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Bruno Engler fonds
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provin…
- Date Range
- [ca.1886]-1998, predominant ca.1940-1995
- Reference Code
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 323
- S 40
- V 190
- Sous-Fonds
- M 323
- S 40
- V 190
- Accession Number
- 188, 1300, 2622, 2998, 3468, 3496, 5507, 6200, 6770 (unproc), 7045(unproc), 7436 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M323 / S40 / V190
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1886]-1998, predominant ca.1940-1995
- Physical Description
- ca.31,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca.150 prints). -- 50 motion pictures: 1 original, 8 copies on 3 video cassettes, 41 film reels: 16mm, 35mm. -- 18 sound recordings: audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 5 electronic records: computer diskettes. -- 3 maps. -- 15 cm textual records.
- History / Biographical
- Bruno Engler, 1915-2001, was a mountain guide, ski instructor, photographer and film maker at Banff and Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Engler arrived from Switzerland in 1939 and initially worked as a mountain guide and ski instructor for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sunshine ski area and for Deer Lodge at Lake Louise, Alberta. During the Second World War, he served as a mountain warfare instructor for the Canadian Army. Following the war, Engler worked as a free-lance photographer for the National Film Board and others; as coach of the University of Alberta Ski Team; and as a technical advisor, cameraman and actor for numerous movies made in the Banff area. Throughout his career, Engler worked as a still and motion picture photographer, both for the movie industry and for governments at all levels, as well as operating his own business, Alpine Films of Banff, Alberta.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provincial parks; scenic views of western Canada, particularly mountain landscapes; some portraits and candid shots of local and international personalities. Photographs pertaining to film making include helicopter rescue; highway construction; Norquay, Sunshine, and Lake Louise ski areas' histories; Banff events and buildings; Canmore events and buildings; professional and amateur ski races; scenic mountain and wildlife; mountaineering and highway accidents; mountain guiding trips including Pierre Trudeau, Roland Michener and Peter Lougheed. Fonds consists of four series: Photography, Motion Pictures, Sound Recordings, and Textual records. Photography series consists of four sub-series established by the photographer: I. Old file, 1949-1970; II. Main file, alphabetical A - Z, 1950-1976; III Sunshine file, [1939], 1950-1975; IV. Warden file, 1954-1976.
- Motion pictures on video cassettes are footage of skiing at Sunshine, 1930s; Clifford White films, 1930s, from WMCR Archives collection (V682); "Snow Capers" by Thomas Mead, 1946, includes Engler; "Ski Pro's Holiday" by George Encil, 1950?; "Mount Bulyea" by George Encil, 1950?, includes Engler; "Diary of a Mountain Man," a CBC documentary feature on Bruno Engler broadcast on "20/20" in 1965 (ca.27 minutes); "Great Days in the Rockies" by National Film Board of Canada, 1983; "Mountain Man" by Banff Centre, 1985, re Engler. Original film is "Sunshine 1940" and includes Brewster Transport ski buses travelling from train station to Sunshine Lodge, skiers, guide, lessons, games, rope tow, ski action, slalom, Bruno Engler, other. 16mm and 35mm film reels, 1946-1964 are films produced by the National Film Board.
- Sound recordings, electronic records and and related textual material pertain to interviews with Bruno Engler, 1987, done by Brian Patton and Jon Whyte for Bruno Engler autobiography project. Interviews covered Engler's life, but are not complete to 1987. Transcripts, prepared from recordings by Brenda Goeres, are not verbatim. Audio tape cassettes consist of portions of content of audio tape reels.
- Textual records include corporate records, newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining to film making, cast and crew listings and schedules for various movies, ski racing, mountain guiding trips and ski race listings. Also included is documentation pertaining to film making with producer National Film Board including letters, film stock footage, press releases, and film summaries; maps indicate film location shots for Arctic Rampage.
- Name Access
- Engler, Bruno
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Government
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- electronic finding aid
- Related Material
- Duplicate or further transcripts for sound recordings are found in Jon Whyte fonds (M88).
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Government
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Approach of Night
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.11
- Description
- Landscape watercolour scene with horizontal coloured washes from the bottom up a green to blue to red to a blue/green yellow.
1 image
- Title
- Approach of Night
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper board
- Dimensions
- 11 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Landscape watercolour scene with horizontal coloured washes from the bottom up a green to blue to red to a blue/green yellow.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.11
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Boats in Harbour
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- Date
- c. 1885
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.289
1 image
- Title
- Boats in Harbour
- Date
- c. 1885
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 8 x 19 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.289
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.342
- Description
- A close up of pants and a boot, knee-down.
1 image
- Title
- Boot
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- A close up of pants and a boot, knee-down.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.342
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Bow of Sailing Ship
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- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.274
1 image
- Title
- Bow of Sailing Ship
- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 20 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.274
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Brimsley [Brinsley?] Rough (Tree scene on back)
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.317
- Description
- Front: a rather dark image of trees on the left and buildings on the left. Water runs between the two. brc: Brimsley [Brinsley?] RoughBack: a small dark drawing of a forest with a water or a path running through it.There is some indecipherable writing.
