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Brett family fonds
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- Part Of
- Brett family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds contains six series: I. Robert G. Brett series, 1873-1926, 36 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Personal papers, 1873-1926 (1. Correspondence, 2. Financial papers, 3. Other papers); B. Business papers, 1897-1925, (1. Banff businesses, 2. Businesses outside Banff); C. Professional pap…
- Date Range
- [ca.1860]-1965
- Reference Code
- M1 / V83
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Brett family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M1 V83
- Sous-Fonds
- M1 V83
- Accession Number
- 5, 20, 58, 78, 102, 354, 1164, 1532, 5042, 2022.35
- Reference Code
- M1 / V83
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- [ca.1860]-1965
- Physical Description
- 73 cm of textual records. -- 11 photograph albums (ca.850 prints). -- ca.350 photographs (ca.320 prints, 28 negatives)
- History / Biographical
- Robert George Brett, 1851-1929, was a prominent physician, hotel-hospital owner, businessman and politician Banff, Alberta from 1883 until 1929. Brett was born in Strathroy, Ontario, son of James Brett and Catherine Mallon. He was educated as a physician at the University of Toronto (M.D., 1874), and practiced medicine at Arkona, Ontario. He moved to Winnipeg in 1880, where he helped found the Manitoba Medical College.
- R. G. Brett moved to Banff in 1886, founding the Banff Sanitarium. In 1909 he established the Brett Hospital. Brett also had numerous other businesses and real estate in Banff (including the National Park Drug Store, the Sanitarium Bottling Co., the Bretton Hall Hotel, Lithia Bottling Co.) and elsewhere.
- In 1878, Brett married Louise Theodora Hungerford, 1855-1935, of Waterford, Ontario. Of their five children, only two survived infancy, Reginald H. "Harry", 1879-1925, and Robert Earle, 1887-1912. Earle Brett was survived by Maidie (Stacpole) Brett, whom he married in 1910, and by an infant daughter. Dr. Harry Brett was married to Helen Brett, 1877-1964, who outlived the rest of her family by many years. Associated closely with the Brett family was Dr. Brett's nurse, Annie McLauchlin.
- From 1881 to 1901, R. G. Brett was Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the North-West Territories, and from 1889 to 1891 he was president of the executive council. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta from 1915 to 1925. He died in Calgary.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds contains six series:
- I. Robert G. Brett series, 1873-1926, 36 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Personal papers, 1873-1926 (1. Correspondence, 2. Financial papers, 3. Other papers); B. Business papers, 1897-1925, (1. Banff businesses, 2. Businesses outside Banff); C. Professional papers, 1889-1925 (1. Political correspondence, 2. Official correspondence, 3. Other material);
- II. Louise H. Brett series, [between1855 and 1935], 10 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Writing, betw.1885 and 1935; B. Scrapbooks, ca.1900, ca.1910; C. Diaries and letters, 1912-1925; D. Other, ca.1870-1924.
- III. Reginald H. "Harry" Brett series, ca.1910-1921, 10.5 cm of textual records, print material and photographs. Consists of: A. Personal papers, ca.1910 (1.Scrapbooks, 2. Ephemera); B. Business papers, 1912-1921.
- IV. Helen Brett series, 1925-1965, 4.5 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Correspondence, 1927-1950; B. R. G. Brett estate papers, 1925-1949; C. Financial and business records, 1936-1962; D. Other, 1935-1965.
- V. Brett family series, [ca.1860-ca.1935], consisting of : A. Photographs albums, ca.1860-ca.1910; B. Photographs, ca.1875-ca.1935.
- VI. Other material series, [before 1928], 2 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Annie McLauchlin papers, 1914-1928; B. Other, before 1925.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Health services
- Politics
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- microfilm copies of albums
- Biographical Source Notes
- Earlier version of fonds description.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Byron Harmon fonds
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon. I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- V263
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 263
- Sous-Fonds
- V 263
- Accession Number
- 235, 980, 1549, 1622, 2588, 2656, 2770, 2792, 2895, 3005, 3394, 3423, 3657, 3807, 3824, 3859, 3988, 4028, 4076, 5052, 5181, 5205, 5254, 5381, 6070, 6127, 6587, 6602
- Reference Code
- V263
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Byron Harmon Photos fonds.
