The fonds consists of church records for the Bedeque United Church from 1821-1985. Included are the baptismal (1821-1983), marriage (1828-1843, 1861-1878, 1883-1984), and burial records (1918-1975, 1977-1983), as well as minutes of trustees meetings from 1892 to 1986. The fonds also includes the original, photocopied and transcribed records of the births and marriages from 1821-1843.

The fonds consists of the first issue of the Belfast Historical Society's newletter The Recaller, Autumn 1976 and a collection of readings from the first 25 years of The Recaller entitled "The Past is before us" as well as 24 audiotapes, release forms, and brief content notes for 22 interviews done under a project to create a community oral history archives, and a copy of the resultant volume Belfast people: an oral history of Belfast, Prince Edward Island, edited by Susan Hornby. Also included is the result of a project undertaken to document the history of twenty individual school districts in the Belfast area: Leap over time: history and recollections of one-room schools in the Belfast area, 1803-1968 by Eliza Gillia, Viola Gillis and Linda Jean Nicholson.

This fonds consists of a microfilm copy of one handwritten volume comprised of two essays and three letters regarding the issue of baptism written by Alexander Crawford. Crawford wrote "Believer immersion as opposed to unbeliever sprinkling" in 1826 in response to a pamphlet issued by Doctor Ross of Truro, Nova Scotia. Rejecting the concept of infant baptism Crawford argued instead for the immersion of the adult believer as the acceptable form of baptism.

This fonds contains six minute books of the Bellevue Women's Institute covering the dates 1927 to 1977. The minute books contain membership lists, annual reports, lists of officers, and roll call as well as some financial records.

The fonds consists of two deeds to the Trustees of the Belmont Baptist Church conveying property for the church (1876) and the cemetery (1915), and minutes from 1876 to 2002. From 1900 to 1914 the minutes relate only the names of the persons preaching but other years record decisions and activities of the church and the reports of various groups. Financial records are included along with several lists of members, some of which give death, exclusion or dismissal dates.

The fonds consists of the records of the Belvedere Golf and Winter Club and preceding organizations organized into the following series:

Series 1: Minutes
Series 2: Annual and committee reports
Series 3: Financial records
Series 4: Correspondence
Series 5: Legal/administrative/program documents
Series 6: Ladies Branch records
Series 7: Histories/research notes
Series 8: Plans
Series 9: Photographs

This fonds consists of a day book (1775-1787) and a diary (1797-1818) kept by Benjamin Chappell in which he recorded his work and daily activities. Information includes who he worked with, the type of work involved, and for whom he was working. He describes the early conditions in the settlement at Elizabethtown (New London), reports the arrival of much-needed supplies, and mentions arrivals and departures of individuals to the settlement. He also records the occurrence of deaths, marriages, births, illness, fires, accidents, and the weather.

The latter volume appears to have originally been the account book of an Alexander McMillan who recorded the purchase and sale of general dry goods in Halifax, on board ship, and on Prince Edward Island. Entries, dated between 1777 and 1785, are organized by the name of the client. Chappell appears to have crossed out McMillan's account entries and then written in his own journal entries on the blank sections of the pages.

The original volumes were microfilmed in 1973. The first reel of microfilm contains copies of both volumes while the second reel only contains the day book.

This fonds also contains a photocopy of a transcription of a letter written by Benjamin Chappell to Mr. McGregor of Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1802. This letter has a religious theme, but also makes inquiries as to the discoveries of astronomer Sir William Herschel (1738-1822).

The fonds consists of manifests of PEI registered vessels entering or leaving the ports of St. George's or Hamilton in Bermuda, 1817-1819 and 1863-1865. Entries give particulars re. the specifications, registration, and owners of the vessel as well as a list of her cargo. Most of the departure and destination points for these vessels are other islands in the West Indies. One vessel is listed as arriving from Prince Edward Island in 1819.

The scrapbook belonging to Bertha MacKenzie McNeill contains clippings, mainly from Prince Edward Island newspapers, about a variety of topics of interest to the owner. A large percentage of articles are about Islanders and other Canadians in World War II. Subjects of other clippings include royalty, marriages, deaths and prominent news items.

The fonds consists of a daily entry diary kept by Bertie Stewart (age 19) during her last months at Prince of Wales College and her first months of teaching at Donaldston school and five photographs of Bertie and the Samuel Charles Stewart family. The diary contains few references either to her schooling or teaching experiences but concentrates on her daily home and social life. She participated in the usual housework chores of cooking, washing, and knitting but also lent a hand with the planting, milking, haying, digging potatoes and turnips, and picking berries.. Social events centred around trips to town, church activities, community festivals, visits to and from neighbours, occasional parties, clam bakes, basket and pie socials. She kept close track of the activities of her family members and mentioned special occasions such as births, marriages, illnesses, and deaths in the community as well. As it was the war years she also was active in the Red Cross and attended Patriotic meetings.