File contains manuscript and typescript correspondence from Sir Gilbert Parker to W.N. Ponton concerning visits of the former to Belleville in 1900 and 1911.
File contains several newspaper clippings regarding social and local business activities in Roslin in 1956-1957 including the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Chisolm's lumber mill in June 1957. Also present is a printed booklet commemorating the 100th anniversary of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Roslin on 3 June 1945 and another marking the 125th anniversary in 1970.
This file contains a newspaper article clipping by Viva Richmond Graham. this article about the correlation between the first settlers in Ontario, and the naming of new settlements, in the early years of the region surrounding the Hastings County.
File contains a newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer, 16 May 1957 concerning major fires in 1883 and 1908 which damaged and destroyed several businesses and homes in Stirling.
File contains a printed poster advising municipal residents to vote for the reduction of licensed drinking places in various municipalities, including Belleville. Also present is a newspaper clipping announcing an upcoming talk entitled “The Man that Rum Makes,” by Dr. W.J. Fairfield on 21 November 1887, and a clipping about a horse theft in Sidney after a drinking episode by the perpetrator.
File contains an Ontario Intelligencer article, 7 February 1961, concerning a break-in and vandalism of the vault at the Thurlow Township office and the concurrent theft of a camera from the Moira River Conservation Authority, housed in the same building.
File contains manuscript notes by Mary Plumpton including lists of Thurlow Town Clerks, 1798-1846; transcripts of pages from an unidentified diary 1870-1872, and notes on individuals appearing in Plumpton's work, The Rambling River. Also present is a photocopied printed excerpt from the 1879 Hastings County Directory with entries for Canifton[sic] listing residents by name and occupation.
File contains clippings of local newspaper articles about local groups generally with Christian faith based backgrounds, that do charitable work to promote a sense of goodwill in their communities. Some of these institutions include; Trenton Masonic Temple, Boy Scouts, the Oddfellows, and others.
Revised By-Laws and Standing Rules of the Council of the County of Prince Edward, 1911 (includes list of Wardens 1842-1911 & Councillors 1848-1911)
Prince Edward County Year Book 1930, contains a complete Post Office and Rural Route Directory; List of Officers of County Organizations including Churches and Schools
File contains original hand written copy and typed copy of of a poetical comparison of Belleville 1906 vs. 1944, written by William James Savage, 165 East Moira Street, Belleville, Ontario