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Research notes on James A. Faulkner and William E. Tummon

  • CA ON00156 2017-71
  • Collection
  • 1913-2017

Three files of research materials, including:
1) Copies of newspaper articles about Dr. James Albert Faulkner (1877-1944), physician and Medical Officer of Health for Thurlow Township, Minister of Health in the Ontario government from 1934 to 1937, with notes for a talk about Faulkner delivered at the Hastings County Historical Society public presentation on 19 February 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Albert_Faulkner
2) Copies of newspaper articles mentioning William Ernest Tummon (1879-1960), Councillor and Reeve for Huntingdon Township and Member of Parliament for Hastings South from 1925 to 1935. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ernest_Tummon
3) Text and copies of slides for a talk about Sir Gilbert Parker given by Trevor Parsons at Hastings Manor in Belleville in July 2017.

Parsons, Trevor R. J.

A. McLean Haig records

  • CA ON00156 TR 3305
  • Fonds
  • 1903-1975

This fonds contains 22 folders. It consists of A. McLean Haig's biographical data which includes a brief summary of his life. The second folder contains his incoming correspondence which includes letters from: Assistant Deputy Minister of national Defence James A. Sharpe; a copy of a letter forwarded to Haig from C.C. Wimperly of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to Mr. A.B. Sprague; two letters between Wimperly and Haig, one with statistics concerning Northumberland and Durham Counties, the communities of Campbellford and Seymour, and the former District of Newcastle; one from A.R. Wilson, the Belleville Superintendent of the Canadian National Railway; one telegram and one business card congratulating Mayor Haig on his election in 1962 from Quebec Premiere Jean Lesage – in the telegram, it is interesting to note that Lesage is spelled Lesarge; a letter from Trans-Canada Air Lines and Air Canada Vice President Howard Cotterell with a small picture sent from Cotterell to Haig from the air carrier's annual report; a letter from CNR Rideau Manager Keith Hunt that had a piece of the rail-track from Pinnacle Street in Belleville enclosed with it after the line had been pulled from the ground in 1964; and three Christmas cards received from constituents.

The are also pieces of Haig's outgoing correspondence including: four pieces of correspondence to CNR the St. Lawrence Region Vice President, W.H. Kyle and Belleville Superintendent A.R. Wilson respectively; and a letter thanking Premiere Lesage – again spelled Lesarge, for his congratulations on winning the 1962 Belleville municipal election.

There is a folder of his municipal papers consisting of: newspaper clippings; a press release from Postmaster M.A. Murray; a program from the opening of the new wing of the Belleville General Hospital in 1956; and a report on major accomplishments achieved by the Haig administration between 1960 and 1963 prepared by City Manager J.R. Reynolds. Additional folders in this fonds include: one folder of federal government papers, nine folders containing copies of his addresses and speeches; one folder of speeches given by other people that the Mayor kept; a folder with copies of the report of the Willmott Royal Commission which looked into the McFarlands hockey team scandal and the City Auditor's report of 1959; one folder of military related documents; one folder with items pertaining to the history of Belleville and Thurlow; a file with printed jokes and other items that Haig found humourous; one folder labeled miscellaneous by the original record keeper; and the contents of a scrapbook.

Haig, A. McLean

Moira River Conservation Authority, 1960

File contains printed minutes of meetings of the Moira River Conservation Authority, June-August, 1960. Also contains printed and photocopied announcements concerning the official opening of The Colonel Roscoe Vanderwater Conservation Area; several newspaper articles regarding Lingham Lake on the Moira River watershed area; and a photocopied printed paper entitled Modernising an Old Dam'/ by Bruce H. Smith, Chairman of the Moira River Conservation Authority, concerning the rebuilding of the dam at Lingham Lake

Moira River Conservation Authority

Globe and Mail obituary for Jim Pollock

  • CA ON00156 2022-013
  • Item
  • 2 Februrary 2022

Newspaper obituary for Rawdon Township dairy farmer and former Hastings-Peterborough MPP, Jim Pollock (1930-2021), written by his daughter, Virginia Warren.

Warren, Virginia

Porter, E. Guss - 1888

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.

Porter, Edward Guss

Candidate literature for 2021 federal election

  • CA ON00156 2021-078
  • Collection
  • 2021

Flyers for candidates in Hastings County ridings: Stephanie Bell (NDP), Neil Ellis (Liberal), Shelby Kramp-Neuman (Conservative), Ryan Williams (Conservative)

G. & J. Brown Mfg. Co.; Brown's Carriage Factory

The file contains notes compiled by M.J. Throop; including notes on George A. Brown died 27 December 1893; George H. Brown died 1 April 1894; Brown's Foundry; G. and J. Manufacturing Co.; Lt. Col. James Brown, mayor of Belleville 1862-1863, head of the G. and J. Brown Agricultural Implements Manufacturing Company; Office Commanding 49th Battalion, Hastings Rifles.

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