyd.
Letter from 2nd Lieut. J.H. Luxton, Scots Fusiliers of Canada, dated March 13, 1942, Kitchener to Major J.K. Sims on behalf of "D" Company in appreciation of his leadership. He attaches a list of signatures of the men in the company who had paraded together for the last time as a group, and of whom half of those eligible had offered their names for immediate enlistment.
Letter from Adam Strohm dated August 4, 1945, Manistee, Michigan to Kenneth Sims. He encloses a letter written to him on July 30, 1945 by Harry Bullock, an old friend of both Adam and Harvey, who says of another friend Fred Burden's troubles from feeling his age: "Harvey Sims passing was part of his trouble and yours and mine too. I think he was the finest Canadian I ever knew."
Letters from Elizabeth dated January 10, 1953[sic], Winnipeg; from Sophia and Dick in Guelph , undated, and from Gay Estill Sims, January 10, 1954, Washington D.C , with sympathy on the death of William Harvey Sims who had died on January 7.
Manuscript letter from Lillian E. Corben writing on behalf of the North and West Vancouver Council of Women about the donation of funds and a photo of Mary Ellen Smith from Mrs. Ray Perrault M.L.A. File includes a typescript carbon copy response from Long in response which includes plans for the Aberdeen Collection.
Manuscript letter from Alison Donnelly, Records Secretary of the Thames Valley [New Zealand] branch of the W.C.W. explaining the rationale for the donation of a book, which is never named, to the Aberdeen Memorial Library because of its focus on men. Donnelly's explanation includes landscape information about her small town and the activities of "men who dearly love to "get into the bush" at weekends."
Manuscript letter from Cecilia Krieger Dunaij to Elizabeth Long written on University of Toronto, Department of Mathematics letterhead. Dunaij recounts learning of the book collecting project while having lunch with Dr. Lillian Chase and tells Long to dispose of the PhD reprints she will be sending if they are not of use. Dunaij makes mention of her plans for retirement and that she is "looking forward to the freedom from undue strains."
Copy of a typescript letter from Margaret Storrs Grierson, director of the Sophia Smith Collection, to Elizabeth Long requesting information about the Lady Aberdeen Library. The letter provides information about the nature and scope of the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and makes mention of other international collections with a focus on women and their contributions to society such as the Fawcett Library in London, the International Archive of the Women's Movement in Amsterdam, and the Margaret Cousins Memorial Library in New Delhi.
Typescript letter on Committee of Correspondence letterhead from Elizabeth T. Halsey to Elizabeth Long regarding a pamphlet sent by Long about the Lady Aberdeen Library on the History of Women. Halsey request that a pamphlet be forwarded to Miss Ruby Rich of Sydney, Australia, makes mention of the May 1967 edition of International Women's News that a table of events related to the Women's Movement and indicates Mary Casey at Mount Saint Vincent University will be sending some material about Canadian women.
Typescript letter from Ruth Harvey to Elizabeth Long, addressed as "Bess", that provides information about the Women's Parliament and [Nellie L.] McClung's recounting of the groups activities in The Stream Runs Fast. Harvey also updates Long about a trip to Toronto, where they were impressed with the subway, her plans for the winter, and her impression of Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel as "a wonderfully vigorous piece of writing."
The verso of the letter includes a manuscript note from Long about Harvey and her involvement with women's suffrage activities.
Typescript letter from Ruth Harvey to Elizabeth Long, addressed as "Bess", responding to a letter from Long. Harvey provides general updates about her life including summer plans she and [husband] Howard have to travel to Algonquin Park, the sharing of views on French-Canadians, thoughts on the upcoming American election, the Winter Olympics, remembrances from World War I related to witnessing a family reunite after the Armistice and the on-going war in Vietnam, and a report about the spring time weather in Georgia.
Typescript carbon copy of a letter from Elizabeth Long to Mrs. E.W. Herd, National Secretary of the National Council of Women of New Zealand thanking Herd for a donation of council publications to the Lady Aberdeen Library and requesting that any future copies to Miss Esther Michael, Donations and Bequests, at the University of Waterloo Library.
Two undated manuscript letters from M.W. Johnson, Correspondence Secretary of the National Council of Women of New Zealand, regarding the delayed donation of a second book and a separate letter from an unnamed Recording Secretary providing information about the book and the characters.
Manuscript letter from Gail B. Kaye, Chairman, arts and letters of the Saint John Council of Women, to Elizabeth Long regarding four books for possible donation to the Lady Aberdeen Library: The Dutch divinity: A biography of Mme. de Charriere (1959), My life: Autobiography of Isadora Duncan (1927), And I'd do it again: autobiography of Aimee Crocker (1936), and Geisha (1960).
