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Part Of
Jon Whelan fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertainin…
Date Range
[1880-2022]
Reference Code
M595 / V818
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Print
Newspaper clipping
Published record
Scrapbook
Album
Part Of
Jon Whelan fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M595
V818
Sous-Fonds
M595
V818
Accession Number
2022.39
Reference Code
M595 / V818
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Print
Newspaper clipping
Published record
Scrapbook
Album
Date Range
[1880-2022]
Physical Description
3 bankers boxes
History / Biographical
Jon Whelan (1952-2022) was a researcher, historian, and collector based in Banff, Alberta. Jon had a special interest in topics related to Banff National Park and Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Jon conducted independent research, as well as research for various authors and historians, from the 1980s onwards. Jon was also an active participant in municipal politics in Banff. "For most of Jon’s life, he was engaged in community affairs and fearless in voicing an opinion. He was successful in raising public awareness and his tenacity achieved a personal goal, which was to initiate the use of video for regular Town of Banff council meetings. He dedicated himself to the concerns of Banff residents." -Barry Kelly, Rocky Mountain Outlook, July 30, 2022
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertaining to Canadian Pacific, Banff, travel and tourism within Canada, and related subjects.
Name Access
Whelan, Jon
Subject Access
Research
Chateau Lake Louise
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Tourism
Travel
Recreation
Publication
Newspaper
History
Community events
Reproduction Restrictions
restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Tourism
Transportation
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Unprocessed
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Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54681
Part Of
Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60. M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Rider…
Date Range
ca.1908-ca.2011
Reference Code
M573 / V797 / S60
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
Published record
Newspaper clipping
Transparency
Textual record
Sound recording
Lantern slide
Part Of
Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M573 / V797 / S60
Sous-Fonds
M573
V797
S60
Accession Number
2019.111
Reference Code
M573 / V797 / S60
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
Published record
Newspaper clipping
Transparency
Textual record
Sound recording
Lantern slide
Date Range
ca.1908-ca.2011
Physical Description
26 cm of textual records.-- 109 photographs (42 prints, 67 lantern slides). -- 2 sound recordings.
History / Biographical
Jean Alexandra Hembroff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 5, 1908 to Walter B. Hembroff (d. 1945) and Sarah Jane Hembroff (d.1952). Jean was accepted to the MacPhail School of Music and Dramatic Art at the University of Minnesota, from which she graduated in 1927. She returned to Winnipeg to begin teaching courses in speech arts and drama. To establish herself, she first volunteered as the "story lady" at the Williams Avenue Public Library and quickly became known as an excellent speaker sought by many different organizations. She taught at St. Mary's Academy and the Evening Institute at the University of Manitoba, as well as offered private sessions. Many of her students used the skills they learned from Jean as they entered radio, television, politics, and business. Jean was also very active in organizing and adjucating Speech Arts festivals in Manitoba, often going to inaccessible places to give workshops. Her teaching, broadcasting, adjucating, coaching, and speaking career spanned more than 50 years. Jean was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's promotions manager to give presentations and broadcast interviews across Canada and the United States. In 1937, Jean joined the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and participated in their summer trail ride in the same year. For that year's issue of the Trail Rider's Bulletin Jean wrote an article - and became the first woman to ever do so. In 1938, during her lecture titled "Trail Riding in the Rockies" on January 18, 1938 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, Jean met John David (Jack) MacDonald. Jack and Jean were married on June 18, 1938, and the couple had one son, Bruce Walter James MacDonald (August 28, 1946-August 25, 2016). Jean participated in several trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail, and produced articles reflecting her experiences. Jean loved to travel and visited places all around Canada and the United States, Borneo, Tangier, Montevideo, Stockholm, New Delhi, and Tonga. At the age of 102, Jean passed away on February 2, 2011 and is buried in Winnipeg.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, particularly 1937-1939). Series II: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 4 cm, 1924-2000 (including correspondence with John Murray Gibbon, former students, and attendees at various talks, as well as newspaper articles that Jean wrote about various subjects and articles of her achievements). Series III: Collected Materials and Ephemera, 3 cm, ca.1930-1950 (including a variety of collected poems and ephemera, as well as a copy of The Beaver Magazine from 1940, for which Jean wrote an article titled "On the Trail of Sir George").
V797 consists of two series, 24.5 cm of visual records, ca.1928-1939. Series I: Photograph Prints, 3 cm, ca.1928-1939 (includes personal photographs of Jean and her family and friends as well as photographs of Jean and Jack's visit to Lake Louise in 1939). Series II: Lantern Slides, 21.5 cm, ca.1937-1939 (Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1937 to Mt. Assiniboine; Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1939 to Ptarmigan Valley and Skoki; collection of trail ride songs).
S60 consists of two sound recordings, 1 cm, 2004 and 2007 (Winnipeg at Christmas, narrated by Jean, broadcasted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
Notes
Lantern slides include wooden case.
Name Access
Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
Subject Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Camps
Canadian Pacific Railway
Discovery and travel
Discovery and exploration
Empress Hotel
European travel
Family and personal life
Guides
Hiking
Horse packing
Horses
Horseback riding
Kananaskis Ranch
Lake Louise
Lantern slide
Mount Assiniboine
Mountain
Organizations
Personal and Professional Life
Photography
Poetry
Scenery
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Sports and recreation
Sunshine area
Trails
Trail guides
Tourism
Travel
Travel and Exploration
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Women
Geographic Access
Assiniboine
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
British Columbia
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Ireland
Kananaskis Country
Lake Louise
Lake O'Hara
Manitoba
Mount Assiniboine
Rocky Mountains
Victoria
West Indies
Winnipeg
Reproduction Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
English
Creator
Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
Category
Arts
Education
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Contents of the fonds
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122854759/jean-alexandra-macdonald
https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-174851/MACDONALD_JEAN
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/winnipeg-mb/bruce-macdonald-7064958
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Letter from CPR (1895) re: Death of Burton Wheatley

