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Bill Waterworth fonds

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Part Of: Bill Waterworth fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds includes a framed collage, 2 photograph albums, 1 loan for copy scrapbook, and miscellaneous certificates and other ephemera. The collage consists of 14 b&w photographs of Stoney First Nations in the Kootenay Plains and Morley areas, 1877-1927. Identification of photographs include images of …

Date Range: [ca.1877]-2009

Reference Code: M215 / S54 / V176

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Framed print; Machine-readable data file; Photograph; Scrapbook; Textual record

Part Of: Bill Waterworth fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 215; S 54; V 176

Sous-Fonds: M 215; S 54; V 176

Accession Number: 8012, 8066

Reference Code: M215 / S54 / V176

GMD: Framed print; Machine-readable data file; Photograph; Scrapbook; Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1877]-2009

Physical Description: tbd

History / Biographical: Bill Waterworth (1922-2009) was born on Marten Street in Mrs. Thomson's nursing home in Banff. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at the age of 18. On September 19, 1942, Waterworth was shot down over the French coast just short of completing his 33rd mission. Waterworth avoided capture by German patrols for two weeks before being captured and taken prisoner by the Gestapo. He was sent by boxcar to a Prisoner of War camp - Stalag VIIIB/344 - in Lamsdorf, Germany where he remained for three years.; In 1946, Bill married Bernice "Bern" Wilson (d. 2003), who was a granddaughter of Tom Wilson. Together they had three children, Lynn, Bunty, and Christie.

Scope & Content: Fonds includes a framed collage, 2 photograph albums, 1 loan for copy scrapbook, and miscellaneous certificates and other ephemera. The collage consists of 14 b&w photographs of Stoney First Nations in the Kootenay Plains and Morley areas, 1877-1927. Identification of photographs include images of John Hunter and George McLean (Chief Walking Buffalo), William Hunter, Paul Beaver, Sampson Beaver, Chief Tom Chinicka, John House, Silas Abraham, Job Beaver, Enos Hunter, Ben Kaquitts, Dan Wildman Sr., Dan Wildman Jr., Moses Hunter, Wildman boy, Enoch Wildman, Tom Kaquitts Jr., Tom Kaquitts Sr., Leebie Crawler, Tom Wilson, Morley Beaver, Nat Hunter, William and Josh Hunter, Mark Poucette, Geo. Kaquitts, Joe Peacemaker, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hunter. Photograph album belonging to Bill Waterworth pertains to aviation training in Calgary, family, friends, and Boy Scout trips and photograph album created by Bernice "Bern" Waterworth (nee Wilson) consists of friends, family, and activities such as skiing and canoeing. The digitized scrapbook is titled "A Wartime Log : A Remembrance from Home Through the Canadian Y.M.C.A.", and pertains to Bill Waterworth's experience as a POW. The original Wartime Log was digitized in 2009, and the original returned to the family.

Name Access: Beaver, Sampson; McLean, George; Waterworth, Bill; Wilson, Tom

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; Sports, recreation and leisure; War; WWII

Access Restrictions: Photographs are in the public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: electronic finding aid for processed material

Related Material: S1 / 162 - Whyte Museum Oral History Prograamme : Bill Waterworth's Wartime Log interview with Bill Waterworth by Head Archivist E. J. (Ted) Hart, May 28, 2009

Creator: Waterworth, Bill

Category: Family and personal life; Indigenous Peoples; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Byron Harmon fonds

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon. I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass…

Date Range: [ca.1890-ca.1975]

Reference Code: V263

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 263

Sous-Fonds: V 263

Accession Number: 235, 980, 1549, 1622, 2588, 2656, 2770, 2792, 2895, 3005, 3394, 3423, 3657, 3807, 3824, 3859, 3988, 4028, 4076, 5052, 5181, 5205, 5254, 5381, 6070, 6127, 6587, 6602

Reference Code: V263

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Published record

Other Title Info: Also known as the Byron Harmon Photos fonds.

