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- Bruno Engler fonds 3
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Dan McCowan and Mary McCowan fonds
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series. I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E…
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-1967?]
- Reference Code
- M55 / V408
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 55
- V 408
- Sous-Fonds
- M 55
- V 408
- Accession Number
- 323, 694, 3263, 6756, 6892
- Reference Code
- M55 / V408
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-1967?]
- Physical Description
- ca.50 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.1000 negatives, ca.1540 lantern slides, ca.770 transparencies 35mm, 117 prints). -- 4 graphic records
- History / Biographical
- Dan McCowan, 1882-1956, was a naturalist, lecturer and writer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. McCowan came to Banff from Scotland in 1907. There he met Mary Ethel Fee, 1888-1973, a teacher, and they married in 1921. Mary McCowan shared an interest in Dan's work, hand-coloured his lantern slides and accompanied him on his tours. Dan McCowan was an active photographer and naturalist and lectured at hospitals during and following the First World War. He was later recommended to Sir Edward Beatty, CPR President and hired by the CPR to promote the scenic beauties and natural history of the mountains, which he did for 26 years. For a period his lantern slide presentations included motion pictures. During the 1940s, he used natural colour Kodachrome slide photography. While in England in 1936, McCowan was made a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society. From ca.1907 onwards, he wrote for magazines and newspapers. The first of six books was published in 1936; the last in 1955. Beginning ca.1937, McCowan wrote and broadcast radio talks on natural history on CBC. These were heard widely in Canada and the United States. In 1939, McCowan accompanied the King and Queen on a portion of their railway tour through the mountains, providing information on natural history and residents. During the Second World War, he toured extensively on behalf of the YMCA. The McCowans retired to Cloverdale (now Surrey), B.C., ca.1951.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series.
- I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E. Ephemera.
- Correspondence includes incoming letters re writing, business and broadcasting. Writing is in the form of notes and notebooks, unpublished and published manuscripts, newspaper articles and other materials.
- Photography includes negatives, lantern slides, 35mm transparencies and prints. Material pertains to flora, fauna, people, places and scenery, also family, activities and events. Photographs of Banff personalities and visitors are available in negative and lantern slide form, 254 items.
- Lantern slides were designed for lectures such as: "On skyline trails in the Canadian Rockies"; "On nature trails at Banff and Lake Louise"; "A naturalist in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Snow peaks and flower meadows in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Over the hills and far away: a pictorial review of the Canadian Rockies"; "Victory Day, May 8th 1945, Dan McCowan presents: Bye-gone days in Banff" (exact titles were based on title slides).
- II. Mary E. (Fee) McCowan series consists of diaries, 1926-1957, photocopied from 12 volumes (19 cm); and letters from Dan McCowan, 1943. Diaries discuss joint travels, activities, lecture tours for CPR (Canada, U.S., U.K.), Banff, trail rides, skyline hikes, and Royal Visit, 1939
- Notes
- Both Dan and Mary McCowan have written identifications on the slide mounts
- Name Access
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Mary
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- 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: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- in-house electronic finding aid
- online finding aid
- item list and modern reference prints for photographs of Banff personalities and visitors
- Related Material
- Related by provenance to McCowan family photographs (V407)
- Creator
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Mary
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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James Irving McLeod fonds
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- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes business papers, 1922-1957, including legal documents, 1922-1957, and other papers, 1925-1957; miscellaneous items pertaining to James I. McLeod and the McLeod family, 1955-1980; and photographs, ca.1875-ca.1956. Textual records pertain to McLeod's tour and transport activities and H…
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Reference Code
- M434 / V423
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 434
- V 423
- Sous-Fonds
- M 434
- V 423
- Accession Number
- 276, 2224, 2246, 3325, 3369
- Reference Code
- M434 / V423
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Physical Description
- 6.2 cm of textual records. -- 305 photographs : prints, postcards
- History / Biographical
- James Irving McLeod, 1879-1955, was a businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. After coming to Lake Louise from Ontario in 1906, McLeod cut ice for the hotels there and was a manager for Brewster Transport Co. from ca.1912 until 1920. In 1921, McLeod and William Warren formed Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. which McLeod operated until his retirement in 1946. The firm was operated by his sons, James and Allan, and his sons-in-law, H. H. Waterhouse and R. V. Bray, until amalgamating with Brewster Transport Co. Ltd. in 1957. McLeod also had an interest in the Homestead Hotel. James McLeod was married to Evelyn Davidson McLeod, 1885-1951.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes business papers, 1922-1957, including legal documents, 1922-1957, and other papers, 1925-1957; miscellaneous items pertaining to James I. McLeod and the McLeod family, 1955-1980; and photographs, ca.1875-ca.1956.
