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David McDougall fonds

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Part Of: David McDougall fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of six series: 1. Business Correspondence; 2. Cheques, Receipts, Invoices; 3. Personal Documents; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. Blueprints; 6. Painting. Series 1 consists of business related correspondence to various companies, individuals, and two branches of the Canadian Government. Govern…

Date Range: 1845-1947

Reference Code: M557 / V779

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Painting; Textual record; Blueprint; Private record; Published record

Part Of: David McDougall fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 557; V 779

Sous-Fonds: M557; V779

Accession Number: 2017.8667

Reference Code: M557 / V779

GMD: Painting; Textual record; Blueprint; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1845-1947

Physical Description: 39cm of textual records. – 1 painting

History / Biographical: David McDougall, son of George Millward McDougall and Elizabeth Chantler McDougall, was born on May 14, 1845 in Owen Sound, Ontario. David had four siblings: John, Eliza, Lubby, and Nellie. David married Annie McKenzie in 1871 in Manitoba. Together, they had six children, including their daughter named Georgina (Georgie) Elizabeth McDougall (1872-1965). Georgina was the wife of Norman Luxton and an active member in Banff and the mother of Eleanor Georgina Luxton (1908-1995). David was an early pioneer of Calgary and Banff, who helped build both community life and their economies. While David’s father and brother were both members of the clergy and did missionary work in Morley, Alberta, David become a successful businessman. He established a general merchant store in Morley where he was a dealer in cattle, horses, furs, and curios. In addition to managing his own business block in Calgary, David also owned properties in Edmonton and Calgary. In Banff, David and Annie owned the Mount Royal Hotel for six years until they sold it to Jim Brewster in August 14, 1913. David died in December 6, 1927 and Annie died in 1939.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of six series: 1. Business Correspondence; 2. Cheques, Receipts, Invoices; 3. Personal Documents; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. Blueprints; 6. Painting. Series 1 consists of business related correspondence to various companies, individuals, and two branches of the Canadian Government. Government correspondence pertains to taxes and by-laws for McDougall’s properties. Series 2 contains invoices, receipts, cheques, and bank statements pertaining to McDougall’s business and properties. Series 3 contains personal letters and legal documents. Materials includes handwritten letters, property transactions and proof of ownership on properties. Series 4 contains cheque books, Dominion Travellers’ Hotel Guide, event program featuring Commissioner Coombs and “Safety First Guarantee” slip. Series 5 contains blueprints of Mount Royal Hotel and McDougall business block, Calgary 1911. The last series consist of a painting of George Noble photograph of Banff Ave, 1929.

Name Access: McDougall, David

Subject Access: Buildings and facilities; Commerce and industry; Communications; Family and personal life; Government; Labour; Land, settlement and immigration; Law and justice

Access Restrictions: No restriction on access. Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply.

Language: Language is English

Related Material: See Luxton Family fonds

Creator: McDougall, David

Biographical Source Notes: Luxton, Eleanor G. Latch String Out. Banff: Summerthought Publishing, 2015. “The Morleyville Story.” McDougall Stoney Mission Society. http://www.mcdougallstoneymission.com/docs/The_Morleyvillle_Story.pdf

Title Source: Title based on provenance of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Jimmy Simpson family fonds

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Part Of: Jimmy Simpson family fonds

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

Date Range: [ca.1900]-1995

Reference Code: M78 / S16 / V577

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

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

Part Of: Jimmy Simpson family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 78; S 16; V 577

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

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

Reference Code: M78 / S16 / V577

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

Other Title Info: Also known as Jimmy Simpson fonds

Date Range: [ca.1900]-1995

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

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

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

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

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

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

Language: Language is English

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

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

Creator: Simpson, Jimmy (family)

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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1rst Week Life Drawings

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1926

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.035

Description: life drawing female nude

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: 1rst Week Life Drawings

Date: 1926

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 64.5 x 49.0 cm

Description: life drawing female nude

Subject: life drawing; female; nude

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.035

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2 Groups of Mountain Sheep

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Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.05

Description: Two groups of animals, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep; the top group has 5 animals in various poses on a grassy hillside; the lower group has 4 animals all facing to the left standing on a gentle grassy slope.

Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: 2 Groups of Mountain Sheep

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.5; 35.4 x 23.5; 26.7 cm

Description: Two groups of animals, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep; the top group has 5 animals in various poses on a grassy hillside; the lower group has 4 animals all facing to the left standing on a gentle grassy slope.

Subject: animal, group, mountain sheep

Credit: Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.05

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4 Minutes

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 u

Description: cone, box, jack

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: 4 Minutes

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: cone, box, jack

Subject: cone; box; jack

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 u

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5 Mile Banff

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.31

Description: A mountain landscape sketch. Two peaks rise on the left, a rounded peak with tree coverage sits in the bottom right. Bottom left “5 Mile Banff July ‘72”, bottom right “Glyde.”

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: 5 Mile Banff

Date: 1972

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: A mountain landscape sketch. Two peaks rise on the left, a rounded peak with tree coverage sits in the bottom right. Bottom left “5 Mile Banff July ‘72”, bottom right “Glyde.”

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.31

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5 Min.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 g

Description: Perspective drawing box, cone, jack (six sided star shape)

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: 5 Min.

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: Perspective drawing box, cone, jack (six sided star shape)

Subject: box; cone; jack

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 g

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5 Mountain Goats, 2 Moose

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Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.04

Description: Two groups of animals: top group has 5 Mountain Goats, 3 in full form the other two head and shoulders; lower group has 2 moose, the one on the left is walking to the right, the other is a back view with his head turned to the right, the second moose has no horns.

Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: 5 Mountain Goats, 2 Moose

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.5; 35.4 x 22.5; 26.8 cm

Description: Two groups of animals: top group has 5 Mountain Goats, 3 in full form the other two head and shoulders; lower group has 2 moose, the one on the left is walking to the right, the other is a back view with his head turned to the right, the second moose has no horns.

Subject: animal, moose, mountain goat

Credit: Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.04

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6 Min.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 k

Description: Perspective drawing of box’s

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: 6 Min.

Date: c. 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: Perspective drawing of box’s

Subject: perspective; box

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 k

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8 Minutes

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 f

Description: corner of room

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: 8 Minutes

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm

Description: corner of room

Subject: corner

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 f

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10 minutes

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 n

Description: two chairs leaning together

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: 10 minutes

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: two chairs leaning together

Subject: chair

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 n

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10 Minutes

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 t

Description: line framed drawing of hallway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: 10 Minutes

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.5 x 23.0 cm

Description: line framed drawing of hallway

Subject: hallway

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 t

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12 Minutes

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 x

Description: outside of building

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: 12 Minutes

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: outside of building

Subject: building

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 x

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12:30 Bow River

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.431

Description: Pencil sketch on CPR card paper of mountains.Extensive description on inside and back of card denoting colour scheme, time of day and other details.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: 12:30 Bow River

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: Pencil sketch on CPR card paper of mountains.Extensive description on inside and back of card denoting colour scheme, time of day and other details.