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.10,500 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : prints, postcards, negatives, transparencies, motion pictures, sample products
- History / Biographical
- Byron Hill Harmon, 1876-1942, was a professional photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was born near Tacoma, Washington, USA and operated a portrait studio there for a time. In 1903, while travelling around the United States and Canada as an itinerant photographer, he decided to settle in Banff and by 1907 had produced enough mountain views to begin selling a line of postcards. Between 1906 and 1913, Harmon was official photographer for the Alpine Club of Canada and made trips in numerous mountain areas, such as the Bugaboos (1910) and Mount Robson (1911, 1913). Harmon personally financed trips into other areas, such as Tonquin Valley (1918) and Lake of the Hanging Glaciers (1920, 1922), producing both still photographs and motion pictures for commercial sale. After his last major expedition in 1924 across Saskatchewan Glacier, through to Maligne Lake and back to Banff by packtrain, Harmon devoted most of his time to photographing scenes along the railway, skiing in the Assiniboine and Skoki regions, and the annual rides and hikes of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. At the same time he managed several businesses, including a drug store, fountain lunch, theatre and book store. In his later years, Harmon spent much time travelling and photographing in other parts of the world. The business, Byron Harmon Photos, was managed successively by his son, Don Harmon, then his grand-daughter, Carole Harmon.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon.
- I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives to ca.1955; original prints; a wide range of sample products, such as postcards, enlargements and framing prints, calendars and viewbooks, mainly by Harmon business, some by other photographers; and lantern slides, ca.1913-192-, pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, Indians, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway and Asian travel. Scenic / commercial series pertains to annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1907-1913; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks; mountain scenic views, primarily for postcard purposes; Banff events and development; skiing; birds and animals. Includes some material by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, sons of Byron Harmon.
- II. Personal, 189- to 194-, ca.370 items. Includes: family photographs and views received from others; motion picture out-takes pertaining to world travels, 1930s; and 35 mm. transparencies, ca.1940, pertaining mainly to world travels, also mountain and prairie scenics.
- Notes
- For more information on the Byron Harmon photographs, see "Great Days in the Rockies: The Photographs of Byron Harmon, 1906-1934" (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978) or "Byron Harmon, Mountain Photographer" by Carole Harmon and Bart Robinson (Banff: Altitude Publishing, 1992)
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: series description
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Related Material
- Byron Harmon postcards can also be found in the Postcard general file (V466)
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Arthur A. Goodsell Photographs
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- Part Of
- Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 15 b&w negatives, some captioned. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include portrait of Joseph Goodsell in WWI uniform (portrait is a composite…
- Date Range
- 1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
- Reference Code
- V433 / NA - 1 to 15
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 167
- V 433
- Sous-Fonds
- V 433
- Accession Number
- 5720
- Reference Code
- V433 / NA - 1 to 15
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 15 negatives, b&w
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 15 b&w negatives, some captioned. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include portrait of Joseph Goodsell in WWI uniform (portrait is a composite print with a photograph of his infant son Homer Goodsell), Arthur Goodsell in RCMP uniform posed on horse, Florence and Arthur Goodsell with Warren and Elsie Jacobs and son Arlen, Arthur Goodsell posed in winter uniform, Florence (nee Resanson) Goodsell and daughter Florence, Charlotte Goodsell and daughter Lottie, Charlotte Goodsell Yonkey and Charlotte Goodsell posed on bridge, Florence Goodsell with Bobby Street and Joseph Goodsell in Banff (1942), Arthur Goodsell posed wearing sheepskin chaps, Contact prints housed in folder V433/PA - 128 to 158 correspond to negatives as follows: V433/PA - 143 corresponds to V433/NA - 1 V433/PA - 144 corresponds to V433/NA - 2 V433/PA - 145 corresponds to V433/NA - 3 V433/PA - 146 corresponds to V433/NA - 4 V433/PA - 147 corresponds to V433/NA - 5 V433/PA - 148 corresponds to V433/NA - 6 V433/PA - 149 corresponds to V433/NA - 7 V433/PA - 150 corresponds to V433/NA - 8 V433/PA - 151 corresponds to V433/NA - 9 V433/PA - 152 corresponds to V433/NA - 10 V433/PA - 153 corresponds to V433/NA - 11 V433/PA - 154 corresponds to V433/NA - 12 V433/PA - 155 corresponds to V433/NA - 13 V433/PA - 156 corresponds to V433/NA - 14 V433/PA - 157 corresponds to V433/NA - 15
- Name Access
- Goodsell, Arthur A.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Goodsell, Arthur A.
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Original, Copy, and Duplicate Negatives and Positives
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 10 b&w negatives.. The negatives pertain to various scenic views in and around Banff, Yoho, Glacier, and Jasper National Parks; along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway; First Nations and Aboriginal subjects; various birds; Mount Robson area. File consists of composite negat…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1907 to ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / D / 1 / NA - 977 to 986
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
- Negative, copy
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- V263 / II / D / 1: Original, Copy, and Duplicate Negatives and Positives
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / D / 1 / NA - 977 to 986
- Date Range
- [ca. 1907 to ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- Negatives: 10 b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 10 b&w negatives.. The negatives pertain to various scenic views in and around Banff, Yoho, Glacier, and Jasper National Parks; along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway; First Nations and Aboriginal subjects; various birds; Mount Robson area. File consists of composite negatives.
