Program of the Ceremony for the Raising of the Flag of Ontario at the Parliament Buildings, Queen's Park, Toronto on Friday, May 21, 1965. Sent to Mr. & Mrs. Earl W. VanBlaricom from Mr. Eldon Woolliams, M.P.
Printed illustration of the Arms of the Dominion and of the Provinces of Canada.
Post card from E.W. VanBlaricom of picture of Namur, Old houses on the Sambre.
File of materials relating to the installation of an Ontario Heritage Trust plaque outside the Belleville Public Library in Belleville, Ontario, to commemorate the insulin-related work of James Bertram Collip. Includes:
14 colour photographs of the Dr. James B. Collip Day event held at City Hall, Belleville, 20 November 2012
two letters concerning the plaque, 2013-2024
34 colour photographs taken by the Ontario Heritage Trust of the plaque during its manufacturing process, 2014
one newspaper cutting about the plaque unveiling ceremony, 19 June 2014
38 colour photographs taken on the day of the plaque's unveiling, 19 June 2014
Text reads: "To Mrs Margaret Johnston - Belleville = On behalf of The Hon. John Robarts, Prime Minister, - and the Government of Ontario - I extend heartiest congratulations on your Ninetieth Birthday. May you enjoy many more anniversaries in good health and happiness. Parliament Buildings Toronto January 23, 1967 [signed] Robert Welch Provincial Secretary and Minister of Citizenship Presented by W. E. Sandercock M.P.P"
The file contains a photocopy of the original Royal Letter dated 15 September 1856, granting permission by Queen Victoria to J.W. Dunbar Moodie of Hastings County to establish a Public Fair and Mart in the Village of Shannonville.
Scanned copies of two photographs (one a reproduction of a printed photograph) showing the Belleville General Hospital float in the Coronation Day parade in Belleville, Ontario, held on 2 June 1953. The float won second prize in the parade. On the float are nurses Joyce Lott (later Foster), Gwen Hart, Anne Crabbe and Doreen Dorland, with doctors McGreer, Winfield and Barfoot, staged as though performing an operation.
Items found at 239 Ann Street, Belleville: Two scrapbooks:
Newspaper clippings relating to the Royal tour of Canada by Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1951
Newspaper clippings relating to the coronation of Elizabeth II, 1953 Also a Grade 13 Chemistry examination text published by The James Texts Limited, 1943 which once belonged to Lenore Morrell.
Monster Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Relief of Derry under the auspices of the 'Prentice Boys, Kingston August 12th 1889
P.L.O, Pro-Literature Organization magazine from Centennial Secondary School, October 1987 [includes newspaper clipping about Keith Gregoire and Sara Back, the editors of the magazine]
P.L.O, Pro-Literature Organization magazine from Centennial Secondary School, Maypril 1988
This file contains several newspaper articles about the death of Col. Roscoe Dudley Garfield Vanderwater (born 6 January 1889) who died on 13 January 1957. Articles contain detailed biography.
Fonds consist of 3 Tweedsmuir scrapbooks compiled by the Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute. Also included are 2 minute books and 1 binder of president's notes. Books contain newsclippings, photographs, minutes, brochures, expenditures, handwritten notes, poems, maps and reports of local history and the Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute. Subjects covered within the scrapbooks are programmes, banquets and miscellaneous events.
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.
Digital photographs recording events organized by or otherwise involving the Hastings County Historical Society, the Community Archives of Belleville and other local heritage organizations. The photographs are arranged in folders with the following titles:
File contains a c.1950 invitation to a reception for the Hon. and Mrs. Louis St. Laurent; a c.1960 invitation to a reception for the Hon. William Jennings Bryan; and the following newspaper clips: Marquis of Aberdeen who visited Belleville c.1919 died, Prime Minister visits Belleville c.1950 and partakes in a ceremony to honor Sir Mackenzie Bowell, and Richard Nixon visits Belleville c.1957.