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Ron Duke fonds

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Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government a…

Date Range: [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]

Reference Code: M175 / V180

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Postcard; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 175; V 180

Sous-Fonds: M 175; V 180

Accession Number: 168, 232, 1572, 1593, 1644, 1868, 2626, 3379, 5772

Reference Code: M175 / V180

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Postcard; Private record; Published record

Responsibility: Fonds includes primarily the private business records of Ron Duke, including the work of some predecessors. Images attributed to Bill Jamieson, working in the employ of George Noble, are V180 / II.A.i. through V180 / II.A.vi., and V180 / III.A.- 1 to 51.

Date Range: [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]

Physical Description: ca.40,000 photographs (ca.38,400 negatives, ca.800 prints, ca.800 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album. -- 3 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Ronald Leslie Duke, 1912-1978, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Duke was educated at Calgary, Banff and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. After wartime service with the National Film Board of Canada, Ron Duke returned to Banff, where he worked in the photography business for the next thirty years. Here he formed a link in a business lineage of photographers, including George Noble, and was for a time an employee of Noble's corporate successors. After 1958, Duke worked closely with the Banff School of Fine Arts, photographing productions and providing documentary services. After sustaining considerable damage in a fire which destroyed Banff's Mount Royal Hotel in 1967, Ron Duke's business resumed and, in partnership with George Baracos, continued until retirement in 1975.

Scope & Content: Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government and private construction, commercial and industrial projects, Banff National Park; Banff community life, including Banff Winter Carnival, sports and recreation, Banff High School, Banff activities, places and events; personal and occupational photographs arising from Duke's interest in aeronautics, work with the Canadian Army, World War II, and involvement in the oil industry, 1930s; scenic and landscape photographs. Most pertain to Banff National Park; also Vancouver, British Columbia; Seattle, United States; Turner Valley, Alberta and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.; Textual records include job registers, 2 v.; samples of works orders, price lists, letters, equipment lists, invoices, receipts and technical information, mainly pertaining to business, some personal items; brochures, publications and postcards containing credited or attributed Ron Duke photographs.

Name Access: Duke, Ron

Subject Access: Arts; Buildings and facilities; Community life; Commerce and industry; Education; Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: series and file description; electronic finding aid

Creator: Duke, Ron

Category: Arts; Commerce and industry; Education; Environment; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Round family fonds

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Part Of: Round family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds includes Bill Round Sr. papers, Bill Round Sr. photographs, Bill Round Jr. photographs and Round family photographs. Textual records consists of Bill Round Sr. literary papers, ca.1925-1967; personal papers, 1922-1967; and other papers, 1887-1966. Material is mainly research materials, manus…

Date Range: 1887-1967

Reference Code: M15 / V547

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Round family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 15; V 547

Sous-Fonds: M 15; V 547

Accession Number: 74, 2026, 2231, 3187, 3225

Reference Code: M15 / V547

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record

Date Range: 1887-1967

Physical Description: 11 cm of textual records. -- 371 photographs (223 negatives, 130 prints, 18 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album (ca.80 prints)

