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Collection comprises:
1) Copy of printed notes on the history of the Girl Guide movement in Belleville, c.1963
2) Photocopies of newspaper obituaries and articles about Nan Branscombe, 1971 (and undated)
3) Typed and handwritten notes on Annie E. 'Nan' (Paterson) Branscombe, 1881-1971, founder of the Guides in Belleville, written by Charlotte Kuntze, 2001

Fonds consist of 3 Tweedsmuir scrapbooks compiled by the Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute. Also included are 2 minute books and 1 binder of president's notes. Books contain newsclippings, photographs, minutes, brochures, expenditures, handwritten notes, poems, maps and reports of local history and the Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute. Subjects covered within the scrapbooks are programmes, banquets and miscellaneous events.

Scrapbooks created by members of the Belleville, Ontario, Chapters of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority, documenting the groups' activities and press coverage.

Bay of Quinte Area Council
1) Memory Book, 1973
2) File including minutes and notes, 1981-2000

Scrapbooks are included for the following Chapters:
Alpha Lambda
3) 1975-1976
4) 1978-1979

Gamma Mu
5) 1961-1965
6) 1966-1967
7) 1967-1968
8) 1969-1970
9) 1970-1971
10) 1971-1972
11) 1980-1981
12) 1981-1982
13) 1988-1989
14) 1989-1990
15) 1991-1992
16) 1992-1993
17) 1994-1995

Preceptor Alpha Beta
18) 1978-1981
19) 1981-1982
20) 1982-1984
21) 1984-1985
22) 1986-1987
23) 1987-1988
24) 1991-1992

Xi Alpha Mu
25) 1959-1967
26) 1977-1980
27) 1980-1981
28) 1981-1982
29) 1983-1984
30) 1986-1987
31) 1991-1992
31a) 1993-1994 (this volume transferred from Belleville Public Library in April 2019)
32) 1996-1997

Xi Beta Zeta
33) 1972-1974
34) 1975-1976
35) 1976-1977
36) 1977-1978
37) 1978-1979
38) 1979-1980
39) 1980-1981
40) 1981-1982
41) 1983-1984
42) 1984-1985
43) 1986-1987
44) 1987-1988
45) 1988-1989
46) 1989-1990
47) 1990-1991
48) 1991-1992
49) 1992-1993
50) 1993-1994
51) 1995-1996
52) 1997-1998

One file of loose items.
Poster celebrating 50 years of Beta Sigma Phi, prepared by Gwen Aubin, 1981.
Poster with titles of officers of Beta Sigma Phi Chapters, c.1980.

Additional materials received as 2018-137 in November 2018:

• Minutes of the Laureate Sigma Chapter, 1978-1984
• Minutes of the Laureate Alpha Eta Chapter, 1982-2011
• Minutes of Belleville City Council of Beta Sigma Phi, 2016
• Ten issues of 'The Torch' magazine, 1999-2018

Additional materials received as 2019-111 in November 2019. Members of this chapter included: Geraldine Bertin; Margaret Bowes; Janet Bowland; Donna Bruce; Patricia Clayton; Sharon Dracup; Phyllis Etter; Joyce Foster; Dianne Fritz; Susan Jordan; Patricia Meens; Shirley Newton; Lana Reid; Mary Rowland; Diane Turrall, Shirley Wasson.

1) Minutes of the Laureate Sigma Chapter, 1994-2013
2) Scrapbook of Laureate Sigma Chapter, 1996-1999
3) Photographs of the Laureate Sigma Chapter, c.1996-2010
4) Issue of 'The Torch' magazine, November 2000

Records of Sidney South Women's Institute, including minutes and Tweedsmuir history.

Albums and files of newspaper clippings and photographs compiled by members of the Marmora Women's Institute.
The files cover the following years:

• File 1 1930-1945
• File 2 1943-1951
• File 3 1952-1982
• File 4 1973-1979
• File 5 1975-1977
• File 6 1976-1982
• File 7 1979-1983
• File 8 1979-1984
• File 9 1979-1984
• File 10 1974-1994
• File 11 1980
• File 12 1983-1984
• File 13 1984
• File 14 1986
• File 15 1986-1988
• File 16 1989-1994
• File 17 1989-1994
• File 18 1995-1996
• File 19 1996-1998

Records of Stirling Women's Institute, including minutes and Tweedsmuir histories.

Fonds consists of 17 minute books of the Quinte Women's Institute and the group's Tweedsmuir history, which includes postcards, press clippings and photographs. Also included is a banner for the institute, history of the institute and files of loose papers for each minute book (letters, receipts, newspaper articles, reports, programmes and newsletters).

