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.
Ontario Hydro maps for parts of Hastings County and copies of Grand Trunk Railway plans from Library and Archives Canada. Includes a photograph of Canadian National Railway employees at Belleville, Ontario (online at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/39400300370/) and booklet C.T. 405 from Penn Central with "Special Instructions Governing Operation of Signals and Interlockings", 1968
Three additional Hydro maps were added from David Pershick's estate in January 2024 (2024-007/1-3), with two aerial photographs of railway yards in Toronto (2024-007/4-5, in poor condition).
‘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
Relief vouchers issued by the Town of Deseronto, 1938-1941, recording name of recipients and amount awarded to them, with receipts from shopkeepers showing what was purchased by the recipients.
The fonds consists of two books plus banking records and statements, invoices, a postcard, phone bills and two flyers. Book 1 is an account ledger with name index spanning from 1932-1940. Book 2 is a notebook from 19 March 1940- 18 Sept. 1944. Other records include a statement from Sept. 21, 1936 plus 10 pages from an accounts ledger, no date, possibly recording household goods sold from the Pitman's store; two Canadian Bank of Commerce vinyl folders; seven "Long Distance Service" phone bill statements; two receipts; four loose pages from a petty accounts book; two envelopes; card from "Tuck" to Mrs. J. Churchill, no date; two flyers, one from "Charlinore Kennels" and one from "Director of Annuities".
Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Victoria Cheese and Butter Manufacturing Association including one folder of administrative documents containing real estate records and the company's charter. It also contains one volume of minutes from annual meetings.
Collection of photographs from the Scott and Cooney families of Belleville, Ontario: 1) Streetcars and Tickell furniture factory on Foundry Street in Belleville, c.1895 2) Photograph of horses at the Quinte Exhibition grounds, c.1900 3-10) Photographs of the Quinte Exhibition (James Scott (1879-1947), the donor's grandfather, was the groundskeeper), c.1925 11) Page 9 and 10 of the S-A Conveyor, with photos from the Stephen-Adamson Christmas party, 1945 12) Photograph of children with Santa at a Stephens-Adamson Christmas party, c.1950 13) Photograph of Stephens-Adamson baseball team in front of the fountain at the Quinte Exhibition grounds (including Gordon Cooney, 1912-1968), c.1950 14) Gordon Cooney (father of Fay Bradshaw) and two other men having their hair cut at Seely's barber shop on Front Street in Belleville, c.1963
Photographs of members of the Rodgers family of Deseronto, Ontario. Some photographs were taken in Belleville. Most are unidentified, but they include Thomas, Robert and Georgie and one man in a Salvation Army uniform.
Items formerly owned by Stanley Watkins relating to: 1 & 2) Notes and papers relating to the construction of a house on Maitland Drive in Belleville (including 133 scans of colour slides of the project and building plans), 1960 3) Quinte Unitarians newsletters, 1962-1963 4) Belleville Toastmasters publications and bulletins, 1962-1963
Identity card of Ira Claus, aged 68, member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte [c.1952]
‘In Memoriam’ book (supplied by White Funeral Home, Deseronto) for Ira Alfred Claus, died Mar 18, 1957, aged 73, Brant St., Deseronto, includes names of the bearers and visitors
Particulars of War Veteran’s Allowance payable to Bertha Claus, widow of Ira, from Mar 19, 1958
Statement of contents insurance coverage of Bertha Claus, Thomas Street, Deseronto, with the John S. White Insurance Agency, Deseronto, Feb 11, 1959
‘Souvenir Booklet published by the 1960-1961 Council of Tyendinaga Indian Reserve, Deseronto, Ontario, Canada’ [1961], front page torn
Photograph of boy’s hockey team, sponsored by Sam’s Aluminum [after 1963]
Album of photographs relating to the Delong, Ward and Crampton families of Prince Edward and Hastings counties, Ontario. Also includes photographs sent from family members in Alberta and the United Kingdom.
