A certified reproduction of the Plan of Ponton's Block, being Lots # 21 & 22 on the south side of Bridge Street West, Belleville, for William Hamilton Ponton, on the Commercial Bank Plan. Surveyed by John J. Haslett P.L.S. in 1853.
This copy was made in 1972 of plan #27, as registered in the Hastings Land Registry Office.
File contains a manuscript history of Glen Ross from its founding ca. 1859 as the settlement of Tupperville to ca. 1918, by Mrs. Arthur Pyear. Also present is a letter from Mrs.Arthur Pyear to Gerry Boyce, 3 June 1965 accompanying the history.
Letters written by members of George Sherry's family concerning his stay in hospital in Toronto in 1898. Letter from Canadian Explosives Limited to G. C. W. Sherry of Halston (Tyendinaga Township), Ontario, concerning the price of dynamite stumping powder and mentioning a publication: Farming with Dynamite, 1912.
Two computer print-outs of lists of Belleville Theatre Guild productions, one covering 1951 to 1997, the other from 1951 to 2010, with the title, author, director and producer.
Reproduction of letters from Belleville and district, to Henry Yager during the Legislative session of 1835. Correspondents are C.H. McCollom, Reuben White, Thomas Coleman, Neil McArthur, Thomas D. Appleby, Stephen Benson, Samuel Ross, and John Holmes Also included is a copy of a local appropriation in connection with the cholera epidemic. from Library and Archives Canada
Copies were ordered from Library and Archives Canada by Elaine Preston in November 1982.
Scanned copy of a chapter from the book Unsettling the Great White North: Black Canadian History, dealing with a case study of an enslaved Black woman called Bet. Bet was sold to William Holloway Wallbridge of Belleville in 1812.
Scrapbook containing postcards, photographs and newspaper clippings relating to Sir Mackenzie Bowell's family, compiled by his granddaughter, Lucy Holton.
File contains extensive typescript notes transcribed by Gerry Boyce from newspaper, archival and secondary sources concerning recruitment of volunteers, and military action in the Rebellion of 1837. Also present are mimeographs of two essays concerning Hastings County connections and military contributions to the defence of Upper Canada during the Rebellion.
Collection includes: 1) File of copies of newspaper articles on Frank Morse Robb and copy of the patent for his electronic wave organ. Also includes research notes on the William Finkle Machine business at 393 Sidney Street in Belleville (Bristol Aircraft Products during the Second World War) and an article from 'Remember When' on the Argue family home at 338 Charles Street. 2) File of research notes on Belleville buildings constructed by City Hall builder John Forin, c.1988-1898 3) Copy of paper by Gerry Boyce on 'Conflict and Cooperation: The Cemeteries of Belleville, Ontario', 2003 4) Copy of article by Peter Meehan 'The East Hastings By-Election of 1936 and the Ontario Separate School Tax Question', published in 'Historical Studies' 68, 2002 5) Electronic files of research notes on buildings in east Belleville 6) Electronic files of research notes on buildings in west Belleville
File contains a reproduction of a proclamation announcing the Village of Stoco will have a Fair or Mart twice a year, in May and October, starting in 1860. The proclamation was forwarded from the office of Sheriff J.W. Dunbar Moodie.
