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New Years Day

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a group of First Nations people posed in front of a tepee with a simple tent in the background in winter. Written on the back in blue ink is "Mrs. Peter Wesley, Mrs. Paul Beaver Sr., _, Mrs. Amos BigStoney, _, _, Mrs. Mark Wesley, _, _, _, Mrs. Silas Abraham, _ at Kootenay Plains, 1904" wi…

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 874

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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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 - 874

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a group of First Nations people posed in front of a tepee with a simple tent in the background in winter. Written on the back in blue ink is "Mrs. Peter Wesley, Mrs. Paul Beaver Sr., _, Mrs. Amos BigStoney, _, _, Mrs. Mark Wesley, _, _, _, Mrs. Silas Abraham, _ at Kootenay Plains, 1904" with "New Years Day" written in pencil by Catharine Whyte

Subject Access: Children; Family and personal life; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Portrait; Recognizing relations; Tepee; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Mountains Album

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to a 1905 ACC trip in and around the Banff & Lake Louise areas and includes black and white photographs and colourized postcards, all of which are annotated in white …

Date Range: 1905

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: IV.B. Other material: photographic

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: 1905

Physical Description: 1 album (112 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25.7 x 20.3 cm)

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to a 1905 ACC trip in and around the Banff & Lake Louise areas and includes black and white photographs and colourized postcards, all of which are annotated in white ink. A fleur-de-lis is stamped into the center of the front cover, a small adhesive paper with an "A" printed on it is adhered to the top left corner, and "1905" is written in white ink on the spine.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Backpacking; Banff townsite; Bow Falls; Bow River; Bow Valley; Buildings; Camps; Chateau Lake Louise; Climbing; Clothing and dress; Club; Environment and Nature; Glaciers; Hiking; Horses; Hotels; Lake Louise; Landscapes; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Period costume; Photography; Portrait; Railways; Scenery; scenic; Trails; Transportation

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

Language: English

Finding Aid: Inventory of the Alpine Club of Canada Collection, 1986, provides group or item-level description to this material

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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1907 Diary [Hector Wheeler]

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1907 personal diary/daytimer of Hector Wheeler. Topics include: Diary begins June 30 leaving Calgary for ACC camp. Introductory pages hold geometrical drawings. Short documentation of camp and climbing June 30-July 14. Begins again August 1-October 30. Trip to Golden camp and s…

Date Range: 1907

Reference Code: M546 / 53

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 / 53

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1907

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (1 volumes ; 7.5 x 11.8 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1907 personal diary/daytimer of Hector Wheeler. Topics include: Diary begins June 30 leaving Calgary for ACC camp. Introductory pages hold geometrical drawings. Short documentation of camp and climbing June 30-July 14. Begins again August 1-October 30. Trip to Golden camp and surrounding camps and climbs. Mention of A. O. and Oliver Wheeler August 14. In and out of Calgary and Golden. Camping and climbing in Ptarmigan, Donald Camp, Beaueumouth [?]. Memoranda at back monetary notations for trip expenses. Notations of expenses for 1907 and 1908 trips.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned

Name Access: Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; Wheeler, Hector

Subject Access: Camps; Climbing; Correspondence; Family and personal life; Finances; Leisure; Mountains; Professional and Personal Life; Sports and recreation; Record keeping; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Work

Geographic Access: Rocky Mountains; Calgary; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Wheeler, Hector

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mrs. John Simeon's sisters

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of two unidentified First Nations girls dressed in long skirts, several strings of beaded necklaces, with blankets over their left arms, and red dots painted on their cheeks posed in Byron Harmon's studio - the image is mounted on a dark grey cardboard frame - "Mrs John Simeon's sisters They …

Date Range: 1907

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 870

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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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 - 870

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1907

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of two unidentified First Nations girls dressed in long skirts, several strings of beaded necklaces, with blankets over their left arms, and red dots painted on their cheeks posed in Byron Harmon's studio - the image is mounted on a dark grey cardboard frame - "Mrs John Simeon's sisters They died" written on the back in pencil by Catharine Whyte

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Portrait; Recognizing relations; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Paradise Valley ACC Camp

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the Alpine Club of Canada camp at Paradise Valley

Date Range: 1907

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 260 to 280

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

21 images

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V48

Series: I.A. Negatives : Film

Sous-Fonds: V48

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 260 to 280

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: 1907

Physical Description: 22 photographs : negatives, film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the Alpine Club of Canada camp at Paradise Valley

