Ephemera

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  • Transient everyday items, usually printed and on paper, that are manufactured for a specific limited use, then often discarded. Includes everyday items that are meant to be saved, at least for a while, such as keepsakes and stock certificates.

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      Ephemera

      • UF Programmes, leaflets, receipts, menus, playbills, pamphlets, flyers, greeting cards, business cards, invitations, coupons, tickets

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        2147 Archival description results for Ephemera

        Zeller, Walter.
        SCA161-GA134-14-14.2-77 · File · February 19, 1975
        Part of Schneider family collection.

        Clipping of article from the February 19, 1975 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Zeller a leading merchant," by Ernie Ronnenberg. Walter Zeller was a boyhood friend of Norman C. Schneider.

        Schneider, Norman Christoph
        SCA420-GA488 · Collection · 1930-1955

        Photograph album containing photographs and other materials related to the Zagar family with an emphasis on their youngest daughter Margaret Ann.

        Photographs and ephemera in album cover the lives of the Zagar family from the early 1930s to the early 1950s. First sheets include photographs of the grandmothers, parents (Stephan and Wilma), twin oldest daughters (Rosalyn and Marilyn Ann), and youngest daughter as a baby (Margaret Ann). Rest of sheets focus on Margaret Ann and her development from early childhood to adulthood after having contracted Polio as an infant. Photographs include family pictures and celebrations, class photographs at the Gompers School for the Handicapped (located at South State St. and 123rd, Chicago), photographs of Margaret Ann's development at different stages, and photographs of family friends. Album also contains religious ephemera, school ephemera related to Gompers School events, and a newspaper clipping related to a function at Gompers School.

        Zagar family
        Your passport to friendship.
        SCA234-GA233-1-10 · File · 1965
        Part of Rotary Club of Kitchener fonds.

        File consists of one "passport to friendship" given out by Rotary International. The passport was intended to be taken by members of Rotary International to various clubs and to receive a stamp.

        Rotary Club of Kitchener
        SCA204-GA529-12-211 · File · December 1893
        Part of Breithaupt Hewetson Clark collection.

        File consists of a programme in German and English from the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association : Canada Conference Convention held in Sebringville, Ontario, December 12-13, 1893 in which L.J. Breithaupt is listed as "Secretary"; L.H. Wagner on the executive.

        Breithaupt, Albert Liborius
        Yonge, Charlotte.
        SCA25-WA14-4-383 · File · 1963, 1964, 1966
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Clippings of reviews of biographies about English novelist Charlotte Yonge.

        Long, Elizabeth
        SCA408-GA475-3-118 · File · 1995-1997
        Part of James Walker fonds.

        Materials related to the Yad Vashem seminar on teaching the Holocaust for the summer of 1996, in Israel. Includes related correspondence, travel advance and settlement claims for attending the seminar, grants, fare and travel information, ephemera related to the event, records related to registrations and financial matters during the time there,
        Also contains correspondence sent by Walker relating to the Jewish Studies Committee at the University of Waterloo and the Holocaust studies conference and a related newspaper clipping.

        Walker, James
        Wyle, Florence.
        SCA25-WA14-4-382 · File · January 15, 1968
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Florence Wyle: Human anatomy classes turned her from medicine to sculpture" about American-Canadian artist and poet Florence Wyle.

        Long, Elizabeth
        Writings and paperwork.
        SCA399-GA465-5 · File · 1942-1966
        Part of Bettie Bernice Wilson collection.

        Writings and paperwork related to Bettie Bernice Wilson during her time at the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Includes a drawing, a certificate of discharge for Wilson from the RCAF from September 1945, writing titled "The plight of 'C' flight" by AW2 Lockwood, J.B.E. in May 1942, the Christmas program for No. 16 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) Hagersville (Ontario) for 1944, and the menu for the 25th Anniversary Reunion of Women of the RCAF (1966).

