This description is for part of a collection of 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.
Collection includes: 1) File of copies of newspaper articles on Frank Morse Robb and copy of the patent for his electronic wave organ. Also includes research notes on the William Finkle Machine business at 393 Sidney Street in Belleville (Bristol Aircraft Products during the Second World War) and an article from 'Remember When' on the Argue family home at 338 Charles Street. 2) File of research notes on Belleville buildings constructed by City Hall builder John Forin, c.1988-1898 3) Copy of paper by Gerry Boyce on 'Conflict and Cooperation: The Cemeteries of Belleville, Ontario', 2003 4) Copy of article by Peter Meehan 'The East Hastings By-Election of 1936 and the Ontario Separate School Tax Question', published in 'Historical Studies' 68, 2002 5) Electronic files of research notes on buildings in east Belleville 6) Electronic files of research notes on buildings in west Belleville
10 black and white photographs of buildings on John, North Front, Front and South Front Streets in Belleville, 1979-1980
51 photographs of churches and schoolhouses in various locations, 1979-2006, including: Victoria Avenue Baptist Church; Fuller Public School; Moneymore Anglican Church; Actinolite United Church; Actinolite school; St. John's United Church, Tweed; Madoc Anglican Church; St. Andrew's Church, Tweed; St. Paul's Anglican, Roslin; St. Edmunds Parish Hall; the Blue Church, Cooper; former church, Holloway Heights; Flinton Anglican Church; St. Matthew Anglican Church, Marlbank; Queensborough Anglican Church; Bonarlaw Anglican Church; Millbridge Church; Millbridge Public School; St. Carthagh's Catholic Church, Tweed; Potter Settlement School
66 colour photographs and three 35mm slides of various historic buildings in Hastings County, 1980-2006. These include the train station at Madoc; O'Hara Mill; houses in Belleville; properties in Springbrook and Moira. .
Preliminary Geological Map of Tudor Township South (91cm x 74cm), 1962
Preliminary Geological Map of Tudor Township North (90cm x 79cm), 1962
Ontario Department of Highways map of Hastings South Portion (105cm x 87cm), 1969
Ontario Department of Highways map of Hastings Middle Portion (101cm x 87cm), 1969
Ontario Department of Highways map of Hastings North Portion (94cm x 90cm), 1969
Ontario Department of Highways map of Lennox and Addington, South Portion (81cm x 112cm), 1969
Ontario Department of Highways map of Lennox and Addington, North Portion (64cm x 115cm), 1969
Ontario Department of Highways map of Prince Edward County (112cm x 81cm), 1969
Road map of the counties of Lennox and Addington, Frontenac and Prince Edward (58cm x 73cm), 1974
Maps 3 to 8 are annotated with routes of bicycle rides taken by John Uttley between 1949 and 2010 and with occasional notes about the removal of railway lines.