Notes: Identifications provided by Barnes family and Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 260 Group of people at Paradise Valley ACC camp; 261 to 263 Paradise Valley ACC camp; 264 Horses at Paradise Valley ACC camp; 265 Participants cooking at campfire; 266, 267 A. O. Wheeler addressing group of climbers; 268 Swiss Guides, Edward Feuz Jr. and Gottfried Feuz; 269 to 278 Group of climbers ascending Mount Aberdeen, July 10, 1907; 279 Giant Steps; 280 Elliott Barnes Jr. and Lois Barnes on summit

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott; Alpine Club of Canada; Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Club; Glaciers; Mountains; Mountaineering

Geographic Access: Paradise Valley; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Mountains Album

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to a 1908 ACC trip in and around the Lake Louise & Field, BC, areas and includes black and white photographs, all of which are annotated in white ink. A small white p…

Date Range: 1908

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 4

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: IV.B. Other material: photographic

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 4

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: 1908

Physical Description: 1 album (159 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.3 x 25.5 cm)

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to a 1908 ACC trip in and around the Lake Louise & Field, BC, areas and includes black and white photographs, all of which are annotated in white ink. A small white paper with "F" printed on it is adhered to the top left corner of the front cover and "1908" is written in white ink on the spine.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Backpacking; Bears; Bow Falls; Bow River; Bow Valley; Buildings; Camps; Canadian Pacific Railway; Chateau Lake Louise; Climbing; Clothing and dress; Club; Environment and Nature; Glaciers; Hiking; Hotels; Lake Louise; Landscapes; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Period costume; Photography; Portrait; Railways; Scenery; scenic; Trails; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Field; Emerald Lake; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Ottawa; Ontario

Language: English

Finding Aid: Inventory of the Alpine Club of Canada Collection, 1986, provides group or item-level description to this material

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Brewster Hockey Team

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the 1908 Brewster Hockey Team - Jim Brewster standing second from right, Phil Moore seated in center wearing goalie pads

Date Range: 1908

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 705

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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 - 705

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1908

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the 1908 Brewster Hockey Team - Jim Brewster standing second from right, Phil Moore seated in center wearing goalie pads

Name Access: Brewster, Jim; Moore, Phil

Subject Access: Hockey; Portrait; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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July and August Album

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to a 1909 ACC trip in and around Lake Louise, Banff, Lake O'Hara, and Field, as well as the Mt. Hood area of Oregon, and includes black and white photographs, all of …

Date Range: 1909

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 5

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: IV.B. Other material: photographic

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 5

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: 1909

Physical Description: 1 album (194 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.3 x 25.5 cm)

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to a 1909 ACC trip in and around Lake Louise, Banff, Lake O'Hara, and Field, as well as the Mt. Hood area of Oregon, and includes black and white photographs, all of which are annotated in white ink. A small white paper with "G" printed on it is adhered to the top left corner of the front cover and "1909" is written in white ink in the middle of the front cover.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Backpacking; Bow Falls; Bow River; Bow Valley; Buildings; Camps; Canadian Pacific Railway; Chateau Lake Louise; Climbing; Clothing and dress; Club; Environment and Nature; Glaciers; Hiking; Hotels; Lake Louise; Lake O'hara; Landscapes; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Period costume; Photography; Portrait; Railways; Scenery; scenic; Trails; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Field; Yoho National Park; Oregon

Language: English

Finding Aid: Inventory of the Alpine Club of Canada Collection, 1986, provides group or item-level description to this material

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Postcard scrapbook, early 1900s Canada

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one postcard scrapbook containing 325 postcards. Content pertains to various topics including Canadian landscapes, Indigenous peoples from Alberta, British Columbia, and Northwestern Canada [mostly unidentified] including members of Blackfoot, Squamish, Piegan, Cree, Sarcee and Sto…

Date Range: 1903; 1904

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 2

GMD: Postcard; Scrapbook

Responsibility: Photographs produced by W.G. Macfarlane, Montreal Litho. Co. Ltd., John Innes, T.N. Hibben & Co., Thompson's Studio, Warwick Bros. & Rutter Ltd., Bailey Bros. Ltd., an J.W. Vought

Date Range: 1903; 1904

Physical Description: ca. 325 prints : b&w and col. postcards ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of one postcard scrapbook containing 325 postcards. Content pertains to various topics including Canadian landscapes, Indigenous peoples from Alberta, British Columbia, and Northwestern Canada [mostly unidentified] including members of Blackfoot, Squamish, Piegan, Cree, Sarcee and Stoney communities; horses and ranching scenes in Western Canada; cattle and farming; wildlife; hunting and snowshoeing; and hotels and scenic views within the Bow Valley. Named individuals include Piegan Chief Crow Eagle and Winnipeg Jack [Blackfoot], most individuals not identified.