History / Biographical: William E. Round (Bill Round Sr.), formally known as William John? Eley-Round, 1883-1967, was a musician and journalist at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Round came to Banff before 1918, where he established and operated the Banff Academy of Music, 1920-1958, served as a CPR press representative and was Banff correspondent for the Albertan newspaper of Calgary from 1930-1965. Bill Round Sr. was married to Elsie (Squair) Round, formally Espeth Eley-Round, 1891-1965. The Rounds raised two children, Doreen and Bill Jr., and two grandchildren, Doreen and Eileen Wickens. F. W. E. Round (Bill Round Jr.), formally Francis William Eley-Round, 1918-1978, was a photographer and film-maker at Banff, Alberta and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Scope & Content: Fonds includes Bill Round Sr. papers, Bill Round Sr. photographs, Bill Round Jr. photographs and Round family photographs.; Textual records consists of Bill Round Sr. literary papers, ca.1925-1967; personal papers, 1922-1967; and other papers, 1887-1966. Material is mainly research materials, manuscripts and correspondence resulting from Round's literary career. Content concerns human and natural history of the Rockies, including: Banff tourist information, Canadian Pacific Railway construction and surveys, crime, Norman Luxton, William McCardell, A. B. Rogers, A. L. Rogers, George Simpson and Tom Wilson.; Photographs include: I. Round family photographs, including Bill, Elsie, Doreen, Bill Jr. and friends and activities, 1915-1940, 106 items. II. Bill Round Sr. and Bill Round Jr. negatives of people and events, Banff and area, ca.1925-1955, 205 items; includes some copies. III. Negatives by Bill Round Jr., portraits of ski associates, 1937-1939, 18 items. IV. Transparencies by Bill Round Jr., scenic views, wildlife and people, n.d., 18 items; includes two views of Peyto Lake by Ted MacAulay. V. Prints collected by Bill Round Sr. regarding people, places and events, Banff and area, ca.1890-1930, 25 items.

Name Access: Round, F. W. E. (Bill) Jr.; Round, William E. (Bill) Sr.

Subject Access: Arts; Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description; reference copy prints

Creator: Round, F. W. E. (Bill) Jr.; Round, William E. (Bill) Sr.

Category: Arts; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Sam Ward fonds

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Part Of: Sam Ward fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists mainly of papers, photographs and sound recording of Sam Ward; also of Sam and Cis Ward. Personal papers of Sam and Cis Ward include correspondence and cards, 1950s-1970s; and note and guest books, 1902-ca.1960s. Professional records are plans for proposed residences for Sam Ward a…

Date Range: 1900-1973

Reference Code: M211 / S19 / V667

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Sound recording; Reel to reel; Textual record; Plan; Private record

Part Of: Sam Ward fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 211; S 19; V 667

Sous-Fonds: M 211; S 19; V 667

Accession Number: 971, 1268, 1365, 1491, 1945, 1955, 1961

Reference Code: M211 / S19 / V667

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Sound recording; Reel to reel; Textual record; Plan; Private record

Date Range: 1900-1973

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records. -- 303 photographs (167 prints, 135 negatives, 1 transparency). -- 2 photograph albums (45 prints). -- 1 sound recording : audio tape reel

History / Biographical: Sam Ward, 1884-1973, was a builder and finishing carpenter at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Ward and Louisa Maud "Cis" Ward, 1884-1970, came to Banff in 1912. Sam Ward was also known for music hall recitations. He later lived at Victoria, British Columbia

Scope & Content: Fonds consists mainly of papers, photographs and sound recording of Sam Ward; also of Sam and Cis Ward. Personal papers of Sam and Cis Ward include correspondence and cards, 1950s-1970s; and note and guest books, 1902-ca.1960s. Professional records are plans for proposed residences for Sam Ward and Sydney R. Vallance and an addition to the Homestead Hotel. Photographs, ca.1912-ca.1970, pertain to Sam Ward, Cis Ward, friends, activities, hikes and mountain trips, world travels, homes; Sam Ward building projects; Banff town scenes, buildings and people. Sound recording, 1973, by Norman Tabuteau includes recitations by Sam Ward, followed by reminiscences

Name Access: Vallance, Sydney; Ward, Cis; Ward, Sam

Subject Access: Arts; Buildings and facilities; Homestead Hotel

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description; sound recording summary and copy recording

Related Material: Accompanied by artifacts (transferred to Heritage collections, Whyte Museum)

Creator: Ward, Sam

Category: Arts; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Soole family fonds

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Part Of: Soole family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to members of the Soole and Astley family, as well as the Homestead Hotel and property near Lake Minnewanka. Includes family photographs and albums; published materials, including two guidebooks; collected newspaper articles; notes and corre…

Date Range: [ca.1905-1960]

