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- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 3
- Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian) 3
- C. Firth 2
- John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English) 2
- Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian) 2
- Tom Wilson 2
- William Hastings McMahon (1864 – 1956, Canadian) 2
- Alpine Club of Canada 1
- Brett, Louise 1
- Christmas, F.G. 1
- D. Clark 1
- Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian) 1
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.45
- Description
- Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
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- Title
- Marble Halls
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 14 cm
- Description
- Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.45
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Japanese Woman and Child
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- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- ink and colour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuW.05.01
- Description
- Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three egg…
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- Title
- Japanese Woman and Child
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.1 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three eggs on the ground. Five figures in background, houses to right centre, a snow-capped mountain is in background, sky is blue with yellowish clouds. Written on back: Mrs. Russell Robb Concord, Mass.
- Subject
- farmyard
- Mount Fujijama
- buildings
- people
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BuW.05.01
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Landscape (Rocky Mountains)
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- Date
- 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FsJ.05.01
- Description
- Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.
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- Title
- Landscape (Rocky Mountains)
- Date
- 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 33.7 cm
- Description
- Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.
- Subject
- mountains
- Mount Baker?
- Credit
- Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023
- Catalogue Number
- FsJ.05.01
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- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BrH.05.01
- Description
- General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 19 cm
- Description
- General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- BrH.05.01
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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
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- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.07
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corne…
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- Title
- Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.8 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corner. “F.M. Bell-Smith 1887” at bottom right.
- Credit
- Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.07
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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.01
- Description
- Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Title
- Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.01
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Bow River NWT, 1887
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.02
- Description
- Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Title
- Bow River NWT, 1887
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.02
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Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.
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- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.06
- Description
- Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.
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- Title
- Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 48.6 cm
- Description
- Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.
- Credit
- Gift of Ted and Judy Mills, Mill Bay, 2005
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.06
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View of Goat Mountain
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- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.01
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent t…
1 image
- Title
- View of Goat Mountain
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated across the country for two years.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.01
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Part of Old Banff
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- Artist
- D. Clark
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on heavy paper
- Catalogue Number
- CiD.05.01
- Description
- The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????.…
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- Artist
- D. Clark
- Title
- Part of Old Banff
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on heavy paper
- Dimensions
- 21 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????. A log structure to centre left, a small red building centre right, five trees in centre, numerous stumps. The grass and trees are green. Along the bottom of the picture is inscribed: Part of original Banff Siding 29? 1888 Cascade Mtn 8K - D Clark, Agent CPR.Siding 29 was established in 1883 at the base of Cascade Mtn. The CPR moved the station to its current Banff location in 1889 and by 1897 all the residents of the old town had moved to the new town of Banff. Eleanor Luxton, Banff Canada’s First National Park... pg. 68
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- CiD.05.01
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View of Pinedale From the Sanitarium
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- Artist
- Hinas
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HiN.05.01
- Description
- landscape watercolour scene depicting Tunnel Mountain, Mt. Peechee, Mt. Rundle and the Bow River. A small brown-roofed house is slightly off-center left, below Mt. Peechee and above the Bow River. There are touches of blue and pink in the lightly clouded sky
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- Artist
- Hinas
- Title
- View of Pinedale From the Sanitarium
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- landscape watercolour scene depicting Tunnel Mountain, Mt. Peechee, Mt. Rundle and the Bow River. A small brown-roofed house is slightly off-center left, below Mt. Peechee and above the Bow River. There are touches of blue and pink in the lightly clouded sky
- Credit
- Gift of Rod Green, Calgary, 2016
- Catalogue Number
- HiN.05.01
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- Part Of
- Brett family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing poetry, quotations, financial accounts of the Corrollton Dramatic Troupe, Brett children's hair, pressed flowers, other items. Inscription on the inside cover: Louise Hungerford Corrollton.
- Date Range
- [ca.1880-ca.1900]
- Reference Code
- M1 / 26
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
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1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Brett family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M1 / V83
- Series
- II. Louise H. Brett series
- Sous-Fonds
- M1
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M1 / 26
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- [ca.1880-ca.1900]
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (68 pages ; 22 x 32 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing poetry, quotations, financial accounts of the Corrollton Dramatic Troupe, Brett children's hair, pressed flowers, other items. Inscription on the inside cover: Louise Hungerford Corrollton.
- Notes
- Some material is dated between 1880 and 1893.
- Name Access
- Brett, Louise
- Subject Access
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Flower collecting
- Flowers
- Children
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Yes
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of volume
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bogside Scotland
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- Date
- later than 1883
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CuJ.05.01
- Description
- General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
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- Title
- Bogside Scotland
- Date
- later than 1883
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.25 x 18.75 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- CuJ.05.01
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- Date
- later than 1886
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.02.01
- Description
- General colour: green, brown. Central image is a wooden grave marker stuck at the end of a mound of dirt left of center. It reads Sacred to A.R. Underwood. Died July 31, 1886. It is shadowed by a tree whose double trunk is at the right side. Behind is woods, dark trees and light underbrush.
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- Title
- Pioneer Grave
- Date
- later than 1886
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, brown. Central image is a wooden grave marker stuck at the end of a mound of dirt left of center. It reads Sacred to A.R. Underwood. Died July 31, 1886. It is shadowed by a tree whose double trunk is at the right side. Behind is woods, dark trees and light underbrush.
- Subject
- landscape, forest
- historical
- Credit
- Purchased from Bashford's Corner Ltd, Calgary, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.02.01
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Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
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- Date
- c. 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AiJ.05.01
- Description
- The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the…
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- Title
- Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
- Date
- c. 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the picture frame. These two slopes frame a clear mountain in the background which is centered in the middle of the piece. They sky is quite cloudy.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Mt. Field
- Credit
- Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- AiJ.05.01
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook pertaining primarily to the Calgary Stampede and the Banff Indian Days. Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and leaflets. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Mt. Assiniboine, Timber Carnivals, and other ACC-affliated events.
- Date Range
- 1850-1952
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 148M / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
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1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- IV.A. Other material: textual
- Sous-Fonds
- AC 148M
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 148M / 1
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1850-1952
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual material (42 pages ; 30.5 x 25.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook pertaining primarily to the Calgary Stampede and the Banff Indian Days. Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and leaflets. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Mt. Assiniboine, Timber Carnivals, and other ACC-affliated events.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Indian Grounds
- Calgary Stampede
- Rodeo
- Festival
- Winter Carnival
- Ranching
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on material
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Tom Wilson Scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the life and achievements of Tom Wilson.
- Date Range
- 1881-1968
- Reference Code
- M10 / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
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1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M10 / V701
- Series
- M10 / 1
- Sous-Fonds
- M10
- Accession Number
- 1634
- Reference Code
- M10 / 1
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1881-1968
- Physical Description
- 4.5 cm of textual records (146 pages ; 29 x 36 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the life and achievements of Tom Wilson.
- Name Access
- Tom Wilson
- Subject Access
- Banff High School
- School
- Guide
- Guiding
- Exploration
- Discovery and exploration
- Newspaper
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Calgary
- Lake Louise
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Tom Wilson Scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the life and achievements of Tom Wilson.
- Date Range
- 1881-1968
- Reference Code
- M10 / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M10 / V701
- Series
- M10 / 1
- Sous-Fonds
- M10
- Accession Number
- 1634
- Reference Code
- M10 / 2
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1881-1968
- Physical Description
- 4.5 cm of textual records (146 pages ; 25.5 x 29 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the life and achievements of Tom Wilson.
- Name Access
- Tom Wilson
- Subject Access
- Banff High School
- School
- Guide
- Guiding
- Exploration
- Discovery and exploration
- Newspaper
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Calgary
- Lake Louise
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Social Life Sketches Scrapbook
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of sketches, poems, and writings pertaining to social life among residents of Banff.
- Date Range
- 1888-1889
- Reference Code
- M490 / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
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1 Electronic Resource
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M490
- Sous-Fonds
- M490
- Accession Number
- 5013
- Reference Code
- M490 / 1
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1888-1889
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm of textual material (84 pages ; 24.5 x 30 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of sketches, poems, and writings pertaining to social life among residents of Banff.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Art
- Community events
- Community life
- Dance
- Family and personal life
- Leisure
- Personal and Family Life
- Plays
- Poetry
- Portrait
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Christmas, F.G.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Banff Visit Scrapbook]
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- Part Of
- Stewart family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper accounts by travellers in the Rockies and Selkirks, particularly descriptions of Banff town, Banff Springs Hotel, the hot springs and vicinity. The Stewarts are frequently mentioned, having extended their hospitality to the various writers. The al…
- Date Range
- [ca.1880]-1894
- Reference Code
- M104 / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
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1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Stewart family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M104 / V209
- Sous-Fonds
- M104
- Accession Number
- 729
- Reference Code
- M104 / 1
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- [ca.1880]-1894
- Physical Description
- 2cm of textual records (18 pages ; 21.5 x 35 cm)
- History / Biographical
- George A. Stewart, 1830-1917, was the first Superintendent of Rocky Mountains Park (now Banff National Park) from 1886-1897. George and Frances Stewart, 1843-1932, and family were prominent early residents of Banff.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper accounts by travellers in the Rockies and Selkirks, particularly descriptions of Banff town, Banff Springs Hotel, the hot springs and vicinity. The Stewarts are frequently mentioned, having extended their hospitality to the various writers. The album has been autographed at a later date by Olive Stewart Foster.
- Name Access
- Stewart, George A.
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Blank pages not scanned
- Creator
- Stewart, George A.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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