Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-pa…
1 cm of textual records (18 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm) ; 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 29.2 x 21.8 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
Dr. Gerald Wright (1917-2007) grew up in Brecon, South Wales, and studied medicine in Wales and London, England, throughout the 1940s. He served in the British Army in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1942-1946 in North Africa and Italy.
In 1951 Wright moved to Lethbridge, Alberta, due to its close proximity to the Canadian Rockies, where he maintained a general practice as a member of the Hunt Clinic. He went on to serve as Chief of Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital and the Lethbridge Municipal Hospital until his retirement in 1988.
Shortly after arriving in Canada he became a member of the Alpine Club of Canada and attended many annual camps, often as camp doctor. He also participated in ACC expeditions to Mount St. Elias (1967, unsuccessful), Mount Alberta (1967, successful as part of the Alberta Team), and Mt. Waddington (1969). He also successfully summited Mt. Robson on his third attempt at the mountain. Wright hiked extensively throughout Nepal, Switzerland, South America, and New Zealand in addtion to the Rockies.
He was also a member of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and was a founding member of the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition, where he served on the Board of Directors, helping to plan and lead many annual hiking trips.
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-page summaries of the attempt on the mountain [one written by Blanchard and includes a hand-drawn map of the area around the mountain], a Xerox copy of a letter written on University of Oregon Medical School letterhead listing the members of the St. Elias party and recommended medical tests to have completed prior to the expedition, a two-page typed list of gear & equipment, and a hand-written list of expedition members and the University of Oregon Medical School doctor and their contact information.
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Rider…
26 cm of textual records.-- 109 photographs (42 prints, 67 lantern slides). -- 2 sound recordings.
History / Biographical
Jean Alexandra Hembroff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 5, 1908 to Walter B. Hembroff (d. 1945) and Sarah Jane Hembroff (d.1952). Jean was accepted to the MacPhail School of Music and Dramatic Art at the University of Minnesota, from which she graduated in 1927. She returned to Winnipeg to begin teaching courses in speech arts and drama. To establish herself, she first volunteered as the "story lady" at the Williams Avenue Public Library and quickly became known as an excellent speaker sought by many different organizations. She taught at St. Mary's Academy and the Evening Institute at the University of Manitoba, as well as offered private sessions. Many of her students used the skills they learned from Jean as they entered radio, television, politics, and business. Jean was also very active in organizing and adjucating Speech Arts festivals in Manitoba, often going to inaccessible places to give workshops. Her teaching, broadcasting, adjucating, coaching, and speaking career spanned more than 50 years.
Jean was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's promotions manager to give presentations and broadcast interviews across Canada and the United States. In 1937, Jean joined the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and participated in their summer trail ride in the same year. For that year's issue of the Trail Rider's Bulletin Jean wrote an article - and became the first woman to ever do so. In 1938, during her lecture titled "Trail Riding in the Rockies" on January 18, 1938 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, Jean met John David (Jack) MacDonald. Jack and Jean were married on June 18, 1938, and the couple had one son, Bruce Walter James MacDonald (August 28, 1946-August 25, 2016).
Jean participated in several trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail, and produced articles reflecting her experiences. Jean loved to travel and visited places all around Canada and the United States, Borneo, Tangier, Montevideo, Stockholm, New Delhi, and Tonga. At the age of 102, Jean passed away on February 2, 2011 and is buried in Winnipeg.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, particularly 1937-1939). Series II: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 4 cm, 1924-2000 (including correspondence with John Murray Gibbon, former students, and attendees at various talks, as well as newspaper articles that Jean wrote about various subjects and articles of her achievements). Series III: Collected Materials and Ephemera, 3 cm, ca.1930-1950 (including a variety of collected poems and ephemera, as well as a copy of The Beaver Magazine from 1940, for which Jean wrote an article titled "On the Trail of Sir George").
V797 consists of two series, 24.5 cm of visual records, ca.1928-1939. Series I: Photograph Prints, 3 cm, ca.1928-1939 (includes personal photographs of Jean and her family and friends as well as photographs of Jean and Jack's visit to Lake Louise in 1939). Series II: Lantern Slides, 21.5 cm, ca.1937-1939 (Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1937 to Mt. Assiniboine; Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1939 to Ptarmigan Valley and Skoki; collection of trail ride songs).
S60 consists of two sound recordings, 1 cm, 2004 and 2007 (Winnipeg at Christmas, narrated by Jean, broadcasted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds : M572 (textual), V525 (photographs), S59 (sound).
