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Oversized holiday greeting cards

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 10 oversized holiday greeting cards, including one from Annie Whitaker with personal message on the back, one from The Standard Shoe Store in Banff, 6 from Stovel Company Limited and two sent to Eleanor Luxton from "Bill". Cards include lithograph images and printed paper copies of…

Date Range: [1895-1910]; [1925-1930]; [1945-1960]; 1946; 1956

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / 21

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Other material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / 21

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Photograph print

Responsibility: Art used in cards produced by Adrian Hill, Nicholas Hornyansky and Walter J. Phillips

Date Range: [1895-1910]; [1925-1930]; [1945-1960]; 1946; 1956

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of 10 oversized holiday greeting cards, including one from Annie Whitaker with personal message on the back, one from The Standard Shoe Store in Banff, 6 from Stovel Company Limited and two sent to Eleanor Luxton from "Bill". Cards include lithograph images and printed paper copies of art depicting Shakespeare's house in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England; landscapes and scenic waterfront views; and holiday-themed art designs. Two items in file are accompanied by original mailing envelopes addressed to Eleanor Luxton, 1956.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Whitaker, Annie

Subject Access: Art; Artist; Christmas; Businesses; Family and personal life; Holidays

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Manitoba; Winnipeg

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Annotated item stored in mylar to prevent possible ink transfer onto other archival materials

Category: Arts; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Item signed by Annie Whitaker has maker's label attached to back, reads "John O'Groats Artcraft Made in England"

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal correspondence and community events

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 12 Christmas and holiday cards, 4 letters, one postcard and 4 invitations sent to the Kidney family; 1 blank postcard; an inscribed wedding napkin; 2 news clippings and one scanned article from the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald; a pamphlet for Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; two hand-wr…

Date Range: 1946; [ca. 1950]; 1952; 1955; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1965]; 1961; 1963 - 1965; 1967; 1968

Reference Code: M74 / IV / C / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Private record; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / IV / C : 1946 - 1970

Accession Number: 3109; 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / IV / C / 1

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Private record; Newspaper clipping

Responsibility: Some items published by the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald

Date Range: 1946; [ca. 1950]; 1952; 1955; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1965]; 1961; 1963 - 1965; 1967; 1968

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of 12 Christmas and holiday cards, 4 letters, one postcard and 4 invitations sent to the Kidney family; 1 blank postcard; an inscribed wedding napkin; 2 news clippings and one scanned article from the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald; a pamphlet for Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; two hand-written recipes; 8 notes, poems and other writings; and 4 event programmes. Content pertains to family and friends of the Kidneys (including the Hobkirk family, Mona and Gordon Houghton, the Meeker family, Tom Lonsdale, and Catharine Whyte), community events in Banff (including an open house at the Summit Tea House on Sulphur Mountain, the 25th anniversary of the Rundle Memorial Church and the opening of the Mineral Springs Hospital), local marriages, Mac's Sport Shop in Banff, correspondence between Maud Kidney and other former members of the Girls' Sunshine Flower Club, and Canadian centennial celebrations.

Name Access: Kidney, Maude; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Whyte, Catharine; Lonsdale, Tom; Houghton, Mona; Houghton, Gordon

Subject Access: Community events; Community life; Christmas; Anniversary; Rundle Memorial United Church; Mineral Springs Hospital; Girls Flower Club Banff; Newspaper

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Mount Rundle; Calgary

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Seasons Greetings card

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a Seasons Greetings card depicting a photogrpah of Mount Assiniboine and signed "sincerely, Elizabeth" at the bottom

Date Range: [ca. 1929-1972]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 80

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 80

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1929-1972]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a Seasons Greetings card depicting a photogrpah of Mount Assiniboine and signed "sincerely, Elizabeth" at the bottom

Name Access: Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie

Subject Access: Christmas; Mount Assiniboine

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Season's Greetings card

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a Season's Greetings card featuring four children - five names are written in blue ink at the bottom of the card

Date Range: [ca. 1961-1969]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 1248

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 1248

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1961-1969]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; col..

Scope & Content: Image of a Season's Greetings card featuring four children - five names are written in blue ink at the bottom of the card

Subject Access: Children; Christmas; Holidays

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Talks, Research, and Papers

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 12 cm of textual records, 21 x 35 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean Hembroff MacDonald's various talks, research and notes, and papers that she delivered and wrote of the course of her career. File includes related correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to individual …

Date Range: ca.1938-ca.1992; 1938; 1940; 1956; 1960; 1970-1980; 1977; 1983; 1992

Reference Code: M573 / I / 3-15

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Private record; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M573 / V797 / S60

Series: M573 / I : Personal Papers

Sous-Fonds: M573

Accession Number: 2019.111

Reference Code: M573 / I / 3-15

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Private record; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: ca.1938-ca.1992; 1938; 1940; 1956; 1960; 1970-1980; 1977; 1983; 1992

