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Ron Duke fonds
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government a…
- Date Range
- [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- M175 / V180
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 175
- V 180
- Sous-Fonds
- M 175
- V 180
- Accession Number
- 168, 232, 1572, 1593, 1644, 1868, 2626, 3379, 5772
- Reference Code
- M175 / V180
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Responsibility
- Fonds includes primarily the private business records of Ron Duke, including the work of some predecessors. Images attributed to Bill Jamieson, working in the employ of George Noble, are V180 / II.A.i. through V180 / II.A.vi., and V180 / III.A.- 1 to 51.
- Date Range
- [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.40,000 photographs (ca.38,400 negatives, ca.800 prints, ca.800 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album. -- 3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Ronald Leslie Duke, 1912-1978, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Duke was educated at Calgary, Banff and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. After wartime service with the National Film Board of Canada, Ron Duke returned to Banff, where he worked in the photography business for the next thirty years. Here he formed a link in a business lineage of photographers, including George Noble, and was for a time an employee of Noble's corporate successors. After 1958, Duke worked closely with the Banff School of Fine Arts, photographing productions and providing documentary services. After sustaining considerable damage in a fire which destroyed Banff's Mount Royal Hotel in 1967, Ron Duke's business resumed and, in partnership with George Baracos, continued until retirement in 1975.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government and private construction, commercial and industrial projects, Banff National Park; Banff community life, including Banff Winter Carnival, sports and recreation, Banff High School, Banff activities, places and events; personal and occupational photographs arising from Duke's interest in aeronautics, work with the Canadian Army, World War II, and involvement in the oil industry, 1930s; scenic and landscape photographs. Most pertain to Banff National Park; also Vancouver, British Columbia; Seattle, United States; Turner Valley, Alberta and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
- Textual records include job registers, 2 v.; samples of works orders, price lists, letters, equipment lists, invoices, receipts and technical information, mainly pertaining to business, some personal items; brochures, publications and postcards containing credited or attributed Ron Duke photographs.
- Name Access
- Duke, Ron
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Community life
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Family and personal life
- 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: series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 84 b&w and colour prints depicting assorted activities and events around Banff National Park. Includes pack trips, skiing, backcountry huts [Abbot Pass Hut and Bow Hut], community events, shops, a Canada Day Parade, the Canadian Centennial in 1967, a Royal visit in 1959, chur…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1959-1967]
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / i / PA - 01 to PA - 84
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M175 / V180
- Series
- V.B. Later material / prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / i / PA - 01 to PA - 84
- Date Range
- [ca. 1959-1967]
- Physical Description
- 84 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25.1 x 20.1 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 84 b&w and colour prints depicting assorted activities and events around Banff National Park. Includes pack trips, skiing, backcountry huts [Abbot Pass Hut and Bow Hut], community events, shops, a Canada Day Parade, the Canadian Centennial in 1967, a Royal visit in 1959, churches, school programs, the 1967 Mount Royal Hotel fire, Banff Indian Days, high altitude mountaineering, conferences, boating on the Bow River, and rodeos.
- Subject Access
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Automobiles
- Banff Indian Days
- Boats
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Buildings
- Children
- Churches
- Community events
- Construction
- Fire
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Helicopters
- Hiking
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Huts
- Mines and mineral resources
- Mining
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Pack trains
- Parade
- Portrait
- Rodeo
- Royal tours
- Royal Visit
- Rundle Mountain
- School
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Assiniboine
- British Columbia
- Language
- NA
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff School of Fine Arts
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 101 b&w & colour prints depicting the Banff School of Fine Arts. Includes shots of active shows, production activities, campus buildings, a Scottish Dance competition, and large group portraits.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / v / PA - 01 to PA - 101
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
3 images
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M175 / V180
- Series
- V.B. Later material / prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / v / PA - 01 to PA - 101
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Physical Description
- 101 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25.4 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 101 b&w & colour prints depicting the Banff School of Fine Arts. Includes shots of active shows, production activities, campus buildings, a Scottish Dance competition, and large group portraits.
