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Textual electronic files of information used in 27 walks organized by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario Quinte Branch. These include walks in Belleville, Frankford, Lonsdale, Madoc, Shannonville, Sidney Township, Stirling, Tamworth, Trenton, Tyendinaga, and Wooler. The files give a brief history of properties covered in the walks.

The printed file is for the Lonsdale walk on 16th October 2016.

These volumes were compiled by the Historic Structures Committee of the Hastings County Historical Society in 1978 and 1983. They contain photographs and descriptions of some of the older buildings in Belleville, Ontario.

Minutes and other records of Heritage Belleville.

Digital copies of photographs of 153 and 317 Dundas Street West in Belleville, homes built by John and Alexander Chisholm, respectively. Intelligencer newspaper article on environmental inspection by Green Check of 317 Dundas Street West when it was owned by Mayor Ross McDougall and Marilyn McDougall in the mid-1990s. Copy of an Intelligencer newspaper article about HC00309 - Tweed stagecoach, identifying the driver as Roland Perry.

Four items originally owned by William Nisbet Ponton:
1) Writ of summons addressed to Francis Papineau, James Blacklock and James Hill of Belleville, defendants in a case brought by Henry Fowler, served on 10 May 1865
2) Typescript copy of Section 11 of By-law 476 of the City of Belleville, prohibiting people from setting off firearms or rockets or throwing snowballs in streets or public places in the city. By-law originally passed on 16 May 1881
3) Sale poster for auction mortgage sale of the Albion Hotel in Belleville, Ontario on 4 July 1900
4) Menu, program, seating plan, and toast list for the Sixth Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, held at the Hotel Cecil in London, England on 13 July 1906. (W. N. Ponton was one of the attendees.)

Contains mostly the Quinte Branch newsletter but also correspondence, minutes, reports and a number of walking tours of Belleville and Picton. Some of the minutes from meetings are also included as are some newspaper clippings associated with historic buildings of the region.

Clipping from the Community Press newspaper of 19 July 1997 by Steven Tubb concerning the desire to find a new use for the King's Mill building in Rawdon Township, Ontario.

File of operating instructions, schematic diagrams and brochures for machinery and fittings of the Federal Building on Station Street in Belleville, Ontario. The file covers the following sections:

• Plumbing fixtures
• Temperature controls
• Pumping equipment
• Incinerator
• Stoker data
• Boilers
• Fan equipment

Materials collected by the Belleville Fire Department from members and former members of the department. They include photographs, correspondence, press clippings and fire call logs.

Photographs taken of activities and locations in Belleville, Ontario between 1990 and 2005.
1) Unveiling ceremonies, 1990-2003, including: Belleville Garden Club plaque, 1990s; War Memorial Park dedication, 18 October 2001; J. Russell Scott Park, Robin Jeffrey Park, Jane Forrester Park, Gerald B. Hyde Park, R. T. Potter Park, all 2002; Bruce Faulds Track, Wilbur C. Purcell Bridge, J. Ben Corke Footbridge, Jean Smith Housing Complex, Tom Gavey Alemite Park, Putman Bridge, Gerry Masterson Community Centre, Thurlow, all 2003; Riverside Trail groundbreaking [c.100 photographs]
2) Parks and arenas, c.2001, including: Wally Dever Arena opening; Quinte Sports Centre/Yardmen Arena internal and external views; Corby Rose Garden; Lioness Park opening; aerial views of Zwick's Island; Parkdale Community Centre; Meyer's Pier; skating in Victoria Harbour; Wharf Street Debating Club; [55 photographs]
3) Moira River views, including aerial photographs and views of the route of the future riverfront trail, c.2001 [34 photographs]
4) Aerial views of Belleville and Thurlow, c.2001, including: Belleville General Hospital, Hastings Manor, Corbyville distillery site, Quinte Hotel, Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, the Armouries, Mary Ann Sills park, Zwicks Park, Quinte Sports Centre, Loyalist College, industrial parks [c.100 photographs]
5) Aerial views of Belleville, c.2004, including: Loyalist College, downtown Belleville, Hastings Manor (new building), Reid's Dairy, riverfront trail (under construction), Albert College, Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf [50 photographs]
6) Aerial views of Bay of Quinte northern shoreline, c.2004, including Bakelite plant, Belleville General Hospital, Belleville Cemetery [49 photographs]
7) Unveiling of the Belleville McFarlands mural on the Memorial Arena, 18 September 2002 [49 photographs] with note from Mayor George Zegouras to Marjorie Buck concerning her role as official photographer for the event
8) Competitors at the Games for the Disabled event held in Belleville, c.2002 [32 photographs]
9) Photographs of a celebratory event at Glanmore National Historic Site, marking 30 years as a museum, July 2003 [c.100 photographs]
10) Photographs of Belleville Farmers' Market, c.2002 (taken in summer and in fall) [8 photographs]