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Guide books

Three guide books:
1) 'Over the Hills of Hastings', 1923, including a sheet with two maps of Hastings County
2) Belleville Ontario industrial investment guide, 1983 [2 copies]
3) 'Bay of Quinte Region Guide Book', 1986

'Stirling Odds & Ends'

Items from a binder labelled 'Stirling Odds & Ends'. Includes:

  • Photograph of three women and four men, c.1910, given by Terry Bust ("one is his grandfather & uncle")
  • Newspaper clippings relating to Stirling buildings and history
  • Huntingdon Township Voters' List, 1948
  • Souvenir booklet of the 90th anniversary of St. John's Anglican Church, Stirling, 1950
  • Order of service for St. Paul's United Church, Stirling, 8 June 2008
  • Photocopy of 1890 Fire Insurance map showing Mill and North Streets, Stirling
  • Items relating to the history of the Bank of Montreal in Stirling
  • Printed 'Stirling Centennial Souvenir', 1967
  • Butler and Young family trees
  • 'Souvenir Story of our school Allan & Williams Mount Pleasant - Rawdon Township' by Mrs Percy MacMullen, 1968
  • 'Sidney Baptist Church celebrates 165th' by Lewis Zandbergen
  • 'Sidney Baptist Church' by Harry V. Faulkner, Lorne C. Reid and Luella Carson, 1976
  • Unveiling of historical plaque in memory of Asa Turner at Sidney Baptist Church, 27 May 1984
  • 'Those Radical Elzevirs!' by Michael Dawber
  • 'The History of St. Thomas [Anglican] Church Rawdon, 1892-1973'
  • 'Grace Chapel Stirling' by Everett Elliott, c.1980
  • Booklet titled Welcome to Stirling's 150th Anniversary, 2008

File of photographs

Group of mostly unidentified photographs, many of them portraits of people. Those which have names are of:

  • William Surtee, senior (picture taken by Burgess of Guelph)
  • John Stewart (picture taken by S. J. Dixon, Toronto)
  • Will Stirling, George, Yorke, Cassie jay, Susie Leavens, Louie Sunter, Annie Sunter, Albert Thompson and Willie Trout having a picnic at "Mountain lake, St. Vincent" (photo stamped "Morton & Raith")

Other photos were taken by H. K. Smith of Front Street, Belleville, W. J. Winter of Meaford, and Forrest & Lozo's of Front Street, Belleville.

The tintype is of a small child. One photographs shows five African-Canadian children standing in a road.

Great Canadian Railway Stories

Various items:

  • 'Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah!' stories collected and edited by Peter Wilson, published by the Trent Port Historical Society, 1992
  • Great Canadian Railway Stories, Volume One, June 1993
  • Great Canadian Railway Stories, Volume Two, Fall 1993
  • Great Canadian Railway Stories, Volume Three, Winter/Spring 1994
  • Great Canadian Railway Stories, Volume Four, 1994
  • Great Canadian Railway Stories, Volume Five, 1996
  • Great Canadian Railway Calendar, 1995

File of Stirling photographs

File containing photographs of Stirling's 125th anniversary celebrations, 12-21 August 1983 (donated by R. Gay). Individuals identified include:

  • Lynn, Bruce, Janet Fallaize Murray, Susanne (Murray) Scholten
  • Helen & Wayne Shaw, Mac & Velma Sarles
  • Dr. Fred Eggleton, Russ & Mary Sills, Annette Taylor
  • Constable Frank Wallwork, Russ Sills, Stirling Village Council, PoliceChief Jack Foster
  • Judy and Melanie Potts, Pearl Conley
  • Ross Ray, Harold Holden
  • Ron Reid, Eugene Lang, John Warden
  • Bob Vandervoort
  • Jim & Jean Pollock, Marvin Cooney, Heather Pollock
  • Craig Watson & son, Stirling Citizens Band, Barry Wilson

File also contains reproductions of old postcards of Stirling and a 1992 photograph by Carol Surridge of the 'Welcome to Stirling' sign, which reads "The little village with the big heart".

First World War postcards

Postcards including;

  • nine Daily Mirror 'Canadian Official' postcards showing scenes on the Western Front
  • two photographs of nurses called Ethel, one taken by Herington of Trenton

Herington, Clarence

Farm-related items

Various items relating to farming, including:

  • Printed flyer on 'Potato diseases' by H. T. Güssow, with drawings by A. E. Kellett, 1914
  • Halloway Cheese Company auditor's report and financial statement for 1942
  • National Farm Radio Forum 'Planning Reaches the Family Farm' publication, 1944
  • 'Finding common binder head troubles and fixing them fast' leaflet, undated
  • Glen Roy Creamery and Frosty Lockers of Belleville calendar for 1949
  • various farm equipment catalogues from Truck & Farm Supply of Church Street, Belleville
  • 'Green Cross Modern Pest Control' publication by Herbert A. Pass, 1969

Photographs

1) Reproduction of a photograph of an unidentified family group outside a large brick house (identified on reverse as possibly Elijah Ketchson's home in Sidney Township), c.1890
2) Photograph of a group of twelve people, taken by W. S. Clarke, c.1910
3) Photograph of the 'Medicine, 1915 Association Football Team', winners of the MacClement Cup, 1915
Members of the team: C. R. Donevan; D. M. Livingstore; S. H. Martin; J. H. Box; F. W. Diamond; N. M. Grace; E. F. G. Ward; G. B. Burwell; H. C. Hagyard; G. T. G. Boyce; J. Carmichael; W. J. B. Brown; W. R. Stackhouse; G. A. Henry (President); O. Vanluven (Manager); W. V. Edwards
4) Group photograph taken at 'E.O.D.I.A. Field Day June 25, 24 at K.A.S. Kemptville', 1924
5) Reproductions of a photograph of staff and students of Stirling High School, 1931
6) Mounted pen-and-ink print of the old post office in Trenton, Ontario, c.1970

Postcards

Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd., Ottawa postcards showing aerial views of Belleville, Ontario and a notecard of the Tabernacle United Church on Church Street, printed by Alex Wilson Publications of Dryden, Ontario.

Stirling Historical Society publications

Materials produced by the Stirling Historical Society, including:

  • Four editions of 'The Heritage Clarion', Volume 1 numbers 1, 3, and 4, Volume 2 number 2
  • Partial list of artifact donations, 1993
  • Map and text for walking tour of Stirling, 1993
  • Photocopy of a register of members of Stirling Public Library, 1903
  • Typescript 'brief history of the Stirling Public Library', c.1975
  • Update on the history of the library to 1989
  • List of contributors to the purchase of the site for the Stirling Public Library, 1914
  • Photocopy of a flyer promoting the Stirling Public Library, 1910
  • Reproduction of article about the opening of Stirling Public Library, 1903
  • Hand-written notes on aspects of Stirling history, c.1990

Baby health record book

'Baby's Heath and Record' book, 1929, with advice for parents, published by Merton Corporation Ltd. of Winnipeg. Details have been completed for baby Margaret Mary Benn, born in Belleville in 1931.

Student work

Two items:
1) Hand-written poem about becoming a circus ringmaster entitled 'A Coming Barnam'
2) Typescript description of the Mead Johnson factory and its products, including Pablum baby food

Sidney Township materials

Various items related to Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario:

  • Notes on the history of Sidney Baptist Church, 1979
  • Sidney Township Bicentennial Newsletter, April 1990
  • Handout with map for Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (Quinte Branch) bus tour of Sidney Township, 16 September 1990
  • List of Sidney Township street names and locations and 'SHARC's thoughts on the naming of future Sidney streets', with list of pioneer families and locations, c.1990

Advertisements for automobiles

Pages taken from 'Everybody's Magazine' and 'Harper's Magazine' with advertisements for cars and tires. A few photocopies of 1960s car advertisements from Stirling Motor Sales, Ontario.

Photographs

1) Photograph of an unidentified family group sitting at the side entrance of a house, 1891
2) Photograph looking south on Front Street in Belleville, Ontario, with the Belle Theatre (347 Front Street) on the left of the image, 1959

Stereoscopic photographs

Three views published by Underwood & Underwood:
1) 'The Last Drop - a scene of the Battlefield at Dordrecth, South Africa, Dec. 30th', 1900
2) 'The great floating City - where 400,000 dwell in Boat-houses - at Canton, China, 1900
3) 'Dr. Leopold Kann, the Arctic Explorer, in his winter quarters, Ellesmere Land', 1902

One view published by Strohmeyer & Whyman of New York:
4) 'Arrival of a Chinese Fishing Boat, Hong Kong, China', 1906

Collection of photographs of Stirling and area

Photographs, including:

  • the Presbyterian church and manse in Stirling, 1895
  • various photos (some are reproductions), some with names, of Stirling students, 1910-1954
  • Spencer farmhouse on the 4th concession of Rawdon Township, c.1930 and Verna Phillips' home on the 4th concession, 1947
  • 'Local farmers bus trip' group photo, c.1930
  • the Stirling scout troop of 1931
  • three photos of fences and farm buildings, 1963
  • photo of a church spire being replaced, c.1970
  • reproduction of a photo of Hoards station

Photos taken on the Golden Wedding of Abbie Ann and Stephen Badgely

Two photographs taken to mark the 50th wedding anniversary of Abigail Ann Barager and Stephen Badgley. The building in the background of the photographs is the Methodist church in Stirling, Ontario (now St. Paul's United Church). One photograph shows the couple sitting in a car with two other people, the other is a group photograph with around 70 others.

Jennie Ripley Mitchell photograph album

Photograph album owned by Jennie Ripley Mitchell and annotated by her. Individuals identified:

  • Samuel Clark (Jennie's grandfather), aged 90
  • Rosilla Ripley (Jennie's mother)
  • Maude Davis
  • Susie Clark, Viola Read and Jennie Mitchell
  • Ivor Davis
  • Villona Davis
  • Jennie Ripley
  • Chesman Clark
  • Mary Wood
  • Frankie & Mamie Titus
  • Ida Mitchell Britton
  • Maria Clark
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