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Photographs and press clippings (mainly reproductions) relating to the Woodley family and their fur business in Belleville. The store on Front Street was established by George Thomas Woodley (1872-1948) in 1904 and closed between 1986 and 1992. George's son Russell, grandson Douglas and great-grandson Daniel ran the store. Photographs include: George Thomas Woodley [c. 1940] Isobel and Betty Woodley outside the Front Street store in period dress as part of Belleville's Centennial celebrations in 1979.
Also includes Russell Woodley's diary of a 1919 YMCA canoe trip from Lakefield to Sturgeon Lake (and a photocopy of a transcript of the diary), with a flyer for the 1920 trip and a photocopy of photographs from Mrs Thompson, whom the group visited on their journey.

The fonds consist of minute and cash books, newsletters, handbooks, reports and songbooks of the Tyendinaga East Women's Institute. Materials added in 2016 include six photograph albums, five volumes of Tweedsmuir histories, autograph books and memorabilia.

The collection also includes a school register for School Section Number 10, Tyendinaga Township, 1879-1921.

Program for a concert held on November 13th, 2016 at the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Trenton, Ontario by The Quinte Symphony, 8 Wing Concert Band and 8 Wing Pipes & Drums.

Two wooden plaques with brass plates recording the names of past presidents of the Senior Citizens Club #94. The plaques were originally on the walls of the Recreation Centre at 116 Pinnacle Street, Belleville, Ontario.

Plaque one reads:
"Senior Citizens Club #94
Chartered Nov. 24th. 1953
Past Presidents
Leslie Field 1953-54
Fred Cooke 1955-56
James Brennan 1957-58
Harry Scales 1959-160
Charles Hyde 1961-62
James Brennan 1963
Marjorie Clapp 1964-65
Harry Taylor 1966-67
Mabel Doyle 1968-69
Kathleen Adams (Moon) 1970-72
Lulu Longhurst 1973-74
Hilda Brookes 1975-76
Pearl Holmes 1977-78
Bernice Tryon 1979-80
Ruby Bertrand 1981
Arthur Gilroy 1982-83
Percy Ray 1984-85
Harold Outingdyke 1986-87
Winnifred M. Parks 1988-89
Dorthy Keitel 1990
Winnifred M. Parks Sept. 1990 - Sept. 1991
J. Phillip Poulin Sept. 1991 - Sept. 1993
Blanche Fisher Sept. 1993 - Sept. 1994
Marguerite Sine Sept. 94 - Sept. 96
Presented by the Committee
Alderman George Zegouras

Mrs. Pearl Holmes
President Senior Citizen Club #94

Mrs. Wilma Summers
Deputy Director Recreation Arena Dept.

At the Official Opening May 17, 1979"

Plaque 2:
"Senior Citizens Club #94 Chartered Nov 24, 1953
Past Presidents
Ruby Shortt Sept. 1996 - Sept. 1999
Don Cameron Sept. 1999 - Sept. 2000
Blanche Fisher Sept. 2000 - Sept. 2001
Don Cameron Sept. 2001 - Sept. 2004
Ruby Shortt Sept. 2004 - Sept. 2005

Presented by
City of Belleville
Mayor G. A. Zegouras

Parks and Recreation Chairman
Councilor Doug Parker
June 6, 2001"

Materials collected by Newton Thompson, including: list of high school graduates (including Thompson and his future wife, Fanny Strong); three receipts from Belleville businesses, 1905-1911; application to join the Corby Public Library for Fanny Strong, 1908; sketch by Fanny (Frances) Strong, 1913; Belleville Curling Club membership card, 1919-1920; news clippings from the Intelligencer, principally concerning weather, fires and the McNevin murder and including articles about the Intelligencer building under construction at Pinnacle and Bridge Streets, 1958-1965.

Printed illustrated memoir and genealogy of Guy Wilson Thompson of Thomasburg, Ontario.

