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Copies of The Belleville Times, a weekly newspaper, published on Wednesdays in Belleville, Ontario by Roger Worth in 1969 and 1970.

This collection represents materials originating or used by W.C. Mikel. The first folder contains three speeches delivered during his time as Police Magistrate and Mayor. The next series of folders contains references and sources for his volume The City of Belleville History. The second folder contains correspondence regarding the book. Folders three through ten contain the notes Mikel used for each chapter. Folder eleven contains the plans for “Quinte City" and documents from the Town Planning Institute among others. Folder twelve contains unattributed reference material and general research for the book. Folder thirteen contains Mikel's collection of material for the 1924 United Empire Loyalist celebration which was held during his first term as Mayor. Folder fourteen contains Mrs. Mikel's obituary, a letter from Mikel to the Bank of Montreal, and a letterhead from the period he served as Police Magistrate. Folder fifteen contains three copies of his book, Godlove Mikel. The sixtenth folder contains a variety of newspaper clippings.

A small collection of Belleville-related items:

• Three receipts made out to J. S. McKeown for initiation fee and membership dues for Belleville Masonic Lodge no. 123 of the Grand Registry of Canada, 1895-1898
• Four report Cards for Marie Gulis, who attended Queen Victoria School in Belleville between 1957 and 1962
• Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School 'Elevator' yearbook for 1967-1968

Photograph of eight firemen and a little girl, taken between buildings on the south side of Front Street, Belleville, Ontario.
They have been identified as (back row) Bob Fair, Jack McRay, Web Carter, Vince Orr and Frank Paste (front row) Barney Smith, Stan Longhurst, Mary Longhurst and Leo Culhane.

Materials relating to Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to Earl Gilbert Wheeler of the 13th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force. The folders are composed of personal letters to Gunner Wheeler's friends and family written while he was stationed at various posts throughout World War I. It also includes financial documents, educational certificates and other professional and personal papers. In addition to these records, documents containing correspondence about his injury, the search for his whereabouts, as well as his death certificate.

The collection consists of records of various private businesses which operated in Hastings County, Ontario, which were gathered as a unit by the Hastings County Historical Society. Various kinds of activities and occupations are represented: collection of duties; public utilities; loan; general merchants; grocery; temperance; insurance; engineering; surveying; railway. Most of the individuals and some of the corporate bodies responsible for the creation of papers included in this fonds operated at a local or regional level, while most of the corporate bodies were subordinate to larger entities; most of these individuals and corporate bodies were located in Belleville. The fonds is comprised of business correspondence, registers of various kinds, cash books, ledgers, account books, journals, day books, and accounts receivable books.

Certificates, photographs and posters.

The fonds contains a Daily Cash Transactions sheet with a hand-drawn layout of the coal yards, an envelope with the company name "The Schuster Co. Limited", miscellaneous materials copied from original documents including newspaper clippings from 1954; pages 62-66 of the Canadian Fuel Marketer ca. 1878-1978 issues; Weaver Liquifuels pages 55-60, 2 envelopes of negatives, and 110 photographs of various everyday operations at the Bill Schuster Coal and Lumber Company, as well as photographs of Bill Schuster and possibly his family. One is an aerial photograph of the site of the company.

Photographs and video, including:

13 of the 50th Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School reunion in 1978
20 of the 60th Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School reunion in 1988
22 of the Belleville Centennial parade on 1 July 1978 (and negatives)

Eight reproduction photographs, including the interior of Well's harness shop in Belleville in the 1920s (with William Dack's father on the right of the shot); Thomasburg Anglican church, Latta and Chisholm mills.

Three photographs of UK royal family visits to the Quinte area: Prince Edward, Prince Andrew and Queen Elizabeth II.

An envelope containing a printed card with a pen-and-ink drawing of BCIVS by Rea Clarke, 1978.

A DVD with a four minute video converted from film, filmed during a steam train ride from Belleville to Peterborough in June 1964's Railway Week.

The collection contains the following textual records:

• Belleville High School Elevator yearbooks from ca. 1913-1926 (gaps)
• BCIVS yearbooks from ca. 1929-1978 (gaps)
• 1972 yearbook from York Regional School of Nursing
• Belleville Sports Hall of Fame program from Sept 12 1987
• Program- Tribute to Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment at St. Thomas Church
• A Flyer of Centennial House Tour May 13 1978
• Historic buildings of downtown Belleville walking tour pamphlet
• Heritage Belleville's Walking Tour pamphlet
• Bell Telephone Co. Subscribers lists for 1883 reproduction
• Official Telephone Directory 1900 reproduction pamphlet
• The Ont. Mutual Life Assurance Co. reproduction pamphlet
• Hastings County Historical Society "Outlook" Issue 88, November 1990
• Belleville's What's Happening Magazine Nov/Dec 1974

This collection consists of: family photographs postcards Chrsitmas cards Valentine card deeds and mortgages for a property in Tyendinaga Township on the north side of lot 6 in the first concession Shredded Wheat cereal box cards (see http://rolandanderson.se/injun-uity_cards.php) Imperial Oil Limited History of Canada portfolios plate depicting Shannonville United Church
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The fonds consists of two books plus banking records and statements, invoices, a postcard, phone bills and two flyers. Book 1 is an account ledger with name index spanning from 1932-1940. Book 2 is a notebook from 19 March 1940- 18 Sept. 1944. Other records include a statement from Sept. 21, 1936 plus 10 pages from an accounts ledger, no date, possibly recording household goods sold from the Pitman's store; two Canadian Bank of Commerce vinyl folders; seven "Long Distance Service" phone bill statements; two receipts; four loose pages from a petty accounts book; two envelopes; card from "Tuck" to Mrs. J. Churchill, no date; two flyers, one from "Charlinore Kennels" and one from "Director of Annuities".