Date Range: [ca.1890-ca.1975]

Physical Description: ca.10,500 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : prints, postcards, negatives, transparencies, motion pictures, sample products

History / Biographical: Byron Hill Harmon, 1876-1942, was a professional photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was born near Tacoma, Washington, USA and operated a portrait studio there for a time. In 1903, while travelling around the United States and Canada as an itinerant photographer, he decided to settle in Banff and by 1907 had produced enough mountain views to begin selling a line of postcards. Between 1906 and 1913, Harmon was official photographer for the Alpine Club of Canada and made trips in numerous mountain areas, such as the Bugaboos (1910) and Mount Robson (1911, 1913). Harmon personally financed trips into other areas, such as Tonquin Valley (1918) and Lake of the Hanging Glaciers (1920, 1922), producing both still photographs and motion pictures for commercial sale. After his last major expedition in 1924 across Saskatchewan Glacier, through to Maligne Lake and back to Banff by packtrain, Harmon devoted most of his time to photographing scenes along the railway, skiing in the Assiniboine and Skoki regions, and the annual rides and hikes of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. At the same time he managed several businesses, including a drug store, fountain lunch, theatre and book store. In his later years, Harmon spent much time travelling and photographing in other parts of the world. The business, Byron Harmon Photos, was managed successively by his son, Don Harmon, then his grand-daughter, Carole Harmon.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon.; I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives to ca.1955; original prints; a wide range of sample products, such as postcards, enlargements and framing prints, calendars and viewbooks, mainly by Harmon business, some by other photographers; and lantern slides, ca.1913-192-, pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, Indians, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway and Asian travel. Scenic / commercial series pertains to annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1907-1913; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks; mountain scenic views, primarily for postcard purposes; Banff events and development; skiing; birds and animals. Includes some material by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, sons of Byron Harmon.; II. Personal, 189- to 194-, ca.370 items. Includes: family photographs and views received from others; motion picture out-takes pertaining to world travels, 1930s; and 35 mm. transparencies, ca.1940, pertaining mainly to world travels, also mountain and prairie scenics.

Notes: For more information on the Byron Harmon photographs, see "Great Days in the Rockies: The Photographs of Byron Harmon, 1906-1934" (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978) or "Byron Harmon, Mountain Photographer" by Carole Harmon and Bart Robinson (Banff: Altitude Publishing, 1992)

Name Access: Harmon, Byron

Subject Access: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: series description; selected modern reference prints; digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database

Related Material: Byron Harmon postcards can also be found in the Postcard general file (V466)

Creator: Harmon, Byron

Category: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Elliott Barnes fonds

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to: Elliott Barnes and Barnes family; pack trips; wildlife; Alaska trip; Eau Claire logging operations in Spray Valley; Jumping Pound homestead, Morley and S-L Ranch; Sawback Lake trip; bear hunting trip; Banff area views; Paradise Valley ACC camp; hockey at Banff; Stoney Indians at…

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Reference Code: V48

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 48

Sous-Fonds: V 48

Accession Number: 2512, 2580, 3247, 3307, 5431, 5076

Reference Code: V48

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Physical Description: ca.500 photographs : prints, negatives

History / Biographical: Elliott Chappel Barnes, 1866-1938, was a rancher, outfitter and trail guide and professional photographer at Kootenay Plains, Banff and Jumping Pound, Alberta. Barnes was born in Rochester, New York in 1866. In the early 1890s he travelled throughout the American Rockies supporting himself as an itinerant photographer. In 1905, Barnes and his family immigrated to Canada and homesteaded on the Kootenay Plains. For a short time, Barnes ran a small outfitting operation out of Banff, mostly dealing with the newly-created Alpine Club of Canada and its members. Also, while wintering in Banff during 1907-1908, he worked briefly with Byron Harmon in the photographic business. Following this association, Barnes upgraded from a small "pocket" Kodak camera to a 5x7 Graflex with a stereo adaptor. Utilizing this camera, he published a set of stereo view-cards and custom postcards. In 1908, Barnes moved to a homestead at Little Jumping Pound Creek in the foothills west of Calgary and abandoned photography as a profession. After several farming ventures near Calgary, the family moved into the city, where Elliott Barnes died in 1938.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to: Elliott Barnes and Barnes family; pack trips; wildlife; Alaska trip; Eau Claire logging operations in Spray Valley; Jumping Pound homestead, Morley and S-L Ranch; Sawback Lake trip; bear hunting trip; Banff area views; Paradise Valley ACC camp; hockey at Banff; Stoney Indians at Kootenay Plains; Bankhead mine site and operations; winter trip; Mount Rainer, Washington; other (mainly people, places and activities)

Notes: A detailed biography of Elliott Barnes can be found in: "A Delicate Wilderness: The Photography of Elliott Barnes, 1905- 1914" by Edward Cavell (Banff: Altitude Publishing and the Whyte Foundation, 1983).

