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Ray Wardell fonds

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Part Of: Ray Wardell fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell. Report is a chronological history of development at Mount Norquay ski area by George Encil's Banff Chairlift Corporation Ltd. It discusses the Banff Chairlift, rope tows, electrification, passenger an…

Date Range: 1993

Reference Code: M252

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Ray Wardell fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 252

Sous-Fonds: M 252

Accession Number: 6505

Reference Code: M252

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1993

Physical Description: 6 cm of textual records (ca.130 p.)

History / Biographical: Ray Wardell, 1922-1994, was an engineer at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1948 until 1958, and lived at Oakville, Ontario until his death. Wardell worked on early construction at Mount Norquay ski area and rose to the position of Superintendent of Construction and Maintenance for the Banff Chairlift Corporation.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell. Report is a chronological history of development at Mount Norquay ski area by George Encil's Banff Chairlift Corporation Ltd. It discusses the Banff Chairlift, rope tows, electrification, passenger and safety services, Upper Terminal Tea Room and improvements to Mount Norquay Lodge. Contents include technical details, construction photographs and articles from trade journals

Name Access: Wardell, Ray

Subject Access: Chairlifts and gondolas; Mount Norquay Ski Area; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Wardell, Ray

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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CKUA invoices, receipts

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of invoices and receipts sent between Ben Gadd and CKUA radio station pertaining to interviews and other services provided by Ben in 1986.

Date Range: 1986

Reference Code: M590 / IV / B / 16

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Organization record; Private record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / IV : Legal and financial records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / IV / B : Financial records

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / IV / B / 16

GMD: Organization record; Private record

Date Range: 1986

Physical Description: 0.2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of invoices and receipts sent between Ben Gadd and CKUA radio station pertaining to interviews and other services provided by Ben in 1986.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Interview; Finances; Legal and Financial

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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2 Groups of Mountain Sheep

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Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.05

Description: Two groups of animals, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep; the top group has 5 animals in various poses on a grassy hillside; the lower group has 4 animals all facing to the left standing on a gentle grassy slope.

Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: 2 Groups of Mountain Sheep

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.5; 35.4 x 23.5; 26.7 cm

Description: Two groups of animals, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep; the top group has 5 animals in various poses on a grassy hillside; the lower group has 4 animals all facing to the left standing on a gentle grassy slope.

Subject: animal, group, mountain sheep

Credit: Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.05

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5 Mountain Goats, 2 Moose

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Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.04

Description: Two groups of animals: top group has 5 Mountain Goats, 3 in full form the other two head and shoulders; lower group has 2 moose, the one on the left is walking to the right, the other is a back view with his head turned to the right, the second moose has no horns.

Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: 5 Mountain Goats, 2 Moose

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.5; 35.4 x 22.5; 26.8 cm

Description: Two groups of animals: top group has 5 Mountain Goats, 3 in full form the other two head and shoulders; lower group has 2 moose, the one on the left is walking to the right, the other is a back view with his head turned to the right, the second moose has no horns.

Subject: animal, moose, mountain goat

Credit: Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.04

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Bighorn Ram

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Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.03

Description: A Bighorn Ram is standing on a slope which has tall grasses; he is facing to the left.

Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: Bighorn Ram

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 15.0; 27.0 x 12.0; 35.3 cm

Description: A Bighorn Ram is standing on a slope which has tall grasses; he is facing to the left.

Subject: animal, sheep; Bighorn Sheep

Credit: Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.03

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Three Bears

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Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.02

Description: 2 bears drawn in full, facing left, one is walking the other standing; behind them in a much larger format is the head and shoulders of another bear, facing to the right.

Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: Three Bears

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 11.3; 17.2 x 17.3; 26.9 cm

Description: 2 bears drawn in full, facing left, one is walking the other standing; behind them in a much larger format is the head and shoulders of another bear, facing to the right.

Subject: animal, bear

Credit: Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985

Catalogue Number: KaP.03.02

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Warden’s Wife Hoisting Pack Box

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.01

Description: At the centre of the image a woman stands with her back to the viewer, adjusting a pack box onto the side of a horse. The horse faces to the right. The legs and hat of a person is visible behind the horse. At the bottom corner “IP 39 Cover.”

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Title: Warden’s Wife Hoisting Pack Box

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 30.3 x 38 cm

Description: At the centre of the image a woman stands with her back to the viewer, adjusting a pack box onto the side of a horse. The horse faces to the right. The legs and hat of a person is visible behind the horse. At the bottom corner “IP 39 Cover.”

