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Letter from CPR (1895) re: Death of Burton Wheatley

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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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The Lady of the Lake

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one copy of the book "The Lady of the Lake" containing a [ca. 270-page] story written in prose with footnotes and illustrations. Item is signed on first page by May McDougall, dated 1898.

Date Range: 1898

Reference Code: LUX / III / C2 / 13

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / C : Extended family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C2 : McDougall and Ross families papers and photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / C2 / 13

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1898

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 12 x 16.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one copy of the book "The Lady of the Lake" containing a [ca. 270-page] story written in prose with footnotes and illustrations. Item is signed on first page by May McDougall, dated 1898.

Material Details: Book is bound in beige cloth with red, orange green and pink floral design.

Name Access: McDougall, May

Subject Access: Publication; Poetry

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Morley

Access Restrictions: Handle with caution as contents may be fragile

Language: English

Conservation: Item stored in separate file folder from other archival materials

Category: Family and personal life; Arts

Title Source: Title used is original from item in file

Content Details: [Annotation on first page:] "Miss May McDougall Morley, Alberta May, 10/98."

Processing Status: Processed

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Ireland Ranche guest book, May McDougall

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one notebook containing records of visitors at Ireland Ranche in 1898. Notebook is signed multiple times by May McDougall. Notebook also contains a white pressed flower between blank pages.

Date Range: 1898

Reference Code: LUX / III / C2 / 17

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / C : Extended family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / C2 : McDougall and Ross families papers and photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / C2 / 17

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1898

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records ; 1 volume ; 10 x 16.5 cm

History / Biographical: Ireland Ranche may have been associated with members of the Copithorne family who settled as ranchers near Jumping Pound, Alberta between the 1880s and early 1900s.

Scope & Content: File consists of one notebook containing records of visitors at Ireland Ranche in 1898. Notebook is signed multiple times by May McDougall. Notebook also contains a white pressed flower between blank pages.

Name Access: McDougall, May

Subject Access: Businesses; Land use; Ranchers and ranching; Ranches; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta

Language: English

Conservation: Pressed flower stored inside book has been left in original position. Handle book with caution as flower is very brittle.

Creator: May McDougall

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Communications; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Oil and Gas Prospects of the Prairie Provinces

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one volume by O. Bryant, titled "Oil and Gas Prospects of the Prairie Provinces". Includes handwritten notes, typed notes with corrections and edits, and one attached hand-drawn and coloured diagram. Volume consists of data collected by the author pertaining to existing oil and gas…

Date Range: 1920

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6 / 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : ELeanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6 / 10

GMD: Textual record

Responsibility: Written by O. Bryant

Date Range: 1920

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 21.5 x 28 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one volume by O. Bryant, titled "Oil and Gas Prospects of the Prairie Provinces". Includes handwritten notes, typed notes with corrections and edits, and one attached hand-drawn and coloured diagram. Volume consists of data collected by the author pertaining to existing oil and gas wells and potential areas for future oil extraction in various regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Material Details: Orange hard covers, brown binding; Title of volume handwritten on front in black ink, and on first page in pencil

Subject Access: Oil; Oil Exploration; Industry; Natural resources

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Saskatchewan

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Natural resources

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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Portrait of unidentified men

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: 1 album containing ca. 33 black and white prints pertaining to family trip to Banff

Date Range: 1920

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8309

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Series: V8 / 2014.8309

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: V8 / 2014.8309

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8309

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Date Range: 1920

Physical Description: 1 album (33 photographs : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm)

Scope & Content: 1 album containing ca. 33 black and white prints pertaining to family trip to Banff

Subject Access: Tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Tourism; Exploration and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Family Album of Trip to Banff

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: 1 album containing ca. 33 black and white prints pertaining to family trip to Banff

Date Range: 1920

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8309

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Series: V8 / 2014.8309

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: V8 / 2014.8309

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8309

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Date Range: 1920

Physical Description: 1 album (33 photographs : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm)

Scope & Content: 1 album containing ca. 33 black and white prints pertaining to family trip to Banff

Subject Access: Tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Tourism; Exploration and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.952 o

Description: Pencil drawing of wicker picnic basket

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of wicker picnic basket

Subject: picnic; basket

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.952 o

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Untitled

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

Date: 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.262

Description: abstract

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 23.0 cm

Description: abstract

Subject: abstract

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.262

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Wapta Camp guest register

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Part Of: Moore family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to the guest register for the Wapta Camp.

Date Range: 1921

Reference Code: M307 / IV / E / 58

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Moore family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M307 / V439

Series: IV.E. Philip Moore family series : business papers, bungalow camp operations

Sous-Fonds: M307

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M307 / IV / E / 58

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1921

Physical Description: 1 vol of textual records

Scope & Content: Pertains to the guest register for the Wapta Camp.

