Regional development, industry, and settlement

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  • SCA holds a variety of local history resources related to development, industry, and settlement in what is today the Region of Waterloo. Collections include maps, fire insurance plans, business and city directories, yearbooks from local high schools, government documents outlining local county or village by-laws, and newspapers including restored copies of issues of the _Berliner Journal_ for the years 1859-1889. The department is also home to the Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection, which documents local news events, community activities, regional development, and human-interest stories between 1938-2001.

    Many of SCA’s local history collections consist of the institutional archives of local businesses and organizations, such as Dare Foods Limited, Electrohome, Fritsch Pharmacy, the Dominion Rubber Company, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, and the Rotary Club of Kitchener. In addition, the department maintains the papers of the Breithaupt, Bolender Ball, Ratz, Rieder, Schantz, and Schneider families, among many others. These collections complement several printed genealogies, family histories, and monographs also held by the department.

    Combined, topics of note in these collections include cultural and community association development, family planning, mourning and grief as understood through spiritualism, and the lives of early settler families, including those of women and children.

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            SCA103-GA223 · Accession · 1864-2009
            Part of Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo fonds.

            Accrual consists of records of the Kitchener-Waterloo Young Women's Christian Association relating to its staff and board, programs, operations, residences, and history. Includes minutes, correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, reports, ephemera, financial information, etc. with a focus on records from the 1970's-2000's.

            Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo
            SCA103-GA75 · Accession · 1905-1995
            Part of Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo fonds.

            Fonds consists of records of the Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo relating to its incorporation, activities, programs, operations and history in the Community from 1905 to 1995. Includes minutes of the Board of Directors, standing and other committees, correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, ephemera, reports, financial statements, etc.

            Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo
            Wagner Hailer family fonds
            SCA105-GA77 · Fonds · 1822-September 16, 1988

            Correspondence, legal documents, photographs, ephemera and genealogical records, relating to Jacob Hailer (1804-1885), Henry Wagner (1793-1867), Jacob Wagner (1824-1858), Louis Henry Wagner (1857-1945), their families and the related Staebler Family, Biehn/Bean Family and Breithaupt Family.

            Wagner Hailer family
            Motz family fonds.
            SCA107-GA80 · Fonds · 1848-1990

            Materials relating to the personal and professional life of the Motz family spanning over one hundred and fifty years and four generations. Also included is materials relating to their family work in the newspaper industry in Kitchener. Includes personal records of John Motz, his son William John, and his grandchildren John George and John Edward as well as their respective wives. Also includes materials related to Rittinger and Motz, and the various newspaper that were owned and operated by the company. Materials include photographs, biographical records, correspondence, clippings, legal documents, stationary and a scrapbook.

            Motz Family
            Clement Bowlby Family fonds.
            SCA109-GA82 · Fonds · 1831-1988

            Fonds consists of textual and graphic materials created or accumulated by members of the Clement and Bowlby families, largely photographs of extended family members and materials created or accumulated by William Pope Clement and Florence Grace Clement. Also contains clippings, correspondence, genealogical records and research, textiles, artifacts including First World War medals, and other ephemera.

            Clement Bowlby Family
            SCA110-GA83 · Fonds · 1969-1997

            The records of K-W Oktoberfest document all aspects of the growth and day-to-day operation of the festival from its beginnings in 1969. They consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence, committee minutes and reports, publications, ephemera, audio-visual materials, and other material created or received by the Corporation in the course of its business. Records from 1969-1983 are incomplete.

            K-W Oktoberfest Inc.
            SCA113-GA402 · Accession · 1963-1966, 1976, 1984
            Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association fonds.

            Draft speeches written by Joseph Connell between 1963 and 1966, and audio cassettes containing recordings of some speeches and sessions delivered during the Young Men’s Christian Association’s (YMCA) annual meeting held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 13-17, 1984. Also includes two audio cassettes featuring a recording of the salute to Joseph Orr Connell on his retirement from the YMCA in May 1976 and one audio cassette containing a recording of remarks given by Charles Greb at the opening of a new Waterloo Family YMCA on June 10, 1971.

            Kitchener-Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association
            SCA113-GA86 · Accession · 1895-1992
            Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association fonds.

            Material relating to the organization, administration and operations of the Kitchener-Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association from 1906 to 1992. Includes annual reports, minutes of the Board of Directors and its committees, financial records, legal records relating to land transactions, returns to the Provincial Secretary, correspondence, and other records relating to buildings and facilities, staff and programs. Includes material relating to the K-W Y's Men's Club, Delta Phalanx, the Spokes Club and Pan Politae.

            Kitchener-Waterloo Young Men's Christian Association
            SCA117-GA90 · Fonds · 1934-2000

            Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by the Kitchener Waterloo Sales and Ad Club relating to their services, events, organization and history.

            Kitchener Waterloo Sales and Ad Club
            SCA118-GA202 · Accession · 1864-1978
            Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

            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.

            Schantz Russell Family
            SCA118-GA215 · Accession · [18--]-[196-]
            Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

            Textual and graphic material created or accumulated by members of the Schantz families, primarily photographs of extended Schantz family members and material created and accumulated by Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Also contains family correspondence, material relating to homestead land holdings, and ephemera. Textual records were loose when material was donated.

