For a complete history of the Y. M. C. A. please consult their website http://ymca.ca/Who-We-Are/YMCA-History

Yale University Press was founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day. He would act as director until the mid-1940s when he became Chairman of the Board. For the next 15 years there was succession of directors that included Edgar Furniss, Norman Donaldson, and, in 1959, Chester Kerr, who oversaw the Press for the next twenty years. Also in 1959, the Press moved its headquarters from 143 Elm Street to 149 York Street. The year 1961 brought two major changes. The Press formally became a department of Yale, further enhancing its ties to the University (though it remained, and still remains, financially and operationally autonomous), and in the same year it established a London branch—then called Yale University Press, Limited—to sell books abroad. Nearly a decade later the role of the London branch began to expand, in part due to Yale University’s commitment to assist in the publishing efforts of the Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, established in London in 1970. In 1973, John Nicoll was hired to oversee the Press’s London office, which he did for the next thirty years, developing it into a full-fledged editorial division with its own acquisitions strategy and identity, its own reputation for excellence, and its own specialties—not least among them the publishing of extremely high quality, critically acclaimed art books and distinguished works of social history. The name of the division was changed to Yale University Press, London, in 1984, and today the London office, overseen by its present director, Robert Baldock, is responsible for nearly one third of Yale University Press’s titles
In 2001 Yale partnered with Harvard University Press and MIT Press to create TriLiteral LLC, a limited liability partnership to manage distribution of all three presses’ publications, and together built a 155,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Rhode Island.

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

Guardian Associates Limited was a publishing company and publishing representative.

The Board of School Commissioners was established in 1865 under section 49 of the Act for the better Encouragement of Education. The commission consisted of twelve members and included local residents and members of city council, half appointed by the Governor in Council and half by the City Council. The board exercised the powers granted to it under the Education Act, which included hiring teachers and communicating with residents. The board was also able to select and purchase new sites for schools; build or repair school buildings; improve school grounds; and purchase equipment and materials for schools. Both provincial and municipal governments provided funding for the board’s activities. The structure of the board changed under chapter 6 of the 1991 statutes although its function remained the same. Membership was reduced to eight representatives of specific wards who were elected during the regular election year. By the 1990s the commission was also referred to as the School Board or the Halifax District School Board. The board was incorporated into the newly formed Halifax Regional School Board in August, 1996.

The Anglo Canadian Leather Company was established in 1891 in Huntsville, Ontario. It was run by members of the Shaw famity 1891 until 1962. At its peak it employed 200 men and was the primary supplier of boot leather for the British Armed forces in World War One. The Tannery used local soft-water and hemlock tannins to dye the leather that came in from all over North and South America.

Lou Turofsky was born in Chicago in 1892. His family moved to Toronto in 1900 and settled in the Beaches neighbourhood. In 1910, Lou purchased Alexandra Photography Company from his employer, Frank Spillar, and changed the name to Alexandra Studios. Lou's younger brother Nat came to work for him, and together they built up the business and their reputation as famous sports photographers. In 1917, they moved into a larger studio at 322 Queen Street West. Lou Turofsky married Ruth Seigel in 1936 and they had two daughters named Riki and Carol. Nat never married. The brothers developed a reputation for photographing sports, although primarily hockey, and were often granted exclusive access to sports events; they were the only photographers allowed into the gates at the start of the British Empire Games held in Hamilton in 1930. Nat was the official photographer of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Turofsky Collection, currently housed at the Hockey Hall of Fame, is the world's largest collection of hockey photographs. Nat died in 1956 and Lou died shortly after in 1959.

The United Church Press was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

University Microfilms, Incorporated was a subsidiary of Xerox Corporation.

The University of Waterloo was founded in 1957. For more information see https://uwaterloo.ca/about/who-we-are/history

The Alumni Association for Victoria College in the University of Toronto.

General Aniline & Film Corporation (GAF) was originally named Ansco and founded by brothers Edward and Anthony Scoville in 1842. Ansco pre-dated Kodak in the photography business. Anthony Scoville purchased the Goodwin Camera & Film Company giving him the rights to Hannibal Goodwin's invention the flexible photographic film. George Eastman would copy the patented process which would nearly drive Ansco out of business. It was not until 1905 when a settlement between the two companies saved Ansco from bankruptcy. Following 1928 AFGA would merge with ANSCO allowing the company to compete worldwide. Around ca. 1960 the company would be renamed GAF running until their dismantlment in ca.1980.

American aerial photography firm

American company that manufactured three-dimensional view masters, three-dimensional reels and projectors.

Harlequin Books Ltd was founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1948 by Richard H. G. Bonnycastle. Early in its history, Harlequin published inexpensive reprints of detective stories, cookbooks, westerns, and a smattering of tragic love stories. It wasn't until the 1950s when Bonnycastle's wife Mary took on editorial duties in the 1950s, she focused on the vast untapped market of female readers in Canada who loved reading British romance novels. For more information on the company please consult their webpage.

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.

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.

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.

Smith, Beck, and Beck is a photography firm owned by Joseph Beck and known for his patented specially designed stereoscopes, optical instruments and microscopes. This included the Mirror Stereoscope developed in 1859 to view stereo pairs mounted in books. In 1860, the firm produced a box type viewer that folds into its own storage case. A later variation of the box type viewer was the table model designed with compartments built to hold stereo views. The table model was also able raise the viewer to a convenient gazing height. Both of these stereoscopes were extremely popular and sold over a 30 year period.

