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David McDougall fonds
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- Part Of
- David McDougall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of six series: 1. Business Correspondence; 2. Cheques, Receipts, Invoices; 3. Personal Documents; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. Blueprints; 6. Painting. Series 1 consists of business related correspondence to various companies, individuals, and two branches of the Canadian Government. Govern…
- Date Range
- 1845-1947
- Reference Code
- M557 / V779
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Painting
- Textual record
- Blueprint
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- David McDougall fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 557
- V 779
- Sous-Fonds
- M557
- V779
- Accession Number
- 2017.8667
- Reference Code
- M557 / V779
- Date Range
- 1845-1947
- Physical Description
- 39cm of textual records. – 1 painting
- History / Biographical
- David McDougall, son of George Millward McDougall and Elizabeth Chantler McDougall, was born on May 14, 1845 in Owen Sound, Ontario. David had four siblings: John, Eliza, Lubby, and Nellie. David married Annie McKenzie in 1871 in Manitoba. Together, they had six children, including their daughter named Georgina (Georgie) Elizabeth McDougall (1872-1965). Georgina was the wife of Norman Luxton and an active member in Banff and the mother of Eleanor Georgina Luxton (1908-1995). David was an early pioneer of Calgary and Banff, who helped build both community life and their economies. While David’s father and brother were both members of the clergy and did missionary work in Morley, Alberta, David become a successful businessman. He established a general merchant store in Morley where he was a dealer in cattle, horses, furs, and curios. In addition to managing his own business block in Calgary, David also owned properties in Edmonton and Calgary. In Banff, David and Annie owned the Mount Royal Hotel for six years until they sold it to Jim Brewster in August 14, 1913. David died in December 6, 1927 and Annie died in 1939.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of six series: 1. Business Correspondence; 2. Cheques, Receipts, Invoices; 3. Personal Documents; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. Blueprints; 6. Painting. Series 1 consists of business related correspondence to various companies, individuals, and two branches of the Canadian Government. Government correspondence pertains to taxes and by-laws for McDougall’s properties. Series 2 contains invoices, receipts, cheques, and bank statements pertaining to McDougall’s business and properties. Series 3 contains personal letters and legal documents. Materials includes handwritten letters, property transactions and proof of ownership on properties. Series 4 contains cheque books, Dominion Travellers’ Hotel Guide, event program featuring Commissioner Coombs and “Safety First Guarantee” slip. Series 5 contains blueprints of Mount Royal Hotel and McDougall business block, Calgary 1911. The last series consist of a painting of George Noble photograph of Banff Ave, 1929.
- Name Access
- McDougall, David
- Subject Access
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Family and personal life
- Government
- Labour
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Law and justice
- Access Restrictions
- No restriction on access. Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply.
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- See Luxton Family fonds
- Creator
- McDougall, David
- Biographical Source Notes
- Luxton, Eleanor G. Latch String Out. Banff: Summerthought Publishing, 2015. “The Morleyville Story.” McDougall Stoney Mission Society. http://www.mcdougallstoneymission.com/docs/The_Morleyvillle_Story.pdf
- Title Source
- Title based on provenance of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bunchberry [Creeping Dogwood]
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- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour / gouche?; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.32
- Description
- Botanical painting of 3 stems of a plant. stems have green leaves and two have bunches of red berries. The uppermost stem has a white flower with four petals and purple stamen. Written below in pencil is “Bunchberry”
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- Title
- Bunchberry [Creeping Dogwood]
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour / gouche?; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Botanical painting of 3 stems of a plant. stems have green leaves and two have bunches of red berries. The uppermost stem has a white flower with four petals and purple stamen. Written below in pencil is “Bunchberry”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.32
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Calypso bulbosa (Calypso Orchid/Pink Fairy's Slipper)
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- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.19
- Description
- A single green stem from bottom centre curves to centre with 2 flowers, both are dark pink with yellow centre, pink petals flare out from bottom of flowers.
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- Title
- Calypso bulbosa (Calypso Orchid/Pink Fairy's Slipper)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A single green stem from bottom centre curves to centre with 2 flowers, both are dark pink with yellow centre, pink petals flare out from bottom of flowers.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.19
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Dodecathem meadia (Shooting Star)
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- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.09
- Description
- Short, thick green leaves cluster at base, 4 long pink stems extend from root; dart-like pink and yellow flowers at top of stems.
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- Title
- Dodecathem meadia (Shooting Star)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Short, thick green leaves cluster at base, 4 long pink stems extend from root; dart-like pink and yellow flowers at top of stems.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.09
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Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily)
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- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.12
- Description
- A thick green leaf rises from centre left at the bottom of the picture to top right; from inside the leaf protrude 2 yellow blossoms.
