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File consists of one hand-written land transaction document regarding the sale of land by Jacob and Margaretha Hailer to Louis Breithaupt and Jacob Wagner, witnessed by Jacob and Mary Burgley[sic], and signed by all parties. This document is not written on an official form.

File consists of a hand-written partnership agreement relating to a tanning business to be carried on in Berlin, Ontario, by Jacob Vogt and Louis Breithaupt, signed by both parties.

File consists of hand-written agreement regarding carpentry work to be done. Jacob Stabler's signature is in German script.

File consists of one hand-written agreement relating to the Louis Breithaupt's continuance of joint business after the death of Jacob Wagner dated May 17, 1858. The document is witnessed by Jacob Hailer and is signed by all parties and sealed. Includes a receipt, and statements of account.

File consists of land transaction documents relating to property in Berlin, Ontario.

Fonds consists of material relating to the life and activities, both business and personal, of Albert L. Breithaupt from his 18th year on. Includes correspondence in German from his mother, Catharine Hailer Breithaupt. Includes correspondence, diaries, legal and financial documents, ephemera and photographs.

The Breithaupt Hewetson Clark collection includes family papers the three families named; the Breithaupt family, the Hewetson family, and the Clark family. Made up of over several hundred cubic feet of archives, about 12,000 photographs, several thousand printed items and a large group of "subject and topical files" as well as plans, maps and drawings.

The largest set of family records are those related to the Breithaupt family of what is today Kitchener with the earliest documents being from the period of Liborious Breithaupt's emigration in 1843. A small group of family papers collected by Spencer Clark contains material on the Clark and Alexander families. Other families including the Devitt family of Waterloo and the Davis family of Brampton are also represented in the collection.

Also in the collection are records related to the Guild of All Arts (now the Guild Inn) in Scarborough, Ontario from its inception in 1932 to the 1980s. Founded by Rosa Breithaupt Hewetson Clark and Spencer Clark, the Guild began as a co-operative crafts community, and evolved primarily as a hotel and conference centre. In addition to Guild records, the Breithaupt Hewetson Clark collection holds smaller collections acquired by the Breithaupt family and by Spencer Clark. The personal library of Spencer Clark, which includes many books, periodicals, government documents, and ephemeral items, was donated together with the archival collections, and is particularly strong in the fields of urban planning, architecture, and Canadian art.

Promotional materials created by Louis Jacob Breithaupt's political campaign to ask for the vote of his constituents during the election for the North Waterloo Local Legislature on May 23, 1899. Includes a letter in English and German, a leaflet with a drawing of the Premier of Ontario (Hon. A. S. Hardy), and the envelope in which everything was enclosed.
Envelope is addressed to Conrad [Haerle?] Esquire, from Wellesley, Ontario.

File consists of Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Co. receipt to L. Breithaupt for insurance payment on dwelling on Seneca St., Buffalo, May 12, 1864.

File consists of material relating to the purchase of and payment for property in Buffalo, N.Y. Includes two land title search documents, one dated 1849 (for Reuben B. Heacock) and the other dated 1865. Includes the original mortgage document from R.B. Heacock, signed by Liborius Breithaupt, April 7, 1848, annotated with a list of payments made. Includes receipts for payments made from 1849 to 1856.

File consists of one notebook used by A.L. Breithaupt to record "rentals for various localities owned by the trustees of the estate of Louis Breithaupt." The title page is dated September 1897 and the notebook is divided alphabetically by renter.

File consists of typescript list of rooms at Waldeck?

File consists of manuscript calulations relating to Breithaupt properties.

Series consists of records related to Catharine Hailer Breithaupt including 91 pieces of correspondence received by Catharine Hailer Breithaupt between 1852-1863 and 1880-1910 and two diaries. The diary documents the first part of Catharine's first trip to Germany in 1888. The early correspondence provides further documentation of the establishment of Louis Breithaupt's tanning business in Berlin, Ontario; the later correspondence is primarily from her children, including her nephew Louis Henry Wagner.

File consists of one portrait of Fred Breithaupt's family. Seen left to right are wife Frances and children Robert and Mary Ann.

