List of students taken from Register 1 at the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf. More information on these students is available by emailing the School Archives.
Front Street, Belleville, Ontario, looking north from south of City Hall, with streetcar, 1910
Four photographs of Livesey's Meat Market, with members of the Livesey family
Interior of a grocery store on Front Street With a page of notes by Wendy Stevens on the history of the photographs. The store was at the corner of Bridge and Everett Streets in Belleville.
A mix of catalogues showcasing locks and associated building hardware for all the companies involved, but focusing on Corbin. Box of files includes inter company correspondence, newspaper clippings, log books, photographs and shares. A number of other books include a job book for cylinder keys, manufacturing order books and department specific log books. Two awards are also included, 1 for the efforts of a flood control team in 1981 and 1 safety award received in 1960. The fonds also includes a plastic Corbin sign and a key made at the plant.
Materials include: 1) Transcription by Lois Foster of an interview from the Daily Intelligencer of 21 November 1903 with Arthur McGinnis, Moira Lodge historian, on 'The Fraternal Societies of Belleville', focusing on the Freemasons 2) Biographical information compiled by the Historical Committee [of Hastings County Historical Society?] in 1982, and introduction to Betsy Boyce's book 'The Accidental Prime Minister', 2000 3) Newspaper clippings relating to Mackenzie Bowell, 1982-2005 4) Correspondence, research materials and speech by Gerry Boyce in relation to the Ontario Heritage Foundation plaque on Mackenzie Bowell's former home at 194 William Street, Belleville, 1982-1984 5) Print of a drawing of Glanmore and the fountain in front of the house by Phillipa Faulkner, 1984 6) Poster 'Beautiful City, Belleville, Ontario' by Terri L. Horricks for the Canadian Mental Health Association, 2006
Map of Hastings County, Ontario, with business directory information for Belleville, Deseronto, Frankford, Madoc, Shannonville, Stirling and Tweed in the right and left-hand panels.
Two maps: 1) Plan of Belleville Harbour area, South Front Street, South Church Street, South John Street and South George Street, showing filled-in city dump area and former shoreline, by John T. Ransom, 1947 2) Plan of the mouth of the Moira river, showing the CPR railway bridge and filled-in land, by Tom Ransom, 1961
The Tribune, Dec 2 1898, report on death of F. S. Rathbun [very fragile]
The Tribune, Nov 27, 1903, report on death of E. W. Rathbun [torn and defaced with blue crayon]
Copy of Town of Deseronto deed granting the Long Dock and Ottawa Dock at Mill Street to the Deseronto Boating, Gun and Rod Club, Sep 26, 1957, with rough sketch of property
Summary of 1966 census of individuals in Deseronto, by age
Napanee Beaver, Nov 30 1966 (coverage of elections and death of Wilfred Hill, 47)
Napanee Beaver, Dec 7 1966 (coverage of election of Dorothy McCullough, first woman councillor in Deseronto)
Napanee Beaver, Jun 7 1967 (photo of Muriel Andrew’s painting of the ferry and bridge, on display in Deseronto Public Library, with Mrs Barney Thompson, Mrs Blake Moore and Mrs Jean Griffiths)
1967 Special Centennial supplement [toNapanee Beaver?] on the history of Deseronto
‘Centennial News’ vacation issue by Lake Ontario Development Council, covering ‘7 Holiday Regions’, 1967, 12pp.
Napanee Beaver, Jan 10 1968 (includes details of Deseronto Council committees)
Printed 1968 Deseronto Voters’ List
Napanee Beaver report on Naylor’s Theatre, Apr 28 1971, 1p.
The Quinte Scanner, Jun 16 1971, 100th birthday Deseronto special edition
The Intelligencer, Nov 9 1982 (report on Roger Cole’s election as Mayor of Deseronto)
Napanee Beaver, May 11 1983, report on Camps Mohawk and Rathbun, using information from J. Allan Smith, with photos
Napanee Beaver supplement, 1983, based on 1967 version, published for Summer Parade in Deseronto
Napanee Beaver, Dec 18 1985, including articles on Denny Tompkins’s plans as Mayor of Deseronto and article on Liva Grass of Tyendinaga, who campaigned for non-status Indians to regain their status
Two scrapbooks, one containing news clippings of poems, the other with Stirling, Ontario, area births, marriages and death announcements. 23 photographs of young people in the Stirling area, many with names.
Fonds includes legal papers, photographs, correspondence of Mary Greig's mother, Lily Moult (née Wilson) and school yearbooks for Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School from 1931 to 1941.
Thirteen black and white Hall family photographs and three negatives, 1895-1929, including: George Alex Hall, his first wife, Esther Frost and their children Russell and Arthur and his second wife, Mary Clarke Clazie and their children Aleck, Helen, and Frank
Temperance pledge card signed by Mary Clazie, 1907
Embroidered section of Mary Clazie's home-made wedding dress, 1912
Ration books for members of the Toms family, 1944-1945
Letters of congratulation to Mary Lu Toms for winning drawing and academic prizes, 1955-1961
Artwork by Mary Lu Toms for Moira and Quinte Secondary School, including school pins for Moira and the cover of Quintessence, 1958 and a card carrying her sketch of the Hastings County Registry Office building, c.1961
Certificates for completion of 4H home economics courses and Spelling Bee School Champion, 1956-1958
Correspondence concerning Mary Lu Tom's summer job at the Entomology Research Institute in Belleville, 1962
Single page "Brief History of Belleville" by Gerry Boyce, 1982 and correspondence concerning the donation of a dress to Glanmore by Mary Lu Toms, 1985
Two coins: 1) Masonic penny from the Quinte Friendship Chapter, G.R.C.#227, 1921 2) United Empire Loyalist bicentennial commemorative dollar produced by the Belleville and District Chamber of Commerce, 1984
Collection includes correspondence between Donna Fano and Claire Mowat about the circumstances in which Alice was donated to the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf. Includes a photograph of Farley and Claire Mowat. Also includes 51 digital images taken at an event in Belleville Public Library on 27 June 2013 at which a caricature of Mowat by Susan Moshynski was presented to the library by John Lowry.
Digital copies of photographs of 153 and 317 Dundas Street West in Belleville, homes built by John and Alexander Chisholm, respectively. Intelligencer newspaper article on environmental inspection by Green Check of 317 Dundas Street West when it was owned by Mayor Ross McDougall and Marilyn McDougall in the mid-1990s. Copy of an Intelligencer newspaper article about HC00309 - Tweed stagecoach, identifying the driver as Roland Perry.
1) Large format photographs (mostly mounted) which were formerly on display in Deseronto Town Hall. Town Council portraits from the following years: 1967 1971 [1970s] 1982-1985 1985-1988 1988-1991 1991-1994 1997-2000 2000-2003 2003-2006 Mounted copy of letter asking E.W. Rathbun to be Mayor in 1889 Letters of congratulations on 100th anniversary of Deseronto in 1989 Photo of Town Hall Portraits of Glenn Balcour as Warden of Hastings County 2) Four files of press cuttings relating to Deseronto Town Council from 1970s to 2003, covering water works, policing, taxes, events