Indenture transferring title of a property that was situated in the Village of Elmira from the estate of George Ratz to Charles Edmund Klinck.

Consists of one receipt for twenty one pounds received from Joseph Pettengall as partial payment for 100 acres of land in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, on June 6, 1839.

File consists of materials relating to the proposed women and children's temporary accommodations at 19 Weber St. Includes correspondence, legal documents, and plans.

File consists of legal information related to the Lincoln Road Housing Project. Includes correspondence with the lawyer, legal documents, and notes.

File consists of materials related to the mortgage on 84 Frederick St. Includes financial information, legal documents, and correspondence.

File consists of one donation agreement between a consortium including the Rotary Club of Kitchener and The Corporation of the City of Waterloo in support of RIM Park.

Official permits issued for a intended trips to the United States, dated Sept. 27, 1917, Jan. 19, 1918, May 21, 1918.

File consists of statements of account and two agreements, one relating to a sheepskin factory dated June 3, 1852 and the other relating to a tannery, dated March 30, 1857.

1 ms notarized copy of will, codicils, extracted from the principal Registry of the Probate Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice.

Materials related to the second edition of James Walker’s book The Black Loyalists: the search for a promised land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, 1783-1870. Includes correspondence related to the edition and promotional events, preface to the 1992 edition and corrections to it, biographical information about Walker, forms and agreements for the first and second edition of the book, author information sheets, correspondence about the reprint from the University of Toronto Press and other people and organizations, Walker’s copy of the letter of agreement from Toronto University Press, handwritten notes, letters relating copyright of the first edition of the book published by Longman International Education.
Also contains correspondence thanking Walker for reading and/or proofreading other manuscripts and cheques with payments for the service and correspondence related to Walker’s revision of the article “Transplanting Communities: Black women in Ontario, 1850s-1890” in The Canadian Historical Review.

Memorandum of agreement made June 22, 1944 respecting the will and assets of Harvey J. Sims in light of his impending marriage with Gay Estill Robb. This agreement is signed and sealed by all parties and witnessed; the attached will of the same date is signed and witnessed, two other notarized documents also signed and witnessed.

Agreement (carbon) between Harvey J. Sims and his sister Rella May Stewart dated January 2, 1923, concerning possession and ownership of silver and gold items from their parents' estate.

Documents relating to mortgage on Con. 13, lot 2, east side, dated 1865, abstract and discharge of same.

Correspondence and accounts relating to James and Janet Sims' finances from 1875-1881, also to Janet Sims' estate from 1881-1888. James died in 1880 and Janet died Oct. 3, 1881.

Document signed by Philip Hohmeier acknowledging receipt of all of Peter H. Sims' interest in the listed Canadian and American patents for improvements to hot-air stoves and furnaces, witnessed by Jas. S. Lockie.

Correspondence and agreements relating to a U.S. patent issued to Peter H. Sims and Philip Hohmeier of Waterloo for improvements to a hot air furnace and the transfer of manufacturing rights to Henry B. Weaver of Blue Ball, Pennsylvania. In the first letter of May 6, 1886, A.M. Weaver asks about the "Balm of Life receipt" sent to her by Peter, but wants to know how many ounces of "oil of origanum" are needed.

Correspondence to Peter H. Sims from A. Millar, legal documents, and receipts all relating to action brought against Peter by creditors John Travers and Milton Cushing Schofield.

File consists of initialed carbon contract with McClelland & Stewart, dated March 1, 1967.

File consists of one indenture between Louis Jacob Breithuapt and the German Printing and Publishing Company, Ltd granting the company a building on King St.

File consists of one order from the Province of Ontario changing the name of the German Printing and Publishing Company of Berlin, Ltd to The News Record, Ltd.

File consists of signed agreement with McClelland & Stewart.

One theatre contract between Asa Steele and Robert B. Mantell for Asa to work beginning on August 31, 1896. Robert agrees to pay Asa $50 per week for her services at a theatre, opera house, or hall. The contact outlines the expectations for both parties as well as rules and regulations for the actor and how their pay may be docked if they break them.

Waterloo Trust and Savings Company, Trust of Mabel A. and Mary D. Sims et al : statement of receipts and disbursements from December 31, 1952 to December 31, 1953, accompanied by a news clipping concerning federal estate tax.

File consists of loose contract dated 1968.

File consists of signed contract with McClelland & Stewart for Turn East, Turn West, dated June 24, 1953.

Last will and testament of Margaret Hailer Wagner Bean.

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

File consists of the last will and testament of Martha Rieder (1934), and two copies each of the last will and testament of Talmon Henry Rieder, one dated 1917 and one dated 1921.

One broadside legal document for the recapture of an enslaved woman in Memphis, Tennessee. The writ of replevin and penal bond is by Sarah A. Hawthorn, by her next friend John Hawthorn. Next friend is a legal term for someone who appears in court in place of one who is not considered competent to do so. In this case, Sarah's husband John appeared on her behalf as Sarah, being a married woman, could not bring actions in Tennessee. The writ of replevin is filed against George W. Fisher who the Hawthorns claim was illegally holding an enslaved woman named Mary An. The writ also states that if the Hawthorns are found to be unlawful in their re-capture of Mary Ann they would pay a penal bond of $1,600.