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Elliott Barnes fonds

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to: Elliott Barnes and Barnes family; pack trips; wildlife; Alaska trip; Eau Claire logging operations in Spray Valley; Jumping Pound homestead, Morley and S-L Ranch; Sawback Lake trip; bear hunting trip; Banff area views; Paradise Valley ACC camp; hockey at Banff; Stoney Indians at…

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Reference Code: V48

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 48

Sous-Fonds: V 48

Accession Number: 2512, 2580, 3247, 3307, 5431, 5076

Reference Code: V48

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Physical Description: ca.500 photographs : prints, negatives

History / Biographical: Elliott Chappel Barnes, 1866-1938, was a rancher, outfitter and trail guide and professional photographer at Kootenay Plains, Banff and Jumping Pound, Alberta. Barnes was born in Rochester, New York in 1866. In the early 1890s he travelled throughout the American Rockies supporting himself as an itinerant photographer. In 1905, Barnes and his family immigrated to Canada and homesteaded on the Kootenay Plains. For a short time, Barnes ran a small outfitting operation out of Banff, mostly dealing with the newly-created Alpine Club of Canada and its members. Also, while wintering in Banff during 1907-1908, he worked briefly with Byron Harmon in the photographic business. Following this association, Barnes upgraded from a small "pocket" Kodak camera to a 5x7 Graflex with a stereo adaptor. Utilizing this camera, he published a set of stereo view-cards and custom postcards. In 1908, Barnes moved to a homestead at Little Jumping Pound Creek in the foothills west of Calgary and abandoned photography as a profession. After several farming ventures near Calgary, the family moved into the city, where Elliott Barnes died in 1938.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to: Elliott Barnes and Barnes family; pack trips; wildlife; Alaska trip; Eau Claire logging operations in Spray Valley; Jumping Pound homestead, Morley and S-L Ranch; Sawback Lake trip; bear hunting trip; Banff area views; Paradise Valley ACC camp; hockey at Banff; Stoney Indians at Kootenay Plains; Bankhead mine site and operations; winter trip; Mount Rainer, Washington; other (mainly people, places and activities)

Notes: A detailed biography of Elliott Barnes can be found in: "A Delicate Wilderness: The Photography of Elliott Barnes, 1905- 1914" by Edward Cavell (Banff: Altitude Publishing and the Whyte Foundation, 1983).

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott

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

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: modern reference prints

Creator: Barnes, Elliott

Category: Arts; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Natural resources; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed

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Jim Brewster family fonds

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers and photographs of James Irvine (Jim) Brewster, Fern Brewster, Dell Brewster and the Brewster family. I. James Irvine Brewster papers and photographs, before 1948 and ca.1959, consist mainly of professional papers and photographs relating to guiding and outfitting activitie…

Date Range: [ca.1875-ca.1978]

Reference Code: M436 / V90

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

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

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 436; V 90

Sous-Fonds: M 436; V 90

Accession Number: 79, 85, 108, 357, 451, 1618, 3350, 3808, 5274, 6019, 2021.26, 2023.09

Reference Code: M436 / V90

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

Date Range: [ca.1875-ca.1978]

Physical Description: 24 cm of textual records. -- ca.830 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 12 photograph albums (ca.1000 prints). -- 1 motion picture

