Dana Porter Library, first floor
University of Waterloo Library
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
519-888-4567 x42619 or x42445
Left to Right: Mrs. M. B. Shantz, Mrs. H. G. Mistele (a Past President), Miss Marjorie Schaefer. Marjorie Schaefer presenting Mrs. Shantz and Mrs. Mistele with copies of "Unfold the Years" upon their retirement at the Annual Meeting (circa 1950).
Who are these young women smiling for the Record photographer? The clothes suggest the 1950's. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photo
Who are these women? Why and where are they meeting? The informal clothes and the setting could place them in someone's "rec" room. Probably early 60's.
Board of Directors and Professional Staff of K-W YWCA, January 1971 Back Row: Marg Edyt, Mrs. L. A. K. Watt, Helen McKenty, Barb McGloggan, Louise Goudie, Anne Marshall, Jane Epp, Terri Romenco, Jessie Ramdehall, Helen Pearse, Ruby Cook. Middle Row: Marjatta Kivenen, Elizabeth Dreger, Carol Ann Bott, Isabel Dotzenroth, Mrs. Chapman, Mrs, W. J. Armstrong, Esther Brandon. Front Row: (staff) Barbara Rahn, Dixie Kee, Linda Ristamaki, Alice Protitch, Pam Stewart.
Kitchener-Waterloo Club advisors. Club executives and staff leaving for Leadership Week-end at Belwood Lake, September 1950. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photo.
Circa 1970. Presentation of Honourary Life Membership in the K-W YWCA to A. R. Kaufman (son of Mary and Jacob Kaufman) by President Isabel Dotzenroth (left) and Marjatta Kivenen, Executive Director (middle).
No clues as to the date, but a fine cast of characters indeed! Possibly on the YWCA gymnasium stage.
About 1945. Left, Mrs. Bech; Middle, Mrs. Steele. This elaborate display leaves many clues to the program offerings of the time. Many of the photos in the displays are preserved in the collection.
These unidentified little girls may have been "singing along" at the YWCA's 1939 nursery school, the first one in K-W. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photo
YWCA basketball team in action. YWCA gym, probably late 50's or early 60's. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photo.
Archery practice, probably late 50's or early 60's, in the YWCA gym. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photo.
German Gymnastics Sr. Gym, May 15, 1937. Just two names are known: Back Row (R) - Marie Beilstein, Front Row - Helen Carson.
No names, no date, just welcoming smiles with Mary Kaufman gazing down from the right rear, and YWCA's Peguenat clock noting the time. Taken after 1943, probably early or mid-50's.