File contains newspaper clipping about the fire at Albert College in 1917. There is also a newspaper clipping about Albert College Professor of Natural History John Macoun, who has had approximately 48 Canadian flora and fauna species named for him.
The file contains a newspaper article from 1962 (with picture) about the appointment of Cecil B. Ketcheson as Chairman of the Moira River Conservation Authority. It also has (4) booklets:
O'Hara Mill (Madoc)
Colonel Roscoe Vanderwater Conservation Area
M.R.C.A. Progress and Achievements 1947-1962
M.R.C.A. 25 years of Conservation printed abt. 1972
File contains a photocopied hand drawn map of the Moira Conservation Authority watershed area. Also included is a photocopied typescript report on a multi-use project for the proposed 'Colonel Roscoe Vanderwater Conservation Area' near Thomasburg, Ontario
File contains printed minutes of meetings of the Moira River Conservation Authority, June-August, 1960. Also contains printed and photocopied announcements concerning the official opening of The Colonel Roscoe Vanderwater Conservation Area; several newspaper articles regarding Lingham Lake on the Moira River watershed area; and a photocopied printed paper entitled Modernising an Old Dam'/ by Bruce H. Smith, Chairman of the Moira River Conservation Authority, concerning the rebuilding of the dam at Lingham Lake
File contains printed minutes of meetings of the Moira River Conservation Authority, June-August, 1960. Also contains printed and photocopied announcements concerning the official opening of The Colonel Roscoe Vanderwater Conservation Area; several newspaper articles regarding Lingham Lake on the Moira River watershed area; and a photocopied printed paper entitled Modernising an Old Dam'/ by Bruce H. Smith, Chairman of the Moira River Conservation Authority, concerning the rebuilding of the dam at Lingham Lake
Five photographs: 1) Interior of J. J. Haines shoe store at 230 Front Street in Belleville, c.1920 2-5) Photo-postcards of flooding on Bridge, Coleman and Front Streets in Belleville, 1936
File contains two copies of a tourist brochure from 1923, “Over the Hills of Hastings: To the Haunts of the Gamey Black Bass, the Elusive Speckled Trout and the Fighting Maskinonge, Treasure House of Gold, Copper, Iron, Talc, Marble and Many Other Minerals, Beauties and Resources”.
File contains a list of place names in Hungerford and their history. There is also a copy of a statement made by a surveyor in 1797 regarding the quality of land in Hungerford. Used by Gerry Boyce for his book , Historic Hastings.
File contains newspaper clippings about the establishment of the Crowe Valley Conservation Authority and a booklet that compiles the annual reports from 1958-1965.
The file contains a copy of Bill 90; "An Act to amend The Conservation Authorities Act", titled "The Conservation Authorities Act-Revised Statues of Ontario, 1950, Chapter 62 as amended to 1959." Ontario Department of Planning and Development, Toronto.
File contains c.1936 newspaper clips on the Belleville parasitic lab breeding new insects to fight off other insects that are destructive to farms and forests.