File contains photocopied typescript notes on the history and development of Detlor and surrounding district by Mary J. Hennessy, Detlor and L'Amable Women's Institute.
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.
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.
File contains the spring 1959 issue of the Dalhousie Review with an index card making special reference to mention of Susanna Moodie in an article entitled "The English Gentlefolk in the Backwoods of Canada," by Lloyd D. Scott. Also contains a 1969 newspaper clipping on Robert Burns.
File contains a manuscript motion of the Hastings County Municipal Council, October 1869 expressing the Council's regret at the death of Sheriff Moodie, with a manuscript letter from Susanna Moodie to the County Council of Hastings , 26 October 1869 expressing her thanks.
This collection represents materials originating or used by W.C. Mikel. The first folder contains three speeches delivered during his time as Police Magistrate and Mayor. The next series of folders contains references and sources for his volume The City of Belleville History: the second folder contains correspondence regarding the book. Folders three through ten contain the notes Mikel used for each chapter (folder 5 includes an obituary for George Benjamin). Folder eleven contains the plans for “Quinte City" and documents from the Town Planning Institute among others. Folder twelve contains unattributed reference material and general research for the book. Folder thirteen contains Mikel's collection of material for the 1924 United Empire Loyalist celebration which was held during his first term as Mayor. Folder fourteen contains Mrs. Mikel's obituary, a letter from Mikel to the Bank of Montreal, and a letterhead from the period he served as Police Magistrate. Folder fifteen contains three copies of his book, Godlove Mikel. The sixtenth folder contains a variety of newspaper clippings.
Letter from Marjorie Van Damme to the Hastings County Historical Association listing items that she donated to Glanmore National Historic Site. Includes the Shannonville P.O. history card. 2 pages.
Two flyers advertising the Hastings County Museum including the days it was open, hours of operation, entrance fees, and a brief description of the collection. One has opening dates for 1962, the other for 1963.
The Wanamaker fonds consists of textual records and graphic materials of genealogical histories of various families. The fonds also contains records, brochures, pamphlets, publications, books, and other textual records from towns and cities throughout Ontario, predominantly from the Quinte Area and Hastings County.
Family Photographs of the Sayers family, Ralph Wanamaker's family, the Hodgen family, of Loral Wanamaker's family, Parliament family, Van Cott family, Post family, as well as loose photographs of the Parliament family, the McTaggart family, various snapshots and negatives of scenery and views, as well as 2 boxes of slides
1 box of Books and Binders with genealogical records, as well various records of various towns in Ontario ca. 1816 - 1957
Genealogical notes, histories, birth records, death records, pages from family Bibles, receipts, and other textual records for over 40 individual families
Genealogical charts, and ancestral charts
Genealogical correspondences *Newspapers, and News clippings from Hastings County, Hastings County Museum, Historical Society, Lennox and Addington, Prince Edward County, Trenton, Tyendinaga, and United Empire Loyalists
Legal documents, seals and original deeds, and land records ca. 1803 - 1848
Genealogy forms, research materials, reference materials
Various artworks and postcards (of Hastings County, the Quinte Region, the British Military and Navy, the Belleville Art Association, and travel)
Quinte region, Belleville, Trenton, and Prince Edward County miscellaneous publications, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, notes, directories, histories, records, and tourism guides and publications
Ontario, New York , and Canada pamphlets, magazines, calendars, and an Ontario Liquor License Act, 1891
Land Abstracts for Prince Edward County
Maps and plans: 1778-1779 Blue Print Surveys from General Washington, New York Historical Society; 1784 Ontario (printed by Ministry of Natural Resources), 1984; 1860-1861 Hastings County, 1860-1861 from the Hastings County Directory; 1928 Lloyd's Map of Hastings County; c. 1930 Belleville Post Office Carrier Route #8, North Front and North Park Streets
Scrapbooks ca. 1958-1972
Miscellaneous Publications (almanacs, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous pins belonging to Loral Wanamaker, blue print surveys)
File contains original hand written copy and typed copy of of a poetical comparison of Belleville 1906 vs. 1944, written by William James Savage, 165 East Moira Street, Belleville, Ontario
The photographs are arranged by subject matter and cover activities in and around the town of Deseronto, Ontario. The majority date from the late nineteenth century and many depict the lumber-related industries of the Rathbun Company in Deseronto. There are also photographs of school groups, churches, railways, First World War airfields and portraits of Deseronto citizens.