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott

Subject Access: Arts; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Natural resources; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: modern reference prints

Creator: Barnes, Elliott

Category: Arts; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Natural resources; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed

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Kidney family fonds

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal, professional and legal documents and photographs pertaining to Maud and Forest Kidney, Jack MacAulay, Kidney and Woodworth family members, friends and the Banff community. Items are organized by subject and date ranges. Fonds consists of six series: Series I - Maud (Wo…

Date Range: 1886 - 2013

Reference Code: M74 / V324

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Textual record; Corporate record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Sous-Fonds: M74; V324

Accession Number: 452; 629; 798; 929; 1843; 2143; 2177; 2275; 2780; 2983; 3109; 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / V324

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Textual record; Corporate record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1886 - 2013

Physical Description: 66 cm of textual records -- ca. 963 photographs : 870 prints, 62 postcards, 30 negatives, 1 tintype (31.5 x 37 cm or smaller) -- 7 photograph albums (26 x 33.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: Ella Maud [Woodworth] Kidney (1894-1977) was born in Banff as the fourth of 11 siblings. Her parents were Benjamin Woodworth and Elizabeth [McIntire] Woodworth. Growing up, Maud worked briefly for the Alberta Hotel and the Bottling Works company in Banff. Maud was married to John A. MacAulay in 1917, and widowed later that year. Her twin sons, John A. [Jack] and Thomas A. [Ted] MacAulay, were born in 1918. Maud married Forest H. "Pop" Kidney (1889-1979) on February 14, 1923, and the new family settled into the Kidney home on Wolf and Muskrat Street. The Kidney residence was originally located in Bankhead, but was moved to Banff and sold following the town's closure in 1922. Maud and Forest operated several local businesses including Banff Grocery, Quaker Coffee Shop, Pop's Bakery and Kidney Kabins. The Kidneys were also active in community affairs throughout their lives. Maud Kidney was a long-time member of the Girls' Sunshine Flower Club in Banff [and the club's president for over a decade spanning across the 1940's], as well as the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire [I.O.D.E.] and Rebekah Lodge, and she was matron of the Order of the Eastern Star in Banff in 1950. Forest Kidney was involved in the Banff Shriners Club, the Kiwanis Club, the Independent Order of Oddfellows and the Canadian Restaurants Association [CRA], among other groups; in the early 1960's, Forest also served as the President of the Calgary branch of the CRA. Jack and Ted MacAulay grew up together in Banff, where they were involved in Banff's Boy Scouts program and local hockey teams. Jack in particular was an avid hockey player, until an accident in 1940 caused damage to his right eye which kept him from competing. From 1943 to 1945, Jack worked for Boeing Aircraft of Canada Ltd., and in 1946 he was appointed as the Chief Inspector of War Assets for Alberta and the Yukon Territories. Jack married Karin Wallensteen in 1946, and the couple had 6 children together: sons Herb and John, and daughters Karen, Shelley, Jodi and Julie-Ann. Jack served as a coach for the Banff Minor Hockey League for 46 years. Jack also took on several other positions within the Bow Valley community, including working as a volunteer with the Banff Figure Skating Club, a co-founder of the Banff Recreation Board, and a member of the Banff Advisory Council, the Banff Hospital Board and the Banff School Board.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal, professional and legal documents and photographs pertaining to Maud and Forest Kidney, Jack MacAulay, Kidney and Woodworth family members, friends and the Banff community. Items are organized by subject and date ranges. Fonds consists of six series: Series I - Maud (Woodworth) Kidney records: contains 3 sub-series [ A) 1894 - 1920, B) 1921 - 1950, C) 1951 - 1977 ] Series II - Forest Kidney records: contains 3 sub-series [ A) 1889 - 1920, B) 1921 - 1950, C) 1951 - 2008 ] Series III - Jack MacAulay records: contains 3 sub-series [A) 1920 - 1945, B) 1946 - 1980, C) 1981 - 2000 ] Series IV - Family, friends and community records: contains 5 sub-series [ A) 1886 - 1920, B) 1921 - 1945, C) 1946 - 1970, D) 1970 - 2013, E) Maude Kidney Collection ] Series V - Legal and business records : contains 3 sub-series [ A) 1894 - 1920, B) 1921 - 1950, C) 1951 - 1980 ] Series VI - Collected materials Series I content pertains to Maud Woodworth Kidney. Includes scrapbooks, photographs of Maud and her siblings and parents, trips to Calgary and local activities with family and friends, Maud working for the Alberta Hotel and the Banff Bottling Factory [ca. 1905 - 1915], and local clubs and societies which Maud was involved in between 1930 - 1977 including the Girls' Sunshine Flower Club, the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, the Senior Friends Club of Banff, Rebekah Lodge and the Order of the Eastern Star. Series II content pertains to Forest Kidney during his World War I military service in Petawawa, Ontario; swimming with friends at the Cave and Basin and other social activities; travelling with family; local newspaper clippings noting Forest's achievements and community involvement; and Forest participating in events as a member of the Banff Shriners Club and the Canadian Restaurant Association. Series III content pertains to Jack MacAulay at the Kidney family home with his twin brother, Ted; coaching for the Banff Minor Hockey League; participating in other community meetings and programs; personal, professional and medical correspondence [1940 - 1992]; Jack's wife, Karin MacAulay, and their children; and Jack's awards and achievements. Series IV content pertains to extended family and friends of the Kidneys and the wider Banff community. Includes sports and outdoor activities [including swimming, hiking, trail riding, camping, snowshoeing, skiing, and track and field]; early Banff [including businesses, Banff Elementary School and Banff High School, the Woodworth family residence, and construction of the Icefields Parkway]; family friends of the Woodworths and Kidneys [including the Brett family, the Stafford family and the Simpson family]; personal correspondence pertaining to Fred "Ty" Cobb (1931 - 1933); clubs and societies [including the Independent Order of Oddfellows, the Senior Friends Club, and the Order of the Eastern Star]; community events [including dances, meetings, dinners and award ceremonies]; weddings and anniversaries; a visit to Num-Ti-Jah Lodge in 1964; and biographical and genealogical information about Maud Kidney, Forest Kidney and the Woodworth family. Series V content pertains to businesses owned and operated by the Kidney family [ca. 1930 - 1970], including Kidney Kabins, Quaker Coffee Shop and Pop's Bakery; mortgage agreements and property contracts; and government documents. Includes receipts, log books and financial records, photographs of Kidney Kabins and Quaker Coffee Shop, and receipts for land purchased by Forest Kidney, George Noble and others. Series VI contains commercial postcards collected by the Kidney family. Postcards mostly produced by Byron Harmon, and some by G & W Fear and other photographers, and mostly pertain to Banff and the surrounding area [winter sports, wildlife, Banff Zoo, Banff Avenue, scenic views and mountain landscapes, etc].

