This collection represents materials originating or used by W.C. Mikel. The first folder contains three speeches delivered during his time as Police Magistrate and Mayor. The next series of folders contains references and sources for his volume The City of Belleville History: the second folder contains correspondence regarding the book. Folders three through ten contain the notes Mikel used for each chapter (folder 5 includes an obituary for George Benjamin). Folder eleven contains the plans for “Quinte City" and documents from the Town Planning Institute among others. Folder twelve contains unattributed reference material and general research for the book. Folder thirteen contains Mikel's collection of material for the 1924 United Empire Loyalist celebration which was held during his first term as Mayor. Folder fourteen contains Mrs. Mikel's obituary, a letter from Mikel to the Bank of Montreal, and a letterhead from the period he served as Police Magistrate. Folder fifteen contains three copies of his book, Godlove Mikel. The sixtenth folder contains a variety of newspaper clippings.
Reports, minutes, correspondence, press clippings and property records relating to the activities of the Women's Christian Association in Belleville, Ontario and their work in establishing the Belleville General Hospital and Home for the Aged and in administering both The Residence, later renamed The Gables, and the Tickell House, homes for older women.
Minute books for: 1931-1933; 1934-1937; 1937-1940 Scrapbook with photographs and brief biographies of men from Sidney Township, Hastings County, who had enlisted in the Second World War. The men included are: Francis Armstrong Harder Bonisteel John M. Burkitt Ward Stiles John Welbourne George Halsall Ray Sine James W. Murray Lawrence Trewley Dan McLaren Roy Seeley J. W. Bulman Grant L. Fox Keith C. Fox Charles Chard Leonard Chard Horace Chard Murray Chard Maxwell Chard
Records of Tyendinaga Township, including Council Minutes, 1847-2010, By-laws, 1850-1958; Assessment and Collectors Rolls, 1855-2015; Board of Health Minutes, 1923-1966; and Clerk-Treasurer's Records, 1919-2002.
The file contains 2 original copies of the publication "The Elevator" dated April 1919, Belleville High School, a complete Honour Roll of the School and photographs of many of its soldier members.
The file contains an original copy of a souvenir booklet and program from City of Belleville "The Friendly City" Old Home Week July 14th to 19th, 1947.
The file contains an original copy of the Public School Inspectors Report , School Section No. Four, Township of Thurlow, dated 13-Sept-1939 and prepared by J.R. Pickering.
The file contains 2 original Canada Post Cards addressed to The Secretary, High School Board, Belleville, dated October 1882, informing the amount payable to the board, from J. George Hodgins, Deputy Minister of Education.
The file contains a photocopies of a newspaper article from the Standard, Montreal, dated 23 November 1946 titled "Ancient Art Dying Out" manufacturing the gold leaf used to make the names of law firms and banks stand out. Includes picture of three generations of Gee Family, George, William and William Jr. and Ella Wannamaker.
The file contains a photocopies of: 1) Belleville C.N. Yard Office Station Street; 2) Picture hanging in the River In Banquet Hall at Corbyville; 3) Poem "Stoney Lonesome written by Raymond Lucas; 4) picture of Albert College.
The file contains a booklet "King Baldwin Preceptory, Knights Templar, No. 6 (1928); a ration book issued by Dominion of Canada to Douglas Helen, 173 Ann St., Belleville and a sticker Fred B. Hudson, Artistic Picture Framing, Belleville.