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Olive McDonnell Allan fonds

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Part Of: Olive McDonnell Allan fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of 1 pressed flower album, 3 wildflower sketches, 1 pamplet by E. S. Dowding, 1 three page trip calendar, 1 photograph.

Date Range: 1924

Reference Code: M549 / V772

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Drawing; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Album; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Olive McDonnell Allan fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 549; V 772

Sous-Fonds: M 549; V 772

Accession Number: 7837

Reference Code: M549 / V772

GMD: Drawing; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Album; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1924

Physical Description: 2 cm + 1 v. textual records.. -- 1 photograph : print.

History / Biographical: Olive McDonnell Allan (1896-1978) took a wildflower painting and collecting trip in 1924 to Banff from Edmonton. McDonnell Allan attended the Lamerton School in Alberta until 1901. After this she was tutored at home, until the family’s move to Victoria, BC. Olive and her brother lived with relatives north of Alix, Alberta until they joined their sister and parents in Victoria. In Victoria Olive attended St. Anne's Academy. Prior to her marriage Olive attended business college in Calgary, and took courses at the University of Alberta. At this time she worked as the Assistant Librarian at the University of Alberta Extension Department. While she was living in Edmonton, Olive met James Rennie Nicol Allan while she was visiting her relatives in the Alix, Alberta area. They were married August 23, 1923. Olive played violin in the Symphony Orchestra in Edmonton, and sold her violin to pay for a nurse to attend the birth of her daughter Eve. Olive and James had two children, James McDonnell Allan and Eve Elizabeth Blanche Keates (nee Allan). Olive returned to the Banff/Lake Louise area in 1948 when her daughter, Eve, was working there. Olive belonged to the Alix (Alberta) Horticulture Club, and throughout her life she was an avid gardener, and won many awards.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of 1 pressed flower album, 3 wildflower sketches, 1 pamplet by E. S. Dowding, 1 three page trip calendar, 1 photograph.

Name Access: McDonnell Allan, Olive

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Environment; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Access and use restricted for portion; Copyright, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: McDonnell Allan, Olive

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

Biographical Source Notes: Conversation with Rennie Keates, Olive McDonnell Allan's granddaughter.

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Mollie E. Smith Ross and Peter Murray Ross fonds

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Part Of: Mollie E. Smith and Peter Murray Ross fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds includes Rev. F. G. Christmas scrapbook, 1888-1889, of sketches, poems and writings pertaining to social life among Christmas's circle of Banff friends, including Mollie Smith and Peter Ross. Scrapbook also contains several loose items. Fonds also includes letter, marriage license, wedding …

Date Range: 1888-1928

Reference Code: M490

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Textual record; Drawing; Private record; Scrapbook

Part Of: Mollie E. Smith and Peter Murray Ross fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 490

Sous-Fonds: M 490

Accession Number: 5013

Reference Code: M490

GMD: Textual record; Drawing; Private record; Scrapbook

Other Title Info: Scrapbook is also known as the Christmas scrapbook

Date Range: 1888-1928

Physical Description: ca.6 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Mollie E. Smith Ross, ca.1860-1897, and Peter Murray Ross, ca.1863-1928, lived at Banff and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Mary Emma Jane (Mollie) Smith was born in Jackson, Michigan, USA and came to Banff for health reasons, ca.1889. Among her friends in Banff were Anglican church minister Rev. F. Granville (Eric) Christmas, 1854-1931, and druggist Peter Ross. Mollie Smith and Peter Ross were married in 1892 by Rev. Charles W. Gordon and moved to Edmonton in 1893, where Ross continued in the pharmaceutical business and the couple raised a family. Rev. F. G. Christmas chronicled his admiration of Mollie Smith in a scrapbook that he later presented to her.

Scope & Content: Fonds includes Rev. F. G. Christmas scrapbook, 1888-1889, of sketches, poems and writings pertaining to social life among Christmas's circle of Banff friends, including Mollie Smith and Peter Ross. Scrapbook also contains several loose items. Fonds also includes letter, marriage license, wedding and death notices re Mollie Smith Ross and Peter Ross, 1891-1928, and photocopies of photographs of Smith and Ross.