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Browne family fonds

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Part Of: Browne family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists mainly of diary excerpts and transcripts, 1912-1913, 1921-1954; also includes a guest book, 1924-1956, posters, ca.1942, publications relating the story of Belmore Browne Peak, 1992-1993, and photographs, ca.1930, ca.1955, 1991-1992. Diaries are mainly trip diaries pertaining to summ…

Date Range: 1912-1993, predominant 1921-1954

Reference Code: M473 / V39

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Poster; Private record; Published record

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Part Of: Browne family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 473; V 39

Sous-Fonds: M 473; V 39

Accession Number: 3429, 3813, 3863, 3873, 3892, 3901, 3975, 3995, 4007, 4021, 4037, 4039, 5075, 5149, 5220, 6382, 6596, 6741, 6742, 6774

Reference Code: M473 / V39

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Poster; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1912-1993, predominant 1921-1954

Physical Description: 24 cm of textual records. -- 108 photographs : prints, copy negatives, transparencies

History / Biographical: Belmore Browne, d.1954, was a well-known artist who lived and worked at Banff and Seebe, Alberta, Canada and in the United States. Browne and Agnes Evelyn Sibley, 1882-1976, were married in 1913. In 1921, they bought property in Banff for a summer home and with their children, George, 1918-1958, and Evelyn, 1915-1994, travelled extensively throughout the 1920s and 1930s in pursuit of subjects for Belmore Browne's paintings. In 1946, the Brownes built a home near Seebe. Agnes Browne was a diarist for the family and much of her extensive writing centres around the career of Belmore Browne. Her daughter Evelyn consolidated the diaries in the 1980s. George Browne was also an artist.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists mainly of diary excerpts and transcripts, 1912-1913, 1921-1954; also includes a guest book, 1924-1956, posters, ca.1942, publications relating the story of Belmore Browne Peak, 1992-1993, and photographs, ca.1930, ca.1955, 1991-1992.; Diaries are mainly trip diaries pertaining to summer travels and family life in the Canadian Rockies, 1921-1933. Included are trips to Red Earth Creek, Skoki, Mystic Lake, Sawback Lake, Red Deer Valley, Hector Lake, Bow Lake, Kananaskis Valley, Cascade and Panther rivers, Elbow Pass, and other locations. Other diaries cover the years 1943 to 1954, years partly spent at Seebe until Belmore Browne's death. Diary copies and typescripts have been annotated by Evelyn Browne.; Posters on alpine and wilderness survival, ca.1942, were done by Belmore Browne for the American military's Arctic Training Program.; Photographs are mainly photographic copies of paintings by Belmore and George Browne produced by Peter A. Juley & Son, Photographers of Fine Arts, New York, ca.1955, 79 items. Other photographs pertain to Belmore Browne and the Browne family, their Banff home and painting activities, ca.1930; the site of Belmore Browne plaque on Browne Peak, rediscovered and photographed by Tony and Gillean Daffern in September 1991, and dedication of the Belmore Browne plaque, 1992.; Official correspondence pertaining to the naming of Belmore Browne Peak, 1989-1993, is available in document file.

Name Access: Browne, Belmore; Browne, George

Subject Access: Arts; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: Reference use only; Other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; file list and index

Creator: Browne, Belmore

Category: Arts; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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William J. Ross fonds

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Part Of: William J. Ross fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of manuscripts by William J. Ross pertaining to George M. Dawson, 6 items; David Thompson, 1 item; and, Jim Boyce, 1 item. Photographs are of nature paintings by George Browne and are annotated by him. Print item is calendar art of painting by George Browne; from Texaco calendar, 195…

Date Range: [ca.1940]-1991

Reference Code: M537 / V72

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: William J. Ross fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 537; V 72

Sous-Fonds: M 537; V 72

Accession Number: 5499, 5859, 5882, 5944, 6001, 6061, 6336

Reference Code: M537 / V72

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Responsibility: Photographs are attributed to George Browne

Date Range: [ca.1940]-1991

Physical Description: 8 textual records. -- 14 photographs : prints. -- 1 print material item.

History / Biographical: William J. (Bill) Ross, 1914-1992, lived at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was a long-time friend of Jim and Dorothy Boyce and was associated with George Browne through mutual membership in the Calgary Fish and Game Association. Ross took up historical research and writing after his retirement.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of manuscripts by William J. Ross pertaining to George M. Dawson, 6 items; David Thompson, 1 item; and, Jim Boyce, 1 item. Photographs are of nature paintings by George Browne and are annotated by him. Print item is calendar art of painting by George Browne; from Texaco calendar, 1952; accompanied by mailing envelope from Browne to Ross, 1951.

Name Access: Boyce, Jim; Browne, George; Dawson, George M.; Ross, William J.; Thompson, David

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel

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

Language: Language is English

Creator: Ross, William J.

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Animalia Capillary

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1988

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.21

Description: Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Animalia Capillary

Date: 1988

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 37.2 x 17.9 cm

Description: Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.

