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Tobacco shop: interior.

Photo shows interior of Strum Brother's Tobacco and Barber, with five men, a spittoon, a stuffed raccoon, and a moose head. John Simpson is on the far right in his firefighter uniform. As well, a print of Seagram's King's Plate winners is visible in the top right corner. John Simpson is listed as a member of the Waterloo Fire Department in the 1913 Vernon Directory, but does not appear in the 1927 directory.
Strum Brothers Tobacco and Barber shop located on King Street in Waterloo just south of the railway tracks in 1913 Vernon Directory.

Company of Neighbours

Tobacco shop: interior.

Photo shows interior Strum Brothers Tobacco and Barber. The stuffed raccoon, and moose head are gone, but the print of Seagram's King's Plate winners is still there.

Company of Neighbours

Tlingit at Fort Simpson.

A manuscript draft article (sixty-three leaves) written by E Palmer Patterson. The manuscript draft article was originally housed in a package titled, Tongass Tlingit: Tongass at Ft. Simpson.

Patterson, E Palmer

Tires.

File consists of photographs of tires including: E.A. Martin comparing tires, one tonne eight foot tire, Miss Britain admiring a Uniroyal tire at the Montreal auto show, royal master tire introduction, tiger paw 60 SS introduction, sales reps looking at tire models, cross section of steel belted radial, con-trak-tor.

Dominion Rubber Company

Tire testing.

File consists of publicity photographs from United States Rubber and Uniroyal of tires being tested primarily in Laredo, Texas. Note that United States Rubber was the former name of Uniroyal.

Dominion Rubber Company

Tire stores : Waterloo.

File consists of photographs of tire stores in Waterloo. Includes Waterloo garage with proprietors Charlie Heppler and Alec Sehl and taxi driver Joe Kienapple as well as Bauman and Clemmers garage with proprietors Vern Bauman and Allan Clemmers.

Dominion Rubber Company

Tilman's bridge.

File consists of fifteen photographs with accompanying negatives of Tilman's bridge over the Nith River in Wellesley Township. The bridge and surrounding area are a location in Urquhart's novel "The Stone Carvers."

Urquhart, Jane

Thunder Bay, Ont.

Snapshots of people and landscapes taken in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The original envelope the photographs were stored in is included in the file as it identifies where and when the photographs were taken.

Ratz Family

Thomson, Jessie.

Two identical full length studio portraits of Miss. Jessie Thomson seen seated on a chair covered with a fur and looking at camera. Enclosed is a calling card of Miss. Thomson with the inscription "With love all & best wishes for the new year."

Schantz Russell Family

Thomas Lacey séance collection.

Audio reel recordings of séances held under the supervision of medium Thomas Lacey as well as other events, messages, and music. The séances were held primarily in Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario although some were held in other areas in Ontario and the Unites States of America. Prior to donation, some of the reels were transferred to audio cassettes. The audio cassettes are also included in the collection. Also includes a cue card index to the séances and a notebook listing séances held at 362 Frederick St. in Kitchener, Ontario.

Lacey, Thomas

Theatre record and scrapbook.

  • SCA426-GA496
  • Accession
  • 1904-1905

One scrapbook kept by an unknown theatre goer. The book is specially made for theatre performances and features in index of the plays, and a two page spread devoted to each play. The left hand side of the page allows for written comments on the title, date and location of the play as well as impressions, and criticisms of the actors and performance. The right hand side of the page is intended to be used to paste in the playbill. In many entries newspaper clippings about the performance are also present. All of the productions were held at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston by the Boston Stage Society in 1904 and 1905. There are records for 80 plays. Some of the playbills also include advertisements.

Theatre contract.

  • SCA444-GA518
  • Collection
  • August 12, 1896

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.

Mantell, Robert B.

The story of a busy city.

Special issue of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record published to mark the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of Kitchener as a city.

Schneider family

The poet and the Indian : Indian themes in the Poetry of Duncan Campbell Scott and John Collier.

An offprint of an article titled, “The Poet and the Indian : Indian themes in the poetry of Duncan Campbell Scott and John Collier,” written by E Palmer Patterson The article was published in Ontario History 59, no. 2 (June, 1967), p. 69-78. The cover of the offprint features a drawing by Nancy-Lou Patterson illustrating the interpretations of Indian themes in the poetry of Duncan Campbell Scott and John Collier. The offprint was originally housed in a package titled, Tongass Tlingit: Tongass at Ft. Simpson.

Patterson, E Palmer

The Petworth Project fonds.

  • SCA162-GA136
  • Fonds
  • 1979-2000

Consists of material relating to the research for, writing and publication of two volumes relating to the Petworth Emigration Scheme: Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada : the Petworth Project, 1832-1837 / by Wendy Cameron and Mary McDougall Maude, and English immigrant voices : labourers letters from Upper Canada in the 1830's, both of which were published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2000.

