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Scanned copy of a chapter from the book Unsettling the Great White North: Black Canadian History, dealing with a case study of an enslaved Black woman called Bet. Bet was sold to William Holloway Wallbridge of Belleville in 1812.

News clippings and two photographs concerning the seven-week shutdown of Belleville Public Library from late October 1986 over a contract dispute between employees and the library's board. Includes letters to the newspapers from local citizens in support of the staff and reports of the support received from Farley Mowat.

File contains an essay titled "History of Labour in the Quinte Region: with Emphasis on Belleville's First Unions" written by Lynn M. Champagne.

The fonds contains a Daily Cash Transactions sheet with a hand-drawn layout of the coal yards, an envelope with the company name "The Schuster Co. Limited", miscellaneous materials copied from original documents including newspaper clippings from 1954; pages 62-66 of the Canadian Fuel Marketer ca. 1878-1978 issues; Weaver Liquifuels pages 55-60, 2 envelopes of negatives, and 110 photographs of various everyday operations at the Bill Schuster Coal and Lumber Company, as well as photographs of Bill Schuster and possibly his family. One is an aerial photograph of the site of the company.

File contains newspaper clippings about the Manpower program in Belleville, helping residents find jobs and receive training.

File contains newspaper article "Notice to Employers & Employees, at 12.01. a.m. on January 1, 1969 the new Ontario Employment Standards Act became law".

File contains one newspaper article about the transfer of UIC staff to the new UIC office in Belleville.

File contains newspaper clippings about relocating the Unemployment Insurance Commission regional headquarters to Belleville and about building contractors vying for the job.

File contains an extensive newspaper insert from the Globe & Mail dated 3 May 1969 titled "The Winnipeg General Strike" about the 41 day strike in the spring of 1919 when 35,000 workers in Winnipeg went on strike.

File contains a newspaper article from The Globe and Mail, titled "The Rand Report - A Controversial Document".

File contains c.1968 newspaper clips on the Belelville District Labour Council supporting Mayor Scott on the industry mission dispute, and other miscellaneous clips on the Ontario Regulations.

File contains several newspaper articles concerning the industrial development of Trenton from the early 20th century to ca. 1967..

This file contains two newspaper article clippings of the origins of mechanical washing machines. These articles are dated October 27 1965.

File contains newspaper clippings about the 1965 postal strike.