A booklet containing the programme for Donna Strickland’s trip to Sweden during Nobel Week between December 5, 2018, and December 16, 2018. The programme outlines all the events and activities Strickland was scheduled to participate in during the visit.

Invitations sent to President and Vice-Chancellor Feridun Hamdullahpur for a reception held on December 9, 2018 in honour of the 2018 Nobel Laureates and the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony on December 10, 2018 in Sweden. Also includes a visitor information card and two blank envelopes.

A chocolate bar wrapper created by Vincent Mourou, co-founder of Marou chocolate and son of Gérard Mourou, with the help of co-founder Sam Maruta and Rice Creative partner Joshua Breidenbach to commemorate Gérard Mourou (Haut-collège of École Polytechnique) and optical physicist Donna Strickland’s Nobel Prize in Physics for their Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) technique. The design of the wrapper featured Mourou and Strickland’s condensed three-page prize winning paper with much of the technical jargon replaced with the word “chocolate.”

The wrapper in the file only includes the altered copy of the three-page paper that was wrapped around the gold foil lining the chocolate bar. It does not include the additional two-sided enclosure that featured white paper with gold ink listing the name of the chocolate bar, the event, and the flavour inside on the exterior side and luminescent triangles on the interior side.

Press clippings from the Waterloo Region Record and Toronto Star featuring articles about Donna Strickland receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics during the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 10, 2018.

Two copies of the official programme for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony held on December 10, 2018.

Six two-sided 4” x 6” cards featuring an image of Donna Strickland designed by Beyond Curie, a design project celebrating women in STEM. The card features an image of Strickland using a piece of equipment, possibly a chirped pulse laser apparatus. The cards were sold by Beyond Curie as part of a 42-card set each featuring a small description about a different scientist or technologist. The Donna Strickland card was card number 42. File also includes four envelopes.

Caption on back of the card: “DONNA STRICKLAND is a Canadian optical physicist and pioneer in the field of pulsed lasers. In 2018, she won the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing a method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses, called chirped pulse amplification (CPA).

File consists of general ephemera including cards and invitations.

File consists of file references prepared by Shore & Moffat, Architects; Correspondence: Mrs. Lewis and Maurice F. Tauber, Columbia University, 1961-1963; EMS Library Building Preliminary Brief, Oct. 1966; Newspaper Clipping regarding the completion (3 floors) of Arts Library; three samples of inscription for naming of Arts Library (Dana Porter Arts Library), 1967; Dr. W.K. Thomas' revised poem upon completion of Library's top 3 floors, 1970; Library brochures (2); Details of Official Opening of Arts Library, October 1965, and biographical information on 3 recipients of honorary degrees (Bertha Bassam, R.H. Blackburn and Jack E. Brown); Re-naming of Arts Library, 1967.

File consists of Downs Survey: A National Study to Provide Guidelines for the Development of the Resources and Services of Academic Libraries, Aug. 20, 1965; Bladen Commission Report, 1965; Canadian Academic Library Study, 1966; Proposal for A Study to Provide Guidelines ... 1966; Correspondence (Downs, Andrew, AUCC, Questionnaire) 1966; Downs Survey: Research Resources, part 1; Literary Response to Downs Survey, Part II, Dec. 12, 1966; Faculty Responses to Downs Survey, Part II, Jan. 5, 1967; Faculty Responses to Survey, Jan. 16, 1967; Basic Reference Collection; Social Sciences and Humanities Index, List of Periodicals Indexed; Memo to Senate Library Committee regarding Library Automation, Nov. 28, 1966; Budget Distribution in the Downs Report (D.A. Redmond); Arcticle in Globe & Mail, Mar. 30, 1968.

Clippings from multiple publications related to the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo as well as its students, faculty, and satellite program in Rome, Italy. Also includes a playbill a University of Waterloo Architecture adaption on J.A. Stridberg’s, A Dream Play.

Clippings from multiple publications related to the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo as well as its students and satellite program in Rome, Italy.

A clipping from The Globe and Mail (March 7, 1998) featuring an article about Lisa Rapoport and Christopher Pommer’s landscape architecture project on a private park in Quebec’s eastern townships. At the time, Rapoport was an adjunct professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. Also includes a copy of a clipping from The Globe and Mail (December 11, 1998) featuring an article about Debra Van Duynhoven, an architect who won the Report on Business Free Enterprise Competition worth $150, 000. Van Duynhoven is an alumnus of the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo.