            Schantz Russell Family
            SCA118-GA232 · Accession · [18--]-[ca. 1919]
            Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

            Textual and graphic material created or accumulated by members of the Schantz families. Primarily includes photographs of members of the extended Schantz family and friends. Also contains ephemera, and school notebooks.

            Schantz Russell Family
            SCA118-GA252 · Accession · 1887-1994
            Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

            Textual, graphic and artefactual material created and accumulated by members of the Schantz Russell family, primarily Orpheus Moyer Schantz. Includes photographs of members of the extended family, correspondence, artwork, ephemera, and material relating to the professional and leisure pursuits of Orpheus Moyer Schantz.

            Schantz Russell Family
            SCA118-GA355 · Accession · 1853-1978
            Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

            Material created and accumulated by members of the Schantz family. Includes primarily ephemera including an early indenture, a tax bill, and school work of Tobias Schantz. Also includes notebooks kept by Dorothy Russell while a student at Kitchener–Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School, also known as Kitchener Collegiate Institute.

            Schantz Russell Family
            SCA118-GA391 · Accession · [ca. 1860-2015]
            Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

            Records related to the Schantz Russell family. Includes photographs, ephemera, drawings, a floor plan of the Schantz family home in Kitchener, Ontario, correspondence and family histories written by Harold Russell.

            Schantz Russell Family
            SCA118-GA91 · Accession · [18--]-[19--]
            Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

            Material created or accumulated by members of the Schantz Russell family including correspondence, photographs, ephemera, maps, artifacts and more.

            The records document the education, interests and activities of members of the Schantz Russell family. In particular, the correspondence files notably detail the lives of the Schantz women who were well-educated, and travelled. Their letters record details of domestic activities, local and national affairs. The photographs add to the known body of work of local photographers, most notably Denton, and include some images of important local events, such as the visit of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The many very early local maps and plans provide significant insight for area research.

            The records, originally stored in the attic of the Schantz Russell family home at 43 Schneider Avenue in Kitchener, were kept in trunks, boxes and desks, some belonging to individuals, and some containing general family papers. The arrangement of the fonds has been determined largely by the way the material was stored.

            Schantz Russell Family
            SCA118-GA91-2003accrual · Accession · [189-]-1994
            Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

            Textual and graphic material belonging to or created by Dorothy Russell, including her diaries, correspondence and photograph albums. Also includes a small amount of Schantz Reunion material such as the 1913 register. The photograph albums originally belonged to different members of the family.

            Schantz Russell Family
            SCA118-GA91-2005accrual · Accession · 1856-2005
            Part of Schantz Russell family fonds.

            Textual and graphic material created or accumulated by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) during her enrollment as a student at the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute and the Toronto Normal School, respectively, from 1916 to 1921. Also contains miscellaneous material created or accumulated by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz), including school certificates, provincial and county school examination papers and ephemera such as advertising and greeting cards. Includes as well, material relating to the Schantz Russell family; among these are publications and clippings.

            Schantz Russell Family
            SCA119-GA92 · Accession · 1878-1988
            Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record fonds

            Fonds consists of material relating to the history and operations of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, from its beginnings in 1878 to 1988. Also consists of historical materials on the history of Waterloo County and the Region of Waterloo including newspaper articles, slides, photographs, and negatives. Includes legal documents, clippings, ephemera, publications, artifacts, office files, photographic materials, and films.

            Kitchener-Waterloo Record
            William Dickson collection.
            SCA12-GA7 · Collection · 1818, 1831-1834, 1839

            Collection consists of seven legal documents regarding the sale of land in the Township of Dumfries in Southern Ontario.

            Dickson, William
            Lloyd Stamp fonds.
            SCA125-GA98 · Fonds · 1938-1995

            Four large albums, entitled "Pan Politae and Friends", that contain photographs, ephemera and text, both original and copies, relative to the history of the Pan Politae Club, as well as photographs and biographical information about its members from 1938 to 1995.

            The history of Pan Politae is documented through current and historical portraits, as well as photographs of activities such as reunions. The albums include photographs of fundraising projects like the Christmas tree sales and service projects events held with the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) camps. Photographs depict service work done primarily in Camp Wabanaki at its original location on Beausoleil Island, Georgian Bay, which was destroyed by fire in ca. 1970.

            These albums were compiled to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Kitchener-Waterloo YMCA. Included are portraits of and information about K-W YMCA Presidents, influential members, former staff, and information about awards and recipients. Also included is correspondence addressed to Lloyd Stamp from former members of the Pan Politae Club where they discuss their experiences and reflections from their time in the club.

            Stamp, Lloyd
            SCA128-GA101 · Accession · 1941-1994
            Part of United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area fonds

            Material relating to the organization, administration and operation of the United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area from 1941-1994. Included are include correspondence, minutes and reports, financial records, publications, ephemera, scrapbooks, sound and moving image material, artifacts, and other material created or received in the course of business. The fonds includes material relating to the organization, management and results of yearly campaigns, as well as material relating to the allocation of funds to member agencies. Information about member agencies is present as well and includes their financial reports and ephemera. Publications issued by local, provincial and other social service agencies and United Ways help provide a context for understanding the larger framework within which the local organization functions.

            United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area
            SCA132-GA105 · Accession · 1811-1947
            Part of Haney, Haney, Kendall & Melville fonds.

            The fonds consists of land transactions, mortgages, declarations, and power of attorney documents. Some seem to have been retained as they pertain to personal or family business of members of the firm, such as documents relating to the estate of Christian Kumpf, whose daughter married A.B. McBride.

            Some documents relate to well known names in the history of the area, such as David Kuntz of Kuntz Breweries and John Hoffman, for whom a survey of Waterloo was done in 1855, Thomas Hilliard, Charles Noecker, Ford S. Kumpf, etc.

            Evidence of printing activity is present in legal forms printed by local booksellers and stationers for the firm. The documents contain evidence of trades and occupations of the time, including marble cutter, tailor, hotel keeper, farmer, woolen mill employee, button turner, shoe merchant, cabinet maker, tobbaconist, cigar box manufaturer, brewer, pumpmaker, telephone agent, etc. Also interesting to note is the shift to the use of a typewriter and the appearance of a female employee described as a "stenographer." Interesting also is the relative level of literacy evident in the signatures of individuals, particularly those of husbands and wives, many of whom are represented only by their "mark."

            Haney, Haney, Kendall & Melville
            SCA132-GA196 · Accession · 1730-1972
            Part of Haney, Haney, Kendall & Melville fonds.

            Material relating to the activities of the Waterloo law firm Haney, Haney, Kendall & Melville under various former names (including MacGachen & Colquhoun, and Colquhoun & McBride), as well as material relating to the family history of some of the firm's members.

            Includes mostly deeds of land, mortgages, declarations, and correspondence; a will, a marriage contract, a birth registration, an insurance policy, a grant of burial lot, and other documents are also present. Accrual also contains two auction sale posters. Most of the documents were created in the local area, and some were created in England and Scotland.

            Several files contain deeds and mortgages for Lot 9 and part of Lot 10 in the village of St. Jacobs, showing transfer in ownership from Levi Cress to Christian Henrich in 1884, through several other parties, to John L. Horst and his wife Selina Horst in 1953. Several files also contain material relating to a Fred Kempf and his property in Elmira. Some of the documents seem to have been retained for their relation to personal or family business of members of the firm.

            Haney, Haney, Kendall & Melville
            Margaret Schreiter fonds.
            SCA139-GA112 · Fonds · 1952-1959

            Margaret Schreiter was "Camp Mother" at Camp Tinawatawa on Paradise Lake near Waterloo, Ontario between 1952 and 1959. The materials contained in this fonds include reports, the texts of presentations given by Margaret Schreiter, the outline of a discussion at a camp counsellors meeting led by Margaret Schreiter, correspondence, an manuscript list, and a camp newspaper. These items help document Y.W.C.A. camping activities at the time.

            Schreiter, Margaret
            R. J. Brown fonds.
            SCA140-GA113 · Accession · 1935-1994
            Part of R. J. Brown fonds.

            Nineteen file folders of material (originally stored in a binder) relating to the Y.M.C.A. Chorus over the period 1935-1940. Materials include group photographs with members identified, itineraries, list of songs, a list of members, ephemera, one audio cassette, and current correspondence from the Y.M.C.A. and Schneiders. Also includes contemporary materials on archival donations of the materials.

            Brown, Robert J.
            SCA140-GA254 · Accession · 1937-1998, predominant 1937-1940
            Part of R. J. Brown fonds.

            Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by R.J. Brown relating to his time as a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo YMCA chorus. Includes photographs of the chorus, music and set lists, membership information, ephemera and radio scripts.

            Brown, Robert J.
            Concordia Club fonds.
            SCA141-GA114 · Accession · 1895-1997, predominant 1950-1997
            Part of Concordia Club fonds.

            The majority of the archives of the Concordia Club were destroyed either as a result of the ransacking of the club by the 118th Batallion in 1916, or as a result of the fire of November 17, 1971. As a result the earliest records of Concordia have largely been lost forever. A very small number of items can be traced back to the Concordia Male Choir (1873-1914). These take the form of two items of correspondence, programs for the "Sängerfests", clippings, and photographs. A small number of archival records also can be found which belonged to the "Deutscher Club, Kitchener" (1925-1930), and include a set of house rules, letters patent, and photographs. Some records from the 1930s have also been preserved to this day, and include artifacts, clippings, legal documents, a membership list, photographs, and programs of events. However, the majority of the materials date from the 1950s onwards. These materials document the history of the Concordia Club since the 1950s, and include artifacts, audiovisual material, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, financial records, legal documents, membership records, minutes of meetings, photographs, publications, and scrapbooks.

            Concordia Club
            SCA142-GA464 · Accession · 1979-2019
            Part of John English fonds.

            Materials created or accumulated by John English as part of different functions in his professional life. Includes materials related to committees, organizations, and associations with which he was involved; conferences and events he attended or organized; different research projects, with the preeminence of Arctic matters; speeches, lectures, and courses he thought or organized; and political activities and events as part of the Canadian Liberal Party.

            English, John
            SCA143-GA116 · Fonds · 1896-1958

            Fond consists primarily of textual records relating to Leavine's political career as mayor of the City of Kitchener and as an M.P.P. (PC) for the constituency of Waterloo North, and his medical career as a doctor in Kitchener. Included are speeches, notes, news clippings, and scrapbooks related to his professional activities, as well as collected ephemera, photographs of Leavine and his family, and material related to his studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

            Leavine, Stanley Francis
            Mary Johnston fonds.
            SCA145-GA118 · Accession · 1941-1998, predominant 1970-1998
            Part of Mary Johnston fonds.

