File contains writings by Violet Bowerman, 54 Crestview Ave., Belleville on her activities during the Second World War. The file also contains a copy of a book owned by her mother Violet M. Camken (died 1948) - "The Housekeeper's Companion" published by the Ladies Aid Society of Emmanuel Church, Belleville, 1933.
A "Surveyor's Concept Plan of Belleville Waterfront in the future." Drawn by Paul Wiegand circa 1970. Includes heritage buildings moved to new location. Heritage buildings (left to right) Lynch House, [unknown] Patrie House, Margaret Simpson Inn (1820) [church], [house from Pinnacle or Church St.?] . . . 2nd from right: McIntosh, Ridley House, right: [unknown]; in foreground: Petrie Stone building. P. Wreg and Concept of Belleville Harbour.
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
File contains printed minutes of meetings of the Moira River Conservation Authority, June-August, 1960. Also contains printed and photocopied announcements concerning the official opening of The Colonel Roscoe Vanderwater Conservation Area; several newspaper articles regarding Lingham Lake on the Moira River watershed area; and a photocopied printed paper entitled Modernising an Old Dam'/ by Bruce H. Smith, Chairman of the Moira River Conservation Authority, concerning the rebuilding of the dam at Lingham Lake
This fonds comprises two accessions. Materials donated by church officials in 2002 include:
36 annual reports dating from 1898 to 2000
'St. Andrew's Church Weekly News', 1888-1890
'St. Andrew's Church News', 1968-1969
'Open Door', 1972-1983
'St. Andrew's Newsletter', 1984-1994
'The Lamp and the Thistle', 1995-2001
100th Anniversary Services, 1927
History of the church (4 pages)
Correspondence
Report: Hastings-Prince Edward Children's Services Committee, 'Directory of Services for Children in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties', 1980
Report: Community Care for Seniors, 'A Study of the Needs of the Disabled in the Belleville Area', 1980
Report: Community Development Council of Belleville and District, 'Task Force on Hunger Report', 1992
The remaining materials were extracted from the Hastings County Historical Society's textual records in the summer of 2014:
File of documents relating to the church's history such as a 1901 article in the Daily Intelligencer and a history of the church written by Kenneth S. Hill
File of correspondence and newsletters
15 assorted annual reports and financial statements up to 1970, with a fund-raising proposal.
Minutes from the St. Andrew's Society from February 12, 1885 and a menu from the St. Andrew's Day anniversary from 1890
File of notices, a program from a service dedicated to Queen Victoria's funeral; a list of soldiers from the congregation who fought in World War One; a program from Sunday, December 4, 1932; programs from Stainer's "The Crucifixion" from 1958, 1959, and 1961; the itinerary from the 1959 annual council meeting of the Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada; the list to elect the church's elders from 1959; a program from the church choir's production of Handel's Messiah in 1960; a program from the Girl Guide – Brownie Sunday service in 1961; a catalogue of art painted by Allan and Donnah Cameron for an exhibit held in 1964; a program and an advertisement for an organ recital from 1968; there is also a 1968 retelling of a performance by the Ladies of St. Andrews Church from 1889; and a copy of Talk 405 given by Gerald Boyce on Anniversary Sunday 2006
This file contains spreadsheets of a genealogical project prepared by The Belleville Public Library, dated March 1999. There are seventy-seven pages of local family names and source listings of organizations that hold information on the families. Also included is a five page document written by The Hastings County Historical Society about family trees, dated June 15 1975.
The Hastings County Board of Education: A Summary of the History of Schools by Bernard Wright, especially Belleville, and Sidney, Thurlow, and Tyendinaga Townships.
Fonds consist of 3 Tweedsmuir scrapbooks compiled by the Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute. Also included are 2 minute books and 1 binder of president's notes. Books contain newsclippings, photographs, minutes, brochures, expenditures, handwritten notes, poems, maps and reports of local history and the Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute. Subjects covered within the scrapbooks are programmes, banquets and miscellaneous events.
File contains a newspaper article from The Tweed Newsconcerning the disinterment and theft of the body of the late Stephen Conger Johnston and an ensuing controversy involving Kingston medical students in November 1889.
The Canadian Club of Belleville's fonds contains eight minute books and the following fourteen files:
materials related to the Association of Canadian Clubs including annual reports, invitations, policies and procedures, publications, and conference materials
two files of information pertaining to speakers presenting at the Canadian Club of Belleville
documents relating to the Club's executive
financial documents such as financial reports
regulations and governance papers of the Canadian Club of Belleville
items relating to the Club's membership
newsletters and other published materials distributed to members
newspaper clippings from special events and undertakings
real estate contracts
correspondence
ephemera
three folders of news clippings
one cloth banner 'The Association of Canadian Clubs'
1) Marriage certificate of George Hunt and Margaret Bell, October 19th, 1865. 2) B.C.I. footballers: George Locke and Bob Taylor c. 1948. 3) Unidentified sportsman receives a trophy. 4) Buckley's Food Market on Victoria Avenue, c. 1950. 5) Notes on Belleville census records 1818-1959 and federal elections results 1867-1924. 6) Booze, Boats and Bullets Interviews with Cecil Lobb and Norm Conley, Kem McConnell and Ann Jones, circa 1990. 7) DVD Slideshow of images relating to Royal Flying Corps in Canada, circa 2009.