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Postcard general file collection
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- Part Of
- Postcard general file collection
- Scope & Content
- Collection is an assembled file of photographic and graphic postcards pertaining mainly to the mountain regions of western Canada. Includes individual postcards, postcard packages and booklets; black & white and colour. Some items include correspondence, often from visitors to the Canadian Rockies
- Date Range
- [after 1900]
- Reference Code
- V466
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Postcard general file collection
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 466
- Sous-Fonds
- V 466
- Accession Number
- Numerous: accession numbers are on the back of items.
- Reference Code
- V466
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- [after 1900]
- Physical Description
- Postcards : extent varies with further accruals
- Scope & Content
- Collection is an assembled file of photographic and graphic postcards pertaining mainly to the mountain regions of western Canada. Includes individual postcards, postcard packages and booklets; black & white and colour. Some items include correspondence, often from visitors to the Canadian Rockies
- Name Access
- Postcard General File
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Postcard General File
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Rhoda Rouse fonds
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- Rhoda Rouse fonds
- Scope & Content
- The Rhoda Rouse fonds pertains mainly to Alpine Club of Canada mountaineering camps including photographs of Assiniboine, O'Hara and Minnewanka areas and landscapes. Textual records include ACC banquet menus, brochures, programs, newsletters, financial information, newspaper articles, reports, gre…
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1977]
- Reference Code
- V548 / M181
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Rhoda Rouse fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 181
- V 548
- Sous-Fonds
- M 181
- V 548
- Accession Number
- 3638 (unproc), 3643 (unproc), 7774 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- V548 / M181
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1977]
- Physical Description
- ca.346 photographs: ca.170 prints, ca.153 transparencies, postcards. -- ca.16 cm textual records.
- History / Biographical
- Rhoda Rouse (1902-1978) was born in Daysland Alberta (then N.W.T.), the daughter of John James and Eva Olive Williamene (Russell) Rouse. Unmarried and with no children, she was a member of the Class of 1923 in the Arts program at the University of British Columbia. She was a teacher at Maryland School south of Ogden and Pine Creek school near DeWinton, Alberta for several years and thereafter worked for Royalite Oil in Calgary for approximately 20 years. Upon her retirement at Royalite she returned to substitute teaching in the 1960s. She was a lifetime member of the Alpine Club of Canada, joining in 1944 and was active in the club and in the ACC camps. She spent much of her life in the outdoors and was a photography enthusiast. She was a friend of Joe Smith of Silver City.
- Scope & Content
- The Rhoda Rouse fonds pertains mainly to Alpine Club of Canada mountaineering camps including photographs of Assiniboine, O'Hara and Minnewanka areas and landscapes. Textual records include ACC banquet menus, brochures, programs, newsletters, financial information, newspaper articles, reports, greeting cards (annotated and unannotated), letters and correspondence with Elizabeth Rummell, 1930-1977.
- Name Access
- Rouse, Rhoda
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Mount Assiniboine
- Minnewanka, Lake
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Basic description only
- Creator
- Rouse, Rhoda
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Ron Duke fonds
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government a…
- Date Range
- [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- M175 / V180
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 175
- V 180
- Sous-Fonds
- M 175
- V 180
- Accession Number
- 168, 232, 1572, 1593, 1644, 1868, 2626, 3379, 5772
- Reference Code
- M175 / V180
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Responsibility
- Fonds includes primarily the private business records of Ron Duke, including the work of some predecessors. Images attributed to Bill Jamieson, working in the employ of George Noble, are V180 / II.A.i. through V180 / II.A.vi., and V180 / III.A.- 1 to 51.
