Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity. Division of Publicity

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity. Division of Publicity

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Division of Publicity

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1954-1964

      History

      The Division of Publicity was established in 1954 with the amalgamation of the Publicity Branch and the Division of Public Information, both of the Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity. When the Department of Tourism and Information was formed in 1964, the Division of Publicity was replaced with the Publicity Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Division of Publicity was responsible for advertising and public relations activities such as placing advertisements in the media and creating promotional items such as news releases, publications and souvenirs. In addition, the Division was also responsible for providing information about government activities and services.

      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 Travel and Publicity. Division of Publicity

      Dates of relationship

      1954-1964

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity. Publicity Branch (1946-1954)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA8

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

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

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity. Division of Public Information (1947-1954)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA27

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

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

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

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

      Identifier of related entity

      CA29

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

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

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA28

      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, 1954-1962

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

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1995-03-15

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger