This collection represents materials originating or used by W.C. Mikel.
The first folder contains three speeches delivered during his time as Police Magistrate and Mayor.
The next series of folders contains references and sources for his volume The City of Belleville History: the second folder contains correspondence regarding the book. Folders three through ten contain the notes Mikel used for each chapter (folder 5 includes an obituary for George Benjamin).
Folder eleven contains the plans for “Quinte City" and documents from the Town Planning Institute among others. Folder twelve contains unattributed reference material and general research for the book. Folder thirteen contains Mikel's collection of material for the 1924 United Empire Loyalist celebration which was held during his first term as Mayor. Folder fourteen contains Mrs. Mikel's obituary, a letter from Mikel to the Bank of Montreal, and a letterhead from the period he served as Police Magistrate. Folder fifteen contains three copies of his book, Godlove Mikel. The sixtenth folder contains a variety of newspaper clippings.

Two booklets on the history of Glanmore National Historic Site in Belleville, Ontario. One is called 'Glanmore' written by Sheila Chapline, written for the general public, the other is a compilation of information aimed at guides of the museum and includes information researched by Kerry Abel and Nick and Helma Mika.

Letter from Marjorie Van Damme to the Hastings County Historical Association listing items that she donated to Glanmore National Historic Site. Includes the Shannonville P.O. history card. 2 pages.

Papers of Loral and Mildred Wanamaker containing: North Shore Railway ticket for Mr. Alex Robertson (1884); four invitations to Lieut. Col. Ponton's (1896); The Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter (Jan. 1956) and a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws for the Officers Committees and Members of The Holland Society of New York, July 1972.

Papers of Loral and Mildred Wanamaker containing 16 leases dated from 1821 to 1892 between Rev. John Grier, A.M. Rector, of Belleville and second parties, names include: Ferguson, Limm, Adamson, Lawlor, Sarsfield, Weir, Howell, Farrell, Murphy, Cherry, Heath, Canning, Strudgeon, Tebbet, Jamieson and Connors.

File contains a program from the funeral service for Charles P. Holton (b. 1849 d. 1908) in Belleville and a copy of City Directory mentions of E.W. Holton regarding his house and businesses.

This collection consists of:

• family photographs
• postcards
• Chrsitmas cards
• Valentine card
• deeds and mortgages for a property in Tyendinaga Township on the north side of lot 6 in the first concession
• Shredded Wheat cereal box cards (see http://rolandanderson.se/injun-uity_cards.php)
• Imperial Oil Limited History of Canada portfolios
• plate depicting Shannonville United Church
• Hastings County Historical Society banner

This fonds contains 22 folders. It consists of A. McLean Haig's biographical data which includes a brief summary of his life. The second folder contains his incoming correspondence which includes letters from: Assistant Deputy Minister of national Defence James A. Sharpe; a copy of a letter forwarded to Haig from C.C. Wimperly of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to Mr. A.B. Sprague; two letters between Wimperly and Haig, one with statistics concerning Northumberland and Durham Counties, the communities of Campbellford and Seymour, and the former District of Newcastle; one from A.R. Wilson, the Belleville Superintendent of the Canadian National Railway; one telegram and one business card congratulating Mayor Haig on his election in 1962 from Quebec Premiere Jean Lesage – in the telegram, it is interesting to note that Lesage is spelled Lesarge; a letter from Trans-Canada Air Lines and Air Canada Vice President Howard Cotterell with a small picture sent from Cotterell to Haig from the air carrier's annual report; a letter from CNR Rideau Manager Keith Hunt that had a piece of the rail-track from Pinnacle Street in Belleville enclosed with it after the line had been pulled from the ground in 1964; and three Christmas cards received from constituents.

The are also pieces of Haig's outgoing correspondence including: four pieces of correspondence to CNR the St. Lawrence Region Vice President, W.H. Kyle and Belleville Superintendent A.R. Wilson respectively; and a letter thanking Premiere Lesage – again spelled Lesarge, for his congratulations on winning the 1962 Belleville municipal election.

There is a folder of his municipal papers consisting of: newspaper clippings; a press release from Postmaster M.A. Murray; a program from the opening of the new wing of the Belleville General Hospital in 1956; and a report on major accomplishments achieved by the Haig administration between 1960 and 1963 prepared by City Manager J.R. Reynolds. Additional folders in this fonds include: one folder of federal government papers, nine folders containing copies of his addresses and speeches; one folder of speeches given by other people that the Mayor kept; a folder with copies of the report of the Willmott Royal Commission which looked into the McFarlands hockey team scandal and the City Auditor's report of 1959; one folder of military related documents; one folder with items pertaining to the history of Belleville and Thurlow; a file with printed jokes and other items that Haig found humourous; one folder labeled miscellaneous by the original record keeper; and the contents of a scrapbook.

This file contains a booklet with the rules and regulations of the Cemetery (published 1992), along with a promotional leaflet, a copy of the program from the 125th anniversary celebration (June 1997) and a rate sheet from 1997.

This series is composed of the following textual records and graphic materials created during the life of Dr. Lester David Riggs:

• University Medical College of Kansas records ca. 1900-1904
• Cards, Business Cards, Invitations
• Letters, and Correspondence
• Newspaper Clippings
• Photographs and Postcards
• Receipts, and Tickets ca. 1902-1904
• Records and Photographs of Mrs. Lester Riggs, Bertha
• Obituary Notice and other related documents dating from 1963-1986

File contains writings by Violet Bowerman, 54 Crestview Ave., Belleville on her activities during the Second World War. The file also contains a copy of a book owned by her mother Violet M. Camken (died 1948) - "The Housekeeper's Companion" published by the Ladies Aid Society of Emmanuel Church, Belleville, 1933.

Papers of Loral and Mildred Wanamaker including Canada Post records (list of Belleville carriers) and supervisor bulletins, leases for Glebe Lands from Rev. John Grier and St. Thomas Anglican Church (1835-1871), voter's lists for Ameliasburg, 1965 and the Town of Trenton, 1909, and 15th ALI band program at Belleville, 1896.