One broadside legal document for the recapture of an enslaved woman in Memphis, Tennessee. The writ of replevin and penal bond is by Sarah A. Hawthorn, by her next friend John Hawthorn. Next friend is a legal term for someone who appears in court in place of one who is not considered competent to do so. In this case, Sarah's husband John appeared on her behalf as Sarah, being a married woman, could not bring actions in Tennessee. The writ of replevin is filed against George W. Fisher who the Hawthorns claim was illegally holding an enslaved woman named Mary An. The writ also states that if the Hawthorns are found to be unlawful in their re-capture of Mary Ann they would pay a penal bond of $1,600.

File consists of the last will and testament of Martha Rieder (1934), and two copies each of the last will and testament of Talmon Henry Rieder, one dated 1917 and one dated 1921.

Collection consists of seven legal documents regarding the sale of land in the Township of Dumfries in Southern Ontario.

Last will and testament of Margaret Hailer Wagner Bean.

File consists of signed contract with McClelland & Stewart for Turn East, Turn West, dated June 24, 1953.

File consists of loose contract dated 1968.

Waterloo Trust and Savings Company, Trust of Mabel A. and Mary D. Sims et al : statement of receipts and disbursements from December 31, 1952 to December 31, 1953, accompanied by a news clipping concerning federal estate tax.

One theatre contract between Asa Steele and Robert B. Mantell for Asa to work beginning on August 31, 1896. Robert agrees to pay Asa $50 per week for her services at a theatre, opera house, or hall. The contact outlines the expectations for both parties as well as rules and regulations for the actor and how their pay may be docked if they break them.

File consists of signed agreement with McClelland & Stewart.

File consists of one order from the Province of Ontario changing the name of the German Printing and Publishing Company of Berlin, Ltd to The News Record, Ltd.

File consists of one indenture between Louis Jacob Breithuapt and the German Printing and Publishing Company, Ltd granting the company a building on King St.

File consists of initialed carbon contract with McClelland & Stewart, dated March 1, 1967.

Correspondence to Peter H. Sims from A. Millar, legal documents, and receipts all relating to action brought against Peter by creditors John Travers and Milton Cushing Schofield.

Correspondence and agreements relating to a U.S. patent issued to Peter H. Sims and Philip Hohmeier of Waterloo for improvements to a hot air furnace and the transfer of manufacturing rights to Henry B. Weaver of Blue Ball, Pennsylvania. In the first letter of May 6, 1886, A.M. Weaver asks about the "Balm of Life receipt" sent to her by Peter, but wants to know how many ounces of "oil of origanum" are needed.

Document signed by Philip Hohmeier acknowledging receipt of all of Peter H. Sims' interest in the listed Canadian and American patents for improvements to hot-air stoves and furnaces, witnessed by Jas. S. Lockie.

Correspondence and accounts relating to James and Janet Sims' finances from 1875-1881, also to Janet Sims' estate from 1881-1888. James died in 1880 and Janet died Oct. 3, 1881.

Documents relating to mortgage on Con. 13, lot 2, east side, dated 1865, abstract and discharge of same.

Agreement (carbon) between Harvey J. Sims and his sister Rella May Stewart dated January 2, 1923, concerning possession and ownership of silver and gold items from their parents' estate.

Memorandum of agreement made June 22, 1944 respecting the will and assets of Harvey J. Sims in light of his impending marriage with Gay Estill Robb. This agreement is signed and sealed by all parties and witnessed; the attached will of the same date is signed and witnessed, two other notarized documents also signed and witnessed.

Materials related to the second edition of James Walker’s book The Black Loyalists: the search for a promised land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, 1783-1870. Includes correspondence related to the edition and promotional events, preface to the 1992 edition and corrections to it, biographical information about Walker, forms and agreements for the first and second edition of the book, author information sheets, correspondence about the reprint from the University of Toronto Press and other people and organizations, Walker’s copy of the letter of agreement from Toronto University Press, handwritten notes, letters relating copyright of the first edition of the book published by Longman International Education.
Also contains correspondence thanking Walker for reading and/or proofreading other manuscripts and cheques with payments for the service and correspondence related to Walker’s revision of the article “Transplanting Communities: Black women in Ontario, 1850s-1890” in The Canadian Historical Review.

1 ms notarized copy of will, codicils, extracted from the principal Registry of the Probate Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice.

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.

Official permits issued for a intended trips to the United States, dated Sept. 27, 1917, Jan. 19, 1918, May 21, 1918.

