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- 1967
Program for the 1967 Arts Festival, held at Centennial Secondary School in Belleville, Ontario.
Program for the 1967 Arts Festival, held at Centennial Secondary School in Belleville, Ontario.
A Summary of the History of Schools in Hastings County
The Hastings County Board of Education: A Summary of the History of Schools by Bernard Wright, especially Belleville, and Sidney, Thurlow, and Tyendinaga Townships.
Wright, Bernard Allan
Advertisement for Bobby Gaylor, Irish comedian
Advertisement for Herndon's Opera House Company
Advertisement for a production of Divorced, or Lost and Won, performed 27 May 1881 at the Metropolitan Hall, Belleville, Ontario.
Daily Ontario
Stirling Festival Theatre Inc.
File contains a one page biography on George Agnew Reid (or Reed), a Canadian artist born July 25, 1860. File also contains 2 pages of notes for the biography.
Wikipedia article on Reid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Agnew_Reid
Plumpton, Mary G.
Display panels celebrating local authors.
Belleville Choral Society 1960
File contains newspaper clips of the Belleville Choral Society events, and a letter re: Belleville Choral Society.
Belleville Music Festival 1969
File contains c.1969 newspaper clip on “The Magical Merri Go Round” band of young boys, and music festival featuring the Ontario Concert Orchestra.
Collection of materials from Bill Stovin, including:
Oversized items:
Stovin, William Horace 'Bill'
Display panels about books written by Farley Mowat.
Part of Materials transferred from Glanmore National Historic Site
Poems written by Margaret MacKay MacTavish and published after her death by her husband, William Sharpe MacTavish.
MacTavish, Margaret MacKay
Certificates from Tonic Sol-Fa College, London, for Joseph Canniff
Two certificates for Joseph Canniff:
1) Elementary certificated in musical memory in time, in tune and in sight singing, 1885
2) Intermediate certificate in reading music, writing it from ear, and of eligibility for an advanced choir, 1886
Tonic Sol-Fa College
Dinner menu for the Dafoe House, Belleville, proprieter J. Henderson.
Display panels with information on places mentioned in Deafening, the novel by Frances Itani: Deseronto and the Ontario School for the Deaf in Belleville.
Digital copy of a photograph of Joan Bronskill
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.
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 two 1960 newspaper clippings looking back to May 6th and 7th, 1910 with news of the Carman Opera House and purchasers of cars.
Front Street Heritage Building Study
Part of Map collection
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.
Heritage Belleville