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Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

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Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian…

Date Range: [ca.1900-1950]

Reference Code: M584 / V782

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Transparency; Lantern slide; Print; Organization record; Textual record

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M584 / V782

Sous-Fonds: V782

Accession Number: 303, 304, 625, 1471, 1086, 1544, 3288, 3502, 6740, 7071, 2014.8366, 2021.18

Reference Code: M584 / V782

GMD: Photograph; Transparency; Lantern slide; Print; Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1900-1950]

Physical Description: 69 b&w lantern slides, 5 cm of textual records, ca. 309 prints : b&w ; 27.9 x 20.3 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian Pacific" screenplay and associated documents. Visual material includes black and white lantern slides and black and white prints depicting various scenes pertaining to travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway and depict dining rooms, scnes involving trains and mountains, farming scenes and fields, people in train cars, various cities and towns, figures in natural landscapes, horses and horseback riding, mountains, waterfalls, skiing, ships, CP hotels, and other grand buildings [across Canada] such as Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal. Textual material includes paper reports [some compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel] detailing various construction and/or renovation projects for hotels, lodges, tea houses, bugalow camps, huts, and backcountry lodges throughout the Canadian Rockies as well as records pertaining to CP hotels in the Canadian Rockies, and the screenplay for "Canadian Pacific."

Notes: Slides were stored in rectangular wood box with leather handle on top, and metal handle at one end. White label that says “Lyon & Turnbull 432 04 February 2009” on lid of the box. Old, peeling, and stained label on top under handle, illegible. Faded, peeling labels on front, some words legible: “from the Canadian Pacific…” 2 stained and water damaged labels detached from box appear to be English shipping labels.“10” stamped in black on both ends of box. Stamped in black on rear of box: “Canadian Pacific Rly Co. 62 to 65 Charing Cross, London, S.W. 1. “3” engraved on upper rim of box. Box is divided into 3 sections with removable wood separators, small pieces of felt line 2 sections of the box.

Name Access: Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Camps; Construction; Environment; Huts; Tourism; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Glacier; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: Language is English

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Content Details: Prints and some textual records absorbed from old records V121 and M48. Lantern slides donated to the Whyte Museum by Dr. William and Mrs. Wynn Bensen. The slides were purchased by the Bensens from Lyon and Turnbull in Scotland.

Processing Status: Processed

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Dorothy Wardle fonds

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75. M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including cor…

Date Range: ca.1870-2002

Reference Code: M521 / V75

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M521; V75

Sous-Fonds: M521; V75

Accession Number: 5296, 5391, 7504

Reference Code: M521 / V75

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: ca.1870-2002

Physical Description: 154 cm of textual records. -- 1304 photographs (1190 prints, 95 negatives, 19 transparencies). -- 6 photograph albums.

History / Biographical: The Wardle family was comprised of husband and wife, James Morey Wardle (June 26,1888 - May 18,1971) and Maud Leette (Roney) Wardle (May 24,1889 - December 1,1969), and their one child, Dorothy Hope Wardle (May 23,1919 - July 20,2003). James Wardle, born in Chiliwack, British Columbia, was a civil engineer and public servant. He was the Superintendent of Banff National Park from 1918-1921, Chief Engineer for Parks Canada from 1921-1935, and Deputy Minister of the Interior from 1935-1936. He is primarily known as a highway design engineer, particularly for building the Banff-Windermere, Banff-Lake Louise, and Banff-Jasper highways. He was a councillor for the Municipality of Rockcliffe Park in Ontario and he was the President of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in Banff from 1925-1929. Mount Wardle in Vermillion was named after him in 1921. James married Leette on November 4, 1913, with whom he had one child, Dorothy. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy (also known as Dot and Dorie) grew up in Banff, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario, due to her father's position with the federal government. She was educated at the Mountain School in Banff and at the Elmwood School in Ottawa. All three family members were graduates of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. James graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Leette graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and in 1942, Dorothy also earned a Bachelor's degree. Dorothy was prominent in student life and active in athletics. In 1941, Dorothy became the first woman elected as President of the Alma Mater Society and during her academic career, Dorothy was a member of the Levana Intercollegiate Debative, University Centenary Committee, and Queen’s War Aid Commission. Dorothy spent her career as a freelance writer however, upon graduation she served as the first Secretary-In-Charge of Records at Carleton College (now Carleton University) from 1942-1944 in Ottawa and in the mid-1950s worked as a secretary for the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary. Dorothy pursued a lifelong interest in traveling, art, and antiques. Although she was fiercely proud and protective of Banff and the Park, and remained a volunteer and patron of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Dorothy eventually settled in Sidney, British Columbia and shared an apartment with Sheila Iris Ritchie, with whom Dorothy travelled extensively. After her death in 2003, Dorothy, "Dorie," was laid to rest alongside her parents in the Old Banff Cemetery.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.; M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including correspondence with Carl Rungius and Mrs. Helen Brett, and Christmas and other greeting cards from Peter and Catharine Whyte). Series III: Queen's University, 7.5 cm, 1911-1980 (including graduation certificates for each family member and records pertaining to Dorothy's participation on the Alma Mater Society). Series IV: Travel, 44.5 cm, ca.1950-1988 (includes hand-written notebooks meticulously detailing their travels).; V75 consists of two series, 79.5 cm, ca. 1912-2001. Series I: Wardle Family, ca. 1912-1971, 6 albums, 31 cm of photograph prints and negatives (including family trips, trail rides in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and family gatherings). Series II: Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001, 34 cm of photograph prints, negatives, and transparencies (including Dorothy's travels in Alberta and British Columbia, overseas, and various outings with friends).

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James; Rungius, Carl; Brett, Helen; Keyte, Freeman; Hart, E. J. (Ted); Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard); Brewster, Pat; Peyto, Bill; Brett, Robert George; Sanson, Norman; White, Clifford; Drummond-Davies, Nora; Mills, Ike; McLean, George; Walking Buffalo (George McLean); Kaquitts, Frank; Oxborough, Dorothy; Whyte, Jon; Robinson, Dean; Warren, Mary Schaffer; Simpson, George; Gibbon, John Murray; Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Greenham, Margaret

Subject Access: Arts; Environment; Personal and Family Life; Banff; Old Banff Cemetery; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Cabins; Travel; Picnics and picnicking; Holidays; Scenery; Christmas; Dogs; Horses; Mountain; Canoes and canoeing; Hiking; Wildlife; War Memorial; Highland Games; Bow River Bridge; Golfing; Anniversary; Horseback riding; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Education; Snowshoes and snowshoeing; Banff Winter Carnival; Banff Winter Festival; Women; Trails; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Sports and leisure; Skiing; European travel; Beach; Calgary Herald; Geography; Government; Newspaper; Politics; Research; Banff Public Library; National parks and reserves; Park policy; Parks Canada; Wardens; Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch; Community life; Mines and mineral resources; History; Immigration and homesteading; Settlement; Organizations; World War II; Biographical; Professional and Personal Life; Grizzly Bears; Fire fighters; Sunshine Village; Teahouses; Banff Indian Days; Regalia; Calgary Stampede; Mountain guides; Mountain School; The Albertan; Crag and Canyon newspaper; Homestead Hotel; Banff Centre; Hot Springs; Superintendents; Automobiles; Natural history; Records; Calendar; Finances; Leases; Legal and Financial; Property; Recreation

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Canmore; Alberta; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Castle Mountain; Bankhead; British Columbia; Glacier National Park; Kootenay National Park; Silver City; Victoria; Scotland; Revelstoke; Yoho National Park; Ottawa; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Plain of Six Glaciers; Lake Agnes; Lake Louise; Lake Minnewanka; Lake O'Hara; Bow River; Calgary; Sidney; San Francisco; United States; Europe; Germany; Switzerland; France; Spain; Monaco; Italy; Denmark; Austria; Quebec; Windermere; New York; Assiniboine; Ghost River; High River; Quebec City; New Brunswick; Maine; Great Divide; Moraine Lake; Maligne Lake; Columbia Icefield; Washington; Philadelphia; Atlantic City; Larch Valley; Cascade Mountain; Panama; Sulphur Mountain; Field; Emerald Lake; Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump; Takkakaw Falls; Jasper National Park; Athabasca Falls; Okanagan; Kananaskis; Hoodoos; Powell River; Montreal

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Related Material: Dorothy also donated artwork (by Carl Rungius) to Art and Heritage.; James Morey Wardle fonds (Library and Archives Canada)

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.; Wardle, Leette

Category: Arts; Environment; Education; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First nations; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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[1934-1937 Photograph Album]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting trips taken by Lillian Gest, usually during the summer, from 1934-1937. The 1934 trip was part of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camp in northern Jasper National Park - starting in the Eremite Mountain area and working east towards Mount Edith Cavell.…

