Photographs taken during the construction of the Community Archives space inside the Belleville Public Library building. Include photographs of the former location of the Community Archives at 154 Cannifton Road, Cannifton, and the physical move of archival materials and shelving from the old building to the new facility.
Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County
Large framed item with individual photographs of:
Belleville Board of Education
Papers relating to Thomas Kelso's property at 161 George Street, Belleville
Receipts and certificates addressed to Thomas Kelso from suppliers and contractors involved in building his property at 161 George Street, Belleville, Ontario. The work was carried out between 1873 and 1876 under the direction of John D. Evans, architect. This collection also includes notes on the Kelso/Roberts family tree, compiled by Trudi and Bob Banting, with reproduction photographs of family members.
The material has been arranged into the following files:
1) Invoices and receipts relating to the construction of 161 George Street, Belleville, 1873-1876
2) Contractor's certificates relating to the construction of 161 George Street signed by John D. Evans, architect, 1873-1875
3) Summary of expenses relating to the construction of the house at 161 George Street, c.1875; calculation of simple and compound interest, 1869-1882; bill for pine lumber from the Rathbun Company, 1888; specifications for construction work for the Sodus Point & Southern Rail Road, not dated
4) Legal papers relating to costs incurred by the Grand Junction Railway in 1877; a case against Henry Covert involving Kelso and Pitceathly in 1879; a report into the condition and affairs of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of Maine, 1884
5) Abstracts of title for lots 4 and 5, east side of George Street, Belleville, 1950; newspaper clipping announcing the designation of 161 George Street, Belleville, 1986
6) Reproduction photographs of 161 George Street and Kelso/Roberts family members, c.2019
Kelso, Thomas
Negatives of photographs of houses in Belleville, Ontario
A series of negatives of properties in Belleville, Ontario, taken by members of the Belleville Camera Club on behalf of the Historic Structures Committee of Hastings County Historical Society. Also a file containing a list of the houses in 'Area C' of Belleville (from the east side of Front Street to East Hill) which were to be photographed.
Hastings County Historical Society. Building Research Committee
Photocopy of Notice to Emigrants
Notice encouraging emigrants to settle in Hastings County, signed by Thomas Campbell, president, and J. H. Samson, secretary, of the Emigrant Society of the county.
The file contains the text of a talk by Lois Foster, dated 10 June 2009, on the naming of a yacht "Dauntless".
Foster, Lois
Foot Bridge across Moira River Blueprint
Part of Map collection
A blueprint planning the suspension footbridge across the Moira River in Belleville, Ontario. Approved by Charles Mott - April 21, 1936. Submitted by Walter H. Patterson of the Patterson Construction Company.
Mott, Charles Allan
The file contains a newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer. It is a letter to the Editor from T.G. Wrightmeyer about the proposition by the then Mayor Haig to change the name of Zwick's Island. The article gives the history of this parcel of land dating back to 1790 given to Captain Phillip Zwick and subsequent generations.
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
'Souvenir of Belleville' postcard set and loose postcards
Six loose coloured postcards showing:
Dominion Entomological Building, Belleville, Ont.
A fold-out 'Souvenir of Belleville' set of postcards produced by Valentine-Black Ltd., Toronto. They depict:
File contains a newspaper article from The Tweed Newsconcerning the disinterment and theft of the body of the late Stephen Conger Johnston and an ensuing controversy involving Kingston medical students in November 1889.
Photograph of students at Victoria School, Tweed
Hastings, Judson Byron
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
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.
Reproduction of a photograph of St. Michael's Hockey Team
Reproduction of a photograph by Robert McCormick of the St. Michael's A. C. Hockey Team of 1919 (based in Belleville, Ontario).
Members listed are: J. Frawley, J. Barrett, D. Fox, J. Cummins, D. Callaghan, J. Cummins, A. Meagher, L. Barrett (manager), H. Smith, M. Black, Jack Barrett (mascot).
McCormick, Robert
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.
Digital photograph of property at 217 Pinnacle Street, Belleville
Hill, Amanda