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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Scope & Content: Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell.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Scope & Content: Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell.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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Wasootch Slabs interpretive text

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of edited drafts and paste-ups of interpretive text which Ben Gadd produced in 1979, pertaining to Wasootch Slabs climbing area near Kananaskis Village, Alberta.

Date Range: 1979

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 42

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / III / D : Other contracts and projects

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 42

GMD: Textual record

Responsibility: Produced by Ben Gadd

Date Range: 1979

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of edited drafts and paste-ups of interpretive text which Ben Gadd produced in 1979, pertaining to Wasootch Slabs climbing area near Kananaskis Village, Alberta.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Climbing; Sports; Recreation; Environment; Geography; Guiding; Tourist information

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Kananaskis

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Environment; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Movie: To Elvis With Love

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 40 b&w prints of production photos from the shoot of "To Elvis With Love," mostly head-shot style portraits of various actors taken during filming.

Date Range: 1979

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / f / PA - 01 to PA - 40

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

9 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: x : Movies, f : To Elvis With Love

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / f / PA - 01 to PA - 40

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1979

Physical Description: 39 photographs : b&w & col. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: "To Elvis With Love" also known as "Touched by Love," 1980, directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Deborah Raffin, Diane Lane, Michael Learned, Clu Gulager, and John Amos. Based on a real-life therapist who cared for a wheelchair-bound girl suffering with cerebral-palsy. The young, unresponsive patient is rehabilitated through correspondence with her favourite performer Elvis Presley. Location filming in Banff townsite and vicinity—Banff Springs Golf Course Clubhouse, Banff High School, and Lake Minnewanka road. A number of Banff teenagers were used in the movie as well as a group of special-needs students from Calgary.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 40 b&w prints of production photos from the shoot of "To Elvis With Love," mostly head-shot style portraits of various actors taken during filming.

Subject Access: Banff Springs Hotel; Banff townsite; Buildings; Children; Films and film making; Movie Stars; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / M / x / f / NA - 01 to NA - 25

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Biographical Source Notes: Hollywood in the Canadian Rockies, by Brian Patton, e-book.

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Movie: To Elvis With Love - negatives

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 25 b&w strips of film containing 60 photographs. Includes production shots from the filming of the movie "To Elvis With Love" in and around the Banff townsite area. Includes portraits of the cast and crew during filming and behind the scenes, and sets [mostly in and around the Banf…

Date Range: 1979

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / f / NA - 01 to NA - 25

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: x : Movies, f : To Elvis With Love

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / f / NA - 01 to NA - 25

GMD: Film; Negative

Date Range: 1979

Physical Description: 60 photographs : b&w negatives ; 18.4 x 6.2 cm and 23.2 x 3.4 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 25 b&w strips of film containing 60 photographs. Includes production shots from the filming of the movie "To Elvis With Love" in and around the Banff townsite area. Includes portraits of the cast and crew during filming and behind the scenes, and sets [mostly in and around the Banff Springs Hotel and at Lake Minnewanka].

Subject Access: Banff townsite; Banff Springs Hotel; Buildings; Children; Films and film making; Hotels; Mountains; Movie Stars; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / M / x / f / PA - 01 to PA - 40

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Chronological Binders: 1979

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 b&w negatives on 11 strips of 35mm flim depicting Parks Canada Warden cable rescues [either training or live rescues], water-based helicopter rescues, and aerial shots of Mt. Lougheed.

Date Range: 1979

Reference Code: V190 / VI / Z / iv / NA - 01 to NA - 02

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, Z : Chronological order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: iv : 1979

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / Z / iv / NA - 01 to NA - 02

GMD: Negative

Date Range: 1979

Physical Description: 50 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 b&w negatives on 11 strips of 35mm flim depicting Parks Canada Warden cable rescues [either training or live rescues], water-based helicopter rescues, and aerial shots of Mt. Lougheed.

Notes: File came from box X, separate from alphabetised boxes. Photographs were ordered chronologically by Engler prior to accessioning.