Physical Description: 13 cm of textual records (21 x 35 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 12 cm of textual records, 21 x 35 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean Hembroff MacDonald's various talks, research and notes, and papers that she delivered and wrote of the course of her career. File includes related correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to individual topics.; File includes the following titles:; The West Indies, 1938; Wake Up and Live, April 29, 1940; June Magic or Wake Up and Live, 1956; Girl Guides of Canada, 1960; England, ca.1970-1980; The Chambered Nautilus, 1977; Robert Louis Stevenson, October 1977; Tales Historical and Hysterical, May 14, 1983 (given at the Manitoba Historical Society for their annual meeting); A Christmas Story, 1992 (copy of a transcript of Jean's story she recorded at the CBC); Rose Fyleman and "Winnipeg at Christmas" (no date); Ireland (including correspondence with Arthur Stringer, poet and author); Awareness (no date); Mary Kennedy (no date)

Notes: Talks were given to organizations like Kiwanis or Rotary, Eaton's, Canadian Women's Club, CBC, and various historical societies and churches.

Name Access: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean

Subject Access: Public Speaking; Arts; Christmas; Community life; History; Lecture; Poets; Professional and Personal Life; Research; Travel; Women; Girl Guides of Canada

Geographic Access: Manitoba; Winnipeg; Canada; West Indies; Europe

Language: English

Related Material: M573 / I / 12 is related to V60.

Creator: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel and Christmas holidays

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to family and friends of Eleanor Luxton, local events and travel, including: the movement of a large totem pole [possibly one which was displayed outside of the Banff Park Museum]; local children's school portraits; Christmas celebrations in the Luxton home; …

Date Range: [1930-1974]

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 352 to 387

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 352 to 387

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [1930-1974]

Physical Description: 36 photographs : b&w and col. ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to family and friends of Eleanor Luxton, local events and travel, including: the movement of a large totem pole [possibly one which was displayed outside of the Banff Park Museum]; local children's school portraits; Christmas celebrations in the Luxton home; landscape views and monuments in the Canadian Rockies; a memorial concert in Miami [1955]; and a cruise ship [in Hawaii?].

Notes: One photograph of Eleanor Luxton posing with an RCMP officer was removed for scanning in 2009; file contains scanned copy, original photograph is not in file.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Christmas; Holidays; Ceremony; Public events; Children; School; Education; Travel; Landscapes; Cruise ships

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; United States of America; Florida; Miami

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored in mylar

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Wildlife, CPR and Christmas 1966 Photographs

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 11 colour and 2 b&w prints, various sizes (approx. 4x5 in. and smaller). Content pertains to CPR train images, Canadian wildlife, and Christmas tree photographs by Nicholas Morant. Prints in this file were originally stored in white envelope labelled 'Pixs to be Ordered' (annotated…

Date Range: [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1962; 1968

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 676 to 688

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / II / C / 5 : Professional Photography

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 676 to 688

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1962; 1968

Physical Description: 13 Photographs: prints; colour and b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 11 colour and 2 b&w prints, various sizes (approx. 4x5 in. and smaller). Content pertains to CPR train images, Canadian wildlife, and Christmas tree photographs by Nicholas Morant. Prints in this file were originally stored in white envelope labelled 'Pixs to be Ordered' (annotated by Nicholas Morant).

Storage Range: In file box V500 / II / C / 5 / PA - 649 to 688 and V500 / II / C / 5 / PA Oversize - 1 to 4

Subject Access: Trains; Canadian Pacific Railway; Wildlife; Christmas

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta

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

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

Language: English

Conservation: Prints with ink or other risky materials attached need to be stored in mylar to protect adjacent items. File must be stored in appropriate conditions.

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Woodworth family photographs, clubs and societies

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 21 photographs including 2 which are printed on postcard paper and 2 in personalized greeting cards. Content pertains to the Woodworth family house in Banff [ca. 1900], holiday greetings from family friends, a snowshoe race on the Bow River [1912], "wagoneer" Jim Stewart with a gov…

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; 1910 - 1912; [ca. 1925]; [ca. 1955 - ca. 1960]; [ca. 1970]

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 29 to 47

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

6 images

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 29 to 47

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Two photographs produced by Byron Harmon

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; 1910 - 1912; [ca. 1925]; [ca. 1955 - ca. 1960]; [ca. 1970]

Physical Description: 21 photographs: b&w and col. prints ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 21 photographs including 2 which are printed on postcard paper and 2 in personalized greeting cards. Content pertains to the Woodworth family house in Banff [ca. 1900], holiday greetings from family friends, a snowshoe race on the Bow River [1912], "wagoneer" Jim Stewart with a government water wagon, Joe Woodworth and Jo Wardell with family on a trip to Oakville, Ontario, Maud Woodworth Kidney as a teenager and ca. 1970 with her son Jack, a lunch party, a Christmas party, events hosted by the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and the Order of the Eastern Star, a community play from 1911, the first CPR Depot [1908], ski jumping in Banff, the Banff Royal Canadian Legion war memorial cenotaph, and other community events involving the Kidney family.

Notes: File contains some duplicates; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.