- Subject Access
- Art
- Artists
- Banff Centre
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Buildings
- Dance
- Music
- Portrait
- School
- Theatre
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- NA
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Commercial & industry work
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 43 b&w & colour prints depicting interior and exterior shots of various buildings around the town of Banff and throughout Alberta. Includes the interiors of the Moore House [specifically the staircase] and the original library [currently the Heritage Gallery of the Whyte Muse…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 43
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M175 / V180
- Series
- V.B. Later material / prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 43
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25.4 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 43 b&w & colour prints depicting interior and exterior shots of various buildings around the town of Banff and throughout Alberta. Includes the interiors of the Moore House [specifically the staircase] and the original library [currently the Heritage Gallery of the Whyte Museum], the Mount Royal Hotel and Banff Avenue [before and after the 1967 fire], a gas station, parked airplanes in Banff and Calgary, the Banff Centre from across the river, the Lake Louise Ski Resort gondola, construction of a chairlift at Norquay Ski Hill, interior and exterior of a hydro-electric dam, oil industry shots & employee portraits, and Dawson Creek's Mile "0" Alaska Highway sign.
- Subject Access
- Airplanes
- Banff townsite
- Banff Centre
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Construction
- Commerce and industry
- Dams
- Gondolas
- Lake Louise Ski Area
- Military
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Photography
- Portrait
- Ski areas
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Dawson Creek
- Language
- NA
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Copies & Misc.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56535
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 18 b&w prints depicting various scenes around Banff National Park, possibly collected by Duke. Includes pack trains, the original pool at the Cave & Basin, group portraits, camps and cabins, portraits [including one of Bill Peyto], Banff Avenue, the Chateau Lake Louise, train…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 18
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M175 / V180
- Series
- V.B. Later material / prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 18
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Physical Description
- 18 photographs : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 18 b&w prints depicting various scenes around Banff National Park, possibly collected by Duke. Includes pack trains, the original pool at the Cave & Basin, group portraits, camps and cabins, portraits [including one of Bill Peyto], Banff Avenue, the Chateau Lake Louise, trains, and various shots of the 1969 Kiwanis Dollar Coin featuring Walking Buffalo [George McLean].
- Name Access
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- McLean, George
- Peyto, Bill
- Subject Access
- Banff townsite
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Camps
- Cave and Basin
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Hotels
- Mountains
- Money
- Pack trains
- Pack trips
- Portrait
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- NA
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Individual, family, & group portraits
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 367 b&w and colour prints depicting group and individual portraits. Includes school yearbook headshots, high school prom/grad group photos, community organization award ceremonies, passport photos, posed studio portraits, weddings, and baby photos.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / iii / PA - 01 to PA - 367 o.s.
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M175 / V180
- Series
- V.B. Later material / prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / iii / PA - 01 to PA - 367 o.s.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Physical Description
- 367 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25.1 x 20.1 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 367 b&w and colour prints depicting group and individual portraits. Includes school yearbook headshots, high school prom/grad group photos, community organization award ceremonies, passport photos, posed studio portraits, weddings, and baby photos.
- Notes
- PA - 364 o.s. to PA - 367 o.s. in oversize
- Name Access
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- McLean, George
- Subject Access
- Banff Elementary School
- Banff High School
- Children
- Community events
- Family and personal life
- Photography
- Portrait
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Weddings
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- NA
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 68 prints depicting scenic views from the areas surrounding the town of Banff and throughout Banff National Park. Includes views of Rundle Mountain from Vermillion Lakes, Cascade Mountain, Lake Louise, aerial shots of mountain ranges, Mount Assiniboine and more. Some prints h…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 68 o.s.
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M175 / V180
- Series
- V.B. Later material / prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 68 o.s.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Physical Description
- 68 photographs : b&w and col. ; 35.4 x 27.8 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 68 prints depicting scenic views from the areas surrounding the town of Banff and throughout Banff National Park. Includes views of Rundle Mountain from Vermillion Lakes, Cascade Mountain, Lake Louise, aerial shots of mountain ranges, Mount Assiniboine and more. Some prints have colour tinting added in post-production.
- Notes
- PA - 56 o.s. to PA - 68 o.s. are oversize.
- Subject Access
- Aerial photography
- Banff National Park
- Banff townsite
- Bow River
- Bow Valley
- Cascade Mountain
- Castle Mountain
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Lake Louise
- Lake Minnewanka
- Landscapes
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Norquay Ski Area
- Mountains
- Photography
- Rundle Mountain
- Scenery
- Skiing
- Tourism
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Assiniboine
- British Columbia
- Language
- NA
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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