File contains newspaper clippings about new building equipment for the Foxboro Cheese Factory, and multiple copies of the price list for Mrs. I.B. Gay Dress and Mantle Making.

File contains printed letters patent, licensing authority issued by the Province of Ontario, and financial correspondence relating to the Globe Machinery Company, a woodworking firm incorporated in Belleville in 1925.

File contains a report by the National Development Bureau – Department of the Interior about the natural resources and industries in Hastings County,

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 1965 newspaper clipping about the variety of industries in Hastings County and a 1966 program for the Warden's Banquet, the Warden was Clayton Hall.

File contains motions from Hastings County Council meetings from 1869-1870 regarding the establishment of an Industrial Farm and Poor House in Belleville. There is also a copy of the “Second Annual Report of the Inspector of the House of Industry & Refuge for the County of Waterloo, 1869” that may have been used in the discussions.

File contains Certificates of Reeve from 1855-1871 for Huntingdon township. There is also a list of Reeves. File also contains the history of Huntingdon regarding education, religion and churches, manufacturing, etc.

File contains H.W. John's Manufacturing Co. Asbestos Catalogue from 1881.

File contains typescript and printed press releases of the Lake Ontario Development Association [LODA] concerning the growth and promotion of industry and tourism in the Hastings, Lennox-Addington, Northumberland and Peterborough regions. Also contains several newspaper clippings concerning the activities and appointment of LODA executive officers.

File contains a printed press release regarding the commencement of construction of the Lake Ontario Portland Cement Company, July, 1956, in Picton, Ontario.

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.

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

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 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 original hand written booklet of methods and recipes pertaining to the Morocco Leather business in Picton. The book belonged to Flora Bell's father, who operated the business.

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