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File consists of materials relating to the history and development of Rockway Gardens.

Film of blooming flower beds at Rockway Gardens. Taken on a sunny day the footage includes intermittent views of the what are likely the Janzen memorial water fountains. Film box includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Everything blooming! Fantastic".

Photographs of the Schneider Memorial Fountain at Rockway Gardens, Kitchener, Ont. Two are of the fountain and include Norman C. and Frederick H. Schneider; the other is of the memorial inscription.

Slides of the Schneider Memorial Fountain at Rockway Gardens, Kitchener, Ont.

Postcard of Schneider Memorial Fountain at Rockway Gardens.

Material relating to the fountain erected as a memorial to J.M. and Helena Schneider by their children in 1964 at Rockway Gardens, Kitchener, Ont. Includes correspondence regarding Niagara Fountains, costs and maintenance, clippings, blueprints, and the original typescript dedication by given by Norman C. Schneider on September 27, 1964.

Typescript speech by Rev. Paul Zacharias and clippings related to dedication of the Schneider Memorial Fountain at Rockway Gardens on September 27, 1964.

View of Rockway Gardens showing train track, hydro poles and lines.

UW #5 Skating at Victoria Park. 1932; UW #6 Unknown picnic at Waterloo Park. 1939-1940; UW #14 Rockway Gardens (col.). 1944; UW #20 Rotary picnic. 1929-1930; UW #21 Church of the Good Shepherd : cornerstone, picnic. 1935.

237 slides of photographs taken by Dorothy White. Originally organized into subjects, they do not necessarily correspond with what is shown on the images. Subjects include: Downtown Kitchener, Kitchener City Hall (interior and exterior), Oktoberfest parade, construction on King St., Rockway Gardens, images of Waterloo region, 1959 Loblaws fire, Christmas lights downtown Kitchener, Kitchener trollybusses, Conestogo Parkway, Blair's Sheave Tower, Victoria Park, Queen Elizabeth's visit to Kitchener, Bridgeport Mills, Waterloo Pioneers Memorial Tower.

Series consists of photographs of Norman C. Schneider, his wife Ethel and children Herbert Howard and Brita, their friends, activities, homes, pets and travels. Most are snapshots taken by Norman C. Schneider during the course of his lifetime of subjects including: Chicopee Ski Club and skiing in general, Church of the Good Shepherd, Freeport cottage, Shorewood Cottage at Honey Harbour, Kitchener-Waterloo Rotary Club, LeRoy car, Little Pal, 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Pope-Hartford car, Rotary International, Royal Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Kitchener in 1939, Schneider Memorial Fountain at Rockway Gardens in Kitchener, Tuerck Engines, motorcycles.

Series includes photographs of family birthdays, wedding anniversaries, Christmas celebrations, family outings, presentations of awards, vacations at Southampton and Grand Bend, and Norman and Ethel Schneider's wedding (they did not have studio portraits taken).