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Small collection of programs relating to Belleville, Ontario, comprising:
1) Card for Grotto's Taxi Service, 142 Front Street, c.1920
2) Program for Armistice Concert held on Monday 13 Nov [1922?] at Bridge Street Church, musical director Ernest MacMillan
3) Program for performance of 'The Crucifixion' by Sir John Stainer at Bridge Street Church, held on Good Friday, 2 April [1920 or 1926]
4) Program for recital at the Tabernacle Church by James Miles Booth, bass, and Edward R. Ransom, tenor, assisted by Gladys Pitcher, cellist, and Jessie B. Tuite, reader. Held Thursday 10 September [1925?]
5) Program for Belleville Men's Chorus, directed by Ross Hunter [1930s]
6) Program for Belleville Municipal Band Tattoo, 21 October 1936
7) Souvenir ticket of a steam train trip on 14 September 1969 in support of United Appeal causes
8) Program for Belleville's 4th Annual Canada Week Celebrations, 25 June to 1 July 1982

Four items originally owned by William Nisbet Ponton:
1) Writ of summons addressed to Francis Papineau, James Blacklock and James Hill of Belleville, defendants in a case brought by Henry Fowler, served on 10 May 1865
2) Typescript copy of Section 11 of By-law 476 of the City of Belleville, prohibiting people from setting off firearms or rockets or throwing snowballs in streets or public places in the city. By-law originally passed on 16 May 1881
3) Sale poster for auction mortgage sale of the Albion Hotel in Belleville, Ontario on 4 July 1900
4) Menu, program, seating plan, and toast list for the Sixth Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, held at the Hotel Cecil in London, England on 13 July 1906. (W. N. Ponton was one of the attendees.)

Two booklets on the history of Glanmore National Historic Site in Belleville, Ontario. One is called 'Glanmore' written by Sheila Chapline, written for the general public, the other is a compilation of information aimed at guides of the museum and includes information researched by Kerry Abel and Nick and Helma Mika.

Two coins:
1) Masonic penny from the Quinte Friendship Chapter, G.R.C.#227, 1921
2) United Empire Loyalist bicentennial commemorative dollar produced by the Belleville and District Chamber of Commerce, 1984

Records of Quinte Secondary School, comprising:

• Yearbooks
• Photographs
• Press clippings

'Clarke Chronicles: the Life and Times of William Samuel Clarke 1829-1910 of the Norfolk Clarkes of Hastings County' by Perla M. Pidgeon. Photocopy of a manuscript history of the Clarke family of Hastings County.

Five reproductions of drawings on historical themes:
1) An outhouse
2) Paddle steamer 'Aletha'
3) Paddle steamer 'Alexandria'
4) Paddle steamer 'Hero'
5) Lighthouse at Belleville, Ontario

Four items:
1) Chief Constable's Order Book, 1920-1934, with brief reports of meetings, personnel matters, kept by Alex Kidd
2) Log of reported incidents, 1 January to 6 May 1945, with brief notes on outcomes
3) 'The Great Mac Attack!' published book of cartoons by Tony MacKinnon, 1993
4) Photograph of Tony MacKinnon with Sharon White, 2011

Virtual video tour of Glanmore National Historic Site in Belleville, Ontario.

Booklet with photographs and explanations of historic buildings in Queenborough, Ontario, with photographs by Dave deLang and text by Elaine Kapusta and Katherine Sedgwick.

Clipping from the Community Press newspaper of 19 July 1997 by Steven Tubb concerning the desire to find a new use for the King's Mill building in Rawdon Township, Ontario.

Grant from the Crown of 200 acres of land in Yonge Township, Leeds County (Concession 6, Lot 20) to Harriet Sherwood.

Files of research notes, photographs, and correspondence relating to members of the Forneri, Sutton, and Geen families of Belleville and Madoc, Ontario, including their service in the First World War. Program for the dedication service of 28 July 2019 adding the names of David Alwyn Forneri, Agnes Florien Forneri and Ellis Vair Reid to the Belleville Cenotaph was added to this collection in September 2019.