Mississauga Library System

Local Archives:
SPECK, ROBERT

  1. Invalid Mayor Speck checks election returns, Mississauga Times, n.d.
  2. Mississauga Mayor Robert Speck . . ., clipping, n.d.
  3. Speck, R. W. - chronological notes by Albert Spratt
  4. Mississauga's first mayor - Robert Speck is buried. Streetsville Review, April 12, 1972
  5. Bob Speck's name lives on in Mississauga. Review, June 15, 1977
  6. Mississauga City: Canada's newest city. Review, October 27, 1971
  7. Mississauga mourns Robert Speck. Mississauga Times, March 23, 1972
  8. The last farewell to Robert Speck. Mississauga News, April 12, 1972
  9. Mayor Robert Speck: an editorial. Mississauga News, April 12, 1972
  10. City of Mississauga dedication ceremony for the Robert W. Speck Civic Square, City Hall, Saturday, June 11, 1977, 11 a.m. [programme] (2 copies)
  11. And you thought signs were simple things. Mississauga Times, June 26, 1978
  12. Photo [from newspaper?] of Town of Mississauga Robert Speck Civic Square
  13. Address [typescript] by Reeve Robert Speck at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Lorne Park Road, to the Cubs, Scouts, Venturers, Rovers, Brownies and Guides. n.d.
  14. Meet your Lakeview business men: Mr. Robert W. Speck. The Lakeview Leader, September 24, 1953
  15. Let us introduce you to your Liberal candidate - Bob Speck [typescript]. Elect Bob Speck as M.P. for Peel, 1957
  16. Vote Liberal … Elect Bob Speck on June 10th. Peel County News and Views. 4 p. [Election material supporting Bob Speck as Liberal candidate for Peel, 1957]
  17. This newspaper chooses Speck for Reeve, Murray for Deputy. Toronto Township News, December 10, 1959
  18. Nearly 2-1 for Speck, one new councillor in. Toronto Township News, December 14, 1961
  19. Township Reeve Robert Speck could use an eight-day week. The Weekly, April 30, 1964
  20. Reeve foretells a busy '66 for Toronto Township. Toronto Township News-Review, December 29, 1965
  21. Town could have Board of Control says Bob Speck. The Weekly, April 5, 1967
  22. Speck - first Mayor of new town. Toronto Township News-Review, November 29, 1967
  23. Mayor R. Speck, Town of Mississauga, President of the Association of Ontario Mayors and Reeves. The Municipal World, September 1969
  24. Mayor Speck officiates at new foundry opening. Mississauga Times, March 25, 1970
  25. Hallowe'en is almost here: and so is the new civic centre where the above picture was taken [photo]. Mississauga Times, October 28, 1970
  26. On a scale model of Erin Mills New Town, Mississauga Mayor Robert Speck points to the site of Canada's largest warehouse now under construction for Chrysler Canada Ltd. [photo]. The Review, November 25, 1970
  27. Meet Mississauga's First Lady, Mrs. Robert W. Speck [Enid Speck]. Mississauga News, December 9, 1970
  28. Mayor Bob Speck leaves hospital. Mississauga Times, January 17, 1971
  29. All of South Peel's top political leaders gathered together last weekend to take part in the official opening ceremonies of the new Jack Plaus Park in Port Credit [photo]. Mississauga Times, September 15, 1971
  30. His spirit was indomitable: many pay tribute to Mayor Speck. Mississauga News, April 12, 1972
  31. Mississauga mourns Robert Speck. Mississauga Review, April 12, 1972
  32. A tribute to Robert Speck, by Kathleen A. Hicks [from the family binder]
  33. Mississauga's first mayor … Robert Speck is buried [photos]. The Review, April 12, 1972
  34. Robert W. Speck: the first mayor of Mississauga. Mississauga Times, April12, 1972
  35. Copy of letter from R. Douglas Kennedy, M.P.P. Mississauga South, dated June 7, 1977, to Mayor Ron Searle City of Mississauga, expressing regrets that he was unable to attend the Robert W. Speck Civic Square Dedication Ceremony.
  36. Copy of letter from William G. Davis, Premier of Ontario, dated June 11, 1977, to Mayor R. Searle, City of Mississauga, re the dedication of the Robert W. Speck Civic Square Dedication.
  37. Copy of a message from Mayor Archdeakin, City of Brampton, with regrets that he was not able to attend the Robert W. Speck Civic Square Dedication.
  38. Bob Speck's name lives on in Mississauga [Dedication of the Civic Square to the memory of Mayor Robert W. Speck, June 11th, 1977]. The Review, June 15, 1977
  39. Good lives are not lived in vain [photo of Robert Daniel Speck, 3, and Alyson Greenfield, 22 months, at dedication ceremony for the Robert W. Speck Civic Square at City Hall. They helped plant a tree in honor of their grandfather who died before they were born]
  40. Copy of a memorial card in memory of Robert (Bob) W. Speck [born] Clarkson, April 16, 1915, [died] April 5, 1972, St. Michael's Hospital
  41. Town to name park after heart donor. Globe & Mail, January 18, 1972
  42. Re-elect Bob Speck Reeve [poster]. Mississauga News, December 1, 1965
  43. Mississauga mayor receives new heart. Globe & Mail, December 21, 1971

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