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Usher's Ranch OVT

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 8 b&w prints of a cattle roundup and branding at Usher's Ranch OVT in Scollard, Alberta. Also includes scenic shots of the surrounding area and an Indigenous gravesite.

Date Range: 1954

Reference Code: V190 / VI / U / i / PA - 01 to PA - 08

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

6 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, S : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: v : Sunshine, e : Winter

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / U / i / PA - 01 to PA - 08

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1954

Physical Description: 8 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 8 b&w prints of a cattle roundup and branding at Usher's Ranch OVT in Scollard, Alberta. Also includes scenic shots of the surrounding area and an Indigenous gravesite.

Subject Access: Animals; Cattle; Cows; Cowboys; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Prairies; Ranch; Ranchers and ranching; Ranches; Ranching; Scenery

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Content Details: PA - 04 and PA - 08 depict an Indigenous grave site [identified by accompanying text included by Bruno Engler] and have not been digitized. Possible restricted access?

Processing Status: Processed

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Maycroft Ski Meet

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 10 b&w prints depicting the 1954 Maycroft Ski Meet, including participants, starting area with parking lot, and finish line. The Maycroft Ski Meet was an annual community event held on a hill near the Oldman River that operated as part of carnival events that tied with the crowning…

Date Range: 1954

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / xi / PA - 01 to PA - 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

4 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: xi : Maycroft Ski Meet

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / xi / PA - 01 to PA - 10

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1954

Physical Description: 10 photographs : b&w ; 24.8 x 19.9 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 10 b&w prints depicting the 1954 Maycroft Ski Meet, including participants, starting area with parking lot, and finish line. The Maycroft Ski Meet was an annual community event held on a hill near the Oldman River that operated as part of carnival events that tied with the crowning of a Carnival Queen at the Banff Winter Carnival. Participants were towed up the hill with a rope tow operated by a tractor. The Meets were eventually phased out following the openin of the (then named) West Castle Mountain Ski Hill in 1965.

Notes: File came from box XVI, separate from alphabetised boxes

Subject Access: Activities; Buildings; Children; Dogs; Mountains; Portrait; Ski areas; Ski lodges and cabins; Ski racing; Skiers; Skiing; Winter; Winter sports; Women

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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[Catharine Whyte and E. Case on beach with palm trees]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of (left to right) unidentified, unidentified, Catharine Whyte and E. Case on beach in Hawaii.

Date Range: 1954

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 40

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Print

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 40

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1954

Physical Description: Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of (left to right) unidentified, unidentified, Catharine Whyte and E. Case on beach in Hawaii.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Beach; Portrait

Geographic Access: Hawaii

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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A view of Boston

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1957

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.01

1 image

Artist: Unknown

Title: A view of Boston

Date: 1957

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 35.3 x 48.0 cm

Subject: architecture, urban

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.01

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Weasel

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Artist: Osuitok Ipeelee (1923 – 2005, Canadian)

Date: 1958

Medium: stonecut and woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: OsH.04.02

Description: General colour: black on blue. A black weasel running from left to right on a blue wood grain background.

1 image

Artist: Osuitok Ipeelee (1923 – 2005, Canadian)

Title: Weasel

Date: 1958

Medium: stonecut and woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 22.7 cm

Description: General colour: black on blue. A black weasel running from left to right on a blue wood grain background.

Subject: animal, weasel

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: OsH.04.02

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Banff Winter Carnvial

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Part Of: William Royle fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to black and white photographs of the 1959 Banff Winter Carnival. Includes various floats in the parade, an ice sculpture made by Charlie Beil, and the Carnival Queen and her court posed at the Ice Pinnacle on the Bow River.

Date Range: 1959

Reference Code: V808 / I / C / PA - 01 to PA - 32

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: William Royle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M587 / V808

Series: I.C. Prints - Banff Winter Carnival

Sous-Fonds: V808

Accession Number: 2021.29

Reference Code: V808 / I / C / PA - 01 to PA - 32

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1959

Physical Description: 32 photographs : b&w ; 9.5 x 13.3 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to black and white photographs of the 1959 Banff Winter Carnival. Includes various floats in the parade, an ice sculpture made by Charlie Beil, and the Carnival Queen and her court posed at the Ice Pinnacle on the Bow River.

Name Access: Beil, Charlie

Subject Access: Automobiles; Banff townsite; Banff Winter Carnival; Parade; Winter; Winter Carnival; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Four Muskoxen

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Artist: Osuitok Ipeelee (1923 – 2005, Canadian)

Date: 1959

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: OsH.04.01

Description: General colour: brown, yellow on white. Four muskoxen face left. Back legs reach the ground, front legs reach out as if in a gallop.

1 image

Artist: Osuitok Ipeelee (1923 – 2005, Canadian)

Title: Four Muskoxen

Date: 1959

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 23.7 x 51.8 cm

Description: General colour: brown, yellow on white. Four muskoxen face left. Back legs reach the ground, front legs reach out as if in a gallop.

Subject: muskox; herd

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: OsH.04.01

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[Catharine Whyte being honoured as Princess White Shield]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Catharine Whyte being made an honourary princess by the Stoney Nakoda in 1970

Date Range: 1970

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 45

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Print

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 45

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1970

Physical Description: Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Catharine Whyte being made an honourary princess by the Stoney Nakoda in 1970

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda

Language: English

Creator: Carl Oakander

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Ralph Connor Memorial Church Canmore 1890 - 1970

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Artist: A.L. Bro

Date: 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: BrA.04.02

Description: A view of the Ralph Connor Memorial Church. On one side of the church is a fence. Around the church are some trees and mountains in the background.

1 image

Artist: A.L. Bro

Title: Ralph Connor Memorial Church Canmore 1890 - 1970

Date: 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 50.8 x 33.0 cm

Description: A view of the Ralph Connor Memorial Church. On one side of the church is a fence. Around the church are some trees and mountains in the background.

Subject: landscape; church; Canmore

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

Catalogue Number: BrA.04.02

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Drum Dancer

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Artist: Peter Pitseolak (1902 – 1973, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: stonecut on paper

Catalogue Number: PiP.04.01

Description: A figure clad in a parka, holding two sticks stands in the lower two thirds of the picture. Above hangs a large round drum.

1 image

Artist: Peter Pitseolak (1902 – 1973, Canadian)

Title: Drum Dancer

Date: 1970

Medium: stonecut on paper

Dimensions: 52.6 x 29.7 cm

Description: A figure clad in a parka, holding two sticks stands in the lower two thirds of the picture. Above hangs a large round drum.

Subject: figure; male

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1968

Catalogue Number: PiP.04.01

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Purse

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Date: 1970

Material: skin; metal

Catalogue Number: 103.08.3009

Description: Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. Th…

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Title: Purse

Date: 1970

Material: skin; metal

Dimensions: 11.0 x 14.5 cm

Description: Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. The reverse of the tag has CRW's writing: "Purse for belt belonged to Edwin Dixons mother - Belt he wore & is worn out Mina Lefthand - blind since he was 7."

Subject: Indigenous, Stoney; crafts; leatherwork; Edwin Dixon; Mina Lefthand

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

Catalogue Number: 103.08.3009

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Ralph Connor Memorial Church, Canmore 1890 - 1970

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Artist: A.L. Bro

Date: 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: BrA.04.01

Description: A view of the Ralph Connor Memorial Church. On one side of the Church is a fence. Around the church are some trees and mountains in the background.

1 image

Artist: A.L. Bro

Title: Ralph Connor Memorial Church, Canmore 1890 - 1970

Date: 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 50.8 x 33.4 cm

Description: A view of the Ralph Connor Memorial Church. On one side of the Church is a fence. Around the church are some trees and mountains in the background.

Subject: architecture; church; Ralph Connor Memorial Church; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Tom Jones, 1970

Catalogue Number: BrA.04.01

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Bow Helicopter - Lake Louise

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 3 colour prints of a helicopter [operated by the company Bow Helicopters] installing a new chairlift at Lake Louise Ski Hill.

Date Range: 1971

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / x / PA - 01 to PA - 03

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

3 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: x : Bow Helicopter - Lake Louise

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / x / PA - 01 to PA - 03

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1971

Physical Description: 3 photographs : col. ; 12.1 x 9.1 cm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 3 colour prints of a helicopter [operated by the company Bow Helicopters] installing a new chairlift at Lake Louise Ski Hill.

