- CA ON00156 BOHP/27
- File
- June 1975
Emma Winter discusses the history of Bishop Seeds company.
Winter, Emma Isabel
Emma Winter discusses the history of Bishop Seeds company.
Winter, Emma Isabel
Thurlow Township : maple syrup making 1966
File contains two copies of a newspaper article from the Stirling News Argus concerning maple-syrup making at the Charles Treverton and Sons Farm, near Plainfield in 1966.
The History of The Keilty Potato Farm
This file contains a copy of a school project written by Llarian Keilty from Foxboro Sr. Elementary School. It is titled The History of the Keilty Potato Farm originally purchased by Philip Ball in 1834 located in the Township of Hungerford, Lot 9, Concession #7.
Stapley, Forde Samuel Russell/Smith, Sarah Almina/Bird,Kenneth Mulholland
Forde Stapley, Sarah Smith and Kenneth Bird discuss the workings of a stone machine used to remove large boulders from the fields.
Stapley, Forde Samuel Russell
Part of Map collection
A Soil Map of Hastings County Ontario, South Sheet, Soil Survey Report # 27. Published by the Experimental Farms Service of Ottawa. in 1958. Base maps supplied by the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. Soil survey by the Department of Soils, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph and the Experimental Farms Service, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Scale 1 inch to 1 mile.
Canada. Department of Agriculture
The fonds consists of 633 photographs, 23 negatives, letters, sympathy cards, business cards, newspaper clippings, genealogy and family history and a few business papers belonging to the Smith family, primarily Frank Smith of Madoc. The photographs found in this fonds mainly depict the area around Madoc, with some from Bancroft, Maynooth and other places in Hastings County. A large number of the photographs were taken on vacation or while travelling through Canada and the United States. The photographs were taken in Florida, Atlantic City, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Healy Falls, Shaw Falls, Coppercliffe, Ottawa, Port Carling, Gaspe, Napanee, Madoc, Bancroft, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.
The families primarily depicted in the photographs are the Smith family, McCaw family, Swayne family and Cassidy family. Many of the photographs have names and places written on the back of them. Other people mentioned on the photographs include: Jean Phillips Thompson, Mary Smith Barton, Aunt Vera, Muriel Smith, George Wright, Hugh Pepper, Frank Smith, Frank and Jane Packer Ingersoll, Elizabeth Baker, Martin Porter, Kay Seaton, Helen Whycock, Bessie Woods, Tom Ross, Jack and Ann Yonkers.
There are 3 letters from Henry and Eliza Smith between 1872 and 1874; a birth certificate for Frank Smith, news clippings on the Smith and McCaw families and events in Madoc. There are also family trees and other genealogical information connecting the Smith, McCaw and other families. Much of the information appears to have been gathered by Mary Elizabeth Barton (born Smith: lived from 1921 to 2017).
Smith (family)
Resources Map of Hastings County
Part of Map collection
Resources map of Hastings County, Ontario, showing agricultural activity and natural resources.
Display panels on the women who were appointed to be the Hastings County Plowing Match 'Queen of the Furrow'.
Part of Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School slides
Lantern slides depicting chickens, turkeys and ducks. These slides were produced by the Province of Ontario Picture Bureau, probably in the 1920s, for use in Ontario schools.
Province of Ontario Picture Bureau
Postcards of Trenton High School and H. C. Pitcher & Son, Frankford
Two postcards:
Ploughing Match, Hastings County : special edition, 1961
File contains a special edition of The Ontario Intelligencer, 3 October 1961, devoted to the opening ceremonies and daily programs of events of the International Plowing Match, which was hosted by Belleville and Hastings County.
Photograph of Mike Stanko and Clare Homan
Photograph taken at John and Leatha Homan's farm on Harmony Road in Corbyville, Hastings County, Ontario. It shows Mike Stanko, a displaced person from Poland who came to Canada after the Second World War, and the Homan's son, Clare, next to a car.
Frankie Patterson discusses her life on a farm as a child and her work as a member of the parish at St. Thomas' Church, Belleville.
Patterson, Frankie Louella
Part of Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School slides
Lantern slides used for teaching agriculture at Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, Belleville, Ontario, in the 1920s.
These slides were distributed by Scott & Van Altena of 6 East 39th St., New York, for the Educational Department of the De Laval Separator Company.
De Laval Separator Company
Part of Map collection
A map of Prince Edward County featuring information about local historical traditions, agriculture, community life and geography. Published in 1937 through Picton Times by Conger Allison. Dimensions: 72cm x 53cm.
Allison, Conger
Madoc Township : history of cheese factories
File contains a photocopied brief manuscript history of cheese factories in Madoc Township.
File contains a newspaper clipping marking the 87th birthday of Byron O. Lott, a Belleville politician and director of the Ontario Honey Co-operative.
Part of Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School slides
Lantern slides used for teaching agriculture at Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, Belleville, Ontario, in the 1920s.
Hastings County Junior Farmers materials
Materials relating to the Hastings County Junior Farmers, including:
Hastings County Junior Farmers
Farmstead Improvement Contest Brochure
Printed brochure of rules, classes, judges, awards, and suggestions for the Hastings County Farmstead Improvement Contest, part of the 1961 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration in Belleville, Ontario.