Fourteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: June 9, 1896 Baden, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hilborn, David Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 10, 1896 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Harry Rollin Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed. Notes: Wedding announcement of Charlotte and Harry Moyer.

Date and Place from: June 5, 1897 Detroit, Mich. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From McKisson, Mabel Grant Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 6, 1897 Montrose, Col. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 16, 1897 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Harry Rollin Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: July 23, 1897 Toronto To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Macmillan, Chris Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 15, 1897 Kansas City, Mo. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Johnston, Nell Frances Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 25, 1897 Toronto To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Macmillan, Chris Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 27, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From McKisson, Geo. W., Mrs. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed. Notes: Written on Northern Electric Railway letterhead.

Date and Place from: August 28, 1897 Toronto, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Macmillan, Chris Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 28, 1897 Kansas City, Kan. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Abraham Nash, 1837-1910 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1897 Haysville, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hilborn, Hattie Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed Notes: Letter from D.W. Hilborn included.

Date and Place from: August 31, 1897 Haysville, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hilborn, D.W. Notes: Included with his wife's (Hattie) letter quote re married life also enclosed.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1897 Harrisburg, Pa. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Jacob Nash, 1842-1929 Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Eighteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: September 7, 1897 Cedar Falls, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Samuel Gross, 1835- Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 23, 1897 New Hamburg, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Rebecca and Will Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 22, 1897 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: January 6, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Includes envelope, stamp removed Notes: Invitation.

Date and Place from: January 21, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on North American Transportation and Trading Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: February 15, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Ruth Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: April 14, 1898 Atlantic, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 19, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Written on North American Transportation and Trading Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: February 21, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Cornelia Caroline Flagler, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: February 22, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: February 23, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: Written on Weare Commission Company letterhead.

Date and Place from: June 4, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Includes letter from Carrie.

Date and Place from: June 19, 1899 Council Bluffs, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: January 4, 1900 Council Bluff, Iowa To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: February 5, 1900 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Ruth Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: March, 12, 1900 Didsbury, Alta. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: April 12, 1900 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Notes: Written on Board of Education letterhead.

Date and Place from: April 31, 1900 Berlin, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935.

Fourteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: September 8, 1897 Hartford, Conn. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Curtis H. Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 9, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Ela Bliss Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 12, 1897 Bushnell, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From McGaughey, John Allen Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 14, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Ela Bliss Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 20, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Kenney, Chas. and Kenney, Fannie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Wedding announcement of Chas. H. Kenney and Fannie A. Courtney.

Date and Place from: April 3, 1898 Ottawa, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Martin, Will Attachments: Includes letter, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: April 27, 1898 Montrose, Calif. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Includes: envelope, stamp removed, programme for Colorado West'n. Asso'n. with small dried flower enclosed.

Date and Place from: May 11, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Ela Bliss Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: February 9, 1899 Clyde, Kan. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Keith, Eva Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Wedding announcement of James W. Keith and Eva N. Spencer.

Date and Place from: March 1, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: May 31, 1899 Danville, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Ela Bliss Attachments: Eenvelope, stamp removed Notes: Wedding invitation for Jessie Watt and Mr. Ela Bliss Moyer.

Date and Place from: June 16, 1899 Ward, Colo. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hutchinson, Nancy Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 21, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Mandel, Jennie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed, invoice for fork enclosed.

Date and Place from: February 4, 1900 Ottawa, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Martin, Will Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Sixteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). Correspondents include brother and sister-in-law Orpheus and Carrie Schantz, brothers Arthur and Austin, Moyer uncles and cousins as well as friends.

Date and Place from: [18--] To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Becker, W.H., Mr. and Mrs. Notes: Invitation card.

Date and Place from: April 28, 1888 Ottumwa, Iowa To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Cornelia Caroline, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: July 22, 1888 Ottumwa, Iowa To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Cornelia Caroline, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: October 21, 1888 Ottumwa, Iowa To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Cornelia Caroline, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: December 14, 1888 Ottumwa, Iowa To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Cornelia Caroline, 1864-1951 Attachments: Piece of cloth from wedding dress enclosed.

