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David McDougall fonds
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- Part Of
- David McDougall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of six series: 1. Business Correspondence; 2. Cheques, Receipts, Invoices; 3. Personal Documents; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. Blueprints; 6. Painting. Series 1 consists of business related correspondence to various companies, individuals, and two branches of the Canadian Government. Govern…
- Date Range
- 1845-1947
- Reference Code
- M557 / V779
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Painting
- Textual record
- Blueprint
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- David McDougall fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 557
- V 779
- Sous-Fonds
- M557
- V779
- Accession Number
- 2017.8667
- Reference Code
- M557 / V779
- Date Range
- 1845-1947
- Physical Description
- 39cm of textual records. – 1 painting
- History / Biographical
- David McDougall, son of George Millward McDougall and Elizabeth Chantler McDougall, was born on May 14, 1845 in Owen Sound, Ontario. David had four siblings: John, Eliza, Lubby, and Nellie. David married Annie McKenzie in 1871 in Manitoba. Together, they had six children, including their daughter named Georgina (Georgie) Elizabeth McDougall (1872-1965). Georgina was the wife of Norman Luxton and an active member in Banff and the mother of Eleanor Georgina Luxton (1908-1995). David was an early pioneer of Calgary and Banff, who helped build both community life and their economies. While David’s father and brother were both members of the clergy and did missionary work in Morley, Alberta, David become a successful businessman. He established a general merchant store in Morley where he was a dealer in cattle, horses, furs, and curios. In addition to managing his own business block in Calgary, David also owned properties in Edmonton and Calgary. In Banff, David and Annie owned the Mount Royal Hotel for six years until they sold it to Jim Brewster in August 14, 1913. David died in December 6, 1927 and Annie died in 1939.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of six series: 1. Business Correspondence; 2. Cheques, Receipts, Invoices; 3. Personal Documents; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. Blueprints; 6. Painting. Series 1 consists of business related correspondence to various companies, individuals, and two branches of the Canadian Government. Government correspondence pertains to taxes and by-laws for McDougall’s properties. Series 2 contains invoices, receipts, cheques, and bank statements pertaining to McDougall’s business and properties. Series 3 contains personal letters and legal documents. Materials includes handwritten letters, property transactions and proof of ownership on properties. Series 4 contains cheque books, Dominion Travellers’ Hotel Guide, event program featuring Commissioner Coombs and “Safety First Guarantee” slip. Series 5 contains blueprints of Mount Royal Hotel and McDougall business block, Calgary 1911. The last series consist of a painting of George Noble photograph of Banff Ave, 1929.
- Name Access
- McDougall, David
- Subject Access
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Family and personal life
- Government
- Labour
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Law and justice
- Access Restrictions
- No restriction on access. Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply.
