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S 1973 to 1993 N N Waterloo Regional N Heritage Foundation N N N 1992 ANNUAL REPORT N N TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Message from the Chair 1 Membership 1992-93 5 Message from the Regional Chair 6

Reports from Other Organizations Waterloo Historical Society 7 Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Genealogical Society 8 - Heritage Cambridge 9 North Waterloo Branch, Architectural Conservancy of Ontario 10

Foundation Activities 1992-93 - Archives Committee 12 - City of Kitchener Arts Working Group 12 - Grants Review Committee 1993 13 III- Heritage Display System Loans 14 - Heritage Showcase 1993 15 III - LACAC Liaison/Info-Share 16 - Regional Official Policies Plan Review, 110 Heritage Section 16 Ili - Tremaine Map Display Schedule 17 Auditor's Report and Financial Statement Ili as of December 31, 1992 18 The Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation 1973-1993 by Susan Hodges Bryant

Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation Grants 1973-1993 eff22ecgaie 4th Floor, Moreland Centre Waterloo, Ontario N2J 4G7

Message from the Chair:

"WE HAVE NOT INHERITED THIS FROM OUR FOREFATHERS WE HAVE BORROWED IT FROM OUR CHILDREN" - A Haida Saying

There is an old Haida Indian saying that I feel is an appropriate introduction to this, my summary of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation's activities and achievements. The saying goes like this: "We have not inherited this from our forefathers, we have borrowed it from our children." This quotation means to me that, although it is important to protect the past for our use, what is more vital is to preserve it for the future, for the use of others who follow us. Put into this context, there is double the pressure on all of us in the Heritage field - not just to preserve for today, but to ensure that what we have preserved today will still be with us long into the future. But before I pursue this train of thought any further, let us remember that tonight's Annual Meeting has the added significance and pleasure of allowing us to celebrate 20 years of Regional Government. NLet us pause for a moment, therefore, to reflect on the Heritage accomplishments of the past 20 years - our successful protection of the past, if you will, and then look into the future I referred to in the Haida quotation. This may be biased, but I believe that the most significant Regional Heritage accomplishment of the past 20 years was the creation of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation on the recommendation of our first Regional Chairman, Jack Young. As the history of the Foundation, written by Susan Bryant of Wordswork, states: "It was founded to preserve the heritage, culture, traditions, landmarks, historic buildings, and objects of historical significance." If you review the list of grants awarded over the years, you will quickly realize that the Foundation has succeeded in fulfilling its ambitious mandate. Let me illustrate briefly some examples of these continuing heritage successes through our Foundation support. The Waterloo Ni - 1 - Historical Society, which began publishing its Annual Volume 80 years ago, recently won the Scadding Award of Excellence for outstanding contributions to the local historical society movement in Ontario. The Foundation annually supports the publication of these extraordinary volumes and recognizes the leadership shown in documenting our history. We have contributed funding for many restorations such as the Wellesley Town Hall in Crosshill, the Black Horse Corners Cheese Factory, the old Waterloo Post Office, the Brubacher Mennonite Farmhouse, to name but a few. We have even assisted with fence repairs and ceiling restorations. And we have been involved in many other areas, in addition to physical restorations, such as the production of videos, books, booklets, inventories, maps and photographic studies, the funding of driving tours and also the invaluable oral history tapes at Kitchener Public Library and even the excavating and reinterring of bodies from the Harvie Cemetery. These have been but a few of the projects that the Foundation has assisted across the Region. And of course, two projects of exceptional importance are the purchase of the Joseph and the support for Dr. Elizabeth Bloomfield's Waterloo County Bibliography. Schneider Haus has grown into a major tourist attraction which portrays our Mennonite heritage, bringing us international recognition. Dr. Bloomfield's book will be officially launched later in the program when her accomplishments will be fully recognized. A major concern of the Foundation over the past two years has been the condition of archival resources within the Region. To assist in creating awareness of the need for preservation, a standing committee has been struck which will look for ways to protect these valuable assets. The foresight of Mr. Young in having the vision for heritage awareness was ahead of its time, for at that time in the province there were only two other Foundations - Frontenac and Niagara - but neither was funded by a Regional government. There were no Local Architectural Advisory Committees nor was there an Ontario Heritage Act. Although there was no guidance or model, the Foundation's Board of Directors met for the first time to speak loudly as one voice and forcibly as one strong unit in support of heritage preservation. And thankfully today, the Regional government still continues those early efforts to preserve and protect. Their Quality of Life Report, their provincially recognized Archaeological Master Plan, the Ecological and Environmental Advisory Committee, EEAC as it is known, open public meetings with the heritage community for input into the Official Plan Heritage Policies, financial support for Doon Heritage Crossroads and Schneider Haus, and just recently the

- 2 - formation of the Heritage Advisory Committee - these endeavours all continue a strong heritage advocacy role begun many years ago. I have given you many examples of how a government-instituted new policy brought about change, and made this Region a better place to live through heritage preservation. But things are much different today. Citizens cannot expect governments alone to make changes. Today we must work together for a better future. No one government or no one person can do it alone because politics today is governed by public participation. And public participation and public support is what we have seen over the past 20 years. A huge debt of gratitude is owed to the hundreds of people - volunteers, community activists, and others - who have fought and persevered to keep that one building standing, that one block viable, or one neighbourhood intact or one tree alive. But will past efforts, though successful then, be enough today? If it is important enough for one heritage group to fight for the preservation of a building such as the Galt Hospital, should not the heritage community stand beside them? For the fight still continues. We still have developers who do not recognize the significance of our built heritage. And there are no funds for acquiring structures in jeopardy. Tony Hiss, author of "The Experience of Place", states that "you have the right to introduce your children to what you have been introduced to". We must therefore continue to act together to ensure that the things we value will be there for our children. The developers, financiers and stock market traders may have been the leaders in the eighties. Yet all they built were speculative buildings for speculative buyers and speculative tenants. Should they be allowed today to build speculative cities? In Europe and in some cities in the U.S.A. architecture is recognized as being of value because people value the life they 111 live. Recently, the Globe and Mail featured a series of articles on "The Rethinking of the Canadian City." The articles support the need to curb sprawl, to encourage sane development, to weaken the grip of the automobile and to utilize efficiently sewers and 111 transit. There is no better moment than now to begin this debate, to make our cities more liveable. The economy is in a slump and developers are not twisting arms to win concessions, public works are in abeyance and civic budgets are more or less under control. Now is the time for us all to act because the public hungers for some semblance of leadership to shape an uncertain future. What can we do? We can work towards a reduction on our reliance on the automobile, we can preserve rail lines for bicycle paths and trails, we can demand public art in public squares and Ild public places and we can preserve our few remaining scenic roads. Ni 3 -

NJ Will the neo-traditional planning concept of Andres Duany win out with its emphasis on neighbourhoods? Do we want more festivals, more markets, better landscaping, more sidewalk cafes (and not next to a parking lot)? Will farmsteads again become important in conjunction now with the environment? Do we allow expressways to bisect and destroy our cities? Or do we create a vibrant city centre not dead after 5:00 p.m.? Do we demand good urban design when we grapple with infilling and intensification? Remember: one structure removed from a street changes the streetscape forever. And in the reverse, a new building does not stand alone in a city but is part of a collage, part of a greater unity. Because of economic conditions and a fixed grant, over the last two years, it has been increasingly difficult for the Foundation to support large heritage endeavours. But nevertheless, the mandate can still be kept alive. We can join forces with you and we can be supportive both actively and verbally. We can preserve the Gaol and the Governor's house. We can find a use for Cruickston Park. We can help create a wonderful new park in the west side of Kitchener. We can help designate the . We can together create a better future, for the idea of a future in which the past is imbedded is crucial and is exactly right for this time. After 20 years of a Foundation organization, the cross section of heritage representation on the Foundation still affords an excellent opportunity for the heritage community to work together. Let's join forces now. There has never been more to do and there has never been better reasons to do it.

