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Contents: collection consists of four files donated as part of the Sol Eisen collection of Canadiana. These items include a ms. of Mexican plays, a music manuscript, a receipt for work completed by a slave on chain gang, and materials related to the life of Frederic William Wile.

Although few in number, the documents in this fonds are interesting the many insights they contain into the history of the local area. They consist mostly of land transactions, mortgages, declarations, and power of attorney. Some seem to have been retained as they pertain to personal or family business of members of the firm, such as documents relating to the estate of Christian Kumpf, whose daughter married A.B. McBride. Some documents relate to well known names in the history of the area, such as David Kuntz of Kuntz Breweries and John Hoffman, for whom a survey of Waterloo was done in 1855, Thomas Hilliard, Charles Noecker, Ford S. Kumpf, etc. Evidence of printing activity is present in legal forms printed by local booksellers and stationers for the firm. The documents contain evidence of trades and occupations of the time, including marble cutter, tailor, hotel keeper, farmer, woolen mill employee, button turner, shoe merchant, cabinet maker, tobbaconist, cigar box manufaturer, brewer, pumpmaker, telephone agent, etc. Also interesting to note is the shift to the use of a typewriter and the appearance of a female employee described as a "stenographer." Interesting also is the relative level of literacy evident in the signatures of individuals, particularly those of husbands and wives, many of whom are represented only by their "mark."

Carbon typescript transcript of Arthur Lang's diary prepared as a Christmas souvenir in 1907 by T.A. Lang in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. It includes a copy of a letter from one of Arthur Lang's granddaughters, giving some family background. Arthur Lang describes the sea voyage, scenery, and passengers on trip from Montreal, through the Lachine Rapids, to Prescott, Ontario. The diary also discusses Lang’s experiences inspecting land near the townships of Ramsay, Lanark, and Dalhousie in Lanark County, Ontario.

Correspondence, legal documents, photographs, ephemera and genealogical records, relating to Jacob Hailer (1804-1885), Henry Wagner (1793-1867), Jacob Wagner (1824-1858), Louis Henry Wagner (1857-1945), their families and the related Staebler Family, Biehn/Bean Family and Breithaupt Family.

Three books written by Robert Forbes. They consist of ledgers dating from 1823 to 1873 and daybooks documenting Fobes' activities as a farmer and merchant dating from 1856 to 1891. Also included are three leaflets with information about postal and farmers’ schedules from the Department of Agriculture, Ontario.

Daybook coverage:

January 1871 – October 1881;
January 1882 – December 1891; and
March 1856 – December 1862.

Ledger coverage:

July 1839 – [1858?];
September 1851 – December 1857; and
September 1823 – 1873.

Three files:

3 pamphlets; Accounts, day books, diaries (volume 1 of 3), 1839 – 1862
Accounts, day books, diaries (volume 2 of 3), 1851 – 1881
Accounts, day books, diaries (volume 3 of 3), 1843 – 1891

Material documenting a social and family history spanning almost one century. It revolves primarily around three women: Elizabeth Smith Shortt, and her daughters, Muriel Clarke and Lorraine Shortt. The fonds contains family correspondence, 1880 - 1970, general correspondence 1876-1970, manuscripts, diaries, typescripts, pamphlets, clippings and photographs. Correspondence includes Cecil B. and Senator E.D. Smith, the Smith and Shortt family letters, Adam and Elizabeth Shortt love letters, but primarily correspondence during and after the war period between Elizabeth, her daughters Muriel and Lorraine, until Elizabeth's death in 1949. Letters follow Elizabeth Smith through Queen's University, her role in formation of the Queen's Medical School for women, her concern with local and national councils of women, and a variety of clubs, commissions, and organizations. Correspondents includes Augusta Stowe-Gullen, Dr. Jennie K. Trout, Eliza Fitzgerald, Lady Ishbel Aberdeen. Also present are 15 manuscript diaries kept by E. Smith Shortt covering the period from 1872-1932. Diaries 1892-1911 are memoirs of Shortts' European trips. twenty-three diaries or day books kept by Lorraine Shortt from 1912-1943 are also present. The fonds contains also approximately 50 manuscript addresses, reports and speeches given by Elizabeth Shortt, as well as speeches by Lorraine Shortt. About 100-150 pamphlets and leaflets on a variety of subjects document Elizabeth's interests and activities, especially war period and restoration, National Council of Women, Mother's Allowance Commission, etc. Also present are clippings from 1800-1960, original and photocopied newspaper and magazine clippings and articles arranged under about 50 headings dealing with the Shortt and Smith families, and with a multiplicity of organized groups that formed at the turn of the century. Miscellaneous documents include notebooks of Elizabeth Shortt's subjects at Queen's Medical School, certificates, records of investments, bank records, war medals, autograph books, and scrapbook belonging to the family. Photograph albums and approximately 100 loose photographs of family and friends are included.

Seven legal documents regarding the sale of land in the Township of Dumfries in Southern Ontario.

