Mississauga Library System

Local Archives:
MISSISSAUGA LIBRARY - HISTORY

1. An old brick church... Toronto's first brand new library building - one typed sheet
2. Township of Toronto/ Town of Mississauga Library System, typescript, 3 p. (2 copies)
3. Toronto Township - A Library, Notes and information for discussion during public meeting at Cooksville, March 19, 1951, prepared by Angus Mowat (2 copies)
4. Letter from Rose O'Neil, Port Credit Weekly to Mrs. George Headon, Cooksville Library and typescript titled: The Growth of the Library Movement in Cooksville, December 16, 1952 (2 copies)
5. History of the Township of Toronto Public Library, typescript, 2 p., 1966 (2 copies)
6. A short history of the Town of Mississauga Public Library, typescript, 1 p. 1969
7. More then 130 years of service... 2 p. Edna Toth (2 copies and rough draft)
8. Growth of the Library in Cooksville 1948 - 1963 (2 copies)
9. Central Library Closure and Moving, memo, June 6,1991
10. Meadowvale Women's Institute Library history, 1 p.
11. Ode to Old Central, June 1991
12. Toronto Township Public Library Annual Report 1958 (2 copies)
13. Statistical Summary for Cooksville Association Library 1949 - 1957
14. Did you know... you can join the Cooksville Library for One Dollar, pamphlet, n.d. (1950s ?)
15. Cooksville Public Library Association "A Community Project", pamphtet, n.d.
16. What will library service cost you?, newspaper advertising, 1956
17. Preliminary Survey of Public Library Service in the Township of Toronto, May 30, 1957, 7 p.
18. Township of Toronto Library System - Total Circulation Projection Graph 1957 -1970
19. Cooksville Library September 15, 1963, MPL-Plan (Flower Beds)
20. The Cooksville Library had its beginnings... historical notes, 1960, 2 p.
21. Township of Toronto Public Library - Official Opening Programme, November 13, 1963 (4 copies)
22. Invitation to the Official Opening of the Central Library (2 copies)
23. Proceedings in connection with the new Central Library building, September 18, 1963, 3 p.
24. A Library Makes History, 2 articles, April 1965 (2 copies)
25. The Township of Toronto Board of Education - The Township of Toronto Public Library Board - Official Opening of the Meadowvale Library programme, May 13, 1965
26. Address: Township of Toronto Library Board, Meadowvale Public School, May 13, 1965
27. Press release, Marriage performed in Township Library?, June 9, 1967
28. Library information pamphlet, 1967?
29. A Centennial Film Festival, March 13-14, 1967, programme
30. The Township of Toronto Public Library - Centennial Year, 4 p.
31. Township of Toronto Centennial Committee, notes from meeting re: Cornerstone Laying and Official Opening of Libraries, August 4, 1967
32. The attached programmes are for your information... October 13,1967
33. Official Opening and Dedication of Centennial Libraries, October 15, 1967, programme (2 copies)
34. In Honour of Young Canada's Book Week the Township of Toronto Library Board presents Two Centennial Plays, November 18, 1967, programmes
35. Township of Toronto Public Library press release, December 22, 1967
36. Feasibility study - proposed addition to Town of Mississauga Central Public Library, march 28, 1968, blue binder
37. Mississauga Public Library Personnel Manual, 1970, 7 p., grey binder
38. Priority of Branch Library Development 1971 - 1975, 5 p. [This item is missing]
39. A Five Year Plan for Mississauga Library System presented to Study of Community Organizations, Priorities and Environment, August 1971
