Finding Aid : GA 193 Greb Industries Limited fonds.

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1 Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library Finding Aid : GA 193 Greb Industries Limited fonds. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 1

2 GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited Greb Industries Limited fonds ca. 1.9 m of textual records and other material. Greb Industries Limited was a shoe and boot manufacturing company based in Kitchener, Ontario. Charles E. Greb, who had moved to Berlin (now Kitchener) from Zurich, Ontario, in 1909, became the secretary-treasurer of the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company when it was incorporated in His son Erwin Greb joined the company as book-keeper. In 1912, Charles and Erwin acquired the company, and in 1916 it received a new charter of incorporation under the name Greb Shoe Company Limited, with Charles as president and Erwin as secretary-treasurer. In 1918, Erwin bought the controlling interest in the company from his father, who remained involved with the business in an advisory capacity. The Greb Shoe Company, which had plants on Queen Street and at the corner of Mansion and Chestnut Streets in Kitchener, was again reorganized and received a new charter in In 1938, it acquired Valentine and Martin Limited, a Waterloo manufacturer of work boots, shoes, and dress shoes, which continued to operate as a separate business until it was merged with the Greb Shoe Company in Operations by that time were consolidated at a plant on Breithaupt Street in Kitchener. When Erwin Greb died in 1954, his son Harry D. Greb took over as company president. Erwin s other sons were also involved in the company as directors; Arthur was in senior management and Charles was a plant manager and eventually became executive vice-president ( ). In 1959, the company purchased the Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company of Winnipeg, including its popular Kodiak brand boots. The expansion into Western Canada began a period of tremendous growth for the company. Manufacturing facilities were expanded, and the company made several other acquisitions, including Bauer Canadian Skate; Tebbutt Shoe and Leather Company of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec; and Collins Safety Shoes of Peterborough. A skate and boot plant was eventually opened in Bangor, Maine. The most significant factor in the company s growth through the 1960s was the popularity of Hush Puppies brand of casual shoes, which Greb began manufacturing under license from Wolverine World Wide of Rockford, Michigan, in the early 1960s. The mascot for this line of footwear, a basset hound named Velvet, was a popular symbol for the brand. In 1966, Greb Industries Limited became a publicly-traded company, and by the early 1970s it had grown to become Canada s largest footwear manufacturer, employing 1200 people in Kitchener and another 1100 in Winnipeg, Trois-Rivieres, and Bangor. In 1974, the company was purchased by Warrington Products Limited of Mississauga. Greb Industries Limited continued to manufacture footwear under the new owners, with several changes in operations, including the closure of several plants and a move for the head office from its Ardelt Avenue location in Kitchener to Mississauga. In 1987, Warrington sold the Greb division, which consisted mainly of Hush Puppies and Kodiak shoes and boots, to Taurus Footwear of Montreal. Production of Hush Puppies ended in 1989 when the licence was surrendered to Wolverine. The Bauer skate division, operating as Canstar Sports, had been relocated to Cambridge and sold to Nike. The last Greb plant in Kitchener, a Kodiak boot plant on Hayward Avenue, closed in In 1992, the Royal Bank took control of Taurus Footwear and formed Greb International to market the Kodiak brand domestically and internationally. In 2000 this company became Kodiak Group Holdings Inc., and in 2005, it purchased Terra Footwear in Newfoundland and has factories in Markdale, Ontario; Harbour Grace, Newfoundland; and in Asia. (Source: content of the fonds, and Briggs, T. and Greb, C.E., _The Greb Story_, Kitchener: Grebco Holdings Ltd., 2008) Contents: fonds consists of records relating to the history, administration, and operations of Greb Industries Limited and its predecessors, the Greb Shoe Company Limited and the Berlin Shoe Manufacuring Company Limited, as well as its subsidiary companies. Includes letters patent and by-laws, minutes, financial statements, annual reports, correspondence and memoranda, legal documents, press clippings, newsletters, reports, presentations, advertisements, photographs, ephemera, and audio and video recordings. Fonds is arranged in twelve series: 1. Incorporation and Board of Directors 2. Administration 3. Executive Vice-President's Files 4. Sales, Marketing, and Advertising 5. Hush Puppies Brand 6. Company Newsletters 7. Employees' Associations 8. Public Relations 9. Company History Files 10. The Greb Story 11. Photographs 12. Sound and Video Recordings Title from content of the fonds. Includes 282 photographs, 3 film reels, 3 audio cassettes, 2 audio reels, 1 DVD. The extent is measured in linear metres of shelf space occupied by the fonds. GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 2