Date and Place from: January 6, 1889 Ottumwa, Iowa To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Cornelia Caroline, 1864-1951 Attachments: Dried leaf enclosed.

Date and Place from: June 2, 1893 Niagara Falls To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From David Attachments: Pressed flowers in onionskin paper included.

Date and Place from: September 5, 1894 Walpole, Ont. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Brown, Charles, Mr. and Mrs. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Wedding invitation for Hattie Brown and David W. Hilborn.

Date and Place from: September 18, 1896 Hamilton, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hart, S.K. Attachments: Envelope.

Date and Place from: December 21, 1896 Hamilton, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hart, S.K.

Date and Place from: April 22, 1897 Hamilton, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hart, Etta.

Date and Place from: Hamilton, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hart, Etta.

Date and Place from: July 29, 1897 Hamilton, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hart, S.K. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 29, 1897 Cary Station, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Crowder, Will G. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1897 Berlin, ON To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Bilger, J.E. Attachments: Envelope included, no stamp.

To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Emma Notes: Stationery hand-illustrated.

Eleven letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: [18--?] s.l. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Raymond, Annie Bell.

Date and Place from: October 15, 1874 La Salle, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Jesse Gross, 1850-1933 Notes: Wedding announcement of Jesse Moyer and Anne E. Tomlins.

Date and Place from: August 31, 1884 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: March 22, 1887 Cedar Falls, Iowa To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: May 17, 1892 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: June 16, 1894 Greenville, NJ To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Norton, Harriet N., Mrs. Attachments: Envelope, no stamp Notes: Wedding announcement of Flora Millicent Bartlett and Mr. Robert Bliss Moyer.

Date and Place from: May 31, 1896 Aikenside To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Date and Place from: July 19, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Stocker, Alfred Attachments: Envelope included, stamp removed Notes: Written on Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company letterhead.

Date and Place from: August, 29, 1897 Wilmette, Ill. To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, M. Emma Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: August 30, 1897 Ashtabula, Ohio To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Moyer, Theo. P. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: October 11, [18--] Aikenside To Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958.

Fourteen letters received by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

Date and Place from: September 13, 1897 New York, N.Y.. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Lizzie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Written on P. B. Weare & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: September 18, 1897 Lake Geneva, Wis. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Ellis, Katharin Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: September 28, 1897 New York, N.Y. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Lizzie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: December 12, 1897 Hamilton, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hart, S.K. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: December 16, 1897 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Nell Johnston Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: January 26, 1898 Berlin, ON To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Becker, Mary S. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 8, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Dix, Mary E. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: March 14, 1899 New York, N.Y. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Lizzie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: April 15, 1899 Chicago, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Dix, Mary E. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 6, 1899 Hamilton, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Hart, Joseph, Mr. and Mrs. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed Notes: Wedding invitation for Mary Etta Hart and Frederick William Fink.

Date and Place from: June 7, 1899 New York, N.Y. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Flagler, Lizzie Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 15, 1899 Berlin, Ont. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Becker, Mary S. Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Date and Place from: June 16, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Chicago Froebel Association Attachments: Includes envelope, stamp removed Notes: Invitation to closing exercises.

Date and Place from: July 17, 1899 Chautauqua, N.Y. To White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 From Fink, Etta Hart Attachments: Envelope, stamp removed.

Material created and accumulated by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). Includes one photograph, ephemera, cards, certificates, examinations, and other records.

One formal studio portrait of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) in adolescence or early adulthood.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) seen looking off camera.

One diary belonging to Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). The diary was given to Etta in 1882 for her sixteenth birthday and in it she has written poems, songs and diary entries. Also includes clippings, drawings, fabric swatches and writings that were inserted into the diary.

Material created and accumulated by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). Includes an autograph book, notebooks, and a Christmas card from her husband Ward White.

One studio portrait of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) taken while she was living with her brother Orpheus Moyer Schantz in Chicago, Ill.

One wedding announcement of Etta Lydia Mary Schantz to Ward Malott White.

A scribbling book belonging to Orpheus Moyer Schantz. The notebook was later passed on to Sophie Emma Schantz who added her own notes. Ephemeral material has been removed and original locations have been indicated. Note that some ephemeral material was written by Etta Schantz White.

A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, poetry and pictorial items. Included are poetry about Kansas, items about Britain's and Germany's Royal families, fashion items, and sentimental pictures and poems. The scrapbook-maker has employed gilt and silver labels from cloth and embroidery thread to provide fancy borders for some items. Some loose pages and clippings are present, as well as loose manuscript transcriptions, with music, of four hymns, "The Ransomed of the Lord," ?A Golden Harp in Glory," "I Will Sing for Jesus" and "Never be Afraid," signed by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). The centre pages for recording births, marriages, and deaths, have been filled in with information on the children of Tobias and Mary Schantz, up to the birth of Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) in 1900. The

The physical volume used to create this scrapbook appears to be a soft-cover publisher's dummy for an edition of the Bible.

36 letters received by Tobias Schantz. Correspondents include Levi Nash Moyer, his children Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz), Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, joint letters from family, one letter from his wife Mary Schantz (nee Moyer).

12 letters. Correspondents include friends and relatives, brother Arthur and Ward White, Harold Russell. Includes a letter from Ward White after his wife Etta's death, concerning the future and the possibility of Sophie joining him with baby Dorothy.

Upper body studio portrait of Sophie Emma Schantz and Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) seen looking off camera. Etta is seated leaning back toward Sophie with top of head against Sophie's chin.

28 letters. Correspondents include: Enoch [?], Abraham Fry, Annie Henning, Edward A. Moyer, Jacob Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Nannie Moyer, Samuel Moyer, daughters Etta and Florence, son Orpheus, husband Tobias and J.E. Wismer.

75 letters. Correspondents include: friend Dorothy, J.M. Moyer, Jennie Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Lizzie [Moyer?], Louise and Emma Moyer, Sarah, Arthur Schantz, Austin Schantz, Carrie Schantz, Etta Schantz, Frank Schantz, uncle Josiah K. Schantz, Mary Schantz, Orpheus Schantz, Tobias Schantz. One folder contains single letters from a number of friends.

Material relating to the personal life of Florence Annie Catherine Schantz. Includes gifts from her brother Austin Tobias Schantz and her sister Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schnatz).

Three letters: one partial letter from sister Sophie(?) reminiscing about childhood in Conestogo, one from Uncle A.N. Moyer (possibly Abraham Nash Moyer), one from Eva Keith, April 1899 congratulating Etta on the birth of her son, Wilfrid Herbert White.

Group studio portrait of Etta (standing, far left) and Sophie Schantz (standing, second from right) with ten friends. One of the group is standing at far right, apart from the rest, wearing a picture hat and carrying a case. Another member of the group is seated with a piece of paper, possibly a folded newspaper, on lap that can not be identified.

Full length studio portrait of Etta and Sophie Schantz with friends. Etta is seated at left and Lavina Detweiler, Sophie and Nancy Eby are seen standing. Maggie Eby is also seated, on a higher chair at right, and Noah Eby is seated on the ground at the centre of the group. The women are wearing three story, or flower pot hats, while Noah's bowler hat lies on the ground next to him. The women are holding either parasols or cedar boughs. Identification from verso.

One head and shoulders studio portrait of Etta Schantz. Etta is wearing a unique hairstyle.

Hand coloured head and shoulders studio portrait of Etta Schantz seen looking off camera.

One upper body studio portrait of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) seen looking off camera.

