The file contains a copy of the magazine Harrowsmith Country Life, October 2003 Issue, No. 172 with the caption "Then & Now Photography; A Fond Look at the Changing Rural Landscape. On page 2 there is an article with pictures titled "The More Things Change; A black and white look at the changing character of rural Ontario."
File contains photocopies of advertisements c. 1880 on emigration to Canada. A photocopy of a copy of a photograph of the two Strickland sisters (http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/BelPL/BelPL002513673pf_0085.pdf), brochures for Southwold, a map of Southwold and pictures of points of interest in Southwold.
The file contains a letter from Alan Rayburn dated 23 August 2002. Along with the letter there are copies of some responses received by James White, Canada's chief geographer, dated 1905-1909, from postmasters in Hastings County providing information on how and when each place was named.
The file contains brochures for: 1. The Belleville Scout/Guide Museum,; 2. North Hastings Heritage Museum (Bancroft); 3. Hastings County Museum of Agricultural Heritage (Stirling); 4. Quinte Education Museum & Archieves
File contains a newspaper article with a drawing of Carrying Place at the Head of the Bay of Quinte and information about The Toronto Purchase between First Nations and the English. There is also a typed history of Carrying Place.
The file contains a number of newspaper clippings from the 1990's: 1) "The Good Old Days", Bancroft; 2) "Glacing Back", Bay of Quinte; 3) "Historic Hastings", Belleville 4) "Remember When", Belleville.
This file contains newspaper articles about the donation of 358 acres of land to the Crowe Vally Conservation Authority by Jack and Ethel McGeachie in 1995. There is also correspondence between John Brett McGeachie, the Corporation of the Township of Limerick and the Hastings County Historical Society regarding the renaming request (denied) of Steenburg Lake in Tudor Township.
This file contains a booklet titled "Pier and Neighbourhood - A Brief History; On the shores of the beautiful Bay of Quinte", written by William S. Wills February 1996 and presented to the Hastings County Historical Society.
The file contains a newspaper article written by Lewis Zandbergen on the book titled Hans Waltimeyer, written by Jane Bennett Goddard about John Walden Meyers. Also, included in the file are 2 advertising flyers for Madill's Garage, 334A Front Street, Belleville.
The file contains a copy of a letter from The Ontario Heritage Foundation dated 20-February-1992 and addressed to Mrs. Jane Goddard and Captain Christopher Almey. The subject of the letter is with regards to a new plaque to be erected on the site of Captain John Meyers' brick house.
This file contains a photocopy of a deed for land to John Culbertson in May 1886, in the Mohawk Village Indian Reserve on the Bay of Quinte, inherited from his grandfather Captain John Deserontyon.
This file contains a hard cover book, written by John Brett McGeachie, of the Brett Family History & Genealogy. Walter Brett (1836-1917) for whom Brett's Lake, Lots 86-87, East Side, Hastings Road Survey, Tudor Township was named, letters written between 1871-1909. Also letters written from Curtis Brett to his son (1775-1780) and Walter Brett's letters.
This file contains a hard cover book, written by John Brett McGeachie, titled "Bass Lake - Hastings County"; A history of its settlement and tourist industry.
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