File consists of a head and shoulders studio portrait of Fred Breithaupt seen wearing glasses and looking off camera.

Accrual consists of an address book and correspondence received by Louisa Breithaupt.

Photograph of Harvey J. Gruber, chair of the Public Utilities Commission; W.R. Bricker, representative of Victory Loan; Kitchener Mayor Joseph Ignatino Meinzinger; and John Christian Breithaupt, chair of the H.W. Commission. Gruber, Meinzinger, and Breithaupt are seated at a table while Meinzinger signs a document. Bricker is standing behind them. There are city maps and certificates hung on the wall behind them.

Studio portrait of Carrie Breithaupt, seen looking off-camera.

Studio portrait of Carrie Breithaupt seen looking at camera.

Fonds consists of material collected and maintained by Clare Clark. Included are records related to organizations and associations Clark worked with, as well as personal records related to family affairs and relationships.

Of note are records related to the commemoration of Holy Ann Preston, including the acquisition of land and the installation of a memorial cross, as well as files maintained by Clark tied to the Canadian Association of Adult Education, the Canadian Council on Rural Development, and the Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada.

File consists of correspondence, one small account book 1851-1856, individual statements of accounts, correspondence to and from L. Breithaupt and J.F. Schellkopf, a letter to Liborius Breithaupt from a nephew in Allendorf Germany.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt including business correspondence, statements, rail road freight receipts, an ephemera. Includes documents relating to the tannery in Berlin, correspondence from Charles A. Ahrens, correspondence with Jacob J. Vogt, Niagara Falls (who is a relative and who has invested in the Berlin tannery), Hoffman & Weaver, J.F. Schoellkopf. Also in the file are letters in German from Jacob Hailer, A. Klein, F.A. Goetze, W. Brill. A letter from W. Mentz addresses L.B. as "Esteemed Brother" and comments on the dissolution of co-partnership with J. Vogt.

Also of note are business cards: "L. Breithaupt, manufacturer and dealer in leather, findings, hides, wool, oil, &c., Berlin, C.W.", a doctor's bill for 19 visits in June 1859 to visit child, and one one letter written on one side to L. Breithaupt from Jacob Burgley [i.e. Burckle], Utica, August 15, 1859, and on the other side to "Dear Sister", from M.A. Burgley.

File consists of two letters in German. One letter, intricately folded and dated July 11, 1853, is from [Margaret Wagner?]. The second letter, dated November 19, 1853, is from Jacob Wagner.

File consists of one letter in German from Jacob and Margaret Wagner in Grove __, N.Y., December 16, 1857.

File consists of three letters in German. Includes one letter from Jacob and Margaret Wagner in Grove [?], [New York], dated January 18, 1858, and a joint letter dated Berlin, August 29, 1858 with page 1 signed by Margaret Wagner and the overleaf signed by Jacob Hailer. This was probably written after the death of Jacob Wagner in Berlin that spring. A third letter, dated 1858, is written in an unknown hand.

File consists of correspondence, individual account statements, customs document, note protest. Also includes one letter, in German, from J.F. Schoellkopf dated January 18, 1853.

File consists of correspondence, freight receipts, individual statements of accounts and receipts. Includes one letter signed Catharina Breithaupt, a letter in German from F.A. Goetze, a statement of snuff and cigars purchased from him by Louis Breithaupt, a memorandum regarding Waterloo Township tannery rental from Wendell Bowman and Henry Bechtel, February 25, 1854, a letter, in English, from John B. Bowman, St. Jacobs, Ont., March 1854 regarding water privileges and land for tannery, and letters in German signed S. Merner.