Patricia Wagner Chair

- 4 - n n MEMBERSHIP 1992-93 n NAME MUNICIPALITY Patricia WAGNER, Chair Kitchener John CLINCKETT, Vice-Chair Cambridge Susan BELLINGHAM Waterloo Susan BENNETT Cambridge Peter BUFF - rep. North Waterloo Region Branch ACO Kitchener A. Margaret EVANS Waterloo Frances HOFFMAN - rep. Waterloo-Wellington Branch Ontario Genealogical Society Woolwich Twp. Susan HOFFMAN n - rep. Waterloo Historical Society Kitchener Virgil MARTIN Kitchener Frances McINTOSH Waterloo Wendy MITCHINSON n - rep. Waterloo Gerald NOONAN n - rep. Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo Tish OSTLUND - rep. Heritage Cambridge, ACO Cambridge David SEEBACH Waterloo Jeff SIMSON Guelph Eldon WEBER Kitchener

Ken SEILING, Regional Chair Mark YANTZI, Regional Councillor Kitchener SECRETARY - E. Stettner, Regional Clerk TREASURER - M. Gregg, Commissioner of Finance

- 5 - The REGIONAL MUNICIPALfTY OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMA of WATERLOO Ken Seiling Marsland Centre, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 4G Telephone: (519) 885-9585 FAX: 885-973

June, 1993

Pat Wagner, Chair, and Members Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation

Friends: This year the Region marks its 20th Anniversary together with the Foundation. The foresight of Jack Young and Regional Council in establishing the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation has been very much apparent as we look back over the past twenty years. Restoration work, research, publishing, LACAC's, and a whole range of heritage activities have benefitted from the support of the Foundation in varying degrees. The funds administered by the Foundation on behalf of the Region have born much fruit and have played a crucial role in preserving and enhancing many aspects of our Regional heritage. On behalf of Regional Council, I extend our sincere thanks for all of your efforts and for a job well done.

Yours sincerely,

-15 Ken Seiling KES:ibf Regional Chair

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WATERLOO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

1992 was an exciting year for the Waterloo Historical Society because it marked the 80th anniversary of the Society! Few historical societies in Ontario have survived for so many years, and the WHS is grateful to its many members and friends for their support over the years. N Four public meetings were held throughout the year. In February, Ernie Ritz and Al Junker explained the heritage district study that was under way in New Hamburg. In April, the WHS I welcomed Mary Jackman from the Clarke Museum and Archives in Newcastle, who gave an illustrated speech about Victorian funeral customs. The October meeting was a special 80th anniversary dinner, I organized by Ryan Taylor and other WHS volunteers. The guest speaker that evening was Ed Brubaker from Guelph, who spoke about the evolution of farm buildings. The annual meeting was held in November, with Susan Hoffman outlining the 80 years of historical • preservation by the WHS. The WHS launched a special 80th anniversary fund raising U campaign to secure the money needed to purchase automation equipment for use in the WHS archives. The members responded generously to this appeal, and the WHS also received a grant from the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation. Dr. Elizabeth Bloomfield was the computer consultant for the Society, and offered to install an automated version of the Waterloo Regional r Bibliography for use in the Grace Schmidt Room. A new plaque was unveiled in June on Regional Road 17 east of Conestogo which honoured Captain Thomas Smith and the settlement of I this area of the county. Another successful bus tour was offered for the members. The 1992 tour explored the southern Grand River area. The tour was actually held twice to accommodate as many t members as possible. A contract was signed with Dr. Elizabeth Bloomfield to produce a history of Waterloo Township, which will be the first in a series t of township histories. This volume is due to be released in 1995. Thanks to the enthusiastic support of members and Ii organizations such as the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, the Waterloo Historical Society has worked for 80 years to help preserve the history of Waterloo Region. We look forward to Ii meeting the challenges facing all heritage groups in the future.

Susan Hoffman U WHS Representative Ii - 7 - WATERLOO-WELLINGTON BRANCH of the

ONTARIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Members of the Waterloo-Wellington Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society have had a very busy year with a strong emphasis upon publications. Work has now come to completion on two projects, namely, WATERLOO COUNTY CHURCHES A Research Guide to Churches Established before 1900 by Rosemary Ambrose, and David McKnight's comprehensive work: WATERLOO WILLS A Study of Genealogical Information in Land Records. Both publications will prove invaluable to researchers. Work has continued on cemetery transcribing in Waterloo Region. Of the 124 cemeteries in the Region, 104 are now in published form. Fifteen more cemetery transcriptions are ready for publication and work continues on the remaining 5 cemeteries. This project has been ongoing for many years and has required countless hours of volunteer time by members. As an offshoot of the general executive, a new group has formed under the name of "The Autumn Gleaners". Mr. Jack Coursey is the Chairperson of this group which is entirely comprised of senior citizens. The mandate of this group is to provide support and special interest events for all senior citizens within the branch and to reach out to those senior citizens in the community who have an interest in genealogy. Meetings of the Branch are held on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Kitchener Public Library. After a short business meeting, a presentation is given by a guest speaker. Speakers during the past year have been Mary Knowles, of the Ontario Alsace Association, Pam Nancarrow, on understanding one's ancestors, Frances Hoffman, on preserving documents and photographs, Dr. Elizabeth Bloomfield on genealogical resources, Fred Hicks on computer bulletin boards, Jim Leonard, a graphoanalyst and Ken Young, who spoke about Brigham Young University. Participation at genealogical and historical workshops is always an important activity of the Branch and viewed as a valuable opportunity when we can share the results of our work with those from other locations as well as to help those who are working on research in Waterloo Region. Frances Hoffman OGS Representative

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Heritage Cambridge has been involved in a range of activities p during the past year. Several meetings were scheduled for the membership. These included "The House Detective" with Donalda Badone, author of An Ontario House and its History in November; p Cruickston Park, featuring Michael Keefer from the University of Guelph and Biff Hamilton, stepson of the Matthew Wilks Keefer in February at our Annual Meeting; Neo-Traditional Town Planning with Tom Lemon, Planning Department, City of Cambridge in April; and p Victorian Gardens with Wendy Shearer, landscape architect in May. An additional meeting is scheduled for June 23 at which time our speaker will be David Emberly presenting his pictorial a reminiscences of Cruickston Park. Few will be unaware of Heritage Cambridge's attempt to save • the Old Galt Hospital. As all to often happens, our efforts were not successful and the hospital was demolished on December 8, 1992. However, as a result of this fight we have determined to create an educational video for use in schools and seminars. The video will N show the value of heritage buildings in a community. Hopefully, if 3 we can reach young people the effect will be far-reaching. . Also, as a direct result of the fight to save the hospital, Brian Reid, a member of our board, is writing a book on what to do and what not to do when trying to save heritage buildings. Too r often, as with all volunteer organizations, useful information is lost when membership changes. We hope to preserve as much information as possible for our group, and for other heritage I groups around the country. Presently Heritage Cambridge is actively involved in the r campaign to save the historic lamp posts in Old Galt. In the future, as a result of a planning workshop held with new board members in March, we plan to hold monthly meetings, L beginning in September. Also, our major fundraiser, the Cambridge House Tour will be presented in October, 1993. We look forward to a successful year.

