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Records of the Women's Christian Association of Belleville, Ontario

  • CA ON00156 WCA
  • Fonds
  • 1874-2014

Reports, minutes, correspondence, press clippings and property records relating to the activities of the Women's Christian Association in Belleville, Ontario and their work in establishing the Belleville General Hospital and Home for the Aged and in administering both The Residence, later renamed The Gables, and the Tickell House, homes for older women.

Women's Christian Association

Grace B. Waters photograph albums

  • CA ON00156 GBW
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1946

The First World War photograph album contains about 164 black and white or sepia photographs, 1 cartoon entitled "The same old moon", 1 coloured pencil sketch of a nurse. The album is Kodak's "Gallia" model (32.5x26x2cm) in plain black, textured leatherette. The photographs vary greatly in size from 21 x 14.5 cm to 8.5 X5.9 cm. About 40 of the photographs are signed either "E.R. Owen" or "E.R.O.". The first photograph is marked in pencil, "Donor G.B.Waters". Many of the photographs depict the Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital in Cliveden, England. Many images depict the hospital at the time of a visit by King George V and Queen Mary, a visit by Sir Robert Borden, and a visit by Winston Churchill. There are images of the hospital wards both indoors and out, the cafeteria, the linen supply, and many patients (a lot of the patients seem to be wearing special issue hospital shoes) and nurses. Subjects include: nurses of the Canadian Army Medical Corps; funerals; women ambulance drivers; trenches, military hospitals.

The second album dates from 1916 to 1921. Identified locations include: Athabaska Hall; Banff (Alberta); Red Deer; Lake St. Helena; Edmonton; Sylvan Lake; Mount Royal; Montreal (from M.G.H.); Fort William [Thunder Bay]; Lake of the Woods; Moose Jaw; Markerville; Innisfail; New York. There are several photographs of farm scenes and some of medical personnel in white coats, holding human bones.

The third album includes photographs taken at a graduation at McGill University in Montreal; scenes of Niagara Falls; photographs of cars; two photographs of hospital rooms.

This collection also includes an annual report for Kingston General Hospital, 1906; a brochure for Queen's University Hospital in Cairo, c.1915; five panoramic postcards of Le Tréport, France, c.1915; a letter from 'Elsa' of Dickson, Alberta to Ivy, Clifford and Lloyd, discussing her new job as head of a teacher training department in Ethiopia, dated 5 August 1946, and two sheets of song lyrics for the following songs:
Sheet 1
Cupid is the Captain of the Army
I've Said My Last Farewell
Those Songs My Mother Used to Sing
The Bull-Frog and the Coon
Poker Love
The Good Old U.S.A.
So Long Mary
The Tale of a Stroll
Lazy Moon

Sheet 2
Fishing
I Would Like to Marry You
As We Swing, Sweetheart
Drummer Song
Dear Old Johnstown
When I Rode on the Choo Choo Cars
I Fell in Love With Polly
Hey! Mister Joshua
Hiram Green, Good-Bye
It Makes Me Think of Home, Sweet, Home

Waters, Grace Brown

"Aunt Rebecca says" publication

  • CA ON00156 DA 2011.06
  • Item
  • c.1925

"Aunt Rebecca Says": booklet of household tips with advertisements for Vinol and Saxol, distributed by T. J. McCullough, druggist, of Deseronto, Ontario.

Photographs, correspondence and press clippings concerning the installation of the Collip plaque

  • 2024-026
  • File
  • 2012-2014

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:

  1. 14 colour photographs of the Dr. James B. Collip Day event held at City Hall, Belleville, 20 November 2012
  2. two letters concerning the plaque, 2013-2024
  3. 34 colour photographs taken by the Ontario Heritage Trust of the plaque during its manufacturing process, 2014
  4. one newspaper cutting about the plaque unveiling ceremony, 19 June 2014
  5. 38 colour photographs taken on the day of the plaque's unveiling, 19 June 2014

Hastings County Historical Society

Digital copies of photographs of Coronation Parade hospital float

  • CA ON00156 2023-034
  • File
  • 2 June 1953

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.

