Two photographs: 1) Portrait of a seated man and small child, possibly members of the Walmsley family, taken by D. A. Weese of 279 Front Street, Belleville, Ontario 2) View of floodwaters from CPR tracks near Dundas Street West in Belleville, Ontario, March 1936
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 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.
Voter's registration card for Miss Emma Gorsline of 182 Bleecker Avenue, Belleville, Ontario, entitling her to vote at 179 Foster Avenue, Belleville, in the Federal Election held on 14 October 1935.
Edition of the Victoria Chronicle for 6 March 1845 and 12 volumes of editorial articles published in the Daily Ontario between 1910 and 1920 (the editor at the time was J. O. Herity).
Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Victoria Cheese and Butter Manufacturing Association including one folder of administrative documents containing real estate records and the company's charter. It also contains one volume of minutes from annual meetings.
Collection includes published annual reports of Deseronto Methodist Church for 1902, 1912, 1923 and 1924; souvenir booklet of the Methodist Church, 1911-1912; typewritten history of the Deseronto United Church from the 1860s up to 1976 (apparently extracted from minutes of the Board); newspaper clippings relating to church members and ministers, 1960s; a few photographs of church members, 1960s; printed orders of service 1970s-1980. Also includes a blank contract agreement between public school trustees and a teacher from the 1890s.
Various photographic items: 1) Colour reproduction of a postcard of the Post Office building on Bridge Street in Belleville, c.1910 2) Reproduction of a view from west Belleville across the railway lines towards the harbour, c.1920 3) Reproduction of a photograph of the interior of a canning factory, c.1920 4) Reproduction of a view of the interior of a cigar store on North Front Street, Belleville, 1952 5) 29 black and white negatives of the Wharf Street Debating Club, 1980 6) Colour photograph of Bill Hunt junior in front of Bayview School (later demolished for a housing development), c.1985-1990 7) 13 colour photographs of the old Stephens Adamson factory in Belleville, built 1910, taken in 2007
Certified copy of the Voters' List for Belleville, 1918 (poor condition)
Copies of Belleville Profile publication, produced by the Industrial Development Department/Economic Development Department, 1988-1996, 1999-2004, 2009
Photographs and negatives of buildings and events in Belleville, including some by Rick Roluf and aerial views by Richard Lumbers, 1988-1991
CD-ROMs with various photographic/documentary collections, 2002-c.2010:
Quinte Economic Development Commission video by Floating Point, "We Mean Business", 2002
Quinte Region Volume 1 and 2, 220 photographs by Crombie McNeill, 2002
Downtown Belleville Master Plan, produced by Office for Urbanism, 4 PDF files, 2006
Belleville Photos (unknown photographer), "First Impressions" 110 downtown views, taken in July and August 2006
247 photographs taken at Kellogg's groundbreaking, 27 October 2006
400 aerial photographs of Belleville, taken by Darko Zeljkovic in September 2007
50 photographs by Michael J. Brethour, 2007
Slideshow of construction of the hydroelectric plant on the McLeod Dam in Belleville, photographs by Allen Montgomery, production by Doug Knutson, 2008
Photos of visit by Kunpo delegation from Korea, taken by Euntaek Oh, 10-11 July 2008
Scans and digital photographs of images relating to Dr Elgin Vandervoort and his family, taken from an album belonging to his family and loaned for the purpose. Include pictures of May Vandervoort and her husband, Hugh Rothwell, who met her when he was installing electricity to Deseronto. They married on September 1st, 1917 in Deseronto.
Minute books for: 1931-1933; 1934-1937; 1937-1940 Scrapbook with photographs and brief biographies of men from Sidney Township, Hastings County, who had enlisted in the Second World War. The men included are: Francis Armstrong Harder Bonisteel John M. Burkitt Ward Stiles John Welbourne George Halsall Ray Sine James W. Murray Lawrence Trewley Dan McLaren Roy Seeley J. W. Bulman Grant L. Fox Keith C. Fox Charles Chard Leonard Chard Horace Chard Murray Chard Maxwell Chard
Flyers for candidates in the 2013 election for the Council of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte: 1) Mohawk People's Party "Longhair" (R. Donald Maracle, Manson Loft, Christine Claus, Doug Maracle and Keith Sero) 2) Shawn Brant.
The fonds consist of minute and cash books, newsletters, handbooks, reports and songbooks of the Tyendinaga East Women's Institute. Materials added in 2016 include six photograph albums, five volumes of Tweedsmuir histories, autograph books and memorabilia.
The collection also includes a school register for School Section Number 10, Tyendinaga Township, 1879-1921.