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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)

Genealogical family research names:

• Allison
• Alyea
• Babcock, John
• Bailey
• Belnap
• Benson
• Blair/Snider/Mumby/Spenser
• Brickman, Lewis
• Brighton
• Canniff
• Clapp
• Cole
• Cunningham
  *Davis
• Embury
• Finkle
• Fraser
• Gallagher
• Gerow
• Giraud/Gero-Gerow
• Hodgens
• Johnson
• Loveless, Absolam
• McTaggart
• Meyers, John W.
• Mitchell, Alfred
• Orser
• Parliament
• Peck
• Redner
• Roblin
• Scott
• Spencer
• Sprung
• Van Cott, John
• Vander Woort
• Waite (see also Sprung and Putnam)
• Wallbridge
• Wanamaker
• Wanamaker, Judge George Washington
• Wanamaker
• Weese
• Whitney
• Williams and Schermerhorn
• Yarrow

Guidebook to Hastings County produced to attract tourists and investment in the county.

Display panels with information about famous citizens of Belleville.

A "Map of the Counties of Hastings and Prince Edward." In 1898, the lots, concessions, churches, schools and mines are shown of the townships in Hastings and Prince Edward. Scale: 1.5 miles to an inch. Published by the Canadian Map Publishing Company in Hamilton, Ontario, for the Belleville Sun. Revised by Henry Carre, C.E. Inset is the map of North Hastings, scale 400 chains to an inch.

"Cummins Rural Directory Map:" A map of South and Central Hastings, in 1923, featuring post offices, hamlets and lot owners. Map is surrounded by advertisements. Published by Cummins Map Co., Toronto. Dimensions 71cm x 50.5cm.

A map showing concessions and lots of Huntingdon - Madoc Township, Hastings County. Circa 1869. 30 advertisements for companies surround the map. Published by Macleod and Carre, Engineers and Surveyors. Scale: 1:63,000. Dimensions: 34.0cm x 37.0cm. Map was created from Government plan.

Donated from the Col. W. N. Ponton Estate. Penciled notes on map show Ponton family's interest in mining, especially after the Eldorado Gold Rush in 1866.

1) ‘Souvenir and Programme’ of the 1929 Loyalist celebrations in Deseronto
2) ‘Deseronto is 100 Years Old this Year’ article from the Napanee Beaver, c. May 1971 (mentions Rathbun head office building as being owned by Redi-Heat appliance manufacturers, later by Dravo and "now empty")
3) ‘Deserontonian of the week’ newspaper article from the Napanee Beaver about Gerald and Kay Lott, owners of a Deseronto jewelry store from 1950-1982 (the approximate date of the article).

Three photographs, formerly in the possession of Thelma Joyce:
1) Students and staff of Deseronto High School, 1927-1928, taken by E. J. Powell of Hamilton [photograph has names on reverse]
2) Members of the United Empire Loyalist Pageant in Deseronto, 1929, taken by Marrison of Kingston
3) Students and staff of Napanee Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, 1930-1931, taken by E. J. Powell of Hamilton

Programme of events and list of officers for the Roslin branch of the East Hastings Women's Institutes.

File contains manuscript and typescript correspondence from Sir Gilbert Parker to W.N. Ponton concerning visits of the former to Belleville in 1900 and 1911.

File contains a Certificate Of Reeve, and supporting documentation, as well as a hand drawn map of Stirling c. 1856.

Entry for Historical Fiction Writing Contest by Eleanor Copeland.

File contains a photocopied hand drawn map of the Moira Conservation Authority watershed area. Also included is a photocopied typescript report on a multi-use project for the proposed 'Colonel Roscoe Vanderwater Conservation Area' near Thomasburg, Ontario

Printed 'General Ledger Balance Book, The Standard Bank of Canada' used as a scrapbook of newspaper articles featuring John Elliott's activities in Belleville as a bank manager, president of the Board of Trade, and chair of the Board of Education.

Collection comprises:
1) Typewritten history of the Argyll Chapter, IODE, printed in 1980 for the organization's 70th anniversary
2) Menu and program for 90th anniversary dinner held on 10 November 2000
3) Undated newspaper clipping on plans for a military ball on 19 November
4) Printed history of the Argyll Chapter, updating the 1980 edition to mark the closure of the group in 2000

Autograph book and typed transcription of all the entries.

Materials relating to the Hastings County Historical Society's fundraising campaign to build an archives facility in Belleville, Ontario. Includes an 'Unlock the Archives!' flyer, press release, and introductory words by Peter C. Newman

Photographs of Deseronto, Ontario dating from the 1970s to 2011, depicting a variety of Town events. They include a set of aerial photographs of the town from the 1980s; the interior of the former Home Hardware store in the Baker Block on Main Street; the O’Connor House on Main Street before its demolition; the 1989 100th Anniversary celebrations, photographs of Centennial Park and Rathbun Memorial Park; the opening of the Deseronto Public Library in its 358 Main Street location in 2001; the Ontario Provincial Police handover ceremony in 2001; an Easter Parade from the early 2000s; a Santa Parade; the 2002 New Year’s Levee; and the 2010 Olympic Flame run in Deseronto.

Most of the photographs appear to have been taken by Town staff. One envelope was donated to the Town by Irene Usher and contains photographs taken by her late husband, Tom.

Slides made by Rudolf Donninger during his time in Belleville, Ontario, working at Northern Electric. They include photographs of buildings in Belleville, rural scenes, cars, a parade and the Belleville Fair in 1970, winter scenes, Ottawa and Kingston views, and aircraft at the Trenton Air Show.

File contains a letter to MacKenzie Bowell regarding a cannon for Victoria Park in Belleville.