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Digital photographs of Hastings County Historical Society events and activities taken while Anne Rector was a member of the Board. Many are related to fundraising efforts for the Community Archives.

Records of Highlands Women's Institute, comprising:
1) Minute book, 1998-2009
2) Minute book, 2010-2018
3) Treasurer's account book, 2010-2018
4) Tweedsmuir book of photographs, news clippings, memorabilia, 1998-2012
5) Tweedsmuir bookof photographs, news clippings, memorabilia, 2012-2016

Photographs taken of activities and locations in Belleville, Ontario between 1990 and 2005.
1) Unveiling ceremonies, 1990-2003, including: Belleville Garden Club plaque, 1990s; War Memorial Park dedication, 18 October 2001; J. Russell Scott Park, Robin Jeffrey Park, Jane Forrester Park, Gerald B. Hyde Park, R. T. Potter Park, all 2002; Bruce Faulds Track, Wilbur C. Purcell Bridge, J. Ben Corke Footbridge, Jean Smith Housing Complex, Tom Gavey Alemite Park, Putman Bridge, Gerry Masterson Community Centre, Thurlow, all 2003; Riverside Trail groundbreaking [c.100 photographs]
2) Parks and arenas, c.2001, including: Wally Dever Arena opening; Quinte Sports Centre/Yardmen Arena internal and external views; Corby Rose Garden; Lioness Park opening; aerial views of Zwick's Island; Parkdale Community Centre; Meyer's Pier; skating in Victoria Harbour; Wharf Street Debating Club; [55 photographs]
3) Moira River views, including aerial photographs and views of the route of the future riverfront trail, c.2001 [34 photographs]
4) Aerial views of Belleville and Thurlow, c.2001, including: Belleville General Hospital, Hastings Manor, Corbyville distillery site, Quinte Hotel, Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, the Armouries, Mary Ann Sills park, Zwicks Park, Quinte Sports Centre, Loyalist College, industrial parks [c.100 photographs]
5) Aerial views of Belleville, c.2004, including: Loyalist College, downtown Belleville, Hastings Manor (new building), Reid's Dairy, riverfront trail (under construction), Albert College, Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf [50 photographs]
6) Aerial views of Bay of Quinte northern shoreline, c.2004, including Bakelite plant, Belleville General Hospital, Belleville Cemetery [49 photographs]
7) Unveiling of the Belleville McFarlands mural on the Memorial Arena, 18 September 2002 [49 photographs] with note from Mayor George Zegouras to Marjorie Buck concerning her role as official photographer for the event
8) Competitors at the Games for the Disabled event held in Belleville, c.2002 [32 photographs]
9) Photographs of a celebratory event at Glanmore National Historic Site, marking 30 years as a museum, July 2003 [c.100 photographs]
10) Photographs of Belleville Farmers' Market, c.2002 (taken in summer and in fall) [8 photographs]

Contains mostly the Quinte Branch newsletter but also correspondence, minutes, reports and a number of walking tours of Belleville and Picton. Some of the minutes from meetings are also included as are some newspaper clippings associated with historic buildings of the region.

Research materials, including:

• Notes on old Belleville newspapers (1833-1868), 1977
• Notes and 35mm slides for a presentation on 'A Family Compound on Bridge Street East', given at various venues between 1983 and 2008
• Notes for a presentation on 'Early Schools in Belleville', c.1989
• Printouts of data on baptisms, marriages, and burials at St. Thomas's church, Belleville, 1995
• Research notes for Paul Foster's book on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Moira Lodge of Freemasons, c.2000

Two scrapbooks of photographs and programs recording the activities of the Mohawk Loyalist Council (1970-1994) and the Belleville Life Member Club (1988-2000) of the Telephone Pioneers of America.

Records of Sidney South Women's Institute, including minutes and Tweedsmuir history.

Items formerly owned by Stanley Watkins relating to:
1 & 2) Notes and papers relating to the construction of a house on Maitland Drive in Belleville (including 133 scans of colour slides of the project and building plans), 1960
3) Quinte Unitarians newsletters, 1962-1963
4) Belleville Toastmasters publications and bulletins, 1962-1963

Scrapbooks created by members of the Belleville, Ontario, Chapters of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority, documenting the groups' activities and press coverage.

