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Booklets, Mollie Morant Poem, Signed Pat Brewster Book

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 textual items, various authors. Content pertains to a copy of 'The Last of the Buffalo' given to Nicholas Morant in 1940 by Norman Luxton; an Illustrated booklet hand-drawn by Cyril Harris for Nicholas and Ivy Morant; a copy of 'Paintings from the Wild' by Clarence Pillenius; a 1…

Date Range: [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; 1946; 1963; 1977; 1980

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 1 to 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Drawing

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 1 to 5

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Drawing

Responsibility: Various authors

Date Range: [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; 1946; 1963; 1977; 1980

Physical Description: 5 Textual Records: books, journal copy, illustrations

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 textual items, various authors. Content pertains to a copy of 'The Last of the Buffalo' given to Nicholas Morant in 1940 by Norman Luxton; an Illustrated booklet hand-drawn by Cyril Harris for Nicholas and Ivy Morant; a copy of 'Paintings from the Wild' by Clarence Pillenius; a 1946 journal publication containing a poem written by Mollie Morant; and a copy of 'Weathered Wood' by F.O. 'Pat' Brewster, signed.

Storage Range: In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 1 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 11

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Brewster, F.O.; Brewster, Pat; Morant, Ivy; Morant, Mollie; Harris, Cyril

Subject Access: Poetry; Publication; Arts; Buffalo

Geographic Access: Canada; 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 with ink or other risky materials on the surface must be covered with an acid-free paper barrier to protect adjacent items.

Creator: Various authors

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow Glacier

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1900 – 1965

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.03

Description: General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Bow Glacier

Date: 1900 – 1965

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 30.4 cm

Description: General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.03

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Briquette Plant, Canmore Mine 1944

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.19

Description: Mine site with many buildings of various shapes is centre and foreground. Mountain range in background The Three Sisters. Between the mountains and the site is a row of trees.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Briquette Plant, Canmore Mine 1944

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.2 x 36.6 cm

Description: Mine site with many buildings of various shapes is centre and foreground. Mountain range in background The Three Sisters. Between the mountains and the site is a row of trees.

Subject: industry; coal mining; Canadian Rockies; The Three Sisters

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.19

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Canmore Lads

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.28

Description: Three seated boys fill the page. One has on a hat, with chin on hand. Boy on left has hands on knees. All seem happy

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Lads

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 36.5 x 29.5 cm

Description: Three seated boys fill the page. One has on a hat, with chin on hand. Boy on left has hands on knees. All seem happy

Subject: figure, group, male

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.28

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Canmore Miner with Safety Lamp

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1945

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.08

Description: General colour: charcoal on white. Looking down at a man in a coat and hat sitting on a bench with a safety lamp on the floor between his legs. Behind him on the left is his lunch box. His hat shadows his face which looks down right.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Miner with Safety Lamp

Date: 1945

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: General colour: charcoal on white. Looking down at a man in a coat and hat sitting on a bench with a safety lamp on the floor between his legs. Behind him on the left is his lunch box. His hat shadows his face which looks down right.

Subject: figure; male; industry; coal mining

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1970

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.08

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Canmore Mining Town

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.10

Description: General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Mining Town

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.

Subject: landscape; urban; mountains; industry; coal mining

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.10

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Caribou

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.03

Description: General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Caribou

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.0 cm

Description: General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.

Subject: animal; caribou

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.03

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Caribou head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1942

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.04

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a caribou head, head is slightly tipped down showing good detail of the antlers

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Caribou head

Date: 1942

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 35.0 x 27.5 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a caribou head, head is slightly tipped down showing good detail of the antlers

Subject: animal, caribou

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.04

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Change of Shift, Miners, Canmore 1944

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.20

Description: Mine site, with buildings and mine entrance. Open rail cars and men dominate the bottom two thirds of the picture. Top third is trees and mountains.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Change of Shift, Miners, Canmore 1944

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.4 x 37.0 cm

Description: Mine site, with buildings and mine entrance. Open rail cars and men dominate the bottom two thirds of the picture. Top third is trees and mountains.

Subject: architecture, urban; figure, group; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.20

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Coal Miners Await Mine Trip, Canmore

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.29

Description: Four men, fully clothed with overcoats and caps, are seated on benches.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Coal Miners Await Mine Trip, Canmore

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 36.5 x 28.8 cm

Description: Four men, fully clothed with overcoats and caps, are seated on benches.