            The fonds consists of materials belonging to Mary Johnston which she acquired during her time as a school teacher and principal, as a member of various teachers organizations, and during the time she spent serving on various education-related local and provincial committees. This collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, minutes and other supporting documents re meetings, course materials produced for training courses and workshops, summary reports and other supporting documents re conferences, clippings, publications, printed materials, scrapbooks, and ephemera.

            Johnston, Mary
            SCA145-GA395 · Accession · 1800-2013
            Part of Mary Johnston fonds.

            Materials kept and created by Mary Johnston relating to her career and education as a teacher, her community work, and the history of education in the Waterloo Region.

            Johnston, Mary
            Company of Neighbours fonds.
            SCA147-GA120 · Fonds · [189-]-[195-], predominant [189-]-1906.

            Photographs taken in and around Waterloo, Ontario by unknown photographers. Included are images of Waterloo Park and events and businesses along King Street.

            Boehmer family fonds.
            SCA148-GA121 · Fonds · 1892, 1900-1937

            The fonds consists of two volumes, one a letter book R. Boehmer & Co., 1900-1908, and the other the minute book of the Kitchener, Waterloo and Bridgeport Coal Dealers Association, 1919-1936. E.S. Boehmer was secretary of the Association and H. Boehmer was a member. Also included is a small amount of ephemera.

            Boehmer Family
            Acadian Club documents.
            SCA149-GA122 · Collection · 1916

            This file consists of photocopies made for K.M. McLaughlin by the National Archives of Canada and consists of documents pertaining to the Acadian Club raid and the attempt to gain restitution from the government. The file contains copies of letters by N.A. Zick, President of the Acadian Club, W.G. Weichel, M.P., Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defence, and others, as well as a memorandum of damage done and recommendation of the Court of Inquiry. It also contains 2 photocopied chapters from Ontario and the First World War, 1914-1918: a collection of documents.

            Acadian Club
            SCA150-GA123 · Collection · 1897-1910

            File consists of photocopies purchased from the National Archives of Canada of a single volume described as "Waterloo County real estate transactions 1897-1910". The transactions consist of deeds and mortgages dated 1901-1910, with an index, relating primarily to parcels of land in Berlin [i.e. Kitchener], Ontario.

            David R. McKnight fonds.
            SCA151-GA124 · Fonds · 1798-1901

            This fonds consists of three groups of photocopies accumulated by David R. McKnight for research.

            The first is a photocopy of Newmarket Cemetary Burial Records, 1869-1901, used for McKnight's publication Newmarket Cemetary Burial Records (1869-1901): a transcription from the Land Registry Office Records, York County Copybooks / transcription & production David R. McKnight, proofreading and editing, Rosemary Willard Ambrose. - [S.l.]: The Author, [1994].

            The second is photocopies from an unknown source of documents relating to the Waterloo area. These include photocopies of official typescript transcriptions of land grants relating to land along the Grand River dated 1798, of a grant made to King's College in 1828, of maps from unidentified published works but originally from the National Archives of Canada, and photocopies of a number of 19th-century ms. agreements and indentures. Some of the items were originally stamped "Property of Registry Office, County of Waterloo".

            The third group of photocopies is a copy of a volume from the Archives of Ontario entitled "Crown lands" dated 1857, containing descriptions of same in Waterloo, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich and North Dumfries townships.

            Flora J. Reaman fonds.
            SCA152-GA125 · Fonds · 1908-1970

            Consists of sewing patterns, manuscript recipe books and other material belonging to Flora J. Reaman during her school days and married life.

            Reaman, Flora J.
            Bechler family fonds.
            SCA153-GA126 · Fonds · [18--]-1945

            The Bechler family fonds contains records created and accumulated by the Bechler family documenting life in Berlin (later Kitchener). Records include textual records and graphic material, predominantly photographs from an album. Records also contain confirmation certificates, marriage certificate, press clippings, and cards.

            Bechler family
            Edwin B. Dunke fonds.
            SCA155-GA128 · Fonds · 1894-1933

            Accounts of the German Baptist Church from 1894-1923. The volume contains lists of members, including many familiar local names, and statements of accounts. It also contains documents relating to the Benton St. Baptist Church, including annual reports and financial statements ca. 1919-1930.

            Like many other Kitchener natives, E.B. Dunke seems to have purchased land in Saskatchewan, documented by one file of correspondence.

            Edwin Dunke was probably the proprietor, or part owner, of Dunke and Co., a grocery store at 35 King. St. E. between Queen and Benton Streets. The "day books" of this store, complete with customers' names, purchases and store inventories reveal the daily lives, diets and purchasing patterns of local families and individuals from 1896 to 1930.

            Dunke, Edwin B.
            SCA157-GA130 · Fonds · 1901-1964

            Hespeler Furniture Co. day book and journal, 1901-1904; cash book 1903-1906; 5 ledgers from 1907 to 1943, accounts payable 1936 to 1964, and eight financial statements between 1916-1940.