Tish Ostlund U Heritage Cambridge Representative

- 9 - NORTH WATERLOO REGION BRANCH ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVANCY OF ONTARIO

1992 - 1993 ACTIVITIES

17 Jun 92 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - Tour of Hawkesville Directors elected: John Boulden, Peter Bufê, Robert Coo, Art Gorman, Pat McKegney, Lynda O'Krafka, Marg Rowell, Marg Zavaros

23 Jun 92 DIRECTORS MEETING Officers elected: President Marg Rowell Vice-President Peter Stift Secretary Lynda O'Krafka Treasurer John Boulden WRHF Representative Peter Bufê

27 Sep 92 HERITAGE OPEN HOUSE - KITCHENER PUBLIC LIBRARY Participated with display Attendance disappointing

17 Oct 92 STONE & STENCIL HOUSE TOUR - TAVISTOCK & EMBRO Joint tour with Woodstock and London A.C.O.'s

15 Dec 92 CHRISTMAS PARTY at Marg & Bob Rowells A very successful get-together with good attendance

13 Feb 93 HERITAGE SHOWCASE - CONESTOGA MALL Display - Theme "Industrial Architecture of Region"

- 10 - 17 Feb 93 HOLY SAVIOUR CHURCH Mr. Ken Seiling, Chair, Regional Municipality of n Waterloo "Changing Architecture of the Region"

15 May 93 NEW HAMBURG Walking tour of proposed Heritage District Display/demonstration of early carpenter tools, by Al Junker. Afternoon tea at Waterlot restaurant. Marg Rowell continued publication of Acorn magazine Executive continues to work with school board on educational kit of heritage structures as folded paper buildings.

Peter Hula, ACO Representative • ARCHIVES COMMITTEE The Archives Feasibility Study, prepared by Dr. Elizabeth Bloomfield for the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation was released to several interested participants in 1991. Response to the study was slow but sure throughout the year. The Foundation felt it would be useful to organize a meeting for Area Clerks and Freedom of Information Officers who were responsible for local government documents. This meeting was held at the Kitchener Public Library on April 16, with Dr. Bloomfield presenting an overview of her study and leading discussions with the participants. The feasibility study has promoted awareness about archives, and the Foundation will continue to promote the importance of archives, which now must compete with various other interest groups to secure funding. The Foundation will also continue to support the archives that exist in the Region and encourage these institutions to continue their work in the preservation of the area's history. Susan Hoffman Chair, Archives Committee

CITY OF KITCHENER ARTS WORKING GROUP The Arts Working Group dealt with several heritage issues during the year. It was decided to name the three towers of the City Hall for the three previous names of the community, Sand Hills, Ebytown and Berlin. The City Hall committee rooms will be named for the first Reeve or Mayor as village, town and city, the Scott, Pipe and Schmalz Rooms. The main committee room will be the Heritage Room. A historical display is planned to lead visitors through the city's story. Local high school history students have been commissioned to produce a visual historical display for City Hall opening. In preparation for this, a large number of items discovered by the students in their research was published in the Record, and the public asked for comments. The commissioning of a garden sculpture has been a priority for the Arts Working Group and the final choice has elements of those features which have made the City of Kitchener the community it is today. The sculpture will be unveiled in conjunction with the opening of City Hall on September 13, 1993.

Frances McIntosh Foundation Representative - 12 - GRANTS REVIEW COMMITTEE

Members of the Grants Committee included Eldon Weber, Susan Bennett, Frances McIntosh and Susan Bellingham (Chair). The Committee met regularly during the year to review pending applications and to prepare recommendations to be submitted to the Board at the monthly meetings. This year saw the completion of one of the largest projects undertaken in recent years - the publication of Elizabeth Bloomfield's bibliography of regional history entitled Waterloo County to 1972: annotated bibliography. The Foundation was one of three granting agencies involved in supporting the project. Funds were received from the federal government's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and from the Good Foundation Inc. The grant from the Good Foundation was matched by a publication grant from the Foundation and the 734 page volume was published and is currently being distributed. To date it has enjoyed excellent sales and a special commemorative copy will be presented to the Regional Chairman as the Foundation's contribution recognizing twenty years of Regional government in Waterloo. A second grant in aid-of-publication was awarded to the Waterloo-Wellington Genealogical Society to assist in the publication of R. Ambrose's book Waterloo County Churches: a research guide to churches established before 1900. Projects grants included the following: the second and final instalment of funds to assist in the restoration of the Cheese Factory at Block Horses Corners owned by Mr. and Mrs. H. Stager; a grant to assist in the repair and restoration of the Absolom Shade monument, the cemetery of Trinity Church, Cambridge; and a grant to the Friends of Joseph Schneider Haus for the production of a cassette of local music and travelling resource kit on "singing schools". Regularly awarded annual grants were again approved for assistance with publication costs for the Annual Volume of the Waterloo Historical Society; for the Oral History Project of the Kitchener Public Library and for plaques for the Local History Fair sponsored by the Waterloo County Board of Education.

Susan Bellingham Chair, Grants Review Committee

- 13 - HERITAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM LOAN

The Display System was used on June 19, 1992 by the Maryhill Historical Society for a display on the history of Maryhill held at the Knights of Columbus. The Historical Society members expressed appreciation to WRHF for loan of the system which resulted in the identification of many faces on old photographs. Kitchener LACAC made use of the system for a display at Joseph Schneider Haus on June 25, 1992 and it was also used on July 4, 1992 weekend for the Multicultural Festival in Victoria Park. On September 27, 1992 the display system was used at Kitchener Public Library as part of a week long event: Downtown Kitchener; Heritage for the Future. This event was a salute to heritage and attracted a large number of participants. The system was used by the Foundation for the annual Heritage Day display at Conestogo Mall on February 13, 1993. During February, March and April, the system has been on loan to Jean Haalboom for use at Kitchener City Hall and in various schools.

Frances Hoffman

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The Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation sponsored HERITAGE SHOWCASE for the fourth consecutive year. Again, the event was • held at Conestoga Mall, Waterloo. Several participants suggested that we return to Fairview Mall for the 1994 HERITAGE SHOWCASE. For some it is a matter of proximity, for others the fact that p Fairview is a non-smoking mall seemed important. We have determined to try to schedule the event at Fairview next year, and perhaps alternate between Conestoga and Fairview until such time as N an appropriate venue is available in Cambridge. The invitations to participate were sent to an expanded list this year. Instead of one blanket invitation to the Multi-Cultural • Centre, individual invitations were sent to cultural groups. The response was not great, but we should continue to expand our base of participants. However, we need to make sure these participants • are interested in "Heritage" and not politics, or some other agenda. In the end, 32 groups participated in the SHOWCASE. The weather was fairly cooperative, for February, and participants were N generally satisfied with the level of exposure provided. Announcements were sent to all local radio and television stations. I cannot say whether any of them used the notices. N However, CKCO TV did send a reporter and a cameraman to Conestoga, and I assume a report was made on the evening news. r As in the past, advertisements were placed in local newspapers to publicize the event. Unfortunately, the monthly magazines published in prior years have succumbed to the recession and were a not available this year. We did advertise in TODAY'S SENIOR. The WATERLOO COUNTY TIMES ceased to publish, but Elin Edwards did put together a Heritage Newspaper which was distributed at the HERITAGE p SHOWCASE. Special thanks to Susan Bennett and John Clinckett who set up Ii and staffed the Foundation's display this year. For the future we should continue to try to enlarge the number of participants hoping to bring to the community the scope of heritage, and its value to all of us in our communities, wetlands, nature trails, etc. i My sincere thanks to all groups who participated and to the members of the Foundation, without whose help it would never have happened. F Lititia Ostlund Chair, Heritage Showcase - 15 - LACAC LIAISON / INFO SHARE

We have requested the seven Municipal LACAC's to send copies of their minutes to the Heritage Foundation and at our monthly meetings we report the activities of work to foster intercommunication between the LACAC's and other Heritage represented groups. Regular submissions are received from Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Woolwich and intermittent ones from Wellesley. We have yet to receive reports from Wilmot and North Dumfries at all. Again this year we await the possible new Heritage Act legislation added responsibilities; and the finalization of the Regional Official Plan Heritage Sections revisions. It behooves the area LACAC's to participate in this form of intercommunication. Regional residents should remember it was the Heritage Foundation that aided the initial creation of the LACAC's and we are still available to assist them. We need your assistance too!

John Clinckett

REGIONAL OFFICIAL POLICIES PLAN REVIEW - HERITAGE SECTION

Representatives of the various groups involved in Heritage throughout the Region have met every couple of months over the past two years to review the Heritage Section of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo's Official Plan. This review has been completed save for one final wrap-up meeting. There was a workshop May 1 and the open house presentations are scheduled for general comments. For copies of the VISIONS contact Mr. David Newlands, Director of Cultural Services, Planning and Culture Department 519-885-7315.

