This collection comprises some 4,400 vertical files of materials gathered by the Hastings County Historical Society. They cover a wide range of subjects and were received from a variety of different sources, not always recorded.
The collection includes original materials, newspaper clippings, secondary histories and copies.
Posters collected by Hastings County Historical Society. They include posters from local theatres, schools, artists and hockey teams, and campaign posters for local political candidates.
Four receipts from Belleville businesses, 1950-1958
Three blotters, advertising: Belleville Public Utilities Commission; George J. Tustin, Conservative Candidate for Prince Edward Lennox [1935]; George A. Lee House of Hobberlin store at 250 Front Street, Belleville
Saturday Evening Post magazine in memory of John F. Kennedy, 14 December 1963
Hastings County Board of Education report, 1969-1970
Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School
Fifteen files of material collected during Selma Bochnek's time on Belleville City Council, with videos of council meetings and miscellaneous publications.
File 1: Family photographs: mainly of farm scenes such as haymaking, corn harvesting, steam traction engines, horses. Two individuals are identified: George Avery and Will Roblin.
File 2: Publications- newspaper clippings
File 3: Nostalgic items and publications, newspaper clippings
File 4: Miscellaneous publications and clippings
File 5: Material relating to Belleville's 1978 Centennial
Materials added to the Community Archives' newspaper holdings: Belleville Intelligencer recipe supplements, 1964-1987
Collection of tourism brochures and promotional leaflets for the Bay of Quinte, Belleville and Hastings County areas in Ontario. Publications include:
Belleville at a Glance
Belleville Chamber of Commerce Directories, 1997-2000
Discover - Land o'Lakes Region
Doors Open
Ontario East
Prince Edward County
Quinte Arts Council Directories
Quinte Information Guide
Quinte Life magazine
What's Happening magazine
Waterfront Festival
Quinte International Airshow, 1992
Biographical notes and photographs relating to the Belleville and Hastings County individuals covered by the book Quinte Women of Distinction. Files relating to women of Prince Edward County were donated to the archives there.
Files are present for the following women:
Muriel Andrews
Mary Graham Archibald
Pearl Brant
Mary Baldwin Breakenridge
Emma Connor
Mary Conner Deacon
Olive Delaney
Flora MacDonald Merrill Denison
Eva Grace Curitis Dyer
Hazel Farley
Philippa Faulkner
Phoebe Sawyer Clement Flint
Ada Alfaretta Funnell
Ella Gardener
Marvel Garrett
Annetta Green
Martha (Mattie) Hardinge
Fanny McCrae Hutton
Jane Clement Jones
Alison Kuglin
Nellie Ryerson Ludgate
Jane Davidson Marshall
Lily Farlardeaugh Boyington Mathieson
Effie Alice Matthews McCabe
Martha Ostrom McIntosh
Dorothy McKinnon
Nellie Merry
Polly Kruger Meyers
Susanna Moodie
Joy Nichols
Lillian O'Connor
Jenny O'Hara Pincock
Leona Kathleen Riggs
Mary Elizabeth Schuster
Jessie Barbara Tuite
Catherine Chrysler White
Bea Williamson
Marian Wilson
Letitia Creighton Youmans
Diane Karis Zegouras
Canadian Federation of University Women - Belleville and District
Contains sources used in Betsy Boyce's book The Rebels of Hastings, published in 1992 by University of Toronto Press. The files contain finding aids, photocopies of archival material, and excerpts from books.
The collection reflects the publishing interests of Nick and Helma Mika. It comprises four main series: photographic files, reference files, printing process files and other materials. The collection is strong in local history materials, particularly relating to the history of the United Empire Loyalists, railways, and the city of Belleville.