Handwritten and typed notes for the Minus 100 presentations given at Hastings County Historical Society public meetings, featuring news items from 100 years earlier. From a variety of Historical Society members, including Gerry Boyce and Beth Green.
File contains a typescript letter from the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa to Gerald Boyce, 4 August 1966, concerning a list of photographic prints relating to gold mines in the Madoc and Marmora areas.
File contains photocopied and original manuscript notes concerning the history of Marmora, Eldorado and Bannockburn village. Also contains photocopied manuscript notes on the history of railroads in Hastings County.
Typescript draft of "A Settlement at Meyers' Creek" (Chapter 6 of Historic Hastings by Gerry Boyce), with annotations and suggestions by H. C. Burleigh.
File contains typescript correspondence originating from and received by Gerry Boyce, President of the Hastings County Historical Society regarding the installation of a plaque in Victoria Park, Belleville, in honour of Capt. John Walden Meyers. Also contains a typescript press release of the Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity regarding the public unveiling of the plaque on August 23, 1959.
File contains a carbon copy typescript list of materials relating to the Argyll Light Infantry, 15th Battalion, in the holdings of the Belleville Armouries in 1959. The catalogue was compiled by Gerry E. Boyce and includes a brief history of the 15th Battalion.
File contains a photocopied typescript catalogue prepared by Gerald E. Boyce of materials relating to the Argyll Light Infantry held at the Belleville Armouries in 1959. Also includes a newspaper article dated 21 June 1963 concerning museum exhibits of artifacts relating to the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment on display at the Regimental Museum, Belleville, Ontario.
File contains a manuscript and typescript essay entitled “Quinte Waterways,” by Gerald E. Boyce. The paper recounts the history of the Bay of Quinte region from ca. 1615 to 1954. Includes hand drawn maps of the area.
File contains a photocopied manuscript biographical sketch of lawyer and council member, Andrew Ball Elmer, together with genealogical information regarding the Elmer Family of Belleville, compiled by G.E. Boyce.
File contains a photocopied manuscript set of volumes 1 and 2 of The Seaview Gazette, a newsletter produced by members of the 'Bancroft Clan' in Belleville, Ontario, for the period June 1892 to April 1893. Also included are photocopied printed monthly issues of the publication August 1893 to June 1894. The issues largely focus on social news, visits and community events. Also present is a letter of 28 September 1966 from Wlliam F.E. Morley, Curator, Special Collections Queen's University, Kingston to Gerald Boyce accompanying the transmission of the copies.
File contains photocopies and original printed advertisements of miscellaneous businesses in Madoc. Also contains a printed invitation to the laying of the cornerstone of Madoc High School, July 2, 1934. Also present is a manuscript extract from the Ontario Provincial Board of Health concerning dams in the Madoc area in the 1870s.
File contains several photocopied typescript histories, and typescript correspondence by Mrs. Thomas Jenkins concerning the history of Tudor & Cashel Townships. Also present is a photocopied typescript history of Tudor and Cashel Townships by W.A. McMurray, Gilmour. File includes a newspaper clipping dated 6 December 1956 concerning the election of Reeve James Spracket of Tudor and Cashel Townships.
File contains a manuscript history of Glen Ross from its founding ca. 1859 as the settlement of Tupperville to ca. 1918, by Mrs. Arthur Pyear. Also present is a letter from Mrs.Arthur Pyear to Gerry Boyce, 3 June 1965 accompanying the history.
File contains a copy of manuscript field notes by W.H. Deane, Provincial Land Surveyor concerning an 1858 survey of Tudor Township, and copies of manuscript field notes by A. McLeod, P.L.S connected with a survey of Tudor Township in 1863. Also present are i) manuscript correspondence from M.L. Jenkins to Gerry Boyce in response to a chapter review request on Tudor Township history and ii) manuscript notes on surveys and aspects of Tudor Township history by Gerry Boyce.
File of items relating to the founding of Stirling, Ontario, and to education in Stirling and Rawdon, copied from the holdings of the Hastings County Historical Society and the Archives of Ontario. These items were sent to Stirling Public Library by Gerry Boyce.
File contains extensive typescript notes transcribed by Gerry Boyce from newspaper, archival and secondary sources concerning recruitment of volunteers, and military action in the Rebellion of 1837. Also present are mimeographs of two essays concerning Hastings County connections and military contributions to the defence of Upper Canada during the Rebellion.