John Clinckett Representative - 16 - TREMAINE MAP 1992 - 1993 n DISPLAY SCHEDULE June - December 1992 Land Registry Office Kitchener January - March 1993 Freeport Hospital Health Care Village Kitchener April - June 1993 Waterloo We have a commitment from the Seagram Museum to display the Tremaine Map until August 1, 1993. Due to budgetary restraints this year, it will be our intention to see if we can leave the map in display longer. Until the end of June, the Seagram Museum is n conducting school tours throughout the museum entitled "Discovering Local Industry" and feel that the map will complement this program. There has been a request from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo to display the Tremaine Map at the new Regional Headquarters in Kitchener when it opens in October, and we have confirmed this with them. It will be our intention to approach the new Kitchener City Hall as well for display of this map. Currently, we have interest as well from the Cambridge Libraries and we will be approaching them in 1994 for some displays in the south end of the Region.

David Seebach

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AUDITORS' REPORT

We have audited the statement of financial position of Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation as at December 31, 1992 and the statement of revenue and expenditure for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the foundation's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.

In our opinion, these financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the foundation as at December 31, 1992 and the results of its operations for the year then ended in accordance with the accounting principles disclosed in the note to the financial statements. Phi ilm,trit-2-

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111 Cash $ 570 $ 3,304 Investments 40,000 62,000 Accounts receivable 520 822

$ 41,090 $ 66,126 II Liabilities and Accumulated Net Revenue $Accounts payable 217 $ 4,948

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WATERLOO REGIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION Statement of Revenue and Expenditure Year ended December 31, 1992, with comparative figures for 1991

1992 1991

Revenue: Grant from Region of Waterloo $ 46,320 $ 46,320 Interest 2,046 5,806 Sale of map 205 110 48,571 52,236

Expenditures (Schedule) 68,876 71,532

Excess of expenditure over revenue (20,305) (19,296) Accumulated net revenue, beginning of year 61,178 80,474

See accompanying note to financial statements.

- 20 - WATERLOO REGIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION n Note to Financial Statements Year ended December 31, 1992

Significant accounting policies: (a) Basis of accounting: The accrual basis of accounting is used for financial reporting. • (b) Fixed assets: The historical cost and accumulated depreciation of fixed assets is not reported. • Expenditures of a capital nature are charged against revenue in the year they are incurred. n• n n

- 21 - WATERLOO REGIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION Schedule of Expenditures Year ended December 31, 1992, with comparative figures for 1991

1992 1991

Foundation Projects: Heritage Promotion - Special events $ 5,114 $ 8,471 - Heritage scholarship 2,500 2,500 Awards of Merit 442 Architectural Studies - Sheaves Tower Feasibility Study 3,778 Historic Publications - Tremain map display 186 255 Archival Feasibility Study 2,217 Grant Requests: Waterloo Historical Society 3,000 3,000 LACAC Projects: Kitchener - Plaques 148 202 - Photo preservation 750 - Heritage research 1,560 Woolwich - Plaques 52 Wellesley - Plaques 50 Wilmot - Plaques 50 North Dumfries - Plaques 216

Other Grants: Board of Education - History Fair 250 250 Restoration of frieze 5,000 10,000 Kitchener Public Library - Oral History Program 2,000 2,000 R. Loughlean-Harvie Cemetery 2,500 Township of Wilmot-Heritage District Society 8,000 Trinity Cemetery Committee - Absolom Shade Monument 2,500 E. Bloomfield - Bibliography 20,000 5,000 W. Hallman - Historic video 2,649 Heritage Cambridge - McDougall cottage ceiling 4,896 North Waterloo ACO - information pamphlet 332 Alfred Schenk - song book 4,500 H. Stager - cheese house 3,000 3,000 J. Stedde - homestead 7,250 Friends of Joseph Schneider Haus 7,000

Administration: Foundation meetings and seminars 2,280 2,481 Printing, stationery and supplies 981 2,045 Promotion and advertising 1,710 1,105 Miscellaneous expenses 10 116 Insurance 2,392 2,392 Conference and conventions 166 75 Memberships 37 - $ 68,876 $ 71,532

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HISTORY OF THE

Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation

1973 - 1993 THE WATERLOO REGIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION: 1973-1993 prepared by Susan Hodges Bryant

Founding Principles The Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation was established in 1973. The purpose of the Heritage Foundation, as its charter states, is "to preserve and to assist in the preservation of the heritage, culture, traditions, landmarks, historic buildings and objects of historical significance" in Waterloo region.

Begun in the same year that regional government came to the area, the Heritage Foundation was the brainchild of Mr. Jack Young, the first Chairman of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. Mr. Young recognized that the sense of local identity and tradition, especially in the rural communities, might be lost under regional government.

Waterloo County, a designation over 120 years old, had disappeared with regional government. Local governments were displaced and amalgamated under the umbrella of the Region. In Young's view--one shared by many--regional government had a responsibility to ensure that something of the past was preserved. Young also recognized that by providing a well- endowed link with the past, the Heritage Foundation might help the public accept regional government.

The result was a unique organization. For one thing, the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation was the first heritage organization set up and funded by a regional government. In fact, the Foundation set a precedent in Canada as the first heritage organization allocated a substantial amount of public money by any level of government.

The first Council of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo budgeted approximately $65,000 (25 cents per resident) to the Foundation in its inaugural year. There was little debate in 2

Council on the Foundation proposal. Claudette Miller, Mayor of Cambridge, is remembered for her pithy defense of the spending: she reminded Council that the amount being allocated for heritage in 1974 was somewhat less than the cost of paving one mile of road.

The amount of the grant approved by Council has averaged about $45,000 per year (12 cents per capita), with one grant as high as $77,000 in 1982, and several as low as $31,000 in 1983 and 1984. Despite the funding, the Foundation acts independently of Regional Council. It is a non-profit, charitable organization, chartered under the Corporations Act of the Province of Ontario.

The designation "foundation" was deliberate. Young conceived of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation as a "funding umbrella" for heritage projects proposed and managed by other groups rather than as an additional group initiating its own projects. It was to operate "at arm's length" not only from Regional Council but also from the projects and groups which it chose to fund.

For the first board of directors of the Foundation, Young looked to people and organizations already involved in heritage issues. By 1973, several history and heritage organizations were well established locally. Capitalizing on their enthusiasm for heritage and their experience, Young invited each of four major organizations to appoint a member to the new Board of Directors.

Each group had a distinct focus, but all shared a need for money. The Waterloo Historical Society had published an annual volume of Waterloo County history since 1913. The Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation had been formed in 1954 to set up and manage Doon Pioneer Village, a pioneer community museum. Heritage Cambridge (a branch of the Ontario Architectural Conservancy) was active in efforts to preserve historic buildings in Cambridge, and the Mennonite Historical Society focused on the special history of the Mennonite community in the area. 3

The charter of the Foundation called for fifteen directors: representatives from the four heritage organizations, a member each from the history departments of the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, the Regional Chairman, a member of Regional Council, and seven members elected at large.

Young further empowered the new foundation by inviting key staff from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo to serve as charter members and directors. The Commissioner of Planning and Development, the Commissioner of Finance and the Regional Clerk were all charter members. The choice of Robert Gramlow as the first chairman of the Foundation was also symbolic. As Mayor of Wellesley, Gramlow was both a member of Regional Council and a representative of rural interests.