            Hespeler Furniture Co.
            SCA158-GA131 · Fonds · 1907-1959

            The fonds consists mostly of files relating to some of Percy R. Hilborn's areas of service to the community, including Freeport Sanitarium, Preston War Service Association and Waterloo College and Associate Faculties fundraising. Several Havergal College notebooks belonging to Gertrude R. Wells, who became P.R. Hilborn's wife, are also present.

            Hilborn, Percy R.
            Schneider family collection
            SCA161-GA134 · Accession · [188-?]-2000
            Part of Schneider family collection.

            Fonds consists of material relating to descendants of Johann Christoph and Anna Elizabeth Schneider, their families, friends and activities. It also contains genealogical information about the Schneider and Ahrens family origins in Germany and relatives there. Includes clippings, correspondence, ephemera, films, manuscripts, photographs, slides, etc.

            Schneider family
            Schneider, Norman C.
            SCA161-GA134-14 · Series · 1905-1993
            Part of Schneider family collection.

            Series consists of material relating to the life and career of Norman C. Schneider, his personal and business interests and activities, as well as material relating to his wife Ethel (Lapsley) Schneider. Includes photographs and some documents relating to the 118th batallion, speeches, and presentations, awards and certificates, correspondence, ephemera, photographs, and other material.

            Schneider, Norman Christoph
            SCA161-GA134-Accrual2003 · Accession · 1848-2003
            Part of Schneider family collection.

            Accrual consists of material relating to descendants of Johann Christoph and Anna Elizabeth Schneider, their families, friends and activities. It also contains genealogical information about the Schneider and Ahrens families. Includes clippings, correspondence, audio cassettes, photographs, etc.

            Schneider family
            SCA161-GA134-Accrual2004 · Accession · 1890-2003
            Part of Schneider family collection.

            Accrual consists of material relating to descendants of Johann Christoph and Anna Elizabeth Schneider, in particular Herbert J. Schneider and J.M. Schneider Inc. Includes clippings, correspondence, audio cassettes, photographs, etc.

            Schneider family
            SCA163-GA137 · Accession · 1913-2000
            Part of Westmount Golf and Country Club (Kitchener, Ont.) fonds.

            The fonds consists of material relating to the history and operation of the Westmount Golf and Country Club in Kitchener, Ont. from its beginnings in 1929-1930 to 2000. Original documents include Board of Directors and other committee minutes, financial statements, tournament planning files, publications and ephemera as well as photographs and slides. The bulk of the fonds consists of manuscripts and other material gathered and prepared in for the publication of a 50th Anniversary history, Westmount Golf and Country Club, published in 1981.

            Westmount Golf and Country Club (Kitchener, Ont.)
            SCA164-GA138 · Accession · [18--]-[199-]
            Part of Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family fonds.

            Material related to the lives and activities of members of the Augustine and Kaufman families of Kitchener, Ontario and of the Ham family of Toronto, Ontario, in particular of the parents, aunt and grandparents of Mary Ham. Includes biographical information, clippings, correspondence, diaries, ephemera and photographs.

            Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family
            SCA164-GA396 · Accession · 1930-2018
            Part of Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family fonds.

            Records related to the Augustine, Ham, and Kaufman families as well as the Ratz and Breithaupt families, principally created or accumulated by Mary Ham, documenting the personal and professional lives of various family members. Records include correspondence, press clippings, genealogical research, family histories and articles, and photographs.

            Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family
            SCA165-GA139 · Accession · 1995-2002
            Part of Walter Bean Community Trails Foundation fonds.

            Fonds consists of material relating to activities and operations of the Walter Bean Community Trails Foundation from 1998-2002. Includes artwork, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, maps, minutes, photographs, publications, speech notes and videocassettes.

            Walter Bean Grand River Community Trails Foundation
            Mary Roe fonds.
            SCA166-GA140 · Fonds · 1987-2001

            Fonds consists of material relating to Mary Roe's work on the Board of Directors of the YWCA of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Includes clippings, committee minutes and agenda, correspondence, ephemera, notes, publications and working papers.

            Roe, Mary
            SCA168-GA142 · Collection · [191-?]

            One undated photograph showing a Breithaupt Leather Co. truck in front of the Shipping Dept. at the tannery, which was located in Kitchener, Ontario.

            Denton, Ernest
            SCA170-GA145 · Fonds · 1888-1974

            Fonds consists of material relating to the administration and operation of the Lang Tanning Company in Kitchener Ontario, from 1888 to 1974. Contains minutes, agreements, clippings and a photograph album. Also contains a colour photocopy of a site plan from 1938. Includes 24 photographs.

            Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
            Lyle S. Hallman fonds.
            SCA172-GA147 · Fonds · 1956-2002

            Fonds consists of material relating to the career and activities of Lyle S. Hallman, the history of Hallman Construction, and material relating to the history of the Hallman family. Includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, photographs, and pamphlets.

            Hallman, Lyle S.
            Kaufman Footwear fonds.
            SCA173-GA148 · Accession · 1907-1998
            Part of Kaufman Family collection.

            Fonds consists of material relating to the history, operation and products of the Kaufman Rubber Company, later Kaufman Footwear. Includes catalogues of products, documentation of formulae, compounds, in-house "written standard practice" manuals illustrating industrial processes. Includes corespondence, clippings, ephemera, memoranda, photographs, publications, reports, and sound recordings.

