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Economic and Cultural Development Department fonds [Textual record and other material]
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1970-2013 (Creation)
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- 19 photographs; 71 x 89 cm or smaller
- 1 portrait; 35 x 45 cm
- 40.5 cm of textual records
- 61 books
- 1 DVD
- 13 objects: board game, plaques, stamp/seal embossers
- 20 certificates
- 18 awards
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The Economic and Cultural Development Department helps local companies to grow. Services include: business expansion and retention, business investment and attraction, major Economic Development projects, International Business Development Program, research, statistics and business information, small business services. Promoting entrepreneurship, business, art and culture, this department has been heavily involved in services including business expansion, retention, invention and attraction, and continues to encourage the creation of art and cultural experiences within Vaughan.
Scope and content
Collection consists of: 3 oil on canvas paintings by Andrew Phin;
2 watercolours by Carolyn Blish; 4 prints (3 Inuit and 1 Farm); 1 Inuit sketch ( “Camp” by Germaine Arnaktauyok); 7 photographs including the moving of the Troyer Barn to Country Heritage Park in 1978, Dr. Armitage, Tony Gagliano, and one of the Archaeological Survey in the Boyd Conservation Area; and 1 wooden plaque with a Canadian Loyalists stamp. Also included was portrait of an unknown family, photos of Jas. Andrews farm in Maple and a print of N. Clarke Wallace. Also included are business directories, annual reports, city guides, economic/business newsletters published by the City from 1990-1998 as well as framed certificates and awards. RG 21-014.1 consists of books gifted to the City by delegations and partnerships from around the wold, such as Italy and China. Several historical books re Thoreau MacDonald, Humber River, Yonge St, Ontario history, round out the collection. Of particular interest is a board game, Vaughanopoly. Also 18 awards given to Economic Development Dept for marketing and informaiton technology, etc plus awards given to City (fire station 7-10, soccer, etc).
Accession RG 21-015.1 consists of 20 items including certificates and photos that were received by the City of Vaughan from 1990-2010. These items include Friendship Agreements, International Partnership Agreements and Twinning Agreements. All items were removed from their frames and placed in archival boxes as several of the frames had been damaged and the glass cracked.
In 2022, a portrait of Lord Beaverbrook from this collection was discovered at the JOC and brought back to the City Archives.
Accession M024.14 consists of certificates and plaques deliniating the City's involvement with local groups and organizations, and a city Twinning with the Italian city of Sora.
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- English
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- Bay 10, Sh. 19 (RG 21-014.1)
- Bay 10, Sh. 20 (RG 21-014.1, RG 21-014.2)
- Bay 10, Sh. 21 (Business Directories and City Guides, M024.14)
- Bay 18, Sh. 14 (RG 21-015.1)
- Map 20 (artwork)
- Map 34
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- Amaktauyok, Germaine (Subject)
- Armitage, Molly (Subject)
- Armitage, Ramsay, Dr., Rev. (Subject)
- Blish, Carolyn (Subject)
- Gagliano, Tony (Subject)
- MacDonald, Thoreau (Subject)
- Phin, Andrew (Subject)
- Troyer, William (Subject)
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- English