Materials collected by Lewis Zandbergen, including many editions of the Stirling News Argus and Community Press newspapers, some Belleville school yearbooks, a collection of photographs and materials relating to the history of Stirling and to Stirling Public Library.
Three guide books: 1) 'Over the Hills of Hastings', 1923, including a sheet with two maps of Hastings County 2) Belleville Ontario industrial investment guide, 1983 [2 copies] 3) 'Bay of Quinte Region Guide Book', 1986
Dr. Fred Eggleton, Russ & Mary Sills, Annette Taylor
Constable Frank Wallwork, Russ Sills, Stirling Village Council, PoliceChief Jack Foster
Judy and Melanie Potts, Pearl Conley
Ross Ray, Harold Holden
Ron Reid, Eugene Lang, John Warden
Bob Vandervoort
Jim & Jean Pollock, Marvin Cooney, Heather Pollock
Craig Watson & son, Stirling Citizens Band, Barry Wilson
File also contains reproductions of old postcards of Stirling and a 1992 photograph by Carol Surridge of the 'Welcome to Stirling' sign, which reads "The little village with the big heart".
Two letters from Kennet Blackwell, Assistant Locomotive Superintendent at Belleville Station, dated November 15th and December 14th, 1876, concerning grievances of engineers and recommending their dismissal and the weakening of their union, the Brotherhood of the Grand Trunk Engineers and asking for instructions in the case of the men organizing a strike.
[These actions led to the Belleville riots of 1876-1877.]
Three volumes produced to support the Downtown Belleville Master Plan, all published in January 2006:
The Background Report
The Guiding Framework *The Implementation Strategy
A transcribed version of marriages, taken from the Archives of Ontario, for Hastings County between 1858 and 1869. Also a set of notes on the Nelson family of Hastings County.
Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd., Ottawa postcards showing aerial views of Belleville, Ontario and a notecard of the Tabernacle United Church on Church Street, printed by Alex Wilson Publications of Dryden, Ontario.
Printed booklet, with newspaper article about controversy around a softball game on Coleman Flats [Belleville, Ontario] where umpire Don Thomas called player Leo Goyer out when he was hit by a batted ball at third base.
Two items: 1) Hand-written poem about becoming a circus ringmaster entitled 'A Coming Barnam' 2) Typescript description of the Mead Johnson factory and its products, including Pablum baby food
Various items related to Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario:
Notes on the history of Sidney Baptist Church, 1979
Sidney Township Bicentennial Newsletter, April 1990
Handout with map for Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (Quinte Branch) bus tour of Sidney Township, 16 September 1990
List of Sidney Township street names and locations and 'SHARC's thoughts on the naming of future Sidney streets', with list of pioneer families and locations, c.1990
Pages taken from 'Everybody's Magazine' and 'Harper's Magazine' with advertisements for cars and tires. A few photocopies of 1960s car advertisements from Stirling Motor Sales, Ontario.