A clipping from the University of Waterloo Gazette (April 16, 1997) featuring an article about the showcase of design work and drawings of fourth-year University of Waterloo’s architecture students inspired by their study term in Rome at Federation Hall. Also includes a clipping from the Waterloo Chronicle (September 17, 1997) featuring an article about Sunshine Chen, a graduate of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. Chen was offered a six-month contract position with the City of Waterloo after he made a presentation to the Waterloo council outlining his vision for how the Seagram lands might be developed.

A clipping from an unknown publication featuring an article about Frank Gehry, a prominent Canadian-born architect, who spoke about the University of Waterloo’s School of Architecture during an interview with Peter Gzowski, a reporter from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

Material accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library related to the School of Architecture’s five-year fundraising campaign. Includes an item of correspondence sent to all faculty and staff in the School of Architecture announcing the launch of the campaign from Larry Richards, then Director, School of Architecture. Also includes a brochure created for the campaign outlining the function and goals of the School of Architecture, six funding initiatives, and a donor pledge card.

A clipping from GRAND featuring an article profiling Rick Haldenby, former Director of the School of Architecture, shortly after he stepped down from this position on December 31, 2013. Following his departure, Ila Berman was appointed Director of the School of Architecture. Also contains a copy of Splash Pad (vol. 4, issue 2), published by the Water Institute at the University of Waterloo featuring an article about amphibious housing by Elizabeth English, Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Founder and Director of Buoyant Foundation Project.

A clipping from Imprint featuring an article about School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo.

Clippings from multiple publications related to the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo, particularly its students.

Clippings from multiple publications related to the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo, particularly its students and faculty.

A clipping from Imprint featuring an article about Phillip Beesley’s idea for the Hylozoic environment. At the time of publication, Beesley was an associate professor at the University of Waterloo’s School of Architecture.

Clippings from multiple publications related to the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo as well as its students, events, and exhibitions. Also contains clippings related to architecture and transit project in Kitchener and Cambridge.

Clippings from multiple publications related to the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo as well as its students, faculty, new building in Cambridge, the Waterloo Engineering Endowment Foundation, and the Grand House Student Co-operative. Also contains clippings related to architecture projects in Galt, Hespeler, and Toronto.

Clippings from multiple publications related to the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo as well as its students, faculty, new building in Cambridge, and satellite program in Rome, Italy. Also contains clippings related to architecture projects in Kitchener, Cambridge, and Galt.

Clippings from multiple publications related to the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo as well as its students, faculty, satellite program in Rome, Italy, and new building in Cambridge. Also includes an invitation to the second annual Grand River Expedition and proceedings from the Heritage Canada Foundation Annual Conference 2005.

Clippings from multiple publications related to the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo as well as its students, move to Cambridge, the design of its new building, and grand opening on October 22, 2004. Also contains a clipping related to a vote of support held to gauge how faculty and staff felt about a proposed move of the School of Architecture into the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Clippings from multiple publications related to the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo as well as its students, faculty, move to Cambridge and the design of its new building. Also contains clippings related to the Centre for Core Area Research and Design.

Clippings from multiple publications related to the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo as well as its students, faculty, satellite program in Rome, Italy, move to Cambridge and fundraising initiatives. Also includes copies of news releases issued by the University of Waterloo related to the School’s move to Cambridge.

Clippings from multiple publications related to the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo as well as its students, faculty, and move to Cambridge. Also contains clippings related to the Centre for Core Area Research and Design.

File consists of news clippings from various newspapers regarding the iNet market trial.

File consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, media releases and notes regarding the University of Waterloo's 25th Anniversary Opening Day event.

File consists of newspaper clippings featuring biographies of faculty working in the Church Colleges including Conrad Grebel College, Renison College, St. Paul’s United College, and St. Jerome’s College.

File consists of newspaper clippings featuring biographies of faculty working the Science faculty including the Biology, Chemistry, Optometry, and Physics departments and the Centres of Excellence.

File consists of newspaper clippings featuring biographies of faculty working the Mathematics faculty including the Actuarial Science, Applied Math, Combinatorics and Optimization, Computer Science, Pure Math, and Statistics departments.

File consists of newspaper clippings featuring biographies of faculty working the Environmental Studies faculty including the Architecture, Environment and Resource Studies, and Geography departments and the School of Urban and Regional Planning.

