Image of Jean Dessler smiling while looking at pet deer, named Betsy, seen standing with front legs on a wooden chair and looking at camera.

File consists of material relating to the Design Exchange (Toronto, ON) and an article written by the curator about Electrohome stereo design in the 1960s for Exchange (magazine published by Design Exchange).

Includes correspondence to and from John A. Pollock, memoranda, Electrohome stereo and lamp advertisements, photocopies of advertisements, issues of Exchange, advertising material from Design Exchange, three printing proofs of design drawings by Electrohome designer Gordon Duern, and other material. Design drawing proofs are mounted on board and depict the [Circa '80] concept.

Photograph of a group of fourteen adults and four children and a dog standing on a dock by a ship. Some of the people seem to be part of a travel group, others part of the ship staff, taken when the group was departing from Penetanguishene, (Ontario).

Five land grants from the Department of Indian Affairs granting promised Indigenous lands. The grants are made out to Benjamin Franklin Mutchmor (200 acres), Elizabeth Mutchmor (175 acres), Charles Woodward (100 acres), and Mary Rowe (100 acres). The lands granted were to be for the use of the Ojibwe and Odawa of Manitoulin Island.

Students protesting the purchase of the home for incoming President Burt Matthews by the University of Waterloo.

Members of the Anti-Imperialist Alliance marching while holding signs in support of the the end of the Vietnam War.

Two of these negatives appeared in Kitchener 125 years, p. 50.

Print photographs, with typed captions on verso, taken by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record of building demolition along Hall's Lane. File also includes April 5, 1958 newspaper clipping of published version of one of the photos [GA92-9-26_002].

Caption on verso of GA92-9-26_001 reads: "KITCHENER - Demolitions (April 3, 1958). Old home vanishes from Hall's Lane, together with three-story building used for some years by William Knell and Company. Purchased for city parking lot. (Walper Hotel in right background.)

Caption on verso of GA92-9-26_002: "KITCHENER - Demolitions. Two old buildings on Hall's lane east just off Queen street south are being demolished to make way for new Parking Authority car lot."

Caption on verso of GA92-9-26_003: "KITCHENER - Demolitions. April 5, 1958. Hall's Lane."

Images of Jon Dellandrea standing with arm extended toward camera with the Dana Porter Library visible in the background.

File consists of one group portrait photograph showing delegates of the United States and Canadian YWCA at a meeting in Muskoka, Canada.

File consists of three photographs of Dare employees at the Delawana Inn in Muskoka. Includes Carl Dare, Bob Sanders, and Les Wild.

File consists of nine photographs (plus duplicates) of the Electrohome plant, Deilcraft division, in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Includes interior and exterior photographs of the plant, and photographs of employees at work.

One image of a building from Deerfield, Massachusetts.

File consists of correspondence relating to cemetery lot deeds, manuscript notes and accounts relating to nos. 17 and 25, Margaret Ave., Berlin, Ont. Includes a contract and specifications for a porch to be built at 17 Margaret Ave., dated September 1900, as well as a sketch plan of lot 180 Margaret Ave.

Consists of one deed of land between William Dickson and William Otis for 50 acres of land in Dumfries township, dated May 9, 1831.

Consists of one deed of land between William Dickson and Levi Howell for 25 acres of land in Dumfries township, dated April 16, 1834.

Consists of one deed of land between William Dickson and John Fraser for 50 acres of land in Dumfries township, dated October 5, 1834.

Consists of one deed of land between William Dickson and John Campbell for 315 1/3 acres of land in Dumfries township, dated July 14, 1832.

Consists of one deed of land between William Dickson and Jacob Kinsey for 150 acres of land in Dumfries township, dated April 25, 1833.

Consists of one deed of land dated June 5, 1818 between Aaron White of the Township of Hallowell and Joseph Dorland of the Township of Ameliasbury, both of Prince Edward County for 100 acres of land in Hallowell Township.

Consists of a deed of bargain and sale on vellum. The deed, dated December 12, 1834, details a transaction between Vincent Dewell, and his wife Harriet, with Henry Smith regarding a plot of land in exchange for 50 pounds. The plot of land is identified as the west part of lot 29 on the 8th concession of Hope Township in Durham County, Upper Canada. Two red wax seals appear on the bottom right corner of the deed.

Two images of a house with decorative woodwork on the gables and porch, identified as from "Thornburry [sic], ca. 1880".

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library while planning and developing DCLearn, a flexible teaching and learning space for students, librarians, and library staff in the Davis Centre Library. DCLearn was to be constructed in a space used for silent study. Includes a report from the Davis Renovation Group regarding Campaign Waterloo Funds, project overviews, and floor plans.

