Practiced 1867-1876.

The Librarians' and Archivists’ Association of the University of Waterloo (LAAUW) exists to support, promote, and create opportunities for professional librarians and archivists at the University of Waterloo Library.

LAAUW was established on October 22, 1976. On this day, a draft constitution was assembled and presented to librarians who then voted to create the association and accept the draft constitution in principle. Shorty after, a nominating committee was established to accept nominations for the posts of President, Vice-President, and Secretary. The first Executive Committee elected consisted of Murray Genoe (President), Gene Damon (Vice-President), and Carla Hagstrom (Secretary). The first duty of the executive was to present a final version of the Constitution to members for approval. A final version of the Constitution was presented to members on January 19, 1977 and was approved. At this time, the Programs Committee and the Compensation Committee were also formed.

LAAUW was active until 1995 and then underwent several years of dormancy. A motion to formally revive the association was passed during the annual general meeting on March 23, 2000.

The association was formally known as the Librarians’ Association of the University of Waterloo (LAUW) until Archivists was added to the association’s name in 2019.

Catherine Margaret Liebler was born January 10, 1863 in Manheim, Ontario to Christian and Salome Feick (nee Anthes). She married widower Menno Liebler, originally of Zurich, Ontario, in Perth, Ontario on December 16, 1896.

Johanna Maria (Jeny) Lind was a Swedish opera singer who was known as the Swedish Nightingale. Lind was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and performed across Sweden, Europe, and the United States. In 1849 at the age 29 Lind announced her retirement from opera singing. However, in 1950 P.T. Barnum invited Lind to tour the United States which she did, giving 93 large concerts. She continued to tour the US herself and donated the proceeds of her concerts to charity. For the remainder of her life she gave only occasional concerts, and worked as a professor of singing at the Royal College of Music in England.

Irene Anthes was born September 8, 1978 to Henry William and Elizabeth "Libbie" (nee Lawrence) Anthes. She married Herbert Alfred Locke in York, Ontario November 23, 1910. She died July 16, 1963 at the age of 84 in Barrie, Ontario and was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

James Lockie was born ca. 1833 in Scotland. He married Margaret Sharp on June 13, 1862. He worked as inspector and then president of the Mercantile Fire Insurance Company and died suddenly on November 11, 1898.

1955: Loney's founded by Yves Hudon.

1961: Yves Hudon buys Grissol and folds Loney's into Grissol Foods Limited.

1972: Grissol, including Loney's, was purchased by Imasco Foods Limited, the food arm of the Imperial Tobacco company.

1983: Imasco Foods, including Grissol, purchased by Culinar, Inc., of Montreal, Quebec.

1999: Montreal cheese company Saputo Inc. buys Culinar, made up of the Vachon snack cakes businesses and the CFS (Cookies, Fine Breads and Soups) Division.

2001: Dare Foods Limited buys Culinar CFS (Cookies, Fine Breads and Soups) from Saputo Inc. Culinar is dissolved. Loney's soups continue to be made in the Grissol fine breads (Melba toast) plant in Ste-Martine, 30 km south of Montreal, Quebec.

2004: Dare Foods Limited sells the Loney's soups business (with related manufacturing equipment) to Produits Alimentaires Berthelet of Montreal, Quebec. Production of Loney's soups moves from the Grissol Ste-Martine plant to Berthelet's facilities in Montreal.

Elizabeth Dundas Long was a Canadian journalist and broadcaster who was head of the Women's Talks Department at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on October 10, 1891, Long was educated at the University of Manitoba where she received her Master of Arts in English Poetry. In 1920 she began working as Reporter of Women's Activities for the Winnipeg Tribune and in 1922 became Editor of the Social and Women's Department at the Winnipeg Free Press. Long worked there until 1926 when she became Associate Editor of the Free Press Prairie Farmer. In 1938 Long joined the CBC, the first woman to be hired by the corporation in an executive capacity, as head of women's interests. She later worked as special advisor to the CBC on women's interests until her retirement in 1956. During this time, and in her retirement years, she held many positions such as Vice President of the International Council of Women. Long died in 1978.

Ethel Carol Longfellow (b. 1881) and Anne Sewall Longfellow (b. 1883) were born in Byfield, Massachusetts to Horace and Hannah Longfellow on the family farm. The two sisters attended Smith College, both graduating in the class in 1906. After college both Anne and Ethel moved to Boston and worked in the stenographic and secretarial fields.

