Photographs, printed materials, certificates, newspaper clippings and administrative records relating to the education of nurses in Belleville, Ontario.
File contains several manuscript letters, 1965-1967, from Clarence S. Chard, to Gerry Boyce, President of the Hastings County Historical Society, concerning the history of the River Valley and Oak Hills community ca. 1910-1967; a five page genealogy of early settler families in River Valley and Oak Hill; and a manuscript essay on the history of River Valley ca.1881-1959 by Mrs. Roy (Bessie) Bush, Stirling. Also present are several newspaper clippings concerning meetings of the River Valley Women's Institute, 1960-1964.
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.
File contains a photocopy of the Belleville municipal property fire insurance survey from July 21st, 1938. Includes photographs and street plans showing of City of Belleville properties and information on their uses and level of fire protection.
Reproduction of a map of a town site at the mouth of the Moira River [Belleville, Ontario]. Features lot owners and businesses already located in the area. Original by Samuel Wilmot, April 24, 1816. Scale: 1= 1,500.
Printed by the Hastings County Historical Society in 1969.
Letter to Belleville City Council requesting that the sidewalk outside the Griffin Opera House be extended to the edge of Bridge Street to avoid litter or snow and ice collecting on a strip of earth there.
File of materials relating to the installation of an Ontario Heritage Trust plaque outside the Belleville Public Library in Belleville, Ontario, to commemorate the insulin-related work of James Bertram Collip. Includes:
14 colour photographs of the Dr. James B. Collip Day event held at City Hall, Belleville, 20 November 2012
two letters concerning the plaque, 2013-2024
34 colour photographs taken by the Ontario Heritage Trust of the plaque during its manufacturing process, 2014
one newspaper cutting about the plaque unveiling ceremony, 19 June 2014
38 colour photographs taken on the day of the plaque's unveiling, 19 June 2014
This file contains a photocopy of 2 articles pertaining to the Choristers of Christ Church in Belleville, Ontario regarding the Canadian premiere of "The Children of the Chapel" a two act opera composed by Sir Sidney Nicholson. Choral group directed by George N. Maybee with dramatic direction by D.C. MacKenzie Hume.
File contains a newspaper clipping from the Ottawa Journal of 27 March 1920 concerning iron ore deposits in Canada, including Hastings County. Also contains two newspaper clippings concerning management-labour relations regarding the planned closure of the Dyno Uranium Mine, Bancroft, dated 28 January and 1 February 1960.
Three files of research materials, including: 1) Copies of newspaper articles about Dr. James Albert Faulkner (1877-1944), physician and Medical Officer of Health for Thurlow Township, Minister of Health in the Ontario government from 1934 to 1937, with notes for a talk about Faulkner delivered at the Hastings County Historical Society public presentation on 19 February 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Albert_Faulkner 2) Copies of newspaper articles mentioning William Ernest Tummon (1879-1960), Councillor and Reeve for Huntingdon Township and Member of Parliament for Hastings South from 1925 to 1935. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ernest_Tummon 3) Text and copies of slides for a talk about Sir Gilbert Parker given by Trevor Parsons at Hastings Manor in Belleville in July 2017.
File contains newspaper clipping about the fire at Albert College in 1917. There is also a newspaper clipping about Albert College Professor of Natural History John Macoun, who has had approximately 48 Canadian flora and fauna species named for him.
File of press clippings and correspondence concerning the Filliter building on Front Street, Belleville, Ontario and the future of the Belleville Collegiate Institute building.
File contains Ontario Intelligencer newspaper clippings on the Bank of Montreal and its new building at 201 Front Street in Belleville, 1961-1962, and clippings on the open house to be held at the Bank of Montreal.