The Heritage Guide - Heritage Mississauga
The Heritage Guide - Heritage Mississauga
The Heritage Guide - Heritage Mississauga
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<strong>Heritage</strong> Partners<br />
<strong>Mississauga</strong> Library System<br />
Canadiana Reading Room<br />
Local History page includes:<br />
• Our Saga, <strong>Mississauga</strong>’s history video<br />
• Historic Images Gallery<br />
• <strong>Mississauga</strong> Milestones<br />
• Local History and Genealogy resource<br />
guides<br />
LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY<br />
<strong>The</strong> Canadiana Reading Room at<br />
<strong>Mississauga</strong> Central Library is an<br />
invaluable resource for people with<br />
questions about <strong>Mississauga</strong>’s past and<br />
present. Its extensive collections are<br />
available for in-library use and expert<br />
staff are on hand to assist visitors with<br />
the choice of material. If you have a<br />
research topic, if you are interested in<br />
the background of your community, or<br />
if you have local family connections,<br />
the Canadiana Reading Room has the<br />
resources for you!<br />
Collection Highlights<br />
• <strong>Mississauga</strong> in-depth material<br />
• First Nations history<br />
• Peel County information<br />
• Ontario and community studies<br />
• Canadian history topics<br />
• Early Canadian literature<br />
• Family histories<br />
• Rare books, files and scrapbooks<br />
• Newspapers<br />
• Maps and land records<br />
• Directories and telephone books<br />
• Photographs and slides<br />
Resources at www.mississauga.ca/library<br />
Your Online Library > Research<br />
Databases include:<br />
• Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use)<br />
• Pages of the Past newspaper archive<br />
Books and Reading > eBooks<br />
includes:<br />
• Our <strong>Heritage</strong> Series of local histories<br />
For hours of the Canadiana Reading Room,<br />
go to www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/<br />
localhistory.<br />
Please contact the Library if you are<br />
interested in donating photographs or written<br />
material of historical interest.<br />
<strong>Mississauga</strong> Central Library<br />
Canadiana Reading Room<br />
301 Burnhamthorpe Road West, <strong>Mississauga</strong> ON L5B 3Y3<br />
905-615-3500, ext. 3660<br />
10 <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> of <strong>Mississauga</strong>
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