Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Publicity Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Publicity Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Publicity Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1964-1972

      History

      With the establishment of the Ontario Department of Tourism and Information in 1964, an Information and Promotion Division was created. The Publicity Branch was one of three branches falling within this Division - the other two being the Advertising Branch and the Tourist Promotion and Information Branch. Within the Publicity Branch were four sections, each responsible for certain functions. These were the Press Relations section, the Special Promotions section, the Film section, and the Photographic section. The branch's functions were taken over by the Audio-Visual Branch and Public Relations Branch of the Ministry of Industry and Tourism in 1972.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Publicity Branch was responsible for communications between the Ontario Department of Tourism and Information and various press representatives, as well as encouraging the media to support the tourist industry through travel and editorial pages and programmes. In addition, the Publicity Branch also administered a film section, which was responsible for the production and distribution of tourism films, and a photographic section, which accumulated and maintained a collection of photographs for use by the Department.

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      General context

      Relationships area

      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. Publicity Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1964-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism. Audio-Visual Branch (1972-1974)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA30

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism. Audio-Visual Branch is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Publicity Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity. Division of Publicity (1954-1964)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA28

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity. Division of Publicity is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Tourism and Information. Publicity Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA29

      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

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          Sources

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

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1995-03-15

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger