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HCHS Textual Records collection: Files 2000 to 2499
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The Intelligencer : early history

File contains an Ontario Intelligencer article dated 14 June 1924 concerning the establishment and early history of the Weekly Intelligencer [later Ontario Intelligencer]. This issue of the newspaper is available online at https://archive.org/details/intelligencer-june-1924/page/n85/mode/2up . Also present is a typescript genealogy of the family of George Benjamin who started the newspaper in 1834. The genealogy was prepared by Ruby Milburn, granddaughter of George and Isabella Benjamin.

Museum Project, Faulkner House 1967

File contains a mimeographed typescript proposal entitled “Belleville Project for the Canadian Centennial : a proposal submitted by certain interested citizens.” The proposal contains a brief history of Faulkner House [Glanmore], architectural drawings and a proposed budget for restoration and subsequent operations.

Moira River Conservation Authority, 1962

File contains several newspaper articles regarding control of the water level of the Moira River, the selection of officers of the Moira River Conservation Authority for 1962 and reforestation projects proposed for the MRCA watershed area. Also present are two printed booklets entitled respectively, : 'Moira River Conservation Authority : Progress and Achievements, 1947-1962' and a 1964 'Conservation Drive,' which outlines a self-guided auto tour through the Moira Valley.

Moira River Conservation Authority, 1960

File contains printed minutes of meetings of the Moira River Conservation Authority, June-August, 1960. Also contains printed and photocopied announcements concerning the official opening of The Colonel Roscoe Vanderwater Conservation Area; several newspaper articles regarding Lingham Lake on the Moira River watershed area; and a photocopied printed paper entitled Modernising an Old Dam'/ by Bruce H. Smith, Chairman of the Moira River Conservation Authority, concerning the rebuilding of the dam at Lingham Lake

Moira River Conservation Authority

Moira River Conservation Authority, 1960

File contains printed minutes of meetings of the Moira River Conservation Authority, June-August, 1960. Also contains printed and photocopied announcements concerning the official opening of The Colonel Roscoe Vanderwater Conservation Area; several newspaper articles regarding Lingham Lake on the Moira River watershed area; and a photocopied printed paper entitled Modernising an Old Dam'/ by Bruce H. Smith, Chairman of the Moira River Conservation Authority, concerning the rebuilding of the dam at Lingham Lake

Mining : Marmora Iron Works, 1823

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.

[This is the text of a plaque erected in Marmora by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board, Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario. For more on the location of the plaque, see https://hastingshistoricalplaques.ca/regional-maps/marmora-ironworks-1823/92 .]

Boer War Medal : presented to Major Franklin Lynn, 1901

File contains a newspaper article of March 31, 1960 concerning the presentation of a medal to the Hastings County Historical Society on behalf of Major G. Franklin Lynn, former Belleville resident, who served in the Canadian Contingent in the South African [Boer] War. The medal, of which Major Lynn was one of the recipients, was originally presented to Belleville members of the Contingent by the Belleville City Council in 1901.

Ontario Legislature: East Hastings 1959 Election

File contains newspaper clippings:

  • a number are advertisements for various candidates including Fred Brethour (CCF) and Clarke Rollins (PC)
  • election results
  • polling station information
  • one enumerators' record for Mr. Gerald Boyce,
  • a Report to the People of Ontario by Premier Leslie Frost dated May 4, 1959 listing his government's achievements

Ontario Legislative Elections 1882-1957

File contains (7) newspaper clippings
3 listing candidates by riding as well as "redeemed constituencies" from 1883 provincial election: Hastings East, Appleby (L) and Hudson (C); Hastings North, Vankleek (L) and Wood (C); Hastings West, Sills (L) and Rose (C)
1 article on election expenses for Baltis Rose Hastings West byelection for Ontario legislature, 1882
1 article Lloyd Price's nomination for East Hastings provincial riding, 1958
1 article detailing the election of new officers, including Fred Mitchell as president, to the board of the East Hastings Conservative Association
1 article on the East Hastings provincial byelection in 1936

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