        Wilson, Bettie Bernice
        World Youth Conference.
        SCA204-GA535-3-28 · File · 1945, 1950
        Part of Breithaupt Hewetson Clark collection.

        File consists of predominantly clippings relating to Clare Clark's trip to London, England as the Adult Adviser to the Canadian Delegation where she attended the World Youth Conference in November 1945. At this time Clare Clark was a member of the executive of the National Council Y.M.C.A. Other clippings contain information on the conference generally and on the Canadian delegation which attended this conference.

        Also in the file is a memo (August 21, 1945) addressed to Muriel Jacobson by Harriet Christie, Associate General Secretary of the Student Christian Movement of Canada. This memo relates to the impending World Youth Council and Conference which is to take place in London, England in November 1945.

        This file also contains a clipping which reports that Istanbul will be the venue for a Council meeting of the World Assembly of Youth in August 1950. The Canadian delegation comprised four youth leaders including Clare Clark.

        SCA424-GA494 · Collection · [191-]-May 1921

        A collection of food circulars distributed during the First World War in both Canada and the United States. The circulars provide information on food nutrition, rationing and recipes.

        World War II : ephemera.
        SCA161-GA134-16-16.5-11 · File · 1942-1945
        Part of Schneider family collection.

        Printed material relating to service in WWII. Includes pamphlets published by Gutta Percha & Rubber Lts. of medals and insignia, as well as a portfolio of reproductions of the documents of surrender, no. 1603 of a limited edition "presented by the National War Finance Committee."

        Schneider family
        World War I.
        SCA94-GA64-5-183 · File · 1915-1939
        Part of Maines Pincock Family fonds.

        This folder actually contains material on a variety of topics and probably belonged to F.J.T. Maines. Includes two envelopes of material dating from 1915-1916. These include manuscript material: untitled sermon (?) on loyalty and war, 7 leaves; a hymn with music; a second untitled ms. sermon, 4 p.; manuscript notes on "Christian brotherhood". Includes ephemera and pamphlets produced for troops "On Active Service." Includes clippings relating to the war, to politics, and to topics of interest to F.J.T. Maines. A third gathering of material dates from 1931- 1939 and consists of clippings on topics such as world politics, Grey Owl, Niagara Falls, hawks, liquor legislation, poems, letters to the editor, etc.

        Maines, Frederick J.T.
        SCA222-GA209-6-146 · File · 1958-2001
        Part of Central Ontario Art Association fonds.

        File consists of material probably accumulated by Oreen Campbell and relating to her work on the history of the COAA. Contains miscellaneous material, including: correspondence, photographs of COAA members and artwork, exhibition catalogues and invitation cards (for COAA member shows as well as other galleries), typed information about the COAA, flyers, minutes of a special meeting of the Homer Watson House Foundation (1982), a draft speech given at a fall workshop on the death of Gordon Couling, mock-ups of potential COAA logos, and other material.

        Central Ontario Art Association
        SCA222-GA209-6-144 · File · 1959-1988
        Part of Central Ontario Art Association fonds.

        File consists of material probably created and accumulated by Oreen Campbell and relating to her work on the history of the association. Some material relates to a Leaders' Insitute held in 1959 at the MacDonald Insitute in Guelph. File includes COAA newsletters, flyers for events, correspondence to Campbell, meeting agendas, sketches, and other material.

        Central Ontario Art Association
        SCA222-GA209-6-143 · File · 1971-1989
        Part of Central Ontario Art Association fonds.

        File consists of material created and accumulated by Oreen Campbell and relating to her work on the history of the association. Some material relates to the events and the history of the COAA and some relates to the coordination of the a Belwood School reunion (it is unclear how this event relates to the activities of the COAA). Includes correspondence, flyers for COAA events, draft histories of the association, draft and final versions of the association's constitution, exhibition lists, financial statements (1972), annual meeting minutes (1983), newsletters, clippings, and other material.

        Central Ontario Art Association
        SCA222-GA209-6-142 · File · 1966-1992
        Part of Central Ontario Art Association fonds.

