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Glanmore information booklets

  • CA ON00156 2014-19
  • Collection
  • c.1980

Two booklets on the history of Glanmore National Historic Site in Belleville, Ontario. One is called 'Glanmore' written by Sheila Chapline, written for the general public, the other is a compilation of information aimed at guides of the museum and includes information researched by Kerry Abel and Nick and Helma Mika.

Glanmore National Historic Site

Hastings County Museum Official Opening 1961

File contains letters regarding the official opening of the Hastings County Museum in 1961, several invitations to the opening, and a newspaper article discussing the opening. There are two booklets listing artists in Hasting and Prince Edward County, a handout from the Hastings County Museum with directions to Glanmore, and a poster from 1975 promoting a talk by Mary Beacock Fryer (author of Loyalist Spy). There is also an itinerary from 1961 for a trip to Upper Canada Village. There is also a pamphlet about Glanmore.

Museum Flyers

Two flyers advertising the Hastings County Museum including the days it was open, hours of operation, entrance fees, and a brief description of the collection. One has opening dates for 1962, the other for 1963.

Hastings County Museum

Belleville architecture clippings

  • CA ON00156 2010-30
  • Collection
  • 1963-1979

Newspaper clippings compiled by Mary and Roger Greig, concerning properties in Belleville. Most are Intelligencer articles in a series called 'Our Architectural Heritage' by Lennie Williamson on particular houses. These include:
1) St. Agnes Manor, Bridge and Ann Streets, published 9 April 1964
2) George Bleecker house, 260 Dundas Street East, 16 April 1964
3) John Taylor house, 155 Dundas Street East, 23 April 1964
4) Chisholm-McDougall house, Dundas Street West, 30 April 1964
5) Chisholm-Zwick house, 153 Dundas Street West, 7 May 1964
6) McIntosh-McKenzie house, South Front Street, 14 May 1964
7) Simpson-Wallbridge house, Dundas and Front Streets, 21 May 1964
8) Neo-Classical house, 77½ South Church Street, 27 May 1964
9) Lynch house, 75 South Front Street, 4 June 1964
10) Hutton-Ponton house, Dundas Street West, 11 June 1964
11) Moodie Cottage, Sinclair and Bridge Streets, 18 June 1964
12) McNab-Yeomans house, Bridge Street West, 25 June 1964
13) Welbanks house, James Street, 2 July 1964
14) Animal Hospital (Maybee house), Dundas Street East, 9 July 1964
15) Canniff-Lazier house, Cannifton Road, 16 July 1964
16) Reynolds' Block, Front Street and Victoria Avenue, 23 July 1964
17) Turnbull-Campbell villa, Charlotte Street, 30 July 1964
18) Robertson house, 184 William Street, 6 August 1964
19) Murney-Faulkner [Falkiner] house, Bridge Street West, 13 August 1964
20) Springer-Burns residence, 103 Dundas Street East, 20 August 1964
21) St. Thomas Rectory, Bridge Street East, 27 August 1964
22) Scott (Bogart) house, Bridge Street East, 3 September 1964
23) Bellvue Terrace, Patterson Street, 10 September 1964
24) Phillips-Faulkner house, Bridge Street and Dufferin Avenue, 17 September 1964
25) City Hall, Front Street, 24 September 1964

File also includes "An Outline History of Belleville" by Gerald E. Boyce, published by the Hastings County Historical Society in 1962.

Greig, Roger

Murney, Edmund, M.P.P.

File contains a typescript brief history of the life of the Honourable Edmund Murney, member of the Provincial Legislature of Upper Canada and Canada West during the period 1836 to 1857. Also contains a newspaper article from The Ontario Intelligencer, 13 August 1964 concerning the Murney-Faulkner [Falkiner] House, West Bridge Street, Belleville. Includes a reprint of a drawing of the home.

