Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
54-200 to 54-299 sub-sub-series
General material designation
- Graphic material
Parallel title
Description type
Public - Photo Services
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Sub-subseries
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1954 (Creation)
- Creator
- Saskatchewan. Bureau of Publications
Physical description area
Physical description
ca. 500 photographs : b&w negatives
ca. 150 photographs : b&w prints
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Bureau of Publications was established on May 1, 1922. A minister was assigned overall responsibility for the bureau while a Commissioner of Publications was appointed by the minister to manage the daily administration. The bureau's original mandate was operating travelling libraries; lending books to clubs, associations and individuals under a system referred to as "The Open Shelf" ; preparing and procuring moving pictures illustrating various phases of the activities of the Government of Saskatchewan for educational purposes; publishing all advertisements required by the government other than "The Saskatchewan Gazette"; and publishing books, pamphlets, or bulletins issued by government departments that were not required to be published by the King's Printer.
In 1944, responsibility for the travelling and open shelf libraries was transferred to the Provincial Librarian. By the mid 1950s, the Bureau's mandate had been expanded considerably. In 1956, the Bureau was organized into numerous sections and branches as follows: News; Special Projects; Mailing Room; Photographic Services; Tourist Branch; Northern Branch and Parks Branch. The Tourist Branch was responsible for developing and promoting Saskatchewan's tourism industry. The Parks Branch was tasked with developing and supervising designated recreation and resort areas within provincial parks or forests. Photographic Services provided a variety of photographic services to all government agencies.
On March 29, 1957 the Bureau of Publications Act was repealed and the bureau's functions were transferred to the newly created Department of Travel and Information effective April 1, 1957.
The Ministers in charge of the Bureau of Publications included: Samuel J. Latta (1923-1930); Howard McConnell (1930-1934); Charles Dunn (1935-1938); E.M. Culliton (1939-1941); William Franklin Kerr (1942-1944); Clarence M. Fines (1944-1952); Joseph W. Burton (1952-1956) and Russ Brown (1956-1957).
The Commissioners of the Bureau of Publications were as follows: William A. MacLeod (1923-1927); William Franklin Kerr (1927-1928); T.A. McInnis (1931-1934); Samuel J. Latta (1935-1944); Galen H. Craik (1945-1955); and W. Roy Bell (1956).
Custodial history
Scope and content
Sub-sub-series consists of photographs produced by Saskatchewan Photographic Services who assigned duplex-numeric codes to the records that began with a value that represented the fiscal year to which the records belong. This sub-sub-series consists of a duplex code that has a value between "54-200-" and "54-299-".
Notes area
Physical condition
Records are in good physical condition.
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
The factors determining arrangement of the records in this sub-sub-series have not been documented during the description process.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
Box number(s): 40, 41, and 42
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Some of these records are subject to access restrictions.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Use, publication and/or reproduction are subject to Crown Copyright.
Finding aids
See series description.
Associated materials
Accruals
No further accruals are anticipated.
General note
Context: Numbers assigned by Photographic Services were maintained as Saskatchewan Archives reference codes.
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Control area
Description record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules or conventions
Saskatchewan Archives. Archival Description Manual 2004.
Status
Final
Level of detail
Language of description
- English
Script of description
- Latin
Sources
Content of sub-sub-series.