File consists of one donation agreement between a consortium including the Rotary Club of Kitchener and The Corporation of the City of Waterloo in support of RIM Park.

File consists of materials related to the mortgage on 84 Frederick St. Includes financial information, legal documents, and correspondence.

File consists of legal information related to the Lincoln Road Housing Project. Includes correspondence with the lawyer, legal documents, and notes.

File consists of materials relating to the proposed women and children's temporary accommodations at 19 Weber St. Includes correspondence, legal documents, and plans.

Consists of one receipt for twenty one pounds received from Joseph Pettengall as partial payment for 100 acres of land in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, on June 6, 1839.

Indenture transferring title of a property that was situated in the Village of Elmira from the estate of George Ratz to Charles Edmund Klinck.

Orders on passing the accounts, summaries of estate accounts and related correspondence.

Summaries of the estate accounts and related correspondence.

Summaries of the estate accounts and related correspondence.

Orders on passing the accounts, summaries of estate accounts and related correspondence.

Last will and testament of Elmer Ratz.

Indenture for sale of interment rights from the Corporation of the City of Hamilton to Emma Louise Ratz for a parcel of land in Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton, Ont. Emma Louise Ratz likely purchased this cemetery plot for the burial of her husband Elmer Ratz. Emma Louise Ratz was occasionally referred to as Emily.

Summaries of the estate accounts and related correspondence.

Collection consists of six British legal instruments, on vellum used by R.A. Haney when teaching law courses. Includes:

• 1. Richard Knight and Elizabeth Collyer to John Hilde, assignment of lease of land, July 20, 1738;
• 2. John Ball and Elizabeth Ball to John Hyde, partitioning of land, Dec. 23, 1754;
  3. John Ball and wife to John Hyde, assignment of land, Mar 14, 1757;
  4. George Elwes and John Elwes to Mr. George Lockett, reassignment of land, Apr 28, 1801;
  5. Benjamin Wall and Joseph Malden, lease, May 31, 1852;
  6. George Lockett to George Winter, reassignment of land, July 3, 1862 and George Winter to John Wright reassignment of land and John Wright to John Hyde reassignment of land.

Materials related to publications Robert Shipley wrote or in which he collaborated. Includes newspaper clippings and photocopies, a legal agreement between Shipley and Norman Turner Bragg for Shipley to write for the book The mighty waterway, and publications. Publications are:

• Program for the "Ontario History and Social Science Teachers' Association presented 'in pursuit of the national dream'" where Shipley participated with a talk titled "'Slabtown revisited': an approach for studying local history" (1982)
• Articles by Shipley published in Alive and Well (1981-1982),
• Unpublished articles titled "The man, the poet: Irving Layton" (with Halia Zamkow), "Creativity... 'the inextinguishable flame'," "The arrival of the home computer," "I got it off my dad and he got it off his dad," "Women's world: the Nestle boycott: babies and you," and "Minor hockey: a major headache for the kids,"
• Channel Magazine (March 1982) with Shipley's article "Who owns the language of morality,"
• Perception Magazine (March-April 1981, January-February 1981) with drawings by Shipley,
• Niagara peninsula writers lovebook. St. Valentine's day 1982 with Shipley's "Love in the laneway,"
• Northern Travel Survey (1978).

Also contains scripts for the plays "The battle of Slabtown," "There goes my chicken salad," and "A legend from ashes" all developed by students of Banting Secondary School and Robert Shipley.

Materials related to different events James Walker attended. Includes printout of the chapter “Blacks” (now "Black History in Canada until 1900") written by Walker and published in New Canadian Encyclopedia Publishing Ltd. and related correspondence. Also includes a memorandum of agreement and printouts of “The black loyalists” for the Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery and related correspondence.
Also contains correspondence related to a request for electronic rights in the form of Pearson Custom Database, a letter of agreement and correspondence for the contribution to Taking Liberties: the history of human rights in Canada, and a talent release form for Walker’s appearance in the documentary “Welcome to Dresden: Jim Crow Lived Here Too.”

Materials related to Prudence Grieve’s story “cocks” that was published as part of the book The eye in the thicket. Includes printout, memorandum of agreement between Grieve and Thistledown Press, and related correspondence.

File consists of material relating to the purchase of the property and construction of the house at 610 Belmont Avenue in Montreal (City of Westmount), as well as the related mortgage and insurance. Includes correspondence, specifications for the house, receipts, manuscript notes, a deed of mortgage (copy), an agreement regarding a loan and repayment (copy), and by-law no. 229 regarding construction in the City of Westmount (copy).

