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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.

Scanned copy of hand-written family tree showing seven generations of descendants of Hugo Berghardt Rathbun (1812-1886) and Louisa Storm (1820-1885) of Deseronto, Ontario.

Poor quality photocopy of history of the Stone Church in Sidney Township, with order of service for 75th anniversary event held on 19 October 1930 (the scan of this item was made from the original in file TR 3875). Three letters with government of Ontario officials concerning the installation of a plaque to commemorate the church in the early 1970s.

Research files compiled by Ken Brown for a proposed history of the Rathbun era of Deseronto, Ontario. The files contain draft chapters, photocopies of newspaper articles and email correspondence.

Part of an unpublished history of Ontario breweries, covering breweries in Hastings County.

More than 500 35mm slides used by Lois Foster in talks about the history of properties in Belleville, Ontario.

Research notes on architectural styles and photographic slides of Belleville homes and other buildings prepared for a Hastings County Board of Education project and proposed video by Catherine Milne, Instructional Media Developer of the Hastings County Board of Education's Instructional Media Centre and Bill Piton, a teacher.

The photographs are arranged by subject matter and cover activities in and around the town of Deseronto, Ontario. The majority date from the late nineteenth century and many depict the lumber-related industries of the Rathbun Company in Deseronto. There are also photographs of school groups, churches, railways, First World War airfields and portraits of Deseronto citizens.

Copy of a printed 'Official Telephone Directory, District of Eastern Ontario', covering Bell customers in Belleville, Ontario.

Commemorative calendar for 2012, program of celebratory events, pins for the 125th anniversary of Limerick Township in Hastings County, Ontario, PDF version of slideshow of vintage images shown at the 7 July 2012 event.

Comprises:

• an incomplete set of original newspapers (Weekly Intelligencer, Daily Intelligencer, Ontario Intelligencer and Belleville Intelligencers) from 1834 to the present day
• negatives and photographs from the Intelligencer, 1949-2001
• 'Remember When' local history supplements, 1991-1995
• an incomplete set of microfilms of Intelligencer newspapers, 1846-2008

Photocopy of transcription of St. Thomas Anglican Churchyard burials between 1821 and 1874 (originally made by Gerry Boyce). Photocopy of Heather McKillop's article 'Recognizing Children's Graves in Nineteenth-Century Cemeteries: Excavations in St. Thomas Anglican Churchyard, Belleville, Ontario, Canada' from 'Historical Archaeology', 1995.

Exercise books from Lamon Baker Dupuis' time at the Ontario Commercial College in Belleville, Ontario.

A series of files originally maintained as vertical files in the Deseronto Archives, covering a wide range of topics related to the history of Deseronto, Ontario, and the surrounding area.

Bound 1976 reprint of the Bancroft Old Home Week (August 6th-9th, 1961) souvenir programme, written by author-editor Mr. A. F. 'Mike' Burns of Bancroft.
List of genealogies available at Bancroft Public Library.

The fonds consists of 10 boxes of textual and graphic material about the Hutton-Ponton family. The fonds is organized chronologically by the following categories: Military and Civilian. The fonds consists of the following categories:
Boxes 1-3 files 1-26 (1879-1916 15th Battalion Argyll Light Infantry- correspondence: telegrams, financial/inspection reports, inventory lists, medal applications, order books, sergeant's mess meeting minutes, service rolls and how the infantry was named)
Boxes 3-5 files 27-46 (1896-1903 Belleville Rifle Range, 1896-1900 Bicycle Corps, 1900 Canadian Patriotic Fund, Deseronto Militia Company, Militia Headquarters-Ottawa: 1895-1906 discharge and pension documents, 49th Hastings Rifles Battalion order book, 1879-1917 infantry tests and military schools: applications, notebook of notes about Toronto School of Musketry, invitations to various events, letters, documents, militia orders and newspaper articles)
Box 5 files 46-53 (empty envelopes, documents about Queen Victoria's Jubilee, The Red Cross: booklet, The School for the Deaf: letters, the South African War: letters, applications and militia orders, World War 1 and "Wrinkles": letters and wall posters, pamphlets and newspaper clippings)
Box 6 files 54-64 (family papers: certificates, letters, notebook, family history:Hutton/Putton house, wills, estate matters and journal/travel/address book)
Boxes 6-7 files 65-76 (family accounts from 1869-1903)
Box 7 files 77-90A (Belleville Industrial Committee: minutes from meetings, letters, newspaper clippings and various documents about opening different factories in Belleville)
Boxes 7-8 files 91-101-2 (Land and Estate Papers: grants, deeds of land and mortgages and sale of part of a cricket field)
Box 9 files 102-106 (Legal papers: daily journal and legal documents)
Boxes 9-10 files 107-112-4 (Programs and invitations to various programs and events)
Box 10 files 113-117-2 (misc correspondence and newspaper clippings: letters, certificate, and notes)
Box 10 files 118-127 (misc business and other items: reports, letterheads, advertisements, postcards and brochures)
3 red books (The Quarterly Militia List:1897-1900)
small reddish brown book (Infantry Drill by Authority-1889)
2nd larger reddish brown book (Field Artillery Training-1914)
greyish book (The Militia Lists-1886)

Voter's registration card for Miss Emma Gorsline of 182 Bleecker Avenue, Belleville, Ontario, entitling her to vote at 179 Foster Avenue, Belleville, in the Federal Election held on 14 October 1935.

Certificate showing that G. A. Freeman owned six shares in Belleville Arena Limited.

List of past presidents of the Belleville & District Shrine Club, from 1946 to 2016.

Scanned photographs of buildings in Thomasburg, Ontario and a digital copy of a poster describing the history of the town.