40. Correspondence between Mrs. Konrad and Streetsville Public Library on Mrs. Konrad's retirement, June 1971
41. Annual Report on the state of the library, 1975, 3 p.
42. Community Service Programming - City of Mississauga Public Library, July 4, 1975, black binder
43. Focus, The Monthly News Bulletin of the Ontario Library Association, October 1976 (front page: Burnhamthorpe Branch Library opening)
44. Reader's Service Manual, Mississauga Central Library, 1979
45. The Mississauga Library System: A Case Study, by Helen MacIntosh, Journal of Library Automation, vol.13/4, December 1980
46. Mississauga Library System, A report on: User Fees for Audio-Visual Services, May 19, 1982
47. Mississauga Library System, A report on: Vandalism, May 21, 1982
48. Using the library, a self-study guide, 1982
49. A Review of the Central Library of the City of Mississauga Public Library Board with Recommendations for the Next 5 Years, by Albert Bowron, March 1984, draft
50. A Brief History of Lorne Park Public Library, 1965
51. Women's Institute Selects Old Building. Port Credit News, February 20, 1931
52. Cooksville Public Library Association meeting minutes and reports, January1953 - January 1957, black binder
53. Lorne Park Public Library Association minutes and reports, January 1953 - May 1957
54. Library Committee of the Cooksville Home and School Association 1948 - 1949, Annual Reports and Desk Duties; Cooksville Library Association - Annual Reports, Statements, Notes, Letters, December 1948 - April 1952
55. List of members, Cooksville Library, January 1951
56. Cooksville Public Library Association - notes, letters, reports, leases, minutes, January 1950 - December 1952
57. Cooksville Public Library Association - correspondence, February 1953 - June 1956
58. Reports of the Garden Library Association, January 1956 - March 1957
59. Leases on Libraries, 1957 - 1970
60. Monthly Reports, Information Services (head: Albert Spratt), October 1967 - December 1968
61. Monthly Reports, Branches and Central (head: Ruth Kennedy), January 1966 - December 1968
62. Monthly Reports, Children's Room (head; Connie Corkum), January 1968 - December 1968
63. Monthly Reports, Technical Services (head: Grace Miller), September 1961 - October 1968
64. The CORL Courier, May 1971 (Central Ontario Regional Library publication)
65. New public library has sunken section for reference. Globe and Mail, October 5, 1963
66. Cooksville Library opens. Toronto Star, October 4, 1963
67. Toronto Township Public Library - annual reports, memos, notes, letters 1950s
68. Toronto Township Library - plot plan
69. 10 photocopies of photographs of the original Cooksville Library (now in the Cooksville scrapbook)
70. Vandalism report, July 19, 1983 (3 copies)
71. Vandalism report, November 30, 1981
72. Origins of Public Library Service in Cooksville, by Janet T. Quance, November 27, 1968
73. Lorne Park Library Board/Lorne Park Public Library Association - Record Book 1919-1953
74. Lorne Park Library Record Book, 1940-1941
75. Ontario Library Review, vol. 37, no. 3, August 1953 (on cover photo of Lorne Park Public Library, article on page 183)
76. Library site redevelopment the hot topic in Cooksville. Mississauga News, January 6, 1994
77. The new addition to the Mississauga Central Library. Streetsville Review, November 15, 1972
78. City, developer close to a deal to change the look of Cooksville. Mississauga News, June 15, 1994
79. Various clippings, etc., 1950 - 1963, re: Cooksville Library
80. Memo to Central Staff re: formalizing the Library System as part of the Corporation of the City of Mississauga, etc.
81. OLTAlert, An Ontario Library Trustees' association Call to Action, March 1991 (discussing changes in Public Library legislation)
82. Central Library overdue fines calculator
83. Library designed with people in mind. Streetsville Review, November 15, 1972
84. Mississauga Library System chronology (1854 - 2000)
85. Mississauga’s villages united for a common cause. The Booster, January 24, 2007
86. Centennial Library building financing (includes Malton, Lakeview and Clarkson branches.)
87. Renewal lease agreement between EK Birch properties and Gartley Kids Inc. and the Corporation of the City of Mississauga re 2227 South Millway [South Common Branch Library]
88. The Corporation of the Township of Toronto by-law number 2195, a by-law to provide for the establishment of a public library in the Township of Toronto
89. Dynix lifetime overview, 01 Feb 1998 - 31 Dec 2013
90. Mississauga Library System: results of an organization review, February 18, 1987. Coopers & Lybrand Consulting Group