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- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 6 photograph prints [one on matboard] pertaining to the Luxton Museum. Includes images of Red Cathcart wearing a wig and posing with Indigenous mannequins in the Luxton Museum workshop; Norman Luxton and friends at the museum’s entrance; and images of a “Red River Cart” previously …
- Date Range
- [ca.1950-1955]
- 1950
- 1953
- 1955
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3e / PA - 79 to 84
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
12 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 / D3e / PA - 79 to 84
- Responsibility
- Item LUX/I/D3e/PA-83 produced by Ernest Kehr
- Date Range
- [ca.1950-1955]
- 1950
- 1953
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 6 photograph prints [one on matboard] pertaining to the Luxton Museum. Includes images of Red Cathcart wearing a wig and posing with Indigenous mannequins in the Luxton Museum workshop; Norman Luxton and friends at the museum’s entrance; and images of a “Red River Cart” previously owned by David McDougall which was put on display in the museum.
- Notes
- Item LUX/I/D3e/PA-84 believed by Processing Archivist to be a more recent copy [early 1950s?] of an older photograph; annotations on back are similar handwriting style and format as other items in file from this time period.
- Subject Access
- Museums
- Construction
- Businesses
- Employment
- Employees
- Tourism
- Luxton Museum
- History
- Land use
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- Labour
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal scrapbook, early Banff and Morley
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing personal photographs, small clippings, wax seals, and blank and annotated postcards. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton, relatives and friends of the Luxton family. Includes individual and group photographs of numerous unidentified individuals on horseback …
- Date Range
- 1908
- 1910
- [ca. 1910 - ca. 1920]
- 1911
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
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 / 2
- Date Range
- 1908
- 1910
- [ca. 1910 - ca. 1920]
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (42 b&w prints ; 10 x 21.5 cm or smaller -- 3 postcards - 0.5 cm of textual records -- 25 wax seals)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing personal photographs, small clippings, wax seals, and blank and annotated postcards. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton, relatives and friends of the Luxton family. Includes individual and group photographs of numerous unidentified individuals on horseback and on foot, posing by family homes and ranches [likely in and around the Bow Valley]; and unidentified members of an Indigenous community [likely Stoney community members in Morley]. Scrapbook also contains various small clippings and symbols / pictures pertaining to academies, clubs and political groups based in Canada, England and the United States; invitations sent to Mr. and Mrs. McDougall to attend an Old Timers' Association event in 1908, and one in 1910 in Calgary ; four blank postcards depicting attractions in London, England; four annotated Christmas cards mailed to the Luxton family; one annotated postcard sent to Mrs. George H. Ross [May Ross] from Georgina Luxton [?]; and 25 wax seals attached to one scrapbook page.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Luxton, Georgina
- Ross, May
- McDougall, David
- McDougall, Annie
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association
- Subject Access
- Community events
- Community life
- Family and personal life
- Indigenous Peoples
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Ranches
- Travel
- Tourism
- Education
- Christmas
- Politics and government
- Club
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Bow Valley
- Morley
- England
- London
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Album has been interleaved with acid-free paper to protect photographs from adhesive stains and other risky materials on adjacent pages
- Album has been secured with unbleached cotton string to protect damaged binding
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Blank postcards, Christmas cards, and annotated postcard were previously part of contents from album processed as file LUX / III / B3 / PD - 1 pertaining to David and Anne McDougall
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Promotional Lantern Slides
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- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains slides showing various cities and towns, scenes of nature including waterfalls, mountains, and fields, figures on horseback, dining rooms, a map of Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway, ships, trains among mountains, and grand buildings. File also includes labels from the original …
- Date Range
- [c. 1930]
- Reference Code
- V782 / I / PS - 1 to PS - 42
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
42 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M584 / V782
- Series
- I : lantern slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V782
- Accession Number
- 2014.8366
- Reference Code
- V782 / I / PS - 1 to PS - 42
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [c. 1930]
- Physical Description
- 42 photographs : b&w ; 8.2cm x 8.2cm
- Scope & Content
- File contains slides showing various cities and towns, scenes of nature including waterfalls, mountains, and fields, figures on horseback, dining rooms, a map of Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway, ships, trains among mountains, and grand buildings. File also includes labels from the original storage box.
- Name Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Subject Access
- Lantern slide
- Photography
- Promo
- Trains
- Tourism
- Language
- N/A
- Conservation
- Replace binding tape.