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- See Luxton Family fonds
- Creator
- McDougall, David
- Biographical Source Notes
- Luxton, Eleanor G. Latch String Out. Banff: Summerthought Publishing, 2015. “The Morleyville Story.” McDougall Stoney Mission Society. http://www.mcdougallstoneymission.com/docs/The_Morleyvillle_Story.pdf
- Title Source
- Title based on provenance of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Jimmy Simpson family fonds
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- Part Of
- Jimmy Simpson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recording produced by and pertaining to Jimmy Simpson and the Simpson family. Material is arranged in seven series. I. Jimmy Simpson Sr. papers and photographs, ca.1901-1972, ca.74 cm of textual records, 23 photograph albums (ca.2875 prints), 425 tra…
- Date Range
- [ca.1900]-1995
- Reference Code
- M78 / S16 / V577
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Recording disc
- Textual record
- Blueprint
- Drawing
- Painting
- Poster
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Jimmy Simpson family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 78
- S 16
- V 577
- Sous-Fonds
- M 78
- S 16
- V 577
- Accession Number
- 256, 492, 1035, 1160, 1422, 1467, 1484, 1625, 1655, 1668, 1869, 2930, 3006, 5302, 6356, 6599, 6771, 6914, 7217, 7337 (unproc o.s.), 7768 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M78 / S16 / V577
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Recording disc
- Textual record
- Blueprint
- Drawing
- Painting
- Poster
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Other Title Info
- Also known as Jimmy Simpson fonds
- Date Range
- [ca.1900]-1995
- Physical Description
- 2.5 m textual records. -- ca.1605 photographs: ca.755 prints, 410 negatives, ca.430 transparencies. -- 29 photograph albums (ca.3000 prints). -- 1 sound recording: audio disc
- History / Biographical
- Justin James McCarthy (Jimmy) Simpson, 1877-1972, was a trapper, guide and outfitter and lodge owner at Banff and Bow Lake, Alberta, Canada. Born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, Simpson was sent to Canada by his family in 1896. He worked briefly at Laggan (Lake Louise), Alberta for the Canadian Pacific Railway, travelled extensively and returned to the Rockies to work on the trail and trap. By the early 1900s, he was a successful guide and outfitter with Carl Rungius and the Alpine Club of Canada as clients. Starting in 1920, Simpson began building Num-Ti-Jah Lodge at Bow Lake as a base for hunting and climbing parties. Simpson and Williamina (Billie) Ross Reid, 1891-1968, married in 1916 and had three children. The lodge was run mainly by Billie Simpson and in 1945 the business was turned over to Jimmy Simpson Jr., 1922-2003 . Daughters Margaret Simpson, 1917-1941, and Mary Simpson (Hallock), 1919-2002, were internationally-famous figure skaters.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recording produced by and pertaining to Jimmy Simpson and the Simpson family. Material is arranged in seven series.
- I. Jimmy Simpson Sr. papers and photographs, ca.1901-1972, ca.74 cm of textual records, 23 photograph albums (ca.2875 prints), 425 transparencies. Includes business and personal correspondence, business records and subject files, 1903-1972; literary papers, 1912-1972; and other papers, 1903- 1957. Business records pertain mainly to guiding, outfitting and hunting operations. Correspondents include Carl Rungius, J. Monroe Thorington, L. S. Amery, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, William S. Ladd, C. Hart Merriam, Allan Brooks and others; also federal and provincial government departments, Canadian Pacific Railway, etc., regarding hunting, game regulations, park boundaries, licences, permits, horses, etc. Albums pertain mainly to hunting trips, including those with Carl Rungius, Caroline Hinman and McAleenan family, ca.1901-ca.1920, 23 items. Transparencies pertain to McAleenan family trips.
- II. Simpson family papers, photographs and sound recording, ca.1900-1987, ca.1.5 m of textual records, ca.675 photographic prints, 6 photograph albums (ca.460 prints), 410 photographic negatives, 1 sound recording. Textual records include large series of alphabetical files, 1907-1987; correspondence, ca.1910-ca.1985; school records, 1923-1936; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge registers, 1939-1957; other material, 1929-1942. Photographs pertain to Jimmy Simpson and family; friends and guests; lodges and camps, including Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Banff home and community; pack trips; scenic views; other.
- III. Billie Simpson papers, 1913-1968, 6.5 cm of textual records. Includes Billie Simpson correspondence, literary and dramatic papers.
- IV. Simpson Sisters professional papers and photographs, 1929-1955, ca.20 cm and 3 v. of textual material, ca.15 cm of print material, 86 photographic prints. Material pertains to the professional skating career of Margaret Simpson and Mary Simpson.
- V. Mary Simpson Hallock papers, 1960-1955, 1.5 cm of textual records.
- VI. Jimmy Simpson Jr. papers, 1947-1983, 1 cm of textual records.
- VII. Other material, before 1970, 1 cm of textual records and art works.
