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The collection contains materials relating to property on lot 26, concession 7 of Thurlow Township, Ontario first owned by John Latta:

• History of the house compiled for the Plainfield Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History by Maude Harrison in 1976
• WIll of Francis Van de Bogart, made 26 Feb 1825
• House and farm leases, and quit claims c.1898-1912 for Lot 26, Concession 7
• Agreement and sale of land documents c.1872-1932
• Deeds and policies c.1874-1932
• Mortgage and accompanying documents c.1901
• Mortgages and agreements survey plan for lot 25
• Fire insurance policies c.1901
• Discharge of mortgage document c.1872
• Legal documents for Thurlow Township lots c.1880-1964
• Mortgages and deeds from Thurlow Township c.1876-1931
• High Court Justice documents c.1872-1886
• Commissioner of Agriculture loans and receipts and statements ca. 1940's
• An original deed from June 22, 1820
• Bound volumes of The Windsor Magazine, June-November 1911 and June-November 1915

The scrapbooks detail activities in the Belleville, Hastings County area from 1920 to 1943. The scrapbooks contain assorted newspaper clippings, extracts from Chamber of Commerce brochures, etc. relating to political, economic, and other happenings.

Twelve printed recipe cards for muffins, produced by the Old Cheese Factory muffin shop at 137 Main Street, Foxboro, Ontario. "Famous for muffins since 1980"

1. Handwritten notes of daily business activities by William Nisbet Ponton
2. Deed from Richard and Hannah Eliza Bamber to W. H. Maines of the northwest quarter of lot 6 in the ninth concession of Sidney Township, 21 February 1884
3. Mortgage of the same property by Allan Edward and Alice Maud Maines to William Maines, 7 April 1897

Printed brochures, many of them promoting Belleville and its industries.

Books with lists of customers and amounts paid for ice supplied by Maurice Callaghan.

Reproduction photographs showing:

1. Front Street, Belleville, Ontario, looking north from south of City Hall, with streetcar, 1910
2. Four photographs of Livesey's Meat Market, with members of the Livesey family
3. Interior of a grocery store on Front Street
   With a page of notes by Wendy Stevens on the history of the photographs. The store was at the corner of Bridge and Everett Streets in Belleville.

This fonds is composed of folders of records containing documents relating to the Ontario Business College:

• correspondence including letters between: F.C.A. Johnson and E.H. Best; a Miss Nightingale and Michael J. Finnegan; and Miss Nightingale and Fred Jarrett
• publications containing programs, pamphlets, and catalogues
• items donated by Principal I. L. Moore such as a catalogue, an advertisement, a cheque to the school from the Farthey family from Johannesburg, South Africa from the Bank of Africa, and a scholarship granted to Adam Johnson
• the college's rules and regulations, a legal document discussing the trial over the name of the Belleville Business College between that school and the Ontario Business College, and one invoice book from the Business Department
• ephemera file containing three student records from Geoff Reeves, Maud Reeves, and Howard Frost respectively, as well as a coupon and a copy of the school song,

The fonds consists of Dr. Van Arsdale Blakslee's personal and medical business receipts between the years of 1915 and 1940. There are receipts for medical supplies, tax receipts, and personal receipts such as household bills and car repairs. Many of the medical supply invoices are for products shipped by mail from Toronto or Montreal. Some of these companies in Toronto include: J.F Hartz Co. Limited, Ingram Bell, Ethical Drug Products Limited, and from Montreal Frank W. Horner Limited, Manufacturing Chemists. The majority of the receipts are from local businesses in Belleville and surrounding areas such as: F.W Jeffery Harware Merchant, Midland, Ontario, F.S Anderson Co. Genuine Scranton Coal, W.H Lattimer Druggist Belleville, Sprague the Cleaner, Greenleaf's Garage Machine Shop Foundry Electrical Contractors, R. Oliphant Son Butchers, McLaughlin Motor Car Company, Quinte Bicycle Store, The Belleville Pharmacy, E.D Finkle Electrical Contractor, J.S McKeown The Prescription Druggist, Porter, Butler and Payne Barristers, Solicitors Notaries Public etc. The Belleville Vulcanizing Co. J.T Warren Chevrolet Garage, Ed. F. Dickens Son Bakers and Confectioners, Smith Hardware, Chas J. Symons Gents Furnishings, Hats Caps, A.B Liddle Tailoring, Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing and many more. There are also household bills from the Belleville Gas Department, Belleville Water Works Department, Bell Telephone, Hydro Electric Power Commission and tax receipts from various years.

This fonds contains one folder of real estate related material, a volume containing a ledger with the Association's rules and regulations, and two volumes of minute books.