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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Scope & Content: Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell.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Scope & Content: Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell.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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Algonquin Hotel, Digby Pines, Ascot and Le Baron Motels

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 45 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 33 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotels: Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's NB; Digby Pines Hotel, Digby NS; Ascot Hotel, Montreal QC(?); and Le Baron Hotel, Sherbrooke QC.

Date Range: 1964

Reference Code: V500 / I / A7 / 25

Description Level: 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Transparency

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / I / A : Photography : Negative and Transparencies

Accession Number: 7438

Reference Code: V500 / I / A7 / 25

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Transparency

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: 1964

Physical Description: 78 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w and colour

Scope & Content: File consists of 45 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 33 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotels: Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's NB; Digby Pines Hotel, Digby NS; Ascot Hotel, Montreal QC(?); and Le Baron Hotel, Sherbrooke QC.

Notes: Some of photographs are duplicates. Negatives and transparencies stored in separate file boxes.

Subject Access: Canadian Pacific Railway; Hotel; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Quebec

Reproduction Restrictions: Reference use only; no reproduction

Language: English

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Motion picture pertains to: Banff Indian Days, walking from camp to town, rodeo.

Date Range: 1959

Reference Code: V683 / III / E / NF - 3

Description Level: 6 / Item

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / E : Peter and Catharine Whyte series

Sous-Fonds: V683

Reference Code: V683 / III / E / NF - 3

Date Range: 1959

Physical Description: 1 motion picture: 16mm; colour; si. --

Scope & Content: Motion picture pertains to: Banff Indian Days, walking from camp to town, rodeo.

Subject Access: Banff; Rodeo; Banff Indian Days

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Motion picture pertains to: Banff Indian Days, preparations, men in regalia, teepees, close-up shots of participants talking. Possible footage of Walking Buffalo (George Maclean).

Date Range: 1959

Reference Code: V683 / III / E / NF - 2

Description Level: 6 / Item

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / E : Peter and Catharine Whyte series

Sous-Fonds: V683

Reference Code: V683 / III / E / NF - 2

Date Range: 1959

Physical Description: 1 motion picture: 16mm; colour; si. --

Scope & Content: Motion picture pertains to: Banff Indian Days, preparations, men in regalia, teepees, close-up shots of participants talking. Possible footage of Walking Buffalo (George Maclean).

Subject Access: Banff; Banff Indian Days

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bill Jamieson fonds

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Part Of: Bill Jamieson fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to Banff Winter Carnival queen contestants and ceremony.

Date Range: 1959?

Reference Code: V748

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Part Of: Bill Jamieson fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 748

Sous-Fonds: V 748

Accession Number: 5080

Reference Code: V748

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1959?

Physical Description: 11 photographs : transparencies

History / Biographical: Bill Jamieson, 1914-1997, was a professional photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1936 until his retirement in 1979.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to Banff Winter Carnival queen contestants and ceremony.

Name Access: Jamieson, Bill

Subject Access: Sports, recreation and leisure

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

Language: Language is English

Creator: Jamieson, Bill

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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The study of rocks in thin section

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1959

Author: Moorhouse, W. W.

Publisher: New York and Evanston : Harper & Row

Call Number: 03 M78t

Author: Moorhouse, W. W.

Publisher: New York and Evanston : Harper & Row

Published Date: 1959

Physical Description: 514 pages : illustrations, 25 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Harper's geoscience series

Subjects: Petrology; Geology; Science; mineralogy

Contents: 1. Introduction. -- 2. Methods of optical mineralogy -- 3. Description of minerals -- 4. Mineral identification tables -- 5. Petrography of igneous rocks and related rocks -- 6. Volcanic and hypabyssal rocks : basalts, diabases, and related rocks -- 7. Andesites, dacites, and related rocks -- 8. quartz latites (rhyodacites) and rhyolites -- 9. Latites, trachytes, phonolites, and leucite trachytes -- 10. tuffs and pyroclastics -- 11. The plutonic rocks : gabbro, norite, and related rocks -- 12. The alkali gabbos : essexite, theralite, and related rocks -- 13. Quartz diorite, granodiorite, granite, and related rocks -- 14. Diorites, monzonites, syenites, and related rocks -- 15. Nepheline syenites and other delfspathoidal rocks -- 16. Ultrabasic rocks : peridotite, pyrozenite, and hornblendite -- 17. Lamprophyres -- 18. Sedimentary rocks in thin section -- 19. Conglomerates and breccias -- 20. Sandstones and arkoses -- 21. Greywackes -- 22. Argillaceous rocks -- 23. Limestones and dolomites -- 24. Cherts, iron formations, glauconitic sediments, phosphatic sediments, saline rocks, and coals -- 25. Metamorphic rocks -- 26. Dynamic metamorphism -- 27. Thermal metamorphism -- 28. Regional metamorphism -- 29. Metasomatism -- 30. Petrography of ore

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

ISBN: 9780060446109

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 03 M78t

Collection: Archives Library

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The ante-room

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1959

Author: Dickson, Lovat

Publisher: Toronto : Macmillan of Canada

Call Number: 08 D56

Author: Dickson, Lovat

Publisher: Toronto : Macmillan of Canada

Published Date: 1959

Physical Description: 270p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Coal; Mining

Notes: Relevant pages include: p.196-268

Accession Number: 19500

Call Number: 08 D56

Collection: Archives Library

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The great buffalo hunt

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1959

Author: Gard, Wayne

Edition: 1st ed

Call Number: 08 G16

Author: Gard, Wayne

Responsibility: with drawings by Nick Eggenhofer

Edition: 1st ed

Published Date: 1959

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: 08 G16

Collection: Archives Library

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Christmas in Canada...

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1959

Author: Barber, Mary

Publisher: Toronto : Dent

Call Number: 08.1 B23

Author: Barber, Mary

Responsibility: Mary Barber and Flora McPherson

Publisher: Toronto : Dent

Published Date: 1959

Physical Description: viii, 134p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Partial contents: Christmas in the fur trade / the Beaver; Travelling to the northern ocean, 1720 / Samuel Hearne; Louis Riel's joke / R.P. Ottewell; A cricket singing / Dan McCowan