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Charles E. Greb family fonds.
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Charles E. Greb : Ontario Summer Games

Series consists of material relating to the Ontario Summer Games, held in Waterloo on August 26-29, 1977, and also includes some material relating to the City of Waterloo's bid to host the 1981 Canada Summer Games. Includes press clippings, scrapbooks, ephemera, promotional material, correspondence, and other material. Charles E. Greb was Chairman of the Ontario Summer Games committee from 1975-1977, and in this role also sat on the Canada Summer Games bid submission committee.

Greb, Charles E. family

Charles E. Greb family fonds.

  • SCA210-GA189
  • Fonds
  • 1878, 1884-2009

Fonds consists of records documenting aspects of the lives, careers, and interests of Charles E. Greb, his father Erwin C. Greb, and his grandfather Charles E. Greb Sr., as well as his siblings, Harry Greb, Clara May Greb, and Arthur Greb. Includes press clippings; correspondence; birth, marriage, and death certificates; wills; photographs; certificates and awards; ephemera; scrapbooks, and other material.

Greb, Charles E. family

Family Files

Series consists of records documenting aspects of the lives, careers, and interests of Charles E. Greb, Harry Greb, Clara May Greb, Erwin C. Greb, and Charles E. Greb Sr.; and the lives and disappearance of basset hounds Velvet and Jasmine. Includes press clippings; correspondence; birth, marriage, and death certificates; wills; photographs; certificates and awards; ephemera; and other material. Material probably collected and compiled by Charles E. Greb.

Greb, Charles E. family

Greb family.

File consists of a portrait of Erwin and Clara Greb and a portrait of the whole family (Erwin and Clara and their children Harry, Arthur, Charles, and Clara May).

Greb, Charles E. family

Greb, Charles E.

File consists of material documenting the career, community involvement, and achievements of Charles E. Greb. Includes press clippings, certificates and awards, ephemera, correspondence, personal profiles and biographies, a news release, etc. Includes a letter from Ontario Premier William G. Davis and Secretary of State Walter McLean.

Greb, Charles E. family

Greb, Charles E.

File consists of three photographs of Charles E. Greb: one with the Hush Puppies basset hound mascot Velvet, one with two unidentified men at radio station CJBC, and a snapshot of Greb with three unidentified men on a backyard deck.

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Greb, Charles E. : Musitron.

File consists of material relating to Musitron-Danning, a communications company in Kitchener. Charles E. Greb was the president of the company. Includes press clippings, a press release, and issues of newsletters for Musitron-Danning employees and customers, both called Newsitron. Includes Newsitron (for customers) vol. 1, no. 1-3, vol. 2, no. 1, 3, and 4; and Newsitron (employee newsletter) issues 1, 3, 4, and 6-19.

Greb, Charles E. family

Greb, Charles E., Sr.

File consists of documents relating to the life and death of Charles E. Greb Sr., including his term as mayor of Kitchener (1921-1922). Includes press clippings, correspondence to Greb, handwritten notes, ephemera, and personal documents including hunting and driving licences, a bank book, medallions, pins, etc.

File also includes Greb's will and probate, estate inventory, and correspondence to Erwin C. Greb relating to his father's death. Among the correspondence to Charles E. Greb are letters sent on behalf of British Prime Minister Lloyd George, US President Warren Harding, and a letter from Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.

Greb, Charles E. family

Greb, Charles E., Sr. : ledger.

File consists of a ledger kept by Charles Greb from 1884 to 1933, and material relating to Greb's hardware and hotel businesses in Zurich, Ontario where he lived before moving to Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1909. Includes a receipt to Greb from Charles Hartleib for the stock of the hardware store in Zurich, a press clipping about the history of the store, handwritten notes, statements from the Waterloo Bond Corporation, and typed notes by Charles E. Greb about the ledger.

These notes indicate that the ledger records transactions relating to the hardware store or the Huron Hotel (1884-1904); judgements made by Greb as a Justice of the Peace for Huron County (1906-1908); and transactions from building renovations, investments, loans, etc. (1909-1933).

Greb, Charles E. family

Greb, Erwin C.

File consists of personal documents relating to Erwin C. Greb (1894-1954) and his wife Clara (1894-19--). Includes personal correspondence to Erwin, birth and marriage certificates, the wills of Clara and of Erwin's maternal grandfather John Baptist Mayer, a deed of land for a property on Mansion Street (Kitchener), certificates for Erwin's memberships in the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club and the Grand River Masonic Lodge, and other documents.

