This fonds comprises documents pertaining to the Belleville Harbour Commission. Folders contain:
two copies of the By-Laws and Regulations of the Board of Harbour Commissioners and the amended Harbour Commissioners Act of 1889 from 1947
documents relating to the appointment of Harry Earle as a member of the Belleville Harbour Commission including the official certification from the Registrar General of Canada with the Great Seal of Canada impressed upon it
newspaper clippings
There are also a number of volumes included in this fonds:
volume containing documents relating to an account with the Mutual Insurance Company of the Victoria District, returns from the post of Belleville, and a series of timber licenses
two volumes of the harbour's imports dating from 1879 to 1931
two volumes of exports dating from 1889 to 1935
two volumes of commodities dating from 1873 to 1930
cash book from the Belleville Harbour with dates ranging from 1891 to 1953
three volumes of account books with Canada and Dominion Sugar Company Limited, National Grocers Sugar Stock, Union Elevator, and St. Lawrence Sugar respectively
Three registers of Harbour Dues paid by ships offloading cargo at the Port of Belleville between 21 September 1939 and 5 December 1946. The registers record the date; the name of the ship; the quantity and nature of the cargo; the recipient; the dues owing and the date they were paid. Entries are signed by the harbour master: Joseph Waddell until 5 October 1945 and George Oliver Tice after that date.
The fonds contains a Daily Cash Transactions sheet with a hand-drawn layout of the coal yards, an envelope with the company name "The Schuster Co. Limited", miscellaneous materials copied from original documents including newspaper clippings from 1954; pages 62-66 of the Canadian Fuel Marketer ca. 1878-1978 issues; Weaver Liquifuels pages 55-60, 2 envelopes of negatives, and 110 photographs of various everyday operations at the Bill Schuster Coal and Lumber Company, as well as photographs of Bill Schuster and possibly his family. One is an aerial photograph of the site of the company.
A mix of catalogues showcasing locks and associated building hardware for all the companies involved, but focusing on Corbin. Box of files includes inter company correspondence, newspaper clippings, log books, photographs and shares. A number of other books include a job book for cylinder keys, manufacturing order books and department specific log books. Two awards are also included, 1 for the efforts of a flood control team in 1981 and 1 safety award received in 1960. The fonds also includes a plastic Corbin sign and a key made at the plant.
Certificate for one share of $100 of the capital stock of the Springer Lock Manufacturing Company Limited, issued to C. A. Campbell on 24 November 1915. Signed by W. C. Springer, Managing Director, A. J. Bird, Secretary-Treasurer, and Mackenzie Bowell, President.
Handwritten notes of daily business activities by William Nisbet Ponton
Deed from Richard and Hannah Eliza Bamber to W. H. Maines of the northwest quarter of lot 6 in the ninth concession of Sidney Township, 21 February 1884
Mortgage of the same property by Allan Edward and Alice Maud Maines to William Maines, 7 April 1897
Five photographs: 1) Interior of J. J. Haines shoe store at 230 Front Street in Belleville, c.1920 2-5) Photo-postcards of flooding on Bridge, Coleman and Front Streets in Belleville, 1936
Sign reading 'Schryver's' from former Schryver drugstore at 214 Front Street, Belleville, Ontario. City directories place this business at this location from 1959 to 1964.
Photographs showing closed-off aisles and displays of non-essential items in Walmart, Belleville, after the Ontario government's stay-at-home order which took effect on April 8th, 2021 in an effort to stem the rise in COVID-19 cases in the province.
Three items: 1) Clarke's drug store, Belleville, calendar, 1908 [Francis Clayton Clarke (1871-1951) had a drug store at 252 Front Street] 2) Flyer for J. & J. Cash labels, with sample ribbons, 1924 3) Yearbook for King George School, North Front Street, Belleville, 1974-1975
Promotional materials written by Ron Truman for Northern Telecom: 1) CompQuote (Montreal) Displayphone case study flyer 2) Slater Steels (Hamilton) Displayphone case study flyer 3) Health Care Telecommunications Meridian SL-1 flyer 4) The Canada Council Meridian SL-1 Application Report flyer 5) Meridian Report, Volume 1, Issue 1, December 1986
Photocopies of 1865 Edwin Whitefield sketches of Belleville, made from originals at Library and Archives Canada. Flyer from Foster, Barber and Brignall, dry goods store at the northwest corner of Bridge and Front Streets, Belleville, Ontario (listed at this location in the 1877 directory: https://archive.org/details/bellevilledirect1877hooguoft/page/32) [202 Front Street in 2019].
A collection of plans and other items belonging to Don Kellaway: 1) Copy of a plan of docks in the harbour by Victoria Park, Belleville, by Charles Mott, City Engineer, 1954 (copy made in 1974) 2) File with names of owners of private docks in Victoria Harbour, Belleville,1974 3) Poster for Belleville Waterfront Festival and Folklorama, July 1987 4) Six rolled plans created as part of an inventory of waterfront parkland by the City of Belleville, July-September1987 5) Photocopies of City Hall renovation floor plans by Bel-Con Design (five plans: one for each floor), December 1987 6) 'The Ice Age: Harvesting the Ice, 1850-1950', a printed history of the Callaghan family's ice business in Belleville, 2003
