Fragments of correspondence to and from various Schantz Russell family members.

A handwritten account of a dream by Orpheus Moyer Schantz.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: February 7, [18--] [Illinois] To [Schantz family] From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: No envelope. This is the last page of a letter, probably to the Schantz family. The letter is incomplete.

One advertising card announcing the opening of a branch of the Empire Tea Company store in Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario.

One sheet with two maps of South America and Ireland, respectively, drawn in pencil by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). The drawings are probably a school project or assignment.

One formal studio portrait of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) in adolescence or early adulthood.

One elaborate Valentine's card bearing an engraved image of a child dressed in what appears to be late nineteenth-century apparel. An embossed envelope is included with card.

23 letters from relatives and friends, including her mother Mary Krall Gross (1778-1861) (in German), Mary and Joseph Nash, sons Abraham, Jacob, Jesse, Samuel, Tobias and daughters Sophia, Mary, children William and Anna.

Two postcards to unknown recipients. One is addressed to Miss. Schantz from Lottie Elsley and the other is to an unknown recipient from A.B. Lilly.

One full body studio portrait, identified on verso as Mrs. Mary Schantz. Woman is standing to the side of her husband who is seated in a large dining chair. It is unclear if the identification on the verso refers to the woman in the photograph, or the owner of the photograph.

One head and shoulders studio photograph of Tobias Schantz in his later years.

Photographs of unknown Schantz Russell extended family members. Everyone in the photos is white with the exception of one studio portrait of Black child taken in Chicago, Illinois.

One three quarter length studio portrait of John, Annie and Sophia Wismer. Identification from verso.

One full length studio portrait possibly of Sophia Wismer. Sophia is shown wearing an elaborate hat and a long coat, and carrying a handbag. Identification from enclosure.

Five hand lettered visiting cards of Jennie Moyer, Edmund Warren Moyer, Austin Schantz, and Orpheus Moyer Schantz and F.J. Ottmax. The cards of Edmund and Jennie list them as living at 3823 Langley Ave., Chicago. The card of Orpheus and F.J. Ottmax is inscribed "A Happy New Year 1889."

A folded Easter card with the greeting "A loving greeting brings you this white bunny to wish you an Easter all bright and sunny."

One print showing a bouquet of flowers in a bucket.

A brochure for Johnson magnetic iron paint. Includes a sample paint chip to test magnetism.

A new years card reading "May God send you peace this New Year."

A probationer enrollment card for the Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church.

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."

Printed, hand coloured house-blessing in German.

Items created and accumulated by Sophie Emma Schantz. Includes notes and poems.

Photographs from album 3 which are unidentified.

One piece of tissue paper printed with a blue crane and flower motif by Percy Lund & Co., Bradford.

One upper body studio portrait of Harvey Moyer.

One card showing the Cunard steamship Java on the recto and a floor plan of the ship on the verso.

File consists of sundry newspaper clippings accumulated by Martha Rieder. Includes a clipping listing examination results for Berlin Public Schools, showing Martha's promotion to second division. Other clippings relate her family (Talmon Henry Rieder, Edward Rieder, Anthes residence). Includes clippings from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, the Pennsylvania State College Extension News, the Globe and Mail, and The Standard (Montreal).

File consists of an invoice/account balance and a receipt for payment made on the mortgage to Frederick Snyder by Jacob Hess, and an unsigned invoice for preparing a land registry abstract.

Two cookbooks owned by Montgomery’s mother Genevieve H. Montgomery. One is a manuscript cookbook with many clippings, etc. inserted. The other is Shamrock Cook Book. Woodstock: Sentinel-Review Peress, 1909, with manuscript recipes added and inserted.

File consists of one photograph album (some photos have been removed) showing photographs of Kay Rex, friends and family at school, on vacation, and at home. Also includes photographs of Niagara Falls, Dublin, and Paris (Ontario) and of a float plane.

File consists of materials relating to research for the Smith Family tree. Includes notes and clippings.

File consists of three identical upper body studio portraits of David Sovereign Bowlby.

File consists of one snapshot of members of the Bowlby family in the garden of their home. Includes David Sovereign Bowlby, Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby, Grace Bowlby Fennell, and three unidentified adults.

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby and granddaughter Frieda Kathleen Boyd. Frieda is draped over her grandmother's shoulders and is holding a doll.

File consists of one full length studio portrait, possibly of Frieda Kathleen Boyd Heefer and sister Mary Olive Body Morely as young girls. One girl is seated holding a book in her lap while the other stands next to her. Photo taken by Green & Co., Berlin, Ont.

File consists of one three quarter length studio portrait of Lily, unknown surname, taken by W.T. Smith, Galt, Ont. Verso reads "For Emma with Lily's love."

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of two children, identified on verso as possibly Olive and WIlliam. Photographer: Sallows

Donald McKay journal, Aug. 1800-April 1801, Book II.

File consists of two snapshot photographs (on postcards) showing the residence of Ward Hamilton Bowlby. The home has been photographed from the street, during winter, and is partially obscured by trees and snow.

File consists of a scrapbook compiled by Mauritana Smith containing material written by leading 19th century American writers and articles written by her mother, Damaris Isabella Smith. These items are pasted into an old manuscript account book. The scrapbook shows the kind of verse that appealed to United Empire Loyalists in Canada.

File consists of nine unidentified photographs of, or accumulated by, members of the Clement family. Includes landscapes, group and portrait snapshots, and images of a wagon ride, a play, and children in winter in Bobcaygeon, Ontario. William Pope Clement appears in several of the photographs.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait, possibly of Mary Couch Pope Clement [?]. Photograph is identified as "Grandmother Clement."

Four modern reproductions of 19th century portraits, perhaps of ancestors of Mary Ann (Kabel) Martin, mounted on cardboard. File also includes a small "gem" type photograph of a child mounted on thick paper.

File consists of a portrait of an unidentified woman.

File consists of buiness envelopes for Rittinger and Motz (both as publishers and proprietors) as well as from the Berliner Journal, Combined German Newspapers, the Kitchener-Waterloo Records and combinations of other newspapers they owned and ran. Also includes one envelope from John P. Becker, agent to Rittinger and Motz.

File consists of a series of short manuscript essays, notes and poems on various topics.

File consists of one notebook with manuscript notes on the War of 1812.

Autograph sentence beginning "indeed the adventurers arrived in fortunate time..."

Autograph booklet of quotations from various authors (9 x 10 cm). About twenty leaves originally; a few have been removed in part or completely.

Autograph notes published in Southey's Common-Place book, Second Series. Ed. John Wood Warter, London, Longmans, 1849. (Titles and a few footnotes supplied in pencil by Warter). Notes are listed below and keyed to the pages in which they appear in the Common-Place book. The first number is the page; the second gives the note's place on the page; a partial note at the top of a page is counted as no. 1.

• 403-2,5
• 404-2,3,4
• 405-2,3
• 406-2,3,4,5
• 407-2
• 516-6
• 517-1,2,3
• 518-2
• 519-1,2
• 521-4
• 635-3,4,5,6,7,8
• 636-5,6
• 637-4,5,6,7
• 638-2,3,4,5,6
• 639-2,5,6
• 640-2,3,4,8
• 641-3,4,6
• 642-2,4,5
• 643-1,3
• 644-2,5,6,7
• 645-1,2,4
• 646-2,3,4,5,6,7
• 647-1,7,8
• 648-2,6
• 650-4
• 651-2,3,5,6
• 652-3,6,
• 653-2,4,5,6,
• 654-2,3,5
• 655-3,4,6,7
• 656-2,6,7
• 657-2,5,6
• 658-1,2,3,5
• 659-2
• 660-2
• 661-3,4,5
• 662-4
• 663-4,6
• 664-2,3,5
• 665-3
• 666-2,5,9
• 667-2,3,4,5,7
• 668-1,2,3 and "the Old Tradesman's oath at Lucca"

Originals and photocopies of envelopes with pictorial engravings of the plant.

Ms. directions for distilling, 4 p. on one leaf, parts lacking.

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

One leaf, p. 489, from an unidentified publication, showing the tomb of William Warham. William Warham, 1450-1532, was Archbishop of Canterbury and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral.

Engraved by W. Wright.

One leaf, Plate 57, p. 183 from an unidentified publication. Ludowick Robsart was the standard-bearer to Henry V at Agincourt and his tomb is in Westminster Abbey.

Information about the history of this picture included.

Document describes building depicted in photograph.

Thirty-two letters received by Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).

Date and Place from: May 25, 1879 Jordan Station, Ont. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: April 10, 1866 Campden To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: November 1866 Campden To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: April 20, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: September 16, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: November 08, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: January 08, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: May 22, 1870 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Writes about Emma & the Baby, the weather, how crops are doing, and any news about friends.

Date and Place from: [1870's?] La Salle, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: "Office of S.G. Moyer, Dry Goods and Carpets". Partial Letter.