Reference Code: M596 / V811

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Transparency; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Soole family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M591; V811

Sous-Fonds: M591; V811

Accession Number: 2022.24

Reference Code: M596 / V811

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Transparency; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1905-1960]

Physical Description: 3 photo albums -- ca.6 cm of textual records -- ca.124 photographs (48 prints; 76 transparencies) -- one annotated ribbon

History / Biographical: David Mowbray Soole (1885-1959) was postmaster at Bankhead until 1913 when he moved to Banff to establish a real estate and insurance business. He sold the business in 1919 and bought the Homestead Hotel in Banff which he operated until 1945. Eric and his wife, Violet, had two children: a daughter, Ivy (Bond), and a son, Eric A. Soole. Eric Astley Soole (1918-2012) grew up in Banff and Calgary. He married Sylvia (Maberley) Soole (1924-2016) in 1942 or 1943. Eric served in the Royal Canadian Air Force

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to members of the Soole and Astley family, as well as the Homestead Hotel and property near Lake Minnewanka. Includes family photographs and albums; published materials, including two guidebooks; collected newspaper articles; notes and correspondence, including genealogical records; Eric and Sylvia Soole's marriage certificate; and other related materials.

Name Access: Soole, Eric; Soole, Sylvia

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Hotels; Homestead Hotel; Travel; Publication; Correspondence; Genealogy; Research; Marriage

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Lake Minnewanka

Language: English

Category: Exploration and travel; Family and personal life

Biographical Source Notes: https://albertaonrecord.ca/d-m-soole-fonds https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/timescolonist/name/eric-soole-obituary?pid=157142355

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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Stan J. Carr fonds

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Part Of: Stan J. Carr fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of guiding papers, 1913-1938, pertaining mainly to the Half Diamond M Ranch at Tete Jaune Cache; poems, n.d., 1910, 1940; lengthy manuscript by S. Knapp, ca.1920, titled "Camping with Windy: Tales of the Canadian Rockies"; and photographs pertaining to Carr, associates, clients and p…

Date Range: 1910-1976

Reference Code: M179 / V127

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Stan J. Carr fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 179; V 127

Sous-Fonds: M 179; V 127

Accession Number: 1072, 2108, 2370, 2589

Reference Code: M179 / V127

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record

Date Range: 1910-1976

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records. -- 1 photograph album (134 prints). -- 70 photographs : prints, transparencies

History / Biographical: Stan J. "Windy" Carr, 1890-1983, was a guide and outfitter and dude ranch owner at Lake Louise, Alberta and Tete Jaune Cache, British Columbia, Canada. Carr, an English immigrant, began working for Brewster Transport Co. at Lake Louise in 1910. He worked as a pony-boy around Lake Louise and began leading pack train trips. Rev. Dr. S. Knapp, Worcester, Massachusetts was a client for thirty years. Carr later operated the Half Diamond M ranch near Tete Jaune Cache, B.C.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of guiding papers, 1913-1938, pertaining mainly to the Half Diamond M Ranch at Tete Jaune Cache; poems, n.d., 1910, 1940; lengthy manuscript by S. Knapp, ca.1920, titled "Camping with Windy: Tales of the Canadian Rockies"; and photographs pertaining to Carr, associates, clients and pack trips, 1910-1914. Knapp manuscript discusses camping trips in the vicinities of Bow Lake, Lake O'Hara, Mount Assiniboine, Lake Louise, Pipestone Valley and Kananaskis Lakes and includes notes by Carr, 1976.; Photograph album pertains to horse ranching and horses at Springbank and Calgary, and Brewster horse staff and kitchen staff? at Lake Louise Chalet, ca.1910.

Name Access: Carr, Stan J.

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description for prints and album pages

Creator: Carr, Stan J.

