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King George VI and British royal family [ca. 1935 - 1951]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to King George VI's coronation and Queen Elizabeth; newspaper clippings relating to British West Indies, Australia and other Empire colonies as well as related stories. Scrapbook also includes articles relating to King George VI and family. Also …

Date Range: [1935-1940]; 1939; 1951

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 15

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Postcard; Published record

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 15

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Postcard; Published record

Date Range: [1935-1940]; 1939; 1951

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to King George VI's coronation and Queen Elizabeth; newspaper clippings relating to British West Indies, Australia and other Empire colonies as well as related stories. Scrapbook also includes articles relating to King George VI and family. Also included are two file folders containing:; four postcards bearing images of the King and Queen's visit to Belfast, troops inspections and two publications titled: "Their Majesties' Canadian Visit, 1939" and a timetable of Pilot train and boats and itinerary of activities [placed in a mylar sleeve and file folder].; booklet and b&w photographs relating to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's Royal Visit, 1939 [placed in a file folder].

Subject Access: Politics; Public events; Royal tours; Royal Visit; Royalty; Trains; Travel; Newspaper; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Jasper; England; London

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Postcard prints and other inserts have been placed in mylar inside scrapbook

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Politics; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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[Christmas Card and Photograph Album]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified. The bulk…

Date Range: 1949-1958

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 12

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 12

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: 1949-1958

Physical Description: 1 album (173 prints : b&w and col. ; 25 x 22.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified. The bulk of the album is dedicated to Christmas cards sent to Lillian Gest by various people from 1949-1958. Inserts pertain to two photographs of a group of people sitting on the front porch of a cabin in Lake O'Hara. Ernest Feuz is seated far right.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Gest, Lillian; Feuz, Ernest; Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Activities; Buildings; Camps; Christmas; Climbing; Correspondence; Exploration; Family and personal life; First Nations; Glaciers; Huts; Horses; Horse packing; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountain Goat; Postcards; Portrait; Scenery; Travel

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Mount Assiniboine; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Rehoused with acid-free paper and flat string - flat string tied around book to hold pages together.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Pack trips

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Album contains unidentified family photographs, including pack trips and mountain travel.

Date Range: [1940 - 1965]

Reference Code: V8 / 1450 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: V8 / 1450

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 1450

Reference Code: V8 / 1450 / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [1940 - 1965]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (111 prints)

Scope & Content: Album contains unidentified family photographs, including pack trips and mountain travel.

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Photograph album

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Album pertains to travels to Lake Louise, Field, Glacier House and expeditions from 1904-1908 seasons. Includes the following locations: Lake Louise, Field BC, Glacier House, Ross Peak, Badger Pass, Pipestone, Ptarmigan and Molar Pass, Nashan Valley, Wilcox Pass, Pinto summit, Mount Columbia, Mou…

Date Range: 1898-[1908]

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album

3 images

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V527

Series: II.B. Photographs: albums

Sous-Fonds: V527

Accession Number: 7731

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album

Responsibility: Photographers include Mary Schaffer, Elliott Barnes, [Henrietta] Tuzo, and possibly J. N. Collie. Album includes annotations by Mary Schaffer, as well as later annotations by unknown person

Date Range: 1898-[1908]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (781 prints)

Scope & Content: Album pertains to travels to Lake Louise, Field, Glacier House and expeditions from 1904-1908 seasons. Includes the following locations: Lake Louise, Field BC, Glacier House, Ross Peak, Badger Pass, Pipestone, Ptarmigan and Molar Pass, Nashan Valley, Wilcox Pass, Pinto summit, Mount Columbia, Mount Athabasca, Nakimu Caves, Illecillewaet Glacier, Athabasca Glacier, Hornady Glacier, Peyto Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Elliott Barnes ranch, Jimmy Simpson cabins, Vermilion Lakes. People include: Stoney Indians, Beaver family, A. P. Coleman and party (on Wilcox Pass 1907), Jimmy Simpson, Swift family, Tom Wilson, Sid Unwin, Mollie Adams, Elliott Barnes and others. Also includes landscape views from J. N. Collie trips of 1889 and 1902; flora and fauna. It appears that several photographs were removed from the album, prior to donation.