Notes: Contains duplicate photographs; Duplicate commercial postcards have been kept in separate folder within file box containing other commercial postcards [V324 / IV / E / PG - 1 to 20 and V324 / VI / PG - 1 to 42]; Sub-series IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection was donated with existing numbering system [Items 1 to 47] prior to processing; original order and corresponding annotations have been transferred to database entries from original handwritten notes

Name Access: Cobb, Fred (Ty); Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Kidney, Maude; MacAulay, Jack; MacAulay, Karin; MacAulay, Ted; MacAulay, Herb; MacAulay, Julie-Ann; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Woodworth, Adelia; Woodworth, Annie; Woodworth, Ben; Woodworth, Benjamin Frederick; Woodworth, Elizabeth; Woodworth, Ethel; Woodworth, Fred; Woodworth, Percy; Woodworth, Joe; Woodworth, Maude; Brett, Robert G.; Harmon, Byron; LaCasse, Annie; LaCasse, Ulysses; Canadian Restaurant Association

Subject Access: Businesses; Property; Family and personal life; Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire; Independent Order of Oddfellows; Girls Flower Club Banff; Rebekah Assembly Banff Lodge No. 34; Quaker Coffee Shop; Kidney Kabins; Travel; World War I; Military; Community events; Club; Sports; Winter sports; Landscapes; Wildlife; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Banff Jasper Highway; Banff High School; Genealogy