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Tom Lonsdale and Florence Lonsdale fonds

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Part Of: Tom and Florence Lonsdale fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of two series: I. Tom Lonsdale and Florence Lonsdale series, 1885-1973, 7.5 cm of textual records, 52 photographs : prints. Series consists of four sub-series: A. Tom Lonsdale personal and professional life; B. Florence Lonsdale personal and professional life; C. Banff Literary an…

Date Range: 1885-1973

Reference Code: M189 / V368

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Organization record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Tom and Florence Lonsdale fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 189; V 368

Sous-Fonds: M 189; V 368

Accession Number: 667, 1154, 1384, 1865, 2225, 2243, 2247, 2277, 2433, 2462, 2685, 2958, 5175, 6417

Reference Code: M189 / V368

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Organization record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1885-1973

Physical Description: 666 photographs (614 transparencies, 52 prints). -- 7.5 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Thomas Henry Lonsdale, 1886-1975, was a clergyman and teacher at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Florence Sanderson (Bennett) Lonsdale, 1894-1972, was a nurse and community worker. Tom Lonsdale emigrated to Canada in 1908 from England. He studied education and received his BA and BD in Alberta. From 1925 to 1958 Lonsdale was minister at Banff's Rundle Memorial United Church. Lonsdale was active in local organizations such as the Rotary Club and Senior Friends and was particularly interested in local theatre, being one of the founders of the Banff Literary and Dramatic Society. During the Second World War, Lonsdale served as chaplain at the prisoner of war camp at Ozada, near Seebe, Alberta. After retiring in 1958, Lonsdale joined the Banff School of Fine Arts, first as a student and later as a sketching instructor.; Florence Lonsdale nursed in England during the First World War, and also in Yugoslavia and Serbia until 1920. After marriage to Tom Lonsdale in 1922 and coming to Banff in 1925, she was a member and president of the Red Cross Society for forty-three years and was involved with the Banff Literary and Dramatic Society, Girl Guides, Canadian Club and the Women's Missionary Society.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of two series:; I. Tom Lonsdale and Florence Lonsdale series, 1885-1973, 7.5 cm of textual records, 52 photographs : prints. Series consists of four sub-series: A. Tom Lonsdale personal and professional life; B. Florence Lonsdale personal and professional life; C. Banff Literary and Dramatic Society; D. Lonsdale family.; II. Tom Lonsdale lantern slides series, 1885-ca.1920, 614 photographs : glass transparencies. Series consists of two sub-series: A. Numbered lantern slides; and, B. Unnumbered lantern slides.

Name Access: Lonsdale, Tom; Lonsdale, Florence

Subject Access: Community life; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Religions

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; 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

Related Material: Acquisitions included artwork housed in the art collection of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

Creator: Lonsdale, Tom; Lonsdale, Florence

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Religions

Biographical Source Notes: Previous field entry; articles (including obituaries) in the Crag and Canyon and Calgary Herald

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Vaux family fonds

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of two or more series. Series I. Photography, 1893-1913, is processed. Series II. Textual records are processed and consist of six series. Photography series consists of twenty-four sub-series: A. to O. Travel 1893 to Travel 1907; P. to S. Travel 1909 to Travel 1913; T. Travel ge…

Date Range: [after 1855]

Reference Code: M107 / V653

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Map; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 107; V 653

Sous-Fonds: M 107; V 653

Accession Number: 739, 1117, 1118, 1793, 2883, 3236, 3942, 4012, 7202, 7579 (unproc), 7792 (unproc)

Reference Code: M107 / V653

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Map; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [after 1855]

Physical Description: 2924 photographs: 2632 negatives, 167 transparencies, 125 prints. -- 1 photograph album (50 prints). -- ca.2.7 m textual records

History / Biographical: The Vaux family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were photographers, mountaineers and scientists. Mary M. Vaux, 1860-1940, George Vaux Jr., 1863-1927, and William S. Vaux Jr., 1872-1908, were the children of George Vaux (VIII) of Philadelphia. They were all involved in photography in the early 1880s and were members of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. All three were taking photographs when the family made its first trip west in 1885. The first Vaux family photographs of the Canadian mountain west were made in 1887 during a summer trip along the Canadian Pacific Railway to Glacier House in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia in 1887.; The family made frequent visits to the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains over the next two decades to study the Illecillewaet and other glaciers, photograph, paint and climb. George's and Mary's photographic work centred on the mountain landscape, while William's concentrated upon the movement and physical features of glaciers. Due to the size of their large format cameras, the two brothers took most of the photographs during these trips and Mary was responsible for all of the printing. William Vaux died in 1908 and George did not return to the Canadian mountains after 1911; however, Mary Vaux Walcott returned to the region virtually every summer for over forty years. A detailed discussion of their activities is contained in "Legacy In Ice: The Vaux Family and the Canadian Alps," Whyte Foundation, Banff, 1983

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of two or more series. Series I. Photography, 1893-1913, is processed. Series II. Textual records are processed and consist of six series.; Photography series consists of twenty-four sub-series: A. to O. Travel 1893 to Travel 1907; P. to S. Travel 1909 to Travel 1913; T. Travel general, 1894?-1912?; U. Prints, 1899-1907; V. Lantern slides, 1900-1909; W. Photograph album, before 1907; X. Textual records, 1893-1910; Y. Damaged Negatives; Z. Mary Schaffer Negatives. Photographic negatives, arranged chronologically, are prominent in the series. Images pertain to landscape studies and scenic views of the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains, especially the Glacier, Yoho and Lake Louise areas; glaciers in the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains, especially Illecillewaet, Asulkan, Yoho and Bow Glaciers; mountain scenes and panorama views in the Selkirks and Rockies; Canadian Pacific Railway in the Selkirks and CPR hotels; Glacier and Field, B.C. and Banff, Alberta and areas; climbing and other mountain activities; United States and Canadian views on trips to the mountains. Negatives include both glass (962 items) and film negatives (1740 items). Textual records are exposure records, original negative envelopes and publications.; Textual series consists of six series: I. Trip Series, II. Correspondence Series, III. Publications Series, IV. George Vaux: Legal and Finance Management Series, V. Photographic Related Material, VI. Other Series (O.S.). Textual records pertain to glacier study, including research papers, maps and publications; William S. Vaux Jr. papers re travels, engineering and architecture, other; George Vaux Jr. writing and other papers; Mary Vaux correspondence and papers re writing and presentations; and other records, 1877, 1912-1913. Textual records also include family travel papers, 1881-1911; George Vaux, Jr. "Glacier" files; correspondence between George Vaux and the Schäffers, 1899-1926; papers of Dr. Charles Schäffer, Mary Schäffer and Schäffer estate, 1855-1927.

Name Access: Schaffer, Charles; Schaffer, Mary; Vaux, George; Vaux, Mary; Vaux, William

Subject Access: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series description; file description for Series I; electronic finding aid for Series I; selected modern reference prints; digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database

Related Material: Related by provenance to the Vaux family collection of photographs held by the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Vaux collection of correspondence, documents and graphics held by Special Collections of Haverford College Library, Haverford, Pennsylvania

Creator: Vaux, George; Vaux, Mary; Vaux, William

Category: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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W. F. O. Fisher fonds

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Part Of: W. F. O. Fisher fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographs thought to have been produced and collected by W. F. O. Fisher. Alpine Club of Canada expeditions and camps, including 1912 expedition to Strathcona Park, British Columbia; also scenic views and family and personal photographs, many unidentified. Lantern slides perta…

Date Range: [ca.1910-ca.1915]

Reference Code: V202

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency

Part Of: W. F. O. Fisher fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 202

Sous-Fonds: V 202

Accession Number: 3481, 5738

Reference Code: V202

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1910-ca.1915]

Physical Description: 401 photographs (227 negatives, 113 prints, 61 transparencies)

History / Biographical: Reverend W. F. O. Fisher was associated with Mission House at Edmonton, Alberta. Fisher was a member of the Alpine Club of Canada, 1914-ca.1920

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographs thought to have been produced and collected by W. F. O. Fisher. Alpine Club of Canada expeditions and camps, including 1912 expedition to Strathcona Park, British Columbia; also scenic views and family and personal photographs, many unidentified. Lantern slides pertain to mountaineering and travel in the Canadian Rockies and in Europe, also church activities in Alberta. Prints, transparencies and negatives match in some cases

Name Access: Fisher, W. F. O.

