The photographs are arranged by subject matter and cover activities in and around the town of Deseronto, Ontario. The majority date from the late nineteenth century and many depict the lumber-related industries of the Rathbun Company in Deseronto. There are also photographs of school groups, churches, railways, First World War airfields and portraits of Deseronto citizens.
File contains a copy of an 1873 by-law for the construction of a footbridge over the Moira in Belleville, and newspaper clippings about the construction of the Dundas Street bridge in the city, 1964-1969.
Colour photographic slides with views of Belleville taken in 1964, 1974, 1984 and 1994, with accompanying lists of the slide contents. One scrapbook of clippings of 'Our Architectural Heritage' columns by Lenny Williamson, published in the Ontario Intelligencer newspaper, with accompanying colour photographs taken by the Kellers.
Research notes on the history of the stone building commonly known as 'Meyer's Mill' in Belleville, Ontario, originally part of Ellis Burrell's axe factory.
A photocopy of a poster created in 1886 proclaiming "Murray Canal Demonstration! The preliminary opening of the Murray Canal will be celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 6th, '86 at Twelve O'Clock Point, near Trenton, by a grand Demonstration, at which Sir John A. MacDonald and Hon. Messrs. White, Foster & Bowell will be present."
The file contains copies of the Programme for the "Unveiling and Dedication of Historical Plaque at Stone Church, Fourth of Sidney, Sunday, October 23, 1977", along with handwritten notes of the address given by the then President of the Hastings County Historical Society, Mrs. Patricia Bennett.
Research notes on architectural styles and photographic slides of Belleville homes and other buildings prepared for a Hastings County Board of Education project and proposed video by Catherine Milne, Instructional Media Developer of the Hastings County Board of Education's Instructional Media Centre and Bill Piton, a teacher.