Items include reproduction photographs of nine Belleville Fire Chiefs: William J. Brown (1915-1929), William Lynch (1929-1948), Gerald Vance (1948-1965), Thomas E. Poste (1965-1969), Leo Culhane (1969-1977), Fred Hosking (1977-1985), Raymond Reid (1985), Gordon Gazley (1986-2008), Rhéaume Chaput (2008-2013); print of a hand pump, 1925; typescript information about automatic sprinkler systems, c.1960; photograph of St. Thomas's Church, Belleville, in flames, 1975.
A heart-shaped publication of mini-postcard images of Belleville produced by Charles B. Scantlebury in 1907. Two photo-postcards of Belleville, Ontario, during spring flooding [possibly 1936], one showing the broken footbridge, the other taken on Bridge Street West.
Album with photographs commemorating the Belleville McFarlands hockey team's time in Prague, Czechoslovakia at the Ice Hockey World Championships, where they visited a glass factory and other local landmarks.
One-page information sheet on the Belleville Senators, the American Hockey League and the planned renovation and expansion of the Yardmen Arena at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre.
Belleville Yardmen Benefit Fund lottery ticket, photograph of six members of the Board of the Fund and fifteen colour slides of the Quinte Sports Centre under construction.
Scrapbook of photographs, ephemera and newspaper clippings relating to Jean Lennox's membership of a Beta Sigma Phi sorority chapter in Belleville, Ontario.
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
Silk bookmark reads "Belleville's WELCOME To her distinguished Son. March 12th, 1895. Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell, K.C.M.G. From Belleville Schools to PREMIERSHIP OF CANADA".
Two pairs of glasses made at the Canada Optical Company in Deseronto, with paper casings. Models: Lana Brown Silk and Lana Black (both made of plastic with seven diamanté stones over each eye).
Two certificates for Joseph Canniff: 1) Elementary certificated in musical memory in time, in tune and in sight singing, 1885 2) Intermediate certificate in reading music, writing it from ear, and of eligibility for an advanced choir, 1886
Founding charter of the Argyll Chapter (number 159) of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of Empire, granted by the National Chapter of Canada to founding members Mary G. Ponton, Zetta S. March, Bertha H. Vermilyea, Amy I. McFee, Helen G. Wallbridge, Edith R. Hyman, Helena G. Vermilyea, Amy R. Wallbridge, Mary Lee, Mary S. Orr, Flora M. Brown.
Items found during the renovation of a house on Mill Street 1) Large family studio photograph showing a man, woman, four boys and a girl 2) W. E. Johnson of Picton studio photograph of three children: Hazel Annie Cole, aged 3 years and 5 months; Murney Nelson Cole, aged 1 year, 9 months; Edna Kathleen Cole, aged 6 months. Hazel was born July 27 1910 in Milford, Prince Edward County – dating the picture to late 1913/early 1914. 3) Felted piece of wood with memorial plaque ‘The Gates Ajar’ and the name ‘Eliza Dodge, 42 years, 4 mons, 14 days’
Album pages with photographs of Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force activities in Deseronto, Ontario, and some snapshots of local buildings and Cole family members.
Photographs of members of the council of the Town of Deseronto: George E. Clement James Sexsmith William Irvine James Whitton J. M. Olliver George Parnham A. A. Richardson, Deputy Reeve Frederick S. Rathbun, Treasurer Edward Wilkes Rathbun, Mayor Robert Irvine, Clerk James Dryden, Reeve J. McCollough, Assessor George Gonyou, Chief of Police G. E. Deroche, Solicitor T. D. Galt William Mellow James Saunders