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description for prints and negatives

Related Material: Similar material is found in photograph albums in Alpine Club of Canada photographs (V14)

Creator: Fisher, W. F. O.

Category: 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 / Unprocessed

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William O. Field fonds

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Part Of: William O. Field fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of records created and collected by William O. Field during to glacier study, research and travels in the Canadian Rockies and area. I. CR files : [Canadian Rockies series], 1919-1989, 110 files and 13 volumes of textual records and ca.275 files of photographs. Textual records inclu…

Date Range: 1885-1989, predominant 1902-1989

Reference Code: M58 / V6

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Published record

Part Of: William O. Field fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 58; V 6

Sous-Fonds: M 58; V 6

Accession Number: 5852, 6787

Reference Code: M58 / V6

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1885-1989, predominant 1902-1989

Physical Description: ca.7000 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies. -- 4 photograph albums (475 prints). -- ca.55 cm and 14 v. of textual records. -- 4 cartographic records

History / Biographical: William O. Field, 1904-1994, of Massachusetts, U.S.A., was a noted geologist with the American Geographical Society and an expert on mountain glaciers of the northern hemisphere. He made trips to the Canadian Rockies with his father, William Osgood Field, during the 1920s even before graduating from Harvard in 1926. William O. Field studied key glaciers in British Columbia and Alberta from 1922 until 1981.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of records created and collected by William O. Field during to glacier study, research and travels in the Canadian Rockies and area.; I. CR files : [Canadian Rockies series], 1919-1989, 110 files and 13 volumes of textual records and ca.275 files of photographs. Textual records include diaries, notebooks and files for 1948, 1949 and 1953. Photographs include ca.5800 prints, ca.325 negatives and 4 photograph albums in annual files for years 1919 to 1927 and 1948, 1949 and 1953.; II. Reports, before 1980.; III. Resources, 1902-1985, consists of photographs, maps and textual volume collected by Field for research use.; IV. Display photographs, 1885-1953.

Name Access: Field, William O.

Subject Access: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Science and technology

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

Creator: Field, William O.

Category: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Science and technology

Biographical Source Notes: grant application 2000

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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Wright family fonds

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Part Of: Wright family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of Andrew "Scotty" Wright papers and photographs, Mary Wright papers and photographs and some Wright family photographs. Textual records include Scotty Wright journals and notebooks, 1922-1942, correspondence, 1932-1937, and other papers, 1932-1967 re employment and personal matters;…

Date Range: [ca.1890]-1967

Reference Code: M84 / V711

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Private record

Part Of: Wright family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 84; V 711

Sous-Fonds: M 84; V 711

Accession Number: 592, 5697, 6614

Reference Code: M84 / V711

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Private record

Date Range: [ca.1890]-1967

Physical Description: 10 cm of textual records. -- ca.165 photographs (ca.160 prints, 2 transparencies, 2 negatives). -- 4 photograph albums (ca.425 prints)

History / Biographical: Andrew "Scotty" Wright, 1887-1960, was a national park warden, carpenter, guide and rancher at Banff and Morley, Alberta, Canada. Wright came to the mountains in 1905 after homesteading and worked for Banff National Park as a warden in the Bankhead, Spray River and Ghost River districts. He was employed in various other jobs related to guiding, construction, equipment maintenance and repairs between Donald, British Columbia and Banff during the 1930s and 1940s, as a camp foreman for the United States Army near the Columbia Icefield, 1942. Andrew "Scotty" Wright and Lillian Hunter Wright, 1890-1936, had two children, Mary, 1914-1968, and William (Bill) "Scotty", 1929-2003. Mary Wright Burles was manager at various times of Skoki Lodge, the Lake Louise Inn, Sunshine Lodge and the Bar C Ranch near Morley where her father often lived his later years.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of Andrew "Scotty" Wright papers and photographs, Mary Wright papers and photographs and some Wright family photographs.; Textual records include Scotty Wright journals and notebooks, 1922-1942, correspondence, 1932-1937, and other papers, 1932-1967 re employment and personal matters; also miscellaneous personal papers of Mary Wright Burles, 1927-1967.; Photographs are mainly prints and albums pertaining to Andrew "Scotty" Wright and family, friends and associates, activities, hunting trips, mountain travels and skiing, ca.1890-1959. Includes two albums and some prints pertaining mainly to Mary Wright and her friends and activities at Banff and Skoki, ca.1925-1940, as well as photographs by Nick Morant and six panorama and large-format views by Charles D. Walcott.

Name Access: Burles, Mary Wright; Wright, Andrew (Scotty)

Subject Access: 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: basic description; microfilm copy of album/s

Creator: Wright, Andrew (Scotty)

Category: 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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Yosemite National Park fonds

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Part Of: Yosemite National Park fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of one series: I. lantern slide series: 13 photographs: lantern slides, colour, hand tinted and b&w. transparencies mounted as lantern slides. -- Lantern slides were in custody of Yosemite National Park Archives. PS – 1 2565. Victoria Glacier, Mt. Lefroy and Mt Victoria, Canadian A…

Date Range: [ca. 1910 - 1950?]

Reference Code: V778

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Part Of: Yosemite National Park fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 778

Sous-Fonds: V 778

Accession Number: 2017.8640

Reference Code: V778

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1910 - 1950?]

Physical Description: 13 photographs: transparencies

History / Biographical: Yosemite National Park is located in central California, established in 1890.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of one series: I. lantern slide series: 13 photographs: lantern slides, colour, hand tinted and b&w. transparencies mounted as lantern slides. -- Lantern slides were in custody of Yosemite National Park Archives. PS – 1 2565. Victoria Glacier, Mt. Lefroy and Mt Victoria, Canadian Alps. Black and white lantern slide. Swastika Educational Series. Published by Henry G. Peabody Pasadena California. PS – 2 2600. The Peak and Hanging Glaciers of Mt. Assiniboine. Coloured lantern slide. Copyright by Henry G Peabody. Swastika Educational Series. Published by Henry G. Peabody Pasadena California # 75. PS – 3 #210 Sunny Side H. River. Hand painted coloured slide T.H. McAllister Optician 49 Nassau Street N.Y. PS – 4 No. 95 Canadian Pacific Railway Mount Assiniboine hand painted PS – 5 # 104. Moraine Lake - hand coloured PS – 6 Swastika Educational series Published by Henry G. Peabody Pasadena California #47. 2569. Valley of the Ten Peaks, Canadian Alps. Black and White lantern slide PS – 7 Lakes in the Clouds, Lake Louise. ATLA Black and white lantern slide PS – 8 Grizzly peak. Coloured lantern slide (faded). PS – 9 Illecillewaet Valley, Selkirk Range, Glacier BC. Black and white lantern slide. PS – 10 Yale B.C. Black and White, silvering along edges of image. PS – 11 Paradise Valley, Lake Louise, ATLA. Black and White, silvering along edges of image. PS – 12 No labels present. Glass positive is missing accompanying plate. Black and white positive image of mountains and two lakes. PS – 13 Glass positive is missing accompanying plate. Black and white positive image of a plane flying above mountains. Propeller plane, A-57.

Subject Access: Sports, recreation and leisure; Exploration, discovery and travel; Natural resources

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description

Creator: Yosemite National Park fonds

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Natural resources; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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An Indian Packer with an average load of 200 lbs.