The charter was granted on February 13, 1974, to the following first board members: Elven Shantz (Chairman of Doon Pioneer Village), Kathryn Mae Lamb (Waterloo Historical Society), Joseph Winfield Fretz (Mennonite Historical Society), Patricia Campbell Rosebrugh (Heritage Cambridge), Kenneth Michael McLaughlin (University of Waterloo), Welf Henry Heick (Wilfrid Laurier University), John Alexander Young (Regional Chairman), Robert Gramlow (Mayor of Township of Wellesley), Whitney Lloyd Bradley (Chief Administrator of the Region of Waterloo), William Edward Thomson (Regional Commissioner of Planning and Development), Alfred Wayne Woods (Regional Clerk), Gerald Ernest Eastman, David McDougall Bean, James Nelson Johannes, Lloyd Frederick Gower.

Originally, all directors held one-year terms and were eligible for re-election. In 1981, an amendment to the by-laws extended the terms to two years and set a maximum of eight continuous years of service. It also placed members at large on a rotating schedule whereby the terms of half of these members expired every year 4

Two of the original four heritage organizations are no longer represented. The Mennonite Historical Society withdrew representation in 1980, and the Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation withdrew in 1983, when the Region took over the management of Doon Pioneer Village. These appointees were replaced by representatives from the North Waterloo Region Branch of the Ontario Architectural Conservancy and the Waterloo- Wellington Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society.

From the beginning, the Foundation has met monthly, usually in the Marsland Centre, Waterloo, at noon. Main agenda items are reports from the member organizations, recommendations from the grants committee about which projects to fund, and reports from various ad hoc committees assigned to oversee active projects. The Annual Meeting is held at various sites--in buildings of historic or architectural significance throughout the Region.

Setting Precedents The first meeting of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation took place on August 20, 1973. Discussion covered a wide range of issues: the upkeep of pioneer cemeteries, Toronto's by-laws to stay the demolition of historic buildings, incorporating heritage principles in the Region's Official Plan, possible renovation of the Crosshill Town Hall and questions concerning the fate of the Joseph Schneider House.

Renovation of the Wellesley Town Hall in Crosshill was the first project funded by the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation. At the December meeting of 1973, a resolution was passed to assume 50% of the renovation costs, amounting to $2,199. The Township of Wellesley would pay the remainder.

Though the amount was relatively small, the Crosshill project was significant for the young Heritage Foundation in a number of ways. First, as the only remaining example of the original town 5 halls in the Region of Waterloo, it symbolized perfectly the past the Foundation was created to preserve.

Secondly, the shared funding arrangement set the Foundation on a course it has followed ever since. Typically, it encourages those seeking its support to find sources of funding in addition to the Foundation. This approach not only helps stretch the Foundation's budget but also spreads more broadly the commitment to heritage. In the early years, the Foundation was especially interested in encouraging the municipalities to support their local heritage initiatives. Many projects have been jointly sponsored by the Foundation and the project's "home" municipality.

Finally, the Crosshill project raised the key questions of how much control the Foundation was to exercise over projects it funds and how authentic its restoration projects were to be. The proposal for the Crosshill Town Hall called for restoring the original pillared front as well as adding an extension--sided with aluminum--to the rear. The addition in itself was not challenged by the members of the Foundation; it seems everyone appreciated that the extension would make the building more functional. However, the aluminum siding became an issue that everyone in the Region read about in the press.

"Row Over Renovations: Wellesley Hall Plans 'Absurd"' was the lively headline in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record on October 9, 1973. Dr. Kenneth McLaughlin recalls calling the extension proposal a "monument to absurdity." He suggests, however, that the press overstated the heat of the debate.

In fact, the matter was quickly settled when Dr. McLaughlin proposed using fieldstone for the extension, noting that the remains of a nearby church offered an ample supply of the same stone used in the original Town Hall. Fieldstone cost $1000 more 6

than aluminum siding, and the Foundation and the Township agreed to split the difference.

The question of authenticity in restorations and renovations funded by the Foundation has recurred throughout its history. Every six or seven years, as the membership changed, new members asked for clarification of the standards or guidelines applied by the Foundation in both selecting and monitoring projects. The question of guidelines for funding restorations to privately owned buildings has also been debated periodically.

Yet other than the general mandate set out in the original charter, guidelines have not been spelled out in writing. The discussions and decisions recorded over the Foundation's history suggest that flexibility--the freedom to evaluate each project on its own merits--has been its most cherished guiding principle.

Media attention to the activities of the Foundation was constant throughout the 1970s. Early members recall that it was not unusual to have four representatives from various local media attending and reporting on the monthly Foundation meetings.

Part of the reason for the media interest was the general public enthusiasm for heritage during this period. The 1970s and early 1980s was the heyday of the heritage movement in Canada, and the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation was breaking ground. Not only other Regions but also the provincial and federal ministries concerned with heritage looked to Waterloo Region for examples of successful, publicly-funded heritage projects. The growth and effectiveness of these ministries depended largely on the success of the projects which they helped to support.

In the early years, a number of Regional projects were funded jointly by the Ontario Heritage Foundation and the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation. The strong working relationship which developed between them benefited both organizations--and 7 the cause of heritage as a whole. None was so important to both organizations as the restoration of the Joseph Schneider House (later called the Joseph Schneider Haus) in Kitchener.

Restoring the Joseph Schneider Haus The Schneider Haus project dominated the agenda of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation for a decade. At the 1984 Annual Meeting, Robert Gramlow called the restored Schneider Haus the "crowning jewel" of its first ten years. For the general public and a generation of schoolchildren in the Region, the Schneider Haus is the visible representation of what "heritage" means.

The Schneider Haus was discussed at the very first meeting of the Foundation in 1973. At that time, the house--the oldest in the city of Berlin--was for sale. The Waterloo Historical Society and descendents of Joseph Schneider had long been interested in preserving the building, but no money had been available for its purchase or restoration. With the establishment of the Foundation, the situation changed dramatically. On April 15, 1975, the Foundation, with the approval of Regional Council, purchased the Schneider Haus for approximately $46,500.

The power to make such purchases is specifically mandated in the Foundation's charter, which states that one of its objects is "to receive, acquire by purchase, donation or lease, hold, preserve, maintain, reconstruct, restore and manage property of historical, architectural, recreational, aesthetic or scenic interest." There seemed no hesitation among Foundation members about the purchase.

The minutes make clear that the purchase of the Schneider Haus did not commit the Foundation to any specific use of the house. However, these decisions soon followed with remarkable ease and speed. The Joseph Schneider Haus Restoration Committee was formed under the sponsorship of the Waterloo Historical Society. Chaired by the Society's Warren Stauch, its purpose was to 8 explore the feasibility of restoring the house and to propose ideas for its eventual use.

About half the committee were Foundation members, several represented the Ontario Heritage Foundation, and others were interested citizens. With the help of architects hired for the purpose, the Committee prepared a feasibility study for restoring the house. It was approved in 1977 by both the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation and the Ontario Heritage Foundation--the major funding agencies for the project. The Committee also proposed that the restored house become "a living museum," offering a "hands-on" experience of family life in the 1800s. The Waterloo County Board of Education was supportive of plans for extensive educational programming that would dovetail with the school curriculum.

As the Joseph Schneider Haus project progressed and enthusiasm grew, it was difficult for many members of the Foundation to preserve a disinterested, "arm's length" stance. Foundation members were among the volunteers who stripped wallpaper at the house, solicited donations, hired the architects and curator, and lobbied for public and political support. It soon became clear that the restoration would be among the finest in Canada, and the momentum to be involved continued to grow.

To manage the increasingly complex project, the Foundation established the Schneider House Board of Management in 1979 as a committee. Replacing the Restoration Committee, its role was to manage both the restoration and operation of the Schneider Haus and to provide guidance to curator Susan Burke, who was responsible for day-to-day activities at the house. It also advised the Foundation on major decisions. The Foundation appointed the Board, and the finances for the project remained the sole responsibility of the Foundation. 9

Overall, the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation contributed a total of $168,845 to the restoration of the Schneider Haus. By the opening of the house in 1981, it had approved a total expenditure of $333,393. Wintario grants supplemented the grants from the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation and the Ontario Heritage Foundation. The Foundation also initiated a fundraising drive, headed by Mr. Jack Weber, to help offset the costs of restoration.

