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Unidentified Indigenous people in Medicine Hat

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unidentified Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 7

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 7

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Parallel Title: Indians at Medicine Hat 6/30/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unidentified Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Notes: Made from negative WMCR-V653/NA-18

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Discovery and exploration

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified group of Indigenous people in Swift Current

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified group of Indigenous people and children posed in Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 16

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 16

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indians at Swift Current CPR. 7/9/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified group of Indigenous people and children posed in Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Subject Access: Discovery and exploration; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations

Geographic Access: Saskatchewan

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified Indigenous individuals in Medicine Hat

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unknown Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 18

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 18

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indians at Medicine Hat. 6/30/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unknown Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Discovery and exploration

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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[Indigenous] vehicle in Vancouver (No.87). 7/20/94

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 85

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 85

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Indigenous] head dress in British Columbia Museum. Victoria (No.93). 7/25/94

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 93

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 93

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Collection of [Indigenous] totem poles in museum, Victoria (No.96). 7/25/94

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 94

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 94

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified group of Indigenous individuals in Medicine Hat

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified group of Indigenous individuals posed with their backs turned at Medicine Hat

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 19

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 19

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indians at Medicine Hat 6/30/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified group of Indigenous individuals posed with their backs turned at Medicine Hat

Subject Access: Discovery and exploration; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [May - July 1932]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 28 handwritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 1932 to July 1932. Topics include daily life in Banff, more work on Peter and Catharine's home, Fern Brewster's engagement and marriage, land and lots along Bow Avenue, news in Concord [includin…

Date Range: 1932

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 88

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 88

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1932

Physical Description: 1.3 cm of textual records (155 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 28 handwritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 1932 to July 1932. Topics include daily life in Banff, more work on Peter and Catharine's home, Fern Brewster's engagement and marriage, land and lots along Bow Avenue, news in Concord [including the death of Catharine's Aunt Helen and Edith Morse Robb's health], conversations with Earl Spencer, the death of Ruth Carpenter Mather [and subsequent reactions of family and locals], visiting and sketching in Yoho, a trip with Barbara Carpenter White to Vancouver, a trip with Barbara Carpenter White and Mary Schaffer Warren to Yoho, Catharine trading a painting for a grizzly hide, Peter getting a commission to paint a pair of portraits, Peter and Catharine's work hanging at the Banff Springs Hotel, painting trips to Larch Valley, Lake O'Hara and other locations, attending the Calgary Stampede [and corresponding art exhibition and an invitation to participate from Gwen[?] Hutton], and interactions and house visits from locals and others [including Norman Luxton, Jackie White, Fern Brewster, Tex Woods, the Moore family, the Brewster family, Earl Spencer, Barbara Carpenter White, Allan Mather, Fred Armbrister, Betty Painter, Belmore Browne, Mary Schaffer Warren, Frances James, Vic Kutschera, Carl Rungius, Frances and Murray Adaskin, Charlie Beil, Lila White Stockand, Norman Knight, Rupe and Chessy Edwards, Cyril Paris, Ted Paris, Dorothy White, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Oakes [from Boston], Dan McCowan, Mr. Polenski, Mr. Kingsman, and Annie White].

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and camp letterheads. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); Mather, Allan; Brewster, Fern; Spencer, Earl; Crosby, Lou; Luxton, Norman; "Tex" Vernon Wood; Moore, Phil; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Armbrister, Fred; Painter, Betty; Browne, Belmore; Warren, Mary Schaffer; Kutschera, Vic; Rungius, Carl; Adaskin, Murray; Stockand, Lila (White); McCowan, Dan

Subject Access: Art; Artists; Banff Springs Hotel; Calgary Stampede; Camps; Cinema; Community life; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Funeral; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp; Lake O'Hara region; Marriage; Mount Royal Hotel; Painting; Portrait; Property; Stoney Nakoda; Whyte House

Geographic Access: Banff; Concord; Calgary; Vancouver; Yoho National Park; Shadow Lake; Castle Mountain; Larch Valley; Moraine Lake; Lake O'Hara

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [April 1933 - September 1933]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 58 handwritten and typewritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb between April 1933 and September 1933. Topics include news from Concord, daily life in Banff, the fire at Bretton Hall, Peter out painting and sketching, Sam Ward continuously adding cab…

Date Range: 1933

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 91

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 91

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1933

Physical Description: 1.3 cm of textual records (173 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 58 handwritten and typewritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb between April 1933 and September 1933. Topics include news from Concord, daily life in Banff, the fire at Bretton Hall, Peter out painting and sketching, Sam Ward continuously adding cabinets and cupboards to the Whyte Home, Catharine practicing typewriting and the beginning of some typewritten letters to her mother, the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, moving a cabin on the property for their Stoney friends to stay in while they paint portraits, selling two sketches, various baking recipes from Edith, Peter painting Mark Poucette, a visit from children from the Mountain School, Peter and Catharine visiting the west coast [via Bonners Ferry and Spokane] and seeing Fern Brewster in Vancouver, writing Mrs. Paley, attending the Calgary Stampede, painting J.D. Curren, painting David Bearspaw, hiking at Lake O'Hara with Skyline Trail Hikers [with participant names], a visit with Mary Vaux in Banff, a Pacific Relations Conference at the Banff Springs Hotel and cleaning the house expecting visits from participants, Catharine discussing Adolf Hitler with a Swiss man visiting the house, a boat trip with the White Family and Allen Mather to Lake Minnewanka, meeting Mr. Anasaki from the Conference [an old friend of Edward Morse] and looking at Catharine's Japanese collection with Mr. Miyoaka and Mr. Takaki, Peter taking photographs at the Indigenous Camp during Banff Indian Days, Peter receiving a beaded coat from Mrs. Jonie, buying some items from the Indigenous Camp that belonged to Old Hector [Crawler?], Jackie heading east to meet Barbara before the birth of their child, and Peter and Catharine heading east via the United States to attend the World Fair and visit Edith Morse Robb and then family in Gorham, Maine.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Letters are all handwritten and typewritten and include some hotel, business and camp letterheads. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; White, Annie; White, Clifford; White, Mildred; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, David Mackintosh (Dave); Stockand, Lila (White); Stockand, Cameron; Ward, Sam; Boyce, Jim; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Phil; Mills, Ike; Poucette, Mark; Paris, Cyril; Knight, Norman; Edwards, Chess; Edwards, Rupe; Hansen, Ed; Kutschera, Vic; Mather, Allan; Greenham, Margaret; Brewster, Fern; Standard, Paul; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Curren, John Donaldson; Bearspaw, David; Gibbon, John Murray; Rungius, Carl; Engelhard, Georgia; McCowan, Dan; Pollard, Harry; Feuz, Ernest; Aemmer, Rudolf; Walcott, Mary Vaux; Strom, Erling; McLean, George; Wildman, Dan, Sr.

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Art; Artists; Banff Indian Days; Banff Indian Grounds; Banff Springs Hotel; Cabins; Calgary Stampede; Community life; Conferences and conventions; Family; Family and personal life; Fire; First Nations; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Japanese; Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp; Lake O'Hara region; Mountain School; Painting; Photography; Portrait; Property; Regalia; Sailing; Sanitarium Hotel; School; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Stoney Nakoda; Swiss Guides; Teepees; Whyte House

Geographic Access: Banff; Concord; Calgary; Lake O'Hara; Vancouver; Montana; Colorado

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Animals of the Canadian Rockies

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1936

Author: McCowan, Dan

Publisher: London : Lovat Dickson

Call Number: 04.2 M13a UK edition

Author: McCowan, Dan

Responsibility: frontispiece by Carl Rungius

Publisher: London : Lovat Dickson

Published Date: 1936

Physical Description: x, 302p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mammals

Accession Number: 6892

Call Number: 04.2 M13a UK edition

Collection: Archives Library

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Animals of the Canadian Rockies

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1936

Author: McCowan, Dan

Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead

Call Number: 04.2 M13a; 04.2 M13a c. 2

Author: McCowan, Dan

Responsibility: frontispiece by Carl Rungius

Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead

Published Date: 1936

Physical Description: x, 302p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mammals

Accession Number: 492; 5142 (signed)

Call Number: 04.2 M13a; 04.2 M13a c. 2

Collection: Archives Library

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Trail Ride of 1939

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Transparency; Photograph; Lantern slide

33 images

Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M573 / V797 / S60

Series: V797 / II : Lantern Slides

Sous-Fonds: V797

Accession Number: 2019.111

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60

GMD: Transparency; Photograph; Lantern slide

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 33 photographs : col. slides

Scope & Content: File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the hikers (singing, eating, etc). Places that are documented in this file are the Redoubt Lake trail, Hidden Lake, Ptarmigan Lake, Boulder Pass, and Skoki. Notable people include Jean Hembroff MacDonald, her husband, Jack MacDonald, and sister-in-law, Anna Cran; Dan McCowan; James M. Wardle; George Fisher; Norman Sanson; Betsy Struthers; and Emmeline Savatard and John Wheeler (A.O. Wheeler's wife and grandson).

Notes: Each slide is labelled.; Jean wrote an article about her experience [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures; Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."

Name Access: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean; Wardle, James M.; McCowan, Dan; Sanson, Norman; MacDonald, Jack; Cran, Anna; Savatard, Emmeline; Struthers, Betsy; Fisher, George; Wheeler, John Oliver

Subject Access: Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trails; Trail guides; Tourism; Travel; Hiking; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Horses

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Lake Louise; Skoki

Language: English

Related Material: M573 / I / 18; The Sky Line Trail, Vol. 6, No. 24 (October 1939)

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Animals of the Canadian Rockies

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1936, reprint 1950

Author: McCowan, Dan

Publisher: Toronto : Macmillan

Call Number: 04.2 M13a 1950

Author: McCowan, Dan

Responsibility: frontispiece by Carl Rungius

Publisher: Toronto : Macmillan

Published Date: 1936, reprint 1950

Physical Description: x, 302p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mammals

Accession Number: 6892

Call Number: 04.2 M13a 1950

Collection: Archives Library

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Dan McCowan and Mary McCowan fonds

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series. I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E…

Date Range: [ca.1885-1967?]

Reference Code: M55 / V408

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 55; V 408

Sous-Fonds: M 55; V 408

Accession Number: 323, 694, 3263, 6756, 6892

Reference Code: M55 / V408

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1885-1967?]

Physical Description: ca.50 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.1000 negatives, ca.1540 lantern slides, ca.770 transparencies 35mm, 117 prints). -- 4 graphic records

History / Biographical: Dan McCowan, 1882-1956, was a naturalist, lecturer and writer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. McCowan came to Banff from Scotland in 1907. There he met Mary Ethel Fee, 1888-1973, a teacher, and they married in 1921. Mary McCowan shared an interest in Dan's work, hand-coloured his lantern slides and accompanied him on his tours. Dan McCowan was an active photographer and naturalist and lectured at hospitals during and following the First World War. He was later recommended to Sir Edward Beatty, CPR President and hired by the CPR to promote the scenic beauties and natural history of the mountains, which he did for 26 years. For a period his lantern slide presentations included motion pictures. During the 1940s, he used natural colour Kodachrome slide photography. While in England in 1936, McCowan was made a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society. From ca.1907 onwards, he wrote for magazines and newspapers. The first of six books was published in 1936; the last in 1955. Beginning ca.1937, McCowan wrote and broadcast radio talks on natural history on CBC. These were heard widely in Canada and the United States. In 1939, McCowan accompanied the King and Queen on a portion of their railway tour through the mountains, providing information on natural history and residents. During the Second World War, he toured extensively on behalf of the YMCA. The McCowans retired to Cloverdale (now Surrey), B.C., ca.1951.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series.; I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E. Ephemera.; Correspondence includes incoming letters re writing, business and broadcasting. Writing is in the form of notes and notebooks, unpublished and published manuscripts, newspaper articles and other materials.; Photography includes negatives, lantern slides, 35mm transparencies and prints. Material pertains to flora, fauna, people, places and scenery, also family, activities and events. Photographs of Banff personalities and visitors are available in negative and lantern slide form, 254 items.; Lantern slides were designed for lectures such as: "On skyline trails in the Canadian Rockies"; "On nature trails at Banff and Lake Louise"; "A naturalist in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Snow peaks and flower meadows in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Over the hills and far away: a pictorial review of the Canadian Rockies"; "Victory Day, May 8th 1945, Dan McCowan presents: Bye-gone days in Banff" (exact titles were based on title slides).; II. Mary E. (Fee) McCowan series consists of diaries, 1926-1957, photocopied from 12 volumes (19 cm); and letters from Dan McCowan, 1943. Diaries discuss joint travels, activities, lecture tours for CPR (Canada, U.S., U.K.), Banff, trail rides, skyline hikes, and Royal Visit, 1939

Notes: Both Dan and Mary McCowan have written identifications on the slide mounts

Name Access: McCowan, Dan; McCowan, Mary

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

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

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description; in-house electronic finding aid; online finding aid; item list and modern reference prints for photographs of Banff personalities and visitors

Related Material: Related by provenance to McCowan family photographs (V407)

Creator: McCowan, Dan; McCowan, Mary

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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McCowan family fonds

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Part Of: McCowan family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to the McCowan family, mainly the McCowan brothers and John and Jen (McCowan) Wilson. Content includes Banff personalities and places; activities, including curling, hockey, curling and fishing; events, including floods and fires in the town; Banff personalities and places. Also p…

Date Range: 1908-1981, predominant 1908-[ca.1950]

Reference Code: M135 / V407

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Scrapbook

Part Of: McCowan family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 135; V 407

Series: V407; M135

Sous-Fonds: M 135; V 407

Sub-Series: V407 / I / A : Albums; V407 / I / B : Prints; V407 / I / C : Negatives; V407 / I / D : Transparencies; M135 / II / A : Textual

Accession Number: 409; 779 1141; 7730

Reference Code: M135 / V407

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Scrapbook

Responsibility: Fonds includes photographs by Bill McCowan and Dan McCowan. Negatives are mainly by Dan McCowan. Wilson-McCowan photograph album was assembled by Bill Waterworth

Date Range: 1908-1981, predominant 1908-[ca.1950]

Physical Description: 80 photographs (40 negatives, 38 prints, 2 transparencies). -- 2 photograph albums (ca.800 prints). -- 1 textual record (1 v.)

History / Biographical: Bill McCowan, 1897-1975, was a government employee at Banff, Alberta, Canada. McCowan came to Banff from Scotland with his family in 1911. His brother, Dan McCowan, was a renowned naturalist and writer. Other siblings were Marie, Jim, Duncan, Rae, Jock and Jennie. Jennie McCowan (1894-1984) married John Clark Wilson (1888-1932), son of Tom and Minnie Wilson. Their daughter, Bernice, married Bill Waterworth.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to the McCowan family, mainly the McCowan brothers and John and Jen (McCowan) Wilson. Content includes Banff personalities and places; activities, including curling, hockey, curling and fishing; events, including floods and fires in the town; Banff personalities and places. Also pertains to World War I events and 82nd Battalion; royal visits; Calgary, Alberta places and events; scenic views, Banff and area, Rocky Mountains; Margaret Ashley, Henry and Mrs. Fonda. Textual item is Jock McCowan scrapbook, 1913-1981.

Name Access: McCowan, Bill; McCowan, Dan; McCowan, Duncan; McCowan, Jock; Wilson, Jennie (McCowan); Wilson, John

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Royal tours; World War I

Access Restrictions: Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Related Material: Related by provenance to the Dan and Mary McCowan fonds (M55/V408) and through accn. 7730 to Jack (Dave White Jr.) White fonds (V684)

Creator: McCowan, Bill; McCowan, Dan

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Dan McCowan letters of appreciation from American audiences

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of appreciation letters written to Dan McCowan from sports and community associations and clubs throughout the United States of America.

Date Range: 1927-1952

Reference Code: M55 / 15

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M55 / V408

Series: I / D Dan McCowan : Professional activities

Sous-Fonds: M55

Accession Number: 6892

Reference Code: M55 / 15

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1927-1952

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (42 pages ; 23.5 x 28.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of appreciation letters written to Dan McCowan from sports and community associations and clubs throughout the United States of America.

Name Access: McCowan, Dan

Subject Access: Administration; Canadian Pacific Railway; Communications; Professional and Personal Life

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Dan McCowan Career Scrapbook

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the career of Dan McCowan. Includes entirely clippings about his photographs and lectures throughout North America.

Date Range: 1929-1941

Reference Code: M55 / 16

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M55 / V408

Series: I / D Dan McCowan : Professional activities

Sous-Fonds: M55

Accession Number: 6892

Reference Code: M55 / 16

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1929-1941

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records (49 pages ; 23 x 28 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the career of Dan McCowan. Includes entirely clippings about his photographs and lectures throughout North America.