One fully body cartes-de-visite studio portrait of Etta Schantz, at the age of three. Etta is seated on a small stool.

One full body studio portrait of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) at the age of three.

Etta is shown seated on a small stool.

One full length studio portrait of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) as a child. Etta is shown in a long gown sitting on a short stool.

19 letters. Correspondents include brothers Austin, Frank, Orpheus, sister Etta, mother Mary, cousins William Nash, sister-in-law Carrie and friend M.S. Weaver.

Textual and graphic material created or accumulated by Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) during her enrollment as a student at the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute and the Toronto Normal School, respectively, from 1916 to 1921. Also contains miscellaneous material created or accumulated by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz), including school certificates, provincial and county school examination papers and ephemera such as advertising and greeting cards. Includes as well, material relating to the Schantz Russell family; among these are publications and clippings.

Photograph of members of the Schantz family and friends seen seated together in a residential home.

Back row: Etta Schantz, [Kathryn Ellis]
Middle row: H. Goodwal Dickerman, Charlotte Hayes Moyer, Harry Rollin Moyer, Orpheus Moyer
Front row: Carrie Flagler Schantz, Ruth Schantz, Mary Emma Moyer.

A group studio portrait of some of the Schantz cousins, from left to right: Austin, Etta, Franklin, Sophie, and Theodore.

A group studio portrait of some of the Schantz cousins, from left to right: Austin, Etta, Franklin, Sophie, and Theodore.

Full body studio portrait of Etta and Sophie Schantz. Etta (at left) is seated on a settee and Sophie is on a chair next to her. Both are seen looking off camera and holding a small piece of paper of unknown significance.

Small notebook with household accounts, expenses associated with Etta's death and burial, lists of expenses associated with "Baby" and "Dorothy", also "North West Accounts" listing expenses for Tobias and Austin in Alberta.

A notebook belonging to Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz), and later given to Florence Annie Catherine Schantz in 1894.

New Years card given to Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) from Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Becker.

Group portrait showing the Moyer family having Christmas dinner at Levi Nash Moyer's home in Wilmette, Illinois. From left to right: Mary Emma Moyer, [Edmund Warren Moyer?], ?, Ela Bliss Moyer, ?, Charlotte Hays Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Jennie Moyer, Etta Moyer.

Group portrait showing the Moyer having Christmas dinner at Levi Nash Moyer's home in Wilmette, Illinois. From left to right: Mary Emma Moyer, [Edmund Warren Moyer?], ?, Ela Bliss Moyer, ?, Charlotte Hays Moyer, Levi Nash Moyer, Jennie Moyer, Etta Moyer.

A memorial poem for Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) and a funeral card for Tobias Schantz.

Transcriptions of letters sent by Etta Lydia Mary Schantz to various family members between 1883 and 1899. The letters were transcribed by Harold Russell.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Schantz Family of Berlin: Etta's Wedding.” The article provides a description of Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) and Ward White's wedding in 1897.

A printed memorial poem for Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz), May 5, 1900, and a memorial card for Tobias Shantz [sic], April 16, 1925.

Two prints given as gifts to Florence Annie Catherine Schantz by her siblings Austin Tobias Schantz and Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). The first is a poem on Robins that is in a small booklet made to look like a tree house. The second is an advertising card from the Farm and Fireside and Ladies Home Companion magazine.

