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Issues of the Post Express newspaper

  • CA ON00156 DA 2007.06
  • File
  • 1965

Four 1965 issues of The Post Express (Napanee and Deseronto), June 16 (2 copies), June 23, July 28 .

Joyce Keller Centennial scrapbooks

  • Collection
  • 1966-1973

Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled by Joyce Keller from Belleville, Ontario newspapers on topics relating to Canada's centennial celebrations, chiefly in 1967 but with some earlier and later clippings.

Keller, Joyce Pearl

Files from RCCS relating to parks in Belleville

  • CA ON00156 2018-021
  • File
  • 1966-2017

File of materials relating to parks in Belleville, Ontario:

  • Report on proposed redevelopment of Corby Park, [1966]
  • Correspondence concering Duff Park at Dundas Street West and Sidney Street in Belleville, 1970-1971, 2001
  • News clipping from Belleville Intelligencer concerning the start of construction on the Quinte Sports Centre, 8 October 1976
  • Registered plan of land at the corner of Front and Pinnacle Streets in Belleville, later known as Connor Park, 20 October 1976
  • Memoranda about the designation of Corby Park, May 2007
  • Invitation and program of events for dedication of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Parkette at Dundas Street West/Bay Bridge Road intersection, 23 September 2017

File of materials relating to waterfront development:

  • Final Report on Belleville's East Bayshore by the City of Belleville in partnership with the Waterfront Regeneration Trust, Environment Canada and Quinte Conservation, March 2003
  • Belleville Waterfront Master Plan and Development Plan by Brook McIlroy Planning + Urban Design, May 2005
  • Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment for the Belleville Waterfront Redevelopment Master Plan Class EA by Archeoworks Inc., October 2005
  • The Belleville Waterfront Redevelopment Master Plan by Brook McIlroy Planning + Urban Design, November 2006

City of Belleville

Materials relating to Deseronto Town Council

  • CA ON00156 DA 2015.22
  • Item
  • 1967-2003

1) Large format photographs (mostly mounted) which were formerly on display in Deseronto Town Hall.
Town Council portraits from the following years:
1967
1971
[1970s]
1982-1985
1985-1988
1988-1991
1991-1994
1997-2000
2000-2003
2003-2006
Mounted copy of letter asking E.W. Rathbun to be Mayor in 1889
Letters of congratulations on 100th anniversary of Deseronto in 1989
Photo of Town Hall
Portraits of Glenn Balcour as Warden of Hastings County
2) Four files of press cuttings relating to Deseronto Town Council from 1970s to 2003, covering water works, policing, taxes, events

