Photo of Lucinda Hill wiith her children (from left): Susan, Elizabeth and James, and her grand-daughter, Elsie (Elizabeth's daughter). Lucinda was born on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in around 1843, the daughter of Isaac and Catherine Hill and she married another Isaac Hill. By the time of the 1871 census she was a widow, living with her three children (Elizabeth, 10, James, 8 and Susan 5) in the household of her nephew, William Claus. Elsie was 15 at the time of the 1901 census, when she was living in Deseronto, Ontario with her mother and grandmother. In the photograph, she looks about five or six years old, which would date the portrait to around 1892. The photo was taken by Herbert A. Osborne, who was active in Deseronto in the mid-1890s. The image has damaged edges and is broken into two pieces.
Mounted photograph of the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer and the Manse in St. George Street, Deseronto, Ontario. Taken by James Fairbairn, photographer (born 1866) in around 1910.
Photo of Deseronto High School
Photo album – none of the images identified. Inscribed “To Lizzie from a little fried Weber Featherstonhaugh Deseronto Ont”
Bible
Bible
Martine’s Handbook of Etiquette
Common Sense in the Household
Searchlights or Light on Dark Corners
The Victory Readers Book I
Pocket Ready Reckoner
Photograph of Cyril W. Bird [married in Belleville 1891, evangelist – died in Africa, 12 Feb 1896]
Letter from James Hill to his sister, Susan Maracle, 1904
Various loose papers: permit to leave Canada for William Smith, 1918, Christmas Card, newspaper cuttings of marriages and obituaries; ‘In Memoriam” 1898 publication on the death of Frederick Sherwood Rathbun; instructions on removing afterbirth from cows[?]; marriage certificate for William Smith and Lydia Claus, 1902; stub of marriage certificate of David Powliss and Harriet Baptiste, 1917; embroidery reading “Thou Art my Hope”
Digital images taken on April 9th, 2015, of the Langley and Burke architectural plans of a proposed house on Stanley Avenue, Deseronto, Ontario, for Edward Wilkes Rathbun, made May 20th, 1892. The original plans are held at the Archives of Ontario.
Minute book of the Canadian Order of Foresters, Court Quinte No. 1. The fraternal society met in Deseronto, Ontario. The minutes record applications for membership of the society, payments of bills and notes of people who addressed the group. There are some loose papers inside the volume, mainly applications for admission, with reports of character committees on the back.
A red and white quilt made in 1894 by the Steady Gleaners, a group of women affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer, Deseronto, Ontario, possibly with the aim of raising funds for missionary work. This quilt may have been made for such a purpose. The signatures of the women in the society are embroidered onto the squares of the quilt.
The names on the quilt are: F.M.R. Bella Smyth Mrs Wm. Gamble Florence A. Davis Mrs F. S. Rathbun Alice McGault Mrs C. E. Ravin Mrs J. W. McCaw Mrs G. Genge Mrs Wm. Mitchell Mrs R. J. Craig, President Mrs Frank S. Hall [Bessie] Annie Hill Mrs McCoy Mrs F. H. Sims Mrs J. D. Dulmadge Mrs J. Douglas Tillie Maxwell Mrs D. Dant Miss Mary Huff Mrs G. Gordon Ella Pegan Mrs G. A. Grant Mrs Joe Hopper Mrs Wm. Geney Gertrude R. Craig Aggie Elliott Mrs Mackie Mrs A. D. Macintyre I. Thornton Mrs C. Forrester Mrs R. Anderson Ira B. Anderson L. Smyth Mrs R. Geddes Mrs F. McMaster Mrs J. M. Denmark Mrs A. G. Knight Mrs J. Buter Clara McClain Mrs C. Bennett Mrs J. T. Garmon
The Tribune, Dec 2 1898, report on death of F. S. Rathbun [very fragile]
The Tribune, Nov 27, 1903, report on death of E. W. Rathbun [torn and defaced with blue crayon]
Copy of Town of Deseronto deed granting the Long Dock and Ottawa Dock at Mill Street to the Deseronto Boating, Gun and Rod Club, Sep 26, 1957, with rough sketch of property
Summary of 1966 census of individuals in Deseronto, by age
Napanee Beaver, Nov 30 1966 (coverage of elections and death of Wilfred Hill, 47)
Napanee Beaver, Dec 7 1966 (coverage of election of Dorothy McCullough, first woman councillor in Deseronto)
Napanee Beaver, Jun 7 1967 (photo of Muriel Andrew’s painting of the ferry and bridge, on display in Deseronto Public Library, with Mrs Barney Thompson, Mrs Blake Moore and Mrs Jean Griffiths)
1967 Special Centennial supplement [toNapanee Beaver?] on the history of Deseronto
‘Centennial News’ vacation issue by Lake Ontario Development Council, covering ‘7 Holiday Regions’, 1967, 12pp.
