Six photographs: 1) Don and Ed Thomas in their cigar store on Front Street in Belleville, c.1950 2) Exterior of the Ed Thomas store, c.1950 3) Interior of the store, c.1950 4) Don McInroy, October 2012 5 & 6) John Alexiou, proprietor of Earl & Angelo's Restaurant upstairs in the Ed Thomas Bar, November 2012
Panoramic group photograph. Names supplied: Front row Corporal C. V. Wakely Corporal A. Heatley Corporal H. Paterson Sergeant R. J. Stevenson Acting Sergeant G. F. Low 2nd Lieutenant W. J. Scott 2nd Lieutenant R. Hamilton Lieutenant F. D. Williams Lieutenant S. J. Lee Captain W. H. Marnell Captain M. A. Seymour Major J. Rubie Brigadier General C. G. Hoare, C.M.G. Lieutenant Colonel F. R. G. Hoare Lieutenant Colonel A. K. Tylee Major J. Inwood Lieutenant G. J. Blackmore Captain J. W. Langmuir Captain B. F. Bainsmith Captain F. H. Hawksford Sergeant Major W. Manners Flight Sergeant C. A. Hepworth Flight Sergeant F. V. Tree Flight Sergeant H. H. Atkinson Sergeant F. A. Cassore
Second row Mrs Russell Miss Carmen Miss Hennessy Mrs Cody Miss Newbury Mrs Ratcliffe Miss Russell Miss White Miss West Miss Padbury Miss Wilson Miss Major Miss Bullock Miss Pugh Miss Martin Miss McEachern Miss O'Biren Miss O'Loane Miss Harper Miss Humphrey Miss O'Brien Miss McInnes Miss Hogan Miss Melville Miss Steele Miss Dwyer Mrs Weiss Corporal H. G. Wade
Back row 2nd Airman A. Dowell 2nd Airman C. T. Boughner 2nd Airman W. B. Cole 2nd Airman T. A. H. Morrow 2nd Airman L. Landymore 2nd Airman F. Aldridge 2nd Private G. T. Beatty 3rd Airman S. T. Walton 2nd Airman F. C. Baker 2nd Airman R. J. Derry 1st Airman R. Turner 1st Airman J. D. Brown 2nd Airman R. B. Abell 2nd Airman N. Stonehouse 2nd Airman M. D. Fauman 3rd Airman F. O. Basing 2nd Private G. Worrall 3rd Airman Stebbing 2nd Private H. J. McKenzie 2nd Airman J. Kingston 2nd Airman P. W. G. Willey 2nd Private A. Beecher 2nd Private R. J. Luton 2nd Airman M. H. McLean 2nd Private W. J. Lakeman 3rd Airman J. A. McEachon 1st Airman J. Preston Corporal C. W. McPherson
Items include reproduction photographs of nine Belleville Fire Chiefs: William J. Brown (1915-1929), William Lynch (1929-1948), Gerald Vance (1948-1965), Thomas E. Poste (1965-1969), Leo Culhane (1969-1977), Fred Hosking (1977-1985), Raymond Reid (1985), Gordon Gazley (1986-2008), Rhéaume Chaput (2008-2013); print of a hand pump, 1925; typescript information about automatic sprinkler systems, c.1960; photograph of St. Thomas's Church, Belleville, in flames, 1975.
Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled by Joyce Keller from Belleville, Ontario newspapers on topics relating to Canada's centennial celebrations, chiefly in 1967 but with some earlier and later clippings.
Letter from William Burke in Kingston, Ontario, to John Steward at the Trent river, asking him to sell Burke a wagon and send it to him via the Brockville (ship) on the following Monday.
Four printed honour rolls listing World War Two veterans from the following institutions and companies: 1) Belleville Collegiate and Vocational School: c.1,100 names 2) Canadian Industrial Alcohol Company [Corby's Distillery, Corbyville]: 23 names and 19 photographs 3) College Street School [Trenton]: c.340 names 4) Corbin Lock Company [Belleville]: 71 names
These volumes were compiled by the Historic Structures Committee of the Hastings County Historical Society in 1978 and 1983. They contain photographs and descriptions of some of the older buildings in Belleville, Ontario.
Silk bookmark reads "Belleville's WELCOME To her distinguished Son. March 12th, 1895. Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell, K.C.M.G. From Belleville Schools to PREMIERSHIP OF CANADA".
Two scans of photographs of Adelia Leslie, a graduate of the Belleville General Hospital School of Nursing, and her classmates. Also her copy of the commemorative volume 'Belleville General Hospital School of Nursing 1893-1970 and Edith Cavell Regional School of Nursing 1968-1974'.
Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian National Railway materials collected by Cleland James Allison and Tom Allison, including:
Grand Trunk Railway Employees' Timetable 41 for Belleville and Montreal divisions, April 1922
Canadian National Railways Conductors' and Brakemen's seniority list, January 1940
Memorandum to C. J. Allison commending him for detecting a broken truck in Gananoque, 1 September 1944
Railway Operating Rules, 1916, 1929, 1951, 1962 *Texts of four talks on railway history given by Tom Allison, 1990-2005
Newspaper clippings and notes relating to Don Kellaway's family and local history interests. File labelled 'Miscellaneous Genealogy Material' and included:
list of Belleville, Ontario people over 80 years old from the Intelligencer, 1891, with transcript
historical plaque text for James Francis Kenney, 1884-1946, founder of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association
description of the history of the Graham family from the Daily Ontario of 17 September 1884
newspaper articles on the York River Settlement, Hastings County, Ontario
newspaper articles on Bancroft and Umfraville, Ontario
newspaper articles on Edenswold
reproduction postcards of Bannockburn, Eldorado and Hazzards Corners, made in 1990 by Madoc Printing
article on Harold Emerson of Tweed Unlabelled file contained:
'The Story of Peter Kellar' by Lyle E. Dillabough in the Bancroft Times, 1996
articles on mills and churches in Belleville by Nick and Helma Mika from the Intelligencer, 9 and 16 Jun 1978
two articles on the Stone Church, a cobblestone church northwest of Belleville, 1977
article on Wally and Frances Marner of Marner's Grocery Store, Queen Street, Belleville, 1983
article on the Children's Aid Society from the Intelligencer, 13 Aug 1983
article on 'Early Firefighting Days' (includes an article by Wally Dever on the Quinte Sports Centre), 1981
article on Church Street in Belleville, by Ron Hiuser in the Intelligencer, 9 June 1978
printed letter from George Hees, Progressive Conservative MP for Prince Edward - Hastings, regarding a forthcoming election
printed poster for the Folklorama waterfront festival in Belleville, 1986
article on the Petrie stone building in Belleville, 1983
photocopy of an Archives of Ontario map of the area between Bridge, Water, and Colman Streets in Belleville, dated 1840
typescript article on the Dickie Lake Murder of 1859, from the Madoc Review of 10 August 1987
typescript article entitled 'A Short Sketch of Old L'Amable' by B. L. Barker, January 1972
Twelve audio files on people and families of Belleville, Ontario, produced to mark the 200th anniversary of the city receiving its name and broadcast on CJBQ radio. Researched by Peter Annis and funded by the City of Belleville.
Selected editions of Coffee News and Snap Quinte. The Coffee News issues are:
Belleville & Prince Edward: April 4, 2011 and December 3, 2012
Trenton: March 27, 2006 and July 4, 2012
Belleville: July 18, 2005; September 3, 2007; March 28, 2011
Belleville North: October 3, 2011 *Belleville South: October 3, 2011 and January 16, 2012
Snap Quinte editions are April 2008 and August 2012.