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Globe and Mail article about progress and real estate development in Belleville, Ontario.

Card printed for Shirley Sutherland's memorial service held in Tweed on 29 June 2024.

Blotters advertising:

1. Meadow Cream sodas from the Crothers Company Limited of Kingston, Ontario
2. Mentholatum from The Mentholatum Co. Bridgeburg, Ontario
3. Kant Krack Coated Linen Collars from The Parsons and Parsons Canadian Company, Hamilton, Ontario (2 versions)

Typescript notes on the history of the fire department in Belleville, Ontario. The name Robert Emerson is written on the first page.

1. Children of Riggs School, Madoc (S.S. #13) circa 1920. Top row, seventh child is Cecil Willis. Second row, seventh child is Elizabeth Jane Willis. Bottom row: third child is Bert Willis, sixth child is Edward Willis, last child is Oliver Willis. School was at the NE corner of Riggs and Pigden Roads in Madoc Township.

2. Harry Harrington and Joyce Dunk outside Cecil Willis and Frances WIllis's grocery store at 27 Front Street, Trenton, Ontario, circa 1943. Harry was Frances's father.

Article about John Neal.

Photograph album of Stuart Hilton Plante's time as a member of the Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force stationed at Camp Mohawk near Deseronto, Ontario.

Three-panel exhibit on Black history in Belleville, produced for the Caribbean Festival in Belleville in August 2024.

A red and white quilt made in 1894 by the Steady Gleaners, a group of women affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer, Deseronto, Ontario, possibly with the aim of raising funds for missionary work. This quilt may have been made for such a purpose. The signatures of the women in the society are embroidered onto the squares of the quilt.

The names on the quilt are:
F.M.R.
Bella Smyth
Mrs Wm. Gamble
Florence A. Davis
Mrs F. S. Rathbun
Alice McGault
Mrs C. E. Ravin
Mrs J. W. McCaw
Mrs G. Genge
Mrs Wm. Mitchell
Mrs R. J. Craig, President
Mrs Frank S. Hall [Bessie]
Annie Hill
Mrs McCoy
Mrs F. H. Sims
Mrs J. D. Dulmadge
Mrs J. Douglas
Tillie Maxwell
Mrs D. Dant
Miss Mary Huff
Mrs G. Gordon
Ella Pegan
Mrs G. A. Grant
Mrs Joe Hopper
Mrs Wm. Geney
Gertrude R. Craig
Aggie Elliott
Mrs Mackie
Mrs A. D. Macintyre
I. Thornton
Mrs C. Forrester
Mrs R. Anderson
Ira B. Anderson
L. Smyth
Mrs R. Geddes
Mrs F. McMaster
Mrs J. M. Denmark
Mrs A. G. Knight
Mrs J. Buter
Clara McClain
Mrs C. Bennett
Mrs J. T. Garmon

Map showing the location, names and dates of shipwrecks around the shoreline of Prince Edward County.

Photographs of members of the Goyer family and teams of which they were members.

Scanned copy of a photograph of Dr. Joan Bronskill (1924-1978), who spent most of her career as an entomologist at the Entomological Research Institute in Belleville, Ontario. She was well known for her support of the arts in Belleville, being a founder of the Quinte Ballet School, a member of the Belleville Theatre Guild, and a charter member of the Quinte Arts Council.

Photograph of a plaque commemorating the re-opening of Belleville General Hospital on 23 February 1969.

Text reads:

"BELLEVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL
A CITY AND COUNTY-OWNED HOSPITAL
THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE OPENING OF THE NEW HOSPITAL
ON FEBRUARY 23, 1969, BY
THE HONOURABLE DR. MATTHEW B. DYMOND
MINISTER OF HEALTH OF ONTARIO

FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL CONTRIBUTIONS ASSISTED IN
THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

HARLEIGH A. HAMILTON
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

RT. REV. J. P. SULLIVAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING 8 PROPERTY COMMITTEE

PHILIP RICKARD
ADMINISTRATOR

ARCHITECTS:
HERBERT AGNEW ASSOCIATES

CONTRACTOR:
GREENINGTON LTD."

Listing of surnames and collecting institutions in the Quinte and surrounding regions where further information on the genealogy of that family could be found. Compiled by Belleville Public Library.

Twelve digitized copies of films previously donated to the Hastings County Historical Society by Pat Isaacs and Stan Else.

Films donated by Pat Isaacs of Roslin, Ontario:

1. Parades with the Shriners, family events including children feeding a captive bear, aftermath of a fire at Robertson Block on Main Street, Belleville, Ontario, in 1954, the exterior of the Shrine Club in Belleville, a fire at a vehicle collision, a military parade and a track and field day. [running time: 15:19] https://youtu.be/J-9GAcoP6TA
2. Parades, including one at the Shannonville Fair and one on Front Street, Belleville, Ontario, and footage of family events and gatherings, c.1955 [running time: 13:28] https://youtu.be/_aJ5b29fzqQ
3. General Motors picnic at Silver Lake, 14 June 1948 (including sports and games); speed boat races at the Government Dock, Belleville (with brief glimpse of City of Belleville ship); and the fire that destroyed Trudeau Motors on 20 December 1948 [running time: 12:02] https://youtu.be/geFPx2Auxi8
4. Family vacation in Florida, with footage of the James Melton Autorama museum, the Sandy Shores Motel in Miami Beach, boat trips, pelicans, Zane Motel, Spook Hill road sign, orange trees, women in Victorian clothing in gardens, c.1953 [running time: 10:54] https://youtu.be/ZvjGzMUaqEY
5. Animals and birds in a zoo and a visit to Ireland and Paris, c.1955 [running time: 4:06] https://youtu.be/ESe_Ay9rQc4
6. RCMP musical ride at Belleville fairgrounds, 1957 and 1959 [running time: 7:34] https://youtu.be/g3_cX0JYe-E
7. Vacation in California, parades with the Shriners, family scenes, an event at the opening of the Kinsmen outdoor pool in Belleville, Ontario, with a band and a synchronized swimming display, crowds at the railway station for the royal visit to Belleville, Ontario in 1951 [running time: 13:29] https://youtu.be/Wa_Z6SMApNU
8. Picton and Belleville Santa Claus parades of 1954 [running time: 11:16] https://youtu.be/Y_WqZbWxFZA
9. Bus tour of UK including Meikleour Beech Hedge, Edinburgh, Durham, York, London, c.1955 [running time: 11:28] https://youtu.be/XxyPehC2oao

Films donated by Stan Else (teacher at Moira Secondary School):

10. Geneva Park YMCA project in Orillia, c.1966 [running time: 3:52] https://youtu.be/0fbFiwVVrz8
11. Women with car, nurses strike at Belleville General Hospital, c.1970 [running time: 4:05] https://youtu.be/Kfb8c4-RNWg
12. Geology dig in Mohawk Valley, Fort Klock, c.1970 [running time: 4:23] https://youtu.be/Hm5Is9UnmYw

Collection comprises:

1. Family cabinet card and tintype photographs, c.1860-1920
2. Staff and students of Grier Street School, Belleville, 1905 and original and copy of two 1908 Grier Street school photographs (the copy was published in the Intelligencer), both including Howard Aselstine
3. Snapshots including several of Aselstine buses in Belleville, 1910-1940
4. Second World War ration books for Howard and Mae Aselstine and Dorothy Aitchison (their daughter, mother of Jane Bond), 1940s
5. Photograph album with pictures of Aselstine buses, 1890-1935
6. Newspaper clippings relating to the Aselstine bus business, 1965-1971
7. Typescript and hand-written notes on the history of the Aselstine business
8. Loose photographs, 1915-1970

1. Letters addressed to Cassie Robinson of 214 Coleman Street, Belleville
2. Paper copies of Deseronto postcards
3. One postcard of Belleville buildings

Letters to Cassie Robinson:

1. From St. Lucia, 3 Feb 1909
2. Love letter to Frank Robinson, 1 Aug 1912
3. Letter from Arthur McCoy in Palestine, 4 Oct 1914
4. Invitation to wedding of P. G. Johnson and Phyllis Lewis in Belleville, 22 Apr 1915
5. Christmas card from Private Cecil Holway, 1915
6. Christmas card from Bruce [Sills], 1915
7. Christmas card from Frank McDonell, 1915
8. Letter from Mary O'Connor in Detroit, 10 Jan 1916
9. Letter from W A. Hutchinson 'Yankee', France, 18 Feb 1916
10. Letter from Sergeant W. A. Hutchinson, France, 28 Mar 1916
11. Letter from Bruce Sills describing journey to England, 14 Jul 1916
12. Field postcard from 'Scud', 13 Oct 1916
13. Christmas card from Bugler Bert Robson [killed 30 Nov 1917], 1916
14. Christmas card from Mary in Toronto, Dec 1916
15. Christmas card from Bugler Charles Rand, Godalming, Dec 1917
16. Letter from Mrs. F. Stevens, Detroit, [mentions that sugar is hard to get] 19 Jan 1918
17. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 21 May 1918
18. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 26 Aug 1918
19. Letter from F. Farrell, Toronto, 16 Sep 1918
20. Letter from Eliza Clark of Peterborough (with dried leaf), 15 Dec 1918
21. Letter from Eliza Clark of Peterborough, 20 Jan 1919
22. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 20 Jan 1920
23. Letter from Gladys and Oscar, Picton, 23 Jan 1920
24. Letter from Jean M. [?], Toronto, 8 Feb 1920
25. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 8 Apr 1920
26. Letter from Bill [Robinson], Oshawa, 10 Apr 1920
27. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 12 Apr 1920
28. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 14 Apr 1920
29. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 20 Apr 1920
30. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 23 Apr 1920
31. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 26 Apr 1920
32. Letter from Frank [Robinson], Toronto, 27 Apr 1920
33. Letter from Ethel, 474 Brock Avenue, Toronto, [mentions that potatoes are a luxury] 5 May 1920
34. Letter from Bill [Robinson], Oshawa, 2 May 1920
35. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 6 May 1920
36. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 6 May 1920
37. Invitation to wedding of Ella Priscilla Moore and Edward D. Clarke on 16 Jun, sent 7 Jun 1920
38. Letter from Bill [Robinson], Oshawa, 8 Jun 1920
39. Letter from Ethel (Mrs. Joe Belch), Toronto, 8 Jun 1920
40. Letter from Thomas F. Diamond, Toronto, 11 Jun 1920
41. Letter from Marie [?], Belleville, 20 Jun 1920