Date Range: 1934-1937

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 10

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1934-1937

Physical Description: 1 album (414 photographs : b&w ; 28.5 x 19 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting trips taken by Lillian Gest, usually during the summer, from 1934-1937. The 1934 trip was part of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camp in northern Jasper National Park - starting in the Eremite Mountain area and working east towards Mount Edith Cavell. Also includes a few photographs of mountains around the Banff town area. The 1935 trip was part of the ACC Annual Camp in the Mt. Assiniboine and East Kootenay areas. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Club activities and greeting cards from Club members. The photographs associated with the Yoho Icefields from Bow Lake trip are most likely from the summer of 1936 based on greeting cards labelled as such, but very few of the photographs themselves are annotated. The remainder of the album is dedicated to the 1937 trips to Mt. Trident, Mt. Bryce, the Columbia Icefield area, Bryce and Zion, Utah, the Boulder Dam, Arizona, and Colorado. Also includes Christmas cards from 1937 from various friends and Club members. Inserts pertain to the overview/advertisements for the summer 1937 and 1938 trips that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing routes, expectations, and prices ; a small photograph with a written note on the back, a letter addressed to Lillian Gest from the Springfield Television Broadcasting Corp, and a handwritten list of details pertaining to the summer 1934 trip orgainized by Caroline Hinman.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned. Inserts 4 and 5 are photocopies of the originals that were included with the album.

Name Access: Engelhard, Georgia; Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; Feuz, Ernest; Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Abbot Pass Hut; Activities; Animals; Bighorn Sheep; Buildings; Castles; Camps; Climbing; Exploration; Family and personal life; Glaciers; Huts; Horses; Horse packing; Moose; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountain Goat; Off the Beaten Track; Portrait; Scenery; Travel

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Mount Assiniboine; Lake O'Hara; East Kootenay; Utah; Arizona; Colorado; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada; United States of America

Access Restrictions: Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.

Language: English

Conservation: Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string. Locate original copies of inserts 4 & 5 and return them to PD - 10 Documents file - notes on the backs of the inserts note that the originals were moved to M67 but the documents could not be found.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Book Notes

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 139 pages of handwritten research notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H35 x W30 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's research on Banff and surrounding area, Parks Canada, Department of the Interior, and the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in general. Record…

Date Range: ca. 1870 - ca. 1998; 1870s-1880s; ca.1918 - ca. 1960s; 1986-1998; 1986; 1990; 1993; 1995; 1997-1998

Reference Code: M521 / I / A / 3-4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Private record; Textual record

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: M521 / I : Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers

Sous-Fonds: M521

Sub-Series: M521 / I / A : Research and Writing

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: M521 / I / A / 3-4

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Private record; Textual record

Date Range: ca. 1870 - ca. 1998; 1870s-1880s; ca.1918 - ca. 1960s; 1986-1998; 1986; 1990; 1993; 1995; 1997-1998

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (139 pages ; 30 x 35 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 139 pages of handwritten research notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H35 x W30 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's research on Banff and surrounding area, Parks Canada, Department of the Interior, and the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in general. Records were filed in an envelope that was titled "Book Notes." Notable people include James Wardle, J.B. Harkin, Pat Brewster, Arthur Unwin, Dr. Brett, Norman Sanson, and Bill Peyto, among others. Notable places and topics include the organization of the Department of the Interior, the Banff-Windemere Highway, Rocky Mountain Park and Park Wardens, Kootenay National Park fires, coal and precious metal mines (e.g. Bankhead, Silver City), trail riding and hiking, research about James Wardle and his accomplishments, Ya-Ha-Tinda, and various parks (e.g. Glacier, Revelstoke, Elk Island, Kootenay, and Yoho). Other records include a handwritten letter to the Auld family in Scotland (cousins of Sheila Ritchie) with a story about Glenbow and a highland cow from Oban, Scotland; personal reflections on the Banff area and mountains in general; notes that Dorothy took while doing research at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the Banff Public Library; and a variety of newspaper clippings.

Notes: Includes request slips and stationary from the archives at the Whyte Museum.; Potentially includes a handwritten list of Dorothy's written works.; Newspaper clippings primarily from the Times Colonist, which is published in Victoria, British Columbia.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.; Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard); Brewster, Pat; Peyto, Bill; Brett, Robert George; Sanson, Norman

Subject Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Banff Public Library; National parks and reserves; Newspaper; Parks Canada; Park policy; Research; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Wardens; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch; Hiking; Community life; History; Mines and mineral resources

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Bankhead; British Columbia; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Castle Mountain; Glacier National Park; Kootenay National Park; Silver City; Victoria; Yoho National Park; Scotland; Revelstoke

Language: English

Conservation: Some of the slips of paper are taped together. Was unable to remove them without damaging the materials. May present conservation issues in the future.

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Transportation; Politics; Natural resources; Family and personal life; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Title was written on an envelope containing these materials.

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Pacific film

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Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Reference Code: M584 / II / 01

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M584 / V782

Series: II : screenplay

Sous-Fonds: M584

Accession Number: 3502

Reference Code: M584 / II / 01

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.

Notes: Record absorbed from old M48.

Name Access: Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Camps; Construction; Environment; Huts; Tourism; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Glacier; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Pacific Railway Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

14 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number: 5486

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 5486

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Physical Description: 14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm

History / Biographical: The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff. After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.

Scope & Content: Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Name Access: Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Lantern slide; Education; Tourism; Travel and Exploration; Trains

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.

Creator: Canadian Pacific Railway

Biographical Source Notes: https://cpconnectingcanada.ca/#building-the-railway

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Pacific souvenir menus

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of souvenir menus from various trips on Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian Pacific cruises. Contents pertain to various destinations within Canada, including: Banff Springs Hotel and Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver, Connaught and Spiral Tunn…

Date Range: 1924; 1926; 1928; 1939; 1941; 1945; 1952; 1957; 1969

Reference Code: LUX / II / C4 / 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C4 : Travel and hobbies

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C4 / 14

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Responsibility: Materials in file produced by Canadian Pacific

Date Range: 1924; 1926; 1928; 1939; 1941; 1945; 1952; 1957; 1969

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of souvenir menus from various trips on Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian Pacific cruises. Contents pertain to various destinations within Canada, including: Banff Springs Hotel and Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver, Connaught and Spiral Tunnels, Ottawa, Quebec, and St. John [New Brunswick]. Includes a set of 3 menus from 1924 and a set of 3 adult menus and 1 children's menu from 1952 which are stored in original Canadian Pacific paper envelopes.

Notes: Items in file are stored in two file folders, organized chronologically

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Advertising; Travel; Train; Tourism; Tourist information; Banff Springs Hotel; Hotel; Commerce and industry; Cruise ships; Indigenous Peoples; Government; Landscapes

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Edmonton; Lake Louise; British Columbia; Vancouver; Victoria; Quebec; New Brunswick; St. John

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Transportation; Commerce and industry; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Environment; Cultural pluralism; Government

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Christmas Card and Photograph Album]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified. The bulk…

Date Range: 1949-1958

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 12

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 12

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: 1949-1958

Physical Description: 1 album (173 prints : b&w and col. ; 25 x 22.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified. The bulk of the album is dedicated to Christmas cards sent to Lillian Gest by various people from 1949-1958. Inserts pertain to two photographs of a group of people sitting on the front porch of a cabin in Lake O'Hara. Ernest Feuz is seated far right.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Gest, Lillian; Feuz, Ernest; Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Activities; Buildings; Camps; Christmas; Climbing; Correspondence; Exploration; Family and personal life; First Nations; Glaciers; Huts; Horses; Horse packing; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountain Goat; Postcards; Portrait; Scenery; Travel

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Mount Assiniboine; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Rehoused with acid-free paper and flat string - flat string tied around book to hold pages together.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Jim Brewster pioneer guide of the Canadian Rockies [at the Banff Springs Golf Course with Cascade Mountain]

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Part Of: John Murray Gibbon fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a man identified as Jim Brewster sitting on a rock ledge with Cascade Mountain in the background

Reference Code: v226 / lc / accn 3604 / na66 - 2408

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

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Part Of: John Murray Gibbon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V226

Reference Code: v226 / lc / accn 3604 / na66 - 2408

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Physical Description: 1 photography : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a man identified as Jim Brewster sitting on a rock ledge with Cascade Mountain in the background

Subject Access: Environment and Nature; Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Creator: Canadian Pacific Railway

Title Source: copy negative envelope

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Letters to Mother [January - June 1949]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 26, 1949. Topics include holiday activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, bonspiels, watching local hockey games, the Banff Winter Carnival, weather, events and …

Date Range: 1949

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 124

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 124

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1949

Physical Description: 1.7 cm of textual records (101 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 26, 1949. Topics include holiday activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, bonspiels, watching local hockey games, the Banff Winter Carnival, weather, events and people in Concord, a train crash east of Banff in late February [no one was injured, Syd Vallance was on the train], new household appliances like a washing machine [Bendix] and electric sewing machine, world news, radio programs, photography, painting, Catharine going to Concord in May [she was called back to Banff early due to concerns for Pete's mental health], the death and funeral of Norman Sanson, and Pete and Catharine going to Victoria and Vancouver for the month of June [they stayed at the Empress in Victoria and the Hotel Georgia in Vancouver before moving to an apartment at the Ritz Vancouver].