- Title Source
- Title based on content of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Souvenir postcard album, Cuba
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards and one postcard print. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting [including bananas, pineapples an…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1905]
- 1904
- 1909
- 1911
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Photograph
- Photograph print
98 images
1 Electronic Resource
- 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
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 3
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by Harris Bros. Co., and Curt Teich & Co.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1905]
- 1904
- 1909
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 1 album (96 col. postcards ; 9 x 14 cm and 8 cm x 13.5 cm -- 1 print : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards and one postcard print. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting [including bananas, pineapples and cane sugar], livestock, dockyard and wharf scenes, a street carnival and other community events in Havana, city views, Cuba's 1909 presidential inauguration, a mass burial site, cathedrals, landmarks, and botanical gardens. Most items not dated or annotated. Postcard print has personal message addressed to "David" [likely David McDougall] in 1909, and one postcard depicting mass burial site has personal message to David McDougall from Mr. Adam Mackenzie.
- Notes
- One postcard and b&w postcard print are annotated on back
- Many items are duplicates of postcards in album LUX / II / E / PD - 4
- Name Access
- McDougall, David
- Mackenzie, Adam
- Subject Access
- Tourism
- Travel
- Farmland
- Animals
- Churches
- Memorial
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Commerce
- Community events
- Horses
- Transportation
- Grave
- Garden
- Boats
- Industry
- Natural resources
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- Cuba
- Havana
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Handle with caution if temporarily removing item[s] from album as corner insert spaces holding postcards may tear easily
- Related Material
- LUX / II / E / PD - 4
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Natural resources
- Transportation
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Trail Ride of 1937
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assi…
- Date Range
- 1937
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 1 to 27
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Lantern slide
- Photograph
- Transparency
27 images
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- V797 / II : Lantern Slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V797
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 1 to 27
- Date Range
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 27 photographs : col. slides
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assiniboine, with several landscape photographs but mostly of the hikers.
- Notes
- Jean wrote an article about her experience in the form of an article and a poem [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures.
- Slides are numbered on the back. Some are missing, the new number and order was imposed by Archive and Library Assistant for clarity.
- Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Rungius, Carl
- Fisher, George
- Subject Access
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Hiking
- Mount Assiniboine
- Travel
- Tourism
- Trail guides
- Trails
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Great Divide
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine Park
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M573 / I / 18
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Bulletin No. 48 (October 1937)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Trail Ride of 1939
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the…
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Transparency
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
33 images
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- V797 / II : Lantern Slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V797
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs : col. slides
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the hikers (singing, eating, etc). Places that are documented in this file are the Redoubt Lake trail, Hidden Lake, Ptarmigan Lake, Boulder Pass, and Skoki. Notable people include Jean Hembroff MacDonald, her husband, Jack MacDonald, and sister-in-law, Anna Cran; Dan McCowan; James M. Wardle; George Fisher; Norman Sanson; Betsy Struthers; and Emmeline Savatard and John Wheeler (A.O. Wheeler's wife and grandson).
- Notes
- Each slide is labelled.
- Jean wrote an article about her experience [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures
- Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Wardle, James M.
- McCowan, Dan
- Sanson, Norman
- MacDonald, Jack
- Cran, Anna
- Savatard, Emmeline
- Struthers, Betsy
- Fisher, George
- Wheeler, John Oliver
- Subject Access
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trails
- Trail guides
- Tourism
- Travel
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Lake Louise
- Skoki
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M573 / I / 18
- The Sky Line Trail, Vol. 6, No. 24 (October 1939)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Trail Ride Songs
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 7 b&w photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to trail ride songs that would be sung at the trail ride camp. File includes the following songs: Life is a Trail Little Old Pony My Mild-Eyed Cayuse My Pony is out in the Open On the Good Old Rocky Trails Ride-Ride-Ri…
- Date Range
- ca.1937-ca.1939
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 61 to 67
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Transparency
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
7 images
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- V797 / II : Lantern Slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V797
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 61 to 67
- Date Range
- ca.1937-ca.1939
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : b&w slides
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 7 b&w photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to trail ride songs that would be sung at the trail ride camp. File includes the following songs:
- Life is a Trail
- Little Old Pony
- My Mild-Eyed Cayuse
- My Pony is out in the Open
- On the Good Old Rocky Trails
- Ride-Ride-Ride
- When It's Trail Time in the Rockies
- Notes
- Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Subject Access
- Trails
- Trail guides
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Travel
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Tourism
- Songs
- Entertainment
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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