Typescript transcription of the diary of Constable John McCrodan of Belleville Police, Belleville, Ontario from August 1869 to March 1870. The original diary is in the possession of Mrs Cathy Atkinson, a descendant of McCrodan. It was transcribed by Lindi Pierce in 2016.
Three mounted newspaper clippings with printed illustrations of Belleville institutions:
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, November 1870
Albert College, December 1870
Marchmont House, 1876
Also a reproduction of HC01468 (view of Bridge Street West in 1840). This item was originally donated to Glanmore National Historic Site by Edith Clapp in March 2015 (as 005.502.005).
Letters found in the Cronk house. 1) Feb 1881 draft letter to Willliam Aull from his sister, Sarah Jane Cronk (wife of Reuben) 2 & 3) Two letters from E.G. Webb, postmaster of Elkland, Tioga County, Pennsylvania to Reuben Cronk, Chief of Police in Deseronto, re a fugitive staying in the town. 28 Jan and 21 Feb 1882 4) Nov 1882 letter to Reuben Cronk from J. N. Emerson complaining about boys interrupting rehearsals at the school in Deseronto
Two certificates for Joseph Canniff: 1) Elementary certificated in musical memory in time, in tune and in sight singing, 1885 2) Intermediate certificate in reading music, writing it from ear, and of eligibility for an advanced choir, 1886
The Story of Jesus, by the Saalfield Publishing Co., 6ff., with colour illustrations, 1941
‘Teacher’s War Savings Record Ledger’, c.1943
School exercise books of John F. (Jack) McCullough of Lonsdale, Ontario, 1946
Rules and instructions for the Lennox and Addington Fish and Game Protective Association’s Annual Bird House Building Contest, March 1946
‘Record Book for Ontario Boys’ and Girls’ Swine Clubs’ for James McCullough, of Lonsdale, Tyendinaga, a member of the Napanee Swine Club, May to Sep 1950
Letters addressed to Jack McCullough from Bobby Gerow of Edmonton, Alberta, Oct 8 and Nov 1, 1950
Scanned photographs and newspaper cutting relating to the family of John Poitras, who lived in Deseronto from 1875 to around 1896 and worked for the Rathbun Company as a superintendent.
Herbert 'Bert' Poitras, part of a Deseronto sports team
Poitras home on St. George Street, north of the Presbyterian Church
Same house from a more oblique angle
‘Sol Markle’
Grace Poitras (b.1883) and her brother Bert as small children
Deseronto Tribune article about the Poitras’s cottage and summer camp at Butternut Cove, Aug 24, 1894
Grace Poitras in a nurse’s uniform, 1904, taken in Watertown, NY
Deeds, abstracts of title, and correspondence relating to two properties:
Lot 22 in Concession 7; Lots 23 and 24 in Concession 6 of of Rawdon Township, Ontario This property was originally granted to Captain John Deserontyon and was later purchased by William Totten and Robert Matthews
Lots between Church, Front, Annis and Allen Streets in Stirling, Ontario
Collection of tintype and cabinet card photographs of members of the Tisdale family of Belleville, Ontario. The images were originally in an album. Individuals identified include: Edward Ross Smith; Irene Tisdale; Florence Tisdale; Stella Tisdale; Mildred, Helen and Frances; Maggie Weir; Noreen Tisdale; George William and Annie Pearl Tisdale; Leonard Tisdale; Alex Tisdale; Captain Joseph Fagan; Eliza Smith; Mildred Fagan; Helen Fagan; Mary Jane Kane; Nellie and Willie Tisdale; Gerald Bernard Ryan (born 1908); Jack Givens.
"Bridges over Moira River, Belleville, Ont., Canada" (Valentine number 103,301), addressed to Marjorie Weld of Blytheswood, Ontario, with a description of the footbridge, sent 12 October 1909 [stamp missing]
"The Bywash, Kingston Mills near Kingston, Ont." (Made in Germany)
Two photographs of classes at the Ontario Business college. The 1900 photograph shows students from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the 1913 photo shows students in the shorthand department.
Items found during the renovation of a house on Mill Street 1) Large family studio photograph showing a man, woman, four boys and a girl 2) W. E. Johnson of Picton studio photograph of three children: Hazel Annie Cole, aged 3 years and 5 months; Murney Nelson Cole, aged 1 year, 9 months; Edna Kathleen Cole, aged 6 months. Hazel was born July 27 1910 in Milford, Prince Edward County – dating the picture to late 1913/early 1914. 3) Felted piece of wood with memorial plaque ‘The Gates Ajar’ and the name ‘Eliza Dodge, 42 years, 4 mons, 14 days’
Two digital reproductions of photographs of the 155th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, raised in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties in 2015. The Battalion sailed for Europe on October 18th 1916.