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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?]

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott

Subject Access: Bankhead; Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Landscapes; Mine; Mining

Geographic Access: Bankhead; 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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Barnes Family

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs of the Barnes family prior to their move to Banff

Date Range: [ca.1905-1910]

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 1 to 8, 494

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

8 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 - 1 to 8, 494

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1905-1910]

Physical Description: 9 photographs : negatives, film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs of the Barnes family prior to their move to Banff

Notes: LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 1 Family on porch of house, [North Dakota?]; 2 Farm buildings, [Barnes farm, North Dakota?]; 3, 4 Children in front of school, [North Dakota?]; 5 Soo Line boxcar with man and colt in door; 6 Street scene of prairie town; 7 Royal Hotel; 8 Moose Jaw railway station; 494 Elliott or "Fred" Rupert Barnes on deer hunt, [North Dakota?]

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott

Subject Access: Buildings; Cityscape; Family; Family and personal life; Hunting; Landscapes; Transportation; Trains

Geographic Access: Moose Jaw; Saskatchewan; North Dakota; 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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Barnes Family in Banff

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to Barnes family in Banff.

Date Range: 1906-1907

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 91 to 134

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

44 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 - 91 to 134

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: 1906-1907

Physical Description: 44 photographs : negatives, film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to Barnes family in Banff.

Notes: Most identifications provided by the Barnes family LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 91 to 93 Mrs. Elliott Barnes, Elliott Jr. and Robert Barnes on Tunnel Mountain, 1906; 94 Barnes family home in Banff; 95 Robert Barnes in yard of Barnes family home in Banff, [1906?]; 96 Findlay Barnes in yard of [Barnes family home in Banff?], [1907?]; 97 to 99 Findlay Barnes in yard, [1907?]; 100 Findlay Barnes, [1907?]; 101, 102 Elliott Jr. and Robert Barnes looking at photographs under Christmas tree, [1907?]; 103 Robert, Elliott and Elliott Jr. Barnes looking at book, [1907?]; 104 [Elliott and Robert Barnes?] being pulled in toboggan by dog, [1907?]; 105 to 110 Children and baby; 111 to 113 Mrs. Barnes and Findlay Barnes, [1906?]; 114 Man and baby.; 115 to 118 Baby; 119 Findlay Barnes and Mrs. Mumford (midwife), [1907?]; 120 to 123 Findlay Barnes using stereo viewer, [1907?]; 124 [Elliott Jr., Robert, Ethel, Lois & Janet Barnes on Stoney Squaw, 1907?]; 125 [Elliott Jr., Ethel, Lois, Janet & Robert Barnes picking wildflowers on Stoney Squaw, 1907?]; 126 to 128 Children choosing Christmas tree, [1906?]; 129 Women in Banff, [on Muskrat Street?, 1906?]; 130 to 134 Barnes family boating on Willow Creek, 1907

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott

Subject Access: Activities; Boats; Boating; Children; Family; Family and personal life; Home; Photography; 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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Bear Hunting Trip

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a bear hunting trip on the Columbia River, B. C.

Date Range: 1906

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 235 to 259

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 - 235 to 259

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: 1906

Physical Description: 25 photographs : negatives, film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a bear hunting trip on the Columbia River, B. C.

Notes: Identifications provided by Barnes family and Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 235 Man looking at Columbia River during spring bear hunt; 236, 237 Men lining boat on river; 238 to 240 Men portaging boat; 241 Boating on unidentified lake; 242 Man launching boat on unidentified lake; 243 Men in boats on Columbia River; 244 Rapids on Columbia River; 245 River scene; 246 Rapids on Columbia River; 247 Men in boats on Columbia River; 248 Men loading boats; 249 Men launching boat; 250 Man lining boat through rapids; 251 Lake; 252 Rapids on the Columbia River; 253 Man in canoe on Columbia River; 254 Men unloading boat on Columbia River; 255 Emerson Hough posing with bear skin; 256 to 259 Elliott Barnes with bear skins; 259 Hunter fording river

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott

Subject Access: Bear; Boats; Hunting; Mountains; River

Geographic Access: Columbia River; Revelstoke; British Columbia; Canada

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword)

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of side profile of Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword).

