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Lewis Zandbergen collection File
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Stirling Public Library scrapbook

Items from a photo-album scrapbook of materials relating to Stirling Public Library, including press clippings and photographs of library activities, mainly dating from the late 1990s to 2007.

File of miscellaneous publications

File of printed items, including:

  • International Plowing Match brochure, 1986
  • Flyer on the coat of arms of Loyalis College, 1992
  • Walking tour guides for Tweed, Campbellford, and Stirling, c.2000
  • Calendar with aerial photographs 'From the Skies of Quinte', 2004
  • Report 'Proposal for a Municipal Archives' submitted to the City of Belleville by the Hastings County Historical Society, 2004 (water damaged)

Stirling Historical Society publications

Materials produced by the Stirling Historical Society, including:

  • Four editions of 'The Heritage Clarion', Volume 1 numbers 1, 3, and 4, Volume 2 number 2
  • Partial list of artifact donations, 1993
  • Map and text for walking tour of Stirling, 1993
  • Photocopy of a register of members of Stirling Public Library, 1903
  • Typescript 'brief history of the Stirling Public Library', c.1975
  • Update on the history of the library to 1989
  • List of contributors to the purchase of the site for the Stirling Public Library, 1914
  • Photocopy of a flyer promoting the Stirling Public Library, 1910
  • Reproduction of article about the opening of Stirling Public Library, 1903
  • Hand-written notes on aspects of Stirling history, c.1990

Stirling Station restoration

Photographs and text of a speech by Lewis Zandbergen on plans for the restoration of Stirling Station. The file includes three photographs of a derailment at the station in around the 1920s.

Sidney Township materials

Various items related to Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario:

  • Notes on the history of Sidney Baptist Church, 1979
  • Sidney Township Bicentennial Newsletter, April 1990
  • Handout with map for Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (Quinte Branch) bus tour of Sidney Township, 16 September 1990
  • List of Sidney Township street names and locations and 'SHARC's thoughts on the naming of future Sidney streets', with list of pioneer families and locations, c.1990

Great Canadian Railway Stories

Various items:

  • 'Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah!' stories collected and edited by Peter Wilson, published by the Trent Port Historical Society, 1992
  • Great Canadian Railway Stories, Volume One, June 1993
  • Great Canadian Railway Stories, Volume Two, Fall 1993
  • Great Canadian Railway Stories, Volume Three, Winter/Spring 1994
  • Great Canadian Railway Stories, Volume Four, 1994
  • Great Canadian Railway Stories, Volume Five, 1996
  • Great Canadian Railway Calendar, 1995

'Stirling Odds & Ends'

Items from a binder labelled 'Stirling Odds & Ends'. Includes:

  • Photograph of three women and four men, c.1910, given by Terry Bust ("one is his grandfather & uncle")
  • Newspaper clippings relating to Stirling buildings and history
  • Huntingdon Township Voters' List, 1948
  • Souvenir booklet of the 90th anniversary of St. John's Anglican Church, Stirling, 1950
  • Order of service for St. Paul's United Church, Stirling, 8 June 2008
  • Photocopy of 1890 Fire Insurance map showing Mill and North Streets, Stirling
  • Items relating to the history of the Bank of Montreal in Stirling
  • Printed 'Stirling Centennial Souvenir', 1967
  • Butler and Young family trees
  • 'Souvenir Story of our school Allan & Williams Mount Pleasant - Rawdon Township' by Mrs Percy MacMullen, 1968
  • 'Sidney Baptist Church celebrates 165th' by Lewis Zandbergen
  • 'Sidney Baptist Church' by Harry V. Faulkner, Lorne C. Reid and Luella Carson, 1976
  • Unveiling of historical plaque in memory of Asa Turner at Sidney Baptist Church, 27 May 1984
  • 'Those Radical Elzevirs!' by Michael Dawber
  • 'The History of St. Thomas [Anglican] Church Rawdon, 1892-1973'
  • 'Grace Chapel Stirling' by Everett Elliott, c.1980
  • Booklet titled Welcome to Stirling's 150th Anniversary, 2008