Diary entries begin with March 8, 1867, but this whole section is marked cancelled and is re-copied starting April 8, 1867. It begins with a record of Tobias' trip to Missouri to see his father, leaving his wife Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) with their 3-year old son Orpheus and new baby Etta, born the previous October. Tobias' father Benjamin with his second wife Margaret and children had gone to homestead near Wellville, west of St. Louis, in 1866. Tobias records his impressions of the countryside, the people, the prospects, the discouragement of all but his father with life in Missouri (March 17th). On July 2 he returns to Canada to where he is then living (near "Campden" --Grimsby within walking distance.) Throughout the diary Tobias records the weather and a daily health bulletin, letters sent and received, as well as his daily reading. He goes through periods of recording his meals. Tobias also lists all the work he does every day. He mentions setting the water for porridge, making the bed, polishing his son's shoes, carrying the baby to church, etc. On Nov. 9 he took a bath, on Nov. 25 he "did not sleep short of midnight. Was talking with Mary about my thought, troubles about religion ...". All parts of the diary have been filled with writing, dating as far as 1889 -- some accounts, recipes both household and medical (many give source), a record of the family tree -- births, marriages, deaths, transcribed songs, and an account probably written in Conestogo ca. 1875 of his spiritual trials and tribulations dating from 1862 and his efforts to achieve inner peace. This account is continued in the "other book," although it is not clear what book this referred to.

One of a series of daybooks kept by Tobias Schantz containing personal and business accounts, calls made, orders taken, diary entries, notes to self, recipes, family information and more in one chronological sequence. Includes notes on calls made, customers quotes and orders, pasted in editorials, deaths of relatives and friends as well as Tobias' hand written draft of his daughter Etta's obituary which contains information on her life, marriage, children, and more.

One diary of Etta White (nee Schantz). The diary is primarily lyrics to songs and poems, which have been indexed by Etta in the back. Also written are a list of New Years guests 1884, favourite quotations, the Morse code alphabet, a magic age table, and diary entries for her birthdays. Included in the file are newspaper clippings, writings, fabric swatches, and pressed flowers that were found in the diary.

2 letters.

Date and Place from: April 20, 1898 Leamington [Ontario] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: January 10, 1900 Leamington [Ontario] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: Nov. 9, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 2, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: Nov. 1, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: [1898?] [Leamington] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Partial letter, last page only present.

Date and Place from: Nov. 19, 1897 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: Oct. 12, 1892 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Arthur Benjamin. From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary. Attachments: Stamped envelope.

Five family greeting cards to and from Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Schantz Family of Berlin: The Children of Tobias and Mary Schantz.” The article provides biographical information about the children of Tobias and Mary Schantz including Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz), Sophie Emma Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

• Nine certificates issued to Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) and signed by her teacher, G.A. McIntyre attesting that she received no discredit marks for the period January-November 1879 while attending the Conestoga Public School. The certificates have printed images of birds on recto.
• Cards were found in the original envelope addressed by hand to Miss Etta Schantz, West Montrose, Ontario.

Canadian Drawing Course, book 4. The book is authorized by the Minister of Education and had been completed by Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz).

One autograph book belonging to Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz). The flyleaf reads "Go little book, thy destined course pursue, Collect memorials of the just and true And beg of every friend so near, Some token of remembrance dear. Etta L.M. Schantz Berlin Jan 1st 1887."

Autographs include: Adamson, M.; Bowman, A.; Bowman, J.B.; Bowman, Nancy; Eshelman, D.S.; Fisher, William; Hilborn, David; Hilborn, Jesse; Lang, Eleord; Lang, H; Lang, R; Martin, Mary; Martin, Mill; McIntyre, George; Moyer, Levi Nash; Moyer, Theodore; Nash, Annie; Rott, George; Schantz, Austin; Schantz, Etta; Schantz, Franklin; Schantz, Orpheus Moyer; Schantz, Sophie; Sheckley, Sarah; Shoemaker, Lydia Ann; Shupe, Peter; Smith, H.A.; Smith, Lumon; Snider, I.; Steckley, Jos; Thilson, George; Von Soph, Bruno Friedrich; Winn, M.M.

One wedding announcement for Etta Lydia Mary Schantz to Ward Malott White.

One notebook formerly belonging to Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, used by her daughter Dorothy Russell as an address book. The notebook was a promotional item published in 1894 by H.F.C. Dovenmuehle & Son, Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, Chicago, Ill.