        File consists of miscellaneous material probably accumulated during the process of researching and writing the history of the COAA, mainly relating to the association membership. Includes typed membership lists (heavily annotated), lists of teachers and of participants at a workshop, correspondence, flyers and newsletters, and an exhibition catalogue.

        Central Ontario Art Association
        SCA222-GA209-6-141 · File · 1962-1965
        Part of Central Ontario Art Association fonds.

        File consists of miscellaneous material probably accumulated during the process of researching and writing the history of the COAA, mainly relating to the association membership. Includes handwritten and typed membership lists, lists of potential teachers and of participants at a workshop, correspondence, flyers, and an exhibition catalogue.

        Central Ontario Art Association
        SCA222-GA209-6-140 · File · 1944-[ca. 1974]
        Part of Central Ontario Art Association fonds.

        File consists of miscellaneous material probably accumulated during the process of researching and writing the history of the COAA. Includes published material relating to community development and recreation (pamphlets, minutes of proceedings in the House of Commons (Ottawa) of the special committee on reconstruction and re-establishment), material prepared by the Teachers' Council of the association (lectures, articles), handwritten and typed notes, lists of workshop and sketching trip participants. a typed history of the association, an exhibition catalogue, and other material.

        Central Ontario Art Association
        Work & play.
        SCA339-GA384-7 · File · [ca.1880]
        Part of Women's domestic work advertisements collection.

        File consists of paper doll advertisements. The first is a stand up paper doll of a sheep wearing a dress holding a duster advertising Enameline stove cleaner. The verso reads "Look out for imitations and parties who claim to have something 'just as good.' It is not as good. There's but one Enameline that's the best. For sale by all dealers. Manufactured by J.L. Prescott & Co. 11 Jay Street New York."; a set of six double sided paper dolls with two interchangeable heads, advertising Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton. The interiors of the dolls reads "if the child who receives this doll is sent to the store for thread she should ask for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton and see that she gets it. Double Dolls "work and play" 12 in a set. By sending three 2 cent stamps, with name and address, to Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton Factory. Newark, N.J. a complete set will be sent by mail be careful to state that the double dolls are wanted."

        SCA261-GA276-3-191 · File · 2001-2004
        Part of Architectural Conservancy of Ontario : North Waterloo Region Branch fonds

        File consists of information on Woodside National Historic Park as well as on the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario : North Waterloo Region Branch Christmas party held there in 2004. Includes correspondence, clippings and copies of The Woodside Chronicler newsletter.

        Architectural Conservancy of Ontario : North Waterloo Region Branch
        Wood, Elizabeth Wyn.
        SCA25-WA14-4-381 · File · 1959, 1960
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Clippings of two Globe and Mail articles about Canadian sculptor Elizabeth Wyn Wood.

        Long, Elizabeth
        SCA171-GA146-14-344 · File · 1986
        Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.

        Contains material relating to a temporary women's museum project for International Women's Day that. Includes notes, newspaper clippings, photocopied articles, a booklet on women's fashion, and drafts of display text.

        Dagg, Anne Innis
        SCA171-GA146-14-345 · File · 1985-1986
        Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.

        Contains material relating to a temporary women's museum project for International Women's Day. Includes photocopied articles, notes, magazine clippings, a photograph of "Golden eagle in the Grisons mountains, Switzerland, Swiss National Tourist Office", drafts of unused exhibit material, and a newspaper clipping.

        Dagg, Anne Innis
        SCA171-GA146-14-342 · File · 1986
        Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.

        Contains material relating to a temporary women's museum project for International Women's Day. Includes notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, International Women's Day flyers, and a list of Women's Museum events.

        Dagg, Anne Innis
        Women's museum : displays.
        SCA171-GA146-14-343 · File · 1986
        Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.

        Contains material relating to a temporary women's museum project for International Women's Day. Includes notes, 13 photographs of the exhibit with unidentified individuals in them, a list of events, drafts of short biographies of famous women scientists, drafts of display material for the exhibit, magazine clippings, and a photocopied newspaper article.