- Name Access
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Margaret
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- Subject Access
- 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: arrangement outline
- sub-series description
- electronic finding aid
- microfilm copies of albums
- Related Material
- Accompanied by artifacts (Heritage Collections, Whyte Museum)
- Creator
- Simpson, Jimmy (family)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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... et la Montagne conquit l'Homme : histoire du developpement de l'alpinisme
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1931
- Author
- Schwartz, Myrtil
- Publisher
- Paris : Fischbacher
- Call Number
- G510 S383
- Author
- Schwartz, Myrtil
- Publisher
- Paris : Fischbacher
- Published Date
- 1931
- Call Number
- G510 S383
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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20,000 miles : an Englishwoman's impressions in America
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1939
- 1938
- Author
- Tuke, Ada
- Publisher
- Southampton : G.F. Wilson
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Call Number
- 02.3 T81
- Author
- Tuke, Ada
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Publisher
- Southampton : G.F. Wilson
- Published Date
- 1939
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 247p. : facsim., map
- Subjects
- Canada
- Notes
- Rocky Mountains, p.57-59
- Accession Number
- 19500
- Call Number
- 02.3 T81
- Collection
- Archives Library
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50 Switzerlands in one : Banff the beautiful : Canada's national park : where to go and what to see in and around Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8225
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1923
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Call Number
- 02.6 B22l 1923 Pam c.1
- 02.6 B22l 1923 Pam c.2
- Responsibility
- editor and publisher: N.K. Luxton
- [text by H.C. Stovel]
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Published Date
- 1923
- Physical Description
- 80p. : ill., map
- Subjects
- Businesses
- Guidebooks
- Accession Number
- 74
- 1402
- 6585
- Call Number
- 02.6 B22l 1923 Pam c.1
- 02.6 B22l 1923 Pam c.2
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- Archives Library
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60 centuries of skiing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3427
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1935
- Author
- Dudley, Charles M
- Publisher
- Brattleboro (VT) : Stephen Daye
- Call Number
- 01.5 D86
- Author
- Dudley, Charles M
- Publisher
- Brattleboro (VT) : Stephen Daye
- Published Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 207p. : ill., ports
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 400
- 4083 - weeded
- Call Number
- 01.5 D86
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The 1927-1928 Peruvian expedition of the American Geographical Society
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1770
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1929
- Author
- Miller, O.M
- Publisher
- New York : Geographical Review
- Call Number
- F3423 M54
- Author
- Miller, O.M
- Publisher
- New York : Geographical Review
- Published Date
- 1929
- Notes
- From Geographical Review, vol.19
- Call Number
- F3423 M54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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2000 miles of scenic grandeur through the Canadian Rockies : Jasper and the fiords of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7934
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1933
- Call Number
- 02.5 C16tw 1933 Pam
- Responsibility
- Canadian National Railways
- Published Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 22p. : ill
- Accession Number
- 20000
- Call Number
- 02.5 C16tw 1933 Pam
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- Archives Library
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Above Lake O'Hara
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- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.517
1 image
- Title
- Above Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.2 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.517
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Account of Tibet : the travels of Ippolito Desideri of Pistoia...1712-1727 Edited by Filippo de Filippi
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue838
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1937
- Author
- Desideri, Ippolito
- Publisher
- London : Routledge
- Edition
- Rev. ed
- Call Number
- DS785 D4
- Author
- Desideri, Ippolito
- Edition
- Rev. ed
- Publisher
- London : Routledge
- Published Date
- 1937
- Call Number
- DS785 D4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Across Asia's snows and deserts
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1927
- Author
- Morden, William James
- Publisher
- New York : Putnam
- Call Number
- DS785 M67
- Author
- Morden, William James
- Publisher
- New York : Putnam
- Published Date
- 1927
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DS785 M67
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Across Canada : an annotated guide to the country served by the Canadian Pacific Railway and its allied interests : eastbound : part I : Winnipeg and west ; Chicago and west
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6250
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1922
- Call Number
- 08.5 C16ac 1922
- Published Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 84p. : ill., maps
- Notes
- First issued in 1887
- Accession Number
- 20000
- Call Number
- 08.5 C16ac 1922
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- Archives Library
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Across Canada : an annotated guide to the country served by the Canadian Pacific Railway and its allied interests : westbound part 2 : west of Winnipeg, west of Chicago
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3641
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1921
- Author
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Call Number
- 02.4 C16ac
- Author
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Published Date
- 1921
- Physical Description
- p.63-143 : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Accession Number
- 224
- 3174
- Call Number
- 02.4 C16ac
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- Archives Library
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Across Canada and back
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1926?]
