Letter from Preston North to his daughter, Alice (grandmother of the donor):
Deseronto Sept 14th 1939
Dear Alice, and all at home, The war has started I was glad to get your letter on sept 12th and I did not get any other letters you sent before Christmas. It is a fight to the finish Canada has gone to a finish no fooling this time. Returning men are going up by the thousands and no turning back. They have got into Warsaw and the women are fighting like tigers. I am very well but I don't work much only at my own clothes. 3 years war if not more. Hoping to hear from you at any time. Give my best wishes to all. From your father Preston North Deseronto Canada xxxx Bye bye
Photograph of eight firemen and a little girl, taken between buildings on the south side of Front Street, Belleville, Ontario. They have been identified as (back row) Bob Fair, Jack McRay, Web Carter, Vince Orr and Frank Paste (front row) Barney Smith, Stan Longhurst, Mary Longhurst and Leo Culhane.
Newspaper clippings relating to clubs and organizations of Belleville, Ontario. These clippings were compiled by staff of the Belleville Public Library.
Two files: one contains emails and photocopies of research materials relating to Colonel James Fitzgibbon (1780-1863) and his connections to Belleville, Ontario, compiled in 2011. The other file holds copies of photographs and one original photograph relating to the 133rd Belleville Air Cadet Squadron, 1940-1945.
Scanned copies of 25 photographs taken during Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment training exercises in Petawawa during the Second World War, with transcription of notes made on the reverse of the photographs.
Materials collected by Maureen Phillips and her mother, Phyllis Neal:
Ration card for Maureen Neal, 1940
Scrap book compiled by Phyllis Neal, including news clippings on the Dionne quintuplets and the royal family, correspondence relating to the death of her husband George Neal, who died while on active service in 1941 and news clippings relating to Mountain View, 1937-1963
Scrap book compiled by Phyllis Neal on Prince Edward County and Trenton history (including a story called 'Policemen are human too'), 1960-1963, 1988
Shopper's Market 50th anniversary souvenir edition on CFB Trenton
Collection comprises: 1) Three photographs of Belleville Collegiate Institute cadet corps marching on Front Street, Belleville, c.1940 2) Printed 'Our Queen is Crowned' brochure published by George Weston Limited on the occasion of the coronation of Elizabeth II, 1953 3) Program of ceremonies and order of drum-head service for Belleville Coronation Day events, 1953 [2 copies]
Materials relating to teaching needlework classes at the Ontario School for the Deaf, 1941-1945
Information concerning subscriptions to the 'Echoes' publication of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of Empire, with list of Belleville subscribers, 1946-1949. Includes handwritten recipes for cocktails
