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Editions of the Quinte Weekly news, August 1986 to May 1992, with photographs and negatives.

The Wanamaker fonds consists of textual records and graphic materials of genealogical histories of various families. The fonds also contains records, brochures, pamphlets, publications, books, and other textual records from towns and cities throughout Ontario, predominantly from the Quinte Area and Hastings County.

• Family Photographs of the Sayers family, Ralph Wanamaker's family, the Hodgen family, of Loral Wanamaker's family, Parliament family, Van Cott family, Post family, as well as loose photographs of the Parliament family, the McTaggart family, various snapshots and negatives of scenery and views, as well as 2 boxes of slides
• 1 box of Books and Binders with genealogical records, as well various records of various towns in Ontario ca. 1816 - 1957
• Genealogical notes, histories, birth records, death records, pages from family Bibles, receipts, and other textual records for over 40 individual families
• Genealogical charts, and ancestral charts
• Genealogical correspondences
  *Newspapers, and News clippings from Hastings County, Hastings County Museum, Historical Society, Lennox and Addington, Prince Edward County, Trenton, Tyendinaga, and United Empire Loyalists
• Legal documents, seals and original deeds, and land records ca. 1803 - 1848
• Genealogy forms, research materials, reference materials
• Various artworks and postcards (of Hastings County, the Quinte Region, the British Military and Navy, the Belleville Art Association, and travel)
• Quinte region, Belleville, Trenton, and Prince Edward County miscellaneous publications, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, notes, directories, histories, records, and tourism guides and publications
• Ontario, New York , and Canada pamphlets, magazines, calendars, and an Ontario Liquor License Act, 1891
• Land Abstracts for Prince Edward County
• Maps and plans: 1778-1779 Blue Print Surveys from General Washington, New York Historical Society; 1784 Ontario (printed by Ministry of Natural Resources), 1984; 1860-1861 Hastings County, 1860-1861 from the Hastings County Directory; 1928 Lloyd's Map of Hastings County; c. 1930 Belleville Post Office Carrier Route #8, North Front and North Park Streets
• Scrapbooks ca. 1958-1972
• Miscellaneous Publications (almanacs, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous pins belonging to Loral Wanamaker, blue print surveys)

Genealogical family research names:

• Allison
• Alyea
• Babcock, John
• Bailey
• Belnap
• Benson
• Blair/Snider/Mumby/Spenser
• Brickman, Lewis
• Brighton
• Canniff
• Clapp
• Cole
• Cunningham
  *Davis
• Embury
• Finkle
• Fraser
• Gallagher
• Gerow
• Giraud/Gero-Gerow
• Hodgens
• Johnson
• Loveless, Absolam
• McTaggart
• Meyers, John W.
• Mitchell, Alfred
• Orser
• Parliament
• Peck
• Redner
• Roblin
• Scott
• Spencer
• Sprung
• Van Cott, John
• Vander Woort
• Waite (see also Sprung and Putnam)
• Wallbridge
• Wanamaker
• Wanamaker, Judge George Washington
• Wanamaker
• Weese
• Whitney
• Williams and Schermerhorn
• Yarrow

The collection reflects the publishing interests of Nick and Helma Mika. It comprises four main series: photographic files, reference files, printing process files and other materials. The collection is strong in local history materials, particularly relating to the history of the United Empire Loyalists, railways, and the city of Belleville.

A map of the City of Belleville (with Trenton inset) featured in the September 20, 1961 issue of the Ontario Intelligencer. The map features houses that were open that week for viewing. At the bottom are sponsors of the map.

A map of the Belleville Cemetery grounds, before 1952. Scale: 100 feet : 1 inch.

A map of the City of Belleville in 1950, on an advertisement for Acme Plumbing. The map itself features street names and major water ways. Street names are at the bottom of the map. Published by S. A. Renouf Advertising Co. and drawn by F. P. Lloyd. Scale 2" : 2,000 feet.

A map of the City of Belleville in 1950, on an advertisement for Walker Hardware Company Limited. The map itself features street names and major water ways. Street names are at the bottom of the map. Published by S. A. Renouf Advertising Co. and drawn by F. P. Lloyd. Scale 2" : 2,000 feet.

A hand-drawn map of Belleville, Ontario in 1950. The map itself features street names and major water ways. Advertisements surround the map. Published by S. A. Renouf Advertising Co. and drawn by F. P. Lloyd. Scale 1:15,000.

A map showing concessions and lots of Elzevir Township, Hastings County. Circa 1869. 16 advertisements are present on the left-hand side. Published by Macleod and Carre, Engineers and Surveyors. Scale: 1:63,000. Dimensions: 29.0cm x 37.5cm.

A map showing concessions and lots of Cashel Township, Hastings County. Circa 1869. 13 advertisements for companies are present on the left-hand side. Published by Macleod and Carre, Engineers and Surveyors. Scale: 1:63,000. Dimensions: 29.0cm x 33cm. Map was created from Government plan.