Subject: woman; horse; pack box; trail

Credit: Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.01

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Stove Pipe Oven

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.02

Description: A stove pipe oven sits on a wood floor. Two pans and a long metal tube hang on the right wall. A kettle sits on the stove. At the bottom right “IP 32.”

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Title: Stove Pipe Oven

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24 x 22 cm

Description: A stove pipe oven sits on a wood floor. Two pans and a long metal tube hang on the right wall. A kettle sits on the stove. At the bottom right “IP 32.”

Subject: stove pipe oven; kettle

Credit: Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.02

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Grizzly on Elk Carcass

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.03

Description: A grizzly leans into the left side of the image, with a paw on an elk carcass.

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Title: Grizzly on Elk Carcass

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 29 cm

Description: A grizzly leans into the left side of the image, with a paw on an elk carcass.

Subject: grizzly; elk

Credit: Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.03

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Antelope Buck

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.04

Description: An antelope faces to the right in fully body profile. Grass lines the bottom of the image. At the lower right corner of the matt “IP 33.” On the back of the image is an erased sketch of a person riding a horse on the right, and a person holding a rope on the left.

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Title: Antelope Buck

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 20.3 cm

Description: An antelope faces to the right in fully body profile. Grass lines the bottom of the image. At the lower right corner of the matt “IP 33.” On the back of the image is an erased sketch of a person riding a horse on the right, and a person holding a rope on the left.

Subject: antelope; grass

Credit: Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.04

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Potty Break

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.05

Description: A person in a ball cap sits in the foreground on a log, holding on to a branch. The lower body is nude, the upper body covered with a flowered blanket. In the background a person sits on horseback, holding a second horse. Foliage sits in the foreground. Rain is presented diagonally across the entir…

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Title: Potty Break

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22 x 24 cm

Description: A person in a ball cap sits in the foreground on a log, holding on to a branch. The lower body is nude, the upper body covered with a flowered blanket. In the background a person sits on horseback, holding a second horse. Foliage sits in the foreground. Rain is presented diagonally across the entirety of the image.

Subject: nude; horse; rain

Credit: Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.05

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Packhorse with Pram

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.06

Description: A horse walks in full body profile across the centre of the image. A rock is in the bottom right of the corner. A pram is upside down on the back of the horse, with the wheels in the hair, and the handle facing towards the back of the horse. Written at the bottom right “IP 40.”

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Title: Packhorse with Pram

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 30.3 x 32.3 cm

Description: A horse walks in full body profile across the centre of the image. A rock is in the bottom right of the corner. A pram is upside down on the back of the horse, with the wheels in the hair, and the handle facing towards the back of the horse. Written at the bottom right “IP 40.”

Subject: horse; pram

Credit: Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.06

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Mice by Pack Box

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.07

Description: A wood box marked with “National Parks Canada” logo with a beaver. Two mice sit in the lower left.

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Artist: Peggy Dixon

Title: Mice by Pack Box

Date: 1985

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.3 x 27 cm

Description: A wood box marked with “National Parks Canada” logo with a beaver. Two mice sit in the lower left.

Subject: woodbox; National Parks Canada; beaver; mice

Credit: Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012

Catalogue Number: DiP.03.07

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Movie: Disney ["Portraits of Canadians" Documentary]

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to various documents, usually letters addressed to Bruno Engler, concerning the filming of a Disney documentary titled "Portraits of Canadians" in 1984. Also includes shipping notices, shooting schedules, travel and accomodation details, and logistics for filming avalanche bombing nea…

Date Range: 1984

Reference Code: M323 / VI / M / x / e / 01 - 13

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record; Textual record

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: M323

Sub-Series: x : Movies, e : Disney

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: M323 / VI / M / x / e / 01 - 13

GMD: Private record; Textual record

Date Range: 1984

Physical Description: 0.7 cm of textual records (13 volumes ; 27.9 x 20 cm) or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to various documents, usually letters addressed to Bruno Engler, concerning the filming of a Disney documentary titled "Portraits of Canadians" in 1984. Also includes shipping notices, shooting schedules, travel and accomodation details, and logistics for filming avalanche bombing near Norquay Ski Hill.

Subject Access: Avalanches; Avalanche control; Documentary; Films and film making; Helicopters; Mountains; Norquay Ski Hill; Ski areas; Sulphur Mountain; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal diary and planner

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal planner/diary for 1983 which belonged to Eleanor Luxton. Content pertains to daily accounts by Eleanor Luxton: includes weather reports, plans with various friends and family members, errands and events attended by Eleanor in Banff, Calgary and other local areas.

Date Range: 1983

Reference Code: LUX / II / C3 / 27

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Diary

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

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

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C3 : Diaries, daybooks, notebooks, notes

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C3 / 27

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Diary

Date Range: 1983

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 17 x 22 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal planner/diary for 1983 which belonged to Eleanor Luxton. Content pertains to daily accounts by Eleanor Luxton: includes weather reports, plans with various friends and family members, errands and events attended by Eleanor in Banff, Calgary and other local areas.

Material Details: Planner has plastic cover protector on front and metal ring bindings

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Community life; Events; Leisure; Recreation

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

Language: English

Conservation: No signs of deterioration in cover or metal bindings, materials kept in original state

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mary Lenders fonds

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Part Of: Mary Lenders fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of manuscript drafts and research notes for newspaper article on Flossie Currie. Includes notes from interview with Flossie Currie, Dorothy Cranstone, Helen Shandruk, Nick Morant and Phyllis Hart. Article appeared in the "Crag and Canyon", June 22, 1983. Refers to Chateau Lake Lou…

Date Range: 1983

Reference Code: M470

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Mary Lenders fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 470

Sous-Fonds: M 470

Accession Number: 3774

Reference Code: M470

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Date Range: 1983

Physical Description: 10 textual records

History / Biographical: Mary Lenders was a summer archives employee at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta, in 1983.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of manuscript drafts and research notes for newspaper article on Flossie Currie. Includes notes from interview with Flossie Currie, Dorothy Cranstone, Helen Shandruk, Nick Morant and Phyllis Hart. Article appeared in the "Crag and Canyon", June 22, 1983. Refers to Chateau Lake Louise.

Name Access: Cranstone, Dorothy; Currie, Flossie; Hart, Phyllis; Morant, Nick; Lenders, Mary; Shandruk, Helen

Subject Access: Women

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Lenders, Mary

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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Susan Hammond Mellen fonds

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Part Of: Susan Hammond Mellen fonds

Scope & Content: Back country cabins of Banff National Park, a summary report / by Susan Hammond Mellen, 1983, includes textual report, master map and inventory site forms with photographs where applicable.

Date Range: 1983

Reference Code: M462

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Textual record; Map; Photograph print; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Susan Hammond Mellen fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 462

Sous-Fonds: M 462

Accession Number: 3674

Reference Code: M462

GMD: Textual record; Map; Photograph print; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1983

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records and photographs

History / Biographical: Susan Mellen and researchers documented thirty locations of back country log structures from among two hundred possible locations in Banff National Park during 1983. The project was submitted to Alberta Culture Historic Sites with sponsorship from the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation.

Scope & Content: Back country cabins of Banff National Park, a summary report / by Susan Hammond Mellen, 1983, includes textual report, master map and inventory site forms with photographs where applicable.

Name Access: Mellen, Susan Hammond

Subject Access: Buildings and facilities; Environment; Log structures

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Mellen, Susan Hammond

Category: Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Untitled [Mountains]

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1982

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.17

Description: Graphite drawing of mountains. Dark rounded shapes at bottom. Lighter, vertical peaks at the top. Beginning of drawing on verso.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled [Mountains]

Date: 1982

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: Graphite drawing of mountains. Dark rounded shapes at bottom. Lighter, vertical peaks at the top. Beginning of drawing on verso.

Subject: abstract; landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.17

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Untitled (weaving patterns)

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: AnM.03.01

Description: A framed piece of graph paper with six patterns of different sizes. There are notations on the bottom and side for each one. The work is done with India ink and pencil; six different ways of threading with one tie-up (the same tie-ups on the six examples) woven as drawn in. Measurements: top left a…

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Untitled (weaving patterns)

Date: 1982

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 39.0 x 56.5 cm

Description: A framed piece of graph paper with six patterns of different sizes. There are notations on the bottom and side for each one. The work is done with India ink and pencil; six different ways of threading with one tie-up (the same tie-ups on the six examples) woven as drawn in. Measurements: top left and bottom left (14.8cmx14.8cm wide), middle top (14.5cm square), middle bottom(14.2cm square), top right (14.4cmx14.4cm wide) and bottom right (14.2cmx14.4cm wide).