Date and Place from: June 07, 1875 La Salle To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: June 17, 1876 Vinton, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Writes about the weather in Iowa and how he struggles to make money to live.

Date and Place from: November 25, 1877 Jordan To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: [18--?] s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Partial Letter.

Date and Place from: [18--?] s.l. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Partial Letter.

Date and Place from: June 20, 1857 Pelham To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: May 28, 1861 Peru, La Salle Co. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: December 14, 1862 Brantford, C.W. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: October 08, 1865 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: December 03, 1865 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: February 04, 1866 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: January 22, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: February 14, 1869 Pekin, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: June 20, 1869 Pekin, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: August 10, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: November 26, 1869 Peru, Ill. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919.

Date and Place from: Aug. 13, 1903 Chapman, Kan. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: March 4, 1912 Quenemo, Kan. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Includes envelope.

Date and Place from: Nov. 10, 1912 Michigan Valley, Kan. To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Includes envelope.

Date and Place from: May 4, 1913 Ventura, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Includes envelope.

Date and Place from: May 17, 1915 Renwick, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Includes envelope.

Date and Place from: April 6, 1916 Renwick, Iowa To Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Includes envelope.

Thirty-eight letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: October 7, 1907 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: April 8, 1898 Atlantic, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1899 Latah, Wash. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Date and Place from: December 14, 1897 La Grange, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, M. Emma.

Date and Place from: Feb. 10, [18--?] Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Ela Bliss.

Date and Place from: March 30, [18--?] Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Ela Bliss.

Date and Place from: June 25, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Newgrass, L. M., Mrs. Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: March 10, 1891 Campden To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Nash, Henry A.

Date and Place from: March 6, 1892 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Nash, Henry A.

Date and Place from: April 23, 1892 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Rice, Ella.

Date and Place from: June 29, 1898 Atlanta, Georgia To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Leander Notes: Written on State Executive Committee, Georgia Young Men's Christian Associations letterhead.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1897 Buffalo, N.Y. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Jacob M.

Date and Place from: September 10, 1897 Buffalo, N.Y. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Jacob M.

Date and Place from: November 22, 1897 Buffalo, N.Y. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Jacob M.

Date and Place from: August 22, 1896 Aikenside To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Date and Place from: July 24, [18--?] Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: August 03, 1890 Chigaco To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: June 02, 1898 Ottumwa, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Name not shown in salutation.

Date and Place from: January 12, 1900 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: August 08, 1902 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: October 31, [19--?] Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Cornelia Caroline Flagler, 1864-1951 Attachments: Includes fabric samples, clippings of dress patterns.

Date and Place from: November 14, 1895 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Cornelia Caroline Flagler, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: July 29, 1899 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Cornelia Caroline Flagler, 1864-1951 Attachments: Includes envelope, no stamp.

Date and Place from: May 27, [19--?] Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Cornelia Caroline Flagler, 1864-1951 Notes: Partial letter, no salutation.

Date and Place from: Oct. 31, 1875 Campden, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: Nov. 22, 1877 St. Catharines To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: Nov. 8, 1879 Vinton, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Ela Bliss.

Date and Place from: Sept. 17, 1880 Campden, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Gilbert.

Date and Place from: Jan. 31, 1880 Jordan Station, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933.

Date and Place from: March 30, 1884 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: July 1, 1884 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929.

Date and Place from: March 1, 1889 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Ela Bliss.

Date and Place from: May 11, 1889 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Ela Bliss.

Date and Place from: June 12, 1889 New Hamburg, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Nash, H. A.

Date and Place from: April 12, 1891 Campden, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Ella.

Date and Place from: Jan. 9, 1893 Harrisburg To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From [Poffenberger, Mrs.].

Date and Place from: Aug. 31, 1893 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Aug. 11, 1901 LaGrange, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Moyer, Levi Nash, 1845-1919 Notes: Includes envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: Dec. 29, 1901 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Cornelia Caroline Flagler, 1864-1951 Notes: Includes envelope.

Twenty-two letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: December 29, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: February 14, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: April 30, 1897 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: January 28, [18--] Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 31, [18--] Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: January 27, 1897 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: February 26, 1897 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Partial letter, no closing.

Date and Place from: March 18, 1897 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 27, 1897 s.l. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: June 09, 1897 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: [18--] s.l. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 19, 1891 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: September 15, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: October 10, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: October 20, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: December 05, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: January 14, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: January 20, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: January 28, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: February 10,1897 Chicago To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Ezra Breithapt's funeral briefly mentioned.

Date and Place from: May 16, 1892 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: November 26, 1896 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: Envelope, no stamp.

