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

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

A red and white quilt made in 1894 by the Steady Gleaners, a group of women affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer, Deseronto, Ontario, possibly with the aim of raising funds for missionary work. This quilt may have been made for such a purpose. The signatures of the women in the society are embroidered onto the squares of the quilt.

The names on the quilt are:
F.M.R.
Bella Smyth
Mrs Wm. Gamble
Florence A. Davis
Mrs F. S. Rathbun
Alice McGault
Mrs C. E. Ravin
Mrs J. W. McCaw
Mrs G. Genge
Mrs Wm. Mitchell
Mrs R. J. Craig, President
Mrs Frank S. Hall [Bessie]
Annie Hill
Mrs McCoy
Mrs F. H. Sims
Mrs J. D. Dulmadge
Mrs J. Douglas
Tillie Maxwell
Mrs D. Dant
Miss Mary Huff
Mrs G. Gordon
Ella Pegan
Mrs G. A. Grant
Mrs Joe Hopper
Mrs Wm. Geney
Gertrude R. Craig
Aggie Elliott
Mrs Mackie
Mrs A. D. Macintyre
I. Thornton
Mrs C. Forrester
Mrs R. Anderson
Ira B. Anderson
L. Smyth
Mrs R. Geddes
Mrs F. McMaster
Mrs J. M. Denmark
Mrs A. G. Knight
Mrs J. Buter
Clara McClain
Mrs C. Bennett
Mrs J. T. Garmon

Map showing the location, names and dates of shipwrecks around the shoreline of Prince Edward County.

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

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."

Collection comprises:

1. Family cabinet card and tintype photographs, c.1860-1920
2. Staff and students of Grier Street School, Belleville, 1905 and original and copy of two 1908 Grier Street school photographs (the copy was published in the Intelligencer), both including Howard Aselstine
3. Snapshots including several of Aselstine buses in Belleville, 1910-1940
4. Second World War ration books for Howard and Mae Aselstine and Dorothy Aitchison (their daughter, mother of Jane Bond), 1940s
5. Photograph album with pictures of Aselstine buses, 1890-1935
6. Newspaper clippings relating to the Aselstine bus business, 1965-1971
7. Typescript and hand-written notes on the history of the Aselstine business
8. Loose photographs, 1915-1970

1. Letters addressed to Cassie Robinson of 214 Coleman Street, Belleville
2. Paper copies of Deseronto postcards
3. One postcard of Belleville buildings

Letters to Cassie Robinson:

1. From St. Lucia, 3 Feb 1909
2. Love letter to Frank Robinson, 1 Aug 1912
3. Letter from Arthur McCoy in Palestine, 4 Oct 1914
4. Invitation to wedding of P. G. Johnson and Phyllis Lewis in Belleville, 22 Apr 1915
5. Christmas card from Private Cecil Holway, 1915
6. Christmas card from Bruce [Sills], 1915
7. Christmas card from Frank McDonell, 1915
8. Letter from Mary O'Connor in Detroit, 10 Jan 1916
9. Letter from W A. Hutchinson 'Yankee', France, 18 Feb 1916
10. Letter from Sergeant W. A. Hutchinson, France, 28 Mar 1916
11. Letter from Bruce Sills describing journey to England, 14 Jul 1916
12. Field postcard from 'Scud', 13 Oct 1916
13. Christmas card from Bugler Bert Robson [killed 30 Nov 1917], 1916
14. Christmas card from Mary in Toronto, Dec 1916
15. Christmas card from Bugler Charles Rand, Godalming, Dec 1917
16. Letter from Mrs. F. Stevens, Detroit, [mentions that sugar is hard to get] 19 Jan 1918
17. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 21 May 1918
18. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 26 Aug 1918
19. Letter from F. Farrell, Toronto, 16 Sep 1918
20. Letter from Eliza Clark of Peterborough (with dried leaf), 15 Dec 1918
21. Letter from Eliza Clark of Peterborough, 20 Jan 1919
22. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 20 Jan 1920
23. Letter from Gladys and Oscar, Picton, 23 Jan 1920
24. Letter from Jean M. [?], Toronto, 8 Feb 1920
25. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 8 Apr 1920
26. Letter from Bill [Robinson], Oshawa, 10 Apr 1920
27. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 12 Apr 1920
28. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 14 Apr 1920
29. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 20 Apr 1920
30. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 23 Apr 1920
31. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 26 Apr 1920
32. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 27 Apr 1920
33. Letter from Ethel, 474 Brock Avenue, Toronto, [mentions that potatoes are a luxury] 5 May 1920
34. Letter from Bill [Robinson], Oshawa, 2 May 1920
35. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 6 May 1920
36. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 6 May 1920
37. Invitation to wedding of Ella Priscilla Moore and Edward D. Clarke on 16 Jun, sent 7 Jun 1920
38. Letter from Bill [Robinson], Oshawa, 8 Jun 1920
39. Letter from Ethel (Mrs. Joe Belch), Toronto, 8 Jun 1920
40. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 11 Jun 1920
41. Letter from Marie [?], Belleville, 20 Jun 1920

The Wanamaker fonds consists of textual records and graphic materials of genealogical histories of various families. The fonds also contains records, brochures, pamphlets, publications, books, and other textual records from towns and cities throughout Ontario, predominantly from the Quinte Area and Hastings County.

