an incomplete set of original newspapers (Weekly Intelligencer, Daily Intelligencer, Ontario Intelligencer and Belleville Intelligencers) from 1834 to the present day
negatives and photographs from the Intelligencer, 1949-2001
'Remember When' local history supplements, 1991-1995
an incomplete set of microfilms of Intelligencer newspapers, 1846-2008
Videos showing buildings visible from city streets in Belleville and Thurlow wards of the City of Belleville, Ontario. The filming was done in February and March 1998 by camera operator Angela Rowan and drivers Peter Kellett and Reg Stacey.
Printed circular addressed to the teachers of Centre Hastings from A. W. McGuire, inspector of public schools. Dated at Tweed, Ontario, 10 March 1926.
Certificates from the polling station at Riggs School in Madoc Township, Hastings County, concerning the number of votes cast for George Jordan, Roscoe Robson and Ed Schievert in the Federal election of 7 June 1948.110 ballots were cast in total. Roscoe Robson was returned (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Robson).
Bound 1976 reprint of the Bancroft Old Home Week (August 6th-9th, 1961) souvenir programme, written by author-editor Mr. A. F. 'Mike' Burns of Bancroft. List of genealogies available at Bancroft Public Library.
Printed monthly calendar for 1948 produced for C. E. Sexsmith, vendor of feeds, hardware, gas, oil, car accessories and radios in Melrose, Ontario. On the back of each page are hints and information for household and farm use, with 'Helpful Facts for the Housewife' on the first page. The calendar pages hold advertisements for Quaker 'Ful-O-Pep' animal feeds.
Collection includes: newspaper clippings (1962-1972) and 1963 program relating to the YMCA So-Ed club; letters from the Belleville Horticultural Society to Mr and Mrs Wilcox granting them Trillium awards for their garden, 1973-1979; two editions of the Intelligencer for 4 March 1966, with slightly different headlines.
Three items: 1) Clarke's drug store, Belleville, calendar, 1908 [Francis Clayton Clarke (1871-1951) had a drug store at 252 Front Street] 2) Flyer for J. & J. Cash labels, with sample ribbons, 1924 3) Yearbook for King George School, North Front Street, Belleville, 1974-1975
This collection contains a variety of materials relating to the history of Deseronto and Hastings County. Items include:
video of the 1989 Deseronto Centennial and Homecoming celebration, 4-5 August 1989, including performances of the Centennial Song, a Main Street parade, a baby show, karate demonstration and fireworks
File on the 1989 Deseronto Centennial celebrations
35mm slides of historic views of Deseronto
Morrison family snapshots of unidentified people
Photograph of an aircraft from Camp Mohawk on the shore of the Bay of Quinte, August 1917
Series of 120 photographs of Deseronto, taken around 1995. Many are aerial shots, others are of individual houses. A few depict individuals: Don Lindsay, Dennis Vick, Dick Beare, Joe Carter, Ed Gordanier
'A Building Code for Smaller Municipalities' by the National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, 1947
County of Hastings directories for 1983, 1984, 1985
County of Hastings receipts and expenditures statement, 1921
By-law to Regulate the Running At Large of Animals and for Other Purposes, Township of Tyendinaga, 6 August 1895
File of 'Deseronto Firsts' compiled by Ken Brown
File of photographs, press clippings and list of entrants in Deseronto's Easter Parade of 2006
16 photographs of empty lots in Deseronto, taken 2004
File of partial letters from Joe Goold to his sweetheart, Marnie, written while he was based in Detroit, 11 September to 11 October 1919, with blank postcards of Deseronto scenes and a letter from Elizabeth Goold to Bill Hunt concerning the letters
File on James Fairbairn including a newspaper extract and a studio photograph taken by him.
Typescript biography of Harry B. Free (Camp Rathbun flight instructor) by Margaret Crothers, 1991
File on the Dryden family, including a photograph of the Drydens at the Peterborough Lift Lock (https://flic.kr/p/9dmEYZ)
File of clippings about Gwen Lazier Braidwood, 2005
File of clippings about Deseronto mayor Glen Belcour, 1995-2002
Printed volume of 'History of the Presbyterian Church in Canada' by William Gregg (1885), with flyers produced by John Street Presbyterian Church in Belleville, Ontario, found within the pages of the book.