Frances Loring was a Canadian sculptor. She was born in Wardner, Idaho. She studied art in Europe as well as Chicago, Boston, and New York. In New York, she shared a studio with Florence Wyle. Loring and Wyle moved to Toronto in 1912, and in 1920 bought an old church and converted it into a studio. Loring and Wyle were both active in Canadian art movements and were founding members of the Sculptors Society of Canada in 1928. Their work can be seen at the National Gallery in Ottawa, Art Gallery of Toronto, and in the streets of Toronto on such buildings as the Toronto General Hospital and Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, and on memorials in small towns in Ontario, New Brunswick and Maine.

Erneset (Ernie) S. Lucy was a university administrator who served as Dean of Students at the University of Waterloo from 1987 until retiring in 1991. Born September 23, 1923 in Rochester, New York he served in World War II as a member of the United States Air Force. Following the war, he studied Hobart College and completed graduate studies in social psychology, sociology and industrial relations at the University of Minnesota and the University of Illinois, where he obtaining a PhD. After several year working in industry, Lucy joined Waterloo in March 1963 as assistance to the director of Co-ordination and Placement, which would later become Co-operative Education and Career Action. He worked as an adjunct professor in Psychology and a Sociology lecturer in the University's academic program in personnel and administrative studies (PAS) before being named was named Director of the program in 1981. Named Director, Personnel Student Services in 1983, he went on to serve as Dean of Students in 1987. Lucy died at home on October 14, 2014.

John H. Luxton was born September 10, 1898 in Grey County, Ontario, to Norman G. and Mary Isabel Luxton.On September 3, 1929, he married Lillian Grace McLachlan. He was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Scots Fusiliers of Canada ca. 1942. In 1968, he was working as an investment counselor and living in Kitchener, Ontario.

Elizabeth Macadam was a British suffragist and leader in the development of social work. She studied social work at the Women's University Settlement in Southwark, London and then became the warden of the Victoria Women's Settlement in Liverpool where she worked with Eleanor Rathbone. In 1919 she became an officer of the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship as well as editor of the paper, the Woman's Leader. She lived with Eleanor Rathbone at a home in London until Eleanor's death in 1946. Elizabeth died in 1948 in Edinburgh.

General Douglas MacArthur was Commander of the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East, the Philippines, during World War II.

Born in Stettler, Alberta on July 11, 1911, Helen MacArthur was a nursing Administrator who later became the head of the Canadian Red Cross in the nineteen 1950s to 1960s. She was awarded in 1954 with the Florence Nightingale Award for her service while in Korea during the 1950s. She retired in 1971, 3 years before her death on December 15, 1974.

Edith Louisa Ahrens MacDonald was born April 23, 1900 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario to Henry Jacob Ahrens and Caroline Seiler. She married Hyalie Harris MacDonald May 21, 1925 in Berlin. Edith died in 1993 and was interred in Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener.

Hyalie Harris MacDonald was born February 15, 1895 in Wellington, Ontario. He married Edna Louise Ahrens on May 21, 1925. MacDonald died November 10, 1947 in Kitchener, Ontario and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.

Dr. Royce MacGillivray was a professor in the Department of History at the University of Waterloo. He retired in 1996. He has also written extensively on the history of Ontario, particularly on Glengarry County.

Miss Oktoberfest 1990.

Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (nee Macpherson), author, was born in Woodstock, Ontario on November 25, 1875. Isabel was educated at the Woodstock Collegiate Institute and began writing for the Woodstock Daily Express at the age of 15. In 1895 Isabel married Peter J. Mackay and in 1909 they moved to Vancouver where Isabel wrote all of her major works.

All together she published six novels, four collections of poems and five plays as well as over 300 poems and short stories in various publications. Many of Isabel's plays were staged in Canada and the United States. Isabel was also the first president of the Canadian Women's Press Club and president of the British Columbia Section of the Canadian Authors' Association. Her play "Treasure" won the open, all Canadian I.O.D.E. contest in 1926. Isabel died August 15, 1928.

Isobel MacKay was Assistant Dean of Women at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario during the time period covered by the documents in this fonds, and as such was involved in the organization and operation of a group called "Community Resources for Women." This group was formed early in 1978 to answer a perceived need for communication among groups and agencies in the region who were then providing services to women and described itself as a "non-profit, inter-agency group whose objectives are to co-ordinate programs of activity which allow for information sharing, discovery of ways to co-operate and skill acquisition for group members." The group operated successfully at least until 1983, with representation from approximately forty community groups and agencies. Activities included luncheon meetings with speakers and skills development workshops. The group also put out a newsletter for members and compiled a service directory of participating organizations. Isobel MacKay was involved in Community Resources for Women from its beginnings and in 1980-1981 served as the Chair of the Steering Committee.