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padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Kaleed_Rasheed" title="Kaleed Rasheed">Kaleed Rasheed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_and_Business_Service_Delivery_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery (Ontario)">Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">John Roberts, <br />Archivist of Ontario</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/">www<wbr />.archives<wbr />.gov<wbr />.on<wbr />.ca</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Archives of Ontario</b> are the <a href="/wiki/Archives" class="mw-redirect" title="Archives">archives</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada. Founded in 1903 as the <b>Bureau of Archives</b>, the archives are now under the responsibility of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_and_Business_Service_Delivery_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery (Ontario)">Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery</a>. The main offices of the archive are located at <a href="/wiki/York_University" title="York University">York University</a> in Toronto. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archives_of_Ontario&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Research_tower_and_archives2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Research_tower_and_archives2.jpg/220px-Research_tower_and_archives2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Research_tower_and_archives2.jpg/330px-Research_tower_and_archives2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Research_tower_and_archives2.jpg/440px-Research_tower_and_archives2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>The York University Research Tower and Archives of Ontario building</figcaption></figure> <p>The Bureau of Archives, as it was originally known, was first located in the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Legislative_Building" title="Ontario Legislative Building">Ontario Legislative Building</a>, under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Fraser_(archivist)" title="Alexander Fraser (archivist)">Alexander Fraser</a> (1860–1936), a Scottish-born Toronto journalist, academic and militia officer who held the position of Provincial Archivist from 1903 to 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tenure, Fraser remained a prolific author and amongst other things prepared annual reports for publication describing progress in making records available to the public, and presenting the full texts of major document collections. He summarized his vision for the scope and work of the Archives in a paper he presented to the American Historical Association at Buffalo in 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In it he described the popularity of the Archives annual report volumes amongst historians and members of the public. </p><p>In the Depression era, the Archives was put on a precarious footing by <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Hepburn" title="Mitchell Hepburn">Premier Mitch Hepburn's</a> desire to close it down as a cost-cutting measure. Fraser was targeted for retirement and his assistant James J. Talman became acting head while also tasked with heading the Legislative Library. Talman was able to save the Archives by agreeing to move its office and collections to basement vaults.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Talman eventually took new employment as Chief Librarian at the University of Western Ontario, where he started an archives collection that became the Regional History Division at UWO. Fraser's private papers as Provincial Archivist found their first home there. The Ontario Archives was not returned to a solid footing until the late 1940s under Helen McClung.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Archives moved to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Canadiana_Building&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canadiana Building (page does not exist)">Canadiana Building</a> (14 Queen's Park Crescent West) on the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of Toronto">University of Toronto</a> campus in 1951, at which time it was known as the Department of Public Records and Archives. During the period the Archives was located there, staff archivists, including <a href="/wiki/Edwin_C._Guillet" title="Edwin C. Guillet">Edwin Guillet</a>, became well known for their research work in support of the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - which placed historical site plaques throughout the province<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - and for preparation of historical surveys of many regions of the province that were published as part of a series of volumes describing the work of <a href="/wiki/Conservation_authority_(Ontario,_Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservation authority (Ontario, Canada)">conservation authorities in Ontario</a> - also restricted from Internet access by Crown copyright. </p><p>The Archives relocated to 77 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Grenville_Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grenville Street (page does not exist)">Grenville Street</a> in 1972 and its name was also changed to the Archives of Ontario. The reading room at the Grenville building closed on March 26, 2009, as part of the move to new facilities in North York. </p><p>The official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Archives of Ontario building on the <a href="/wiki/York_University" title="York University">York University</a> grounds, which also houses the York University Research Tower, was on April 30, 2007. The groundbreaking was attended by former Minister of Government Services <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Phillips" title="Gerry Phillips">Gerry Phillips</a> and former York University President and Vice-Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Lorna_Marsden" title="Lorna Marsden">Lorna Marsden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building was opened to the public on April 2, 2009, and is expected to be the site of the Archives for at least the next thirty-five years.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to preserving the records of the Ontario government, the Archives has from the outset actively sought records of private individuals and organizations that reflect Ontario's history. In the words of Alexander Fraser, "The Province has been so long entirely neglected that when I undertook to organize the department I decided that the most valuable service I could render to the public was to acquire, to collect, and safely preserve whatever material I could find, believing the day would soon come when the value of such material would be fully realized and the necessary office assistance provided to enable me to make the accumulated archives conveniently accessible to the public." </p><p>Notable private records include the <a href="/wiki/Fonds" title="Fonds">fonds</a> of <a href="/wiki/Eaton%27s" title="Eaton's">Eaton's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conn_Smythe" title="Conn Smythe">Conn Smythe</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Moriyama_and_Teshima_Architects&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moriyama and Teshima Architects (page does not exist)">Moriyama and Teshima Architects</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Archivists_of_Ontario">List of Archivists of Ontario</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archives_of_Ontario&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of Archivists of Ontario"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The head of the Archives has been known as the Archivist of Ontario since 1923, prior to that they were known as the Provincial Archivist. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Term</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Fraser_(archivist)" title="Alexander Fraser (archivist)">Alexander Fraser</a></td> <td>1903–1935</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_J._Talman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James J. Talman (page does not exist)">James J. Talman</a></td> <td>1935–1939</td> <td>Acting, also serving as Acting Legislative Librarian </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_A._McClung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Helen A. McClung (page does not exist)">Helen A. McClung</a></td> <td>1939–1944</td> <td>Acting </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_H._Bennett&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John H. Bennett (page does not exist)">John H. Bennett</a></td> <td>1944</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Helen_A._McClung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Helen A. McClung (page does not exist)">Helen A. McClung</a></td> <td>1944–1950</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_W._Spragge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George W. Spragge (page does not exist)">George W. Spragge</a></td> <td>1950–1963</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_F._McOuat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donald F. McOuat (page does not exist)">Donald F. McOuat</a></td> <td>1963–1978</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_G._Ormsby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William G. Ormsby (page does not exist)">William G. Ormsby</a></td> <td>1978–1986</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_E._Wilson" title="Ian E. Wilson">Ian E. Wilson</a></td> <td>1986–1999</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miriam_McTiernan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miriam McTiernan (page does not exist)">Miriam McTiernan</a></td> <td>1999–2010</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Nicholl_(archivist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Nicholl (archivist) (page does not exist)">David Nicholl</a></td> <td>2010</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Angela_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Angela Forest (page does not exist)">Angela Forest</a></td> <td>2010–2013</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Hamilton_(archivist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Hamilton (archivist) (page does not exist)">James Hamilton</a></td> <td>2013–2015</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Roberts_(archivist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Roberts (archivist) (page does not exist)">John Roberts</a></td> <td>2015–</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archives_of_Ontario&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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