File contains a printed page titled "To The Electors of Murney Ward", dated December 1st, 1888 and written by E. Guss Porter who was seeking re-election to the City Council. It outlines his services of the previous year.
File contains two copies of a booklet titled "Historic Highlights The Corporation of the Township of Sidney 1790-1967" written by J.B. Harder, Clerk of Township of Sidney, assisted by Thelma B. Harder.
File contains four original documents from the Clerks Office, Village of Trenton, with the names and dates of appointments of the local Reeve. (Archibald Thomson 1855; William Shea 1863 & 1865; James Cumming 1871).
File contains a printed booklet entitled Federal Elections 1908 for Conservative Scrutineers and Workers. The booklet provides guidelines for the conduct of polls and includes a ballot sample.
File contains a number of newspaper articles about the Trenton Town Council. There are many articles discussing local politics, and politicians, such as; Former Trenton Mayor Ross Burtt, and others.
File contains an Intelligencer article on the campaign stop in Belleville of Robert Stanfield, Conservative leader, in June 1968, during federal election campaign. Also present is a printed political brochure on the life and career of Robert Stanfield.
File contains a newspaper clipping of an article dated; October 2, 1959. This article is about the Social Credit Party of Canada, that was organized by a Belleville, Ontario man.
File contains an Intelligencer article, 6 December 1966, announcing the forthcoming retirement of Elmer “Sandy” Sandercock, deputy-speaker of the Ontario Legislature and MPP (Conservative) for Hastings West since 1948. Also present is a printed program for a Testimonial Dinner in honour of the MPP at the Masonic Temple in Belleville, 8 December 1966.
File contains a newspaper advertisement dated 21 November 1961, announcing the candidacy of Benjamin Safe, Chairman of Public Works, for the office of Mayor of Belleville, and announcement on 1 December 1961 of Mr. Safe's withdrawal from the mayoralty contest due to illness.
File contains a newspaper article from the Toronto Daily Star, dated 24-February-1965 about the 90th Birthday of Senator Arthur Wentworth Roebuck, born in Hamilton, and at the time of the article the oldest active member in the Senate.
File contains a typescript transcript of an entry for Alexander Robertson, Belleville, from A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography. Robertson served as mayor of Belleville in 1870 and in 1878-1879, and as an MPP for West Hastings from 1878, resigning his seat to run for federal office in 1882.
File contains correspondence from the Public Archives of Canada (Ottawa) dated 1969 and addressed to Mary G. Plumpton, Curator, Hastings County Historical Society giving information for Robert Read, M.P. Senator. Tanner, distiller and farmer in Belleville. Director Grand Junction Railway; elected Legislative Council for Quinte Division. Elected House of Commons for Hastings East. Called to the Senate 1871.