The official opening of the Schneider Haus took place on September 13, 1981. The congratulatory letter to the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation from the Ontario Heritage Foundation noted the significance of the project: The accuracy of the historical and architectural research, the great care taken by the architects, supervisory personnel and staff, and the interest of the community have all combined to make this a model preservation project for the entire province. In 1982, the Joseph Schneider Haus was awarded the Heritage Canada Award of Honour for Ontario. The provincial and federal heritage ministries had reason to celebrate. Highly publicized successes such as the Schneider Haus boosted the heritage movement nationwide.

After the opening of the Schneider Haus, the Heritage Foundation focused on other projects. Yet matters related to the house-- especially the instantly popular school programming--remained regular items on the Foundation agenda until 1983, when the Region of Waterloo's Historic Sites Department assumed full responsibility for the funding and management of both the Schneider Haus and Doon Pioneer Village. For approximately five years, four members of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation sat on an advisory committee to the Historic Sites Department.

Funding Heritage Inventories Perhaps the most striking evidence of the remarkable energy of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation in its first decade is 10

its support for many other heritage projects while overseeing the Schneider Haus project. The variety of these projects, as well as the educational activities undertaken, demonstrates the Foundation's vigorous commitment to all facets of heritage.

The largest grant in 1974 was $20,000, to Heritage Cambridge for an inventory, including drawings, of all major buildings of architectural and heritage merit in the downtown core of Cambridge-Galt. Apart from the merit of the project, the Foundation was keen to support heritage initiatives in Cambridge to illustrate how the area's special identity would be preserved under regional government. An $11,000 grant in 1976 for restoring the desks from the former Hespeler Council Chambers for use in the refurbished Cambridge Council Chambers was also symbolic in this respect.

Political considerations aside, the Foundation has always welcomed projects which include inventories of historic buildings and sites. There was a sense of urgency during the 1970s and 1980s, a period of rapid growth in the urban areas of the Region, at least to document remnants of a fast disappearing past. The Foundation has funded heritage inventories, many initiated by Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committees (LACACs), in every township and city of the Region. Since 1974, the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation has spent approximately $50,000 on such projects overall.

The Scenic Roads Study and the Industrial Heritage Inventory are among the most interesting. In 1974-75, approximately $5,500 was allocated to Dr. George Priddle at the University of Waterloo for a unique inventory--a survey of scenic roads in the Region--to include notable natural features as well as historic sites. Another $6,000 was granted in 1985 to update the survey. In 1984-85, the Foundation granted nearly $3000 for an historic inventory of the industries of the Region. 11

Preserving Heritage Buildings The preservation of heritage buildings played a large role in Foundation activities in the early years. In 1974, $8,500 was paid toward the costs of moving the Peter Martin Farmhouse from a developing area of Waterloo to Doon Pioneer Village. Members of the Foundation orchestrated the cost-sharing arrangement with and the Directors of the Pioneer Village. In 1976, a grant of $2,000 helped pay the costs of reassembling the Sam Bricker Barn, which had also been moved to the Pioneer Village.

In 1976, the Foundation helped to fund the restoration of the John E. , an historic Mennonite farmhouse on the University of Waterloo campus. This was a cooperative effort of the Foundation, the University, Conrad Grebel College and the Ontario Heritage Foundation. The Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation contributed approximately $40,000 to the project.

One of the Foundation's "coups" in the 1970s was helping to preserve the Preston Public School, built in 1853. In 1975, the school was scheduled for demolition. The combined efforts of Heritage Cambridge, the Waterloo Historical Society and the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation--including the Foundation's offer of $5000 for a study of the building--failed to move the school board. It was the Foundation's negotiating skills rather than its money that finally spelled success. The building was restored, and it reopened in 1981 as apartments for senior citizens.

By the 1980s, the days of funding major restoration projects were over for the Foundation. Perhaps with the completion of the Schneider House restoration, the Foundation deliberately focused on other kinds of projects. The tremendous costs involved, combined with the waning energy of the whole heritage movement, may also have reduced the public and political will for such projects. 12

Prime examples were the Foundation's largely unsuccessful efforts on behalf of the Sheave Tower, the former Waterloo County Gaol, and the Homer Watson House. Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, attempts to arrange for the continued upkeep or the purchase of the historic Sheave Tower in Blair have encountered a series of obstacles related to private ownership. The Foundation has spent approximately $20,000 on repairs.

The Foundation contributed time and money to the successful campaign to save the former Waterloo County gaol in Kitchener. However, the fate of the building remains undecided, with no agency willing to fund the restoration. In the 1980s, the Heritage Foundation spent approximately $25,000 on repairs to the Homer Watson House. In 1991, it committed $15,000 for repairs to the interior frieze, contingent on matching funding from private sources, but other sources of funding for the House seem increasingly difficult to find.

In the last ten years, the focus has shifted to modest restoration projects, suited to the cooler climate for heritage. In 1989, the Foundation spent $10,000 to restore the clock tower in the old Post Office in Waterloo. In 1991 and 1992, it contributed to restorations of private property, usually contingent on matching funds from the local LACAC. Approximately $5,000 was spent to restore a painted ceiling in the McDougall cottage in Cambridge. Owners of the Old Cheese House in North Dumfries were given two grants of $3000 each towards restoration, and Steckle Heritage Homestead received over $7000 toward a feasibility study.

To acknowledge and encourage both public and private restorations of historic properties, the Foundation instituted an Award of Merit in 1978. In the 1980s, the award became the Award of Excellence, and its purpose was changed to include the full range of contributions to heritage. 13

Promoting Heritage Education about and promotion of heritage in the Region has always been a significant part of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation's understanding of its mandate. The first such project was in 1974, when it gave $1,500 towards the MacKenzie King Colloquium, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of MacKenzie King's birth. Since then, the Foundation has organized public workshops on heritage issues almost every year. It has paid the costs of advertising for Heritage Day events and has sponsored some of these. Since 1988, the Foundation has awarded $100 to a winning student and certificates to participants in the annual History Fair of the Waterloo County Board of Education.

Anniversary booklets also offer a popular means of promoting local heritage. A number of such booklets have been published with assistance from the Foundation. These include the City of Kitchener's 125th Anniversary Booklet (1979), Wellesley's Maple Leaf Journal (1983), the Elmira Centennial Book (1986), the Victoria Park Brochure (1986), and the 60th Anniversary Booklet of the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Concert Association (1990).

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Foundation organized workshops to assist citizens and councillors involved in the newly-formed LACACs. Starting in 1974, when the Ontario Heritage Act encouraged local governments to preserve heritage properties, the Foundation worked actively to promote the establishment of LACACs in every city and municipality in the Region. When some local councils balked at the perceived costs of these committees, the Heritage Foundation offered financial support.

Cambridge and Waterloo established LACACs in 1976, and Kitchener and every municipality had one by 1983. True to its promise, the Foundation has given considerable financial support for start- ups, salaries for students working on inventories, and walking 14

tour brochures. Since 1977, the Foundation has also contributed half the cost of LACAC designation plaques.

In 1985, the Foundation funded the restoration of the 1861 Tremaine Map of Waterloo County. This historic map charts, with vivid illustrations, the early settlement of the area. The Foundation continues to pay moving costs to circulate the map throughout the Region, providing opportunities for the public to enjoy it.

Supporting Historical Research Projects involving heritage research and the preservation of historical documents have always enjoyed the support of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation. Every year since the 1970s, the Foundation has given a grant to the Waterloo Historical Society towards the cost of publishing its annual volume. The amount has increased from $1000 to $3000 in 1991. An annual grant of $2000 has helped support the Oral History Project at the Kitchener Public Library since its inception in 1981. The grant funds the audio-taping and transcribing of interviews with local people. The tapes are made available in the Library for public use.

Since 1986, the Foundation has granted over $30,000 to microfilm area newspapers, to preserve old photographs, and to purchase and translate historic family papers. In 1987, it instituted the Waterloo Regional Award for Heritage Research, which provides $2500 to graduate students involved in heritage research.

