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Murray Hay fonds

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Part Of: Murray Hay fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of four paintings on coreboard, posters, photographs, newspaper clippings and drawings

Date Range: 1970 - 1999?

Reference Code: M570 / V795

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Murray Hay fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M570 / V795

Sous-Fonds: M570 / V795

Accession Number: 2019.41; 2020.03

Reference Code: M570 / V795

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1970 - 1999?

Physical Description: 4 paintings. 10 cm of textual and visual records

History / Biographical: Murray Hay is a self taught artist who left Regina at age 16 and began a career as a commercial artist. Murray Hay was born in 1931 and passed away in 2015 at the age of 84 years. Murray Hay moved to Alberta in1963? In 1976 Sir Rodney Touche approached him and asked if he would paint a ski map. The first ski map Murray painted was one of Lake Louise, the second was of Ski Big Three and the third was Sunshine Mountain ski resort

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of four paintings on coreboard, posters, photographs, newspaper clippings and drawings

Name Access: Hay, Murray

Language: English

Related Material: Accn.5959

Creator: Hay, Murray

Biographical Source Notes: From the family of Murray Hay

Title Source: based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Aileen Harmon personal photos

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Part Of: Aileen Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of personal photographs of Aileen Harmon and numerous friends and family members. Photographs pertain to friends Ron and Evelyn Matthews; Aileen's 95th birthday party celebration; a party in 1994; Aileen with Charlie Lockwood; a group of Guatemalan school children from a school Aileen…

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1955]; [ca. 1980 - ca. 1990]; 1994; 1995; [ca. 2000 - ca. 2010]; 2007

Reference Code: V262 / I / PA - 4 to 26

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

4 images

Part Of: Aileen Harmon fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M287 / V262

Series: V262 / I : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: V262

Accession Number: 2016.8596

Reference Code: V262 / I / PA - 4 to 26

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1955]; [ca. 1980 - ca. 1990]; 1994; 1995; [ca. 2000 - ca. 2010]; 2007

Physical Description: 23 photographs : col. prints ; 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of personal photographs of Aileen Harmon and numerous friends and family members. Photographs pertain to friends Ron and Evelyn Matthews; Aileen's 95th birthday party celebration; a party in 1994; Aileen with Charlie Lockwood; a group of Guatemalan school children from a school Aileen donated to; Aileen with river guide Tom Moody; Bea Wilkinson and David Lestock [?]; Jim Fulton; Aileen's friend Georgia Engelhart; Fran Losie [?], Joyce Hendrickson and Aileen together; and other miscellaneous images.

Notes: Numerous photographs annotated on the back with names and/or dates.

Name Access: Matthews, Evelyn; Matthews, Ron; Lockwood, Charlie; Moody, Tom; Wilkinson, Bea; Lestock, David; Fulton, Jim; Engelhart, Georgia; Hendrickson, Joyce

Subject Access: Hiking; Birthday

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Mill Bay; Guatemala

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bernard Glacier, 1938

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Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.05

1 image

Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Title: Bernard Glacier, 1938

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 43.18 x 50.8 cm

Subject: landscape; glacier

Credit: Gift and purchased from Jon Goodman, Williamsburg, 2014

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.05

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Canadian Rockies and other "active best"

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Part Of: Douglas Leighton fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, plants, waterfalls and glaciers.

Date Range: 1978; 1981 - 1983; 1987; 1988; 1990; 1993 - 1995; 1997; 1998; 2003; 2006; 2007

Reference Code: V222 / VI / C / 4 / NS - 1 to 119

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

4 images

Part Of: Douglas Leighton fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M133; V222

Series: V222 / VI : Publication

Sous-Fonds: V222

Sub-Series: V222 / VI / C: Compiled for publication

Accession Number: 2020.24

Reference Code: V222 / VI / C / 4 / NS - 1 to 119

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1978; 1981 - 1983; 1987; 1988; 1990; 1993 - 1995; 1997; 1998; 2003; 2006; 2007

Physical Description: 119 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, plants, waterfalls and glaciers.