            Kaufman Footwear
            William H. Kaufman fonds.
            SCA173-GA170 · Accession · 1956-2000, predominant 1973-1997
            Part of Kaufman Family collection.

            Fonds consists of records relating to the career and activities of William H. Kaufman, primarily his volunteer and charitable activities in Kitchener, Ontario. Includes correspondence, ephemera, financial records, minutes, handwritten notes, reports, etc.

            Kaufman, William Hutton
            SCA173-GA171 · Accession · 1920-2000
            Part of Kaufman Family collection.

            Accrual consists of records retained by members of the Kaufman Family relating to Kaufman Footwear. Most files originated with A.R. Kaufman and include factory orders and memoranda, catalogues, material relating to shoe testing, material relating to the history of the company and photographs. Fonds contains clippings, correspondence, ephemera, publications, mss., newsletters, photographs, and videocassettes,.

            Kaufman Footwear
            A.R. Kaufman fonds.
            SCA173-GA173 · Accession · 1929-1979
            Part of Kaufman Family collection.

            Fonds consists of material relating to the personal life and interests of A.R. Kaufman, as well as information about his parents and family, preserved by him. The fonds contains biographical information such as clippings, interviews and awards, scrapbooks maintained by A.R. Kaufman relating to birth control, photographs, and autobiographical accounts by A.R. Kaufman of trips taken to England and France in 1929, around the world in 1958, and to Russia in 1963. It also includes material about Jacob and Mary Kaufman in the form of clippings, biographical accounts written by A.R. Kaufman, correspondence and other material relating to their estates and photographs.

            Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
            SCA173-GA260 · Accession · 1907-[ca. 2005]
            Part of Kaufman Family collection.

            Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by the Kaufman family, including materials created during their personal and professional lives and by Kaufman Rubber and Footwear. Includes photographs, materials relating to the William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation, personal records, Kaufman Rubber and Kaufman Footwear records and ephemera, and three scrapbooks relating to birth control in Canada.

            Kaufman Family
            SCA173-GA300 · Accession · 1961-2015
            Part of Kaufman Family collection.

            Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Gary Peysar during his time working for Kaufman Footwear Includes ephemera, clippings, photographs, and documentation.

            Kaufman Footwear
            SCA173-GA436 · Accession · ca. 1940
            Part of Kaufman Family collection.

            One certificate of appreciation from the YWCA Kitchener-Waterloo appointing Mary Kaufman as honorary president of the organization. The certificate is signed by past-presidents including Bertha Lang, Sarah Lang, Martha Rieder, Lottie Pequegnat, Caroline Augustine, Rosie Pollock, Sara Breithaupt and others.

            Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo
            SCA173-GA480 · Accession · 1885-1979
            Part of Kaufman Family collection.

            Materials related to the personal and professional life of A. R. Kaufman and his family. Includes family photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, physical objects, and ephemera created or accumulated by the family throughout the years. Contains family records and photographs accumulated during A. R. and Jean Kaufman's lives, materials related to A. R. Kaufman's personal affiliations (such as masonic orders), materials accumulated from trips and travels across the world, materials related to A. R. and Jean Kaufman's professional life and affiliations, and awards and recognitions received by A. R. Kaufman.

            Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
            John Goldie correspondence.
            SCA178-GA153 · Collection · 1846-1854

            Consists of typescripts of fifteen letters, fourteen from John Goldie to his son James written between 1846 and 1854, one undated from William to James.

            Goldie, John
            William Kriesel fonds.
            SCA179-GA154 · Fonds · 1889-1908

            Fonds consists of eleven day books and two ledgers listing daily sales and corresponding customer accounts for William Kriesel's stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from 1889-1905.

            Kriesel, William
            John Woelfle fonds.
            SCA182-GA157 · Fonds · 1895

            Fonds consists of ten letters written by John Woelfle to his brother Edward in 1895. The letters describe the travels and activities of the writer and express interest and concern about the activities and lifestyle of the recipient and other members of the family.

            Woelfle, John
            SCA186-GA161 · Accession · 1984-2003
            Part of Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation fonds.

            Fonds consists of material relating to the history and operation of the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation from its founding in 1984 to the present. It includes correspondence, committee minutes and agendas, ephemera, financial statements, publications, reports, speeches, photographs, sound recordings and video recordings and electronic records.

            Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation
            SCA186-GA218 · Accession · [19--]-2010
            Part of Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation fonds.

            Textual, graphic, and other materials relating to the operations, activities, personnel and events of the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation. Includes financial records, committee information, executive director files, board of directors' files and information, clippings, promotional material, publications, videocassette and sound records, electronic files and other ephemera.

            Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation
            SCA187-GA162 · Fonds · 1851-1983

            Material relating to members of the Hoffman, Barnes, Schiedel, Bowlby, Davison and Carlisle families, primarily photographs. Includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, photographs, including snapshots taken during early construction of the Westmount area of Kitchener, Ontario.

            Bowlby, Davison, Hoffman Family
            Dare Foods Limited fonds.
            SCA188-GA163 · Accession · 1892-2003
            Part of Dare Foods Limited.

            Fonds consists of records generated in the course of business by Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary companies. It includes financial statements; account books; minutes; correspondence; letters patent; legal records; share registers; biscuit, cracker and candy formulas; architectural drawings; biscuit, cracker and candy packaging samples; price lists; photographs; television, radio and print advertisements; publications; artifacts; manuals; the records of J.R. Worthington; internal newsletters; and newspaper clippings. Fonds also contains the records of The Almer Company Limited and Sunbeam Shoes, companies acquired privately by Carl Dare.