The major project of the 1990s has been a comprehensive bibliography of print materials related to the history of Waterloo County to 1972. Available both on-line and in print, the bibliography is simply invaluable for researching any aspect of local history or tracing a family history. Researchers now know what exactly is available and where in the Region it can be found. 15

In 1992, Dr. Elizabeth Bloomfield completed the Waterloo Regional History Bibliography. The Foundation spent $25,000 on this project, which was also partially funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The Foundation has chosen this project to mark the twentieth anniversary of regional government.

In 1990, the Foundation had hired Dr. Bloomfield to do an archival feasibility study for the Region at a cost of $10,000. The Foundation had long recognized the need to inventory the archival material in the Region. The minutes record a motion to set up an archives committee as early as 1980, but the work began in earnest only in 1990. The purpose of the study was to explore alternatives for dealing with archival material.

Summing Up There is every reason to look back with pride on the achievements of twenty years of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation. This brief history gives mention to fewer than ten percent of the projects it has funded. However, the cumulative effect of the Foundation's work is clearly greater than the sum of its projects.

Founding member Dr. Kenneth McLaughlin has stated that every generation must discover its heritage for itself. Through restoring buildings and promoting LACAC designations, the Foundation has helped to make the area's architectural heritage visible for many generations to come. Through preserving documents and promoting heritage research, the Foundation has provided invaluable tools for illuminating the past far into the future. Through promoting cooperation on heritage projects-- among government agencies, heritage organizations, commercial interests and private citizens--the Foundation has demonstrated just how much can be accomplished. 16

That a great number of people both within the Region and far beyond are keenly aware of the special heritage of the area is testament to the impressive contribution of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation. Sources

Lamb, Kathryn. Interview. April 14, 1993. Tape and transcript available in the Grace Schmidt Room, Kitchener Public Library. Lamb, Kathryn Hansuld. "Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1973. " Waterloo Historical Society. 1973. 61: 34. Lamb, Kathryn Hansuld. "Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1974. " Waterloo Historical Society. 1974. 62: 4-6. Lamb, Kathryn Hansuld. "Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1975. " Waterloo Historical Society. 1975. 63: 75-76. Lamb, Kathryn Hansuld. "Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1977. " Waterloo Historical Society. 1977. 65: 111-112. McLaughlin, Dr. Kenneth. Interview. April 6, 1993. Tape and transcript available in the Grace Schmidt Room, Kitchener Public Library. Schmidt, Grace. "Joseph Schneider House opened." Waterloo Historical Society. 1981. 69: 88-90. Seiling, Ken. Interview. April 7, 1993. Tape and transcript available in the Grace Schmidt Room, Kitchener Public Library. Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation. Annual Reports, 1973-1992. Office of the Regional Clerk, Regional Municipality of Waterloo. Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation. Minutes, 1973-1993. Vol. 1 and 2. Office of the Regional Clerk, Regional Municipality of Waterloo. Young, Jack. Interview. April 16, 1993. Tape and transcript available in the Grace Schmidt Room, Kitchener Public Library. WATERLOO REGIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION GRANTS 1973-1993

Project Description Applicant/Contact Amount

1973 12.12 Renovations to the front of the old Township of Wellesley 2,199.00 Crosshill Township Hall and fieldstone addition

1974 05.30 Funds for purchase and moving of the Grand River Conservation 8,500.00 Peter Martin Farmhouse to Doon Pioneer Village Authority

1974 05.30 Hire 4 students to prepare inventory of scenic roads Dr. George Priddle, 4,000.00 in Region University of Waterloo

1974 07.11 MacKenzie King Colloquium 1,500.00

1974 09.05 Heritage Cambridge Program Funding re: study Heritage Cambridge/ 20,000.00 Mark Somerville

1975 04.17 Additional Grant: Scenic Roads Study Dr. George Priddle 1,545.00 University of Waterloo

1975 04.17 Meyer House moving expenses 1,000.00

1975 04.17 Survey of Indian Village Region of Waterloo 112.00

1975 07.15 Brubacher Mennonite Farmhouse University of Waterloo/ 20,000.00 Dr. W. Fretz

1975 11.25 Schneider Haus: Architectural Study Waterloo Historical Society/ 500.00 K. Lamb

1976 01.24 Preston Public School preservation 5,000.00

1976 01.27 Brubacher Mennonite Farmhouse University of Waterloo/ 40,000.00 Dr. J. Fretz

1976 06.21 Renovation of Cambridge Council Chamber City of Cambridge/Mayor Kerr 11,000.00

1978 06.27 Township of Woolwich Heritage Study Elmira and Woolwich 897.00 Chamber of Commerce

1979 01.23 LACAC's startup costs Regional LACAC 11,000.00

1979 01.23 Installation of Storm Windows Regional Library Committee 1,824.00

1979 04.24 Woolwich LACAC Summer student (salary supplement) Woolwich LACAC 500.00

1979 04.24 City of Kitchener's 125th Anniversary Booklet City of Kitchener/ 5,000.00 Wendy Collishaw

1979 06.26 Oral history project (research, taping, Dr. K. McLaughlin 1,000.00 transcribing)

1979 06.26 Woolwich LACAC: Designations, inventories Woolwich LACAC/ 1,500.00 Murray Haight

1979 06.26 Purchase of sketches for "Heritage Gallery" Waterloo LACAC/M. Rowell 900.00

1 1980 01.29 History Inventory Project: student salary costs Cambridge LACAC/D. Emberly 2,000.00

1980 02.26 Architectural Inventory: student salary supplement Kitchener LACAC/W. Collishaw 455.68

1980 03.25 Startup costs Waterloo North Region Branch: 800.00 ACO/J. Weller

1981 09.22 Ontario Museum Society Conference (Kitchener) Ontario Museum Association 500.00

1981 11.24 Oral History Program Kitchener Public Library/ 2,400.00 L. Matthews

1982 01.28 "Maple Leaf Journal" (Wellesley Township History) Wellesley Book Committee/ 2,500.00 Kitchener, Haner

1983 04.26 Non-specified project grant Heritage Cambridge/ 3,300.00 G. Musselman

1983 04.26 Purchase of molds for decorative lamp standards Heritage Cambridge/ 6,700.00 G. Musselman

1983 09.27 Annual grant Waterloo Historical Society 1,000.00

1984 02.21 Regional Museum brochures Waterloo-Wellington Museum 1,000.00 Co-operative/M. Tivy

1984 02.21 Analysis of 36-38 Water St. S. Cambridge Cambridge Riverbank 1,000.00 Development Advisory Committee/T. Smith

1984 04.24 Archaeology projects: Schneider Haus and Historic Sites Dept./ 5,252.00 and Country Gaol Joseph Schneider Haus

1984 05.22 Industrial Heritage Inventory Project Industrial Heritage/J. Knox 2,500.00

1984 06.26 Inventory of Historical Information Wellesley LACAC/D. Kroetsch 1,500.00

1984 07.10 Walking tour brochures Woolwich LACAC 465.00

1984 09.25 Start-up costs N. Dumfries LACAC 3,000.00

1984 10.23 Walking tour brochures Kitchener LACAC/G. Stoner 400.00

1984 11.27 Start-up costs Wilmot LACAC 3,000.00

1984 11.27 Annual grant Waterloo Historical Society 1,000.00

1985 02.26 Woollen mill preservation of exterior heritage Ontario Heritage Foundation 4,000.00 elements transferred to GRCA

1985 04.23 Scenic Roads Study Ecological & Environmental 6,000.00 Advisory Committee/M. Puopolo

1985 04.23 Summer Student salary costs N. Dumfries LACAC 800.00

1985 04.23 Community Heritage Fund Heritage Cambridge ACO/ 10,000.00 J. Smart

2 1985 09.24 Half of new roof costs Homer Watson House 23,000.00 Foundation/G. Gillians and F. Macintosh