Name Access: Leighton, Douglas

Subject Access: British Columbia

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia; Banff National Park; Banff; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Kootenay, BC; Yoho National Park; Jasper National Park; Cranbrook, BC; Vancouver, BC

Language: English

Creator: Douglas Leighton

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Glaciers

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Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various glaciers and surrounding regions within the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Illecillewaet Glacier (Abbott Ridge, Avalanche Crest), Peyto Glacier, Bonney Glacier, Biddle Glacier, Fay Glacier, Yoho Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Dawson…

Date Range: 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007

Reference Code: V794 / I / A / NA - 1 to NA - 165

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Negative

165 images

Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V794

Series: V794 / I : Legacy in Time

Sous-Fonds: V794

Accession Number: 2018.9008

Reference Code: V794 / I / A / NA - 1 to NA - 165

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Responsibility: Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.

Date Range: 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007

Physical Description: 165 Photographs : negatives; b&w

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various glaciers and surrounding regions within the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Illecillewaet Glacier (Abbott Ridge, Avalanche Crest), Peyto Glacier, Bonney Glacier, Biddle Glacier, Fay Glacier, Yoho Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Dawson Glacier, Bow Glacier and Daly Glacier.

Name Access: Vaux, Henry Jr.

Subject Access: Glacier; Landscapes; Scenery; Conservation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Henry Vaux Jr.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Lake O’Hara

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Date: 2007

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: PeC.12.02

Description: acrylic landscape of Lake O’Hara shoreline reflecting evergreen trees and mountain on a cloudy day

1 image

Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Title: Lake O’Hara

Date: 2007

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 116.8 x 172.7 cm

Description: acrylic landscape of Lake O’Hara shoreline reflecting evergreen trees and mountain on a cloudy day

Subject: Lake O’Hara; evergreen; mountains; shoreline

Credit: Gift of Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 2017

Catalogue Number: PeC.12.02

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Lakes

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Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting lakes and surrounding landscapes throughout the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Moraine Lake, Lake O'Hara, Consolation Lake, Lake Louise and Emerald Lake.

Date Range: 2002; 2008; 2010; [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010]

Reference Code: V794 / I / D / NA - 1 to NA - 75

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Negative; Photograph

75 images

Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V794

Series: V794 / I : Legacy in Time

Sous-Fonds: V794

Accession Number: 2018.9008

Reference Code: V794 / I / D / NA - 1 to NA - 75

GMD: Negative; Photograph

Responsibility: Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.

Date Range: 2002; 2008; 2010; [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010]

Physical Description: 75 Photographs: negatives; b&w

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting lakes and surrounding landscapes throughout the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Moraine Lake, Lake O'Hara, Consolation Lake, Lake Louise and Emerald Lake.

Name Access: Vaux, Henry Jr.

Subject Access: Lake; Landscapes; Photography; Mountain

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Henry Vaux Jr.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Landscape 232

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Artist: Norman Yates (1923 – 2014, Canadian)

Date: 2009

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: YaN.12.01

1 image

Artist: Norman Yates (1923 – 2014, Canadian)

Title: Landscape 232

Date: 2009

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 136.5 x 224.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain; water

Credit: Gift of Norman Yates, Victoria, 2013

Catalogue Number: YaN.12.01

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Mine Site No. 4

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Artist: Steven Dixon

Date: 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: DiS.18.02

Description: This photogravure was taken at the mine in Nordegg. It has been printed on German Etching paper.

1 image

Artist: Steven Dixon

Title: Mine Site No. 4

Date: 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 19 3/4” x 23 3/4” cm

Description: This photogravure was taken at the mine in Nordegg. It has been printed on German Etching paper.

Subject: landscape; mines; pipes; industrial

Credit: Gift of Steven Dixon, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: DiS.18.02

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Mine Site No. 5

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Artist: Steven Dixon

Date: 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: DiS.18.03

Description: This photogravure was taken at the mine in Nordegg. It has been printed on German Etching paper.

1 image

Artist: Steven Dixon

Title: Mine Site No. 5

Date: 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 19 3/4” x 23 3/4” cm

Description: This photogravure was taken at the mine in Nordegg. It has been printed on German Etching paper.

Subject: landscape; mines; industrial

Credit: Gift of Steven Dixon, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: DiS.18.03

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Mine Site No. 10

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Artist: Steven Dixon

Date: 2001

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: DiS.18.01

Description: This photogravure was taken at the Atlas Coal Mine in Drumheller. It has been printed on German Etching paper.

