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Banff townsite, road trip, Luxton family home, Indigenous families

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photograph prints pertaining to attractions in and near Banff including the Animal Paddock and golfing at Banff Springs; the Luxton family home and garden and a stray dog on the Luxton property; an unidentified Indigenous couple, two individuals and a family posing near teepees [po…

Date Range: [1905-1908]; [1915-1930]; [1935-1940]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 127 to 172

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E4 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 127 to 172

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [1905-1908]; [1915-1930]; [1935-1940]

Physical Description: 46 photographs : b&w prints; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photograph prints pertaining to attractions in and near Banff including the Animal Paddock and golfing at Banff Springs; the Luxton family home and garden and a stray dog on the Luxton property; an unidentified Indigenous couple, two individuals and a family posing near teepees [possibly members of the Stoney Nakoda tribe in Morley]; a road trip to Sinclair Canyon with Norman Luxton and friends; and various scenic views of Banff and surrounding area including Sundance Lodge.

Notes: Photographs are not dated - date ranges provided are estimates by Processing Archivist based on content and format of file contents

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Aerial photography; Animal Paddock; Animals; Dogs; Family and personal life; Landscapes; Land, settlement and immigration; Teepees; Townsite development; Travel; Camping; Public events; Communities; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Morley; Banff National Park

Language: English

Conservation: Items placed in mylar

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First nations; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Early Banff and Woodworth family prints

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of three photograph prints on individual construction paper/thick paper mounts. Content pertains to members of the Woodworth family outside an early homestead in Banff [1886]; the first community picnic in Banff [1888]; and numerous members of the Woodworth family outside their home i…

Date Range: 1886; 1888; [ca. 1905]

Reference Code: V324 / IV / A / PA - 130 to 132

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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 / A : 1886 - 1920

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / IV / A / PA - 130 to 132

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Image of Banff picnic attributed to S. A. Smyth

Date Range: 1886; 1888; [ca. 1905]

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller on paper mount

Scope & Content: File consists of three photograph prints on individual construction paper/thick paper mounts. Content pertains to members of the Woodworth family outside an early homestead in Banff [1886]; the first community picnic in Banff [1888]; and numerous members of the Woodworth family outside their home in Banff [ca. 1905]. Items are annotated with names, dates and other relevant information on paper backings.

Name Access: Kidney, Maude; Woodworth, Adelia; Woodworth, Annie; Woodworth, Ben; Woodworth, Benjamin Frederick; Woodworth, Fred; Woodworth, Percy; Woodworth, Maude; Woodworth, Elizabeth; Woodworth, Mary

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Family; Children; Property; Community events; Settlement; Immigration and homesteading; Picnics and picnicking

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Physical access may be restricted due to poor condition - consult member of staff for assistance.

Language: English

Conservation: Items have been placed in mylar sleeves to prevent further damage

Category: Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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George Paris photographs : [glass negatives]

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Part Of: George Paris fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white glass negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs depict the Banff townsite, winter sports, views from mountain summits, and…

Date Range: 1893-1911

Reference Code: V484 / I / A / NG - 1 to NG - 106

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative; Photograph

106 images

Part Of: George Paris fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V484

Series: V484 / I : Negatives

Sous-Fonds: V484

Sub-Series: V484 / I / A : Glass

Reference Code: V484 / I / A / NG - 1 to NG - 106

GMD: Negative; Photograph

Date Range: 1893-1911

Physical Description: 106 photographs : b&w negatives, glass ; 16.3 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white glass negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs depict the Banff townsite, winter sports, views from mountain summits, and the Sanitarium Hotel.

Notes: Duplicate positive glass slide of NG-101 depicting black bear

Name Access: Paris, Cyril; Paris, George; Paris, Ida; Edwards, Ralph; Brewster, Fern; Graves, Syd Brewster; Roper, Raymond Montague; Brett, Reginald H. (Harry); Lang, Harry; Paris, Herb; Paris, Ted; Ashton, Philip; Paris, Georgina; Galletly, David Drummond

Subject Access: Cave and Basin; Hot Springs; Banff; Banff Spring Hotel; Banff Springs Hotel; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel; Bow River Bridge; Bow River; Mountain; Snowshoes and snowshoeing; Lake Minnewanka; Sanitarium Hotel; Sulphur Mountain; Bow River Boat House; Tunnel Mountain lookout; Hoodoos; Cascade Mountain; Vermillion Lakes; Curling; Boats; Canoes and canoeing; Fishing; Hospital; Skating; Bow Falls; Hockey; Horses; Family and personal life; Family; Dogs; Animal Paddock; Buffalo

Geographic Access: Alberta; Assiniboine; Banff; Banff National Park; Canmore; Devil's Canyon; Lake Minnewanka; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Edith; Mount Rundle

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Title Source: Title based on contents of series and sub-series

Content Details: LIST OF NEGATIVES (V484/NG - 1 to 106):; 1 Interior of cave at Cave and Basin sulphur springs, Banff; 2 Banff Springs Hotel from Tunnel Mountain, [ca.1904]; 3 Cascade Mountain and Bow River bridge, 1904?; 4 Mount Rundle and Bow River bridge, 1904; 5 Group on snowshoes; 6 Banff Springs Hotel and Mount Rundle, 1904?; 7 Sanitarium Hotel after heavy snowfall, 1903; 8 Brett House and Sanitarium Hotel, 1898; 9 Brett House, 1903?; 10 Brett House, 1903; 11 Sulphur Mountain Observatory, 1903; 12 Bow River Boat House at sunset; 13 Grand View Villa at the Upper Hot Springs, 1905; 14 Paris house-under construction on Banff Avenue, 1902; 15 N.W.M.P. barracks at Banff?; 16 Sanitarium Hotel and Bow River bridge, 1908; 17 Ida and Cyril Paris behind buildings at Lake Minnewanka, 1904; 18 [Casey Oliver?] and interior of Brett Drug Store; 19 Brett Drug Store (first drug store in Banff); 20 Charlie Barbour and Miss Thomson in school room, [ca.1905]; 21 Tunnel Mountain, east side, and Bow Valley looking east; 22 Hoodoos on Tunnel Mountain, Banff; 23 Mount Rundle from the Cave and Basin Road, 1900; 24 Cascade Mountain and Bow River after rainstorm, 1902; 25 North face of Mount Rundle from Loop Drive; 26 Mount Edith and the Bow River; 27 Mount Rundle and Forty Mile Creek; 28 Middle hot springs before it caved in, 1898; 29 Mount Rundle and Forty Mile Creek in winter; 30 Vermilion Lake in winter; 31 Taxidermist Bob Robertson with large sheep head; 32 Curling at Banff Front to back: Arthur Saddington, Ralph Edwards, Bill Mather; 33 Group on the porch of the Brett Sanitarium Hotel, 1893; 34 Hartley going over Bow Falls in boat, 1902; 35 George Paris skating on old curling rink, 1901; 36 Ida Paris and Mrs. Hatfield boating on Echo Creek, [ca.1900]; 37 Ida Paris in canoe on Echo Creek ca, 1900; 38 Ida Paris in boat on Forty Mile Creek, 1899; 39 Ida Paris fishing from boat on channel between First and Second Vermilion Lakes (Boulder Creek), 1899; 40 George Paris fishing from boat on channel between First and Second Vermilion Lakes, 1899; 41, 42 Group outside hospital. Front: Fern Brewster, Claude Frost, Vivian Galletly holding Adeline Fulcher, Jack Frost (Brewster), Syd Frost (later Mrs. Syd Graves). Back row: Ethel Fulcher Ronald, Ida Paris holding Cyril, Mrs. William Frost (later Mrs. Bill Brewster), Mrs. Celia (Lowther) Harrison, Mrs. Jim Brewster, 1904; 43 George and Ida Paris, 1903; 44 George Paris skating an Forty Mile Creek, 1905; 45 George Paris snowshoeing on the Bow River, 1901; 46 Bodyguard (Sikhs) of Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V) during Banff visit, 1901; 47 [Three nurses?] and Chinese man [at Brett Hospital?]; 48 Dr. White, [Raymond Rooper?], Dr. R. G. Brett, Mrs. Brett's sister, Mrs. Brett, Harry Brett at the Brett home, [ca.1903]; 49 George Paris skating on the Bow River, 1905; 50 George Paris skating on Willow Creek, 1905; 51 Ida Paris and others in the Basin, 1900; 52 George Paris skating on the Bow River, [ca.1905]; 53 George Paris snowshoeing on Bow Falls, 1902; 54 Nurse McLauchlin and another nurse in Sanitarium Hospital; 55 Sydney Frost (Brewster) (later Mrs. Syd Graves); 56 Dr. White, Marion Cardell, Mrs. Brett, Dr. R. G. Brett, Mrs. Brett's sister, [ca.1903]; 57 Sid Baker on snowshoes; 58 Group at Lake Minnewanka: Ida Paris with Cyril, Mrs. Fulcher with Ronald, Miss Thompson, Charley Barbour, and two girls, 1904; 59 Ida Parts and Cyril, 1904; 60 Hockey game on Banff's first skating rink on the Bow River, 1894; 61 Chinese laundrymen [or cooks?] at the Sanitarium Hotel, [ca.1898]; 62 Raymond Rooper with baby and dog, ca. 1903; 63 Raymond Rooper and Mrs. Donna Rooper, ca. 1903; 64 Ida Paris with Cyril and Nurse McLauchlin, 1904; 65 Ida Paris, Guusie Atkinson, Harry Lang and Harry Symonds with Cyril Paris, 1904; 66 Cyril Paris in baby carriage, 1904; 67 Ida Paris and Kit Storry, 1903; 68 Herb and Ted Parts with nurses, 1911; 69 Ida Paris with kitten Murphy; 70 [Cyril Paris?] in the backyard, 1905?; 71 Nurse Natress and three guests at the Sanitarium Hotel; 72 Mrs. Brett, Dr. White, Marion Cardell, Dr. Brett, and woman, [ca.1903]; 73 Ida Paris and three ladies on horses on top of Sulphur Mountain, 1901; 74 Frank, Cyril (baby), Ida and George Paris, 1905; 75 Ida and Cyril Paris, 1904; 76 Ida and Georgie Paris, 1909; 77 George and Ida Paris with baby Cyril, 1905; 78 Phillip Ashton with Cyril, Ida and Georgie Paris, 1909; 79 Ida and Cyril Paris, 1905; 80 Ida Winberg (Paris), Charlie Barbour, Ruby Bryant during picnic on the river, 1902; 81 Ida Paris with Cyril and Nurse McLauchlin, 1904; 82 Echo Creek, 1899; 83 Camp near Mount Assiniboine during pack trip led by Bill Peyto, 1900; 84 Bow River and boathouse at Banff; 85 Cerulean Lake; 86 The Three Sisters; 87 View of the summit of Mount Rundle showing Sulphur Mountain and the Bow Valley; 88 Devil's Canyon; 89 Basin end bathhouse with D. D. Galletly; 90 View looking west from Banff? after snowstorm, 1906; 91 Old Banff bridge, Banff town site and Cascade Mountain, 1898; 92 View from summit of Mount Rundle, 1898; 93 View from summit of Mount Rundle showing Mount Assiniboine and Sulphur Range, 1899; 94 Falls at Upper Hot Springs, 1898; 95 Mount Rundle reflected in the Bow River; 96 Lime kiln on Tunnel Mountain above Deer Street, 1897; 97 View from Sulphur Mountain showing Banff town site, Cascade Mountain, Tunnel Mountain, and the Bow Valley, 1898; 98 Town of Banff from Tunnel Mountain, [ca.1900]; 99 Cascade Mountain, Bow River bridge and town of Banff, {ca.1900]; 100 View of Banff town site and fire at Bankhead from the Sanitarium Hotel, 1905; 101 Fred Ballard's bear; 102 Dr. Brett's greyhounds; 103 Goats in animal paddocks; 104 Mountain sheep head; 105 Buffalo herd with Mount Rundle in the background, 1901; 106 Buffalo herd, 1900

Processing Status: Processed

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Luxton home views, Tunnel Mountain

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 9 photograph prints [including one postcard print] depicting views of the Luxton family home and property in Banff. Postcard print depicts Tunnel Mountain facing the Luxton home [ca.1910?] with a letter to Norman Luxton from Henry William Leacock[?] [Possibly Walter Heacock] on the…

Date Range: [ca.1905-1910]; 1908; [1930-1940]; 1954

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1a / PA - 1 to 9

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

10 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D1 : Personal and family life

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1a / PA - 1 to 9

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Responsibility: Some photos attributed to J. Howard. A. Chapman

Date Range: [ca.1905-1910]; 1908; [1930-1940]; 1954

Physical Description: 9 photographs : b&w prints ; 17 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 9 photograph prints [including one postcard print] depicting views of the Luxton family home and property in Banff. Postcard print depicts Tunnel Mountain facing the Luxton home [ca.1910?] with a letter to Norman Luxton from Henry William Leacock[?] [Possibly Walter Heacock] on the back dated 1954.

Notes: Item LUX/I/D1a/PA-2 possibly produced by George Luxton

Material Details: Item LUX/I/D1a/PA-3 has postage stamp affixed to back side

Name Access: Luxton, George; Luxton, Norman; Leacock, Henry William (Harry)

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Home; Townsite development; Immigration and homesteading; Land use; Settlement; Roads; Mountain; Landscapes

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Tunnel Mountain

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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McDougall family and Old Timers scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook [bindings removed] pertaining to the McDougall family, the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association, the Calgary Stampede and other events within Banff, Morley and Calgary. Contents include newspaper clippings [ca. 1939-1952]; booklets, programmes and fl…

Date Range: 1862; 1885; 1891-1897; 1900; 1905; 1908; 1924; 1939; 1943-1952

Reference Code: LUX / III / C2 / 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Newspaper clipping; Scrapbook

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / C : Extended family

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

Sub-Series: LUX / III / C2 : McDougall and Ross families papers and photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / C2 / 14

GMD: Textual record; Newspaper clipping; Scrapbook

Date Range: 1862; 1885; 1891-1897; 1900; 1905; 1908; 1924; 1939; 1943-1952

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records (scrapbook ; 31 x 36 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook [bindings removed] pertaining to the McDougall family, the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association, the Calgary Stampede and other events within Banff, Morley and Calgary. Contents include newspaper clippings [ca. 1939-1952]; booklets, programmes and flyers for various community events; membership cards; and a scanned copy and one original copy of a journal dated 1862, titled "Rossville Mission Journal 1862". Journal contains early newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to George and John McDougall, and multiple religious missions and settlements located in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Notes: Scrapbook possibly compiled by Georgina Luxton

Name Access: McDougall, Annie; McDougall, David; McDougall, George; McDougall, John; Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association

Subject Access: Community events; Community life; Churches; Calgary Stampede; Family and personal life; Family; History; Immigration and homesteading; Land use; Land, settlement and immigration; Memorial; Membership; Missionaries; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Obituary; Religions; Sports and recreation; Rodeo

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Morley; Calgary; Saskatchewan

Access Restrictions: Journal in fragile condition - scanned copy available for use

Reproduction Restrictions: Journal in fragile condition - scanned copy available for use

Language: English

Conservation: Contents of scrapbook placed in mylar

Category: Family and personal life; First nations; Land, settlement and immigration; Religions; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Natural views, Banff area

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 66 b&w photographs and 4 colour photographs pertaining to natural views in and around Banff. Includes views of the town of Banff from Sulphur Mountain; Banff Springs Hotel; Sinclair Canyon; Marble Canyon; Emerald Lake; Mount Rundle and Tunnel Mountain; Banff Buffalo Paddock; a pack…

Date Range: [ca.1900-1910]; 1902-1910; [1920-1940]; 1930; 1950; 1970

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 35 to 104

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; 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 / PA - 35 to 104

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca.1900-1910]; 1902-1910; [1920-1940]; 1930; 1950; 1970

Physical Description: 70 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 28 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 66 b&w photographs and 4 colour photographs pertaining to natural views in and around Banff. Includes views of the town of Banff from Sulphur Mountain; Banff Springs Hotel; Sinclair Canyon; Marble Canyon; Emerald Lake; Mount Rundle and Tunnel Mountain; Banff Buffalo Paddock; a pack trip; and related views.

Notes: Some items are annotated

Subject Access: Environment; Travel; Mountains; Landscapes; Animals; Buffalo; Moose; Elk; Animal Paddock; Horses; Pack trips

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Marble Canyon; Mount Rundle; Sulphur Mountain; Tunnel Mountain; British Columbia; Sinclair Canyon

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Some items stored in mylar

Category: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Wildlife

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to animals in the wild and in the Banff Animal Paddocks.

Date Range: [ca. 1905-1914]

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 419 to 470

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

52 images

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V48

Series: I.A. Negatives : Film

Sous-Fonds: V48

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 419 to 470

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1905-1914]

Physical Description: 52 photographs : negatives, film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to animals in the wild and in the Banff Animal Paddocks.

Notes: Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 419 Stumps of trees cut by beaver; 420, 421 Beaver dam; 422 Coyote lying in bush; 423 Coyote; 424 to 426 Mountain goat, [1906?]; 427 to 430 Cougar in Banff Zoo, [1907?]; 431 Mounted specimen of cougar attacking deer, Luxton's Sign of the Goat Curio store, [1907?]; 432 Moose feeding on tree; 433, 434 Moose; 435 Moose feeding on branches; 436 Buckdeer; 437 Deer; 438 Elk; 439 to 441 Bull elk; 442 Elk; 443 to 445 Banff Animal Paddock, [1906?]: elk herd; 446 to 448 Banff Animal Paddock, [1906?]: antelope; 449 to 465 Banff Animal Paddock, [1906?]: buffalo, incl. Sir Donald? (451, 454, 455, 458, 459, 462) and buffalo fighting (463, 465); 466, 467 Canada Jay; 468 to 470 [Sharptail Grouse?]