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Fanning, S. vs. Hastings County 1857-59 : accident
File contains a manuscript petition by Silvester Fanning to the Warden and Councillors of the County of Hastings for damages to property and expenses incurred in 1857.
The file contains the text of a talk by Lois Foster, dated 10 June 2009, on the naming of a yacht "Dauntless".
Foster, Lois
A Summary of the History of Schools in Hastings County
The Hastings County Board of Education: A Summary of the History of Schools by Bernard Wright, especially Belleville, and Sidney, Thurlow, and Tyendinaga Townships.
Wright, Bernard Allan
Belleville churches St. Thomas 1968-69
File contains a booklet and Intelligencer newspaper article about St. Thomas' Anglican Church 150th anniversary and its history.
Bellstedt, Ina
Photograph of the interior of a shoe store and photographs of 1936 floods in Belleville
Five photographs:
1) Interior of J. J. Haines shoe store at 230 Front Street in Belleville, c.1920
2-5) Photo-postcards of flooding on Bridge, Coleman and Front Streets in Belleville, 1936
Negatives and slides of ice racing events on the Bay of Quinte
File contains 176 black and white negatives, 40 colour 35mm slides and one black and white print of ice boats and motorcycles racing on the Bay of Quinte near Belleville, Ontario. Photographer not identified.
Rawdon Township : diary of W. Hambly, 1793-1794
File contains a reproduction of a manuscript diary of W. Hambly, surveyor, for the period 6 December 1793 to 1 May 1794. The diary entries discuss the survey process in Thurlow, Sidney, Huntingdon and Rawdon Townships. Also present is a typescript transcript of the diary with an appended footnote section which contains a glossary of terms.
Belleville Canning Factory 1891
File contains original documents from 1891 pertaining to the Belleville Canning Factory.
File contains one page ts. history of the Boulter Canning Factory, the first canning factory in Central Ontario, est. 1882.
Biography - Captain John Walden Meyers, Loyalist Pioneer by General E.A. Cruikshank, Ontario Historical Society.
Belleville Bridges; Footbridge 1873, Dundas St. 1969
File contains a copy of an 1873 by-law for the construction of a footbridge over the Moira in Belleville, and newspaper clippings about the construction of the Dundas Street bridge in the city, 1964-1969.
File contains biographical information of Anthony Burgess, an immigrant from Portugal who lived in Thurlow and was a sheep breeder in the 1870s.
Masonic : King Baldwin Preceptory
File contains a printed booklet ca. 1961 entitled History of King Baldwin Preceptory, No. 6 Belleville, Ontario. Also contains a printed obituary dated August 4, 1928, of Rt. Em. Kt. Richard Henry Spencer, Presiding Preceptor of the Belleville No. 6 King Baldwin Preceptory. Also present is a printed booklet of by laws of the King Baldwin Preceptory ca. 1928, and blueprints of the Preceptory Hall, 1926.
Thomson, John Arnold
File contains a c.1968 clip on Robert Temple taking on the Belleville Senior Hockey team case.
Belleville: Guests of the city
File contains a c.1950 invitation to a reception for the Hon. and Mrs. Louis St. Laurent; a c.1960 invitation to a reception for the Hon. William Jennings Bryan; and the following newspaper clips: Marquis of Aberdeen who visited Belleville c.1919 died, Prime Minister visits Belleville c.1950 and partakes in a ceremony to honor Sir Mackenzie Bowell, and Richard Nixon visits Belleville c.1957.
Queen Alexandra School : official opening, 1912
File contains a printed booklet commemorating the opening of Queen Alexandra and Queen Victoria Schools, Belleville.
File contains a printed page titled "To The Electors of Murney Ward", dated December 1st, 1888 and written by E. Guss Porter who was seeking re-election to the City Council. It outlines his services of the previous year.
Porter, Edward Guss
Belleville City Council Mayor Forrester 1956
File contains a newspaper clip about Jane Forrester being elected Mayor.
Township of Thurlow voters' list and lists of election officials
Lists of election officials and list of voters for Corbyville for the Federal election of June 1968.
Township of Thurlow
Faraday Township: report of field notes, 1857-1867
File contains photocopied manuscript field notes by Quintin Johnston, Provincial Land Surveyor concerning resources and quality of land in Faraday Township in 1857. Also contains photocopied manuscript field notes concerning road and land surveys in Faraday Township as surveyed by Forneri and Kennedy, 1869-1870. Undated,[ ca. 1960s?] original manuscript notes containing excerpts of the aforementioned surveys are also present.