1 image

Artist: Steven Dixon

Title: Mine Site No. 10

Date: 2001

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 19 3/4” x 23 3/4” cm

Description: This photogravure was taken at the Atlas Coal Mine in Drumheller. It has been printed on German Etching paper.

Subject: landscape; mines; still life; industrial

Credit: Gift of Steven Dixon, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: DiS.18.01

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Miscellaneous photographs

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Part Of: Placido Monachello fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 21 black and white and colour photographs of Placido and Leona's wedding in 1944, family photographs from the 1950s and 1960s, and photographs taken during a 2010 trip Placido and Leona took to Banff and Lake Louise.

Date Range: 1944-2010

Reference Code: V803 / VII / PA - 1 to PA - 21

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

21 images

Part Of: Placido Monachello fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V803

Series: VII : Misc.

Sous-Fonds: M582 / V803

Accession Number: 2020.25

Reference Code: V803 / VII / PA - 1 to PA - 21

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1944-2010

Physical Description: 21 photographs : b&w ; 15.1x 10.1 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 21 black and white and colour photographs of Placido and Leona's wedding in 1944, family photographs from the 1950s and 1960s, and photographs taken during a 2010 trip Placido and Leona took to Banff and Lake Louise.

Name Access: Monachello, Placido

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Bankhead; Bow Falls; Bow River; Bow Valley; Mountains; Travel

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mount Huntington, 1978

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Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.11

1 image

Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Title: Mount Huntington, 1978

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 43.18 x 50.8 cm

Subject: landscape; glacier; mountains

Credit: Gift and purchased from Jon Goodman, Williamsburg, 2014

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.11

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Mount McKinley & Mount Barille, 1977

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Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.06

1 image

Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Title: Mount McKinley & Mount Barille, 1977

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 43.18 x 50.8 cm

Subject: landscape; glacier; mountains

Credit: Gift and purchased from Jon Goodman, Williamsburg, 2014

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.06

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Mount McKinley from North East over Muldrow Glacier, 1938

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Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.08

1 image

Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Title: Mount McKinley from North East over Muldrow Glacier, 1938

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 43.18 x 50.8 cm

Subject: landscape; glacier

Credit: Gift and purchased from Jon Goodman, Williamsburg, 2014

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.08

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Mount McKinley from the Head of Great Gorge, 1955

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Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.02

1 image

Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Title: Mount McKinley from the Head of Great Gorge, 1955

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 43.18 x 50.8 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; glacier

Credit: Gift and purchased from Jon Goodman, Williamsburg, 2014

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.02

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Mount McKinley Windstorm, 1942

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Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.04

1 image

Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Title: Mount McKinley Windstorm, 1942

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 43.18 x 50.8 cm

Subject: landscape; glacier; mountains

Credit: Gift and purchased from Jon Goodman, Williamsburg, 2014

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.04

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Mount Saint Elias from North West

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Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.10

1 image

Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Title: Mount Saint Elias from North West

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 43.18 x 50.8 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; glacier

Credit: Gift and purchased from Jon Goodman, Williamsburg, 2014

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.10

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Mount Saint Elias from the North West over Malaspina Glacier, 1938

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Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.03

1 image

Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Title: Mount Saint Elias from the North West over Malaspina Glacier, 1938

Date: 2006

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 43.18 x 50.8 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; glacier

Credit: Gift and purchased from Jon Goodman, Williamsburg, 2014

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.03

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Mountains

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Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 135 negative photographs by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various mountain scenes in the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Mt. Assiniboine, Wonder Peak, Mt. Lefroy, Cathedral Mountain, Mt. Stephen, Tower of Babel, Mt. Burgess and Mt. Robson.

Date Range: 2002; 2004; 2009; 2013; [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010)

Reference Code: V794 / I / B / NA - 1 TO NA - 135

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Negative

135 images

Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V794

Series: V794 / I : Legacy in Time

Sous-Fonds: V794

Accession Number: 2018.9008

Reference Code: V794 / I / B / NA - 1 TO NA - 135

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Responsibility: Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.

Date Range: 2002; 2004; 2009; 2013; [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010)

Physical Description: 135 Photographs: negatives; b&w

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 135 negative photographs by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various mountain scenes in the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Mt. Assiniboine, Wonder Peak, Mt. Lefroy, Cathedral Mountain, Mt. Stephen, Tower of Babel, Mt. Burgess and Mt. Robson.