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Canmore; Cave and Basin; Bankhead; Calgary; Lake Louise; Ontario; Quebec; British Columbia

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright and other restrictions may apply

Language: English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description

Related Material: Woodworth family fonds [M286 / V628]

Category: Family and personal life; Commerce and industry; Environment; Labour; Land, settlement and immigration; Law and justice; Military; Natural resources; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Woodworth family fonds entry; Most information based on contents of fonds

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Tom Wilson family fonds

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members. Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed …

Date Range: 1861-1982

Reference Code: M10 / V701

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 10; V 701

Sous-Fonds: M 10; V 701

Accession Number: 551, 981, 1234, 1578, 1634, 2097, 3039, 7750 (unproc)

Reference Code: M10 / V701

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook

Date Range: 1861-1982

Physical Description: 2 v. and 2 cm of textual records. -- ca.400 photographs : prints, copy negatives. -- 1 cm of print material

History / Biographical: The Wilson family were guides, outfitters and ranchers at Morley, Kootenay Plains, Banff and Nordegg, Alberta, Canada. Thomas Edmonds (Tom) Wilson, 1859- 1933, and Minnie McDougall Wilson, 1865-1936, had six children, including sons John Clark Wilson, 1888-1932, and Thomas Edmonds (Ed) Wilson, 1892-1973. Daughters were Ada, 1886-1967?, Rene, Bessie and Dora. Tom Wilson is credited with the discovery of Lake Louise in July of 1882, while working as a packer on the Canadian Pacific Railway survey through the mountains. In 1883, Wilson established his own business at Banff, Lake Louise and Field, British Columbia. After selling the business in 1904, Tom Wilson operated a horse ranch at Kootenay Plains. He later retired to Banff. Ed Wilson was born at Morley and raised in Banff. Around 1910 he began working for Brewster Trading Company at Banff and, later, Lake Louise. Just before the First World War, he moved to Nordegg, where he worked for the Bighorn Trading Company for many years.

Scope & Content: Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members.; Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed Wilson, the Wilson family, and early guiding and exploration in the Canadian Rockies (photocopy in two volumes); miscellaneous papers, 1905-1929, including a holograph speech by D. D. Galletly on the cave at Banff; letter and note re sale of horses to Frank Wellman, 1920; letters to Catharine Whyte from Ada Wilson re personal matters and Wilson family history, 1964-1965; transcripts of manuscripts by Tom Wilson and B. M. (Bess) Wilson re the CPR and tourism and 1916 pack trip Lake Louise to Kootenay Plains; letters of Col. Robert O'Hara to Tom Wilson, 1895- 1914, re Mount Assiniboine and Lake O'Hara; letter by Catharine Robb Whyte to Tom Link, 1965, re Lake O'Hara history based partly upon above material; diary, Trip to ranch by B. M. Wilson; essay, The last of the pathfinders by Dorie (Wilson) Legit; programmes, articles, clippings re Tom Wilson, 1924-1982; Eliza Edmonds certificate, 1845, and later clipping.; Photographs pertain to outfitting and guiding activities of Tom, John and Ed Wilson, including clients, associates and trips throughout the Rocky Mountains; Wilson family, friends and associates; Stoney Indians; Kootenay Plains; Banff people and events; Banff townsite and surrounding area; Canadian Pacific Railway; Nordegg area; 1861-1930. Includes photograph of Tom Wilson at Lake Louise inscribed to A. O. Wheeler, 1932. Many of the early photographs were taken by clients of Tom Wilson. Later, after settling at Kootenay Plains, Wilson was apparently given a camera by Mary Vaux and likely took many of the Stoney Indians views. Ed Wilson was an amateur photographer and likely took most of the views of staff at Lake Louise and of Nordegg.

Name Access: Wilson, Ada; Wilson, Ed; Wilson, Tom

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First nations; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description; modern reference prints

Creator: Wilson, Ed; Wilson, Tom

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First nations; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Adam Poucette? (left) [1900]

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of two indiviudals on horseback, possibly Adam Poucette on the left, overlooking scenery from a rocky edge.

Date Range: 1900

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 272

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M10; V701

Sous-Fonds: V701

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 272

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1900

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Item consists of two indiviudals on horseback, possibly Adam Poucette on the left, overlooking scenery from a rocky edge.