Town of Deseronto

Recording of Duncan brothers talking about life in Deseronto, Ontario

Recording of Duncan brothers talking about life in Deseronto, Ontario

  • CA ON00156 DA 2013.13
  • Item
  • 1967

Recording by Don Duncan, made November 26th, 1990, comprising two older recordings.
(01:16) The first is of Jack and Bill Duncan (Don's father), made in 1967. The two men reminisce about their early days in Canada. Jack [John] was born in 1896 and Bill in 1889. They arrived in Deseronto in late 1906 and worked for the Rathbun Company for a short while, having been brought in to break a strike. They were originally from the Midlands in England and were a family with five children, the youngest being four months old.
Bill recalls arriving in Napanee and waiting for a flat car to take them down the company's railroad track to Deseronto and the poor state of the property they were initially housed in (03:00). Bill thought it was a chicken house – and there were rats in the place.
Bill bought a kettle for 75 cents. His father told him to take it back, as it was three shillings in English money. Bill refused to take it back, so they had tea made in the tin kettle, as they didn't have a teapot.
(04:49)They moved into a house across the street and got hold of furniture and a woodstove. Their father, John, worked at bringing up logs from the water, while Bill worked in the sash and door factory for the Rathbun Company.
(05:54) There had been a strike in Deseronto and the Duncans were being used as strike breakers. The winters were bad – snow piled high so that you couldn't see people walking on the other side of the street.
(07:00) Jack's teacher donated a basket of groceries for the family's first Christmas in Canada.
(08:19) Bill was laid off because he asked for $1.50 a day instead of $1.25. His father was laid off shortly afterwards. He worked at a charcoal-bagging firm for a few weeks. They were both out of work for a few weeks.
(10:45) They walked to Corbyville to the cement works but couldn't get work there. They nearly got run over by a train. They stayed in a boarding house in Belleville and had sausages and fried potatoes for breakfast. They got work on construction sites in Corbyville for $2 a day each.
(13:15) They went home for Christmas with the money they'd saved. It was a good Christmas – two ducks and a Christmas pudding were cooked on the old woodstove, with difficulty. Jack got in trouble for eating the leftover duck while the rest of the family were out.
(14:45) They got the wood for the stove from the Rathbun mill for about a dollar and tried to dry it at the back of the stove.
(15:25) Both the men were out of work after Christmas. Maria worked as a housekeeper for ten cents an hour. A pound of butter was 21 cents, eggs 15 cents a dozen and a whole calf's liver was 5 cents.
(16:40) John and other unemployed men were set to work by the Town breaking rocks with a manual drill. Bill couldn't bear to watch, because he feared his father would be hit with a sledgehammer. John was employed to go out on the frozen Bay in a cutter for a day but didn't get paid.
(19:30) Bill worked at a farm, splitting wood, and was paid with a bag of potatoes worth 50 cents. When he got home his shoelaces were frozen solid.
(21:40) Bill and his father worked at the iron works. John was unloading coke. Bill got a night job there breaking up slag at the furnace and dumping it in the Bay.
(24:13) They walked to Point Anne to see if they needed any workers.
(24:50) The authorities in Deseronto told the family that there was work in Stirling.
(25:57) Memories of Jim Wilson, an East End Cockney. He and Bill would go to the Post Office in Deseronto and stand in front of the radiators there in front of the windows for an hour or two to warm up.
(27:13) Bill rolled his own cigarettes with Betty Blue tobacco.
(28:04) The family stayed in Deseronto until May 1907, then moved to Stirling. Bill and John went to Stirling first to meet the Reeve (Mather), who ran the general store in Stirling. They got to know the Reverend F. A. Robinson in Stirling. John got work almost immediately. Bill got work with the village blacksmith, Burkitt. He and his father were also involved in building a house for a man called Ward in Stirling, for $1.50 a day.
(30:50) They got a house opposite St. Andrew's Church in Stirling. Bill worked for the blacksmith until the following May. The Clydesdale horses used to fall asleep on him when he lifted their hind leg.
(32:29) Memories of people in Stirling: Les Kennedy, Don Burn, Andy Anderson, Jessie Montgomery ("a blonde bomber").
(33:26) John Duncan used a team of horses to clear an old cemetery in Stirling to make way for a park.
(34:20) Jack worked in the General Store, where they operated a barter system for farmers. Bill got interested in joining the ministry.
(36:40) Discussed why they left England: John was a shoemaker who was involved in the trade union movement, which made it hard for him to get work. Bill was the only one working, earning 26 shillings a week. It was their mother, Maria, who was the biggest influence on the family's decision to leave England. Bill thinks it was a good decision, as the family is now professional and better off than they would have been in England.
(41:50) Very quiet discussion about Art [Arthur Duncan, born 1904] who worked in Stirling.
(45:15) Maria Duncan singing 'The Man who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo' in the 1950s.

Duncan, Don

Digital photographs and scans taken by Paul Lantz

  • CA ON00156 2020-071
  • 1967-2020

Digital photographs:

  1. 4 school yearbooks and 14 photographs scanned in memory of Peter Lantz (1956-2019), 1967-2000
  2. 17 photographs taken by Lloyd Lantz of Belleville flooding, March 1981
  3. 88 photographs taken at the Belleville Climate Strike event, 20 September 2019
  4. 8 photographs of Black Lives Matter posters from the Belleville protest, 7 June 2020

Lantz, Paul

Collection of vinyl records from Belleville Public Library

  • CA ON00156 BPL/Albums
  • Collection
  • 1967-1984

Collection comprises the following albums:
1) S. Alec Gordon in an organ recital of his own compositions, c.1967 [3 copies, one with typescript notes by S. Alec Gordon]
Side 1: 1. Haliburton Holiday Sketches: A) Sunrise; B) Chipmunks; C) White Water Lilies (vocal); D) Moonlight on the Lake; E) Little Log Cabin (vocal)
Side 2: 1. Haliburton Holiday Sketches: F) Stormy Day; G) Evening; 2. Divertissement on 'All Hallows'; 3. Canadianette (Humoresque)