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54319
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last pa…
Date Range
1895
Reference Code
M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Corporate record
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
M300
Sub-Series
M300 / III / D: Personal and Family Records : Collected Material
Accession Number
182
Reference Code
M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Corporate record
Responsibility
Canadian Pacific Railway
Date Range
1895
Physical Description
1 Textual Record (3 pages): tissue paper; non-annotated
History / Biographical
Burton Wheatley was an engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway company, who died during a railway accident in 1894 which occurred at Field Hill, B.C. The Wheatley family were related to Ivy "Willie" Morant (1910-1986), wife of photographer Nicholas Morant.
Scope & Content
Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last page of the document to write the date and witness signatures have not been filled in (likely a copy of a completed form).
Notes
Item was previously numbered as M27/3/O.S./"H" and is entered into database twice; more recently updated as item in Nicholas Morant fonds
Name Access
Wheatley, Burton
Subject Access
Wheatley family
Wheatley, Burton
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Engineer
Death
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
Reproduction Restrictions
Reference use only; no reproduction
Language
English
Conservation
Must be stored flat in mylar sheets
Creator
Nicholas Morant
Biographical Source Notes
http://www.archivesalberta.org/findingaids/whyte/Morant/M300-III%20inv.pdf
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Tickets and itineraries, Canadian Pacific and Southern Pacific Railway

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of travel documents and train tickets issued by Canadian Pacific Railway and Southern Pacific Railway for travel within Canada and the United States [1936 and 1939], stored in two original booklets. Includes ticket stubs and receipts for travel between Banff, Regina, Toronto, Montreal…
Date Range
1936
1939
Reference Code
LUX / III / D / 32
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / III / D : Other material
Sous-Fonds
LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / III / D / 32
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Date Range
1936
1939
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of travel documents and train tickets issued by Canadian Pacific Railway and Southern Pacific Railway for travel within Canada and the United States [1936 and 1939], stored in two original booklets. Includes ticket stubs and receipts for travel between Banff, Regina, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Los Angeles; notes with hotel addresses and booking information; a travel pamphlet for Tanner Motor Tours in Los Angeles; and an instruction manual for a radio receiver.
Notes
Southern Pacific booklet is annotated with name and address of "H. J. Howe" of Michigan; not determined if H. J. Howe is booklet's original owner
Subject Access
Travel
Tourism
Leisure
Hotels
Advertising
Canadian Pacific Railway
Southern Pacific Railway
Trains
Transportation
Commerce and industry
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Saskatchewan
Regina
Ontario
Toronto
Quebec
Montreal
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Illinois
Chicago
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Language
English
Conservation
Metal clips have been removed and replaced with archival clips
Category
Commerce and industry
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Transportation
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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... at the (railway) Y.M.C.A.

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11116
Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Brown, Ron
Call Number
P
Author
Brown, Ron
Physical Description
p.34-38 : ill
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Hays Charles M
Notes
In The Beaver, vol.79:1 (February / March 1999)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Advertisement for Banff Hot Springs and C.P.R.

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15104
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1890
Call Number
P
Published Date
1890
Physical Description
p.176, ill.
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Notes
In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.89, (March 1890)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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The architect & the lady

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11113
Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Jensen, Philip
Call Number
P
Author
Jensen, Philip
Physical Description
p.21-27 : ill
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Architecture
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Hays Charles M
Rattenbury Francis
Notes
In The Beaver, vol. 79:3 (June / July 1999)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Banff Springs Hotel advertisement

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15064
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1888
Call Number
P
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
p.368
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Notes
In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1, no.23 (December 1888)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Ken McGoogan
Call Number
P - filed under the previous name The Beaver
Author
Ken McGoogan
Physical Description
p.40-45 : ill., port
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Banff National Park
Canadian Pacific Railway
Tourism
Notes
In Canada's history, Vol. 90: 5 (October/November 2010). Article pertains to Banff history. Images used are of lantern slides and brochures from the CPR Archives and McCord Museum
Call Number
P - filed under the previous name The Beaver
Collection
Archives Library
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Beginnings of Calgary : the Isaac S. Freeze letters 1883-84

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11808
Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Freeze, Isaac S
Call Number
P
Author
Freeze, Isaac S
Responsibility
edited by Hugh Dempsey
Physical Description
p.17-18 : ill
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Businesses
Canadian Pacific Railway
Silver City
Notes
In "Trip to the Rockies" Alberta History, vol.51, no.1 (Winter 2003)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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