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Town of Banff fonds

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Part Of: Town of Banff fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds includes: guest book used at Incorporation ceremonies at Town of Banff Offices, January 1, 1990, and Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, January 27, 1990; sample sixty-year resident scroll; sound recording of incorporation ceremony at Whyte Museum by Banff Centre technicians; photograph of …

Date Range: 1911-2009

Reference Code: M501 / S44 / V516

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Sound recording; Textual record; Drawing; Government record; Microfiche; Microfilm; Plan

Part Of: Town of Banff fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 501; S 44; V 516

Sous-Fonds: M 501; S 44; V 516

Accession Number: 5825, 6413, 7970 (unproc), 7909 (unproc), 7997

Reference Code: M501 / S44 / V516

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Sound recording; Textual record; Drawing; Government record; Microfiche; Microfilm; Plan

Date Range: 1911-2009

Physical Description: 2 textual records + 41 microfilm reels (textual records) + 2 boxes microfiche (textual records). -- 1 sound recording. -- 1 photograph: print

History / Biographical: The Town of Banff is an Alberta municipality situated in Banff National Park. It gained autonomy from the Government of Canada, Department of the Environment beginning 1990.

Scope & Content: Fonds includes: guest book used at Incorporation ceremonies at Town of Banff Offices, January 1, 1990, and Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, January 27, 1990; sample sixty-year resident scroll; sound recording of incorporation ceremony at Whyte Museum by Banff Centre technicians; photograph of Mayor Leslie Taylor and Councillors in Town Office, 1991 by Simon Hoyle. Microfilm records include Town of Banff original roll #1 and #2 pertaining to town council minutes and bylaws, 2008; 3 rolls of Town of Banff council meeting minutes, 1911-2007; 3 rolls of Town of Banff bylaws, No. 1-274. Microfiche records contain all plans and drawings of Banff buildings in Parks Canada files at time of incorporation, 1990 and 32 rolls of microfilm of same.

Name Access: Town of Banff

Subject Access: Buildings - Banff; Government

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

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Basic description only

Related Material: Official pen used at ceremonies transferred to Heritage collections, Whyte Museum

Creator: Town of Banff

Category: Government

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Walter S. Painter fonds

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Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consist of personal and professional papers of Walter S. Painter, 1902-1956, and Painter family photographs, ca.1905-ca.1955. Professional papers, include notebooks; cost books; reports on Painter system of prefabrication housing, 1939; plans and renderings of CPR buildings, Painter Home and …

Date Range: 1902-1956

Reference Code: M282 / V481

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

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

Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 282; V 481

Sous-Fonds: M 282; V 481

Accession Number: 1338, 1830, 2180, 3460

Reference Code: M282 / V481

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

Date Range: 1902-1956

Physical Description: 30 cm of textual records. -- 23 cartographic records : 80 x 135 cm or smaller. -- 589 photographs (287 prints, 302 negatives). -- 1 photograph album (301 prints)

History / Biographical: Walter S. Painter, 1877-1957, was an architect in Canada and the United States. Painter rose to prominence early in life as a theatre architect and joined the Canadian Pacific Railway as chief architect while still in his twenties. Projects in the Banff, Alberta area included design of the tower and wings of the Banff Springs Hotel, the first concrete addition to the Lake Louise Chalet (Chateau Lake Louise), and the Cave and Basin. other Canadian projects were major CPR stations and hotels from Montreal to the west coast. For a period, Painter was in partnership with Frank Swales. In later years, Painter was involved in American projects, standardization of school buildings in Chile, and the Painter system of pre-fabrication, with particular interests in housing and concrete construction designs. Walter Painter built his home in Banff in 1912 and retired there in 1947. He was married to Estelle (Stella) Painter, 1880-1975. They had two children, Betty Painter (Walker) and Brook Painter.

Scope & Content: Fonds consist of personal and professional papers of Walter S. Painter, 1902-1956, and Painter family photographs, ca.1905-ca.1955.; Professional papers, include notebooks; cost books; reports on Painter system of prefabrication housing, 1939; plans and renderings of CPR buildings, Painter Home and other buildings, n.d., 1906-1929; articles about Painter and his projects, n.d., 1902-1934. The papers primarily concern Painter's architectural career, theatres, CPR projects including stations and hotels from Montreal to Victoria, Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Glacier, British Columbia projects and the Lake Louise Chalet. Personal papers, ca.1930-1956, record Painter's views on economics, philosophy, religion, housing, etc.; Family photographs, pertaining to Walter Painter, Stella Painter, Betty Painter and Brook Painter. Includes Painter home, activities, friends, trips. Also, photographs of Walter Painter projects, including construction of the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Cave and Basin.

Name Access: Painter, Betty; Painter, Brook; Painter, Stella; Painter, Walter S.

Subject Access: Arts; Buildings and facilities; 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; microfilm copy of album

Creator: Painter, Walter S.

Category: Arts; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days posters

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil pain…

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

18 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

Responsibility: Published and artwork attributed to Ernie Kehr, W.L. Kihn, G.H.W. Ashley, Crag & Canyon Press, Palenske, Canadian Pacific and Multi Color Poster

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Physical Description: 14 posters : colour and b&w ; 35 x 56 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil paint process mounted on cardboard made in Canada and distributed by Exhibits Branch Canadian Pacific, lithographic prints, and a mounted drawing attributed to Palenske. Some have annotations or stamps on the back.

Notes: Possibly unassociated shipping packing material addressed to Norman Luxton at the Trading Post from E.A. Kehr found in box - this has not been assigned a number. D3-10, a lithographic promotional material from 1936 has an identical design to LUX / II / F1 / 47, an Indian Days poster from 1928 Items LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 were originally associated with LUX / I / D3a / 6, which contains brochures and a flyer from Banff Indian Days LUX / I / D3 / 8, Palenske may have potentionally used photograph LUX / I / D3a / PA-26 as reference

Material Details: Some posters have foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface, adhesives, and perhaps mounting additives.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Kehr, Ernie; Palenske, Reinhold H.; Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Community events; Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; Banff National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Blueprints of Connaught Tunnel and Map of Deutchman Cave

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 printed paper copies of older hand-illustrated works. Pertains to a copied 1947 blueprint of Connaught Tunnel depicting burn damage on tracks from an accident that year; and a copied hand-drawn map of Deutchman Cave from 1902, with annotations bottom right (copied from the origin…

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1970]

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 73 to 74 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Drawing; Map; Blueprint

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 73 to 74 O.S.

GMD: Drawing; Map; Blueprint

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1970]

Physical Description: 2 paper copies: 1 blueprint, 1 map

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 printed paper copies of older hand-illustrated works. Pertains to a copied 1947 blueprint of Connaught Tunnel depicting burn damage on tracks from an accident that year; and a copied hand-drawn map of Deutchman Cave from 1902, with annotations bottom right (copied from the original).

Notes: Items were stored together in a poster tube labelled: "Canadian Pacific Blueprints - CPR Passenger Train in Connaught Tunnel - Nakimu Caves at Glacier"

Subject Access: Geography; Connaught Tunnel; Canadian Pacific Railway; Train; Transportation

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Conservation: Items must be stored flat with similar materials

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Booklets, Mollie Morant Poem, Signed Pat Brewster Book

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

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

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

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

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Drawing

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

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

Accession Number: 7784

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

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Drawing

Responsibility: Various authors

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

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

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

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

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

Subject Access: Poetry; Publication; Arts; Buffalo

Geographic Access: Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

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

Creator: Various authors

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow River Boat House 1952

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Artist: Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1952

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: HaC.03.01

Description: General colour: brown on white. Three buildings - lake in front - trees behind - a flag pole with flag rises behind the house at the right. The house at the left has a chimney and is long and narrow.

Artist: Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bow River Boat House 1952

Date: 1952

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 21.5 cm

Description: General colour: brown on white. Three buildings - lake in front - trees behind - a flag pole with flag rises behind the house at the right. The house at the left has a chimney and is long and narrow.

Subject: landscape; lake; architecture, rural

Credit: Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: HaC.03.01

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Buffalo Hunt

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.01

Description: Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Buffalo Hunt

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.6 x 51.0 cm

Description: Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.