Materials collected by the Belleville Fire Department from members and former members of the department. They include photographs, correspondence, press clippings and fire call logs.
Photocopy of transcription of St. Thomas Anglican Churchyard burials between 1821 and 1874 (originally made by Gerry Boyce). Photocopy of Heather McKillop's article 'Recognizing Children's Graves in Nineteenth-Century Cemeteries: Excavations in St. Thomas Anglican Churchyard, Belleville, Ontario, Canada' from 'Historical Archaeology', 1995.
Three digital photographs of the Belle (347 Front Street) and Capitol (149 Front Street) Theatres in Belleville, Ontario. Films showing are : 'Zorro Rides Again', 'Angels with Dirty Faces' and 'War and Peace'.
Two photographs, possibly connected to the Bristol family of Madoc. One shows a hockey team, the other a group of 14 men in suits. Both were taken in the same photographer's studio, around 1910.
List of people who served in the Second World War from Point Anne, Ontario. The list is headed "St. John's Anglican Church - Point Anne", but includes Roman Catholic members of the community.
Names listed: Gordon Akey Ross Akey Maxwell Akey Morley Akey Stanley Akey Carl Rolluf Harold Ellis Keith Lloyd Wsley Cummins Elmo MacDonald Ralph Winters Roy Mayne Harold Mayne Kenneth Haynes Elwood Haynes Laurence Trawley Jack Whitehead Leaman Bradshaw Nelson Burshaw Kenneth Butler William Guthrie MacElrath Carter Wallace Anderson Donald File James Welsh Angus MacDonald Frank Sedore Charles Pringle Joseph Pringle Lois Carter John Legate Ralph Sedore Charles Lloyd Daniel Sweney Geroge Tulk Charles Jenkinson George Reid James Juby Gordon Casselman Marvin Maracle Reginald Maracle Garnet Maracle Eric Groom Lewis Williams Leveine Sweet William Akey Robert Bailey Russell Vollick Murney Green William Insley Frank Insley Leonard Sweet Wilfred Twining Stanley Lockwood Perry Everett Alexander Sero Donald Maracle Leonard Maracle Jessie Tulk Thomas Gilmour Earl Deforge Ray Gilmour John Gilmour Maurice Gilmour Donald Gilmour Arthur Genereux William Williams Laurence Bradshaw Gordon Huck John Hart Andrew Bennett Douglas Bennett Vincent Mahar Leo Mahar Wrexford Gilmour James Dunley Jack MacDonald Ted Stewart June Deforge Laurence Horwood Ronald Wake John Finlan Albert Moorman Leo Logue Peter Maslo Arthur Wilson Earl Wilson William Ellis Esmond Ellis Basil McKendrick
These images of Belleville, Ontario locations were used for teaching at the Ontario School for the Deaf (now the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf), probably in the 1950s. The images depict:
Armouries
Government Dock
Deacon Brothers shirt factory
Victoria Park and harbour
Tabernacle United Church
Belleville Public Works building
Belleville City Hall and Council Chamber
Hastings County Shire Hall and Council Chamber
Belleville Police Station
St. Thomas Anglican Church
Belleville Pump House
Registry Office
Victoria Avenue Baptist Church
The collection also includes a colour print of 'Keep BCI in the Picture' a reproduction of 'East Side, West Side' by Eve Lucy, printed by Market High as part of the campaign BCIVS 2000, committed to keeping the Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School building as part of the Belleville landscape.
Seven metres of annual reports (1891-1970); Geological Reports (GR 2 to GR 274, 1960-1990), Mineral Deposits Circulars (MRC 2 to MDC 34) and Miscellaneous Papers (MP 1 to MP 162, 1953-1993) produced by the Ontario Ministry of Mines and Natural Resources
Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
Plan by Bel-Con Design-Builders for a 7,000 square feet new building for the Hastings County Historical Society, 2008; printed email exchange between Mary Jane Throop and Sharon White about the design, June 2008.
Photograph of members of the Hawley family on the occasion of the baptism of the youngest member. From left to right are: Olive Esther Delmage Hawley (1878-1951); Mary Minetta Hawley MacDonald Selby (1916-2009); Howard Delmage Hawley (1908-1982); George Elmer Hawley (1875-1966); and George Rockwell Hawley (1914-1984). George and Olive moved with their family to Deseronto, Ontario,in 1930 and lived at what is now 317 Main Street next to the small park.
Outline of Professor Donald B. Smith's forthcoming book The Blind Spot: Canada and the "Indians" in Canada's First Century. A Study of non-Indigenous Canadians' perspectives on the First Nations from 1867 to the White Paper of 1969, with copies of some research materials including:
'The Indian in "the Great" Canadian Society: A Newspaper Series on People of Tyendinaga': series of articles in the Kingston Whig Standard, February 22nd to 27th, 1965
'As A Teacher On The Reserve She Came To Know The Indians': photocopied article from the Napanee Beaver of October 12th, 1966 by Celia File
