File contains a photocopied manuscript set of volumes 1 and 2 of The Seaview Gazette, a newsletter produced by members of the 'Bancroft Clan' in Belleville, Ontario, for the period June 1892 to April 1893. Also included are photocopied printed monthly issues of the publication August 1893 to June 1894. The issues largely focus on social news, visits and community events. Also present is a letter of 28 September 1966 from Wlliam F.E. Morley, Curator, Special Collections Queen's University, Kingston to Gerald Boyce accompanying the transmission of the copies.

File contains a manuscript letter from Sheila {Burrows] Chapline, registrar and lecturer at the New York School of Interior Design to Mrs. Dorothy Sargent, the curator of the Hastings County Museum thanking the latter for a gift. Ms. Chapline was a descendant of the Phillips family, the original owners of Glanmore in Belleville.

File contains an article from The Intelligencer, 25 September 1968 profiling Miss Joy Nicholls, owner of the Quinte Bookshop, Bridge Street East, Belleville, which she had owned and operated for 35 years.

File contains a printed Victorian Order of Nurses membership card, and a printed Women's Canadian Club membership card, for 1936-1937 for Dr. Ethel A. Noble, Belleville. Also present is a blank printed statement of accounts for professional services rendered by Dr. Ethel A. Noble, ca. 1940.

File contains several receipts and statements of account owed to Anson G. Northrup, Esq., Belleville. Includes a typescript note listing two record of marriage licenses issued by A. G. Northrup, who held the office of Clerk of Hastings County Court. Also present is the last will and testament of Mary Northrup, March 12, 1867, executed 5 June 1879.

File contains a manuscript letter dated 7 August 1897 on I.O.O.F. printed letterhead, from A. Bates, Secretary, Belleville Branch, Grand Lodge of the International Order of Oddfellows, to W.N. Ponton thanking the latter for making the Armory available for a reception of the Grand Lodge in August, 1897.

File contains a newspaper article dated 21 November 1962 concerning the presentation of the Decoration of Chivalry, the highest decoration in the Odd Fellows' Lodge, to Larry Pollitt, Belleville, and Ralph Hubbs, Picton, for long-term service to the Order.

File contains a newspaper clipping regarding the opening of a newly expanded cheese warehouse in Belleville by the Ontario Cheese Producers' Marketing Board in July 1964. Also present is a clipping regarding proposed limits on the importation of Canadian Cheese by Britain in April, 1969.

File contains a manuscript marriage certificate of Joseph R. Ostrom and Sarah Ann Duke, Belleville, 9 January 1862, Also present is a silk printed ribbon commemorating a Canadian Order of Foresters picnic in August 1894.

File contains a newspaper article from The Intelligencer, 8 September 1961 concerning the Charles Parm Steer Raising Ranch, which operated within the city limits of Belleville. The article describes cattle drives which occurred in the central area of the city in 1913.

File contains a completed, printed City of Belleville Tax Notice issued to Mrs. Susan Pake, Baldwin Ward, Belleville.

File contains a two-page manuscript biography of Sir Gilbert Parker with a list of the books which he authored, 1888-1910.

File contains a photocopied newspaper clipping announcing a lecture entitled “Tales of Life under all Flags,” to be presented in Belleville by Sir Gilbert Parker July 15, 1890. The event was sponsored by the 15th Battalion, Argyll Light Infantry.

File contains a printed programme of “Women's Parliament of Prophecy, A.D. 2901,” an all-female performance of a mock parliament in two acts, which took place at the Belleville Opera House in May, 1901.

File contains two newspaper articles from The Intelligencer, 8 June 1966 announcing the Hastings Historical Society's acquisition and exhibition of Dr. A Paul's 350-piece collection of lighting devices at the Hastings County Museum.

File contains a typescript copy of a letter dated 10 January 1967 from Mrs. G. D. Williamson, Publicity Convener, Hastings County Museum to The Editor, Centennial Ontario, describing the acquisition of the Paul Lamp Collection and its exhibition under the title “10,000 Years of Light,” as part of the City of Belleville's and the Hastings County Museum's Centennial year project.

File contains a newspaper article concerning Belleville resident, George Pepper's 1935 victory at the first Canadian Cycle Road Race, an international competition of motorcycle racers. Also present is a newspaper announcement of George Pepper Night at the Belleville Arena, September 10, 1935.

File contains newspaper article "Looking Backwards" headings and local news from the same date May 25th in the years 1940, 1930, 1920 and 1910.

File contains original note dated April 1880 from A.L. Colville, Attorney-at-law addressed to the sheriff in Belleville requesting a writ of summons be served on Ins. Phillips.

File contains original correspondence and receipts regarding the estate of David Pitceathly who owned and operated J.E.Walmsley & Co. Importers and Wholesale Grocers.