Two scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine clippings which trace the lives of the Dionne quintuplets from 1934-1970.

File consists of a programme in German and English from the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association : Canada Conference Convention held in Listowel, Ontario, October 30-31, 1894 in which L.J. Breithaupt is listed as "Secretary"; L.H. Wagner on the executive.

File consists of a programme in German and English from the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association : Canada Conference Convention held in Sebringville, Ontario, December 12-13, 1893 in which L.J. Breithaupt is listed as "Secretary"; L.H. Wagner on the executive.

File consists of delegate ribbons in two sizes (two of each) from the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association : Canada Conference Convention held in Chesley, Ontario, September 27-28, 1899.

File consists of one typescript essay by John Brown titled "Where La Salle met Joliet" which details the meeting of the two explorers and the settlement of Otinawattawa. Also includes three photographs of the settlement. [Settlement believed to be a Neutral Nation settlement North of what is now Hamilton].

Slides featuring text about problems of training in practical areas and debugging processors. One slide features a map of Southwestern Ontario. The slides were likely used during a presentation about computing at the University of Waterloo.

Snapshot of an unidentified woman standing next to a car.

Photograph of an unidentified military base seen from a distance with an air traffic control building and and small parked aircraft included in shot.

Photograph of what appears to be a lock with the gates closed and no visible water traffic. Unidentified figures are partially visible, standing to the left of the frame on the edge of the lock. On the opposite side of the lock, industrial buildings can be seen. The location of the photograph is unidentified.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified individual seen looking off camera and dressed in a high collared top with a brooch at centre of neck.

File consists of one typescript essay on the Department of Public Records and Archives for Ontario.

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.

File consists of two picture postcards, col.

A scrapbook containing press clippings and a photograph of the British royal family. The press clippings feature articles regarding King George V’s Silver Jubilee, the death of King George V, the activities of King Edward VIII, as well as the children Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. One photograph features King George VI and Queen Elizabeth possibly taken during the 1939 royal tour of Canada. Also includes a map of lakes in Ontario and a photograph of Lady Agnew of Lochnaw an oil on canvas portrait of Gertrude Agnew, the wife of Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th Baronet completed by John Singer Sargent in 1892.

Head and torso studio portrait of Mary Moyer Schantz at approximately sixteen years of age with ribbons in hair.

Image of Harold Russell in a carriage looking toward the camera with an unidentified toddler trying to show something to Harold. At right in the background an unidentified adult looks on.

Image of Harold Russell seated on a tricycle smiling happily toward the camera. A clothes line, trees and a garden bed are visible in the background.

Fonds consists of nineteen diaries kept by the Rev. J. H. Shoults for the period 1870-1884. It also includes printed materials and a publication by Udelle Wood entitled Our Christian Heritage, both of which focus on the history of the Christian Church in Canada.

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.

Collection consists mainly of items relating to the history of Ontario, with some items relating to other parts of Canada, the United States and Europe. Includes correspondence, documents, land grants, leaflets, pamphlets, clippings, maps, photographs, etchings and ephemera.

Ontario coat of arms of "durwood" manufactured by John Walter & Sons, Kitchener with Norman C. Schneider label on verso.

Two images of the interior of unidentified polygonal buildings.

One image of an unidentified polygonal house.

Two images of an octagonal house that matches the description in the book of H.34, "Killiecrankie" in Port Sandfield, Ontario, built ca. 1886.

Two images of polygonal houses. The image H.21 (the caption says near Brampton, the book says Malton) is not pictured in the books, but is listed and described in the books. The image H.22 (Hawkesbury) is both pictured and listed in the books.

One informal posed group portrait of L.O. Breithaupt and family with William Lyon Mackenzie King in 1947, taken outdoors. Front row left: The Honorable L.O. Breithaupt (Lieutenant Governor).
Front or middle: The Right Honorable MacKenzie King (Prime Minister).
Includes three unidentified women and two unidentified men.

File consists of 13 photographs with negatives of the funeral of William John Motz.

File consists of one studio portrait of William John Motz. The photograph shows five different angles of William John seated around a table playing cards and smoking.

File consists of one studio portrait of William John Motz as an infant. He is sitting, likely in his mother's lap, but she has been cropped out from the photograph.

File consists of four snapshots and two portraits of William John Motz. The snapshots show him in Nassau Bahamas, at a dinner, and holding two children outside of the family home (possibly his grandchildren William John and John Edward).

Photograph of a group of six adults and six children by the Moon river falls in Ontario mid-walk.

Photograph of a group of six adults and six children by the Moon river falls in Ontario mid-walk.

Photograph of a group of people by the Moon river falls in Ontario.

Photograph of a group of people by the Moon river falls in Ontario.

File consists of seven snapshots of various sites in Ontario. Some photographs are identified on the verso.

