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Two photographs of classes at the Ontario Business college. The 1900 photograph shows students from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the 1913 photo shows students in the shorthand department.

Three digital images of fire and fire damage at Thrashers Garden Centre in Belleville, Ontario, taken on 20 and 21 August, 2023.

Materials donated are:

1. 1867 map of Trenton, showing lots
2. Trenton assessment rolls for 1884 and 1918
3. Fire insurance map of Trenton, 1924

Materials loaned for scanning are:

4. Map of Trenton, 1913
5. Map of Trenton, 1917
6. Panoramic view of Frankford, c. 1925
7. Group of Trenton soldiers, c.1915

1. 14 photographs of members of the Ketcheson and McAllen families, 1908-1947
2. 8 issues of the Quinte West Sports Wall of Fame Commemorative Program, 2009-2016

Copies of Shield newspapers for: Bay of Quinte (2005-2006), Belleville (2006), Land o' Lakes (2004-2006), Madoc (2004-2005), Marmora (2004-2006), Quinte West (2006) Stirling (2004-2006)

Two photographs and a list of names.

Photograph taken by drone of wildfire smoke conditions in Belleville, Ontario.

Two postcards:

1. Trenton High School (duplicate of 2017-27-19 https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/38551591382/ )
2. H. C. Pitcher & Son buildings on Pitchers Road, Frankford, Ontario (online at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/52962542235/ )

Collection consists of two items:

• Digital copy of a photograph of the Redi-Heat building on Mill and Water streets in Deseronto, taken by Frederick Harold Ball in 1938
• Financial statements for the Redi-Heat Electrical Appliance Company, 1946, prepared by W. S. Stone, Chartered Accountant, of Belleville, Ontario

Photographs taken by photographers in Belleville, Picton and Trenton, mostly of unidentified subjects.

File of photographs taken during the restoration of 45 South Front Street, Belleville, Ontario.

Seven maps:

1. Belleville Sun map of Hastings and Prince Edward Counties, 1898
2. Canada Department of the Interior, Physical Map of Canada, 1928
3. Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Map of the Dominion of Canada, 1937
4. Ontario Topographic Map, Sheet 31 C3, Belleville Sheet, 1938
5. Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Map of the World, 1938
6. The Copp Clark Co. Ltd., Map of Canada and Newfoundland, 1945
7. Lipton Tea, Map of the World, [1961-1964]

Book:

8. Canadian Cheeses, Fact and Fancy by the Dairy Bureau of Canada (from Ivanhoe Cheese Inc.), 1987

Two photographs:

1. Six police officers and a motorcycle. Individuals identified as:
   Inspector J. C. Hayes
   Constable Jim MacDonald
   Constable Harry McKee
   Constable Ken Redding
   Sergeant Douglas Ellis
   Constable Jack Bolyx

2. Police hockey team at the Memorial Arena in Belleville, 23 March 1960. Individuals identified as:
   Inspector J. C. Hayes
   Glenn Jacques
   Bill Armstrong
   Leo Kent
   Richard (Dick) Lewis
   Roy Wood
   Donald Thoms
   Donald Yearwood
   Bob Wright
   Robert Begbie
   Lorne Maclinton
   Bill Stephenson
   Harry McKee
   Charlie Peters
   ? Fullerton
   Donald Martin

Collection of materials from Bill Stovin, including:

• Prize list and ticket for Bay of Quinte Exhibition, 1897 [damaged by 'Ponton fire' in July 1954]
• Itinerary for train journey to Quebec City and hotel receipt, May 1946
• Letter from Belleville Chamber of Comerce about a reception at the Hotel Quinte, 27 March 1947
• Booklet of Rules and Regulations for No. 418 (Belleville) Wing R.C.A.F. Association, c.1950
• Pocket calendar with birthstones and wedding anniversaries from Paul Mercier, jeweller for 1952
• Kiwanis Club of Belleville bulletins for:
  • 27 April 1956 [top half only]
  • 14 March 1959
  • 18 July 1959
• Photocopies of photographs relating to CJBQ staff, 1950s
• Booklet about Canadian Forces Base Trenton, c.1974
• Photocopy of press clipping about a plaque to Horice Stovin at the Delta Bessborough Hotel, 11 December 2000
• Letter to Phil & Helen Flagler from Bill Stovin, 10 March 2001
• Letter to Phil from Stovin, 25 August 2008
• Undated letter from Stovin to Phil
• Printed email correspondence between Stovin, Gerry Boyce, Phil Flagler, and Shelley Wildgen about memories of CJBQ, 2010

Oversized items:

• 2 drawings by W. B. Mac of Belleville Sales & Advertising Club members, 1950s: Ted Schwab; Len Smith; Bill Stovin; Bill Riley, Ben Yanover; Brian Humphreys; Frank Murray; Phil Flagler; Ralph Plumpton; Fred Maund

Pen-and-ink drawing of the former Bakelite plant in Belleville.

The fonds consists of 633 photographs, 23 negatives, letters, sympathy cards, business cards, newspaper clippings, genealogy and family history and a few business papers belonging to the Smith family, primarily Frank Smith of Madoc. The photographs found in this fonds mainly depict the area around Madoc, with some from Bancroft, Maynooth and other places in Hastings County. A large number of the photographs were taken on vacation or while travelling through Canada and the United States. The photographs were taken in Florida, Atlantic City, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Healy Falls, Shaw Falls, Coppercliffe, Ottawa, Port Carling, Gaspe, Napanee, Madoc, Bancroft, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.

The families primarily depicted in the photographs are the Smith family, McCaw family, Swayne family and Cassidy family. Many of the photographs have names and places written on the back of them. Other people mentioned on the photographs include: Jean Phillips Thompson, Mary Smith Barton, Aunt Vera, Muriel Smith, George Wright, Hugh Pepper, Frank Smith, Frank and Jane Packer Ingersoll, Elizabeth Baker, Martin Porter, Kay Seaton, Helen Whycock, Bessie Woods, Tom Ross, Jack and Ann Yonkers.

There are 3 letters from Henry and Eliza Smith between 1872 and 1874; a birth certificate for Frank Smith, news clippings on the Smith and McCaw families and events in Madoc. There are also family trees and other genealogical information connecting the Smith, McCaw and other families. Much of the information appears to have been gathered by Mary Elizabeth Barton (born Smith: lived from 1921 to 2017).

Scanned copies of two photographs (one a reproduction of a printed photograph) showing the Belleville General Hospital float in the Coronation Day parade in Belleville, Ontario, held on 2 June 1953. The float won second prize in the parade. On the float are nurses Joyce Lott (later Foster), Gwen Hart, Anne Crabbe and Doreen Dorland, with doctors McGreer, Winfield and Barfoot, staged as though performing an operation.

Lantern slides and negatives:

1. Five lantern slides with drawings of animals
2. 54 lantern slides with Bruce Bairnsfather cartoons, produced by the Presbyterian Lantern Slide Department, Toronto
3. Four negatives taken outside a house
4. Note about the donation of the slides