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.
Photographs showing closed-off aisles and displays of non-essential items in Walmart, Belleville, after the Ontario government's stay-at-home order which took effect on April 8th, 2021 in an effort to stem the rise in COVID-19 cases in the province.
Correspondence between Lenna Phillips and the Barnardo's charity concerning Thomas, Jane and James Phillips and Robert Moodie, all child emigrants who passed through the Marchmont Home in Belleville after the death of their parents in 1883 and 1884.
Copy of letter from the Draper Manuscripts from Kenwendeshon, written from Mill Point [Deseronto], Ontario, in March 1878, with transcription and family tree.
File contains a printed booklet entitled “The Medical Handbook : Fruit-a-tives” about Fruitatives Fruit Liver Tablets, a patent medicine which claims to treat various afflictions
File contains a newspaper article from 1969 about a car accident that sent several Belleville residents to the hospital, including Mrs. Sam Cronk and Miss Parks.
File contains a newspaper article, titled "Retired Belleville dentist compiles profession's history". The article is brief history of the inception of dentistry in Belleville and also contains a newspaper picture of Dr. John Marshall (Belleville 1886).
File contains several newspaper articles concerning the expansion of the Trenton Hospital from its opening in 1951. Also present are three articles concerning a dispute between the medical staff and administration of Trenton Memorial Hospital in May, 1969.