Thirty-two letters received by Sophie Emma Schantz.

Date and Place from: Nov. 4, 1884 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Nov. 9, 1887 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Sept. 12, 1888 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Des Moines Soap Works pamphlet depicting Iowa State Capitol enclosed, also Cedar Falls Opera House programme, also annotated Presbyterian Church concert programme, also envelope.

Date and Place from: Dec. 7, 1897 Kansas City To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written by both Orpheus & Carrie.

Date and Place from: July 29, 1898 New Albin, Iowa To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamp Notes: Written on New Albin House letterhead.

Date and Place from: Jan. 31, 1900 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Weare Commission Company letterhead.

Date and Place from: [18--] s.l. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Unknown Notes: From a brother.

Date and Place from: ? ? To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Snyder, Alvin.

Date and Place from: Feb. 17, 1890 Scotland, S.D. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Lydia.

Date and Place from: Nov. 4, 1892 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Vogel, Angeline Notes: Letter written in German.

Date and Place from: Dec. 30, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Snyder, Alvin.

Date and Place from: Jan. 16, 1898 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Snyder, Lizzie E.

Date and Place from: Dec. 11, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Thomson, Jessie Attachments: Envelope, no stamp.

Date and Place from: September 22, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: November 28, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: December 10, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: October 04, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Includes diagram of the home of Ward and Etta.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Susan.

Date and Place from: March 9, 1886 Peabody, Kan. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Abram L.

Date and Place from: April 3, 1887 Branch Valley Farm, Kan. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Abram L.

Date and Place from: April 17, 1887 Kansas To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Abram L. Notes: Addendum to letter of April 3, 1887 to Sophie?

Date and Place from: June 30, 1887 Spring Valley Farm, Kan. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Abram L.

Date and Place from: Dec. 11, 1887 Scotland To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Susan.

Date and Place from: Dec. 16, 1888 Wichita, Kan. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Abram L.

Date and Place from: March 8, 1889 Wichita, Kan. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Shantz, Abram L.

Date and Place from: Aug. 21, 1893 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Oct. 6, 1896 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: Jan. 12, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Weare Commission Company letterhead.

Date and Place from: Nov. 30, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: Dec. 17, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: Feb. 7, 1916 Whitby, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Stoltz, Mrs.

To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: partial letter, no date, etc.

Date and Place from: January 9, 1934 Dog Pound, Alta. To Unknown Notes: miscellaneous: tax receipt showing amounts paid by F. A. Schantz.

Date and Place from: November 26, 1895 s.l. To Unknown From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Notes: Description of Essie Current's funeral.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Unknown From Honsberger, Margaret Notes: Includes note from ? Moyer; partial letter, no salutation.

Date and Place from: January 20, 1909 Galt, Ont. To Unknown From Misener, S., Mr. and Mrs. Notes: Wedding announcement for Muriel Misener and Alvin S. Snyder.

Date and Place from: [18--] s.l. To Unknown From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: partial letter.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Unknown From Schantz, Mary.

Date and Place from: March 26, 1894 Jordan, Ont. To Unknown From Wismer, S.G.

Date and Place from: March 29, ? s.l. To Unknown From Weaver, Mary Notes: Includes letter from Amos Weaver.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Unknown From Weaver, Mary.

Date and Place from: Feb. 23, 1854 s.l. To Unknown From Weaver, Mary.

Date and Place from: [18-?] s.l. To Unknown From Weaver, A. O.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Unknown From Weaver, Mary Notes: Includes letter from Amos Weaver.

Date and Place from: Dec. 22, 1854 s.l. To Unknown From Weaver, Mary Notes: Includes letter from Amos Weaver.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Unknown From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: partial letter, no date or salutation.

Date and Place from: [18--] s.l. To Unknown From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Partial letter, no salutation, date.

Date and Place from: [18--] s.l. To Unknown From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Partial letter, no salutation, date.

Date and Place from: July 09, [18--] s.l. To Unknown From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: No salutation.

Date and Place from: [18--] s.l. To Unknown From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Partial letter, no salutation.

Date and Place from: [18-?] s.l. To Unknown From ? Notes: Partial letter, no salutation or closing.

Date and Place from: May 04, 1860 [Louth?] To Unknown From [Abraham?] Notes: The Name E. N. Fry is written in top left hand corner of the first page.

Date and Place from: May 24, 1864 South Cayuga, C.W. To Unknown From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910.

Date and Place from: April 16, 1860 Port Elgin To Unknown From Moyer, Martha J. Notes: Name at the top of the letter, "Martha Brown Moyer."

