Two identical photographs of channels around the rear island in Victoria Park. The shapes of bare and evergreen trees surrounding the area are reflected in the water.

6 letters. Correspondents include his mother Jenny, Christmas cards, and business correspondence.

Personal material relating to the life of Flemming Clarke Russell.

432 pieces of correspondence and related ephemeral items, to and from members of the Schantz family. Includes letters to and from Dorothy Russell and Franklin Abram Schantz, and letters from Dorothy's husband Clarke Russell.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some of the photographs are hand-tinted. One photograph appears to be missing. Identified photographs include:

Snapshots of scenery taken in Alberta and British Columbia, including mountains, buffalo, Jean Beddome, 1911.

Snapshots taken at Rockwood, 1918, "at Pomeroy's, Bridgeport," Port Dover, visits to the White family, Orrville, Aug. 14-26, 1922 and 1924 (May and Ed , Mr. and Mrs. Lye, Harry and Eddie, Faith, Edna, Ada, sleeping camp, Eddie Malkin)
"Bridgeport car": snapshot of Florence Schantz, Joe Fries, Motorman, and Jean Beddome, 1918 (p. 8).

"Hilborn Family Reunion, 9 brothers", July 1, 1922: Isaac, Amos, Aaron, Emanuel, David, Joseph, Jesse, Jacob, Edwin.

"3 cousins": Priscilla Nash, Mary Nash Moyer Schantz, Rebecca Nash Sweitzer, July 29, 1919.

Family and friends identified include the immediate Schantz family (Franklin Abram Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Mary Schantz, Dorothy Etta Russell, Tobias Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz) J.B. and Mrs. Pomeroy, Eva Pomeroy, Lloyd Pomeroy, Nelda Dreier, Geraldine Murphy, Mrs. E.H. Schiedel, Nellie and Elmer Schiedel, Ruth Schantz Spelman with baby Margery, Bridgeman family members, Inez Martin, Grace Longworth, Verna Fraser, Helen Lockie, Jean Fitzgerald, Clarke Russell, Ward Malott White, Mr. and Mrs Alfred Snyder, Spelman family, Pearl Clemens, Mary Wismer, Grace Kolb, Eva Kolb, Mrs. Oliver Kolb.

Locations and structures include: C.C. Holtzman home, Hagerstown, Maryland; home of Mrs. Faith Gribble McArthur, Victoria B.C., 1922; St. Mary's Hospital (p. 55), Victoria Park, flooding on David St. [?] (p. 70), views of Grand River from Cressman's Woods, farm pictures taken at Evesham, Saskatchewan.

Activities include: snowshoeing in Victoria Park, Jan., 1924, Ice Carnival in Victoria Park, Jan. 1925 (p. 55), Schantz and Euler houses, Conestogo, Oct. 1926 (p. 84).

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills.

Consists primarily of snapshots belonging to Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White), before and after her marriage to Clarke Russell. Includes one formal portrait of "The Nash sisters": Mary, Susie, Elizabeth, Debbie, Priscilla, ca. 1880's (p. 1).

Family members and friends included in posed and informal snapshots include Mary Moyer Schantz, Tobias Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Ward Malott White, Franklin Abram Schantz, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Dorothy Etta Russell, Clarke Russell, Sophie Emma Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Russell, Eva Kolb, Worth Flagler Schantz, Emily Schantz, Verna Fraser, Helen Lockie, Inez Martin, Mrs. E.H. Schiedel, her son Elmer Schiedel and daughter-in-law Nellie, Mrs. Elizabeth George.

Also includes snapshots of groups of individuals (identified on the packs of tipped-in snapshots) taken during the 1930 Schantz family reunion: Detwiler, Schiedel, Snyder, Bingeman family members, Phranie Bingeman, Mr. Yocum, and during the Hilborn Reunion, July 1-9, [192-?].

Also includes snapshots of White family members and homes: Ward Malott White on his visit to Dundas, Leamington and Kitchener from Chilliwack, B.C., Ada, Edna, Ruth, May and Elmer White, Malcon, Mr. and Mrs Lye, Maple lake and Orrville [Parry Sound area], White house in Orrville, horses in lake at Orrville, people swimming.

Locations and structures include Kitchener Cenotaph (p. 9), "Dr. Hilliard's garden" (p. 13), log schoolhouse, Waterloo Park (p. 17), Pioneer Tower, (p. 30), Schantz House, Conestogo (p. 34), Euler House (p. 34) [both of these are of old structures in disrepair], Bridge across river at Conestogo and Grand River at Conestogo (p. 43), Grand River in flood (p. 65-66).

