Ephemera

Taxonomy

Scope note(s)

  • 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.

Source note(s)

  • Library of Congress Basic Genre Terms for Cultural Heritage Materials

Equivalent terms

Ephemera

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

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Employee picnic.

Employee signatures on a "thank-you" document dated July 30, 1934 regarding an employee picnic that gook place on July 28, 1934.

Schneider family

Empire Wringer advertisement

Advertisement trade card showing a woman seated using a clothes wringer while a man stands next to her holding a tennis racket and a cat stands at her feet. The caption reads "George: Come into the garden Maud. Maud: Wait George until I finish these ... »

Emily Murphy Park.

File consists of ephemera related to the unveiling of plaques at Emily Murphy park in Edmonton, Alberta. Includes a 1 page (typescript) about the park and the plaque ceremony and an invitation to the event.

Murphy, Emily Ferguson

Election campaigns.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected President of the Federation of Students (now the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association) in 1973 and again in 1974. Records include posters, pamphlets, stickers, ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Councillor representing the City of Waterloo in the municipal election held on November 8, 1982. Records include correspondence, flyers, notes, a contact sheet, an ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Member of Provincial Parliament representing the Liberal Party for the Waterloo North riding in the 1990 Ontario general election. Records include a candidate survey,... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Member of Parliament representing the Liberal Party for the riding of Kitchener-Waterloo in the 2008 Canadian federal election. Records include brochures, flyers, ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Regional Councillor in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in the Waterloo Region municipal elections held on October 27, 2014. Records include invitations, notes, ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Member of Parliament representing the Liberal Party for the riding of Kitchener-Waterloo in the 2000 Canadian federal election. Records include brochures, flyers, ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Councillor representing the City of Waterloo in the municipal election held on November 10, 1980. Records include flyers, correspondence, and a pamphlet titled, The Waterloo Trib.

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Member of Parliament representing the Liberal Party for the riding of Kitchener-Waterloo in the 1997 Canadian federal election. Records include brochures, flyers, ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Member of Parliament representing the Liberal Party for the riding of Kitchener-Waterloo in the 2004 Canadian federal election. Records include business cards, ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Member of Parliament representing the Liberal Party for the riding of Kitchener-Waterloo in the 2011 Canadian federal election. Records include brochures, flyers, ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Councillor representing the City of Waterloo and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in the municipal election held on November 14, 1988. Records include flyers, ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Councillor representing the City of Waterloo and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in the municipal election held on November 12, 1991. Records include flyers, ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Member of Parliament, representing the Liberal Party in the riding of Waterloo in the 1993 Canadian federal election. Records include a copy of the Telegdi Report (... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Eddy, Cecilia.

Clipping of The Leader-Post article "Former Reginan is actress and playwright in England" about Canadian actress Cecilia Eddy.

Long, Elizabeth

Eaton, Lady Flora.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Lady Eaton.

Long, Elizabeth

Easter cards.

Three handmade greeting cards made by Glenn Bolender that were sent to his Aunt Betty and Uncle Jack to celebrate Easter. Glenn Bolender was Gordon Bolender's brother.

Bolender Ball Family

DuMaurier, Daphne.

Pages torn from Chatelaine of the article "Chatelaine drops in on Daphne Dumarier" by Eva-Lis Wuorio.

Long, Elizabeth

Duff, Mrs. Donald.

Clipping of Leader-Post article "Regina woman designs homes" about Mrs. Donald Duff who graduated as an architect from the Canadian Vocational School at Regina.

Long, Elizabeth

Drummond-Davis, Mrs. N.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Glenbow Buys Paintings of Mystery Lady" about artwork by [Nora] Drummond Davis.

Long, Elizabeth

Dried Peas and Beans.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No.14: Dried Peas and Beans. This leaflet gives information on varieties of dried peas and beans, ways to cook them, and recipes.

United States Department of Agriculture

Donlon, Mary.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Women Needed in Politics U.S. Career women Asserts" about Mary Donlon, Chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Board of New York State.

Long, Elizabeth

Don Domanski a conversation.

Wooden board with a serigraph printing of a poster of an event organized by Malaspina University-College. Event is the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Chair presenting Cape Breton Poet Don Domanski: "Don Domanski: a conversation" (October 19) and "Poetry and the ... »

Domestic Sewing Machine Co. advertisement

Advertisement trade card showing a group of children playing including a young girl preparing sausages for the other children. Caption reads: "compliments of the Domestic Sewing Machine Co." Stamp on verso reads "H.C. Palmer dealer in sewing machines, 7 ... »

Documents received from G. R. Good.

Contains material relating to Kaufman Footwear's pricing, costs, and competition. Includes memoranda, notes, correspondence, training material, government specifications, price lists, and a production schedule.

Kaufman Footwear

Documents and Ephemera

Series consists of documents and ephemera related to members of the Bowlby, Davison and Hoffman family members. Included are clippings, correspondence, marriage certificates and report cards.

Bowlby, Davison, Hoffman Family

Do You Know Corn Meal?

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 2: Do You Know Corn Meal? The leaflet gives information on how to use corn meal, as well as recipes.

United States Department of Agriculture

Director's files : general : Planar Circuits.

File consists of material relating to personnel activities for Electrohome subsidiary Planar Circuits (St. Catharines, ON). Includes memoranda, manuscript notes, job descriptions, photocopied pages of information about St. Catharines, and a press ... »

Alcock, Gary

Director's files : general : American Management Association.

File consists of material relating to Electrohome's membership in the American Management Association (AMA). Includes correspondence and memoranda (some carbon copies and some form letters), advertising material from the AMA, membership application ... »

Alcock, Gary

Directions to wake.

File consists of a small card giving directions from the church to the reception area for Dana Porter's wake at 32 Heath Street West in Toronto.

Porter, Dana Harris

Dinner menus and programs.

Dinner menus and programs of events hosted by Prime Minister Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King. Includes:

  • A dinner given in honour of Colonel John Gilman Foster, Consul General of the United States of America, on June 7, 1927
  • A dinner given
    • ... »

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

Dinner invitation.

File consists of one dinner invitation to an informal dinner for commissioners and their wives at the Porter residence to meet the Prime Minster.

Porter, Dana Harris

Digestibility of Protein Supplied by Soy-Bean and Peanut Press-Cake Flours.

United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 717: Digestibility of Protein Supplied by Soy-Bean and Peanut Press-Cake Flours, printed in Washington D.C. September 25, 1918 as a contribution from the States Relations Service. The bulletin states ... »

United States Department of Agriculture

Diefenbaker, Olive.

Clippings of articles from the Globe and Mail and the Winnipeg Free Press about Olive Diefenbaker.

Long, Elizabeth

Diary.

File consists of a Canadian Pocket Diary for 1923 belonging to A.L. Breithaupt. Daily entries, many empty. Includes cash accounts. Insertions: clippings, including list of fire alarm boxes in Kitchener.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Diary.

File consists of a Canadian Pocket Diary for 1924 belonging to A.L. Breithaupt. Daily entries, many empty. Includes cash accounts. Insertions: clippings, including list of fire alarm boxes in Kitchener.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Diary.

File consists of a Canadian Pocket Diary for 1917 belonging to A.L. Breithaupt. Daily entries, many empty. Includes cash accounts. Insertions: clippings, 1916 driver's license. Of note is the birth of his son, [David], on February 14, 1917.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Diary.

File consists of a Canadian Pocket Diary for 1914 belonging to A.L. Breithaupt. Daily entries, some empty. Includes cash accounts. Clipping inserted listing fire alarm boxes in Kitchener. Of note is the October 29, 1914 entry about the New Star Whitewear Ltd. charter.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Diary.

File consists of a Canadian Pocket Diary for 1919 belonging to A.L. Breithaupt. Daily entries, many empty. Visit of W.W. Peter, Shanghai. Includes cash accounts. Insertions: clippings, membership cards, Canada Registration Board card.

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Deyell, Edith.

Clipping of Globe and Mail column "Ottawa Scene" about Edith Deyell, teacher, historian and former Canadian Women's Army Corps officer.

Long, Elizabeth

Dempsey, Gwendolyn.

Clipping of The Leader-Post article "Moose Jaw woman police court reporter" by L.H. Lewry about Gwendolyn Dempsey.

Long, Elizabeth

Death of the late Miss Gonder of Black Creek.

File consists of one typescript of an obituary "death of the late Miss Gonder of Black Creek - a pioneer resident of Willoughby Township", a clipping of said obituary, and a manuscript tribute to her memory which was read at her funeral service.

Death announcement Mrs. Christena Bechler.

A press clipping from the Bechler family photo album. Clipping consists of a death announcement for Mrs. Christena Bechler, who passed away in Berlin (later Kitchener) on December 4, 1908 at 12:45pm at the age of 80 years, 11 months, and 10 days. Press ... »

Bechler family

Dear sis.

Correspondence received and sent by James Downey to his sisters. Most letters written by Downey are under the heading “Dear Sis.” Includes photocopies of photographs of family members and friends, related newspaper clippings, ephemera with eulogies for ... »

Downey, James

Dean, Vera Micheles.

Biographical typescript about Vera Micheles Dean as part of guest speaker invitation for an event hosted by the Inter Club Council of Business and Professional women's Clubs of Toronto and District. At the time, Dean was serving in New York City as ... »

Long, Elizabeth

Dean, Ethel.

Clipping of Leader-Post article "Woman is chief of Estevan fair" about Ethel Dean, secretary-manager of the Estevan Agricultural society.

Long, Elizabeth

Dean of Arts public lecture.

Materials related to the Arts Faculty Lecture Series at the University of Waterloo, in 1990-1991, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Canada’s Race relations crisis: myth and reality.” Includes printout of Walker's paper, related ... »

Walker, James

De la Roche, Mazo.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "A Canadian Best-Seller" by Tom Saunders reviewing Ronald Hambleton's book Mazo De La Roche of Jalna.

Long, Elizabeth

De Beauvoir, Simone.

Clippings from various publications with reviews of books by Simone De Beauvoir including The Prime of Life, Djamila Boupacha, Les Belles Images, and Force of Circumstance.

Long, Elizabeth

Davison, Norman Montgomery.

File consists of a clipping with portrait announcing departure of N.M. Davison for a position in New York, three letters of congratulation on the birth of a son, 1927, from J. Martin, L.J. Breithaupt and L.O. Breithaupt.

Bowlby, Davison, Hoffman Family

Davison, Carolyn Barnes Bowlby : memory book.

File consists of commercially produced album with school days information entered and photographs inserted. Ephemera inserted "St. Andrew's College Fourtenth Annual Sports day, May 21, 1914; League of Honour for Women and Girls of the Empire membership ... »

Bowlby, Davison, Hoffman Family

Davis, Doris.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Doris Davis (nee Guerard), who was president of Toronto's Catholic Women's League.

Long, Elizabeth

Davidson family ephemera : The History of the children in the wood.

The History of the children in the wood, published by Lumsden & Sons, Glasgow. This is a single sheet with eight hand-coloured woodcuts with verses beneath; versions of which circulated in Great Britain and the United States, most often in chapbook ... »

Sims family

David's Prize Soap

David's Prize Soap advertisement trade card showing a vital looking woman washing laundry in a washing bucket with David's Prize Soap while a young girl looks in. Looking in through the door way is a sallow looking older woman. The caption reads "Get ... »

David's Prize Soap

David's Prize Soap advertisement trade card showing an older woman standing at a washing bucket with a bar of David's Soap while two young women play the piano in another room. It reads "All got by using David's Prize Soap besides the excellent washing ... »

Dare, C.M. : congratulations on 100 anniversary.

Contains one plaque. The plaque was sent from the Atlantic sales team to C.M. Dare to congratulate him on the centenary of Dare Foods Limited. The plaque reads " C.M. Dare congratulations on 100 anniversary, Atlantic Sales Team."

Dare Foods Limited

Dare sign.

Contains one double-sided sign. The sign is red and white and is in the shape of the Dare logo [ca. 1976]. The sign was most likely used in a store display.

Dare Foods Limited

Dare sign.

Contains one double-sided sign. The sign is red and white and is in the shape of the Dare logo [ca. 1976]. The sign was most likely used in a store display.

Dare Foods Limited

Dare sign.

Contains three double-sided Dare signs. The signs are red and white. One side of the sign reads, "Twin-packed for freshness," and the other side reads, "Made with vegetable shortening."

Dare Foods Limited

Dare sign.

Contains one double-sided Dare sign. The sign is red and white and is in the shape of the Dare logo [ca. 1990]. The sign was most likely used in a store display.

Dare Foods Limited

Daniels family.

File consists of photocopies of obituaries, photocopies of manuscript genealogical notes, and photocopies of an address by Jean Schneider regarding history of the New Jerusalem Church in Canada.

Schneider family

Dana.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1998 and 2002 to and from Dana Švihlová, sometimes printed on reused paper. Includes personal correspondence, related ephemera, and photographs.
Also contains a photocopy of pages from Š... »

Shipley, Robert

Dales, Leslie.

Clipping of Regina Leader-Post article "Edmonton woman drives milk wagon" about Leslie "Teddy" Dales who drove a milk wagon for a living.

Long, Elizabeth

Daisy circus.

McCormack Eric. "A Demanding Expedition". Review of Daisy Circus, by Rita Donovan. Books in Canada 20, no. 8 (November 1991): 45-46.

McCormack, Eric P.

Current.

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

Kaufman Footwear

Cryderman, Hilda.

Two clippings and a typescript biography about Canadian teacher Hilda Cryderman.

Long, Elizabeth

Crime prevention.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to his involvement with the Waterloo Region Community Safety & Crime Prevention Council and the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Crime prevention.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to crime prevention in the Waterloo region. Includes documents highlighting Telegdi's involvement with the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council, ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Crafter, Louise.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Personality of the Month" written by Joan Anderson about Louise Crafter, assistant manager of the Bermuda Trade Development Board.

Long, Elizabeth

Council of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo inaugural meeting program.

Two programs for the inaugural meeting of the 1989-1991 Council of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo held on December 14, 1988 likely accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as an Elected Councillor representing the City of Waterloo and the ... »

Telegdi, Andrew Peter

Correspondence to Carrie Anthes Breithaupt.

File consists of 12 letters from Martha Rieder and Ella Anthes Cook to Carrie Anthes Breithaupt. Some letters include envelopes; stamps have been removed. File also includes an invitation to the wedding of Martha and Talmon Henry Rieder and an invitation ... »

Rieder and Anthes family

Correspondence received.

File consists of seven pieces of correspondence, including three from S.L. Umbach in Naperville, Illinois, also a printed wedding invitation, and a notice in German regarding the death of Martin Anthes.

Correspondence received.

File consists of sixty-six pieces of correspondence from friends and family. This number includes many letters of condolence on the death of Albert's brother Ezra Carl, who was killed in the gasworks explosion. Among them is a letter from W.L. Mackenzie ... »

Correspondence received.

File consists of nine pieces of correspondence from friends, family and business associates. This number includes ephemera both inserted and sent separately. Includes as well empty envelopes.

Correspondence received.

File consists of fourty-seven pieces of correspondence from friends and family and business contacts. This number includes six letters to Albert from his future wife Louisa, ephemera and clippings both inserted and sent separately. Empty envelope also ... »

Breithaupt, Albert Liborius

Correspondence personal.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley in 1979. Includes letters, postcards, cards, ephemera, and photographs received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence non personal.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley in 1981 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to submission of his work, letters of acceptance and rejection, payments and invoices, letters thanking him ... »

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence non personal.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley in 1980 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to submission of his work, letters of acceptance and rejection, payments and invoices, letters thanking him ... »

Shipley, Robert

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