File contains several manuscript pages listing local businesses in Belleville together with other samples of handwriting by J.S. Eccles. Also contains typescript transcript of “When the Campbells came to Roslin,” first published 1928.
File contains a photocopy of a newspaper clipping regarding the election of trustees and a secretary, John S. Hubbard, to the Belleville public school board.
File contains photocopies of a letter from Rt. Revd Alexander Macdonnell to Lord Bathurst concerning the establishment of Roman Catholic schools in Upper Canada in 1817 as excerpted in Belleville History.
File contains an excerpt from W. C. Mikel, History of Belleville concerning the opening of a preparatory school by a Miss Maffet for the education of children under 12 years of age.
File contains a photocopy of a printed advertisement for a school teacher in the village of North Port, and the opening of an evening school in Belleville, 1837. Also contains a manuscript by-law to appoint a superintendent of schools for the County of Hastings, 1860.
File contains a photocopied typescript essay entitled "History of Schools of Belleville" by Neil W. Smith. Also contains several newspaper clippings regarding pioneer education in Belleville and Hastings County.
File contains a typescript transcript of a CBC radio talk by Dr. A. R. Laycock concerning the career of his uncle, W.H. Michin, a pre-Confederation elementary school teacher. Also contains a typescript extract from "The life of W.H. Minchin, 1839-1914."
File contains a typescript photocopy of a petition for a grant to erect a grammar school in Belleville. Note on file reads "see file 633-5 for original manuscript.
File contains a photocopied newspaper article on high school entrance examinations in South Hastings with a list of successful candidates, 1895. Also contains a newspaper clipping with a list of schools and total enrollment ca. 1964.
File contains petitions in support of the Superintendent of Education and papers containing motions made and passed at meetings of Hastings County Council.