The Wanamaker fonds consists of textual records and graphic materials of genealogical histories of various families. The fonds also contains records, brochures, pamphlets, publications, books, and other textual records from towns and cities throughout Ontario, predominantly from the Quinte Area and Hastings County.
Family Photographs of the Sayers family, Ralph Wanamaker's family, the Hodgen family, of Loral Wanamaker's family, Parliament family, Van Cott family, Post family, as well as loose photographs of the Parliament family, the McTaggart family, various snapshots and negatives of scenery and views, as well as 2 boxes of slides
1 box of Books and Binders with genealogical records, as well various records of various towns in Ontario ca. 1816 - 1957
Genealogical notes, histories, birth records, death records, pages from family Bibles, receipts, and other textual records for over 40 individual families
Genealogical charts, and ancestral charts
Genealogical correspondences *Newspapers, and News clippings from Hastings County, Hastings County Museum, Historical Society, Lennox and Addington, Prince Edward County, Trenton, Tyendinaga, and United Empire Loyalists
Legal documents, seals and original deeds, and land records ca. 1803 - 1848
Genealogy forms, research materials, reference materials
Various artworks and postcards (of Hastings County, the Quinte Region, the British Military and Navy, the Belleville Art Association, and travel)
Quinte region, Belleville, Trenton, and Prince Edward County miscellaneous publications, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, notes, directories, histories, records, and tourism guides and publications
Ontario, New York , and Canada pamphlets, magazines, calendars, and an Ontario Liquor License Act, 1891
Land Abstracts for Prince Edward County
Maps and plans: 1778-1779 Blue Print Surveys from General Washington, New York Historical Society; 1784 Ontario (printed by Ministry of Natural Resources), 1984; 1860-1861 Hastings County, 1860-1861 from the Hastings County Directory; 1928 Lloyd's Map of Hastings County; c. 1930 Belleville Post Office Carrier Route #8, North Front and North Park Streets
Scrapbooks ca. 1958-1972
Miscellaneous Publications (almanacs, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous pins belonging to Loral Wanamaker, blue print surveys)
The collection reflects the publishing interests of Nick and Helma Mika. It comprises four main series: photographic files, reference files, printing process files and other materials. The collection is strong in local history materials, particularly relating to the history of the United Empire Loyalists, railways, and the city of Belleville.
Two plans of Belleville (east and west) showing zoning categories for properties in the city, with lists of zoning by-law numbers and dates since 1977.
Deeds and papers relating to part of lot 28 on the west side of Pinnacle Street in Belleville, Ontario.
Dates and parties: 1) 18 Jan 1886: Francis Marskeel to William Bleecker 2) 10 Feb 1886: William Bleecker to Thomas Bales Coombs 3) 3 Sep 1889: Thomas Bales Coombs and Ellen Coombs to Thomas Henry Adams 4) 1 Jun 1891: Thomas Henry Adams and Jane Ann Adams to David Matthias Rees 5) 15 Jun 1892: David Matthias Rees and Ruth H. Rees to Herbert Henry Booth 6) 1 Jun 1896: Herbert Henry Booth and Cornelie Booth to Evangeline Cory Booth 7) 22 Nov 1904: Evangeline Cory Booth to Thomas Bales Coombs
8) 17 May 1910: Notice that the parcel of land is held in trust for the Salvation Army 9) 19 Mar 1926: Declaration by John Noble, Secretary of the Governing Council of the Salvation Army, Canada East, that the Salvation Army had held the parcel of land undisturbed since 22 Nov 1904. 10) 28 Dec 1939: Plan by Fraser Aylsworth, Ontario Land Surveyor, of the lot on which the Salvation Army Citadel (later the Pinnacle Playhouse) was located on Pinnacle Street in Belleville
Bargain and sale of part of lot 24 on the west side of Pinnacle Street and north side of Bridge Street in Belleville, Ontario from James Nosworthy, saddler and Harriet Clapham Nosworthy, his wife, to George Taylor of Sidney Township. Dated 7 May 1855.