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Lewis Zandbergen collection

  • CA ON00156 2016-34
  • Collection
  • 1898-2007

Materials collected by Lewis Zandbergen, including many editions of the Stirling News Argus and Community Press newspapers, some Belleville school yearbooks, a collection of photographs and materials relating to the history of Stirling and to Stirling Public Library.

Zandbergen, Lewis

'Stirling Odds & Ends'

Items from a binder labelled 'Stirling Odds & Ends'. Includes:

  • Photograph of three women and four men, c.1910, given by Terry Bust ("one is his grandfather & uncle")
  • Newspaper clippings relating to Stirling buildings and history
  • Huntingdon Township Voters' List, 1948
  • Souvenir booklet of the 90th anniversary of St. John's Anglican Church, Stirling, 1950
  • Order of service for St. Paul's United Church, Stirling, 8 June 2008
  • Photocopy of 1890 Fire Insurance map showing Mill and North Streets, Stirling
  • Items relating to the history of the Bank of Montreal in Stirling
  • Printed 'Stirling Centennial Souvenir', 1967
  • Butler and Young family trees
  • 'Souvenir Story of our school Allan & Williams Mount Pleasant - Rawdon Township' by Mrs Percy MacMullen, 1968
  • 'Sidney Baptist Church celebrates 165th' by Lewis Zandbergen
  • 'Sidney Baptist Church' by Harry V. Faulkner, Lorne C. Reid and Luella Carson, 1976
  • Unveiling of historical plaque in memory of Asa Turner at Sidney Baptist Church, 27 May 1984
  • 'Those Radical Elzevirs!' by Michael Dawber
  • 'The History of St. Thomas [Anglican] Church Rawdon, 1892-1973'
  • 'Grace Chapel Stirling' by Everett Elliott, c.1980
  • Booklet titled Welcome to Stirling's 150th Anniversary, 2008

File of Stirling photographs

File containing photographs of Stirling's 125th anniversary celebrations, 12-21 August 1983 (donated by R. Gay). Individuals identified include:

  • Lynn, Bruce, Janet Fallaize Murray, Susanne (Murray) Scholten
  • Helen & Wayne Shaw, Mac & Velma Sarles
  • Dr. Fred Eggleton, Russ & Mary Sills, Annette Taylor
  • Constable Frank Wallwork, Russ Sills, Stirling Village Council, PoliceChief Jack Foster
  • Judy and Melanie Potts, Pearl Conley
  • Ross Ray, Harold Holden
  • Ron Reid, Eugene Lang, John Warden
  • Bob Vandervoort
  • Jim & Jean Pollock, Marvin Cooney, Heather Pollock
  • Craig Watson & son, Stirling Citizens Band, Barry Wilson

File also contains reproductions of old postcards of Stirling and a 1992 photograph by Carol Surridge of the 'Welcome to Stirling' sign, which reads "The little village with the big heart".

Stirling Historical Society publications

Materials produced by the Stirling Historical Society, including:

  • Four editions of 'The Heritage Clarion', Volume 1 numbers 1, 3, and 4, Volume 2 number 2
  • Partial list of artifact donations, 1993
  • Map and text for walking tour of Stirling, 1993
  • Photocopy of a register of members of Stirling Public Library, 1903
  • Typescript 'brief history of the Stirling Public Library', c.1975
  • Update on the history of the library to 1989
  • List of contributors to the purchase of the site for the Stirling Public Library, 1914
  • Photocopy of a flyer promoting the Stirling Public Library, 1910
  • Reproduction of article about the opening of Stirling Public Library, 1903
  • Hand-written notes on aspects of Stirling history, c.1990

Advertisements for automobiles

Pages taken from 'Everybody's Magazine' and 'Harper's Magazine' with advertisements for cars and tires. A few photocopies of 1960s car advertisements from Stirling Motor Sales, Ontario.

Photograph

The photo is a reproduction of a picture of several Stirling families together for the coming of age of Jack Stirling in 1902.

Anniversary Notice

A letter from Belleville mayor George A. Zegouras to Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Fulford on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary.

City of Belleville

35mm slides

61 photo slides of Stirling buildings, streets, parks and the surrounding community. Many are reproductions of older photographs.

Stirling history book

An unbound history of Stirling titled "The Heritage Years: A History of Stirling and District" , edited by Blanche Faulkner and Rosella Clancy, and published by the Stirling Historical Book Committee in 1984. It is 555 pages with photographs and an index. It is placed in three folders. (a,b,c).

Stirling Historical Book Committee

Stirling Public Library scrapbook

Items from a photo-album scrapbook of materials relating to Stirling Public Library, including press clippings and photographs of library activities, mainly dating from the late 1990s to 2007.