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Minutes, texts of talks and financial records of the Women's Study Guild, originally formed at the John Street United Church in Belleville, Ontario.

Photograph of King George School, Belleville, Ontario, dated 20 September 1929.

Five annotated photographs of Belleville, Ontario, taken during the March 1936 floods.

The First World War photograph album contains about 164 black and white or sepia photographs, 1 cartoon entitled "The same old moon", 1 coloured pencil sketch of a nurse. The album is Kodak's "Gallia" model (32.5x26x2cm) in plain black, textured leatherette. The photographs vary greatly in size from 21 x 14.5 cm to 8.5 X5.9 cm. About 40 of the photographs are signed either "E.R. Owen" or "E.R.O.". The first photograph is marked in pencil, "Donor G.B.Waters". Many of the photographs depict the Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital in Cliveden, England. Many images depict the hospital at the time of a visit by King George V and Queen Mary, a visit by Sir Robert Borden, and a visit by Winston Churchill. There are images of the hospital wards both indoors and out, the cafeteria, the linen supply, and many patients (a lot of the patients seem to be wearing special issue hospital shoes) and nurses. Subjects include: nurses of the Canadian Army Medical Corps; funerals; women ambulance drivers; trenches, military hospitals.

The second album dates from 1916 to 1921. Identified locations include: Athabaska Hall; Banff (Alberta); Red Deer; Lake St. Helena; Edmonton; Sylvan Lake; Mount Royal; Montreal (from M.G.H.); Fort William [Thunder Bay]; Lake of the Woods; Moose Jaw; Markerville; Innisfail; New York. There are several photographs of farm scenes and some of medical personnel in white coats, holding human bones.

The third album includes photographs taken at a graduation at McGill University in Montreal; scenes of Niagara Falls; photographs of cars; two photographs of hospital rooms.

This collection also includes an annual report for Kingston General Hospital, 1906; a brochure for Queen's University Hospital in Cairo, c.1915; five panoramic postcards of Le Tréport, France, c.1915; a letter from 'Elsa' of Dickson, Alberta to Ivy, Clifford and Lloyd, discussing her new job as head of a teacher training department in Ethiopia, dated 5 August 1946, and two sheets of song lyrics for the following songs:
Sheet 1
Cupid is the Captain of the Army
I've Said My Last Farewell
Those Songs My Mother Used to Sing
The Bull-Frog and the Coon
Poker Love
The Good Old U.S.A.
So Long Mary
The Tale of a Stroll
Lazy Moon

Sheet 2
Fishing
I Would Like to Marry You
As We Swing, Sweetheart
Drummer Song
Dear Old Johnstown
When I Rode on the Choo Choo Cars
I Fell in Love With Polly
Hey! Mister Joshua
Hiram Green, Good-Bye
It Makes Me Think of Home, Sweet, Home

Photograph of staff and students of the Ontario Business College, including: Nellie-May Kent (second row, fifth from right); Mae Monica Foster (first row, eight from right); Marjorie Danford (second row, fourth from right) and Mavis Sills (second row, sixth from right). Teacher identified as Mr Motsler, Miss Grant, Mr Moor and Mr Henry.

Postcard addressed to Miss Florence Roberts of Paris, Ontario, with a picture of the Bay of Quinte Bridge on the front. Mailed in October 1905. Signed 'Eva'.

Panoramic photograph of employees of the Stephens-Adamson Manufacturing Company of Canada Limited, Franklin Street, Belleville, Ontario. Taken 1 June 1943.

A heart-shaped publication of mini-postcard images of Belleville produced by Charles B. Scantlebury in 1907.
Two photo-postcards of Belleville, Ontario, during spring flooding [possibly 1936], one showing the broken footbridge, the other taken on Bridge Street West.

Sunday school attendance register for Marmora Methodist Church, Marmora, Ontario, including a printed page with an image of the late Canon C. M. Harris, 1854-1923, Rector at Marmora. Also banquet invitation and menu for an event held at the Hotel Quinte for Hastings County councillors on 10th December 1926.

Materials collected by Arthur Tufts (father of Marilyn Hughes), including:

• Negative of a photograph of children and staff of Tweed Consolidated School, 1932-1933
• Printed letter from Harold Walsh to the voters of East Hastings, 1 October 1937
• 'A History of St. John's United Church, Tweed, Ontario 1957-1969' by Mrs C. R. Porritt, 1967
• Printed photo directory of St. John's United Church, Tweed, Ontario, 2000
• Printed 'seniority list' of names of 266 employees of Corby Distilleris Limited at 15 September 1974, with their date of starting work
• Published history of 'Moira Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 11 G.R.C. March 10th, 1801 to 1976' by H. S. Robbins
• Published history 'Moira Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 11 G.R.C. Bicentennial 1801-2001' by Paul Foster

Framed photograph, a collage of photographs of 26 "Aldermen and civic officials of the City of Belleville" in Queen Victoria's Jubilee Year. The men are identified as: A. N. Pringle; P. J. M. Anderson; W. L. Fellowes; E. G. Porter; W. Reeves; J. N. Lazier; C. Bogart; M. Graham; J. C. Keith; E. H. LaRoche; D. B. Robertson, City Clerk; W. J. Diamond; W. H. Biggar, Mayor; L. H. Henderson, City Solicitor; R. Taylor, Street Surveyor; James Macoun; N. B. Falkiner; J. W. Johnson; R. Tannahill, City Treasurer; G. A. Brown; A. T. Petrie; William Smeaton; D. J. Hay; D. Collins; William Lott; L. Johnson.

