File contains a newspaper article concerning improvements to the dam and the creation of a small 'lake' on the Moira River opposite Riverside Park on Cannifton Road, Belleville in 1968.

File contains a newspaper account of a flood and attendant damages to businesses in Belleville during February, 1878 as Moira River waters crested during a rainstorm.

File contains a typescript transcript of a conveyance of land from Marcelleus Crombie to the Moira Skating Club, together with a transcript of a stock certificate for the Moira Skating Club, 1863.

File contains several reprints of editorials by Harry M. Moore concerning events and topics of interest in Belleville in the 1890s, including a profile of Dr. Oronhyatekha, prices of goods and sundries in Belleville, and the 1898 gold rush.

File contains a newspaper article regarding a Canadian Press award presented to W.H. Morton, longtime publisher of the Belleville Ontario Intelligencer, on April 20, 1961.

File contains a newspaper article concerning the release of the book, 'The Mosaic of Belleville', by Nick and Helma Mika on May 26, 1966. Also contains a typescript price list which appear to be related to reproductions of drawings and photographs.

File contains a typescript brief history of the life of the Honourable Edmund Murney, member of the Provincial Legislature of Upper Canada and Canada West during the period 1836 to 1857. Also contains a newspaper article from The Ontario Intelligencer, 13 August 1964 concerning the Murney-Faulkner House, West Bridge Street, Belleville. Includes a reprint of a drawing of the home.

File contains a completed printed registration of the last will and testament of Wellington B. Murney, Belleville, registered on 17 May 1858 before Her Majesty's Surrogate Court, County of Hastings. Also present are the manuscript bequests completed by W.B. Murney.

File contains completed printed mortgages, indentures of sale and deeds of John A McFee, Belleville for properties in the city of Belleville. Also present is a manuscript indenture of 21 March 1867 relating to a sale of land and mineral rights in Madoc Township from Samuel and Julia Bacon to George Dean Dickson.

File contains a manuscript list of bequests related to the estate of Capt. John McIntosh, Belleville.

File contains two printed copies of “The Unity of the Human Race,” a lecture delivered before the members of the Belleville Young Men's Christian Association, 19 March 1860 by Rev. William McLaren, John Street Presbyterian Church, Belleville. Also present is a typescript history of the Belleville YMCA by Vera Weir, produced for the 75th Annual Meeting in 1969.

File contains a newspaper article concerning the election of officers in 1960 for the Belleville Branch of National Ballet of Canada. Includes a program for a National Ballet of Canada performance at Centennial Secondary School, Belleville on November 4 and 5th, 1968. Also present is a poster for a performance of a One Act Festival by the Eastern Ontario Drama League, November 14-16, 1968 at Centennial Secondary School, Bellevile.

File contains several printed, completed tax receipts issued by the municipal government of Belleville for the taxation year 1885 to Sarah Neilson respecting various properties in the city of Belleville.

File contains a newspaper article concerning a rally of the New Party, forerunner of the New Democratic Party, in South Hastings Riding in June, 1961, featuring a speech by Walter G. Pitman, M.P. for Peterborough Riding. Also present is the October, 1967 edition of the 'New Democrat' Vol. 7, no.1 concerning the Ontario election campaign in October, 1967.

File contains a Intelligencer article of 4 June 1969 concerning the history of the newspaper from its founding in 1834 to its 135th anniversary in June, 1969.

File contains a prospectus of the Belleville Printing and Publishing Co. concerning the publication and circulation of The Chronicle, and the offer of shares. Also contains manuscript statements of account of the Hastings Chronicle for advertising and printing costs incurred by the County Council of Hastings in 1856-1867.

File contains a printed songbook of popular selections issued by The Echo Newspaper. Includes several advertisements of goods and services by Belleville firms.

File contains two original printed issues of The Daily Globe, dated 3 August 1858 and 5 August 1858.

File contains a newspaper clipping regarding underwater fishing activities by local skin divers Gary Cranston and George Woodhouse, Sportsmen Helldivers Club, in Oak Lake in July, 1959.

File contains a printed indenture for the sale of land and property at Concession 3, lot 3 in the Township of Thurlow, Hastings County, by Jacob Ockerman and Phoebe Oekerman to Elisha Ockerman, 11 March 1851.