File list:

1. Deed of land between Aaron White and Joseph Dorland -100 acres (Hallowell Township) – June 5, 1818
2. Deed of land between between William Dickson and William Otis - 50 acres – May 9, 1831
3. Deed of land between between William Dickson and John Campbell - 315 1/3 acres – July 14, 1832
4. Deed of land between between William Dickson and Jacob Kinsey - 150 acres – April 25, 1833
5. Deed of land between between William Dickson and John Fraser - 50 acres – October 1, 1834
6. Deed of land between between William Dickson - Levi Howell, 25 acres – April 16, 1834
7. Receipt for Joseph Pettengall from the Commissioner for Crown Lands - 100 acres (Hillier Township) – June 6 1839

Fonds consists of textual and graphic materials created or accumulated by members of the Clement and Bowlby families, largely photographs of extended family members and materials created or accumulated by William Pope Clement and Florence Grace Clement. Also contains clippings, correspondence, genealogical records and research, textiles, artifacts including WWI medals, and other ephemera.
Arranged in series as follows: Series 1. Bowlby Family ; Series 2. Clement Family ; Series 3. Bowlby, Adam 1792-1883 ; Series 4. Bowlby, Alfred 1820-1915 and Margaret Bowlby née Chrysler 1831-1917 : Series 5. Bowlby, David Sovereign 1826-1903 and Martha Esther Bowlby née Murphy 1837-1925 ; Bowlby, Ward Hamilton 1834-1917 and Lisse Bowlby née Hespeler 1839-1920 ; Series 7. Bowlby, George Herbert 1865-1917 and Blanche Alexandrine (Adine) Bowlby née Seagram 1871-1919 ; Series 8. Fennell, Grace née Bowlby 1871-1936 ; Series 9. Bowlby, David Shannon 1873-1938 and Bowlby, Lillian née Barnes 1877-1972 ; Series 10. Clement, Rev. Edwin 1819-1885 and Mary Couch Clement née Pope 1825-1910 ; Series 11. Clement, Edwin Perry 1853-1924 and Janie Elizabeth Clement née Bowlby 1859-1919 ; Series 12. Clement, Charles Bowlby 1879-1970 and Gertrude Clement née Unger 1880-1967 ; Series 13. Kelly, Blanche Mildred née Clement 1881-1945 and Frederick Bowman Kelly 1887-1984 ; Series 14. Clement, Edwin Oliver 1885-1953 and Helen Keefer Clement née Thompson ; Series 15. Clement, William Pope 1887-1982 and Muriel Alberta Clement née Kerr 1895-1975 ; Series 16. Clement, Florence Grace 1889-1988 ; Series 17. Clement, David Ward 1897-1917 ; Series 18. Stewart, Elizabeth (Betty) née Clement 1916-1977 and Peter Stewart 1915-1980 ; Series 19. Forbes, Margaret (Peggy) Chelled née Adams Clement 1921-2010 and Donald Rossell Forbes 1920-2005 : Series 20. Jacksonia ; Series 21. Photographs ; Series 22. Textiles ; Series 23. Artifacts.

Materials created and accumulated by Mary B. Churchill (nee Brewer). Includes a letter from Mary to an aunt, a clipping regarding Harriet Churchill, Mary's daughter, and an autograph album.

Deed of bargain and sale on vellum, 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.

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.

Holograph letter from Amelia Alderson Opie to an unidentified correspondent dated May 5, 1838 refusing an invitation.

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 : file consists of one letter from Christian Enslin, bookseller and bookbinder, Waterloo, Ontario to Fredrick Heinitsch, M.D., Lancaster, Pennsylvania requesting the right to "Mother Drops", a medicine created by Dr. Heinitsch on which he held the patent.
The letter also includes information on bookbinding and printing practices in Upper Canada and makes reference to local figures such as Benjamin Eby, Bishop of the Mennonites.

Four sheets of notes on the boundaries of the polling districts of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.

Contents: 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. Arranged in series as follows: Series 1. Rieder and Ruby General Merchantsl; Series 2. Rieder, Peter Family.

Manuscript poem entitled, "On Parting from My Sister and Her Children." Also included are two pencil drawings, one of which depicts a church and graveyard scene in a village located three miles from Dublin. The poem and drawings have been bound into a book. In the front cover of the book is a newspaper clipping of an obituary for Isabella Jane and Caroline Olivia Clare.

Material documenting the lives, interests, and activities of members of the Rieder and Anthes families of Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario, with a focus on Martha (Anthes) Rieder and her family. Includes correspondence, diaries, ephemera, photographs, land transactions and mortgages, agreements, clippings, ms. notes, genealogy materials, financial statements, company newsletters, membership certificates, and other personal documents.
Accrual is arranged into 12 series:
Series 1: Correspondence Received by Martha Rieder
Series 2: Correspondence Received by Talmon Rieder
Series 3: Correspondence Received by John S. and Lydia Anthes
Series 4: Correspondence Received by Others
Series 5: Rieder, Martha
Series 6: Rieder, Talmon
Series 7: Anthes, John S.
Series 8: Cook, Ella Anthes
Series 9: Anthes, J.I. Frank
Series 10: Rieder, Peter
Series 11: Property Transactions and Mortgages
Series 12: Photographs.

Contents: fonds consists of two ms. recipe books belonging to the Myle family. One is inscribed "Melora Myle" and one is inscribed "Kate Myle."

Accrual consists primarily of textual and graphic materials created or accumulated by Dorothy White Russell during her enrolment as a student at the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute and the Toronto Normal School, respectively, from 1916 to 1921. Also contains miscellaneous materials created or accumulated by Etta Schantz, including school certificates, provincial and county school examination papers and ephemera such as advertising and greeting cards. Includes as well, materials relating to the Schantz-Russell Family; among these are publications and clippings.