M572 consists of two items, 0.3 cm, ca. 1955 to 1991 (write up pertaining to a headdress gifted to Major General George G. Brown in 1991 after his involvement with the Canadian Military National Ski Competition a…
16 photographs : transparencies -- 1 sound recording : cassette -- 01 cm of textual records (1 pages ; 15.5 x 10 cm) -- 02 cm of textual records (10 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm)
History / Biographical
Roy Andersen was born in Kirkenes, Norway and moved to Canada with his family in the 1950s. He has a "Diploma in Sports Administration" and taught skiing as a member of the Les Voyageurs Ski School (affiliated with the Sunshine Ski School) and is the recepient of the "Alberta Achievement Award" due to his contributions to the sport of skiing.
He has been a freelance commercial photographer for 30 years and also trained to be a pilot in the 1960s. After flight school, he continuted to each skiing and did the promotional work for the Banff Chair Lift.
Roy Howard Andersen and Ellen Beatrice Wilson married on December 27, 1969 at Rundle United Church.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds : M572 (textual), V525 (photographs), S59 (sound).
M572 consists of two items, 0.3 cm, ca. 1955 to 1991 (write up pertaining to a headdress gifted to Major General George G. Brown in 1991 after his involvement with the Canadian Military National Ski Competition at Mount Norquay in 1974; portfolio for postcard with Roy Anderson image used with "Souvenir of Sunshine Village Ski School - photo by Roy Andersen")
V525 consists of 16 photographs, (Catharine Whyte and Grant MacEwan at a Sundance ceremony, Morley, Alberta)
S59 consists of one sound recording, 1979 (Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service on March 15, 1979 at the Eric Harvie Theatre)
Notes
Postcard portfolio filed with associated postcard V683/VI/pg-106
Fonds consists of photographic records for Simon Hoyle-Simon Photography, Banff, 1972-1988, and includes negatives, proofs and ordering details. Material is studio work series of weddings, business portraits, other portraits and commercial photographs. Material retained has been selected from 760 …
Simon Hoyle, b.1949, was born and educated in England in mining engineering. After coming to Banff, Alberta, Canada while traveling in 1972, he made use of his "hobby" of photography by holding the photography concession at Sunshine Village for eight years. Hoyle studied photography at the Banff School of Fine Arts during the summers of 1973 and 1974. In 1978, he founded Moose Country Colour in Canmore, Alberta with Alex Graham and Vance Hanna and, in 1986, he established Simon Photography in Banff. Hoyle was joined in the business by associate John Bonner in 1991 and, in 1994, he sold to Bonner and moved with his family to New Zealand.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of photographic records for Simon Hoyle-Simon Photography, Banff, 1972-1988, and includes negatives, proofs and ordering details. Material is studio work series of weddings, business portraits, other portraits and commercial photographs.
Material retained has been selected from 760 job files
"A catalogue to accompany the exhibition Anthropocene, a collaboration by the artists and filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nicholas de Pencier, including film, photography, virtual reality, and augmented reality. Anthropocene is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada, in partnership with Manifattura di Arti, Sperimentazione e Tecnologia (Fondazione MAST)."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Foreword / Stephan Jost, Marc Mayer, and Isabella Sera`gnaoli -- Far and near : new views of the anthropocene / Sophie Hackett -- The anthropocene and its "golden spike" / Colin Waters & Jan Zalasiewicz -- "How anthropo-scenic!" : concerns and debates about the age of the human / Karla McManus -- Works -- Life in the anthropocene / Edward Burtynsky -- Our embedded signal / Jennifer Baichwal -- Evidence / Nicholas de Pencier -- Adams, Adams, Baltz, Burtynsky : the role of landscape in North America photography / Urs Stahel -- The art museum and the anthropocene / Andrea Kunard.
ISBN
978-1-988788-04-3
Accession Number
2019.36
Call Number
06.4 H11a
Collection
Art Library
URL Notes
Website for the Anthropocene multidisciplinary work by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier
A book of photographic blotter paper. The front is beige in colour with labels and designs. In the top right corner and bottom left corner is a plaid like design, from left to the center is a oval with “Crystal-Brite” in a cursive font and illustration of a book (?). In the top left corner it reads…
A book of photographic blotter paper. The front is beige in colour with labels and designs. In the top right corner and bottom left corner is a plaid like design, from left to the center is a oval with “Crystal-Brite” in a cursive font and illustration of a book (?). In the top left corner it reads “PHOTOGRAPHIC BLOTTER BOOK” and in the bottom right corner in a text box it reads “DIRECTIONS FOR USE Place the washed prints face down on the Blotting Paper and remove excess water by passing print roller over them slightly. Then turn print over with picture side to waxed paper. Put book in warm place with some weight on it and allow to dry. Avoid too much weight or heat. MANUFACTURED BY DAVID SPECIALTY CO. CHICAGO”. Inside there is one sheet of loose thick paper folded, the rest of the paper is alternating between paper and waxed paper.
