File contains documents and a newspaper clipping about the early years of Trenton's history. It begins c.1615, and ends around c.1919.

File contains several newspaper articles concerning the history of the Trent-Severn Waterway, including pre- and early contact travel by the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois. Also present is an Intelligencer article , 3 January 1962, regarding plans to substantially renovate the lock system on the Trent Canal.

File contains a newspaper article concerning an early Sulpician mission to the Cayuga First Nation in the Quinte region ca. 1668, and missionization by the Jesuits and Sulpicians among the Wendat(Huron), Mohawk and Oneida in what is now Quebec.

File contains a 1783 letter from surveyor, W. Samuel Holland, to General Hallimand in Quebec regarding the establishments of settlements along the St. Lawrence and the Mohawks.

A reproduction by the Public Archives of Canada of the "Plan shewing Lands granted to the Six Nation Indians..." Thomas Ridout was the Surveyor General of Upper Canada at the time. The Haldimand Proclamation of 1784 granted the land. The original survey was done in 1791 but records were lost.

Deeds, abstracts of title, and correspondence relating to two properties:

1. Lot 22 in Concession 7; Lots 23 and 24 in Concession 6 of of Rawdon Township, Ontario
   This property was originally granted to Captain John Deserontyon and was later purchased by William Totten and Robert Matthews
2. Lots between Church, Front, Annis and Allen Streets in Stirling, Ontario

File contains an 1856 letter regarding the Mohawk Reserve.

File contains a printed copy of a article written by Thomas Campbell Wallbridge and published in the Canadian Journal in 1860, “On Some Ancient Mounds Upon the Shores of the Bay of Quinte”, discussing First Nations.

File contains a manuscript resolution of the Municipal Council of the County of Hastings approving a financial contribution toward the erection of a monument honouring Tecumseh, Shawnee war hero of the War of 1812. Also contains a printed subscription list of the Tecumseh Memorial Fund Committee.

Digital materials relating to Dr John Maracle Kenwendeshon:

1. 1880s photo of Lillian Maracle, Kenwendeshon’s daughter. Lillian married John Stewart.
2. Letter from John Stewart II written while in Deseronto
3. Photo of Bert Maracle and Edna (Hill) Maracle
4. 1953 letter to Lillian from the London Library Museum
5. Oct 12, 1953 notes by Lillian Maracle about Dr Kenwendeshon
6. Note from Bert Maracle to Lill[ian] about not calling on the Gray Lady
7. Memories of visiting Deseronto written in an email by John Stewart II’s son, John Stewart III
8. Photograph of marriage certificate of Lillian Maracle and John Ross Stewart
9. Photograph of newspaper articles about the marriage of Lillian and John Ross Stewart and about Stewart’s theatre business
10. Notes by Karen Lewis of the Kanhiote Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory Public Library on Dr. Kenwendeshon’s life, January 2013

File contains a copy of an 1884 deed of sale to Evaline Anvila Cronk from the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, authorized by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.

File contains a typescript copy of an announcement of an 1884 ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the settlement of the Tyendinaga Reserve by the Mohawk

File contains a typescript copy of a Guardian newspaper article concerning custodianship of the Queen Anne Communion Set presented to the Mohawk ca. 1711 by Queen Anne of England. Also contains two newspaper articles ca. 1966 relating the history of the communion set and the landing of the Mohawk at Tyendinaga in 1784.

1. Printed ‘Rules of Order of the Municipal Council of the Town of Deseronto’ 18 Feb 1889
2. Printed pro-forma for a certificate of public recognition by the town of Halifax for service in the Second World War (with pencilled alterations to make reference to Deseronto instead), 1945
3. Printed booklet on ‘The Future of the Liberal Party’, address by Brooke Claxton, Minister of National Defence, 4 Aug 1948
4. Auditor’s report on road expenditures for the Town of Deseronto, 1949
5. Edition of ‘Roads and Road Construction’ journal, March 1951, Vol. 29, no. 339
6. Leases between the Town of Deseronto and the Deseronto Lions Club (of the Skating Rink) and Deseronto Boating Club (part of the old saw mill property), 1953-1954
7. Published report by the Select Committee on Indian Affairs on ‘Civil Liberties and Rights of Indians [Indigenous People] in Ontario’, 19 Mar 1954
8. Letter from J.D. Lee and Company to the Deseronto Medical Officer of Health, Dr W. H. Duffett, with two copies of blueprint relating to modifications to the septic tank of the Deseronto Public School, 4 Dec 1956