1 image
- Title
- Brimsley [Brinsley?] Rough (Tree scene on back)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- Front: a rather dark image of trees on the left and buildings on the left. Water runs between the two. brc: Brimsley [Brinsley?] RoughBack: a small dark drawing of a forest with a water or a path running through it.There is some indecipherable writing.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.317
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Building and Tree
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- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.516
- Description
- Drawing of a building in the background, framed by trees in the foreground.
1 image
- Title
- Building and Tree
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- Drawing of a building in the background, framed by trees in the foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.516
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Cattle Roundup near Village
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- Date
- c. 1897
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.57
- Description
- A figure on a horse moves from the left side of the image. A town sits in the centre background. The foreground is a grassy field and the upper half of the image is a cloudy sky.
1 image
- Title
- Cattle Roundup near Village
- Date
- c. 1897
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 27 cm
- Description
- A figure on a horse moves from the left side of the image. A town sits in the centre background. The foreground is a grassy field and the upper half of the image is a cloudy sky.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.57
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Chandelier and Pillar, Savoy Hotel
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- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.270
1 image
- Title
- Chandelier and Pillar, Savoy Hotel
- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 20 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.270
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Character Study
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.335
- Description
- At the top are two rough sketches of a man’s head with a hat. Two figures stand in the middle, one is facing away from the viewer, and the other a semi-side view. At the bottom is a man’s profile.
1 image
- Title
- Character Study
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- At the top are two rough sketches of a man’s head with a hat. Two figures stand in the middle, one is facing away from the viewer, and the other a semi-side view. At the bottom is a man’s profile.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.335
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- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.292
- Description
- A series of ten drawings, two of which join together to form one large. All drawings relate together in that they are all on the same place and action of men at work. Originally they were in a folded piece of cardboard entitled Cider Pound.
1 image
- Title
- Cider Pound
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 20 cm
- Description
- A series of ten drawings, two of which join together to form one large. All drawings relate together in that they are all on the same place and action of men at work. Originally they were in a folded piece of cardboard entitled Cider Pound.
- Subject
- men
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.292
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Coastal Village (sailboats in anchor on back)
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.312
- Description
- Front: a smattering of houses are along the curving cliff that runs from the brc out to middle of work. The cliff and sea is to the left.Back: a simple scene of four boats out in the water. Top third of image is sky.Some colours in writing dictating a colour scheme
1 image
- Title
- Coastal Village (sailboats in anchor on back)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Front: a smattering of houses are along the curving cliff that runs from the brc out to middle of work. The cliff and sea is to the left.Back: a simple scene of four boats out in the water. Top third of image is sky.Some colours in writing dictating a colour scheme
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.312
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Couple By Seashore
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.59
- Description
- Two figures walk closely together on a path which leads to the ocean in the upper right side of the image. On both sides the couple is centred by grass and hill landscape.
1 image
- Title
- Couple By Seashore
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Two figures walk closely together on a path which leads to the ocean in the upper right side of the image. On both sides the couple is centred by grass and hill landscape.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.59
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Crowd at Building, Deal
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.338
- Description
- A crowd stands in front of a few buildings. A steeple or tower can be seen to the left.At left is a stamp that reads “The Bungalow, Sandhills, Deal” [Kent]
1 image
- Title
- Crowd at Building, Deal
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A crowd stands in front of a few buildings. A steeple or tower can be seen to the left.At left is a stamp that reads “The Bungalow, Sandhills, Deal” [Kent]
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.338
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.337
- Description
- A crowd mills about.At left is a stamp that reads “The Bungalow, Sandhills, Deal” [Kent]
1 image
- Title
- Crowd at Deal
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- A crowd mills about.At left is a stamp that reads “The Bungalow, Sandhills, Deal” [Kent]
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.337
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Decorative Pillars, Savoy Hotel, London
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- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.269
1 image
- Title
- Decorative Pillars, Savoy Hotel, London
- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 20 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.269
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Field, gate and shed (Rough sketch of buildings on back)
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.318
- Description
- Front: a dilapidated building stand on the right, and a fence runs off into the distance. Most of the left of the image is field. There are buildings and trees on the horizon. Some writing details a colour scheme.Back: a very rough sketch of some cottages and buildings.
1 image
- Title
- Field, gate and shed (Rough sketch of buildings on back)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- Front: a dilapidated building stand on the right, and a fence runs off into the distance. Most of the left of the image is field. There are buildings and trees on the horizon. Some writing details a colour scheme.Back: a very rough sketch of some cottages and buildings.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.318
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Grassy beach by the sea (beach scene on back)
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.313
- Description
- Front: a grassy beach fills the foreground with the sea and some rocks in the background.Back: a sandy beach fills the foreground and runs into the surf. Water starts 1/3 of the way down from top.
1 image
- Title
- Grassy beach by the sea (beach scene on back)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Front: a grassy beach fills the foreground with the sea and some rocks in the background.Back: a sandy beach fills the foreground and runs into the surf. Water starts 1/3 of the way down from top.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.313
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.339
- Description
- A rough drawing of a group of men standing about.
1 image
- Title
- Group of Men
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A rough drawing of a group of men standing about.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.339
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- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.61
- Description
- A road runs up through the right side of the work. A small section of trees sit in the centre, and a house sits on the upper left. The image is dominated by green tones.
1 image
- Title
- Hazy Morn
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- A road runs up through the right side of the work. A small section of trees sit in the centre, and a house sits on the upper left. The image is dominated by green tones.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.61
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