Collection of materials relating to the Kellaway family of Belleville, Ontario, including: 1) File of certificates and ration books relating to Kenneth Alfred Kellaway (1917-1998) 2) File of typescript notes on the history of the Kellaway family, 2012, and a calendar from Ed Kellaway's Belleville store, 1955
Found in file labelled “Old Papers Found 77 Brant Street, Deseronto, 1997” Papers, including:
Directory listing for a canteen in Deseronto for Miss A. Mungo, 1931;
Chattel mortgage for Mrs Alice Freeman, 785 Princess Street, Kingston, 1949;
Calendar of movies playing at the Bayview [Naylor's] Theatre, Deseronto, Ontario, during April [1952]. Includes advertisements for Ernie Luck's Plumbing & Heating, Burkitt's Groceteria, Moody's Men's Wear, Gerald Lott's Jewellery, and Rosebay Dairy. Movies include Hollywood Story, Illegal Entry, Texas Rangers, That's My Boy, Wing and a Prayer, Royal Wedding, Father's Little Dividend, The Mating Season, Fury of the Congo, The Great Caruso, Bird of Paradise, Tall in the Saddle and Wabash Avenue.
Letter from Avis [Mungo?] on the S.S. Ralph Budd, heading for Fort William and Port Arthur [Thunder Bay], written October 29, 1955 (and envelope addressed to Mr Marshall Claus, 44 Johnston Street, Kingston, Ontario);
Sheet of recipes for date bread, raisin rolls and basic muffins (undated);
Card for Art Nelson, Parkdale wines, Toronto (undated)
List of prices for various named items (including ‘inca tie tack’).
Minute books for: 1931-1933; 1934-1937; 1937-1940 Scrapbook with photographs and brief biographies of men from Sidney Township, Hastings County, who had enlisted in the Second World War. The men included are: Francis Armstrong Harder Bonisteel John M. Burkitt Ward Stiles John Welbourne George Halsall Ray Sine James W. Murray Lawrence Trewley Dan McLaren Roy Seeley J. W. Bulman Grant L. Fox Keith C. Fox Charles Chard Leonard Chard Horace Chard Murray Chard Maxwell Chard
The fonds consists of two books plus banking records and statements, invoices, a postcard, phone bills and two flyers. Book 1 is an account ledger with name index spanning from 1932-1940. Book 2 is a notebook from 19 March 1940- 18 Sept. 1944. Other records include a statement from Sept. 21, 1936 plus 10 pages from an accounts ledger, no date, possibly recording household goods sold from the Pitman's store; two Canadian Bank of Commerce vinyl folders; seven "Long Distance Service" phone bill statements; two receipts; four loose pages from a petty accounts book; two envelopes; card from "Tuck" to Mrs. J. Churchill, no date; two flyers, one from "Charlinore Kennels" and one from "Director of Annuities".
Administrative records of the Belleville Garden Club. These include minutes of club meetings, Presidents' reports, financial records and details of projects.
Box 1: 1960s to early 1980s; financial statements for 1932, 1949, 1966-1969 Box 2: 1982-1989 Box 3: 1989-1994 Box 4: 1995-2003 Box 5: 2004-2008 including some records of Trillium Awards; Ontario Horticultural Association Box 6: Financial records, 1970-1975, 2002-2006; Big Dig 1992-1996; Trillium Awards 1998-2003; scrapbook 1960s; historical research; yearbooks; framed award from Communities in Bloom Committee, 1999
Administrative materials including account books, annual reports and other records from the congregation of the Deseronto United Church. The church (on the northeast corner of Fourth and Thomas Streets) was closed and sold in October 2020.
Photographs relating to the career of Leonard Fry, who was a member of the 34th Belleville Field Artillery and an employee of the Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian National Railway. Includes aerial view of the roundhouse in Belleville at the end of the Second World War, March 18, 1939 edition of 'Saturday Night' magazine and a souvenir edition of Canadian National Magazine with photographs of the 1951 royal visit.
Newspaper clippings and notes relating to Don Kellaway's family and local history interests. File labelled 'Miscellaneous Genealogy Material' and included:
list of Belleville, Ontario people over 80 years old from the Intelligencer, 1891, with transcript
historical plaque text for James Francis Kenney, 1884-1946, founder of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association
description of the history of the Graham family from the Daily Ontario of 17 September 1884
newspaper articles on the York River Settlement, Hastings County, Ontario
newspaper articles on Bancroft and Umfraville, Ontario
newspaper articles on Edenswold
reproduction postcards of Bannockburn, Eldorado and Hazzards Corners, made in 1990 by Madoc Printing
article on Harold Emerson of Tweed Unlabelled file contained:
'The Story of Peter Kellar' by Lyle E. Dillabough in the Bancroft Times, 1996
articles on mills and churches in Belleville by Nick and Helma Mika from the Intelligencer, 9 and 16 Jun 1978
two articles on the Stone Church, a cobblestone church northwest of Belleville, 1977
article on Wally and Frances Marner of Marner's Grocery Store, Queen Street, Belleville, 1983
article on the Children's Aid Society from the Intelligencer, 13 Aug 1983
article on 'Early Firefighting Days' (includes an article by Wally Dever on the Quinte Sports Centre), 1981
article on Church Street in Belleville, by Ron Hiuser in the Intelligencer, 9 June 1978
printed letter from George Hees, Progressive Conservative MP for Prince Edward - Hastings, regarding a forthcoming election
printed poster for the Folklorama waterfront festival in Belleville, 1986
article on the Petrie stone building in Belleville, 1983
photocopy of an Archives of Ontario map of the area between Bridge, Water, and Colman Streets in Belleville, dated 1840
typescript article on the Dickie Lake Murder of 1859, from the Madoc Review of 10 August 1987
typescript article entitled 'A Short Sketch of Old L'Amable' by B. L. Barker, January 1972
Two scrapbooks of materials relating to Elmer Sandercock's political career as a Progressive Conservative MPP and newspaper clippings and family photographs relating to Elmer and Ethel Sandercock's time as superintendents of the Hastings County House of Refuge in Belleville, Ontario. Framed photograph of attendees of the 15th Annual Convention of the Association of Managers of the Homes for Aged and Inform, 1934.