Research notes (including photographs), text of a talk, and 35mm slides relating to Lois Foster's research into the McCurdy family of Belleville, Ontario. Lois presented a talk on the family at a reunion in Belleville in 1994. The file contains related correspondence.
Materials relating to the Hastings County Historical Society's fundraising campaign to build an archives facility in Belleville, Ontario. Includes an 'Unlock the Archives!' flyer, press release, and introductory words by Peter C. Newman
File of materials relating to parks in Belleville, Ontario:
Report on proposed redevelopment of Corby Park, [1966]
Correspondence concering Duff Park at Dundas Street West and Sidney Street in Belleville, 1970-1971, 2001
News clipping from Belleville Intelligencer concerning the start of construction on the Quinte Sports Centre, 8 October 1976
Registered plan of land at the corner of Front and Pinnacle Streets in Belleville, later known as Connor Park, 20 October 1976
Memoranda about the designation of Corby Park, May 2007
Invitation and program of events for dedication of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Parkette at Dundas Street West/Bay Bridge Road intersection, 23 September 2017
File of materials relating to waterfront development:
Final Report on Belleville's East Bayshore by the City of Belleville in partnership with the Waterfront Regeneration Trust, Environment Canada and Quinte Conservation, March 2003
Belleville Waterfront Master Plan and Development Plan by Brook McIlroy Planning + Urban Design, May 2005
Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment for the Belleville Waterfront Redevelopment Master Plan Class EA by Archeoworks Inc., October 2005
The Belleville Waterfront Redevelopment Master Plan by Brook McIlroy Planning + Urban Design, November 2006
Newspaper clippings, reproduction photographs, popcorn container and partial movie programs relating to Naylor's Theatre in Deseronto and its possible restoration.
Twenty two colour photographs of skateboard park and BMX bike track at bottom of Mill Street, Deseronto, early 2000s. Brochure from REC Ramps, manufacturer of modular skateboard ramps for concrete or asphalt pads. REC Ramps’ website was active between 2002 and 2006.
Scanned photographs and newspaper cutting relating to the family of John Poitras, who lived in Deseronto from 1875 to around 1896 and worked for the Rathbun Company as a superintendent.
Herbert 'Bert' Poitras, part of a Deseronto sports team
Poitras home on St. George Street, north of the Presbyterian Church
Same house from a more oblique angle
‘Sol Markle’
Grace Poitras (b.1883) and her brother Bert as small children
Deseronto Tribune article about the Poitras’s cottage and summer camp at Butternut Cove, Aug 24, 1894
Grace Poitras in a nurse’s uniform, 1904, taken in Watertown, NY
Papers relating to the purchase and mortgaging of the property at 35 Linton Park Road, Belleville, Ontario. Includes a flyer on the different styles of houses available in Elmwood Acres from Lambert-Rollins Construction Ltd, available through Gerald W. Joyce, sales agent.
Eighteen photographs and one photocopy of the interior and exterior of the steam plant (building 27) at CFB Trenton. Ross Masters (the donor's father) worked at the plant.
File contains 176 black and white negatives, 40 colour 35mm slides and one black and white print of ice boats and motorcycles racing on the Bay of Quinte near Belleville, Ontario. Photographer not identified.