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Collection of Deseronto-related materials

  • CA ON00156 2016-67
  • Collection
  • 1900-2000

This collection contains a variety of materials relating to the history of Deseronto and Hastings County. Items include:

  • video of the 1989 Deseronto Centennial and Homecoming celebration, 4-5 August 1989, including performances of the Centennial Song, a Main Street parade, a baby show, karate demonstration and fireworks
  • File on the 1989 Deseronto Centennial celebrations
  • 35mm slides of historic views of Deseronto
  • Morrison family snapshots of unidentified people
  • Photograph of an aircraft from Camp Mohawk on the shore of the Bay of Quinte, August 1917
  • Programme and photograph (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/29760539332/) of the United Empire Loyalist Celebration, June 1929
  • Plan of Deseronto lots, 1943
  • Series of 120 photographs of Deseronto, taken around 1995. Many are aerial shots, others are of individual houses. A few depict individuals: Don Lindsay, Dennis Vick, Dick Beare, Joe Carter, Ed Gordanier
  • 'A Building Code for Smaller Municipalities' by the National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, 1947
  • County of Hastings directories for 1983, 1984, 1985
  • County of Hastings receipts and expenditures statement, 1921
  • By-law to Regulate the Running At Large of Animals and for Other Purposes, Township of Tyendinaga, 6 August 1895
  • File of 'Deseronto Firsts' compiled by Ken Brown
  • File of photographs, press clippings and list of entrants in Deseronto's Easter Parade of 2006
  • 16 photographs of empty lots in Deseronto, taken 2004
  • File of partial letters from Joe Goold to his sweetheart, Marnie, written while he was based in Detroit, 11 September to 11 October 1919, with blank postcards of Deseronto scenes and a letter from Elizabeth Goold to Bill Hunt concerning the letters
  • File on James Fairbairn including a newspaper extract and a studio photograph taken by him.
  • Typescript biography of Harry B. Free (Camp Rathbun flight instructor) by Margaret Crothers, 1991
  • File on the Dryden family, including a photograph of the Drydens at the Peterborough Lift Lock (https://flic.kr/p/9dmEYZ)
  • File of clippings about Gwen Lazier Braidwood, 2005
  • File of clippings about Deseronto mayor Glen Belcour, 1995-2002
  • File relating to the Asten family, including a letter from James Asten, Town Scavenger, to the Deseronto Town Council, 1936 (available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/albums/72157674226629315)
  • Promotional brochure and news clipping on Bridgeline Ropes of Deseronto, 1999
  • Listing by plot number of owners of plots in the Deseronto cemetery and names of people buried there, with their year of death, 2003
  • File on the Deseronto Theatre Guild's formation, 2004
  • File on a Deseronto Waterfront Study Workshop held February 2005
  • File and photographs on the 'Leander Electra' electric yacht, 1986
  • Bakery token for R. Marrigan, Baker, Deseronto
  • File of materials relating to E. A. Rixen, including three letters from Deseronto teacher Lena Warren, 1908
  • File on Deseronto Arts & Culture Society, 2004-2007
  • File and photographs relating to the Deseronto Yacht Club, 1993-2003
  • 'Dear Hame hid awa' in the Glen' photocopy of sheet music by Archibald Duncan MacIntyre (oversize - stored in box 66)
  • List of members of St. Mark's Anglican Church who volunteered for active service in World War Two (oversize - stored in box 66)
  • Folder of Deseronto Yacht Club materials: photographs and news clippings (part of the Floyd Marlin collection - stored in box 46), 1950-1997

Scrapbook and correspondence relating to Moira School

  • CA ON00156 2017-06
  • Collection
  • c. 1900-2004

Collection contains:

  1. Scrapbook containing photographs and notes relating to Moira School, compiled in 1954 and including older photographs and correspondence. Some photographs missing
  2. File of correspondence addressed to John Owen Herity who published an article about Moira School in the Intelligencer of 5th February 1938
  3. File on Moira Church containing program for a reunion in 1977 and a celebration of its 150th anniversary in 2004
  4. File of two newsletters written by Annie Cook of Erin in 1983 and 1984

Burkitt, Evelyn

Transcript of the diary of Constable John McCrodan, Belleville Police

  • CA ON00156 2016-97
  • File
  • 1869-1870

Typescript transcription of the diary of Constable John McCrodan of Belleville Police, Belleville, Ontario from August 1869 to March 1870. The original diary is in the possession of Mrs Cathy Atkinson, a descendant of McCrodan. It was transcribed by Lindi Pierce in 2016.

