Collection consists of over 300 newspaper articles by Harry Painting regarding local history appearing in the Gananoque Reporter from 1977 to 1993.

Collection consists of: glossy photos of Mr. & Mrs harry Painting and their anniversary cake – glossy photo of Russell Leeder – a quantity of layout proofs of columns and articles by Harry Painting for the Brockville recorder and Times. Subjects include - rules for teachers – Athens Cemetery recorders – Steacy’s jewelry store in Brockville – photo of Laura Young and Charled reid c1912 – Majour James Walsh and Sitting Bull – Sitting Bull’s horse buried in Leeds – Olivet Church – fire at St John’s Church Brockville 1899 – Brockville Museum – L Orange Lodge #1 Brockville – career of Edna Chant – local missionaries – Olsena Fishing Club – Sheridan family – Leeds & Grenvill County Council & Warden Cecil Kinch – Shepherd’s Center for elderly – Grand Central Hotel – tribute to Con Darling – Hendry family history – Death of Dr. Crnell – construction of Manitonna Hotel – Charles Deacon, James Walsh & Buffalo Bill Cody – Conservative nominations with Sandra Lawn and Jennifer Cossitt – Ardie Wellington Parish photographer from Athens, Alice Spicer Parish Brundage - - Sister Josephine O’Neill – Mallorytown Oddfellows includes Kely, Pool, Haws, Mallory, Clow, Gibson, McDonald, Andress, Guild, Lee, Buell, Ferguson, Dickey, Hogeboom, Tackaberry, White, Burnham, Tennant, Powell – Bishop & Carson family of Prescott – Athens churches – Middleville store and church – Charlie Rahmer of Athens and his garage – St James Church Maitland – McDonald family of gananoque – War of 1812 – Maple View Lodge auxiliary appreciation day – history of Perth – Cornfest ’84 – von Schoultz and battle of the windmill – Athens DHS model parliament – fires in Athens – early roads in Athens – heck family and Oswagatchy – First Presbyterian Church Brockville – Gosford Road, Gosford School – Edna Chant retires to maple View – E K Pearson – Athens Reporter building – Athens District High School history and pictures – Irish Hurley – Bethel United Church, Maitland – St Johns Leeds Church, Mortom Cemetery – Buell family history and photo -

Collection consists of:
A book of carbon copies of tear-out reciepts from the Hartley Mill store in Seeley's Bay beginning Aug 23, 1923, to May 19, 1926. Shows the customer's name and the amount of payment, but no other particulars.

Leather bound “Letter Book” with tissue paper pages, containing hand written duplicate letters to customers and suppliers of the Gilbert Carriage Factory in Seeley's Bay. Contains 252 letters between April 1905 and July 1906, written by E M Bracken and initialed by G D Gilbert.

Large fabric covered hard cover ledger book from Hartley Mill store June 1939 to July 1940, with index.
Ledger matching above includes January 1932 to April 1933, with index.

Hardbound Book entitled "FACTORS IN THE GROWTH AND DECLINE OF THE CHEESE INDUSYTRY IN ONTARIO" constituting the thesis by E A Haslett for his Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at University of Toronto, 1969

10 pages of lineage of descendants of Robert Webster -- 2 pages plus one photo of descendants of Henry Allen

1 leather bound guest book from Totem Lodge on Tar Island recording guests at the lodge from 1928 to 1988 -- 12 post cards of Rockport, the Ivy Lea Bridge, Boldt Castle, Skydeck, and Gananoque Boat Line -- book "Brockville Voices" edited by Deborah Emerton, 1994 -- book "Thomas Jowsey, his Descendants and Other Pioneer Families of Eardley Township Quebec" by Joan Jowsey, 1981 -- pamphlet "Brief History of Grenadier Isalnd Country Club 1927 - 1960" by Harold Everett -- booklets "General Information & Auditor's Report" for Front of Escott Twp 1982, 83, 84, 85,86, auditor's report 1993

Reproductions of old Hicock family photos in prints and slides, photocopies of documents concerning family members, copies of property deeds, Hicock family tree, copies of part of a diary of the trip from Connecticut to Upper Canada in 1811, album of reproduced family photos, copies of writings of Isabella Hicock.

Digital images of two log books.