File also includes several photographs, as well as funeral notices for Erwin's father Charles Greb (1934), mother Caroline Greb (1931), sister Eleanora Dumart (1929), and nephew William Dumart (1925).

Greb, Charles E. family

Greb, Harry.

File consists of two photographs of Harry Greb shaking hands, in one with his brother Arthur Greb and in the other with an unidentified man.

Greb, Charles E. family

Greb, Harry.

File consists of material relating to Harry D. Greb (1916-1998) and his wife Dorothy Greb (1918-2008). Includes press clippings relating to their deaths and the induction of Harry into the Waterloo County Hall of Fame (2001), ephemera, and the October 1967 issue of The Canada Lutheran containing an article by Harry. Some press clippings are photocopies and print-outs from the World Wide Web.

Greb, Charles E. family

Greb, May.

File consists of material documenting the life and death of Clara May Greb (1921-2006), as well as her bequests to the Junior Achievement of Waterloo Region Foundation and the KW YMCA's Endowment Foundation. Includes press clippings and newsletters relating to her death and gifts (some print-outs from the World Wide Web); birth and death certificates; correspondence; a speech given at the funeral; etc.

File also includes travel itineraries for trips May Greb took in 1951 and 1956, and letters she wrote home to family members while on the 1956 around-the-world trip.

Greb, Charles E. family

Greb, May : to be reviewed.

File consists of material removed from file 39a relating to the death and estate of Clara May Greb. Includes and estate summary, her will, affidavits, and related correspondence.

Greb, Charles E. family

International news headlines.

File consists of the front pages from the Kitchener Daily Record, the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, the Toronto Daily Star, and the Globe and Mail containing headlines relating to World War II and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Greb, Charles E. family

Local and General History

Series consists of newspaper clippings and other material relating to significant events in Kitchener as well as internationally. Includes clippings relating to the election of Charles Greb Sr. for mayor of Kitchener, World War II, and other subjects.

Greb, Charles E. family

Newspaper clippings.

File consists of newspaper clippings relating to local history. Includes the Daily Record from 1921 containing the headline: "Kitchener picks Greb for mayor; members of 1920 council head poll". Includes two special issues of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, one celebrating Kitchener's centennial (1954) and one celebrating Kitchener's 125th anniversary (1979).

Greb, Charles E. family

Ontario Summer Games 1977.

File consists of material relating to the 1977 Ontario Summer Games, and some material relating to the City of Waterloo's bid to host the 1981 Canada Games. Includes the official program for the Ontario Summer Games and other advertising material, press clippings, correspondence addressed to Charles E. Greb (including a letter from Premier William G. Davis), and ephemera. File also includes a booklet about the Shoe Manufacturers' Association of Canada.

Greb, Charles E. family

Ontario Summer Games scrapbook.

File consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings and ephemera relating to the Ontario Summer Games. Includes the remarks given by Charles E. Greb at the opening ceremonies, invitations, and pamphlets and other publicity material for the games and related events.

Greb, Charles E. family

Photographs

Series consists of photographs and portraits relating to the Greb family. Includes photographs of Greb family members and of Harry Greb's yacht.

Greb, Charles E. family

Postcard.

File consists of a postcard containing a photograph of two men, a woman, and a baby seated on steps leading to a front porch. One of the men in the photograph could be Charles Greb Sr. [?].

Greb, Charles E. family

Scrapbooks.

File consists of four scrapbooks containing press clippings relating to the 1977 Ontario Summer Games, held in Kitchener-Waterloo from August 26-29. Press clippings are from the Canadian Press Clipping Service.

Greb, Charles E. family

Velvet and Jasmine.

File consists of material relating to the Hush Puppies brand mascots, basset hounds Velvet and Jasmine, and in particular their disappearance in 1973. Includes press clippings (some photocopies), photographs of Velvet and other basset hounds, and the incoming and outgoing correspondence of Charles E. Greb with citizens concerned about the dogs. File also includes veterinary records and registration and transfer certificates for Jasmine from the Jamaica Kennel Club, and pedigree certificates for both dogs.

Greb, Charles E. family

Waterloo Canada Games bid, 1977.

File consists of material relating to the official application by the City of Waterloo to host the 1981 Canada Summer Games. Includes the bid submission, copies of letters of support from MPPs, mayors, and other organizations and institutions, and the Ontario Summer Games 1977 program.

Greb, Charles E. family

Yachts.

File consists of two photographs of Harry Greb's schooner "Heron".

Greb, Charles E. family