File contains several newspaper articles concerning the industrial development of Trenton from the early 20th century to ca. 1967..

File contains newspaper clippings and photos concerning the October 14, 1918 explosion of British Chemical Works, which manufactured TNT for the war effort.

File contains a printed Public Service Bulletin issued by the Province of Ontario, November 1918 which includes brief reports and statistics of various provincial ministries regarding resource exploitation and industries in Ontario. Brief mention is included of the explosion of the British Chemical plant at Trenton.

File contains miscellaneous newspaper clippings and photographs relating to aspects of Trenton's history including education, sports, the construction of CFB Trenton and industrial development.

File contains the July 2, 1880 issue of the Daily Intelligencer which recounts the celebration of Trenton's inauguration as a town on Dominion Day, 1880. Includes a brief account of the growth and development of the community.

File contains a newspaper article concerning the Joy Family, owners of Belleville Art Manufacturing , a figurine production company in Corbyville.

File contains several typed letters from 1964 to 1967 with a brief history on Ontario's early railways and mines in Hastings county. They also include some local family histories for the Chard family.

File contains an Ontario Intelligencer article, 20 July 1963 concerning improvements in plant facilities by the Shamrock Cheese Factory, Stirling, and several newspaper clippings concerning the history of Stirling in the period 1859-1871. Also present is a photocopied typescript extract from Historic Hastings regarding an excursion by residents to Belleville to Stirling to attend a festival by the Stirling Masonic Lodge, 15 June 1877.

Records of the Harold Cheese Manufacturing Company, including minutes of shareholders' meetings, financial records and correspondence.

File contains a note on how to make Potash.

File contains a newspaper clipping concerning the Polly Brothers, pioneering aviators and manufacturers of biplanes in Belleville in 1914.

File contains original hand written booklet of methods and recipes pertaining to the Morocco Leather business in Picton. Donated by Mrs. E. Bell in 1958, the book belonged to her father who operated the business.

File contains a newspaper clipping regarding the opening of a newly expanded cheese warehouse in Belleville by the Ontario Cheese Producers' Marketing Board in July 1964. Also present is a clipping regarding proposed limits on the importation of Canadian Cheese by Britain in April, 1969.

File contains 1956 newspaper clippings on Wilson Concrete Products Ltd. (founded in 1950) constructing a modern plant on Sidney Street in Belleville, Ontario, and a clipping about specially designed trailers that extended to make transporting large objects easier.

File contains two copies of a printed booklet entitled 'The Model Machinery Company' with illustrations of working models constructed by the company for manufacturing, patented inventions and building.

File contains a photostat duplicate of a 1907 industrial report about Napanee and Deseronto.

File contains a printed program of events at the unveiling of a historical plaque commemorating the opening of the Marmora Iron Works in Blairton in 1823. Also contains two photocopied engravings of the Blairton Iron Mine.

File contains a printed report of the Gladstone and Sulphuret Gold Mining Company concerning the company's organization, by-laws, and operations in Marmora Township in 1881.

File contains a newspaper clipping announcing the offer for sale of the Marmora Iron Works on July 23, 1827.

File contains a photocopied manuscript entitled “History of Marmora,” by Grace Warren. Also contains a manuscript letter of explanation of the history from Ms. Warren to Carl Bateman, Hastings County Clerk. Also present is a photocopied excerpt from W.H. Smith's Canada: Past, Present and Future, outlining the history of Marmora Township and the Ironworks.