            Dare Foods Limited
            SCA188-GA201 · Accession · 1956, [196-]
            Part of Dare Foods Limited.

            Accrual consists primarily of material accumulated by William J. Hopp, a baker and plant supervisor at the Dare Biscuit Company in Kitchener, Ontario, and other material relating to the incorporation and history of Dare Foods Limited, including two labour strikes.

            Includes letters patent and by-laws, training and conference materials relating to the manufacture of cookies and crackers, recipe books containing cookie and cracker formulae, research reports, clippings, bulletins, correspondence and memoranda, photographs, catalogues and brochures, packaging, and other material.

            Dare Foods Limited
            SCA188-GA257 · Accession · 1889-1996
            Part of Dare Foods Limited.

            Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Dare Foods Inc., including materials created or accumulated by previous names under which it was run and its subsidiaries. Contains organizational and financial records, historical information, ephemera and photographs.

            Dare Foods Limited
            SCA188-GA282 · Accession · 1908-2014
            Part of Dare Foods Limited.

            Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Dare Foods Ltd., including materials created or accumulated by previous names under which it was run and its subsidiaries. Materials include photographs, packaging, historical records, ephemera and more.

            Dare Foods Limited
            SCA188-GA420 · Accession · 1938-2019
            Part of Dare Foods Limited.

            Material created and accumulated by Dare Foods Limited and its predecessor companies. Includes records related to the organization and operation of the company as well as historical records, photographs, and ephemera.

            Dare Foods Limited
            SCA188-GA542 · Accession
            Part of Dare Foods Limited.

            Three binders documenting the history of Dare Foods. The binders primarily focus on employees and employee social events such as birthdays, weddings and retirements, as well as important events in the history of the company. Included are photographs, ephemera, and publications put out by Dare Foods.

            Dare Foods Limited
            Marilyn Dippell fonds.
            SCA192-GA167 · Fonds · 1984-1993

            Material relating to administration and operation of the K-W YWCA, its programs and services, consisting of the files kept by Marilyn Dippell through her term as President. Includes correspondence, ephemera, memoranda, minutes of meetings, manuscript notes and document drafts, etc.

            Dippell, Marilyn
            SCA193-GA168 · Collection · 1929-2003

            Collection consists primarily of negatives taken by Charles Belair during the course of his professional career as a photographer. The images include those of local families, events and buildings in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. The collection includes some 21, 000 negatives as well as in some cases accompanying prints, transparencies, and contact sheets.

            Belair, Charles
            Kenneth G. Murray fonds.
            SCA194-GA169 · Fonds · 1967-2004

            Fonds consists of texts of speeches given by Ken Murray from 1967 to 2004.

            Murray, Kenneth G.
            SCA198-GA175 · Collection · [19--]

            One formal group portrait.

            Back row, left to right: Senator Robb, N. Asmussen M.P.P., J.A. Scellen, W.T. Sass, Hon. James Malcolm, John A. Lang, W. Max Euler.

            Middle row, left to right: W.J. Motz, Mr. King's secretary, H.J. Sims, Mrs. J. Cole, Mayor Greb, Premier King, Hon. W.D. Euler, Mrs. Peden Mielke, Mrs. Leonard Oliver, Senator Dr. Rankin.

            Front row, left to right: Mrs. Max Euler, Miss Rankin, Mrs. W.D. Euler, Mrs. W.J. Motz.

            Denton, Ernest
            SCA200-GA177 · Collection · August 27, 1849

            File consists of one letter from Christian Enslin, bookseller and bookbinder, Waterloo, Ontario to Fredrick Heinitsch, M.D., Lancaster, Pennsylvania requesting the right to "Mother Drops", a medicine created by Dr. Heinitsch on which he held the patent.
            The letter also includes information on bookbinding and printing practices in Upper Canada and makes reference to local figures such as Benjamin Eby, Bishop of the Mennonites.

            Enslin, Christian
            SCA201-GA178 · Collection · 1923

            One photograph of a section of King Street, Waterloo, Ont. showing recently completed paving work by Standardite Paving. Also visible in the photograph are streetcar tracks, early street lights and automobiles.

            Denton, Ernest
            SCA202-GA179 · Collection · January 16, 1918

            One holograph letter, written from the trenches in France during the First World War. Ross Hamilton is sending Miss Henstridge a book he has found in a ruined house, and is asking for news of his old school, Kitchener Collegiate Institute.

            Hamilton, Ross
            SCA204 · Collection · [18--]-2000

            The Breithaupt Hewetson Clark collection includes family papers the three families named; the Breithaupt family, the Hewetson family, and the Clark family. Made up of over several hundred cubic feet of archives, about 12,000 photographs, several thousand printed items and a large group of "subject and topical files" as well as plans, maps and drawings.

            The largest set of family records are those related to the Breithaupt family of what is today Kitchener with the earliest documents being from the period of Liborious Breithaupt's emigration in 1843. A small group of family papers collected by Spencer Clark contains material on the Clark and Alexander families. Other families including the Devitt family of Waterloo and the Davis family of Brampton are also represented in the collection.

