File of materials relating to the installation of an Ontario Heritage Trust plaque outside the Belleville Public Library in Belleville, Ontario, to commemorate the insulin-related work of James Bertram Collip. Includes:
14 colour photographs of the Dr. James B. Collip Day event held at City Hall, Belleville, 20 November 2012
two letters concerning the plaque, 2013-2024
34 colour photographs taken by the Ontario Heritage Trust of the plaque during its manufacturing process, 2014
one newspaper cutting about the plaque unveiling ceremony, 19 June 2014
38 colour photographs taken on the day of the plaque's unveiling, 19 June 2014
Scanned copies of two photographs (one a reproduction of a printed photograph) showing the Belleville General Hospital float in the Coronation Day parade in Belleville, Ontario, held on 2 June 1953. The float won second prize in the parade. On the float are nurses Joyce Lott (later Foster), Gwen Hart, Anne Crabbe and Doreen Dorland, with doctors McGreer, Winfield and Barfoot, staged as though performing an operation.
This file contains several newspaper articles about the death of Col. Roscoe Dudley Garfield Vanderwater (born 6 January 1889) who died on 13 January 1957. Articles contain detailed biography.
File contains a c.1950 invitation to a reception for the Hon. and Mrs. Louis St. Laurent; a c.1960 invitation to a reception for the Hon. William Jennings Bryan; and the following newspaper clips: Marquis of Aberdeen who visited Belleville c.1919 died, Prime Minister visits Belleville c.1950 and partakes in a ceremony to honor Sir Mackenzie Bowell, and Richard Nixon visits Belleville c.1957.
Photographs of participants and guests in events held on 16 October 2021 to mark the unveiling of the Dr. James Bertram Collip Reflective Gardens in Belleville, Ontario. Guests included Dr. Alison Li, author of a biography of Collip, and Major Charles Wyatt, Collip's great-grandson. Also present were MP Ryan Williams, MPP Todd Smith, Mayor Mitch Panciuk, Warden Rick Phillips, Rihanna Harris, and Collip Committee members Richard Hughes and Ian Sullivan.
The file contains a number of newspaper clippings from the 1930s about local residents and buildings. Also contains a piece of writing titled "The History of Friend Andrews told by Alexander Andrews (1959). The item is dated 20 January 1961 and is a genealogy of the Andrews family.
The file contains a copy of the program from the Official Unveiling of the Henderson Building, on June 16, 2004 designated under the Ontario Heritage Act.
File contains the funeral cards for Everett Ketcheson (b. 1891, d. 1914) and Edward Ketcheson (b. 1832, d. 1915). There is also a book published in 1958, “The Ketcheson Family”, a newspaper article from 1968 about Mr. and Mrs. Lawrenson L. Ketcheson celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, and an invite for the Ketcheson family reunion in 1965 at the Memorial Park in Tweed.
The file contains an original copy of a souvenir booklet and program from City of Belleville "The Friendly City" Old Home Week July 14th to 19th, 1947.
The file contains two copies of Belleville's Heritage, published by the Hastings County Historical Society; a partial inventory of old buildings; one from 1978 and volume II from 1983.
This file contains copies of the official programme of Belleville's celebration of Queen Victoria's 50th Anniversary (1887). There is also an original copy of the Thanksgiving Service on the Diamond Jubilee (1897)
File contains 3 newspaper clippings, 2 about the marriage of Charles B. Scantlebury to Elizabeth V. Osborne on 30 January 1889; one about the marriage of Nathan Howard Woof to Annie Tonkin Osborne on 12 January 1887.
The file contains a number of newspaper articles and pictures about the construction of the Norris Whitney Bridge, also written remarks by Honourable James Snow, Minister of Transportation, at the Sod-Turning Ceremony for the Norris Whitney Bridge, 13 November 1980; copy of news release and fact sheet.
The file contains a copy of the President and Directors of the Agricultural Societies for the year 1891, along with prize badges for the East Hastings Agricultural Society, 1894-1897.