Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Peter Rieder family fonds.
Title notes
- Source of title proper: From content of fonds.
Level of description
Fonds
Reference code
SCA239-GA238
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
Physical description area
Physical description
48 cm of textual records plus oversize items
Archival description area
Name of creator
(1850-1936)
Biographical history
Peter Rieder was a merchant and an early white settler of what is today the Region of Waterloo. He was born in Perth Township July 27, 1850 to Daniel Rieder of Switzerland and Christina Goettinger Rieder of Germany. Rieder was one of eleven children ... »
Scope and content
Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by the family of Peter Rieder as well as by Rieder and Ruby, General Merchants. Includes one ledger book from Rieder and Ruby, a scrapbook, correspondence and various ephemera.
Notes area
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated in 2008 by Margaret Rieder via the estate of Carl Rieder.
Arrangement
Series are arranged as follows:
- 1. Rieder and Ruby General Merchants;
- 2. Rieder, Peter Family.
Language of material
- English
- German
Access points
Subject access points
Control area
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Described by Jessica Blackwell, winter 2013.