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
File contains printed booklets and advertisements for Madame Frain's patent medicines for the treatment of women. Also contains a manuscript letter from [Madame Fraim's] Herbal Institute to Mrs. Ponton concerning treatment.
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 various newspaper clippings about Hastings County Council activities from 1962-1966 such as: an assessment report, Hungerford Township Reeve Harold Varty elected as Warden, a meeting to discuss hospital requirements, creation of a harbour commission, Rawdon Reeve Fred Beckett elected as Warden, surplus of the budget, Thurlow Reeve Clayton Hall elected as Warden, etc.
File contains a notice printed in the newspaper in 1968 from the Hastings County & Prince Edward County Health Unit regarding infants and pre-school children immunization clinic.
File contains newspaper clippings from 1968 about Hastings County Family and Children's Services and the development of the Hastings Welfare System to include Belleville.
File contains a newspaper clipping from 1969 about the Hastings County Family Counseling Program and a discussion about family services during Children's Aid Week.
File contains a print copy of Ontario Historical Society Records, Volume L Number 3. This issue includes information about Samuel Bealy Harrison, a political reformer; the Midewiwin, Ontario's first Medical Society; History of Froomefield, Moore Township; The War of 1812; Horse Thieves, Pirates and Witches; and minutes from the annual meeting.
File contains a typescript letter from Olive Delaney, Belleville Public Library to Mary Plumpton, Hastings County Historical Society, dated 28 February 1969 inquiring for information regarding Dr. James Merritt, a physician who testified at the trial of the alleged assassins of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, and who was a probable resident of Sidney Township in his youth.
File contains Belleville doctor bills from Dr. Cox, Dr. Banks, Dr. Barker, and Dr. Parks for bills from c.1928, c.1932, and c.1940; a medical almanac; and newspaper clips on Belleville pioneer doctors, Belleville Mayors who were also doctors – Mayor Hope c.1886, and a newspaper clip on Dr. J. N. Hartt opening his practice.