McCrodan, John

C. E. Sexsmith calendar for 1948

  • CA ON00156 2017-99
  • Item
  • 1947

Printed monthly calendar for 1948 produced for C. E. Sexsmith, vendor of feeds, hardware, gas, oil, car accessories and radios in Melrose, Ontario. On the back of each page are hints and information for household and farm use, with 'Helpful Facts for the Housewife' on the first page. The calendar pages hold advertisements for Quaker 'Ful-O-Pep' animal feeds.

Map collection

  • CA ON00156 M
  • Collection
  • 1792-2018

Maps collected by the Hastings County Historical Society and added to by the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County. The maps cover locations in Hastings County and extend to all of Canada.

Hastings County Historical Society

'Corbyville 1991'

  • CA ON00156 2015-06
  • Item
  • 1991

Booklet produced at the time of the closure of the Corbyville plant of Corby's Distilleries, containing a history of the Corbys and photographs of employees and site buildings and vehicles.

Corby's Distilleries

Quinte Scanner newspaper

  • Fonds
  • 1968-1982

The Quinte Scanner was a newspaper published in Deseronto, Ontario, between 1968 and 1981.

City of Belleville History

  • Item
  • 1943

Published book on the history of the City of Belleville, Ontario.

Mikel, William Charles

Additional materials from Don Kellaway

  • CA ON00156 2019-034
  • Collection
  • 1918-2016

Items accumulated by Don Kellaway including:
1) Canada Registration Board certificate for Maurice J. Callaghan (donor's father-in-law), issued 22 June 1918
2) Two pay packet envelopes for Maurice Callaghan for $43.45 and $85.05 (latter from The Steel Co. of Canada), undated
3) Photograph album created by S. Alec Gordon of a canoe and camping trip on the Trent River from the Bay of Quinte to Peterborough, July 1932
4) File of correspondence and research notes about the Callaghan family, 2016

Kellaway, Don

Newspaper and magazine collection

  • Collection
  • 1833-

The Community Archives has an extensive collection of original local newspapers and magazines, as well as microfilm copies of the Intelligencer, the Hastings Chronicle, and the Daily Ontario.

David Pershick collection of railway maps and plans

  • CA ON00156 2018-022
  • Collection
  • 1874-1964

Ontario Hydro maps for parts of Hastings County and copies of Grand Trunk Railway plans from Library and Archives Canada. Includes a photograph of Canadian National Railway employees at Belleville, Ontario (online at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/39400300370/) and booklet C.T. 405 from Penn Central with "Special Instructions Governing Operation of Signals and Interlockings", 1968

Three additional Hydro maps were added from David Pershick's estate in January 2024 (2024-007/1-3), with two aerial photographs of railway yards in Toronto (2024-007/4-5, in poor condition).

Pershick, David

Memorial (Hume) Arena materials

  • CA ON00156 2018-053
  • Collection
  • 1959-2004

Three registration certificates for the refrigeration plant at the Hume Arena in Belleville, Ontario: 1959, 1969, 1970.
Newspaper clippings: Benzie Sangma article 'Memorial Arena memories' published 4 October 2003 and article from 'Hockey Reporter' Fall 2004 edition on historic Ontario arenas, including the Memorial Arena in Belleville.

Boys' and Girls' Song of Democracy

  • CA ON00156 2010-07
  • Item
  • 1941

Printed lyrics to the 'Boys' and Girls' Song of Democracy', sung to the tune of Jingle Bells. With a message from Princess Elizabeth.

Life Portrayal Series

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