File contains manuscript and typescript correspondence, telegrams and memos received by C.H. Bonter, Chairman of the Light Committee, Trenton concerning tenders for the creation of a power plant and the installation of electric lighting in the town of Trenton in 1890. Also present is an undated newspaper article, regarding Trenton municipal opposition to a monopoly by a private electrical company in the town.
File contains the July 2, 1880 issue of the Daily Intelligencer which recounts the celebration of Trenton's inauguration as a town on Dominion Day, 1880. Includes a brief account of the growth and development of the community.
File contains miscellaneous newspaper clippings and photographs relating to aspects of Trenton's history including education, sports, the construction of CFB Trenton and industrial development.
File contains several newspaper clippings regarding local personalities in Trenton including, Major W.G Grant, operations officer of CFB Trenton: Allison Liversidge, winner of the Peterborough Kiwanis Music Festival; and former mayor Kenneth Couch and O.W. Larry, recipients of a Centennial year medal.
File contains newspaper articles about the Trenton Public Utilities Commission, included items such as new premises, employment, rates, meetings, and domestic usage.
File contains numerous newspaper articles about various Service Clubs in Trenton, such as: Rotary Club, John Howard Society, Lions Club, Kinsmen Club, Business & Professional Women's Club, Women's Auxiliary, and Kiwanis.
File contains newspaper photos from "Picture Peeks Into The Past", showing local sports teams, such as: Softball, Hockey, Football, Relay, Fishing and Log Rolling.
Papers of Loral and Mildred Wanamaker containing a copy of the 1909 Voters' List of the Town of Trenton and 1965 Voters' List for the Township of Ameliasburgh.
File contains Sheldon Hawley's oath of allegiance to Queen Victoria in 1842. There is also Hawley family history collected in 1962 about Sheldon Hawley's military career as Captain in the War of 1812, his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel during the Rebellion of 1837-38, and his life in Trenton.
File contains a newspaper clipping from 1966 about changing the name of geographic features between Belleville and Trenton in order to help remove bigotry in Canada; these sites were given names considered offensive today and have “no place in the geographic nomenclature. The article discusses a letter signed by J. Keith Fraser, executive secretary, Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographic Names, Geographical Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa.
File contains two newspaper reprints of Andrew Lassing's sketches of Mayhew Mills (demolished) and a residence which formerly stood at King and Victoria Streets in Trenton, Ontario.
File contains an 1862 petition to Hasting County for welfare for Sophia Crosbee of Trenton, she had five young children, her husband, Samual Crosbee Jr. died when he was thrown from his wagon on the Frankford and Stirling gravel road, which was in very poor condition.
