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Exceptional Fault

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.05

Description: Drawn from a passage by Gordon Walls for the exhibition Beyond Exceptional Pass at the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, summer of 1978.

Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Exceptional Fault

Date: 1978

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 10.2;10.1 x 6.4;6.3 cm

Description: Drawn from a passage by Gordon Walls for the exhibition Beyond Exceptional Pass at the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, summer of 1978.

Subject: landscape, mythological; bird; fish

Credit: Gift of Robert J. Hope, 1982

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.05

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Figures in Fading Light

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Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: 1975

Medium: ink, Sumi, graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: SmJ.03.01

Description: Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear backgro…

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Artist: James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: Figures in Fading Light

Date: 1975

Medium: ink, Sumi, graphite on paper

Dimensions: 59.6 x 82.3 cm

Description: Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear background behind the figures.

Subject: figure; group

Credit: Purchased from James Agrell Smith, 1978

Catalogue Number: SmJ.03.01

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Freelance and loose writing, comics

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of textual records pertaining to trips led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Includes an annotated skit performed on a 1982 trail ride, drafts of possible content for newsletters, freelance writing samples, and accounts of specific trail rides. Most items list author(s) and…

Date Range: [1970-1980]; 1982-1984; 1986; 1992-1993; 1999; 2003; 2005-2008

Reference Code: M545 / II / 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Drawing

Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: M545 / II : Members, Staff and Personal Records

Sous-Fonds: M545

Accession Number: 8235

Reference Code: M545 / II / 19

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Drawing

Date Range: [1970-1980]; 1982-1984; 1986; 1992-1993; 1999; 2003; 2005-2008

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of textual records pertaining to trips led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Includes an annotated skit performed on a 1982 trail ride, drafts of possible content for newsletters, freelance writing samples, and accounts of specific trail rides. Most items list author(s) and date. File also includes several annotated sketches depicting trail riders.

Notes: File contains duplicates which have been attached to each other

Name Access: Fedder, Zelda; Vale, Don; Howard, Christine; Sharp, Thelma; Levy, Joanne; Brown, Brenda; Bauer, Rebecca; Orr, Dennis; Wallace, Don; Reid, Janice; Elphinstone, Michelle; Dallimore, Karen; Godderis, Rick

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Packing; Camping; Music; Poetry; Trails

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Clearwater; Wonder Pass

Language: English

Conservation: Metal staples removed from numerous items

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Half Face in the Dark

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: marking pen on paper

Catalogue Number: StS.03.03

Description: Colour: black on white, the head of a woman, facing slightly to viewer’s right. The left side of the face is visible the right side is in total darkness. Her neck hides in the shadows also though her shoulders are white. Only the outline indicates their shape.Au verso: HALF FACE IN THE DARK

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Half Face in the Dark

Date: 1970

Medium: marking pen on paper

Dimensions: 42.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Colour: black on white, the head of a woman, facing slightly to viewer’s right. The left side of the face is visible the right side is in total darkness. Her neck hides in the shadows also though her shoulders are white. Only the outline indicates their shape.Au verso: HALF FACE IN THE DARK

Subject: portrait; female

Credit: Purchased from Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: StS.03.03

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Illustrations by [Albert?] Roberge

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of two illustrations by A. Roberge [possibly Albert Roberge of Banff/Edmonton, 1933-2012]. One illustration depicts two mountain goats standing by a steep rock face; other illustration is titled "The Rapids" and depicts a coureur de bois travelling through a river in a Hudson's Bay Co…

Date Range: [ca.1960-1980]

Reference Code: M436 / VI / 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Drawing

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M436; V90

Series: M436 / VI : Later acquisitions

Sous-Fonds: M436

Accession Number: 2023.09

Reference Code: M436 / VI / 4

GMD: Drawing

Responsibility: Produced by [Albert?] Roberge

Date Range: [ca.1960-1980]

Physical Description: 2 illustrations: pencil and ink on paper

Scope & Content: File consists of two illustrations by A. Roberge [possibly Albert Roberge of Banff/Edmonton, 1933-2012]. One illustration depicts two mountain goats standing by a steep rock face; other illustration is titled "The Rapids" and depicts a coureur de bois travelling through a river in a Hudson's Bay Company canoe.

Subject Access: Art; Animals; Canoes and canoeing; Mountain Goat; Wildlife; Hudson's Bay Company

Language: English

Category: Arts

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Illustrations by Ben and Will Gadd

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of drawings produced by Will Gadd as a child, ca.1968-1972; and caricatures and other drawings, possibly by Ben Gadd, from the same time period.

Date Range: [ca.1968-1972]

Reference Code: M590 / I / D / 20

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Drawing

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / I : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / I / D : Other personal and collected

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / I / D / 20

GMD: Drawing

Date Range: [ca.1968-1972]

Physical Description: 0.1 cm loose drawings

Scope & Content: File consists of drawings produced by Will Gadd as a child, ca.1968-1972; and caricatures and other drawings, possibly by Ben Gadd, from the same time period.

Material Details: Illustrations consist of different media, including graphite pencils, pens, pencil crayons, markers and paint.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben; Gadd, Will

Subject Access: Arts; Art; Children; Family and personal life

Language: English

Category: Arts

Processing Status: Processed

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Insect Warrior

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1974

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.03

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Insect Warrior

Date: 1974

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.6 cm

Subject: insect

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.03

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Lacrosse Game

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: felt pen on paper

Catalogue Number: StS.03.05

Description: Colour: black on white. Central to the picture are six men entangled in an attempt to retrieve a ball from one of them. Two men have head bands only five lacrosse sticks are evident. In the background to the left are five more players - to the right are three players and in the centre one is holdi…

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Lacrosse Game

Date: 1970

Medium: felt pen on paper

Dimensions: 30.8 x 45.0 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. Central to the picture are six men entangled in an attempt to retrieve a ball from one of them. Two men have head bands only five lacrosse sticks are evident. In the background to the left are five more players - to the right are three players and in the centre one is holding his lacrosse net over his head.Au verso “LACROSSE GAME” trhc K.64 below encircled “112” brhc encircled “40” topped by encircled “3” vestiges of earlier drawing.

Subject: figure, group; activity, lacrosse

Credit: Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: StS.03.05

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LIfe Cycle

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Date: 1973

Medium: acrylic on paper

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.01

Description: General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle -…

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Title: LIfe Cycle

Date: 1973

Medium: acrylic on paper

Dimensions: 152 x 30.5 cm

Description: General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle - all powerful symbols.

Subject: mythological

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.01

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Mahuk

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.02

Description: General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: Mahuk

Date: 1970

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 45.5 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.

Subject: mythological

Credit: Purchased from Unknown, 1969

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.02

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Mink By Water

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.03

Description: A mink is sitting by a waters edge. The water is not drawn but suggested by the grass and the ground that has been drawn in around the mink. The mink is the darkest image within the drawing.

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Mink By Water

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 21.7 x 30.6 cm

Description: A mink is sitting by a waters edge. The water is not drawn but suggested by the grass and the ground that has been drawn in around the mink. The mink is the darkest image within the drawing.

Subject: animal; mink

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.03

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Moose

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.04

Description: Standing facing the viewer this moose stands with its legs strong and spaced wide. The moose looks as if it was just frightened and is ready to take off in a different direction.

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Moose

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 12.8 x 23.0 cm

Description: Standing facing the viewer this moose stands with its legs strong and spaced wide. The moose looks as if it was just frightened and is ready to take off in a different direction.

Subject: animal; moose

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.04

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Moose Cow and Calf

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.05

Description: Standing with its back to the viewer this calf looks to the left toward it's mother that is in the upper left corner of the image. Around the feet of the calf some grass is drawn in. Around the feet and body of the older moose in the distance there is grass and the suggestion of some trees and grou…

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Moose Cow and Calf

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 33.2 cm

Description: Standing with its back to the viewer this calf looks to the left toward it's mother that is in the upper left corner of the image. Around the feet of the calf some grass is drawn in. Around the feet and body of the older moose in the distance there is grass and the suggestion of some trees and ground.

Subject: animal; moose

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.05

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Mountain

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.02

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 29.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James Spencer, 1980

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.02

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Mountain

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.01

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James Spencer, 1980

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.01

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Mt. Norquay Chairlift and Royal York Hotel Ads, Calendar Pages, Personal Sketch

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 colour advertising posters, 2 calendar pages, and one hand-drawn illustration. Content pertains to 'The Banff Chairlift on Mt. Norquay'; a Laurie Signs Ltd. ad with a Nicholas Morant image and metal hanger (formerly a page from a calendar, date unknown); a 'Bourne Bros.' calendar…

Date Range: 1913; [ca. 1944 - ca. 1955]; [ca. 1950 - 1960]

Reference Code: M300 / II / C / 6 / 1 to 8

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Poster; Textual record; Drawing

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Series: M300 / II : Professional Records

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / II / C / 6 / 1 to 8

GMD: Poster; Textual record; Drawing

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: 1913; [ca. 1944 - ca. 1955]; [ca. 1950 - 1960]

Physical Description: 5 Posters/Advertisements, 2 Calendar Pages, 1 Illustration; colour.

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 colour advertising posters, 2 calendar pages, and one hand-drawn illustration. Content pertains to 'The Banff Chairlift on Mt. Norquay'; a Laurie Signs Ltd. ad with a Nicholas Morant image and metal hanger (formerly a page from a calendar, date unknown); a 'Bourne Bros.' calendar dated '1913', featuring a large image of a woman named 'Berenice' on a metal hanger; 4 red and white Royal York Hotel advertising posters with cardboard attachments on back to stand upright; and an illustration addressed to Nicholas Morant (unknown artist), drawn in pencil, depicting a character covered in porcupine quills (?) with an easel, painting the message 'dere Marantz thanks 4 the encouragement'.

Notes: 4 Royal York Hotel posters formerly stored in individual brown paper packaging with cardboard supports inside, labelled 'Royal York Hotel Poster' on the front of each in black marker. Original packaging has been removed for conservation reasons.

Storage Range: In file box M300 / II / C / 6 / 1 to M300 / II / C / 6 / 8 & M300 / II / C / 6 / 70 to 72

Subject Access: Royal York Hotel; Calendar; Banff Chairlift

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Mt. Norquay; Canadian Rocky Mountains

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

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

Language: English

Conservation: Items must be stored using acid-free paper and / or mylar sheets to protect them from surface damage. Items must be stored in appropriate conditions.

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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A Native Heritage

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one large booklet/portfolio containing biographical information, illustrations, and 10 copies of painted colour portraits all pertaining to Indigenous chiefs. Individuals depicted are: Crowfoot [Southern Blackfoot], Old Sun [Northern Blackfoot], Red Crow [Southern Blood tribe], Bul…

Date Range: [1970-1980]

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 55

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Drawing; Painting

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F1 : Textual

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 55

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Drawing; Painting

Responsibility: Art produced by Mort Graham

Date Range: [1970-1980]

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 38 x 48 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one large booklet/portfolio containing biographical information, illustrations, and 10 copies of painted colour portraits all pertaining to Indigenous chiefs. Individuals depicted are: Crowfoot [Southern Blackfoot], Old Sun [Northern Blackfoot], Red Crow [Southern Blood tribe], Bull Head [Sarcee], Eagle Tail [North Piegans], Poundmaker [Cree], Medicine Calf [Southern Blood tribe], Big Bear [Cree], Big Plume [Sarcee], and Pakan [Wood Cree]. Collection also includes historical information pertaining to Indigenous history in Western Canada written by Dr. James G. MacGregor, and a map depicting Indigenous treaty boundaries in and around the Rocky Mountains.

Notes: Date range provided is estimate by Processing Archivist

Name Access: Graham, Mort; MacGregor, James

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; History; Art; Artist; Portrait; Biography; Geography; Government

Geographic Access: Canada; United States of America; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Rocky Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Arts; First nations

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Neolithic Age

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1899

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.06

Description: Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with stic…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Neolithic Age

Date: 1899

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 10.7 x 18.4 cm

Description: Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with sticks run up from behind a tree; to the left, in the background are two bears.