File contains four printed copies of The Twenty-First Battalion Communique which contains news items and historical retrospectives related to the 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario) of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
File contains a printed list of the names and rank of veterans of the Boer War enlisted from Belleville and vicinity, who served as members of the Second Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment.
File contains a printed invitation announcing a talk and photographic display by Frank Yeigh, Toronto, which included photographs of the Argyll Light Infantry in 1899. Also present is a printed announcement of a concert in support of the Canadian Patriotic Fund, held in Stirling on February 27, 1900.
The file contains the original discharge paper for Private George Barlow from Captain Wellesly Richey's Independent Company of Militia. He served from 1 May 1839 to 30 April 1840. Dated 1 May 1840 and signed in Belleville.
File contains a typescript copy of an account of the establishment of the first Camp Borden Government Air Camp in the Township of Sidney in 1914, and the construction of the first airship built in Canada at the site in 1914.
The file contains a newspaper article titled "Mystery of aviation history solved", about a plane on display in city hall in 1914. The First World War bi-plane was built by H.R. Polly and brothers in Belleville.
File contains typescript lists of the company leaders, and inspection records for the Belleville High School Cadet Corps, 1914-1915. Also present is a manuscript letter to Lt. Col. Ponton from W. Jeffers Diamond, Secretary of the Belleville Board of Education, dated May 10, 1915 concerning inspection of the Cadet Corps.
File contains several newspaper clippings regarding the founding of the Belleville Patriotic Association on September 1, 1914, and Veterans' commemorative services at Belleville in 1936.
File contains a (fragile) newspaper clipping from 1925 written by Colonel Barrager, Principal of Queen Mary, discussing the cadet corps students attending public schools in Belleville.
File contains two notifications from the Veterans' Association: a 1901 invitation to the Annual Meeting of the Veterans' Association which included discussion on grants of land, and a 1909 invitation to the funeral of Mr. Thomas Gibson, who served with the 1st Belleville Rifles at Aultsville during the Fenian Raid of 1866.
File contains a history of Bethel – Zion Church, including the Women's Institutes and men who served in WWI and WWII. There is also a Bethel - Zion Centennial Anniversary program
File contains a newspaper article of March 31, 1960 concerning the presentation of a medal to the Hastings County Historical Society on behalf of Major G. Franklin Lynn, former Belleville resident, who served in the Canadian Contingent in the South African [Boer] War. The medal, of which Major Lynn was one of the recipients, was originally presented to Belleville members of the Contingent by the Belleville City Council in 1901.
File contains various pieces related to the Hastings Prince Edward Centennial Ball at the Belleville Armouries in 1967, including: a dance card, press pass, and newspaper articles.