1985 11.26 Annual grant Waterloo Historical Society 1,000.00

1985 11.26 Lampstandards Queen St. between Ellen & Lancaster City of Kitchener 5,000.00

1985 11.26 Industrial Heritage index: Completion of Hespeler Karen Trussler 350.00 portion

1986 02.25 Assist in purchase of Adam Ainslie manuscript Cambridge City Archives 150.00

1986 02.25 Publication of Centennial Book: assistance in Woolwich Historical Foundation/ 2,992.00 publication costs K. Lamb

1986 05.27 Oral history of workers at former Dominion Woollens & Dr. McLaughlin 1,190.00 Worsted Mill

1986 05.27 Regional Archaeological Master Plan Region of Waterloo: Planning & 5,000.00 Development/S. Thorsen

1986 06.24 Victoria Park Brochure Victoria Park Neighbourhood 250.00 Association/L. Ferguson

1986 06.24 Photograph Fire Insurance Plans for City of Waterloo Waterloo LACAC 1,798.00

1986 11.25 Facade study Cambridge LACAC/ 1,250.00 M. Goodbody

1986 06.24 Two student salary costs North Dumfries LACAC 1,161.00

1986 10.28 Annual grant Waterloo Historic Society 1,000.00

1986 11.25 Microfilming Tax Assessment Rolls Region of Waterloo (Information 3,000.00 County of Waterloo Graphics)

1986 11.25 Oral History Program Kitchener Public Library 2,000.00

1986 11.25 Additional grant for Facade Study Cambridge LACAC 1,500.00

1987 01.27 Grant Wilmot LACAC/Mrs. Cook 1,500.00

1987 0324 Additional grant for microfilming Tax Assesment Region of Waterloo (Information 1,400.00 Rolls (County of Waterloo) Graphics)

1987 03.24 Publication grant: "Caring on the Grand" Freeport Hospital 2,500.00

1987 03.24 Microfilming of Elmira Signet, Elmira Advertiser Information Graphics 5,425.00 Elmira Anzeiger

1987 04.28 Driving Tour booklet N. Dumfries LACAC 400.00

1987 04.28 Berlin map reproduction Association of Canadian Map 470.00 Libraries

1987 05.26 Restoration Old Woollen Mill Cambridge GRCA 4,000.00

3 1987 05.26 Preservation of collection of negatives of K•W Record University of Waterloo Library 5,000.00 photographs

1987 05.26 Walking Tour booklet Heritage Cambridge 3,000.00

1988 01.26 Manuscript on C. Thiele John Mellor 3,000.00

1988 01.26 Oral History Kitchener Public Library 2,000.00

1988 01.26 Awards--History Fair Waterloo County Board of 100.00 Education

1988 01.26 Elmira Signet microfilming Information Graphics 2,320.00

1988 03.29 Repairs to fence Church of Good Shepherd 1,000.00

1988 03.29 Rebuild chimney & brick work Homer Watson House 3,687.00

1988 04.26 Summer student North Dumfries LACAC 1,165.00

1988 04.26 Video re: regional art/artists Catherine Milloy 2,000.00

1988 05.24 Historical Study of Grand River University of Waterloo Heritage 3,000.00 Resource Centre

1988 05.24 Microfilm Waterloo County Newspapers & Waterloo Waterloo Historical Society 3,000.00 Township Records

1988 05.24 Summer student N. Dumfries LACAC 1,003.00

1988 09.27 Engineering drawings/contract documents Sheave Tower 8,000.00

1988 09.27 Inspection of Sheave Tower M. M. Dillon 1,500.00

1988 11.22 Brochures Cambridge LACAC/V. Spring 3,000.00

1988 11.22 Oral History Program Kitchener Public Library 2,000.00

1989 01.24 1988 Annual Grant Waterloo Historic Society 2,000.00

1989 01.24 History Fair Waterloo County Board of 100.00 Education

1989 03.28 Summer student North Dumfries LACAC 350.00

1989 04.25 Publication Preston Scout House Band 1,700.00

1989 04.25 Driving Tour booklet Wellesley LACAC 1,000.00

1989 04.25 Additional sum towards restoration Sheave Tower 5,000.00

1989 05.23 Harvie Cemetery project Dr. Shelley R. Saunders 2,000.00

1989 05.23 Brochure Waterloo-Wellington Museum 3,000.00 Collaborative

1989 05.23 Purchase of Dickson Papers City of Cambridge Archives 5,000.00

4 1989 06.27 Translation of German language portion of University of Waterloo Library 4,000.00 Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection

1989 06.27 Restoration of clock tower—Waterloo Post Office MKS Holdings 10,000.00

1989 10.24 Grant Waterloo Historical Society 2,000.00

1989 11.28 Fence restoration (final portion) Church of the Good Shepherd 2,000.00

1989 11.28 Historical photographs restoration YWCA/L. Ferguson 764.89

1990 02.20 Heritage District Study Wilmot Township LACAC 5,000.00

1990 02.20 Oral History Program Kitchener Public Library 2,000.00

1990 02.20 History Fair Waterloo County Board of 150.00 Education

1990 03.27 Publication of 60th Anniversary Booklet Kitchener-Waterloo Community 1,000.00 Concert Assoc.

1990 06.26 Brochure North Dumfries LACAC 257.42

1990 09.25 Brochure Waterloo Wellington Museum 3,000.00 Collaborative

1990 09.25 Archival Study Archival Feasibility Study 10,000.00 for Region of Waterloo

1990 11.27 Photo preservation L. O'Krafka, Kitchener LACAC 750.00

1990 11.27 Annual Volume Waterloo Historical Society 2,100.00

1991 01.29 Information pamphlet North Waterloo Region 332.35 Branch ACO

1991 01.29 Oral History program Kitchener Public Library 2,000.00

1991 02.26 History Fair Waterloo County Board of 250.00 Edcuation

1991 02.26 Heritage Conservation District Wilmot LACAC 3,000.00

1991 02.26 Song Book Alfred Schenk 4,500.00

1991 05.21 Freize Restoration Homer Watson House Foundation 15,000.00

1991 05.21 Historic videos Wendy Hallman 2,649.00

1991 06 25 Restore ceiling in dining room of McDougall cottage Heritage Cambridge 4,896.00

1991 09.24 Restoration Cheese House "Blackhorse 3,000.00 Corners" North Dumfries H & H Stager

1991 09.24 Feasibility Study (Partial Costs) Steckle Heritage Homestead 7,250.00

1991 10.29 Research on heritage structures Kitchener LACAC 1,560.00

5 1991 10.29 Waterloo Regional Project: Bibliography Elizabeth Bloomfield 5,000.00 (1991) 20,000.00 (1992)

1991 11.26 Annual volume Waterloo Historical Society 3,000.00

1992 01.28 Cheese factory (2nd installment) H & H Stager 3,000.00

1992 01.28 Oral History Program Kitchener Public Library 2,000.00

1992 01.28 History Fair Waterloo County Board of 250.00 Education

1992 01.28 Harvie Cemetery reinterment costs Robert S. Loughlean 2,500.00 (reimbursement)

1992 04.28 Publication assistance: Waterloo Regional Bibliography E. Bloomfield 4,000.00

1992 04.28 Reprinting of From to Waterloo Friends of Joseph Schneider Haus 7,000.00

1992 05.26 Restoration of Absolom Shade Monument Trinity Cemetery Committee 2,500.00 (Cambridge)

1992 11.24 Annul Volume Waterloo Historical Society 3,000.00

1992 11.24 Local History Fair Waterloo County Board of 250.00 Education

1993 Publication assistance: Waterloo Regional Bibliography E. Bloomfield 4,000.00 (2nd instalment)

1993 03.30 Oral History Program Kitchener Public Library 2,000.00

1993 04.27 Music Cassette and Kit re: singing schools Friends of Joseph Schneider Haus 2,853.00

1993 04.27 Publication assistance: Research Guide to Churches Waterloo-Wellington Branch. 3,500.00 OGS

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