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 124-21 contains a note written after Catharine's post script, possibly by Pete.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; White, Annie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Whyte, Jon; Brewster, Pat; Kaquitts, Tom; Greenham, Margaret; Greenham, Henry; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Hunter, Enos; Vallance, Sydney; James, Frances; Adaskin, Murray; Phillips, Walter J.; Sanson, Norman

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Winter Carnival; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Businesses; Canadian Pacific Hotels; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Curling; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Funeral; Hockey; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Mountain; Norquay Ski Hill; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royalty; Scenery; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Ski racing; Skiers; Skiing; Stoney Nakoda; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Weather; Weddings; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Morley; Calgary; Alberta; Vancouver; Victoria; British Columbia; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [June - October 1937]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 45 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 11 to October 3, 1937. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, world news [often pertaining to politics and the British Royal family], maintenance and upkeep …

Date Range: 1937

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 102

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 102

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1937

Physical Description: 1.7 cm of textual records (108 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 45 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 11 to October 3, 1937. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, world news [often pertaining to politics and the British Royal family], maintenance and upkeep of the house and property [mostly landscaping], cleaning and household chores, weather, gifting a stove to the Simpsons for use at Bow Lake [currently a camp], events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], day trips around the National Park [mostly to Lake Louise, Bow Lake and Moraine Lake], making frames and prepping canvas for painting, books Catharine and Edit are reading, dinner parties, rearranging the kitchen [including getting a new refrigerator and a new table with two bench seats], trips to Bow Lake to paint throughout the summer, hiking, wildlife [often in the yard], updates on the new trail being built from Moraine Lake to Taylor Lake, Banff Indian Days, photography and cameras, print-making, descriptions of meals, the birth of Russ and Kitty's first son in July [Russle Jr. aka Rusty], the annual Sky Line Trail Hikers trip in early August [Pete' s last year as President], trips to Lake O'Hara and Assiniboine to paint and hike throughout August and September [the trip to and from Assiniboine was carried out on horseback], painting/sketching, activities and people at various camps, descriptions of the weather and conditions riding in and out of Assiniboine, developing and colouring photographs, working on a portrait of Mark Poucette, and news of Margaret and Mary Simpson going to Boston to skate.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 102 - 07 contains a sketch of the main floor of the Whyte home illustrating the placement of the new dining table.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Robb, Russell III (Rusty); Caird, Jean; Owen, Mildred; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Peter; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; White, Clifford J., Sr.; Whyte, Barbara; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Margaret; Simpson, Mary (Hallock); Moore, Phil; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Shepler, Dwight; Ward, Sam; Kaquitts, Tom; Brewster, Pat; McLean, George; Walking Buffalo (George McLean); Strom, Erling; Feuz, Edward; Baker-Carr, d'Arcy; Poucette, Mark

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Bears; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Camps; Camping; Children; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Guides; Guiding; Home; Horses; Horseback riding; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Literature; Moose; Mountain; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Scenery; Ski areas; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Swiss Guides; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Weather; Wildlife; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; Assiniboine; Calgary; Alberta; British Columbia; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Pat Brewster Scrapbook

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of ephemera and memorabelia pertaining to Pat Brewster. Includes newsclippings and sketches pertaining to Nicholas Morant, personal correspondence letters and greeting cards sent from Pat Brewster, and photographs of Pat Brewster and his family.

Date Range: ca. 1981

Reference Code: M8 / 7927

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession number : 7927

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: 7927

Reference Code: M8 / 7927

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: ca. 1981

Physical Description: 7.5 of textual records (30 pages ; 30.5 x 38 cm)

History / Biographical: Sheila Keough had worked with Pat Brewster on his books

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of ephemera and memorabelia pertaining to Pat Brewster. Includes newsclippings and sketches pertaining to Nicholas Morant, personal correspondence letters and greeting cards sent from Pat Brewster, and photographs of Pat Brewster and his family.

Name Access: Brewster, Pat; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Keough, Sheila

Subject Access: Art; Brewster Brothers; Christmas; Community life; Family; Family and personal life; Holidays; Mountains; Newspaper; Postcards; Royal Canadian Legion, Colonel Moore Branch No.26; Travel; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Lake O'Hara; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Rehouse with paper

Finding Aid: No

Creator: Keough, Sheila

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Daytimers

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1930 & 1931 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 37 : Pertains to the 1930 persoanl diary/daytimer of A. O. Wheeler. Topics include: Day to day activities, times of meals, leisure, financial notations, correspondence. Daily documentation of temperature and weathe…