The Max Bell Foundation was created by the late George Maxwell (Max) Bell in 1972. The Foundation has made grants across Canada for a wide range of charitable purposes which benefit Canadians. Upon creating the Foundation, Max Bell charged the Board of Directors with managing the funds wisely, setting the Foundation’s mission, and selecting the fields in which grants would be made. Over the years, those fields have included: media and journalism, physical fitness, sports, oceans and inland waters, health care, the relationships of Canada and Canadians with countries of the Asia Pacific region, veterinary science, and education. While the fields of interest have changed over time, the primary purpose of Max Bell Foundation has remained the same. In contributing to Canadians and their communities, the Foundation has always sought to support innovative endeavours which encourage the development of human potential in pursuit of social, educational, and economic goals. Since its inception, Max Bell Foundation has had the privilege of funding hundreds of projects and initiatives across Canada totalling more than $89 million.

The AIDS Bureau provides specific information and resources on the situation in Ontario for human service providers. Ontario’s co-ordinated response to HIV/AIDS includes policy development and program delivery. The province spends approximately $55 million a year on HIV/AIDS-related initiatives. This does not include physician billings to OHIP or HIV/AIDS drugs. The Ontario government provides funding for more than 90 programs and services across the province to deliver HIV/AIDS prevention, education and support programs for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, and those most at risk of acquiring HIV/AIDS in Ontario.

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.

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.

A law firm located in Montreal, Quebec

The Canadian Institute was established in 1849 by Sir Sandford Fleming and Kivas Tullyand. It received a Royal Charter in 1951. The Institute's purpose was "promoting the physical sciences, for encouraging and advancing the industrial arts and manufactures for effecting the formation of a Provincial Museum, and for the purpose of facilitating the acquirement and the dissemination of knowledge connected with the Surveying, Engineering and Architectural Professions.". The Institute has initiated or encouraged a wide range of scientific endeavours. In 1879 it began to promote Sandford Fleming's concept of standard time and the practicality of a universal prime meridian. Both were adopted at the Washington International Time Conference in 1884. In 1885 the Institute opened the first Museum of Natural History and Archaeology in Ontario. Its large collections, particularly in provincial archaeology, ornithology and mineralogy, were transferred to the newly founded Royal Ontario Museum in 1924. In 1893, the Institute saw the establishment of Algonquin Provincial Park, a project it had long and actively supported, and in 1914 it created the Bureau of Science and Industrial Research, a forerunner of the National Research Council of Canada. As knowledge became more specialized the Institute formed sections that often became independent organizations. For example, in 1888 the Photographic Section became the Toronto Camera Club which still operates successfully. In 1914 the Institute was given permission to add the prefix Royal to its name. About the same time it expanded its mandate to include public education in science and technology through a fall and winter lecture series. These lectures are still offered free to the public and are given voluntarily by some of Canada's most distinguished scientists. During the 1980s these lectures were broadcast under the title Speaking of Science. In 1982, the Institute awarded its first annual Sandford Fleming medal to Dr. David Suzuki for outstanding contributions by a Canadian to the public understanding of science. Recognizing the importance of bringing science to a young audience, the Institute founded the Youth Science Association in 1989, which is run largely by high school students through a lively lecture and field trip series. To celebrate its 150th anniversary in 1999, the RCI published Special Places: The Changing Ecosystems of the Toronto Region containing 39 contributions by specialists on the ecology of the area.

Thomas Maclean, bookseller and publisher was born August 12, 1818 in Northern Ireland. Thomas Maclear opened a bookstore in Toronto in the summer of 1848. He advertised as an agent of the Glasgow publishing firm Blackie and Son, and he may have worked for this company in Scotland and Canada before starting his own business. About November 1850 he began publishing William Henry Smith's Canada: past, present and future in a series of ten paper-covered parts. Two years later he launched another ambitious publication, the monthly Anglo-American Magazine, edited by Robert Jackson Macgeorge and illustrated with wood-engravings by John Allanson, Frederick C. Lowe, and other artists. In January 1854, in partnership with William Walter Copp and William Cameron Chewett, Maclear purchased the major part of the business of bookseller and publisher Hugh Scobie from his widow. The new firm, Maclear and Company, continued the Anglo-American Magazine (it ceased in 1855) and the distribution of Blackie and Son’s publications as well as the printing, publishing, and bookselling activities established by Scobie. The partners had purchased Scobie’s business for £6,500, £1,000 down and the balance to be paid over 11 years. The debt was endorsed by Chewett’s wealthy father, James Grant Chewett, who in return received security on the whole business and thus had a say in its operation. Maclear evidently did not relish the amount of power held by Chewett Sr and in 1857 he withdrew from the partnership and set up on his own as a wholesale bookseller and stationer. (Copp and Chewett would continue to use the name Maclear and Company until 1861.) Throughout most of the 1860s Maclear and Company appears in the Toronto directories as booksellers and stationers, but by the end of the decade Maclear had returned to publishing. He retired in 1887 and moved to Montreal, Quebec two years later. He died January 2, 1898.

