Plaque commemorating Simpson's Tavern, put up by the Hastings County Historical Society on Front Street, Belleville in 2017.
Text reads: "In 1797 James and Margaret Simpson had a small log tavern at the southeast corner of this intersection. In 1799 they built a frame tavern which became the hub of Meyers' Creek for political rallies, military recruitment, training and courts-martial, Masonic lodge meetings and social gatherings. After James died in 1802, Margaret continued the business and was the first woman granted a tavern license in Midland District. In 1820 Margaret build a frame Georgian-style inn on the northeast corner of the intersection. It was sold in 1825 to the Wallbridge family and was demolished in 1973."
List of students taken from Register 1 at the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf. More information on these students is available by emailing the School Archives.
'Clarke Chronicles: the Life and Times of William Samuel Clarke 1829-1910 of the Norfolk Clarkes of Hastings County' by Perla M. Pidgeon. Photocopy of a manuscript history of the Clarke family of Hastings County.
25th anniversary re-recording of a recital by S. Alec Gordon held at the Victoria Avenue Baptist Church in Belleville, Ontario, on 1 June 1980. Original recording by David Long. Re-recorded by Doug Knutson. Track listing:
Opening & Humn - "Praise to the Lord! The Almighty"
Scripture - Psalm 103: v1-22
Presentation of Organ by Alec Gordon
Reception of Organ - Bill Hales, Mrs. MacFarland, Rev. MacFarland & Congregation
"Lamentation" - Guilmant
"Prelude & Fugue" - Back
"Mortify Us by Thy Grace" - Back
Demonstration of Organ Functions
"Now Thank We All Our God" - Zwart
"Nam Danket Alle Gott" - Zwart
"The Swan" - Saint-Saens
"The Flight of the Bumblebee"
"The Temptation" - Malling
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
Hymn - "Praise My Soul, The King of Heaven" and Benediction
Autograph book of Maggie Maud Mary Simmons of Frankford, Ontario (1868-1923). Includes signature of Horatio Gilbert Parker (Parker's mother was Samantha Jane Simmons).
Recording of a talk on the Royal Flying Corps training camps near Deseronto, Ontario, given by J. Allan Smith to the Hastings County Historical Society.
List of names scanned from an autograph book owned by Agnes Sexsmith in 1929. Names are: Olive Hewitt Frank McCable Thelma Melburn Ralph Melburn Walter Winter Harold Winter WIlfrid Winter Eileen McAllister Percy Marshall Ross Marshall Andrew Tulluch Donald Tulluch Vincent Sexsmith
Printed newsletter from the Ritchie Company's store in Belleville, Ontario. The front cover has a photograph of the store's 47 members of staff. The donor identified Sam McGuire as the second man in the second row and Eliza Hunter (later married Percy Ranson) as the fifth person in the same row.