File contains a photocopied typescript letter from Chas. S. Clapp to Lt. Col. William Nisbet Ponton dated October 29, 1914 concerning the A. and H Companies of the Midland Battalion at Batoche during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. Also present is a photocopied typescript list of veterans from the two companies who served during the Rebellion.
A silk ribbon bearing the inscription “International Plowing Match, City of Belleville, Hastings County" on one side, and the dates of the match on the other.
File contains a typed story, entitled "A Pioneer's Story, The Hardships of the U.E.Loyalists", it is an account of the early life of settlers in the district from an old resident (unknown) of Belleville.
File contains a special edition of the Globe and Mail Magazine, February 15, 1969 concerning Blacks of Canada in historical and contemporary perspective. Not all pages of the supplement are present.
Printed brochure of rules, classes, judges, awards, and suggestions for the Hastings County Farmstead Improvement Contest, part of the 1961 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration in Belleville, Ontario.
File contains typescript correspondence from Leslie Whitford to Mrs. J.W. Sargent Secretary, Hastings County Historical Society March 6-March12, 1964 concerning the 1871 annual inspection of the Grand Trunk Railway Brigade in Belleville under the command of Captains Nunn and Crowther. Also contains a photocopied article entitled “The Grand Trunk Railway Brigade” by Barbara Wilson, concerning special militia units composed of employees of the Grand Trunk Railway authorized by Canadian Order in Council in 1867 to act in states of emergency (published in the Canadian Army Journal 17 (2) in 1963).
File contains a completed printed marriage certificate of Francis McAnnany and Sarah Smart, whose marriage took place on February 14, 1868 in Syracuse, New York at St. Paul's Church.
File contains a printed booklet entitled “Pioneer Souls : the History of the McCullough Sept,” by Dr. T. J. Harrison, concerning the history of the McCullough Family who originated from Scotland, with branches of the family settling in Hastings County in the 1820s.
File contains a typescript brief biography of Charles Hayes who was an early promoter of iron ore mining and smelting in Blairton, near Marmora, Ontario.
File contains a photocopied typescript report entitled 'Brief on Flood Control Measures for the Moira River Watershed,' submitted by the Moira River Conservation Authority to the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario ca. 1955.
File contains a photocopied hand drawn map of the Moira Conservation Authority watershed area, ca. 1958. Also included is a photocopied typescript report on a multi-use project for the proposed 'Colonel Roscoe Vanderwater Conservation Area' near Thomasburg, Ontario.