Booklet about Dr. James Bertram Collip

  • CA ON00156 2021-090
  • Item
  • October 2021

Booklet produced for the unveiling of the Dr. James Bertram Collip Reflective Garden on 16 October 201.

Hastings County Historical Society

Emergency alert about Government of Ontario stay-at-home order

  • CA ON00156 2021-035
  • Item
  • 8 April 2021

Screenshot of an emergency text message alert sent by the Government of Ontario on 8 April 2021 about the stay-at-home order which came into effect on that day to suppress the spread of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Government of Ontario

Photographs of closed-off items in Walmart

  • CA ON00156 2021-034
  • File
  • 8 April 2021

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.

Lantz, Paul

AIDS Awareness Committee materials

  • CA ON00156 2021-032
  • Collection
  • 1994-2004

Newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed materials relating to the AIDS Awareness Committee of Quinte. Organized by Barbara Brenton after losing her brother in 1991, the committee held events from AIDS walks, candlelight vigils, World AIDS Day events, and fundraising events. In partnership with the Eastminster United Church and the Rev. Ed Bentley, annual vigils were held from 1994 to 2004. Brenton left the committee in 2005.

Brenton, Barbara

Bay of Quinte constituency newsletter

  • CA ON00156 2020-041
  • Item
  • Spring 2020

Constituency newsletter from the office of Neil Ellis, Member of Parliament for the Bay of Quinte riding in Ontario. The newsletter features news on the various Government of Canada supports and resources relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ellis, Neil

Help Reduce the Spread of COVID-19

  • CA ON00156 2020-035
  • Item
  • April 2020

Leaflet delivered to homes with advice on reducing the transmission of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Government of Canada

Digital photograph of Public Health Notice

  • CA ON00156 2019-093
  • Item
  • 1948

Digital photograph of a City of Belleville Local Board of Health notice requiring residents of the city to clean their premises and empty and disinfect closets and privies before May 15. The poster was found in the basement of 280/282 Front Street in Belleville, Ontario.

City of Belleville

Records of Dr. Lester D. Riggs

  • CA ON00156 2018-018
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1930

Items relating to the life of Lester David Riggs.

1) Certificates:

  • License to practice medicine in California, 1914
  • License to practice medicine in Arizona, 1916
  • License to practice medicine in New Mexico, 1918
  • License to practice medicine in New York, 1918
  • Appointment as First Lieutenant in the United States Army Medical Corps, 1918
  • License to practice medicine in Wyoming, 1920
  • Membership of the Associate of Military Surgeons, 1920
  • Licentiate from the Post Graduate Course in Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 1925
  • Licentiate as Fellow of the American College of Physicians, 1929
  • Certificate in Internal Medicine, 1937

2) Other materials

  • Two photographs of Lester D. Riggs in army uniform
  • 'Symptoms and Treatment of Tuberculosis' paper by Lester D. Riggs, c. 1926
  • 'Chronic Diseases Found in Association with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Their Influence on Prognosis and Treatment' paper by Lester D. Riggs, 2 December 1926
  • 'Tuberculous Activity Following Tonsillectomy' paper by Lester D. Riggs, 25 May 1928
  • 'Definite Terminal Signs in Pulmonary Tuberculosis' paper by Lester D. Riggs, c.1928
  • 'Artificial Pneumothorax and Tuberculosis' paper by Lester D. Riggs, 26 March 1929
  • Copy of letter of recommendation from George H. Kress, 15 May 1929
  • Printed program for the Convocation of the American College of Physicians, 1 May 1935
  • List of books [possibly owned by Lester D. Riggs]
  • Biography of Dr. Lester David Riggs

3) Journal of 'Artificial Pneumothorax Notes', including names of patients, 1929-1930

Riggs, Lester David

Sandercock collection

  • CA ON00156 2017-76
  • Collection
  • 1934-2004

Two scrapbooks of materials relating to Elmer Sandercock's political career as a Progressive Conservative MPP and newspaper clippings and family photographs relating to Elmer and Ethel Sandercock's time as superintendents of the Hastings County House of Refuge in Belleville, Ontario. Framed photograph of attendees of the 15th Annual Convention of the Association of Managers of the Homes for Aged and Inform, 1934.

Corlies, Jim

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