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Fonds consists primarily of files relating to some of Percy R. Hilborn's areas of service to the community, including Freeport Sanitarium, Preston War Service Association and Waterloo College and Associate Faculties fundraising. Several Havergal College notebooks belonging to Gertrude R. Wells, who became P.R. Hilborn's wife, are also present.

Contents: autobiography of Irene Brown. The first fifteen pages are computer output typescript, the remaining 459 pages are ms.

Fonds consists of material relating to the life and career of J. Wesley Graham as a teacher, administrator, consultant, researcher and computing enthusiast. Includes corespondence, ephemera, manuscripts, minutes, reports, published material and computer printouts. Fonds consists of the following series: 1. Biographical and historical files, 1955-1998 2. Personal files, 1946-1999 3. Works by J.W. Graham, 1957-1999 4. University of Waterloo files, 1957-1997 5. University of Waterloo teaching files, 1958-1994 6. Oversize materials

Fonds consists of material relating to descendants of Johann Christoph and Anna Elizabeth Schneider, their families, friends and activities. It also contains genealogical information about the Schneider and Ahrens family origins in Germany and relatives there. Includes clippings, correspondence, ephemera, films, manuscripts, photographs, slides, etc. Material relating to an individual can be found in two separate series: as a child in the series relating to the parents; as an adult (from the age of majority or marriage) in his or her own series. For example, material relating to Herbert J. Schneider will be found in both Series 14, Norman C. Schneider and Series 10, Herbert J. Schneider. Fonds is comprised of the following series: 1. Ahrens Family 2. Alfred S. Gofton 3. Jean May Hawkings 4. Brita Hazell 5. Charles A. Schneider 6. Schneider family genealogy 7. Johann Christoph Schneider 8. Frederick H. Schneider 9. Frederick P. Schneider 10. Herbert J. Schneider 11. Herbert J. Schneider 12. Howard G. Schneider 13. John Metz Schneider 14. Norman C. Schneider 15. Emma L. Siegner 16. J.M. Schneider, Inc. 17. Local history 18. Lapsley family

Contents: accrual consists of genealogical information and photographs compiled by Betty Schneider relating to Johann Christoph Schneider and his descendants. Contains correspondence, ephemera, genealogical charts, photographs.

Contents: accrual consists of material relating to Herbert J. Schneider and the Schneider Company. Includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, newsletters and photographs.

Fonds 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. Fonds consists of the following series: 1. Family information sheets: master 2. Family information sheets: questionnaires and data 3. Families files 4. Research files: England 5. Research files: England: Wendy Cameron 6. Research: Canada: Brenda Dougall Merriman 7. Research: Canada: places 8. Research: planning and process 9. Publication process 10. Electronic files

Fonds consists of material relating to the history and operation of the Westmount Golf and Country Club in Kitchener, Ont. from its beginnings in 1929-1930 to 2000. Original documents include Board of Directors and other committee minutes, financial statements, tournament planning files, publications and ephemera as well as photographs and slides. The bulk of the fonds consists of manuscripts and other material gathered and prepared for the publication of a 50th Anniversary history, Westmount Golf and Country Club, published in 1981. Fonds consists of the following series: 1. Grand River Country Club, 1913 2. Organization and Administration 3. Committees 4. Membership 5. Operations: Curling 6. Operations: Golf: Clubhouse 7. Operations: Golf Course 8. Operations: Golf : Local Tournaments 9. Operations: Golf: Major Tournaments 10. Operations: Golf: Major Tournament Planning 11. History and Research Files 12. 50th Anniversary Publication Files 13. Publications 14. Photographs 15. Negatives 16. Slides 17. Videocassettes 18. Artifacts

The accrual is predominantly composed of textual records and architectural drawings relating to various improvements and renovations of the Westmount Golf and Country Club clubhouse and golf course during the period 1963 to 1999. In particular, the records focus upon the activities and deliberations of the Long Range Planning Committee and its subcommittees as it established a facilities plan for major renovations between 1992 and 1999. Closely related to these activities are records documenting membership issues including surveys and Membership and Fees Sub Committee minutes and reports.
Includes as well, materials relating to the activities of the Ladies Curling Committee; records documenting the planning of the du Maurier Classic L.P.G.A tournament, 1990; club newsletters; and miscellaneous publications.

Fonds consists of material relating to the lives and activities of members of the Augustine, and Kaufman families of Kitchener, Ont. and of the Ham family of Toronto, in particular of the parents, aunt and grandparents of Mary Ham. Includes biographical information, clippings, correspondence, diaries, ephemera and photographs. Fonds is comprised of the following series: 1. Family Papers 2. Photographs

Emma Kaufman dedicated her life to the Young Women’s Christian Association, serving for thirty years in Japan and Canada. The Emperor of Japan presented her with a memorial cup in 1965, the 60th Anniversary of the YWCA in Japan., and in the same year she received an International Cooperation Year medal presented by Cardinal Leger in Montreal. Accrual consists of material relating to the life of Emma Kaufman. Includes correspondence, clippings, biographical pieces and photographs.

Contents : consists of a small number of group portraits which include members of the Kaufman, Augustine, Breithaupt and Greb families. Also contains a diary by Mary Caroline Augustine Ham.

Fonds consists of material relating to activities and operations of the Walter Bean Community Trails Foundation from 1998-2002. Includes artwork, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, maps, minutes, photographs, publications, speech notes and videocassettes. Fonds is comprised of the following series: 1. Files 2. Publications 3. Electronic 4. Photographs and Slides 5. Videocassettes 6. Artwork

Contents: Accrual consists of material relating to activities and operations of the Walter Bean Community Trails Foundation from ca. 2001-2004 belonging to Doug Letson, President of the Board of Directors. Includes artwork, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, maps, minutes, photographs. Consists primarily of of printouts of e-mail to and from Doug Letson.

Contents: Accrual consists of material relating to activities and operations of the Walter Bean Community Trails Foundation from 2001-2004 belonging to Doug Letson, President of the Board of Directors. Includes clippings, correspondence (some confidential), ephemera, maps, minutes (some confidential), reports, speech notes and one limited edition print by Bill Downey.

Contents: Fonds consists of material relating to Mary Roe's work on the Board of Directors of the YWCA of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Includes clippings, committee minutes and agenda, correspondence, ephemera, notes, publications and working papers.

Contents: 7. p. ms. report dictated by Rear-Admiral Charles Holmes for his superiors, recounting in detail the events of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Major-General James Wolfe captured Quebec on Sept. 13, 1759, but died on the battlefield. His opponent, the Marquis de Montcalm died the next day. Holmes dictated a detailed account of the battle and sent two copies on separate ships to the British Admiralty. This document is the second copy of that report.

Contents: one undated photograph showing a Breithaupt Leather Co. truck in front of the Shipping Dept. at the tannery, which was located in Kitchener, Ont. Photograph by Denton.

Accrual consists of material relating to the history, organization and operation of Waterloo Foundation for the Advancement of Computing, Inc. from its foundation in 1974 to 1998. A large portion of the files deal with individual fellowships funded by WATFAC. Includes correspondence, reports, legal documents, financial information, electronic records (computer disks) and photographs.

Fonds consists of material relating to the administration and operation of the Lang Tanning Company in Kitchener Ontario, from approximately 1897 to 1974. Contains minutes, agreements, clippings and a photograph album.