Materials relating to Colonel William Nisbet Ponton
- CA ON00156 2013-25
- Collection
- 1901-1937
Photographs, correspondence and printed items formerly owned by William Nisbet Ponton.
Ponton, William Nisbet
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Materials relating to Colonel William Nisbet Ponton
Photographs, correspondence and printed items formerly owned by William Nisbet Ponton.
Ponton, William Nisbet
Materials relating to Deseronto Town Council
1) Large format photographs (mostly mounted) which were formerly on display in Deseronto Town Hall.
Town Council portraits from the following years:
1967
1971
[1970s]
1982-1985
1985-1988
1988-1991
1991-1994
1997-2000
2000-2003
2003-2006
Mounted copy of letter asking E.W. Rathbun to be Mayor in 1889
Letters of congratulations on 100th anniversary of Deseronto in 1989
Photo of Town Hall
Portraits of Glenn Balcour as Warden of Hastings County
2) Four files of press cuttings relating to Deseronto Town Council from 1970s to 2003, covering water works, policing, taxes, events
Town of Deseronto
Materials relating to Gerry Boyce
Contains negatives and photos belonging to Gerry Boyce; articles, brochures, and ephemera on local authors, sports, running, heritage groups, arts, military, and news; also correspondence between Gerry and others, some research notes and information on archival research; a journal denoting the purchase of Boyce's publications, a list of his talks.
Boyce, Gerry
Materials relating to John Wesley Johnson
Two certificates and a photograph relating to John Wesley Johnson, President and later Principal of the Ontario Commercial College (later called the Ontario Business College). The photograph is of the Mayor and Aldermen of Belleville, Ontario in the Jubilee year of 1887.
Johnson, John Wesley
Materials relating to Mary Eliza Rose of Ameliasburgh
Transcript of 1885 diary of Mary Eliza Rose (1863-1941) of Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward County, Ontario, with scanned copies of photographs of members of the Rose family and their hotel on Rednersville Road.
Rector, Anne Elspeth
Materials relating to Santa's Village, Belleville, Ontario
Two photographs, a colouring book, a Quinte Weekly News newspaper of 22 December 1987 and 'What's Happening' magazine November/December 1993. The publications have features on the 'Santa's Village' Christmas display of Bruce and Marjorie Nickle of Marsh Street, Belleville, Ontario, set up in memory of Billy Foster. One photograph shows a snow-covered toadstool house and two gnomes, the other shows the 'Santa's Workshop' structure made by students of the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf.
Nickle (family)
Materials relating to St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Belleville
Flyers, newspaper clippings and choir photographs relating to activities at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Belleville, Ontario.
Boyce, Gerry
Materials relating to the Belleville & District/Quinte branch of the Canadian Red Cross
Annual reports, minutes, publications, photographs, knitting patterns, newspaper clippings and a ledger relating to the Belleville and District (later Quinte) branch of the Canadian Red Cross.
Canadian Red Cross. Quinte Branch
Materials relating to the Doyle and Hunt families of Tyendinaga Township
Printed materials, schoolwork, certificates and photographs of members of the Doyle and Hunt families of Tyendinaga Township, Hastings County, Ontario.
Materials relating to the Hill, Powless and Smith families of Deseronto and Tyendinaga
Osborne, Herbert A.
Materials relating to the Kente Portage Heritage Conservation Society
File containing:
Morgan, Mary-Lynne
Materials relating to the opening of the Veterans' Memorial Bridge in Belleville, Ontario
Program, newspaper cuttings and colour photographs taken at the opening of the Veterans' Memorial Bridge on Bell Boulevard in Belleville, Ontario.
Boyce, Gerry
Materials relating to William Nisbet Ponton
Four items originally owned by William Nisbet Ponton:
1) Writ of summons addressed to Francis Papineau, James Blacklock and James Hill of Belleville, defendants in a case brought by Henry Fowler, served on 10 May 1865
2) Typescript copy of Section 11 of By-law 476 of the City of Belleville, prohibiting people from setting off firearms or rockets or throwing snowballs in streets or public places in the city. By-law originally passed on 16 May 1881
3) Sale poster for auction mortgage sale of the Albion Hotel in Belleville, Ontario on 4 July 1900
4) Menu, program, seating plan, and toast list for the Sixth Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, held at the Hotel Cecil in London, England on 13 July 1906. (W. N. Ponton was one of the attendees.)
