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| Nom de l'objet : | Letter |
| Titre : | Reeve Anthony Adamson Writing to Members of Council |
| Numéro d'accession : | BR2009.20.36 |
| Date de début de production : | 1953 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1953 |
| Date absolue : | 07/17/1953 |
| Description : | A type-written carbon copy tissue of a letter from Reeve Anthony Adamson, address to Members of Council Toronto Township. The letter, regarding the water agreement for A. V. Roe Canada Limited, also quotes R. M. Brophy, Deputy Minister. |
| Fonctions : | Anthony Adamson (1906-2002) was born in Toronto to a prominent family with ties to the British Monarchy. He studied at Cambridge and Wellington College in England, becoming an architect, planner and professor of Planning at the University of Toronto. He served as Reeve for Toronto Township between 1953-1954. For more info on Anthony Adamson, visit: http://www.heritagemississauga.com/docs/anthony_adamson.pdf A. V. Roe of Canada Ltd. (later known as Avro Canada, famous for making the Avro Arrow) played a huge role in the development of Malton. This was a private company founded by Sir Roy Dobson that opened in Malton on December 1, 1945. The company worked closely with Toronto Township Council lending them funds to develop the northern area of Malton, improve local roads, install traffic lights and organize policing and firefighting groups. A.V.Roe of Canada Ltd also built a water reservoir for that area. Note: 2009.20-38 to 2009.20.50 all relate to A.V.Roe of Canada, Ltd and came from the same file: Mary Fix's personal papers. Mary (n‚e McNulty) Fix (1896-1972) was born in Ottawa to a French/Irish family. She was educated in Ottawa and Toronto, graduated from Osgoode School of Law in 1918, and became Ottawa's first woman lawyer. However, despite her achievements she did not receive many important cases and after only two years of working in the legal field she changed careers turning her attention to business where she became a European buyer for a clothing store. In 1931, Mary married virtuoso pianist Alphonse (Albert) Fix and settled in Port Credit. Mary entered into politics locally in 1953 becoming the area's first woman politician. She held many positions and was instrumental in guiding the development and growth of Toronto Township which is now known as Mississauga. She held the position of Reeve for the years 1955, 1957, 1958 and 1961. Mary became Peel County's first female Warden in 1959. Aside from politics, Mary was interested in many aspects of the community. She was a member of the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Mississauga Library Board, a founding member of the Toronto Township Historical Society (today the Mississauga Heritage Foundation), and helped to create the Bradley Museum. This collection of ephemera and artifacts was donated by Christine Cumberland whose family had been close friends of the Fixes. Mary and Albert did not have any children so they bequeathed their belongings to the Cumberlands. Albert Fix died in 1945 and Mary died in 1972 after a second hip surgery. Among her papers were many diaries describing her personal and public life, lots of fictional short stories and files of newspaper articles and letters relating to her many achievements over the years. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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