Subject Access: Activities; Buildings; Chairlifts and gondolas; Construction; Helicopters; Lake Louise Ski Area; Mountains; scenic; Ski area; Temple Mountain

Geographic Access: Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / B / x / NA - 01 to NA - 14 V190 / VI / B / x / NS - 01 to NS - 13

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Tatanga Mani

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Artist: Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: on canvas board

Catalogue Number: DyV.04.01

Description: On the reverse of the frame reads: Tatanga Mani. Chief Walking Buffalo. George McLean presented to the Stoney Tribe in gratitude and appreciation. July 4, 1973. Vera Louise Drysdale, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

1 image

Artist: Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Tatanga Mani

Date: 1971

Medium: on canvas board

Dimensions: 26.5 x 22.2 cm

Description: On the reverse of the frame reads: Tatanga Mani. Chief Walking Buffalo. George McLean presented to the Stoney Tribe in gratitude and appreciation. July 4, 1973. Vera Louise Drysdale, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Subject: portrait; male

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

Catalogue Number: DyV.04.01

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Pierre Elliot Trudeau

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 b&w & col. prints of the Trudeau family visiting the Canadian Rockies and Bugaboos in 1972. Includes shots of Pierre and Margaret canoeing, hiking with Hans Gmoser, and Pierre mingling with a croud of people outside the train they're travelling in.

Date Range: 1972

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 50

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

11 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, P : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: iv : Pierre Elliot Trudeau

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 50

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1972

Physical Description: 50 photographs : b&w & col. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 b&w & col. prints of the Trudeau family visiting the Canadian Rockies and Bugaboos in 1972. Includes shots of Pierre and Margaret canoeing, hiking with Hans Gmoser, and Pierre mingling with a croud of people outside the train they're travelling in.

Name Access: Gmoser, Hans; Trudeau, Pierre; Trudeau, Margaret; Trudeau, Justin

Subject Access: Activities; Canoes and canoeing; Children; Climbing; Family; Helicopters; Hiking; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Personal and Professional Life; Politics; Portrait; Swimming

Geographic Access: Bugaboos; British Columbia

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / P / iv / NA - 01 to NA - 03

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Ghost Dance

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: StS.04.02

Description: Colour: black on white. A man stands at center. His arms reach out to the left. He has a feather in his hair and a ring in his ear. His lower body is transparent. Across the lower part of the picture behind him is a semi-circle of dancing figures going around to the left. Behind the man's head are …

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Ghost Dance

Date: 1972

Medium: lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 39.3 x 59.5 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. A man stands at center. His arms reach out to the left. He has a feather in his hair and a ring in his ear. His lower body is transparent. Across the lower part of the picture behind him is a semi-circle of dancing figures going around to the left. Behind the man's head are three wide round bands going across the picture.

Subject: figure, male; group; mythological

Credit: Purchased from Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: StS.04.02

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Lake Minnewanka

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 10 b&w prints of Lake Minnewanka. Includes mostly images of tour boats on the lake, some with big horn sheep in the foreground - also includes one contact sheet.

Date Range: 1973

Reference Code: V190 / VI / L / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

10 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, L : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: ii : Lake Minnewanka

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / L / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 10

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1973

Physical Description: 10 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 10 b&w prints of Lake Minnewanka. Includes mostly images of tour boats on the lake, some with big horn sheep in the foreground - also includes one contact sheet.

Subject Access: Animals; Big Horn Sheep; Boats; Lake Minnewanka; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / L / ii / NA - 01 to NA - 03

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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BNP Warden - Rescue [2/2]

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 3 boards with b&w negative contact sheets adhered to them, dated May 23, 1973, depicting a helicopter sling rescue [possibly a training exercise] and portraits of the rescue team posed beside the helicopter.

Date Range: 1973

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 54 to PA - 56

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: viii : BNP Warden

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 54 to PA - 56

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1973

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w ; 23.4 x 34.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 3 boards with b&w negative contact sheets adhered to them, dated May 23, 1973, depicting a helicopter sling rescue [possibly a training exercise] and portraits of the rescue team posed beside the helicopter.

Notes: File came from box XVI, separate from alphabetised boxes

Name Access: Anderson, Andy; Davies, Jim; Engler, Bruno

Subject Access: Accidents; Helicopters; Mountains; Parks Canada; Portrait; Wardens

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Athabasca Pass trip

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Part Of: Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 10 photographs depicting Maryalice Harvey Stewart and friends during a trip to Athabasca Pass in Jasper National Park to celebrate the unveiling of a historic site plaque.

Date Range: 1973

Reference Code: V605 / II / PA - 1 to 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

2 images

Part Of: Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M9; S13; V605

Series: V605 / II: Personal records

Sous-Fonds: V605

Accession Number: 2014.8310

Reference Code: V605 / II / PA - 1 to 10

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1973

Physical Description: 11 photographs : col. prints ; 12.5 x 9 cm and 9 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 10 photographs depicting Maryalice Harvey Stewart and friends during a trip to Athabasca Pass in Jasper National Park to celebrate the unveiling of a historic site plaque.