Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity. Publicity Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity. Publicity Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Publicity Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1946-1954

      History

      The Publicity Branch was one of four branches established within the newly created Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity in 1946. On October 1, 1954, the Publicity Branch amalgamated with the Division of Public Information to form the Division of Publicity under the Director, G. W. Hogarth.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Publicity Branch planned, produced and distributed motion picture film, advertising and public relations materials, and promotional items such as news releases, publications and souvenirs. The Branch also maintained a photograph library. The film and photograph functions were taken over by the Photography Branch in 1951.

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      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. Publicity Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1946-1954

      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 successor of Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity. Publicity Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA8

      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, 1946-1954

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1995-03-15

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger