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Two unknown men in regalia

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: [Movie location for "The Man in Green"] [Unknown men]

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Reference Code: V227 / 3353

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 3353

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: [Movie location for "The Man in Green"] [Unknown men]

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill

Subject Access: Films and film making; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: This image is part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives.; The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.

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Marlene OneSpot (left, seated)

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: [Marlene OneSpot (left, seated)]*

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Reference Code: V227 / 3635

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 3635

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: [Marlene OneSpot (left, seated)]*

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill; OneSpot, Marlene

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.; The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.

Content Details: [Marlene's mother was Bluebird woman, married to Isaiah Powderface -looks like Morley Stampede, 1 day event on Dominion Day.]* .

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Unknown man on horse, Banff Indian Days

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: [Unknown man on horse]

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Reference Code: V227 / 3691

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M532 / V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 3691

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: [Unknown man on horse]

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.

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Unidentified woman on horse

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: [Unknown woman on horse]

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Reference Code: V227 / 3695

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M532 / V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 3695

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indian squaw on horse

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: [Unknown woman on horse]

Notes: Please note: Photographs within archival collections often contain caption and title text originally recorded by their creators. This information is part of a document's custodial history and are indications of nineteenth and early twentieth-century perceptions of Indigenous peoples. Researchers should interpret captions and titles within that context;.

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.

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Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God), Stoney Nakoda

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) during a performance with tipis and people seated in the background.

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Reference Code: V227 / 3724

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M532 / V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 3724

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Banff Indian Days, Banff Springs Hotel

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: Item consists of Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) during a performance with tipis and people seated in the background.

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill; Kaquitts, Tom

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: NA-3878-13, Title: Chief Bearspaw, Stoney, dancing the celumet [sic] stem,Banff, Alberta, 1949 Recognizing Relations number: RR 288

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.

Content Details: [Can tell it is him by regalia and antics- looks like Banff Springs evening show]* .

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George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Philip Godsell, Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God)

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Philip Godsell and Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) in performance or ceremony at Banff Indian Days.

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Reference Code: V227 / 3732

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M532 / V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 3732

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Banff Indian Days, Banff Springs Hotel

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: Item consists of George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Philip Godsell and Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) in performance or ceremony at Banff Indian Days.

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill; Godsell, Philip; Kaquitts, Tom; McLean, George

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: NA-3878-20 Title: Walking Buffalo, Stoney shaman, lighting medicine pipe, Banff, Alberta Recognizing Relations number: RR 289

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.

Processing Status: Processed

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Three unidentified women, Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman), Katherine?, Ernie Kehr, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo). Standing - Philip and Jean Godsell

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: [Three unidentified women, Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman), Katherine?, Ernie Kehr, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo). Standing - Philip and Jean Godsell.]*

Date Range: [ca.1950]

Reference Code: V227 / 3736

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M532 / V227

Sous-Fonds: V227

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V227 / 3736

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Banff Indian Days, Banff Springs Hotel

Date Range: [ca.1950]

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: [Three unidentified women, Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman), Katherine?, Ernie Kehr, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo). Standing - Philip and Jean Godsell.]*

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill; Godsell, Philip; Hunter, Eliza; Kehr, Ernie; McLean, George

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Stoney

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 290

Creator: Gibbons, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file; Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.

Content Details: [Ernie Kehr was called Mâkochî oksâ hni, meaning 'going around the world', in reference to his world travels]* .

Processing Status: Processed

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Hubert Green fonds

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Part Of: Hubert Green fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Literary series, 1927-1962; II. Conservation and natural history series, 1927-1962; III. Personal papers and photographs series, 1927-1962. Literary series consists of two sub-series: A. Conservation and wildlife, 1927-1962 (research material, writing, correspond…

Date Range: 1927-1962

Reference Code: M243 / V245

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Hubert Green fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 243; V 245

Sous-Fonds: M 243; V 245

Accession Number: 1509, 3166, 3413, 5011, 5163, 5228, 6004, 6422

Reference Code: M243 / V245

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1927-1962

Physical Description: ca.47 cm of textual records. -- ca.1000 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies. -- 40 motion picture strips

History / Biographical: Hubert Unsworth Green, 1886-1962, was a police officer, naturalist, writer and national park warden at Dauphin, Manitoba and Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was also known by pseudonyms, Cecil Erskine and Tony Lascelles. Green came to Canada in 1905 and served with the Royal North West Mounted Police for twenty-five years. Much of his service was in the vicinity of Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, and there he became interested in wildlife research. While living in Dauphin, Green pursued this research, much influenced by Grey Owl. In the late 1930s, Green came to Banff and served as a temporary warden during the war, continuing as a special warden until 1956. He completed numerous wildlife studies of bighorn sheep, wolves, elk, wolverine and moose. In later years, he was engaged in the study of western Canadian history, particularly ranching.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Literary series, 1927-1962; II. Conservation and natural history series, 1927-1962; III. Personal papers and photographs series, 1927-1962.; Literary series consists of two sub-series: A. Conservation and wildlife, 1927-1962 (research material, writing, correspondence); B. History, 1957-1961 (research material, writing). Manuscripts include newspaper and magazine articles on conservation topics, government conservation studies and reports, and historical manuscripts.; Conservation and natural history series consists of four sub-series: A. Flora and fauna, 1927-1962 (prints and negatives, transparencies, other); B. Western Canada, 1927-1962 (Manitoba, Banff National Park); C. People and places, 1927-1962; D. Other, 1927-1962. Series is entirely photographic records pertaining mainly to animal studies by Hubert Green while at Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, and Banff National Park. Includes material on beavers, bighorn sheep, elk, moose, cougars, bears and other animals; also animal kills and trapping. Also includes some camping scenes, photographs of Grey Owl and Charles G. D. Roberts and some prints by Burt Gresham.; Personal papers and photographs series consists of three sub-series: A. Correspondence, 1934-1961 (conservation, employment, personal); B. Other papers, 1933-1962; C. Photographs, 1927-1962 (personal photograph, film strips).

