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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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Byron Harmon & icefield from Mount Bryce, Columbia Icefield trip

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Harmon filming Mount Bryce

Date Range: 1924

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 2159

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 2159

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1924

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Harmon filming Mount Bryce

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Alberta

Conservation: Reprocessed / archival quality gold-toned, 1973

Creator: Lewis Freeman (United States)

Images

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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 Passenger Train at Banff Station

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Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of a CPR passenger train stopped at the Banff Station.

Date Range: [ca. 1945]

Reference Code: V180 / I / D / i / 131 / NA 179 - 1 to 9

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

8 images

Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M175 / V180

Series: I. Early material

Sous-Fonds: V180

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V180 / I / D / i / 131 / NA 179 - 1 to 9

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1945]

Physical Description: tbd

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of a CPR passenger train stopped at the Banff Station.

Name Access: Duke, Ron; Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Banff Station; Canadian Pacific Railway; Leisure; Transportation; Train; Trains; Travel

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

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Pacific Railway promotional prints

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Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Scope & Content: Series pertains to photograph prints of Canadian Pacific Railway properties and surrounding locations. Includes scenes from around the town of Banff and Banff National Park, interior and exterior views of hotels [particularly the Banff Springs Hotel and the Chateau Lake Louise], trophies, portraits…

Date Range: [ca.1960-1960]

Reference Code: V782 / II / PA115 - 01 to 309

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M584 / V782

Sous-Fonds: V782

Accession Number: 625

Reference Code: V782 / II / PA115 - 01 to 309

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1960-1960]

Physical Description: 309 prints : b&w ; 27.9 x 20.3 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Series pertains to photograph prints of Canadian Pacific Railway properties and surrounding locations. Includes scenes from around the town of Banff and Banff National Park, interior and exterior views of hotels [particularly the Banff Springs Hotel and the Chateau Lake Louise], trophies, portraits, horses and horseback riding, skiing, trains, photographs of paintings, and various scenic views.

Notes: Most prints have titles or captions on the backs, as well as negatives information.

Name Access: Canadian Pacific Railway; Brewster, Jim; Brewster, Fern; Rungius, Carl

Subject Access: Administration building; Art; Artists; Banff Springs Hotel; Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Camps; Chateau Lake Louise; Environment; Gondolas; Hiking; Horses; Horseback riding; Hotels; Mountains; Outfitters; Painting; Skiing; Sports and recreation; Tourism; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Reproduction Restrictions: Not to be reproduced (see NA 31). Copyright belongs to CPR Archives, now managed by The Canadian Railway Museum (Exporail), Montreal.

Language: English

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.