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Jimmy Simpson family fonds

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Part Of: Jimmy Simpson family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recording produced by and pertaining to Jimmy Simpson and the Simpson family. Material is arranged in seven series. I. Jimmy Simpson Sr. papers and photographs, ca.1901-1972, ca.74 cm of textual records, 23 photograph albums (ca.2875 prints), 425 tra…

Date Range: [ca.1900]-1995

Reference Code: M78 / S16 / V577

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Sound recording; Recording disc; Textual record; Blueprint; Drawing; Painting; Poster; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook

Part Of: Jimmy Simpson family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 78; S 16; V 577

Sous-Fonds: M 78; S 16; V 577

Accession Number: 256, 492, 1035, 1160, 1422, 1467, 1484, 1625, 1655, 1668, 1869, 2930, 3006, 5302, 6356, 6599, 6771, 6914, 7217, 7337 (unproc o.s.), 7768 (unproc)

Reference Code: M78 / S16 / V577

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Sound recording; Recording disc; Textual record; Blueprint; Drawing; Painting; Poster; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook

Other Title Info: Also known as Jimmy Simpson fonds

Date Range: [ca.1900]-1995

Physical Description: 2.5 m textual records. -- ca.1605 photographs: ca.755 prints, 410 negatives, ca.430 transparencies. -- 29 photograph albums (ca.3000 prints). -- 1 sound recording: audio disc

History / Biographical: Justin James McCarthy (Jimmy) Simpson, 1877-1972, was a trapper, guide and outfitter and lodge owner at Banff and Bow Lake, Alberta, Canada. Born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, Simpson was sent to Canada by his family in 1896. He worked briefly at Laggan (Lake Louise), Alberta for the Canadian Pacific Railway, travelled extensively and returned to the Rockies to work on the trail and trap. By the early 1900s, he was a successful guide and outfitter with Carl Rungius and the Alpine Club of Canada as clients. Starting in 1920, Simpson began building Num-Ti-Jah Lodge at Bow Lake as a base for hunting and climbing parties. Simpson and Williamina (Billie) Ross Reid, 1891-1968, married in 1916 and had three children. The lodge was run mainly by Billie Simpson and in 1945 the business was turned over to Jimmy Simpson Jr., 1922-2003 . Daughters Margaret Simpson, 1917-1941, and Mary Simpson (Hallock), 1919-2002, were internationally-famous figure skaters.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recording produced by and pertaining to Jimmy Simpson and the Simpson family. Material is arranged in seven series.; I. Jimmy Simpson Sr. papers and photographs, ca.1901-1972, ca.74 cm of textual records, 23 photograph albums (ca.2875 prints), 425 transparencies. Includes business and personal correspondence, business records and subject files, 1903-1972; literary papers, 1912-1972; and other papers, 1903- 1957. Business records pertain mainly to guiding, outfitting and hunting operations. Correspondents include Carl Rungius, J. Monroe Thorington, L. S. Amery, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, William S. Ladd, C. Hart Merriam, Allan Brooks and others; also federal and provincial government departments, Canadian Pacific Railway, etc., regarding hunting, game regulations, park boundaries, licences, permits, horses, etc. Albums pertain mainly to hunting trips, including those with Carl Rungius, Caroline Hinman and McAleenan family, ca.1901-ca.1920, 23 items. Transparencies pertain to McAleenan family trips.; II. Simpson family papers, photographs and sound recording, ca.1900-1987, ca.1.5 m of textual records, ca.675 photographic prints, 6 photograph albums (ca.460 prints), 410 photographic negatives, 1 sound recording. Textual records include large series of alphabetical files, 1907-1987; correspondence, ca.1910-ca.1985; school records, 1923-1936; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge registers, 1939-1957; other material, 1929-1942. Photographs pertain to Jimmy Simpson and family; friends and guests; lodges and camps, including Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Banff home and community; pack trips; scenic views; other.; III. Billie Simpson papers, 1913-1968, 6.5 cm of textual records. Includes Billie Simpson correspondence, literary and dramatic papers.; IV. Simpson Sisters professional papers and photographs, 1929-1955, ca.20 cm and 3 v. of textual material, ca.15 cm of print material, 86 photographic prints. Material pertains to the professional skating career of Margaret Simpson and Mary Simpson.; V. Mary Simpson Hallock papers, 1960-1955, 1.5 cm of textual records.; VI. Jimmy Simpson Jr. papers, 1947-1983, 1 cm of textual records.; VII. Other material, before 1970, 1 cm of textual records and art works.

Name Access: Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Margaret; Simpson, Mary (Hallock)

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

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; sub-series description; electronic finding aid; microfilm copies of albums

Related Material: Accompanied by artifacts (Heritage Collections, Whyte Museum)

Creator: Simpson, Jimmy (family)

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Blondie and Friend Icefields Parkway 1991

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: acrylic; charcoal on canvas

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.05

Description: Two bears done in charcoal and outlined in red paint walk in front of mountains that are in the background. The mountain range is outlined in white paint.

