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Digital images taken on April 9th, 2015, of the Langley and Burke architectural plans of a proposed house on Stanley Avenue, Deseronto, Ontario, for Edward Wilkes Rathbun, made May 20th, 1892. The original plans are held at the Archives of Ontario.

A red and white quilt made in 1894 by the Steady Gleaners, a group of women affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer, Deseronto, Ontario, possibly with the aim of raising funds for missionary work. This quilt may have been made for such a purpose. The signatures of the women in the society are embroidered onto the squares of the quilt.

The names on the quilt are:
F.M.R.
Bella Smyth
Mrs Wm. Gamble
Florence A. Davis
Mrs F. S. Rathbun
Alice McGault
Mrs C. E. Ravin
Mrs J. W. McCaw
Mrs G. Genge
Mrs Wm. Mitchell
Mrs R. J. Craig, President
Mrs Frank S. Hall [Bessie]
Annie Hill
Mrs McCoy
Mrs F. H. Sims
Mrs J. D. Dulmadge
Mrs J. Douglas
Tillie Maxwell
Mrs D. Dant
Miss Mary Huff
Mrs G. Gordon
Ella Pegan
Mrs G. A. Grant
Mrs Joe Hopper
Mrs Wm. Geney
Gertrude R. Craig
Aggie Elliott
Mrs Mackie
Mrs A. D. Macintyre
I. Thornton
Mrs C. Forrester
Mrs R. Anderson
Ira B. Anderson
L. Smyth
Mrs R. Geddes
Mrs F. McMaster
Mrs J. M. Denmark
Mrs A. G. Knight
Mrs J. Buter
Clara McClain
Mrs C. Bennett
Mrs J. T. Garmon

Photographs, some composite, of buildings and views in Deseronto, Ontario, pasted onto paper pages and bound into a volume.

Silk bookmark reads "Belleville's WELCOME To her distinguished Son. March 12th, 1895. Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell, K.C.M.G. From Belleville Schools to PREMIERSHIP OF CANADA".

Photograph of young twin girls, standing on the seats of two chairs.

Luggage tag for route "Local 26" of the Deseronto Navigation Company Ltd. of Deseronto, Ontario.

Photocopy of a photograph of John Freeman (1836-1905) and his wife, Ann Naphan (1824-1923). At one time they owned the Arlington Hotel in Deseronto, Ontario.

Photograph of the Special Penmanship Class of Ontario Business College, Belleville, Ontario, 30 March 1895, taken by D. A. Weese, photographer. Names: W. R. Johnston, Renfrew, Ont. J. W. Gillissie, Kenmore, Ont. A. R. Eason, Keene, Ont. T. J. Lancaster, Birdsall, Ont. M. Smith, Parrsboro, N. S. P. D. Sprung, Mountain View, Ont. C. H. Eplett, Coldwater, Ont. H. L. Durrant, St. Vincent, B. W. I. J. D. Payne, Port Stanley, Ont. S. Hilton, Montreal, Que. R. K. Goodill, Rolling Dam, N. B. W. Walmsley, Waupoos, Ont. George p. McGowan, Rolling Dam, N. B. E. D. Miller, Royalton, N. B. A. E. McLaughlin, Bass River, N. S. A. C. Baker, Teacher J. W. Johnson, F. C. A., Principal W. J. Osborne, Teacher W. B. Robinson, Principal Jessie Anderson, Teacher A. M. Loucks, Morrisburg, Ont. Agnes McKinnon, Lake Talon, Ont. E. E. Bradford, Wilmington, Del. M. E. Ostron, Rednersville, Ont.
*W. McVay, St. Stephen, N. B.

Index of individuals and companies featured in a supplement to the Belleville Sun newspaper dated 31 May 1895.

Scanned photographs and newspaper cutting relating to the family of John Poitras, who lived in Deseronto from 1875 to around 1896 and worked for the Rathbun Company as a superintendent.

1. Herbert 'Bert' Poitras, part of a Deseronto sports team
2. Poitras home on St. George Street, north of the Presbyterian Church
3. Same house from a more oblique angle
4. ‘Sol Markle’
5. Grace Poitras (b.1883) and her brother Bert as small children
6. Deseronto Tribune article about the Poitras’s cottage and summer camp at Butternut Cove, Aug 24, 1894
7. Grace Poitras in a nurse’s uniform, 1904, taken in Watertown, NY
8. Man on an ice-boat
9. Man on an ice boat, labelled ‘Tom Tierney, 1896’

Photograph of a group of Ontario students in attendance at the Ontario Business College.
Individuals named are:
J. S. Kerr, Madoc
D. E. Henry, Napanee
L. Wright, Pembroke
S. A. Huyck, Frankford
F. W. Dafoe, Belleville
Byron Chase, Oshawa
G. Bushell, Picton
W. Cameron, Lancaster
W. E. Vanscriver, Picton
J. F. Mollison, Dunkerrom
J. A. Elliott, Millbrook
T. Latimer, Perth
S. B. Hogeboom, Caintown
T. H. Hopkins, Picton
C. H. North, Picton
W. J. Thompson, Belleville
C. Noble, Vernonville
T. Murphy, Lonsdale
C. Gingrich, St. Jacob's
E. E. Redner, Rednerville
L. E. Bowerman, Wellington
A. B. Davis, St. Catherines
H. Hicks, Waupoose
R. A. Nimmo, Belleville
J. McLean, Boulter
N. Carter, Trenton
H. Hinman, Grafton
J. E. Smith, Atwood
H. Miner, Cobden
E. Sutherland, Belleville
J. E. Jarvis, Locust Hill
Geo. Sarles, Rockwood
W. Tullock, Huntingdon
D. McCuan, Carleton Place
J. S. Trail, Windermere
J. R. Colemaqn, Birr
T. M. Turnbull, Picton
R. Joyce, Griffith
J. R. McLachlan, North Lancaster
A. G. Best, Arnprior
A. Cameron, Beechburg
J. Carr, Waupoose
W. J. Osborne, Teacher
J. W. Johnson, F.C.A. Teacher
W. B. Robinson, Teacher
J. Anderson, Teacher
A. L. Matheson, Teacher
W. A. Stephens, Ravenshoe
Miss C. M. Adams, Belleville
Miss N. I. Munro, Perth
Miss V. Copeland, Belleville
Miss E. Hagerman, Belleville
Miss A. Peters, Port Hope
Miss A. Lobb, Milford
Miss F. Dey, Moose Creek
Miss A. Nicholson, Belleville
Miss G. MacFarlane, Melrose
Miss L. Conley, Madoc
Miss A. Walsh, Belleville