File consists of newspaper clippings featuring biographies of faculty working the Engineering faculty including the Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and the Systems Design Engineering departments.

File consists of newspaper clippings featuring biographies of faculty working the Arts faculty including the School of Accountancy, Anthropology, Classical Studies, Drama, Economics, English, French, Germanic and Slavic Languages, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Spanish departments.

File consists of newspaper clippings featuring biographies of faculty working in the Office of the Provost, the Disabled Persons Office [now referred to as AccessAbility Services] and the Applied Health Sciences faculty including the Dance, Health Studies, Gerontology, Kinesiology and Recreation and Leisure departments.

File consists of newspaper clippings featuring the University of Waterloo Library. The newspaper clippings were gathered from a variety of local newspapers.

Material relating to readings given by Rienzi Crusz, by hismself and with others. Contains clippings, ephemera, ms. notes. Contents overlap with material in other files, eg. Speeches and presentations.

Envelopes saved by R. Crusz as significant. Some bear signatures, eg. Irving Layton.

File consists of three clippings relating to the life and work of Rienzi Crusz. Includes one clipping on the donation of Rienzi's works to the University of Waterloo. Also includes one typed copy of a brief article that was published in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record and a computer print out of the LAUW [Librarian's Association of the University of Waterloo] online newsletter.

File consists of two clippings on Rienzi Crusz.

File consists of ephemera and clippings kept by G.E. Reaman. Includes clippings about his parents and genealogical information about the Reaman family, business and membership cards, program for the 21st anniversary of "The Club", programme for Cornell University commencement of 1920, listing G.E. Reaman as graduate, envelopes with stamps. Also includes a 1959 prospectus for the Doon School of Fine Arts, and a thesis presented to G.E. Reaman by the author, Marguerite Kehr. Also contains programmes for musical events at which G.E. Reaman's wife Flora and daughter Elaine performed.

File consists of clippings relating to G.E. Reaman's life and career.

File consists of correspondence to and from G. Elmore Reaman during his tenure as the first Canadian president of the International Platform Association, a non-profit organization for promoting to the public "high grade platform presentations." (Flyer, ca. 1950). The correspondence is mostly to and from other members and is concerned with internal affairs of the organization. Includes two letters from John Diefenbaker dated Nov. 3, 1949 and Jan. 28, 1950. Also includes a small amount of ephemera from individual artists.

File consists of various awards received by Barbara Smucker as well as clippings and ephemera relating to events that she has partaken in and readings by her. Includes a transcript of a convocation address at the University of Waterloo given May 29, 1986 at which Barbara Smucker received an honorary doctorate.

File consists of three reviews of Garth and the Mermaid.

File consists of six reviews of Incredible Jumbo.

File consists of one brochure for the Jumbo monument in St. Thomas, Ontario.

File consists of seven reviews of Jacob's Little Giant.

File consists of seventeen reviews of White Mist by Barbara Smucker.

File consists of research notes created and accumulated by Barbara Smucker while researching for White Mist. Includes clippings, photocopies, ephemera, and manuscript notes.

File consists of 16 reviews of Amish Adventure.

File consists of 68 reviews of Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker as well as two on the film adaptation of the book.

File consists of one brochure and one postcard from the Uncle Tom's Cabin Museum. Inserted into the brochure are three leaves of manscript notes by Smucker.

File consists of clippings on the life and works of Barbara Smucker.

File consists of biographical and critical articles on Barbara Smucker and her works. Includes clippings, ephemera and photocopies. Also includes a typescript curriculum vitae and biographies written by Barbara Smucker and her husband Donovan Smucker.

Notes and poems; items issued by the K-W Christian Business Men's Committee ca. 1948; an assortment of printed ephemera regarding dreams, sign language, a 1887 Rand-Mcnally railroad map of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico; 1909 Railway Lands Branch, Department of the Interior Map of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta showing lands finally disposed of; a partial book on the Boers in South Africa, 1899; The Voyageur, a broadside poem by Walter Stewart Stinson, 1929 by the Moreau Studio; stories from magazines, ca. 1935.

Contents:

• Galt YMCA Circus Program 1928
• F.T. Maines: correspondence & ephemera regarding subscription to "light".
• Minnie Maines: Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir ephemera.
• Minnie Maines: membership cards and receipts: K-W YMCA and YWCA.
  5: Minnie Maines: household receipts and ephemera.

