File contains several microcopied editions of the Kingston Chronicle. 1810-1845. Articles concern topics including contracts for the Marmora Iron Works 1822 and the election of the Belleville School Board in 1816.
File contains photocopies of a letter from Rt. Revd Alexander Macdonnell to Lord Bathurst concerning the establishment of Roman Catholic schools in Upper Canada in 1817 as excerpted in Belleville History.
File contains manuscript marriage and militia enlistment certificates from London [Ont.] and Middlesex County, Ontario involving members of the Merry Family. Also contains two newspaper articles concerning Miss Neil Merry, a former teacher in Saskatchewan, and at Belleville Collegiate Institute.
File contains an excerpt from W. C. Mikel, History of Belleville concerning the opening of a preparatory school by a Miss Maffet for the education of children under 12 years of age.
File contains two letters: one written to John Diamond of Hayfrom William Jeffers of Hamiltonin 1837 and the other written by A. Diamond to the Warden and Council of Hastings County in Fall 1857, complaining about not being paid as Superintendent of Education for Thurlow.
File contains a photocopy of a printed advertisement for a school teacher in the village of North Port, and the opening of an evening school in Belleville, 1837. Also contains a manuscript by-law to appoint a superintendent of schools for the County of Hastings, 1860.
File contains a typescript photocopy of a petition for a grant to erect a grammar school in Belleville. Note on file reads "see file 633-5 for original manuscript.
File contains a typescript transcript of a CBC radio talk by Dr. A. R. Laycock concerning the career of his uncle, W.H. Michin, a pre-Confederation elementary school teacher. Also contains a typescript extract from "The life of W.H. Minchin, 1839-1914."
File of items relating to the founding of Stirling, Ontario, and to education in Stirling and Rawdon, copied from the holdings of the Hastings County Historical Society and the Archives of Ontario. These items were sent to Stirling Public Library by Gerry Boyce.
File contains an auditor's report of the County of Hastings in 1855, the Legislative School Grant for Upper Canada for 1857 and 1860 (Hastings was to receive $3343.20 and $3952.00, respectively).
File contains Certificates of Reeve from 1855-1871 for Huntingdon township. There is also a list of Reeves. File also contains the history of Huntingdon regarding education, religion and churches, manufacturing, etc.