Ponton, William Nisbet
Materials supporting a webinar on Creating LGBTQ2S Cultural Awareness in the Bay of Quinte
Materials produced to support a webinar held in June 2021 by the Bay of Quinte Regional Marketing Board, in partnership with SAGA-LGBTQ and Bay of Quinte Pride:
Materials transferred from Deseronto Town Hall
Town of Deseronto
Materials transferred from Deseronto Town Hall
Collection comprises the following items:
Volumes
‘Decision 1963’ Printed yearbook for Deseronto High School. Includes photographs and names of the six faculty and the 65 students, advertisements from local businesses and descriptions of school activities throughout the year.
‘Foreign Procedure Book’, of third division court of the County of Hastings, 1912, March 6 – 1935, November 18, giving name of defendant and plaintiff, details of fees. Indexed by surname of defendant.
‘Procedure Book : A. B. Randall, clerk, 3rd D. C. Hastings’, of the third division of the County of Hastings, sitting at Shannonville, 1889, February 5 – 1910, September 13, giving name of defendant and plaintiff, details of bailiff and clerk’s fees. Indexed by surname of defendant. Includes some correspondence and statements of account. Randall was the clerk throughout the volume.
‘D. C. Clerk’s Cash Book’ Receipts and expenditures of the seventh division court in the County of HastingsCourt register, 1921 – 1932, giving name of defendant and plaintiff, and amount paid out, with signature of recipient.
Receipt book for the third division court of the County of Hastings, Shannonville, 1916-1935, recording names of defendants and plaintiffs and amount received for debts and costs.
Canadian Bank of Commerce account book for the ‘Town of Deseronto Street Fund’, 1930-1932
Municipal Accounting in Ontario, L. G. Macpherson and W. G. Leonard (1961)
Papers
Town of Deseronto
Materials transferred from Deseronto Town Hall
Collection comprises the following items:
Maps
Plan of part of the Town of Deseronto, before 1898 (the Terra Cotta works are still standing), showing roads, railways, buildings and lot numbers for properties south of Dundas Street, east of College Street (which has no name on the map) and west of Boundary Road. The map is hand-coloured to show the blocks and railways.
Negative photocopy (in 4 parts) of a plan of Mill Point village, 1875
Volumes
Bank of Montreal account book for A.S. Valleau, Collector of Customs. 1901 March 26 – 1905 December 30. Includes six official Customs Canada cheques, one for the salary of Thomas Maloney.
Auditors’ Report, Financial Statement and Minutes and Bylaws for the year 1947, the Corporation of the County of Hastings
1950 Municipal directory, Department of Municipal Affairs, Province of Ontario. Includes brief details on towns and villages. Mayor of Deseronto was R.K.Jackson, clerk Miss M.C. Maher, population 1,473.
Minutes of the Local Board of Health, 1920, May 14 - 1941, Nov 18. Includes loose papers – correspondence, some annual reports
‘Record’, Local Board of Health minutes, 1942, February 23 – 1966, May 25, includes copies of correspondence and draft minutes
‘Docket No. 2’ Court register, 1932, July 29- 1933, July 18, giving name of defendant, details of offence and outcome of hearing. Indexed by surname of defendant
Division Court judges’ list for sittings, 1933, July 26 – 1944, March 7, includes names of plaintiffs, defendants and garnishees, with the amount owed and a brief record of the outcome of each case.
County of Hastings report and statements, December 31, 1946, by Garrett D. C. Morton, certified General Accountant. Typescript auditor’s account.
Bound ‘Population Census’ summary, 1951-1953, showing number of individuals in each lot by age.
Bound ‘Population Census’ summary, 1954-1955, showing number of individuals in each lot by age.
Bound ‘Population Census’ summary, 1956-1964, showing number of individuals in each lot by age.
Materials transferred from Deseronto Town Hall
Town of Deseronto
Materials transferred from Glanmore National Historic Site
Various items donated to Glanmore National Historic Site between 1974 and 2000. See attached list for details.
Materials transferred from Glanmore National Historic Site
Photographs and documentary materials, including Bleecker family and Harrison family collections.