2) Centennial Secondary School Concert Band, 1971 (Director of Music, Monty Emmerson) [2 copies]
Side A: 1. Selections from 'Hair'; 2. Selections from Bizet's 'Carmen'; 3. Five Mellow Winds
Side B: 1. Selections from 'Mr. Lucky'; 2. March of the Bowmen; 3. Selections from 'Oklahoma'; 4. Theme and Rock-out
Band members: Elizabeth McLaughlin; Nancy Tilley; Mary Rowbotham; Kathy Browne; Debbie Twiddy; Pam Flindall; Kathy Moran; Sue Kitcher; Lynda Walker; Ruth Lee; Ann Coombs; Pat Bush; Nancy Keller; Meribeth Rowe; Steve Empey; Anne Burnhan; Linda Vardy; Connie Vardy; Mary Bailey; Pam Warr; Sue Rutledge; Karen McComb; Christie Chase; Evelyn Caswell; Megan McLaughlin; John Wills; Rodger Mountford; John Chambers; Brian Elliott; Nancy Koch; Ross Kemp; Dennis Gunter; Mark Piwowarski; Lloyd Eyre; Terry Richardson; Danny Jones; Dave Lewars; Ken Bertrand; Dan Hoxford; John Bunner; Dan Fell; Tim Shoniker; Robert Smith; Elaine Williams; Chris Lazenby; Blane McOrquodale; John Williams; Jerry Fontyn; Gary Fleming; Glen Mayer; Barry Linn; Paul Jones; Steve Gallinger; Fred Means; John Charles; Haig Chalmers; Pete Stewart; Jim Cole; Ray Marshall; John Dorrington; Tom Kuglin; Glenys Batton; Dave Pascoe; Rick Farrell; Bruce Burnham

3) Al Purdy's Ontario, 1971, written and read by Al Purdy

4) Tom Mason, Belleville Centennial Project, 1978
Side A: 1. Up a Lazy River; 2. Five Foot Two; 3. Getting Sentimental Over You; 4. Albert's Tune; 5. Roses in Picardy; 6. Some of These Days; 7. Heart of My Heart; 8. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby; 9. Sweet Georgia Brown; 10. Melancholy Baby
Side B: 1. Bye Bye Blues; 2. After You've Gone; 3. Hard Hearted Hanna; 4. Whispering; 5. If I Had My Way; 6. Who's Sorry Now; 7. Ida; 8. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie; 9. Side By Side

Album notes read: "Tom Mason as a young boy studied piano under Professor Wheatley who thought he should become a concert pianis but Tom wanted to play jazz. 'While not sure I could handle it, Professor Wheatley arranged for me to play at the silent movie theatre in Belleville called the REGENT. I was 19 at the time and played six nights and six matinees a week and acquired skill at improvisation by setting musical moods for the various scenes throughout the film.' This was in the year 1922. Some time later he went to Montreal, then Chicago, as a night club entertainer. Upon returning to his home town Belleville, he formed a nine piece orchestra calling it the 'COMMODORES'. 'It was a very popular orchestra and we played the Quinte Circuit, Belleville, Kingston, Collin's Bay, Cobourg and outlying communities. I also did my own arrangements for the band as they were unobtainable at this time. Travelling was primitive in those days in comparison with today's standards. This was before the era of paved roads, snow-plows, wind-shield wipers, anti freeze and heaters. Before starting out in winter they contacted various farmers en route to make sure roads were open. If they got stuck, the same farmers brought teams of horses to get them going again during those pre radio/TV days.
"When the Second World War started he joined the Army and went through the usual rigorous physical training. However his musical training soon became known and Captain Tom Mason found himself directing large army shows to entertain the troops in Canada and Overseas being honourably discharged about 1946. One of Tom's goals in life is to bring happiness to others. He is still attempting to attain that goal with this album of some of the hit tunes of the twenties and early thirties that the 'COMMODORES' played."