Subject: figure, group, male; industry; coal mining

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.29

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Dispute

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.13

Description: Two men seated at a table, are in animated conversation. Both men are wearing hats and hip length coats. The drawing is slightly centre left. Written on the back in ink dispute (KDP's hand)

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Dispute

Date: 1944

Medium: crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.2 x 36.8 cm

Description: Two men seated at a table, are in animated conversation. Both men are wearing hats and hip length coats. The drawing is slightly centre left. Written on the back in ink dispute (KDP's hand)

Subject: figure; male; industry; coal mining

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.13

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Flower illustrations

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 6 coloured illustrations depicting wildflowers. Two items are annotated on reverse sides; one reads "Bell wood" and other is signed "Hugh"[?].

Date Range: [1930-1950]

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / 29

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Drawing; Painting

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 / 29

GMD: Drawing; Painting

Date Range: [1930-1950]

Physical Description: 6 drawings : illustration, pencil and paint ; 16 x 22.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 6 coloured illustrations depicting wildflowers. Two items are annotated on reverse sides; one reads "Bell wood" and other is signed "Hugh"[?].

Notes: Artist(s) and date(s) of materials unknown; date range provided is estimate by Processing Archivist

Material Details: Illustrations traced in pencil and filled in with watercolour paints.

Subject Access: Art; Flowers

Language: English

Category: Arts

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Fred Brewster, Jasper, Alberta 1940

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Date: 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RtA.03.01

Description: Man's head and shoulders looking right. He has a small short mustache. His shirt is open at the neck.

Artist: Andreas Roth

Title: Fred Brewster, Jasper, Alberta 1940

Date: 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 17.7 x 25.5 cm

Description: Man's head and shoulders looking right. He has a small short mustache. His shirt is open at the neck.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: RtA.03.01

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Guy Thomas

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: 1945

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.04

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Guy Thomas

Date: 1945

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 43 x 30 cm

Subject: portrait; male; Guy Thomas

Credit: Gift of Sonia de Grandmaison, West Vancouver, 1980

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.04

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Head of a Caribou

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.01

Description: Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Head of a Caribou

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.5 cm

Description: Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.

Subject: animal; caribou

Credit: Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.01

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Letters, postcards and sketches

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of letters and six postcards sent from Molly Wright Adams to various family members between 1904 and 1905; and three ink drawings depicting climbers scaling mountains [possibly drawn by Molly]. Letters and postcards are primarily addressed to Molly's sister, Catharine (Adams) Elkin [a…

Date Range: 1904 - 1905

Reference Code: M555 / I / A / 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Postcard; Drawing

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M555; V777

Series: M555 / I : Correspondence

Sous-Fonds: M555

Sub-Series: M555 / I / A : Molly Wright Adams correspondence

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: M555 / I / A / 4

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Postcard; Drawing

Date Range: 1904 - 1905

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records -- 6 postcards -- 3 drawings

Scope & Content: File consists of letters and six postcards sent from Molly Wright Adams to various family members between 1904 and 1905; and three ink drawings depicting climbers scaling mountains [possibly drawn by Molly]. Letters and postcards are primarily addressed to Molly's sister, Catharine (Adams) Elkin [addressed mostly as "Katy"]. Letters pertain to Molly's travels in California, New Mexico, and the American and Canadian Rockies.

Notes: Materials in file previously stored with one leather-bound journal and four miniature monthly planners [1904-1905]. Journal and planners have been renumbered and processed as file M555 / II / 1.

Name Access: Adams, Molly; Elkin, Catharine (Adams)

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Exploration; Travel; Recreation; Climbing; Hiking; Tourism

Geographic Access: United States of America; California; New Mexico; Canada; Alberta; Lake Louise; Rocky Mountains; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: Some materials in file are fragile - handle with caution

Language: English

Related Material: M555 / II / 1 - journal and daybooks

Category: Exploration and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Main Street, Canmore 1944

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.22

Description: A street with 2 store fronts and another building around the corner dominates the picture. In the foreground is a board fence with a bicycle leaning up against it. In the background are mountains, including The Three Sisters.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Main Street, Canmore 1944

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.1 x 36.7 cm

Description: A street with 2 store fronts and another building around the corner dominates the picture. In the foreground is a board fence with a bicycle leaning up against it. In the background are mountains, including The Three Sisters.

Subject: architecture, urban; landscape; Canadian Rockies; The Three Sisters

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.22

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Man Resting On Bench

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.16

Description: A side view of a man resting on a bench, one leg up on the bench, hands together, head down. He appears to be sleeping. Lunch pail on floor beside him, bottle on bench between his legs. The bench runs almost the full width of the page

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Man Resting On Bench

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 35.8 cm

Description: A side view of a man resting on a bench, one leg up on the bench, hands together, head down. He appears to be sleeping. Lunch pail on floor beside him, bottle on bench between his legs. The bench runs almost the full width of the page