Date Range: 1931

Reference Code: M546 / 37 to 38

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 2014.8312

Reference Code: M546 / 37 to 38

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1931

Physical Description: 4.9 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 7.5 x 11.9 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1930 & 1931 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 37 : Pertains to the 1930 persoanl diary/daytimer of A. O. Wheeler. Topics include: Day to day activities, times of meals, leisure, financial notations, correspondence. Daily documentation of temperature and weather. Time in January spent at Circular camp. March travel in Vancouver area. May spent in Banff, interactions with locals, leisure around town including trips to theatre, Lake Minnewanka, Lake Louise, Golden, ACC responsibilities, interactions with Pat Brewster. M546 / 38 : Pertains to the 1931 personal diary/daytimer of A. O. Wheeler. Topics include: Day to day office work, correspondence, personal and ACC financial documentation. Extensive documentation of travel and leisure around Vancouver Island, Vancouver area, Banff. Banff social interactions with Brewsters and Jimmy Simpson

Notes: Blank pages not scanned

Name Access: Brewster, Pat; Simson, Jimmy; Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Climbing; Correspondence; Family and personal life; Fishing; Finances; Lake Minnewanka; Leisure; Mountains; Professional and Personal Life; Sports and recreation; Record keeping; Travel; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Work

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Golden; Vancouver; Victoria; Sidney; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Wheeler, A. O.

Title Source: Title based on contents of volume.

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Photographs

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Part Of: O. Kathleen Wilson fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 116 b&w photographs of O. Kathleen Wilson, her friends and coworkers at the Chateau Lake Louise, celebrities and royalty, hiking, climbing, prisoners of war, and scenery around the Lake Louise and Glacier B.C. areas, including tea houses, hotels, trains, and alpine huts.

Date Range: [ca.1916-1935]

Reference Code: V699 / PA - 01 to PA - 116

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

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Part Of: O. Kathleen Wilson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V699

Sous-Fonds: V699

Accession Number: 3012, 3255, 3815, 3856, 3938, 3976, 4040, 5178

Reference Code: V699 / PA - 01 to PA - 116

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: [ca.1916-1935]

Physical Description: 11 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: O. Kathleen Wilson was employed at the Chateau Lake Louise at Lake Louise, Alberta in the 1920s.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 116 b&w photographs of O. Kathleen Wilson, her friends and coworkers at the Chateau Lake Louise, celebrities and royalty, hiking, climbing, prisoners of war, and scenery around the Lake Louise and Glacier B.C. areas, including tea houses, hotels, trains, and alpine huts.

Name Access: Wilson, O. Kathleen; Feuz, Edward, Jr.; Feuz, Ernest; Feuz, Walter; Brewster, Pat

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Activities; Airplanes; Architecture; Automobiles; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Banff townsite; Biographical; Buffalo; Camps; Castle Mountain; Cave and Basin; Chateau Lake Louise; Climbing; Clothing and dress; Employees; Entertainment; First Nations; Glacier House; Glacier House Hotel; Guides; Horses; Hotels; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Agnes Teahouse; Landscapes; Landslides; Mountaineering; Mountains; Movie Stars; Musicians; Portrait; Plain of Six Glacier Teahouse; Prisoners of War; Railways; Royal tours; Royal Visit; Scenery; Swimming; Swiss Guides; Teahouses; Trains; War; Waterfalls; Women; Work; World War I; Tally-hos

Geographic Access: Lake Louise; Glacier; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: English

Creator: Wilson, O. Kathleen

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Photographs

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Part Of: Dorothy Cranstone fonds

Scope & Content: Photographs pertain to activities and travels in and around Banff, Vancouver area. Includes photographs of Dorothy Cranstone and Pat Brewster. Also included are photographs of Pat Brewster's gravestone, and memorabilia.

Date Range: ca. 1920 - 1985

Reference Code: V150 / II / PA - 1 to PA - 81

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Dorothy Cranstone fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M 524; V 150

Series: V150 / I : Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: M 524; V 150

Reference Code: V150 / II / PA - 1 to PA - 81

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: ca. 1920 - 1985

Physical Description: 81 photographs : b&w and col. ; 6 x 10 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Photographs pertain to activities and travels in and around Banff, Vancouver area. Includes photographs of Dorothy Cranstone and Pat Brewster. Also included are photographs of Pat Brewster's gravestone, and memorabilia.

Name Access: Cranstone, Dorothy; Brewster, Pat

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; British Columbia

Access Restrictions: Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Trip Diaries

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout …

Date Range: 1948-1957

Reference Code: M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes

Sous-Fonds: M67

Sub-Series: i. Diaries

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1948-1957

Physical Description: 7.3 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout Banff National Park during the summer of 1948. Includes milage list and list/details of people met around Banff, including bankers, hotel staff, cleaning ladies, and the boy hired to cut the grass. Also notes the passing of Soapy Smith that winter. M67 / 3 - 2 : black leather diary, date 49 50 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various motor car, hiking, horseback (orgranized by Caroline Hinman), and leisure trips taken around Banff, Jasper, and Yoho National Parks during the summer of 1949. Trips taken during the summer of 1950 mostly consist of Alpine Club of Canada activities and Camps and with the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Also includes details on milages for different motor car trips and people met over both summers. M67 / 3 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 51 52 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various trips taken during the summers of 1951 and 1952. 1951 includes travel from the Paoli, Pennsylvania to Banff, stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, a camp based in Lake O'Hara (possibly as part of the Alpine Club of Canada), a night spent at the residence of Aileen Harmons [?], a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and another stay at the Banff Springs Hotel. 1952 includes many trips involving stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and other luxury hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper, as well as trips with the ACC, the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of people met during both summers at various locations, highlights of Banff news (including the deaths of Hal Waterhouse and Col. Phillip Moore, marriages, construction work, and illnesses), lists of equipment, and telephone numbers. M67 / 3 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 53 54 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to a 1953 trip that started in Banff (with stay at Banff Springs Hotel) before going to Jasper where Lillian Gest participated in an Alpine Club of Canada Camp, then a few days in Lake O'Hara (staying in the lodge) before returning to Banff and then heading home to Pennsylvania. The summer of 1954 consisted of a motor car trip originating in Pennsylvania that worked west through Michigan, North Dakota, and Montana before reatching Banff. Also includes lists of mileages, people met during both summers, telephone numbers, information about flying with Air Canada (most likely in 1953), and the deaths of the Mexican tourists on Mt. Victoria, July 30, 1954. M67 / 3 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 54 55 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of Lillian Gest's 1954 motor car trip, detailing the second half from Banff back to Pennsylvania and the 1955 trips to Banff, Mount Robson, the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Vancouver. Also includes lists of people Gest met in various locations throughout 1955 and a brief list of changes in Banff, including tree cutting for the new Trans Canada Highway, the opening of the new Timberline Hotel, and expansions of the Mount Royal Hotel and the Upper Hot Springs. M67 / 3 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 56 57 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various hiking, motor car, and scenic trips taken by Lillian Gest throughout the Canadian Rockies during the summers of 1956 and 1957. Also includes lists of people met both summers, phone numbers for people both in Banff and in Pennsylvania, details pertaining to an Alpine Club of Canada 1956 photo competition that Gest entered, and a brief list of mostly construction-related updates from Banff and Lake Louise. One small newspaper clipping insert dated Aug 24, 1956 notes the funeral details for Mary Thorpe Gest. Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, tellegrams, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Feuz, Ernest; Hinman, Caroline; Moore, Phil; Smith, Soapy (Herbert Alonzo)

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Community; Environment and Nature; European travel; Family and personal life; First Nations; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Hotels; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Membership; Mountaineering; Mountains; Outfitting; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Off the Beaten Track; Pack trips; Parks Canada; Record keeping; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Sports and leisure; Stoney Nakoda; Tourism; Trails; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Travel; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Pipestone Pass; Saskatchewan River; Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine; Jasper; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Kootenay National Park; Yoho National Park; Vancouver; Alberta; British Columbia; Pennsylvania; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Gest, Lillian

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Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Trip Diaries

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1968-1975 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies. Includes: M67 / 6 - 1 : black leather diary, titled July 15 - 1975: 1976 - July 25-76 on fabric adhered to the cover with tape. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1975 trip (carried o…

Date Range: 1975-1981

Reference Code: M67 / I / A / i / 6 - 1 to 6 - 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes

Sous-Fonds: M67

Sub-Series: i. Diaries

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: M67 / I / A / i / 6 - 1 to 6 - 6

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1975-1981

Physical Description: 7.5 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.5 cm or smaller)