One image of John Galt's log house, ca. 1814, that stood on Dawes Road (now Victoria park) and Ellesmere, in Toronto.

File consists of a letter to Peter Davison from Arthur Fowler, Detroit, Michigan, November 15, 1942.

File consists of a marriage certificate for Norman Montgomery Davison and Carolyn Barnes Bowlby dated September 22, 1920 at St. John's Church, Kitchener, Ontario.

File consists of a wedding portrait of Carolyn Barnes Bowlby Davison.

File consists of photographs of the Davison home at 171 Union Boulevard in Kitchener and the Westmount neighbourhood where it was located. Includes snapshots of Carolyn Bowlby Davison (later Carlisle) in a pram, Peter Davison, and snapshots of the house at the corner of Union and Earl St. and the surrounding area.

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library related to the planning and development of the Davis Centre Information Commons. Includes terms of reference for the planning team, project reports, records related to a financial donation from RBC, a work order summary, and a rendering of a proposed sculpture to honour fundraising volunteers.

Floor plans of the Davis Centre Library created for various construction or renovation projects. Includes plans for the first floor.

David's Prize Soap advertisement trade card showing a vital looking woman washing laundry in a washing bucket with David's Prize Soap while a young girl looks in. Looking in through the door way is a sallow looking older woman. The caption reads "Get David's Prize Soap if you want to avoid hard labor and save your health and strength in washing besides you may get a small fortune as a prize into the bargain." "Verso explains that prizes can be won by purchasing David's Prize Soap, including 2 grand pianos."

David's Prize Soap advertisement trade card showing an older woman standing at a washing bucket with a bar of David's Soap while two young women play the piano in another room. It reads "All got by using David's Prize Soap besides the excellent washing it does" as well as a caption under the women at the piano which reads "The prize pianoforte." Verso outlines details regarding incentives to try David's Prize products where users can exchange product wrappers for tickets that can be put toward a list of presents.

Typescript letter regarding lumbering on Lake Huron, Ontario written by David M. Netterfield. The letter describes the history of the Spanish River Lumber Company that operated near the Sauble River, between 1882 and the 1940's, focusing on the 20th century history of the company. Account makes reference to the Spanish River Indian Reserve, Wahnapitae, Ontario, the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 and the Mississauga Timber Reserve. Also included is a business card dated July 14, 1958, for Noranda Mines Limited located in Toronto, Ontario with a handwritten note that reads: Thought this might interest you. Hope you had a good trip. Hank. 14 July/58."

One upper body studio portrait of Ethel Davey.

File consists of one snapshot of C.M. Dare and an unidentified man.

Photograph of Ralph Doerr and William Kettleborne standing next to a horse-drawn C.H. Doerr & Co. sales wagon outside of the H. K. Forler storefront in Wellesley.

File consists of two photographs of Ralph Doerr and William Kittleborne with a C.H. Doerr horse-drawn sales wagon Wellesley, Ontario. One photograph shows the two in front of H.K. Forler's grocery and the other shows them in the wagon, along a dirt road.

File consists of one photograph of a Dare Foods warehouse in Moncton, New Brunswick.

File consists of one photograph of the Dare Foods potato chip factory in Toronto, Ontario.

File consists of one photograph of the Dare Foods Ltd. candy division building in Hamilton. Identification from verso.

A photograph of Dare Foods Limited's head office located at 2481 Kingsway Drive, Kitchener, Ontario likely taken soon after the building was constructed.

File consists of two photographs of the exterior of the Dare Foods plant in Hamilton, Ontario.

File consists of nine colour photographs showing the Dare factory in Kitchener as well as employees making cookies.

File consists of four photographs of employees working on various stages of cookie production in the Dare factory.

File consists of one photograph of employees of the Dare Foods plant in Kitchener. The employees are lined up outside for a group shot. Some identifications on verso:

Happ, Oscar
McFadzen, Ralph
Dare, Carl
Jantzi, John O.

File consists of one photograph showing a display of Dare cookies at the Y.K. Foods in Yellowknife, North West Territories.

Contains one black and white photograph. The photograph is an image of the Dare Foods (Candy Division) plant in Hamilton, Ontario. This plant was previously the Howe Candy Company plant.

Contains two black and white photographs of the Dare Foods candy division plant in Hamilton.

File consists of sixteen slides showing Dare buildings in Kitchener, Moncton, and Surrey as well as Dare vehicles and operations.

