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Collection comprises:
1) Typewritten history of the Argyll Chapter, IODE, printed in 1980 for the organization's 70th anniversary
2) Menu and program for 90th anniversary dinner held on 10 November 2000
3) Undated newspaper clipping on plans for a military ball on 19 November
4) Printed history of the Argyll Chapter, updating the 1980 edition to mark the closure of the group in 2000
Argyll Chapter IODE
Materials relating to William Nisbet Ponton
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.)
Ponton, William Nisbet
Digital copies of Bishop's Seeds catalogues
Digital copies of Bishop's Seeds catalogues from 1950 and 1965, made from originals held by the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario. The Royal Botanical Gardens also holds catalogues for 1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971 ,1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 in their collection.
Bishop's Seeds
Bill Hunt display items on rum-runners
File of materials used in a display about rum-runners in the Quinte area, including reproductions of photographs and newspaper clippings on Ben Kerr and the Corby distillery.
Hunt, C. W. (Claude William)
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
Buskard, Ron
Fan from Sinclair's Dry Goods store
Fan made of card with a wooden handle, advertising Sinclair's Dry Goods and Ladies' Garments. The store was on Front Street in Belleville, Ontario. The text on the back of the fan reads "Compliments of Sinclair's Dry Good and Ladies' Garment, Belleville, Ontario, the store where you get quality, style, service and economical prices. We invite your patronage. We study the wants of our customers and sell only standard high-grade goods". On the front of the fan is a drawing of a woman sewing a Union flag.
Sinclair's Dry Goods
Notebook recording shows at the Griffin Opera House held on dates between August 1913 and April 1914.
Griffin Opera House
Photographs of Remembrance Day parade
20 colour photographs of the Remembrance Day parade in Belleville, Ontario.
Morris, Bobby-Jo
Records of Highlands Women's Institute
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
Highlands Women's Institute
'Ramblings: the Bishop family seed business, cottage, and some rambling tales, 1880s to 2014+'
Two versions of a memoir by Edward Bruce Bishop relating to Bishop Seeds of Belleville and various members of the Bishop family.
Bishop, Edward Bruce
Corby's Distilleries promotional materials
Promotional materials relating to Corby's Distillery in Corbyville, Ontario, collected by William Dack:
1) "A Proud Canadian" sticker
2) Postcard of a boy fishing in the Moira river next to the distillery buildings at Corbyville
3) Card advertising tours of the J.P. Wiser Distillery at Corbyville
4) Six notecards with pen and ink drawings of buildings at the distillery site in Corbyville by Poul Thrane
Corby's Distilleries
Postcards of Belleville floods in 1936
Fourteen postcards of scenes in Belleville, Ontario during the March 1936 floods.
Letter from Frederick Manlis Miller and research materials
Letter from Frederick Manlis Miller to Thomas Henry Coppin, agent, informing him that Miller had enlisted for active service. Several pages and printouts of 2013 research by Richard Hughes on Miller's family history. Also a copy of a newspaper article on a family history story relating to Hughes' grandmother in England and Belleville mayor George Zegouras, with a copy of a photograph of Zegouras and Hughes.
Hughes, Richard M.
Postcard of 15th Regiment Argyll Light Infantry Band
Photo postcard of the 15th Argyll Light Infantry regimental band, taken at the Toronto Exhibition on 14 August 1915.
Photograph of Al Kelleher as Town Crier
Photograph of Al Kelleher in a parade on Front Street in Belleville, Ontario, dressed as a town crier. Scalliwag Toys at 215 Front Street is visible in the background.
Minute and account book of Thurlow School Section #4
Volume of minutes and accounts for School Section 4 in Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario.
The BCIVS Elevator yearbook for 1948-1949
Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School
Autograph book of Maggie Maud Mary Simmons
Autograph book of Maggie Maud Mary Simmons of Frankford, Ontario (1868-1923). Includes signature of Horatio Gilbert Parker (Parker's mother was Samantha Jane Simmons).
Simmons, Margaret Maud Mary
Newspaper clipping of 'The Recruit' poem by Helen Fairbairn
Poem, published in February 1916 (an article on the reverse of the poem mentions a candidates' meeting of the 1916 Peel by-election which took place on 23 February).
Fairbairn, Helen
Quinte's Isle of Lakes and Bays promotional booklet
Promotional booklet advertising businesses in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Picton Gazette Publishing Company