John Lovell, printer and publisher, was born August 4, 1810 in Ireland. John Lovell’s family farmed near Bandon until 1820 when they immigrated to Lower Canada and took up a farm near Montreal. In 1823 he was apprenticed to the printer Edward Vernon Sparhawk, owner and editor of the Canadian Times and Weekly Literary and Political Recorder of Montreal. Lovell found employment at the Montreal Gazette from 1824 and then worked at Quebec. In 1832 he returned to Montreal where he became foreman in the printing office of L’Ami du peuple, de l’ordre et des lois. By 1836 he was in partnership with Donald McDonald, and that year they established a tory newspaper, the Montreal Daily Transcript, the first penny paper in Lower Canada. The firm of Lovell and McDonald did job, newspaper, and book printing. In April 1838 Lovell and McDonald dissolved their partnership, McDonald retaining the Montreal Daily Transcript while Lovell continued as a job printer. In 1844 he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law John Gibson. The business, located on Rue Saint-Nicolas, expanded. In 1843 Lovell had acquired a locally manufactured press. Four years later he imported the first steam-press into Lower Canada. In 1850 John Gibson passes away. In addition to publishing literary periodicals Lovell and Gibson printed or published an increasing number of titles on a broadening range of subjects.
In 1850, when the Province of Canada reorganized its printing arrangements, Lovell won a ten-year contract. The government’s practice of moving its seat between Montreal, Toronto, and Quebec obliged Lovell to establish offices in those places. By 1851 Lovell and Gibson, as the firm was still called despite Gibson’s death, had an establishment in Toronto, where Lovell had temporarily taken up residence to supervise the government contract. That year, 41 employees worked there, in addition to apprentices, and 30 maintained operations in Montreal. By 1853 he was operating a Quebec office, Lovell and Lamoureux, in partnership with Pierre Lamoureux. In 1866 Lovell’s Canadian operations had been employing 150 people and running 12 steam-presses. After 1872, although the Montreal office continued to print Lovell’s own publications and those of other publishers, the printing of best-sellers was done increasingly by the Lake Champlain Press at Rouses Point. It served as the starting-point for Lovell’s eldest son, John Wurtele. In 1876, with his father and Adam, he established Lovell, Adam and Company in New York to reprint British copyrights in inexpensive editions. They were soon joined by Francis L. Wesson, Lovell’s son-in-law and a son of the Massachusetts gun manufacturer; the firm then became Lovell, Adam, Wesson and Company. John Wurtele left the firm to establish his own house. In 1874 Lovell formed the Lovell Printing and Publishing Company. In 1884 Lovell Printing and Publishing Company had become John Lovell and Son. The following year fire destroyed the original frame office of 1842, and it was replaced by a stone building. Between 1888 and 1890 the firm embarked on a Canadian fiction series that eventually embraced 60 titles published in monthly instalments. By 1893, however, it was concentrating on textbooks. John Lovell died on 1 July 1893.

The David White Company was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1895 by David White, originally as an instrument maker. Until forming a partnership with Charles Klaweither in 1900, the pair began manufacturing drawing and surveying equipment. In 1943, Seton Rochwite approached the David White Company with the idea to build a new type of stereo camera. Over the next four years, Rochwite would design and develop his revolutionary camera- The Stereo Realist. While the David White Company did not commission the camera, their support and lack of competition would create a surge in popularity amongst stereo photography between the late 1940's and 1950's. Although public interest in stereo photography declined in the 1950's, the David White company did not cease production of the camera until 1972. They currently continue to make surveying and construction instruments.

William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to News Corporation (now News Corp) in 1999. The company is now an imprint of HarperCollins.

Presses universitaires de France (PUF, English: University Press of France), founded in 1921 by Paul Angoulvent (1899–1976), is the largest French university publishing house.

In 1878, Thomas H. Blair acquired a patent for a unique camera which included a dark-tent for in-camera wet plate processing. This camera was called the Tourograph and built for him by American Optical Division of Scovill Mg. Co. In 1879, Blair opened Blair Tourograph Company in Connecticut. Blair re-branded twice, once in 1881 as Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate Comapny and again in 1886 as Blair Camera Company. In 1890, Blair absorbed the manufacturer of Hawkeye Cameras known as the Boston Camera Company. Until Kodak purchased Blair Camera Company in 1899 and moved it to Rodchester, New York in 1908. From then on, Blair Camera Company began operating as a division of Kodak.

Jonathan W. Cadwell patented his series of table top revolving viewers made by him and his son in 1874 with revolving axles meant to rotate stereographs. This style of stereoscope was different than the previous Beckers type tabletop which used a revolving belt.

George Routledge began publishing in 1836 and founded his publishing company George Routledge & Co. in 1851. After briefly being known as Routledge, Warne & Routledge, it became George Routledge & Sons in 1865. In 1912 George Routledge & Sons merged with Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. to form Routledge & Kegan Paul. The Routledge Group was purchased by the Taylor & Francis Group in 1998.

McClelland & Stewart Inc was founded in 1906 by John McClelland and Frederick Goodchild as McClelland and Goodchild Ltd. In 1914 George Stewart joined the firm, and in 1918 Goodchild left the business. The company was renamed McClelland and Stewart at that point. The company began as a library supply house, representing British and American firms. It would eventually go on to publish Canadian authors. In the 1950s the company developed its Canadian Book publishing program, publishing the foremost Canadian authors of the day. Through the New Canadian Library Series (est 1958) and Carleton Library Series (est 1963) the company reprinted classic works in Canadian literature, history and social sciences, and greatly aided the growth of Canadian studies. The company published the first 2 volumes in its Canadian Centenary Series - an 18-volume history of Canada - in 1963. In 1971 The Ontario government decided to provide a $1-million loan to prevent its sale to American interests. In 1984 the government again stepped in, freeing M&S from its debt obligation (some $4 million). However, M&S was sold in 1985 to Avie BENNETT and McClelland resigned his position as publisher with the firm in 1987. Since then Bennett has continued as chairman and Douglas Gibson as publisher. The company has continued to publish about 100 new titles each year and to add to its distinguished list of Canadian writers. They revived the New Canadian Library Series. In 1991 McLelland & Stewart purchased Hurtig Publishers of Edmonton, publisher of The Canadian Encyclopedia. The company then bought the children's book publisher, Tundra, in 1995. An alliance was formed in January 2000 when the non-fiction publisher Macfarlane Walter & Ross became part of the McClelland & Stewart team. This alliance continued until 2003, when market conditions forced Macfarlane Walter & Ross to close down. In June 2000, McClelland & Stewart was donated to the University of Toronto. Under the terms of the gift, the university owned 75 per cent of the company and appointed five of the directors on the seven person board. The remaining 25 percent ownership was sold to Random House of Canada. In 2012, the University of Toronto sold their majority ownership to Random House. The company's centennial was acknowledged by Canada Post in April 26, 2006 with a commemorative stamp.

H.C. Tait photographs and fancy goods. Active from 1877-1900 in Bowmanville, Ontario.

The Shute Institute for Clinical and Laboratory Medicine was founded by brothers Dr. Evan Vere Shute and Dr. Wilfred Chute. Was located in London, Ontario.

Sidgwick & Jackson is an imprint of book publishing company Pan Macmillan. It was founded in Britain in 1908.

Robert Simpson arrived in Canada, at the age of 21, from Scotland in 1855. He settled in Newmarket, Ontario, working in the dry goods business for two years before feeling confident enough to launch himself in business. Along with a partner, Robert Simpson, at 32, ca. 1866. Simpson opened Simpson & Trent, a store selling groceries, boots, shoes, and dry goods. The partnership was dissolved after four years of good business, and Simpson continued to operate the store independently. It was only a few months before he sought a new partner and the business was renamed Simpson & Bogart. Simpson & Bogart gradually developed a strong wholesale business with small stores in adjacent communities. Simpson had been building a good and reputable trade for almost ten years when disaster struck. On October 29, 1870, a raging fire destroyed both the store and all the company’s stock. Undeterred, he re-opened for business in time for Christmas. The losses were severe, however, and Simpson declared bankruptcy in early 1871. It was this disaster that pushed him to move to Toronto, where opportunities were more plentiful. Move to Toronto
After a brief stint in the King Street shopping district, Simpson moved and re-opened as R. Simpson, Dry Goods in 1872. The store’s new location at 184 Yonge Street was a few doors north of Queen Street. The store re-located from its original Yonge Street location to the corner of Queen and Yonge, and expanded several times. In fact, business was so brisk that the store soon needed more substantial enlargement. A brand-new six-storey brick building opened its doors on December 4, 1894 at the corner of Queen and Yonge streets. On March 3, 1895, less than three months after its opening, the new Simpsons store burned to the ground, falling victim to the third major fire in Toronto in less than two months. Undaunted and defiant, Robert Simpson resolved to re-open for business as soon as possible, and to rebuild his store. Exactly six days after the fire, Simpsons was once again welcoming customers, albeit in rented premises. The store would move back into a new and improved building at the Queen and Yonge location in just over ten months. The architecture firm Burke & Horwood resolved to make this second building the best in its class. Robert Simpson died in 1897.
The company would be purchased by Canadian investors who continued to expand the business. Simpsons would eventually go into business with Sears Roebuck, opening stores under the Simpsons-Sears name. Simpsons would eventually be purchased by the Hudson's Bay Company, with its flagship Toronto store opening in the Queen Street location.
For more information about The Robert Simpson Company - visit http://www.hbcheritage.ca/history/acquisitions/robert-simpson-company

Souvenir Press was started in 1951 in the bedroom of founder Ernest Hecht's parents’ flat in London.

Charles E. Merrill Books Inc. was located in Columbus, Ohio.

Pagurian began as Interpublishing Limited and Pagurian Press Ltd., which was founded by Philip Christopher Ondaatje. It was incorporated in Ontario in 1975 and changed its name to The Pagurian Corporation Limited in 1977. Ondaatje sold it to Hees International in 1988 and became vice-chairman of Hees. Pagurian was controlled by Hees Bancorp's Jack Cockwell and the senior Edper ( Edper Investments Ltd. was the primary holding company and investment vehicle for brothers Edward Bronfman and Peter Bronfman) In 1997, what began as a subsidiary of a subsidiary of Edper's, took over Edper and adopted its former corporate grandparent's name; Pagurian was renamed The Edper Group Ltd.

Focal Press was founded in 1938 by Andor Kraszna-Krausz, a Hungarian photographer who immigrated to England in 1937. The Focal Press was acquired by Elsevier in 1983. Elsevier sold Focal Press to Taylor & Francis (Routledge) in 2012. Taylor & Francis is a subsidiary of Informa.

Follett Publishing was founded in 1873 when Charles M. Barnes opened a used book store in Wheaton, Illinois out of his home. He moved his business, C. M. Barnes & Company, to Chicago. His store sold new and used textbooks, and other school materials. In 1901 C. W. Follett joined the company as a stock clerk. By 1902 the company had evolved to become a wholesaler - selling books all over the Midwest. That same year Charles Barnes retired and his son William took over the business. In 1908 the company's name changed to C. M. Barnes-Wilcox Company when John Wilcox became a primary shareholder (Wilcox was William's father-in-law). In 1912 C. W. Follett became a Vice-President and shareholder in Barnes-Wilcox. William Barnes sold his remaining shares in the company to his father-in-law in 1917, and by 1918 Wilcox retired with Follett taking over the company - renaming it J. W. Wilcox & Follett Company. In 1923, after the death of John Wilcox, Follett purchased the company and brought his sons (Dwight, R. D., Garth, and Laddie) into the company. In 1925 his son Dwight founded Follett Publishing Company, and in 1930 his other son R. D. found Follett College Book Company - opening its first store on a college campus in 1931. Garth created the Follett Library Book Company in 1940. C. W. Follett passed away in 1952, with his son Dwight taking over as chairmans, renaming the company Follett Corporation in 1957. Laddie would run the company's original business Wilcox & Follett from 1952-1986.
For more contemporary information about the Company - visit their website https://www.follett.com/about-story

Columbia University Press (CUP) was founded in 1893 by Columbia University. In its first quarter century, CUP’s list focused on politics. In 1928 an editorial department was formed to create The Columbia Encyclopedia, the first comprehensive English-language encyclopedia in one volume. In the 1940s, building on the success of The Columbia Encyclopedia, the Press expanded its reference program by publishing the Granger’s Index to Poetry and The Columbia Gazetteer of the World.

The United Church Publishing House is still in existence today.

William James Gage was born in Toronto. He was was educated in Brampton and at the Toronto Normal School. Gage taught for three years and then briefly studied medicine. He was hired as a bookkeeper by publisher Adam Miller & Company. After Miller's death in 1875, Gage became a partner in the business. In 1879, the firm was renamed W. J. Gage & Company. The company specialized in textbooks, but also printed writing paper and envelopes. It was renamed Gage Educational and is now part of Nelson Publishing.

Angus & Robertson (A&R) was a major Australian bookseller, book publisher and book printer. As book publishers, A&R has contributed substantially to the promotion and development of Australian literature. This well known Australian brand currently exists in an online shop and a reduced form as part of online bookseller Booktopia. The Angus & Robertson imprint is still seen in books published by HarperCollins, a News Corporation company.

The word was formed by combining Coke and Asbury, the names of the first two general superintendents of The Methodist Episcopal Church in America. The primary use of the word Cokesbury today is that of The United Methodist Publishing House as the name for its retail bookstores and mail order service. Prior to 1939 Cokesbury Press was the trade name of the publishing house of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South. At union in 1939, the names of the publishing houses were combined to form Abingdon-Cokesbury. Subsequently, the name Abingdon was used as the trade name for the publishing house and Cokesbury for the bookstores.

Founded in 1949 by George Weidenfeld and Nigel Nicolson in London, England. Weidenfeld & Nicolson acquired the publisher Arthur Baker Ltd in 1959 and ran it as an imprint into the 1990s. It also acquired J. M. Dent and Sons in 1988. In the early 1990's Weidenfeld and Nicolson was bought by Orion Publishing Group, one of its first acquisitions after the group's founding in 1991. Founders Nigel Nicolson died in 2004 and George Weidenfeld died in 2016 at the age of 96.

J.M. Dent & Sons, book publishers of London, England, was founded in 1888 by Joseph Malaby Dent (1859-1926). The company achieved success by selling cheap editions of the classics to the working class. Dent's first major production, the Temple Shakespeare series, was established in 1894, followed in 1906 by Everyman's Library, a series of 1000 volumes. Eventually, Dent's publishing activities expanded to include textbooks, children's books, educational books, self-help books, and travel guides. Dent remained in the forefront of the publishing field by expanding sales to foreign markets, including Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. The Canadian office was located in Toronto, Ontario. It was bought by British Published Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1988.

The Portage and District Old Timers' Association was located in the town of Portage la Prairie in Manitoba.

Prentice-Hall Inc. operates as a publisher of educational books. The company's books are widely-used by corporations and government agencies for training, marketing, and resale. The company was founded in 1924 and is based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Prentice-Hall Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Pearson plc.

Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal (PSBGM, French: Commission des écoles protestantes du Grand Montréal, CEPGM) was a Protestant and predominantly English-language school district in Montreal, Quebec. It was was founded in 1951 as a replacement for the Montreal Protestant Central Board. The Government of Quebec reorganized the province's public school boards in the mid-1990s and PSBGM ceased operations in 1998, with most of its assets transferred to the new English Montreal School Board.

The Religious Book Club was founded in 1927. , was a major institution of religious middlebrow culture through the middle decades of the twentieth century.

Dwight Lyman Moody, a youth evangelist in Chicago, visited Great Britain for the first time in 1867, hoping to learn from evangelicals there. On his return, Moody established his own publication, "Everybody's Paper", primarily for use in Sunday schools. By 1869 he convinced his brother-in-law, Fleming H. Revell, to take over the paper. In the following year Fleming founded the company that would become the most significant publisher of evangelical books in North America.
In 1978 Revell was purchased by Scott, Foresman and Company. In the earlier 1980's it was bought by Zondervan Corporation and then purchased again by Bakers Book House in 1992 of which it is still a part of as of 2018.

Launched in 2016, The Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (BII+E) was founded in 2015 and was made possible by the vision of Sheldon Levy (former Ryerson University President) and Jack Cockwell (Brookfield Assets Management). The institute was started with a $16 million donation from Jack Cockwell and Brookfield Partners Foundation.
The Brookfield Institute is housed within Ryerson University. Their mission/mandate is to "generate far-sighted insights and stimulate new thinking to advance actionable innovation policy in Canada". To achieve their mission, they partner with academics, students, entrepreneurs, business executives and public sector leaders—across all organizations, without limitations or restrictions. The Institute is governed by an independent Advisory Board, which provides strategic direction and oversees the Institute’s leadership team. The Brookfield Institute and Ryerson University are strong partners, but with separate voices. We are immensely proud of this relationship and believe it will mutually benefit both partners— and Canada—for many years to come.

In 1887, John Bayne Maclean acquired the publication, Canadian Grocer. The company was incorporated in 1891 as J.B. Maclean Publishing Co. Ltd. In 1905, he bought The Business Magazine, later changing the name to Busy Man's Magazine and then to Maclean's in 1911. Maclean and friend Stewart Houston founded The Financial Post in 1907. The Chatelaine (later renamed Chatelaine) was launched in 1928. The company entered French publishing in 1930. Over time, Maclean ventured into international publishing with titles in the U.S. and Britain. The company's large printing plant opened in Toronto in 1948 and received a Governor General's medal for architectural distinction. J.B. Maclean passed away in 1950 and majority ownership and control was passed to Horace T. Hunter. He had joined the company in 1903 and over time acquired a substantial minority ownership and became president in 1933. The Hunter name was added to the company in 1945 (Maclean-Hunter). Other magazines and publications were added to the portfolio over the years. In the early 1960s Maclean-Hunter Publishing Limited teamed up with Clare L. Chambers and Donald G. Hildebrand to form Great Lakes Broadcasting Limited. Through this partnership, Maclean-Hunter entered the broadcasting business when Great Lakes acquired CFCO-AM Chatham from John Beardall. Maclean-Hunter owned 50% of Great Lakes with each of the other partners holding 25%. In 1965 the companies stock became publicly traded and in 1967 they entered the cable television business. In 1970 the company entered the book distribution business and in 1982 Maclean-Hunter entered the daily newspaper business with the purchase of 51% of Toronto Sun Publishing Corp.

In the late 18th century, the Church of England did not have a body to organise and effect its missionary activity and there became a growing realisation that there was scope for a society to evangelise the indigenous people. In 1799, a group of Evangelical clergymen and laymen (all members of the Eclectic Society, an Anglican discussion society) met at the Castle and Falcon Inn in Aldersgate in the City of London and the 'Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East' was formed. At that meeting, John Venn, rector of Clapham (and a member of the Clapham sect) laid down the guidelines which the CMS continues to follow. The basis was that the society should be loyal to the leadership of bishops and to the Anglican pattern of liturgy but that it was not to be dominated by clergy. It emphasised the role of laymen and laywomen and was and is primarily a membership society comprising its missionaries, its supporters and its staff at headquarters.

The Church Missionary Society (now renamed as the Church Mission Society) is administered by its committees and each Secretary to a main committee is in charge of a department at headquarters. The General Committee (now the General Council) is the most important and is responsible for overall policy and all CMS members are represented on the General Committee. The main departments at headquarters included the General Secretary's Department, the Finance Department (both in existence from the foundation of the Society), the Medical Department (set up in 1891), the Candidates Department (set up in 1897) and the Home Department (set up in 1871). Initially the Society had no designated offices but in 1813 it rented premises in Salisbury Square which had expanded by the end of the 19th century to house a large headquarters with a complex administration and numerous staff working under eleven Secretaries. The Society moved from the City of London in 1966 to premises in Waterloo Road; after the opening of regional offices in Ghana, Korea and Singapore in 2006, CMS headquarters moved out of London to the current location of Watling Street, Oxford in 2007.

The National Trust Company was incorporated on August 12, 1898 under the name of The National Trust Company of Ontario Limited. In 1899, with the opening of an office in Montreal, the name was changed to The National Trust Company, Limited. In 1984, National Trust amalgamated with The Victoria & Grey Trust Company and the company once again changed its name, this time to The National Victoria & Grey Trust Company. Because the name was deemed too cumbersome, however, it was subsequently changed to the National Trust Company on June 3, 1985. On August 14, 1997, Scotiabank purchased the National Trust Company.

The Lutterworth Press was founded as the Religious Tract Society in Georgian London, with its headquarters just off Fleet Street, in order to provide improving literature for young people and adults. Since then it has published many tens of thousands of titles, ranging from children's books to erudite academic works. It was the first British publishing house to have branches in Africa and Asia, and part of the publishing program in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was the publication of language dictionaries and other works in many indigenous languages. The Lutterworth Press became well known to generations of British children because of its publication of the Boy's Own Paper and the Girl's Own Paper. James Clarke and Co Ltd is a sister company to Lutterworth, which publishes academic and theological titles.

Methuen & Co, Ltd. was founded by Algernon Methuen Marshall Steadman, a teacher and headmaster, in 1889. He believed in books that were helpful and published mostly non-fiction academic works in the early years branching out to encourage female authors and later translated works. Methuen was subsumed into the general publishing division of Associated Book Publishers, part of International Thomson, and the general list later sold to Reed International in December 1987. The academic list stayed with Routledge in ABP. It came into the Random House Group on the purchase of the Reed Consumer list in 1997. Methuen Drama bought itself out from Random House in 1998 and moved into its own offices on Vauxhall Bridge Road as Methuen Publishing Limited on 4th January 1999. They then acquired the imprint of Politico’s, which specialises in political books, in April 2003. Methuen then moved to Buckingham Gate on 13th June 2005 and have since moved to Artillery Row. Subsequently Methuen Publishing has sold on its drama list to Bloomsbury in May 2006.

Partnership between Charles James Angel Isaac Gunn and William Slade Stuart.

Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane, his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence, bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fiction to the mass market. Penguin's success demonstrated that large audiences existed for serious books. Penguin also had a significant impact on public debate in Britain, through its books on British culture, politics, the arts, and science.
Penguin Books is now an imprint of the worldwide Penguin Random House, an emerging conglomerate which was formed in 2013 by the merger with American publisher Random House. Formerly, Penguin Group was wholly owned by British Pearson PLC, the global media company which also owned the Financial Times, but in the new umbrella company it retains only a minority holding of 25% of the stock against Random House owner, German media company Bertelsmann, which controls the majority stake.

The original Sampson Low was established in 1793. Re-established by his son in the earlier 1800, it has gone through several name changes: Sampson Low, Son & Co.1860-1862; Sampson Low, Son & Marston 1867-1869; Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle 1873-1874; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1876-1890; and finally Sampson Low, Marston & Company 1891-1950. In 1950 it was taken over by the British Printing Corporation (BPC). Between 1981-1991 the press was closed down in and de-registered in 1993. George Low, one of the direct descendants of the founder, discovered the remains of the dismembered company at Companies House in Cardiff – and brought it back to life by re-registering Sampson Low Ltd in October 1997.

The National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC) was founded on October 27, 1893, at a public meeting in Toronto, chaired by Lady Aberdeen, wife of the Governor-General of Canada, at the Horticultural Pavilion in Toronto and attended by 1500 women. It was founded in a period when women were beginning to organize themselves for effective community action. Many women, looking beyond the charitable societies, garden clubs, music and literary clubs, and missionary societies to which they belonged, saw the need for societal reform, better education for women, even women’s suffrage. They realized that they would be much more effective if they spoke with a united voice. The International Council of Women (ICW) had been founded a few years earlier, in 1888, at a meeting in Washington, D.C. The idea of a Canadian Council was developed at the ICW World’s Congress of Representative Women, meeting in Chicago in May 1893. A group of women attending from the Dominion of Canada took the opportunity to form a provisional executive for the possibility of a new Canadian Council. From its beginning, the National Council worked to improve the status of women. Some of its earliest efforts were directed towards improving the lot of three underprivileged groups/women prisoners, women working in factories, and women immigrants. By 1900, its members were reporting the appointment of matrons in some institutions housing women prisoners, and of women inspectors in Ontario and Quebec factories where women were employed.

The Organisation for European Economic Co-operation; (OEEC) came into being on 16 April 1948. It emerged from the Marshall Plan and the Conference of Sixteen (Conference for European Economic Co-operation), which sought to establish a permanent organisation to continue work on a joint recovery programme and in particular to supervise the distribution of aid. The headquarters of the Organisation was in the Chateau de la Muette in Paris, France. The European organisation adopted was a permanent organisation for economic co-operation, functioning in accordance with the following principles:
-promote co-operation between participating countries and their national production programmes for the reconstruction of Europe
-develop intra-European trade by reducing tariffs and other barriers to the expansion of trade,
-study the feasibility of creating a customs union or free trade area,
-study multi-lateralisation of payments, and
-achieve conditions for better utilisation of labour.
The OEEC originally had 18 participants: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Western Germany (originally represented by both the combined American and British occupation zones (The Bizone) and the French occupation zone). The Anglo-American zone of the Free Territory of Trieste was also a participant in the OEEC until it returned to Italian sovereignty.

The Department of Education was established by legislation on February 10, 1876, replacing the Department of Public Instruction. The new Department was presided over by the Minister of Education who was assigned the powers formerly held by the Chief Superintendent of Education. With this change, the position of Chief Superintendent was abolished. The Council of Public Instruction was also dissolved at this time and the Department assumed its functions.
In 1877, to meet an increasing need for teachers, the concept of County Model Schools was devised in order to train candidates for 3rd Class Certificates. These schools were discontinued in 1907 and replaced with Provincial Model Schools which served larger regions. These schools, in turn, were discontinued in 1924 leaving only the Provincial Normal Schools (located in Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Stratford, London, North Bay and Peterborough) to provide training for elementary teachers.
In 1876, the Department provided financial support to the Ontario Society of Artists in order to allow it to open the Ontario School of Art. The Department also operated the Provincial Museum until 1933, and published reports on Archaeology from 1900 until 1928. Early offices that were established within the Department included the Superintendent of Art Schools and Mechanics' Institutes in 1880 (later renamed the Inspector of Public Libraries); the Superintendent of Education (existing from 1906-1919); the Chief Director (existing from 1923-1965); the Chief Inspector of Public and Separate Schools, established in 1908 and renamed the Elementary Education Branch in 1946; and the Chief Inspector of Secondary Schools, established in 1935 and renamed the Superintendent of Secondary Education by 1943.
Other agencies and branches attached to, or controlled by, the Department included the Ontario College of Education (established in 1920), the Department of Public Records and Archives, the Ontario Council for the Arts (established in 1963), and the University Committee (which was established in 1958 and renamed the Advisory Committee on University Affairs in 1961).
In 1964, responsibility for universities in Ontario was transferred from the Department of Education to the newly created Department of University Affairs. In 1971, the Applied Arts and Technology Branch was also transferred to the Department of University Affairs, which was subsequently renamed the Department of Colleges and Universities.
In 1972, the Government of Ontario was considerably reorganized as the various Departments of the government were restructured as Ministries. With this change, the Department of Education was renamed the Ministry of Education.

The Centre de Psychologie et de Pedagogie was located in Montreal, Quebec.

Founded in 1961, CHF (formerly Canadian Hunger Foundation) is dedicated to enabling poor rural communities in developing countries attain sustainable livelihoods. Spanning its history, CHF has worked with local development partners in 51 countries. In F2011 it was engaged with 6 African, 5 Asian, and 1 South American country, while dividing its focus on Agricultural programs (80%), Training / Education programs (15%), and Infrastructure development (5%).

NYU Press was founded in 1916 by Elmer Ellsworth Brown, then Chancellor of the University. The Press was, in his words, created to “publish contributions to higher learning by eminent scholars.”

Sydney (Sam) George Ure Smith established the fine art publishing company Ure Smith Pty Ltd in 1939.

W. W. Norton & Company was founded by William Warder Norton and his wife Mary Dows Herter Norton, hired a stenographer and began transcribing and publishing the lectures delivered at the People’s Institute, the adult division of Cooper Union in New York City in 1923. Norton and his wife used their living room table to assemble these lectures into pamphlets, which they then boxed in sets of twenty to sell as a whole. As Mrs. Norton later remembered, “Warder would carry the results by taxi in an old Drew suitcase that had accompanied my parents on their wedding journey.” The Nortons soon expanded their program beyond the People’s Institute, acquiring manuscripts by celebrated academics from America and abroad and entering the fields of philosophy, music, and psychology, in which they published acclaimed works by Bertrand Russell, Paul Henry Lang, and Sigmund Freud (as his primary American publisher). William Warder Norton died shortly after WW II. Within a few years, Mrs. Norton, who had been so instrumental in the firm’s development, decided that the company should be entrusted to the next generation of employees, and she offered most of her stock to its leading editors and managers. The Joint Stockholders Agreement that was subsequently signed gave the ownership of the firm to its active employees; that agreement remains in force to this day, the number of shareholders greatly expanded to include nearly all current Norton employees. document printed with record speed, a significant portion of its profits going to charity.

Odhams Press was founded in the 1890s, originally a newspaper group. In 1920 it took the name Odhams Press Ltd, when it merged with John Bull magazine. In 1937 it had founded the first colour weekly, "Woman". At the time Odhams Press was one of the largest customers of Sun Printing of Watford. Lord Southwood of Odhams decided that his firm needed its own dedicated high-speed print works for the new weekly. He made an offer to Sun’s owners to buy their company, which was declined. Odhams than set up its own gravure printing operation in North Watford. The company also owned Ideal Home (founded 1920), and the well-known equestrian magazine Horse and Hound. Later, Odhams expanded into book publishing and comics books. In 1959 it acquired George Newnes Ltd and in the early 1960s, it was acquired by the Mirror Group Newspapers, along with the George Newnes Co and Amalgamated Press; the three companies were merged to form International Publishing Corporation (IPC).

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.

In 1879 William Dymock commenced business as a bookseller on Market Street in Sydney Australia. In 1922, the Dymock family purchased the site of the old Royal Hotel in George Street upon which was built the historic, Art Deco landmark Dymocks building, completed in 1930. As his business grew, William moved to larger and grander premises until, in the 1890s, he had a million books in stock. Upon his death the company was left to his sister Marjory, who was married to John Forsyth. From that time onwards, the Forsyth family has managed Dymocks. In 1986 Dymocks began franchising its books stores. In 2015 Dymocks acquired Telegram, a wholesale stationery business and owner of luxury brands Lamy and Moleskine and in 2018 Dymocks expanded into the education market, launching a new tutoring business Potentia, which offers high school tutoring across a range of subjects.

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.

Wynne S. Smith was a photography studio that operated in Painesville, Ohio during the late nineteenth century.

Grimmett was a photography studio located on Parsons Street in Banbury during the 1880s.

A photography studio that was located in San Francisco, California during the late nineteenth century.

Hall & Siggers was a photography studio located in Kneighley, England, during the early twentieth century.

HarperCollins was founded by brothers James and John Harper in New York City in 1817 as J. and J. Harper, later Harper & Brothers. In 1987, as Harper & Row, it was acquired by News Corporation. The worldwide book group was formed following News Corporation's 1990 acquisition of the British publisher William Collins & Sons. Founded in 1819, William Collins & Sons published a range of Bibles, atlases, dictionaries, and reissued classics, expanding over the years to include legendary authors such as H. G. Wells, Agatha Christie, J. R. R. Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis.

Henry William Bevan operated a photography studio in Lowestoft, England from 1875 to 1896. The studio was passed on to the Jenkins family.

Hodgskiss Studios (as spelled on photography studio stamp) was a photography studio located at 3 Adelaide St. E., Toronto, Ontario, It operated during the 1960s. Alternate spelling: Hodgkiss Studios (as spelled on photography studio business card).

Horace E. Hunt was a photography studio located in Denver Colorado.

The Hunter Studio (also embossed as "Hunter") was a photography and portrait studio that was located in Cornwall, Ontario during the 1920s.