Records including:
Photocopied minutes of Deseronto Skyway group, 1970-1972
Press clippings of stories relating to alcoholism, 1972-1998
Eastern Area Assembly minutes, 1974-1980
Quinte Area General Service Meeting minutes and general information, 1974-1981
New Hope Group (Pine Street, Belleville) minutes, accounts and member lists, 1975-1980
Quinte East District 34 General Service Meeting minutes, 1977-1988, 1990, 1993-1996
Tri-County Roundup programs, 1978-2001
Cannifton Group minutes, 1984-2001
Notes regarding District 34 project regarding back issues of 'Grapevine' magazine, 1988
Notes on local AA groups' histories, 1983-2013
File relating to Quinte District East events, 1992
Tablecloth from Moira Group, established 1977
Tablecloth banner made for Cloyne AA group, 1993
Notes on the histories of local AA groups, 2002-2013
Minutes, budgets and reports from Quinte East District 34, 2005-2011
Digital recordings of 'AA Oldtimers' meetings, 2009-2016
Quinte East District operating procedures, 2014
Quinte East District 34 agendas and minutes, 2015
Book: 'Alcoholic Anonymous' published 1955
Publication: 'Twelve Concepts for World Service' by Bill W. 1962
Publication: '30th Anniversary Year and International Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 2-4, 1965'
Publication: 'Fifty Years with Gratitude: a Family Album and Souvenir of the International A.A. Convention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 4-7, 1985'
File of AA District 34 and 36 Annual Conference programs, 1981-2013
File of AA District 34 Gratitude Day programs, 2001-2013
'Alcoholics Anonymous' printed book, 1955
Districts 34 and 36 annual conference flyers and minutes, 1989-2016
Group 41 (Cloyne) minutes, annual Gratitude Night materials and tablecloth, 1995-2010
Mohawk Unity group tablecloth, 1979
History of the Happy Destiny group, Belleville (formed 1998), by Marvin Yantha, 2018

2021-085

• Eight books and magazines published by Alcoholics Anonymous, 1957-2012
• AA Medallions awarded to Fred C. in 1956 and Cathie O. in 1962

2024-016

1. Attendance and collection register of Madoc Moira AA Group, 1977-1983 (and a few later entries, up to 2002)
2. Tablecloth for Madoc Moira AA Group

Items collected by Reverend A. N. Reid, including:

• six postcards of Stirling, Ontario views
• annual report for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Stirling
• order of service for Easter Sunday, 5 April 1931, for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Stirling
• obituary from the Stirling News-Argus for James Ralph, 1931
• two electricity bills from the Stirling Hydro Electric System, addressed to Reverend Reid, October and November 1931

Digital audio recordings of oral history interviews with five owners of businesses in downtown Belleville, Ontario: Bob Barber, Don Leslie, Gerry Bongard, John O'Connor and Terry Barratt. The recordings were enabled by a grant from the Belleville Community Arts and Culture Fund.

Materials collected by Ruth Boyce, comprising:
1) 1905 Supplement to Mail and Empire, with photograph of members of the 11th Ontario Legislature (including Marshall B. Morrison, Hastings West https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/36379548670/ ; Major E. Walter Rathbun, Hastings East https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/36637303291/ and Josiah W. Pearce, Hastings North https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/36379549210/ )
2) c.1910 'Greetings from Belleville' postcard brochure
3-4) 1911-1915 and 1917-1920 savings bank pass books for The Standard Bank of Canada, Belleville
5-6) 1912 Postcard of the Dominion Match Company factory in Deseronto, and undated postcard of Deseronto Public School
7) 1914 Book 'Manners: recommended by the Minister of Education for use in School Libraries in Ontario': etiquette guide published by McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, Toronto. Name of Ina M. Calbury, 142 Charles Street, Belleville written inside front cover
8) c.1930 photograph of Case tractors and staff outside Riggs Garage on Pinnacle Street in Belleville. Individuals identified from left as Jack Kent, saleman; Harry Moorman, general manager; Leo Riggs, owner; Roy Thompson, salesman; Cy Jones, Case tractor representative; Carl Gunter, tractor mechanic; George Vanner, tire repair and vulcanizer, Jack Mather, bookkeeper; Gordon Burley, mechanic; Don Brown, mechanic; Archie Brown, mechanic and Perc Hart, mechanic and foreman https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/36379548000/
9) 1945-1946 'Elevator' yearbook for Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School
10) c.1950s Flyer for Belleville Creameries 'Mountain Gold Belleville Better Butter Box 59 Belleville, compliments of Mack Robertson'
11) 1952 Booklet 'Story of Cannifton Church: 100th anniversary'
12) 1978 Printed sketch of Belleville Collegiate institute and Vocational School, with threads in the school colours
13) c.1979 'Booklet to commemorate the more than 70 years of service to the community provided by S. S. #6 Thurlow Cannifton Corbyville Public School
14) 1985 'Ratepayers Information' leaflet from the Township of Thurlow
15) c.1990 Printed article on Dr. W. M. Mather of Tweed, Ontario
16-17) c.2010 Two reproductions of photographs: a young Ethel and Nettie Ketcheson, and the same women in later life, with Jack Mather and Mabel Boyce

Typescript directory of positions, names, and telephone numbers for individuals who worked for the City of Belleville and various city boards and commissions in 1968.