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: [ca. 1908 - 192-]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1032

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II. Photography series

Sous-Fonds: V527

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 10. World travels

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1032

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1908 - 192-]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Transportation; Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: [India]

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Androsace carinata

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 166

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 166

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Mary Schaffer (Philadelphia, USA) - attributed to

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Anemone des prairies / Mary M. Vaux

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pasque flower or prairie crocus

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 164

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 164

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Pasque flower or prairie crocus

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Mary M. Vaux (Philadelphia USA)

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Banff Indian Days [Stoney Nakoda camp at foot of Cascade Mountain]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: [ca. 1900 - 192-]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 683

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II. Photography series

Sous-Fonds: V527

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 8. Native people

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 683

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1900 - 192-]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Environment and Nature; First nations; Public events

Geographic Access: Alberta

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Barnes Family

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs of the Barnes family prior to their move to Banff

Date Range: [ca.1905-1910]

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 1 to 8, 494

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

8 images

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V48

Series: I.A. Negatives : Film

Sous-Fonds: V48

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 1 to 8, 494

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1905-1910]

Physical Description: 9 photographs : negatives, film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs of the Barnes family prior to their move to Banff

Notes: LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 1 Family on porch of house, [North Dakota?]; 2 Farm buildings, [Barnes farm, North Dakota?]; 3, 4 Children in front of school, [North Dakota?]; 5 Soo Line boxcar with man and colt in door; 6 Street scene of prairie town; 7 Royal Hotel; 8 Moose Jaw railway station; 494 Elliott or "Fred" Rupert Barnes on deer hunt, [North Dakota?]

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott

Subject Access: Buildings; Cityscape; Family; Family and personal life; Hunting; Landscapes; Transportation; Trains

Geographic Access: Moose Jaw; Saskatchewan; North Dakota; Canada; United States of America

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bison

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to bison, bison hunting and the decline of bison. Mainly illustrations, 1860s-1880s

Date Range: [ca.1910]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 639 to 668

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V527

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 639 to 668

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1910]

Physical Description: 30 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to bison, bison hunting and the decline of bison. Mainly illustrations, 1860s-1880s

Finding Aid: Copy prints are available for reference use

Location (Copy): Reference prints are available

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :; #639 - [Pile of buffalo bones]; #640, 641 - [Illustration – Indigenous people hunting buffalo] (641); #642 - [Illustration] Indigenous people on Snowshoes hunting Buffaloes; #643 - [Illustration – Indigenous people driving buffalo over buffalo jump]; #644 - [Illustration] Driving Buffalo over a cliff; #645 - [Indigenous woman stretching buffalo hide]; #646 - [Indigenous woman with horse pulling travois]; #647 - [Illustration] Cree Indigenous people impounding the buffalo; #648 - [Illustration] The Herd, 1860 (648); #650 - [Illustration – Indigenous people hunting buffalo]; #651 - [Illustration] The End, 1883; #652 - Buffalo Bones In 1875; #653, 654 - [Illustration - early depiction of buffalo]; #655 - [Illustration] Buffalo - a hold up 1869; #656 - [Loading buffalo bones onto railway cars]; #657 - [Buffalo bones piled beside railway cars]; #658 - [Illustration - hunter shooting buffalo]; #659 - Buffalo Trail Buffalo National Park; #660 - [Buffalo swimming river]; #661 - Buffalo wallowing; #662 - Buffalo starting to wallow; #663 - Buffalo wallow; #664 - Buffalo, Banff National Park; #665 - [Illustration – Indigenous people hunting buffalo]; #666 - [Illustration] Hunting disguised as wolves; #667 - [Painted buffalo hide]; #668 - [Illustration - Indigenous moccasins & carry bags]

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Canadian Pacific Railway Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

14 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number: 5486

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 5486

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Physical Description: 14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm

History / Biographical: The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff. After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.