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Comprising:
1) 'General Record of Registered Letters' mailed at, received for delivery, or forwarded through the Corbyville Post Office from 1 January to 27 September 1916. Records origin of letter, date received, address of letter, number of letter, name of office to which forwarded and date of delivery or dispatch.
2) Post Office record of money orders issued, December 1919 to March 1920
3) Samples of various Post Office receipts, acknowledgements and order forms, 1920

The fonds consists of 48 letters written during World War I, transcriptions of the letters, 1 CD and a book titled 'Just a Few Lines: A Memoir of William Thomas Miles from the Great War, 1916-1919'. The book is written by Thomas N. Miles and William J. Miles, Will Miles' sons and is based on this collection of letters. 47 of the letters are from Will Miles to his mother and 1 is from his cousin Maud to Will Miles. The letters are written between Sept. 30, 1916 and Feb. 18, 1919. Most of the letters are sent from France with a few of them sent from England, Barriefield Camp and Bramshott Camp. The letters discuss Will Miles' day to day life being a soldier during WWI, Flanders mud, lice, hunger and poison gas, meeting girls, complaining of the the food he eats, people being injured or sick, himself being injured, the weather, thanks for receiving parcels, running into old friends and looking forward to coming home in 1918.

1. Volumes of annual meeting minutes and financial statements for the following years:
   1. 1916-1921
   2. 1921-1925
   3. 1925-1928
   4. 1928-1933
   5. 1933-1937
   6. 1937-1941
   7. 1941-1944
   8. 1945-1951
   9. 1947-1948
   10. 1950-1954
   11. 1954-1958
   12. 1958-1962
   13. 1962-1965
   14. 1965-1969
   15. 1969-1973
   16. 1973-1977
   17. 1978-1981

2. Alphabetical membership lists for the following years:
   1. 1921-1925
   2. 1925-1930
   3. 1930-1935

3. File of miscellaneous receipts, correspondence, etc., 1937-1964

The fonds consists of Dr. Van Arsdale Blakslee's personal and medical business receipts between the years of 1915 and 1940. There are receipts for medical supplies, tax receipts, and personal receipts such as household bills and car repairs. Many of the medical supply invoices are for products shipped by mail from Toronto or Montreal. Some of these companies in Toronto include: J.F Hartz Co. Limited, Ingram Bell, Ethical Drug Products Limited, and from Montreal Frank W. Horner Limited, Manufacturing Chemists. The majority of the receipts are from local businesses in Belleville and surrounding areas such as: F.W Jeffery Harware Merchant, Midland, Ontario, F.S Anderson Co. Genuine Scranton Coal, W.H Lattimer Druggist Belleville, Sprague the Cleaner, Greenleaf's Garage Machine Shop Foundry Electrical Contractors, R. Oliphant Son Butchers, McLaughlin Motor Car Company, Quinte Bicycle Store, The Belleville Pharmacy, E.D Finkle Electrical Contractor, J.S McKeown The Prescription Druggist, Porter, Butler and Payne Barristers, Solicitors Notaries Public etc. The Belleville Vulcanizing Co. J.T Warren Chevrolet Garage, Ed. F. Dickens Son Bakers and Confectioners, Smith Hardware, Chas J. Symons Gents Furnishings, Hats Caps, A.B Liddle Tailoring, Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing and many more. There are also household bills from the Belleville Gas Department, Belleville Water Works Department, Bell Telephone, Hydro Electric Power Commission and tax receipts from various years.

The Canadian Club of Belleville's fonds contains eight minute books and the following fourteen files:

• materials related to the Association of Canadian Clubs including annual reports, invitations, policies and procedures, publications, and conference materials
• two files of information pertaining to speakers presenting at the Canadian Club of Belleville
• documents relating to the Club's executive
• financial documents such as financial reports
• regulations and governance papers of the Canadian Club of Belleville
• items relating to the Club's membership
• newsletters and other published materials distributed to members
• newspaper clippings from special events and undertakings
• real estate contracts
• correspondence
• ephemera
• three folders of news clippings
• one cloth banner 'The Association of Canadian Clubs'

Items relating to the life of Lester David Riggs.