3 Donated in Some material is in French. Detailed finding aid available. Material relating to Charles E. Greb and members of the Greb family can be found in GA 189, Charles E. Greb family fonds. Series 1 : Incorporation and Board of Directors Incorporation and board of directors cm. Contents: series consists of records relating to the incorporation and administration of the Greb Shoe Company Limited. Includes letters patent; by-laws; minutes of meetings of the board of directors from the date of incorporation on June 9, 1916, to October 30, 1930; and agreements. File 1 Letters patent and by-laws Contents: file consists of a leather-bound volume in which are pasted the letters patent and by-laws for the Greb Shoe Company Limited, created in 1916; special by-laws passed during the life of the company; and the acceptance by the Province of Ontario of the surrender of the company's letters patent in Volume also includes a register of shareholders. File 2 Board of Directors : minutes, Contents: file consists of a leather-bound volume in which are pasted the minutes of the Board of Directors of the Greb Shoe Company Limited from June 10, 1916 to October 30, 1930, and the acceptance by the Province of Ontario of the surrender of the company's letters patent in January, File also includes several loose proxy forms and two pieces of correspondence. File 3 Notice regarding by-laws Contents: file consists of a statutory agreement and a notice regarding special by-law no. 6 (to change the number of directors) of the Greb Shoe Company Limited. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 10 (File 95). A photocopy remains in that file. File 4 Surrender of letters patent Contents: file consists of two agreements relating to the re-organization of the Greb Shoe Company Limited, and the surrender of letters patent for the Greb Shoe Company Limited. In 1930, Erwin C. Greb issued a new charter to replace the 1916 charter. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 13 (File 98). Photocopies remains in that file. Series 2 : Administration Administration , [200-] (originally created 1919) cm. Contents: series consists of records relating to the administration of Greb Industries Limited; its subsidiary companies, Valentine and Martin Limited and Greb Shoes Limited; and its predecessors, the Greb Shoe Company Limited and the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited. Records relate to company management, accounting, personnel, operations, facilities, and the sale of Greb Industries Limited to Warrington Products Limited. Includes financial statements, annual reports, correspondence, memoranda, ms. notebooks, reports, manuals, agreements, press clippings, and other material. Annual reports cover the period from 1967 to Financial statements are present for the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited ( ), Greb Shoe Company Limited ( , 1941, ), Greb Industries Limited (1976), and Valentine and Martin Limited ( ). Linear extent of series does not include oversized materials. Series is arranged alphabetically. File 5 Annual Reports Contents: file consists of annual reports for Greb Industries Limited for the years and 1973, and a photocopy of the report for File also includes interim reports to shareholders (some photocopies), press clippings, a press release, a public relations pamphlet, and a letter to shareholders. Original title: IPO. File 6 Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company : agreement between H.D. McKellar and Charles E. Greb Contents: file consists of an agreement between H.D. McKellar (president) and Charles E. Greb Sr. (vice-president) regarding the transfer of shares of the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited from the former to the latter as the company approached insolvency. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 4 (File 89). A photocopy remains in that file. GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 3

4 File 7 Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company : bill of sale to the Greb Shoe Company Limited Contents: file consists of an agreement between the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited and the Greb Shoe Company Limited regarding the sale of the former to the latter. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 7 (File 92). A photocopy remains in that file. File 8 Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company : receipt Contents: file consists of a receipt to Charles Greb from Nelson [Gros?] of The Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited, showing the new address of factory at Queen Street South in Berlin (now Kitchener). Originally in Series 10, as endnote 3 (File 88). A photocopy remains in that file. File 9 Company reports : Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited Contents: file consists of reports from The Mercantile Agency, R.G. Dun & Co. (Toronto, ON) about the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 5 (File 90). Photocopies remain in that file. File 10 Company reports : Greb Shoe Company Limited (file 1 of 2) Contents: file consists of a report from The Bradstreet Company (Toronto, ON) about the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 6 (File 91). A photocopy remains in that file. File 11 Company reports : Greb Shoe Company Limited (file 2 of 2) Contents: file consists of a report on the Greb Shoe Company Limited from Dun & Bradstreet of Canada (Toronto, ON). Originally in Series 10, as endnote 15 (File 100). A photocopy remains in that file. File 12 Company reports : Valentine and Martin Limited Contents: file consists of two reports on Valentine and Martin Limited by Dun & Bradstreet of Canada (Toronto, ON). Originally in Series 10, as endnote 17 (File 102). Photocopies remain in that file. File 13 Facilities : agreement for sale of land Contents: file consists of an agreement relating to the sale of the property and building at Mansion and Chestnut Streets in Kitchener to Erwin C. Greb by Gourlay & Fogelberg, Ltd. File also includes an ms. sketch of the property and a statement of adjustments. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 11 (File 96). Photocopies remain in that file. File 14 Facilities : relocation to Mississauga Contents: file consists of photocopies of a news release and memoranda to staff from Greb Industries Limited presdient Stanley B. Frieze regarding the relocation of the administration offices, distribution and customer service facilites from Kitchener to 6500 Millcreek Drive in Mississauga. Originally in Series 10, as references not in text, file 9 (File 140). Photocopies remain in that file. File 15 Facilities : specification of labour and material for office building for the Greb Shoe Co., Kitchener, Ontario Contents: file consists of material relating to the specifications for the construction of the Greb Shoe Company office building in Kitchener, Ontario. Includes a carbon copy of the ts. specifications supplied by Jenkins & Wright, architects (Kitchener, ON), and proposals and correspondence relating to the building contract. File 16 Financial : correspondence of Erwin C. Greb Contents: file consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of Erwin C. Greb with Bank of Toronto branch managers Thomas How and E.W. Lamprey regarding the finances of the Greb Shoe Company. Some letters are marked 'personal'. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 12 (File 97). Photocopies remain in that file. File 17 Financial : Greb Industries Limited : indicated earnings level Contents: file consists of a report about the earnings for Greb Industries Limited from 1967 to 1971, the capitalization rate for outstanding Class C shares as of December 31, 1971, and the sale of the company to Warrington Products Limited in File 18 Financial : Greb Industries Limited : valuation report Contents: file consists of a report prepared by Thorne, Gunn & Co., chartered accountants (Toronto, ON) about the fair market value of the issued and outstanding Class C shares of Greb Industries Limited held by Charles E. Greb as of December 31, GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 4

5 File 19 OVR Financial statements : Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited and Greb Shoe Company Limited Contents: file consists of the financial statements for the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limted for the years ending December 31, 1913 to 1915, and for the Greb Shoe Company Limited for the years ending December 31, 1916 to Statements prepared by Scully and Scully, accountants (Berlin/Kitchener, ON). Original title: Financial statements, Material is oversized. File 20 Financial statements : Greb Industries Limited and subsidiary companies Contents: file consists of financial statements for Greb Industries Limited and its subsidiary companies as of January 3, Includes financial statements for Greb Industries Limited, Greb Shoes Limited, Bauer Canadian Skate Inc., Collins Safety Shoes Limited, Greb Realty Limited, and Canada Skate Company Limited. Statements were prepared by Touch Ross & Co., chartered accountants (Kitchener, ON). File 21 Financial statements : Greb Shoe Company Limited , Contents: file consists of financial statements for the Greb Shoe Company Limited for the years ending December 31, 1941 and Statements were prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, chartered accountants (Toronto, ON). File 22 Financial statements : Valentine and Martin Limited Contents: file consists of financial statements for Valentine and Martin Limited for the years ending December 31, Statements were prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson, chartered accountants (Toronto, ON). File also includes a statement of shareholders' assets and liabilties for January 2, File 23 Greb Shoe Company Limited : sale of holdings by Charles Greb to Erwin C. Greb Contents: file consists of a ts. notice about the agreement whereby Erwin C. Greb purchased the controlling interest in the Greb Shoe Company held by Charles Greb for $ Notice contains ms. notes. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 8 (File 93). A photocopy remains in that file. File 24 Notebook Contents: file consists of a small leather-bound binder of note paper containing ms. and ts. notes, probably belonging to Erwin C. Greb. Includes charts relating to the costs of producing footwear, including the materials, equipment, and overhead expenses. Also includes notes relating to inventory, a recipe for tan cleaner, etc. File 25 Notebook Contents: file consists of a leather-bound notebook and 1915 calendar made by The Breithaupt Leather Co. Limited. Contains ms. notes and financial information. Most pages are blank. File 26 Notebook Contents: file consists of a leather-bound binder of note paper containing ms. and ts. notes. Includes charts relating to estimated and actual costs of producing footwear, including the materials and overhead expenses. Also includes notes relating to inventory and output, price lists, etc. File 27 Operations : Hush Puppies orders. - [197-]. Contents: file consists of a photocopy of an ms. chart of figures relating to Hush Puppies incoming orders during the 1960s and 1970s. Originally in Series 10, as references not in text, file 3 (File 134). A photocopy remains in that file. File 28 Operations : production reports Contents: file consists of ts. and ms. production reports, including numbers for standard screw, welts, and stitchdown types of footwear. One report describes production for the Greb Shoe Company Limited from 1933 to 1948, and the other untitled report describes production from 1936 to Originally in Series 10, as endnote 18 (File 103). Photocopies remain in that file. File 29 Operations : Vylyt soles Contents: file consists of correspondence among Charles E. Greb, Ross E. Hahn (assistant General Manager) and the Vylyt Corporation (New York, NY) regarding the use of Vylyt soles for Greb footwear. File also includes three pages clipped from the April, 1953 issue of Shoe & Leather Journal containing advertisements for Greb retail customers. Originally in Series 10, as references not in text, file 7 (File 138). Photocopies remain in that file. GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 5