        Dagg, Anne Innis
        Women writers M-Z.
        SCA171-GA146-16-401 · File · 1987-2003
        Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.

        Contains material relating to Anne Dagg's research on Canadian women writers. Includes photocopied articles, notes, newspaper and magazine clippings, email printouts, and biographical information about Canadian women non-fiction writers.

        Dagg, Anne Innis
        Women Writers' Group.
        SCA171-GA146-15-384 · File · 1989
        Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.

        Contains material relating to Anne Dagg's participation in a Canadian Women Writers' Group in opposition to the Writers' Union of Canada. Includes newsletters, minutes, correspondence to and from Anne Dagg, flyers, notes, newspaper clippings, membership list, mailing list, and memoranda.

        Dagg, Anne Innis
        Women writers A-L.
        SCA171-GA146-16-400 · File · 1988-2002
        Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.

        Contains material relating to Anne Dagg's research on Canadian women non-fiction writers, from A to L. Includes newspaper and magazine clippings, notes, photocopied articles, and biographical information about Canadian women non-fiction writers.

        Dagg, Anne Innis
        SCA171-GA146-13-250 · File · 1987
        Part of Anne Innis Dagg fonds.

        Contains material relating to an article by Anne Innis Dagg on "Women and wilderness". Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence to and from Anne Dagg, interview notes, memoranda, research notes, reviewers comments, photocopied articles, and two drafts of the article "Wilderness and Women", [1987], 26 leaves, ts., original, and 26 leaves, ts., photocopied.

        Dagg, Anne Innis
        Winter.
        SCA173-GA171-14b-42 · File · 1996-1997
        Part of Kaufman Family collection.

        File consists of material relating to content of The Footprint. Includes correspondence and ephemera.

        Kaufman Footwear
        Wilson, Grace.
        SCA25-WA14-4-380 · File · October 22, 1949
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Clipping of [Telegram?] article "Elbow Grease Is Profitable As Cinderella's Luck" about Grace Wilson, advertising and sales promotion manager of Brantford's Johnson Wax Company.

        Long, Elizabeth
        Wilson, Cairine.
        SCA25-WA14-4-379 · File · 1960, 1961
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Clippings from various publications about career and death of Cairine Wilson, Canada's first woman senator.

        Long, Elizabeth
        Wilson, Alexander Douglas.
        SCA212-GA191-5-58 · File · [191-], [194-]-[197-]
        Part of John Gartshore Martin family fonds.

        Photographs relating to Alexander Douglas Wilson and his family. Includes snapshots of Alexander in uniform with his parents and some siblings at a train station, a snapshot of his children, a snapshot of a bride [his daughter?] and groom, and other snapshots of family. File also includes newspaper clippings, most relating to his death.

        Martin, John Gartshore
        Wilson family.
        SCA204-GA535-4-48 · File · 1919-1935
        Part of Breithaupt Hewetson Clark collection.

        File consists of manuscript and typescript correspondence, genealogical charts and working papers, clippings, snapshots, ephemera.

        Clark, Clara Evelyn
        SCA173-GA480-1-9 · File · 1938-1954, [197-?]
        Part of Kaufman Family collection.

        Materials related to William Hutton Kaufman (A. R. and Jean Kaufman’s son). Includes birth certificate, certificates and photographs from the Royal Canadian Air Force, certificates and photographs from the Delta Upsilon Fraternity and the University College Men's Residence, marriage certificate between William Hutton Kaufman and Sara Kathleen Hall, materials related to the Kitchener-Waterloo Gyro Club (pamphlets with information, constitution, and certification of induction of William Hutton Kaufman to the club), and two reproductions of photographs of Kaufman in his later years.

        Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
        Wilkie, Mary.
        SCA25-WA14-4-378 · File · September 1, 1955
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Clipping of The Fergus News Record column "That Inside Page" featuring an item titled "Fergus Won't Be the Same Without Mrs. Tom Wilkie" about the death of Fergus, Ontario "character" Mark Wilkie.

        Long, Elizabeth
        SCA408-GA475-3-131 · File · 1998
        Part of James Walker fonds.

        Materials related to the event “How racist were we?” at Wilfrid Laurier University in 1998. Includes related correspondence, a poster of the event, and printout of Walker's presentation with the same title.

        Walker, James
        Whitton, Charlotte.
        SCA25-WA14-4-377 · File · 1960, 1962, 1963, 1969
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Clippings about and holiday greeting cards signed by Charlotte Whitton, former Mayor of Ottawa.

        Long, Elizabeth
        SCA120-GA93:2000accrual-5.3-55 · File · 1999
        Part of Nancy-Lou Patterson fonds.

        Exhibition catalogue & ephemera, clippings, handwritten drafts and working papers re the exhibit and slide show "White on white: decorated needlework" held at Joseph Schneider Haus. Includes negatives.

        Patterson, Nancy-Lou
        SCA339-GA384-4-1 · Item · [ca. 1870-1900]
        Part of Women's domestic work advertisements collection.

        Advertisement trade card for the White Mop Wringer Company of Fultonville, N.Y. Serving as a business card for representative M.D. Alger. Recto shows a woman using a mop wringer and the verso shows illustrations of two mop wringers, one for family use and the other for hotel use.

        Wheatless Breads and Cakes.
        SCA424-GA494-36 · File · [191-]
        Part of World War One food circulars.

        U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 20: Wheatless Breads and Cakes. This leaflet gives information on what substitutes such as corn meal, oats, rice and buckwheat, how to cook with them, recipes using them, and other tips on how to save wheat.

        United States Department of Agriculture
        What the vote has done.
        SCA364-GA419-55 · File · October 1927
        Part of Irene Hancock fonds

        Leaflet on what the vote has done published by the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship. The leaflet discusses the changes that have happened since the enfranchisement of women over 30 with land holdings.

        Hancock, Irene
        West, Rebecca.
        SCA25-WA14-4-375 · File · January 30, 1964
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Clippings of reviews from various publications of books by English author Rebecca West and a clipping of The Observer Weekend Review article "Authors in Edinburgh" that makes reference to West.

        Long, Elizabeth
        Wees, Frances Shelley.
        SCA25-WA14-4-374 · File · October 20, 1948
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Clipping of The Leader-Post article "Novelist to Speak to Canadian Club" about a talk being given by author Frances Shelley Wees to the Women's Canadian club at the Kitchener Hotel in Regina, Saskatchewan.

        Long, Elizabeth
        Wedding invitation.
        SCA217-GA200-5-74-6 · Item · 1905-1906
        Part of Rieder and Anthes family fonds.

        Wedding invitation to the January 10, 1906 marriage of Martha Anthes to Talmon Rieder at the Anthes' family home at 34 Weber Street issued by John and Lydia Anthes.

        Rieder and Anthes family
        SCA217-GA200-5-74-5 · Item · January 11, 1906
        Part of Rieder and Anthes family fonds.

        Clipping regarding the marriage of Talmon Rieder and Martha Anthes, which took place at 34 Weber Street at the home of John and Lydia Anthes. Ella Anthes attended Martha, H. Milton Cook was Talmon's best man, and Frieda Breithaupt and May Rieder service as flower girls. The service was performed by Talmon's uncle, H.L. Merner, and L.H. Wagner.

        Rieder and Anthes family
        SCA217-GA200-5-74-4 · Item · January 10, 1906
        Part of Rieder and Anthes family fonds.

        Clipping regarding the marriage of Talmon Rieder and Martha Anthes, which took place at 34 Weber Street at the home of John and Lydia Anthes. Ella Anthes attended Martha, H. Milton Cook was Talmon's best man, and Frieda Breithaupt and May Rieder service as flower girls. The service was performed by Talmon's uncle, H.L. Merner, and L.H. Wagner.