Related Material: Some images related to album V527 / PD - 4

Title Source: Title based on item.

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days brochures

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of promotional materials in the form of brochures and a flyer for Banff Indian Days. Some brochures are annotated [possibly containing edits before being published]. Contains duplicates of some items.

Date Range: 1938-1953

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Published record; Textual record

2 images 2 Electronic Resources

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 6

GMD: Published record; Textual record

Responsibility: Some items published by Crag & Canyon Presses

Date Range: 1938-1953

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records : 12 items ; 15.6 x 24.0 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of promotional materials in the form of brochures and a flyer for Banff Indian Days. Some brochures are annotated [possibly containing edits before being published]. Contains duplicates of some items.

Notes: Copies of items may be found in LUX / II / F1 / 20. One flyer and two brochures with annotations have been digitized as other materials have been digitized and may found in LUX / II / F1 / 20.; Reference copies of Banff Indian Days posters were included in this file, however they were stored with additional Banff Indian Day posters and may now be found at LUX / I / D3. The associated items are LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Community events; Banff Indian Days; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Finding Aid: Reference copies of oversize posters are provided [now found in LUX / I / D3]

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified Indigenous people at Yale

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Part Of: Charles Macmunn fonds

Scope & Content: Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Reference Code: V256 / PD 1 - 20

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Charles Macmunn fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V256

Sous-Fonds: V256

Reference Code: V256 / PD 1 - 20

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Parallel Title: 62. Indian group at Yale

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; First nations; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Charles Macmunn (Victoria, BC)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified Indigenous people fishing in British Columbia

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Part Of: Charles Macmunn fonds

Scope & Content: Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Reference Code: V256 / PD 1 - 25

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Charles Macmunn fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V256

Sous-Fonds: V256

Reference Code: V256 / PD 1 - 25

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Parallel Title: 277. Indians fishing

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)

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

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Charles Macmunn (Victoria, BC)

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Unidentified Indigneous people, Yale

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Part Of: Charles Macmunn fonds

Scope & Content: Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Reference Code: V256 / PD 1 - 26

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Charles Macmunn fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V256

Sous-Fonds: V256

Reference Code: V256 / PD 1 - 26

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Parallel Title: 273. Indian fishing group, Yale

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; First nations; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Charles Macmunn (Victoria, BC)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Fraser River

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Part Of: Charles Macmunn fonds

Scope & Content: Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Reference Code: V256 / PD 1 - 33

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Charles Macmunn fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V256

Sous-Fonds: V256

Reference Code: V256 / PD 1 - 33

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Parallel Title: 275. Indian Rancherie, Fraser River

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; First nations; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Charles Macmunn (Victoria, BC)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Indigenous Cemetery

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Part Of: Charles Macmunn fonds

Scope & Content: Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Reference Code: V256 / PD 1 - 39

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Charles Macmunn fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V256

Sous-Fonds: V256

Reference Code: V256 / PD 1 - 39

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Parallel Title: 262. Indian Cemetery, Yale

Other Title Info: Original title

Date Range: [ca.1890]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; First nations; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Charles Macmunn (Victoria, BC)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Rockies Photograph Album

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Part Of: Lawrence Grassi fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album that Includes an assortment of views of the Canadian Rockies; mainly duplicates of those images in Series I. Landscape Photographs. Item-level inventory available.

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1970]

Reference Code: V240 / II / A / PD - 624

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph

6 images

Part Of: Lawrence Grassi fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M45 / V240

Series: II.A. Landscape photographs

Sous-Fonds: V240

Accession Number: 3159

Reference Code: V240 / II / A / PD - 624

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1970]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (180 prints)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album that Includes an assortment of views of the Canadian Rockies; mainly duplicates of those images in Series I. Landscape Photographs. Item-level inventory available.

Name Access: Grassi, Lawrence

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Grassi Lakes; Home; Kananaskis Country; Lake O'Hara region; Mountains; Parks; Provincial parks and reserves; Scenery; Trails; Trail making; Travel

Geographic Access: Canmore; Lake Louise; Lake O'Hara; Banff; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Kananaskis; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Norman Luxton biographical articles

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: FIle consists of newspaper articles pertaining to Norman Luxton and his life in Banff. Includes one page from The Vancouver Province (March 17th, 1934) with article titled "N-o-a-rman is Our Brother", and two copies of article "Norman Luxton, Oracle of Banff" published in The Western Producer newsp…

Date Range: 1934; 1957

Reference Code: LUX / I / E2 / 16 to 17

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

2 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E2 : Personal papers

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E2 / 16 to 17

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1934; 1957

Physical Description: 0.2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: FIle consists of newspaper articles pertaining to Norman Luxton and his life in Banff. Includes one page from The Vancouver Province (March 17th, 1934) with article titled "N-o-a-rman is Our Brother", and two copies of article "Norman Luxton, Oracle of Banff" published in The Western Producer newspaper (September 26, 1957).

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Biography; Newspaper; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Vancouver; Saskatchewan; Saskatoon

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days posters

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil pain…

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

18 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

Responsibility: Published and artwork attributed to Ernie Kehr, W.L. Kihn, G.H.W. Ashley, Crag & Canyon Press, Palenske, Canadian Pacific and Multi Color Poster

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Physical Description: 14 posters : colour and b&w ; 35 x 56 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil paint process mounted on cardboard made in Canada and distributed by Exhibits Branch Canadian Pacific, lithographic prints, and a mounted drawing attributed to Palenske. Some have annotations or stamps on the back.

Notes: Possibly unassociated shipping packing material addressed to Norman Luxton at the Trading Post from E.A. Kehr found in box - this has not been assigned a number. D3-10, a lithographic promotional material from 1936 has an identical design to LUX / II / F1 / 47, an Indian Days poster from 1928 Items LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 were originally associated with LUX / I / D3a / 6, which contains brochures and a flyer from Banff Indian Days LUX / I / D3 / 8, Palenske may have potentionally used photograph LUX / I / D3a / PA-26 as reference

Material Details: Some posters have foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface, adhesives, and perhaps mounting additives.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Kehr, Ernie; Palenske, Reinhold H.; Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Community events; Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; Banff National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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White & Curren Family Cabinet Card Album

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Album contains 30 b&w cabinet cards, 4 b&w tin types, 3 b&w prints, slipped into apertures, some captioned. Prints, cabinet cards, and tintypes relate to portraits of family and friends of the White and Curren Families. Individuals pictured in the album include: John D. Curren, May Whyte Campbell, …

Date Range: ca.1895

Reference Code: V683 / V / A / PD - 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / V / A : White/Curren Family Personal Series

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: 1152

Reference Code: V683 / V / A / PD - 6

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: ca.1895

Physical Description: Photograph Album: 1 photograph album (37 b&w prints) --

Scope & Content: Album contains 30 b&w cabinet cards, 4 b&w tin types, 3 b&w prints, slipped into apertures, some captioned. Prints, cabinet cards, and tintypes relate to portraits of family and friends of the White and Curren Families. Individuals pictured in the album include: John D. Curren, May Whyte Campbell, Annie Curren, the 2nd Mrs.John Curren, Mrs. Florence, Bill Peyto, Mary Lamb (I.Lamb's sister), Mike Kavanaugh, Bella Curren (sister of Annie White), Dave Whyte, Elizabeth White Jones (sister of Dave White), Fred W. Atkinson, and Jim McGravy. Photographic Studios noted on the cabinet cards include: Taylor and Sons, Kirkaldy, est. 1868; Trask, Philidelphia; R.H.Trueman & co., Vancouver, BC; Weese, Artist, Bellville; Wilbur M. Lee, Oconto, Wis; Byron Harmon, Banff; A.E.McDiarmid, Calgary, NWT; Trueman&Caple, Vancouver; A.Lamb, photographer.

Subject Access: Family; Friends; Portraits; Cabinet Cards

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of object.

Content Details: Commercial cabinet card album. Front and back covers are covered in velvet. The front cover features a botanical motif and the word ‘album’ in low-relief. The cover is stained and has been damaged. Some of the velvet on the front page and spine has been worn off. Velvet on back cover is mostly intact. Album has a metal clasp that no longer closes. Album contains 28 pages, 3 empty apertures. Two of the empty apertures contain sketches possibly by Peter Whyte (pages 1 and 17). Sketches are done in pencil on backing paper of the apertures. Sketches are profiles of unknown subjects.

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Family Album

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Part Of: Wing Family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 album with 226 b&w photographs and 9 colour photographs depicting everyday scenes of the Wing family around Banff. Includes photographs of the two eldest Wing children (Carole and Paul) as babies and young children. Album has 1 colour print of the Bow valley on front and is bound…

Date Range: 1949 - 1953

Reference Code: V781 / A / PD – 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph

3 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Wing Family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M558 / V781

Series: V781 / A: Wing Family: Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V781

Accession Number: 2015.8408

Reference Code: V781 / A / PD – 1

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: 1949 - 1953

Physical Description: Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (235 photographs; b&w and col.).

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 album with 226 b&w photographs and 9 colour photographs depicting everyday scenes of the Wing family around Banff. Includes photographs of the two eldest Wing children (Carole and Paul) as babies and young children. Album has 1 colour print of the Bow valley on front and is bound with black cord. Plastic lacing around edges of album is broken in some parts. Images mostly adhered with photo corners.

Name Access: Wing, Edith; Wing, Carole; Wing, Paul; Wing, Fred

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Asian; Banff townsite; Banff Winter Carnival; Banff Winter Festival; Bow Falls; Bow River; Bow Valley; Buildings; Businesses; Cascades of Time Garden; Castle Mountain; Chateau Lake Louise; Children; Christmas; Clothing and dress; Columbia Icefield; Dogs; Dominion Cafe; Family; Family and personal life; Glaciers; Holidays; Home; Horses; Horseback riding; Lake Louise; Marriage; Personal and Family Life; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Picnics and picnicking; Portrait; Swimming; Takakkaw Falls; Winter Carnival

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Vancouver; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Trail Songs

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of song books, sheet music and handwritten song lyrics pertaining to the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Music from these items was likely sung/played on instruments as entertainment during trail rides. Handwritten lyrics dated 1964 were used for "Stunt Night" by Margie Morrow a…

Date Range: 1939; 1952; 1953; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1963; 1964

Reference Code: M545 / I / 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

1 image

Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: M545 / I : Events and Activities

Sous-Fonds: M545

Accession Number: 5939; 2022.22

Reference Code: M545 / I / 6

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Responsibility: Some items produced by Margie Morrow, Cheryl Feller and John Murray Gibbon

Date Range: 1939; 1952; 1953; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1963; 1964

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of song books, sheet music and handwritten song lyrics pertaining to the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Music from these items was likely sung/played on instruments as entertainment during trail rides. Handwritten lyrics dated 1964 were used for "Stunt Night" by Margie Morrow and Cheryl Feller. One of the items was produced by author John Murray Gibbon.

Notes: Items were previously stored in two separate files titled "songs" and "songs and poetry", which have been combined into one file. Handwritten lyrics used for stunt night by Margie Morrow and Cheryl Feller [1964], 1953 Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Song Book, and 3 sets of sheet music by George Jameson were previously filed separately from other items under the new file.; Two additional song books (one 1939, one n.d.) incorporated in file during processin of accn. 2022.22

Name Access: Morrow, Margie; Feller, Cheryl; Gibbon, John Murray; Jameson, George

Subject Access: Music; Songs; Entertainment

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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News scrapbook

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman an…

Date Range: 1933; 1935 - 1940; 1947; 1950; 1956; 1960 - 1965; 1968; 1969; 1974

Reference Code: M74 / IV / C / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / IV / C : 1946 - 1970

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / IV / C / 1

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Responsibility: Articles mainly published by the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald

Date Range: 1933; 1935 - 1940; 1947; 1950; 1956; 1960 - 1965; 1968; 1969; 1974

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 52 pages ; 31 x 39 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman and Georgina Luxton, Jimmy Simpson Sr. and Jim and Fern Brewster; articles on achievements by Jimmy Simpson Sr., Norman Luxton, Norman B. Sanson and others; and other news including opinion articles, sports updates and articles on construction/expansion projects and local events held in Banff.

Notes: Newspaper articles attached to inside of scrapbook cover wide range of dates. Scrapbook has been placed in sub-series M74 / IV / C [1946 - 1970] as a large portion of articles fall within specified dates.; Some articles are loose in scrapbook

Material Details: Most newspaper clippings attached inside with adhesive, some items loose.

Name Access: Wheatley, Alice; Wheatley, Frank; Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Georgina; LaCasse, Annie; LaCasse, Ulysses; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Kidney, Maude; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Sanson, Norman; Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jim; Harmon, Byron; Brett, Robert G.

Subject Access: Businesses; Calgary Herald; Community events; Commerce and industry; Crag and Canyon newspaper; Family and personal life; Funeral; Hockey; Sports; Travel; Tourism; Townsite development; Skiing; Politics; Photography; Advertising; Industry; Indigenous Peoples

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

Access Restrictions: Physical access may be restricted due to fragile state

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Item has been tied with unbleached cotton string to keep contents together and prevent loss or misplacement of loose articles inside; Item stored flat and separately from other materials to prevent further physical damage; Consider digitizing contents of scrapbook and limiting access to the physical copy due to its poor condition and risk of loose contents

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Land, settlement and immigration; Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Curtiss-Wright Corp. staff and family photographs album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of…

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941 - 1944; 1950; 1954; 1956; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1967 - 1969

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; 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 - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Associated Screen News Ltd., Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Byron Harmon

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941 - 1944; 1950; 1954; 1956; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1967 - 1969

Physical Description: 1 album (193 b&w photographs ; 20 x 25.5 cm or smaller -- 2 textual records)

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of Eleanor Luxton as a child and as an adult, group and individual portraits of mostly unidentified individuals [likely immediate and extended family and friends of Eleanor, including Norman and Georgina Luxton], unidentified children playing, images from the Calgary Stampede parade [ca. 1940s], unidentified Indigenous groups and individuals [possibly Stoney Nakoda community members during Banff Indian Days], Dr. Casey's Ranch [1944], and a family picnic. File also includes one small textual record describing a 1943 Curtiss-Wright Corporation staff event, as well as an annotated Christmas card from Ruth and Frank Neustadt [n.d.].

Notes: Some items are annotated on back; Items not in chronological or other clear order

Material Details: Album has clear plastic layer on surface of front and back covers; Green plastic stitched around border of both covers and side bindings

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Ross, George; McDougall, George; Smith, Mary; Smith, Archie; Casey, Anne Ross; Ross, Jean; Knight, Sidney S.; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; Neustadt, Ruth; Neustadt, Frank

Subject Access: Travel; Family and personal life; Businesses; Children; Community events; Picnics and picnicking; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel; Events

Geographic Access: Bermuda; Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Calgary; United States of America; New York; Arizona; Phoenix

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Loose items in album have been placed in mylar

Category: Family and personal life; Commerce and industry

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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Banff Indian Days assorted documents

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of various documents including entry tickets, advertisements, event programs, newspaper articles and other documents pertaining to Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff between 1910 and 1973 [some items not dated].

Date Range: 1910; 1924; 1927; 1930-1942; 1946-1956; 1958; 1973

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 20

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F: Collected material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F1 : Textual

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 20

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1910; 1924; 1927; 1930-1942; 1946-1956; 1958; 1973

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records ; 22.5 x 30.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of various documents including entry tickets, advertisements, event programs, newspaper articles and other documents pertaining to Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff between 1910 and 1973 [some items not dated].

Notes: File contains numerous duplicates. Additional duplicates of items with more than two copies have been moved to a separate box or potential de-accession.; Items have been arranged in file by date [if known].; Items 20, 23, and 39 contain the photo LUX / I / D3a / NA-12, identified in a copy of item 39 as "Tom Kakitts" [Tom Kaquitts].