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Horses

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 544

Creator: Wilson, Tom

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections. Identification made by Big Horn Elders: Charlie Abraham and John Wesley

Processing Status: Processed

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Alaska Trip

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File consists mainly of views at sea on the way north to Alaska.

Date Range: 1907

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 281 to 313

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

33 images

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V48

Series: I.A. Negatives : Film

Sous-Fonds: V48

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 281 to 313

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: 1907

Physical Description: 33 photographs : negatives, film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists mainly of views at sea on the way north to Alaska.

Notes: Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 281 Steamer; 282, 283 Captain on deck of ship; 284 Seagull on mast; 285 to 288 Rock island at seacoast; 289 to 292 Coastal shoreline; 293 Porpoise; 294 Gulls; 295 Abandoned hulk; 296 Town on inlet; 297, 298 Sailing schooner; 299 Sailing schooner in dock; 300 Ship in bay; 301 View of [Seward?]; 302, 303 People being lowered in lifeboat; 304 Passengers embarking on ship; 305, 306 Husky dog on Seward street; 307 Native woman selling handicrafts; 308 Man and woman on dog sled; 309 to 311 Woman with dog team and sled; 312, 313 Hunters with bear hides

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott

Subject Access: Activities; Boats; Boating; Bears; Dogs; Dogsledding; Hunting; Furs; Sailboats; Seascapes; Steamers

Geographic Access: Pacific Ocean; Alaska; British Columbia; Canada; United States of America

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Annie House

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of photograph of Annie House seated on the grass holding a blanket.

Date Range: ca.1904

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 334a

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M10; V701

Sous-Fonds: V701

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 334a

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: ca.1904

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Item consists of photograph of Annie House seated on the grass holding a blanket.

Name Access: House, Annie

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 609

Creator: Wilson, Tom

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Status: Processed

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Annie House

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of Annie House in a long dress stood in front of a stretched animal hide.

Date Range: ca.1904

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 334b

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M10; V701

Sous-Fonds: V701

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 334b

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: ca.1904

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Item consists of Annie House in a long dress stood in front of a stretched animal hide.

Name Access: House, Annie

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 610

Creator: Wilson, Tom

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Status: Processed

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Annie House (left), unknown, Wapta mnûtha Wîyâbi (Big Horn women)

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of Wapta mnûtha Wîyâbi (Big Horn women), Annie House seated on the left next to a child and unknown woman seated on the right holding a baby.

Date Range: ca.1904

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 337

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M10; V701

Sous-Fonds: V701

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 337

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: ca.1904

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Item consists of Wapta mnûtha Wîyâbi (Big Horn women), Annie House seated on the left next to a child and unknown woman seated on the right holding a baby.

Name Access: House, Annie

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Big Horn; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 614

Creator: Wilson, Tom

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Area Views

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File consists mainly of winter views of the downtown Banff area, the Hot Springs, and other scenic views around the town of Banff.

Date Range: [ca. 1906]

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 135 to 159

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

25 images

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V48

Series: I.A. Negatives : Film

Sous-Fonds: V48

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 135 to 159

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1906]

Physical Description: 25 photographs : negatives, film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists mainly of winter views of the downtown Banff area, the Hot Springs, and other scenic views around the town of Banff.

Notes: Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 135 Cave and Basin bathhouse; 136 to 139 Cave and Basin pool and bathhouse; 140 Man doing handstand on diving board at Cave and Basin pool; 141, 142 Upper Hot Springs pool and bathhouse; 143 The Sanitarium from across the Bow River; 144 Government Museum; 145 Sleigh on bridge over Bow River; 146 Bow River Bridge and Government Museum; 147 Mount Rundle and Bow River Bridge; 148 Bow River and Banff Springs Hotel; 149 Banff Springs Hotel; 150 View from Banff Springs Hotel down the Bow Valley; 151 Banff townsite from Sulphur Mountain; 152 Banff from Tunnel Mountain; 153 Banff from Mount Norquay; 154 Mount Rundle from [Upper Hot Springs?]; 155 Mount Rundle from the Bow River; 156 Mount Rundle from Upper Hot Springs Road; 157 Banff Indian Days parade on Banff Avenue; 158 Mount Rundle from First Vermilion Lake; 159 Cascade and Stoney Mountains

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott

Subject Access: Activities; Cave and Basin; Bridges; Banff Springs Hotel; Scenery; Mountains; Cascade Mountain; Rundle Mountain; Bow River; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff. Imperial Bank of Canada

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: ca. 1909

Author: Harmon, Byron

Publisher: Byron Harmon

Call Number: V151/PG-B99-23

1 image

Author: Harmon, Byron

Place: Banff, Canada

Publisher: Byron Harmon

Published Date: ca. 1909

Medium: Library - Postcard

Notes: Annotated; b&w; Includes postage stamp

Accession Number: 7955

Call Number: V151/PG-B99-23

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Banff Indian Days

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a panorama of individuals on horseback riding in the Banff Indian Days parade.

