Textual and graphic material created or accumulated by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) and other members of the Schantz and Russell families, primarily correspondence received by Dorothy and some of her diaries and notebooks. Also contains miscellaneous materials created or accumulated by Franklin Abram Schantz, family correspondence, and ephemera.
Material relating to Franklin Abram Schantz's activities and interests, primarily household and personal accounts and investments. Includes correspondence, clippings and ephemera.
Notebook with F.A. Schantz stamped on cover in gold, issued by the Toronto Carpet Mfg. Co., used as an address book.
A raffle ticket, menu and programme for the fifth annual banquet and get together of the Grand River Philatelic Association at the Royal Hotel in Guelph, Ontario.
Assessment and tax notices and receipts for Schneider Ave. property in Kitchener, Ont., 1929-1933, 1935.
Correspondence and reports relating to Frank Schantz's investments, income and taxes.
Correspondence and forms relating to assessment, taxes and expropriation for property in Manitoba, and for properties in Alberta.
The first, second and 1950 annual statements of the Ontario Equitable Life & Accident Insurance Company.
Obituary and funeral home correspondence relating to the death of Frank Schantz in 1962.
Poems by Orpheus Moyer Schantz.
One typescript and two printed poems by Orpheus Schantz.
One small notebook, 58 leaves, used as a trip diary by Mary Gross Nash Moyer.
One small notebook, 58 leaves, used as a trip diary by Mary Gross Nash Moyer and presented to her by A.N. Moyer. On t.p.: "Born 2nd March 1808. Started for the old home, Doylestown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania on the 29th May 1866. A safe journey A.N.M."
Personal material relating to the life of Flemming Clarke Russell.
Receipts for piano payments issued to "Prof. F.C. Awai" (Clarke Russell's stage name), two snapshots of Victoria Park in Winter, and one press clipping.
Material relating to the personal life of Donald Richard Russell.
Music report card, receipts, and income tax form from Donald Richard Russell. Also includes negatives that were housed in an envelope labelled, Don Russell Negatives Sea Cadet Camp Military Parade At Resort?
282 pieces of correspondence and related ephemeral items, to and from members of the Schantz family and friends, including Moyer, Nash, Kolb and Russell relatives.
One letter from brother Jesse Gross Moyer.
6 letters. Correspondents include his mother Jenny, Christmas cards, and business correspondence.
One letter to Gail Russell from Frank Schantz.
6 letters. Correspondents include his mother Dorothy, brother Don and Uncle Orpheus Schantz.
19 letters. Correspondents include brothers Austin, Frank, Orpheus, sister Etta, mother Mary, cousins William Nash, sister-in-law Carrie and friend M.S. Weaver.
14 letters. Correspondents include mother and father Mary and Tobias Schantz, brothers Arthur, Frank and Orpheus, and sister Sophie as well as cousins, friends and business letters.
Two letters dated Oct. 23, 1864, written by Tobias and Mary Schantz to Tobias' father Benjamin Schantz (September 2, 1811-November 9, 1868) and to his sister Lydia Schantz.
Three letters: one partial letter from sister Sophie(?) reminiscing about childhood in Conestogo, one from Uncle A.N. Moyer (possibly Abraham Nash Moyer), one from Eva Keith, April 1899 congratulating Etta on the birth of her son, Wilfrid Herbert White.
75 letters. Correspondents include: friend Dorothy, J.M. Moyer, Jennie Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Lizzie [Moyer?], Louise and Emma Moyer, Sarah, Arthur Schantz, Austin Schantz, Carrie Schantz, Etta Schantz, Frank Schantz, uncle Josiah K. Schantz, Mary Schantz, Orpheus Schantz, Tobias Schantz. One folder contains single letters from a number of friends.
Correspondence received by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.
Correspondence received by Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.
36 letters. Correspondents include J. Bode, the Copelands, A. Fry, Alice Roos, Arthur Schantz, Austin Schantz, Orpheus Schantz, Harold Russell. One folder contains single letters from a variety of people.
Correspondence received by Franklin Abram Schantz.
5 letters. Correspondents include brothers Arthur, Austin, Frank, and Orpheus.
One letter (partial, signature page lacking) written Mary Schantz (?) to Tobias' brother Josiah, recounting the death of their brother Enoch.
28 letters. Correspondents include: Enoch [?], Abraham Fry, Annie Henning, Edward A. Moyer, Jacob Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Nannie Moyer, Samuel Moyer, daughters Etta and Florence, son Orpheus, husband Tobias and J.E. Wismer.
Correspondence received by Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).
Correspondence received by Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).
One letter (partial, signature page lacking) written from Long Lane Mo. by one of the Schantz brothers to his brother Menno, recounting his "blues" and gossip about his stepmother Margaret.
12 letters. Correspondents include friends and relatives, brother Arthur and Ward White, Harold Russell. Includes a letter from Ward White after his wife Etta's death, concerning the future and the possibility of Sophie joining him with baby Dorothy.
8 letters written to Tobias and Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) jointly. Correspondents include sons Arthur Benjamin Schantz and Austin Tobias Schantz, and Christian and Mary Schantz.
36 letters received by Tobias Schantz. Correspondents include Levi Nash Moyer, his children Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz), Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, joint letters from family, one letter from his wife Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).
Correspondence received by Tobias Schantz.
Correspondence received by Tobias Schantz.
