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File contains a newspaper clipping and photocopied manuscript history of Madoc Township from early French exploration in 1615 to ca. 1965, including a discussion of the creation of roads, schools and local churches. The historical research was composed by Mrs. Ken Bateman for Gerry Boyce as background for Historic Hastings.

File contains manuscript notes on the history of Kellar's Bridge, a hamlet on highway 62 in Madoc Township, established ca. 1854.

File contains printed announcements and booklets concerning the opening of O'Hara's Mill Conservation Area in July 1957, the restoration of the property and the official opening of the pioneer house in July 1969. Also contains several newspaper clippings regarding the restoration of the pioneer home.

File contains printed booklets entitled respectively, “The Official Opening of the O'Hara Mill Conservation Area...Wednesday, July 24th, 1957,” and “O'Hara Mill : An Historical Monument Being Preserved by the Moira River Conservation Authority,” the latter of which contains photographs of the Mill and associated artifacts. Also included is a photocopied booklet entitled “The O'Hara Mill Project," by the Moira River Conservation Authority, 1956. Also present are several newspaper clippings regarding the restoration of the O'Hara Mill in the 1950s .

File contains a time table for the Fowler-Wilkinson Coach Lines (Belleville-Madoc-Bancroft-Maynooth-Lake St. Peter) effective June 1, 1958

File contains newspaper clippings about the opening of the Madoc Township Public School in 1961. There is also a newspaper clipping about the federal government approving a technical training school for the Centre Hastings High School in Madoc.

File contains manuscript notes concerning the history of schools in Madoc Township from ca. 1845 to 1963.

File contains photocopied manuscript notes on Orange Lodge branches and other social organizations including the Women's Institute and the Oddfellows in the period from 1885-ca. 1949. Also contains brief manuscript notes on railways in Madoc Township from ca. 1882-1964.

This file contains a copy of the Final Meeting Minutes of the Centre Hastings District High School Board, held at the Madoc School on December 5, 1967.

Photocopies of the Canadian Mining Journal:Centenary Flashback to the year of the birth of Canada 1867. Compiled and edited by J.V. Deragon.

File contains a newspaper clipping concerning a 1968 family reunion of the descendants of John and Agnes Moorcroft who were pioneer settlers in Madoc Township in 1850

File contains printed booklets, announcements and newspaper articles concerning the official opening of the O'Hara's Mill Homestead, July, 1969.

The file contains three newspaper clippings about the Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Kingston. Included in the articles are references to the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory and presentations by the Indigenous people. Also, during the same visit, in Toronto the meeting of the Royals with Peter Ramsay of Madoc.

2 maps showing geological areas in Madoc (Map No. 2053) and Gananoque (Map No. 2053). Scale 1 in to 2 miles. Booklet by D. F. Hewitt, Senior Geologist, Ontario Department of Mines, Toronto.

Madoc Township, Map # A18256-148 showing areas of Hwy 62 at Bannockburn and the road east to Cooper. The railway parallel with Hwy 62. The Ontario Hydro easement running west from Cooper. By the Air Photographic Production Division of the Deptartment of Mines & Technical Surveys - Government of Canada.

Madoc Township, north part Bannockburn with Hwy 62, the railway, and the Bannockburn Road running east toward Cooper. By the Air Photographic Production Division of the Deptartment of Mines & Technical Surveys - Government of Canada.

This file contains: 1) A photocopied typed article titled "Telegraph Island Light", about the lighthouse erected 1870 in the Bay of Quinte; 2) A timetable for the steamer Varuna, circa 1920, Captain A. Hicks; 3) A photocopy of the obituary for Rev. James Rollins born 28 October 1865 in Madoc and died 7 February 1943 in Kingston.

A history of a lot in Hastings County written by 5th grader Rebecca Best for Madoc Township. Includes photographs. 12 pages.