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Woodley family and business materials

  • CA ON00156 2016-49
  • Collection
  • 1904-1978

Photographs and press clippings (mainly reproductions) relating to the Woodley family and their fur business in Belleville. The store on Front Street was established by George Thomas Woodley (1872-1948) in 1904 and closed between 1986 and 1992. George's son Russell, grandson Douglas and great-grandson Daniel ran the store. Photographs include: George Thomas Woodley [c. 1940] Isobel and Betty Woodley outside the Front Street store in period dress as part of Belleville's Centennial celebrations in 1979.
Also includes Russell Woodley's diary of a 1919 YMCA canoe trip from Lakefield to Sturgeon Lake (and a photocopy of a transcript of the diary), with a flyer for the 1920 trip and a photocopy of photographs from Mrs Thompson, whom the group visited on their journey.

Woodley (family)

Women's Institute Events, 1901-1991

Scrapbook of typescript histories, newspaper clipping, and photographs.
Index of contents:
Tweedsmuir history - uses in the community
History of Melrose branch 1902-1977
Report on war work
F.W.I.O. 50th anniversary
Centennial year report - Les Gnaedinger
Tyendinaga Calf Club Trophy 1966-1996 presented by W.I.
Membership in Melrose W.I. Ruth Clarke
Membership in Melrose W.I. Olive Weese
Membership in Melrose W.I. Lorna Bates
Members' Pictures 1961-1988
East Hastings District 90th anniversary president Val Badgley
A.C.W.W. 1992 Stirling Theatre
Pictures 1992 A Hat I Remember
Dialysis Clinic support by Melrose W.I.
Celebration of 100 years since W.I. was founded 1997
Tweedsmuir Tea 1993
W.I. changing in the 90's
Lonsdale celebrates 25th anniversary
Accomplishments of Melrose W.I. 1902-1993
Map of 34 branches 1994
Provincial president - Donna Russett elected
New Provincial headquarters - Guelph 1994
Pictures of members
Quinte W.I. Time Capsule 1972
Milton - Centennial Prelude & Quilt Show 1995
50th Anniversary of F.W.I.O. 1947
Opening of Township barns - garage
Speak out for W.I. Lorna Bates

Woman's Institutes

File contains a number of newspaper articles from the late 50's early 60's pertaining to the local chapters of the Women's Institute, along with a booklet about Adelaide Hunter Hoodless' Homestead, the birthplace of the founder of the Woman's Institute and three annual programes of the Melrose Branch, East Hastings Women's Institute for the years 1948-1949, 1949-1950, 1954-1955.

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.): Belleville

File contains various materials pertaining to the W.C.T.U. Belleville "Y's" including a folder with copies of the "Union Battle Hymn", handwritten notes on parlor meetings. An original copy, dated Oct 1, 1907, of The Canadian White Ribbon Tidings referencing the "Busy Belleville Y's". A copy of typed address, titled "Why we need new members for the W.C.T.U. & Y's", prepared by Miss Maud Reeves of the Belleville "Y" for the 1923 Convention at Picton.

Reeves, Emma Maud

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.)

File contains a copy of a "Paper on Parlor Meetings for the W.C.T.U." written by Mrs. Williams and dated September 1914. The file also contains other various material pertaining to the temperance movements, such as pledge cards, quotes, Sunday School pledge card, fliers and a prohibition small map of part of the Province of Ontario.
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Willson, John Metcalfe - Papers

File contains original documents, presented to the Hastings County Historical Society in 1960; Biographical sketch written on 22-September-1869 covers the years 1862 to 1869 when Willson was teaching school in the southern part of Hastings County; educational papers; legal papers; correspondence and a poem entitled "To The Mohawks".

Wills, Thomas & Levesconte, C.G.

File contains original Journal, dated 24-October-1849 in Belleville of the co-partnership and commencement of business between Thomas Wills and C.G. LeVesconte, as apothecaries and druggists, under the name of C.G. Levesconte Co. also to include Real Estate transactions and Merchandisers.

Wills, Thomas - Papers

File contains original copies: 1848 Account Book for Thomas Wills; Deed of Land, dated 7 May 1868 sold by John Kerry to Thomas Wills for Lot 35 on the east side of Church Street (half an acre) in the town of Belleville; Mortgage between Thomas Wills and John Kerry for the same land, dated 1868 for $2200.00.

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