        Rieder and Anthes family
        We so seldom look on love.
        SCA144-GA117-4.3-189 · File · October 1992
        Part of Eric P. McCormack fonds.

        McCormack Eric. "Perfectly Abnormal". Review of We So Seldom Look on Love, by Barbara Gowdy. Books in Canada 22, no. 7 (October 1992): 34.

        McCormack, Eric P.
        Watson, Kate Deadman.
        SCA25-WA14-4-373b · File · [19--]
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Copy photograph of a portrait of Kate Deadman Watson, who served as National President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (1960-1962) and a typescript about a brief biographical sketch. Included on the typescript is a confidential note from Elizabeth Long about whether or not the photo should be kept due to a lack of information about Watson.

        Long, Elizabeth
        WATFOR 25th anniversary.
        SCA218-GA204-11 · File · [1990]
        Part of William Kindree fonds.

        File consists of material relating to the 25th anniversary of WATFOR celebration. Includes programs and a campus map. One of the programs contains an handwritten note to Kindree.

        Kindree, William
        SCA161-GA134-14-14.3-26 · File · [197-]
        Part of Schneider family collection.

        Clipping (ill.) from an undated edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "Flying club fetes pioneer N. Schneider." Includes photo with caption relating to portrait of Norman C. Schneider to be hung in the K-W Flying Club headquarters.

        Schneider, Norman Christoph
        SCA161-GA134-14-14.3-24 · File · 1975
        Part of Schneider family collection.

        One flyer announcing "Norm Schneider Night", Feb. 13, 1975. Also includes one page of manuscript notes by N.C. Schneider on dates and names associated with aviation in the local area.

        Schneider, Norman Christoph
        SCA161-GA134-14-14.3-19 · File · December 6, 1963
        Part of Schneider family collection.

        Clipping of article (ill.) from the December 6, 1963 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "W-W Airport Commission sums-up year's activities." Norman Schneider is in the photograph accompanying article.

        Schneider, Norman Christoph
        SCA161-GA134-14-14.3-15 · File · June 5, 1969
        Part of Schneider family collection.

        Clipping of article (ill.) from the June 5, 1969 edition of the Galt Reporter titled "$ Multimillion airport began in farmer's field,"by Walter W. Gowing consisting of a brief history of the Waterloo-Wellington Airport on its 20th anniversary. Includes a portrait of Norman C. Schneider.

        Schneider, Norman Christoph
        SCA161-GA134-14-14.3-16 · File · June 11, 1971
        Part of Schneider family collection.

        Clipping from the June 11, 1971 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record titled "25th Anniversary: Waterloo-Wellington Airport is $3.25 million site," by Sue Hudspeth.

        Schneider, Norman Christoph
        SCA249-GA255-4-44 · File · 1983-1985
        Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

        File consists of materials created and accumulated by the Waterloo Region Peace Network. Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, manuscript notes, membership lists, reports and more.

        Burrett Family
        SCA373-GA432-4-39 · File · 1981-July 12, 2016
        Part of Andrew Telegdi fonds.

        Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi as a member of the Waterloo Federal Liberal Association. Records include a news release, a brochure, meeting notices and minutes, notes, invitations, and some copies of the association's newsletter. The file also contains correspondence including signed letters from David Peterson, then Member of Provincial Parliament and Frank Epp, then Member of Parliament.

        Telegdi, Andrew Peter
        Waterloo County
        SCA94-GA64-6-203 · File · 1942-1954
        Part of Maines Pincock Family fonds.

        Contains clippings relating to the history of Waterloo County, notably Homer Watson, Doon, the Waterloo County Centennial in 1952, the Conestoga Wagon, early architecture and homes, Mabel Dunham, and other clippings. Includes a copy of the Kitchener-Waterloo record special ossue "Kitchener's first 100 years," June 22, 1954.

        Maines Pincock Family