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Photograph of the Hastings County Historical Society's 'Archives Angels' volunteers, standing on the front steps of the Hastings Heritage Centre at 154 Cannifton Road North, Cannifton, Ontario. From left to right, the people included are: Luella Parkhurst, Gerry Boyce, Marion Fisher, Katharine Mills, Lois Foster, Mary Jane Throop, Bill Kennedy, Bobby-Jo Morris and Marney Black.

Copies of Shield newspapers for: Bay of Quinte (2005-2006), Belleville (2006), Land o' Lakes (2004-2006), Madoc (2004-2005), Marmora (2004-2006), Quinte West (2006) Stirling (2004-2006)

Colour photographs of the Norris Whitney bridge under construction between Rossmore and Belleville, Ontario and aerial photographs of Belleville, Wellington, Picton, Tweed, Stirling and the open pit mine at Marmora. Photographs of aircraft, including a replica of the 'Spirit of St. Louis', which visited Belleville in 1977 or 1978.

Colour photographs of the town’s two original “Heart of Walleye World” fish signs and the three signs which were painted in 2006 to replace the old ones. The plywood was donated by the Town of Deseronto and the work of cutting out the fish shapes was undertaken by Tom Usher. Diane Myers painted the signs and the fish scales were done by a man called Gerry [surname unknown] who appears in the last two photographs.

Three photographs loaned for scanning:
1) 1953 at Deseronto High School of Bev Cole (later Boomhour), Paula Akey, Ken Scovell, Jean Armitage and Donna Cole
2) 1961 taken inside Lucky Strikes Lanes, including Hugh and Winnie Magee and Vern Boomhour
3) 1968 Brownie pack picking up garbage on the site of the former Deseronto Public School (blurry). Pack leaders were Dorothea Keech and Bev Boomhour.
Papers for the Archives:
4) May 31st, 1979 Deseronto Public School ‘Items of Interest’ letter
5) 2006 Municipal Elections list of nominations for the Town of Deseronto, with notes of those elected.

Photographs of the old and new library buildings in Belleville, Ontario taken during the move from 223 to 254 Pinnacle Street.

41 digital photographs taken during the demolition of the former Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School building in Belleville, Ontario, in April 2004, and of the monument erected in November 2005.

Photographs of Roy Bonisteel at Hastings County Historical Society events and beside the Moira River in Belleville with Doug Knutson.

Survey plans of Victoria Park and Meyers Pier area, Belleville Ontario, 1954-1981. Official opening programmes for the Wally Dever Arena, 21 September 1996 and for the Parrott Riverfront Trail Entrance, 10 September 2005.

Two scrapbooks of materials relating to Elmer Sandercock's political career as a Progressive Conservative MPP and newspaper clippings and family photographs relating to Elmer and Ethel Sandercock's time as superintendents of the Hastings County House of Refuge in Belleville, Ontario. Framed photograph of attendees of the 15th Annual Convention of the Association of Managers of the Homes for Aged and Inform, 1934.

Contains photographs of railway stations, boxcars, tracks, roadbeds, and bridges in Hastings County. There are also images of maps, factories and abandoned sites.

Aerial photograph showing the Stream building on Dundas Street West in Belleville, Ontario. The business opened in 2000.

Letters written by members of the Little and King families of Tyendinaga Township and Fulton, New York. Includes some family history information, a postcard of Stirling and a photograph of Edith Roulston, taken in 1960.

Materials collected by Arthur Tufts (father of Marilyn Hughes), including:

• Negative of a photograph of children and staff of Tweed Consolidated School, 1932-1933
• Printed letter from Harold Walsh to the voters of East Hastings, 1 October 1937
• 'A History of St. John's United Church, Tweed, Ontario 1957-1969' by Mrs C. R. Porritt, 1967
• Printed photo directory of St. John's United Church, Tweed, Ontario, 2000
• Printed 'seniority list' of names of 266 employees of Corby Distilleris Limited at 15 September 1974, with their date of starting work
• Published history of 'Moira Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 11 G.R.C. March 10th, 1801 to 1976' by H. S. Robbins
• Published history 'Moira Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 11 G.R.C. Bicentennial 1801-2001' by Paul Foster

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).

Materials relating to the Deseronto Fire Department, including photographs and press cutting and fund-raising materials.

Marriage certificate of Richard White and Alma Beer, married in Corbyville, Ontario on 25 December 1901 (fragile). With family tree showing the ancestors of William Ross White (grandson of Richard White and Alma Beer).

Four photograph albums of newspaper clippings and photographs relating to the activities of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in West Huntingdon.

Minutes, texts of talks and financial records of the Women's Study Guild, originally formed at the John Street United Church in Belleville, Ontario.