6 File 30 Personnel : agreement hiring Charles E. Greb Sr , Contents: file consists of an agreement whereby Charles Greb was hired by the Greb Shoe Company Limited in an advisory capacity. The agreement was renewed in Originally in Series 10, as endnote 9 (File 94). A photocopy remains in that file. File 31 Personnel : employees manuals , Contents: file consists of two employees manuals for Greb Shoes Limited/Greb Industries Limited, one for Kitchener and one for Winnipeg. File also includes a copy of the group pension plan and an article about the Greb plant in Winnipeg. File 32 Personnel : executive salary review Contents: file consists of three executive salary review statements, containing information about the salary adjustments for the president and vice-presidents of Greb Industries Limited for 1971, 1972, and Loose material. File 33 Personnel : monthly salary and wages reports Contents: file consists of monthly ms. reports containing information about the number of salaried and hourly employees, hours worked, wages earned, and the number of working days. File 34 Personnel : names of employees compiled for the twin city directory , [196-?]. Contents: file consists of carbon copies of lists of employees and their addresses compiled for inclusion in the Vernon city directories for Kitchener-Waterloo. Includes lists of employees at the Valentine and Martin factory at 300 Breithaupt Street for 1946, 1947, 1949, and 1950; and at the Greb Shoes factory at 72 St. Leger Street for , 1959, and [196-?]. File also includes blank forms from Vernon Directories Limited. Ms. notes on folder: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1953, File 35 Personnel : vacations Contents: file consists of letters and memoranda to employees from Erwin C. Greb regarding summer and Christmas vacations. File also includes a letter from the foremen to Greb on behalf of the employees, thanking him for a paid summer vacation. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 14 (File 99). Photocopies remain in that file. File 36 Purchase of Canada West : letter Contents: file consists of a photostat copy of a letter to Charles E. Greb from barristers Pitblado, Hoskin, & Co. (Winnipeg, MB) regarding the purchase price paid by Greb Industries for the assests of the Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited and Calumet Shoe Company Limited. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 28 (File 113). A photocopy remains in that file. File 37a Sale to Warrington Products Limited (file 1 of 2) , predominant Contents: file consists of material relating to the sale of Greb Industries Limited to Warrington Product Limited (Don Mills, ON) in Includes photocopies of draft agreements and a draft offer to purchase, photocopies of the closing documents relating to the sale (including agreements, schedules, financial statements and correspondence), press clippings, photocopies of organizational charts, research reports about Warrington, Warrington annual reports (1972, 1973), correspondence, the cash offer by Warrington sent to Greb sharholders, and other photocopied documents. Untitled folder. File 37b Sale to Warrington Products Limited (file 2 of 2) , predominant Contents: file consists of material relating to the sale of Greb Industries Limited to Warrington Product Limited (Don Mills, ON) in Includes photocopies of draft agreements and a draft offer to purchase, photocopies of the closing documents relating to the sale (including agreements, schedules, financial statements and correspondence), press clippings, photocopies of organizational charts, research reports about Warrington, Warrington annual reports (1972, 1973), correspondence, the cash offer by Warrington sent to Greb sharholders, and other photocopied documents. Untitled folder. File 38 Sale to Warrington Products Limited : letters to shareholders and employees Contents: file consists of two letters from president Harry Greb regarding the sale of Greb Industries Limited to Warrington Products Limited. One letter is addressed to the employees and the other to the shareholders. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 43 (File 127). Photocopies remain in that file. GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 6

7 File 39 Shoe Manufacturers Association of Canada : application. - [200-] (originally created 1919). Contents: file consists of a colour photocopy of an application by Erwin C. Greb and the Greb Shoe Company Limited for membership in the Shoe Manufanufactuers Association of Canada. Originally in Series 10, as references not in text, file 1 (File 132). A photocopy remains in that file. File 40 Valentine and Martin Limited : purchase and merger , Contents: file consists of a cheque from Erwin C. Greb to J.B. Martin for $ for the 1938 purchase of Valentine and Martin Limited, and a memorandum from Harry Greb to the customers of Valentine and Martin regarding the merger with the Greb Shoe Company in Originally in Series 10, as endnote 16 (File 101). Photocopies remain in that file. Series 3 : Executive Vice-President's Files Executive vice-president's files cm. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm. Contents: series consists of records accumulated and used by Charles E. Greb in his role as exectuive vice-president of Greb Industries Limited. Includes memoranda to the management group, and correspondence, ephemera, and other material relating to a retirement dinner for several senior executives. File 41 Executive vice-president monthly memorandum : March 6, November 13, Contents: file consists of monthly memoranda from executive vice-president Charles E. Greb to the management group at Greb Industries Limited, from March 6, 1970 to November 13, Memoranda contain news and information regarding product lines, budgets, organizational changes, company policies, and other management issues. File also includes a mailing list for the memoranda and organizational charts. Originally in three-ring binder. File 42 Executive vice-president monthly memorandum : January 9, July 25, Contents: file consists of monthly memoranda from executive vice-president Charles E. Greb to the management group at Greb Industries Limited, from January 9, 1973 to July 25, Memoranda contain news and information regarding product lines, budgets, organizational changes, company policies, and other management issues. Originally in three-ring binder. File 43 Series 4 : Retirement, February 7, photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm. Contents: file consists of material relating to the retirement dinner on February 7, 1975, given in honour of Harry D. Greb, Arthur C. Greb, Ross E. Hahn, and John D. Campbell. Includes correspondence and memoranda about the event, a guest list, the evening's agenda, a press release, press clippings, ephemera, ms. notes, and a photograph of Charles E. Greb seated at a table with John A. Pollock and others. Includes personal correspondence to Charles expressing best wishes to the retiring executives. Sales, Marketing and Advertising Sales, marketing and advertising , cm. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Contents: series consists of material relating to the sales, marketing, and advertising of Greb Shoes and its various brands, including Hush Puppies, Bauer, Mohicans, Ramblers, and Cat Treads. Includes magazine and newspaper advertisements, fliers, point-of-purchase advertisements, advertisements for Greb retailers and sales staff, speeches given at a sales meeting, a marketing case study, and other advertising material. Linear extent of series does not include oversized materials. Some material is in French. See also Series 12 (Sound and Video Recordings) for more advertisements. File 44 Advertisements photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Contents: file consists of material advertising Greb Shoes and its various brands and styles, including Hush Puppies, Bauer, Mohicans, Ramblers, and Cat Treads. Includes magazine and newspaper advertisements (some photocopies), fliers, a pamphlet about leather, adhesive decals, product tags, and other advertising material. Includes some advertisements directed toward retailers and sales staff as well as the 1976 Bauer athletic footwear advertising plan. File also includes a photograph of Velvet the basset hound, the Hush Puppies mascot. Some material is in French. GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 7

8 File 45 Bauer Division sales meeting : speeches Contents: file consists of ts. speeches given by outgoing president of Greb Industries Limited R.P. Curl and incoming president A. Morissette at a Bauer Division sales meeting in January, File also includes an article clipped from the July 15, 1978 Globe and Mail entitled "Retrenchment, consolidation restoring confidence in Kitchener manufacturer". Originally in Series 10, as endnote 44 (File 128). A photocopy remains in that file. File 46 Case study : Hush Puppies marketing strategy Contents: file consists of a ts. case study of Greb Shoes Limited and the marketing of the Hush Puppies brand, prepared by Brian W. Jones for a class at the School of Business Administration, Univeristy of Western Ontario (London, ON). Originally in Series 10, as endnote 31 (File 115). A photocopy remains in that file. File 47 OVR Greb Hush Puppies : colouring contest Contents: file consists of material relating to the 1971 Hush Puppies colouring contest national advertising campaign. Includes a ts. description of the campaign, an advertisment for Hush Puppies retailers, and an advertisement clipped from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record. Some material is oversized. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 41 (File 125). Photocopies remains in that file. File 48 Shoe & Leather Journal : advertisements Contents: file consists of three pages clipped from the April, 1953 issue of Shoe & Leather Journal containing advertisements for Greb retailers. Originally in Series 10, as references not in text, file 7 (File 138). Photocopies remain in that file. Series 5 : Hush Puppies Brand Hush Puppies brand cm. - 7 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller. Contents: series consists of records relating to the Hush Puppies brand of footwear and international meetings of Hush Puppies licencees. Includes newsletters; conference presentations; and correspondence, press clippings, and other material relating to the organization and publicity of the 1974 Hush Puppies World Conference, part of which was hosted by Greb Industries Limited in Kitchener. File 49 Hush Puppies International Exchange Contents: file consists of six issues of the newsletter Hush Puppies International Exchange, published by Wolverine Shoe and Tanning Corporation (Rockford, MI) for Hush Puppies licencees. Includes vol. 1, no. 1; vol, 2, no. 1, 2, 3; vol. 3, no. 1, 2. Includes multiple copies. File 50 Hush Puppies Advertising and marketing conference : Djerba, Tunisia Contents: file consists of a collection of ts. presentations given at the first world wide Hush Puppies advertising and marketing conference held in Djerba, Tunisia, in February Presentations are from the following countries: USA, Netherlands, South Africa, Canada, France, West Germany, England, El Salvador, Australia, Sweden, Japan, Austria, and Mexico. File also includes an unrelated press clipping about Velvet, the Hush Puppies basset hound mascot. Originally spiral bound. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 33 (File 117). A photocopy remains in that file. File 51 Hush Puppies licencees meeting : Februrary, Contents: file consists of a presentation about Greb Shoes given at the international Hush Puppies licencees meeting in Tunis in Contains information about the history of the company and Greb's experience with Hush Puppies, as well as the development of advertising and marketing at Greb. Presenters included Jack Campbell, Jerry Goodis, and Charles E. Greb. The presentation is divided by tabs for the years 1959 to 1968, followed by a section entited "Slides and commercials". Originally in a three-ring binder. GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 8

9 File 52 Hush Puppies World Conference, photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller. Contents: file consists of material relating to the organization and publicity of the Kitchener portion of the Hush Puppies World Conference held in Includes news releases, press clippings, incoming and outgoing correspondence of Charles E. Greb (including thank-you letters from conference delegates), agendas, Wolverine advertising material, and other documents. File also includes photographs of Charles E. Greb [at the Calgary portion of the conference?], the delegates outside the Greb offices on Ardelt Avenue (Kitchener), and others. Original title: Hush Puppies con 1974 File 53 The Greb Story : Hush Puppies World Conference, Contents: file consists of two copies of The Greb Story, a ts. document about the history, organization, and operation of Greb Industries Limited, prepared for the 1974 conference of international Hush Puppies licensees. Series 6 : Company Newsletters Company newsletters , cm. Contents: series consists of company newsletters, produced and distributed for internal communications and publicity purposes. The Cobbler, published by the Greb Shoes Employees' Association, was begun in It was replaced with the Greb Newshound in 1962, and was published until [ca. 1971?]