- CA ON00156 2017-78
- Item
- 1969
Typescript memoir of life in Lonsdale by Annie Margaret Farrell.
Farrell, Annie Margaret
Typescript memoir of life in Lonsdale by Annie Margaret Farrell.
Farrell, Annie Margaret
Newspaper clipping of 'The Recruit' poem by Helen Fairbairn
Poem, published in February 1916 (an article on the reverse of the poem mentions a candidates' meeting of the 1916 Peel by-election which took place on 23 February).
Fairbairn, Helen
Collection comprises:
1) Typewritten history of the Argyll Chapter, IODE, printed in 1980 for the organization's 70th anniversary
2) Menu and program for 90th anniversary dinner held on 10 November 2000
3) Undated newspaper clipping on plans for a military ball on 19 November
4) Printed history of the Argyll Chapter, updating the 1980 edition to mark the closure of the group in 2000
Argyll Chapter IODE
Photographs by Bobby-Jo Morris
Colour photographs taken by Bobby-Jo Morris of two events:
1) Protests on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory concerning missing and murdered Indigenous women, 4 March 2014 (16 photographs and four pages of explanatory notes)
2) Flooding in Foxboro, Belleville and Millton, Ontario in April 2014 (30 annotated photographs)
Morris, Bobby-Jo
Two photo-postcards, one of "Mrs. Foster & daughter" and one of "Mrs G. Perry, 6 Moira St. E. Belleville".
Programme for the Wallbridge Branch of the West Hastings Women's Institute, 1956-1957
Printed program for the Wallbridge Women's Institute's activities, with list of officers.
Wallbridge Women's Institute
Beta Sigma Phi scrapbook of Jean Lennox
Scrapbook of photographs, ephemera and newspaper clippings relating to Jean Lennox's membership of a Beta Sigma Phi sorority chapter in Belleville, Ontario.
Lennox, Jean
Charter of the Argyll Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of Empire
Founding charter of the Argyll Chapter (number 159) of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of Empire, granted by the National Chapter of Canada to founding members Mary G. Ponton, Zetta S. March, Bertha H. Vermilyea, Amy I. McFee, Helen G. Wallbridge, Edith R. Hyman, Helena G. Vermilyea, Amy R. Wallbridge, Mary Lee, Mary S. Orr, Flora M. Brown.
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
Roslin Women's Institute programme
Programme of events and list of officers for the Roslin branch of the East Hastings Women's Institutes.
Roslin Women's Institute
Photograph of Louise Rathbun and genealogical information
Gagen & Fraser
List of Deseronto women who studied nursing at Kingston General Hospital, 1932-1974
List of 11 women from Deseronto who studied nursing in Kingston, Ontario.
Robertson, Paul
Photograph of a young woman with inscription reading "Dear Mother With best Love Lettie, Aug 12th 1903". The woman is possibly Lettie Howard (born Lettie Young: 1874-1961). Lettie Howard is the only person in Deseronto in the 1901 census with that first name. She married Robert Howard in Belleville on 10 April 1894.
Fairbairn, James
Grace B. Waters photograph albums
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
Waters, Grace Brown
Digital photographs of Kay Manderville plaque unveiling
Two digital photographs taken at the unveiling of the Kay Manderville plaque at the Lions Park Bridge in Belleville, Ontario.
Morgan, Mary-Lynne
Soroptimist Club of Belleville photographs and leaflet
Photographs of Belleville Soroptimist Club outings and leaflet about the Soroptimist International Association.
Johnson, Mary Lloyd
Collection comprises:
Harrison, Hannah Mary
Records of the Trent Valley Quilters' Guild
Minutes, photographs and administrative materials relating to the Trent Valley Quilters' Guild. Includes scanned copies of all materials.
Trent Valley Quilters' Guild
Deseronto Archives photographic collection
The photographs are arranged by subject matter and cover activities in and around the town of Deseronto, Ontario. The majority date from the late nineteenth century and many depict the lumber-related industries of the Rathbun Company in Deseronto. There are also photographs of school groups, churches, railways, First World War airfields and portraits of Deseronto citizens.
Digital copy of a photograph of Joan Bronskill
Scanned copy of a photograph of Dr. Joan Bronskill (1924-1978), who spent most of her career as an entomologist at the Entomological Research Institute in Belleville, Ontario. She was well known for her support of the arts in Belleville, being a founder of the Quinte Ballet School, a member of the Belleville Theatre Guild, and a charter member of the Quinte Arts Council.