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow Valley and area

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends…

Date Range: 1921

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

230 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: V8 / 2015.8557

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2015.8557

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1921

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: b&w

History / Biographical: Edith Berenice Dunsworth (nee Stenton) was born in Banff on May 20, 1927. Berenice is the daughter of Joseph Alexander Stenton and Elizabeth Florence Stenton (nee Williams). Berenice had one sister, Marguerite Flora Lineker (nee Stenton). Berenice was married to Dr. Brian Dunsworth (19??-2014). Berenice's grandparents were George and Flora McKenzie and George was likely a son of the Stanford family. Berenice remembers her grandparent's house was next door to the Stanford house. Berenice's other grandparents were Percy and Elizabeth Williams who settled in Bankhead, near Banff, when they arrived from England ca.1910.

Scope & Content: Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends, and events. Of note are photographs of "Peter White" and "The Artists' Cottage Mrs. Drummond." Photographs are mostly annotated and tipped into album pages with photo corners. The inside cover of first page is inscribed: "To Beth from Rose Aug 20/21. Some photographs are missing from some pages and a few loose photographs are tucked in behind others.

Name Access: White, Peter; Whyte, Peter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Sketch from Hall Window

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

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.008

Description: Scene of an avenue or street with potted plants and trees in the forground, also there is one lampost behind the three potted plants. - buildings in the background.

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

Title: Sketch from Hall Window

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19.5 x 14 cm

Description: Scene of an avenue or street with potted plants and trees in the forground, also there is one lampost behind the three potted plants. - buildings in the background.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.008

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Mt. Sir Donald

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.283

Description: Pencil drawing of a mountain capped with snow. The silhouette of trees act as a screen in the foreground. A hand drawn frame in pencil encircles the drawing.MT. SIR DONALD [centre bottom] CANADIAN ROCKIES [brc]appears to have an erased signature in bottom right corner, with “Pete...” Peter White 1…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Sir Donald

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.5 x 21.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a mountain capped with snow. The silhouette of trees act as a screen in the foreground. A hand drawn frame in pencil encircles the drawing.MT. SIR DONALD [centre bottom] CANADIAN ROCKIES [brc]appears to have an erased signature in bottom right corner, with “Pete...” Peter White 1921 [brc, above CANADIAN ROCKIES]

Subject: landscape; mountain; trees

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.283

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Hockey Tonight

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.596

Description: A pencil sketch of a poster advertising a Banff versus Calgary hockey game during the Banff Winter Carnival in 1921. The poster reads: HOCKEY TONIGHT/ BANFF VS CALGARY/ CANADA’S WINTER PLAYGROUND/ BANFF WINTER/ CARNIVAL/ JAN. 29TH TO FEB. 5TH 1921./ DONT FORGET YOUR KODAKA drawing of two crossed ho…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Hockey Tonight

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 21.0 cm

Description: A pencil sketch of a poster advertising a Banff versus Calgary hockey game during the Banff Winter Carnival in 1921. The poster reads: HOCKEY TONIGHT/ BANFF VS CALGARY/ CANADA’S WINTER PLAYGROUND/ BANFF WINTER/ CARNIVAL/ JAN. 29TH TO FEB. 5TH 1921./ DONT FORGET YOUR KODAKA drawing of two crossed hockey sticks over a trophy accompany the text line of BANFF VS. CALGARY

Subject: hockey; Banff; Calgary; Winter Carnival; Kodak

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.596

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.763

Description: Detailed sketch of a cabin on the edge of lake that has smoke coming out of the chimney, there is a dead tree to its left and a canoe sitting on the shore by the water. Out on the water there is two people in canoes paddling (all canoes are rockered canoes) about the water. In the background there …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.8 x 21.6 cm

Description: Detailed sketch of a cabin on the edge of lake that has smoke coming out of the chimney, there is a dead tree to its left and a canoe sitting on the shore by the water. Out on the water there is two people in canoes paddling (all canoes are rockered canoes) about the water. In the background there is detailed tree line and mountain range.

Subject: rockered canoe; paddle; people; mountains; lake; water; cabin; smoke; trees

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.763

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.913

Description: Two trees frame the edges of the drawing, with two saplings growing in between them. In the background there is an ocean with a sailboat off in the distance.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.8 x 21.6 cm

Description: Two trees frame the edges of the drawing, with two saplings growing in between them. In the background there is an ocean with a sailboat off in the distance.

Subject: summer; water; ocean; vegetation; tree; grass; sapling; boat; sailboat

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.913

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Adventures of a Brownie

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.915

Description: A book standing upright, that has a little shading on the surface that it stands on. On the spine of the book it says “DUNLOP” and on the book cover “ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE”.verso: a drawing of a coffee table or dining room table. In the TRC it says “Jan 5’/21”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Adventures of a Brownie

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 14.5 cm

Description: A book standing upright, that has a little shading on the surface that it stands on. On the spine of the book it says “DUNLOP” and on the book cover “ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE”.verso: a drawing of a coffee table or dining room table. In the TRC it says “Jan 5’/21”

Subject: book; reading; furniture; table

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.915

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.926

Description: A pathway that is lined with rocks on either side sits in between a park full of trees and a body of water that has a sailboat on it. In the background there is a treed mountain with clouds rolling in on the left

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.0 cm

Description: A pathway that is lined with rocks on either side sits in between a park full of trees and a body of water that has a sailboat on it. In the background there is a treed mountain with clouds rolling in on the left