Material Details: Scrapbook contains unidentified white powdery substance between a few pages near middle of album.

Name Access: Crow Eagle; Chief Buckskin Charlie; Winnipeg Jack

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; Communities; Landscapes; Totem pole; Animals; Buffalo; Horses; Wildlife; Sports; Snowshoes and snowshoeing; Horse packing; Hunting; Hotels; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel; Mount Royal Hotel; Chateau Lake Louise; Businesses; Agriculture; Ranching

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Glacier; Banff National Park; Bow Valley; Bow River; Calgary; Lake Minnewanka; Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie; Ontario; Toronto; Hamilton; Niagara Falls; Devil's Canyon; Quebec; Montreal

Access Restrictions: Access restricted - see Material Details

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Store flat and away from other materials due to unknown chemical content of white powder found inside some pages

Category: Cultural pluralism; Sports, recreation and leisure; Environment; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Eleanor Luxton early childhood and family album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 54 photograph prints and 2 newspaper clippings pertaining to Norman Luxton winning a turkey shooting contest [ca. 1940] and an Old Timers Association event attended by Eleanor Luxton in Calgary in 1964. Photographs pertain to Eleanor Luxton as a baby…

Date Range: [ca. 1904]; [1907 or 1908]; 1908; [ca. 1910 - ca. 1912]; [ca. 1917 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1940]; 1964

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping; Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 3

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping; Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca. 1904]; [1907 or 1908]; 1908; [ca. 1910 - ca. 1912]; [ca. 1917 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1940]; 1964

Physical Description: 1 album (54 b&w prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller -- 2 newspaper clippings)

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 54 photograph prints and 2 newspaper clippings pertaining to Norman Luxton winning a turkey shooting contest [ca. 1940] and an Old Timers Association event attended by Eleanor Luxton in Calgary in 1964. Photographs pertain to Eleanor Luxton as a baby and young child with her parents, posing with chickens and a turkey on a farm, with other small children [unidentified] and standing by the Bow River; portrait photographs of Eleanor as a young girl [roughly ages 5 to 12 years old]; a wedding celebration [possibly that of Norman and Georgina Luxton in 1904]; and images of a pregnant woman and a man on a farm [likely Georgina Luxton and possibly her father, David McDougall, ca. 1908]

Notes: One photograph of Eleanor Luxton as a young child, posing alone and smiling in a dark dress, was moved to its current location from album LUX / III / A3 / PD - 2.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; McDougall, David; Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association

Subject Access: Animals; Children; Birds; Farmland; Property; Community events; Family and personal life; Dogs; Weddings

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Bow River; Calgary

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Item has been interleaved with acid-free paper to protect photographs; Loose images have been placed in mylar; Item secured with unbleached string to prevent loose items from falling out

Category: Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Alaska to Alberta Trip Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs from Alaska, coastal north British Columbia, Edmonton, Jasper, Banff, and surrounding environs. Photographs feature ships, iceburgs, buildings, lakes, glaciers, and sled dogs.

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Reference Code: M3 / 18

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M3 / V246

Sous-Fonds: M3

Sub-Series: 2. Postcards, n.d.

Accession Number: 1036

Reference Code: M3 / 18

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records (74 pages ; 31 x 32.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs from Alaska, coastal north British Columbia, Edmonton, Jasper, Banff, and surrounding environs. Photographs feature ships, iceburgs, buildings, lakes, glaciers, and sled dogs.

Subject Access: Postcards; Family and personal life; Travel

Geographic Access: Alaska; United States of America; British Columbia; Edmonton; Jasper; Lake Louise; Banff; Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Alberta to British Columbia Trip Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of scenic views from Banff west to Vancouver Island, as well as scenic views of Lethbridge, Alberta, and southern Ontario. Includes scenes from Banff, Lake Louise, Golden, Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Comox, Lethbridge, Toronto, Muskoka…

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Reference Code: M3 / 26

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M3 / V246

Sous-Fonds: M3

Sub-Series: 2. Postcards, n.d.