Materials related to the administration of the Carold Institute. Includes correspondence sent and received by the Institute regarding different matters, agenda and minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors (May 8-9, 1998 and November 4, 1998), minutes of the Meeting of the Members (May 9, 1998), reports of the vice-president (1998) and of the president (1999), accounts for 1998-1999, memoranda and reports from different projects, materials related to the estate of Clare Clark (1999), an agreement between the Carold Institute and T.A.L. Private Management Ltd., printout of draft document "A dissemination strategy for the National Survey of Giving, volunteering and participating" (March 1998), and printout of document "CASA/Social watch. Creating a new vision of a just society: a millennium project of Canadian Civil Society. Part of two global civil society processes" (June 1998).

Materials related to the administration of the Carold Institute. Includes correspondence sent and received by the Institute regarding different matters, agenda and minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors (May 15, 1999, May 8-9, 1998, and May 14-15, 1998), report of the president (1999), information about the estate of Clare Clark, materials related to events the Institute attended or in which participated, memoranda of agreements and cheques with other institutions, and materials related to the "Voluntary action and organization in Canada: the last decade and beyond" prepared for the Clare Clark Memorial Symposium.

File consists of a marriage certificate for Dorothy Walwyn (formerly Porter) for her third marriage to George Dean Gibson.

File consists of a marriage certificate for Dorothy Porter for her second marriage to Arthur Walwyn.

A contract for the personal services of musicians Dana Andrews, Jim Schoew, Andy Suttles, and Tary Engel to perform during a conference held in the Garden Auditorium at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 9, 1969. The contract is signed by Andrew Telegdi who is listed as the employer.

Also includes a contract for the personal services of musicians Pete McKinnon, Bob Fisher, Bob Buckley, and Terry Frewer to perform during a conference held in the Garden Auditorium at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 9, 1969. The contract is signed by Andrew Telegdi who is listed as the employer.

Both contracts outline terms and conditions, the date of engagement, hours of engagement, and the agreed upon payment for services.

A. R. Kaufman’s official documentation. Includes passport for the years 1971 and 1976 with stamps for Canada’s customs and the United Kingdom with two photographs and a photocopy of the birth certificate; his birth certificate in the form of a card issued in 1971; and a photocopy of his birth registration.

Materials related to the administration of the Carold Institute. Includes memorandum of understanding for educational and scholarly cooperation between the Carold Institute and Saint Paul's University and related correspondence.

File consists of a will and codicil as well as obituaries for William John Motz.

File consists of materials relating to the business partnership between W.J. Motz and W.D. Euler as well as materials created and accumulated by Euler. Includes shareholder information, clippings, legal documents, correspondence as well as materials about Euler including a statement regarding his will, and historical articles on Euler and the Record.

File consists of materials relating to the death of Mary Huck Motz. Includes two copies of her will, as well as a codicil to the will.

File consists of the death certificate for Rose Huck Motz.

File consists of materials relating to the death of John Edward Motz. Includes clippings and obituaries as well as estate documents.

File consists of the will and codicil of John Motz.

File consists of a photocopy of one indenture stating that John Motz would pay Catherine Voisin 60$ per year. Also included is one item of correspondence explaining the indenture.

File consists of a photocopy of one deed of land between John Motz and Eugene Funcken, dated January 21, 1876.

File consists of the will of Helena Vogt Motz.

File consists of one indenture between Helena Vogt Motz and William John Motz.

File consists of a document relating to property in Buffalo.

Materials related to the administration of the Carold Institute. Includes minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors (January 30, 2017), minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors (February 24-26, 2017), and a partnership agreement between Community Foundations of Canada and the Carold Institute with related press releases and correspondence.

File consists of correspondence, correspondence copies to and from Luella Creighton, contract, news clippings, royalty statements. Includes newspaper reviews of The Hitching Post, correspondence with Pamela Fry, S. J. Totten, G.T. Feilding[sic], Jack McClelland and others at McClelland and Stewart Ltd. regarding Miss Multipenny and Miss Crumb, The Elegant Canadians, and The hitching post, as well as with Herbert van Thal at London Authors. Also includes Canadian Library Bestseller Contract draft for Turn East, Turn West, dated February 22, 1968.

File consists of a laminated marriage certificate for Dana Porter and Dorothy Porter (nee Parker).

File consists of one marriage certificate for Isabel Ecclestone MacPherson and Peter John Mackay.

File consists of correspondence, signed contract, royalty statements. The contract relates to Luella Creighton's editing of Canadian Democracy at Work, by George Greason and Roy C. King.