Subject Access: Activities; Climbing; Government; Helicopters; Mountains; Parks Canada; Parks Canada Warden

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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[1979]

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a report/correspondence on the Lake Louise Planning Study, agenda for the Board of Management meeting in February 1979, and the meeting minutes for this meeting. Also includes the agenda and meeting minutes of the June 1979 meeting, and includes several agenda summaries related to …

Date Range: 1979

Reference Code: M200 / I / A / 72

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / I: Administrative records

Sous-Fonds: M200

Sub-Series: M200 / I / A: Club meeting minutes and reports

Accession Number: accn. 6376

Reference Code: M200 / I / A / 72

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Date Range: 1979

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of a report/correspondence on the Lake Louise Planning Study, agenda for the Board of Management meeting in February 1979, and the meeting minutes for this meeting. Also includes the agenda and meeting minutes of the June 1979 meeting, and includes several agenda summaries related to Board meetings in 1979.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Club; Record keeping; Records; Report; Organizations

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Banff; Banff, AB; Banff, Alberta; Canmore; Canmore, AB; Canmore, Alberta; Edmonton; Edmonton, AB; Vancouver; Vancouver, BC

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Contains personal information

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Committee Reports 1979]

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of reports in 1979 from the Publications Committee, the Ski Mountaineering Committee, the Camps Committee and the annual report from the Library.

Date Range: 1979

Reference Code: M200 / I / A / 73

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / I: Administrative records

Sous-Fonds: M200

Sub-Series: M200 / I / A: Club meeting minutes and reports

Accession Number: accn. 6376

Reference Code: M200 / I / A / 73

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Date Range: 1979

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of reports in 1979 from the Publications Committee, the Ski Mountaineering Committee, the Camps Committee and the annual report from the Library.

Notes: Financial statements and reports have been separated into M200 / II / A / 65 [Committee Reports 1979] accn. 6376.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Club; Organizations; Record keeping; Records; Report

Geographic Access: Canada

Language: English

Related Material: M200 / II / A / 65

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Parks Canada policy

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

Published Date: 1979

Call Number: 13.111 C16pcp 1979

Published Date: 1979

Physical Description: 69p. : ill

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

Subjects: Historic sites

ISBN: 0-662-10425-0

Accession Number: 3140; NC11500 deaccessioned

Call Number: 13.111 C16pcp 1979

Collection: Archives Library

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[Resource inventory and management studies : progress and planning report II, March 1979 ]

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

Published Date: 1979

Publisher: Calgary : Resource Conservation, Parks Canada Western Region

Call Number: R 04 R31 1979

Responsibility: compiled and edited by David Reynolds and Jenny Feick

Publisher: Calgary : Resource Conservation, Parks Canada Western Region

Published Date: 1979

Physical Description: 100 l

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

Accession Number: 3518

Call Number: R 04 R31 1979

Collection: Archives Library

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Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service

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Part Of: David Zweifel fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one sound recording of the first thirty minutes of Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service in 1979 [see "Content Details"]

Date Range: 1979

Reference Code: S58 / I / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Sound recording

Part Of: David Zweifel fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M571 / V796 / S58

Series: S58 / I : Catharine Robb Whyte

Sous-Fonds: S58

Accession Number: 2019.02

Reference Code: S58 / I / 1

GMD: Sound recording

Date Range: 1979

Physical Description: 1 Sound recording : CD

Scope & Content: File consists of one sound recording of the first thirty minutes of Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service in 1979 [see "Content Details"]

Notes: Original sound cassette transferred to CD - original item is loan for copy from David Zweifel.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Becker, Don; Rolston, Tom; Zweifel, David; Stromberg, Ken; Leighton, David; Zweifel, Marilyn; Peyto, Stan; Banff Centre for the Arts

Subject Access: Memorial; Music

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Reference use only, no reproduction

Language: English; Latin

Conservation: Cassette (loan for copy) reproduced onto cd

Creator: David Zweifel

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Contents as listed in accession record: Side A - Catharine Robb Whyte memorial - in. March 15, 1979 at the Eric Harvie Theatre, Banff Centre. 00:-5:11 speaker [Don Becker]; 5:30-12:10 quartet [Tom Rolston (viola), David Zweifel (violin), Ken Stromberg (violin) and ? (bass)] playing Bach Double Concerto; 12:30-17:10 speaker [David Leighton]; 17:44-24:06 singer [Marilyn Zweifel] singing Ave Maria; 24:18-30:20 speaker [Stan Peyto] (incomplete). Side B is blank.

