Newspaper clippings and notes relating to Don Kellaway's family and local history interests. File labelled 'Miscellaneous Genealogy Material' and included:
list of Belleville, Ontario people over 80 years old from the Intelligencer, 1891, with transcript
historical plaque text for James Francis Kenney, 1884-1946, founder of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association
description of the history of the Graham family from the Daily Ontario of 17 September 1884
newspaper articles on the York River Settlement, Hastings County, Ontario
newspaper articles on Bancroft and Umfraville, Ontario
newspaper articles on Edenswold
reproduction postcards of Bannockburn, Eldorado and Hazzards Corners, made in 1990 by Madoc Printing
article on Harold Emerson of Tweed Unlabelled file contained:
'The Story of Peter Kellar' by Lyle E. Dillabough in the Bancroft Times, 1996
articles on mills and churches in Belleville by Nick and Helma Mika from the Intelligencer, 9 and 16 Jun 1978
two articles on the Stone Church, a cobblestone church northwest of Belleville, 1977
article on Wally and Frances Marner of Marner's Grocery Store, Queen Street, Belleville, 1983
article on the Children's Aid Society from the Intelligencer, 13 Aug 1983
article on 'Early Firefighting Days' (includes an article by Wally Dever on the Quinte Sports Centre), 1981
article on Church Street in Belleville, by Ron Hiuser in the Intelligencer, 9 June 1978
printed letter from George Hees, Progressive Conservative MP for Prince Edward - Hastings, regarding a forthcoming election
printed poster for the Folklorama waterfront festival in Belleville, 1986
article on the Petrie stone building in Belleville, 1983
photocopy of an Archives of Ontario map of the area between Bridge, Water, and Colman Streets in Belleville, dated 1840
typescript article on the Dickie Lake Murder of 1859, from the Madoc Review of 10 August 1987
typescript article entitled 'A Short Sketch of Old L'Amable' by B. L. Barker, January 1972
Selected editions of Coffee News and Snap Quinte. The Coffee News issues are:
Belleville & Prince Edward: April 4, 2011 and December 3, 2012
Trenton: March 27, 2006 and July 4, 2012
Belleville: July 18, 2005; September 3, 2007; March 28, 2011
Belleville North: October 3, 2011 *Belleville South: October 3, 2011 and January 16, 2012
Snap Quinte editions are April 2008 and August 2012.
Copies of photographs and log book entries relating to Flight Officer George McCallum Sheppard's time at the No. 1 Instrument Flying School in Tyendinaga. Includes:
photographs of his Airspeed Oxford 427 after a crash on August 3rd, 1943
an unofficial coat of arms for B Flight 'Men of Mohawk' S.B.A at No. 1 Instrument Flying School, Tyendinaga, listing its staff: J. A. 'Jack' Coulter, J. E. 'Johnnie' Millard, R. W. 'Ralph' Snider, D. K. 'Mac' McColl, L. G. 'Lloyd' Polden, W. E. 'Mac' McKinney, J. H. 'Joe' Wiley, R. A. 'Bob' Harris, D. H. 'Sammy' Wood-Samman, J. H. 'Jimmy' Clarke, W. F. 'Bill' Veitch, W. H. 'Bill' Durnin AFC, P. M. 'Pete' Bickett, E. E. 'Hake' Hacon, A. A. 'Art' Egan, G. J. 'Fin' Finlay, G. M. 'Shep' Sheppard, W. J. 'Bill' Morrison
a copy of artist Helene Girard's painting illustrating Sheppard's flight of Airspeed Oxford 3800 underneath the bridge at Gananoque on August 29th, 1944
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
Five reports and six accompanying plans prepared by Gore & Storrie, consulting engineers of Toronto, relating to proposed improvements to the water and sewerage system in and around the City of Belleville between 1955 and 1969. Copies of water agreements between Public Utility Commissions and municipalities in Whitby (1935) and Brantford, Ontario (1946).
Videos showing buildings visible from city streets in Belleville and Thurlow wards of the City of Belleville, Ontario. The filming was done in February and March 1998 by camera operator Angela Rowan and drivers Peter Kellett and Reg Stacey.