Snapshots taken after Dorothy and Clarke's marriage include: White family gravestones in Leamington, Ont., Clarke Russell in uniform on his motorcycle, Lake Erie [swimming], Tecumseh Park, Chatham, Dorothy playing the ukelele and the Hawaiian guitar.

Victoria Park snapshots: statue of Queen Victoria, winter views, Dorothy paddling a canoe, the new Victoria Park Pavilion, glue factory ruins[?], Dorothy and two friends with snowshoes and in britches, visit of Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and daughters Lady Blanch and Dorothy Cavendish at Victoria Park, June 13, 1918 [snapshot of platform, no dignitaries?] (p. 64).

F.W. Woolworth Co. picnic: includes Mr. Emil Wagner, manager, and family, employee group portrait, Gertie Kruse, Marjorie Blin[?]kho.

P. 81: Inez Martin.

P. 91 Sophie and Mrs. Lye knitting (on beach).

Loose photos originally a part of Album #1 [GA91-2003accrual-5-157]. File includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills.

Photographs 3, 5-9, 11-14, 19: Victoria Park.

Photograph 10, 18: Dorothy and Clarke Russell and Clarke's sister posing in bathing suits.

Photograph 12: Clarke Russell playing the guitar.

Photograph 10-16: Waves breaking.

Photograph 10-17: Laura Reichold and Dorothy Russell, Highgate, July 1924.

Photographs 20-21: Suddaby School Kindergarten class pictures, identified.

Photograph 22: C.F.C.O., Chatham Ont. : postcard.

One photograph album. Includes a list describing each photograph created by rych mills. Some of the photographs are hand-tinted. Most photographs are not identified. Identified photographs include:

Denton: "Suddaby School, Kitchener, Ont., Oct. 19, 1923: instructors", group portrait, includes Dorothy R.; Suddaby School, Kitchener, 1923", untitled view of Victoria Public School.

Snapshots: Victoria park activities: scenic views, bridge, pavilion, duck pen, swimming, skating carnival with races and pairs, athletic field, Highgate, Lake Erie, "Rondeau 1924", lake and beach scenes including cattle on the beach, canoeing and scenery such as lakes, rocks and pines.

Group and single portraits of friends and relatives including: Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Mary Schantz, Flemming Clarke Russell, Dorothy Etta Russell, and people swimming at beach.

Grand River: in flood at Bridgeport upstream from bridge, views from Cressman's Woods.

St. Mary's Hospital.

Receipts for piano payments issued to "Prof. F.C. Awai" (Clarke Russell's stage name), two snapshots of Victoria Park in Winter, and one press clipping.

Small volume bound tete-beche meant to record bills payable and bills receivable. Included here is a record of the indebtedness of his brothers Arthur Benjamin Schantz and Austin Tobias Schantz in connection with their ranching and farming venture in Didsbury, Alberta, as well as a record and valuation of horses owned. Expected income from investments and securities is listed. One of two loose papers included is an invoice for a pistol purchased parcel post by Constable Clarke Russell, 1931.

Photograph of Dorothy and Clarke Russell with Clarke’s half sister in swimsuits and caps at water’s edge.

Photograph of large, bare tree surrounded by water and ice during a flood along the Grand River.

Photograph of Frank Schantz and Dorothy Russell standing apart on rear concrete bridge in Victoria Park. The pair, dressed for cool weather, is seen at a distance, slightly from above. Bare and evergreen trees and a view of snow covered park are included in shot. The bridge has lights on top of each corner and a bear cage is partially visible in the background at left.

An article written by Harold Russell titled, “Dorothy Russell: A life in the Twentieth Century: It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times, Dorothy and Clarke, 1923-1935.” The article provides biographical information about Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) and her husband Clarke Russell.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: July [15], 1924 Highgate [Ontario] To Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope. This letter was folded with a letter from Dorothy to Frank dated July 15, 1924, and were together in the same envelope.

1 short note announcing the birth of Donald Richard Russell.

Date and Place from: February 24, 1929 Chatham [Ontario] To [Schantz family] From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: August 15, 1927 Kitchener [Ontario] To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 and Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: August 15, 1927 Kitchener To Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 and Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Mary Moyer, 1840-1935 Attachments: No envelope. Half of the letter is written for Mary Schantz by Florence Schantz. Additional signatories: Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

5 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell and her husband Clarke from Clarke Russell's mother, Jenny Russell. Includes stamped envelopes.

24 pieces of correspondence to Dorothy Etta Russell from her husband Clarke. Includes stamped envelopes.

15 letters.

Date and Place from: October, 1927 Oakville [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope. Written on paper with the letterhead "Town of Oakville Office of the Chief Constable."

Date and Place from: October, 1927 Oakville [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed. Written on paper with the letterhead "Town of Oakville Office of the Chief Constable."

Date and Place from: October 8, 1927 Oakville [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope. Written on paper with the letterhead "Town of Oakville Office of the Chief Constable."

Date and Place from: October 31, 1927 Oakville [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: Contains an envelope with the stamp removed. Written on paper with the letterhead "Town of Oakville Office of the Chief Constable."

Date and Place from: November 22, 1927 Oakville [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: November 30, 1927 Oakville [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: December 5, 1927 Oakville [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: December 13, 1927 Oakville [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope. Written on paper with the letterhead "Town of Oakville Office of the Chief Constable".

Date and Place from: December 6, 1930 Toronto [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope. Written on paper with the letterhead "Ontario Provincial Police".

Date and Place from: December 14, 1930 Toronto [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope. Written on paper with the letterhead "Ontario Provincial Police".

Date and Place from: November 16, [1927] Oakville [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: September 21, 1934 Toronto [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: October 12, 1934 Toronto [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: November 13, 1934 Toronto [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: December 18, 1934 Toronto [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 Attachments: No envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: March 6, 1927 Stratford [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 From Van Buskirk, Caroline Attachments: No envelope. Awai is the Hawaiian pseudonym for Flemming Clarke Russell as a guitar teacher.

4 letters.

Date and Place from: January 16, 1927 Chilliwack [British Columbia] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke 1903-1954 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: April 10, 1927 Chilliwack [British Columbia] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: December 17, 1933 Chilliwack [British Columbia] To Russell, Dorothy Etta 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: December 20, 1934 Chilliwack [British Columbia] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From White, Ward Malott, 1870-1948 Attachments: No envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: October 23, 1930 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958 Attachments: No envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: August 24, 1926 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Mary Moyer, 1840-1935 Attachments: No envelope.

2 letters.

Date and Place from: June 25, 1931 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 Attachments: No envelope. Includes a newspaper clipping titled "Traffic officer touches 85 miles an hour mark to check speeding motorist.ﾔ The newspaper clipping is not mentioned in the letter, and is dated May 6, 1931.

Date and Place from: March 3, 1932 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Frank, 1874-1962 Attachments: No envelope.

15 letters.

Date and Place from: December 1, 1929 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: December 25, 1929 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope. Includes lists of gifts received for Christmas, and other details about Christmas day.

Date and Place from: January 16, 1930 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: January 28, 1930 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: March 26, 1930 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: April 1, 1930 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: July 9, 1930 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope. Includes a note from Sophie in the body of the letter. Additional signatories: Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958.

Date and Place from: September 18, 1930 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: November 20, 1930 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: August 6, 1931 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope. Includes two newspaper clippings. The newspaper clippings announce a wedding between Lorene Schantz and Melvin J. Bickle, and some bowling scores, and are not mentioned in the letter.

Date and Place from: September 14, 1931 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope. Includes four newspaper clippings. The newspaper clippings include two about local visitors, one about G.F. Bannerman, and one about Archbishop Stringer.

Date and Place from: February 10, 1933 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: June 9, 1933 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: August 26, 1926 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: December 26, 1928 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

2 letters.

Date and Place from: August 2, 1927 Toronto [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Russell, Audrey Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: December, 1932 Toronto [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Russell, Audrey Attachments: No envelope.

7 letters.

Date and Place from: June 1, [after 1924] Highgate [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Russell, Jennie, 1877-1948 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: February 14, 1933 Highgate [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Russell, Jennie, 1877-1948 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: April 2, 1933 Highgate [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Russell, Jennie, 1877-1948 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: October 14, 1926 Highgate [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Russell, Jennie, 1877-1948 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: February 22, 1927 Highgate [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Russell, Jennie, 1877-1948 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: May 10, 1927 Highgate [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Russell, Jennie, 1877-1948 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: July 7, 1927 Highgate [Ontario] To Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 and Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Russell, Jennie, 1877-1948 Attachments: No envelope.

1 letter.

Date and Place from: August 3, 1927 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938 Attachments: No envelope.

3 letters.

Date and Place from: September 7, 1927 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope.

Date and Place from: September 8, [1927] Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: Contains a newspaper clipping titled "Old music company goes into liquidation," and no envelope.

Date and Place from: September 26, 1927 Kitchener [Ontario] To Russell, Clarke, 1903-1954 From Russell, Dorothy Etta, 1900-2005 Attachments: No envelope.

Photograph of Clark Russell seated outdoors on a piano stool playing a guitar lying upright in his lap.

Photograph of Clark Russell in swimsuit and cap flexing muscles at water’s edge.