. In 1978, a new company newsletter, Greb Footnotes, was launched. Series may not include a complete run of any one publication, and some issues may be missing. Series arranged chronologically. Some material is in French. File 54 The Cobbler : volume Contents: file consists of five issues of the newsletter The Cobbler, published by the Greb Shoe Employees' Association. Includes vol. 1, no File 55 The Cobbler : volume Contents: file consists of ten issues of the newsletter The Cobbler, published by the Greb Shoe Employees' Association. Includes vol. 2, no. 1/2, 3-6, 7/8, File 56 The Cobbler : volume Contents: file consists of eight issues of the newsletter The Cobbler, published by the Greb Shoe Employees' Association. Includes January, April, May, June, July, September, and December 1955, and April File 57a Greb Newshound (file 1 of 5) Contents: file consists of issues of the employee newsletter Greb Newshound. Includes issues 1-32 and Some issues are in French and English. File 57b Greb Newshound (file 2 of 5) Contents: file consists of issues of the employee newsletter Greb Newshound. Includes issues 1-32 and Some issues are in French and English. File 57c Greb Newshound (file 3 of 5) Contents: file consists of issues of the employee newsletter Greb Newshound. Includes issues 1-32 and Some issues are in French and English. File 57d Greb Newshound (file 4 of 5) Contents: file consists of issues of the employee newsletter Greb Newshound. Includes issues 1-32 and Some issues are in French and English. File 57e Greb Newshound (file 5 of 5) Contents: file consists of issues of the employee newsletter Greb Newshound. Includes issues 1-32 and Some issues are in French and English. File 58 Greb Footnotes Contents: file consists of four issues of the employee newsletter Greb Footnotes. Includes vol. 1, no. 1, 3, 4, and 9. GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 9

10 Series 7 : Employees' Associations Employees' associations , cm. - 2 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm and 21 x 26 cm. Contents: series consists of records relating to the Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club, the Greb Shoes Employees' Association, and the Valentine and Martin Employees' Association. Includes association constitutions, by-laws, meeting agendas and minutes, and financial statements; newspaper clippings; correspondence; membership rolls and rosters; ephemera; photographs; and other material. Series arranged alphabetically. File 59 Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm and 21 x 26 cm. Contents: file consists of material relating to the Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club, including the launch of the club in 1953, annual banquets, and the chapters in Winnipeg and Trois-Rivieres. Includes press clippings (some photocopies), news releases, programs from annual banquets, and correspondence, including a letter to Harry Greb from L.O. Breithaupt, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. Includes two photographs, one of long service members Frederick and Milt Daub and employee Walter Daub; and one of the head table at the inaugeral banquet. Some material is in French. Originally in Series 10, as references not in text, file2 (File 133). Photocopies remain in that file. File 60 Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club : membership roll Contents: file consists of the membership roll of the Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club. Includes descriptions of annual meetings and lists of new members for each year from 1953 to One bound volume. File 61a Greb Shoes Employees' Association : minutes, (file 1 of 3) Contents: file consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Greb Shoes Employees' Association. Includes a petition requesting to organize the GSEA, memoranda from management to employees, the association constitution, notices and agendas for meetings, minutes of meetings from March 1952 to January 1958, financial statements, and membership rosters from 1952 to Some pages are marked using post-it notes. File 61b Greb Shoes Employees' Association : minutes, (file 2 of 3) Contents: file consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Greb Shoes Employees' Association. Includes a petition requesting to organize the GSEA, memoranda from management to employees, the association constitution, notices and agendas for meetings, minutes of meetings from March 1952 to January 1958, financial statements, and membership rosters from 1952 to Some pages are marked using post-it notes. File 61c Greb Shoes Employees' Association : minutes, (file 3 of 3) Contents: file consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Greb Shoes Employees' Association. Includes a petition requesting to organize the GSEA, memoranda from management to employees, the association constitution, notices and agendas for meetings, minutes of meetings from March 1952 to January 1958, financial statements, and membership rosters from 1952 to Some pages are marked using post-it notes. File 62a Valentine and Martin Employees' Association : minutes, (file 1 of 2) Contents: file consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Valentine and Martin Employees Association. Includes the constitution and by-laws, the mutual benefit policy and employment agreement, memoranda from management to the employees, and minutes of the provisional and advisory committees of the association from May, 1941 to August, The Valentine and Martin Employeees Association was merged with the Greb Shoes Employees Association when it was formed in Originally in untitled three-ring binder. GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 10

