Ontario. Travel and Publicity Bureau

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Travel and Publicity Bureau

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Travel and Publicity Bureau

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1935-1946

      History

      The Travel and Publicity Bureau was created in 1935, and replaced the former Tourist and Publicity Bureau. It was created within the Department of the Prime Minister (currently the Premier's Office). The staff for the bureau were transferred from the Highways Department.

      In Febuary, 1944, the bureau moved from the Prime Minister's Department to the Treasury Department.

      In 1946, the Travel and Publicity Bureau was superceded by the newly formed Department of Travel and Publicity.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Travel and Publicity Bureau was promoted Ontario as a tourist destination, through publicizing the tourist industry and of the resources, attractions and advantages of Ontario.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Premier (1867-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA26

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Premier controls Ontario. Travel and Publicity Bureau

      Dates of relationship

      1934-1944

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Treasury Dept. (1867-1968)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA19

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Treasury Dept. controls Ontario. Travel and Publicity Bureau

      Dates of relationship

      1944-1946

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity (1946-1964)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA1

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Travel and Publicity is the successor of Ontario. Travel and Publicity Bureau

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1293

      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

          Hazel I. MacTaggart. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1901-1955.

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana authorities.


          Archivist(s):
          Bob Krawczyk