Accession Number: 1036

Reference Code: M3 / 26

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records (88 pages ; 25 x 31 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of scenic views from Banff west to Vancouver Island, as well as scenic views of Lethbridge, Alberta, and southern Ontario. Includes scenes from Banff, Lake Louise, Golden, Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Comox, Lethbridge, Toronto, Muskoka Lakes, and the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Also features photographs from the Banff menagerie.

Subject Access: Postcards; Family and personal life; Travel; Animals; Banff Zoo

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Laggan; Vancouver Island; Lethbridge; Toronto; Niagara Falls; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Kootenay National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Ontario; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Tom Wilson Scrapbook

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the life and achievements of Tom Wilson.

Date Range: 1881-1968

Reference Code: M10 / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M10 / V701

Series: M10 / 1

Sous-Fonds: M10

Accession Number: 1634

Reference Code: M10 / 2

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1881-1968

Physical Description: 4.5 cm of textual records (146 pages ; 25.5 x 29 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the life and achievements of Tom Wilson.

Name Access: Tom Wilson

Subject Access: Banff High School; School; Guide; Guiding; Exploration; Discovery and exploration; Newspaper; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

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

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Scrapbook

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Part Of: Stocken family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to literary, religious, and Stocken family matters.

Date Range: 1894-1955

Reference Code: M11 / 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Stocken family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M11 / V606

Sous-Fonds: M11

Accession Number: 9

Reference Code: M11 / 3

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1894-1955

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records (83 pages ; 22.5 x 30.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to literary, religious, and Stocken family matters.

Subject Access: Banff; Biographical; Businesses; Community events; Community life; Education; Family; Family and personal life; Genealogy; Geography; History; Municipal views; Newspaper; Obituary; Religions; Songs

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

Language: English

Conservation: Re-house with paper.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Chief Walking Buffalo 90th Birthday Scrapbook

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Part Of: George McLean fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, telegrams, and letters pertaining to George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo)'s 90th birthday.

Date Range: 1909-1968

Reference Code: M42 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: George McLean fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M42 / V422

Series: I. Textual records

Sous-Fonds: M42

Accession Number: 1194

Reference Code: M42 / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1909-1968

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (36 pages ; 35.5 x 28)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, telegrams, and letters pertaining to George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo)'s 90th birthday.

Name Access: Walking Buffalo (George McLean); McLean, George

Subject Access: Anniversary; Banff; Biographical; Birthday; Communications; Indigenous Peoples; Newspaper; Personal and Family Life; Personal and Professional Life; Stoney; Stoney Nakoda

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

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Banff Visit Scrapbook]

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Part Of: Stewart family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper accounts by travellers in the Rockies and Selkirks, particularly descriptions of Banff town, Banff Springs Hotel, the hot springs and vicinity. The Stewarts are frequently mentioned, having extended their hospitality to the various writers. The al…

Date Range: [ca.1880]-1894

Reference Code: M104 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Stewart family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M104 / V209

Sous-Fonds: M104

Accession Number: 729

Reference Code: M104 / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca.1880]-1894

Physical Description: 2cm of textual records (18 pages ; 21.5 x 35 cm)

History / Biographical: George A. Stewart, 1830-1917, was the first Superintendent of Rocky Mountains Park (now Banff National Park) from 1886-1897. George and Frances Stewart, 1843-1932, and family were prominent early residents of Banff.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper accounts by travellers in the Rockies and Selkirks, particularly descriptions of Banff town, Banff Springs Hotel, the hot springs and vicinity. The Stewarts are frequently mentioned, having extended their hospitality to the various writers. The album has been autographed at a later date by Olive Stewart Foster.

Name Access: Stewart, George A.