- Textual records pertain to McLeod's tour and transport activities and Homestead Hotel, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport operations, late 1940s and early 1950s and successors. Partners, vendors, etc. referred to include R. V. Bray, R. H. Brett, Earl Gammon, J. H. McLeod, D. M. Soole and H. H. Waterhouse.
- Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs.
- Name Access
- McLeod, James Irving
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- 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: arrangement outline
- basic description for photographs
- Creator
- McLeod, James Irving
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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James Irving McLeod photographs
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- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 52 b&w prints, some captioned, some mounted. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include moose with antlers in metal fence, …
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (90 to 141)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 434
- V 423
- Sous-Fonds
- V 423
- Accession Number
- 3369
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (90 to 141)
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 52 prints, b&w, postcards
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 52 b&w prints, some captioned, some mounted. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include moose with antlers in metal fence, unidentified individuals on edge of Lake MacAuthur, unidentified person leading a horse, three unidentified women posed next to gate, children in sleigh and two adults posed in front of cabin, unidentified person filming on boulderfield, four women on horseback, man posed on horseback on a bridge, camp at Lake O'Hara, group on a picnic, ice loading into building, unidenfied individual on horse crossing a bridge, group posed in front of tipi in camp, two women posed with boulders, man leading a horse, group eating at an outdoor table, Miss Halling and Miss Russell at Lake Agnes, ice boat, camp at ice river valley, two women posed with dogs, women posed at the Lake Agnes teahouse, men delivering ice, man posed next to glacier, riders crossing river in Ice River Valley, woman posed with dog on bridge at Lake Louise, unidentified individuals posed on horseback, unidentifiied man posed next to horse team, men posed in front of cabin, group riding on a sleigh, group posed near Takakkaw Falls, Lefroy Glacier, group posed in front of lunch counter, and Corkscrew Drive on Tunnel Mountain.
- Name Access
- McLeod, James Irving
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- McLeod, James Irving
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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James Irving McLeod photographs
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- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 50 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include an unidentified glacier, cows in corrall in winte…
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (142 to 191)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 434
- V 423
- Sous-Fonds
- V 423
- Accession Number
- 3369
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (142 to 191)
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 50 prints, b&w, postcards
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 50 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include an unidentified glacier, cows in corrall in winter, group posed in front of cabin, Takakkaw Falls from above, four staff members at Moraine Lake posed on horseback, two staff members at Moraine Lake with photographer's kodak case, group of men posed on boat, parade on Banff avenue, J.I. McLeod and group posed on porch, J.I. McLeod cutting ice, group making pyramid at Cave and Basin, J.I. McLeod and Evelyn and Emma Rae McLeod, J.I. McLeod posed at 207 Banff Avenue, construction of the Chateau Lake Louise, J.I. McLeod and Jim Brewster posed in camp, J.I. McLeod posed on horseback with group, two women posed on rocks in Banff, Mary Sammuel and Tom Dunsmore, group posed at Banff Indian Days (1911), Chateau Lake Louise, wagons at Banff Indian Days, J.I. McLeod at Lake Agnes with group, men posed with blocks of ice, Evelyn (Davidson) McLeod in carriage, hockey game in Banff, Banff Springs hotel, two individuals posed in front of Laggan Station, J.I. McLeod walking toward firehall and Cascade mountain on Banff avenue, J.I. McLeod in sleigh posed with large group, Mrs. Christina MacLeod, bagpipers in parade on Banff avenue, J.I. and Evelyn McLeod posed in wagon, a group posed behind the King Edward Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise in winter, a horse-drawn bus owned by Rocky Mountain Tours, horse team hauling logs, J.I. McLeod posed on porch on the croner of Lynx and Wolf street.
