The photographs are arranged by subject matter and cover activities in and around the town of Deseronto, Ontario. The majority date from the late nineteenth century and many depict the lumber-related industries of the Rathbun Company in Deseronto. There are also photographs of school groups, churches, railways, First World War airfields and portraits of Deseronto citizens.
Certificate for one share of $100 of the capital stock of the Springer Lock Manufacturing Company Limited, issued to C. A. Campbell on 24 November 1915. Signed by W. C. Springer, Managing Director, A. J. Bird, Secretary-Treasurer, and Mackenzie Bowell, President.
File contains original and photocopied manuscript histories of the settlement and early development of Bannockburn including the lumbering and sawmilling industries. Includes a printout of a webpage on Maitland House (available on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20010805101431/http://casa-de.vrx.net/buildings/) and an article from the Fall 2019 Country Roads magazine about the conversion of St. Bartholomew Anglican Church in Bannockburn into a private home.
Booklet produced at the time of the closure of the Corbyville plant of Corby's Distilleries, containing a history of the Corbys and photographs of employees and site buildings and vehicles.
Fifth Appeal from the Belleville Cheese Board Patriotic and Red Cross Association requesting farmers to donate a day's milk on 21 June 1918 for the Red Cross, 8 June 1918 [3 copies]
Belleville Cheese Board of Trade flyer about the Eastern Ontario Dairymen's Association annual meeting and exhibition of 1919, 24 September 1918
Booklet on 'Improved Methods of Marketing Cheese', 1923
Board of Trade Journal volume 13, number 7, Summer 1923
Newspaper clipping taken from page 4 of the Pittsburgh Daily Post, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania published on 24 February 1890, concerning the manufacture of wood gas from sawdust in Deseronto, Ontario.
File contains a handwritten essay by Florence McKeown and Ida Smith both from Springbrook regarding the history of Springbrook community ca. 1838 to 1965. Includes information on roads, local industry, churches, schools and a brief account of the cheese factories and local families
Photocopy of an article by Stella-Marie Brown, a student at Napanee Secondary School, on the history of the Marlbank Cement Plant, written for an essay contest sponsored by the Lennox and Addington Historical Society and published in The Tweed News on 23 August 1978.