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Research notes and other materials relating to Beth Green's work for the Building Research Committee and the Archives Committee of the Hastings County Historical Society in Belleville, Ontario.

Contains four recipe books:

• 'Our Best to You' by the residents of Quinte Living Centre (1982)
• 'Chefs of the City' by the City of Belleville Staff (1999)
• 'Recipes from the Hearts of Canadians' compiled by Volunteers and Information Quinte (2000)
• 'Quinte Cuisine' by the Canadian Federation of Univeristy Women Belleville and District (2005)

The collection contains materials relating to property on lot 26, concession 7 of Thurlow Township, Ontario first owned by John Latta:

• History of the house compiled for the Plainfield Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History by Maude Harrison in 1976
• WIll of Francis Van de Bogart, made 26 Feb 1825
• House and farm leases, and quit claims c.1898-1912 for Lot 26, Concession 7
• Agreement and sale of land documents c.1872-1932
• Deeds and policies c.1874-1932
• Mortgage and accompanying documents c.1901
• Mortgages and agreements survey plan for lot 25
• Fire insurance policies c.1901
• Discharge of mortgage document c.1872
• Legal documents for Thurlow Township lots c.1880-1964
• Mortgages and deeds from Thurlow Township c.1876-1931
• High Court Justice documents c.1872-1886
• Commissioner of Agriculture loans and receipts and statements ca. 1940's
• An original deed from June 22, 1820
• Bound volumes of The Windsor Magazine, June-November 1911 and June-November 1915

The fonds comprises the following records:

• Minute Books from 1943-1999
• Receipts & Expenses from 1943-1966
• Treasurer's Accounts from 1967-1978
• Membership Groups from 1974-1976
• Newspaper clippings
• Two membership cards from 1993, 1994
• Record of cheques from 1984-1996
• Bank of Montreal passbook from 1945
• Statements from 1991-1999

The collection contains the following textual records:

• Belleville High School Elevator yearbooks from ca. 1913-1926 (gaps)
• BCIVS yearbooks from ca. 1929-1978 (gaps)
• 1972 yearbook from York Regional School of Nursing
• Belleville Sports Hall of Fame program from Sept 12 1987
• Program- Tribute to Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment at St. Thomas Church
• A Flyer of Centennial House Tour May 13 1978
• Historic buildings of downtown Belleville walking tour pamphlet
• Heritage Belleville's Walking Tour pamphlet
• Bell Telephone Co. Subscribers lists for 1883 reproduction
• Official Telephone Directory 1900 reproduction pamphlet
• The Ont. Mutual Life Assurance Co. reproduction pamphlet
• Hastings County Historical Society "Outlook" Issue 88, November 1990
• Belleville's What's Happening Magazine Nov/Dec 1974

Collection comprises:

• File 1: Family photographs: mainly of farm scenes such as haymaking, corn harvesting, steam traction engines, horses. Two individuals are identified: George Avery and Will Roblin.
• File 2: Publications- newspaper clippings
• File 3: Nostalgic items and publications, newspaper clippings
• File 4: Miscellaneous publications and clippings
• File 5: Material relating to Belleville's 1978 Centennial

Materials added to the Community Archives' newspaper holdings: Belleville Intelligencer recipe supplements, 1964-1987

Collection of ephemeral materials from Belleville and Hastings County, Ontario.

Collection of tourism brochures and promotional leaflets for the Bay of Quinte, Belleville and Hastings County areas in Ontario. Publications include: Belleville at a Glance Belleville Chamber of Commerce Directories, 1997-2000 Discover - Land o'Lakes Region Doors Open Ontario East Prince Edward County Quinte Arts Council Directories Quinte Information Guide Quinte Life magazine What's Happening magazine Waterfront Festival Quinte International Airshow, 1992

Flyers and news clippings relating to federal, provincial and local elections in Belleville, Ontario.

1. Minutes of the Belleville Ladies Lawn Bowling Club

   1. 1910-1928
   2. 1929-1946
   3. 1946-1959
   4. 1960-1988

2. Account book of the Belleville Lawn Bowling Club (the men's club) with lists of members, 1939-1949

3. Notes from the first minute book, rules of bowling and a newspaper clipping from the Intelligencer on the 100th anniversary celebration of the Belleville Ladies Lawn Bowling Club, 13 August 2010

Belleville, Ontario, restaurant menus collected by the Hastings County Historical Society.

Research notes by Lois Walkling on the Wilmot and Turner families of Sidney township, Hastings County, Ontario. Includes notes on Sidney township cemeteries and copies of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (Quinte Branch) walking tours.

Biographical notes and photographs relating to the Belleville and Hastings County individuals covered by the book Quinte Women of Distinction. Files relating to women of Prince Edward County were donated to the archives there.

Files are present for the following women:

• Muriel Andrews
• Mary Graham Archibald
• Pearl Brant
• Mary Baldwin Breakenridge
• Emma Connor
• Mary Conner Deacon
• Olive Delaney
• Flora MacDonald Merrill Denison
• Eva Grace Curitis Dyer
• Hazel Farley
• Philippa Faulkner
• Phoebe Sawyer Clement Flint
• Ada Alfaretta Funnell
• Ella Gardener
• Marvel Garrett
• Annetta Green
• Martha (Mattie) Hardinge
• Fanny McCrae Hutton
• Jane Clement Jones
• Alison Kuglin
• Nellie Ryerson Ludgate
• Jane Davidson Marshall
• Lily Farlardeaugh Boyington Mathieson
• Effie Alice Matthews McCabe
• Martha Ostrom McIntosh
• Dorothy McKinnon
• Nellie Merry
• Polly Kruger Meyers
• Susanna Moodie
• Joy Nichols
• Lillian O'Connor
• Jenny O'Hara Pincock
• Leona Kathleen Riggs
• Mary Elizabeth Schuster
• Jessie Barbara Tuite
• Catherine Chrysler White
• Bea Williamson
• Marian Wilson
• Letitia Creighton Youmans
• Diane Karis Zegouras

Contains mostly the Quinte Branch newsletter but also correspondence, minutes, reports and a number of walking tours of Belleville and Picton. Some of the minutes from meetings are also included as are some newspaper clippings associated with historic buildings of the region.

Airmail letters sent by Stewart Masson to Hazel and Oswald Scott of William Street, Belleville, Ontario from England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Brussels, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Yugoslavia. Masson describes the places she visited.

Transcript of interview with Stewart Masson made in March 1977.