Materials related to the submission and publication of Julia McCarthy’s work in different media. Includes submissions to Vintage 2000, Grain Magazine, Event, The Malahat Review (with poems "A poem considers its life," "Circling like a great silence," " "Tuesday," and "Blind spot"), The New Quarterly (with poems “What we reach for,” “Angel of loneliness,” “The weight of who you are,” “Psalms,” “Kundalini rising,” “Metallurgical lesson,” “Bifocal,” “Poem in grey,” and “November’s conversion”), CV2 (with poems “Diabolos” and “Memoir of a codebreaker”), and Bren Simmers (with poems "Meditations on ephemera," "Bifocal," "The hour glass," "Flying underground," "The poem is an animal," "The white moose," and "Sunflower"). Also includes related correspondence and permission to publish forms.

File consists of a marriage certificate for Donald Grant Creighton and Luella Sanders Browning Bruce dated June 23, 1926, a 1949 last will and testament of Luella Bruce Creighton witnessed by Dorothy Forward and Mary Q. Innes, and a photocopy of a 1972 last will and testament of Luella Creighton.

Marriage certificate for William Lapsley and Clara S. Joachimi dated April 14, 1891.

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).”

An indenture dated December 31, 1853 at Waterloo between Christian Schantz and Abraham Weber for 1200 pounds for 195 acres of land in the lower block of Waterloo Township. Also includes a short history by Harold Russell about the lands in Kitchener-Waterloo owned by the Schantz family.

One indenture regarding the purchase of land in Woolwich Township between Samuel Weaver and Wife to John Myers, January 23, 1847., memorial recorded Oct. 5, 1848, number 695 Liber F, Folio 54.

Materials related to the Carold Institute's incorporation as a charitable organization in Canada. Includes related correspondence, notes from meetings, forms, invoices, and Bylaw Number 1.

File consists of the last will and testament of Mary Spielmacher Huck, mother of Mary Huck Motz.

File consists of Canadian Bestseller Library contract, December 22, 1965 with McClelland and Stewart, signed.

One document on vellum: a grant of land in Hastings County, Upper Canada to Frederick Keller, heir of the original grantee, his brother David Keller, deceased, dated Feb. 10, 1835.

Materials related to the administration of the Carold Institute. Includes the draft of Memorandum of Understanding between the Carold Institute and the Forum International de Montréal (FIM) related to the event "Building Local and Global Democracy," and related correspondence.

File consists of material relating to a case brought by J.J. Westgate against Talmon Henry Rieder in 1911 regarding the consolidation of rubber companies, and material relating to the formation of a felt syndicate by Rieder, D. Lorne McGibbon of Montreal, A.J. Kimmel of Elmira, Ontario, and others. J.J. Westgate was connected in some way to the formation of the felt syndicate, possibly as a competitor.

Includes:

• agreements regarding the felt syndicate;
• correspondence;
• manuscript notes;
• a writ of summons and plaintiff's declaration (carbon copy);
• the typescript statement of Talmon Henry Rieder;
• a reprinted series of correspondence between McGibbon and Rieder (Sept. 1906 to May 1907);
• financial statements of the Berlin Rubber Manufacturing Company Limited and of the Merchants Rubber Company Limited for 1907, 1908, and 1909; and
• a machine print-out of several linear feet containing data about the production of footwear from several companies.

File also includes a letter regarding water rights at the rubber company in Granby, Quebec [probably unrelated].

File consists of material probably accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder and/or Martha Rieder in the process of settling the estate of John S. Anthes, and in particular, the administration and eventual sale of the Anthes Furniture Company to J.H. Baetz and C.J. Baetz. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, agreements, financial statements of the Anthes Furniture Company (1915-1920), and the will of John S. Anthes.

Correspondence is among J.I. Frank Anthes, John C. Breithaupt, and Albert L. Breithaupt (executors), as well as Talmon Henry Rieder, Matha Rieder, the Baetz brothers, H. Milton Cook, and others.

File consists of material probably accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder and/or Martha Rieder in the process of settling the estate of John S. Anthes, and in particular, the administration and eventual sale of the Anthes Furniture Company to J.H. Baetz and C.J. Baetz. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, agreements, financial statements of the Anthes Furniture Company (1915-1920), and the will of John S. Anthes.

Correspondence is among J.I. Frank Anthes, John C. Breithaupt, and Albert L. Breithaupt (executors), as well as Talmon Henry Rieder, Matha Rieder, the Baetz brothers, H. Milton Cook, and others.