5) Mohawk Singers at Her Majesty's Mohawk Chapel, Tyendinaga Reserve, 1984 [with insert of transcriptions of hymns in old and new Mohawk writing, and English and French translations]
Side A: Church Bell; Wa Ont Shea Non Nih; Ye Sus Sken Nen En De Wa Kon; Ne Ya Go Ya Ne Re; Ka Na Ta No Ron; Shi Ha Di Nonh; Ji N'yon Re En We Ne Ha Ke; Jad Kah Thoh Ji Ni Shon Gwa Wi; Ron Wa Nen Tons Ne Ni Yoh; Wa Ka Ton Ha He Re Sa Ia Ner
Side B: Ne Ra Ya Ta No Ron Go Wah; Se Wea Ni Yo Ta Gwa Tonh Dats; Te Gon Nonh We Ra Tonhs; O Ni Yoh Gwa Nen Tonhs; Ye Sus Ro Dens Hen Nyon; Ka Ren Na; Satke Aietenese:ke; O Sa Ya Ner Ta Gwa Thon Dek
Choir members: Lena Elliott, Bernice Maracle (soloist), Donald Maracle (choir master), Muriel Hill, Beatrice Brant, Charles E. Maracle, Jacqueline Brant, Francis Eva Maracle, Albert L. Maracle, Kathryne Fuller, Renford Brant, Shirley A. Maracle, Lorraine Maracle, Michael Brant, Catherine Hill, Violet Clench, Andrew Maracle, sr. (soloist), Mary Maracle, Lorne Maracle, Lillian Maracle, Joyce Blaber

Belleville Public Library

Moirambler yearbooks

  • CA ON00156 2019-100
  • Series
  • 1967-1994

Moira Secondary School yearbooks for:

  • 1967
  • 1969
  • 1970
  • 1971
  • 1972
  • 1973
  • 1974
  • 1975
  • 1976
  • 1978
  • 1978-1979
  • 1979
  • 1981
  • 1992-1993
  • 1994

Moira Secondary School

Quinte Scanner newspaper

Quinte Scanner newspaper

  • Fonds
  • 1968-1982

The Quinte Scanner was a newspaper published in Deseronto, Ontario, between 1968 and 1981.

Slides of Belleville and Ontario scenes

Slides of Belleville and Ontario scenes

  • CA ON00156 2021-041
  • Series
  • 1969-1971

Slides made by Rudolf Donninger during his time in Belleville, Ontario, working at Northern Electric. They include photographs of buildings in Belleville, rural scenes, cars, a parade and the Belleville Fair in 1970, winter scenes, Ottawa and Kingston views, and aircraft at the Trenton Air Show.

Donninger, Rudolf

Digital photograph of a plaque at Belleville General Hospital

Digital photograph of a plaque at Belleville General Hospital

  • CA ON00156 2024-067
  • Item
  • 1969

Photograph of a plaque commemorating the re-opening of Belleville General Hospital on 23 February 1969.

Text reads:

"BELLEVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL
A CITY AND COUNTY-OWNED HOSPITAL
THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE OPENING OF THE NEW HOSPITAL
ON FEBRUARY 23, 1969, BY
THE HONOURABLE DR. MATTHEW B. DYMOND
MINISTER OF HEALTH OF ONTARIO

FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL CONTRIBUTIONS ASSISTED IN
THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

HARLEIGH A. HAMILTON
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

RT. REV. J. P. SULLIVAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING 8 PROPERTY COMMITTEE

PHILIP RICKARD
ADMINISTRATOR

ARCHITECTS:
HERBERT AGNEW ASSOCIATES

CONTRACTOR:
GREENINGTON LTD."

Belleville General Hospital

The Belleville Times newspaper collection

  • Collection
  • 1969-1970

Copies of The Belleville Times, a weekly newspaper, published on Wednesdays in Belleville, Ontario by Roger Worth in 1969 and 1970.

Desmond H. D. Lowry photographs of Belleville

Desmond H. D. Lowry photographs of Belleville

  • CA ON00156 2017-85
  • Series
  • 1969-2006

Colour photographs of the Norris Whitney bridge under construction between Rossmore and Belleville, Ontario and aerial photographs of Belleville, Wellington, Picton, Tweed, Stirling and the open pit mine at Marmora. Photographs of aircraft, including a replica of the 'Spirit of St. Louis', which visited Belleville in 1977 or 1978.

Lowry, Desmond Herbert Douglas

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