File contains three booklets published in 1970 celebrating the Centennial anniversary of the opening of the Ontario School of the Deaf in Belleville, and a list from the Outdoor Activities Sub-Committee of their contributions to planning the Centennial year.
File contains information from the Hastings Land Registry Office about confusion over transactions conducted during the registrarship of Smith and McLean, from 1833 to 1844.
File contains a poster for the Ontario Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in Belleville; one side features a drawing of the building and a photo of the graduating class and the other side features the “Single-Hand Alphabet”.
File contains a scholarship certificate awarded Mr. Isaac Frost for the Ontario Commercial College (O.C.C.) in 1869. There is also a newspaper clipping from 1872 advertising the O.C.C.
File contains a newspaper clipping about the history of the Foster family (from settling in Canada in 1810 from Massachusetts to building business in Belleville until the end of the 19th century). There is also typed biographical information of W.A. Foster (b. 1836 d. 1881).
File contains several manuscript pages listing local businesses in Belleville together with other samples of handwriting by J.S. Eccles. Also contains typescript transcript of “When the Campbells came to Roslin,” first published 1928.