Metal medal with enamelled coat of arms engraved with the words "1918 Victory Loan Essay Competition" on one side. On the back are the words "Lower School 1st Prize won by M. Edwards, Deseronto H. S. [High School], Ryrie Bros".
Edition of the Victoria Chronicle for 6 March 1845 and 12 volumes of editorial articles published in the Daily Ontario between 1910 and 1920 (the editor at the time was J. O. Herity).
Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Victoria Cheese and Butter Manufacturing Association including one folder of administrative documents containing real estate records and the company's charter. It also contains one volume of minutes from annual meetings.
Collection includes published annual reports of Deseronto Methodist Church for 1902, 1912, 1923 and 1924; souvenir booklet of the Methodist Church, 1911-1912; typewritten history of the Deseronto United Church from the 1860s up to 1976 (apparently extracted from minutes of the Board); newspaper clippings relating to church members and ministers, 1960s; a few photographs of church members, 1960s; printed orders of service 1970s-1980. Also includes a blank contract agreement between public school trustees and a teacher from the 1890s.
45rpm vinyl record with 'Centennial Polka' on one side, music arranged and conducted by Ben McPeek, soloist Billy Van, lyrics R. Sutton, music A. Ticknovich, sound P. Sheridan and 'Fêtons, Fêtons, Fêtons' on the other, music arranged and conducted by Ben McPeek, soloist Jacques Michel, lyrics G. Brown and J. Michel, music A. Ticknovich, sound P. Sheridan . A Steinberg Centennial project, with proceeds from the sale of the single going to the Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada
'Belleville General Hospital Rehabilitation Week, Nov. 20-25, 1973', program of events, history of Belleville General Hospital and the Women's Auxiliary, photographs of the hospital in 1973
'Hastings County 4-H Awards Night, Centre Hastings Secondary School, Madoc, Ontario, Friday Nov. 30, 1973', program and lists of award winners
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
Certified copy of the Voters' List for Belleville, 1918 (poor condition)
Copies of Belleville Profile publication, produced by the Industrial Development Department/Economic Development Department, 1988-1996, 1999-2004, 2009
Photographs and negatives of buildings and events in Belleville, including some by Rick Roluf and aerial views by Richard Lumbers, 1988-1991
CD-ROMs with various photographic/documentary collections, 2002-c.2010:
Quinte Economic Development Commission video by Floating Point, "We Mean Business", 2002
Quinte Region Volume 1 and 2, 220 photographs by Crombie McNeill, 2002
Downtown Belleville Master Plan, produced by Office for Urbanism, 4 PDF files, 2006
Belleville Photos (unknown photographer), "First Impressions" 110 downtown views, taken in July and August 2006
247 photographs taken at Kellogg's groundbreaking, 27 October 2006
400 aerial photographs of Belleville, taken by Darko Zeljkovic in September 2007
50 photographs by Michael J. Brethour, 2007
Slideshow of construction of the hydroelectric plant on the McLeod Dam in Belleville, photographs by Allen Montgomery, production by Doug Knutson, 2008
Photos of visit by Kunpo delegation from Korea, taken by Euntaek Oh, 10-11 July 2008
Contact prints and negatives of views of Tweed and Belleville, Ontario, mainly taken in 1980 and 1981. Includes 1982 Quinte Ethnic Festival passport and negatives taken on a steam train trip in 1978.
Contact prints of images taken during the Railway Week train excursion of May 1978 and negatives of houses in Tweed, Ontario, taken in April 1991. Two slides of buildings in Belleville, Ontario.
Scans and digital photographs of images relating to Dr Elgin Vandervoort and his family, taken from an album belonging to his family and loaned for the purpose. Include pictures of May Vandervoort and her husband, Hugh Rothwell, who met her when he was installing electricity to Deseronto. They married on September 1st, 1917 in Deseronto.
Genealogical research materials on members of the Van Blaricom family, United Empire Loyalists and early settlers of Hastings and Prince Edward Counties in Ontario.
Photographs of an event held to unveil a historical plaque at the former fire hall, 394 Front Street, Belleville. Guests included Mayor Taso Christopher, Fire Chief Mark MacDonald and members of the Hastings County Historical Society.
Minute books for: 1931-1933; 1934-1937; 1937-1940 Scrapbook with photographs and brief biographies of men from Sidney Township, Hastings County, who had enlisted in the Second World War. The men included are: Francis Armstrong Harder Bonisteel John M. Burkitt Ward Stiles John Welbourne George Halsall Ray Sine James W. Murray Lawrence Trewley Dan McLaren Roy Seeley J. W. Bulman Grant L. Fox Keith C. Fox Charles Chard Leonard Chard Horace Chard Murray Chard Maxwell Chard