Minute books cover the following dates:
May 1914 - April 1919
May 1929 - April 1936
May 1939 - April 1942
May 1942 - April 1947
May 1947 - April 1959
April 1950 - April 1953
April 1953 - April 1957
April 1957 - April 1961
April 1961 - March 1965
April 1965 - March 1968
April 1968 - March 1971
April 1971 - March 1974
April 1974 - March 1977
April 1977 - March 1980
April 1980 - March 1984
April 1984 - March 1989
April 1989 - March 1992

Records of Hastings West District Women's Institutes, including minutes, Tweedsmuir histories and 1986 Plowing Match materials.

Documentary video by Gerry Fraiberg and Gilaine Mitchell about the work of the Three Oaks Foundation in Belleville, Ontario and its shelter for women and children who were victims of domestic violence. Music by Michael Tarry McDermott.

Family materials relating to Margaret Helena Thomas (born Wilson), who spent her childhood in Belleville, living at 277 Dundas Street West.

Records of Wallbridge Women's Institute, including minutes, accounts, and Tweedsmuir history.

1. Volumes of annual meeting minutes and financial statements for the following years:
   1. 1916-1921
   2. 1921-1925
   3. 1925-1928
   4. 1928-1933
   5. 1933-1937
   6. 1937-1941
   7. 1941-1944
   8. 1945-1951
   9. 1947-1948
   10. 1950-1954
   11. 1954-1958
   12. 1958-1962
   13. 1962-1965
   14. 1965-1969
   15. 1969-1973
   16. 1973-1977
   17. 1978-1981

2. Alphabetical membership lists for the following years:
   1. 1921-1925
   2. 1925-1930
   3. 1930-1935

3. File of miscellaneous receipts, correspondence, etc., 1937-1964

Recipe book.

Minute books for River Valley Women's Institute: 1910-1914; 1914-1917; 1917-1919; 1919-1921; 1921-1923; 1925-1927; 1927-1930; 1930-1935; 1935-1937; 1937-1939; 1939-1944; 1944-1949; 1949-1953; 1953-1957; 1957-1960; 1960-1962; 1962-1965; 1965-1968; 1968-1971; 1971-1973; 1974-1977; 1977-1980

1) Publications, 1894-1979:
Carter’s Ink Company dictionary, c.1894
Reproduction of December 1900 Bell Telephone Directory for Belleville
‘The Original Egypt Dream Book’, 1924
History of Stone Church, Sidney Township, 1930
Belleville Centennial ‘What’s Happening’, July-August 1978
Belleville Centennial map and flyer, 1978
Cannifton-Corbyville Public School 70th anniversary booklet, c.1979
2) Two class diaries from Cedar Grove School in Cannifton, Ontario, 1907-1911
3) BHS/BCIVS Elevators, 1913-1947:
Easter 1913
June 1913
June 1915
Easter 1916
Christmas 1917
March 1918
April 1919
Christmas 1919
1946-1947
Program for official opening of Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, 12 December 1928
4) Autograph books: Myrtle Archibald, 1915 and Clare Twiddy, 1935
5) 10 volumes of Avondale Neighbors Aid minutes compiled by Margaret Twiddy, with a newspaper clipping about the group’s activities, 1937-1970
6) File of postcards, 1913-c1920; In Memoriam cards for Wellington R. Fairman, 1917 and Mrs W. R. Fairman, 1928; leaflet about Belleville Aqua Vitae, 1939
7) Odd Fellows certificate for Alfred Francis, 1958
8) Canada Civil Defence publications, 1958-1960
Booklet: ‘Civil Defence Notebook’, 1958
Flyer: ‘Civil Defence and Your Life’,1958
Flyer: ‘Your Emergency Pack’, 1959
Typescript pages: Belleville Civil Defence Routine Orders No. 2, 15 August 1959
Flyer: ‘Who is Responsible for Civil Defence’, c.1959
Identification card for Clare H. Twiddy, Civil Defence Warden in Belleville, 1959
Booklet: ‘Your Basement Fallout Shelter’, Blueprint for Survival No. 1, 1960
Booklet: ‘Fallout on the Farm’, Blueprint for Survival No. 3, 1961
Booklet: ‘11 Steps to Survival Emergency Measures Organization’ Blueprint for Survival No. 4, 1961
Booklet: ‘Home Safe Home’ by Lakeland Natural Gas Limited, c.1960
9) Plan of lots for sale on Skootamatta Lake, Anglesea Township, Ontario, with prices (not dated, c.1960)
10) Genealogy of the Twiddy family, c.1980
11) File of photographs and company publications relating to Clare Twiddy’s retirement from Northern Telecom, 1985
12) Family snapshots and photograph albums, with Twiddy, Alcombrack and Archibald families represented.

These records comprise: five minute books of the Paudash Women's Institute, 1947-1978; files of news clippings; reports to the North Hastings District; notes on local history.

Minute book of the Monteagle Women's Institute.

Tweedsmuir book containing news clippings, photographs, programmes, and notes on the history of the Bay of Quinte Women's Institute, compiled by Kathy Mastin.