1) Certificates:

• License to practice medicine in California, 1914
• License to practice medicine in Arizona, 1916
• License to practice medicine in New Mexico, 1918
• License to practice medicine in New York, 1918
• Appointment as First Lieutenant in the United States Army Medical Corps, 1918
• License to practice medicine in Wyoming, 1920
• Membership of the Associate of Military Surgeons, 1920
• Licentiate from the Post Graduate Course in Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 1925
• Licentiate as Fellow of the American College of Physicians, 1929
• Certificate in Internal Medicine, 1937

2) Other materials

• Two photographs of Lester D. Riggs in army uniform
• 'Symptoms and Treatment of Tuberculosis' paper by Lester D. Riggs, c. 1926
• 'Chronic Diseases Found in Association with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Their Influence on Prognosis and Treatment' paper by Lester D. Riggs, 2 December 1926
• 'Tuberculous Activity Following Tonsillectomy' paper by Lester D. Riggs, 25 May 1928
• 'Definite Terminal Signs in Pulmonary Tuberculosis' paper by Lester D. Riggs, c.1928
• 'Artificial Pneumothorax and Tuberculosis' paper by Lester D. Riggs, 26 March 1929
• Copy of letter of recommendation from George H. Kress, 15 May 1929
• Printed program for the Convocation of the American College of Physicians, 1 May 1935
• List of books [possibly owned by Lester D. Riggs]
• Biography of Dr. Lester David Riggs

3) Journal of 'Artificial Pneumothorax Notes', including names of patients, 1929-1930

Fonds consists of records pertaining to Earl Gilbert Wheeler of the 13th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force. The folders are composed of personal letters to Gunner Wheeler's friends and family written while he was stationed at various posts throughout World War I. It also includes financial documents, educational certificates and other professional and personal papers. In addition to these records, documents containing correspondence about his injury, the search for his whereabouts, as well as his death certificate.

Records created and accumulated by employees of the Stephens-Adamson manufacturing plant in Belleville, Ontario. Materials include printed catalogues, plans, an order book, photographs, and printed ephemera.

Records of the Ontario Association of Agrigultural Societies (District 3), including:
1/1) Minute book, 1912-1943
1/2) Minute book, 1944-1976
2) Registers of members attending meetings, 1936-1990
3) Constitution and by-laws, policies and procedures, c.1970-1997
4) Financial records and account books, 1944-2001
5) List of judges, 1992 and published list of fair dates in Ontario for 2002

Records of Stirling Women's Institute, including minutes and Tweedsmuir histories.

1. Sixteen minute books of the Bethel-Zion Women's Institute for the following years:
   • 1912-1917
   • 1921-1924
   • 1925-1927
   • 1931-1939
   • 1939-1942
   • 1942-1946
   • 1946-1950
   • 1950-1953
   • 1953-1957
   • 1957-1961
   • 1961- 1967
   • 1967-1972
   • 1972-1978
   • 1978-1983
   • 1983-1990
   • 1990-2013

2. Eight Tweedsmuir history books (including original photographs and documents):
   1. Volume I, Book I, 1911-1987
   2. Volume I, Book II, 1978-2010
   3. Volume II, Churches and Schools, 1879-2010
   4. Volume II, Book II, Girls' Clubs, 1984-2015
   5. Volume III, Cheese factories, 1904-2009
   6. Volume IV, 1977-2010
   7. Volume V, War Effort and Memory Lane, 1977-2004
   8. Volume 8, 2015-2023

Contains records from Foley Foundry & Machine Co. Ltd such as patents, correspondence, and financial information.

Records of Wallbridge Women's Institute, including minutes, accounts, and Tweedsmuir history.

Minute books for River Valley Women's Institute: 1910-1914; 1914-1917; 1917-1919; 1919-1921; 1921-1923; 1925-1927; 1927-1930; 1930-1935; 1935-1937; 1937-1939; 1939-1944; 1944-1949; 1949-1953; 1953-1957; 1957-1960; 1960-1962; 1962-1965; 1965-1968; 1968-1971; 1971-1973; 1974-1977; 1977-1980

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.