This file contains: 1) Blank letterhead for Belleville Nurseries, 179 Dundas St. East; 2) Judges Ribbon from 1908 Belleville Fair; 3) 2 copies of newspaper clipping from the Ontario Intelligencer, dated 22-June-1935 titled "Nurseries Established in 1893 Have Been Important Factor In City and District History - about the closing of Belleville Nurseries; 4) a price list from Belleville Nurseries circa 1930; 5) 8 various cards advertising Belleville Nurseries; 6) 2 business cards for W.C. Reid Belleville Nurseries; 7) Membership card for Belleville Chamber of Commerce for Mr. W.C. Reid dated June 1, 1928; 8) newspaper clipping from 1932 written by Joyce Kilmer titled "Poems Are Made By Fools Like Me But Only God Can Make a Tree and is about Belleville Nurseries and the late Mr. W.C. Reid.
This file contains three original Public School Daily Register for Recording the Attendance of Pupils in Belleville School #3 for the years 1893, 1894 and 1895, in the City of Belleville. The registers were kept by Mary Frost.
File contains originals of Registry Office, County of Hastings, Belleville, dated April 3rd, 1891 “an abstract of all instruments which appear to have been registered in this office upon part of lots twelve and thirteen on the east side of John Street on plan of Ross’ Block laid out on part of lot 5 Con 1 Thurlow” from 1869 through to 1909 also contains original mortgages and deeds:
Deed October 2, 1871 - Augusta E. Ross to Wm Boswell and Walter Alford - Lot 12 Rear Street and South Side of Alexander Street, Belleville.
Indenture December 2, 1872 - Walter Alford to Wm Boswell - Lot 12 East Side of Rear Street and South Side of Alexander Street.
Indenture December 2, 1872 William Boswell to Walter Alfrod
Deed February 24, 1874 – William Boswell to Walter Alford
Deed July 21, 1874 – Emma McArthur (Neil McArthur) to Walter Alford
Deed February 28, 1882 - 1st party John Forin, 2nd party Jane Forin, 3rd party Robert Templeton - Lots 12 & 13 East Side of Rear and Alexander Streets. Lot 5 1st Cons.Township of Thurlow (The Ross Place)
Statutory Declaration dated March 27, 1909 sworn by Annie Wilson
Registry Office County of Hastings, April 3, 1891 an Abstract of all intruments wich appear to have been registered upon part of lots 12 & 13 on the East side of John Street on plan of Ross' Block land out on part of Lot 5 Cons 1 Thurlow from Apr 1869 to Mar 1909
Insurance Certificate from Queen Insurance Company of America, dated April 12, 1912 issued to Mary A. Savage.
Indenture April 29, 1912 - Martha Farley to Mary Asunta Savage - Lots 12 & 13 East Side of Rear and Alexander Streets. Lot 5 1st Cons.Township of Thurlow (The Ross Place)
Mortgage April 29, 1912 - Marth Asunta Savage to Francis Walsh - Mortgage to secure $2500.22 on Lots 12 & 13 East Side of Rear and Alexander Streets. Lot 5 1st Cons.Township of Thurlow (The Ross Place)
Mortgage April 29, 1913 – Mary Assunta Savage to Michael Francis Walsh.
Agreement for Sale September 1, 1919 - Thomas Mauley and Margaret Barrett Agreement for Sale - House No. 295 John St. on the corner of John and Alexander Streets.
Pasted typescript pages registering the incorporation, by-laws and minutes of the Belleville Water Works Company. Includes plans of the site of the water works and water tower in Belleville.
This file contains a paper written by Roy T. Bowles, Department of Sociology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario April 1980 and titled "Deloro And The World The Local Manifestations Of The Ontario Mineral Industry . The paper focuses on technological and community patterns which occurred in the village of Deloro, Ontario between 1896 and 1919.
This file contains copies of a monthly bulletin written by Gerald Boyce during his sabbatical leave, 1970-71, on the development of the county's school system.
Bus timetable for routes from Belleville to Madoc, Bancroft, Maynooth and Lake St. Peter; Lindsay to Fenelon Falls, Kinmount, Wilberforce and Bancroft; Victoria Road to Kirkfield, Cambray and Lindsay; Valentia to Little Britain and Lindsay.
Business card reading: Anglo-American, Front Street, Belleville George Hoggard, Proprietor Strict Attention Given to Travellers The Best $1.00 a Day House in the City. Street Cars pass the Door every 15 Minutes. Stages Call for All Parts.
This file contains a personal writing by Maribeth L. Bird of Belleville, dated 1983 and titled "Cannifton, The Seat of Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada". It contains: a brief history of Cannifton and the people; several reproduced articles from the Intelligencer (death of a child, Clarence William Holgate), unveiling of a plaque in memory of Miss Mary Cowan, "Reminiscent of a Mark Twain Novel" by John Bateman. The majority of the book is a family genealogy starting with John and Mary Holgate, born in England and Scotland in the years 1791 and 1797. The family history also contains photocopies of family pictures.