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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.

Advertisement for a production of Divorced, or Lost and Won, performed 27 May 1881 at the Metropolitan Hall, Belleville, Ontario.

Collection of materials from Bill Stovin, including:

• Prize list and ticket for Bay of Quinte Exhibition, 1897 [damaged by 'Ponton fire' in July 1954]
• Itinerary for train journey to Quebec City and hotel receipt, May 1946
• Letter from Belleville Chamber of Comerce about a reception at the Hotel Quinte, 27 March 1947
• Booklet of Rules and Regulations for No. 418 (Belleville) Wing R.C.A.F. Association, c.1950
• Pocket calendar with birthstones and wedding anniversaries from Paul Mercier, jeweller for 1952
• Kiwanis Club of Belleville bulletins for:
  • 27 April 1956 [top half only]
  • 14 March 1959
  • 18 July 1959
• Photocopies of photographs relating to CJBQ staff, 1950s
• Booklet about Canadian Forces Base Trenton, c.1974
• Photocopy of press clipping about a plaque to Horice Stovin at the Delta Bessborough Hotel, 11 December 2000
• Letter to Phil & Helen Flagler from Bill Stovin, 10 March 2001
• Letter to Phil from Stovin, 25 August 2008
• Undated letter from Stovin to Phil
• Printed email correspondence between Stovin, Gerry Boyce, Phil Flagler, and Shelley Wildgen about memories of CJBQ, 2010

Oversized items:

• 2 drawings by W. B. Mac of Belleville Sales & Advertising Club members, 1950s: Ted Schwab; Len Smith; Bill Stovin; Bill Riley, Ben Yanover; Brian Humphreys; Frank Murray; Phil Flagler; Ralph Plumpton; Fred Maund

The Hastings County Board of Education: A Summary of the History of Schools by Bernard Wright, especially Belleville, and Sidney, Thurlow, and Tyendinaga Townships.

Poems written by Margaret MacKay MacTavish and published after her death by her husband, William Sharpe MacTavish.

File contains writings by S. Alec Gordon

1. "Play in Three Parts" (The unofficial log of the Senior Boys' canoe trip up the Trent
2. "Pine Needles" (Moira Lake Boys' Camp).

File contains original playbill; George Kleine Presents Antony and Cleopatra, Griffin Opera House, Belleville. The Griffin Opera House was demolished in 1933. http://vitacollections.ca/BellevilleHistory/2454173/data

Account and property book for William J. Taylor of Belleville. Includes account for Mr. William Baker for clothing, tea, cheese, etc., 1851-1853; assessed values of properties on Ann, William, George, Dundas (north side), Hotel Streets plus some sales and trades of lots.

Dinner menu for the Dafoe House, Belleville, proprieter J. Henderson.

Poster advert for Belleville Theatre Guild Inc. & Trenton Drama Group presentation of "The Little Hut", November 1961

File contains newspaper clips of the Belleville Choral Society events, and a letter re: Belleville Choral Society.

A study of Front Street Heritage Buildings. The study was completed in 1980 by the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee and funded by the Summer Youth Employment Program. A reference map (in two sheets) corresponds to drawings of buildings labelled A-U.

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.

Photocopies of 1865 Edwin Whitefield sketches of Belleville, made from originals at Library and Archives Canada. Flyer from Foster, Barber and Brignall, dry goods store at the northwest corner of Bridge and Front Streets, Belleville, Ontario (listed at this location in the 1877 directory: https://archive.org/details/bellevilledirect1877hooguoft/page/32) [202 Front Street in 2019].

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.

Clipping from the Intelligencer newspaper about the Eastern Ontario Concert Orchestra and its conductor, Stephen Choma.

Program for the 1967 Arts Festival, held at Centennial Secondary School in Belleville, Ontario.