File contains various newspaper clippings about Hastings County Council activities from 1960 such as: acquiring property to expand Madoc Road, the budget, the cost of the Hospital Board's plan for additional facilities, Reeve E. Sager elected Warden of Madoc Township, the annual Warden's Banquet, etc.

File contains various newspaper clippings from 1959 about various Hastings County Council activities such as: lower taxes for seniors, providing support for the Deseronto Bridge-Causeway, appointing a new auditor, councillors seeking more coverage for chronically ill patients, the last session, etc.

File contains a letter about Francis Eves, a “lunatic” confined in the Hastings County Jail and provisions required to better care for her.

File contains 1865 communications regarding the establishment of an industrial farm for the poor in Belleville. There is also a 1907 booklet “Rules and Regulations to Govern House of Refuge and Industrial Farm of the County of Hastings”.

File contains a letter to the Belleville Warden in 1862 regarding a public meeting held the night before by the Mayor to discuss the suffering of the British Operatives and to think of a way to provide them with relief.

File contains an 1862 petition to Hasting County for welfare for Sophia Crosbee of Trenton, she had five young children, her husband, Samual Crosbee Jr. died when he was thrown from his wagon on the Frankford and Stirling gravel road, which was in very poor condition.

File contains the two County of Hastings certificates for Lunacy from 1858.

File contains a letter from the Board of Governors of the Kingston General Hospital asking the Council of Hastings County for financial support, included in the letter is a break down of expenses and where current funding is coming from and the worry of Government funding being cut after Confederation.

File contains a patient list from Kingston General Hospital from 1855-1856 with information regarding township the patient is from and length of stay in hospital. File also contains a letter petitioning Hastings County for aid to support the Kingston General Hospital in 1857.

File contains a petition from 1855 to provide aid to former Hastings County teacher James Patterson.

File contains a commission appointing Charles Samuel Hamilton as Associate Coroner within the County of Hastings in 1869.

File contains a newspaper article with portraits of Royal Governors of New France and Governors-General of Canada from 1608 to 1898. Note on file also refers to an article on verso regarding vaccination legislation in England.

File contains printed booklets and advertisements for Madame Frain's patent medicines for the treatment of women. Also contains a manuscript letter from [Madame Fraim's] Herbal Institute to Mrs. Ponton concerning treatment.

File contains newspaper clippings about the health of the Dionne Quintuplets, one article mentions Dr. Dafoe.

File contains newspaper clipping concerning the death of physician, Dr. J. Demorest.

File contains information regarding Dr. Jacob Cronk.

File contains a newspaper article from 1969 about a car accident that sent several Belleville residents to the hospital, including Mrs. Sam Cronk and Miss Parks.

File contains a petition to Hastings County Council against Dr. Pomeroy for completing an unwanted autopsy on a man who died from accidental drowning.

File contains the results of a postmortem completed by Dr. Burdette (?) for a poison case in Hastings County.

File contains a newspaper clipping about Mrs. Marlene Castellano opening a private family counseling service in Belleville.