Date Range: 1904-1908

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 364a

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M10; V701

Sous-Fonds: V701

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 364a

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1904-1908

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Item consists of a panorama of individuals on horseback riding in the Banff Indian Days parade.

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Banff Indian Days; Horses

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 647

Creator: Wilson, Tom

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a panorama of individuals on horseback riding down a dirt road in the Banff Indian Days parade with dogs following.

Date Range: 1904-1908

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 364b

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M10; V701

Sous-Fonds: V701

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 364b

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1904-1908

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Item consists of a panorama of individuals on horseback riding down a dirt road in the Banff Indian Days parade with dogs following.

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Banff Indian Days; Horses

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 648

Creator: Wilson, Tom

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a group of unknown individuals, some in regalia, gathered at Banff Indian Days.

Date Range: 1904-1908

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 365

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M10; V701

Sous-Fonds: V701

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 365

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1904-1908

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Item consists of a group of unknown individuals, some in regalia, gathered at Banff Indian Days.

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Banff Indian Days

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 649

Creator: Wilson, Tom

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a group of unknown individuals stood between two tipis at Banff Indian Days.

Date Range: 1904-1908

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 366

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M10; V701

Sous-Fonds: V701

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 366

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1904-1908

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Item consists of a group of unknown individuals stood between two tipis at Banff Indian Days.

Subject Access: Teepees; Banff Indian Days

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 650

Creator: Wilson, Tom

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days parade

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a panorama of individuals on horseback riding down Banff Avenue for the Banff Indian Days parade.

Date Range: 1904-1908

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 362b

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M10; V701

Sous-Fonds: V701

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 362b

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1904-1908

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Item consists of a panorama of individuals on horseback riding down Banff Avenue for the Banff Indian Days parade.

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Banff Indian Days; Horses

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 645

Creator: Wilson, Tom

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days parade

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of individuals in regalia on horseback surrounded by a crowd at the Banff Springs Hotel for the Banff Indian Days parade.

Date Range: 1904-1908

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 370

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M10; V701

Sous-Fonds: V701

Reference Code: V701 / LC - 370

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1904-1908

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Item consists of individuals in regalia on horseback surrounded by a crowd at the Banff Springs Hotel for the Banff Indian Days parade.

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Banff Indian Days

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 654

Creator: Wilson, Tom

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Status: Processed

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[Banff Indian Days parade]|[with Mrs. Hector Crawler at head of group]

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Medium: Library - Postcard

Published Date: [ca.1909]

Author: Harmon, Byron

Call Number: V683/PA

1 image

Author: Harmon, Byron

Responsibility: Byron Harmon

Published Date: [ca.1909]

Medium: Library - Postcard

Call Number: V683/PA

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Bankhead Mine Site and Operations

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the mine at Bankhead, its buildings and operations.

Date Range: [ca. 1906]

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 220 to 234, 490, 491

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

17 images

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V48

Series: I.A. Negatives : Film

Sous-Fonds: V48

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 220 to 234, 490, 491

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1906]

Physical Description: 17 photographs : negatives, film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the mine at Bankhead, its buildings and operations.

Notes: Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 220 Mine office at Bankhead; 221 View of Bankhead town site; 222 Construction of mine building; 223 Carpenters at Bankhead eating lunch; 224 to 226 Breaker at Bankhead Mines; 227 Breaker, mine buildings and spurline; 228 Men on steam motors at Bankhead Mines; 229, 230 Turbines in power plant; 231 Interior of power plant; 232, 233 Interior of miners' washhouse; 234 Mess hall; 490 Interior of miners' washroom at Bankhead mines; 491 [Blacksmith at work with child looking on, Bankhead?]