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.
Eight small digital images. These are 3 photos of Gerald Pope's store in Corbyville, Ontario, during the 1950s, the section gang working on the tracks in 1954, a photo of Main Street, Trenton, Ontario, and the Pope farm in Victoria Church, in Prince Edward County.
Typescript transcription of the diary of Constable John McCrodan of Belleville Police, Belleville, Ontario from August 1869 to March 1870. The original diary is in the possession of Mrs Cathy Atkinson, a descendant of McCrodan. It was transcribed by Lindi Pierce in 2016.
Photographs of the Rockhound Gemboree 'Gemstone Patio' cairn in Bancroft, Ontario, one of the text on the cairn, the other showing the whole monument and Bill Hunt standing next to it. Bill owned the Dixie Lee restaurant next to the cairn and was responsible for getting it built.
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 articles from the Intelligencer and The Pioneer on the death of Sheila Turnbull, a long-serving volunteer with Bridge Street United Church who was actively involved in developing programs to help people in need.
Photographs taken in Point Anne, Picton, and the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory:
2 photographs of Kyle Maracle, a volunteer at the KWE Radio Station and his braille typewriter, 2013
2 photographs of Lou Pereira and his ject car at the Picton drag races, 28 Sep 2013
11 photographs taken at the launch of Vern Whalen's book on Point Ann, including pictures of members of the Hull family (Garry, Jackie, Lois and Ron); John Lowry and Richard Hughes; Ray Summers and Tommy MacDonald; Camilla Summers; Gary Anderson and Vern Whalen
Notes on the names and period of activity of photographers in Belleville, Tweed, Stirling and Madoc, Ontario, with photocopies of examples of their work. The photographers covered are:
Commemorative print made from a postcard showing the Post Office building at Pinnacle and Bridge Streets in Belleville, with special cancellation mark for the 100th anniversary of letter carrier delivery in Belleville. With accompanying explanatory article.
Collection includes correspondence between Donna Fano and Claire Mowat about the circumstances in which Alice was donated to the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf. Includes a photograph of Farley and Claire Mowat. Also includes 51 digital images taken at an event in Belleville Public Library on 27 June 2013 at which a caricature of Mowat by Susan Moshynski was presented to the library by John Lowry.