Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County

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Identifier

ON00156

Authorized form of name

Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County

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      Type

      • Community
      • Municipal
      • Regional

      Contact area

      Amanda Hill

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      Address

      Street address

      254 Pinnacle Street

      Locality

      Belleville

      Region

      Ontario

      Country name

      Canada

      Postal code

      K8N 3B1

      Telephone

      (613) 967-3304

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      Description area

      History

      The Community Archives was established in 2010 as a three-way partnership between the City of Belleville, the County of Hastings, and the Hastings County Historical Society. In 2016 the Archives moved to a new purpose-built facility in downtown Belleville.

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      Records management and collecting policies

      The mandate of the Community Archives with respect to the acquisition of archival records is:
      • To act as the official repository for records of enduring value created and accumulated by the City of Belleville and its predecessors;
      • To act as the official repository for records of enduring value created and accumulated by the County of Hastings and its predecessors, and the member municipalities of Hastings County that designate the Community Archives as their official repository;
      • To act as the official repository for the archival collections of the Hastings County Historical Society and records of enduring value created and accumulated by the Society; and
      • To acquire records from private sources (individuals, families, organizations, and corporate bodies) that are appraised as having archival value in documenting the history and development of Belleville and Hastings County, with due respect for the acquisition mandates of other cultural and heritage organizations.

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      Holdings

      The archives holds community and municipal records relating to Hastings County and the City of Belleville. Holdings are described in the Community Archives' Discover service at http://discover.cabhc.ca.

      In September 2016 the materials collected by Deseronto Archives were moved into the Community Archives.

      Finding aids, guides and publications

      Some of the archives' photographic collections are available online at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/collections.

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      Opening times

      Open Monday to Thursday, 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm for research.

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      The Community Archives is fully accessible.

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