Guide books

Three guide books:
1) 'Over the Hills of Hastings', 1923, including a sheet with two maps of Hastings County
2) Belleville Ontario industrial investment guide, 1983 [2 copies]
3) 'Bay of Quinte Region Guide Book', 1986

File of Stirling photographs

File containing photographs of Stirling's 125th anniversary celebrations, 12-21 August 1983 (donated by R. Gay). Individuals identified include:

  • Lynn, Bruce, Janet Fallaize Murray, Susanne (Murray) Scholten
  • Helen & Wayne Shaw, Mac & Velma Sarles
  • Dr. Fred Eggleton, Russ & Mary Sills, Annette Taylor
  • Constable Frank Wallwork, Russ Sills, Stirling Village Council, PoliceChief Jack Foster
  • Judy and Melanie Potts, Pearl Conley
  • Ross Ray, Harold Holden
  • Ron Reid, Eugene Lang, John Warden
  • Bob Vandervoort
  • Jim & Jean Pollock, Marvin Cooney, Heather Pollock
  • Craig Watson & son, Stirling Citizens Band, Barry Wilson

File also contains reproductions of old postcards of Stirling and a 1992 photograph by Carol Surridge of the 'Welcome to Stirling' sign, which reads "The little village with the big heart".

History of the Senior Citizens Club for Stirling and District

File containing a 1978 newsclipping about the Senior Citizens club of Stirling, Ontario, and a manuscript history of the club, written by Larry Hick in response to a 1981 request from Murray Rodgers and Peggy Faulkner of the Corporation of the Village of Stirling's Historical Book Committee.

Hick, Larry

Postcards

Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd., Ottawa postcards showing aerial views of Belleville, Ontario and a notecard of the Tabernacle United Church on Church Street, printed by Alex Wilson Publications of Dryden, Ontario.

Farm-related items

Various items relating to farming, including:

  • Printed flyer on 'Potato diseases' by H. T. Güssow, with drawings by A. E. Kellett, 1914
  • Halloway Cheese Company auditor's report and financial statement for 1942
  • National Farm Radio Forum 'Planning Reaches the Family Farm' publication, 1944
  • 'Finding common binder head troubles and fixing them fast' leaflet, undated
  • Glen Roy Creamery and Frosty Lockers of Belleville calendar for 1949
  • various farm equipment catalogues from Truck & Farm Supply of Church Street, Belleville
  • 'Green Cross Modern Pest Control' publication by Herbert A. Pass, 1969

Advertisements for automobiles

Pages taken from 'Everybody's Magazine' and 'Harper's Magazine' with advertisements for cars and tires. A few photocopies of 1960s car advertisements from Stirling Motor Sales, Ontario.

Photographs

1) Photograph of an unidentified family group sitting at the side entrance of a house, 1891
2) Photograph looking south on Front Street in Belleville, Ontario, with the Belle Theatre (347 Front Street) on the left of the image, 1959

School-related items

Various items relating to education in Ontario, including:

  • Printed past examination papers, 1912-1927
  • Stirling High School Prospectus, 1929
  • Program for Junior Farmers' trip to Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, 1930
  • 'Methods in Lower School Geography' by the Ontario Department of Education, 1930
  • Letter from the Public School Inspector in Sarnia to Harry V. Faulkner in Sombra, Ontario, 1946
  • 'Agriflector' student publication of the Kemptville School of Agriculture, 1932
  • Printed 'Exercises in Grammar', 1955
  • Belleville Public School Board handbook, 1959

Collection of photographs of Stirling and area

Photographs, including:

  • the Presbyterian church and manse in Stirling, 1895
  • various photos (some are reproductions), some with names, of Stirling students, 1910-1954
  • Spencer farmhouse on the 4th concession of Rawdon Township, c.1930 and Verna Phillips' home on the 4th concession, 1947
  • 'Local farmers bus trip' group photo, c.1930
  • the Stirling scout troop of 1931
  • three photos of fences and farm buildings, 1963
  • photo of a church spire being replaced, c.1970
  • reproduction of a photo of Hoards station
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