Series consists of material relating to the history of Kitchener, Ontario and the Region of Waterloo. Includes clippings, photographs, publications and special issues of newspapers. Some of these contain references to the Schneider family and company.

Clipping about Karl Knauff's photographs of early Berlin.

Clipping titled "Local historians paint scholarly picture of Kitchener including barbs, bouquets" from the December 10, 1983 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record consisting of a review of Kitchener: an illustrated history by John English and Kenneth McLaughlin.

Clipping "Remembering Kitchener's colourful past," illustrated with a photograph identified as the 118th Battalion at parade in Victoria Park, 1917.

Issue of Waterloo County Times 12, no. 1 (Spring 1998).

Clippings about the history of the area.

Photocopy of a clipping of "An indelible print on community life," [by] Susan Chilton, Record, February 26, 2000 about Charles Belair who photographed the 80th birthday of J.M. Schneider in 1940.

Clipping of Toronto Daily Star article "Literary Fame Well Won Dorothy Livesay Honred" about the author being awarded the Lorne Pierce gold medal by the Royal Society of Canada in 1947.

One postcard showing a scene from the Boston Majestic Theatre production of Little Women.

One pamphlet with a list of members who were on board the S.S. Berlin to attend the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union Convention in London, England. The names of the members are group under headings indicating which hotel they were staying at.

Contains material collected by Jenny Pincock relating to Lily Dale and other spiritualist organizations. Includes clippings, correspondence, manuscript notes and book lists, ephemera and printed pamphlets.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail article "Claims Women Now Taking More Interest in Politics" about a talk given by Norwegian economist Bergliot Lie.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario). The file contains items related to a number of the association's conventions including Focus on Canada Target 2000 held in 1982, the 1992 leadership convention, the 1998 biennial convention, and others. Records include reports, agendas, invitations, stickers, notices, and election material for Richard Thomas, Shelia Copps, John Sweeney, David Peterson, and James (Jim) R. Breithaupt. In addition, the file contains correspondence written to Telegdi including a signed letter from David Peterson, then Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature, a signed letter from Murray J. Elston, then interim leader of the Liberal Party in the Ontario Legislature, a signed letter from John Sweeney, then Member of Provincial Parliament, and a signed letter from Paul Martin, then Member of Parliament.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Records include items related to the association's activities and events such as the 2003 Leadership and Biennial Convention held between November 12-15, 2003 in Toronto, Ontario and the 2009 Leadership and Biennial Convention held between April 30 to May 3, 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia. In addition, the file contains items from the National Liberal Women's Caucus and Equal Voice, a multi-partisan organization dedicated to electing and supporting women at all levels of political office. Records include invitations, correspondence, certificates, agendas, forms, a 2015 election handout titled, Stand with Justin Trudeau for LGBTQ2 Rights, and other textual material.

Newspaper clippings, booklets and a Christmas card related to Schneider's time in office, some of which are duplicates of records found elsewhere in fonds. Includes a typescript letter titled "Will you help our committee" soliciting donations for John Diefenbaker; a booklet regarding the Supreme Court of Canada (1956); a handbook titled "Know your government" (1957) with Shneider's name written on front cover; a copy of a floor map for the 22nd Parliament, 3rd session (April 18, 1956); a booklet containing a June 15, 1964 address by Lester B. Pearson; information about the 24th Parliament (1958); and a Christmas card from Schneider featuring illustrations of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa and the pioneer settlers memorial tower in Waterloo County (1956).

Clipping of the Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Mrs. Abe Leavine, president of the Toronto section of the National Council of Jewish Women.

File consists of 118 pieces of correspondence (handwritten and typed originals) to Stan Johannesen from family, friends, academic colleagues and others, including 33 letter copies from Stan in reply. Includes greeting cards, postcards, and memoranda. Also in the folder are ephemera and unattributed original pencil sketches of furniture and landscapes.

File consists of 85 pieces of correspondence (handwritten and typed originals) to Stan Johannesen from academic colleagues, family, friends, and others, including seven letter copies from Stan in reply. Includes greeting cards, postcards, and other memoranda. File also includes poems (attributed to S.), poems by Meg Kamen, and other ephemera.

