Photocopies and scans of newspaper articles and photographs relating to the Dawson and Burley families. 1) Photocopy of Quinte Scanner article about Hudson’s Mill. December 18, 1981 2) Photocopy of photograph of front of Deseronto House Hotel, with Deseronto Bus Line coach and horses. 3) Photocopy of photos of the old Deseronto to Prince Edward County ferry, being made into a houseboat (Reg Dawson did this) 4) Photocopy of article in The Intelligencer about the ferry from October 30, 1974. Mentions Reg Dawson. 5) Photocopy of photos of the ferry in service. Undated.
Photographs of members of the Rodgers family of Deseronto, Ontario. Some photographs were taken in Belleville. Most are unidentified, but they include Thomas, Robert and Georgie and one man in a Salvation Army uniform.
The collection contains 8 glass negatives depicting group portraits of men, women and children in farmland and indoor settings. There are also images of farmhouses.
Two photographs of classes at the Ontario Business college. The 1900 photograph shows students from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the 1913 photo shows students in the shorthand department.
Two photographs: 1) Portrait of a seated man and small child, possibly members of the Walmsley family, taken by D. A. Weese of 279 Front Street, Belleville, Ontario 2) View of floodwaters from CPR tracks near Dundas Street West in Belleville, Ontario, March 1936
Thirteen black and white photographs of members of Mary Benson's family. Identified individuals include: Frederick G. Keyes; John G. Keyes; Margaret Williams; Mathilda Keyes; Grace and John McCunn; Irene McCunn; Wallaces of Napanee; Mary Gardner Keyes (1820-1903) of Rochester, New York.
Digital reproductions of photographs and research materials relating to the village of Moira, Ontario. Paper materials include an edition of the Ontario Intelligencer of 7 August 1934, reporting on a reunion at Moira and notes on the history of the Methodist/United church compiled by Owen Herity
Photocopy of a plan of the Rathbun Farms (later Fingland and Kimmett farms) on Boundary Road to the northeast of Deseronto, showing crop rotations and land use.
Collection principally comprises research notes, newspaper clippings, promotional publications and postcards relating to the history of the town of Deseronto, Ontario. It also includes a file of materials relating to a voyage on the Empress of Scotland ship in 1956.
Deseronto postcards and photographs, 1900-1920
Notes and ephemera relating to Kay Allin's voyage on the Empress of Scotland, July 1956
Publication Kente Mission, 1668-1680, 1968
Notes by Kay Allin on the history of Deseronto, c.1980-1990
Notes by Kay Allin on the history of the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer in Deseronto, c.1980-1990
File of newspaper clipping relating to Deseronto, 1967-1980
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to the Rathbun family, 1972-1980
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to Deseronto, 1978-1990
Reproduction of Deseronto High School 'Ballyhoo' publication, May 1928
Deseronto flyers and publications, including 1978 program for the North American Outboard Championships, 1967-1989
Publications relating to centennial celebrations in Deseronto, 1971 and 1989
This collection contains a variety of materials relating to the history of Deseronto and Hastings County. Items include:
video of the 1989 Deseronto Centennial and Homecoming celebration, 4-5 August 1989, including performances of the Centennial Song, a Main Street parade, a baby show, karate demonstration and fireworks
File on the 1989 Deseronto Centennial celebrations
35mm slides of historic views of Deseronto
Morrison family snapshots of unidentified people
Photograph of an aircraft from Camp Mohawk on the shore of the Bay of Quinte, August 1917
Series of 120 photographs of Deseronto, taken around 1995. Many are aerial shots, others are of individual houses. A few depict individuals: Don Lindsay, Dennis Vick, Dick Beare, Joe Carter, Ed Gordanier
'A Building Code for Smaller Municipalities' by the National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, 1947
County of Hastings directories for 1983, 1984, 1985
County of Hastings receipts and expenditures statement, 1921
By-law to Regulate the Running At Large of Animals and for Other Purposes, Township of Tyendinaga, 6 August 1895
File of 'Deseronto Firsts' compiled by Ken Brown
File of photographs, press clippings and list of entrants in Deseronto's Easter Parade of 2006
16 photographs of empty lots in Deseronto, taken 2004
File of partial letters from Joe Goold to his sweetheart, Marnie, written while he was based in Detroit, 11 September to 11 October 1919, with blank postcards of Deseronto scenes and a letter from Elizabeth Goold to Bill Hunt concerning the letters
File on James Fairbairn including a newspaper extract and a studio photograph taken by him.
Typescript biography of Harry B. Free (Camp Rathbun flight instructor) by Margaret Crothers, 1991
File on the Dryden family, including a photograph of the Drydens at the Peterborough Lift Lock (https://flic.kr/p/9dmEYZ)
File of clippings about Gwen Lazier Braidwood, 2005
File of clippings about Deseronto mayor Glen Belcour, 1995-2002
Scrapbook containing photographs and notes relating to Moira School, compiled in 1954 and including older photographs and correspondence. Some photographs missing
File of correspondence addressed to John Owen Herity who published an article about Moira School in the Intelligencer of 5th February 1938
File on Moira Church containing program for a reunion in 1977 and a celebration of its 150th anniversary in 2004
File of two newsletters written by Annie Cook of Erin in 1983 and 1984
Digital copy of a photograph of Henry Thompson, member of the 49th (Belleville) Regiment during the Fenian raids of 1866. His entry in the Canada General Service Medal Register, 1866-1870 (RG 9, II, A 5 Vol. 4 at Library and Archives Canada) is available online at http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&id=e008681734
Information provided by donor about this individual: Born 1 May 1835 In Wexford Ireland Arrived in Canada 1851 First daughter born Aug 1862 Served in military June 1866 Fenian Raids Found on the 1871 Census in Thurlow First wife Ann Casey died 1 Feb 1875 Married Mary Frances O'Conner 16 May 1876 in Belleville Found on the 1881 census in Thurlow Found on the 1891 census in York West, Found on the 1901 census in Toronto Juction Found on the 1911 census in York South Died 6 March 1914 at home 2119 Dundas Ave (St) W