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.

Colour photographs of the Norris Whitney bridge under construction between Rossmore and Belleville, Ontario and aerial photographs of Belleville, Wellington, Picton, Tweed, Stirling and the open pit mine at Marmora. Photographs of aircraft, including a replica of the 'Spirit of St. Louis', which visited Belleville in 1977 or 1978.

Two postcards and one photograph of flooding in Belleville, Ontario in 1936.

A series of negatives of properties in Belleville, Ontario, taken by members of the Belleville Camera Club on behalf of the Historic Structures Committee of Hastings County Historical Society. Also a file containing a list of the houses in 'Area C' of Belleville (from the east side of Front Street to East Hill) which were to be photographed.

Photographs and newspaper clippings relating to barbershop groups The Trentones and A Cappella Quinte. Includes a program for the 1982 Annual Show: "A Decade of The Trentones", held at Trenton High School on May 7th and 8th.

Photograph of two women, one man and a young girl. On back are pencilled notes reading "Mrs Hick, Mr Gilbert, Lottie & Roy, 4 generations".

Six loose coloured postcards showing:

• Front Street, Belleville, Ontario
• Aerial View of R.C.A.F. Station, looking South, near Belleville, Ontario
• Moira River, Belleville, Ontario
• General Hospital, Belleville, Ontario
• Albert College, Belleville, Ontario

• Dominion Entomological Building, Belleville, Ont.

  A fold-out 'Souvenir of Belleville' set of postcards produced by Valentine-Black Ltd., Toronto. They depict:

• Post Office, Quinte Hotel, Churches, Armouries, Belleville, Ontario
• Church of St. Michael the Archangel (R.C.)
• St. Thomas' Church (Anglican) Belleville, Ontario
• Bridge Street United Church, Belleville, Ontario
• Front Street looking North, Belleville, Ontario
• Front Street, Belleville, Ont. looking North
• Moira River looking North from Victoria Park, Belleville, Ontario
• Bridge St., bridge over Moira River, Belleville, Ontario
• Main bldgs., Belleville General Hospital
• Hotel Quinte, Belleville, Ontario
• High School, Belleville, Ontario
• Albert College, Belleville, Ontario
• Main bldg., Ontario School for the Deaf, Belleville, Ont., Canada
• Club House, Quinte Golf and Country Club, Belleville, Ont., Canada
• The Armouries, Belleville, Ont., Canada
• War Memorial, Belleville, Ont., Canada

Promotional calendar for Houston's (building supplies) of 75 St. Paul Street, Belleville, Ontario. The 'Barely Covered' image on the calendar was originally painted by R. James Stuart.

Negatives and photographs of activities and buildings at the Northern Electric plant on Sidney Street in Belleville, Ontario. These items were contained in a metal Kardex filing drawer. Headings on the file sleeves include:

• Erecting Gov. Towers [Negative 2019-055-001]
• Dismantling & Erecting N.E. Wooden Tower [Negatives 2019-055-002 to 2019-055-019 and print of negative 2019-055-017]
• Wave Guide Flexing Machine Built 1956 by N.E. Co Belleville [Negatives 2019-055-020 to 2019-055-078 and prints of negatives 2019-055-022, 2019-055-023, 2019-055-024, 2019-055-027, 2019-055-028, 2019-055-029, 2019-055-030 and 2019-055-047]
• City Fire Dept Demonstration 1955 [4 negatives including 2019-055-084 and 2019-055-085]
• Fire in Shopmen's Wash Rm. Partition. 1955 [5 negatives, 5 prints]
• Painting Chain Link Fences 1955 Contractor Carter & Son [2 negatives]
• Parking Lots 1951 [Includes negative 2019-055-089]
• Employee Infraction on City Parking Regulations 1955
• Car Parks 1955 [Negatives 2019-055-091 to 2019-055-093]
• Power House 1954 [11 negatives including 2019-055-094 and 2019-095]
  *Deterioration of 1947 Plant Roof Due to Negelcted Leak in Roof Membrane, 1955 [2 prints, 3 negatives]
• Deterioration in West Wall & South & North Corners of 1947 BLDG. Repointed Brickwork 1955 [30 prints, 32 negatives]
• Leaking Flashings [1 print]
• Slippage of Roof Material on 1951 Extension Saw Tooths Corrected 1955 By Application of S.I.S. Roofing. [3 prints, 3 negatives]
• 1951 Extension to Plant [44 prints, 106 negatives]
• Paint Shop Construction 1955 [13 prints, 20 negatives]
• Shop Partitions Designed & Built in Belleville Plant 1953 [4 prints, 7 negatives]
• Standard Benches Designed & Produced in Belleville Plant 1952 [1 print (labelled 'Sound Proof Booth'), 3 negatives]
• Moving Pacific Brake from CN Tracks to Belleville Plant [1 print, 4 negatives]
• 44 K.V. Substation Installation, 1954 [6 negatives]
• 1953 Fordson Tractor & Attachments [4 prints, negatives 2019-055-096 to 2019-055-103]
• Taken to Demonstrate Inefficient Material Handling [6 prints, 4 negatives]
• Warehouse 1954 [4 prints, 14 negatives including 2019-055-104 to 2019-055-106]
• Excavating for the 1951 Extension [16 prints, 3 negatives]