File consists of four photographs showing members of the Dare family and their friends at both the Dare family home at 221 Pandora Cres. and the Walper Terrace hotel. Identifications present on versos include:

• Russell, Jack
• Dare, Carl
• O'Hara, Kevin
• McFadzen, Ralph
• Lumby, Jim
• McFadzen, Gath
• Hopp, Oscar
• Wild, Les
• Russell, Em
• Dare, Ruth
• Lumby, Marie
• O'Hara, Marion
• Wild, Jean

File consists of one photograph of a display of Dare cookies in a general store in Carcross, Yukon.

File consists of one photograph of a display of Dare cookies at Zehrs in Fairview Plaza.

File consists of one photograph of employees of the Kitchener office of Dare Foods. Some employees are identified on a separate piece of paper.

Included in the photo:

Bloomin, Joan
Brubacher, Dorothy
Dargell, Carl
Dunbar, Les
Farenbach, [?]
Gaeler, Vela
Haas, Harry
Hanamel, [?]
Heffesin, [?]
Hopp, Oscar
Katush, Bernice
Miller, Belle
Ringwald, [?]
Scanin, Stella
Schlitt, Marg
Schmitt, Cully
Schultz, Bernice
Schuster, [?]
Smiley, Dorothy
Smiley, Marjorie
West, Frank
[?], George
[?], Jenny
[?], Scuster

File consists of two identical photographs of factory employees of Dare Co. Ltd. from 1951. The photograph was taken on the grounds outside of the factory. The employees are mostly women and are dressed in white baking outfits. Employees are identified on a separate piece of paper.

Included in the photo:

Atkinson, [?]
Beirs, Amanda
Burkhardt, Emmerson
Clendenrusig, Bill
Crooks, [?]
Crooks, Phoebe
Dare, Carl
Dargell, Carl
Dawe, Marg
de Uries, [?]
Dodge, George
Erb, Erma
Erb, Wilma
Fehreubach, [?]
Fischer, [?]
Forler, Inez
Gellner, Susan
Grishow, Doug
Hopp, Oscar
Headley, Lila
Heintz, Mary
Homuth, Howard
Hopf, Bill
Huntz, Martha
Jantzi, John
Kaufman, Lorraine
Kinzie, Orpha
Kwiakoski, Bill
Lotzke, Lorne
Lwandowski, Rose
Meinzinger, Dolores
Menyes, Maria
Mezer, Kay
Montag, Mari
Norton, Edith
Reist, Orval
Rouse, Vi
Ruhl, Joan
Russell, Jack
Schmidt, Reggie
Schmitt, Cully
Schuster, [?]
Shantz, [?]
Shantz, Abe
Shantz, Eileen
Shoemaker, Marybelle
Sider, Johnny
Stelmach, Joan
Street, Dorothy
Stuckerat, Helen
Trompke, Emdie
Wagner, Russell
Weber, Jeanette
Weiler, Alma
White, Jenny
Windsor, Marion
Wittie, Harold
Wright, Ruby
[?], Ann
[?], Anna
[?], Barb
[?], Bill
[?], Connie
[?], Evelyn
[?], George
[?], George
[?], Gladys
[?], Gwen
[?], Joan
[?], Johnny
[?], Margaret
[?], Margaret
[?], Olga
[?], Olga
[?], Rose
[?], Sally
[?], Steve
[?], Tom
[?], Winnie

File consists of two identical photographs of unidentified employees of Dare Co. Ltd. at Carl Dargell's 50th anniversary at the Blue Moon Hotel in Petersburg, October 3, 1958.

File consists of three photographs of the Dare Biscuit display at the Kitchener Exhibition of Progress, held in October 1948.

One image of the Danforth Technical School.

Floor plans of the Dana Porter Library created for various construction or renovation projects. Includes plans for the first, third and fifth floors.

Materials created and accumulated by Dana Porter during his personal and professional career, as well as materials collected posthumously and created and accumulated by his wife and children. Includes photographs, correspondence, research notes, essays and other writings, ephemera, scrapbooks and clippings.

Image of (left to right) Dan Pugliese and Carl Totzke, Director of Physical Education, standing together in teh snow outside of Seagram Stadium.

Two scrapbooks, the first compiled by Damaris Smith containing clippings, engravings, stamps and seals, obituaries and biographies of prominent suffragists, literary, political and social women, some British. The second, compiled by her daughter Gertrude, contains an article written by Damaris Smith entitled "Pioneer Wife". As well, it documents the history of the Smith family and contains photographs and a pencil sketch of the "Mountain Hall" homestead.

Nine shots of various pages from bound editions of the Daily Record featuring advertisements from the 1930s for: Ford, Schreiter, Victor Radio, Dominion Stores, Goodric, Kabels, Lockhart Buick, TipTop Tailor, and Goudies.

Photograph of two unidentified employees, a woman and a man, cutting and lining up soles.