File contains original correspondence between the Township of Thurlow and the Corporation of the County of Hastings, dealing with arrears in tax monies not paid by Thurlow. It also contains a motion from a meeting of Municipal Council of the County of Hastings along with a Statement dated 31st of December 1863.
File contains a printed booklet entitled Quintena : Golden Anniversary, May 1913-1963, which traces the history and lists executive officers of the Quintena Rebekah Lodge, #133, Belleville branch of the Rebekah Oddfellows.
File contains a manuscript paper entitled “The Grand Trunk Railway Strike at Belleville, 1876-1877 : a brief outline,” presented by Gerald E. Boyce at a winter, 1965 meeting of the Belleville Rotary Club. The paper discusses the strike action by trainmen and the dispatch of police and companies of the local battalion to deal with strikers and their supporters.
File contains a copy of the "Railway Week Official Program -- Belleville, June 22-28, 1964", a newspaper article "CNR and City Plan Week-Long Railway Exhibit and Program and three copies of a booklet titled "Pioneer Railways of Central Ontario From the Past to the Present" written by William Michaud.
File contains newspaper articles, including an Open Letter to the Citizens of Belleville regarding the inception and service of the Rawson Bus. Co. Ltd.
File contains two certificates from the Provincial Art School issued to Maurice Reeves showing completion of examination in freehand drawing and practical geometry.
File contains matriculation certificates "Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario" as well as death notice for Dr. Charles M. Reeves, Tweed Dentist born in Belleville ca. 1876
File contains a printed memorial booklet commemorating the life of Mrs. M.B. Roblin, Belleville, daughter-in-law of Hon. John Philip Roblin, M.P., County of Prince Edward, who died on 31 October 1872.
File contains an original printed discourse, written by A. Robinson and titled "A Reply to Dr. Jeffers' Discourse on Future Punishment, delivered by him in Bridge St. Methodist Church, April 8th, 1883." Donated by W.N. Ponton Estate.
File contains original documents from 1862. First a motion from the meeting of the Municipal Council of the County of Hastings to send condolences to the Queen and Royal Family on the death of the Prince Consort. A handwritten copy of the letter sent to the Queen on behalf of Hastings County. A transmission dated 26-March-1862 sending a copy of a dispatch from the Secretary of State conveying Her Majesty's reply.
File contains an Intelligencer article, dated 14 August 1968, concerning average earned income in cities in Canada, in which Belleville ranked forty second out of eighty-eight cities listed.
File contains a typescript letter to Dorothy Sargent from J.R. Ellis, Mayor of the City of Belleville, commending Ms. Sargent's efforts on behalf of the Centennial Year celebrations and enclosing a printed certificate of recognition of service. Also present is a silhouette drawing from the St. Louis Fair, 1904 by E.J. Perry with the inscription on verso : J.T. Sargent.
File contains two notes with names and dates pertaining to the ancestors and descendants of Merrick Sawyer. Also, a typed copy of the obituary for his wife Almira Sawyer died 1883.
File contains original hand written copy and typed copy of of a poetical comparison of Belleville 1906 vs. 1944, written by William James Savage, 165 East Moira Street, Belleville, Ontario
File contains a photocopied advertisement for a shop opening by S.Stevens, decorative painter, Sidney Township in 1848, and an advertisement of two acres of land and a house for sale on Trenton Road for $650 in 1881.