- Publisher
- [Montreal? : Canadian Pacific Railway
- Call Number
- 02.4 Ac7t Pam
- Publisher
- [Montreal? : Canadian Pacific Railway
- Published Date
- 1926?]
- Physical Description
- 17p. : ill
- Subjects
- Tours
- Accession Number
- 5742
- Call Number
- 02.4 Ac7t Pam
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- Archives Library
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Across Canada and back
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1928
- Publisher
- [Montreal? : Canadian Pacific Railway]
- Call Number
- 02.4 Ac7t 1928 Pam
- Responsibility
- introduction by Sinclair Laird
- Publisher
- [Montreal? : Canadian Pacific Railway]
- Published Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- 27p. : ill., map
- Subjects
- Tours
- Accession Number
- 22500
- Call Number
- 02.4 Ac7t 1928 Pam
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Across Canada and back, $325.00 : a 21 day tour ... via Canadian Pacific Railway, Monday, July 20, 1925, under the personal direction of Professor Sinclair Laird
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- [1925]
- Publisher
- Montreal : Canadian Pacific Railway
- Call Number
- 08.5 Ac7 Pam
- Publisher
- Montreal : Canadian Pacific Railway
- Published Date
- [1925]
- Physical Description
- 17p. : ill., map
- Subjects
- Tours
- Accession Number
- 18500
- Call Number
- 08.5 Ac7 Pam
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- Archives Library
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Across Canada by way of Canada's great scenic route
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1924
- Call Number
- 02.4 C16cna Pam
- Responsibility
- Canadian National Railways
- Published Date
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 89p. : all ill
- Subjects
- Views
- Accession Number
- 2864
- Call Number
- 02.4 C16cna Pam
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Across Canada by way of Canada's great scenic route
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1925
- Author
- Canadian National Railways
- Call Number
- 02.4 C16acr Pam
- Author
- Canadian National Railways
- Published Date
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 96p : all ill., maps
- Subjects
- Views
- Notes
- Cover title : Scenic Canada
- Accession Number
- 19500
- Call Number
- 02.4 C16acr Pam
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Addresses delivered to the members during the year 1929
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1930
- Author
- Empire Club of Canada
- Publisher
- Toronto : T.H. Best
- Call Number
- 08.2 Em7
- Author
- Empire Club of Canada
- Publisher
- Toronto : T.H. Best
- Published Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- xi, 380p. : port
- Notes
- Partial contents: Robins, E.F. The Peace River Country; Thornton, H.W Problems of the Canadian National Railways; Gibbon, J.M. The music of the people; Dafoe, J.W. Canada's new Northwest development
- Accession Number
- 7000
- Call Number
- 08.2 Em7
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Adventures in Alaska and along the trail
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1928
- Author
- Endicott, Wendell
- Publisher
- New York : Frederick A. Stokes
- Call Number
- 04.2 En2
- Author
- Endicott, Wendell
- Publisher
- New York : Frederick A. Stokes
- Published Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- xvi, 344p. : ill., ports., map
- Subjects
- Devona Siding
- Jasper
- Pack trips
- Notes
- Chapters XII-XIV describe a hunting trip in the northern Rockies, with Jack Brewster as guide
- Accession Number
- 20500
- Call Number
- 04.2 En2
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