Photographs and ration books of the Aselstine family of Belleville

  • CA ON00156 2024-044
  • Collection
  • c.1860-1945

Collection comprises:

  1. Family cabinet card and tintype photographs, c.1860-1920
  2. Staff and students of Grier Street School, Belleville, 1905 and original and copy of two 1908 Grier Street school photographs (the copy was published in the Intelligencer), both including Howard Aselstine
  3. Snapshots including several of Aselstine buses in Belleville, 1910-1940
  4. Second World War ration books for Howard and Mae Aselstine and Dorothy Aitchison (their daughter, mother of Jane Bond), 1940s
  5. Photograph album with pictures of Aselstine buses, 1890-1935
  6. Newspaper clippings relating to the Aselstine bus business, 1965-1971
  7. Typescript and hand-written notes on the history of the Aselstine business
  8. Loose photographs, 1915-1970

Aselstine, Howard

Letters to Cassie Robinson of Belleville and reproductions of Deseronto postcards

  • CA ON00156 2024-055
  • Collection
  • c.1900-1920
  1. Letters addressed to Cassie Robinson of 214 Coleman Street, Belleville
  2. Paper copies of Deseronto postcards
  3. One postcard of Belleville buildings

Letters to Cassie Robinson:

  1. From St. Lucia, 3 Feb 1909
  2. Love letter to Frank Robinson, 1 Aug 1912
  3. Letter from Arthur McCoy in Palestine, 4 Oct 1914
  4. Invitation to wedding of P. G. Johnson and Phyllis Lewis in Belleville, 22 Apr 1915
  5. Christmas card from Private Cecil Holway, 1915
  6. Christmas card from Bruce [Sills], 1915
  7. Christmas card from Frank McDonell, 1915
  8. Letter from Mary O'Connor in Detroit, 10 Jan 1916
  9. Letter from W A. Hutchinson 'Yankee', France, 18 Feb 1916
  10. Letter from Sergeant W. A. Hutchinson, France, 28 Mar 1916
  11. Letter from Bruce Sills describing journey to England, 14 Jul 1916
  12. Field postcard from 'Scud', 13 Oct 1916
  13. Christmas card from Bugler Bert Robson [killed 30 Nov 1917], 1916
  14. Christmas card from Mary in Toronto, Dec 1916
  15. Christmas card from Bugler Charles Rand, Godalming, Dec 1917
  16. Letter from Mrs. F. Stevens, Detroit, [mentions that sugar is hard to get] 19 Jan 1918
  17. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 21 May 1918
  18. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 26 Aug 1918
  19. Letter from F. Farrell, Toronto, 16 Sep 1918
  20. Letter from Eliza Clark of Peterborough (with dried leaf), 15 Dec 1918
  21. Letter from Eliza Clark of Peterborough, 20 Jan 1919
  22. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 20 Jan 1920
  23. Letter from Gladys and Oscar, Picton, 23 Jan 1920
  24. Letter from Jean M. [?], Toronto, 8 Feb 1920
  25. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 8 Apr 1920
  26. Letter from Bill [Robinson], Oshawa, 10 Apr 1920
  27. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 12 Apr 1920
  28. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 14 Apr 1920
  29. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 20 Apr 1920
  30. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 23 Apr 1920
  31. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 26 Apr 1920
  32. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 27 Apr 1920
  33. Letter from Ethel, 474 Brock Avenue, Toronto, [mentions that potatoes are a luxury] 5 May 1920
  34. Letter from Bill [Robinson], Oshawa, 2 May 1920
  35. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 6 May 1920
  36. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 6 May 1920
  37. Invitation to wedding of Ella Priscilla Moore and Edward D. Clarke on 16 Jun, sent 7 Jun 1920
  38. Letter from Bill [Robinson], Oshawa, 8 Jun 1920
  39. Letter from Ethel (Mrs. Joe Belch), Toronto, 8 Jun 1920
  40. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 11 Jun 1920
  41. Letter from Marie [?], Belleville, 20 Jun 1920

Wanamaker records

  • CA ON00156 MG 27
  • Fonds
  • 1778-1985

The Wanamaker fonds consists of textual records and graphic materials of genealogical histories of various families. The fonds also contains records, brochures, pamphlets, publications, books, and other textual records from towns and cities throughout Ontario, predominantly from the Quinte Area and Hastings County.