A square-shaped brown canvas camera bag with two leather straps wrapped around the case on the front side and one strap wrapped around the side of the case. The front two straps come together in buckles to secure the case. There are two leather handles, one attached to the two straps and another th…
A square-shaped brown canvas camera bag with two leather straps wrapped around the case on the front side and one strap wrapped around the side of the case. The front two straps come together in buckles to secure the case. There are two leather handles, one attached to the two straps and another that is the strap wrapped around the entirety of the side of the case. The interior of the case is lined with a green fabric. There are two flaps from the side of the case that hang in the interior.
A black hardshell leather camera case with gold detailing with two cut-film holders/double dark slides, a wollensak lens, and Kodak informational sheets. a) A black hardshell leather camera case with gold detailing, including three clasps with one missing the hinge and a large one in the middle wit…
A black hardshell leather camera case with gold detailing with two cut-film holders/double dark slides, a wollensak lens, and Kodak informational sheets. a) A black hardshell leather camera case with gold detailing, including three clasps with one missing the hinge and a large one in the middle with a spot for a key to lock it. Each corner of the case features gold detailing. There is a black handle on top attached via rings. Along the shorter side are two rings, presumably to attach a longer carrying strap for the case. The interior of the case is covered in dark green velvet, with two compartments in the main body - one slightly smaller than the other, and multiple compartments in the top with coverings held by button clasps. The left side compartment is a single square and the right side has three compartments - two small squares stacked and a rectangle that features a cut-out in the covering to reveal a strip of the compartment. In the bottom of the case is a short cord photography accessory and a bent metal track for a camera(?)b & c) Two identical cut-film holders/double dark slides. They are all black film holders. The slide handles are thin metal rods in the middle of the holder. One side along the edges of the frame features stamped text which reads “3 1/4 x 4 1/4 GRAFLEX FILM S. PAT 2056144” “MADE IN U.S.A. BY GRAFLEX INC ROCHESTER, N.J.” On b) there are two stickers, one on each side, with handwriting one reads “3” and the other “B 1 W 64”. On c) there are two stickers, one on each side, with handwriting reads “5” and “B 6 W 64”. 15.4 x 10.1 x 1.3 cm d) A Wollensak 65mm Raptar Wide angle lens mounted on a black painted board. The board is square with the front having a raised layer of board and an “A” stamped into one of the corners. The inscription on the inner part of the lens reads “WOLLENSAK 65MM f/6.8 CW RAPTAR WIDE ANGLE No A553800” and aperture ring with “22” “16” “11” “8” “6.8” “f”. It comes with an orange rubber cap that reads “WOLLENSAK”. 2.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm [inside the top part of the lid on the left side] e) Two sheets of information sheets. A smaller one for “KODAK EKTACHROME FILM, Daylight Type” with information about emulsion number, speed, electronic flash, and colour balance. [13.3 x 11.8 cm] The larger folded sheet is for “KODAK PANATOMIC-X SHEET FILM” with information about exposure and development. One side is in english and the other in french. [26.7 x 23.8 cm] e)
A small metal lens with multiple layers of rings that turn to make adjustments to the lens. There is white text on the inside of the front of the lens which reads “(35 MM) f/3.5 SER. NO. 477034 WOLLENSAK TYPE-V, 1 3/8 IN.” On the bottom of the lens white text reads “7034”. From the front to the bac…
A small metal lens with multiple layers of rings that turn to make adjustments to the lens. There is white text on the inside of the front of the lens which reads “(35 MM) f/3.5 SER. NO. 477034 WOLLENSAK TYPE-V, 1 3/8 IN.” On the bottom of the lens white text reads “7034”. From the front to the back of the lens some of the rings have numbers around, the first one reads “16” “32” “64”, the next one “BHD” “3.5” “BHD 3.5” “BHD” “3.5”, and the final ring reads “3.5” “4” “5.6” 8 “11” “16”.