File contains a newspaper clipping regarding a speech made by W.C. Mikel at the Lions Club regarding the “Better Understanding” movement in Canada (seeking better understanding between English and French and East and West), and a transcription of speeches at the “Better Understanding” meeting held at Belleville on 25 and 26 July 1918.
File contains the following newspaper clips on the Belleville McFarlands senior hockey team: McFarlands win Allan Cup c.1958, George Cower to join Macs c.1959, Jim Matthews named president of booster club, Allan Cup finals booklet of players c.1956, and miscellaneous newspaper clips on the McFarlands hockey team victory and celebrations after the Allan Cup win.
This description is for part of a collection of some 4,400 vertical files of materials gathered by the Hastings County Historical Society. They cover a wide range of subjects and were received from a variety of different sources, not always recorded.
The collection includes original materials, newspaper clippings, secondary histories and copies.
File contains a 'Parish Story 1818-1968' booklet by Ina Bellstedt on St. Thomas Church and a 1969 letter re: giving away copy of book, and a newspaper clip c.1968 celebrating 150 years of St. Thomas Church.
Newspaper clipping covering a public talk given by researcher Dr. Joan Bronskill at the Women's Progressive Conservative Association meeting in Belleville, regarding her trip to the Soviet Union
File contains 1968 and 1984 annual reports for the Corby Distillery, a history of the distillery and newspaper articles about it, as well as notes for an address given by R.N. Plumpton about the distillery.