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Earle Birney fonds
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- Part Of
- Earle Birney fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of Earle Birney textual records, 1896-1971, n.d.; recordings of Birney reading his works, 1967, 1982; and portraits of Birney, ca.1967. Textual records are excerpts from the Earle Birney papers pertaining to Banff and the Canadian Rockies; including correspondence, 1918-1924, biogra…
- Date Range
- 1896-1982
- Reference Code
- M201 / S31 / V67
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Recording disc
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Earle Birney fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 201
- S 31
- V 67
- Sous-Fonds
- M 201
- S 31
- V 67
- Accession Number
- 167, 552, 1226, 3603
- Reference Code
- M201 / S31 / V67
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Recording disc
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1896-1982
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records. -- 2 sound recordings : audio discs. -- 4 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- Earle Birney, 1904-1995, was a writer, poet and educator at Toronto, Ontario. Birney lived in Banff from 1911 until 1917.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of Earle Birney textual records, 1896-1971, n.d.; recordings of Birney reading his works, 1967, 1982; and portraits of Birney, ca.1967. Textual records are excerpts from the Earle Birney papers pertaining to Banff and the Canadian Rockies; including correspondence, 1918-1924, biographical material, 1971, drafts of poems, 1941-1952, printed material, 1948-1970, and Birney family correspondence, 1896-1917.
- Poems include: "Ballad of Kootenay Brown", "Biography", "Bushed", "Conrad Kain", "Holiday in the Foothills", "Leaving Yellowstone", "Oldster". Correspondence is mainly from Charles Brown to Birney. Printed material includes short story: "Mickey was a Swell Guy," set in Banff during the First World War. Recordings are "David" [1967] and "Nexus and Earle Birney", 1982
- Name Access
- Birney, Earle
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
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- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: reference copy recordings
- Creator
- Birney, Earle
- Category
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Leonard Leacock fonds
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- Part Of
- Leonard Leacock fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of four separate series: A. I.A. Photography: negatives; B. I.C. Photography: transparencies, 35mm; C. I.D. Photography: prints; D. I.B. Photography: lantern slides. Fonds consists mainly of scenic transparency views arising from Leacock's climbs, hikes, horse and car trips in the Can…
- Date Range
- 1924-1992
- Reference Code
- M372 / S24 / V353
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Leonard Leacock fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 372
- S 24
- V 353
- Sous-Fonds
- M 372
- S 24
- V 353
- Accession Number
- 2568, 3451, 6501, 6502, 6503, 6507, 6580, 6756, 7091, 2022.36
- Reference Code
- M372 / S24 / V353
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1924-1992
- Physical Description
- ca.5100 photographs (ca.4450 transparencies, ca.575 negatives, ca.90 prints). -- 17 cm of textual records (including several volumes). -- 4 sound recordings
- History / Biographical
- Leonard Henry Leacock, 1904-1992, was a musician and educator at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Leacock was born in England and raised in Banff, Alberta. He was educated in Banff and Boston and through the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, and the Royal School of Music, London, England. Leacock joined the staff of Mount Royal College, Calgary as a piano teacher in 1924 and retired from teaching ca.1989. His music career also included performing, composing and adjudicating. Throughout his life, Leacock was an avid mountaineer and photographer. He took numerous hiking and horse trips in the Banff, Jasper and Yoho areas and sometimes worked in trail camps or as a guide.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of four separate series: A. I.A. Photography: negatives; B. I.C. Photography: transparencies, 35mm; C. I.D. Photography: prints; D. I.B. Photography: lantern slides.
- Fonds consists mainly of scenic transparency views arising from Leacock's climbs, hikes, horse and car trips in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks from the Crowsnest Pass through Jasper National Park, ca.1939 to 1984. Also included are travels in Yukon, Canada and the United States, including Alaska. Negatives date from 1925 to 1940? and pertain to Assiniboine, Lake Louise, Banff, Banff-Jasper, Columbia Icefield and other mountain areas; also natural history, including wildflowers and wildlife. A small number of negatives are accompanied by prints. Other prints pertain to Leacock, family, events and scenic views.
- Textual records include letters, 1926-1986, 1 cm; diaries, 1930-1934, 1943, 2 items; scrapbooks and clippings, 1931-1936, ca.6 cm; manuscript scores of vocal and instrumental music, before 1985, 8 cm; concert programmes for which Leacock wrote the notes, 1962-1969, 37 items; other concert programmes, [ca.1945]-1986, 2 cm; writings, 1924, 1928, n.d., 4 items; other material, 1931-1987, 8 items. Diaries pertain to Leacock's personal life, giving details of musical, writing, artistic and dramatic activities; teaching and tour guiding; hikes and climbs in the Canadian Rockies; and friends, including Herbert Hahn and Stewart Cameron. Some letters are from Earle Birney, 1926-1978.
- Sound recordings are interviews with Leacock re his career in music, including performing, composing and teaching; also music played by Leacock. Also includes one cassette recording [ca.1985-1992] of Doug Hawkes interviewing Leacock re: a pack trip he went on around 1931 between Gleichen and Jasper and back; cassette includes a story of a camp trip at Castlegar.
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Music
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
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- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- file description
- electronic inventory
- summary and reference copy recording for audio interview
- Creator
- Leacock, Leonard
- Category
- Arts
- Education
- 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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Marguerite Orr Rutherford fonds
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- Part Of
- Marguerite Orr Rutherford fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of personal papers and portraits, ca.1915-1990; incoming letters, ca.1915-1979; wedding journal, 1927; activity photographs, 1930s-1940s; hospital assistant papers and photographs, 1942-1945; print material and photographs re Inuit art, ca.1960; family history papers and portraits, c…
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1990
- Reference Code
- M320 / V556
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Marguerite Orr Rutherford fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 320
- V 556
- Sous-Fonds
- M 320
- V 556
- Accession Number
- 1569, 6773
- Reference Code
- M320 / V556
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1990
- Physical Description
- 14 cm of textual records. -- ca.100 photographs : prints. -- 1 item of print material
- History / Biographical
- Marguerite Beryl Orr Rutherford (also known as Marguerite Orr), 1903-1993, was a businesswoman and outdoor enthusiast at Banff and Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She was the daughter of Lorne and May Orr and grand-daughter of Wesley Fletcher Orr, early mayor of Calgary. Marguerite Orr grew up in Banff, where she attended high school with Earle Birney. In 1927, she married Clyde "Rusty" Rutherford, from whom she was later separated. During WWII, Rutherford worked as a hospital assistant at Whitehorse, Yukon. She later owned Cottage Crafts in Calgary and sold Eskimo art, ca.1960, when it was just becoming popular. Rutherford was a close friend of Allen Bill, war correspondent and later editor and sports columnist for the Calgary Herald.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of personal papers and portraits, ca.1915-1990; incoming letters, ca.1915-1979; wedding journal, 1927; activity photographs, 1930s-1940s; hospital assistant papers and photographs, 1942-1945; print material and photographs re Inuit art, ca.1960; family history papers and portraits, ca.1875-1974; Allen Bill photographs, 1940s-1970s; Earle Birney typescript poem and inscribed publication "David and Other Poems," 1942.
- Name Access
- Birney, Earle
- Rutherford, Marguerite Orr
- 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
- Related Material
- Accompanied by artifacts (Heritage collections)
- Creator
- Rutherford, Marguerite Orr
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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The creative writer
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Call Number
- 05.5 B53
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 85p
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Notes
- Bibliographical notes
- Accession Number
- 841
- Call Number
- 05.5 B53
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Glacial deposits of southwestern Alberta in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9260
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1985
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Call Number
- 03.1 D32g M'fiche
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Published Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 fiche
- Notes
- Originally published in book form, 1985
- ISBN
- 0-66502351-0
- Accession Number
- 17500
- Call Number
- 03.1 D32g M'fiche
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Ice cod bell or stone : new poems by Earle Birney
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4206
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1962
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Call Number
- 05.1 B53i
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Published Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 62p
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 05.1 B53i
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- Archives Library
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Near False Creek mouth : new poems by Earle Birney
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4207
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1964
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Call Number
- 05.1 B53n
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Published Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 1v. (unpaged) : maps
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 05.1 B53n
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- Archives Library
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Note on the geological structure of the Selkirk Range
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11313
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1891
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Rochester : Geological Society of America
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32n Pam
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Rochester : Geological Society of America
- Published Date
- 1891
- Notes
- Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, Vol. 2 p 165-176, February 12, 1881
- Accession Number
- 8-26-99 32,000
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32n Pam
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- Archives Library
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Note on the triassic of the Rocky Mountains and British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12243
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- ca.1985
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32t M'fiche
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Published Date
- ca.1985
- Physical Description
- 1 microfiche (4 frames)
- Series
- CIHM series no. 14870
- Notes
- Original published 1883
- ISBN
- 0665148704
- Accession Number
- 17500 23-3-85
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32t M'fiche
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- Archives Library
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On the Canadian Rocky Mountains, with special reference to that part of the range between the forty-ninth parallel and the headwaters of the Red Deer River
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9267
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1985
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32o M'fiche
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Published Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 fiche
- Notes
- Issued in book form 1887
- Accession Number
- 17500
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32o M'fiche
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On the later physiographical geology of the Rocky Mountain region in Canada : with special reference to changes in elevation and to the history of the glacial period . . .
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5445
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1891
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32on
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Published Date
- 1891
- Physical Description
- 74p
- Notes
- From Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada for the year 1890, vol. VIII
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32on
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- Archives Library
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On the superficial deposits and glaciation of the district in the vicinity of the Bow and Belly Rivers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12244
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- ca.1985
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32os M'fiche
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Published Date
- ca.1985
- Physical Description
- 1 microfiche (11 frames)
- Series
- CIHM series no. 02364
- Notes
- Original published [Montreal, 1885]
- ISBN
- 0665023642
- Accession Number
- 17500 23-3-85
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32os M'fiche
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Preliminary note on the geology of the Bow and Belly River districts, N.W. Territory
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9266
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1985
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32b M'fiche
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Published Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 fiche
- Notes
- Published in book form, Montreal, 1882
- ISBN
- 0-665-05784-9
- Accession Number
- 17500
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32b M'fiche
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Preliminary report on the physical and geological features of that portion of the Rocky Mountains between latitudes 49 degrees and 50 degrees 30 minutes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9261
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1985
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Call Number
- 03.1 G29ar 1885 M'fiche
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Published Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 2 fiches
- Notes
- From Geological Survey of Canada annual report, 1885
- ISBN
- 0-665-07324-0
- Accession Number
- 17500
- Call Number
- 03.1 G29ar 1885 M'fiche
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Report on the region in the vicinity of the Bow and Belly Rivers, North West Territory
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9262
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1985
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Call Number
- 03.1 G29rp 1882-4 M'fiche
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historic Microreproductions
- Published Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 3 fiches
- Notes
- Originally published in Geological Survey of Canada Report of Progress for 1882-1884
- ISBN
- 0-665-065-19-1
- Accession Number
- 17500
- Call Number
- 03.1 G29rp 1882-4 M'fiche
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Selected poems, 1940-1966
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4210
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Call Number
- 05.1 B53se
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 222p. : ill
- Accession Number
- 2000
- Call Number
- 05.1 B53se
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Spreading time : remarks on Canadian writing and writers, book I : 1904- 1949
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4173
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Montreal : Vehicule Press
- Call Number
- 05 B53s
- Author
- Birney, Earle
- Publisher
- Montreal : Vehicule Press
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- x, 159p. : ports
- Subjects
- Banff
- Connor, Ralph
- Accession Number
- 13000
- Call Number
- 05 B53s
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