School and family photographs from the Frankford area of Ontario, including a photograph of Mabel Gay and the children of Frankford Public School, May 1923.
Biographical notes and photographs relating to the Belleville and Hastings County individuals covered by the book Quinte Women of Distinction. Files relating to women of Prince Edward County were donated to the archives there.
This collection comprises some 4,400 vertical files of materials gathered by the Hastings County Historical Society. They cover a wide range of subjects and were received from a variety of different sources, not always recorded.
The collection includes original materials, newspaper clippings, secondary histories and copies.
Framed items removed from Belleville City Hall Council Chambers during renovations in January 2021.
Framed reproduction of a photograph of members of the last council of the Town of Belleville, 1877
Letter from the First Clerk Assistant of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario certifying that a photocopy of the Act for the Incorporation of the Town of Belleville as a City was a true copy of the act of 2 March 1877, 24 June 1977 [2 copies]
Framed reproduction of the City of Belleville armorial bearings, 8 January 1982
Frame containing four photographs of the former City of Belleville Council Chambers, 1987 [Note that this item was returned to City Hall for reframing and display in the refurbished Council Chambers on 24 August 2021.]
Framed photograph of Queen Elizabeth II donated by Lyle Vanclief MP, c.1990
Framed photograph of Prince Philip donated by Lyle Vanclief MP, c.1990
Framed photograph of Governor General Ramon John Hnatyshyn donated by Lyle Vanclief MP, c.1990
Framed registration of armorial bearings in the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada, 1 May 1992
Framed photograph donated by the City of Lahr, August 2009
Photocopies of 1865 Edwin Whitefield sketches of Belleville, made from originals at Library and Archives Canada. Flyer from Foster, Barber and Brignall, dry goods store at the northwest corner of Bridge and Front Streets, Belleville, Ontario (listed at this location in the 1877 directory: https://archive.org/details/bellevilledirect1877hooguoft/page/32) [202 Front Street in 2019].
Photographs of Deseronto, Ontario dating from the 1970s to 2011, depicting a variety of Town events. They include a set of aerial photographs of the town from the 1980s; the interior of the former Home Hardware store in the Baker Block on Main Street; the O’Connor House on Main Street before its demolition; the 1989 100th Anniversary celebrations, photographs of Centennial Park and Rathbun Memorial Park; the opening of the Deseronto Public Library in its 358 Main Street location in 2001; the Ontario Provincial Police handover ceremony in 2001; an Easter Parade from the early 2000s; a Santa Parade; the 2002 New Year’s Levee; and the 2010 Olympic Flame run in Deseronto.
Most of the photographs appear to have been taken by Town staff. One envelope was donated to the Town by Irene Usher and contains photographs taken by her late husband, Tom.
Self-published family memoirs: 1) Papa Was A Preacher by Rose Gourlay Gosse This volume describes the life of the writer's father, Reverend John J. L. Gourlay, who worked in Dauphin and Thornhill, Manitoba; Lloydminster and Namao, Alberta; Leed's Village, Quebec; Lunenburg, Stormont, Lancaster, Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie and Trout Creek, Ontario. 2) I'm a Newfie, And That's No Joke! by R. E. Gosse A memoir of life growing up in Petites, Newfoundland.
Three photographs, formerly in the possession of Thelma Joyce: 1) Students and staff of Deseronto High School, 1927-1928, taken by E. J. Powell of Hamilton [photograph has names on reverse] 2) Members of the United Empire Loyalist Pageant in Deseronto, 1929, taken by Marrison of Kingston 3) Students and staff of Napanee Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, 1930-1931, taken by E. J. Powell of Hamilton
Promotional materials written by Ron Truman for Northern Telecom: 1) CompQuote (Montreal) Displayphone case study flyer 2) Slater Steels (Hamilton) Displayphone case study flyer 3) Health Care Telecommunications Meridian SL-1 flyer 4) The Canada Council Meridian SL-1 Application Report flyer 5) Meridian Report, Volume 1, Issue 1, December 1986
