Time Inc. Time Canada Ltd. Records
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Abstract
The materials in Time Canada Ltd. Records are all from the publishing and business side of the magazine, primarily from President Don Brown, and Managing Directors Lawrence Laybourne, Steve LaRue, and Bradley Gundy. There are a few folders of operating statements and from the Promotion Department.
Biographical / Historical
Time Canada Ltd. is the subsidiary of Time Inc. that published the Canadian edition of Time. According to prepared answers in a Davey Committee folder in the Managing Director General Files, Time International of Canada Ltd. was incorporated in Canada in 1952 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc. colloquially known as Time Canada. A letter to law firm Duquet MacKay, et al. in 1970 expresses the desire to change the legal name to TIME Canada Ltd. While the staff of Time Canada appear under several areas of the department head lists including Time Life International (TLI), Corporate International, and Time magazine, it looks as though it remained a subsidiary. A search of the Canadian government Federal Corporation Information website showed the subsidiary still active as of 2019 although the name was changed to TI Canada Ltd. in 2018.
Citation:
Time Inc. Reference Files, MS 3009-RG 3, New-York Historical Society.
Arrangement
Organized into four series:
Series I. President Don Brown Files
Series II. Managing Director Files
Series III. Financial Records
Series IV. Promotion Records
Scope and Contents
The materials in Time Canada Ltd. Records are all from the publishing and business side of the magazine, primarily from President Don Brown, and Managing Directors (publishers) Lawrence Laybourne, Steve LaRue, and Bradley Gundy. There are a few folders containing operating statements and from the Promotion Department.
The president's and managing directors' files focus on various attempts by the Canadian government to protect Canadian publications from foreign competition through changes to taxes and legislation, and Time Inc. arguing its case against being taxed or otherwise penalized.
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Access Restrictions
Materials in this collection are stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.
Use Restrictions
This collection is owned by the New-York Historical Society. The copyright law of the United States governs the making of photocopies and protects unpublished materials as well as published materials. Unpublished materials created before January 1, 1978 cannot be quoted in publication without permission of the copyright holder. Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to 20 exposures of stable, unbound material per day.
Preferred Citation
The collection should be cited as: Time Inc. Time Canada Ltd. Records, MS 3009-RG 44, The New-York Historical Society.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Time Inc. in 2015.
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Processing Information
Time Inc. Time Canada Ltd. Records were processed by Holly Deakyne in 2019. Original folders were retained when possible although some documents were transferred to additional archival containers in instances of overcrowding. Materials in folders with metal fasteners or disintegrating labels or in binders were rehoused. Arrangement was imposed based on existing groups of records. Deakyne created the inventory and the other descriptive notes for this series.