Fonds consists of photographs, published booklets and film reels which belonged to William Royle. Content pertains to the Banff Boy Scouts: local events, including Banff Winter Carnival, Banff Indian Days and Banff's Centennial Parade in 1967; hiking, camping, skiing and other recreational activiti…
ca.348 photographs (204 b&w and col. prints, 144 col. transparencies) -- 0.5 cm of textual records -- 7 film reels
History / Biographical
William "Bill" Royle (1905-1980) moved to Banff from Lethbridge in 1952 with his mother (Mary Elizabeth) and two young sons (Bernard and Walter), following the death of his wife. William started the business Banff Plumbing and Heating Ltd., which he operated until his death. William and his brother, John J. Royle, were also involved with a laundromat business in Banff. From its inception in 1953, William also worked as director and president of the Banff Park Savings and Credit Union (now Bow Valley Credit Union). In his spare time, William volunteered with the Banff Boy Scouts, as well as St. Mary's Church in Banff, the Seniors' Society and the Alberta Council of the Aging.
William's son, Bernard, tragically passed away in a plane crash in 1969 while searching for new heliskiing routes in British Columbia with his friend, John Gow, who survived.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of photographs, published booklets and film reels which belonged to William Royle. Content pertains to the Banff Boy Scouts: local events, including Banff Winter Carnival, Banff Indian Days and Banff's Centennial Parade in 1967; hiking, camping, skiing and other recreational activities; Bernard Royle and friends; the Banff High School curling team; natural views and wildlife in Alberta and British Columbia; and other related subjects.
Includes three visual series: I - Prints ; II - Motion pictures ; III - Transparencies. Series I includes five sub-series: A - Boy Scouts [includes o.s. items] ; B - Banff Indian Days ; C - Banff Winter Carnival ; D - St. Mary's Baptist Church ; E - Misc.
Two heavy, oblate stone spheres with handles on top. Highly polished granite, wide rough band horizontally around sides. Heavy, curved open handle parallel to rock in middle of top, screws to metal supporting rod passing vertically through rock. Ivory handle grip swivels on metal support. Thick…
Two heavy, oblate stone spheres with handles on top. Highly polished granite, wide rough band horizontally around sides. Heavy, curved open handle parallel to rock in middle of top, screws to metal supporting rod passing vertically through rock. Ivory handle grip swivels on metal support. Thick embossed leather disk at base of handle stamped in gold "Wm. Mather Banff" (a,b)
Image of unidentified people standing on sheet of ice holding curling brooms - on the back is written "Old Log Building is still near Boathouse - before 1900" in pencil
Image of unidentified people standing on sheet of ice holding curling brooms - on the back is written "Old Log Building is still near Boathouse - before 1900" in pencil
One sliver plated trophy inscribed: “Brett Trophy. Banff Curling Club. 1900. Won by”. Vase-shaped with curling rock on front of base, curling brooms on either side, and flared opening. Back of trophy has etched scene of seven curlers in traditional Scottish dress playing a game outdoors with a tree…
One sliver plated trophy inscribed: “Brett Trophy. Banff Curling Club. 1900. Won by”. Vase-shaped with curling rock on front of base, curling brooms on either side, and flared opening. Back of trophy has etched scene of seven curlers in traditional Scottish dress playing a game outdoors with a tree and mountains in background.
A large felt and thread membership patch for the Banff Curling Club. In the circle, a landscape scene of a mountain, trees, and water with black text “Banff” in a handwriting font and a red embroidered border. Underneath this is a red scroll that reads “CURLING CLUB” in white embroidery, with two o…
A large felt and thread membership patch for the Banff Curling Club. In the circle, a landscape scene of a mountain, trees, and water with black text “Banff” in a handwriting font and a red embroidered border. Underneath this is a red scroll that reads “CURLING CLUB” in white embroidery, with two old school curling broom criss-crossed in an X with a curling rock in front.
Two men stand nose to nose arguing with each other over two curling stones. Both men are wearing Balmoral hats. The man on the left is wearing a scarf and has a bottle in his back pocket, while the man on the right has a broom in his right hand. Below the drawing it says “QUIT YER ARGIFYIN’”[sic Qu…
Two men stand nose to nose arguing with each other over two curling stones. Both men are wearing Balmoral hats. The man on the left is wearing a scarf and has a bottle in his back pocket, while the man on the right has a broom in his right hand. Below the drawing it says “QUIT YER ARGIFYIN’”[sic Quit your arguing].
File consists of 5 photograph prints with matboard backings. Content pertains to a boys' Canmore hockey team group photograph, Benjamin Woodworth Sr. posing with a moose, a group photograph of the Kiwanis Club's regional presidents in 1962 including Forest "Pop" Kidney, the Banff Curling Club ca. 1…
5 photographs : b&w prints ; 31.5 x 37 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 photograph prints with matboard backings. Content pertains to a boys' Canmore hockey team group photograph, Benjamin Woodworth Sr. posing with a moose, a group photograph of the Kiwanis Club's regional presidents in 1962 including Forest "Pop" Kidney, the Banff Curling Club ca. 1910, and a class photograph of students, possibly from Banff High School.
Notes
Most dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
Names provided by previous researcher:
V324 / IV / E / PA - 1 (O.S.) :
Front row: Louis Holmes, Wes Watts, Jack Edwards, Art Michaeluk, Wilfred Hoggard
Back row: Walter Jensen, Bill Wilson
"Canmore Team"
V324 / IV / E / PA - 2 (O.S.) :
"Benjamin Woodworth in Buffalo Paddocks Banff National Park"
V324 / IV / E / PA - 5 (O.S.) :
Doris McLeod, Jean Ross, Elsie Burkett, Edith Language, Olive Dingal, Jack Howard, Alex Clark, Jim Roots
File consists of 9 photographs collected by Maryalice Harvey Stewart (creators of images unknown). Photographs pertain to three men posing at the Banff Curling Rink; and historic views of Canmore and area, including Three Sisters, Spray Road, Railway Bridge, Main Street, and United Church.
9 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 15 cm and 17.5 x 13 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 9 photographs collected by Maryalice Harvey Stewart (creators of images unknown). Photographs pertain to three men posing at the Banff Curling Rink; and historic views of Canmore and area, including Three Sisters, Spray Road, Railway Bridge, Main Street, and United Church.