File contains an essay titled "History of Labour in the Quinte Region: with Emphasis on Belleville's First Unions" written by Lynn M. Champagne.

Record of work undertaken at Napanee Station in August 1917 by foreman A. Bowen and trackmen S. Sweet, E. Wager, J. Grange, W. Thompson, H. Matthews and S. Youngs.

Two letters from K. Blackwell, Assistant Locomotive Superintendent at Belleville Station, dated November 15th and December 14th, 1876, concerning grievances of engineers and recommending their dismissal and the weakening of their union, the Brotherhood of the Grand Trunk Engineers and asking for instructions in the case of the men organizing a strike.

[These actions led to the Belleville riots of 1876-1877.]

The fonds contains a Daily Cash Transactions sheet with a hand-drawn layout of the coal yards, an envelope with the company name "The Schuster Co. Limited", miscellaneous materials copied from original documents including newspaper clippings from 1954; pages 62-66 of the Canadian Fuel Marketer ca. 1878-1978 issues; Weaver Liquifuels pages 55-60, 2 envelopes of negatives, and 110 photographs of various everyday operations at the Bill Schuster Coal and Lumber Company, as well as photographs of Bill Schuster and possibly his family. One is an aerial photograph of the site of the company.

This file contains two newspaper article clippings of the origins of mechanical washing machines. These articles are dated October 27 1965.

This file contains a handwritten letter from the office of Weddell Bridge and Engine Work's. It is dated 1901.

This file contains a letter dated; December 9 1885. The letter is an expression of sympathy in regards to a serious accident that occurred, that involved a member of the Belleville Board of Trade.

This file contains a book entitled; Ontario Water Resources Commission; Story of Water.

This file contains a book entitled; Ontario Water Resources Commission; Story of Water.

This file contains numerous pay sheets, recites, and tax slips for business's in and around the county of Hastings.

This file contains copies of a publication be the Paris Chamber of Commerce. It is entitled; “Facts about the war.

This file contains a letter written by Henry K. Smith; the first Fish and Game Warden of Hastings County. The letter, an attestation of oath acknowledging his duty to office and community.

A booklet of rules and regulations governing the Hastings County House of Refuge and Industrial Farm. 12 pages.

File contains several newspaper articles concerning the industrial development of Trenton from the early 20th century to ca. 1967..

File contains an extensive newspaper insert from the Globe & Mail dated 3-May-1969 titled "The Winnipeg General Strike" about the 41 day strike in the spring of 1919 when 35,000 workers in Winnipeg went on strike.

File contains a copy of an advertisement from the Kingston Chronicle dated 10-January-1839 looking for stone cutters to work on the Trent Canal for a period of 2 years.

File contains a newspaper article from The Globe and Mail, titled "The Rand Report - A Controversial Document".