Date Range: [ca.1930]

Reference Code: V408 / PS 24-041

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V408

Series: I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V408

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V408 / PS 24-041

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1930]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : transparencies

Scope & Content: Item consists of side profile of Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword).

Name Access: Kaquitts, Benjamin; McCowan, Dan

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Recognizing Relations Collection; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: Glenbow number: NA 7 158 Title: Ben Coquitts (Kaquitts?), Stoney, 1930 (source: Mary McCowan)

Creator: McCowan, Dan

Title Source: Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.; The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.; .

Processing Status: Processed

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Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword), Stoney Nakoda

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of close-up of Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword) in regalia.

Date Range: [ca.1930]

Reference Code: V408/PS 24-035

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V408

Series: I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V408

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V408/PS 24-035

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1930]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : transparencies

Scope & Content: Item consists of close-up of Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword) in regalia.

Name Access: Kaquitts, Benjamin; McCowan, Dan

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

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: Glenbow image: NA 714 42 Title: Ben Kaquitts, Stoney 1930 (source: Lux Museum)

Creator: McCowan, Dan

Title Source: Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.; The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.; .

Content Details: Ben Kaquitts is father to George Kaquitts

Processing Status: Processed

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Betsey Twoyoungmen, Stoney Nakoda

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: [Betsey Twoyoungmen, Stoney Nakoda]*

Date Range: [ca.1930]

Reference Code: V408 / PS 24-009

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V408

Series: I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V408

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V408 / PS 24-009

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1930]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : transparencies

Scope & Content: [Betsey Twoyoungmen, Stoney Nakoda]*

Name Access: McCowan, Dan; Twoyoungmen, Betsey

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Recognizing Relations Collection; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: Glenbow: NA 714 59 Title: Stoney woman and child ( in remarks is written that woman's name is 'Jessie')(source: Lux museum)

Creator: McCowan, Dan

Title Source: Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.; The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.

Processing Status: Processed

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Boy holding feather fan

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: [Boy holding feather fan]

Date Range: [ca.1930]

Reference Code: V408 / PS 24-089

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V408

Series: I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V408

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V408 / PS 24-089

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1930]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : transparencies

Scope & Content: [Boy holding feather fan]

Name Access: McCowan, Dan

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Recognizing Relations Collection; Stoney; Stoney Nakoda

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: Glenbow number: NA 714 152 Title: Stoney boy, n.d. (source: Luxton museum)

Creator: McCowan, Dan

Title Source: This image was part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken from 2014-2023 to name Indigenous people in photographs held by the Whyte Museum Archives. Identifications were not possible.

Processing Status: Processed

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Bridge at Spuzzum, Fraser River / W.S.V.Jr.

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Hand-coloured by Mary M. Vaux

Date Range: [between 1900 and 1906]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 3

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 3

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1900 and 1906]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Hand-coloured by Mary M. Vaux

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: William S. Vaux Jr. (Philadelphia USA)

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Camp at Banff Indian Days

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of camp at Banff Indian Days with child and a dog in front of tipis

Date Range: 1945-1950

Reference Code: V683 / III / B / NS - 1709

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36; V683; S37

Series: V683 / III

Sous-Fonds: V683

Sub-Series: V683 / III / B : Peter and Catharine Whyte Transparencies

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: V683 / III / B / NS - 1709

GMD: Transparency; Photograph

Parallel Title: Indian camp figures 1945-50

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: 1945-1950

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. transparencies ; 35 mm

Scope & Content: Item consists of camp at Banff Indian Days with child and a dog in front of tipis

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Events; Teepees

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: See file level description

Title Source: Title is based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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[Camp in burnt timber]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: [1907 or 1908]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 155

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 1. Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 155

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [1907 or 1908]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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[Camp in downed timber]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: [1907 or 1908]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 156

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 1. Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 156

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [1907 or 1908]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

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Canadian Pacific Railway Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

14 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number: 5486

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 5486

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Physical Description: 14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm

History / Biographical: The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff. After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.