  • Family Photographs of the Sayers family, Ralph Wanamaker's family, the Hodgen family, of Loral Wanamaker's family, Parliament family, Van Cott family, Post family, as well as loose photographs of the Parliament family, the McTaggart family, various snapshots and negatives of scenery and views, as well as 2 boxes of slides
  • 1 box of Books and Binders with genealogical records, as well various records of various towns in Ontario ca. 1816 - 1957
  • Genealogical notes, histories, birth records, death records, pages from family Bibles, receipts, and other textual records for over 40 individual families
  • Genealogical charts, and ancestral charts
  • Genealogical correspondences
    *Newspapers, and News clippings from Hastings County, Hastings County Museum, Historical Society, Lennox and Addington, Prince Edward County, Trenton, Tyendinaga, and United Empire Loyalists
  • Legal documents, seals and original deeds, and land records ca. 1803 - 1848
  • Genealogy forms, research materials, reference materials
  • Various artworks and postcards (of Hastings County, the Quinte Region, the British Military and Navy, the Belleville Art Association, and travel)
  • Quinte region, Belleville, Trenton, and Prince Edward County miscellaneous publications, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, notes, directories, histories, records, and tourism guides and publications
  • Ontario, New York , and Canada pamphlets, magazines, calendars, and an Ontario Liquor License Act, 1891
  • Land Abstracts for Prince Edward County
  • Maps and plans: 1778-1779 Blue Print Surveys from General Washington, New York Historical Society; 1784 Ontario (printed by Ministry of Natural Resources), 1984; 1860-1861 Hastings County, 1860-1861 from the Hastings County Directory; 1928 Lloyd's Map of Hastings County; c. 1930 Belleville Post Office Carrier Route #8, North Front and North Park Streets
  • Scrapbooks ca. 1958-1972
  • Miscellaneous Publications (almanacs, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous pins belonging to Loral Wanamaker, blue print surveys)

Genealogical family research names:

  • Allison
  • Alyea
  • Babcock, John
  • Bailey
  • Belnap
  • Benson
  • Blair/Snider/Mumby/Spenser
  • Brickman, Lewis
  • Brighton
  • Canniff
  • Clapp
  • Cole
  • Cunningham
    *Davis
  • Embury
  • Finkle
  • Fraser
  • Gallagher
  • Gerow
  • Giraud/Gero-Gerow
  • Hodgens
  • Johnson
  • Loveless, Absolam
  • McTaggart
  • Meyers, John W.
  • Mitchell, Alfred
  • Orser
  • Parliament
  • Peck
  • Redner
  • Roblin
  • Scott
  • Spencer
  • Sprung
  • Van Cott, John
  • Vander Woort
  • Waite (see also Sprung and Putnam)
  • Wallbridge
  • Wanamaker
  • Wanamaker, Judge George Washington
  • Wanamaker
  • Weese
  • Whitney
  • Williams and Schermerhorn
  • Yarrow

Wanamaker, Castello Loral Roy

Wanamaker Papers

Papers of Loral and Mildred Wanamaker containing: North Shore Railway ticket for Mr. Alex Robertson (1884); four invitations to Lieut. Col. Ponton's (1896); The Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter (Jan. 1956) and a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws for the Officers Committees and Members of The Holland Society of New York, July 1972.

Wanamaker Papers

Papers of Loral and Mildred Wanamaker containing 16 leases dated from 1821 to 1892 between Rev. John Grier, A.M. Rector, of Belleville and second parties, names include: Ferguson, Limm, Adamson, Lawlor, Sarsfield, Weir, Howell, Farrell, Murphy, Cherry, Heath, Canning, Strudgeon, Tebbet, Jamieson and Connors.

The Merchants' Bank

File contains an ink blotter from the merchants Bank of Canada, a Merchants Bank of Canada pamphlet, cheques from the Merchants Bank of Canada, a card from the Merchants Bank of Canada advertising its capital and reserve, and other miscellaneous documents from the Merchants Bank of Canada.

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