Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Depository Branch
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Educational Depositary
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Depository Branch was established in 1850 within the Department of Public Instruction for the Province of Canada. It was originally known as the Education Depositary. Under the authority of the "School Act" of 1850, the sum of 3,000 pounds sterling was set aside for the support of school libraries.
Beginning in 1873, it was known as the Depository Branch. Under constant attack by private booksellers, the branch was abolished by Order-In- Council in 1881.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Depository Branch purchased books, maps, globes and other school equipment and made them available to schools on a non- profit basis in Canada West and later in the province of Ontario.
Address
Act for the Better Establishment and Maintenance of Common Schools in Upper Canada, Statutes of the Province of Canada 1850, Chap. 48
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
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Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
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Related entity
Identifier of related entity
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Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867 (1963)
Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1867-1900 (1976)
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
G. Brown, S. Paquet, R. Stapleton