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A. McLean Haig records

  • CA ON00156 TR 3305
  • Fonds
  • 1903-1975

This fonds contains 22 folders. It consists of A. McLean Haig's biographical data which includes a brief summary of his life. The second folder contains his incoming correspondence which includes letters from: Assistant Deputy Minister of national Defence James A. Sharpe; a copy of a letter forwarded to Haig from C.C. Wimperly of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to Mr. A.B. Sprague; two letters between Wimperly and Haig, one with statistics concerning Northumberland and Durham Counties, the communities of Campbellford and Seymour, and the former District of Newcastle; one from A.R. Wilson, the Belleville Superintendent of the Canadian National Railway; one telegram and one business card congratulating Mayor Haig on his election in 1962 from Quebec Premiere Jean Lesage – in the telegram, it is interesting to note that Lesage is spelled Lesarge; a letter from Trans-Canada Air Lines and Air Canada Vice President Howard Cotterell with a small picture sent from Cotterell to Haig from the air carrier's annual report; a letter from CNR Rideau Manager Keith Hunt that had a piece of the rail-track from Pinnacle Street in Belleville enclosed with it after the line had been pulled from the ground in 1964; and three Christmas cards received from constituents.

The are also pieces of Haig's outgoing correspondence including: four pieces of correspondence to CNR the St. Lawrence Region Vice President, W.H. Kyle and Belleville Superintendent A.R. Wilson respectively; and a letter thanking Premiere Lesage – again spelled Lesarge, for his congratulations on winning the 1962 Belleville municipal election.

There is a folder of his municipal papers consisting of: newspaper clippings; a press release from Postmaster M.A. Murray; a program from the opening of the new wing of the Belleville General Hospital in 1956; and a report on major accomplishments achieved by the Haig administration between 1960 and 1963 prepared by City Manager J.R. Reynolds. Additional folders in this fonds include: one folder of federal government papers, nine folders containing copies of his addresses and speeches; one folder of speeches given by other people that the Mayor kept; a folder with copies of the report of the Willmott Royal Commission which looked into the McFarlands hockey team scandal and the City Auditor's report of 1959; one folder of military related documents; one folder with items pertaining to the history of Belleville and Thurlow; a file with printed jokes and other items that Haig found humourous; one folder labeled miscellaneous by the original record keeper; and the contents of a scrapbook.

Haig, A. McLean

Porter, E. Guss - 1888

File contains a printed page titled "To The Electors of Murney Ward", dated December 1st, 1888 and written by E. Guss Porter who was seeking re-election to the City Council. It outlines his services of the previous year.

Porter, Edward Guss

G. & J. Brown Mfg. Co.; Brown's Carriage Factory

The file contains notes compiled by M.J. Throop; including notes on George A. Brown died 27 December 1893; George H. Brown died 1 April 1894; Brown's Foundry; G. and J. Manufacturing Co.; Lt. Col. James Brown, mayor of Belleville 1862-1863, head of the G. and J. Brown Agricultural Implements Manufacturing Company; Office Commanding 49th Battalion, Hastings Rifles.

Negatives of photographs of Mayors of the City of Belleville

  • CA ON00156 2020-063
  • Series
  • c.1988

Sixty black and white negatives taken of photographs of Mayors of the City of Belleville. These images were used for the Mayors' Gallery on the fourth floor of City Hall.

City of Belleville

Henry Yager, Letters 1835

Reproduction of letters from Belleville and district, to Henry Yager during the Legislative session of 1835. Correspondents are C.H. McCollom, Reuben White, Thomas Coleman, Neil McArthur, Thomas D. Appleby, Stephen Benson, Samuel Ross, and John Holmes Also included is a copy of a local appropriation in connection with the cholera epidemic.
from Library and Archives Canada

Mackenzie Bowell and Moira Lodge materials

  • CA ON00156 2013-20
  • Collection
  • 1982-2005

Materials include:
1) Transcription by Lois Foster of an interview from the Daily Intelligencer of 21 November 1903 with Arthur McGinnis, Moira Lodge historian, on 'The Fraternal Societies of Belleville', focusing on the Freemasons
2) Biographical information compiled by the Historical Committee [of Hastings County Historical Society?] in 1982, and introduction to Betsy Boyce's book 'The Accidental Prime Minister', 2000
3) Newspaper clippings relating to Mackenzie Bowell, 1982-2005
4) Correspondence, research materials and speech by Gerry Boyce in relation to the Ontario Heritage Foundation plaque on Mackenzie Bowell's former home at 194 William Street, Belleville, 1982-1984
5) Print of a drawing of Glanmore and the fountain in front of the house by Phillipa Faulkner, 1984
6) Poster 'Beautiful City, Belleville, Ontario' by Terri L. Horricks for the Canadian Mental Health Association, 2006

Foster, Lois

Wharf Street Debating Club scrapbook

  • CA ON00156 2019-115
  • Item
  • 1914-1997

Scrapbook with photocopies of newspaper clippings from the Intelligencer newspaper on the topic of the Wharf Street Debating Club of Belleville, Ontario.

Hunt, C. W. (Claude William)

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