Bay of Quinte Area Council
1) Memory Book, 1973
2) File including minutes and notes, 1981-2000

Scrapbooks are included for the following Chapters:
Alpha Lambda
3) 1975-1976
4) 1978-1979

Gamma Mu
5) 1961-1965
6) 1966-1967
7) 1967-1968
8) 1969-1970
9) 1970-1971
10) 1971-1972
11) 1980-1981
12) 1981-1982
13) 1988-1989
14) 1989-1990
15) 1991-1992
16) 1992-1993
17) 1994-1995

Preceptor Alpha Beta
18) 1978-1981
19) 1981-1982
20) 1982-1984
21) 1984-1985
22) 1986-1987
23) 1987-1988
24) 1991-1992

Xi Alpha Mu
25) 1959-1967
26) 1977-1980
27) 1980-1981
28) 1981-1982
29) 1983-1984
30) 1986-1987
31) 1991-1992
31a) 1993-1994 (this volume transferred from Belleville Public Library in April 2019)
32) 1996-1997

Xi Beta Zeta
33) 1972-1974
34) 1975-1976
35) 1976-1977
36) 1977-1978
37) 1978-1979
38) 1979-1980
39) 1980-1981
40) 1981-1982
41) 1983-1984
42) 1984-1985
43) 1986-1987
44) 1987-1988
45) 1988-1989
46) 1989-1990
47) 1990-1991
48) 1991-1992
49) 1992-1993
50) 1993-1994
51) 1995-1996
52) 1997-1998

One file of loose items.
Poster celebrating 50 years of Beta Sigma Phi, prepared by Gwen Aubin, 1981.
Poster with titles of officers of Beta Sigma Phi Chapters, c.1980.

Additional materials received as 2018-137 in November 2018:

• Minutes of the Laureate Sigma Chapter, 1978-1984
• Minutes of the Laureate Alpha Eta Chapter, 1982-2011
• Minutes of Belleville City Council of Beta Sigma Phi, 2016
• Ten issues of 'The Torch' magazine, 1999-2018

Additional materials received as 2019-111 in November 2019. Members of this chapter included: Geraldine Bertin; Margaret Bowes; Janet Bowland; Donna Bruce; Patricia Clayton; Sharon Dracup; Phyllis Etter; Joyce Foster; Dianne Fritz; Susan Jordan; Patricia Meens; Shirley Newton; Lana Reid; Mary Rowland; Diane Turrall, Shirley Wasson.

1) Minutes of the Laureate Sigma Chapter, 1994-2013
2) Scrapbook of Laureate Sigma Chapter, 1996-1999
3) Photographs of the Laureate Sigma Chapter, c.1996-2010
4) Issue of 'The Torch' magazine, November 2000

Minute books for the Huntingdon East Women's Institute, 1952-1977. File of information including: a history of Fuller and Moira United Churches; reproduction 1954 voters' list for Huntingdon, notes on cemeteries in South Huntingdon Township and 'Memories of Huntingdon Township' by Elmer Wilson as told to Betty Workman.

Fonds consist of 3 Tweedsmuir scrapbooks compiled by the Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute. Also included are 2 minute books and 1 binder of president's notes. Books contain newsclippings, photographs, minutes, brochures, expenditures, handwritten notes, poems, maps and reports of local history and the Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute. Subjects covered within the scrapbooks are programmes, banquets and miscellaneous events.

Fonds consist of three Tweedsmuir scrapbooks compiled by the Carmel Women's Institute and nine volumes of minute books.

The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, and reports of local history and the Carmel Women's Institute. Subjects covered within the scrapbooks are World War II, excursions of the group, local businesses and news about the community.

The minute books cover the years 1949-2001 and include accounting information for the Institute. Some have lists of meetings, attendance registers and lists of members.

These records comprise: five minute books of the Paudash Women's Institute, 1947-1978; files of news clippings; reports to the North Hastings District; notes on local history.

The fonds comprises the following records:

• Minute Books from 1943-1999
• Receipts & Expenses from 1943-1966
• Treasurer's Accounts from 1967-1978
• Membership Groups from 1974-1976
• Newspaper clippings
• Two membership cards from 1993, 1994
• Record of cheques from 1984-1996
• Bank of Montreal passbook from 1945
• Statements from 1991-1999

Records of the Quinte Field Naturalists consisting of:

• books of meeting minutes
• newsletters
• newspaper clippings
• pamphlets
• financial statements, the organization's constitution
• breeding and nesting records, Christmas bird counts
• memos, letters
• obituaries of members
• an application for incorporation (stamped with date of incorporation - 22 Jan 1991 - by the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations)
• membership records constitution, proposals, by-laws

Fonds consists of one volume of the financial secretary's membership book covering 1938-1964. Also part of a letterhead with a logo.

This fonds contains a variety of documents relating to the Belleville Fire Department which include, but are not entirely composed of, official policies relating to officer's reports, fire logs, health and safety, arbitration, indemnity agreements with surrounding communities, uniform specifications, certificates and cards, labour related issues, scientific studies, records of the city of Belleville and the Belleville Professional Fire Fighters Association in addition to newspaper clippings related to the fire department dated from 1907 to 2001.