Two recital announcements, one grade report from the Toronto Conservatory of music for a pupil.

Contains biographical materials regarding Jenny Pincock, Minnie and Fred Maines, family and friends. Includes clippings of recitals, wedding invitations, reviews of concerts, letters of reference, etc.

One clipping regarding the death of Frederick J.T. Maines.

Contains clippings relating to the history of Waterloo County, notably Homer Watson, Doon, the Waterloo County Centennial in 1952, the Conestoga Wagon, early architecture and homes, Mabel Dunham, and other clippings. Includes a copy of the Kitchener-Waterloo record special ossue "Kitchener's first 100 years," June 22, 1954.

This folder actually contains material on a variety of topics and probably belonged to F.J.T. Maines. Includes two envelopes of material dating from 1915-1916. These include manuscript material: untitled sermon (?) on loyalty and war, 7 leaves; a hymn with music; a second untitled ms. sermon, 4 p.; manuscript notes on "Christian brotherhood". Includes ephemera and pamphlets produced for troops "On Active Service." Includes clippings relating to the war, to politics, and to topics of interest to F.J.T. Maines. A third gathering of material dates from 1931- 1939 and consists of clippings on topics such as world politics, Grey Owl, Niagara Falls, hawks, liquor legislation, poems, letters to the editor, etc.

Contains material relating to the Church of Divine revelation in St. Catharines, Ontario, Rev. F.J.T. Maines, Minister and to its Radiant Healing Centre. Includes ephemera, printed "form of service", manuscript and typsecript notes (in more than one hand), drafts prepared for forms and literature distribution.

Contains material collected by Jenny Pincock relating to Lily Dale and other spiritualist organizations. Includes clippings, correspondence, manuscript notes and book lists, ephemera and printed pamphlets.

One unlined notebook belonging to Fred J.T. Maines, containing manuscript notes on birds and insects. Material inserted and tipped-in includes manuscript notes, notes, clippings etc.

File consists of one notebook kept by Frederick J.T. Maines with reference materials on a variety of topics for sermons. The subjects are indexed at the beginning of the notebook and include topics such as demonic possession, Buddha, ectoplasm, necromancy, superstition and more. Also included are clippings and notes that were inset into various pages.

File consists of handwritten notes on a variety of topics by Frederick J.T. Maines.

File consists of two programmes for concerts, a clipping of a riddle, and a prospectus for "Coming down to brass tacks in religion."

A clipping from the Globe and Mail newspaper from December 6, 1993, of an article titled "Murder no surprise".

Material relating to the Ortho Pharmaceutical Museum on the history of Birth Control. Includes correspondence to A.R. Kaufman, photocopies of clippings from the Catholic Register provided to the Museum, and material relating to a section honouring Family Planning Pioneers in 1973.

Biographical information about A.R. Kaufman. Includes a photocopy of a 1962 article "The eccentric world of Alvin Ratz Kaufman," by Herc Munro and a photocopy of a tribute by Dr. G. Liebbrandt, August 1977. Also includes clippings and obituaries.

Material relating to a dinner held by Planned Parenthood to honour A.R. Kaufman as a birth control pioneer. Contains correspondence, speech text, clippings, A.R.K. speech notes, programme.

Collection consists of 169 19th century American photographs. Included are 115 carte-de-visites, 40 cabinet portraits, 2 albums, 11 miscellaneous photographs and 1 envelope of miscellaneous business and greeting cards.

Most are albumen type photographs depicting various people including infants, children, and adults. The photographs come from various studios across the United States though the majority come from studios in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Illinois. The photographs, since rehoused, were originally housed in two albums decorated with an intricate relief on the cover and a metal clasp lock.

File consists of clippings regarding the life of Dr. Olive Ruth Russell relating primarily to her time in the Second World War as a Second Lieutenant with the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) and her book Freedom to Die, about the legal and moral implications of euthanasia. Included is media coverage featuring Russell's recruitment work on behalf of the CWAC, as well as an article regarding a sabbatical to Asia.

Letter from Thomas H. Johnson to Colin Rankin's purchase of the "east half of lot 15 in the 14th [concession] of Papineau, containing 30 1/2 acres" at a rate of 50 cents per acre; a land grant certificate with seal dated June 14, 1881; a typescript reproduction of the text on the certificate; and a typescript description of the land accompanied by a hand drawn sketch.