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Blondie and Friend Icefields Parkway 1991

Date: 1991

Medium: acrylic; charcoal on canvas

Dimensions: 43.0 x 73.0 cm

Description: Two bears done in charcoal and outlined in red paint walk in front of mountains that are in the background. The mountain range is outlined in white paint.

Subject: mountains; animal, bears; Maureen Enns

Credit: Gift of Maureen Enns, Cochrane, 2010

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.05

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Emergence

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Artist: Dan Hudson (1959 – , Canadian)

Date: 1990

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HdD.02.01

Description: In the center of the painting there is a white outline of a nude male figure. The face down figure has one arm outstreached in front and the other outstreached to the side. Off set to the lower left a bit, is the same male again but this time with his body painted in black, white and purple. Also…

Artist: Dan Hudson (1959 – , Canadian)

Title: Emergence

Date: 1990

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 160.0 x 160.0 cm

Description: In the center of the painting there is a white outline of a nude male figure. The face down figure has one arm outstreached in front and the other outstreached to the side. Off set to the lower left a bit, is the same male again but this time with his body painted in black, white and purple. Also in the same area there is a wolf leaning down to get a drink of water and directly beneath that wolf is his reflection that looks like another wolf. Both wolves are purple with white highlights. At the top left corner there is a ring of fire, orange and red in colour. The background behind the above mentioned is black and the paint has been applied very thick (almost impasto in some places). The frame for the canvas is made out of natural wood poles and the ends stick out at each corner and cross over each other.

Subject: figure; male; animal; wolf; mythological

Credit: Gift of Dan Hudson, Canmore, 1993

Catalogue Number: HdD.02.01

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Flint’s Park

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: acrylic; charcoal; paper; glue on canvas

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.03

Description: Predominant colours are black, dark blue, grey and white. There is an outline of one large grizzly bear on the top two-thirds (viewer’s left) of the painting, side view, painted black, and the back part is flat background painted dark blue; this extends to the bottom left. The right side is backgro…

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Flint’s Park

Date: 1993

Medium: acrylic; charcoal; paper; glue on canvas

Dimensions: 104.0 x 104.0 cm

Description: Predominant colours are black, dark blue, grey and white. There is an outline of one large grizzly bear on the top two-thirds (viewer’s left) of the painting, side view, painted black, and the back part is flat background painted dark blue; this extends to the bottom left. The right side is background and is painted white from top to the paw (viewer’s right) to the bottom of the painting. Overlapping this a large cutout of a bear, grey, white, and black charcoal, dominates the painting. Across the top of his body is a stencilled sign: “FLINTS PARK CABIN”, below this the outline of a Bighorn sheep’s head, and below this “WARDEN SERVICE” “BANFF NATIONAL PARK” is stencilled across his legs. Under this bear, to the viewer’s right, is the cutout of a grizzly bear’s head, painted black, and his left paw which is clutching a wire. The painting is signed in the brc “Enns ‘93”. On the unpainted part of the paper llhc: “Flint’s Park - B.N.P.” and lrhc: “Maureen Enns 1993”.

Subject: wildlife, grizzly bears; Banff National Park; Maureen Enns; warden

Credit: Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2010

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.03

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James Bay Area

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Part Of: Murray Hay fonds

Scope & Content: File consists 1 painting : landscape ; 73.5 x 59 cm. File includes one original, hand-painted map created by Murray Hay of the James Bay region. File includes the painting on a piece of white board and a layer of tracing paper that is annotated and taped with masking tape over the map.

Date Range: ca.1980-ca.1999

Reference Code: V795 / II / C / v / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Map; Painting; Private record

Part Of: Murray Hay fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M570 / V795

Series: V795 / II : Unpublished Material

Sous-Fonds: V795

Sub-Series: V795 / II / C : Canada [general] / v : James Bay

Accession Number: 2020.03

Reference Code: V795 / II / C / v / 1

GMD: Map; Painting; Private record

Date Range: ca.1980-ca.1999

Physical Description: 1 painting : landscape ; 73.5 x 59 cm

Scope & Content: File consists 1 painting : landscape ; 73.5 x 59 cm. File includes one original, hand-painted map created by Murray Hay of the James Bay region. File includes the painting on a piece of white board and a layer of tracing paper that is annotated and taped with masking tape over the map.

Name Access: Hay, Murray

Subject Access: Painting; Landscapes; Map; Cartography; Artist

Geographic Access: Ontario; Quebec; Nunavut; Canada; James Bay

Language: English

Conservation: Masking tape should be removed and alternate preservation methods should be used when it is reasonable to do this.

Creator: Hay, Murray

Category: Arts; Communications; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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King of the Rockies

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: oil; acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.01

Description: The center of the painting is a bear turned so it is looking to the left and out of the image frame. Behind the bear is a mountain range with some snow and ice throughout. In the bottom left corner there is a skull from a bighorn sheep. The lower right hand corner has bear foot prints in black with…

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: King of the Rockies

Date: 1993

Medium: oil; acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 213.3 x 152.4 cm

Description: The center of the painting is a bear turned so it is looking to the left and out of the image frame. Behind the bear is a mountain range with some snow and ice throughout. In the bottom left corner there is a skull from a bighorn sheep. The lower right hand corner has bear foot prints in black with red around them. The bear has a brown colour fur and the ground that it is standing on is blue green. The sky is also a green colour while the mountains have green shadows and white highlights. Located directly behind the bear are two black lines that crisscross as they get higher to the top of the painting.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; bear

Credit: Gift of Maureen Enns, Cochrane, 1996

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.01

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Light on the Left Eagle

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SmA.05.01

Description: A single mountain dominates, foreground is green trees, snow covered mountain towers to top third, between trees and peak is a bowl, cloudy sky top third

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Light on the Left Eagle

Date: 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 39.0 x 25.3 cm

Description: A single mountain dominates, foreground is green trees, snow covered mountain towers to top third, between trees and peak is a bowl, cloudy sky top third

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter

Credit: Purchased from Sunshine Village, Banff, 1991

Catalogue Number: SmA.05.01

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Mountain Goats, Lake McArthur, Alberta

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Artist: Dwayne Harty

Date: 2012

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HaD.02.01

Description: An oil painting depicting three adult female mountain goats and three kids near a rocky crag in front of a mountain lake. Blue cloudy sky above mountain with glacier.

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Artist: Dwayne Harty

Title: Mountain Goats, Lake McArthur, Alberta

Date: 2012

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 77.0 x 110.0 cm

Description: An oil painting depicting three adult female mountain goats and three kids near a rocky crag in front of a mountain lake. Blue cloudy sky above mountain with glacier.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake; animals, mountain goats; Lake McArthur; Dwayne Harty

Credit: Gift of Dwayne Harty, Moose, USA, 2012

Catalogue Number: HaD.02.01

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Near Quartz Ridge

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Artist: Zelda F. Nelson-Henricks

Date: 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HeZ.05.01

Description: A mountain landscape, the foreground is covered with rocks and varied green grasses, dark green evergreens in central area, centre left to right is a mountain range with some snow, the top third is blue sky with narrow white clouds.

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Artist: Zelda F. Nelson-Henricks

Title: Near Quartz Ridge

Date: 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.3 x 35.4 cm

Description: A mountain landscape, the foreground is covered with rocks and varied green grasses, dark green evergreens in central area, centre left to right is a mountain range with some snow, the top third is blue sky with narrow white clouds.

Subject: landscape, mountain; landscape, summer; exhibition, Sunshine Art

Credit: Purchased from Sunshine Village, Banff, 1991

Catalogue Number: HeZ.05.01

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Ship

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Artist: Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)

Date: 1995

Medium: gesso on wood

Catalogue Number: VtP.02.02

Description: A lozenged shaped piece of burnt wood, uneven surface, painted white. The white colour is irregular. Centered is a drawing of a ship. The ship is not typical. Black lines indicate only the skeletal shape, looking more like an unfinished woven basket with the ribs long and pointing out and up.

Artist: Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)

Title: Ship

Date: 1995

Medium: gesso on wood

Dimensions: 23.0 x 99.0 cm

Description: A lozenged shaped piece of burnt wood, uneven surface, painted white. The white colour is irregular. Centered is a drawing of a ship. The ship is not typical. Black lines indicate only the skeletal shape, looking more like an unfinished woven basket with the ribs long and pointing out and up.

Subject: landscape; mythological; boat

Credit: Gift of Peter von Tiesenhausen, Demmitt, 1995

Catalogue Number: VtP.02.02

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Sunshine Village

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Part Of: Murray Hay fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 9 prints : b&w and col. ; 35 x 28 cm or smaller, 2 maps (1 base, 4 overlays) : col., annotations, on mylar ; 26 x 35 cm and 23.5 x 31.5 cm, and 1 painting : landscape ; 46 x 43 cm. File pertains to ski trail maps and landscape maps/prints of Sunshine ski area created by Murray Hay.…

Date Range: ca.1980-ca.1999

Reference Code: V795 / II / B / vi / 1-3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Map; Painting; Print; Private record

Part Of: Murray Hay fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M570 / V795

Series: V795 / II : Unpublished Material

Sous-Fonds: V795

Sub-Series: V795 / II / B : Alberta / vi : Sunshine Village Ski Resort

Accession Number: 2019.41

Reference Code: V795 / II / B / vi / 1-3

GMD: Map; Painting; Print; Private record

Date Range: ca.1980-ca.1999

Physical Description: 9 prints : b&w and col. ; 35 x 28 cm or smaller; 2 maps (1 base, 4 overlays) : col., annotations, on mylar ; 26 x 35 cm and 23.5 x 31.5 cm; 1 painting : landscape ; 46 x 43 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 9 prints : b&w and col. ; 35 x 28 cm or smaller, 2 maps (1 base, 4 overlays) : col., annotations, on mylar ; 26 x 35 cm and 23.5 x 31.5 cm, and 1 painting : landscape ; 46 x 43 cm. File pertains to ski trail maps and landscape maps/prints of Sunshine ski area created by Murray Hay. File includes 9 reproduced draft prints (various iterations), 2 reproduced maps with overlays held together with masking tape, and 1 original painting/drawing (unfinished).