Account book of John Bailey, a farmer in Madoc. Contains lists of expenses, expenditures and assets of farm operation.

This file contains a hard cover book, written by John Brett McGeachie, titled "Bass Lake - Hastings County"; A history of its settlement and tourist industry.

File contains a letter to Mr. G. Bell in response to his request for genealogical information on the Bell family.

File contains an article written by W. Clyde Bell from Tweed, titled "How the family farm has changed". The article was written for the Ontario Historical Society's symposium celebrating 1000 years of Ontario (April 2000)

File contains a typed copy of a newspaper account from 1882 of weddings in Belleville between prominent families.

Collection of twelve photographs and one photograph album.

Description from transfer document:
1) Cartes de visite album of 43 photographs (some tintypes) by Belleville photographers [1870s], name inside cover Miss Mary Cowie, Belleville, Ontario
2) Photograph - window dressed by W. J. Hudson for the inauguration of the City of Belleville, 1878. Text around window reads "Foster & Reid Importers, Millinery & Dressmaking"
3) N2009-012 - Photograph - "Miss M. E. C. Johnson, Teacher at Belleville 1878"
4) N2008-009 - Photograph (Cassie, Belleville) [1880]
5) N2012-007- Photograph - lady with handbag [1885]
6) N2013.015.018 - three photographs - Elsie & Doris, group photo, girl with grandmother, Christmas tree, 1 photo-postcard - Elsie & Doris [1900s]
7) Two photographs - three children in winter, Trenton, 1923 and woman and child, Trenton, Ontario
8) N2013-009 Photograph - March past of Midland Regiment, 1940
9) N2013-011 Photograph - [House in Belleville, Ontario], 1942

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 file contains the notes from an address given by William H. Finkle (1894-1973) at the 22nd Club on March 22, 1962, Mr. Finkle reminisced about his life in Belleville.

The file contains research done by Mrs. G.D. (Lenny Clarke) Williamson on 6 houses in Foster Ward and 1 on Dundas Street East, Belleville. Notes included are:

1. Clapboard house on the north east corner of Church and Saint Paul Streets.
2. The Petrie House
3. The Wallbridge House
4. The MacKenzie Feeds Building
5. The Lynch Coal House
6. The Brick Store
7. No. 260 Dundas Street East “The George Bleecker House”
   Also, contained in the file are newspaper clippings from the Ontario Intelligencer:
8. April 16, 1964 – The George Bleeker House Dundas Street East, opposite Hospital (with photo).
9. June 18, 1964 – Moodie Cottae Located on Sinclair Street at Bridge Street (with photo).
10. July 2, 1964 – Welbanks House Located on James Street (with photo).
11. The Hutton – Ponton House Located on Dundas Steet West (with photo).

This file contains: 1) Blank letterhead for Belleville Nurseries, 179 Dundas St. East; 2) Judges Ribbon from 1908 Belleville Fair; 3) 2 copies of newspaper clipping from the Ontario Intelligencer, dated 22-June-1935 titled "Nurseries Established in 1893 Have Been Important Factor In City and District History - about the closing of Belleville Nurseries; 4) a price list from Belleville Nurseries circa 1930; 5) 8 various cards advertising Belleville Nurseries; 6) 2 business cards for W.C. Reid Belleville Nurseries; 7) Membership card for Belleville Chamber of Commerce for Mr. W.C. Reid dated June 1, 1928; 8) newspaper clipping from 1932 written by Joyce Kilmer titled "Poems Are Made By Fools Like Me But Only God Can Make a Tree and is about Belleville Nurseries and the late Mr. W.C. Reid.

This file contains three original Public School Daily Register for Recording the Attendance of Pupils in Belleville School #3 for the years 1893, 1894 and 1895, in the City of Belleville. The registers were kept by Mary Frost.

File contains a newspaper clip on the last meeting of the purity campaign, with Mr.McCraig speaking on causes of divorce, and purity pledges.

File contains a 1968 newspaper clipping of a column, "Second Glance" by Viva Richmond Graham.

File contains a newspaper clipping of an obituary for Benjamin Bleecker (1891-1968), he was 77 years old.

This file contains an original copy of the obituary for Emma Roberta Benmore (nee Harris); daughter of Mr. J.W. Ross, wife of Louis Benmore, mother of Gladys Benmore. Emma was born in Thurlow in December 1874 and died on 2-March-1899.

Thirteen black and white photographs of members of Mary Benson's family. Identified individuals include: Frederick G. Keyes; John G. Keyes; Margaret Williams; Mathilda Keyes; Grace and John McCunn; Irene McCunn; Wallaces of Napanee; Mary Gardner Keyes (1820-1903) of Rochester, New York.

The file contains a tribute to Betsy Dewar Boyce from the Hastings County Historical Society, written by Gerry Boyce, September 2004.

File contains the funeral card for Mary Maria Faulkner (b. 1849) of Stirling, wife of Morden Bird.

Collection contains:
1) Twelve letters from Nicholas Wood Blackburn to his future wife, Fannie Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Bateman and one from Lizzie to Nicholas, 1901-1902. Letters from Nicholas were written from Marmora, Blairton, Rat Portage [Kenora], Macdonald (Manitoba), Millbridge, Coe Hill Mines, L'Amable Station, and Turriff.
2) Colour photocopy of certificate of marriage of Nicholas Wood Blackburn and Fannie E. Bateman, 25 March1903
3) Last will and testament of Nicholas Wood Blackburn of Madoc Township, 1918
4) Photocopied diary entries of Lizzie Blackburn at the time of Nicholas's last illness, 1929-1930
5) Photocopy of a letter from the nurse who tended Nicholas Blackburn before his death, 1 January 1930