Letters, cards, and postcards written to Betty Forbes and Bill Land from Millicent Lyall Forbes, Helene, Isabelle Alexandra Burt (Aunt Diddy), and Uncle Art. File also includes letters from Ray McMurphy to Betty Forbes, an account with Smuck's China and Gift Shop in Kitchener, and a wedding program for Thomas Land and Sylvia Wink.

Correspondence sent by Robert Shipley to Bill Ratcliffe between 1993 and 2002, and in 2008. Includes personal correspondence, invitations to events and ephemera, Shipley's resume, related newspaper clippings and photocopies of newspaper clippings, a printout of book proposal The late late loyalists. Canada in the eyes of American immigrants, and printouts of Shipley's writings "Going home" and "Ants."

Letter to the officers and members of societies of the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship addressing the resignation of 11 officers.

File consists of a clipping and one letter (typescript) dated March 17, 1952 to Fred Arnott of London Free Press. Arnott had written a commentary on a remark made that as a "German from Kitchener," Louis O. Breithaupt's appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario was a slight on the people of Ontario. The commentary pointed out the number of "Germans" from Kitchener and elsewhere who fought WWII. Includes one letter (typescript, carbon) and a clipping.

Materials related to Reverend Alfred Henry Tyrer’s books and publications on birth control, sex education, and marriage life.

Includes pamphlets and order forms for Tyrer’s books Where did we come from, mother dear? (Marriage Welfare Bureau, 1939) and Sex, marriage and birth control (Marriage Welfare Bureau, 1936), and ephemera related to the books and the Marriage Welfare Bureau.
Also contains booklet Marriage welfare : some facts about birth-control by Reverend Alfred Henry Tyrer which acted as promotional material for the book Sex, marriage and birth control. Booklet includes sections: Birth-control, the population problem, definition of birth-control, birth control and war, mothers who die in child-birth, infant mortality, birth control vs. infanticide, birth-control vs. abortions, birth-control vs. degeneracy and disease, birth-control vs. prostitution, economics and birth-control, divorce, religion and birth-control, the present status of birth-control, a prairie marriage.

Materials were enclosed in an envelope sent from Ontario on July 10, 1941, and with a letter addressed to Steve E. Chorney from Ranfurly (Alberta) acting as an introduction to the publications and explaining their importance.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Flower's 'Courage' Inspires This Artist" about Canadian painter Rose Leonard.

Clippings and book reviews from various publications about Canadian author and artist Dora Geneva Lent, and two promotional pamphlets about Lent's paintings, including watercolours of Haida totem poles.

Die cut Lenox Soap advertisement showing a woman standing next to a washing tub with a large pile of soap suds coming out of it. The advertisement reads "Lenox Soap. Lather from 1 oz in hard water. Lathers freely in hard water."

Clipping of Christian Science Monitor article "League of Italian Women Undertakes a Program of Moral Rehabilitation" about Anna Lea Lelli, the founder of the National League of Italian Women. File also includes a typescript biography and a list of lectures given by Lelli, along with a promotional pamphlet for services Lelli offered as a travel consultant.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Indulges Love of Travel, Managing Touring Service" about Audrea Lear, the manager of touring services for Shell Oil Company of Canada.

Leaflets issued by the National Liberal Federation of Canada, probably created in 1935. Some of the leaflets include extracts of speeches and/or reports by Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King. Titles of the leaflets are:

• “Unemployment : Liberalism offers the basic solution,” leaflet No. 3.
• “The Liberal Party’s position on some immediate problems,” leaflet No. 3a.
• “Liberalism and railways : the railway problem in its true light,” leaflet No. 5.
• "The Central Bank : where Liberalism stands as against the other political parties,” leaflet No. 6.

Series documents anti-war and anti-fascist sentiments during the early 1930s. Includes various leaflets of poems and songs on peace by William E. Dyer, a Toronto-based poet. Other leaflets relate to the 1934 Ontario provincial election and promotion for the Socialist Party of Canada in the Waterloo North constituency There is also a membership advertisement for the “American League against War and Fascism”, based in New York, and a Pax International issue from 1934 about the persecution of pacifists and promotion of peace.

Leaflet issued by the Provisional Organizing Committee of the Canadian Association for Federal Union promoting Clarence Streit’s book Union Now (1939). Title of the leaflet is: “Union Now : win the War and save the peace.”

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institue (Guelph) in 1960, and in particular to the course taught there by Gordon Couling (Art 3). Includes handwritten and typed course outlines, handwritten and typed notes made by Couling in preparation for the course, lists of participants and recommended resources, correspondence, meeting agendas, other information related to the Leader's Institute, etc.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1959, and in particular to the course taught there by Gordon Couling. Includes handwritten notes, responses to a questionnaire, typed notes by Couling prepared for the course, a course outline, participant lists, incoming correspondence, and other information relating to the institute.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1957, and in particular the course taught by Gordon Couling. Includes a conference outline and timetable, a survey, handwritten notes, typed instructions for class projects and assignments, a list of resources, etc.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1956, and in particular the course taught by Gordon Couling (Art, first year). Includes correspondence and memoranda, lists of courses and participants, handwritten notes taken from or created in preparation for the course, a course outline, lists of resoures, and other information relating to the institute.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1956. Includes typed reports and feedback about the conference, handwritten notes, correspondence (including a draft), reports on discussion sessions, a list of participants, and statements of purpose for the Leader's Institute.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1955, and in particular to the course taught there by Gordon Couling. Includes a manual on informal education for adults, handwritten notes by Couling prepared for the course, a draft scheudule, list of participants, other information relating to the institute, and correspondence.

Clippings and ephemera related to LeRoy cars, including one purchased by Norman C. Schneider in 1956:

• Original operating instruction manual [1899], missing first 4 pages. Very fragile.
• Biographical newspaper story about Milton H. Good from the August 4, 1950 edition of _Wasaga Beach Weekly. Very Fragile
• Clippings regarding Sandy Rider's discovery and restoration of the LeRoy car in Stratford, 1954.
• Ephemera, correspondence, clippings and publicity about Norman C. Schneider's purchase of the LeRoy in 1956 and his subsequent donation to Doon Pioneer Village, 1956-1962
• Norman C. Schneider's manuscript and typescript original operating instructions for the LeRoy car, ca. 1956.

Clipping from unknown publication with biographical information about Hazel B. Laycock, including her involvement with the Business and Professional Women's Club of Winnipeg.

Clipping from unknown publication with biographical information about Canadian teacher and writer Jessie I. Lawson.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Advertising Personality of the Month" about Jay Margaret Laws, director of Home Economics at Aluminum Goods Limited.

Clippings of articles and book reviews related to Canadian author Margaret Laurence.

Materials related to the landscaping of 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes correspondence received by Dr. W. G. Reive from R. H. Barnsley (landscape contractor) with proposal, pricing, and invoices for the work. Also includes reconciled cheques issued by Reive.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Landscape architect R. H. Barnsley: proposal, correspondence, invoices & cancelled cheques.”

Materials related to the land purchase of the lot for 178 Claremont Avenue. Includes related correspondence, deed, and invoices and cheques for land surveys, barrister services, and property taxes.
File arrived in archives with handwritten note by donor that read: “Related to home of Dr. W. G. Reive. 178 Claremont Ave. Kitchener. Lot purchased in 1950 w[ith] 2 parts. 1. W. Mitchell. 2. Snyder Estate (Waterloo Trust). 1953 side boundary alignment (Snyder, Reive, Gould).”

Clippings from various publications about Canadian politician and lawyer Judy LaMarsh. File also includes the Toronto Star article "We can start to change our old sexist attitudes," written by LaMarsh.

Pamphlet advertising L.I. Fisk & Co's Soaps. The cover shows three women washing and hanging out clothes with the caption "The suds is like velvet, I never used a soap like it. The water is settled and I find no grit in the tub. We never had such clothes they are whiter at every washing. L.I. Fisk & Co,'s Soaps for sale by all grocers who look to the interests of their customers by buying pure goods." The interior describes the qualities of the soap and gives examples of clothes washed in their soap and with others. The back cover shows a young woman and a caricature of a Japanese man holding a scroll which reads "All soaps bearing our name are warranted free from any of the many adulterations the best for economy, purity, cleanliness and washing quality of any in the world. L.I. Fisk and Co., Springfield, Mass." There are also testimonials on the back cover which read "It has cured my chapped hands. I'll use no other and keep them so. It is a delight to all in the bath. It is so soft and clean."

Clipping from unknown publication of portrait of Winnifred Kydd with a note about her return from Geneva, where she served as a delegate from Canada to the League of Nations.

Ephemera, newsletters, lists of executive, 1930-1947.

Clipping of Regina Leader-Post article "First woman patent examiner at Ottawa" about Eleanor Krys following her appointment as associate patent examiner in chemistry at Ottawa's patent office.

Photocopies of clippings from various publications about Mabel Krug, including coverage of awards and honours received by Krug.

Clipping of article from unknown publication about the appointment of Mabel M. Koppang as acting director of the distribution and reproduction division at the headquarters of the United Nations.

Group portrait of members of the YMCA Chorus. The photograph is accompanied by an undated clipping.

February 7, 1986 issue of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record. The front-page features an article about the life of Harry Huehnergard printed for his retirement. It also showcases three of his photographs he took for the Record during his career with the newspaper.

Material accumulated by Andrew Telegdi related to the Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre’s equity and inclusion fundraising dinner held in his honour. Telegdi previously served as the President of the Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre and the dinner honoured his extensive contribution to the organization and the local community. The dinner was held on November 29, 2012 at Bingemans Conference Centre in Kitchener, Ontario. Records include a flyer invitation, itinerary, a guestbook, pin, program, and related correspondence including a letter from Justin Trudeau extending his congratulations to Telegdi. The file also contains a photograph of Telegdi and three unidentified individuals at an unknown event.

W.H. Kaufman's file relating to his work as Honorary Campaign Chair of Campaign K-W, a capital fundraising campaign to redevelop the K-W Health Centre. Includes correspondence, proposal, clipping, memoranda, etc.

Material relating to awards received by W.H. Kaufman for his work for the K-W Hospital. Includes a clipping and ephemera about the the 25-year service award : "He helps keep hospital healthy," K-W Record, May 21, 1980, port. Includes a letter from Rev. Dr. Henry Opperman concerning this award, and concerning W.H. Kaufman's resignation from Health Council, dated My 22, 1980. Includes ephemera from the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital 1990 Long Service Award event which includes a mention of a tribute to William H. Kaufman.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi as a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Federal Liberal Association. Records include correspondence, news releases, tickets, a phone script, as well as meeting notices, agendas, and minutes. Also contains material related to the Canada 150 Planning Committee, invitations received by Telegdi or sent on his behalf for events he hosted for the association, and other textual material.

Clippings, correspondence, ephemera, handwritten notes

File consists of a pamphlet for Kitchener's service of thanksgiving held to celebrate the cessation of hostilities in Europe, at Victoria Park, Kitchener, on Sunday May 20.

Original typescript poem titled "A little piece of tail" by L.B. Lawrance and a business card sent to Norman Schneider in appreciation after a Kitchener Young Mens' Club held at Norman Schneider's Freeport farm, October 21, 1932.

Invitation to a meeting of the KYMC [Kitchener Young Mens' Club?] to be held at Norman Schneider's Freeport farm on October 21, 1932.

Invitation to neighbours to attend concert a Kitchener Musical Society Band event at Norman C. Schneider's home on June 15, 1981.

File consists of material relating to a farewell banquet for Talmon Henry Rieder given by the Kitchener Manufacturers' Association on April 28, 1917, in honour of his appointment as president of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. and subsequent move to Montreal. Includes ephemera (menu/program, paper dinner napkin, etc.), the manuscript speech given by Rieder at the dinner, and a newspaper clipping.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi as a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Federal Liberal Association. Records include a member identification card, meeting notices, and an invitation to a reception held by Shawky Fahel in 1994. Also includes a signed letter to Telegdi from Peter Lang, then Member of Parliament representing Kitchener, congratulating Telegdi on his election to the 1983 Kitchener Federal Liberal Association Executive.

Resolution 1950 regarding Highway 401 and a 1969-1975 membership list.

Clippings of articles from various publications about Claire Kirkland-Casgrain, the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. File also includes two biographies.

Calling card from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Harvey J. Sims, accompanied by a newspaper clipping showing King George VI, Mackenzie King, and [unnamed] Hertzog. King's handwritten note on the card: "Dear Peter, My love and best wishes go to you with this little reminder of an historic event. My best of wishes for your birthday and Christmas and the New Year, Billy. Xmas 1939."

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Contest Revives Reign of Influence on King" about Isabel Grace King, the mother of William Lyon Mackenzie King.

File consists of the form and order of service recommended for use in the churches of the Church of England throughout his majesty's empire on Thursday, June 26, 1902 being the Coronation Day of Their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra.

Clippings from various publications about Nina Petrovna Khrushchev.

Clippings of Independent Woman articles "Modern woman from the world's newest state" (June 1950) and "With Faith and an Ideal" (August 1951) about Begum Liaqat Ali Khan of Pakistan.

Clippings of articles from various publications about Jackie Kennedy.

File consists of materials related to Blanche Mildred Clement Kelly and Frederick Bowman Kelly. Includes obituary clippings, a marriage notice clipping and a birthday card sent to Blanche from her grandmother and Aunt Emma.

Published picture and description of the F.W. Woolworth Co. Board of Directors and a partial newspaper obituary.

Clippings relating to Ivan W. Keffer, including an obituary.

File consists of material relating to the Keffer reunion held in Waterloo in 1964 and the reunion committee's appeal to raise funds for the Keffer Memorial Chapel at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary. Includes correspondence and a clipping.

Materials related to Kay Rex’s book No daughter of mine : the women and history of the Canadian Women's Press Club, 1904-1971. Includes photographs of the book launch event (May 31, 1995), correspondence about the event and book, Rex’s speech, the copyright for the book, a bio sketch for Rex, and a promotional pamphlet for the book.

File consists of materials relating to unionization and striking at the Kaufman Rubber Company plant. Includes materials relating to the 1937 and 1960 strikes as well as to unionization in other local and national factories. File includes clippings, correspondence from Kaufman Rubber Company, correspondence from the union and a sheet of paper with information on wage increases and decreases at Kaufman Rubber.

File consists of three clippings relating to the life and philanthropic work of William H. Kaufman. Also includes a typed transcript of one of the articles on A.R. Kaufman letterhead.

Newspaper obituary of Mary Kaufman, December 24, 1943 and "Tribute to Mrs. Mary Kaufman," read at the funeral service by Milton G. Geil.

A valentine's card sent to Mary Kaufman in 1874. Also includes a Christmas card from Mary Kaufman [ca. 1920] with a Japanese Christmas card to her attached and one pink and blue embroidered book mark

A packet of "Emergency Issue Earth Quake Stamps" from the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) Japan, dated September 1923 to April 1924. Also includes a Christmas card from Emma Kaufman. The photo on the card is of Emma Ratz Kaufman's summer cottage at Drag Lake, Haliburton, Ontario.

Birthday cards sent to Emma Kaufman on the occasion of her 85th birthday.

Birthday cards sent to Emma Kaufman on the occasion of her 85th birthday.

Material relating to a "pre-birthday party" held for Emma Kaufman at Covenant College in Toronto, Ontario. Contains an invitation, guest-book sheets, regrets list, snapshots, photographs, and party ephemera.

Contains clippings relating to A.R. Kaufman's business and personal interests, including his golden wedding and retirement.

Biographical information about A.R. Kaufman. Includes a photocopy of a 1962 article "The eccentric world of Alvin Ratz Kaufman," by Herc Munro and a photocopy of a tribute by Dr. G. Liebbrandt, August 1977. Also includes clippings and obituaries.

Correspondence and clippings relating to the election of A.R. Kaufman to the Waterloo County Hall of Fame, May 1, 1975.

Correspondence and clippings relating to the K-W Junior Chamber of Commerce award for Citizen of the Year, awarded to A.R. Kaufman January 1965.

Correspondence and clippings relating to an honourary membership in the Twin Cities Kiwanis Club awarded to A.R. Kaufman in July 15, 1969. Includes information about his efforts to secure land eventually used for "Kiwanis Park".

File contains historical accounts of the history of the Kaufman Rubber Co. and of the rubber business in Kitchener. Includes correspondence, typescripts (originals and carbons), clippings and photocopies relating to the history of the Kaufman Rubber to 1957, its 50th anniversary.

File contains correspondence, one photograph, clippings and photocopies relating to proposed publishing projects relating to Kaufman history.

Material relating to Kaufman Furniture Ltd. in Collingwood, Ont. and International Woodworkers of America. Includes correspondence, agreements, handwritten notes and drafts, reports, memoranda to employees and clippings.

File consists of one photograph showing the Kaufman Footwear mural that was painted by Monte Wright and a brochure on the history of the mural, which identifies Mexican muralists such as Diego River and Orozco, as a source of inspiration in Wright's work.