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Publicity Agency fonds
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CA PCA Acc4502
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1912-1925 (Creation)
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- Prince Edward Island. Publicity Agency
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.03 m of textual records
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Prince Edward Island. Publicity Agency
Biographical history
The Publicity Agent for Prince Edward Island, J. E. B. McCready, worked for the Publicity Agency/Information Bureau compiling and diseminating information about Prince Edward Island for promotional purposes. The government agency printed and distributed information in regard to hotels, boarding houses, farms for sale, the fox industry and opportunities for investment in the province. J. E. B. McCready, a native of Sussex, New Brunswick, was a former editor of the Charlottetown Guardian newspaper. The Publicity Agency operated from at least 1912-1925.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence between J. E. B. McCready and the Premiers of the time, other provincial and federal government officials, and people in England and the United States, on a variety of topics concerning gathering information on the emigration of ex-service men, settlement of farm lands, the promotion of the fox and oyster industries, advertising in The Monetary Times and other newspapers, and so on. A letter of November 23, 1912, includes a copy of a Nova Scotia Act for the Encouragement of Settlement on Farm Lands and related forms from the Departmemt of Industries and Immigration. Copies of publicity reports summarizing Prince Edward Island's industries, climate, and social conditions are also included.
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- English
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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER
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NO FURTHER FINDING AID AVAILABLE
Associated materials
See also Acc3014/File19, which contains correspondence of Publicity Agent, J. E. B. McCready
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- Prince Edward Island. Publicity Agency (Creator)
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- English