Negatives and photographs of activities and buildings at the Northern Electric plant on Sidney Street in Belleville, Ontario. These items were contained in a metal Kardex filing drawer. Headings on the file sleeves include:
Erecting Gov. Towers [Negative 2019-055-001]
Dismantling & Erecting N.E. Wooden Tower [Negatives 2019-055-002 to 2019-055-019 and print of negative 2019-055-017]
Wave Guide Flexing Machine Built 1956 by N.E. Co Belleville [Negatives 2019-055-020 to 2019-055-078 and prints of negatives 2019-055-022, 2019-055-023, 2019-055-024, 2019-055-027, 2019-055-028, 2019-055-029, 2019-055-030 and 2019-055-047]
City Fire Dept Demonstration 1955 [4 negatives including 2019-055-084 and 2019-055-085]
Fire in Shopmen's Wash Rm. Partition. 1955 [5 negatives, 5 prints]
Painting Chain Link Fences 1955 Contractor Carter & Son [2 negatives]
Employee Infraction on City Parking Regulations 1955
Car Parks 1955 [Negatives 2019-055-091 to 2019-055-093]
Power House 1954 [11 negatives including 2019-055-094 and 2019-095] *Deterioration of 1947 Plant Roof Due to Negelcted Leak in Roof Membrane, 1955 [2 prints, 3 negatives]
Deterioration in West Wall & South & North Corners of 1947 BLDG. Repointed Brickwork 1955 [30 prints, 32 negatives]
Leaking Flashings [1 print]
Slippage of Roof Material on 1951 Extension Saw Tooths Corrected 1955 By Application of S.I.S. Roofing. [3 prints, 3 negatives]
1951 Extension to Plant [44 prints, 106 negatives]
Paint Shop Construction 1955 [13 prints, 20 negatives]
Shop Partitions Designed & Built in Belleville Plant 1953 [4 prints, 7 negatives]
Standard Benches Designed & Produced in Belleville Plant 1952 [1 print (labelled 'Sound Proof Booth'), 3 negatives]
Moving Pacific Brake from CN Tracks to Belleville Plant [1 print, 4 negatives]
Eight negatives of older photographs, with thirteen prints made from the negatives. Six of the prints show a map of the Belleville Water Works, made in 1883 by Moffet, Hodgkins and Clarke of Watertown, New York. The other seven prints are of photographs of members of the Belleville Fire Department, fire trucks, the 1936 flood, and the fire at the Cities Services Oil site on John Street in Belleville in 1948.
File contains 176 black and white negatives, 40 colour 35mm slides and one black and white print of ice boats and motorcycles racing on the Bay of Quinte near Belleville, Ontario. Photographer not identified.
A series of negatives of properties in Belleville, Ontario, taken by members of the Belleville Camera Club on behalf of the Historic Structures Committee of Hastings County Historical Society. Also a file containing a list of the houses in 'Area C' of Belleville (from the east side of Front Street to East Hill) which were to be photographed.
Hastings County Historical Society. Building Research Committee
Sixty black and white negatives taken of photographs of Mayors of the City of Belleville. These images were used for the Mayors' Gallery on the fourth floor of City Hall.
News clipping of a report from the Kingston Whig Standard on the regular monthly meeting of the Deseronto Board of Education, held at Deseronto High School, Ontario on June 6th, 1944.
Items covered in the meeting included a request from Principal R. A. Bowen for the grass to be cut in the field of the Public School where the children played ball and the resignation of Miss Mary Rogers of Room 1, Public School.
The chairman of the Board was Cuthbert Sager. Other members included Mrs. T. R. McCullough, Mrs. C. F. Dummell, Rev. F. G. Robinson, J. C. Reynolds, R. Wessman and E. Gibson.
Clipping from the Community Press newspaper of 19 July 1997 by Steven Tubb concerning the desire to find a new use for the King's Mill building in Rawdon Township, Ontario.
Newspaper clippings relating to clubs and organizations of Belleville, Ontario. These clippings were compiled by staff of the Belleville Public Library.
Newspaper clipping taken from page 4 of the Pittsburgh Daily Post, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania published on 24 February 1890, concerning the manufacture of wood gas from sawdust in Deseronto, Ontario.
Newspaper articles from the Intelligencer and The Pioneer on the death of Sheila Turnbull, a long-serving volunteer with Bridge Street United Church who was actively involved in developing programs to help people in need.
Various items relating to Foxboro, Ontario: 1) 'Historical Foxboro' newspaper supplement, 28 July 1976 2) 'There's something unique about a small town: Foxboro' supplement to Intelligencer, 23 June 1981 3) Newspaper article on the history of the Hopkins Garage at 236 Main Street, Foxboro, Ontario, 20 April 1988 4) Paper grocery bag printed with the name of Doucette's General Store
Materials collected by Newton Thompson, including: list of high school graduates (including Thompson and his future wife, Fanny Strong); three receipts from Belleville businesses, 1905-1911; application to join the Corby Public Library for Fanny Strong, 1908; sketch by Fanny (Frances) Strong, 1913; Belleville Curling Club membership card, 1919-1920; news clippings from the Intelligencer, principally concerning weather, fires and the McNevin murder and including articles about the Intelligencer building under construction at Pinnacle and Bridge Streets, 1958-1965.
The collection reflects the publishing interests of Nick and Helma Mika. It comprises four main series: photographic files, reference files, printing process files and other materials. The collection is strong in local history materials, particularly relating to the history of the United Empire Loyalists, railways, and the city of Belleville.
Promotional materials written by Ron Truman for Northern Telecom: 1) CompQuote (Montreal) Displayphone case study flyer 2) Slater Steels (Hamilton) Displayphone case study flyer 3) Health Care Telecommunications Meridian SL-1 flyer 4) The Canada Council Meridian SL-1 Application Report flyer 5) Meridian Report, Volume 1, Issue 1, December 1986
Notes prepared for a plaque-unveiling event on 23 August 2017 in Belleville, Ontario, commemorating the former railway on Pinnacle Street. The plaque was installed by the Hastings County Historical Society.