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Catharine Robb Whyte Memorial Service sound recording

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Part Of: Roy Andersen fonds

Scope & Content: Item is a sound recording on a casette tape. Content pertains to Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service at the Eric Harvie Theatre at Banff School of Fne Arts on Thursday March 15th, 1979 at 1:30pm.

Date Range: 1979

Reference Code: S59 / 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Cassette

Part Of: Roy Andersen fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M572 / V525 / S59

Sous-Fonds: S59

Accession Number: 2019.40

Reference Code: S59 / 1

GMD: Cassette

Date Range: 1979

Physical Description: 1 sound recording : cassette

Scope & Content: Item is a sound recording on a casette tape. Content pertains to Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service at the Eric Harvie Theatre at Banff School of Fne Arts on Thursday March 15th, 1979 at 1:30pm.

Name Access: Andersen, Roy; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Memorial

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

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

Language: English

Creator: Andersen, Roy

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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Alberta Landsat Mosaic

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1979

Publisher: Alberta Environment

Call Number: C12-4.23

Publisher: Alberta Environment

Published Date: 1979

Scale: 1=1,500,000

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Alberta - Satellite Photo

Accession Number: 3235

Call Number: C12-4.23

Collection: Archives Library

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Island forest year : Elk Island National Park

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

Published Date: 1979

Author: Griffiths, Deirdre

Publisher: Edmonton : University of Alberta Press

Call Number: 13.115 G87i

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Author: Griffiths, Deirdre

Responsibility: Deirdre Griffiths

Publisher: Edmonton : University of Alberta Press

Published Date: 1979

Physical Description: ix, 257 pages : illustrations

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

Subjects: National parks; National parks and reserves; Elk Island National Park; Art; Naturalists; Nature

Abstract: The interaction of plants, animals, landscapes, waterways, and weather forms the enchanting backdrop for the adventures of Deirdre Griffiths as resident naturalist for more than three years in Elk Island National Park. (from University of Alberta Press website)

Contents: The Setting; The Diary; Appendices (annotated checklists)

Notes: Written and illustrated by Deirdre Griffiths

ISBN: 0888640609

Accession Number: 3154

Call Number: 13.115 G87i

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Summary on University of Alberta Press website

Websites

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How to know the mosses and liverworts

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

Published Date: 1979

Author: Conrad, Henry S.

Publisher: Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers

Edition: 2nd

Call Number: 04.1 C76m

Author: Conrad, Henry S.

Edition: 2nd

Publisher: Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers

Published Date: 1979

Physical Description: xi, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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

Subjects: Mosses; Liverworts; Botany; Plants; Science

Contents: Preface -- About mosses and liverworts -- Classification -- How to study bryophytes -- General references -- How to use the keys -- Pictured-key to the bryophytes of North America -- Musci, the mosses -- Class I. anthrocerotae, the hornworts -- Class II. Hepaticae, the liverworts -- List of synonyms -- Index and pictured-glossary.

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

ISBN: 0697047687

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 04.1 C76m

Collection: Archives Library

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How to know the lichens

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

Published Date: 1979

Author: Hale, Mason E.

Publisher: Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers

Call Number: 04.1 H13l

Author: Hale, Mason E.

Publisher: Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers

Published Date: 1979

Physical Description: xi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 10 cm

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

Subjects: Lichens; Botany; Plants; Science

Contents: Preface -- What are lichens -- How to make chemical tests -- How to collect and study lichens -- How to use the pictured key -- General references -- Pictured key to the foliose and fruticose lichens -- List of synonyms and incorrect names -- Phylogentic list of genera and families -- Acknowledgments for illustration -- index and pictured glossary.