Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Documents Section
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Documents Section was established within the Services Branch of the Ontario Department of Highways on October 5, 1959. The section was headed by the Superintendent of Documents and consisted of four units: Correspondence Files; Plan Files; Library Services; and Manuals. The Documents Section was replaced with the Records Services Section in 1971.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Documents Section was responsible for the custody and care of the Ontario Department of Highways records, including the central registry for the department. In addition, the section also maintained the departmental library, developed manuals for the various branches within the department, and conducted microfilming projects.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
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
Department of Highways Annual Reports; Government of Ontario Telephone Directories.
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.
Archivist(s):
Lisa Singer, Mark Epp