11 File 62b Valentine and Martin Employees' Association : minutes, (file 2 of 2) Contents: file consists of material relating to the formation and operation of the Valentine and Martin Employees Association. Includes the constitution and by-laws, the mutual benefit policy and employment agreement, memoranda from management to the employees, and minutes of the provisional and advisory committees of the association from May, 1941 to August, The Valentine and Martin Employeees Association was merged with the Greb Shoes Employees Association when it was formed in Originally in untitled three-ring binder. Series 8 : Public Relations Public relations cm. Contents: series consists of material relating to the public relations activities of Greb Industries Limited, and in particular to the Greb Hiking Bureau, a project organized by Greb Shoes to promote recreational hiking in Canada, but also includes material relating to the Oktoberfest road races, sponsored by the company. Includes pamphlets, reports, news releases, and other material. File 63 Greb Hiking Bureau Contents: file consists of material relating to the Greb Hiking Bureau and hiking in Canada. Includes publicity material created by the Greb Hiking Bureau: pamphlets, reports, news releases, and a Canadian hiking trail guide. File also includes a carbon copy of a speech given by Charles E. Greb to the Kitchener YMCA about hiking, Bruce Trail Association membership cards, and a brochure about the 1972 Okotoberfest road races, sponsord by Greb Industries Limited. Originally in Series 10, as references not in text, file 6 (File 137). Photocopies remain in that file. Series 9 : Company History Files Company history files , cm photographs : b&w and col. ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller. Contents: series consists of material relating to the history of Greb Industries Limited and its predecessor, the Greb Shoe Company Limited. Includes press clippings, scrapbooks of press clippings, correspondence and memoranda, speeches, agreements and leases, advertising material, price lists, photographs, and other material. Material probably collected and compiled by Charles E. Greb. Linear extent of series does not include oversized materials. Series arranged alphabetically. Some material is in French. File 64 Bauer history. - [ca. 1974]. Contents: file consists of a ts. history of the Bauer Skate Company and the skate industry in North America, written by Don Bauer. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 37 (File 121). A photocopy remains in that file. File 65 Canada West Shoe Manufacturing (1978) Co. Ltd Contents: file consists of press clippings relating to the formation of the Canada West Shoe Manufacturing (1978) Co. Ltd. in Winnipeg, MB. File 66 OVR Greb Industries Limited clippings , Contents: file consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings related to Greb Industries Limited. Clippings are loose between pages. Most pages of the scrapbook are blank. Oversized file. File 67 OVR Greb Shoe clippings Contents: file consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings related to Greb Shoes. Clippings are loose between pages. Some pages of the scrapbook are blank. Oversized file. Some clippings are in French. File 68 OVR "Greb Shoe honours long-service employees" Contents: file consists of two copies of a page reprinted from the February 28, 1953 Kitchener-Waterloo Record containing articles about and photographs of the launch of the Greb Shoe Quarter Century Club. Oversized material. GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 11

12 File 69 Greb Shoes, 1950s photograph : b&w ; 21 x 13 cm. Contents: file consists of material relating to Greb Shoes during the 1950s. Includes press clippings (some photocopies and reprints), memoranda to Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company customers, and a photograph. Original title: Greb Shoes 50. File 70a Greb Shoes, 1960s (file 1 of 2) photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller. Contents: file consists of press clippings and other material relating to Greb Industries and Greb Shoes during the 1960s, and Charles E. Greb's tenure as manager of the Winnipeg plant. Includes news releases, correspondence, footwear price lists, product tags, a memorandum to retail customers, ts. speeches by Charles E. Greb and J.D. Campbell (vicepresident, marketing), and other documents. Press clippings also relate to local history and news in Kitchener-Waterloo, the death of politician Maitland Steinkopf (also founder of Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company), and GGD advertising agency (used by Greb). Photographs are of men and women wearing Greb footwear, Hush Puppies displays, an unidentified event attended by Harry and Arthur Greb, and Charles E. Greb awarding Best in Show at the K-W Kennel Club. Original title: Clippings, Photographer: Campbell & Chipman Photographers (Toronto, ON). Photographer: Eaton's of Canada Commercial Photographic Studio (Toronto, ON). File 70b Greb Shoes, 1960s (file 2 of 2) photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller. Contents: file consists of press clippings and other material relating to Greb Industries and Greb Shoes during the 1960s, and Charles E. Greb's tenure as manager of the Winnipeg plant. Includes news releases, correspondence, footwear price lists, product tags, a memorandum to retail customers, ts. speeches by Charles E. Greb and J.D. Campbell (vicepresident, marketing), and other documents. Press clippings also relate to local history and news in Kitchener-Waterloo, the death of politician Maitland Steinkopf (also founder of Canada West Shoe Manufacturing Company), and GGD advertising agency (used by Greb). Photographs are of men and women wearing Greb footwear, Hush Puppies displays, an unidentified event attended by Harry and Arthur Greb, and Charles E. Greb awarding Best in Show at the K-W Kennel Club. Original title: Clippings, Photographer: Campbell & Chipman Photographers (Toronto, ON). Photographer: Eaton's of Canada Commercial Photographic Studio (Toronto, ON). File 71 File 72 Greb Shoes, 1970s photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Contents: file consists of press clippings and other material relating to Greb Industries and Greb Shoes during