Name Access: Green, Hubert U.

Subject Access: Arts; Environment

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

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description; electronic finding aid

Creator: Green, Hubert U.

Category: Arts; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Bill Gibbons fonds

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Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographic business records of professional photographer Bill Gibbons in three series: I. Commercial black and white series, ca.1945-ca.1958, ca.5400 photographs; II. Canadian Rockies colour series, ca.1945-ca.1990, predominant ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.8000 photographs; III. Other …

Date Range: [ca.1945-ca.1990]

Reference Code: M532 / V227

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Bill Gibbons fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 532; V 227

Sous-Fonds: M 532; V 227

Accession Number: 194, 275, 1991, 2020, 5753, 5756, 6760, 7936, 7237

Reference Code: M532 / V227

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Private record

Responsibility: Fonds consists of the private business records of Bill Gibbons. Some photographs may have been made by employees.

Date Range: [ca.1945-ca.1990]

Physical Description: ca.13,404 photographs: negatives, prints, transparencies, albums, postcards. -- 2.5 cm textual records

History / Biographical: W. J. L. "Bill" Gibbons, 1914-1994 , was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1945 until 1959. Gibbons came to Canada in 1941 and settled in Banff after the war with his wife, Ella Mae (Becker), a Banff native. He established British Photographic Laboratories, with partners Lou Crosby and Jack Anderson, in the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, moving later to street-level. Bill and Ella Mae Gibbons travelled throughout the mountain parks photographing views for sale in the Banff shop. These were offered as hand-coloured prints, with much of the colouring done or supervised by Ella Mae.; Later the business expanded to include colour postcards and slide sets. Gibbons employed other photographers, such as Bruno Engler, for specialty work, such as ski photography, and the Banff studio also did portraiture. Gibbons himself did most of the 4 x 5 format landscape work and made extensive use of models, many of who were young women employed by his Banff store. In 1959, Gibbons sold his business to a group of Banff businessmen and moved to Vancouver. In subsequent years, he continued to be active as a photographer and in publishing, working in different areas of the world. He made several photographic trips through the mountain parks, ca.1966-1972.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographic business records of professional photographer Bill Gibbons in three series: I. Commercial black and white series, ca.1945-ca.1958, ca.5400 photographs; II. Canadian Rockies colour series, ca.1945-ca.1990, predominant ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.8000 photographs; III. Other black and white series, ca. 1947, 4 photographs.; I. Commercial black and white series consists of six sub-series: A. Portraits and documentary views, 1945-1950, 2437 negatives (individual and group portraits, weddings, conferences, events, buildings, facilities and places; Banff and area); B. Banff School of Fine Arts, ca.1949, 277 negatives (privately produced views of classes, group portraits, activities, buildings and facilities); C. "S" sub-series, ca.1950, 1220 negatives (scenic views in the vicinity of Banff, Lake Louise, Banff-Jasper Highway, Jasper National Park, Radium and Columbia Valley, British Columbia and Pacific Coast, First Nations views); D. "T" sub-series, ca.1950, 482 negatives (scenic and commercial views, mainly Jasper, Banff-Jasper Highway and Lake Louise areas); E. Rolliflex and panorama negatives, 1949-1958, 584 negatives (Banff Winter Carnival, Banff School of Fine Arts, and Banff and area); F. Other, ca.1945-1951, 364 items (material similar to that in other series, some unidentified). Accompanied by small number of prints and postcards; also, publication: "Photographing the Canadian Rockies" by Bill J. L. Gibbons, 1948.; II. Canadian Rockies colour series consists of four sub-series: A. CR1 to CR84, ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.260 prints; B. CR1 to CR443, ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.5130 photographs; C. CR35-2 to CR35-81, ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.2310 photographs; D. Other photographs, ca.1945-ca.1990. Series consists primarily of commercial colour negatives and corresponding proof prints pertaining to Banff, Jasper and Yoho National Parks, also some transparencies and oversize display prints.; III. Other black and white series. Series consists of 2 black and white prints of crash landing at Sunshine with Al Gaetz and Dick Pike, 1947 and two copy negatives with prints of Bruno Engler and Ella Mae Gibbons, ca.1947.; Textual records are record book, 1945-1953, 62 p; and book layout.

Name Access: Gibbons, Bill

Subject Access: Arts; Buildings and facilities; Commerce and industry; Education; Environment; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description; electronic finding aid; selected modern reference prints