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Fenner & Co.

  • Corporate body

Fenner & Co. was a photography studio that operated in Toronto, Ontario from 1867 to 1874.

S. Porter

  • Corporate body

S. Porter, Artist & Photographer, had a photography studio located at St. Paul's Street in Chippenham, England during the late nineteenth century.

Rice Studio

  • Corporate body
  • 1865-1948

James Rice operated the Rice Studio in Montreal, Quebec from approximately 1901-1948. He was known for his photographs of the Stanley Cup and his portraits of the hockey players of the Montreal Canadiens. His grandfather Moses P. Rice founded the studio in Washington D.C. in 1865.

J.L. Jones Army Photographer

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J.L. Jones Army Photographer was located at 10 Fabrique Street, Quebec City, Quebec.

Thorns

  • Corporate body
  • [1880-1900]

A photography studio that was located at 1025 Larkin Street, Corner Sutter, San Francisco during the late nineteenth century.

Outremont Golf Club

  • Corporate body
  • 1902-1922

In 1902 the Outemont Golf Club was formed in Montreal, Quebec by members of the Montreal Golf Club, the first Golf Club in North America. It leased farmland between Rockland and Pratt Avenues and had a membership of 212 names.

Imperial Camera Corporation

  • Corporate body
  • 1945-

Founded in Chicago as the Herbert George Company in 1945 by Herbert Weil and George Israel and renamed the Imperial Camera Corp. in 1961.

Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO)

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  • 1934-

ARIDO, (The Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario), is the only professional organization for interior designers in Ontario. First established as the Society of Interior Decorators of Ontario in 1934, then Interior Designers of Ontario, the name was changed to the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario in 1984 when the ARIDO Act was passed in the Legislature of Ontario. The act was amended by the passing of Bill Pr6 in 1999 to grant Registered Members who meet ARIDO standards exclusive use of the title Interior Designer in Ontario.
As a professional body, ARIDO's mandate is to regulate the interior design profession in Ontario for the betterment of the profession and in the best interests of the public. ARIDO sets standards for admission into membership, including education and experience standards, Practice Standards, professional development requirements as well as adherence to a Code of Ethics and Practice Standards.
ARIDO counts more than 1,800 Registered and Intern interior designers as members, representing all areas of specialty including corporate, residential, retail, hospitality, health care and institutional. The Association has a total membership of over 3,300 in Registered, Intern, Educator and Student categories.

BDI

  • Corporate body
  • 1984-

BDI is a furniture company founded in 1984

Donaldson, Francis

  • Corporate body
  • 1921-2015

Francis Donaldson (Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (FRAIC)) was born in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland on July 12, 1921. He attended the Glasgow School of Architecture. Frank served with the Royal Engineers during the Second World War and later moved to London where he met and married Phyllis Clarke in 1947. He became an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1951 joining Grosvenor Estates London Office. In 1954, with Phyllis and daughter Linda, Frank immigrated to Vancouver to become Grosvenor's lead Architect and Planner for Annacis Island Industrial Park, recognized as a significant design of postwar projects in Canada. Frank designed and supervised construction of the Guildford Shopping Centre in Surrey and four other regional retail centres affiliated with Woodward's in Western Canada. In association with Arthur Erickson he designed the iconic McMillan Bloedel Building in Vancouver which was awarded the Massey Medal in 1970. Other notable projects included the Project 200 office tower and plaza at Granville Square on Vancouver's waterfront and the Canadian Pacific Telecommunications building. Frank and Phyllis moved to Hawaii in 1972, where he designed the Davies Pacific Centre and the Grosvenor Building in Honolulu, the Wailea Beach Hotel Resort in Maui and the Kona Resort in Hawaii. In 1974, he returned to Vancouver as Development Director for Mobil Land Development Corporation, before relocating to San Francisco in 1977 as Senior Vice President, Design and Engineering. In 1983 he was transferred to the New York head office as President, Eastern Division. During his career with Mobil Oil, Frank Donaldson was involved with notable development projects throughout the USA, including master planned communities at Redwood Shores and Bair Island, California; Reston New Town and Colonial Village, Virginia; and Sailfish Point, Florida. Frank retired to Vancouver in 1986 and served on the Board of Trustees for St. Paul's Hospital from 1987 to 1993. He enjoyed an active membership in the Vancouver Chapter of Lambda Alpha International and socially with the Capilano Golf and Country Club. In 1998 Frank was awarded as a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (FRAIC). In 2003 Frank married Margaret Anderson and designed their residence in Qualicum Beach. He died September 20, 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Z. Matthew Stankiewicz Architect

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Matthew Stankiewicz was born in Wilno, Poland on January 3, 1926. In 1949 he graduated from the School of Architecture,University of Liverpool, England. He later immigrated to Canada to work with the Department of Public Works and the Canadian Government Exhibition Commission.In 1958 he began a private architectural practice in Ottawa. His buildings appear primarily in Ontario and New Brunswick. He became the Ottawa editor for the Canadian Architect magazinein 1959. In 1965 he won a national award for his design of a house. Along with architects R. Robbie and P.Schoeler, Stankiewicz designed the Canadian Government Pavilion for Expo '67 and was Chairman of the jury which selected the design for the Canadian Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan. He died in 1979.

Deputy Minister Task Force - Managing Horizontal Policy Issues

  • Corporate body
  • 1995

In 1995 the Clerk of the Privy Council established nine Task Forces led by Deputy Ministers. The intent was to explore a variety of issues, identified in the wake of Program Review. The nine task forces and their mandates were:
Service Delivery Models - to examine service delivery issues from a citizen's point of view

Overhead Services - to identify ways to improve management of overhead services on a government-wide level, with an emphasis on cost savings

Federal Presence - to develop an on-going database on federal presence across Canada, examine how that presence may change over time, and identify issues from a geographical or regional perspective

Federal Presence Abroad - to report on programs and Canadian government representation outside Canada, and to determine how Federal government representation overseas could be made more cost-effective

Strengthening Policy Capacity - to review current policy development capacity and to recommend improvements

Policy Planning - to provide an assessment of the policy agenda to date, survey the environment, and provide strategic advice on key policy issues

Managing Horizontal Policy Issues - to develop practical recommendations no the management of horizontal issues focusing on improved coherence, and improved collaboration

Values and Ethics - to examine the relationship between existing and evolving values in the public service, and to consider ways to align values with current challenges

A Planning Tool for Thinking about the future of the Public Service - to identify long-term trends which influence the Public Service, and develop a strategic planning tool

Council of Europe

  • Corporate body
  • 1949-

Founded in the aftermath of the Second World War, the Council of Europe is Europe’s oldest political organisation. The idea of convening a European assembly first arose at the Congress of Europe, held in The Hague on 10 May 1948 by the International Committee of the Movements for European Unity. In the years immediately following the Second World War, many pro-European movements actively promoted the establishment of an organisation that would prevent a return to totalitarian regimes and would defend fundamental freedoms, peace and democracy. The Congress closed with the participants adopting a political resolution calling for the convening of a European assembly, the drafting of a charter of human rights and the setting up of a court of justice responsible for ensuring compliance with that charter. The Council was signed into being August, 3, 1949.

Oliver & Boyd Limited

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  • 1807-1990

Thomas Oliver (1776-1853), apprentice compositor to James Robertson, printer, Horsewynd; in 1801 he took George Boyd (died 1843) into partnership. Catalogues (1811-1841) for juvenile books. Also printed and sold abridged histories in fancy covers and songbooks. Apprentices: Hugh Sinclair, printer, Burgess 28 August 1828; John Thomson, printer, of Elbe Street, Leith, apprenticed 12 October 1812, Burgess 15 September 1840.
The business gained a reputation in medical publishing and educational text-books and was particularly strong in overseas markets; it was taken over by George and James Thin and John Grant in 1896; acquired by the Financial Times organisation in 1962; the publishing arm was later sold to Longman's (which became Longman Pearson); ceased operations in Edinburgh in 1990.
The archives of Oliver and Boyd are on deposit in the National Library of Scotland.

Thompson Ahern and Company Limited

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  • 1912-

Thompson Ahern is a customs broker company started in 1912. It is still in existence today under the name "Thompson Ahern International".

N. Israel

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N. Israel was located in Amsterdam

The Canadian Welfare Council

  • Corporate body
  • 1920-

Founded in 1920 by Charlotte Whitton, the organization was initially known as the Canadian Council on Child Welfare. Ten years later, when its mandate was broadened to include families, it became the Canadian Council on Child and Family Welfare. From this organization evolved the Canadian Welfare Council in 1935 and the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) in 1971. These name changes reflected the ever-expanding scope of issues addressed by the Council. From a singular emphasis on children and the well-being of families, the focus shifted to the broader purview reflected by the terms "welfare" and "social development."

DeVry Corporation

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Herman DeVry founded the DeForest Training School in Chicago in 1931. DeVry was an engineer and inventor who had, among other things, developed a motion picture projector and become involved in the production of educational and training films. He set up the school to offer training in the repair of movie and radio equipment and the curriculum eventually expanded to include training in the repair of televisions and other electronics. In 1953 the school changed its name to DeVry Technical Institute, and four years later it was granted accreditation to bestow associate's degrees in electronics. DeVry eventually branched out into computers and accounting, and built more campuses in the Chicago and Toronto areas. In 1967, the Bell & Howell Company, best known perhaps for its role in inventing movie cameras, completed its acquisition of the school, and a fast-paced, nationwide expansion program ensued. The following year, the school underwent another name change, to DeVry Institute of Technology. In 1969 DeVry was authorized to award bachelor's degrees in electronics.

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Underwood & Underwood

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  • 1882-1940

Underwood and Underwood was established in 1882 by Bert and Elmer Underwood in Ottawa, Kansas. Originally they distributed stereographs made by eastern photographers in the Western United States. In 1884, they had expanded their franchise across North America and by 1889 opened offices in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Liverpool, England. By 1890 Underwood & Underwood began publishing original stereographs taken by Bert Underwood. Underwood & Underwood was considered one of the most successful stereoscope publishers in North America in 1901.Underwood & Underwood began producing 25,000 views per day and 300,000 stereoscopes annually. It is suggested that in the earlier years of the company, Underwood & Underwood used H.C. White Company’s stereoscope model until developing their own. The principle stereoscope design by Underwood & Underwood included aluminum hoods, cardholders, and a folding handle. An easy identifiable feature of Underwood & Underwood stereoscopes is the friction joint built to fold the handle.

In 1910 the firm began specialising in news photography, ultimately stopping production of stereographs in 1920. Between 1912 and 1925 the company would sell the entirety of their glass stereo collection to competitor Keystone View Co.. By 1925 both brothers retired, leading to the reorganization of the company into four independent organisations all staying beneath the title of "Underwood & Underwood." These four branches included Underwood & Underwood Illustration Studios of New York, Chicago and Detroit; Underwood & Underwood Portraits, Inc., New York, Philadelphia and Cleveland; Underwood & Underwood, Washington and Chicago; Underwood & Underwood News Photos, Inc., New York.

Simcoe County Council

  • Corporate body

​County Council is composed of the mayors and deputy mayors of each of the sixteen towns and townships located within Simcoe County in Ontario. Council meeting processes are set out in the County's Procedure By-law.

Murrary and Heath

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  • [ca.1860]

Murrary and Heath manufactured Brewster style polyorama stereoscopes attached to a base. These stereoscopes were designed to adjust to a convenient gazing height. Many of their stereoscopes came in a variety of shapes, sizes and materials.

American Stereoscopic Company

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  • [between ca.1890 and ca.1915]

The American Stereoscopic Company produced several high-quality scenic steroviews including the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Many photos produced by American Stereoscopic Company are credited to R.Y. Young. Typically negatives were purchased by American Stereoscopic Company directly from the photographers. Following the end of the firm's operation, Keystone View Company purchased the entirety of the American Stereoscopic Company collection of negatives.

The Ecumenical Institute of Canada

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Founded in 1917 as the Canadian School of Missions. In 1962 it was renamed the Canadian School of Missions and Ecumenical Institute. The reorganized school continued to carry on the programs of the Canadian School of Missions but added to its mandate other study interests and concerns of the ecumenical effort. In 1965, the Canadian School of Mission and Ecumenical Institute underwent another major reorganization. The phoenix arising from the ashes was renamed the Ecumenical Institute of Canada and offered programs under four major headings: Academic, Consultative, Research and Reference. A visiting professor program was established to bring world scholars to the Institute. In 1969 it changed names again to the Ecumenical Forum of Canada. It changed names again after a massive re-organization to Canadian Churches Forum for Global Ministries.

Walker and Company

  • Corporate body
  • 1959

Walker Publishing Company, Inc. publishes and markets adult non-fiction and children's books. The company was founded in 1959 and is based in New York City. As of 12/31/2004, Walker Publishing Company, Inc. is a subsidiary of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Frederick Warne and Company Limited

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Frederick Warne and Company Limited was founded in 1865 by bookseller Frederick Warne. It became known for publishing children's books by authors Edward Lear, Kate Greenaway, Walter Crane, and Beatrix Potter. In 1983 it became a subsidiary of Penguin Books. Since then it has acquired many other classic book properties including Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower Fairies in 1989 and Eric Hill’s Spot in 1993. Today, Warne continues to publish beautifully produced editions of their original works, lively spin-offs, and leveled readers.

Wartime Information Board

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The Wartime Information Board was established on September 9, 1942, replacing the Bureau of Public Information which had formed at the start of WWII. By 1942 the government believed that its troubles over conscription derived from inadequate publicity. In August of 1942, The Cabinet approved the creation of a largely autonomous information board. Charles Vining was the chairman until January 1943, when educator Norman A.M. MacKenzie succeeded him. The real power on the board was held by its general manager, John Grierson, who promoted the war as a vehicle for social change. The approach naturally created some political controversy. In 1944 Grierson was succeeded by A. Davidson Dunton, who followed Grierson's general direction until the end of the war. The board influenced the public's interpretation of the war, and pioneered systematic public-opinion polling in Canada.

Rapp & Carroll Limited

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Rapp & Carroll Limited was a publishing company located in London, England. The company was previously called Donald Carroll Ltd. Donald Carroll partnered with George Rapp to form new company.

The Royal Bank of Canada

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  • 1860s-

Royal Bank opened first bank in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the 1860s.

A. Mattey

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  • [between 1872 and ca. 1930]

Best known for the trade mark "Unis France" and cabinet work, A. Mattey had a major influence on the manufacturing and distribution of stereoscopes. A. Mattey produced hand viewers and chaintype multiple-view machines including ones available for coin operation. As well, A. Mattey manufactured tall stand up models made to be viewed comfortably when seated or standing. The less common stand up models were regularly used for public displays.

Laurence Pollinger Limited

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Laurence Pollinger Ltd, successor of Pearn, Pollinger and Higham, and now called Pollinger Limited. Clients include writers of adult and children's fiction and non-fiction, many illustrious literary estates, as well as screenwriters, illustrators and photographers. The majority of clients are based in the UK and their major sales base is to the UK publishing industry, and to film/TV, audio and educational markets and other intellectual property areas. Associated literary agents in all parts of the world for international intellectual property and translation markets.

Becton, Dickinson and Company

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  • 1897-

Started in 1897 by Maxwell W. Becton and Colonel Farleigh S. Dickinson in New York.
In 1951, BD acquired the Norman S. Wright Company, a Canadian distributor located on King Street in downtown Toronto. This marked the formation of BD in Canada. At that time, the entire sales force in Canada consisted of 5 members. BD in Canada soon moved to Hope well Street in Toronto and began to stock inventory. In 1964, BD in Canada relocated to South Sheridan Way in Mississauga. Currently BD in Canada has two locations in Ontario; Bristol Circle in Oakville and Derry Road in Mississauga.

Chas. Goodall and Son Ltd.

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The founder Charles Goodall (1785-1851), came to London from Northampton, as a child. In 1801 He was apprenticed to J. W. Hunt, an old and established playing card manufacturer.
In 1820 The Goodall business was first established in Soho, printing playing cards and message cards. The earliest cards were traditional in appearance, and resembled those of Hunt.
1830s The firm expanded into premises in what was then Great College Street. The main factory lay behind the terrace in a building which had formerly been a gun factory and was later used for the production of steam engines. At around this time, Goodall started experimenting with 'modernised' and other court card designs which gradually evolved into those we are familiar with today. Charles’ two sons joined the family firm. By the middle of the century, Goodall and its younger competitor Thomas De La Rue, were between them producing two-thirds of all playing cards made in England. Fifty years later, Goodall and Son were leading the market with annual production of over 2 million packs. Demand was outstripping production, and new premises were secured nearby.
1868 From the new factory, an additional range of high-quality stationery was launched, plus games, toys, fountain pens and even toilet paper.
1879 New presses added a wide choice of multi-coloured calendars, Christmas and greetings cards and almanacs.
c 1880-1885 Goodall absorbed the firm of Reynolds and Co, acquiring their stock and equipment. Goodall made cards for Victor Mauger in the USA, and the designs were also copied by American manufacturers.
c1885 Goodall set up London Playing Card Co, a subsidiary outlet for lower grade cards. Special Aces of Spades were used: Goodall also produced many special Aces or Jokers for advertising.
In 1898, the company became 'limited', and this change was reflected in the lettering on the Ace of Spades.
WWI. With World War I, the business climate deteriorated, and since no successors were suitably qualified.
1922 British Industries Fair Advert for Goodall's Playing Cards. 'Linette' the Card with the World-wide Reputation. Manufacturers of Playing Cards, Game Cabinets, Visiting Cards, Boards, Stationery, Menus, and Ball Programmes. (Stand No. L.21 and L.23) [1]
1922 Charles Goodall and Son was merged with De La Rue.
c1929 The Camden Works were kept open until around 1929, and the Goodall name and brand names were still used until much later.
Subsequently, the old buildings became run-down, were purchased by The Post Office and partially demolished in the mid 1970s.

Ampro Corporation

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  • [1913]-1956

The Ampro Corporation was founded in 1913? by Axel A. Monson in Chicago, Illinois. Its industry was projectors and film and its headquarters remained in Chicago, Illinois. In 1944, it was acquired by the General Precision Equipment Corporation. Production moved to Rochester, New York in 1956. It is possible the products were dropped shortly after since there is no evidence of Ampro past 1957.

Cochrane-Dunlop Hardware Limited

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  • 1909-1987

Incorporated in Ontario in 1909 as Cochrane-Dunlop Hardware Ltd., the company changed its name to Cochrane-Dunlop Limited in 1975. The company amalgamated with D. H. Frederick Holdings Limited in 1982 to continue under the Cochrane-Dunlop Limited name. The company was subsequently placed in receivership and dissolved in 1987.

Blackie & Son (Canada) Limited

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  • 1809-1991

The firm was founded on November 20, 1809 by John Blackie, snr, ( 1782-1874 ) in partnership with two friends - Archibald Fullerton and William Somerville. It was known as Blackie, Fullerton & Co . Born in Glasgow, John Blackie, snr, was originally in business as a weaver but was persuaded that money could be made in the 'Numbers Trade'. This was a form of selling sizeable books in monthly or quarterly instalments, by subscription.
By 1811, the firm was already beginning to publish its own books and in 1819, John Blackie, snr, expanded the scope of the business into printing. He took on a practising Glasgow printer, Edward Khull, as a partner and, initially, using Khull's printing works at 8 East Clyde Street, worked with him as Khull, Blackie & Co. The bookselling side of the business continued separately in Edinburgh as Fullerton, Somerville & Co. When Khull retired from the business in 1826 , he took his original printing works with him. In 1827, John Blackie, snr, entered into partnership with Hutchison & Brookman, printers and stereotypers, of Saltmarket, Glasgow. There were four partners: John Blackie, snr, George Brookman, William Lang and R Hutchison.

In 1829 , the Edinburgh and Glasgow companies purchased the firm of Andrew & J M Duncan, printers to the University of Glasgow, at Villafield, between Stanhope Street and Parson Street, close to Glasgow Cathedral, and moved Hutchison & Brookman into the newly acquired premises. Later, the printing premises in Bishopbriggs, north of Glasgow retained the name The Villafield Press. In 1831 , Archibald Fullerton retired from the Edinburgh partnership, renamed Blackie, Fullerton & Co after the retirement of William Somerville in 1821 , and John Blackie, jnr, became a partner with his father. The firm was renamed Blackie & Son . In 1837 , Robert Hutchison retired from the printing business, now working from Bishopbriggs and known at that date as George Brookman & Co, and a new printing business was established under the name W G Blackie & Co. Walter Graham Blackie ( 1816-1906 ) was the second son of John Blackie, snr. Thereafter, all aspects of the business came under the ultimate control of members of the Blackie family. The two companies, Blackie & Son and W G Blackie & Co were eventually amalgamated after Blackie & Son became a public limited company in 1890 , changing its name to Blackie & Sons Ltd .
After the deaths of John Blackie, jnr, in 1873 and John Blackie, snr,in 1874 , responsibility for the company's affairs passed to the two younger sons of John Blackie, snr; Robert and Walter Graham Blackie and eventually to three of their sons; John Alexander Blackie ( 1850-1918 ), the eldest son of W G Blackie, Walter Wilfred Blackie ( 1860-1953 ), the third son of W G Blackie and James R Blackie, the son of Robert Blackie.

By 1909 Blackie & Son Ltd 1909 had offices at 5 Fitzhardinge Street, London, W1 and in Dublin, Ireland. After 1918, the company set up a Scientific and Technical Department, and began to publish advanced scientific and mathematical texts. In 1929 , new printing works, retaining the original name 'The Villafield Press', were built on a 13 acre site in Kirkintilloch Road, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. During the early years of the twentieth century, overseas subsidiary companies were set up: Blackie & Son (India) Ltd, in 1927; Blackie & Son (Canada) Ltd; and Blackie & Son (Australasia) Ltd, in 1926 . The subscription side of the business was run by a subsidiary company, The Gresham Publishing Co from 1898 (incorporated 1917 ), and this company continued trading until 1948 .

During the second world war, Blackie & Son Ltd used 1/3 of their Bishopbriggs works space for the manufacture of 25 pound shells for the Ministry of Supply. They also undertook some toolmaking for another Glasgow company, William Beardmore & Co Ltd , and, for a short time, produced aircraft radiators.

In 1960 the publishing and administration section of the company moved to join the printing section in Kirkintilloch Road, Bishopbriggs. In 1971, new premises were occupied in Wester Cleddens Road, Bishopbriggs, eventually becoming the headquarters of the company. In the same year another subsidiary company was set up, Abelard Schuman Ltd. Blackie & Son Ltd , ceased publishing in 1991 . Academic and professional titles were acquired by Blackie Academic & Professional (an imprint of Chapman & Hall). School titles were acquired by Nelson (Thomas) & Sons Ltd. Children's Titles were acquired by Blackie's Children's Books.

The Canadian Credit Institute

  • Corporate body
  • 1928-

The Credit Institute of Canada was created by a special Act of Parliament on June 11, 1928 and is the only organization, which grants official designations to professionals in the Canadian credit field. The objective of the Institute is to provide its members with the most current and comprehensive educational programs in credit and financial management to meet the needs of students and the business community. During the postwar era of the 1920s, the dynamic growth of business across Canada gave rise to an increased need for credit management. At the time, members of the C.C.M.T.A. (Canadian Credit Men’s Trust Association Ltd.) realized that in order to build on the credit profession, it was necessary to establish an institution dedicated to the needs of credit managers. Their vision was an institution that would oversee the implementation and monitoring of national standards for credit management. This vision began to take shape in early 1926, when a group of prominent credit executives met, to lay the foundation for the establishment of the Credit Institute of Canada. At that time, the designations of A.C.I M.C.I and F.C.I. for members were established, subject to government approval. By December of 1927, an application was made to the Dominion of Canada to formally incorporate and formally recognize the Institute as a non-profit professional association. On June 11, 1928, a Special Act of Parliament (Chapter 76 of the Statutes of Canada, 18-19 George V, Part 2) was passed, and the Credit Institute of Canada was born. The first three chapters of the Credit Institute were established in 1929 and as the need for sound credit management began to win greater recognition, additional chapters sprang up across the country. Since 1928 the Institute has undergone numerous changes. Originally belonging to the C.C.M.T.A. (now known as Creditel of Canada Ltd.) the Institute has since become completely independent. Course studies, originally lasting two years have expanded to four years; and the name of the Institute has changed twice from the Canadian Credit Institute to the Canadian Institute of Credit and Financial Management and finally to Credit Institute of Canada. On the day of its founding, the Institute made history by becoming the first professional association to offer a business correspondence course in conjunction with a recognized university (University of Toronto). As a pioneer in the field of offering business correspondence courses, the Institute paved the way for other professional associations to follow.

Les Editions du Jour

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  • 1961-

Founded in 1961 by journalist Jacques Hébert, Éditions du Jour was initially a great forum for young authors of the time. By publishing some 900 titles from 1961 to 1980, including A Season in the Life of Emmanuel Marie-Claire Blais and Agaguk Yves Thériault, the house has also played an important role in the renewal of Quebec literature.

Commonwealth Pictures Corp.

  • Corporate body
  • 1937-1974

Commonwealth Pictures Corp. was a motion picture company that primarily dealt with reissues of old features and shorts. The company was formed by Samuel Goldstein and Mortimer Sackett in 1937 as division of Guaranteed Pictures Company, Inc. In 1941, they purchased shorts and features from the Van Beuren Studios, which used to handle short subjects in the 1930s for RKO Radio Pictures. In the 1950s, Commonwealth released the Van Beuren Studios and Iwerks material for television syndication.
In 1969, the Commonwealth library was sold to the Teleprompter Corporation. In 1975, Blackhawk Films purchased the Teleprompter library, and today the Commonwealth library is in the hands of Film Preservation Associates. Guaranteed Pictures Company, Inc. ceased operations all together in 1974.

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society

  • Corporate body

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society was founded in 1929 for the purpose of making Canada better known to Canadians and to the world and is under the patronage of the Governor General. The Society publishes "Canadian Geographic" magazine and other publications, such as "Géographica" and "Canadian Geographic Travel". The Society supports Canadian geographical expeditions, and provides grants and scholarships geographical research. In addition, the Society is active in building, promoting and supporting geographic education throughout the country, through its educational program, Canadian Geographic Education.

Hutchinson & Company (Publishers) Ltd.

  • Corporate body
  • 1887-

Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. was founded in London in 1887 by Sir George Hutchinson and later run by his son, Walter Hutchinson (1887–1950). Hutchinson's published books and magazines such as The Lady's Realm, Adventure-story Magazine, Hutchinson's Magazine and Woman. In the 1920s, Walter Hutchinson published many of the "spook stories" of E.F. Benson in Hutchinson's Magazine and then in collections in a number of books. The company also first published Arthur Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger novels, five novels by mystery writer Harry Stephen Keeler, and short stories by Eden Phillpotts. In 1929, Walter Hutchinson stopped publishing magazines to concentrate on books. In the 1930s, Hutchinson published H.G. Wells's The Bulpington of Blup as well as the first English translations of Vladimir Nabokov's Camera Obscura (translated by Winifred Roy with Nabokov credited as Vladimir Nabokoff-Sirin) in 1936 and Despair (translated by Nabokov himself) under its John Long marque of paperbacks. In 1947 the company launched the Hutchinson University Library book series. Among notable, non-fiction books, in 1959 Hutchinson & Co. published the first English edition of Karl Popper's most famous work, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, first published as Logik der Forschung in 1934. The company merged with Century Publishing in 1985 to form Century Hutchinson, and was folded into the British Random House Group in 1989, where it became an imprint of Cornerstone Publishing - a publishing house of Penguin Random House UK which is turn a division of Penguin Random House, which itself, since 2013, is owned jointly by Bertelsmann and Pearson plc.

Scott Meredith Literary Agency Inc.

  • Corporate body
  • 1946-

The Scott Meredith Literary Agency was founded by Scott Meredith (born Arthur Scott Feldman) in 1946 with his brother Sydney Meredith. Their first client was P.G. Wodehouse. Scott died in 1993 and his agency was sold Arthur M. Klebanoff, a literary agent with the International Management Group.

St. Paul's Church

  • Corporate body
  • 1749-

The church was established by the Royal proclamation of King George II in 1749, at the same time as the establishment of the colony of Halifax. Construction began on the present St. Paul’s building the following year, in 1750, with the colony’s first Governor; Edward Cornwallis laying the cornerstone. The structural supports and main components of the building were fabricated and individually labelled in Boston, Massachusetts and shipped up to Halifax for assembly. It was the appointment in 1787 of the first Bishop, Charles Inglis, as the Bishop of Nova Scotia that began the Diocese of Nova Scotia. St. Paul’s became his cathedral, the first Anglican Cathedral outside of Great Britain. St. Paul’s would remain the cathedral for the Diocese of Nova Scotia until 1864, and during this period the Bishop at St. Paul’s was responsible for all Anglican churches in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Quebec and Bermuda. St. Paul's has been designated by the Government of Canada as a place of national historic significance, part of the family of National Historic Sites.

J. N. Sissons Ltd.

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J. N. Sissons Ltd was a company founded by James N. Sissons. The company dealt with stamp collecting and selling.

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

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William B. Eerdmans Sr. emigrated to Grand Rapids from the Netherlands in 1902 and became a book peddler while attending Calvin Theological Seminary. In 1911 he quit the seminary and formed Eerdmans-Sevensma Company with Brant Sevensma. They specialized in theological texts. In 1922 Eerdmans was the sole owner of the company, renamed William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Much Eerdmans' initial success was predicated on theological and reference works, the company also concerned itself with other genres. William B. Eerdmans, Sr., died in 1966 and was succeeded by his son, William B. Eerdmans, Jr.

The Canadian Bankers' Association

  • Corporate body
  • 1891-

The Canadian Bankers' Association was founded in Montreal, Quebec on December 17, 1891, and was incorporated by a special act of Parliament in 1900. George Hague, general manager of the Merchants Bank of Canada was the first President (1891-1893). They began publishing a quarterly journal in 1893 titled "Journal of the Canadian Bankers' Association". In 1936 the name changed to "The Canadian Banker". It ceased publication in 2000.
Back in the 1890s, the Association was a voluntary organization with about 600 individuals – bank associates from the nation’s banks including the Bank of British North America, the Canadian Bank of Commerce, the Merchants' Bank of Halifax (which became the Royal Bank of Canada), Molson’s Bank, Banque Nationale, the Bank of Montreal, the Dominion Bank (which amalgamated with the Bank of Toronto) and the Bank of Nova Scotia.
Today, the Canadian Bankers Association is the voice of more than 60 domestic and foreign banks operating in Canada and their 280,000 employees and it continues to provide governments and others with a centralized contact to all banks on matters relating to banking in Canada. The CBA advocates for public policies that contribute to a sound, thriving banking system to ensure Canadians can succeed in their financial goals. The Association promotes financial literacy to help Canadians make informed financial decisions and sponsors two financial literacy seminar programs: Your Money Students and Your Money Seniors. The Association also works with banks and law enforcement to help protect customers against financial crime and promote fraud awareness.

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