Maps collected by the Hastings County Historical Society and added to by the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County. The maps cover locations in Hastings County and extend to all of Canada.
Items accumulated by Don Kellaway including: 1) Canada Registration Board certificate for Maurice J. Callaghan (donor's father-in-law), issued 22 June 1918 2) Two pay packet envelopes for Maurice Callaghan for $43.45 and $85.05 (latter from The Steel Co. of Canada), undated 3) Photograph album created by S. Alec Gordon of a canoe and camping trip on the Trent River from the Bay of Quinte to Peterborough, July 1932 4) File of correspondence and research notes about the Callaghan family, 2016
This collection includes records of the Belleville Public Library itself, as well as reports and publications of other local organizations which were collected by the library. These include City of Belleville and County of Hastings reports and publications of the Moira River Conservation Authority.
Collection includes: 1) Digital copy of Dedication Book to commemorate the opening of the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, 1956; Constitution and by-laws of the Sons of Jacob Congregation, c.1989; Nudnik newsletters from the Sons of Jacob congregation in Belleville, 2005-2012; flyers and programs for events, 2005-2010 2) materials relating to the 1978 Centennial celebrations in Belleville, Ontario and subsequent events: headed paper; map of locations for 1 July 1978 event; Quinte International Presentation Ball invitation, 1979; Quinte Ethnic Festival passport, 1982
Commemorative calendar for 2012, program of celebratory events, pins for the 125th anniversary of Limerick Township in Hastings County, Ontario, PDF version of slideshow of vintage images shown at the 7 July 2012 event.
This collection comprises documents received in response to an Access to Information request addressed to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) by the Corporation of the Town of Deseronto, Ontario, in 2008. The request asked for copies of documentation submitted as part of the Culbertson Tract land claim of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and upon which the decision to allow the claim had been based.
The documents in this collection are all photocopies of materials located in public archives in Canada. The materials range in date from 1779 to 1959 and record the interactions between the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and the British and Canadian governments, in relation to lands, from the time of their departure from the Mohawk Valley to the mid-twentieth century.
A series of files originally maintained as vertical files in the Deseronto Archives, covering a wide range of topics related to the history of Deseronto, Ontario, and the surrounding area.
Newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed materials relating to the AIDS Awareness Committee of Quinte. Organized by Barbara Brenton after losing her brother in 1991, the committee held events from AIDS walks, candlelight vigils, World AIDS Day events, and fundraising events. In partnership with the Eastminster United Church and the Rev. Ed Bentley, annual vigils were held from 1994 to 2004. Brenton left the committee in 2005.
Scrapbook containing photographs and notes relating to Moira School, compiled in 1954 and including older photographs and correspondence. Some photographs missing
File of correspondence addressed to John Owen Herity who published an article about Moira School in the Intelligencer of 5th February 1938
File on Moira Church containing program for a reunion in 1977 and a celebration of its 150th anniversary in 2004
File of two newsletters written by Annie Cook of Erin in 1983 and 1984
Three registration certificates for the refrigeration plant at the Hume Arena in Belleville, Ontario: 1959, 1969, 1970. Newspaper clippings: Benzie Sangma article 'Memorial Arena memories' published 4 October 2003 and article from 'Hockey Reporter' Fall 2004 edition on historic Ontario arenas, including the Memorial Arena in Belleville.
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
This collection contains a variety of materials relating to the history of Deseronto and Hastings County. Items include:
video of the 1989 Deseronto Centennial and Homecoming celebration, 4-5 August 1989, including performances of the Centennial Song, a Main Street parade, a baby show, karate demonstration and fireworks
File on the 1989 Deseronto Centennial celebrations
35mm slides of historic views of Deseronto
Morrison family snapshots of unidentified people
Photograph of an aircraft from Camp Mohawk on the shore of the Bay of Quinte, August 1917
Series of 120 photographs of Deseronto, taken around 1995. Many are aerial shots, others are of individual houses. A few depict individuals: Don Lindsay, Dennis Vick, Dick Beare, Joe Carter, Ed Gordanier
'A Building Code for Smaller Municipalities' by the National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, 1947
County of Hastings directories for 1983, 1984, 1985
County of Hastings receipts and expenditures statement, 1921
By-law to Regulate the Running At Large of Animals and for Other Purposes, Township of Tyendinaga, 6 August 1895
File of 'Deseronto Firsts' compiled by Ken Brown
File of photographs, press clippings and list of entrants in Deseronto's Easter Parade of 2006
16 photographs of empty lots in Deseronto, taken 2004
File of partial letters from Joe Goold to his sweetheart, Marnie, written while he was based in Detroit, 11 September to 11 October 1919, with blank postcards of Deseronto scenes and a letter from Elizabeth Goold to Bill Hunt concerning the letters
File on James Fairbairn including a newspaper extract and a studio photograph taken by him.
Typescript biography of Harry B. Free (Camp Rathbun flight instructor) by Margaret Crothers, 1991
File on the Dryden family, including a photograph of the Drydens at the Peterborough Lift Lock (https://flic.kr/p/9dmEYZ)
File of clippings about Gwen Lazier Braidwood, 2005
File of clippings about Deseronto mayor Glen Belcour, 1995-2002
The collection reflects the publishing interests of Nick and Helma Mika. It comprises four main series: photographic files, reference files, printing process files and other materials. The collection is strong in local history materials, particularly relating to the history of the United Empire Loyalists, railways, and the city of Belleville.
Photocopy of transcription of St. Thomas Anglican Churchyard burials between 1821 and 1874 (originally made by Gerry Boyce). Photocopy of Heather McKillop's article 'Recognizing Children's Graves in Nineteenth-Century Cemeteries: Excavations in St. Thomas Anglican Churchyard, Belleville, Ontario, Canada' from 'Historical Archaeology', 1995.
Bound 1976 reprint of the Bancroft Old Home Week (August 6th-9th, 1961) souvenir programme, written by author-editor Mr. A. F. 'Mike' Burns of Bancroft. List of genealogies available at Bancroft Public Library.
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).
Collection includes: newspaper clippings (1962-1972) and 1963 program relating to the YMCA So-Ed club; letters from the Belleville Horticultural Society to Mr and Mrs Wilcox granting them Trillium awards for their garden, 1973-1979; two editions of the Intelligencer for 4 March 1966, with slightly different headlines.