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Buffalo Nations Musum and Banff Indian Days photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 30 b&w negative photographs pertaining to Buffalo Nations Museum and Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff. Includes images of events, including parades, and wildlife including a black bear. Some images show Eleanor [?] on a gurney alongside an ambulance.

Date Range: 1927; [1950-1959]

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / NA - 258 to NA - 287

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

30 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / NA - 258 to NA - 287

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1927; [1950-1959]

Physical Description: 30 photographs : b&w negatives ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 30 b&w negative photographs pertaining to Buffalo Nations Museum and Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff. Includes images of events, including parades, and wildlife including a black bear. Some images show Eleanor [?] on a gurney alongside an ambulance.

Notes: Photograph prints are included in Eleanor Luxton's Banff album, LUX / II / E / PD / 1

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; Community events; Events; Horses; Horseback riding; Indigenous Peoples; Cultural pluralism; Public events; Teepees; Performance; Music

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Category: Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Calgary Exhibition and Stampede

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of published textual materials pertaining to Calgary Exhibition and Stampede events between 1912 and 1972. File includes cutout paper logos, books, brochures and pamphlets, "prize list and rules" booklets, informational content mailed to Eleanor Luxton [1928] empty branded Stampede en…

Date Range: 1912; [1920-1930]; 1924-1925; 1927-1933; 1935; 1939; 1943-1946; [1945-1950]; 1949; 1951; 1953; 1955; 1957-1959; 1964; 1972

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 22

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Postcard; Organization 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 / 22

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Postcard; Organization record

Date Range: 1912; [1920-1930]; 1924-1925; 1927-1933; 1935; 1939; 1943-1946; [1945-1950]; 1949; 1951; 1953; 1955; 1957-1959; 1964; 1972

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records ; 6 cloth ribbons

Scope & Content: File consists of published textual materials pertaining to Calgary Exhibition and Stampede events between 1912 and 1972. File includes cutout paper logos, books, brochures and pamphlets, "prize list and rules" booklets, informational content mailed to Eleanor Luxton [1928] empty branded Stampede envelopes, blank pages with Stampede letterhead, and 6 cloth ribbons labelled "Native Daughter", "Pioneer" and "Pioneer Son" [n.d.].

Notes: File contains duplicates; Some excess duplicates have been temporarily moved and may be de-accessioned in the future

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Calgary Stampede; Sports and recreation; Souvenir; Events; Horses; Horseback riding; Hotel; Anniversary; Entertainment; Advertising; Parades

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: One creased paper logo and all cloth ribbons from file have been placed in mylar sleeves

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Calgary Stampede, teepee competition judging

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 21 photographs pertaining to events at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede held in 1943, 1949 and 1954. Photographs dated 1949 depict unidentified Indigenous people on horseback [preparing for a Stampede event?], and other photographs in file pertain to the judging of teepee compet…

Date Range: 1943; 1949; 1954

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3c / PA - 6 to 26

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

29 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3c / PA - 6 to 26

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Photographs LUX/I/D3c/PA-6 to 10 produced by photographer F. Gully.

Date Range: 1943; 1949; 1954

Physical Description: 21 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 21 photographs pertaining to events at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede held in 1943, 1949 and 1954. Photographs dated 1949 depict unidentified Indigenous people on horseback [preparing for a Stampede event?], and other photographs in file pertain to the judging of teepee competitions in [including images of 1943 winner John Burns and his family].

Notes: Most individuals in photographs not identified.

Name Access: Bearspaw, David; Burns, John; Burns, Richard; Burns, Pat; Luxton, Norman; Godsell, Philip; Graham, Fred; Peacock, Mark B.; Powderface, Tom; Wildman, Dan, Sr.; Hunter, Enos; Hunter, John; Hunter, Judas; Hunter, Nat

Subject Access: Calgary Stampede; Events; Public events; Competition; Teepees; Arts; Indigenous Peoples; Cultural pluralism; Animals; Horses; Recreation; Ranches

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; Bow Ranch

Language: English

Conservation: Consider storing individual items in mylar sleeves due to ink and pencil annotations on back of some contents

Related Material: LUX/I/D3c/PA-1 to 5

Category: Arts; Cultural pluralism; Indigenous Peoples; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Cattlemen & Forest and Outdoors magazines

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 6 copies of "Forest and Outdoors" and "Canadian Cattlemen" magazines published between 1948 and 1960. Content pertains to farming, cattle rearing and sales, outdoor activities including hunting and archery, wildlife identification, the Calgary Stampede, horseback riding trips, and …

Date Range: 1948; 1952-1953; 1955; 1960

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 28

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 / 28

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1948; 1952-1953; 1955; 1960

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 22.5 x 29.5 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 6 copies of "Forest and Outdoors" and "Canadian Cattlemen" magazines published between 1948 and 1960. Content pertains to farming, cattle rearing and sales, outdoor activities including hunting and archery, wildlife identification, the Calgary Stampede, horseback riding trips, and other related subjects. Includes special July 1955 issue of "Canadian Cattlemen" celebrating the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of Alberta and Saskatchewan as Canadian provinces.

