Commissions for:
Sir Mackenzie Bowell (honorary Lieutenant Colonel), 26 March 1906
George Harold Holton (Lieutenant in the 15th Regiment Argyll Light Infantry), 15 February 1908 *Donald Mackenzie Holton (2nd Lieutenant in the Canadian Armoured Corps), 10 September 1943
File contains a book “The Day of Crysler's Farm” about the battle at Crysler's Farm in 1813 and the development of Crysler Farm Battlefield Park & Upper Canada Village.
File contains a (fragile) newspaper clipping from 1925 written by Colonel Barrager, Principal of Queen Mary, discussing the cadet corps students attending public schools in Belleville.
File contains various documents from Quinte Secondary School, including: a program for their production of “Pirates of Penzance”, a music sheet with the school song, the Teacher's Staff Bulletin, a Student's Handbook, and a letter regarding the annual inspection of the 608 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, and newspaper clippings.
File contains miscellaneous documents from Quinte Secondary School from 1959, such as an invitation to a graduation dance, a dance card for the “Grey and Blue Ball” of the 608 Air Cadet Squadron, commencement programs, program for the annual inspection of the Air Cadets, newspaper clippings, etc.
Photo-postcard of a group of 25 men in uniform, taken by A. Nash, 39 Surrey Street, Brighton, Ontario. A note on the back identifies Raymond Chambers in the back row, second from right and Bill Fitchett in the second row from the top, second from right. Raymond Hunter Chambers of Stirling was drafted into the Canadian Expeditionary Force on October 13th, 1917 and William James Fitchett of Tweed was drafted on October 16th, 1917.
1) Marriage certificate of George Hunt and Margaret Bell, October 19th, 1865. 2) B.C.I. footballers: George Locke and Bob Taylor c. 1948. 3) Unidentified sportsman receives a trophy. 4) Buckley's Food Market on Victoria Avenue, c. 1950. 5) Notes on Belleville census records 1818-1959 and federal elections results 1867-1924. 6) Booze, Boats and Bullets Interviews with Cecil Lobb and Norm Conley, Kem McConnell and Ann Jones, circa 1990. 7) DVD Slideshow of images relating to Royal Flying Corps in Canada, circa 2009.
File contains two printed commissions appointing Nathaniel Baldwin Faulkner as Ensign of the First Battalion of Belleville, 1860, and Lieutenant of of the Volunteer Militia Company of Infantry at Belleville, 1863.
File contains a newspaper clipping about West Coast fireman Duncan Anderson returning to Belleville before a Fireman's Convention in Toronto. He was an air gunner with RCAF and trained at Ontario School for the Deaf, which was taken over by RCAF during the war.
File contains newspaper clipping from 1968 featuring the history of Flinton; including: a photograph of Sargent Edmund Vance of Flinton who took part in the battle of Vimy Ridge, and two copies of an article about items of local history found in an old box after the house of the former postmaster was purchased.
File contains information about the Halliwell family, who served with the Belleville Company in the Northwest Rebellion in 1885, and Colonel Halliwell's life in Hastings County until 1900.
File contains a letter to the Belleville Warden in 1862 regarding a public meeting held the night before by the Mayor to discuss the suffering of the British Operatives and to think of a way to provide them with relief.
File contains a manuscript resolution of the Municipal Council of the County of Hastings approving a financial contribution toward the erection of a monument honouring Tecumseh, Shawnee war hero of the War of 1812. Also contains a printed subscription list of the Tecumseh Memorial Fund Committee.