File contains a mimeographed typescript proposal entitled “Belleville Project for the Canadian Centennial : a proposal submitted by certain interested citizens.” The proposal contains a brief history of Faulkner House [Glanmore], architectural drawings and a proposed budget for restoration and subsequent operations.
File contains two copies of “The Kilties: Souvenir Route Book” from 1910 when the Kilties toured the world, a postcard of the Kilties on tour, and paper with the Kilties of Belleville, Ontario letter head. There is also a newspaper article written in 2010 about the history of the Kilties and their tour.
Display panels with information on places mentioned in Deafening, the novel by Frances Itani: Deseronto and the Ontario School for the Deaf in Belleville.
The Hastings County Board of Education: A Summary of the History of Schools by Bernard Wright, especially Belleville, and Sidney, Thurlow, and Tyendinaga Townships.
File contains newspaper clippings from 1899 regarding the Canadian Historical Exhibition in Toronto and a letter from Mary Agnes Fitzgibbon of the Women's Canadian Historical Society of Toronto to Colonel Ponton discussing the exhibition.
Edith Hanna and Ethel McGuire discuss politics in Belleville, Marsh Engineering company, entertainment in Belleville and their life in Wales before coming to Canada.
File contains programs, pamphlets, and advertisements for events, c.1923, for the Griffin Opera House. Also an electronic file containing research notes by Laurel Bishop on John Griffin.