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

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

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

Language: English

Conservation: Blank pages not scanned

Creator: Stewart, George A.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Wildlife

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 87 b&w photographs [including 17 stereograph photos] pertaining to various wildlife living in the Rockies. File includes images from a [1907] buffalo roundup in Montana, and other untitled photographs of buffalo; a bird sanctuary in Calgary; a fox farm; wildlife images from an albu…

Date Range: [ca.1905-1910]; 1906-1908; [ca.1915-1930]; 1920; [ca.1930-1940]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 1 to 87

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

99 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D6 : Other activities and interests

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 1 to 87

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-1 to 16 produced by N.A. Forsyth [Butte, Montana]; PA-57 to 59 produced by Pete Tasker; PA-69 produced by E.C. [Elliott Chappel?] Barnes

Date Range: [ca.1905-1910]; 1906-1908; [ca.1915-1930]; 1920; [ca.1930-1940]

Physical Description: 87 photographs : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 87 b&w photographs [including 17 stereograph photos] pertaining to various wildlife living in the Rockies. File includes images from a [1907] buffalo roundup in Montana, and other untitled photographs of buffalo; a bird sanctuary in Calgary; a fox farm; wildlife images from an album titled “Banff the Beautiful”; two unidentified women posing near black bears at a local dump; and other animals in and around the Banff area, including beavers, moose, bighorn sheep, and deer.

Notes: LUX/I/D6c/PA-45 and 46 accompanied by handwritten note with printing instructions for negative copy of photograph [see Related Material]; File contains some duplicates

Material Details: Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-53 to 56 are scanned paper copies of original images retrieved from an album

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott; Tasker, Peter; Forsyth, Norman A.

Subject Access: Wildlife; Animals; Birds; Hunting; Buffalo; Bison; Bears; Black Bears; Bighorn Sheep; Sheep; Moose; Foxes; Conservation; Environment

Geographic Access: United States of America; Montana; Canada; Alberta; Johnson Lake; Banff; Banff National Park; Inglewood

Language: English

Related Material: Negative photograph LUX/I/D6c/NA-17 is related to items LUX/I/D6c/PA-45 and 46 in this file

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

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff and area businesses, townsite, scenic views

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Ho…

Date Range: [ca.1890-1900]; [1896-1898]; 1904-1905; [ca.1910-1920]; 1912; 1914; [ca.1930-1935]; 1933; 1941; [ca.1950-1960]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 133 to 182

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D6 : Other activities and interests

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 133 to 182

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: PA-182 produced by Canadian Pacific

Date Range: [ca.1890-1900]; [1896-1898]; 1904-1905; [ca.1910-1920]; 1912; 1914; [ca.1930-1935]; 1933; 1941; [ca.1950-1960]

Physical Description: 50 photographs ; b&w prints ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Hotel and Banff Springs Hotel; the Park Museum and Information Bureau; early views of Banff Springs Hotel [1904]; Vermillion River Bungalow Camp and the Lake Louise Chalet; Paddy J. Nolan’s home [built by Norman Luxton]; a postcard print titled “Starved Bachelors Retreat Banff Alberta"; swimming at the Cave and Basin[?] and Banff Upper Hot Springs; the Crag and Canyon office [ca.1905]; Skoki Lodge; and the office of photographers Wilson and Fear [1896-1898].

Notes: Photographs LUX/I/D6c/PA-181 and 182 [depicting Wilson and Fear storefront] are copies of the same image but annotated with different dates [ca.1896 and ca.1898]. Based on context and dating of related images in Whyte Museum archives, actual image date may be closer to [ca.1894].

Material Details: LUX/I/D6c/PA-173 has three red sun-shaped stickers attached to back left corner, red ribbon attached to back right corner

Name Access: Wilson, John; Fear, George; Fear, William (Bill); Nolan, Paddy J.; Luxton, Norman; Smyth, S. A.

Subject Access: Bow River Boat House; Pack trips; Horses; Teepees; Boats; Property; Land use; Hotels; Fire; Banff Springs Hotel; Photography; Businesses; Tourism; Hot Springs; Leisure; Mountain; Newspaper; Organizations; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Vermilion Lakes; Lake Louise; Bow River; Sulphur Mountain; Cave and Basin

Language: English

Related Material: Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-163 to 168 have duplicate negative copies processed as LUX/I/D6c/NA-41 to 46

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Gray Campbell Photographs

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Part Of: Gray Campbell fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to Hal B. Hammond photographs, 1887-1888, 1938, n.d.; and research and personal photographs, 1887-ca.1937.

