Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Administrative Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Administrative Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Administrative Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity. Administrative Branch

    • Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Administrative Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1963-1972

    History

    The Administrative Services Branch was established in 1963 as the Administrative Branch within the Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity. It became part of the Ontario Department of Tourism and Information in 1964, and was renamed the Administrative Services Branch in 1971. With the demise of the Department of Tourism and Information in 1972, the branch ceased to exist.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Administrative Services Branch of the Ontario Department of Tourism and Information was responsible for general service functions such as accounting and budget control, purchasing, travel arrangements, mail handling, personnel administration, methods and procedures, inventory control, shipping and receiving, duplicating and addressograph services, central files, and the departmental library.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity (1946-1964)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA1

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity controls Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Administrative Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1963-1964

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information (1964-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA2

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information controls Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Administrative Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1964-1972

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Annual Reports of the Department of Travel and Publicity, 1946-1962

        Annual Report of the Department of Travel and Publicity and the Department of Public Records and Archives, 1963

        Annual Reports of the Department of Tourism and Information and the Department of Public Records and Archives, 1964-1971

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1962-1971

        Maintenance notes

        Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1995-03-15

        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger