Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Division of Public Information
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Division of Public Information was established in July, 1947 upon the recommendation of the Cabinet Committee on Advertising and Publicity. It united with the Publicity Branch on October 1, 1954 to form the Division of Publicity.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Division of Public Information of the Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity acted as a general contact for the public on all matters of an information or public relations nature pertaining to the Ontario Government. The division was also responsible for co-ordinating general advertising for all Government of Ontario departments, including the writing, preparing and distributing of news releases, securing radio time, as well as acting as a contact for representatives of news services, radio stations, magazines and other publications.
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
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
Annual Reports of the Department of Travel and Publicity, 1947-1954
Maintenance notes
Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1995-03-15
Archivist(s):
R. Anger