Notes: File contents include two identical copies of November 1948 "Forest and Outdoors" publication.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Agriculture; Animals; Advertising; Environment; Industry; Hunting; Birds; Archery; Sports; Recreation; Calgary Power Ltd.; Horses; Calgary Stampede; Finances; Government

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Natural resources; Sports, recreation and leisure; Land, settlement and immigration; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Christmas card

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a Christmas/New Years card featuring a photograph of a row of tepees with a horse at one end and mountains in the background from the Norman and Georgina Luxton

Date Range: [ca. 1929-1972]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 78

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 78

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1929-1972]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a Christmas/New Years card featuring a photograph of a row of tepees with a horse at one end and mountains in the background from the Norman and Georgina Luxton

Name Access: Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Christmas; Horses; Tepee

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Christmas card

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a Christmas card from Norman and Georgina Luxton featuring tepees and horses in an open field

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1963]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 424

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 424

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1963]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a Christmas card from Norman and Georgina Luxton featuring tepees and horses in an open field

Name Access: Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Christmas; Horses; Tepee

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Collected gift tags

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of assorted tags from gifts sent to members of the Luxton family. Includes Christmas, birthday, and "thank you" gift tags, as well as tags which accompanied bouquets of flowers delivered to Eleanor Luxton. Some items are stored in small envelopes [possibly organized by Eleanor Luxton].

Date Range: [1910-1990]

Reference Code: LUX / III / A1 / 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / A : Family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / A1 : Correspondence

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / A1 / 19

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: [1910-1990]

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of assorted tags from gifts sent to members of the Luxton family. Includes Christmas, birthday, and "thank you" gift tags, as well as tags which accompanied bouquets of flowers delivered to Eleanor Luxton. Some items are stored in small envelopes [possibly organized by Eleanor Luxton].

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Holidays; Christmas; Correspondence

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Correspondence - postcards

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of postcards and souvenir postcard booklets sent to members and friends of the Luxton family, including Eleanor, Norman and Georgina Luxton. Content pertains to locations and landmarks in various regions, including Canada, the United States, England, France and the Ivory Coast. File a…

Date Range: [1900-1920]; 1905-1906; 1909; 1911-1912; 1914-1916; 1924-1925; 1929; 1937; 1939; 1949; 1951-1958; 1961-1962

Reference Code: LUX / III / A1 / 25 to 27

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Postcard

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / A : Norman Luxton family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / A1 : Correspondence

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / A1 / 25 to 27

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Postcard

Date Range: [1900-1920]; 1905-1906; 1909; 1911-1912; 1914-1916; 1924-1925; 1929; 1937; 1939; 1949; 1951-1958; 1961-1962

Physical Description: ca. 250 prints : b&w and col. postcards ; 16 x 12 cm or smaller -- 1 b&w photograph : print ; 16 x 10.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of postcards and souvenir postcard booklets sent to members and friends of the Luxton family, including Eleanor, Norman and Georgina Luxton. Content pertains to locations and landmarks in various regions, including Canada, the United States, England, France and the Ivory Coast. File also includes one b&w photograph depicting a group of unidentified children.

Notes: Items in this file have been organized by geographical location. See "Content Details" entry field for contents of individual folders.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina

Subject Access: Correspondence; Communications; Family and personal life; Travel; Tourism; Postcards

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; United States of America; California; Vermont; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Arizona; England; London; France; Paris; Africa; Ivory Coast

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Related Material: Items in this file were separated from non-annotated postcards [processed as LUX / III / D / PG - 1 to 8].

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Items are stored in 3 folders: LUX / III / A1 / 25 : Canada LUX / III / A1 / 26 : United States of America LUX / III / A1 / 27 : Foreign, Other

Processing Status: Processed

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[Crag and Canyon cabin]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of a four people, including Norman Luxton, outside of the Crag & Canyon newspaper log building in Banff

Date Range: [1920-1950]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 50

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 6 : Other activities and interests

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 50

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1920-1950]

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w negative ; 15 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of a four people, including Norman Luxton, outside of the Crag & Canyon newspaper log building in Banff

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Crag and Canyon newspaper; Banff; Newspaper; Buildings

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Curtiss-Wright Corp. staff and family photographs album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of…

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941 - 1944; 1950; 1954; 1956; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1967 - 1969

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

203 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Associated Screen News Ltd., Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Byron Harmon

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941 - 1944; 1950; 1954; 1956; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1967 - 1969

Physical Description: 1 album (193 b&w photographs ; 20 x 25.5 cm or smaller -- 2 textual records)

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of Eleanor Luxton as a child and as an adult, group and individual portraits of mostly unidentified individuals [likely immediate and extended family and friends of Eleanor, including Norman and Georgina Luxton], unidentified children playing, images from the Calgary Stampede parade [ca. 1940s], unidentified Indigenous groups and individuals [possibly Stoney Nakoda community members during Banff Indian Days], Dr. Casey's Ranch [1944], and a family picnic. File also includes one small textual record describing a 1943 Curtiss-Wright Corporation staff event, as well as an annotated Christmas card from Ruth and Frank Neustadt [n.d.].

Notes: Some items are annotated on back; Items not in chronological or other clear order

Material Details: Album has clear plastic layer on surface of front and back covers; Green plastic stitched around border of both covers and side bindings