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The file contains two papers on the history of the public library in Belleville. The first on titled "From Mechanics' Institute to Corby Public Library; The Development of library service in Belleville, 1851-1908", was prepared by Elizabeth Mitchell, Information Services Librarian, Belleville Public Library (date unknown). The second one titled "The Belleville Public Library; A History of Service" was prepared by Leona Hendry, Chief Librarian and presented March 17, 1992 at the Hastings County Historical Society.

The file contains a newspaper article from 1962 (with picture) about the appointment of Cecil B. Ketcheson as Chairman of the Moira River Conservation Authority. It also has (4) booklets:

1. O'Hara Mill (Madoc)
2. Colonel Roscoe Vanderwater Conservation Area
3. M.R.C.A. Progress and Achievements 1947-1962
4. M.R.C.A. 25 years of Conservation printed abt. 1972

Biography - Captain John Walden Meyers, Loyalist Pioneer by General E.A. Cruikshank, Ontario Historical Society.

Script for "The Raven's Shadow: A Tale of Old Glengarry" adapted by Hume Wilkins from "The Shadow of Tradition" by Carrie Holmes MacGillivray.

Record of McCullough family births, deaths, and marriages from 1813-1944, 4 pages.

This file contains the revised By-Laws for the Hastings County Historical Society dated January 1993.

Ontario Volunteer Service Awards Program, award recipients, Kingston ceremony, April 24, 1991; newspaper clipping about award recipients in from Hastings County, The Intelligencer, April 29, 1991.

Research including land records, maps, and newspaper articles about the stone building on the Meyers' Mills property on Station Street, Belleville.

File contains a print copy of Ontario Historical Society Records, Volume XLV Number 3. This issue includes information about Molly Brant, a Loyalist; Kingston's French Heritage; information about Toronto; a Trip to Upper Canada, 1835; Archives and Museum news; and information about the annual meeting.

Copied from printed volumes of Victoria District Municipal Council Minutes, 1843, 1844, and 1846.

File contains a July 5th, 1905 invitation to the Old Boys reunion; and a July 5th, 1905 program for the Old Boys reunion.

Three letters addressed to members of the Forin family, Belleville.

Richard Ellis Printing calendar with image of oldtime Belleville Market and election promotion for mayoral election.

Copies of Downing family record pages including births, marriages, and deaths from 1831-1906; correspondence, 1959.

Article reprint from the University of Ottawa Medical Journal, Volume IX, No. 3, 1965 titled "Walter Henry and the Autopsy of Emperor Napoleon I" by Charles A. Mitchell. Dr. Walter Henry died in Belleville in 1860.

Program booklet for the Canadian Association of Fire Fighters 6th Biennial Convention, September 25-27, 1989, held in Belleville; includes historical notes by Gerry Boyce.

Insurance, funeral, church, publisher subscriptions, bank and other receipts; copy of article from Globe and Mail Toronto, 23 Oct 1954, regarding the Meyers' and Bleecker's Cave in Hastings County.

Correspondence regarding the Bleasdell Boulder, letter from Betty Savich and article about the boulder; includes brief history of the Rev. Canon William Bleasdell.