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Scope & Content: File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1968-1975 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies. Includes: M67 / 6 - 1 : black leather diary, titled July 15 - 1975: 1976 - July 25-76 on fabric adhered to the cover with tape. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1975 trip (carried over from M67 / 5 - 6) and the first few months of the summer 1976 trip to the Canadian Rockies. Includes stays around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas as well as hiking trips with and without the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada. Also includes a list of Lake O'Hara staff for 1975, reservation details for 1976, song lyrics, and lists of people met. M67 / 6 - 2 : black leather diary, dated July 26-1976 - Sept 8-1976 on fabric tape adhered to the front cover. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1976 trip (carried over from M67 / 6 - 1) and contains details about club activity as part of the Alpine Club of Canada, various hikes, travel around the Canadian Rockies, and travel back to Pennsylvania. Also includes reservation details for 1977, names and phone numbers, people met, and information from a letter sent to Dr. Link from Edward Feuz in 1960 that included details about the Feuz family (including when they came to Canada and when they retired) and other matters relating to Lake O'Hara. M67 / 6 - 3 : black leather diary, titled June [illegible] - Sept 2-1977 on badly damaged fabric tape adhered to the front cover. Pertains to the summer 1977 trip to the Canadian Rockies with stays around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas, hikes with and without the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada, and between Banff and Pennsylvania. Also includes birds seen at Lake O'Hara, lists of staffs and people met, and events from Banff in 1977 (including the construction of the Sundance Mall and Elizabeth Rummel's 80th birthday that March). M67 / 6 - 4 : black leather diary, titled June 21, 1978 to June 26, 1979 to Aug 5, 1979 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover. Pertains to the summer trips of 1978 and 1979 to the Canadian Rockies. Summer 1978 includes stays in the Banff, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Field BC areas as well as many hiking trips with and without organizations like the Alpine Club of Canada and the Sky Line Trail Hikers. Summer 1979 includes stays in the Banff and Lake O'Hara areas, hiking trips, and travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by air. Also includes lists of staff names, phone numbers, and people met, histories and timelines for the Lake Louise area and Simpson's Ranch, distances, and events (including the marriage of Carole Harmon to Stephen Hutchings, summer 1978). M67 / 6 - 5 : black leather diary, titled August 5-25 1979 - Sun July 6-1980 to Aug 2 1980 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover. Pertains to the last few weeks of the summer 1979 trip (carried over from M67 / 6 - 4) and the summer 1980 trip. The summer 1980 trip included time spent in and around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas, as well as hiking trips and details pertaining to travelling between Banff and Pennsylvania. Also includes detailed lists of equipment for 1980 &1981, a small list of notes (including selling prices for a book called "Mt. Assiniboine" written by Lillian Gest), and lists of people met. M67 / 6 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 1981 on an adhesive paper label torn in half. Pertains to first two weeks of July 1924 summer trip and summer 1981. Summer 1924 consists of early details for a trip organized by Caroline Hinman and mainly of lists of names of those included. Summer 1981 consists of time spent predominantly in and around the Lake Louise and Lake O'Hara areas, with shorter stays in Banff at the beginning and end of the trip. Also includes details of a climbing trip two people took over Wenkchemna Pass on Aug 9, lists of people met, staff of businesses around Banff, and telephone numbers. Also includes loose items consisting of notes to self, a postcard, a photograph, guest lists and itineraries for the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and newspaper clippings.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Feuz, Edward; Feuz, Edward, Jr.; Feuz, Ernest; Harmon, Carole; Hinman, Caroline; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, George K.K.; Rummel, Elizabeth; Gest, Lillian

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Community; Environment and Nature; Family and personal life; First Nations; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Hotels; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Membership; Mountaineering; Mountains; Outfitting; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Off the Beaten Track; Pack trips; Parks Canada; Record keeping; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Sports and leisure; Stoney Nakoda; Tourism; Trails; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Travel; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Pipestone Pass; Saskatchewan River; Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine; Jasper; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Kootenay National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Pennsylvania; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Conservation: M67 / 6 - 1 : find alternative for adhesive tape on front cover.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Property Reports

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Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to reports pertaining to various properties throughout the Canadian Rockies. Some of the reports were compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel. Reports outline the costs of materials and goods needed for or provided by bungalow camps, lodges, tea houses, bac…

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Reference Code: M584 / I / 01 - 07

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M584 / V782

Series: I : organizational records

Sous-Fonds: M584

Accession Number: 303, 304, 1471, 1086, 1544, 3288, 6740, 7071, 2021.18

Reference Code: M584 / I / 01 - 07

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File pertains to reports pertaining to various properties throughout the Canadian Rockies. Some of the reports were compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel. Reports outline the costs of materials and goods needed for or provided by bungalow camps, lodges, tea houses, backcountry camps, huts, and hotels, as well as dimensions of new additions to buildings/camps. Properties include Banff Springs Hotel, Chateua Lake Louise, Calgary Palliser Hotel and Station, Glacier House, Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Radium Hot Springs, Moraine Lake, Lake Agnes, Plain of Six Glaciers, Mt. Assiniboine, Lake Windermere Ranch, Saddleback Rest House, Abbott Pass Hut, Sunshine Valley, Mystic Lake, Shadow Lake, Castle Mountain, Emerald Lake, and more.