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
Program of the Ceremony for the Raising of the Flag of Ontario at the Parliament Buildings, Queen's Park, Toronto on Friday, May 21, 1965. Sent to Mr. & Mrs. Earl W. VanBlaricom from Mr. Eldon Woolliams, M.P.
Printed illustration of the Arms of the Dominion and of the Provinces of Canada.
Post card from E.W. VanBlaricom of picture of Namur, Old houses on the Sambre.
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.
Monster Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Relief of Derry under the auspices of the 'Prentice Boys, Kingston August 12th 1889
P.L.O, Pro-Literature Organization magazine from Centennial Secondary School, October 1987 [includes newspaper clipping about Keith Gregoire and Sara Back, the editors of the magazine]
P.L.O, Pro-Literature Organization magazine from Centennial Secondary School, Maypril 1988
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.
This file contains newspaper articles about the donation of 358 acres of land to the Crowe Vally Conservation Authority by Jack and Ethel McGeachie in 1995. There is also correspondence between John Brett McGeachie, the Corporation of the Township of Limerick and the Hastings County Historical Society regarding the renaming request (denied) of Steenburg Lake in Tudor Township.
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.