            Also in the collection are records related to the Guild of All Arts (now the Guild Inn) in Scarborough, Ontario from its inception in 1932 to the 1980s. Founded by Rosa Breithaupt Hewetson Clark and Spencer Clark, the Guild began as a co-operative crafts community, and evolved primarily as a hotel and conference centre. In addition to Guild records, the Breithaupt Hewetson Clark collection holds smaller collections acquired by the Breithaupt family and by Spencer Clark. The personal library of Spencer Clark, which includes many books, periodicals, government documents, and ephemeral items, was donated together with the archival collections, and is particularly strong in the fields of urban planning, architecture, and Canadian art.

            Breithaupt Hewetson Clark family
            SCA204-GA182 · Accession · [18--]-1988
            Part of Breithaupt Hewetson Clark collection.

            Materials include family papers from three families, the Breithaupt family, the Hewetson family, and the Clark family; records from the Guild of All Arts in Scarborough, Ontario, founded by Rosa Breithaupt Hewetson Clark and Spencer Clark; and several smaller collections acquired by the Breithaupt family and by Spencer Clark. The personal library of Spencer Clark, which includes many books, periodicals, government documents, and ephemeral items, was donated together with the archival collections, and is particularly strong in the fields of urban planning, architecture, and Canadian art.

            Breithaupt Hewetson Clark family
            SCA204-GA263 · Accession · [186-]-[19--]
            Part of Breithaupt Hewetson Clark collection.

            Materials related to the Breithaupt family, specifically the family branch Breithaupt Anthes, started by John Christian Breithaupt and Carrie Breithaupt. Includes photographs of the family in different locations and participating in various social activities, the family home in Kitchener and their vacation home in Penetanguishene, studio photographs of several members of the family, trips and travels in Canada and Europe, and photographs of later members of the family in different locations. Some of the photographs appear to be from later descendants of John Christian Breithaupt and Carrie Breithaupt.

            Also contains textual records related to the political campaign led by Louis Jacob Breithaupt (John Christian Breithaupt's brother) and a metal printing plaque for the wedding of Helen Esther Breithaupt (daughter of John Christian Breithaupt and Carrie Breithaupt).

            Breithaupt Hewetson Clark family
            SCA204-GA529 · Accession · 1888-1946, predominant 1888-1922
            Part of Breithaupt Hewetson Clark collection.

            Fonds consists of material relating to the life and activities, both business and personal, of Albert L. Breithaupt from his 18th year on. Includes correspondence in German from his mother, Catharine Hailer Breithaupt. Includes correspondence, diaries, legal and financial documents, ephemera and photographs.

            Breithaupt, Albert Liborius
            SCA205-GA183 · Accession · 1929-2004
            Part of Grand River Conservation Authority fonds.

            Fonds consists of records relating to the administration and operation of the Grand River Conservation Authority and its predecessors, the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, from 1966 to 2006. Includes clippings, correspondence, minutes, visual and sound materials, reports and studies, maps, etc.

            Grand River Conservation Authority
            SCA205-GA226 · Accession · 1930-2009
            Part of Grand River Conservation Authority fonds.

            Accrual consists of materials relating to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority and its predecessors. Includes materials relating to the activities, events, employees and land ownership of the GRCA. Includes committee and meeting minutes, photographs, reports, maps, etc.

            Grand River Conservation Authority
            SCA206-GA184 · Fonds · 1931-1990, predominant 1938-1966

            Fonds consists primarily of records relating to the operation and activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission from 1938 to 1966, mostly records maintained by successive secretary-treasurers, but including some chairman's files (William Philip), and operations files. Includes a wide range of documentation, including correspondence, financial records, minutes, personnel records, reports, maps and plans and environmental monitoring records. Documentation includes construction of the Shand and Conestogo Dams, property acquisition and management, relations and interactions with municipalities and government departments at the provincial and federal levels, flood management and monitoring, implementation and management of health care, unemployment insurance, provincial and federal taxes, rental and leasing of cottage lots and other properties, reforestation and nursery operations, management of motor vehicles and other equipment.

            Grand River Conservation Commission
            Electrohome fonds.
            SCA207-GA186 · Accession · [ca. 1890]-2001
            Part of Electrohome fonds.

            Records relating to the administration, operation, products, and history of Electrohome Limited and its subsidiary companies, as well as its predecessors, Pollock-Welker Limited, the Grimes Radio Corporation Limited, and the Phonola Company of Canada Limited. Includes letters patent and by-laws, share certificates and registers, board of directors' minutes, legal records, financial statements, correspondence, memoranda, advertisements and product literature, internal and external publicity materials, news releases and press kits, press clippings, speeches, sales kits and manuals, photographs and other visual materials, ephemera, architectural and technical drawings, sound recordings, computer disks, and artifacts.

            Electrohome
            SCA207-GA199 · Accession · [1957?]-2004, predominant 1970-[198-]
            Part of Electrohome fonds.

            Moving images, sound recordings, and slides relating to Electrohome, especially public relations, sales and marketing, and advertising, as well as some documenting various aspects of the company's facilities, operations, and history. Accrual also includes materials relating to the administration of Electrohome, and in particular financial reports for the company from 1985-2000 as well as some public relations materials from 1979-1984 and annual reports for the years 1997-1999.

            Electrohome