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Two files including original correspondence from members of the Fidlar family of Stromness, Orkney, and Stirling, Ontario, with transcriptions and genealogical research information compiled by Janet Ross Miller.

Two scrapbooks, one containing news clippings of poems, the other with Stirling, Ontario, area births, marriages and death announcements. 23 photographs of young people in the Stirling area, many with names.

Newspaper clippings relating to clubs and organizations of Belleville, Ontario. These clippings were compiled by staff of the Belleville Public Library.

Twenty cancelled cheques drawn on the Island Creamery account with the Dominion Bank of Belleville, Ontario, dated from January to February 1898 and signed by James R. Anderson, President.

Materials relating to Cannifton-Corbyville and other schools in Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario:

• Copy of letter written by Louise Demczyna on behalf of 'The Old Oak' at Cannifton-Corbyville Public School (a Royal Oak)
• Intelligencer newspaper cutting concerning the tree
• Letter from Richard Hughes about the tree
• Photocopy of booklet about the Cannifton-Corbyville Public School
• Commemorative calendar with drawings of local school buildings by Louise Demzyna, 2000

File contains:

• Flyer by Canadian National for Railway Week in Belleville, May 21-26, 1978
• Ticket for trip from Belleville to Stirling on 27 May 1978
• Program for a celebratory dinner marking Belleville's centennial, 1 July 1978
• Flyer of pictures celebrating Belleville's centennial in 1978
• 'Growing up with Canada' booklet by CN, 1987

File of materials relating to the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf in Belleville, Ontario:

• 'The Way it Was...' publication by J. W. Hodgson on the history of the school, 1980
• Newspaper article by Jack Evans about Hodgson's research, 1997
• Map of Seconds World War school locations in Belleville by Donna Fano, 2010

Flyers for candidates in the 2013 election for the Council of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte:
1) Mohawk People's Party "Longhair" (R. Donald Maracle, Manson Loft, Christine Claus, Doug Maracle and Keith Sero)
2) Shawn Brant.

Belleville Chamber of Commerce 150th anniversary membership directory; 'A Night to Remember' celebration program and invitation for event held at the Armouries in Belleville on 7 February 2014.

File of photocopied newspaper clippings and photographs relating to the history of Point Anne; original photograph of two boats labelled 'Plant 4 Field Day, local fish & Game Inspector Fred MacDonald, 1952; original photograph of Murney Carter in his boat May-be?, 1956; and one original typewritten letter from the Belleville Portland Cement Company concerning Michael Whalen, 1910.

File of materials used in a display about rum-runners in the Quinte area, including reproductions of photographs and newspaper clippings on Ben Kerr and the Corby distillery.

Small collection of programs relating to Belleville, Ontario, comprising:
1) Card for Grotto's Taxi Service, 142 Front Street, c.1920
2) Program for Armistice Concert held on Monday 13 Nov [1922?] at Bridge Street Church, musical director Ernest MacMillan
3) Program for performance of 'The Crucifixion' by Sir John Stainer at Bridge Street Church, held on Good Friday, 2 April [1920 or 1926]
4) Program for recital at the Tabernacle Church by James Miles Booth, bass, and Edward R. Ransom, tenor, assisted by Gladys Pitcher, cellist, and Jessie B. Tuite, reader. Held Thursday 10 September [1925?]
5) Program for Belleville Men's Chorus, directed by Ross Hunter [1930s]
6) Program for Belleville Municipal Band Tattoo, 21 October 1936
7) Souvenir ticket of a steam train trip on 14 September 1969 in support of United Appeal causes
8) Program for Belleville's 4th Annual Canada Week Celebrations, 25 June to 1 July 1982

Promotional materials relating to Corby's Distillery in Corbyville, Ontario, collected by William Dack:
1) "A Proud Canadian" sticker
2) Postcard of a boy fishing in the Moira river next to the distillery buildings at Corbyville
3) Card advertising tours of the J.P. Wiser Distillery at Corbyville
4) Six notecards with pen and ink drawings of buildings at the distillery site in Corbyville by Poul Thrane

Order of service for the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Tabernacle United Church in Belleville, Ontario, held on Sunday 22 May 1977. Includes a leaflet with a brief history of the church and a reproduction of an 1875 pamphlet asking for assistance in raising funds for the Building Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The cost was estimated to be $26,000 to $30,000.

Photographs depicting daily life of students and staff at Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School in the 1991-1992 academic year.