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Contains four recipe books:

• 'Our Best to You' by the residents of Quinte Living Centre (1982)
• 'Chefs of the City' by the City of Belleville Staff (1999)
• 'Recipes from the Hearts of Canadians' compiled by Volunteers and Information Quinte (2000)
• 'Quinte Cuisine' by the Canadian Federation of Univeristy Women Belleville and District (2005)

Materials include:
1) Transcription by Lois Foster of an interview from the Daily Intelligencer of 21 November 1903 with Arthur McGinnis, Moira Lodge historian, on 'The Fraternal Societies of Belleville', focusing on the Freemasons
2) Biographical information compiled by the Historical Committee [of Hastings County Historical Society?] in 1982, and introduction to Betsy Boyce's book 'The Accidental Prime Minister', 2000
3) Newspaper clippings relating to Mackenzie Bowell, 1982-2005
4) Correspondence, research materials and speech by Gerry Boyce in relation to the Ontario Heritage Foundation plaque on Mackenzie Bowell's former home at 194 William Street, Belleville, 1982-1984
5) Print of a drawing of Glanmore and the fountain in front of the house by Phillipa Faulkner, 1984
6) Poster 'Beautiful City, Belleville, Ontario' by Terri L. Horricks for the Canadian Mental Health Association, 2006

Report on the proposed closure of Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, prepared for the Accommodations Committee of the Hastings County Board of Education.

Moira Secondary School 'Moirambler' publications for:

• 1982
• 1983
• 1984
• 1985
• 1986
• 1989

Bi-monthly newsletter of the Belleville Lions Club, edited by Bob Huitema.

Research notes (including photographs), text of a talk, and 35mm slides relating to Lois Foster's research into the McCurdy family of Belleville, Ontario. Lois presented a talk on the family at a reunion in Belleville in 1994. The file contains related correspondence.

Front cover of Northern Telecom publication The Switching Post for January/February/March 1981, with an aerial photograph of flooding on the west side of Belleville, west of Coleman Street and north of Dundas Street.

Two booklets on the history of Glanmore House in Belleville, Ontario. One is called 'Glanmore' written by Sheila Chapline, written for the general public, the other is a compilation of information aimed at guides of the museum and includes information researched by Kerry Abel and Nick and Helma Mika.

Various photographic items:
1) Colour reproduction of a postcard of the Post Office building on Bridge Street in Belleville, c.1910
2) Reproduction of a view from west Belleville across the railway lines towards the harbour, c.1920
3) Reproduction of a photograph of the interior of a canning factory, c.1920
4) Reproduction of a view of the interior of a cigar store on North Front Street, Belleville, 1952
5) 29 black and white negatives of the Wharf Street Debating Club, 1980
6) Colour photograph of Bill Hunt junior in front of Bayview School (later demolished for a housing development), c.1985-1990
7) 13 colour photographs of the old Stephens Adamson factory in Belleville, built 1910, taken in 2007

File of materials relating to the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf in Belleville, Ontario:

• 'The Way it Was...' publication by J. W. Hodgson on the history of the school, 1980
• Newspaper article by Jack Evans about Hodgson's research, 1997
• Map of Seconds World War school locations in Belleville by Donna Fano, 2010

Collection comprises: three postcards with aerial views of Victoria Park in Belleville, Ontario, taken by Richard Lumbers; order of service for Remembrance Day ceremony in Belleville on 11 November 2019.

Two wooden plaques with brass plates recording the names of past presidents of the Senior Citizens Club #94. The plaques were originally on the walls of the Recreation Centre at 116 Pinnacle Street, Belleville, Ontario.

Plaque one reads:
"Senior Citizens Club #94
Chartered Nov. 24th. 1953
Past Presidents
Leslie Field 1953-54
Fred Cooke 1955-56
James Brennan 1957-58
Harry Scales 1959-160
Charles Hyde 1961-62
James Brennan 1963
Marjorie Clapp 1964-65
Harry Taylor 1966-67
Mabel Doyle 1968-69
Kathleen Adams (Moon) 1970-72
Lulu Longhurst 1973-74
Hilda Brookes 1975-76
Pearl Holmes 1977-78
Bernice Tryon 1979-80
Ruby Bertrand 1981
Arthur Gilroy 1982-83
Percy Ray 1984-85
Harold Outingdyke 1986-87
Winnifred M. Parks 1988-89
Dorthy Keitel 1990
Winnifred M. Parks Sept. 1990 - Sept. 1991
J. Phillip Poulin Sept. 1991 - Sept. 1993
Blanche Fisher Sept. 1993 - Sept. 1994
Marguerite Sine Sept. 94 - Sept. 96
Presented by the Committee
Alderman George Zegouras

Mrs. Pearl Holmes
President Senior Citizen Club #94

Mrs. Wilma Summers
Deputy Director Recreation Arena Dept.

At the Official Opening May 17, 1979"

Plaque 2:
"Senior Citizens Club #94 Chartered Nov 24, 1953
Past Presidents
Ruby Shortt Sept. 1996 - Sept. 1999
Don Cameron Sept. 1999 - Sept. 2000
Blanche Fisher Sept. 2000 - Sept. 2001
Don Cameron Sept. 2001 - Sept. 2004
Ruby Shortt Sept. 2004 - Sept. 2005

Presented by
City of Belleville
Mayor G. A. Zegouras

Parks and Recreation Chairman
Councilor Doug Parker
June 6, 2001"

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.

File contains 176 black and white negatives, 40 colour 35mm slides and one black and white print of ice boats and motorcycles racing on the Bay of Quinte near Belleville, Ontario. Photographer not identified.

Photographic prints showing:
1) City Centennial events in Belleville, Ontario, including the Mayor's Levée, Arts in the Park, Centennial Parade and double decker bus, Railway Week, Ethnic Festival [71 photographs]
2) Burrell's axe factory building (known as Meyer's Mill) before restoration, 1979 and Centennial log cabin in Front Street location [6 photographs]
3) Aerial views of open pit mine at Marmora, 1990 [3 photographs]
4) Views of Queensborough, spring 1993 [7 photographs]
5) Aerial views of downtown Belleville taken from Remax hot air balloon and the tower of Bridge Street United Church, 1993 [13 photographs]
6) People at Fort Kenthe, 1994 [2 photographs]
7) Ruth Burrows receiving the Order of Canada, 1999 [1 photograph]
8) Prince Edward's visit to the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment at the Belleville Armouries, June 2005 [2 photographs]

File contains:

• Flyer by Canadian National for Railway Week in Belleville, May 21-26, 1978
• Ticket for trip from Belleville to Stirling on 27 May 1978
• Program for a celebratory dinner marking Belleville's centennial, 1 July 1978
• Flyer of pictures celebrating Belleville's centennial in 1978
• 'Growing up with Canada' booklet by CN, 1987