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Collection comprises photographs of the two First World War Royal Flying Corps training camps at Deseronto, Ontario and notes for an unpublished book, 'Wings Over Deseronto', on the history of the camps. Camp Mohawk and Camp Rathbun were in operation between May 1917 and November 1918, training men to be pilots for the Western Front. The photographs in this collection are originals and reproductions depicting the aircraft, staff and cadets of the Royal Flying Corps, principally in the Deseronto camps, but also at Camps Borden and Leaside (Ontario) and Camp Taliaferro, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Photographs and certificates relating to J. Ben Corke's time on Belleville City Council: as Alderman and as Mayor.

Three items relating to James Vincent Doyle:
1) Apprenticeship agreement between Doyle and Alexander Ray of Belleville, 30 April 1899
2) Affidavit concerning the registration of a partnership by J. Vincent Doyle, 4 November 1943
3) Partnership agreement between James Vincent Doyle and Edmund O'Flynn Doyle [his son], 1 April 1948

Collection of items formerly in the possession of Jessie Cunningham:

1. Diary of John Wesley Roblin of Picton for the year 1923, with observations on the weather and his daily activities
2. Paintings and drawings created by Jessie Cunningham in art classes, 1932-1934
3. Silver Jubilee souvenir booklet, 1935
4. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings compiled by Jessie Cunningham relating to global news events, 1936-1938

These images of Belleville, Ontario locations were used for teaching at the Ontario School for the Deaf (now the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf), probably in the 1950s. The images depict:

• Armouries
• Government Dock
• Deacon Brothers shirt factory
• Victoria Park and harbour
• Tabernacle United Church
• Belleville Public Works building
• Belleville City Hall and Council Chamber
• Hastings County Shire Hall and Council Chamber
• Belleville Police Station
• St. Thomas Anglican Church
• Belleville Pump House
• Registry Office
• Victoria Avenue Baptist Church

The collection also includes a colour print of 'Keep BCI in the Picture' a reproduction of 'East Side, West Side' by Eve Lucy, printed by Market High as part of the campaign BCIVS 2000, committed to keeping the Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School building as part of the Belleville landscape.

Collection includes:

1. Reproduction of 'Inklings' publication of Madoc High School, 1919
2. Five postcards of Belleville scenes, c.1940s
3. Time-keeping book for members of Belleville Police service, 1950-1952
4. Belleville Police Service invitations to events, 1984-2000
5. Photographs of Bayview Public School, school yard and Belleville Bargain Barn, c.1990

Scrapbooks of materials relating to Masonic involvement in local unveiling ceremonies for Christ Church in Belleville, 7 August 2005; the Parrott Riverfront Trail and United Empire Loyalist monument, 10 September 2005; Belleville Public Library, 9 June 2006; Masonic time capsule, 9 June 2006. Photocopy of Moira Lodge No. 11 Secretary's Dues Book, 1886-1901.

Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled by Joyce Keller from Belleville, Ontario newspapers on topics relating to Canada's centennial celebrations, chiefly in 1967 but with some earlier and later clippings.

Materials collected by the Kellaway family.
Textual materials:
0) Photocopy of a letter written by Patrick Tighe from Virginia City, Nevada, on 3 January 1863
1) Printed Report of the County Valuators for Hastings County Council, 1866
2) Prospectus for Belleville Business College, c.1905
3) 'The Annual Announcement, Albert College, Belleville, Ontario', prospectus, 1913
4) '140 Years of Progress' U.E.L. souvenir, 1924
5) Program for 'The Girl in Red' musical comedy at the Empire Theatre, 9-11 July 1925
6) Share certificate for the Belleville Arena in the name of M. J. Callaghan, 1930
7) File containing folk songs collected from Tyendinaga Township by Bill Sipprell and Jim Downey in 1973
8) File of materials relating to a fur harvest and management course held in Napanee in 1982
9) 'Ellie Mae's Nifty Knits' volume of knitting patterns designed by Ellen Marie Kellaway (1961-2006), c.1992

Photographs:
10) View of south Front Street near the railway bridge, 1912
11) Photograph of children in confirmation clothes, c.1930
12) St. Mike's Regis Bowling League, April 1957
13) Boys in confirmation suits at the altar of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in Belleville, Ontario, c.1970
14) & 15) Photographs of the stone building (former axe factory) at Station Street in Belleville, c.1980
16) People (including Theresa Kellaway) marching in a St. Patrick's Day parade on Front Street in Belleville, (published in Quinte Weekly News on 19 March 1991)
17) Group of people outside the Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School Building, c.2000

Collection of materials relating to the Kellaway family of Belleville, Ontario, including:
1) File of certificates and ration books relating to Kenneth Alfred Kellaway (1917-1998)
2) File of typescript notes on the history of the Kellaway family, 2012, and a calendar from Ed Kellaway's Belleville store, 1955

Photographs and memorabilia relating to descendants of John Vanderwater Ketcheson.

Email and letter correspondence between Jim Ketcheson and his extended family across North America along with news clippings and periodicals relating to the Ketcheson family.

Bible which belonged to Charles W. Lake and Ann Janet McEwen of Foxboro (married 28 December 1870) and 'The White House Cook Book', published in 1905. Bible was printed by James Spencer, Toronto, and includes 'A Pictorial history of the Books of the Bible' by Rev. Washington B. Erben and the illustrated 'Comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible' by Rev. Alfred Nevin. It includes genealogical information about the Lake family of Foxboro: James Carford Lake (b.1871), Etta May Lake (b.1872), John Wesley Lake (1878-1880) and Mary Edna Lake (b.1880).

The bible contained the following items:
1) Two newspaper cuttings with poems about loss of a child: 'My Little Boy that Died' and 'Dear Little Hands'
2) Newspaper cutting of evidence given by Paul Deshane in the case of the drunkenness of William G. Simmons, 1 July 1887
3) Printed 'South Hastings Sabbath School Association Program of the Eight Annual Convention' held at the Methodist Church in Foxboro on 15 October 1902
4) Printed Order of Service for Canadian Sunday Schools, Sunday 27 June 1915

Cook book contained 'Selected Recipes for use with Cox's Sparkling Gelatine'

1. 89 digtial scans of materials relating to Ralph Lawlor’s time in the Deseronto Fire Department and as Chair of the Deseronto Public Utilities Commission, 1960s–2014.
2. Photocopies of newspaper articles featuring Deseronto history/postcards.