Napanee Beaver, Jan 10 1968 (includes details of Deseronto Council committees)
Printed 1968 Deseronto Voters’ List
Napanee Beaver report on Naylor’s Theatre, Apr 28 1971, 1p.
The Quinte Scanner, Jun 16 1971, 100th birthday Deseronto special edition
The Intelligencer, Nov 9 1982 (report on Roger Cole’s election as Mayor of Deseronto)
Napanee Beaver, May 11 1983, report on Camps Mohawk and Rathbun, using information from J. Allan Smith, with photos
Napanee Beaver supplement, 1983, based on 1967 version, published for Summer Parade in Deseronto
Napanee Beaver, Dec 18 1985, including articles on Denny Tompkins’s plans as Mayor of Deseronto and article on Liva Grass of Tyendinaga, who campaigned for non-status Indians to regain their status
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
Photocopies and scans of newspaper articles and photographs relating to the Dawson and Burley families. 1) Photocopy of Quinte Scanner article about Hudson’s Mill. December 18, 1981 2) Photocopy of photograph of front of Deseronto House Hotel, with Deseronto Bus Line coach and horses. 3) Photocopy of photos of the old Deseronto to Prince Edward County ferry, being made into a houseboat (Reg Dawson did this) 4) Photocopy of article in The Intelligencer about the ferry from October 30, 1974. Mentions Reg Dawson. 5) Photocopy of photos of the ferry in service. Undated.
Photographs of members of the Rodgers family of Deseronto, Ontario. Some photographs were taken in Belleville. Most are unidentified, but they include Thomas, Robert and Georgie and one man in a Salvation Army uniform.
Photocopy of a plan of the Rathbun Farms (later Fingland and Kimmett farms) on Boundary Road to the northeast of Deseronto, showing crop rotations and land use.
Collection principally comprises research notes, newspaper clippings, promotional publications and postcards relating to the history of the town of Deseronto, Ontario. It also includes a file of materials relating to a voyage on the Empress of Scotland ship in 1956.
Deseronto postcards and photographs, 1900-1920
Notes and ephemera relating to Kay Allin's voyage on the Empress of Scotland, July 1956
Publication Kente Mission, 1668-1680, 1968
Notes by Kay Allin on the history of Deseronto, c.1980-1990
Notes by Kay Allin on the history of the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer in Deseronto, c.1980-1990
File of newspaper clipping relating to Deseronto, 1967-1980
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to the Rathbun family, 1972-1980
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to Deseronto, 1978-1990
Reproduction of Deseronto High School 'Ballyhoo' publication, May 1928
Deseronto flyers and publications, including 1978 program for the North American Outboard Championships, 1967-1989
Publications relating to centennial celebrations in Deseronto, 1971 and 1989
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
Collection comprises: 1) Metal luggage tag “Deseronto Nav. Co. Ltd. Local 60”, c.1900 2) Fairbairn portrait of a group of young women, c.1900 3) Photograph of uniformed members of a Citizen's band (possibly the Napanee Citizen's Band), c.1900 4) Photo of Gibbards’ employees, Napanee (includes Wilfred French and his son), 1985
Collection includes published annual reports of Deseronto Methodist Church for 1902, 1912, 1923 and 1924; souvenir booklet of the Methodist Church, 1911-1912; typewritten history of the Deseronto United Church from the 1860s up to 1976 (apparently extracted from minutes of the Board); newspaper clippings relating to church members and ministers, 1960s; a few photographs of church members, 1960s; printed orders of service 1970s-1980. Also includes a blank contract agreement between public school trustees and a teacher from the 1890s.
