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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

Typescript notes on the history of the fire department in Belleville, Ontario. The name Robert Emerson is written on the first page.

The file contains a booklet titled "A Sherry Family of Canada; the descendants of George and Susanna Sherry early settlers of Hastings County. Complied and written by Robert Dean Sherry. 1789-1967"
A supplement to the volume was published in 1981 by Robert Sherry.

Three-panel exhibit on Black history in Belleville, produced for the Caribbean Festival in Belleville in August 2024.

A certified reproduction of the Plan of Ponton's Block, being Lots # 21 & 22 on the south side of Bridge Street West, Belleville, for William Hamilton Ponton, on the Commercial Bank Plan. Surveyed by John J. Haslett P.L.S. in 1853.

This copy was made in 1972 of plan #27, as registered in the Hastings Land Registry Office.

Donated by Walter I. Watson, O.L.S.

Reproduction of letters from Belleville and district, to Henry Yager during the Legislative session of 1835. Correspondents are C.H. McCollom, Reuben White, Thomas Coleman, Neil McArthur, Thomas D. Appleby, Stephen Benson, Samuel Ross, and John Holmes Also included is a copy of a local appropriation in connection with the cholera epidemic.
from Library and Archives Canada

Copies were ordered from Library and Archives Canada by Elaine Preston in November 1982.

Photographs of members of the Goyer family and teams of which they were members.

File contains a manuscript motion of the Hastings County Municipal Council, October 1869 expressing the Council's regret at the death of Sheriff Moodie, with a manuscript letter from Susanna Moodie to the County Council of Hastings , 26 October 1869 expressing her thanks.

Photograph of a plaque commemorating the re-opening of Belleville General Hospital on 23 February 1969.

Text reads:

"BELLEVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL
A CITY AND COUNTY-OWNED HOSPITAL
THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE OPENING OF THE NEW HOSPITAL
ON FEBRUARY 23, 1969, BY
THE HONOURABLE DR. MATTHEW B. DYMOND
MINISTER OF HEALTH OF ONTARIO

FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL CONTRIBUTIONS ASSISTED IN
THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

HARLEIGH A. HAMILTON
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

RT. REV. J. P. SULLIVAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING 8 PROPERTY COMMITTEE

PHILIP RICKARD
ADMINISTRATOR

ARCHITECTS:
HERBERT AGNEW ASSOCIATES

CONTRACTOR:
GREENINGTON LTD."

Poster advert for Belleville Theatre Guild Inc. & Trenton Drama Group presentation of "The Little Hut", November 1961

File contains a catalogue of petitions from the town of Belleville, from c.1849-51, prepared by Gerry Boyce in 1958.

File contains 'Souvenir Hotel Quinte' from 1895 and several pages from the June 1960 “Canadian Architects” magazine on a renovation of the hotel, donated by Tom Ransom.

File contains 9 advertisement cards for various companies and products, including:

1. The Schuster Co. Limited, Belleville
2. Davison & Davison, 31 Bridge Street, Belleville
3. Eastman's Flash Sheets from Kodak
4. Ames Holden Tire & Rubber Co., Limited, Kitchener
5. Rawleigh's Good Health Products from Harry L. Spafford, 35 Moira St. W., Belleville
6. Book on Gasoline Engines, Their Operation, Use and Care by Hyatt Verrill
7. Text books to help the engineer
8. 1925 calendar from Ma Cherie toilet preparations
9. The Wabasso Cotton Company Limited, Three Rivers, 1926

History booklet and order of service from 20th anniversary celebration.

Photocopy of a publication by James T. Bell, professor of mining and agriculture in Albert University and Chairman of the Board of Health for the Town of Belleville.

Published brochure on the work of the Entomology Laboratory and its history in Belleville, with typescript notes on the staff of the lab and the layout of the building that were prepared for a tour of the facility in 1956.

Handwritten notes on the papers were by Gerry Boyce, who was reporting on the event for CJBQ radio.

File contains a copy of the Belleville 1964 directory.

File contains Rules to be observed at the Meetings of the Municipal Council of the Town of Belleville, printed at the Chronicle Office.

File contains an 1899 newspaper clipping about United Empire Loyalist families who arrived in the Bay of Quinte region with enslaved people and a 1961 newspaper article about Alexander Milton Ross.

Outline of events for an historical pageant to be held in Belleville in 1928 to mark the city's 50th anniversary.