Subject: animals, whimsey

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.21

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Anne and Kent

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.28

Description: Photograph of tree-planters Anne and Kent next to their tent in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Anne and Kent

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of tree-planters Anne and Kent next to their tent in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.28

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Anne in her Van

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.30

Description: Photograph of Anne sitting in her van, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Anne in her Van

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of Anne sitting in her van, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.30

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Banff Springs Famous Painting Copies and Train Poster

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' b…

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]; 1975

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Poster

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.

GMD: Poster

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]; 1975

Physical Description: 3 Posters: colour, b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' by Domenico di Michelino; also train image with faded print effect by Midwestern Rail Association.

Notes: Painting reprint posters were stored together in a cardboard poster tube with the following text labels on the outside: "NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA" "OLD BSH PRINTS. BSH HOTEL - II Bldg." "O.H.M.S. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS BRANCH OTTAWA, CANADA" 'J.C. Campbell, Esq., c/o Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta." (Handwritten): "These prints were originally exquisitely framed for use in rooms, suites and public rooms at the B.S.H." "OLD B.S.H. PRINTS includes PIX of 'II' Hotel" Train poster stored in poster tube labelled "DRAWINGS more to come (1, 2, 3)" with shipping address label: "Reed-Grove Ltd. 2111 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14610" "To Mr. + Mrs. Nichlas (sic) Morant Box 1288, Banff Alberta Canada". Customs label: "PARCEL POST CUSTOMS DECLARATION - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QTY: 1 DETAILED LIST OF CONTENTS: DRAWINGS VALUE (US $): 10 FIRST CLASS"

Name Access: di Michelino, Domenico; Vermeer

Subject Access: Midwestern Rail Association; Trains; Banff Springs Hotel; Arts; Painting

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: Latin

Conservation: Items must be stored flat within acid-free casing to prevent surface damage.

Creator: Unknown

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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The Bird Tree

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1880 – 1900

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.06

Description: ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: The Bird Tree

Date: 1880 – 1900

Dimensions: 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm

Description: ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.

Subject: figure, male; animal; mythological

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.06

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A Bundle of Hemlocks

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.52

Description: Photograph of 25 seedlings placed against a photo backdrop. Photograph taken at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, B.C.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: A Bundle of Hemlocks

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of 25 seedlings placed against a photo backdrop. Photograph taken at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, B.C.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; camp; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.52

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Carole and her sister Josée

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.34

Description: Photograph of two sisters, Carole and Josée with their tree-planting gear in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Carole and her sister Josée

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of two sisters, Carole and Josée with their tree-planting gear in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.34

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Clearcutting with the Tree-Eater

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.15

Description: Photograph of a “tree-eater” machine clear-cutting on a mountainside in the distance. Photograph taken in Pemberton, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Clearcutting with the Tree-Eater

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of a “tree-eater” machine clear-cutting on a mountainside in the distance. Photograph taken in Pemberton, British Columbia.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.15

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Cookshack Bulletin

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.45

Description: Photograph of the Cookshack Bulletin in Princeton, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Cookshack Bulletin

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of the Cookshack Bulletin in Princeton, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; camp; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.45

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Creekbed, Vancouver Island

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.02

Description: Photograph taken of a creekbed on Vancouver Island. Note: This photograph is the top photograph of a vertical diptych.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Creekbed, Vancouver Island

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph taken of a creekbed on Vancouver Island. Note: This photograph is the top photograph of a vertical diptych.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.02

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Creekbed, Vancouver Island

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.03

Description: Photograph taken of a creekbed on Vancouver Island. Note: This photograph is the bottom photograph of a vertical diptych.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Creekbed, Vancouver Island

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph taken of a creekbed on Vancouver Island. Note: This photograph is the bottom photograph of a vertical diptych.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.03

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Cut Stump on Rock

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.14

Description: Close-up photograph of a tree stump growing on a rock. Photograph taken in Bella Coola, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Cut Stump on Rock

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Close-up photograph of a tree stump growing on a rock. Photograph taken in Bella Coola, British Columbia.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.14

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Dave and Tanya

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.36

Description: Photograph of two tree-planters, Dave and Tanya, posing with their gear and shovels in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Dave and Tanya

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of two tree-planters, Dave and Tanya, posing with their gear and shovels in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.36

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Dean and Millie’s Clothesline

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.48

Description: Photograph of Dean and Millie’s clothesline hanging outside of their yellow tent, Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Dean and Millie’s Clothesline

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of Dean and Millie’s clothesline hanging outside of their yellow tent, Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; camp; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.48

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Deb in the Snags

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.22

Description: Photograph of Deb amongst the dead snags of the Ram Fire of 1985, Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Deb in the Snags

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of Deb amongst the dead snags of the Ram Fire of 1985, Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.22

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Dennis

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.35

Description: Photograph of a tree-planter named Dennis wearing a white bandana and yellow gloves. He is posing with his tree bags and shovel. Photograph taken in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Dennis

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of a tree-planter named Dennis wearing a white bandana and yellow gloves. He is posing with his tree bags and shovel. Photograph taken in Invermere, British Columbia.