Digital copy of a Smith Photo photograph of children in the Grade 1 class at Queen Alexandra School, Belleville, Ontario. Individuals identified are: Row #4: The teacher is Miss Evelyn Lockhart Row #3: 2nd in from left - Jane Freeman (Father was CEO of Stephen Adamson MFG) 3rd in from left - Carol Wishart 5th in from left - Anne Burton (grew up 144 Albert St)
Photograph of unidentified woman taken by Forrest & Lozo of Belleville, c.1870
Postcard with aerial photograph of W. Elmer Tufts' farm in Halloway, Ontario
Front page of The Intelligencer with an article on Corby's Distillery, 24 Nov 1966
Order of service for Remembrance Day Ceremony at Tyendinaga Township, with list of veterans, 11 Nov 2001
Order of service for 175th anniversary of St. Michael the Archangel church in Belleville, 3 Oct 2004
Materials for the memorial service for Bernice Parrot, 10 Oct 2009
Notes on the Broom Gang (Rink Rats) of the Belleville Memorial Arena, researched by Richard Hughes in June 2012
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Materials for the 50th Reunion Celebration of Nicholson Catholic College in Belleville, May 2010
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Blank forms, including Royal Military College of Canada passes; Canadian National Telegraphs Cablegram and Telegraph; C.O.D. envelopes; Merchandise Receipt Book for Canadian National Railway Company Express Service
Collection includes: 1) File of copies of newspaper articles on Frank Morse Robb and copy of the patent for his electronic wave organ. Also includes research notes on the William Finkle Machine business at 393 Sidney Street in Belleville (Bristol Aircraft Products during the Second World War) and an article from 'Remember When' on the Argue family home at 338 Charles Street. 2) File of research notes on Belleville buildings constructed by City Hall builder John Forin, c.1988-1898 3) Copy of paper by Gerry Boyce on 'Conflict and Cooperation: The Cemeteries of Belleville, Ontario', 2003 4) Copy of article by Peter Meehan 'The East Hastings By-Election of 1936 and the Ontario Separate School Tax Question', published in 'Historical Studies' 68, 2002 5) Electronic files of research notes on buildings in east Belleville 6) Electronic files of research notes on buildings in west Belleville
Printed illustrated card with poem entitled 'The Union Jack'. The card was produced as a souvenir of the raising of the British flag on No. 3 School House, Octavia Street, Belleville on Tuesday 24 May 1892, Queen Victoria's 73rd birthday. "With Compliments of the 'Old Belleville Rifle Co.' (No. 1 Co., 49th Battalion, Hastings Rifles)."
File contains newspaper clipping about the fire at Albert College in 1917. There is also a newspaper clipping about Albert College Professor of Natural History John Macoun, who has had approximately 48 Canadian flora and fauna species named for him.
The photographs are arranged by subject matter and cover activities in and around the town of Deseronto, Ontario. The majority date from the late nineteenth century and many depict the lumber-related industries of the Rathbun Company in Deseronto. There are also photographs of school groups, churches, railways, First World War airfields and portraits of Deseronto citizens.
Records of Gerry Boyce's research on a number of published and unpublished subjects relating to the local history of Belleville and Hastings County. Research for published books include:
Two photographs of classes at the Ontario Business college. The 1900 photograph shows students from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the 1913 photo shows students in the shorthand department.