History / Biographical: James Irvine Brewster, 1882-1947, came to Banff with his parents in 1888. While still boys, he and his brother Bill started guiding fishing parties and later formed an outfitting partnership. With silent partners Fred Hussey and Phil Moore, they established Brewster Brothers in 1904. Jim Brewster and Hussey left the business in 1906. In 1909, Jim returned to guide the business. Under his control, it became a major transportation supplier, Brewster Transport Company. Fern Brewster, 1902-1967, daughter of Jim Brewster and Lade Brewster (d.1915), was a sportswoman, businesswoman and homemaker. She was involved in the operation of Sunshine ski area and was a director of Brewster Transportation after her father's death. Fern Brewster's married names were Clarkson and Dooley. Adele (Dell) Brewster (Sibbald), 1896-1983, Jim Brewster's second wife, was also a director of Brewster Transportation.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers and photographs of James Irvine (Jim) Brewster, Fern Brewster, Dell Brewster and the Brewster family.; I. James Irvine Brewster papers and photographs, before 1948 and ca.1959, consist mainly of professional papers and photographs relating to guiding and outfitting activities, and to Brewster Transport Company records, including Sunshine ski area records. Series includes correspondence, diaries, legal papers, Sunshine Lodge addition papers, Brewster house plans and other material. Correspondence is incoming and outgoing letters between Brewster and Hussey, clients, and associates regarding guiding and outfitting, real estate speculation and personal matters, etc. 1906-1907. Diaries pertain to guiding, hunting and horse trips, 1897-1901, 1904-1906; entries mainly record clients, territory covered and game observations and records. Also includes articles and hand-drawn map by Brewster on hunting, 1903-1906. Includes 54 photographs pertaining to Brewster Transport after Jim Brewster period.; II. Fern Brewster papers and photographs, before 1967, includes mainly personal papers, correspondence, recipes, press clippings and photographs regarding friends and family, education, Jim Brewster's death and cooking. Correspondents include Carl Rungius, Les Peters, Charlie Beil and Fern Bedaux.; III. Dell Brewster papers, 1925-1967, pertain mainly to Jim Brewster's death. Dell Brewster photographs pertain to the Sibbald, Grier and McDougall families.; IV. Brewster family papers and photographs pertain to Jack Walker Brewster, and Brewster family and friends.; V. Other material, before 1978, consists of greeting cards.; VI. Later Acquisitions, pertain to various Brewster family members including Fern Brewster, Jim Brewster, and Pat Brewster.

Name Access: Brewster, Dell; Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jack Walker; Brewster, Jim

Subject Access: Brewster Transport Company; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure; Transportation

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; file description and index; electronic finding aid; microfilm copies of albums; photographic copy of map; video copy of motion picture

Creator: Brewster, Dell; Brewster, Jim

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed; Unprocessed

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Baby (Eggley baby?)

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: Unidentified baby on bearskin

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 55

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Negative series

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 55

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, glass, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Unidentified baby on bearskin

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Elliott Barnes

Images

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Banff, Alta album

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a small photo album bound in maroon leather with "Photographs" stamped on the front. Written on the inside of the front cover is "Tressa Brewster Banff, Alta" in black ink - Lade "Tressa" Brewster (nee Bagley) was Jim Brewster's first wife and mother of Fern. Photographs pertain to…

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1915]

Reference Code: V90 / IV / PD - 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M439 / V90

Series: IV. Brewster family

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: 2021.26

Reference Code: V90 / IV / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1915]

Physical Description: 1 album (50 photographs : b&w ; 14.8 x 12.3 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: Item consists of a small photo album bound in maroon leather with "Photographs" stamped on the front. Written on the inside of the front cover is "Tressa Brewster Banff, Alta" in black ink - Lade "Tressa" Brewster (nee Bagley) was Jim Brewster's first wife and mother of Fern. Photographs pertain to landscapes taken throughout Alberta, mostly in and around Banff National Park, mounted on pages with built-in windows - some are annotated.

Name Access: Brewster, Tressa (Lade)

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Banff Jasper Highway; Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Deer; Elk; Environment and Nature; Family and personal life; Glaciers; Landscapes; Mount Assiniboine; Mountains; Photography; Rivers; Scenery; Temple Mountain; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Assiniboine; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Leather of cover worn along edges, many photographs severely faded, some warped, spine coming loose at the binding towards the back.

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50087841/tressa-brewster

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Barnes cabin at Kootenay Plains, Elliott Barnes on step, Elliott Peak in background

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: Reggie Holmes with horse at Elliott Barnes' cabin at Kootenay Plains, Alberta; Elliott Peak in background

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 3

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Negative series

Reference Code: V48 / NG - 3

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, glass, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Reggie Holmes with horse at Elliott Barnes' cabin at Kootenay Plains, Alberta; Elliott Peak in background

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Family and personal life; Immigration and homesteading

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Elliott Barnes

Images

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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?]