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Playbill.

File consists of one playbill from a performance of an evening of selections of works from romantic operas at the Oldenburg state theatre.

Rowntree, Kenneth

Beaver Club Oldenburg : brochure.

File consists of one brochure for the Canadian YMCA Beaver Club in Oldenburg, Germany. It is billed as the first and last Canadian town centre in Germany. The brochure also notes that as of May 1, 1946 the management will be assumed by the British YMCA.

Rowntree, Kenneth

Conroy Family: biographical.

Includes transcripts and photocopies from newspaper articles dated 1927 and 1934 regarding David Conroy of Peterborough, Ont., genealogical chart, clippings about F.J. Conroy and Marion Conroy, and a small amount of correspondence by Marion (Carveth) Conroy with notes by the donor.

Conroy, Marion

Printed Materials.

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.

Maines Pincock Family

Kaufman, William H. : clipping.

File consists of three clippings relating to the life and philanthropic work of William H. Kaufman. Also includes a typed transcript of one of the articles on A.R. Kaufman letterhead.

Kaufman Family

Post card album.

File consists of a post card album compiled by Ella Anthes on her trip to Europe during the sumer of 1910. Album contains ca. 260 post cards and a small amount of loose emphera from Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland.

Rieder and Anthes family

Bill 59.

File consists of materials relating to Bill 59 An Act to reform the Law respecting Property Rights and Support Obligations between Married Persons and in other Family Relationships. Includes news clippings, ephemera and publications from the NDP, submissions regarding the bill, etc.

Burrett, Alida

Bissell Carpet Sweepers

Puzzle card postcard advertising Bissell Carpet Sweepers showing an unhappy couple with a regular broom and a happy couple with a Bissell Carpet Sweeper. Recto reads "Why is this gentleman so perplexed, why is this lady sorely vexed? Why does this gentleman now smile. and she be happy all the while? The reason will be plain, if you can but this puzzle card see through."

Sweeperette advertisement

Die cut card showing five women behind a fence with a caption reading "The look well on the fence! Much better on the other side. This road leads to success used by the million." The verso shows the backs of the women, each of whom are holding a Sweeperette sweeper. Verso reads "always in the push our Sweeperette. Sweeperette Company 76 5th Ave. New York Grand Rapids, Mich."

James Pyle's Perline Washing Compound advertisement

Advertisement featuring illustration of young girl holding a dust pan, broom and bucket with a box of James Pyle's Pearline Washing Compound in it titled "My Busy Day." Verso reads "James Pyle's Pearline washing compound the great invention for saving toil & expense without injury to the texture, color, or hands. New York. Front of every package of Pearline should look exactly like this cut, or it is an imitation. Don't use an imitation of anything, much less an imitation of Pyle's Pearline. Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you the stuff they offer is "Pearline," "same as Pearline," "or as good as Pearline." IT'S FALSE; Pearline is the Original Washing Compount - has no rival - no equal - never peddled - gives no prizes - but stands on the foundation on which it was reared – MERIT."

Soapine advertisement

Advertisement trade card for Soapine by Kendall Manufacturing Company of Providence Rhode Island and illustrated by Charlotte Perkins Gilman showing a woman from behind dusting figurines that spell out Soapine on a mantel piece. Verso reads "Cleanliness in the house, laundry, kitchen and workshop is best secured by the use of Soapine. All wise people continue to use it after one trial. Kendall Mfg. Co. Established 1827. Providence, R.I."

Armour & Co. advertisement

Advertisement trade card for Armour's Mince Meat and Canned Meats showing an older woman teaching a group of younger women how to cook. Verso reads "It is admitted by every prudent housekeeper, that our Condensed Mince Meat is equal in every respect to the old-fashioned home-made article. Our well known connection with the beef industry, enables us, to put a Mince Meat on the market second to none. We use only the best and purest ingredients, and it is the universal verdict that our product retains its sweetness longer and goes farther than any other brand. Packaged in 12 oz. (net) cardboard cartons. Enough for two large pies. 2 packages for 25 cents. At all first-class grocery stores. Armour and Company, Chicago."

Mt. Penn Stove Works advertisement

Advertisement trade card for Mt. Penn Stove Works featuring decorative floral illustration surrounding a woman cooking on a range with a caption reading "a complete kitchen always contains a pretty cook and a Penn Esther range." A large line of sizes and a great variety of styles. For sale by G.W. Rinesmith & Sons 114 North Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA. Made by Mt. Penn Stove Works, Reading, Pa."

Scott McKowan

File consists of correspondence from Scott McKowan regarding the inclusion of works in an exhibition, annotated photocopies of illustrations, original ephemera.

Burnett, Virgil

Miller & Rees.

File consists of correspondence, ephemera and mock-up by Virgil Burnett of Glyph by Judith Miller and Nicholas Rees, published by the Pasdeloup Press in 1999.

