Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Records Services Branch
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Dept. of Public Records and Archives. Records Services Branch
Archives of Ontario. Records Services Branch
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
An interdepartmental committee appointed by Treasury Board recommended in March, 1965, the creation of a Records Services Branch and its placement within the Department of Public Records and Archives; however, actual operation of the branch began only in 1966. A private company managed the branch on contract until 1968, when permanent government staff were assigned to it.
In 1973, the Records Services Branch was transferred to the Ministry of Government Services, General Services Division. The Records Services Branch ceased to exist in February, 1976. The Ministry of Government Services remained responsible for records centre operations, while responsibility for co-ordination of records schedules and for records management training was transferred to the Archives of Ontario, and other functions were assumed by Management Board Secretariat.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Records Services Branch provided Government of Ontario ministries and agencies with advice, assistance and training concerning records and forms management, forms design, records scheduling, microrecording, and the development of file classification plans and technical systems. The branch also operated a records centre for the storage of inactive government records.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
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Type of relationship
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Description of relationship
Related entity
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Category of relationship
Type of relationship
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Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
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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
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Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
Serge Pacquet