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- Title
- Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily)
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A thick green leaf rises from centre left at the bottom of the picture to top right; from inside the leaf protrude 2 yellow blossoms.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.12
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Eucephalus engelmannii (Engelmann's Aster/Aster engelmannii)
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.07
- Description
- One green stem with green leaves, branches out near the top into 6 stems with smaller leaves, and an open, pink and yellow flower on the end.
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- Title
- Eucephalus engelmannii (Engelmann's Aster/Aster engelmannii)
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- One green stem with green leaves, branches out near the top into 6 stems with smaller leaves, and an open, pink and yellow flower on the end.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.07
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- Artist
- James Whaite
- Date
- prior to 1916
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WhJ.05.01
- Description
- A mountain scene, left foreground is covered with logs and rocks on grass, a river bank, running from bottom right to lower left centre is a fast flowing river, lots of foliage on trees on riverbank, mountains rise behind riverbank, tree covered, clouds on mountains tops and in the sky.
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- Artist
- James Whaite
- Title
- Hope
- Date
- prior to 1916
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 62.5 x 44.1 cm
- Description
- A mountain scene, left foreground is covered with logs and rocks on grass, a river bank, running from bottom right to lower left centre is a fast flowing river, lots of foliage on trees on riverbank, mountains rise behind riverbank, tree covered, clouds on mountains tops and in the sky.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- river
- forest
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- WhJ.05.01
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Lonicera involucrata (Bracted Honeysuckle/Twinberry)
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.30
- Description
- The plant has large green leaves and twin black berries on small red leaflets. Also has a yellow flower viewer’s left.
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- Title
- Lonicera involucrata (Bracted Honeysuckle/Twinberry)
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- The plant has large green leaves and twin black berries on small red leaflets. Also has a yellow flower viewer’s left.
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.30
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Menziesia glabella (Western Menziesia)
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.06
- Description
- A brown branch with clusters of green leaves, and bunches of light red tulip-like flowers, 4 on one stem, 6 on the other.
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- Title
- Menziesia glabella (Western Menziesia)
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A brown branch with clusters of green leaves, and bunches of light red tulip-like flowers, 4 on one stem, 6 on the other.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.06
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Oncideum forbesii / Brasilidium forbesii? (Wildflower)
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- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.01
- Description
- A light green stem branches off into three stems on which a dark yellow and brown flower with scalloped petals on each end.
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- Title
- Oncideum forbesii / Brasilidium forbesii? (Wildflower)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A light green stem branches off into three stems on which a dark yellow and brown flower with scalloped petals on each end.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.01
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Picea Engelmani
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- Artist
- E. Doyle
- Date
- 1899 – 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DoE.05.01
- Description
- A spruce bough with red buds. Engelman's Spruce lovely cone flowers. Sulphur Mtn. June by E. Doyle, sister of the animal artist Mrs. Drummond Davis.Taken from an album compiled by Norman B. Sanson, Banff naturalist (PD2(2)-24).
- Artist
- E. Doyle
- Title
- Picea Engelmani
- Date
- 1899 – 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 28 x 21 cm
- Description
- A spruce bough with red buds. Engelman's Spruce lovely cone flowers. Sulphur Mtn. June by E. Doyle, sister of the animal artist Mrs. Drummond Davis.Taken from an album compiled by Norman B. Sanson, Banff naturalist (PD2(2)-24).
- Subject
- botanical
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- DoE.05.01
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Pinus albicaulis (White Pine)
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- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.15
- Description
- A pine tree branch breaks into two sections with green needles and clusters of red/brown pine cones.
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- Title
- Pinus albicaulis (White Pine)
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A pine tree branch breaks into two sections with green needles and clusters of red/brown pine cones.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.15
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Pyrola picta (Wintergreen)
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- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.13
- Description
- Broad green leaves with white veins are at the bottom centre of the picture; a long red/brown stem protrudes straight up, many small buds hang from the stem near the top.
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- Title
- Pyrola picta (Wintergreen)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Broad green leaves with white veins are at the bottom centre of the picture; a long red/brown stem protrudes straight up, many small buds hang from the stem near the top.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.13
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Rhododendron albifloriem (White-flowered Rhododendron)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.31
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.31
- Description
- The plant has long narrow oblong green leaves top and bottom of the stem with small white flowers in between.
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- Title
- Rhododendron albifloriem (White-flowered Rhododendron)
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- The plant has long narrow oblong green leaves top and bottom of the stem with small white flowers in between.
- Subject
- botanical
- flower, rhododendron
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.31
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