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      Arrangement: The records for each President are arranged by subject. Accruals: Further accruals are expected.

      Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. In 1960 Waterloo College became Waterloo Lutheran University, and in 1973 changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University.

      Reports between 1930 and 1939 missing.

      In 1935 Waterloo College hosted the first Invitation Games, an annual track and field meet for Central Western Ontario high schools. The Games featured events for male and female athletes. The Waterloo College Invitation Games were suspended from 1941-1945, and resumed in 1946. Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, …

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 Catlin, Professor G.E.G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 9 Oct 1947, 43-55     The theme of world organization for peace, and within that framework, a fusion of the United States and the British Commonwealth. A fusion of the West within the framework of world government. Words from Wendell Willkie and Walter Lippmann on this subject. A proposal from Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, …

 Moore, H. Napier, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 18 Dec 1947, 171-178     How to go about the business of making a Christmas speech. A light-hearted and amusing, anecdotal look at Christmas and the spirit of Christmas.

 Lougheed, W.F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 23 Oct 1947, 72-81     Shifting from a war-time to a peace-time footing. A presentation of what appears to be "one of two current political-economic conflicts—conflicts which must be resolved before we are to achieve the peace and prosperity so confidently referred to during the latter years of war, and so wistfully considered at the …

 Bridges, John Gourlay, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 30 Oct 1947, 82-92     Reference to the speaker's address in 1938 when he stated that the hope of civilization depended very largely upon a united British Commonwealth, allied to a strong English-speaking understanding and co-operation. The truth of those words today. A United Commonwealth essential to a real and lasting peace. Canada's contribution to …

 Cheyney, William J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 13 Nov 1947, 103-116     The future of an expanding use of instalment credit to the world economic-social situation. A review of economic events in Canada and the United States since last February. Two approaches to this address: world conditions as they relate to consumer credit; consumer credit pictured against the greater background of world …

 McCreary, Wing Commander John F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1947), 27 Feb 1947, 228-244     The speaker as one of a group whose task it was to examine the civilians in Occupied Europe in an attempt to evaluate their state of health at the conclusion of the German Occupation. Most work done in Western Holland; some in the Brussels region of Belgium. Comments on France …

 Kraft, Major Louis, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 17 Oct 1947, 56-71     The geography of Africa south of the Sahara, which the speaker considers to be truly Africa. The importance of geography to Africa. The isolation of Africa south of the Sahara and how it is brought about. A land mass separated from the rest of the world by salt water and …

 Howe, Right Honourable C.D., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1947), 13 Feb 1947, 200-211     Coal remaining as the major source of industrial energy, as well as a major source of domestic heating, to an extent that any serious shortage of supply must result in curtailment of industrial production, consequential unemployment, and suffering in Canadian homes. Coal as the first basic material to be placed …

 Philip, Percy James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 4 Dec 1947, 143-156     Recalling the war years. Now, seven years later, appraising the cost of that sacrificial defence of the world against Nazi domination. Recalling the speaker's yearly reports. The British Empire that has ceased to exist. Who and what are going to take the place of the British people and the Empire? …

      Indenture between Peter Speirs Ewing and Samuel James Russell Source: Jackie Alls Acquired: October 1995

 Thorn, The Hon. James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 6 Nov 1947, 93-102     An event in New Zealand's history which associates with the people of Canada. Edward Gibbon Wakefield's role as a staff member for the Earl of Durham while in Canada after the 1837 rebellion. Wakefield's subsequent role in the New Zealand Land Company, which organized and dispatched from England the first …

      Receipts from the Corporation of The Township of Haldimand Source: Unknown Acquired: January 2008

      The President of the Society for 1947 was: George Tait. Secretary/Treasurer: Mrs. Boville. Auditors: George Nicholson and Mrs. A. Martin. Expenses totalled $4,451.31 and Receipts $4,534.43 leaving $83.12 on hand.

      In 1946 there were 74 telephones in use and 73 1/2 miles of single wire.

      This financial report is for the year 1947 and was issued by the Iron Bridge Electrical Company to its shareholders. It includes the Operating Expenses, income-profit and loss statement, and current assets on hand