File contains a printed completed list of recommendations for appointment of company officers of the reserve militia of West Hastings Riding, 23 December 1870. The list includes the profession, rank, age and battalion or company number of the recommended individuals.
File contains a completed printed form listing the members of the no. 6 Company of the 49th Regiment Hastings Rifles in 1903. The members are listed by place of residence, age , marital status and rank.
File contains manuscript and printed petitions from the Hastings Rifle Association and the Ontario Rifle Association to the County of Hastings requesting the provision of funding.
File contains a completed printed service roll of the 'F' Company of the 49th Regiment, Hastings Rifles in 1912. The members are listed by rank, place of residence, age and marital status. The item is derived from the William Nisbet Ponton Military Papers.
File contains a completed printed form listing the members of the 'F' Company of the 49th Regiment Hastings Rifles in 1910. The members are listed by place of residence, age , marital status and rank.
File contains a newspaper article dated 27 May 1957 concerning an inspect of the Hastings and Prince Edward militia unit by Col. M.E. Clark. Also contains a newspaper article of 5 June 2004 regarding the European re-enactment of the Normandy landing on D-Day.
File contains a printed booklet entitled “Presentation of Colours to the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment by the Honourable W. Earle Rowe, P.C.” 17 May 1964. Also present are the following printed booklets: The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Canada : a short history / by Lt. Col. K.D.H. Willcocks, ca. 1967; Guide for Officers: The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, n.d.; The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Canada : Customs and Traditions of the Regiment / by Lt. Col. K.D. H. Willcocks, 1968. File also includes newspaper articles concerning the presentation of colours on 17 May 1964, and a printed poster of the colours of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment.
This description is for part of a collection of some 4,400 vertical files of materials gathered by the Hastings County Historical Society. They cover a wide range of subjects and were received from a variety of different sources, not always recorded.
The collection includes original materials, newspaper clippings, secondary histories and copies.
File contains two newspaper articles profiling Belleville yachtsman and builder, Ian Morch, skipper of the Elektra , which was built in Belleville and competed in the Southern Ocean Racing Conference, off Florida and the Bahamas in March, 1968.
File contains two printed booklets entitled: Infantry Drill-1896 : Field and Brigade Movements, published by the Government of Canada, and Infantry Drill : Part X, Rules for the conduct of field manoeuvres, London: Harrison & Song, 1896. The booklets contain instructions for various drills and troop movements.
File contains printed promotional material for the 1961 International Plowing Match including an official programme of events, and a programme for a banquet held at the Belleville Armouries, 6 October 1961. Also present are three photocopied pages of programmes, badges and entry passes; a silk ribbon bearing the inscription “International Plowing Match, City of Belleville, County of Hastings"; and a silk ribbon badge for International Plowing Match official, T.G. Wrightmeyer.
File contains a manuscript tax receipt issued to Joseph Mills, Lot 11 W. Grier by the City of Belleville on Sept. 26, 1902, and a tax notice issued to Joseph Mills on August 30, 1902. Also present is a manuscript statement of accounts of Joseph Mills, issued by J.M. Burke ca. 1895. Also includes a manuscript letter received by Joseph Mills from David & Mary [Buffet?] 21 June 1895.
File contains a printed programme of “Women's Parliament of Prophecy, A.D. 2901,” an all-female performance of a mock parliament in two acts, which took place at the Belleville Opera House in May, 1901.
File contains a typescript copy of a letter dated 23 July 1934 from Gordon Walmsley, Barrister and Solicitor, Picton, Ontario to Lt. Col. A.V. Yates concerning the preparation of a summary history of the Argyll Light Infantry.
File contains a printed booklet with a list of books treating various subjects such as physical drill, cavalry, artillery, for Canadian militia members, available for purchase from T.C. Elliott Col., Montreal in 1895.
File contains original handwritten poems on the Montreal riots 12-July-1877 with the murder and funeral of the late Thomas Lett Hackett, by Ulster True Blue.
File contains a typescript , and duplicate manuscript list of military commissions held by Lt. Col. Elijah Ketcheson, 4th Regiment Hastings Militia ca.1812-1848. The list is transcribed from excerpts of newspaper articles ca. 1880 concerning the life of Lt. Col. Ketcheson.
File contains manuscript and typescript transcripts of an 1880 newspaper article concerning the life and career of Colonel Elijah Ketcheson who commanded the 4th Company of the Hastings Militia at Carrying Place and Trenton during the Rebellion of 1837.
File contains a brief typescript history of the family of Hugh and Christine Cameron MacMillan whose descendants settled near Ivanhoe in Huntingdon Township.