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Read Canada/Book Show Progam [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1984-2000.

Reference:

R3584-76-0-E, MG28-I124

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

192408

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Frontier College fonds

Programs

Read Canada/Book Show Progam
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Sub-series includes:

20 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1984-2000.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

50 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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This series consists of records of Frontier College's Read Canada/Book Show Program which sponsored events for children across the country to promote books and reading. It contains correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, and publicity relating to various special events, corporate and celebrity supporters, the Office of the National Literacy Secretariat, the Office of the Prime Minister, summer students as well as national magazines and newspapers. The files hold correspondence and publicity from special events such as Not as hard as it Seems Theatre, Rock 'n Read, Biking for Books, Stories on the Hill, the Book Parade and the Harbourfront Milk Festival. The corporate sponsors included the Toronto Maple Leafs, Hallmark, McDonald's, Southam Inc., and Canada Post. Mila Mulroney is among the celebrity supporters. The National Literacy Secretariat files include correspondence, progress reports, evaluations, and news releases while the publicity files hold articles from periodicals like the Globe and Mail, Arctic Circle, Family Circle, the Guardian, The Evening Telegram, Le Peuple and The Klondike Sun.

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Private

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MG28-I124
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Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [MG28 I 124] 289--290

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R3584] 521--522

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

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