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Pierre Esprit Radisson : re-drawn from a rare old Paris print - [portrait]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: 1785

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 622

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: II. Photography series

Sub-Series: A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 622

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1785

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Canada

Creator: [?]

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Letter and Cyanotype Photograph

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 Valentine poem/letter dated Feb. 14 in small torn envelope embossed EJW on back 1 small ripped envelope stamped Paid addressed to Mip Sophia Perkins Meadville 1 cyanotype photograph on paper of 10 seated children and one adult in small torn envelope addressed to Miss. Sophia Perk…

Date Range: 1822

Reference Code: M8 / 2014.8290

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Series: M8 / 2014.8290

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: 2014.8290

Reference Code: M8 / 2014.8290

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

Date Range: 1822

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w cyanotype ; 6 x 8 cm ; .25 cm textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 Valentine poem/letter dated Feb. 14 in small torn envelope embossed EJW on back 1 small ripped envelope stamped Paid addressed to Mip Sophia Perkins Meadville 1 cyanotype photograph on paper of 10 seated children and one adult in small torn envelope addressed to Miss. Sophia Perkins Woodcock Crawford Co Pa 1 letter dated August 11th, 1822 addressed to Aunt Lucretia

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Part Of: Dave White family fonds

Scope & Content: Auntie Janet Curren. Grandpa's sister

Date Range: 1849

Reference Code: V681 / B - 4 - PA44

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Dave White family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V681

Series: B: Prints

Sub-Series: B: Family Photographs

Reference Code: V681 / B - 4 - PA44

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1849

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black and white print

Scope & Content: Auntie Janet Curren. Grandpa's sister

Notes: Postcard

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Women

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

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Part Of: Dave White family fonds

Scope & Content: Daniel White

Date Range: 1862

Reference Code: V681 / B - 5 - PA1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Dave White family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V681

Series: B: Prints

Sub-Series: B: Family Photographs

Reference Code: V681 / B - 5 - PA1

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1862

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black and white print

Scope & Content: Daniel White

Notes: Postcard

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

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Hugh and Matilda McTavish marriage certificate

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a marriage certificate for Hugh McTavish and Matilda Morehouse of Mosa Township, Middlesex, Ontario [1875].

Date Range: 1875

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 71

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Government record

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 / 71

GMD: Textual record; Government record

Date Range: 1875

Physical Description: 0.1 cm of textual records (1 page ; 27.5 x 24 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of a marriage certificate for Hugh McTavish and Matilda Morehouse of Mosa Township, Middlesex, Ontario [1875].

Name Access: McTavish, Hugh; McTavish, Matilda (Morehouse)

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Government; Marriage

Geographic Access: Canada; Ontario; Middlesex

Access Restrictions: Fragile material - handle with caution

Reproduction Restrictions: Fragile material - handle with caution

Language: English

Conservation: Item has been stored in mylar due to poor condition. Handle with caution as item may tear further when handled

Category: Family and personal life; Government

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202775233/hugh-mctavish; https://www.geni.com/people/Hugh-McTavish/6000000045391997845; https://www.geni.com/people/Matilda-McTavish/6000000058377562956

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Snowshoes

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Date: 1882

Material: wood, metal, fibre

Catalogue Number: 106.04.1055

Description: Snowshoes handmade by James (Joe) Smith constructed of wood barrel staves with holes drilled in bases. Footbeds are twined wire with a fibre twisted around metal at the toe end. Metal srtips and nails hold shoes together. Handwritten tag attached to snowshoes outlines history of snowshoes, by Rhoda…

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Title: Snowshoes

Date: 1882

Material: wood, metal, fibre

Dimensions: 38.0 x 105.0 cm

Description: Snowshoes handmade by James (Joe) Smith constructed of wood barrel staves with holes drilled in bases. Footbeds are twined wire with a fibre twisted around metal at the toe end. Metal srtips and nails hold shoes together. Handwritten tag attached to snowshoes outlines history of snowshoes, by Rhoda Rouse.

Subject: sports; snowshoeing; Silver City; Joe Smith

Credit: Gift of Jim Rouse, Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: 106.04.1055

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King James Holy Bible

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one copy of the King James Bible published in London, England [1886 edition], bound in dark red leather, which was owned by Georgina Luxton. Contains several loose inserts, some of which are annotated [see "Content Details"].

Date Range: 1886

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 36

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Published record; Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / B : Georgina Luxton

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / B4 : Collected material

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 36

GMD: Published record; Textual record

Date Range: 1886

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 8.7 x 14 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one copy of the King James Bible published in London, England [1886 edition], bound in dark red leather, which was owned by Georgina Luxton. Contains several loose inserts, some of which are annotated [see "Content Details"].

Notes: Inside cover is signed "G.E. Luxton W.L. College" [presumably referring to Georgina Luxton and Wesleyan Ladies' College, where she attended school ca. 1890-1895].

Name Access: Luxton, Georgina; Harmon, Aileen; Soole, Violet

Subject Access: Religions; Personal and Family Life; Education; Schools

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; England; London

Access Restrictions: Item is very fragile, consult with Archives/Library staff prior to handling

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Religions; Education; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Contains several loose inserts: Annotated business card for "Thwaites Sadler, Whip and Harness Maker, Bishopsgate Without, London" [1850-1870?] between pages 50 and 51; torn paper scrap with handwritten poem/excerpt between pages 552 and 553; annotated business card for "Your Restaurant" [possibly operated in Montreal, Quebec] between pages 606 and 607; 1922 newspaper clipping pertaining to political debate involving William Luxton in 1877; small newspaper clipping pertaining to a meeting with members of the Literary-Dramatic Club in Banff between pages 738 and 739; and a newspaper clipping from 1901 mentioning Norman Luxton and John Voss' global canoe trip aboard the Tilikum.

Processing Status: Processed

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Rifle

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Date: 1887

Material: metal, steel; metal, brass; wood

Catalogue Number: 104.04.0002

Description: Single barrel lever-action Winchester rifle with a wooden stock and grip, a brass breech and butt, and a steel barrel. The stock is studded on one side with brass tacks in the design of a star and a cross. The bullets would load through a loading gate on the side of the breech. There is a hinged…

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Title: Rifle

Date: 1887

Material: metal, steel; metal, brass; wood

Dimensions: 11.0 x 3.7 x 100.0 cm

Description: Single barrel lever-action Winchester rifle with a wooden stock and grip, a brass breech and butt, and a steel barrel. The stock is studded on one side with brass tacks in the design of a star and a cross. The bullets would load through a loading gate on the side of the breech. There is a hinged metal sight on barrel that is marked with the numerals “3” and “5”. The rifle is also marked with “PW” a stylized trademark on the breech and barrel, and with the serial number “148108” on the bottom of the stock near the lever lock. This rifle has the patent date March 29, 1865. Model 1866. 44 Rim Fire. Manufactured 1877.

Subject: sports; hunting

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.04.0002

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McIntosh family portrait

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the McIntosh family posed in a photograph studio with inscriptions on the back

Date Range: 1888

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 425

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 425

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1888

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the McIntosh family posed in a photograph studio with inscriptions on the back

Subject Access: Children; Family and personal life; Portrait

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Part Of: Dave White family fonds

Scope & Content: Mr. Blackie, Methodist Minister, Banff, Anthracite, 1889

Date Range: 1889

Reference Code: V681 / A - 2 - PA6

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Dave White family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V681

Series: B: Prints

Sub-Series: A: Banff Life

Reference Code: V681 / A - 2 - PA6

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1889

Physical Description: 1 photograph: black and white print

Scope & Content: Mr. Blackie, Methodist Minister, Banff, Anthracite, 1889

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

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Rifle

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Date: 1889

Material: steel, wood

Catalogue Number: 104.04.0001

Description: Marlin Safety rifle with a wooden stock and grip. The octagonally shaped barrel has a metal sight notch on top. The curved butt of the stock is lined with metal. A lever action pump forms a handle around the trigger. The rifle is stamped with “Marlin Safety” on top of the breech, “44 W” on top o…

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Title: Rifle

Date: 1889

Material: steel, wood

Dimensions: 11.0 x 3.5 x 105.5 cm

Description: Marlin Safety rifle with a wooden stock and grip. The octagonally shaped barrel has a metal sight notch on top. The curved butt of the stock is lined with metal. A lever action pump forms a handle around the trigger. The rifle is stamped with “Marlin Safety” on top of the breech, “44 W” on top of the barrel, and with “59843” on the bottom of the breech.Note: patent dates - October 11, 1887; April 2, 1889

Subject: sports; hunting

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.04.0001

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Part Of: Moore family fonds

Scope & Content: Pearl Irvine Brewster

Date Range: 1892

Reference Code: V439 / PA - 181

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Moore family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V439

Series: Pearl Moore Series

Sub-Series: Personal

Reference Code: V439 / PA - 181

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1892

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print

Scope & Content: Pearl Irvine Brewster

Subject Access: Family and personal life

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Part Of: Moore family fonds

Scope & Content: Pearl Irvine Brewster. March 1892. Two years old.

Date Range: 1892

Reference Code: V439 / PA - 181

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Moore family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V439

Series: Pearl Moore Series

Sub-Series: Personal

Reference Code: V439 / PA - 181

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1892

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print

Scope & Content: Pearl Irvine Brewster. March 1892. Two years old.

Subject Access: Family and personal life

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Dr. Charles and Mary T.S. Schaffer's camp at Lake Louise

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a camp set up on the shore of Lake Louise - two tents and person with horse in foreground.

Date Range: 1893

Reference Code: v527 / lc / accn 3284 / na66 - 1401

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V527

Reference Code: v527 / lc / accn 3284 / na66 - 1401

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: 1893

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a camp set up on the shore of Lake Louise - two tents and person with horse in foreground.

Subject Access: Arts; Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Family and personal life; Immigration and homesteading; Sports and Recreation; Women

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: copy negative envelope

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Rifle

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Date: 1895

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 104.04.1010

Description: Single barrel lever-action rifle with a wide wood handle with a metal base at its end. Body marked “Manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. New Haven Conn. USA Pat Nov.5.95 Nov 12.95. Aug.17.97.Jan.25.98.Aug.23.98.”. Marked at bottom of base “Model 1895 Winchester Trademark.”On top of bar…

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Title: Rifle

Date: 1895

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 11 x 109 cm

Description: Single barrel lever-action rifle with a wide wood handle with a metal base at its end. Body marked “Manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. New Haven Conn. USA Pat Nov.5.95 Nov 12.95. Aug.17.97.Jan.25.98.Aug.23.98.”. Marked at bottom of base “Model 1895 Winchester Trademark.”On top of barrel 35 W.C.F.; on side of barrel “Nickel Steel Barrel” “Especially for smokeless powder”. On top of the site ”Pat.Feb.22.27”

Subject: sports; hunting; Elliott Barnes

Credit: Gift of Dale Barnes, Calgary, 2013

Catalogue Number: 104.04.1010

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Log House

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Date: 1895

Material: wood; glass; stone; fibre; concrete; metal

Catalogue Number: 101.01.0007

Description: Log cabin with peaked red shingled roof, whitewashed, with green trim on eavestroughs, window sills and porch roof supports. Small green ship's wheel conceals the bathroom vent, bathroom is late addition, c. 1930 constructed from wooden planks of varying widths. Roof possibly reshingled at time of …

Title: Log House

Date: 1895

Material: wood; glass; stone; fibre; concrete; metal

Dimensions: 445.7 x 622.5 cm

Description: Log cabin with peaked red shingled roof, whitewashed, with green trim on eavestroughs, window sills and porch roof supports. Small green ship's wheel conceals the bathroom vent, bathroom is late addition, c. 1930 constructed from wooden planks of varying widths. Roof possibly reshingled at time of addition. False roof S.E. side was likely added at time of bathroom construction. Corners of log portion are dovetailed. Cabin faces S.W. two windows on N.W. side (85.0 x 65.0 & 85.0 x 70.). Bathroom window on south side (60 x 32.5 cm). Chinking between logs is oakum faced with concrete. Electrical conduit on back, N.W. side and gas conduit on N.E. side added in 1970s for John Morse when he used cabin as a woodworking shop. Both lines are connected to the Whyte house. Two chimneys, one encased in brick at N.E. end, the other in metal on N.W. side. Cabin/sits on concrete plinth probably dating from 1972. All base logs have been replaced by stonework c.1975.

Subject: architecture; Bill Mather; sports; boating; skating; Massive

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

Catalogue Number: 101.01.0007

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Part Of: Pat Brewster fonds

Scope & Content: [Brewster family posing with dogs. Includes Bella and John Brewster and all seven children. Back row (L to R): Bill, John, Pat, Bella. Front row (L to R) Jim, Fred, Jack, George, Pearl.]

Date Range: 1898

Reference Code: V91 / PA - 671

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph, print

1 image

Part Of: Pat Brewster fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M2 / V91 / S21

Series: Brewster Family Series

Sous-Fonds: V91

Sub-Series: Brewster Family

Reference Code: V91 / PA - 671

GMD: Photograph, print

Date Range: 1898

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print

Scope & Content: [Brewster family posing with dogs. Includes Bella and John Brewster and all seven children. Back row (L to R): Bill, John, Pat, Bella. Front row (L to R) Jim, Fred, Jack, George, Pearl.]

Subject Access: Family and personal life

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The Lady of the Lake

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one copy of the book "The Lady of the Lake" containing a [ca. 270-page] story written in prose with footnotes and illustrations. Item is signed on first page by May McDougall, dated 1898.

Date Range: 1898

Reference Code: LUX / III / C2 / 13

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / C : Extended family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C2 : McDougall and Ross families papers and photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / C2 / 13

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1898

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 12 x 16.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one copy of the book "The Lady of the Lake" containing a [ca. 270-page] story written in prose with footnotes and illustrations. Item is signed on first page by May McDougall, dated 1898.