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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds 7
- Bert Riggall fonds 6
- Lillian Gest fonds 4
- Underwood and Underwood Publishers fonds 4
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds 3
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds 2
- Luxton family fonds 2
- Aileen Harmon fonds 1
- Charles Reid fonds 1
- Fulton Dunsmore fonds 1
- Kidney family fonds 1
- Nancy Lyall fonds 1
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1090
- Description
- Multi-purpose pocket knife with six functions.
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- Title
- Pocket Knife
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 2.0 cm
- Description
- Multi-purpose pocket knife with six functions.
- Subject
- households
- utility
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Chui Mei Yee, Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1090
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- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0085
- Description
- Clamp of two flat faces operates by hinge mechanism on bottom of two handles. Clamp opens by spreading handles and once pot or object is gripped the handles are pressed together and held and this, as well, clamps the object. Stamped on top handle "patent applied for".
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- Title
- Pot Lifter
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 3.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Clamp of two flat faces operates by hinge mechanism on bottom of two handles. Clamp opens by spreading handles and once pot or object is gripped the handles are pressed together and held and this, as well, clamps the object. Stamped on top handle "patent applied for".
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0085
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0079 a-c
- Description
- (a) is largest pot, flat based, straight sided with two riveted brackets on exterior to which affixable handle can be hooked into. Pot has flat lid which sits inside pot rim. Pot (b) can sit inside (a), is flat based, straight sided with top narrowing to ring neck. Two wire loop handles criss cross…
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- Title
- Saucepan Set
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 21.7 x 11.2 cm
- Description
- (a) is largest pot, flat based, straight sided with two riveted brackets on exterior to which affixable handle can be hooked into. Pot has flat lid which sits inside pot rim. Pot (b) can sit inside (a), is flat based, straight sided with top narrowing to ring neck. Two wire loop handles criss cross and lie flatly for storage, vent hole near handle. Pot (c) is also flat based, with straight sides, has hinged handle which folds into pot for storage. Flat lid fits both (b) and (c). (c) fits into neck of (b) for storage or use as double boiler. Pot (a) stamped "Hoyang", lid stamped "Ilovan - Norsk Fabrikat N.M.nr. 5445". There is also a loop chain for use in lifting both lids so that there are seven pieces total in set, 3 pots, 2 lids, 1 handle, 1 loop suspension chain.
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0079 a-c
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Slides Notebooks
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover. 51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949. 51 - 2 : "S…
- Date Range
- 1939-1981
- Reference Code
- M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Textual record
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities, photography
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i.a. textual material, notebooks
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4
- Date Range
- 1939-1981
- Physical Description
- 4.5 cm of textual records (4 volumes ; 10.8 x 17.6 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover. 51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949. 51 - 2 : "SL II" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1949 and 1955. 51 - 3 : "SL III" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1955 and 191965. 51 - 4 : "SL IV" (Slides Book IV) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1966 and 1981. Also includes folder of loose material from the notebooks.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Administration
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Automobiles
- Backpacking
- Boats
- Buildings
- Cabins
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Climbing
- Club
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- Fishing
- Flowers
- Glaciers
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horses
- Hotels
- Landscapes
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Outfitters
- Pack trips
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Recreation
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Swiss Guides
- Tourism
- Trails
- Travel
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Waterton
- Waterton National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Montana
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Washington
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Souvenir travel books and guides
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 24 textual records including bound books, small booklets and brochures. Content pertains to travel and tourism in the Canadian Rockies, Calgary, Fort Langley, Vancouver, Saskatoon, Montana, and Japan. Includes two "pocket directories" for Vancouver [1899 and 1900] and one for Saska…
- Date Range
- 1899-1900
- [1905-1910]
- 1907
- [1912]
- 1914
- 1919-1920
- [1925-1930]
- 1935
- 1953-1954
- 1957-1958
- [1960-1965]
- 1963
- 1972-1973
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 15 to 18
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 15 to 18
- Date Range
- 1899-1900
- [1905-1910]
- 1907
- [1912]
- 1914
- 1919-1920
- [1925-1930]
- 1935
- 1953-1954
- 1957-1958
- [1960-1965]
- 1963
- 1972-1973
- Physical Description
- 9 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 24 textual records including bound books, small booklets and brochures. Content pertains to travel and tourism in the Canadian Rockies, Calgary, Fort Langley, Vancouver, Saskatoon, Montana, and Japan. Includes two "pocket directories" for Vancouver [1899 and 1900] and one for Saskatoon [1914]; souvenir booklets for Pincher Creek [1900 - 1905], Turner Valley Oil Field [1915 - 1920] and the Canadian Wax Gallery; booklet "Calgary Alberta: The Land of Plenty"; two copies of a Banff National Park guide book [ca. 1912]; "A Sprig of Mountain Heather" tourist booklet by the Department of the Interior, Canada [1914]; "Hippodrome" souvenir book; “Pocket Guide to Japan”; "Westward Honk!" travel publication by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1919) detailing a National Parks road trip across Canada and the United States; two copies of “Pictographs in Southwestern Alberta” information booklet; an information sheet and map of the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve signed by “E. Wakelyn”; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings from The Albertan [1963] pertaining to Calgary; a brochure on Marble Canyon; and two brochures pertaining to interpretive programming in Banff National Park [1972 and 1973 respectively].