File consists of notes, account for Paul Rohr, and an invoice, in German, for work on a wagon.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt including statements of accounts (including shoes and gaiters for Wagners, Hailers and Breithaupts), freight receipts, business correspondence, etc. Includes 22 letters from Charles A. Ahrens, Berlin concerning business and conditions in the tannery there. Letters in German include those from Margaret Wagner, Buffalo, W. Goetze, New York, A. and L. Klein, Rochester, Jacob Hailer, Ludwig Breithaupt, Th. Wagner, and others. Also in the file are documents relating to the Evangelical Association Church property, William and Emslie Sts. in Buffalo, circulars of F.A. Goetze, tobacconist, letters from Jacob Vogt, Nigara Falls and a letter from J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt. Includes business correspondence, a contract with William Brower, May 1862, to tear down a warehouse and build a stable, correspondence with Jacob J. Vogt, and correspondence with the Singer Sewing Machine Co. Letters in German include those from M. and John Straus, some written on letterhead: "Breithaupt & Straus, manufacturers and dealers in sheep-skins and wool, Carroll St. . . . Buffalo, N.Y.",End of file: one letter in German from Catharine Breithaupt, dated Aug. 8, 1861 [marked C.B.]. A. and L. Klein, Wm. Schroeder, Samuel Moyer, Martin Anthes, F.A. Goetze and others.

Also of note are four letters in German from Catharina Breithaupt [marked C.B. Sr. = Catharina, mother of Louis Breithaupt?]; one letter in German to Catharina Breithaupt, sent from Germany, four letter in German from Catharine in Buffalo to Louis in Berlin.

File consists of two letters in German. The first, dated November 4, 1852, is from Jacob Wagner to an unknown individual. The second, dated December 31, 1852, is a joint letter to Louis Breithaupt in Buffalo, signed by Catharine Hailer, and possibly also by Jacob and Margaret Hailer. This is a letter from Catharine to her soon-to-be husband, written shortly before their marriage, which took place February 8, 1853.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt. Includes statements of accounts, freight receipts, business correspondence, notes payable, etc. Includes one letter in German from J. Wagner, 3 letters in German from F.A. Goetze (one including a bill for cigars), and an agreement between J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo and McKay & Horner, Brantford, dated September 22, 1856.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt. Includes statements of accounts, raiload advice notices and freight receipts (one dated 1862 at Berlin Station), business correspondence, etc. Includes letters in German from F.A. Goetze, N.Y., recipe for lubricating compound, receipts for city, county, and school taxes, 1858-1859 (one receipt shows three properties in Buffalo), letter to Thomas Bowness in Woodstock, Ont. from J.F. Schoellkopf, November 15, 1861, letter to Louis Breithaupt from J.F. Schellkoepf, July 23, 1861, letter from Charles A. Ahrens, June 19, 1861, letters written jointly to L.B. from Jacob J. Vogt (in English) and Jacob Hailer (in German), Niagara, June 7, 1859 regarding business matters (salutation reads "Dear Brother, Father and Mother Hiler came to our plase...), receipt for household goods purchased for Jacob Wagner, April 30, 1859. Also contains an unbound day book in German with entries from December 19, 1859 to August 15, 1861.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt including accounts, business correspondence, circulars, etc. Included are letters to and from Charles A. Ahrens and J.F. Schoellkopf. Letters in German include those from [?] Wagner, F.A. Goetze, P. Wentz, Jacob Hailer, Catharine Breithaupt, dated August 8, 1861 [marked C.B.], and others.

Also in the file is a drawing and notes of machinery, a bill for fruit trees, bushes and roses, and six letters from Jacob Burckle, and to Catharine Breithaupt, "Dear Sister", from M.A. Burckle. Jacob & his wife [Mary] were persuaded by L.B. to move from the U.S. to Berlin to help in the business and with boarders. Most of the letters are reports on the state of the business and on the charater of other employees.

File consists of two letters in German, one unsigned and the other signed Jacob Raquet, and one receipt.

File consists of four business postcards addressed to Louis Breithaupt, who died in 1880.

File consists of correspondence, one small account book in German, containing entries from 1852 to 1855, business correspondence, individual account statements, orders, etc.

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt. Includes statements of accounts, business correspondence, telegrams, railroad advice notes and freight receipts, notes receivable, tax notices, etc. Also in the file are documents relating to work done on the church and minister's house corner of William and Emslie Sts., letter from J. Long, Cleveland regarding 18 boxes of Universal Salve, written on the verso of printed instructions for the salve, correspondence between J.F. Schoellkopf and L. Breithaupt, letters in German from Rev. Jacob Wagner, August Klein, Jacob Hailer, Reinhold Lang, F.A Goetze (including cigar bill), statement from Hoffman and Weaver for land in Berlin. Also included is one letter in German from Louis Breithaupt, Berlin, November 6, 1857 to Catharine Breithaupt in Buffalo [last item].

