File contains manuscript and typescript copies of correspondence sent and received by Col. W. N. Ponton concerning the development of hydroelectric power on the Trent River. Also contains correspondence regarding the proposed electrification of the Belleville waterworks by the Trenton Electric and Water Company.
File contains three typsecript pages by C.S. Chard concerning the first school house in Stirling, ca. 1820s, and an account of a wooden pump shop which operated near Stirling from 1875 to 1887.
File contains a typescript page of recollections by C. S. Chard concerning "The Money Hole," Sidney Township and its connections to early trade with local Aboriginal Peoples. Also contains one typescript page of related correspondence from C.S. Chard.
File contains a one page clipping from the Canadian Doctor, December, 1966 concerning financial operations of "The Front of Sidney" Cheese Factory ca. 19th century.
The file contains a writing by Edgar S. Vandewater born in Sidney Township 1876, titled "Belleville as I remember it in the 1890's", dated 1953 and published in the Ontario Intelligencer 31 October 1953. There is also a letter from Richard Moran, great-nephew of Edgar with a brief genealogy.
File contains a publication from the Moira River Conservation Authority, titled “Progress and Achievements 1947-1962; a newspaper article from the Intelligencer dated January 20, 1965 with a photo of the County Warden; a publication from the Corporation of the Township of Sidney, Historic Highlights 1790-1967
File contains an 1855 letter from provincial land surveyor John Haslett to verify work has been done to allow for a road from the townships of Sidney to Thurlow.
File contains a petition submitted to Hastings County Council in 1857 regarding a gravel road to be built on the east side of the Moira River, and a document regarding 17 toll gates in Sindey.
File contains a typed announcement detailing a celebration for Mrs. Sarah Hogle's 86th birthday at the family homestead in Sidney Crossing. Transcribed from a scrapbook.
File contains a newspaper article that features the history of the Ketcheson family farm and cemetery in Sidney. The farm had been in the family since the early 1800s.
File contains the funeral cards for Everett Ketcheson (b. 1891, d. 1914) and Edward Ketcheson (b. 1832, d. 1915). There is also a book published in 1958, “The Ketcheson Family”, a newspaper article from 1968 about Mr. and Mrs. Lawrenson L. Ketcheson celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, and an invite for the Ketcheson family reunion in 1965 at the Memorial Park in Tweed.
File contains information about Col. Elijah Ketcheson (b. 1793) of Sidney. There are also newspaper clipping about the Ketcheson family reunion in 1962 in Tweed and Fred A. Ketcheson celebrating his 90th Birthday. There are two invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Boyce for the Ketcheson family reunion in 1959 and 1961, as well as information about the family reunion in 1964.
File contains a typescript letter from Olive Delaney, Belleville Public Library to Mary Plumpton, Hastings County Historical Society, dated 28 February 1969 inquiring for information regarding Dr. James Merritt, a physician who testified at the trial of the alleged assassins of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, and who was a probable resident of Sidney Township in his youth.