An album containing photographs of Forbes, Land, and Wilson family members including Millicent Lyall Forbes, George Alexander Forbes, Betty Forbes, Peg Forbes, Bill Land, Janet Land, Jennifer Land, Thomas Land, Ross Wilson, Pamela Wilson, and others. Several photographs feature Christmas celebrations, Betty and Peg Forbes in their nursing uniforms, Camp Forty at Lake Tyson in Ontario, Florence Lake in British Columbia, and Hillhead estate.

One image of a hotel identified as the Miller Hotel. The hotel could have been either near Ballantrae or Stouffville if it was owned by Jacob Miller (see: http://www.historyoftoronto.ca/history/bios/whitchtwpIP.html).

Contains formal portraits of people honoured on Milestone Night. Identified are:
Back row, left to right: Don Mayburry, Waldemar Betker, Larry Tierney, John Juhasz, Gerry MacKenzie, Art Loverock, Warren Roeder, Jurgen Walther.
Front row, left to right: George Klooster, Lepa Sop, Linda Deluso, Maria Andrei, Mat Filevski, Jean Kilbasco, Dorothy Schlosser.

File consists of one map, published by Engineer Press, Toronto showing the contours and sources of rivers in the Ontario peninsula. The map has been annotated, likely by W.H.E. Schmalz to indicate elevations.

Map of Southern Ontario showing railroad lines.

Map of Southern Ontario showing railroad lines and marine shipping lines. The borders of the map list rail stops.

Consists of photos taken on the day of the William Lynch and and Ann Elizabeth Schummer's wedding day including group portraits of their families and wedding party, as well as portraits of the couple on their own. They were married at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Macton, Ontario on July 26, 1947.

Contains a portrait of members of the K-W Civitan Club for the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation 1996 annual report. Includes identifications on verso:
Left to right: John Askin (President) and Murray Grose (Treasurer).

Contains one informal photograph of Kaufman Rubber Co. Limited's introduction to electronic data processing. Identification on back of photograph. Left to right: IBM representative, Bernard Currie, C.E. Schlote. Includes note on verso of photograph : "IBM DP Publication library copy".

Photograph of a group of ten adults and two children sitting down or standing on a rocky shore by a lake, taken in Jubilee Island, Ontario. There are boats and vegetation in the background and a canoe in the foreground.

People in photograph are: John Schmitt Anthes and Lydia Catherine Anthes standing on the left side.

File consists of one full length studio portrait, possibly of Frieda Kathleen Boyd Heefer and sister Mary Olive Body Morely as young girls. One girl is seated holding a book in her lap while the other stands next to her. Photo taken by Green & Co., Berlin, Ont.

Fonds consists of the correspondence of H. Stanley Smart to his family in Grassie, Ontario, written while he was stationed in England during World War II. Includes letters, airgraph letters, postcards, a telegram, and a roll of honour. The correspondence covers Smart's time in Europe from the first letter after his arrival in England (dated December 20, 1942) to the last letter before he sailed back to Canada (dated December 19, 1945), and describes his daily activities, training, social outings, leaves, health, and general news about the war.

The correspondence describes Smart’s daily activities, training, social outings, leaves, health, and general news about the war. He writes frequently about the food at the camp and the availability and quality of items such as cigarettes, chocolate, shaving soap, socks, stationary, and other personal items; he requests various items to be sent from home. He describes the countryside, the training he receives at camp, and various aspects of his duties, and comments frequently on his health and finances.

He also writes about his social life, including outings to town, dates with women, movies, night clubs, and restaurants, as well as dances and dinners at the army camp. Smart shares with his mother his thoughts and feelings about girlfriends at home and the women he dates in Europe. He becomes particularly close with a woman from Salisbury named Elise who is engaged to another Canadian; they spend much time together and remain friends after she is married and has a child. Descriptions of his travels to places such as London and Edinburgh while on furlough are also significant.

Smart also responds to news from home and comments on the activities of family and friends in the Grassie community. He inquires about the farm work at home (much of which appears to be done by his sister) and describes farming practices he sees in England. He also comments from time to time on the role of women in the army and in society, Christianity in the army, and the general progress of and reasons behind the war.

Photograph of a group of three adults by river falls, possibly Moon river falls in Ontario.

Image of a sprawling vineyard seen from above.

Image of (left to right) John, Mrs. and Mr. Geddes, and Telvido standing on the side of a dirt road. A vineyard is partially visible in the background.

Contains snapshots, portraits, and formal group portraits of people associated with the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation and of grant recipients and structures built with grant money. Includes some identifications:

Portraits: William Moeser, E.B. Sims, Ron Sills, Merv Lahn, John S. Acheson, Cecil Cornwell.
Formal group portrait, left to right: Audre Moser, Gerry Moser.

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.

File consists of negatives showing the opening of a dam.

Film includes the commercial movie Big Fish (a Castle film produced by Eugene W. Castle and edited by Don Hancock) [0:10-03:47] and footage of a Schneider family fishing trip to Lake Nipissing with Herbert, Frederick and Howard Schneider, Hyalie MacDonald and others [03:48-07:30]. Includes shots of Herbert and Howard proudly showing their catches to the camera, views of the lake and sandy beach, the group cleaning fish along a rocky shoreline, and the cabin where they stayed.

Canister includes handwritten notes about film that read: "Herb Fred on top of cabin of boat in Lake Nipissing, Hyalie MacDonald, [illegible], Howie, [illegible] lunch + cleaning fish + cabin in woods, sandy beach".

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of Patricia Grace Fennell. Signed "Pat."

File consists of one upper body studio portrait of Patricia Grace Fennell by Panabaker. Inscription reads "Ollie from Pat Xmas 1928."

Photograph of a group of eight adults and eight children standing or sitting down by a lake, taken at the Moon river channel, Ontario.

People in photograph are: in the centre back to back Lydia Catherine Anthes and Carrie Breithaupt, third from the right Martha Melvina Rieder, and second from the right Lydia Louisa Breithaupt.

Photograph of falls, possibly Moon river falls in Ontario.

File consists of a programme for the Evangelical Church : Canada Conference Religious Education Assembly in South Cayuga, Ontario, August 22-24, 1933.

Images of children's "pony champ" tricycle and bicycle; includes one negative each of the tricycle and bicycles. Also includes a photograph of the tricycle, although not the same image as the present negative.

Donald McKay journal : fur trader, Temiskaming, Upper Ottawa District, Jan. 1799-Dec. 1799, Book I.

An image of a copy of a statue
A group portrait of 20 year members of Dominian Life.

Images of home furnishings including a dinette set, bedroom furnitture and living room furniture.

Image of Jack Dick standing next to a trophy sitting on a podium with one hand on the trophy and the other on the podium.

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.

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.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulate 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.

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.

• Date and Place from 1915 April 5 Whitby, Ont. To Pincock, Jenny From Hare, J.J. Attachments Letter of reference. Notes ALs
• Date and Place from 1913 December 31 Toronto, Ont. To Pincock, Jenny From Harrison, J.W.F. Attachments One leaf excerpts from newspaper reviews, of Jenny O'Hara's piano recital. Envelope, stamp removed. Notes ALs. Letter of reference from her piano teacher.

Bill Gauld.

Clayton Pierce - 1953-1954

Letter from Thomas H. Johnson to Colin Rankin's purchase of the "east half of lot 15 in the 14th [concession] of Papineau, containing 30 1/2 acres" at a rate of 50 cents per acre; a land grant certificate with seal dated June 14, 1881; a typescript reproduction of the text on the certificate; and a typescript description of the land accompanied by a hand drawn sketch.

Correspondence from Daniel Claus to Captain Matthews. The letter is regarding the capture of Peter Hansen and his servant as members of the rebellion by the Mohawk nation to be used to gather intelligence. The letter also mentions a contract for fresh meat, and that members of the village had been unwell. At this time Claus had been appointed deputy agent of the Six Nations in Canada under Frederick Haldimand.

Consists of programme.

Fonds consists of correspondence, documents, journals, and a photograph relating to Colin Rankin's activity as a Fur Trader for the Hudson's Bay Company. Included are three journals kept by Donald McKay, Fur Trader, between 1799 and 1806, which were acquired by Rankin probably during his stay in the Temiskaming district.

File consist of clippings relating to Ontario history.

One election campaign leaflet published by the Communist Election Committee featuring a portrait of Wm. G. Walsh. Text makes reference to the campaigns of [Mitchell] Hepburn and [William Earl] Rowe.

An group portriat of the Carlings baseball team.

Materials created or accumulated by Bettie Bernice Wilson and related to her years in the Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division (1942-1945). Includes photographs of instruction and training sessions, of facilities, of graduating classes, and of Wilson and her colleagues; official documentation and ephemera related to Wilson's service and different events she attended; writings by Wilson and her colleagues; related newspaper clippings, and correspondence sent and received by Wilson.

Three images of three different barns (photographs of the originals), with several unidentified individuals standing in front of them. Two images have identifications written on the original print, one says "Jack Quinlin's Barn in North E. Hope" and the other says "Jack Cardwell's or Jim Green's".

Photograph of a group of seven adults sitting down or standing on the bridge over river falls, taken at the Falls in Blackstone Harbor "Where the cow goes over the Moon."

File consists of an album probably compiled by Paul Rieder. Includes snapshots of friends and family members and snapshots taken on trips to the US and around Ontario. Album also includes ts. notes "Tour of Western States," describing a trip to the US. Some photographs include date/captions. Some photographs appear to be missing.

Photograph of men and women air force personnel marching outdoors on what is likely a military base under a cloud filled sky. A man in uniform is seen standing in salute at left.

File consists of one manuscript report on a meeting between settlers and First Nations groups in Credit Mission, Upper Canada in 1840.