Collection 2023-100 - Various items transferred from Belleville City Hall

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CA ON00156 2023-100

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Various items transferred from Belleville City Hall

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  • 1918-c.2010 (Creation)

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30cm of textual and photographic materials

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City of Belleville
(1877-)

Administrative history

The Town of Belleville, Ontario was incorporated effective January 1, 1850 under the terms of the Baldwin Act, Chapter 81, Canada Statutes, 1849. The town became a City on 31 December 1877 after "An Act for the Incorporation of the Town of Belleville as a City, and for the Consolidation of the debt thereof" was passed in March 1877 by the Government of Ontario. In 1998 it amalgamated with the surrounding Township of Thurlow.

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Received from Belleville City Hall in October 2023.

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Comprises:

  1. Certified copy of the Voters' List for Belleville, 1918 (poor condition)
  2. Copies of Belleville Profile publication, produced by the Industrial Development Department/Economic Development Department, 1988-1996, 1999-2004, 2009
  3. Photographs and negatives of buildings and events in Belleville, including some by Rick Roluf and aerial views by Richard Lumbers, 1988-1991
  4. CD-ROMs with various photographic/documentary collections, 2002-c.2010:
    1. Quinte Economic Development Commission video by Floating Point, "We Mean Business", 2002
    2. Quinte Region Volume 1 and 2, 220 photographs by Crombie McNeill, 2002
    3. Downtown Belleville Master Plan, produced by Office for Urbanism, 4 PDF files, 2006
    4. Belleville Photos (unknown photographer), "First Impressions" 110 downtown views, taken in July and August 2006
    5. 247 photographs taken at Kellogg's groundbreaking, 27 October 2006
    6. 400 aerial photographs of Belleville, taken by Darko Zeljkovic in September 2007
    7. 50 photographs by Michael J. Brethour, 2007
    8. Slideshow of construction of the hydroelectric plant on the McLeod Dam in Belleville, photographs by Allen Montgomery, production by Doug Knutson, 2008
    9. Photos of visit by Kunpo delegation from Korea, taken by Euntaek Oh, 10-11 July 2008
    10. Belleville Christmas Tree photo by Gerry Fraiberg, December 2008: shared online at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/53300566346
  5. Collection of video tapes:
    1. VHS video The Choice Location, c.1990
    2. Sketches of Our Town VHS video, 1992 (available online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2ApuMb7864)
    3. VHS video: Quinte We Mean Business, c.1999
    4. VHS video: The City of Belleville: Where Industry Comes to Grow, 1999 (by Keepsake Productions)
  6. Minutes of the City of Belleville's Economic Development Committee, 2000-2002

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