- Date Range
- [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.40,000 photographs (ca.38,400 negatives, ca.800 prints, ca.800 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album. -- 3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Ronald Leslie Duke, 1912-1978, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Duke was educated at Calgary, Banff and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. After wartime service with the National Film Board of Canada, Ron Duke returned to Banff, where he worked in the photography business for the next thirty years. Here he formed a link in a business lineage of photographers, including George Noble, and was for a time an employee of Noble's corporate successors. After 1958, Duke worked closely with the Banff School of Fine Arts, photographing productions and providing documentary services. After sustaining considerable damage in a fire which destroyed Banff's Mount Royal Hotel in 1967, Ron Duke's business resumed and, in partnership with George Baracos, continued until retirement in 1975.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government and private construction, commercial and industrial projects, Banff National Park; Banff community life, including Banff Winter Carnival, sports and recreation, Banff High School, Banff activities, places and events; personal and occupational photographs arising from Duke's interest in aeronautics, work with the Canadian Army, World War II, and involvement in the oil industry, 1930s; scenic and landscape photographs. Most pertain to Banff National Park; also Vancouver, British Columbia; Seattle, United States; Turner Valley, Alberta and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
- Textual records include job registers, 2 v.; samples of works orders, price lists, letters, equipment lists, invoices, receipts and technical information, mainly pertaining to business, some personal items; brochures, publications and postcards containing credited or attributed Ron Duke photographs.
- Name Access
- Duke, Ron
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Community life
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Roy Andersen fonds
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- Part Of
- Roy Andersen fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three sous-fonds : M572 (textual), V525 (photographs), S59 (sound). M572 consists of two items, 0.3 cm, ca. 1955 to 1991 (write up pertaining to a headdress gifted to Major General George G. Brown in 1991 after his involvement with the Canadian Military National Ski Competition a…
- Date Range
- 1970 - 1991
- Reference Code
- M572 / V525 / S59
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Cassette
- Private record
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Roy Andersen fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M572 / V525 / S59
- Sous-Fonds
- M572 / V525 / S59
- Accession Number
- 6761
- 2019.40
- Reference Code
- M572 / V525 / S59
- Date Range
- 1970 - 1991
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : transparencies -- 1 sound recording : cassette -- 01 cm of textual records (1 pages ; 15.5 x 10 cm) -- 02 cm of textual records (10 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm)
- History / Biographical
- Roy Andersen was born in Kirkenes, Norway and moved to Canada with his family in the 1950s. He has a "Diploma in Sports Administration" and taught skiing as a member of the Les Voyageurs Ski School (affiliated with the Sunshine Ski School) and is the recepient of the "Alberta Achievement Award" due to his contributions to the sport of skiing. He has been a freelance commercial photographer for 30 years and also trained to be a pilot in the 1960s. After flight school, he continuted to each skiing and did the promotional work for the Banff Chair Lift. Roy Howard Andersen and Ellen Beatrice Wilson married on December 27, 1969 at Rundle United Church.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three sous-fonds : M572 (textual), V525 (photographs), S59 (sound). M572 consists of two items, 0.3 cm, ca. 1955 to 1991 (write up pertaining to a headdress gifted to Major General George G. Brown in 1991 after his involvement with the Canadian Military National Ski Competition at Mount Norquay in 1974; portfolio for postcard with Roy Anderson image used with "Souvenir of Sunshine Village Ski School - photo by Roy Andersen") V525 consists of 16 photographs, (Catharine Whyte and Grant MacEwan at a Sundance ceremony, Morley, Alberta) S59 consists of one sound recording, 1979 (Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service on March 15, 1979 at the Eric Harvie Theatre)
- Notes
- Postcard portfolio filed with associated postcard V683/VI/pg-106
- Name Access
- Andersen, Roy
- MacEwen, Grant
- Whyte, Catharine
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Military
- Ski areas
- Skiing
- Memorial
- Photography
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Andersen, Roy
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.royandersenphotography.com/ ; http://www.stephenloweartgallery.ca/artists/ar0404001.asp ; M36 / 198 ; M36 / 199
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Thornton White family fonds
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- Part Of
- Thornton White family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Thornton White, friends and clients, in Banff and area. Material includes reference to Colin Bowen, brother of Belle, and "twins," visitors from England. Material may have been removed from family album. Two items are dated 1921 and 1926.
- Date Range
- [ca.1921-ca.1931]
- Reference Code
- V119
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Thornton White family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 119
- Sous-Fonds
- V 119
- Accession Number
- 5963
- Reference Code
- V119
- Date Range
- [ca.1921-ca.1931]
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : prints, postcard
- History / Biographical
- Thornton (Slim) White worked as a Brewster guide from ca.1921 to ca.1931 at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He married Belle Bowen, ca.1928.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Thornton White, friends and clients, in Banff and area. Material includes reference to Colin Bowen, brother of Belle, and "twins," visitors from England. Material may have been removed from family album. Two items are dated 1921 and 1926.
