Digital copy of a Smith Photo photograph of children in the Grade 1 class at Queen Alexandra School, Belleville, Ontario. Individuals identified are: Row #4: The teacher is Miss Evelyn Lockhart Row #3: 2nd in from left - Jane Freeman (Father was CEO of Stephen Adamson MFG) 3rd in from left - Carol Wishart 5th in from left - Anne Burton (grew up 144 Albert St)
Children of Riggs School, Madoc (S.S. #13) circa 1920. Top row, seventh child is Cecil Willis. Second row, seventh child is Elizabeth Jane Willis. Bottom row: third child is Bert Willis, sixth child is Edward Willis, last child is Oliver Willis. School was at the NE corner of Riggs and Pigden Roads in Madoc Township.
Harry Harrington and Joyce Dunk outside Cecil Willis and Frances WIllis's grocery store at 27 Front Street, Trenton, Ontario, circa 1943. Harry was Frances's father.
This description is for part of a collection of some 4,400 vertical files of materials gathered by the Hastings County Historical Society. They cover a wide range of subjects and were received from a variety of different sources, not always recorded.
The collection includes original materials, newspaper clippings, secondary histories and copies.
Photograph album of Stuart Hilton Plante's time as a member of the Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force stationed at Camp Mohawk near Deseronto, Ontario.
A red and white quilt made in 1894 by the Steady Gleaners, a group of women affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer, Deseronto, Ontario, possibly with the aim of raising funds for missionary work. This quilt may have been made for such a purpose. The signatures of the women in the society are embroidered onto the squares of the quilt.
The names on the quilt are: F.M.R. Bella Smyth Mrs Wm. Gamble Florence A. Davis Mrs F. S. Rathbun Alice McGault Mrs C. E. Ravin Mrs J. W. McCaw Mrs G. Genge Mrs Wm. Mitchell Mrs R. J. Craig, President Mrs Frank S. Hall [Bessie] Annie Hill Mrs McCoy Mrs F. H. Sims Mrs J. D. Dulmadge Mrs J. Douglas Tillie Maxwell Mrs D. Dant Miss Mary Huff Mrs G. Gordon Ella Pegan Mrs G. A. Grant Mrs Joe Hopper Mrs Wm. Geney Gertrude R. Craig Aggie Elliott Mrs Mackie Mrs A. D. Macintyre I. Thornton Mrs C. Forrester Mrs R. Anderson Ira B. Anderson L. Smyth Mrs R. Geddes Mrs F. McMaster Mrs J. M. Denmark Mrs A. G. Knight Mrs J. Buter Clara McClain Mrs C. Bennett Mrs J. T. Garmon
Appointment as First Lieutenant in the United States Army Medical Corps, 1918
License to practice medicine in Wyoming, 1920
Membership of the Associate of Military Surgeons, 1920
Licentiate from the Post Graduate Course in Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 1925
Licentiate as Fellow of the American College of Physicians, 1929
Certificate in Internal Medicine, 1937
2) Other materials
Two photographs of Lester D. Riggs in army uniform
'Symptoms and Treatment of Tuberculosis' paper by Lester D. Riggs, c. 1926
'Chronic Diseases Found in Association with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Their Influence on Prognosis and Treatment' paper by Lester D. Riggs, 2 December 1926
'Tuberculous Activity Following Tonsillectomy' paper by Lester D. Riggs, 25 May 1928
'Definite Terminal Signs in Pulmonary Tuberculosis' paper by Lester D. Riggs, c.1928
'Artificial Pneumothorax and Tuberculosis' paper by Lester D. Riggs, 26 March 1929
Copy of letter of recommendation from George H. Kress, 15 May 1929
Printed program for the Convocation of the American College of Physicians, 1 May 1935
List of books [possibly owned by Lester D. Riggs]
Biography of Dr. Lester David Riggs
3) Journal of 'Artificial Pneumothorax Notes', including names of patients, 1929-1930
Photograph of unidentified woman taken by Forrest & Lozo of Belleville, c.1870
Postcard with aerial photograph of W. Elmer Tufts' farm in Halloway, Ontario
Front page of The Intelligencer with an article on Corby's Distillery, 24 Nov 1966
Order of service for Remembrance Day Ceremony at Tyendinaga Township, with list of veterans, 11 Nov 2001
Order of service for 175th anniversary of St. Michael the Archangel church in Belleville, 3 Oct 2004
Materials for the memorial service for Bernice Parrot, 10 Oct 2009
Notes on the Broom Gang (Rink Rats) of the Belleville Memorial Arena, researched by Richard Hughes in June 2012
File 2
Materials for the 50th Reunion Celebration of Nicholson Catholic College in Belleville, May 2010
File 3
Blank forms, including Royal Military College of Canada passes; Canadian National Telegraphs Cablegram and Telegraph; C.O.D. envelopes; Merchandise Receipt Book for Canadian National Railway Company Express Service
Appointment diaries, newspaper clippings, photographs, copies of Hansard, campaign materials and correspondence of Doug Rollins, MPP for Quinte, 1995-1999.
Video footage and still images gathered for a documentary on the Belleville Christmas light display initiated by the Foster family after the death of Billy Foster and Art 'Sonny' Culloden on 24 December 1958. Includes the final documentary: In Thy Dark Streets Shineth by Sean Scally.
