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Postcards sent to Eleanor Luxton

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of domestic and international postcards sent to Eleanor Luxton from various friends and family members between 1928 and 1992. Includes correspondence sent from Canada, the United States, Central and South America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Oceania.

Date Range: 1928; 1944-1945; 1953-1954; 1962-1963; 1965-1983; 1985-1992

Reference Code: LUX / II / A / 72

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / A : Correspondence

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

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / A / 72

Date Range: 1928; 1944-1945; 1953-1954; 1962-1963; 1965-1983; 1985-1992

Physical Description: 128 b&w and col. postcards ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of domestic and international postcards sent to Eleanor Luxton from various friends and family members between 1928 and 1992. Includes correspondence sent from Canada, the United States, Central and South America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Oceania.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; Tourism; Charity; Recreation; Correspondence; Events; Arts; Community events; Calgary Stampede; Transportation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; New Brunswick; British Columbia; Quebec; Montreal; Ontario; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Newfoundland and Labrador; Holland; Cook Islands; United States of America; Idaho; Vermont; New Hampshire; Hawaii; California; Washington; Bahamas; Jamaica; Russia; Oregon; England; France; Greece; Switzerland; Brazil; Italy; New Zealand; Israel; Mexico; West Indies; Scotland; Brussels; Vienna; Turkey; Ireland

Language: English

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Professional records

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of 7 sub-series: *1. Personal education, [ca.1920]-1973: Records in this sub-series pertain to Eleanor Luxton's personal education and include records relating to her primary and secondary schooling; the University of Alberta, her teacher training at the University of Alberta summ…

Date Range: [ca.1890] - 1993

Reference Code: LUX / II / B

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / B : Professional Series

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

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / B

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1890] - 1993

Physical Description: 16 m textual records, graphic materials and sound recordings

Scope & Content: Series consists of 7 sub-series:; *1. Personal education, [ca.1920]-1973: Records in this sub-series pertain to Eleanor Luxton's personal education and include records relating to her primary and secondary schooling; the University of Alberta, her teacher training at the University of Alberta summer school; the Provincial Normal School in Edmonton; post-secondary schooling at Sir George Williams College where she studied Commerce, Engineering, and received her Bachelors of Science (B.Sc.). Between 1933 and 1952, Eleanor Luxton participated in numerous other personal education activities, including: drama studies, 1933 (Banff School of Drama? and/or Banff School of Fine Arts?); Garbutt Business College, Calgary (office practices, 1937), St. Stephen's College, Edmonton (1940), Ottawa Technical High School (machine draughting, 1940-1941); German language studies (1951); Banff School of Fine Arts (radio writing and techniques, 1951, 1952); Western Canada Institute, Calgary (literature, before 1952).; *2. Teaching career: Records in this sub-series pertain to Eleanor Luxton's teaching career and include her teaching papers from secondary school and university.; *3. Engineering career, 1935-1946: Records in this sub-series pertain to Eleanor Luxton's work at the Canadian Pacific Railway in Montreal.; *4. Historical research, 1890-[ca.1995]: Records in this sub-series pertain to biographical research files on individuals and families in the High River area and other ranching communities of southern Alberta; research notes, files, and recordings gathered for the High River and southern Alberta ranching research projects; articles, photographs collected for the High River and southern Alberta ranching research projects, and project records relating to the Glenbow-Alberta Institute research projects on High River and southern Alberta ranching. These records include project outlines, monthly and annual reports, expense statements, correspondence, register book, lists and notes. Also included in this sub-series are Canadian and western history research papers; McDougall family research papers; Luxton family research papers.; *5. Literary papers, 1969-1975: Records in this sub-series pertain to Eleanor Luxton's writings on Luxton's Pacific Crossing; Banff, Canada's First National Park; Latch String Out; Stoney Medicine.; *6. Lectures and Speeches, [195-]-1993.; *7. Other, 1936-1979.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Professional and Personal Life; School; University; Education; Research; Publication; History

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Edmonton; Quebec; Montreal

Category: Education

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel and Christmas holidays

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to family and friends of Eleanor Luxton, local events and travel, including: the movement of a large totem pole [possibly one which was displayed outside of the Banff Park Museum]; local children's school portraits; Christmas celebrations in the Luxton home; …

Date Range: [1930-1974]

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 352 to 387

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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 / PA - 352 to 387

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [1930-1974]

Physical Description: 36 photographs : b&w and col. ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to family and friends of Eleanor Luxton, local events and travel, including: the movement of a large totem pole [possibly one which was displayed outside of the Banff Park Museum]; local children's school portraits; Christmas celebrations in the Luxton home; landscape views and monuments in the Canadian Rockies; a memorial concert in Miami [1955]; and a cruise ship [in Hawaii?].

Notes: One photograph of Eleanor Luxton posing with an RCMP officer was removed for scanning in 2009; file contains scanned copy, original photograph is not in file.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Christmas; Holidays; Ceremony; Public events; Children; School; Education; Travel; Landscapes; Cruise ships

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; United States of America; Florida; Miami

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored in mylar

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel and home records

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of scrapbooks, albums, photographs and textual records pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's domestic and international travels, and Eleanor's life in Banff. Includes records pertaining to Japan, Panama, Hawaii, and China; local events, including the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days and…

Date Range: [ca.1900] - 1992

Reference Code: LUX / II / E

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Textual record; Photograph; Print; Negative; Transparency

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

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

GMD: Textual record; Photograph; Print; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1900] - 1992

Physical Description: 27.5 cm of textual records (5 scrapbooks ; 0.5 cm newspaper clippings) -- 7 albums -- 1,345 photographs (1,083 b&w and col. prints ; 257 b&w and col. negatives ; 5 col. transparency slides)

Scope & Content: Series consists of scrapbooks, albums, photographs and textual records pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's domestic and international travels, and Eleanor's life in Banff. Includes records pertaining to Japan, Panama, Hawaii, and China; local events, including the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days and a celebration marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; Canadian trips, including the Okanagan region, Seebe and Jasper National Park; and the Luxton family home in Banff.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; Exploration; Home

Geographic Access: Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Alberta; British Columbia; Banff; Quebec; United States of America; Panama; Japan; China

Language: English

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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United States and Canada trips, local events

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 35 photograph prints. Content pertains to trips with Eleanor Luxton and friends/family to various regions within Canada, including the Okanagan area in British Columbia, Jasper, Prince Edward Island, Montreal and High River; a 1969 trip to the United States including views of Los A…

Date Range: [1920 - 1940]; 1942; 1968 - 1970

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 881 to 915

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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 / PA - 881 to 915

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: One photograph produced by Castor Ltd., Edmonton

Date Range: [1920 - 1940]; 1942; 1968 - 1970

Physical Description: 35 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 35 photograph prints. Content pertains to trips with Eleanor Luxton and friends/family to various regions within Canada, including the Okanagan area in British Columbia, Jasper, Prince Edward Island, Montreal and High River; a 1969 trip to the United States including views of Los Angeles and the Grand Canyon; and the Calgary Stampede, 1960. File also includes one portrait of an unidentified man, and one photograph of Eleanor Luxton and Frank Kaquitts at the top of the Banff Gondola in 1968.

Name Access: Kaquitts, Frank; Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; Tourism; Calgary Stampede; Banff Chairlift; Gondolas; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Landscapes; Hotels; Wildlife; Birds

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Jasper National Park; British Columbia; Okanagan; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Montreal; United States of America; Los Angeles; Grand Canyon

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored in mylar

Category: Family and personal life; Exploration, discovery and travel; First nations

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 58 photographs, mostly black and white. Content pertains to various birthday and anniversary parties, weddings, memorials and other events which Maud and Forest Kidney attended, including Forest "Pop" Kidney's 70th birthday party, weddings for Geoff Hand and Bernice Wilson, Beryl a…

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]; 1955 - 1958; 1961; 1964; 1967

Reference Code: V324 / IV / C / PA - 41 to 96

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / C : 1946 - 1970

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / IV / C / PA - 41 to 96

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: One photograph produced by Cascade Cameras Ltd.

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]; 1955 - 1958; 1961; 1964; 1967

Physical Description: 58 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 58 photographs, mostly black and white. Content pertains to various birthday and anniversary parties, weddings, memorials and other events which Maud and Forest Kidney attended, including Forest "Pop" Kidney's 70th birthday party, weddings for Geoff Hand and Bernice Wilson, Beryl and Peter Hand and others [including Norma McKinnon], a Centennial celebration in 1967, the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peyto, a memorial at the Banff Cemetery, and the 83rd birthday party of Eva Atkin.

Notes: File contains duplicates; Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist

Name Access: Atkin, Eva; Kidney, Maude; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Boon, Ann; Peyto, Walter H.; Peyto, Harriet; Thomas, Hattie; McKinnon, Norma; Wilson, Bernice; Hand, Geoff; Hand, Beryl; Hand, Peter; Stafford, Rose; Stafford, Lou; MacAulay, Ted; Schuler, Art; MacAulay, Karin; MacAulay, Jack; MacAulay, Betty

Subject Access: Anniversary; Marriage; Memorial; Weddings; Travel; Quaker Coffee Shop

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Kootenay Lake; British Columbia; Victoria

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Woodworth family, Kidney family, friends

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 40 photographs [including some in book-style folders and one postcard print] pertaining to various members of the Woodworth and Kidney families and their friends in the Banff community. Includes images of boy scouts in Banff, skating on the Bow River, baby portraits [possibly Herb …

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; [ca. 1915 - ca. 1925]; 1933; [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1944; [ca. 1950]; 1953; 1963; [ca. 1965]; 1966; 1971

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 166 to 203

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

2 images

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 166 to 203

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Ted Dinsmore, F.W. Round and Silvana

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; [ca. 1915 - ca. 1925]; 1933; [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1944; [ca. 1950]; 1953; 1963; [ca. 1965]; 1966; 1971

Physical Description: 40 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 40 photographs [including some in book-style folders and one postcard print] pertaining to various members of the Woodworth and Kidney families and their friends in the Banff community. Includes images of boy scouts in Banff, skating on the Bow River, baby portraits [possibly Herb MacAulay], group photographs and individual portraits, Herb MacAulay and Jack MacAulay playing hockey, the Woodworth residence, bears by a Brewster touring bus, swimming in the Cave and Basin [Forest Kidney and friends], and a family reunion. Other named individuals include Fred and Ben Woodworth, Reverend Tom Lonsdale and Florence Lonsdale, Jack Brown, Ethel [Woodworth] Edwards, and Karin MacAulay.

Notes: Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist; File contains duplicates; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.

Name Access: Woodworth, Fred; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Woodworth, Ethel; Edwards, Ethel; Brown, Jack; Lonsdale, Tom; Lonsdale, Florence; MacAulay, Jack; MacAulay, Karin; MacAulay, Herb

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Boy Scouts of Canada; Military; World War I; Skating; Sports; Children; Landscapes; Swimming; Hockey; Animals; Bears

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Cave ad Basin; Bow Falls

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure; Military; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Woodworth family, LaCasse family, friends

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 49 photographs pertaining to the Woodworth family, the LaCasse family, the Kidney family, events and friends in Banff. Includes photos of Benjamin Woodworth Sr., the Natural Bridge at Yoho National Park, family members at the Kidney home and Woodworth family residence in Banff, mem…

Date Range: [ca. 1905 - ca. 1910]; 1928; 1937; 1939; 1944; [ca. 1960]; 1966 - 1970; 1973; [ca. 1975]

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 261 to 304

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 261 to 304

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Duke Photo in Banff and Onions Photography in Calgary

Date Range: [ca. 1905 - ca. 1910]; 1928; 1937; 1939; 1944; [ca. 1960]; 1966 - 1970; 1973; [ca. 1975]

Physical Description: 49 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 12.5 x 17 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 49 photographs pertaining to the Woodworth family, the LaCasse family, the Kidney family, events and friends in Banff. Includes photos of Benjamin Woodworth Sr., the Natural Bridge at Yoho National Park, family members at the Kidney home and Woodworth family residence in Banff, members of the Al Azhar Banff Shriners Club, Forest Kidney receiving a certificate from the Canadian Restaurant Association in 1973, Banff Indian Day celebrations in 1969, Maud Woodworth as a young girl, Annie and Ulysses LaCasse's 50th wedding anniversary party, and LaCasse family members at home.

Notes: File contains duplicates; Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.

Name Access: Woodworth, Benjamin Frederick; MacAulay, Tim; MacAulay, Jill; MacAulay, Ted; MacAulay, Jack; Banff Shrine Club; Brewster, Pat; Brewster, Bill; Moore, Pearl; LaCasse, Ulysses; LaCasse, Annie; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Hare, Fred; Hare, Genevieve; Higgens, Mary; Canadian Restaurant Association; Christianson, Edith; Murray, George; Nickerson, Marie; Royal, Bill; Harrison, Nellie; Crosby, Lou; Peyto, Walter H.; Wheatley, Olan; McCowan, Jock; Harrison, George; Peyto, Annie; Wells, Fred; Thomas, Hattie; Smith, Helen; LaCasse, Flo; LaCasse, Joey; Cristow, Van

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Children; Horses; Banff Indian Days; Travel; Club; Community events; Awards

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Yoho National Park; Banff

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Item with adhesive stains has been placed in mylar to protect adjacent items

Category: Family and personal life; Cultural pluralism

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Woodworth family photographs, clubs and societies

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 21 photographs including 2 which are printed on postcard paper and 2 in personalized greeting cards. Content pertains to the Woodworth family house in Banff [ca. 1900], holiday greetings from family friends, a snowshoe race on the Bow River [1912], "wagoneer" Jim Stewart with a gov…

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; 1910 - 1912; [ca. 1925]; [ca. 1955 - ca. 1960]; [ca. 1970]

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 29 to 47

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

6 images

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 29 to 47

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Two photographs produced by Byron Harmon

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; 1910 - 1912; [ca. 1925]; [ca. 1955 - ca. 1960]; [ca. 1970]

Physical Description: 21 photographs: b&w and col. prints ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 21 photographs including 2 which are printed on postcard paper and 2 in personalized greeting cards. Content pertains to the Woodworth family house in Banff [ca. 1900], holiday greetings from family friends, a snowshoe race on the Bow River [1912], "wagoneer" Jim Stewart with a government water wagon, Joe Woodworth and Jo Wardell with family on a trip to Oakville, Ontario, Maud Woodworth Kidney as a teenager and ca. 1970 with her son Jack, a lunch party, a Christmas party, events hosted by the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and the Order of the Eastern Star, a community play from 1911, the first CPR Depot [1908], ski jumping in Banff, the Banff Royal Canadian Legion war memorial cenotaph, and other community events involving the Kidney family.

Notes: File contains some duplicates; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.