- Name Access
- McLeod, James Irving
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- McLeod, James Irving
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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James Irving McLeod photographs
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- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 34 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include men at the Cave and Basin, Banff Indian Days para…
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (192 to 225)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Cabinet card
- Postcard
- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 434
- V 423
- Sous-Fonds
- V 423
- Accession Number
- 3369
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (192 to 225)
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 34 prints, b&w, postcards
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 34 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include men at the Cave and Basin, Banff Indian Days parade, J.I. Macleod posed next to horse hauling logs, man on horse crossing a bridge in Paradise valley, a group posed in wagon on Corkscrew Drive on Tunnel mountain, woman in canoe with Rundle Mountain in background, J.I. Macleod posed with other Rocky Mountain tours employees outside the Rocky Mountain Tours garage, unidentified indivuals posed in camp, individual posed with two packhorses, Athabasca Glacier, a group posed for portrait in a machine room, Rocky Mountain Tours building, a portrait of Annie Dunsmore and Evelyn Davidson (Macleod), a Rocky Mountain Tours company touring car at the opening of the Banff - Windermere Highway, Takakkaw Falls, and a woman posed in camp with three horses.
- Name Access
- McLeod, James Irving
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- McLeod, James Irving
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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James Irving McLeod photographs
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- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 38 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include Rocky Mountain tours bus parked next to a waterfa…
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (226 to 263)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Cabinet card
- Postcard
- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 434
- V 423
- Sous-Fonds
- V 423
- Accession Number
- 3369
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (226 to 263)
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 38 prints, b&w, postcards
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 38 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include Rocky Mountain tours bus parked next to a waterfall, Yoho Valley, Burgess Pass and Wapta Peak, Lake Louise, Takakkaw Falls, Lake Louise in winter, Lake MacAuthur, bridge near Chateau Lake Louise, Moraine Lake road, trail to Lakes in the Clouds, Mount Daly and Niles and Daly Glacier, Emerald Lake and Yoho Pass, moose eating bark, moose at buffalo paddock, marmot on a rock, Twin Falls, Laughing Falls, man posed on horseback next to Laggan Station, Mirror Lake, Moraine Lake, Castle Mountain, Seven Sisters falls, big horn sheep, bison at Banff buffalo paddock, bridge over Devil's Canyon near Lake Minnewanka, Emerald Lake and Mount Burgess, Columbia Valley road between Radium and Golden, Mrs. Neales Cottage, Yoho Valley road, Rocky Mountain tour company bus on Yoho Valley road, and Rocky Mountain tour company bus at Sinclair Canyon.
- Name Access
- McLeod, James Irving
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- McLeod, James Irving
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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James Irving McLeod photographs
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- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 32 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include Rocky Mountain Tours busses parked at Banff train…
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (264 to 295)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Cabinet card
- Postcard
- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 434
- V 423
- Sous-Fonds
- V 423
- Accession Number
- 3369
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (264 to 295)
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 32 prints, b&w, postcards
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 32 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include Rocky Mountain Tours busses parked at Banff train station, Rocky Mountain Tours bus on Banff Windermere Highway near Hector Gorge, Rocky Mountain Tours bus on Banff Windermere Highway at Sinclair Canyon, Rocky Mountain Tours bus on Banff Windermere Highway at valley overlook, Rocky Mountain Tours bus parked near Pilot Mountain, Rocky Mountain Tours bus parked to view the Massive Range, Rocky Mountain Tours bus parked at Golden Lodge, Rocky Mountain Tours bus at Bow Falls, Yoho Valley Road, Rocky Mountain Tours bus on Yoho Valley Road, Rocky Mountain Tours bus on road from Calgary, Rocky Mountain Tours bus at Kootenay National Park Gates, Rocky Mountain Tours bus at Lake Louise, Rocky Mountain Tours bus on circle tour (Banff, Yoho, Kootenay) with J.I, Macleod in front seat, Rocky Mountain Tours bus parked in Sinclair Canyon, Rocky Mountain Tours bus at Johnson's Canyon trading post, Rocky Mountain Tours bus parked at the Chateau Lake Louise, Kicking Horse Valley from near Burgess Pass, J.I. Macleod posed wit a group of men at the Cave and Basin pool, Rocky Mountain Tours buses parked outside of the garage.
- Name Access
- McLeod, James Irving
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- McLeod, James Irving
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to ski jumping, Peter Whyte and skiers at Mount Assiniboine; also, snowshoers and snowshoe tracks
- Date Range
- [between ca.1885 and 1948]
- Reference Code
- V408 / PS 36
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
2 images
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V408
- Series
- I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V408
- Reference Code
- V408 / PS 36
- Other Title Info
- Former title: Skiing : [lantern slides, group 102]
- Date Range
- [between ca.1885 and 1948]
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : transparencies
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to ski jumping, Peter Whyte and skiers at Mount Assiniboine; also, snowshoers and snowshoe tracks
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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