Date and Place from: August 18, 1884 Conestogo To Unknown From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Bottom portion detached.

Date and Place from: Nov. 6, ? s.l. To Unknown From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Date and Place from: March 30, 1888 s.l. To Unknown From Schantz, Etta Notes: Partial letter?

Date and Place from: July, 1903 Berlin, Ont. To Unknown From Berlin, Ontario Notes: Invitation.

Date and Place from: June, 1910 Berlin, Ont. To Unknown From Knechtel, William, Mr. and Mrs. Notes: Wedding announcement for Adeline Moyer and Levi Bruegeman.

Date and Place from: [18-?] s.l. To Unknown From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Notes: No salutation or closing. Identification presumed from handwriting.

To Unknown Notes: miscellaneous: small card containing address for A. T. Schantz.

To Unknown Notes: partial letter re presentation of bible from singing school students; includes business card from R. W. Hawkins.

One bound pocket notebook, bearing the printed title, Alaska Bedding Notebook, organized by year, which contains lists of authors and titles of books read by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) during the period prior to 1918 to the 1960s.

Four printed cards with Biblical images and passages.

Photographs from album 1 which are unidentified.

Photographs from album 2 which are unidentified.

One Ontario copy book filled with practice calligraphy.

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.

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 1 of the Canadian drawing course. The course is authorized by the Minister of Education and has been completed by Austin Schantz.

Handmade New Years card sent to Sophie Schantz. The card has scherenschnitte edges and features calligraphy and a painting of pink flower blossoms by Carrie Schantz. It reads "Of this joyous day. Sophie Schantz. Many happy returns."

Two copybooks and one exercise book from Franklin Abram Schantz's school days.

Various return envelopes from publishers collected by Tobias Schantz. Many have been written on.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Emma Bliss Moyer seen looking off camera in partial profile.

One upper body studio portrait of Levi Nash Moyer seen looking off camera.

One cut out clover.

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 trading card advertisement for Mrs. Potts' cold handle sad irons.

A small card with an illustration and the poem Speak Gently by David Bates.

File consists of one upper body studio portrait photograph of David Sovereign Bowbly by J. Inglis, Montreal.

File consists of one head and shoulders studio portrait of Martha Esther Murphy Bowlby by J. Fraser, Toronto, Ont.

Tintype studio portrait of Edwin Perry Clement seen looking off camera.

File consists of three snapshots taken by the Clement family showing images of Sarnia. One shows a group of tall ships, and two show unidentified children (possibly children of Edwin Perry Clement).

A photograph album containing photographs, postcards, press clippings, and greeting cards accumulated by the Bechler family.

File consists of studio portraits, most of which were probably accumulated by Martha Rieder and possibly Talmon Henry Rieder. Portraits are of families, children, men, and women, probably family members and friends of Martha, Talmon, and the Rieder and Anthes families. Some photographs include a date and/or caption on verso. People identified are:

• Jane Anthes,
• Jozo Takano (missionary),
• cousin Ruth,
• Helena Esther Breithaupt (Duffield),
• Willie & Arthur,
• [Rev. Burn?] family,
• May Wing family (Evelyn & Hugh),
• Margaret Parry,
• Parry family,
• Laurie L. Anthes,
• Mildred Wood Sweet,
• Aunt Emma Wilkin (Simpson),
• W.W. Nash, and
• J.E. Bilger.

File consists of studio portraits, most of which were probably accumulated by Martha Rieder and possibly Talmon Henry Rieder. Portraits are of families, children, men, and women, probably family members and friends of Martha, Talmon, and the Rieder and Anthes families. Some photographs include a date and/or caption on verso. People identified are:

• Jane Anthes,
• Jozo Takano (missionary),
• cousin Ruth,
• Helena Esther Breithaupt,
• Willie & Arthur,
• [Rev. Burn?] family,
• May Wing family (Evelyn & Hugh),
• Margaret Parry,
• Parry family,
• Laurie L. Anthes,
• Mildred Wood Sweet,
• Aunt Emma Wilkin (Simpson),
• W.W. Nash, and
• J.E. Bilger.

Several duplicates are present.

File consists of four advertisement trade cards featuring women and girls working in the kitchen.

File consists of one portrait each of the mother and father of Elizabeth Merner (nee Young), and a modern reproduction of each portrait (three copies each). Names are not given.

File consists of materials accumulated by Kay Rex on the genealogy of her family. Includes photocopies, clippings, correspondence, biographies and photographs.