Letter written by J.B. McGann to municipal and provincial government representatives of Ontario, asking for financial support on behalf of the Deaf and Dumb Institution.
Letter of appeal to county council members for financial aid to the Deaf and Dumb Institution which includes an account abstract for 1865 and the treasurer's, W.M. McMaster, balance sheet for 1862.
File contains a c.1956 newspaper clip on polio immunizations given to students as part of an immunization program, a c.1957 newspaper clip on heart disease labelled as biggest killer in an annual report by Mr. McCall Metcalfe, and a c.1968 newspaper clips on children being bitten by dogs at the Prince of Wales School,
File contains three typsecript pages by C.S. Chard concerning the first school house in Stirling, ca. 1820s, and an account of a wooden pump shop which operated near Stirling from 1875 to 1887.
File contains two letters: one written to John Diamond of Hayfrom William Jeffers of Hamiltonin 1837 and the other written by A. Diamond to the Warden and Council of Hastings County in Fall 1857, complaining about not being paid as Superintendent of Education for Thurlow.
File contains a petition to the Councillors of Hastings County from the inhabitants of Dungannon and Faraday Townships concerning the division of the townships into three school sections. Also contains a directive from the Municipal Council, Hastings County concerning fencing in Dungannon and Faraday Townships.
File contains original and photocopied typescript notes prepared by Mrs. Alex McGibbon, L'Amable, concerning the history of the southern section of Dungannon Township and the settlement of Turriff, with additional notes by Mrs Herbert Hawkins on the history of Bronson Settlement, Dungannon Township, Hastings.
File contains a photocopy of a newspaper clipping regarding the election of trustees and a secretary, John S. Hubbard, to the Belleville public school board.
File contains photocopies of a letter from Rt. Revd Alexander Macdonnell to Lord Bathurst concerning the establishment of Roman Catholic schools in Upper Canada in 1817 as excerpted in Belleville History.
File contains an excerpt from W. C. Mikel, History of Belleville concerning the opening of a preparatory school by a Miss Maffet for the education of children under 12 years of age.
File contains a photocopy of a printed advertisement for a school teacher in the village of North Port, and the opening of an evening school in Belleville, 1837. Also contains a manuscript by-law to appoint a superintendent of schools for the County of Hastings, 1860.
File contains a photocopied typescript essay entitled "History of Schools of Belleville" by Neil W. Smith. Also contains several newspaper clippings regarding pioneer education in Belleville and Hastings County.