the 1970s. Includes articles and advertisements clipped from newspapers and magazines (some photocopies), memoranda from the company president to employees regarding organizational changes, news releases, ms. notes, and ephemera. File also includes a photograph of the basset hound Velvet, as well as sundry documents such as a sales conference agenda, restructuring proposal, a speech given by Harry Greb to a GSEA banquet, etc. Original title: Clippings, Photographer: Forde Studio (Kitchener, ON). Greb Shoes, 1980s. - [ca. 1962?], photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm. Contents: file consists of material relating to Greb Industries Limited and the career and community involvement of Charles E. Greb during the 1980s. Includes press clippings (some photocopied), correspondence addressed to Greb, ephemera, and a photograph of the site of a Greb Shoes factory before construction. Includes a letter from Prime Minister Trudeau's correspondence assistant thanking Greb for a letter sent in support of Trudeau's peace initiatives. Original title: Clippings, File 73 Greb Shoes, 1990s Contents: file consists of press clippings (some print-outs from the World Wide Web) and correspondence relating to Greb Industries Limited during the 1990s. Most clippings relate to the 1990 closing of Greb Shoes in Kitchener. File also includes correspondence (some faxed) and clippings relating to an article in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record about the reconstruction of the old city hall clock tower in Kitchener's Victoria Park. File 74 Greb Shoes, Contents: file consists of press clippings, including some print-outs from the World Wide Web, relating to the history of Greb Industries Limited and the 2003 closure of the Bauer Nike Hockey Inc. plant in Cambridge. File also includes colour print-outs of portions of the web sites of Hush Puppies and Kodiak Boots, and a brochure advertising Kodiak footwear. Original title: Clippings, GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 12

13 File 75 Greb Shoes prior to , Contents: file consists of material relating to the Greb Shoe Company and Valentine and Martin Company prior to Includes press clippings (some photocopies), Christmas cards from Valentine and Martin, and an agreement between Charles E. Greb and Erwin C. Greb regarding the purchase of Valentine and Martin shares. File 76 OVR Hiking clippings Contents: file consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings related to hiking and hiking trails. Clippings are loose between pages. Some pages of the scrapbook are blank. Oversized file. Some clippings are in French. File 77 Historical miscellaneous , , Contents: file consists of material relating to the history, administration, and operations of Greb Industries and Greb Shoes. Includes sundry documents such as press clippings (some photocopies and print-outs from the World Wide Web), memoranda, leases, correspondence, reports, photocopied agreements, and ephemera. Includes ts. notes from an interview with J.D. Campbell (vice president, marketing), American Standards Association specifications for protective occupational footwear (1943), and a letter regarding the War Expenditures Committee on Army Boot charges (1945), which mentions the Greb Shoe Company. The leases are for machinery leased by the Berlin Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited. File 78 "Hush Puppies' evolution" Contents: file consists of the May, 1970 issues of Successful Business (advertising newsletter), containing an article about Hush Puppies. File 79 Ratchford drawings and board table : correspondence Contents: file consists of correspondence between Charles E. Greb and John Simth (general manager, Greb Kitchener Operations) regarding four original pictures by local artist Douglas Ratchford (gifts to Harry Greb in the 1970s) kept at Greb's Kitchener location, and the board room table and chairs belonging to Charles E. Greb. Originally in Series 10, as endnote 46 (File 130). Photocopies remain in that file. File 80 OVR Scrapbook Contents: file consists of a scrapbook containing press clippings related to Greb Shoes. Some clippings are loose between the pages, and some are loose between the last page and the back cover. Some clippings are photocopies. Untitled volume. Oversized file. Some clippings are in French. File 81 Victory : a portfolio of reproductions of the documents of surrender Contents: file consists of a portfolio of reproductions of the documents of surrender from World War II, presented by the National War Finance Committee to Greb Shoe Company Limited on the occasion of Canada's ninth victory loan. File 82 "Winnipeg plant launches a new line of footwear" Contents: file consists of a photocopy of an article from the Winnipeg Tribune on June 26, 1970 about the launch of the Bauer Jogger jogging shoe by Greb Shoes Limited. Clipping is laminated. Series 10 : The Greb Story The Greb Story. - [ca. 1910], , , cm photographs : b&w and col. ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller. Contents: series consists of records relating to the book _The Greb Story_ by Tom Briggs and Charles E. Greb (Kitchener: Grebco Holdings Inc., 2008), and in particular, files of supporting documentation corresponding to the endnotes in the book. Includes press clippings (some photocopied), agreements, reports, correspondence and memoranda, speeches, news releases, ephemera, a ledger, photocopied pages from company newsletters and employees association meeting minutes, and other material. File also includes photographs used as illustrations in the book. Series arranged alphabetically. Some material is in French. The material found in some files in this series relating to the endnotes of _The Greb Story_ has been moved to other series to reflect the original purpose of the documents. Photocopies of the documents remain in this series to reflect the arrangement by Charles E. Greb for documenting the endnotes in the book. A note indicates the corresponding file in which the original documents can be found. GA 193 : Greb Industries Limited. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 13