File contains a newspaper article dated October 9, 1968 concerning the awarding of the Jaycee 'Man of the Year' Award to Mayor of Picton, Harvey McFarland. Also contains a newspaper article dated November 8, 1969 regarding a ceremony held in honour of Mayor McFarland at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute.
File contains manuscript assignments of mortgages, indentures of sale and conveyance of mineral rights of the McFee Family of Belleville regarding properties in Madoc and Marmora Townships.
File contains completed printed mortgages, indentures of sale and deeds of John A McFee, Belleville for properties in the city of Belleville. Also present is a manuscript indenture of 21 March 1867 relating to a sale of land and mineral rights in Madoc Township from Samuel and Julia Bacon to George Dean Dickson.
File contains a magazine article entitled “Murder of an M.P.” by Stewart Shaw, concerning the murder of Member of Parliament Thomas D'Arcy McGee by Patrick James Whelan, suspected member of the Fenian Brotherhood.
File contains a printed spiral-bound booklet entitled “The Descendants of Alexander and Grace McInroy, early settlers of Hastings County-Ontario Canada,” compiled by Robert Dean Sherry, great great grandon of the couple, Also present is a supplement to the genealogy produced by Robert Dean Sherry, 1973.
File contains a newspaper article with an excerpt from the book, Life in Zorra by Reverend Dr. Mackay. Includes several songs from the highlands of Scotland.
File contains an obituary of John Statswood McKeown, pharmacist, company director of the Rexall Drug Company, and pharmacy owner in Belleville, who died ca. February 3, 1968.
File contains two printed copies of “The Unity of the Human Race,” a lecture delivered before the members of the Belleville Young Men's Christian Association, 19 March 1860 by Rev. William McLaren, John Street Presbyterian Church, Belleville. Also present is a typescript history of the Belleville YMCA by Vera Weir, produced for the 75th Annual Meeting in 1969.
File contains typescript and manuscript correspondence and completed applications of Belleville men enlisting in the Canadian Regiment for service in the Boer War. Also contains typescript copies of reports on the preparations of the Argyll Light Infantry for departure for South Africa. Also present is a printed poster with photographs of a soldier demonstrating the semaphore alphabet and numerical signs ca. 1900.
File contains a typescript copy of correspondence from J.G. Colmer to Sergeant J.C. McNair, Argyll Light Infantry, Belleville, dated 10 November 1900 concerning payment for services during the Boer War.
File contains an editiorial from The Legionary, August, 1966 tracing the historical background of Canada's armies from the Carignan-Salieres Regiment in 1665, to 1965.
File contain a manuscript resolution of the Hastings County Council thanking the Dominion Government for its successful defense of then Canada West during the Fenian Raids and requesting that the Government petition the Imperial authorities to intercede with the United States to ensure further incursions do not occur across the border. Also present is a printed memorial of the County of Peel to the Dominion Government concerning support and payment of local volunteer forces.
File contains a printed catalogue of field equipment entitled J.H. Steward's [London, Eng.] Catalogue of Riflemen's Requisites and Optical and Scientific Aids to Shooting. The item is derived from the W.N. Ponton Military Papers.
File contains a photocopied typescript article entitled “The Victoria Cross,” The Ontario Numismatist, Vol. 5, no.11(November, 1966): 74. The article discusses the origins and significance of the military decoration from its institution in 1856 by Queen Victoria.
File contains a printed, coloured WWII map of the world also showing countries belonging to the British Commonwealth. The map was produced for O'Keefe Beverages, Toronto.
File contains a printed programme of a military concert by the Queen Victoria Cadets of the Belleville High School, which took place on July 1, 1897 at the Carman Opera House.
File contains original manuscript and typescript copies of correspondence and ledger sheets relating to the planning and execution of the Dominion Day Military demonstration and parade In Belleville, for which Lt. Col W.N. Ponton served as an organizer.