File contains several newspaper clippings concerning the election of the Rawdon Township Council, and minutes of its meetings, 1957. Also present is a photocopied excerpt of the Hastings County Directory, 1860-1861, and 1864-1865 with statistics for Rawdon Township including names of property owners listing occupations, and location of properties by lot and concession number.
File contains manuscript notes by Mary Plumpton including lists of Thurlow Town Clerks, 1798-1846; transcripts of pages from an unidentified diary 1870-1872, and notes on individuals appearing in Plumpton's work, The Rambling River. Also present is a photocopied printed excerpt from the 1879 Hastings County Directory with entries for Canifton[sic] listing residents by name and occupation.
File contains several newspaper clippings regarding Trenton town council proceedings and approvals of new construction, tax rates, improvements in infrastructure and zoning changes.
File contains several manuscript petitions by residents of Tudor and Lake Township for road clearances and the opening of roads in the townships. Also present are Hastings County Council resolutions approving surveys for roads in Tudor , Limerick and Cashel Townships in June, 1870.
File contains newspaper clippings about the 1965 election, newspaper clipping about possibly the first Canadian to vote under the age of 21, and a program from the Nomination Convention of South Hastings Liberal Association.
File contains a photocopy typescript of Ontario general election results by political party, for 1967-1990. Also contains a photocopied printed excerpts from the Canadian Parliamentary Guide [formerly Canadian Parliamentary Companion] 1874-1994 including brief biographical sketches of MPPs for Hastings West Riding.
File contains two copies of a printed booklet entitled “Hints for Canvassers” regarding procedures for canvassing of provincial voters in Ontario municipalities. Includes printed oaths for the voters.
File contains various newspaper clippings regarding council nominations and obituary of a former Elzevir Reeve, as well as a fire service arranged for Elzevir.
File contains newspaper clippings from 1956-1962 regarding Frankford municipal business, including: an advertisement to re-elect H. Willmott Rose as Reeve, the operations of the water system and sewage disposal, a fire that destroyed three stores in Frankford, and a new fire hall.
File contains an “In Loving Memory” card from the funeral of Mrs. Lucinda Bell (b. 1849 d. 1903) of Frankford. There are also newspaper clippings from 1956-1956 regarding the upcoming municipal election possibly seeing record vote, the re-election of H. Willmott Rose as Reeve, the obituary of Gerald William Dickson (b. 1878 d. 1957), an article about the death of former Frankford resident Major James Robert Lowery, and an article about a telegram sent from Queen Elizabeth to Mrs. John Bridget Barry who was celebrating her 100th birthday in 1959.
File contains a newspaper article with portraits of Royal Governors of New France and Governors-General of Canada from 1608 to 1898. Note on file also refers to an article on verso regarding vaccination legislation in England.
File contains a manuscript letter from the Warden and members of the Corporation of the County of Hastings conveying support for the administration of Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor-General of British North America, and pledging to welcome a visit by members of the Royal Family.
File contains two copies of a 1961 booklet about the opening of the new County of Hastings Administration Building, and a 1968 newspaper article about the Administration staff.