Date Range: 1887-1965

Reference Code: V113 / PA - 1 to 31

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

58 images

Part Of: Gray Campbell fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M192 / V113

Sous-Fonds: V113

Accession Number: 1168, 2648

Reference Code: V113 / PA - 1 to 31

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1887-1965

Physical Description: 33 photographs : prints, b&w, colour

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to Hal B. Hammond photographs, 1887-1888, 1938, n.d.; and research and personal photographs, 1887-ca.1937.

Name Access: Campbell, Gray; Hammond, Hal B,; Harrison, George C. (Scotty)

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Law and justice; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Travel; Recreation; Leisure

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

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

Language: English

Creator: Campbell, Gray

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Stephen J. Thompson fonds

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Part Of: Stephen J. Thompson fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to views along the Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, B.C. to Canmore, Alberta. Also includes Banff views, including Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Bow Valley, Banff townsite and Brett Hospital operating room.

Date Range: [ca.1895-ca.1905]

Reference Code: V116 / PA - 1 to 45

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

45 images

Part Of: Stephen J. Thompson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V116

Sous-Fonds: V116

Accession Number: 286, 2887, 5105, 5358, 6158 (PA -special storage formerly under accn.16,000), 6220

Reference Code: V116 / PA - 1 to 45

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca.1895-ca.1905]

Physical Description: 45 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to views along the Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, B.C. to Canmore, Alberta. Also includes Banff views, including Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Bow Valley, Banff townsite and Brett Hospital operating room.

Notes: IMAGES : 1. Looking up the Fraser near Salmon River [ca.1892] 2. Hell’s Gate, Fraser Canyon [ca.1892] 3. Looking down the Thompson near Kamloops [ca.1892] 4. Junction of the North and South Thompson near Kamloops, BC [ca.1892] 5. Albert Canyon [ca.1892] 6. Natural Bridge on the Kicking Horse River, near Field [ca.1892] 7. Mt. Stephen showing Silver Mine [ca.1892] 8. CPR showing four Tunnels [ca.1892] 9. Stoney Creek Bridge, Selkirks, CPR [ca.1892] 10. The Great Divide, Summit Rockies, CPR [ca.1892] 11. Emerald Lake, near Field, BC [ca.1892] 12. From Great Glacier, showing Glacier House [ca.1892] 13. A round-up on the cattle ranges near Kamloops, BC [ca.1892] 14. Winter scene at the Glacier House, Selkirks [ca.1892] 15. Fishing fleet at the mouth of the Fraser [ca.1892] 16. Brunette Bridge, New Westminster [ca.1892] 17. Lake Louise, near Laggan, CPR [ca.1892] 18. Three Sisters, Canmore [ca.1892] 19. Cannery fish house [ca.1892] 20. [Unidentified men posing below a Red Wood tree] [ca.1892] 21. Operating Room, Dr. Brett’s Private Hospital, Banff Alta [ca.1892] 22. Sundance Canyon, Banff [ca.1892] 23. Looking up the Thompson, Spences Bridge [ca.1892] 24. [View of the Bow River Bridge and Cascade Mountain] [ca.1900] 25. The “Basin,” Banff [ca.1900] 26. [CPR Hotel, Banff] [ca.1900] 27. [Bow River Bridge and Cascade Mountain] [ca.1900] 28. [View from Tunnel Mt. Dr. Brett’s Private Hospital and Sanitarium, Banff, Alberta] [ca.1900] 29. [View of CPR Hotel from Tunnel Mt.] [ca.1900] 30. Devils Head Canyon, Banff [ca.1900] 31. [Rundle Mountain, Banff] [ca.1900] 32. The “Basin,” Banff [ca.1900] 33. [Unidentified river and dirt road] [ca.1900] 34. [View of Bow River from CPR Hotel, Banff] [ca.1900] 35. [Looking down on The "Basin," Banff] [ca.1900] 36. [Dr. Brett's Private Hospital and Sanitarium, Banff] [ca.1900] 37. [Lake Minnewanka] [ca.1900] 38. [View of the town of Banff from Tunnel Mt.] [ca.1900] 39. [Eastbound road to Banff and Cascade Mt.] [ca.1900] 40. View from Upper Hot Springs, Banff [ca.1900] 41. View from Tunnel Mt. Dr. Brett’s Private Hospital and Sanitarium, Banff, Alberta [ca.1892] 42. CPR Hotel, Banff [ca.1892] 43. The Basin, Banff [ca.1900] 44. On the Kootenay Lake, BC [ca.1892] 45. Bow River Falls, Banff [ca.1892]