Collection of account books, primarily relating to Hastings County canning companies:

1. Frankford Canning and Preserving Company Limited
   1. Record book (incorporation, by-laws, register of directors and shareholders), 1911-1912
   2. Minute book, 1911-1917
   3. Invoices issued, 1922-1923
   4. Unpaid invoices, 1922-1923

2. Foxboro Canning Company Limited
   1. Record book (incorporation, by-laws, register of directors and shareholders), 1912-1917

3. Trent Valley Canners Limited
   1. Record book (incorporation, by-laws, register of directors and shareholders), 1913-1914 [insect damaged]
   2. Minute book, 1913-1917

4. Barr Registers Limited [Trenton]
   1. Register of sales and payments, 1920-1924
   2. File of correspondence concerning claim for non-payment against W. R. & K. Morrison of Cleveland, Nova Scotia, 1924-1928

Twelve printed recipe cards for muffins, produced by the Old Cheese Factory muffin shop at 137 Main Street, Foxboro, Ontario. "Famous for muffins since 1980"

Original contract between Samuel and Edward James Tanner of Rawdon Township and The Dominion Express Company for stage coach services dated 14 July 1897.

Collection comprises:

• File 1: Family photographs: mainly of farm scenes such as haymaking, corn harvesting, steam traction engines, horses. Two individuals are identified: George Avery and Will Roblin.
• File 2: Publications- newspaper clippings
• File 3: Nostalgic items and publications, newspaper clippings
• File 4: Miscellaneous publications and clippings
• File 5: Material relating to Belleville's 1978 Centennial

Materials added to the Community Archives' newspaper holdings: Belleville Intelligencer recipe supplements, 1964-1987

File contains a newspaper clipping discussing the first steam car in the area, around 1900, being driven by Charles Knight after he won a raffle.

Fonds consists of one folder of administrative records including the incorporating papers, the organizational rules and regulations, and a copy of the 1954 Milk Industry Act of Ontario, one folder containing various Foxboro Cheese Factory financial records and two books of minutes from annual, directorial shareholders meetings.

The file contains a newspaper article from the Intelligencer dated October 18, 2004 about the 150th anniversary of Emmanuel United Church in Foxboro, Ontario.

Census of children between the ages of five and 18 in the municipality of Thurlow, Ontario. All the 94 children listed lived in Foxboro.

Various items relating to Foxboro, Ontario:
1) 'Historical Foxboro' newspaper supplement, 28 July 1976
2) 'There's something unique about a small town: Foxboro' supplement to Intelligencer, 23 June 1981
3) Newspaper article on the history of the Hopkins Garage at 236 Main Street, Foxboro, Ontario, 20 April 1988
4) Paper grocery bag printed with the name of Doucette's General Store

Photocopied book of poems and songs by Charles Andrew Tupper.

File contains a copy of the Quinte Sports Newsletter September/October 1993.

File contains an Intelligencer article, 1 February 1967 profiling poet Charles Andrew Tupper's creation of plaques of his poetry for display during the Centennial year. Also present are : i) Tupper's poem The Manahatta, appearing in the Ottawa Journal, 4 July 1964; ii) printed brochures and typescript newsreleases concerning the 'Centennial Plaque Series' by Tupper; iii) a typescript copy of addresses on the Manahatta River delivered by Tupper in Madoc on 27 June 1964 and iv) a typescript copy of Tupper's poem, 'Sagonaska'.

File contains a printed, signed booklet of poetry entitled The Gleaming Edge, by Charles Andrew Tupper, Foxboro. Also present are several photocopied poems by Tupper.

File contains an obituary dated 14 December 1960, of W. Ernest Tummon, former Federal Conservative MP for Hastings South, and farmer in the Foxboro area.

File contains a photocopied manuscript note by Mrs. C.H. La Rue, concerning a steam-operated vehicle in Foxboro which was won in a draw by a local resident in 1900.