Series contains reference materials including a 1937 edition of the Canadian Labour Press, book lists, ration coupons and scrips from Germany and United States, and a 1925 map of the city of Montreal.

Series documents anti-war and anti-fascist sentiments during the early 1930s. Includes various leaflets of poems and songs on peace by William E. Dyer, a Toronto-based poet. Other leaflets relate to the 1934 Ontario provincial election and promotion for the Socialist Party of Canada in the Waterloo North constituency There is also a membership advertisement for the “American League against War and Fascism”, based in New York, and a Pax International issue from 1934 about the persecution of pacifists and promotion of peace.

Series documents John Walter’s correspondence with William Daum Euler and the Kitchener Daily Record. The correspondence focus on Walter’s request for a public debate with Euler over capitalism and the economy. Other correspondence and newspaper clippings cover the Record’s refusal to publish, in their newspaper, the letters Walter sent about challenging Euler. There are also clippings of Euler's speech which Walter references in his letters.

One scrapbook kept by an unknown theatre goer. The book is specially made for theatre performances and features in index of the plays, and a two page spread devoted to each play. The left hand side of the page allows for written comments on the title, date and location of the play as well as impressions, and criticisms of the actors and performance. The right hand side of the page is intended to be used to paste in the playbill. In many entries newspaper clippings about the performance are also present. All of the productions were held at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston by the Boston Stage Society in 1904 and 1905. There are records for 80 plays. Some of the playbills also include advertisements.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 7: Food For Your Children. This leaflet gives information on the kinds of foods that are important for children to or not to have, as well as a meal plan an recipes.

United States Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin 717 Food for Young Children. The guide provides information on what nutrients children should be getting in their diets, the food groups they should eat (milk and dishes made chiefly of milk; breads and other cereal foods; butter and other wholesome fats; vegetables and fruits; simple sweets), ways in which to prepare foods, and recipes and meal plans.

United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 649: Experiments on the Digestibility of Fish printed in Washington D.C. April 13, 1918 as a contribution from the States Relations Service. The bulletin states that it is primarily of interest to students and investigators of food problems and records the results of research on digestibility of Boston mackerel, butterfish, grayfish, and salmon.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No.14: Dried Peas and Beans. This leaflet gives information on varieties of dried peas and beans, ways to cook them, and recipes.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 2: Do You Know Corn Meal? The leaflet gives information on how to use corn meal, as well as recipes.

United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 717: Digestibility of Protein Supplied by Soy-Bean and Peanut Press-Cake Flours, printed in Washington D.C. September 25, 1918 as a contribution from the States Relations Service. The bulletin states that it is primarily of interest to students and investigators of food problems and records the results of research on digestibility and nutrition of soy and peanut flours.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 20: Wheatless Breads and Cakes. This leaflet gives information on what substitutes such as corn meal, oats, rice and buckwheat, how to cook with them, recipes using them, and other tips on how to save wheat.

Wartime Conservation: Wheat Saving Bread, published by the New York State Food Commission in cooperation with the Federal Food Board prepared by the Department of Home Economics, New York State College of Agriculture, at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, approved by the Bureau of Food Conservation of New York City. The pamphlet gives information on how and why to save wheat for the war effort, and provides recipes for breads and other baked goods that save on wheat.

Wartime conservation pamphlet on potatoes for patriotism published by the New York State Food Commission in Cooperations with the Federal Food Board, prepared by the Department of Home Economics, New York State College of Agriculture, at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York and approved by the Bureau of Food Conservation of New York City. Includes information about how to best cook potatoes, potato recipes, and recipes using mashed potatoes in place of wheat flour.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 9: Vegetables for Winter. This leaflet gives information on the importance of continuing to eat vegetables during the winter, as well as vegetables that grow in the winter, how to cook with canned and dried vegetables, recipes, and how vegetables can replace meat.

United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary Circular No. 113: Use Soy-Bean Flour to Save Wheat, Meat and Fat. This circular includes information on soy-bean cakes as well as recipes for baked goods and meat dishes that use soy-beans in place of flour or wheat.

United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary Circular No. 119: Use Rice Flour to Save Wheat. This circular includes information on how rice flour is made and recipes for baked goods made with rice flour instead of wheat from the Experimental Kitchen of the Department of Agriculture, Office of Home Economics and the U.S. Food Administration, Home Conservation Section.