The files retained by the Project fall into three broad categories :

1) the "results of genealogical research in England and the family history files used in creating the list in Part 2 of Assisting emigration;
2) files relating to research in Canadian genealogical resources;
3) files dealing with the process and creation of the books."

Included are correspondence among the primary researchers and to and from individuals relating to families and individual emigrants, data sheets and electronic databases relating to Petworth emigrants and sponsors, photocopies of original correspondence and documents, research notes, drafts and working papers relating to the editing of the final manuscripts.

The Jackman Foundation

The old council house and greenhouse at Fort Albany.

Four images of the old council house at Fort Albany, Ontario, with four unidentified individuals standing at the door in two of the images. One image is the same as the one in the books, and the others are variations. Includes one image of a greenhouse at the Fort Albany Mission with an unidentified female standing in front of it.

Rempel, John I.

The Nisga'a and their neighbours.

A spiral bound volume (approximately one hundred and fifty leaves) containing photocopies of twelve published articles by E Palmer Patterston preceded by a title page and a table of contents.

Includes the following articles:

1. Patterson, E P. "Early Nishga-European Contact to 1860: A People for "those Who Talk of the Efficiency of Moral Lectures to Subdue the Obduracy of the Heart"." Anthropologica. N.s. 25 (1983): 193-219. [Available online: https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/1638]

2. Patterson, E P. "Nishga Initiative and Missionary Response: Robert Doolan at Quinwoch, B.C." Missiology: an International Review. 9.3 (1981): 337-344. [Added to UWSpace: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/15707]

3. Patterson, E P. "Kincolith, B.C. : Leadership Continuity in a Native Christian Village, 1867-1887." Canadian Journal of Anthropology. 3.9 (1982) : 45-55. [Added to UWSpace: https://hdl.handle.net/10012/22035]

4. Patterson, E P. "An Indian View of Missions and Missionaries." [publisher not identified; see GA102-3-59] : 10.

5. Patterson, II E P. "A Decade of Change: Origins of the Nishga and Tsimshian Land Protests in the 1880s." Journal of Canadian Studies. 18.3 (1983): 40-54. [Added to UWSpace: https://hdl.handle.net/10012/22034]

6. Patterson, E P. "Arthur E. O'Meara, Friend of the Indians." The Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 58.2 (1967): 90-99. [Added to UWSpace: https://hdl.handle.net/10012/21820]

7. Patterson, E P. "Native Missionaries of the North Pacific Coast: Philip Mckay and Others." The Pacific Historian. 30.1 (1986) : 22-36. [Added to UWspace: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/15685]

8. Patterson, E P. "Nishga Perceptions of Their First Resident Missionary, the Reverend R. R. A. Doolan (1864-1867)." Anthropologica. 30.2 (1988): 119-135. [Available online: https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/1752]

9. Patterson, E P. "Kincolith's First Decade: A Nisga'a Village, 1867-1878." The Canadian Journal of Native Studies. 12.2 (1992) : 229-250. [Available online: https://cjns.brandonu.ca/online-issues/vol-12-no-2-1992/]

10. Patterson, E P. "Neshaki: Kinfolk and Trade." Culture. 10.2. (1990) : 13-24. [Available online: https://doi.org/10.7202/1081335ar]

11. Patterson, E P. "The Nishga and the Fur Trade, 1834-1842." Native studies review. 6.1 (1990) : 67-82.

12. Patterson, E P. ""the Indians Stationary Here": Continuity and Change in the Origins of the Fort Simpson Tsimshian." Anthropologica. 36 (1994): 181-203. [Available online: https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/1984]

Patterson, E Palmer

The Lang Tanning Company, Ltd. photograph album.

Series consists of a collection of photographs originally contained in a photograph album created to showcase the activities of The Lang Tanning Company Limited. It tells the story of a three generation manufacturing company and depicts several steps in the leather tanning process. Each photo includes a typed caption indicating what is captured in the corresponding image. Employees, predominantly white men, appear throughout though a small number or photos include white women at work on various stages of leather processing. No employee identifications are included.

Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.

The ice storm.

One photograph taken in Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ontario showing ice on trees, skaters behind.

Schneider family

The Human Aura as taught by Reverend Dr. Dean S. Psaras.

A lecture by Reverend Dr. Dean S. Psaras explaining the auras surrounding animate or inanimate objects. The lecture details how highly sensitive, psychic, or super receptive people can see/feel the aura. Psaras explains how aura reading works in the context of spiritualism, chakras, and what aura colours mean. The lecture was published by Churchill's of Birmingham in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Gauthier, Sofie

The Globe and Mail.

File consists of one section of the Globe and Mail from February 7, 1972 which discusses Kitchener City Hall.

Hobson Family

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