Burnett, Virgil

Correspondence : Received

File consists of correspondence received by Virgil Burnett from friends and family. Includes ephemeral items found in the correspondence such as clippings, articles, poems, etc. Note that correspondence has been left in original order. Correspondents include:

  • [?], Al;
  • [?], Bill;
  • [?], Chad;
  • [?], Chris;
  • [?], Ford;
  • [?], Josephine;
  • [?], Kim;
  • [?], Marcella;
  • [?], Martin;
  • [?], Melina;
  • [?], Peggy;
  • [d’Almeida?], George;
  • [Lindsay], Marion;
  • [Switzer], Dave;
  • AIDS Committee of London;
  • Boegehold, Alan;
  • Cruz, Rienzi;
  • Culhane, John and Hind;
  • Devrient, Michel;
  • Ducornet, Guy;
  • Ducornet, Rikki;
  • Edmunds, Helen;
  • Erb, Deb;
  • Erenberg, Ellen;
  • Gallery Stratford;
  • Gentilli, Jeremy;
  • Goldman, Barbara;
  • Hanewich, K.Y.;
  • Harbringer Gallery;
  • Haverford College;
  • Heller, Grace;
  • Hine, Daryl;
  • Horner, Judith and Hammond;
  • Liidemann, Ryan;
  • Littlewood, Jill;
  • Magowan, Robin;
  • Manchester, Barbara;
  • Mavor, Susan;
  • McGann, Jerome;
  • McInnery Burnett, Maud;
  • Morey, Arthur;
  • Morgan, Robert;
  • Morgan, Thomas;
  • Mulhallen, Karen;
  • National Gallery of Canada Foundation;
  • Nordley Beglo, Jo;
  • Otter, Sandra;
  • Pippin Burnett, Anne;
  • Plaskett, Joseph;
  • Rago, Juliet;
  • Roth, Martha;
  • Salvation Army;
  • Shute, Laurence;
  • Stefanescu, Isabella;
  • Tahon, Jean-Luc;
  • United Way;
  • Urquhart, Jane;
  • Wilbur, Richard;
  • Yamashige, Lloyd.

Burnett, Virgil

Correspondence : 18 Dec. 2010-8 Apr. 2011.

File consists of 65 pieces of correspondence sent to Virgil Burnett. Also includes clippings, brochures, photographs, excerpts from texts written by others, and poetry by Burnett and Deb Erb. Also includes one letter to Maud McInerney Burnett from Haverford College regarding a donation of her father's works. Correspondents include:

  • [?], Al
  • [?], Bill
  • [?], Chad
  • [?], Ford
  • [?], Peggy
  • [d’Almeida?], George
  • [Switzer], Dave
  • Culhane, John and Hind
  • Ducornet, Guy
  • Erb, Deb
  • Erenberg, Ellen
  • Hanewich, K.Y.
  • Haverford College
  • Heller, Grace
  • Horner, Judith and Hammond
  • Magowan, Robin
  • McGann, Jerome
  • Morey, Arthur
  • Nordley Beglo, Jo
  • Otter, Sandra
  • Pippin Burnett, Anne
  • Plaskett, Joseph
  • Roth, Martha
  • Shute, Laurence
  • Tahon, Jean-Luc.

Burnett, Virgil

Correspondence : 11 May-26 Sept. 2010.

File consists of 49 pieces of correspondence sent to Virgil Burnett. Some of the correspondence has been annotated by Burnett to indicated the sender. Also includes gallery invitations, clippings, a theatre brochure, one letter from Jerome McGann to Robin Magowan, and poetry by Magown and Daryl Hine. Correspondents include:

  • [?], Al
  • [?], Chad
  • [?], Jospehine
  • [?], Peggy
  • [d’Almeida?], George
  • Culhane, John and Hind
  • Devrient, Michel
  • Ducornet, Guy
  • Ducornet, Rikki
  • Erenberg, Ellen
  • Goldman, Barbara
  • Hanewich, K.Y.
  • Heller, Grace
  • Magowan, Robin
  • McGann, Jerome
  • Morey, Arthur
  • Morgan, Robert
  • Shute, Laurence
  • Urquhart, Jane.

Burnett, Virgil

Correspondence : 16 July-20 Dec. 2011.

File consists of 75 pieces of correspondence sent to Virgil Burnett. Also includes clippings, a syllabus, a trip itinerary, drawings by K.Y. Hanewich, and poetry by Arthur Morey and Jerome McGann. Correspondents include:

  • [?], Al
  • [?], Chris
  • [?], Melina
  • [?], Peggy
  • Culhane, John and Hind
  • Devrient, Michel
  • Ducornet, Rikki
  • Hanewich, K.Y.
  • Heller, Grace
  • Liidemann, Ryan
  • Magowan, Robin
  • McGann, Jerome
  • McInnery Burnett, Maud
  • Morey, Arthur
  • Morgan, Robert
  • Mulhallen, Karen
  • Shute, Laurence
  • Stefanescu, Isabella
  • Wilbur, Richard.

Burnett, Virgil

Cards.

File consists of two Christmas and New Year's cards, one from [Coty?] and one from Maurice Darantiere.

Burnett, Virgil

Clippings.

Consists of clippings relating to the life and work of Virgil Burnett.

Burnett, Virgil

Personal.

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.

Reaman, George Elmore

Clippings.

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

Reaman, George Elmore

Clippings.

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

Smucker, Barbara

Clippings.

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.

Parents' Information Bureau

Kaufman, A.R. : biographical.

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.

Parents' Information Bureau

Photograph collection.

  • SCA83-GA53
  • Collection
  • [186-?]-[19--?]

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.

Spokes Club documents

Folder contents from one envelope containing a variety of documents, viz.: ephemera, announcements, notes, lists of topics, and several mimeograph copies of the Constitution, which was read into the minutes on March 14, 1939.

Kitchener-Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association

Ephemera

Programming brochure and supplement for the A.R. Kaufman Family Y.M.C.A., Y.M.C.A. International documents, a Resource Centre Toy Lending Library brochure, a Y thank you card, an A.R. Kaufman Family guest pass, a Youth Women tag, a volunteer recognition pamphlet, and a camp brochure.

Kitchener-Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association

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