Donated from the Col. W. N. Ponton Estate. Penciled notes on map show Ponton family's interest in mining, especially after the Eldorado Gold Rush in 1866.

A map of Thurlow Township and its land ownership, 1862. Dimensions 48cm x 32cm.

A map of the boundaries of school sections in Thurlow Township, December 1859. The sections are colourized polychrome. Concessions and main bodies of water are marked. By John Emerson, P.L.S. Dimensions 22.0cm x 35.0cm.

Donated by Albert Stapley in Belleville, July 1962.

Map showing concessions, traveled roads and lots of Marmora Township, Hastings County. Areas of gold mines are also charted. Scale: 1 mile : 1 inch. Published by MacLeod & Carre Engineers and Surveyors in Belleville, Ontario (Canada West). Local advertisements surround map.

Received from the Public Archives of Canada on 3 May 1971.

A map showing concessions and lots of Huntingdon - Madoc Township, Hastings County. Circa 1869. 30 advertisements for companies surround the map. Published by Macleod and Carre, Engineers and Surveyors. Scale: 1:63,000. Dimensions: 34.0cm x 37.0cm. Map was created from Government plan.

Donated from the Col. W. N. Ponton Estate. Penciled notes on map show Ponton family's interest in mining, especially after the Eldorado Gold Rush in 1866.

A map of Prince Edward County featuring information about local historical traditions, agriculture, community life and geography. Published in 1937 through Picton Times by Conger Allison. Dimensions: 72cm x 53cm.

"Cummins Rural Directory Map:" A map of South and Central Hastings, in 1923, featuring post offices, hamlets and lot owners. Map is surrounded by advertisements. Published by Cummins Map Co., Toronto. Dimensions 71cm x 50.5cm.

A "Map of the Counties of Hastings and Prince Edward." In 1898, the lots, concessions, churches, schools and mines are shown of the townships in Hastings and Prince Edward. Scale: 1.5 miles to an inch. Published by the Canadian Map Publishing Company in Hamilton, Ontario, for the Belleville Sun. Revised by Henry Carre, C.E. Inset is the map of North Hastings, scale 400 chains to an inch.

The fonds consists of 10 boxes of textual and graphic material about the Hutton-Ponton family. The fonds is organized chronologically by the following categories: Military and Civilian. The fonds consists of the following categories:
Boxes 1-3 files 1-26 (1879-1916 15th Battalion Argyll Light Infantry- correspondence: telegrams, financial/inspection reports, inventory lists, medal applications, order books, sergeant's mess meeting minutes, service rolls and how the infantry was named)
Boxes 3-5 files 27-46 (1896-1903 Belleville Rifle Range, 1896-1900 Bicycle Corps, 1900 Canadian Patriotic Fund, Deseronto Militia Company, Militia Headquarters-Ottawa: 1895-1906 discharge and pension documents, 49th Hastings Rifles Battalion order book, 1879-1917 infantry tests and military schools: applications, notebook of notes about Toronto School of Musketry, invitations to various events, letters, documents, militia orders and newspaper articles)
Box 5 files 46-53 (empty envelopes, documents about Queen Victoria's Jubilee, The Red Cross: booklet, The School for the Deaf: letters, the South African War: letters, applications and militia orders, World War 1 and "Wrinkles": letters and wall posters, pamphlets and newspaper clippings)
Box 6 files 54-64 (family papers: certificates, letters, notebook, family history:Hutton/Putton house, wills, estate matters and journal/travel/address book)
Boxes 6-7 files 65-76 (family accounts from 1869-1903)
Box 7 files 77-90A (Belleville Industrial Committee: minutes from meetings, letters, newspaper clippings and various documents about opening different factories in Belleville)
Boxes 7-8 files 91-101-2 (Land and Estate Papers: grants, deeds of land and mortgages and sale of part of a cricket field)
Box 9 files 102-106 (Legal papers: daily journal and legal documents)
Boxes 9-10 files 107-112-4 (Programs and invitations to various programs and events)
Box 10 files 113-117-2 (misc correspondence and newspaper clippings: letters, certificate, and notes)
Box 10 files 118-127 (misc business and other items: reports, letterheads, advertisements, postcards and brochures)
3 red books (The Quarterly Militia List:1897-1900)
small reddish brown book (Infantry Drill by Authority-1889)
2nd larger reddish brown book (Field Artillery Training-1914)
greyish book (The Militia Lists-1886)

A group of glass negatives associated with Herbert 'Burt' Rathbun (1861-1897) and his family.

• Business card for Deseronto House Hotel
• Postcards of Deseronto: Post Office; Bank of Montreal; hockey team of 1909; 'Greetings from Deseronto'
• Postcard showing a 22 April 1918 aircraft crash into a building in Oshawa
  Newspapers:
• Napanee Post-Express for 27 May 1954 and 22 November 1956
• Deseronto Special Centennial Edition, 1967
• Napanee Beaver, 25 November 1970