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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.

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

File contains a newspaper article dated February 23, 1899 recounting an unidentified veteran's recollection of the Battle of Shannonville on February 22, 1838 when Hastings Regiment militia members engaged in a brief military engagement with rebels and American sympathizers.

File contains a map printed on linen of South Africa and an accompanying poem by Rudyard Kipling entitled The Absent Minded Beggar which had been set to music by Arthur Sullivan.

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.

File contains a booklet and brochure published by the Ontario Water Resources Commission entitled "The Story of Water" exploring the water cycle as well as water treatment, how it occurs and its history in Ontario

File contains newspaper clippings:

• a number are advertisements for various candidates including J.C. Lundberg (L), Elmer Sandercock (PC) as well as article on Leslie Frost speech at Belleville
• election results
• polling station information
• one enumerators' record for Mrs. Beverley Boyce,

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

File contains one newspaper article regarding alleged voter interference for Grand Trunk employees by John Bell and W.H. Biggar threatening to fire employees who vote for Ostrom during 1890 election in West Hastings

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

File contains (10) newspaper clippings from The Intelligencer regarding the career and retirement of Ontario Hydro regional manager Ernie Gurnett as well as some articles on local contracts.

File contains a brief manuscript account of Patrick Gannon, who settled in McClure Township in 1870, and his descendants to 1961.

File contains a typescript historical survey with questions concerning the geography, settlement and and social and economic development of communities in Hastings County together with manuscript notes completed by D.K. Card in response to the survey of McClure Township. Also present is typescript and manuscript correspondence from and received by Gerry Boyce concerning the history of McClure Township for his book, Historic Hastings. Bessie M. Fleming may have contributed some of these materials.

File contains three original printed programs of the annual concerts of the Belleville Philharmonic Society, 1903 to 1905. Also present are printed sheets of music, and a printed primary examination of the Toronto Conservatory of Music.