File consists of business and personal papers of Louis Breithaupt including business correspondence, letters in German to and from Louis Breithaupt and M. Strauss, railroad freight receipts, etc. Also in the file are letters in German from Wm. Goetze and others, and two letters in German from Catherine Raquet, Buffalo; two letters in German by C. Raquet with letters enclosed by Catharina Breithaupt; seven letters in German from Catharina Breithaupt, Buffalo; one letter to Louis and Catharine Breithaupt from Jacob and Mary Burckle in Berlin, who are caring for the children while their parents are away.

File consists of one letter received by Fred Breithaupt.

File consists of documents relating to the construction and furnishing of the house built by Louis Breithaupt at 711 Carrol St., Buffalo, N.Y., in 1852. Includes invoices and accounts.

File consists of five crackerjack cards, nos. 8, Boxing; 15, Lacross; 17, Motor boat racing; Skiing; and no. 85 of the British Empire Victoria Cross heroes

File consists of a cradle roll birthday card to Fred Breithaupt from Zion Evangelical Sunday School.

File consists of five postcards written to Fred Breithaupt's children. One may be to a daughter of W.H. Breithaupt.

File consists of snapshots of the Fred Breithaupt family and friends, most taken at Georgian Bay.

File consists of three copies of the Tuesday, March 7, 1882 of the Daily News containing an obituary of Jacob Hailer on page 2.

File consists of an indenture document regarding the apprenticeship of Jacob Schutrum to Louis Breithaupt. Jacob Schutrup was thirteen at the time of signing, his guardian was his grandfather. The document is signed by all parties.

File consists of one day book belonging to Louis Breithaupt. The pages are numbered by hand to p. 60 and are variously headed "Buffalo" and "Berlin". It is uncertain whether handwriting is contemporary or added later by Louis Jacob Breithaupt,.

p. 1-53 contain entries from June 1852 to Oct. 1861 relating to his business in Buffalo, N.Y. [and probably Berlin as well as of 1857].
p. 54-55 written on by Louis J. Breithaupt, Jan. 7, 1870. "Facts" and penmanship practice.
p. 56 accounts resume at Nov. [1861?] Page is headed "Breithaupt & Strauss". Accounts appear to relate to business in Berlin. P. [68] contains an entry on Oct. 20 [1862?] relating to balance "Schoellkopf " according to statement. Page is headed "Buffalo, September 1861" in an unidentified handwriting.
p. [70] ends with entry for Jan. 1863. Page [71] overleaf starts at Nov. 18, 1865 and is weekly accounts, including wages paid to named individuals in "Beam House", "Currier Shop", "Yard." P. [78] headed "Berlin Dec. 23rd 1865" contains annotation: "This was written by P. Cress: all on this page but this."
Accounts continue to p. [185] ending with June 22, 1867.
p. [186] begins day book described on end leaf as "Team book kept by Louis J. Breithaupt Berlin, Ont., 1869-1870. The first entry is dated Aug. 13, 1869. Entries concern loads carried by various teams, what was carried and where carried to, threshing, plowing, etc.. LJB would be 15 years old at this time. Ends at p. [236], entry for Sept. 15, 1870.
P. [237 blank].
P. [238] contains inscription: "L.J. Breithaupt, Berlin, Ont., student of Berlin Central School, Berlin Ontario, Sept. 15, 1870. Page also contains a list of "Old bricks for inside wall of house."
P. [239] contains a list of "Boarders: when they come and when leave."

File consists of notes payable and receivable, relating to business conducted in Buffalo, N.Y., by L. Breithaupt and J.F. Schoellkopf.

File consists of one unbound book of accounts, with 18 pages filled, starting June 26, 1852 and continuing to June 1853.

File consists of one ledger.

File consists of one unbound account book labelled "Hide Book" containing records from 1856 to 1857 of "hides received from Canada to be charged to North Evans Tannery." Includes notes payable, relating to business mostly conducted in Canada by L. Breithaupt, to be paid by account of J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo, N.Y. Also contains two letters in German dated November 30 and December 2, 1861 from M. Strauss, Buffalo, N.Y.