- Name Access
- Bowen, Colin
- White, Thornton (Slim)
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- White, Thornton (Slim)
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Wilfred S. Armstrong fonds
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- Part Of
- Wilfred S. Armstrong fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Rocky Mountains, particularly Banff, Alberta and area; also Lake Louise, Jasper and Kootenay National Park areas. Includes views of Johnston Canyon and other canyons; also a few coastal views.
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Reference Code
- V763
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Wilfred S. Armstrong fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 763
- Sous-Fonds
- V 763
- Accession Number
- 5594
- Reference Code
- V763
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1930]
- Physical Description
- 83 photographs : prints, postcard
- History / Biographical
- Wilfred S. Armstrong, 1900-1974, was manager of Gypsum Lime and Alabastine at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Wilf and Louella Armstrong were interested in hunting, fishing and the outdoors.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Rocky Mountains, particularly Banff, Alberta and area; also Lake Louise, Jasper and Kootenay National Park areas. Includes views of Johnston Canyon and other canyons; also a few coastal views.
- Name Access
- Armstrong, Wilfred S.
- Subject Access
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Armstrong, Wilfred S.
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
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William Whyte family fonds
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- Part Of
- William Whyte family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to William Whyte family; Banff people, places and events, including Banff Zoo, Banff Station and staff, Banff Avenue and Cave and Basin; skiing, including Mount Norquay and Sunshine ski areas. Mainly ca.1920-1945. Also includes a few photographs of Banff personalities, including To…
- Date Range
- [ca.1895-ca.1945]
- Reference Code
- V715
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Part Of
- William Whyte family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 715
- Sous-Fonds
- V 715
- Accession Number
- 1921, 1983, 5551
- Reference Code
- V715
- Date Range
- [ca.1895-ca.1945]
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : prints, postcards
- History / Biographical
- William (Bill) D. Whyte, 1885-1951, was Canadian Pacific Railway baggage master at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Other family members were Helen Whyte, 1880- 1963, and their daughter, Barbara J. Whyte, b.1921?
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to William Whyte family; Banff people, places and events, including Banff Zoo, Banff Station and staff, Banff Avenue and Cave and Basin; skiing, including Mount Norquay and Sunshine ski areas. Mainly ca.1920-1945. Also includes a few photographs of Banff personalities, including Tom Wilson, ca.1895-1905.
- Name Access
- Whyte, William (Bill)
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Whyte, William (Bill)
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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529. Stoney Indian Camp
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of unidentified First Nations people sitting and standing along a loose row of tepees at the Banff Indian Days grounds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1950]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 1302
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 1302
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1950]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of unidentified First Nations people sitting and standing along a loose row of tepees at the Banff Indian Days grounds
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing relations
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Tepee
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Baker Lake from Deception Mountain
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of an unidentified person posed on a cliff on Mt. Deception with Baker Lake in the distance
- Date Range
- [ca. 1885-1945]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 720
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 720
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- [ca. 1885-1945]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of an unidentified person posed on a cliff on Mt. Deception with Baker Lake in the distance
- Subject Access
- Baker Lake
- Mountains
- Mt. Deception
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Indian Days parade
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of unidentified First Nations women dressed in regalia on horseback during the Banff Indian Days parade - "Mrs. Hector [Mary Jean] Crawler head of group Banff Indian Days about 1909 or '10" written on the back in pencil by Catharine Whyte
- Date Range
- [ca. 1909-1910]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 872
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 872
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- [ca. 1909-1910]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of unidentified First Nations women dressed in regalia on horseback during the Banff Indian Days parade - "Mrs. Hector [Mary Jean] Crawler head of group Banff Indian Days about 1909 or '10" written on the back in pencil by Catharine Whyte
- Name Access
- Crawler, Mary Jean
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Horses
- Indigenous Peoples
- Parade
- Recognizing relations
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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