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Newspaper articles from the Intelligencer and The Pioneer on the death of Sheila Turnbull, a long-serving volunteer with Bridge Street United Church who was actively involved in developing programs to help people in need.

Two scrapbooks, one containing news clippings of poems, the other with Stirling, Ontario, area births, marriages and death announcements. 23 photographs of young people in the Stirling area, many with names.

Account book registering receipts and expenditures of the Wesleyan Methodist (later United) Church in West Huntingdon, Ontario.

This collection represents materials originating or used by W.C. Mikel. The first folder contains three speeches delivered during his time as Police Magistrate and Mayor. The next series of folders contains references and sources for his volume The City of Belleville History. The second folder contains correspondence regarding the book. Folders three through ten contain the notes Mikel used for each chapter. Folder eleven contains the plans for “Quinte City" and documents from the Town Planning Institute among others. Folder twelve contains unattributed reference material and general research for the book. Folder thirteen contains Mikel's collection of material for the 1924 United Empire Loyalist celebration which was held during his first term as Mayor. Folder fourteen contains Mrs. Mikel's obituary, a letter from Mikel to the Bank of Montreal, and a letterhead from the period he served as Police Magistrate. Folder fifteen contains three copies of his book, Godlove Mikel. The sixtenth folder contains a variety of newspaper clippings.

Fonds consists of one volume of the financial secretary's membership book covering 1938-1964. Also part of a letterhead with a logo.

Account book including names of prize winners and lists of members.

Contains mostly the Quinte Branch newsletter but also correspondence, minutes, reports and a number of walking tours of Belleville and Picton. Some of the minutes from meetings are also included as are some newspaper clippings associated with historic buildings of the region.

File of photocopied newspaper clippings and photographs relating to the history of Point Anne; original photograph of two boats labelled 'Plant 4 Field Day, local fish & Game Inspector Fred MacDonald, 1952; original photograph of Murney Carter in his boat May-be?, 1956; and one original typewritten letter from the Belleville Portland Cement Company concerning Michael Whalen, 1910.

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

20 colour photographs of the Remembrance Day parade in Belleville, Ontario.

Records of Highlands Women's Institute, comprising:
1) Minute book, 1998-2009
2) Minute book, 2010-2018
3) Treasurer's account book, 2010-2018
4) Tweedsmuir book of photographs, news clippings, memorabilia, 1998-2012
5) Tweedsmuir bookof photographs, news clippings, memorabilia, 2012-2016

A series of 34 student assignments featuring transcripts of interviews with people who experienced the Great Depression in Hastings County, Ontario. One interview was with a veteran of the Second World War.

Reports, minutes, correspondence, press clippings and property records relating to the activities of the Women's Christian Association in Belleville, Ontario and their work in establishing the Belleville General Hospital and Home for the Aged and in administering both The Residence, later renamed The Gables, and the Tickell House, homes for older women.

Typescript directory of positions, names, and telephone numbers for individuals who worked for the City of Belleville and various city boards and commissions in 1968.

Materials collected by Ruth Boyce, comprising:
1) 1905 Supplement to Mail and Empire, with photograph of members of the 11th Ontario Legislature (including Marshall B. Morrison, Hastings West https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/36379548670/ ; Major E. Walter Rathbun, Hastings East https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/36637303291/ and Josiah W. Pearce, Hastings North https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/36379549210/ )
2) c.1910 'Greetings from Belleville' postcard brochure
3-4) 1911-1915 and 1917-1920 savings bank pass books for The Standard Bank of Canada, Belleville
5-6) 1912 Postcard of the Dominion Match Company factory in Deseronto, and undated postcard of Deseronto Public School
7) 1914 Book 'Manners: recommended by the Minister of Education for use in School Libraries in Ontario': etiquette guide published by McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, Toronto. Name of Ina M. Calbury, 142 Charles Street, Belleville written inside front cover
8) c.1930 photograph of Case tractors and staff outside Riggs Garage on Pinnacle Street in Belleville. Individuals identified from left as Jack Kent, saleman; Harry Moorman, general manager; Leo Riggs, owner; Roy Thompson, salesman; Cy Jones, Case tractor representative; Carl Gunter, tractor mechanic; George Vanner, tire repair and vulcanizer, Jack Mather, bookkeeper; Gordon Burley, mechanic; Don Brown, mechanic; Archie Brown, mechanic and Perc Hart, mechanic and foreman https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/36379548000/
9) 1945-1946 'Elevator' yearbook for Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School
10) c.1950s Flyer for Belleville Creameries 'Mountain Gold Belleville Better Butter Box 59 Belleville, compliments of Mack Robertson'
11) 1952 Booklet 'Story of Cannifton Church: 100th anniversary'
12) 1978 Printed sketch of Belleville Collegiate institute and Vocational School, with threads in the school colours
13) c.1979 'Booklet to commemorate the more than 70 years of service to the community provided by S. S. #6 Thurlow Cannifton Corbyville Public School
14) 1985 'Ratepayers Information' leaflet from the Township of Thurlow
15) c.1990 Printed article on Dr. W. M. Mather of Tweed, Ontario
16-17) c.2010 Two reproductions of photographs: a young Ethel and Nettie Ketcheson, and the same women in later life, with Jack Mather and Mabel Boyce