Carbon copy letter from Elizabeth Long to William H. Neville regarding three speeches by the Secretary of State [Judy LaMarsh] in which references were made about the contribution of women to Canadian life and the copies being forwarded to Doris Lewis at the University of Waterloo. File includes Neville's business card.
Letter from Noelle Florence to Elizabeth Long regarding the donation of books from her mother Elizabeth Yates' library and visiting St. Paul, Minnesota where her mother worked as a principal prior to marrying in 1890.
Carbon copy typescript letter from Elizabeth Long to Ruby Rich, MBE, in Sydney, Australia at the suggestion of Mrs. Elizabeth T. Halsey. Long makes reference to an enclosed leaflet about the Lady Aberdeen library and provides information about related activities.
Two typescript letters from Ishbel Ross to Elizabeth Long regarding personal life updates and Alice Nutting, about whom she was approach to write a biography but declined due to other commitments.
Of note are Ross' views in the December 28, 1960 letter about psychiatrists: "These wretches have messed up more lives than one could believe possible. i know of at least a dozen cases myself. in another half century they will take their places among the witch doctors, I hope and believe. I am rabid on the subject."
One letter from Hudson J. Stowe to Elizabeth Long regarding photographs and records related to Emily Stowe, some of which were thrown out and others that were sent to Victoria. Also in the file are typescript copies of two letters between Stowe and Long regarding the bust of Emily Stowe at old city hall in Toronto. In her letter regarding the bust, Long makes mention of letting Doris Lewis know for possible acquisition by the University of Waterloo.
Photocopy of a typescript letter from Elizabeth Long to Miss Mildred Surry, librarian at The Fawcett Library regarding an annual report and accession list received by Long and a request that the University of Waterloo be added to their mailing list. Attached to the letter are two documents; one regarding The Fawcett Library and one regarding the Fawcett Society.
The Sims family collection encompasses records of the Sims and Cook, Davidson and Garden families retained by members of the two family branches that came together when Harvey James Sims and Florence Katherine Roos married in 1902. Their Sims and Davidson forbears were equally significant in the history of the Waterloo-Wellington area and in the growth and development of agriculture, education, business and government. Harvey James Sims and Florence Katherine Roos were deeply involved in their local community of Berlin, (later Kitchener) Ontario and their own records contain significant additions to our knowledge of local personalities and affairs. Harvey was a childhood and lifelong friend of William Lyon Mackenzie King; they wrote and visited each other regularly. King's sister Bella was also a close friend of Florence from school days on.
Letter from Peter H. Sims from Glenelg, September 18, 1869 to his wife Jemima Sims: "My dear wife I arrived here safely last night and I Can tell you I was pretty tired. I feel somewhat sore this morning but will be all right soon. There was nothing remarkable happened on the way worthy to being related. When I came in sight of the old House in the moon light I then began to feel lonesome. I felt like turning in and staying all night but I knew you were not there to greet me on my return so I went on to mothers where I got a cup of tea and then went to bed. I slept well for I was very tired. I begin to see now how lonesome I am going to be without you. No one can supply your place and now you are away I begin to feel it . . . I now bid you good bye with a good hearty kiss. Hoping to hear from you soon. I remain your loving husband P.H. Sims.” Includes a stamped envelope addressed to Jemima at Flora P.O. (later Floradale) and postmarked Walkerton.
Letter from Peter H. Sims dated Salem, October 4, 1869 to his wife Jemima Sims: "I am making every endeavour to get out of the bush country but I cannot do so untill [sic] I collect the accounts and straighten the business somewhat. After I got back I went out collecting but found it was impossible to get any money, consequently I took cattle. By this means I got a dozen together and I then started for Elora to turn them into money, which I will do tomorrow."
Letter from Peter H. Sims dated Waterloo, July 28, 1876 to his wife Jemima Sims: "I am getting along very well, have plenty to do to keep me from getting lonesome. But when night come and before I retire to rest I feel that I [am] alone and that home would be dreary enough without you . . . What do you think the town has had a visit from Mrs Von Schultis. She is dressed up in wonderful fine style. Black. Silk. Bustles and flounces. I suppose she came to see her children, and get a plan (place?) for her little girl at [B---'s?] I think she has left. She created quite a sensation in town . . . Remember me to Harvey and tell him Pa would like to see him and that I hope he is a good boy. Be careful of the water and do not let him go too close to it. I do not wish to hurry you home but I feel that I would like to see you back sometime next week. I am your loving Husband, Peter." Letterhead is The Mercantile Fire Insurance Company, President I.E. Bowman, P.H. Sims Secretary.