• Family Photographs of the Sayers family, Ralph Wanamaker's family, the Hodgen family, of Loral Wanamaker's family, Parliament family, Van Cott family, Post family, as well as loose photographs of the Parliament family, the McTaggart family, various snapshots and negatives of scenery and views, as well as 2 boxes of slides
• 1 box of Books and Binders with genealogical records, as well various records of various towns in Ontario ca. 1816 - 1957
• Genealogical notes, histories, birth records, death records, pages from family Bibles, receipts, and other textual records for over 40 individual families
• Genealogical charts, and ancestral charts
• Genealogical correspondences
  *Newspapers, and News clippings from Hastings County, Hastings County Museum, Historical Society, Lennox and Addington, Prince Edward County, Trenton, Tyendinaga, and United Empire Loyalists
• Legal documents, seals and original deeds, and land records ca. 1803 - 1848
• Genealogy forms, research materials, reference materials
• Various artworks and postcards (of Hastings County, the Quinte Region, the British Military and Navy, the Belleville Art Association, and travel)
• Quinte region, Belleville, Trenton, and Prince Edward County miscellaneous publications, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, notes, directories, histories, records, and tourism guides and publications
• Ontario, New York , and Canada pamphlets, magazines, calendars, and an Ontario Liquor License Act, 1891
• Land Abstracts for Prince Edward County
• Maps and plans: 1778-1779 Blue Print Surveys from General Washington, New York Historical Society; 1784 Ontario (printed by Ministry of Natural Resources), 1984; 1860-1861 Hastings County, 1860-1861 from the Hastings County Directory; 1928 Lloyd's Map of Hastings County; c. 1930 Belleville Post Office Carrier Route #8, North Front and North Park Streets
• Scrapbooks ca. 1958-1972
• Miscellaneous Publications (almanacs, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous pins belonging to Loral Wanamaker, blue print surveys)

Genealogical family research names:

• Allison
• Alyea
• Babcock, John
• Bailey
• Belnap
• Benson
• Blair/Snider/Mumby/Spenser
• Brickman, Lewis
• Brighton
• Canniff
• Clapp
• Cole
• Cunningham
  *Davis
• Embury
• Finkle
• Fraser
• Gallagher
• Gerow
• Giraud/Gero-Gerow
• Hodgens
• Johnson
• Loveless, Absolam
• McTaggart
• Meyers, John W.
• Mitchell, Alfred
• Orser
• Parliament
• Peck
• Redner
• Roblin
• Scott
• Spencer
• Sprung
• Van Cott, John
• Vander Woort
• Waite (see also Sprung and Putnam)
• Wallbridge
• Wanamaker
• Wanamaker, Judge George Washington
• Wanamaker
• Weese
• Whitney
• Williams and Schermerhorn
• Yarrow

Three photo-postcards of flooding of Front Street and the Moira river and damage to the footbridge in Belleville, Ontario.

Photographs of Belleville Fire Department activities and personnel.

Six digital reproductions of photographs relating to Roy Wardle's time in the Belleville Fire Department, Belleville, Ontario.

Photographs, printed materials, certificates, newspaper clippings and administrative records relating to the education of nurses in Belleville, Ontario.

Two photographs:

1. Canada Cement Co. Limited Plant No. 5 Belleville, Ont. June 1954
2. Bowling Banquet at Club Canara, Canada Cement, c.1955

The photographs are arranged by subject matter and cover activities in and around the town of Deseronto, Ontario. The majority date from the late nineteenth century and many depict the lumber-related industries of the Rathbun Company in Deseronto. There are also photographs of school groups, churches, railways, First World War airfields and portraits of Deseronto citizens.

Minute book of the local committee of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Gospel Tabernacle, Belleville, Ontario between October 1928 and April 1935. The organization's address was 148 Front Street, Belleville and their pastor was the Rev. W. Willoughby.

Digital photographs of the Henderson building at 397-399 Front Street and the Coleman Castle building at 68 North Front Street.

Photographs taken during the demolition of the Henderson building at 397-399 Front Street, Belleville, Ontario.

Two photographs taken in Tweed, Ontario:
1) Garage building on Spring Street
2) The old Ketcheson house

The Quinte Scanner was a newspaper published in Deseronto, Ontario, between 1968 and 1981.