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.

File consists of Fred Breithaupt's manuscript notes and drawings for a class in manual training at Kitchener and Waterloo Technical Institute.

File consists of a document relating to property in Buffalo.

File consists of a statement of account with entries from June 1851 to March 1852.

File consists of nine picture postcards and greeting postcards received by Fred Breithaupt. Includes Valentine greetings.

File consists of twenty-one picture postcards received by Fred Breithaupt. Some are partially or wholly in German, most written by his parents and grandmother Catherine during a trip to the Pacific coast. Includes a scene of canoeing in Victoria Park, Berlin, Ontario, dated August 1905; a view of the steamer "City of Toronto" at Penetanguishene, dated September 14, 1905; Winnipeg main street, September 20, 1905; "Threshing," Regina, September 27, 1905; "Group cowboys, Canadian Northwest," October 7, 1905.

File consists of four picture postcards received by Fred Breithaupt.

File consists of twenty-seven picture postcards and greeting postcards received by Fred Breithaupt. Some are in German from his father and grandmother. Includes a leather postcard from Sanger, Cal., October 1908; "Canadian child studies : the hockey player," from a painting by C.W. Simpson, dated November 11, 1908, and scenes from Toronto and Hamilton. Includes Valentine, Easter, Halloween and Christmas greetings.

File consists of picture postcards and greeting postcards received by Fred Breithaupt. Some are in German from his father and grandmother. Includes "Canadian Winter sports : skating, Grenadier Pond, Toronto, Canada," March 9, 1909; "Winter sports : Tobogganing, High Park, Toronto, Canada," December 12, 1909. Includes Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas greetings, as well as scenes of Hanlan's point and the waterfront in Toronto.

File consists of seven picture postcards and greeting postcards received by Fred Breithaupt. Includes "The Highland Inn, Algonquin Provincial (Ontario) Park," August 9, 1912, and Valentine greetings.

File three picture postcards received by Fred Breithaupt.

File consists of four picture postcards received by Fred Breithaupt. Two are from Albert en route to England; two are from Fred's grandmother Catherine and are in German.

File consists of thirty-two picture postcards and greeting postcards received by Fred Breithaupt. Some are in German, many are from his father Albert on a trip in western Canada. Includes a view of "Steamer Toronto" at Penetanguishene, dated February 26, 1906; "Branding steers," undated, "Buffalo,", September 1906; "King St. W., Toronto, September 15, 1906; "200 -- Broncho buster," September 20, 1906, painting copyright H.H. Tammen, 1902; "Cowboys off for town," September 26, 1906, painting by [?].

File consists of thirty picture postcards and greeting postcards received by Fred Breithaupt. Some are in German. Includes "Canadian child studies : tobogganing," from a painting by C.W. Simpson, January 7, 1907; "A young [tobogganing] enthusiast : Rosedale, Toronto," January 7, 1907; a postcard made of leather, "Won't leave here for awhile," June 28, 1907. Also includes views of Hamilton and Toronto as well as Valentine, Easter and Christmas greetings.

File consists of thirty picture postcards and greeting postcards received by Fred Breithaupt. Most are from his father. Includes "Tobogganing : the spill," January 5, 1910; "Grand quinzaine d'aviation : Le Havre, Trouville, Deauville," October 9, 1910. Includes Valentine, Easter, July 4th greetings, as well as one card each from Woodstock, Stratford and Corunna, Ont.

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.

File consists of one land transaction document.

File consists of statements to J.F. Schoellkopf regarding sales of wool in Providence, Rhode Island.

Postcard featuring a photograph of a ship.

File consists of a statement of L. Breithaupt's credit and debit from 1858 up to May 1st, 1859.

File consists of notes payable relating to business mostly conducted in Canada by L. Breithaupt, to be paid by account of J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo, N.Y.

File consists of notes payable relating to business conducted in Buffalo by L. Breithaupt, to be paid by account of J.F. Schoellkopf, Buffalo, N.Y.

File consists of one small paper covered tete beche account book. One end is farm work and rent and the other appears to be store purchases.