One letter to Mary Ann Wismer from Uncle Jacob Moyer, St. Catharines, Ont.
Three joint letters from Louise Moyer and aunt Emma.
Partial letter, unsigned, from Florence Schantz recounting her mother's death. Possibly unfinished and never sent.
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.
Photographs of Dorothy Russell, Peter Erb Schantz and Ward White's family.
Two photographs of Dorothy Russell, one on skis, one receiving an award.
One portrait of Peter Erb Schantz in a frame. Peter was the President of the Schantz Reunion in 1913. A card with biographical details about Peter Erb Schantz is taped to the back of the frame.
Snapshots of Ward White's family. Also includes the original envelope the photographs were stored in and a sheet of paper identifying individual people in the photographs.
361 pieces of correspondence and related ephemeral items, written to Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) from friends and family.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Muriel Shannon, postmarked Toronto, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Paul [Snyder], written from "the beach" Bruce, Ont.
16 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Viola Snyder, written from Toronto, Kitchener, Port Elgin and Grimsby, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.
Three pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her cousin Ruth Spelman (nee Schantz), Illinois.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Vera, postmarked Kitchener, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.
Seven pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Anna Vetter, postmarked Bridgeport, Ont. and Carstairs, Alberta. Includes stamped envelopes.
15 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Helen M. Villanueva, British Honduras. Includes stamped envelopes and greeting cards.
12 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White and later to Dorothy Etta Russell, from her father Ward White, postmarked Chilliwack, B.C. Includes stamped envelopes.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Lottie (Mrs. Albert) Whyte, postmarked Great Falls, Montana.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from her cousin J. Wismer, Petrolia, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.
Material that was found with the correspondence. Includes empty envelopes, invitations, notes on various topics.
Ten pieces of correspondence some with stamped envelopes, from Julia Arnew in Alberta to Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White).
Three pieces of correspondence from E. Bannerman, Dorothy's landlady at 56 Rose Ave, Toronto, when Dorothy was at Normal School.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Beatrice in Preston, Ont.
One piece of correspondence (greeting card) to Dorothy Etta Russell from May Bennett, Galt, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.
One piece of correspondence Dorothy Etta Russell from Bessie, Guelph, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.
One piece of correspondence from Jean Braithwaite, a friend of Florence, written after Florence's death.
Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Nora Bricker, Didsbury, Alberta.
One piece of correspondence from H.W. Brown, Kitchener & Waterloo Collegiate Institute.
Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Vi Chapman, New Zealand. Includes stamped envelopes, photographs and a variety of postage stamps.
One piece of correspondence in French addressed to Dorothy Etta White from M. Charlemagne, France. Includes envelope with stamp cut off, also a souvenir embroidery in a card.
Eight pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from cousin Mabel (Mrs. W.H.) Copeland, postmarked Clear Lake, Iowa. Includes stamped envelopes.
Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Jim and Jean Cuthbertson, postmarked Kitchener, Ont. and St. Andrews, Scotland. Includes one stamped envelope, one air letter.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Marguerite D., postmarked Inwood, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.
One piece of correspondence from Edythe Dewar, Milton.
Three pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Marjorie and Lee N. Duncan postmarked Florida, Illinois and California. Includes stamped envelopes and photographs.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Eva, Toronto, Ont.
Four pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Marguerite Fair, postmarked Toronto, Barrie, Owen Sound, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Thelma faithwaite, Goderich, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.
Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Peggy Flarity, Hamilton, Ont. Includes stamped envelope. Peggy was a friend from Toronto when Dorothy attended Normal School there.
Ten pieces of correspondence to Dorothy White from Verna Fraser, postmarked Hamilton and Sarnia, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes. Verna was a friend from Toronto when Dorothy attended Normal School there.
Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy White from Kay Frizzell, postmarked Toronto and Bognor, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes. Kay was a friend from Toronto when Dorothy attended Normal School there.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Anne Galbraith postmarked Mount Forest, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.
Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Gladys, St. Jacobs, Ont.
Eight pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Rose Hilliard, postmarked Waterloo and Goderich, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.
Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Connie Hutchinson, postmarked Mount Forest, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes.
Ten pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White and later to Dorothy Etta Russell, from Stella Irwin, (nee Schantz) postmarked Carrot Creek, Alberta and Tacoma, Washington. Includes stamped envelopes.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Mudge Kitely, postmarked Bradford, Ont. M.K. was Dorothy's roommate in Toronto at 56 Rose Ave.
Four pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Phoebe Kolb, Elkhart, Indiana and Herbert, Sask. Includes one stamped envelope.
27 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Tim A. Leishman, serving as Captain, then Major with the Canadian Army Headquarters 2 in England and on the Continent. Includes envelopes.
One piece of correspondence (greeting card) to Dorothy Etta White from Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Leitch., postmarked Acton, Ont.
11 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Helen Lockie, postmarked Hamilton and Sarnia, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes. Helen was a friend from Toronto when Dorothy attended Normal School there.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Lillian, "Evenholme".
18 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Grace Longworth, postmarked Woodstock, Ont. Includes stamped envelopes. Grace was a friend from Toronto when Dorothy attended Normal School there.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White, undated, from Lowrena, Detroit, Michigan.
One piece of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Marion M, Ottawa, Ont. Includes stamped envelope.
Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta White from Mabel, Yale, Mich.
Two pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from Jean McIntyre, postmarked St. Andrews, Scotland., Ont. Includes stamped envelope.