- Notes
- Contents have been arranged chronologically and divided into four files (see Content Details).
- ”A Sprig of Mountain Heather” souvenir book contains pressed plant matter
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Banff National Park
- Camping
- Commerce and industry
- Commercial products
- Ecology
- Environment
- Flowers
- Geography
- Government
- Guiding
- Guide
- Hiking
- History
- Hot Springs
- Industry
- Leisure
- Museums
- Natural history
- Natural resources
- Oil
- Photography
- Recreation
- Tourism
- Tourist information
- Trail guides
- Travel
- The Albertan
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Pincher Creek
- Turner Valley
- British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Marble Canyon
- United States of America
- Montana
- Japan
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- “Picturesque Calgary” booklet placed in acid-free envelope due to damage and fragile state
- ”Hippodrome” souvenir book stored in mylar sleeve
- ”A Sprig of Mountain Heather” souvenir book kept in original envelope in file folder. Consider additional storage measures, and handle with caution as attached pressed plant is fragile and may break apart easily
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Natural resources
- Government
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Environment
- Commerce and industry
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Folder contents: LUX/II/F1/15: 1899 - 1907 LUX/II/F1/16: 1912 - 1914 LUX/II/F1/17: 1914 - 1935 LUX/II/F1/18: 1953 - 1973
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Trail riders group action shots and scenic views
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of 20 black and white prints pertaining to trail riders on horseback travelling through various terrains in the Canadian Rockies: through streams/rivers, rocky areas, uphill, etc., and other scenic views from trail rides. Individual riders in photographs not identified, no dates given
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930 - ca. 1950]
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PA - 107 to 126
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
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- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / I : Events and Activities
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PA - 107 to 126
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930 - ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 20 photographs : b&w prints ; 12.5 x 9 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 20 black and white prints pertaining to trail riders on horseback travelling through various terrains in the Canadian Rockies: through streams/rivers, rocky areas, uphill, etc., and other scenic views from trail rides. Individual riders in photographs not identified, no dates given
- Notes
- Date range is estimate provided by the Processing Archivist based on contents of file.
- Material Details
- Items in this file are print copies of 21 original b&w negatives, one of which does not have a print copy.
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Negative photograph duplicates of images in this file are processed under reference V635 / I / NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Valley in Cassiar Mountains
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- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.01
- Description
- General colour: green, light purple. On the left side are boulders, dead tree trunks and two large green pines. Lower mid-centre there is a piece of canvas over poles creating a makeshift tent. There is a figure by a campfire over which hangs two black kettles. On the viewer’s right is another figu…
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- Title
- Valley in Cassiar Mountains
- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, light purple. On the left side are boulders, dead tree trunks and two large green pines. Lower mid-centre there is a piece of canvas over poles creating a makeshift tent. There is a figure by a campfire over which hangs two black kettles. On the viewer’s right is another figure and four horses some distance away. The top half of the picture is mountains with some snow above that, a cloudy sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- camping
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.01
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Wallace Gladstone and Walter Nixon trail guiding photos
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of 10 black and white photographs pertaining to fire warden Wallace Gladstone and Walter Nixon guiding in Lake of the Hanging Glaciers, BC area. Includes photos of group meals, camping, and trail riders on horseback.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1928 - 1936]
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / PA - 259 to 268
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / PA - 259 to 268
- Date Range
- [ca. 1928 - 1936]
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 25.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 10 black and white photographs pertaining to fire warden Wallace Gladstone and Walter Nixon guiding in Lake of the Hanging Glaciers, BC area. Includes photos of group meals, camping, and trail riders on horseback.
- Notes
- One photograph accompanied in file by original album page clipping [?] with fasteners for corners. Some photographs may be attributed to Canadian Pacific.
- Name Access
- Gladstone, Wallace
- Nixon, Walter
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Titled based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.1007
- Description
- Tepee shaped, Government work camp heater, primary combustion chamber completes area of entire heater (51.1 dia) front door (25.7x20.0) is rectangularly shaped, 2 front door hinges (3.2 long) on right side of door attached by 3 rivets, front door handle is rectangular (3.2x13.2) and slides behind v…
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- Title
- Wood Heater
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 46.0 cm
- Description
- Tepee shaped, Government work camp heater, primary combustion chamber completes area of entire heater (51.1 dia) front door (25.7x20.0) is rectangularly shaped, 2 front door hinges (3.2 long) on right side of door attached by 3 rivets, front door handle is rectangular (3.2x13.2) and slides behind vertically positioned rectangular metal piece (3.2x10.3) attached by 2 rivets, circular vent (4.4 dia) positioned lower centre of front door with oval metal covering, partial stovepipe out of top (10.0 high x 15.0 dia) attached by 11 rivets.
- Subject
- parks
- wardens
- Henry Ness
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Henry Ness, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.1007
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