This file contains a number of student essays written in the 1960s. Subjects are: The Founder of Belleville, The History of Shannonville (by Betty Ann Portt, which includes photographs), The History of Melrose and The Village of Salem.
This file contains copies of a monthly bulletin written by Gerald Boyce during his sabbatical leave, 1970-71, on the development of the county's school system.
Celia File's description of her life as a teacher at the Central Mohawk School on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, where she worked for six years from 1921.
Request from L. W. Yeomans that his nieces, Florence Jones and Mary Lemans be allowed to complete their teacher training in Toronto, rather than Ottawa. The reply gives them permission to do so.
File contains two letters: one written to John Diamond of Hayfrom William Jeffers of Hamiltonin 1837 and the other written by A. Diamond to the Warden and Council of Hastings County in Fall 1857, complaining about not being paid as Superintendent of Education for Thurlow.
File contains photocopies of a letter from Rt. Revd Alexander Macdonnell to Lord Bathurst concerning the establishment of Roman Catholic schools in Upper Canada in 1817 as excerpted in Belleville History.
File contains a photocopy of a printed advertisement for a school teacher in the village of North Port, and the opening of an evening school in Belleville, 1837. Also contains a manuscript by-law to appoint a superintendent of schools for the County of Hastings, 1860.
File contains a typescript photocopy of a petition for a grant to erect a grammar school in Belleville. Note on file reads "see file 633-5 for original manuscript.