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.
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The Belleville Times newspaper collection
Copies of The Belleville Times, a weekly newspaper, published on Wednesdays in Belleville, Ontario by Roger Worth in 1969 and 1970.
This collection represents materials originating or used by W.C. Mikel. The first folder contains three speeches delivered during his time as Police Magistrate and Mayor. The next series of folders contains references and sources for his volume The City of Belleville History. The second folder contains correspondence regarding the book. Folders three through ten contain the notes Mikel used for each chapter. Folder eleven contains the plans for “Quinte City" and documents from the Town Planning Institute among others. Folder twelve contains unattributed reference material and general research for the book. Folder thirteen contains Mikel's collection of material for the 1924 United Empire Loyalist celebration which was held during his first term as Mayor. Folder fourteen contains Mrs. Mikel's obituary, a letter from Mikel to the Bank of Montreal, and a letterhead from the period he served as Police Magistrate. Folder fifteen contains three copies of his book, Godlove Mikel. The sixtenth folder contains a variety of newspaper clippings.
Mikel, William Charles
Woodley family and business materials
Photographs and press clippings (mainly reproductions) relating to the Woodley family and their fur business in Belleville. The store on Front Street was established by George Thomas Woodley (1872-1948) in 1904 and closed between 1986 and 1992. George's son Russell, grandson Douglas and great-grandson Daniel ran the store. Photographs include:
George Thomas Woodley [c. 1940]
Isobel and Betty Woodley outside the Front Street store in period dress as part of Belleville's Centennial celebrations in 1979.
Also includes Russell Woodley's diary of a 1919 YMCA canoe trip from Lakefield to Sturgeon Lake (and a photocopy of a transcript of the diary), with a flyer for the 1920 trip and a photocopy of photographs from Mrs Thompson, whom the group visited on their journey.
Woodley (family)
Nick and Helma Mika collection
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.
Mika, Helma
The collection contains the following textual records:
Morton, Ralph
Senior Citizens Club #94 history, 1953-1986
Typescript history of the Belleville Senior Citizens Club No. 94, written by Pearl Holmes.
Senior Citizens Club #94 (Belleville)
Two brochures:
1) 'Discover Belleville 2018 Visitor Guide' published by the City of Belleville
2) 'Welcome to 8 Wing/CFB Trenton 2018' published by metrolandmedia
Various photographs and negatives
Various photographic items:
1) Colour reproduction of a postcard of the Post Office building on Bridge Street in Belleville, c.1910
2) Reproduction of a view from west Belleville across the railway lines towards the harbour, c.1920
3) Reproduction of a photograph of the interior of a canning factory, c.1920
4) Reproduction of a view of the interior of a cigar store on North Front Street, Belleville, 1952
5) 29 black and white negatives of the Wharf Street Debating Club, 1980
6) Colour photograph of Bill Hunt junior in front of Bayview School (later demolished for a housing development), c.1985-1990
7) 13 colour photographs of the old Stephens Adamson factory in Belleville, built 1910, taken in 2007
Hunt, C. W. (Claude William)
West Huntingdon Wesleyan Methodist Trustee Board account book
Account book registering receipts and expenditures of the Wesleyan Methodist (later United) Church in West Huntingdon, Ontario.
West Huntingdon United Church
Stanley Watkins papers and slides
Items formerly owned by Stanley Watkins relating to:
1 & 2) Notes and papers relating to the construction of a house on Maitland Drive in Belleville (including 133 scans of colour slides of the project and building plans), 1960
3) Quinte Unitarians newsletters, 1962-1963
4) Belleville Toastmasters publications and bulletins, 1962-1963
Watkins, Stanley Lufkin
Newspaper supplements relating to the history of Foxboro, Ontario
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
Records of Melrose Women's Institute
Includes minute books, Tweedsmuir scrapbooks, printed programs, reports and an account book for 1991-1999.
Melrose Women's Institute
Six digital reproductions of photographs relating to Roy Wardle's time in the Belleville Fire Department, Belleville, Ontario.
File of research materials relating to First Nations in Eastern Ontario
Outline of Professor Donald B. Smith's forthcoming book The Blind Spot: Canada and the "Indians" in Canada's First Century. A Study of non-Indigenous Canadians' perspectives on the First Nations from 1867 to the White Paper of 1969, with copies of some research materials including:
Smith, Donald B.
George Bruce Airhart materials
Sunday school attendance register for Marmora Methodist Church, Marmora, Ontario, including a printed page with an image of the late Canon C. M. Harris, 1854-1923, Rector at Marmora. Also banquet invitation and menu for an event held at the Hotel Quinte for Hastings County councillors on 10th December 1926.
Airhart, George Bruce
Directory of City of Belleville officials and staff telephone numbers
Typescript directory of positions, names, and telephone numbers for individuals who worked for the City of Belleville and various city boards and commissions in 1968.
City of Belleville
Reverend A. Newton Reid collection
Items collected by Reverend A. N. Reid, including:
Reid, A. Newton
Audio recordings of oral history interviews
Digital audio recordings of oral history interviews with five owners of businesses in downtown Belleville, Ontario: Bob Barber, Don Leslie, Gerry Bongard, John O'Connor and Terry Barratt. The recordings were enabled by a grant from the Belleville Community Arts and Culture Fund.
Fraiberg, Gerry
Twiddy family photographs and papers
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.
Twiddy, Clare Harvard
Video of tour of Naylor's Theatre
Video footage of a tour of Naylor's Theatre during the Doors Open event in Deseronto, Ontario, on 28 May 2011.
Clare, Paul