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Glaciers
- Landscapes
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Stoney Nakoda
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material. V263/II/D/1/NA - 977 [Captions on negative: Crowfoot Glacier; Peyto Glacier From Louise-Jasper Highway; MT. Athabasca; Columbia Icefields; Bow Glacier. Bow Lake; Athabasca Falls; Peyto Lake; MT. Chephren. Black and white composite negative. 21cm x 30cm] V263/II/D/1/NA - 978 [Captions on negative: MT. Lefroy Lake Louise; On the Road To Moraine Lake; The Giant Stairway; MT Fay; Pinnacle Peak; Moraine Lake; MT. Temple, Consolation Lake; Summer Snow Storm, Lake Louise. Black and white composite negative. 21cm x 29cm] V263/II/D/1/NA - 979 [Mount Robson from the east; Hell’s Gate in Fraser Canyon; Canadian Pacific Railway Train on Stoney Creek Bridge; unidentified canyon; Spiral Tunnels; Canadian Pacific Train below Mount Stephen. Black and White composite negative. 20cm x 25cm] V263/II/D/1/NA - 980 [Canadian Pacific Railway Train on Stoney Creek Bridge; unidentified canyon; Spiral Tunnels; Canadian Pacific Train below Mount Stephen; Canadian Pacific Railway train in Kicking Horse Canyon; Albert Canyon. Black and white composite negative. 20cm x 25cm] V263/II/D/1/NA - 981 [Captions on negative: Stoney Creek Bridge; 154. Cisco Bridge; 85. MT. Sir Donald; MT. Burgess, Emerald Lake, 167; 135. Lower Spiral Tunnell Field; 228. East Portal, Connaught Tunnell; 54. Mount Stephen Field; At Albert Canyon; 231. Connaught Tunnell; 131. Upper Spiral tunnel; 142. Lower Spiral tunnel; Albert Canyon 76; 217. Kicking Horse Canyon; 219. Kicking Horse Canyon; 166. Takakaw Falls; 90 Hells Gate.; Set No.3. Black and white composite negative. 25.5cm x 27.5cm] V263/II/D/1/NA - 982 [Captions on negative: Bow Valley 246; Banff Village; Goat MTN 51; 40 Government Bath Banff; Bow Falls, Banff; MT. Edith Banff 60; 57. MT Rundle, Banff; 64. Castle MTN, Banff; 48. C.P.R. Hotel and Sulphur MT Banff; Three Sisters, Banff; 262. MT Assiniboine, NR Banff; Lake Minnewanka Banff; 157. Bow River and Goat MTN Banff; 287. Johnson Canyon, Banff; 88 Banff Avenue; 224. Johnson Canyon, Falls; 240. Cascade MTN Banff. Black and white composite negative. 19.5cm x 28cm] V263/II/D/1/NA - 983 [Great Divide Monument. Captions on negative: 108 Lake Louise & Victoria Glacier; 264. Lake Louise; 61.; 106. Giant Stairway; 59. Lake Agnes; 147. On Field Hill; 178. Valley of Ten Peaks; 117. Victoria Glacier and MT Lefroy; 122. MT Lefroy Lake Louise; 72. Moraine Lake; Mount Temple; Lake Louise, Mirror Lake, Lakes in the Clouds, The Beehive, Lake Agnes, 109; 119. Lake Louise, MT Lefroy; 180. Consolation Valley; 149. On Field Hill. Black and white composite negative. 19.8cm x 27.5cm. One aperture missing.] V263/II/D/1/NA - 984 [Captions on negative: Stoney Encampment; Western Indian Squaw; Western Indian Family; 247. Indian Totem Pole; Indian Squaw; Indian Chief; Indian Chief; Western Indian Squaw & Family; Stoney Indian Encampment; Stoney Indian; Indian & Squaw; Indian Children; Bearskin Stoney Indian; Indian Chief; Western Indian Family; Indian Warrior. Black and white composite negative. 25cm x 27.5cm] V263/II/D/1/NA - 985 [Captions on negative: Great Blue Herons; Canadian Duck on Nest; Willow Grouse; Canadian Geese; Canadian Gull; Gulls Nest; 454. Young Pelicans; 456. Blue Heron; 455. Widgeon; Ptarmigan and Young; Duck’s Nest; Snow Ptarmigan; Pelican on Nest; 452. Young Gull; Blue Grouse; 463. Comorant. Black and white composite negative. 25cm x 28cm] V263/II/D/1/NA - 986 [Mount Robson from the east; train crossing Stoney Creek Bridge; Spiral Tunnels; Canadian Pacific Railway train in Kicking Horse Canyon; Hell’s Gate, Fraser Canyon; unidentified canyon; Canadian Pacific Railway train below Mount Stephen; Albert Canyon. Black and white composite negative. 30cm x 25cm]
- Processing Status
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