Self-published family memoirs: 1) Papa Was A Preacher by Rose Gourlay Gosse This volume describes the life of the writer's father, Reverend John J. L. Gourlay, who worked in Dauphin and Thornhill, Manitoba; Lloydminster and Namao, Alberta; Leed's Village, Quebec; Lunenburg, Stormont, Lancaster, Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie and Trout Creek, Ontario. 2) I'm a Newfie, And That's No Joke! by R. E. Gosse A memoir of life growing up in Petites, Newfoundland.
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.
Copies of Belleville's 'Daily Ontario' and 'Daily Intelligencer' newspaper articles relating to the Battle of Vimy Ridge, published in April 1917 and articles from the 'Ontario Intelligencer' relating to the opening of the Vimy Memorial in May 1932.
George Wishart's file of minutes and correspondence relating to the winding up of the congregation of the John Street United Church in Belleville after it was destroyed by fire on 31 October 1936.
The fonds consists of 2 boxes of textual records and graphic material about the Argue family of Belleville, Ontario. The fonds consists of the following series: financial matters, brochures/programs, letters, newspaper articles, photos and misc. (phone book, souvenir books, sketches, notes and recipe book). Also includes an 1878 edition of the Belden's Historical Atlas for Hastings and Prince Edward (front cover missing, poor condition) and a copy of 'Picturesque Canada', 1882.
Postcard addressed to Miss Florence Roberts of Paris, Ontario, with a picture of the Bay of Quinte Bridge on the front. Mailed in October 1905. Signed 'Eva'.
Photograph of eight firemen and a little girl, taken between buildings on the south side of Front Street, Belleville, Ontario. They have been identified as (back row) Bob Fair, Jack McRay, Web Carter, Vince Orr and Frank Paste (front row) Barney Smith, Stan Longhurst, Mary Longhurst and Leo Culhane.
Reproduction of photograph taken on the waterfront of the Moira River/Bay of Quinte, in Belleville, Ontario, showing a steamship tied up to the wharf of the Schuster Company and looking north. The tower of City Hall is visible in the distance.
Two notebooks relating to teacher-training, compiled by Mabel Anna Fleming, c. 1912, including two sheets of "teacher's prayers".
Three photographs of:
Four men and three horses harvesting wheat on the fourth concession of Sidney township "Wheat won an award", c. 1910
A man and several horses with timber "John Williamson (owner) at mill Stockdale", c. 1920 *A man on a path with boys in the background "R. B. Shaw, 1930" "Bobby Shaw Millbrook, Ont. High School Teacher in Frankford for 3 years", 1930
1) Menu and program for the Quinte Area Girl Guides Association Golden Jubilee Dinner, 1960 2) Table mat for the Quinte Area Girl Guides Association Golden Jubilee Dinner, 1960 3) Printed history marking the 60th Anniversary of Belleville District Council Boy Scouts of Canada, 1970 4) Photograph and description of the Meyers Pier structure in Belleville, built in 1984
Two brochures: 1) 'Discover Belleville 2018 Visitor Guide' published by the City of Belleville 2) 'Welcome to 8 Wing/CFB Trenton 2018' published by metrolandmedia
Two files: one contains emails and photocopies of research materials relating to Colonel James Fitzgibbon (1780-1863) and his connections to Belleville, Ontario, compiled in 2011. The other file holds copies of photographs and one original photograph relating to the 133rd Belleville Air Cadet Squadron, 1940-1945.
Printed diagram and explanation of the stages of treatment of Bay of Quinte water at the Gerry O'Connor water treatment plant at 2 Sidney Street, Belleville, Ontario, published in 2006.
